Chapter 11
Ragnarok, Pestilence, Darken, Gabriel, Lee, Desmond, Ella, Slade, Cole, Leo, Devinchi, Scorpion, Nocternal, Otto, and Weaper, all The Shadows, as well as teams RWBY, JNPR, SSSN, CVFY and so on: Were all fighting for their lives.
As the Grimm continued to advance. Out of the corner of his eye, Ragnorok spotted Qrow and Glynda making their way towards them. Ragnarok was brought out of his reverie when he saw none other that Professor Ozpin enter the fray; With the swing of his cane, dozens of the Grimm were destroyed.
Ragnarok found himself impressed by Ozpin's efficiency. 'not just the power his uses, but the way he fights. He is defensive, and draws his enemies in; then he wipes then out with his weapon; not one swing is wasted.'
Somewhere through the entire fight, Ragnorok took notice that many of the teams had begun to slow, several showed signs their aura being depleted. Ragnarok knew it was time for the Trump card: Turning to his Brothers, he bellowed above the noise;
"BUY ME 30 SECONDS!" Pestilence, Darken, team SNOW, GLDE, and SCLD moved to cover their teammate, as he prepared his ace, most of them HAD, in fact, seen his true power before, they knew what was coming.
Ragnarok placed his swords on his back, and placed his arms to his side. He began to chant out loud: "SO take this burning heart, LIGHT the fire, let the passion BURN!" As he spoke, Ragnorok's body began to give off pure white light, and as he finished the chant, the light exploded upwards. There was no doubt the whole world could see it. As the light shined, it began to take on the shape of an ethereal man.
(an: Naruto: Madara's complete Susanoo (to which I don't own the rights to.))
The man wore no shirt, but a Egyptian-style clothing and skirt. It was Bald, and It's eyes were a Golden hue. It had four arms, in which, the right upper arm held a broadsword that stretched out to the very outskirts of Vale, an easy 10 miles long! The upper left carried a two handed scythe, the blade was similar to Qrow's in design. In the lower left, was carried a shield, the size of the things chest. The lower right held a fuma shuriken (Naruto: mizuki's throwing weapon)
In side of the ethereal Warrior; in the middle of the chest, stood Ragnarok. Around him, all of the huntsmen and huntresses that had fought beside him floated like they were under water. "YOU ALL HAVE INFINITE AURA; USE IT TO DESTROY YOUR ENEMIES!" he bellowed. Many of the huntsmen and huntresses were too shocked to do anything. Few, however, were good enough to make a dent in the army of Grimm that stretched out as far as the eye could see.
Ruby, using her sniper, was knocking back as many as she could, but a sniper vs an army was a bad match up. Weiss was doing much better, able to freeze hordes of Grimm in one go. Blake, like ruby, wasn't doing very well, her power was more defensive, and so had next to no use in a battle of this magnitude. After all, what was a meager shadow clone substitution, compared to giving others INFINITE AURA for even a short time.
Yang was doing fairly well, able use her power to take the inflicted damage done on herself, and use it to increase the damage, to take down her victims from a distance. Sun and Darken were doing exceptionally well.
Sun, using his semblance to make several copies of himself on the group most of the White Fang having pulled out, and nearly all of the androids had been destroyed.
Pyrrha and Nora were doing the best out of the regular students. Pyrrha using her gift of polarity to send cars, streetlamps, and even pieces of a few buildings into the masses of Grimm, killing them. Nora was using her power over electricity to zap and electrocute her opponents, or else just blowing up cars and the like using her semblance and weapon.
Velvet, and Coco, on the other hand, were doing all they could to keep up.
Ren was outgunned, he would only be wasting his ammo; and yet he fought where he could.
Cutting down 3 at a time from where he stood in the "body". Coco's Gatling gun was near empty and she couldn't seem to find time to reload. While Velvet had almost same problem, as she was using up all the photos she had taken throughout the year. Of course she had tried to get "Ragnarok's" but for whatever reason, she couldn't, it was like something was blocking her.
Fox and Yatsuhashi were closer to the feet of the thing, and therefore, not useless.
