AN:
Hey everyone sorry for the long wait. Had some things to do for the upcoming summer.
Any way, as many of you know I held a vote whether or not to add in Terran or Protoss to my story.
Well many of you gave your votes and I ultimately came to a decision.
After some planning with my story I decided to add in the Protoss.
Now before you start asking why, I will explain it now that I found a way to add in a CERTAIN Protoss faction into the story. All I can say is that this Protoss faction is now crucial to the overall plot and will have an impact on Remnant.
Now many of you may guess what this faction is but I'm not spoiling the identity of this faction till they show themselves.
I believe this decision will satisfy many of you. And if not, well my story my rules.
Now with that out of the way onto the story.
Disclaimer: I don't own RWBY or the StarCraft franchise, both are owned by their own respective owners, Rooster Teeth and Blizzard.
"Normal talk"
'Thoughts'
"SHOUTING"
"Telepathic communication"
Chapter 7: The Truth
Location: Beacon Academy, Grimm Studies
"I remember the time of my youth when I saved a mother and her daughter from a pack of Beowolves. It was TRULY glorious!" Professor Port states in a jovial tone.
However, half of the class didn't share his enthusiasm as they were either asleep or trying (but failing) not to.
It has been three days since Ceres completed his initiation into Beacon. During the three days he's been in the academy, he familiarized himself with many of the facilities and classes the school had to offer.
First there were the classes that he had to attend alongside his own team and coincidently that of team JNPR. There were three main classes, History, Grimm Studies, and Combat Class, each of these classes are at least 2-3 hours long.
Right now he is currently listening to one of Professor Port's many stories about his past deeds as a Huntsman.
Suffice to say Ceres was intrigued, not by the way the portly man tells the story, but how he deceptively hides the truth from his class.
As the professor is telling his "glorious" story, Ceres is using his psionics to see the real story.
"Once I arrived. I saw the fair lady and her child surrounded by vicious Beowolves…"
"Both mother and daughter were cowering before the pack, as the body of a man laid just a few feet from them, in a pool of blood."
"So with great courage I charged in! Weapon raised high!"
"The pack attacked. The mother desperately trying to shield her child from the Grimm. In desperation I charged, in hopes of saving them."
"The Grimm fought back. But they were NO match for me! And thus I slain them all and saved both the fair lady and her child, and returned them home."
"After killing the Beowolves, I turn to check both the mother and daughter. The mother was bleeding profusely from a deep stab wound on her stomach, barley alive. Her daughter was desperately crying over her mother's unconscious body, begging for the now deceased man, who was her father, to save her. I quickly carried both the mother and child back to the village. Praying to Monty that there is still hope to save the mother."
"HOWEVER! As I returned them home. A great Ursa Major erupted from the forest! I then faced the beast in mortal combat! I took my trusty weapon and then I-"
BEEP! BEEP!
The classroom clock hits four, signaling the end of both the class and the professor's "interesting" story.
"Oh. Uh. Time that one wrong I guess. Well the stunning conclusion to the story will have to wait. Until next time." Port said as the students started to leave.
Ceres stood from his seat and was about to make his way towards the professor until someone grabbed his shoulder.
"Hey Ceres where are going? The exit's this way." Ceres turned and saw Yang with a curious expression. "I'm just going to ask the Professor about his story. I'll meet you girls back at the room later." Ceres replied.
Yang gave him an incredulous stare. "Are you sure about that? He might tell you another 'amazing' story." Yang warned in a sarcastic tone, Ceres chuckled. "Don't worry. I'm sure this won't take too long. You and the others can go… unless you want to join me for another 'amazing' story?"
Yang's eyes widened as she quickly shook her head and sped off, quickly grabbing the rest of her team and ran out of the room. Once it was just Ceres and the portly professor, Ceres made his way towards said professor.
Professor Port soon noticed that Ceres hasn't left his classroom yet. "Ah Mr. Kerrigan! What are you still doing here my boy? Students are usually so eager to leave my room and out enjoying the rest of their youth while they can." Professor Port asked in his usual jovial tone.
Ceres smiled. "I actually wanted to say what an interesting story you shared with the class. I have never heard such an… interesting tale before. Especially the way how you presented it." Ceres complimented as Professor Port beamed with pride.
"Well my boy, this is a nice surprise! It fills me with pride that you greatly enjoy my stories! But may I ask, in what way do I present them that you find so interesting?" The professor asked.
"What I found so interesting is how you greatly glorify your past deeds. Either you're doing this in order to make yourself look more like a hero or you're doing this in order to… hide the something else." Ceres answered in an inquisitive tone. The aura of pride that surrounded Professor Port was now gone and replaced with a more serious and grim atmosphere.
As both student and teacher stared at one another for what seemed like an eternity, soon the professor relented.
*Sigh* "It appears you saw right through me Mr. Kerrigan, how very perspective of you." Professor Port said in a sad and tired tone. He then sat down at his desk. "Tell me… What gave it away?" Port asked.
Ceres replied. "It was the way you told your story. You were vague on some parts and never describe the conditions you or the people you were trying to save were in." Port sighed once again.
"I see… You're right, I was vague in some point of my stories and for good reason. In all my years as a professor, I see students come and go through my classroom, and in almost every new student I see the same thing. A naïve, innocent and over glorified outlook on the life as a Huntsman and Huntress. I know that one day they will face the horrors of being a Huntsman or Huntress, but for even a short time I wish to preserve that innocence. That is why I became a Huntsman, to protect and preserve the innocence of the younger generation." Port explained as the room once again became quiet.
After a brief moment of silence Ceres spoke. "That is a noble goal. However, you of all people know that in a world like this in order to protect those you deem innocent sometimes you have to show them the truth about the world around them. Especially to the students that come and go through your classroom. Isn't that your job as a professor, to prepare the next generation of Huntsmen and Huntresses for the battles ahead?"
Professor Port pondered on what Ceres has told him. "You're right Mr. Kerrigan. It is my job to prepare the next generation of Huntsmen and Huntresses. However, I still hold onto my belief of preserving their innocence. But thank you none the less for this talk, I feel like a heavy weight has lifted off my shoulders." Port said as his jovial mood returned. Ceres merely nodded in return.
"I'm glad that I can be of some help. Now I apologize but I need to get going. Need to meet someone important." Ceres said, Professor Port raised a curious eyebrow. "Is it someone from your village?"
After Ceres's initiation every professor was given his documents to look over. On his documents is a brief biography of his life in Oka Village and what has transpired. Of course this document is entirely fake but it also has some aspects of the truth.
Ceres stopped at the door and smiled. "Yes. Someone very important to me. And the reason why I'm here."
Port chuckled as he nodded. "Well then. Don't let me keep you waiting. Go now and have a wonderful weekend my boy!" The professor said, adopting his jovial attitude once again.
Ceres nodded in appreciation and soon left the classroom, eager to meet his reason of purpose once again.
Ceres was taking his time walking back to his team's dorm room. During this time, he decided to contact his brood.
"Broodmother Galash. Are you there?"
"Yes, my master. What do you need of me?" Galash replied.
"Are the preparations ready?"