Fox was running in and out of the "aura field" cutting and slashing as he went. While on occasion, Yatsu would jump out of the field, smash his sword into the ground, unleashing devastation upon his foes, killing well over 10 Grimm in one go, and jumping back into the field. There was nothing on Jaune; the fact that he had snuck his way into this school, spoke volumes, and those volumes turned into suspicions for The Light, and those suspicions were confirmed from watching Jaune that night. 'shameful', 'pathetic' and 'weak' were few nicer of the choice words that Ragnarok, Pestilence, Darken and teams SCLD, SNOW and GLDE had at the sight.
The Light, consisting of team SPDR, GLDE, SCLD, and SNOW, needless to say, were doing better that any of the others. Ragnarok himself was using both sword and scythe to wipe out the opposition. Pestilence was letting off several streams of Dust at his enemies, as well as giving the others an unlimited supply of Dust. Darken on the other hand wasn't even in the field. He was outside summoning forth Grimm of his own to combat the relentless horde. As he was trained to. Ragnarok was tearing a path through the horde of Grimm forces, when he spotted Ozpin and Glynda. They were fighting their way to him. Ragnarok reached out and grabbed both of them using his ethereal arms. Once they were in Ozpin and Glynda made their way to where Ragnarok stood. At the head of the Body. "Where is Mr. Spiderwick?" Ozpin asked, curtly.
Ragnarok looked at him even as he ripped out a building that was crawling with the Grimm. "he's killing the Grimy whore known as Cinder Fall!" He yelled, smashing the building into the ground. As he did so; the ground began to quake, it shook so violently, no one was able to stay standing, and everyone went to the ground. Even most of the Grimm were destroyed. Buildings were converted to rubble in a matter of seconds in a matter of seconds. Not long after: the screens all around them lit up. Weaver Spiderwick was standing in a field of rubble and rock.
As he stood over Cinder, he began to speak: "Form your armies, dream your dreams, make your plans and plot your schemes: Send your fighters, one and all… Then in battle," here Weaver raised his hands. "watch." Clenching his fists, he made long, black rod, with a white dust crystal on one end. "Them." he reared back. "FALL!" And STABBED THE GIRL THROUGH THE HEART.
Ruby and the others were watching all of this in shock and awe that turned quickly to feelings of shock and horror. The white crystal in her mouth soon filled with an amber-colored liquid-like substance.
Once it was filled, he took it from her mouth. Opening his own, Weaver tilted his head back, and dropped it into his mouth.
Upon swallowing it, Weaver closed his eyes, and after a pause, opened them again: The whites were a jet black, and his eyes were mismatched. One was a blood red and the other was a shining silver. Ruby gasped in horror and hid her head behind Yang's back. The others were too shocked and horrified to react. Weaver pointed at the camera in front of him and spoke in the same menacing tone of voice as before. (AN: again; this will be a long rant here.) "well? does it feel good, knowing you tried. Knowing that all that remains, is the slow, cold, cruel death. Of tools that will all die in pain! How does it feel, knowing your efforts have failed. All that you've built will be torn, down- all the hope of the people prevailed. Sent your champions, they will fail. Legends and heroes may crumble and fall, but you will not prevail. When allied together, a threat will men display. Divide them with doubt; it could all wash away. One spark can incite their hope And ignite the hearts of their weary souls: you'll try to extinguish their flame! here Weaver paused. It was you, who ended their lives, made it to all wash away, with your dark, sick, CRUEL design, that convinced her the world could be slain. HAVE. YOU. NO. SHAME? Signing her up for your war, trained her to fight what she CAN'T beat, hers is the one you'll pay for. Sacrifice them for your needs, for we are coming, the end drawing near, you'll regret your deeds. Legends And fairytales scattered in time. We have to keep them wrapped up in a lie! these children we mislead, I'LL WATCH AS YOU BLEED. STRENGTH MAY YET BRING VICTORY!..." Weaver shouted, paused, then continued. "Divide them. Tear them apart. Sever their trust, it will strangle their heart. Inside them. Plant seeds of doubt; Hope may be smothered, but it will not matter. HATRED AND DOUBT; WILL WITHER AND DROWNED. friendships aline while allegiances rise. THE TASTE WILL BE SWEET WHEN I GET WHAT I'VE EARNED, WHEN I WATCH. YOU. BBBUUURRRNNN!" With those final words, Weaver's surroundings erupted into white flames as everything around him burned to ashes.