"Yes, Broodmother Lysandra and her Leviathan is ready to leave at your command." Ceres nodded to himself. "Good. Broodmother Lysandra hear me."
"Yes my master. Do you wish for us to depart for our mission?" Answered Lysandra. Two days ago when Lysandra was created, Ceres told her of her mission to explore the sector and if so, find any traces of either Zerg, Terran, or even Protoss colonies and report back if so. It also took two days afterwards in order to prepare a Leviathan for such a mission.
"Yes Lysandra, leave at once. And remember, your mission is imperative for our brood's return to the Koprulu sector. Be careful where you venture." Ceres warned.
"I will not fail you, my master. I will leave at once." Lysandra replied, soon Ceres felt the Leviathan housing Lysandra leaving for their mission.
Ceres then brought his attention back to the other Broodmother. "Galash I need an Overlord for transport. How soon will it arrive?" Asked Ceres, Galash replied. "In three hours if we use the ones in the atmosphere above your position. I will send one now my master."
Ceres nodded to himself. "Good, have the Overlord track my position at a safe distance. I will go to a secluded area for pick up. We wouldn't want anyone to discover our species just yet, especially a certain General." Ceres said in a annoyed tone near the end.
"Yes I agree master. I'll have the Overlord wait at a suitable distance till you are fully isolated." Galash states, but before the communications were cut Ceres ordered. "Tell Violet of my coming and expect to see me later today."
Ceres can feel Galash's excitement of bringing such news to Violet. "Yes master. I'll do as you say. She will be most eager to see you once again." Galash replied as Ceres soon cut telepathic communications.
He soon arrived at his destination, however, he can hear Ruby from inside the room giving orders to her team and two new acquaintances from what he could sense.
"Alright. I'll go with Weiss. Sun, you can go with Blake. And Neptune, you can go with Yang since she doesn't have a partner. Everyone good?" Ruby asked.
"Actually Ruby, why don't you go with Yang. After all she is your sister." Weiss interjects, Ceres doesn't need to read her mind to know what her ulter motives are with this person named Neptune.
"But Weiss, who would go with you then?" Ruby asked in a confused tone.
"Well, I guess Neptune could come with me." Answered Weiss in a somewhat hopeful tone. However, Ruby simply laughed in return.
"Ha! Ha! Nah!"
"But! But!" Ceres heard Weiss's plead as a sound of something is being dragged was heard. Soon the door opened in front of Ceres and stood his team leader, dragging Weiss behind her.
When Ruby noticed Ceres in front of her, suffice to say she was surprised.
"Ceres! What are you doing here!?" Exclaimed Ruby in a panicked tone. Ceres raised a curious eyebrow as he took noticed of Ruby's new attire.
She was wearing her usual red cloak, however, she is now wearing a dark grey corset with red laces over a light grey long-sleeved shirt with a small metal covering on her left shoulder. She is also wearing a red skirt with a large black rose symbol and her usual black pants stockings and combat boots.
He then looked at the rest of team RWBY and noticed they also changed their attires also.
Weiss is wearing a stylish white jacket with a skirt and black trims and buttons. She is also wearing white high heeled boots to match.
Blake still has her black ribbons and bow, but she is now wearing a white collared shirt with the collars up and black sweat pants with white stripes on the side and black high heels.
Finally, Yang is wearing a jacket with the arms, shoulders, and collar colored black and the rest colored very light brown, almost white, with yellow trims at the sleeves and a loose belt around her waist. She also has the jacket opened to reveal some of her chest, she is also wearing a black shirt underneath the jacket. She is wearing black boots and a black gaterbelt and on the side of her stocking is her symbol. She is wearing her usual fingerless black gloves with her gauntlets in their dormant form.
Ceres also noticed the other two males in the room. One is a sun tanned boy with spikey blonde hair and had an equally blonde furred monkey tail. He is wearing a white collared jacket that was fully opened to show his muscular physique and a simple golden necklace. He's also wearing red bracers on his arms, blue cargo pants, bandages on his legs with black and yellow sneakers.
The other boy also has tanned skin with an undercut, messy neon blue colored hair. He's wearing black fingerless gloves, yellow tinted goggles, a red jacket over a white dress shirt with a black tie and grey jeans with black shoes.
As Ceres was analyzing everyone in the room, the blonde faunus leaned over to Blake.
"Hey Blake, who is this guy?"
"This is Ceres. Our new teammate." Blake answered as the monkey faunus gave her and Ceres a surprised look.
Ruby then saw fit to introduce Ceres. "Yeah Sun this is Ceres, our new teammate. And Ceres this is Sun and Neptune." Ruby explained as she gestured to said males.
Ceres then adopted a polite smile. "Hello, sorry for my intrusion. It's nice to meet the both of you." He then proceeded towards them and brought out his hand for a shake. Both Sun and Neptune shook his hands with a smile.
"Yeah! Nice to meet you too dude."
"Yeah same here. You seem pretty cool." After the short introductions Ceres then excused himself as he went into the washroom to change out of his school uniform. Once he was finished he exited out the washroom and turned his attention to Ruby.
"Ruby. May I ask what are you planning with everyone here?" Ceres asked as Ruby started a nervous panic once again.
"Weelllll- I-uh-WE! We're planning to go to- uuuuhh- Vale! No! The Emerald Forest! To train new techniques with both-uuh- Sun and Neptune! Because you never know when you will be stuck in a situation where-uuh- Beowolves eats half your team and come across two new members by sheer luck! Yeah that is what we're planning!" Ruby hastily explained.
Ceres gave her an even stare as if he was studying for any deceit as the rest of her team face palmed from her horrible lie.
After a brief moment of silence Ceres smiled. "Well why didn't you just say so. I think that is a wonderful idea." Ceres said, Ruby and the rest of the residence in the room gave him exasperated looks.
"Wait really- I mean yes! That's what we're planning!" Ruby states beaming with pride as everyone else has their mouths open in surprise.
Ceres then decided to throw her another bone. "However, unfortunately I can't come with you on this training regime. I need to meet with someone important from my village, I'll be gone the whole weekend." Ceres explained with a tone of regret.
Ruby took the bone. "Really!- I mean- Well that's a shame. Maybe next time we can all train together ok! Well don't let us keep you waiting! YouneedtocatchthatBullhead! Bye!" In the middle of her conversation Ruby started to push Ceres out the door and closed it behind him. He then leaned against the wall beside the door and started listening in on the conversation that came soon after.
"Whew! That was a close one. I almost thought he saw right through me."
"Ruby! That was the most horrible lie I've ever heard! You're lucky that Ceres is not suspicious of us and what we're doing!" Exclaimed an audible Weiss.
"I don't think we fooled Ceres. That seemed almost too easy. I'm one hundred percent sure that he knows that we're up to something." Blake interjected, however, Yang shot her theory down.
"Well it doesn't matter now. He's gone to meet his girlfriend for the weekend, that gives us all the freedom to search for Torchwick." Stated Yang as a matter of fact.
"Yes I agree- Wait he has a girlfriend?! When did he tell you that!" Asked Weiss in an surprised tone.
"Just now Ice Queen! He said he was meeting someone important. Who else could it be other than a secret girlfriend of course! Why Weiss? Jealous?" Yang asked in a cheeky tone, however, Weiss was not pleased.
"You brute! I would never-" Weiss was soon cut off by Sun. "Alright ladies we're going off track! But I want to ask, why didn't you girls tell him what we're going to do? Didn't I say before that we should always get friends involved? And isn't he also part of your team?" Sun asked.
"Yes Sun, he is part of our team and our friend. But he's still new to all this, he's not as involved with the White Fang or Torchwick as we are. We don't want to drag him into all of this." Blake answered.
Sun sighed. "Alright, I see your point. But I still say tell the guy the truth. Now what's our next plan?"
At this point Ceres heard all he wanted to hear and started to make his way out of the campus grounds. He knew very well what his new team is planning on doing, after all, he can easily read minds without anyone noticing. He also has full faith in his team's capabilities and their ability to look after one another.
He will only intervene when needed.
Location: Emerald Forest, 5 miles from Beacon Academy
Ceres is currently sprinting through the Emerald Forest at top speeds for three hours. He knew from Ozpin's memories that parts of the forest near Beacon is surveillance 24/7 by hidden cameras. It was a small task to avoid the cameras, but thankfully the Headmaster knew ALL the hidden locations of the cameras. After three miles, he soon came to the point where the amount of cameras started thinning out to the point where there were none left in the deeper parts of the forest.
Ceres can see why, as he goes deeper into the forest, the more Grimm he saw. Luckily for him, he can hide his scent and presence from the Grimm, virtually making him invisible to their acute senses.
He soon found a clearing for the Overlord to pick him up and soon stopped in the middle of said clearing.
Ceres then psionically called for the Overlord, after 5 minutes of waiting he soon saw the large bulbous creature making a rapid decent towards him.
When the Overlord was a good distance above him, the overlord used its tentacles from within itself to grab Ceres and pull him into the Overlord. With Ceres secured, the Overlord soon made its way into the higher atmosphere, and from there make its way towards the main Hive cluster.
Location: Dragon Continent, Main Hive Cluster
Violet is excited. Today is the day that her big brother is coming back home after his long trip to one of the four kingdoms.
'I can't wait for what he will tell me about his trip! I wonder if he brought back any presents? I hope so!" Violet thought excitedly as she was in her room, drawing a picture of Spike, Blue, Red and Wormy that were posing in front of her.
Said Zergling was standing on both Hunter Killers with its wings and its larger appendages flared out to the side as if it was flying.
The Hunter Killers on the other hand are raised to their full height of 5 meters and had their heads together in order for Spike to stand on.
And finally, Wormy the Zerg Larva is situated on top of Spike's head, the top half of its body raised into the air trying to make the Zerg made tower taller.
As Violet was sketching the Zerg tower Galash entered her room.
"Violet I bring good news! The master is on his way here as we speak." Galash said, ignoring the Zerg made tower.
Violet's ears perked up in excitement. "Really mommy! When will big brother arrive?" Violet asked in an excited tone.
Galash chuckled. "Soon little one. He will be here soon. But he'll be here in-" Galash didn't get to finish as Violet suddenly jumped in glee and soon sprinted out of her room with Spike, Red, and Blue following close after.
Wormy tried, but it was going at the speed of a larva it's size.
Violet ran out of the Hive and stared up into the sky in anticipation. After a while she found a comfortable spot to sit, sat down and stared at the sky. Then with a large smile on her face, she waited.
And waited…
And waited…
And waited…
And waited some more…
And at the two-hour point, she may or may not had fallen asleep.
Galash stood at the side lines, amused from what she is currently seeing. She is now watching Violet sitting for two hours straight waiting for her master. She did try to warn Violet, but the little one simply ignored her in her excitement.
Normally Galash would've told Violet about the possible 3 hour wait for her master. But this is her slight revenge for Violet's sharpie prank she pulled on her a couple of days ago.
She couldn't remove the mustache drawn on her face for a whole day.
Luckily for Violet she wasn't sitting alone as she is now surrounded by her personal guards.
It's easy to distinguish which Zerg was part of her guard by the bow tied to their heads. During Violet's time here, she had tied numerous bows, each with different colors, to different Zergs of various types. She tied bows on the simplest of Zerglings to even the mighty Ultralisk itself.
At that point it was best to ignore how she did that, least you hurt yourself.
Violet soon fell asleep, resting her head on Spike's side as the rest of her retinue instinctively formed a protective circle around her, making sure nothing disturbs her sleep.
Galash nodded with pride, a week ago she had ordered the Zerg that were part of Violet's "private army" to defend her with their lives at all times, with Spike as the appointed leader.
They didn't disappoint as two days after she gave the order, Violet took a trip with some of her personal guards to see her father's and mother's grave near her home village. After an hour of mourning for her parents she soon cried herself to sleep beside their graves. However, as she was sleeping a large pack of Beowolves came, sensing her moment of grief, and tried to kill her in her sleep.
In untold fury her Zerg guards savagely ripped the Grimm pack apart for even daring to come anywhere near their charge. None of the Grimm survived.
Surprisingly, the little one slept through the carnage that was happening right before her and woke up an hour later not knowing of what just had transpired.
As Galash is remembering this memory, she soon felt the familiar presence drawing near the Hive.
"He is here." Galash stated as she made her way over to the circle. She was soon over the sleeping form of Violet and started shaking her.
"Wake up little one. He is here." Violet groggily opened her eyes and yawned, stretching her limbs.
*Yawn* "Who?" Violet asked in a tired tone. Galash chuckled. "The one you have been patiently waiting for." Violet was now wide awake as she looked towards the descending Overlord that is surrounded by multiple Mutalisks and Corruptors with excitement.
Soon all nearby Zerg units started to converge in order to welcome their master, creating a large crowd. After a few minutes the Overlord soon landed and opened its underside, unloading its passenger. Once Ceres exited the overlord, he sent it back to its previous task.
As soon he sent the Overlord away something tackled him and gave him a crushing hug around his waist.
"BIG BROTHER!" Ceres looked down at Violet, who was rubbing her face against his belly and at the same time trying her best to squeeze the life out of him.
Ceres smiled. "Hello Violet. It's good to see you once again. How are you doing?" Ceres asked as Violet looked up towards his face with a large smile, her ears twitching in excitement.
"I'm doing great big brother! I'm so happy to see you again! I missed you!" Violet cheerfully answered as Ceres chuckled in response. "I'm sure you did. I missed you too Violet." Ceres said as he rubbed Violet's head and ears. After a few minutes Violet broke the hug, still giving Ceres a large smile.
"Big brother, you have to tell me everything about your trip! What is the kingdom like? Did you meet new people? What are they like? Did you go anywhere fun? Di-" Violet was abruptly cut off by Ceres's hand covering her mouth.
"Calm down Violet. I'll tell you everything about my trip later. For now, I need to discuss something important with Galash first." Ceres said as he removed his hand. Violet gave him an angry, but cute, pout. "You just got here. And now you want to do more work?" Violet said with an angry tone.
Ceres smiled. "Sorry Violet but this is important… Tell you what. Once I'm finished, I promised to spend the rest of the day with you. We can do whatever you want to do. How is that?" Ceres asked. Violet immediately became happier and nodded. "OK!" Then she skipped away as her guards followed, planning her day with her guardian from another universe.