The screen cut to black. At that moment, the entire world of remnant, stood still. The fear was so potent that even Pestilence could feel it. 'weaver's going to LOVE this.' Ragnarok thought.
Weaver's walk back to beacon had been an unpleasant one. Sadly, no Grimm tried to kill him. In fact, most of them seemed afraid of him. This phenomenon would be befuddling to most, to Weaver, however, it spoke something else.
Salem Witch was afraid.
Of him.
He smiled. "well at least my message was received."
As Weaver stepped into the kingdom limits, he was nearly overwhelmed by the fear cascading off of people as he passed. It was a wonder the Grimm didn't try to attack. 'oh wait, they did.' Weaver thought, and chuckled at his joke, causing the people around him to step back in fear.
Weaver was just approaching the Tower, when Team RWBY, JNPR, SSSN, and CFVY surrounded him.
The look on their faces was one of anger and hurt. "what do you want." Weaver asked in a monotone. Yang was the first to respond. "that's all you have to say?!" She yelled.
Weaver looked from her to Weiss, then Blake, then Ruby and so on down the line, then back to Yang. "I don't see the problem. I don't need to say anything."
Yang was furious. "YOU LIED TO US!" Weaver raised an eyebrow. "and?" Yang was taken aback. "what do you mean 'and?' do have anything to say for yourself!?" Weaver said nothing, he was silent.
Then he started to laugh. It was a cruel, dark laugh. One that sent shivers down the spine of all in attendance. Then, as suddenly as it begun; the laughing stopped. "you seem to think that I have to defend myself to the likes of you." Yang tried to cut him off, but he wouldn't let her. "I don't have time for this or you, you want an explanation: speak to Ozpin for a full list of my actions." With that, he left.
(the vault)
Weaver took the elevator down to the vault, his face was stone, while his insides were a torrent of emotion.
Upon arrival, he stepped out and made his way to her body. But not before destroying the button, insuring no one could follow him. … Weaver arrived at her pod.
The torrent was about to break. He walked over to the pod and rested his head against the pod. And then; for the first time in over ten years, Weaver Spiderwick, cried. (another long one) "I couldn't take it, couldn't stand another minute. Could bear another day without you in it, all the dreamin I had in for my life, was stripped away the minute that you died, to have you in my life was all I ever wanted, but now without you I'm a soul forever haunted. Can't help feeling I had taken you for granted, no way in hell I could ever comprehend this/it. I wasn't dreamin when I saw that you were gone, I was wide awake and thinking that I had to be wrong. How could I leave you when I promised I would stay, now i'm trapped inside this nightmare every single f'ing day!" Weaver grit his teeth in anguish. "you know that I'm broken down by anger and by sadness, feeling that I left you in a world full of bloody madness. Wish I could talk with you if only for a minute, make you understand the reason why I did it. I wanna tell you, that you're all that ever mattered, want you to know that for eternity; I'm shattered. I tried so just to protect you but I failed to, and now in the jail of abandonment that I'm jailed to. I never planned that I would leave you all alone, I was sure that I would see you when when back home, and all the times I swore that it would be ok; now I'm nothing but a liar as you're thrown into the fray. This bedtime story is for misery forever-after, the pages are torn and there is no final chapter: I had no other choice. I did what I had to do; a sacrifice was needed, and that sacrifice was YOU!" Weaver slammed his hands on the stone floor, large spider web cracks appeared in the ground as the bones in his hands cracked.