Once Violet left, Ceres adopted an aura of seriousness as he addressed his Broodmother.
"Galash. You may approach."
Said Broodmother, who was standing a good distance away, approached Ceres and bowed. "My master. It's good to see you once again. What do you wish of me?" Galash asked as Ceres brought his attention towards her. "I need you to create a new hive at this location as soon as possible." Ceres ordered as he telepathically transferred the destination to Galash's mind.
"It will be done master. I'll have Overlords transport the necessary units to this location. But if I may ask, why so near the Kingdom? And especially the very establishment you're attending?" Galash asked in a slight confused tone.
Ceres immediately replied. "First of all Galash, the location is four miles from Beacon, deep in the area known as the 'Emerald Forest.' Secondly, Ozpin is keeping someone deep underneath his academy, someone very powerful but she is currently weak and fragile from what I can sense. That man knows his enemies seek this person's powers for their own use, they almost received what they wanted in their first attempt if it were not for one of Ozpin's ally's timely intervention. I need the Swarm close just in case his enemies become my enemies, or if a certain general decides to… 'remove' me if he ever learns the truth."
Ceres knows all about the Fall Maiden that is currently hiding deep underneath Ozpin's Academy in suspended stasis and the reason for her stasis. He knows Ozpin's and Ironwood's plans for her and that they sent the same huntsman that saved her to find their enemy scheming in the shadow's.
Galash hummed in acceptance. "I understand now, my master. If it comes to that, the Zerg will be ready to slaughter all those who dare stand against us." Stated Galash with conviction. However, Ceres sensed hesitation from her.
"Is there something you want to say?" Asked Ceres in an inquisitive tone.
"Yes there is master. Why co-exist with the humans and faunus of this world? What could the Swarm benefit from helping them?" Galash questioned. Ceres gave her a neutral stare. "Isn't that obvious Galash. To make them our allies. If we gain their trust or at least a neutral pact of peace, then finding our return to the Koprulu sector will be much easier without the interference from this planet's populace. The Grimm, though weaker than us, is annoying enough and our Brood will just waste much needed resources fighting a needless war against this planet's populace. You should know this first hand Galash."
It's true what he says, even though the Grimm is weaker than the Zerg Swarm, the creatures of Grimm none the less are resilient and annoyingly tenacious as the Zerg. When you think you had killed them all, they come back the next day. Not only that but unlike the Protoss Conclave the Grimm do learn from their mistakes and thus become stronger and wiser, making the Grimm within the Dragon continent more daring as large groups try to venture or invade into his Brood's territory.
The key word is "try."
Galash gave a nod of understanding. "I see now, my master. Thank you for answering my questions. Now I fully understand your intentions and will work towards your goals." Galash states. Ceres gave a frim nod of approval. "Good. You have your orders Galash. As for me I have a play date with a certain child." Ceres said with a smile as Galash bowed and soon went on her given task.
As Ceres was making his way towards Violet's position, he couldn't help but think about what Ozpin is planning for the Fall Maiden.
"You're playing a dangerous game here, Ozpin. Be careful of who you face; for your conflict will not only affect those who are directly involved…"
Two days later.
Ceres stayed at his main hive cluster for the entirety of the weekend.
For the past two days he spends almost all his time with Violet playing games, doing activities, making crafts, drawing pictures, telling stories, pranking Galash, going on long walks, etc.
He also told Violet about his time in Beacon. Suffice to say Violet enjoyed his stories greatly and asked if one day if she can go to his school and meet his friends.
At first Ceres didn't like the idea of Violet leaving the Hive. However, before he could refuse it he then thought about it for a brief moment. As long as Violet is supervised by either him, one of his team members, or potentially her Zerg guards, then occasional visits will be fine. He told this to Violet and her reaction is what he expected, copious amount of excitement.
However, he also told her that once he settled down in Vale, then that is when she could visit. Violet agreed and said she would wait.
Other than spending time with Violet, Ceres was also keeping tabs on the new hive cluster growing near both Vale and Beacon academy. He made sure the new Zerg base was far enough from Vale to avoid any suspicion or accidental discovery and close enough to send any Zerg reinforcements to the city whether to defend it or if so… burn it to the ground.
Now is Sunday afternoon, around 4 o'clock, and once again he has to leave and go back to the academy, since he doesn't want to raise any suspicion about his whereabouts. As he was preparing for his departure, both Violet and Galash saw him off.
"Big brother, do you have to go away again?" Violet asked in a sad tone, ears drooped. Ceres gave her a small but sad smile. "I'm sorry Violet, but I have to go back to the academy. I promise to visit soon." Ceres said in a reassuring tone.
Violet gave a small nod. "Ok big brother. Come back soon ok!" Ceres gave her a reassuring smile and nodded. He then looked at the Broodmother.
"Keep her safe Galash."
"Of course, my master."
Soon the Overlord arrived, after a final farewell hug Ceres entered the Overlord and set off back to Beacon Academy.
3 hours later.
Ceres exited the Overlord into his new hive cluster near Vale. The hive cluster is surrounded by fairly large trees, large enough to hide the large Lair and the other necessary Zerg buildings. In the vicinity he can sense the fairly large contingent force that was also brought or bred at this cluster.
There were one thousand Zerglings, six hundred Banelings, one hundred Roaches and Hydralisks, fifty Ravagers, Swarm Hosts, and Lurkers, thirty Infestors and Defilers, and five Ultralisks. He will need to breed more units in the future but for now this Zerg contingent force is at a good size for any task. He also need to create a Nydus network as a means of quick travel for his forces.
After reviewing his new base and organizing his Zerg forces for different tasks, he then started the long sprint back towards the Academy as the sun was setting.
Location: Beacon Academy, Dorm Residences
Ceres finally arrived around 9 o'clock and started to make his way towards his dorm room. The reason for his late arrival is because he needed to avoid Ozpin's hidden cameras. It took an hour longer, but he didn't want to raise any kind of suspicion from Ozpin.
He was soon approaching his team's dorm room as he can see the door. However, before he could enter he heard arguing between his teammates.
"Blake I think you need to sleep."
"I can't Ruby. Not as long as Roman and the White Fang are still roaming free."
"Come on Blake! If we can find him once, then we can find him again!"
"I agree with Yang. We can find them again, no need to lose sleep over this. You need to relax."
"No Weiss! I can't! Whether you girls like it or not, we failed! We failed to capture Roman and stopping his plans right there and then! We could have-"
Ceres then chose this time to enter the room.
"Hello everyone. I'm back." Ceres stated, the argument stopped as all of team RWBY were surprised by his sudden arrival.
"AH Ceres! You're back!" exclaimed a surprised Ruby as Ceres closed the door behind him.
"Yes I'm back from my visit. Now why are you all arguing? I could hear it on the other side of the door." Ceres explained as he crossed his arms, giving his team a stern stare.
Ruby tried to explain. "Well… we were just-uh- studying for an upcoming test! And Blake here is very worried about it and lost sleep over it. So we tried to-uh- tell her to relax! But Blake here is as stubborn as a grumpy ca-NO! DOG! YES, A GRUMPY DOG! AND DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO SLEEP!"
Ceres kept his stern stare as the rest of her team face palmed. Ceres then smiled at Ruby as she smiled back, thinking he bought her brilliantly crafted lie once again.
"Do you honestly believe I would fall for such a blatant lie?" Ceres said as his expression turned more serious, Ruby's expression on the other hand turned into one of shock.
"B-b-but-I mean- maybe-uuuuh! uuuuh!" Ruby started to panic as the rest of her team shook their heads in disappointment.
Ceres continued. "Two days ago I let your first lie slip as I needed to see someone important to me. However, now that I'm back I want to know what is really happening around here. You owe me that much if we're going to be a team." Ceres already knew what his team is doing and planning, he just wanted them to come clean to him on their own accord.
Seeing as they're not going to convince him otherwise, all of team RWBY sighed.
Blake was the first to speak. "If you want the truth. Then I'll tell you." Blake said as she took a seat on her bed.
She continued. "Have you heard about the White Fang?" Blake asked, Ceres gave a firm nod in reply. "Do you know how they're formed?"
Ceres nodded once again.
"Then you must have heard about their recent robberies of Dust. The White Fang has never needed the amount of Dust they're stealing. A couple of months ago I decided to investigate on my own and against the will of my team, on why they need so much Dust, and I didn't like what I found. A criminal named Roman Torchwick is now leading the White Fang, and as you may know, the White Fang would NEVER listen to a human, especially someone like him." She explained as Ceres calmly listened.
"After that encounter and before you arrived, we all decided to investigate the White Fang as a team. The day we decided to start our investigation was two days ago, the same day you left for the weekend. As we're investigating, we discovered where the White Fang is and how they stole a shipment of new mechs from Atlas. However, we encountered Roman once again and had to fight him in one of those mechs. Though we won, he escaped once again. After that battle I decided to investigate more, but my team thinks I need to stop. Then you came back and the rest is history." Blake explained.
Ceres then looked at the others. "Then why didn't you tell me in the first place?" Ceres asked, this time Ruby answered. "We didn't want you to be caught up in all this. You had no quarrel with the White Fang, so we decided not to get you involved since you already lost so much."
When Ceres arrived at the academy and befriended team RWBY and JNPR, he told them his fake past story and how his home, his only father, and all he knew died from a Grimm attack. He received pity from both teams for his "loss."
That explains why team RWBY decided to keep him away from their fight against the White Fang.
Ceres smiled. "Thank you for your concern, but we're a team. If we're going to be a team, then no lies and everyone is involved if someone is in trouble. There is a saying, either we fight together or die alone." Ceres states. He knew the sheer hypocrisy he's spouting right now, but he couldn't care any less.
The time will come when he reveals his true self, but that time is not now.
Everyone is now smiling. "Alright then. If you're going to be in on this with us… Then you need to know the truth about me." Blake said as everyone sans Ceres stared at her in surprise.
Blake then closed her eyes as she slowly brought her hands up to untie her bow. Once she removed the bow Ceres could clearly see two distinct cat ears on top of her head. Blake still had her eyes closed, waiting for what Ceres has to say as her team is waiting on baited breath for Ceres's reaction.
After a brief moment of silence Ceres spoke.
"You're a faunus."
"Yes. And I also use to be part of the White Fang, before and after they became the terrorist organization you see today. I left soon after they turned to their more violent ways." Blake explained in a sad tone as she opened her eyes.
After another brief moment of silence Ceres spoke. "So then… why did you leave?"
"I left the White Fang because it's not the organization I once known and loved. I wanted peace and equality between the humans and the faunus. But what the White Fang is doing now is not the way I believe in. So I left, I decided I will no longer use my skills to aid in their violence, and instead become a huntress." Blake explained, staring out the window contemplating about her past life.
Ceres then nodded. "Alright, I now fully understand. Thank you for sharing Blake. Your secret is safe with me." Ceres said in a calm tone. Blake quickly turned her head towards Ceres with a shocked expression.
"Wait. You mean you're not disgusted about my secret?"
"No, I am not. What you did in your past is none of my concern. As long as you seen the fault within your own actions and choices, and that of others. I don't care what you did, what matters is what you do from now on." Ceres explained in a neutral tone.
Blake smiled. "Thank you Ceres."
Ruby then jumped in, raising a fist into the air. "YEAH! GO TEAM RWBY!"
Yang then gave a bright smile as she spread her arms out. "This calls for a group hug!" She exclaims to Weiss's and Blake's horror.
Before said girls could escape, Yang quickly grabbed everyone in the room and gave a crushing bear hug.
"YEAH! Group hug!"
"Yang! I can't breathe!"
"Let me go!"
"WHO GROPED ME!"
"Wait that was your chest? Damn you're flat as hell."
"YANG XIAO LONG! I WILL CUT YOU!"
"This is quite… uncomfortable."
Even if Ceres felt physically uncomfortable with the hug, he still felt emotionally comfortable with this group. This group, each of their pasts filled with pain, brought together to create an unbreakable bond that will last a life time.
Much like his bond with his Queen, a bond of loyalty that can never be broken.
Location: Forever Fall Forest
Deep in the forest the beast stood at the edge of a cliff, gazing into the distance.
It has been five days since the Primal Zerg being suddenly appeared in this bountiful world of new essence.
Since it's encounter with the bipedal dog like creatures and its transformation, it has been hunting for the most dangerous creatures that this forest has to offer.
With each kill, it grew, it changed, it evolved.
Now the Grimmified Primal Ultralisk evolved into the mighty Tyrannozor, the apex predator of its race.
It grew twice its original height and bulk, grew thicker carapace armor and more defensive spikes on its shoulders and thighs, and finally it now has a large webbed dorsal fin along its spine. These traits were further developed with each kill it gains.
However, not only did its appearance evolved, but also its very intelligence.
The Primal Grimm hunted only the most dangerous and oldest of Grimm within the forest. And with each kill the Primal Grimm's absorbed their memories and intelligence to the point that its now self-aware, can strategize and make decisions, and even communicate.
"This world is filled with new essence for me to consume… However, there is more beyond this forest." Said the Primal Grimm. For the past hour it was trying to find a way to create its own pack. It knew that even if it was the most powerful being in the forest, it knew that there are many other dangers and obstacles in this world that could render it's might useless.
And it's looking at such an obstacle right at this moment.
It was in the middle of the night and the Primal Grimm is gazing at a large human settlement from the distance.
The Primal Grimm knew about this settlement from absorbing both the memories and essence of its kills, this entire settlement houses creatures called humans and faunus. Alone, a human or a faunus has no hope of facing it. However, these humans and faunus hide behind their massive walls and use vehicles and weapons of war to fight their battles.
Not only that, but some of these humans and faunus have special powers and abilities which they can face entire hordes of lesser Grimm by themselves, making them very dangerous to face alone.
Normally the Primal Grimm would ignore this settlement, however, a soothing voice in its subconscious tells it to kill and consume these creatures hiding behind their walls.
It doesn't know where the voice comes from, but the voice was hypnotizing and convincing in its reasons. So the massive Grimm complied and went on its new task that it has been working on for the past few days.