Tears poured down his face, but not from the pain. He was, finally grieving his loss. It was time. …(1 hour after Weaver entered the vault) (it's been a year since he showed any emotion.) When Weaver finally came out of the vault, his eyes were dry and held no evidence of crying. His job. His purpose. Wasn't over yet. … Weaver took the elevator up to Ozpin's office. Upon arrival, he noted that Ozpin looked haggard, like he had just been in a major fight. Now that Weaver thought about it: he had been in a major fight, a huge fight actually. "Ozpin. Are you prepared?" Weaver asked. Ozpin looked up from where he was writing something. "everything is packed and ready, I will join you at the gates to east." Weaver nodded, and left. As he did, he threw a comment at Ozpin, over his shoulder. "Make sure you destroy it, before you leave. Don't want any repeats now do we."
When Weaver walked through the door to his team's' dorm, he was met with teams RWBY, JNPR, SSSN, CVFY, and even team CRDL (cardinal), all circled around glaring at him. Weaver looked from one side to the other. Seeing no one, he walked in, and shut the door. After the brief pause that followed, Weaver raised an eyebrow. "well?" The reactions varied. Yang was the first to respond. "THAT'S IT! That's all you have to say!" She yelled. Weaver raised his eyebrows, while keeping his eyes at a half close. "is there something I should say?" Nora was on her feet next. "after the way that you used us, the way you lied to us!" "not to mention the fact that tricked us! You kept us in the dark about all of this?!" Weiss cut in. "yeah why would you do this! Explain yourself." Weaver let the silence hang, for a while. Then. Burst out laughing. It was a sinister, dark laugh. "what's so funny Jaune yelled. And just like that the laughing stopped. "you all seem to think that I, somehow, need to explain myself, to you." He finished looking at Jaune. They all glared at him. Weaver was about to start off on them, when a thought occurred to him… Now that all his goals but for one were achieved, and all of his dreams were dead: There was nothing he had left to lose. Weaver smiled, a calm, almost kind looking, which looked arguably more terrifying than his dark smile. "you know what. Fine, I will tell you ALL of my secrets: First off, let's cover the beginning. Ruby." Ruby perked up and looked at him. "if I recall, your mother's name was Summer Rose, correct?" She nodded. "and she died several years ago, did she not?" She nodded again, surprise and sadness on her face.
"well? Have you ever wondered how she died? Or more specifically; who killed her?" Ruby's eyes widened. "that's right, she was killed, do you know who did it? "Well, she did it on orders, the orders were given by your truly." It was as if someone had dropped a Bomb on Ruby's world. The whole room was in an uproar. Yang wanted to punch him she was so mad.
Weaver looked right at yang and said. "I'd hold your temper for now yang, because my next bit involves you." Yang relaxed. "now, if I'm not mistaken: your mother, Raven Xoi Long, left you when you were but a child. Don't you find it odd, that a mother would just up and leave totally out of the blue?" Yang looked puzzled as she nodded. "well it should; I'M the one who told her to leave. Her orders were to infiltrate our enemies alongside Qrow. The two Branwen's were to be our spies. Unfortunately, Raven had to make a choice; save a friend, or continue as my spy. She carried out my orders to the letter. Want to hear the best part? The friend she killed, had taken your father as a husband after Raven left!" yang stood there for a second, then paled, tears filled her eyes as she looked to Ruby. the sister's shared a moment of silence. Wallowing in the feeling of betrayal. Weaver felt a sick joy from the negative emotions, and looked to Weiss and Blake. "the Schnee and the white fang member. Never thought I'd see you to getting all buddy-buddy with each other." "we got past our differences." Weiss said.
Weaver raised an eyebrow. "really." He said, clearly not believing a word. "then our little kitten already knows about it, then." Weiss Schnee's eyes went wide and her face went beat red at the comment.
Blake looked at her oddly. "what's he talking about?" Weaver giggled like a madman. "Ms Schnee here currently has a a little "plaything" she keeps in her room back at Atlas." "what does that mean." Blake demanded. Weaver smiled. "SHE KIDNAPPED YOUR MOTHER TO HAVE HER WAY WITH HER!" Weaver said, as he started laughing. Blake looked angry. "you're full of it!" "yeah!" "that's right, Weiss would never do something like that!" Weiss remained silent.