Creating a pack.
However, it wanted a pack fit for itself. It didn't want any of the weaker Grimm that roams this forest to be part of its pack. No, it wanted a pack that can grow and evolve like it does so once its pack is ready, they can storm the human settlement without the fear of their weapons annihilating them.
However, this also caused another problem. The Primal Grimm didn't know where he could create a pack like this or even where to start. Fortunately, the voice in its head said it knows where it could create one.
So with the potential of a new pack, it followed the voices directions.
After three hours of traveling, the voice leads it to a large cave.
The Primal Grimm entered the cave, following the voice in its head. The cave was a huge labyrinth of tunnels and chambers filled with Grimm of all ages and types. However, the Primal Grimm was undeterred and slaughtered any Grimm who got in its way.
Soon the voice leads it to the biggest chamber in the labyrinth, the thing that caught the Primal Grimm's attention was the massive pool of black tar like sludge that covered most of the ground with enough space around it for the massive Grimm to walk.
Occasionally from the black pool different creatures of Grimm are created and raise themselves from the pool. The Primal Grimm saw this and wondered how it can use this pool to create its own pack, until the voice spoke.
'Just a drop of blood…'
The Primal Grimm immediately knew what the voice suggested. It brought up one of its massive hands and use one of its claws to create a small but deep cut on its left wrist.
It then brought it's bleeding wrist over the pool and poured a drop of blood into the pool.
Drip.
Plink!
The drop of blood fell and landed in the black pool, sending a ripple across the entire pool.
The Primal Grimm brought back its wrist as the wound immediately healed. It then waited for a brief moment.
Soon it was rewarded for its patience when the surface started to bubble and something came out of the pool.
It was another Primal Grimm similar in appearance but many times smaller than itself. As soon as the first came out, another identical Primal came out a minute later.
Soon the chamber was filled with lesser Primal Grimm, sitting around the pool waiting for their pack leader's orders.
The Primal Grimm, now a pack leader situated itself where all could see it.
And roared, establishing its dominance and new position. Soon the lesser Primals join in, amplifying the roar.
"CCRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
AN:
Well that's another chapter come and gone. Sorry for the lack of action in this chapter, the next one will have plenty.
Now for questions that some of you may have.
What happened with Professor Port? Many fanfics portrayed Port's stories as boring as in the actual show. However, since Port is a huntsman he must have seen somethings that would have shaken his very visage of the world and life as a huntsman. So I decided to portray that in a unique way.
Wouldn't General Ironwood discover the Zerg base? In my story and even in the canon Ironwood focused his forces to provide security for the Vital Festival. And even then Ceres made sure to hide his new base in a good distance from Vale and Beacon itself.
Now since this chapter took longer than I planned on, I decided to add in another OMAKE.
Now this OMAKE came to me and I thought it was funny if it actually happened so I apologize if it's too long.
Now remember, OMAKE's are NOT part of the actual story, I just write them for fun.
Now enjoy this OMAKE.
OMAKE:
The Adventures of Wormy
Location: Beacon Academy
"I'm leaving to visit someone important to me. I should be back later today at the earliest." Ceres said as he opened the door.
Today is Friday and luckily for all the students, classes were canceled for today because someone gave Professor Port and Professor Oobleck spoiled pancakes and milk.
Both professors in their last breaths said something about pink and orange before passing out.
The culprit was never caught.
Right now we find team RWBY lounging around their room, each doing something different.
Ruby was cleaning her weapon, Crescent Rose, for the tenth time this week.
Yang is sitting in the middle of the floor facing a screen, playing a fighting game.
Blake is unsurprisingly reading her "book."
And finally, Weiss is on her bed texting Neptune, giggling occasionally.
Without taking their eyes off of what they're doing they responded.
"Goodbye Ceres."
"Bye, bye."
"Bye Ceres."
*giggle*
Ceres just nodded and left, closing the door behind him.
As soon as he left the room Ruby and Yang turned to one another.
"He's gone."
"Alright!"
Ruby then transforms her scythe into its carry form and dove underneath Weiss's bed. Weiss saw this and was immediately annoyed.
"What are you doing you dunce? Don't tell me your looking through my stuff again!" Weiss exclaimed, however, this didn't stop Ruby's search.
"Noooow where is it? HA! Found it!" Ruby exclaimed as she started crawling out from underneath the bed.
Thump!
"Owwiiiieee!" Ruby said as she finally crawled out, holding her head and a black suitcase.
Yang immediately grabbed the suitcase and placed it on the ground in the middle of the room, trying to open it, Ruby soon joined her. Both the sisters and the suitcase has drawn the attention of both the heiress and resident faunus.
"Yang, Ruby what are you doing? Isn't that Ceres's suitcase?" Asked Blake in a questioning tone. "Isn't that the same suitcase that Ceres EXPLICTLY told us not to open." Weiss added in.
"Yeah it's that suitcase. And we're trying to get pass this lock." Yang answered as Ruby started fiddling around with the three dial lock that was on the suitcase.
"T-That's an invasion of privacy! You two should put that back right now!" Ordered Weiss in an angry tone as Blake just gave both sisters a stern glare.
However, Yang didn't notice. "Oh come on Weiss, Blakey! Don't tell me you two are not also curious about what someone like Ceres could possibly be keeping in this suitcase." Yang explained as both Weiss and Blake slowly became more and more curious.
Weiss has always saw that suitcase underneath her bed and every time Ceres left for something he would take the suitcase with him. She was also curious of what someone like Ceres would be keeping in his suitcase.
Blake would be lying to herself if she never once been curious about the contents within Ceres's suitcase. Secretly one night she saw Ceres open the suitcase and pulled something out for a minute before placing it back into the suitcase. she couldn't see it due to him having his back towards her the entire time.
As both girls were contemplating on their curiosity there was a distinct sound of something unlocking.
Click!
"Got It!" Ruby exclaimed in victory as she slowly opened the suitcase. However, before she could open it Weiss slammed her hand down on top of the suitcase closing it.
"Just what do you think you are doing?!" Weiss demanded, Ruby started spluttering.
"W-w-well I- Uh- thought that maybe we could-"
"If we're going to do this, we will do this as a team." Weiss declared as her curiosity got the better of her. Both Ruby and Yang cheered as they looked at Blake expectedly.
"I still don't think we should do this." Blake said in a stern tone, Yang grinned. "Oh come on Blakey! You know you want to." Yang said in a cheeky tone.
Blake's will finally crumbled.
*sigh* "Alright fine. But only a quick peek!"
As the girls surround the suitcase, they had one final discussion.
"Soooooo. Anyone want to guess what's in the case?" Yang asked.
"I think it's a journal of some sort." Blake answered first.
"Well I think it's a suit that he's saving for a special occasion." Weiss gave her two cents.
"I think it's a secret stash of cookies that he didn't want to share with anyone. ESPECIALLY ME!" Ruby exclaimed in anger as the rest of her team gave her stares of disbelief.
"You're still mad at him for eating your last cookie aren't you."
"how dare he eat my last cookie." Ruby pouted, mumbling to herself.
"Any who. I also think it's a secret stash. Buuuut, it's the type that he uses in… private." Yang said with a large, suggestive grin. She got an immediate reaction.
"EEEWWW! YAAANG!"
"YOU DISTGUSTING BRUTE! WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S IN THERE!" Weiss exclaims.
"Then there is only one way to find out!" With that Yang flipped the suitcase open, revealing its contents for all to see.
They expected many things, but what they saw really threw the four girls off.
It was a ball. A weird looking ball.
The ball was shaped in more like a wheel, covered in hard, brown segmented bone-like carapace with the actual skin colored maroon red.
After staring at the weird ball for a brief moment, Yang picked up the ball.
"So this entire time… Ceres has been keeping a ball in his suitcase…" Yang said in disbelief as she was holding the ball in front of her.
"Well this was a big disappointment." Weiss added. Ruby started poking the ball. "I don't know Weiss. Doesn't this ball seem weird to you?" Ruby asked as Blake sighed.
"Well we know what's in Ceres's suitcase. Now let's put that back and-" Blake was soon cut off as the ball in Yang's hand started shaking.
With an audible yelp, Yang dropped the ball on the floor as it started to shake more violently. After a brief moment of shaking the ball soon unraveled itself into something else entirely.
It was a one-and-a-half-foot long maggot, segmented carapace with small spiny legs, tentacles for tongues and tails, and finally large mandibles.
Unbeknownst to them they're looking at a Zerg larva.
The girls stared at this creature in their room.
The creature stared back.
"Creeeeiii!" The larva chirped. The four girls immediately reacted.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING!"
"EEEK!"
"EWEWEWEWEWEWEWEWEW!"
"GET IT AWAY FROM ME!"
All four girls backed away against the same wall, trying to get away from the larva. The larva just laid there, unmoving.
After a few minutes of silence Yang mustered up the courage and started to approach it.
"YANG! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Ruby exclaimed, Yang didn't answer as she was soon over the larva. With a hesitant reach, she touched the larva as if it was a bomb. Her team gasped as what she just did.
Nothing happened.
Yang noticed this and saw the larva doing nothing. So with more courage she picked up the larva as if it were a dog and held it in front of her.
"Heh. You're not so bad. You look kind of cute for a creepy bug monster." Yang said as the rest of the team soon started to surround her and the larva.
"Yeah. It's kinda cute." Ruby said as she reached to pet the larva.
Now many in the Koprulu sector believe that the Zerg Larva has absolutely no method of attack whatsoever. However, that's a misconception as the Zerg Larva has ONE method of attack.
Since the larva is a psionic being, it uses its psionics in the only way it knows.
Showing its victim, the most horrible image of itself to scare them off. Something that team RWBY was not prepared for.
"BLLLLLAHRGARKARBAKBRFBRFJBNFBKDBDBFBADFDABKJFHWKURWGH!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Screamed all of RWBY as Yang threw the larva against the door as hard as she could. It did nothing as the larva flopped down and started slowly inching its way towards the frightened team.
Said team was desperately grabbing anything they could get their hands on and throwing it at the monster before them.
However, the objects that actually hit the larva did absolutely NOTHING to it, Yang even threw her 70 pound dumbbells at it and it still did nothing.
As the larva was inching closer the team ran out of stuff to throw at it and started losing hope. Until Ruby raised her weapon to throw it.
"WAIT RUBY WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Weiss exclaimed as Ruby frantically looked at her.
"I'M GOING TO THROW MY WEAPON AT IT!"
"RUBY! JUST THINK ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID!"
Ruby froze for a brief moment as she was pondering on what Weiss just said. Then it clicked.
"I CAN SHOOT IT!"
"RUBY SHUT UP AND SHOOT IT! IT'S GETTING CLOSER!" Weiss exclaimed as Ruby shifted her weapon into gun form.
"EAT DUST YOU MOTHER-"
"RUBY! LANGUAGE!"
"-FUDGER!" Ruby then pulled the trigger.
BANG!
KA-TING!
The bullet hit its mark, but it didn't have the result the girls were expecting.
Not only the bullet failed to kill the larva, but the bullet ricocheted of the larva's carapace and drilled a hole into the wall.
Ruby started to fire again.
BANG!
KA-TING!
BANG!
KA-TING!
BANG!
KA-TING!
BANG!
KA-TING!
Click!
"Uh oh." Ruby ran out of ammo.
"RUBY RELOAD!"
"I HAVE NO MORE AMMO!"
"WHAT KIND OF HUNTRESS HAS NO AMMO!"
"THE ONE WITH NO MONEY TO BUY MORE!"
"SIS! I TOLD YOU NOT TO SPEND YOUR ALLOWANCE ON COOKIES!"
*GASP* "HERESY!"
The larva was just a few feet from the frightened group. As the group said their last wills, the door burst opened by a certain hammer wielder.
"I HEARD SHOOTING! WHAT'S GOING ON!" Nora exclaimed frantically looking around for danger, Magnhild in hand. Her team followed in with their weapons at the ready.
"NORA QUICKLY! KILL THAT THING!" Ruby exclaimed.
"WHERE IS IT!"
"RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU!"
Nora looked bellow her as did the rest of team JNPR, seeing the larva as it stared back at them.
Jaune let out a girly shriek.
Pyrrha backed away in disgust.
Ren's eyes widened.
Nora though…
*GASP* "It's. So. CUTE!" Nora exclaimed, however, before anyone could stop her she soon picked up the larva and held it in front of her.
"Who's a wittle cutie? You are! Yes you are! Yes you are! You're just a cute. Wittle. Wor-" Nora couldn't finish because of what happened next.
"BLLLLLAHRGARKARBAKBRFBRFJBNFBKDBDBFBADFDABKJFHWKURWGH!"
"AAAAAAAAAAH!" Nora screamed as she threw the larva into the air.
The larva flew into the air, arced a bit, and landed right on Jaune's face.
Smack!
"Creeeeiii!"
"IT'S ON MY FACE! GETITOFFGETITOFFGETITOFFGETITOFF!" Jaune yelled as he frantically started pulling on the larva, however, said larva wouldn't budge.
Pyrrha and Ren tried desperately to pull the creature off of Jaune's face as the rest of team RWBY were already out the door, observing on what's transpiring within their room.
Nora on the other hand…
"DON'T WORRY FEARLESS LEADER! I'LL SAVE YOU!" Nora exclaimed as she swung her hammer full force towards Jaune's head, both Pyrrha and Ren ducked. The larva sensed the incoming danger and immediately detached itself from Jaune's face, right as the hammer approached.
WHAM!
CRASH!
Suffice to say the blonde knight flew through the open door and crashed through the wall on the other side of the hallway. He was out cold.
"JAUNE!" Pyrrha immediately rushed to her leader's side while both Ren and Nora followed close as they closed the door.
"What are we going to do?" Weiss asked,
"Call the police! No! The huntsmen! No! The entire Atlas army!" Ruby frantically suggested.
"I got a better idea…" Yang went over to Nora. "Nora! I need one of your grenades. STAT!" Nora gave Yang what she wanted. "Be careful! It's highly volatile!" Nora warned, Yang merely grinned.
"I'm counting on that."
Yang gave the grenade in her hand a good shake and opened the door.
"FIRE IN THE HOLE!" She threw the grenade in and quickly closed the door.
BOOOOOOM!
The entire floor shook from the explosion, but luckily the door held against the blast.
"YANG WHAT DID YOU DO!" Blake exclaimed in anger as Yang looked at her.
"I just save the world from a horrible monster bug!" Yang stated with pride as she crossed her arms.
"ALL MY BOOKS WERE IN THERE!" Blake screamed. Both Weiss and Ruby suddenly realized the consequences of Yang's actions
"MY ESSAYS!"
"MR. FLUFFLES!" Everyone stared at Ruby with an incredulous stare.
"Well, it was a necessary sacrifice to defeat the monster!" Yang stated as she nonchalantly opens the door.
The entire room was destroyed. Burnt marks everywhere, every piece of furniture destroyed, anything paper related is currently burning.
However, there was no signs of the larva anywhere, just a pile of ash in the middle of the room.
Yang grinned. "See everyone. I did you all a favor. If I didn't do what I just did, just imagine the damage that monster would've cau-"
"Creeeeiii!"
Yang froze. Everyone froze. Yang slowly turned her head and looked bellow her feet.
Right at the larva, still alive and without a single scratch.
"Creeeeiii!"
"RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNN!" Yang yelled as everyone (Pyrrha carrying Jaune) booked it down the hall towards the cafeteria.
The larva followed.
Location: Beacon Academy, Cafeteria
It was lunch time in the cafeteria. The cooks were serving seafood as the special for today's meals. This made a lot of the feline faunuses happy.
However, as students were eating and gossiping about their days the cafeteria doors slammed open revealing the disgruntled and panicked teams of RWBY and JNPR.
"EVERYONE! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! IT'S LOOSE!" Nora exclaimed as both teams bolted through the cafeteria and out the exit on the other side.
Normally this would create a cause of concern among the students. However, it was Nora, so they ignored it and went back onto their business.
"Creeeeiii!"
The cafeteria went dead silent, everyone turned towards the entrance.
And they all saw a creature they never seen before.
"Creeeeiii!"
No one dared to move a muscle as they were still trying to process on what the hell that thing was at the door.
Finally, a certain orange haired teen cockily strutted his way to the larva and picked it up with both hands.
"What?! This ugly thing is scaring everyone. This thing is uglier than a-"
"BLLLLLAHRGARKARBAKBRFBRFJBNFBKDBDBFBADFDABKJFHWKURWGH!"
Cardin froze. After a brief moment he fell backwards, stiff as a board. Frothing at the mouth and eyes rolled back to the back of his head.
The larva inched its way on top of his chest and raised half of its upper body in the air.
"Creeeeiii!"
…
…
…
"IT GOT CARDIN!"
The cafeteria soon exploded into frantic panic as students rushed towards the exit while some opted to use the windows. Food, drinks, tables, benches, forks, knives, spoon and people were flying in the air in this mass panic.
And in the middle of it all was the lone larva.
Location: Beacon Academy, Combat Arena
"Students and fellow Huntsmen and Huntresses. We stand before an enemy we dare not face alone." Ozpin said as he and the students/professors of Beacon stood at the ready, weapons armed.
"But, with our combined might, we shall rid of this monster that stands before us! With our combined might, we shall smite it with our power!" Moral has been raised.
"With our combined might, we shall pave a way through the darkness! With our combined might, WE. SHALL. SURVIVE!" Opzin yelled as the students and professors started cheering.
"Now ready your weapons. It's time to rid of this creature of darkness once and for all!"
Every student readied their weapons as the sound of swords unsheathing, gun reloading, and Dust spells at the ready echoed across the arena.
On one side is all of Beacon academy residents, both students and professors ready to fight to the last.
On the other side is the monster that strikes fear in all of their hearts.
It was the larva.
And said monster is slowly inching its way towards them.
"Prepare to fire on my mark." Ozpin raised his hand as the students and teachers aimed their weapons at the approaching larva.
"Steady…" The larva inched closer.
"Steady…" The larva inched even closer.
"FIRE EVERYTHING!"
Soon an orchestra of bullets, spells, arrows, rockets, grenades, lasers, fire balls, ice spears, spells, rocks, swords, shields, lamps, chairs, books, people, etc, were being launched at the larva.
The Beacon students and teachers weren't letting up a bit as many continued to fire everything they had in hopes to kill this monstrosity. It was only when everyone ran out of any sort of ammunition did they large crowd stop to see the aftermath.
The entire other half of the arena and all the walls behind was gone, destroyed by the sheer mass of fire from the crowd and showing the outside world.
A large smoldering crater is what's left of the monster.
A brief silence fell over the crowd. Until Jaune spoke.
"We did! We won!"
Everyone cheered in victory. People were hugging and kissing one another in pure happiness. The Professor smiled as he grabbed his favorite mug to take a long deserved drink.
"Creeeeiii!"
Everything went silent. Everyone froze in fear. Ozpin dropped his mug as it shattered on the floor, contents spilled. Everyone looked towards the edge of the smoldering crater and saw their biggest fears come true.
The monster they all worked so hard to kill… Is still alive.
"Creeeeiii!" The larva started to inch closer to the crowd as said crowd were back against a literal wall with no hope of escape in sight.
"Well students and professors of Beacon… It was an honor to serve with you…" Ozpin said in a sad tone as everyone closed their eyes and accepted their fate.
"So this is where everyone was! I was wondering where everyone went."
Everyone's eyes opened as they saw someone standing with a black suitcase at the entrance of the large hole they made.
It was Ceres Kerrigan, back from his trip.
"When I came back I found my dorm room destroyed and my team missing. So I tried finding someone but to my surprise there was no one around the school. If it weren't for the loud noises coming from this area, I wouldn't have found anyone." Ceres explains as he started to approach the crowd.
"Now since I found you all, did anyone see-" Ceres was soon cut off by the frantic and panic yelling of the crowd in front of him.
"GO SAVE YOURSELF!"
"RUN WHILE YOU STILL HAVE THE CHANCE!"
"DON'T BE A HERO!"
"YOU MUST WARN EVERYONE!"
"CARRY OUR DREAMS WITH YOU!"
Ceres is now wondering why everyone is yelling in panic as if they're about to die. As he approached the crowd something caught his attention.
"Creeeeiii!"
He then looked down and saw the Zerg Larva.
"YOU FOOL! RUN!"
"RUN AWAY!"
"OH NO! PLEASE! NOT HIM! HE'S SO YOUNG!"
Ceres ignored their pleas as he knelt down and opened his suit case.
"There you are. I've been looking everywhere for you wormy. Now in you go." Ceres said as he picked up the larva and placed it in the suitcase and closed it.
He then stood up and saw everyone with shocked expressions.
"What?"
There was silence once again. Until Ruby spoke.
"HE CAUGHT THE MONSTER!"
Soon everyone cheered and rushed towards Ceres, picked him up and launching him into the air in victory.
"HURRAH! HURRAH! HURRAH!" Everyone cheered as they threw Ceres into the air over and over again.
And that's how Ceres became the hero of Beacon, a living legend.
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