Yang nudged her. "Weiss, say something." But the longer Weiss stayed silent; the more apparent the truth became. "blake..." Weiss raised her head, tears were running down her face. "I didn't know. I only found out a few days before the attack. I was going to let her free-" Blake was so angry; she couldn't even think. She stood to face Weiss, and slapped her across the face. The slap was more of a shock to the room that it was to Weiss, who was so stunned, she only let her head come back to normal when the sting had finally left her. Blake turned and was about to leave, when Weaver held out his hand to stop her.
She tried to go around, but he grabbed her and flung her back to where she was sitting. "now that that is settled. On to more of my tale." Weaver turned to Ren and Nora. "your village. Population. 154 more or less, resided in the plains near Mistreal, had a bad habit of coming under attack by the Grimm?" The two friends nodded, and then paled as they caught onto what he was saying. "you got it. I was there when the Grimm attacked; I guess you could say, I'm the reason you're both here today." He smiled, as he sniffed the air. "oh. You're angry. That is sooo cute! You remind me of this puppy that looked a lot like Zwei that I killed. yeah, it was a Saturday. I think." Weaver was still smiling when Ruby tried to take his head off.
Even as she moved his hand was already up. Her weapon shattered on impact with Weaver's palm. As the room stared in shock, Pyrrha stood up. "so you didn't mean any of the words you told me at the dance?!" Weaver turned to her. "yes that's right." Pyrrha's eyes went wet as she sat down.
Jaune stood, he looked like he was ready to kill Weaver. "how dare you! Using my friends like that, I'm going to mess you up!" "now on with my tale." Jaune growled. "HEEYYYY! I'M TALKIN TO YOU, PUNK!" Weaver turned to his left where Jaune sat. "hey! Didn't even notice you." Weaver said in a cocky tone of voice, it seemed he was having a lot of fun with this. Jaune threw a punch at Weaver's face.
There was a flash and Jaune was embedded in the wall with five figures holding three-foot long blades to several of his vitals.
Pyrrha was on her feet in an instant. As was the rest of team JNPR, so was Sun and Neptune. Coco and her team had their weapons out and were ready to kill him.
There was a standoff for about ten seconds until Weaver mentioned something that caused everyone to stop cold. "I did manage to drop the moon on someone who angered me, are you looking to get the same treatment?" The weapons went away. "how were you able to do that? You said your power was to walk on walls." Ruby asked. Weaver nodded. "I did. My team also lied about their powers. It wouldn't do for our enemies to know their opponents." A pause, then. "why did not tell us about the attack?" Pyrrha asked. "that's right, you clearly knew something, so why didn't you-" "because you couldn't be trusted." The room was in silence, as he continued. "we couldn't have known if you were conspiring with our enemy." "so you LIED?!" yang yelled. She tore off her jacket, revealing her bandage. "I LOST MY ARM BECAUSE OF YOU!" "IT'S CALLED: SACRIFICE!" he yelled. "Oh yeah! Then what have you sacrificed?" came Jaune's reply. Without missing a beat. Weaver tore off his cloak and shirt. The room gasped. Because in of place of skin, Weaver stood with patches of Grimm fur and bone sewed into his own body, and machinery everywhere else. No human skin was visible on his body below his neck. Half the room was shocked and horrified.
The other half was on the verge of tossing their lunch. "I HAVE MADE SACRIFICES; are you ready for a SACRIFICE!" Weaver yelled. The walls shook from his anger. His aura was a mix of bloody red, and Grimm-black. Hatred rolled off of his him like water off a waterfall. "our enemies see you as small and helpless, WE see as as just a child. Surprised when they find out that a warrior might soon run WILD! So prepare for your greatest moments, prepare for your finest hour, the dreams that you've always dreamed might some day come to bud and flower. Your world needs a GREAT defender, your world's in the way of harm, YOU WANT THIS ROMANTIC LIFE; A FAIRY TALE THAT'S FULL OF CHARM. but BEWARE that the light is fading, BEWARE as the dark returns, this world, unforgiving. All this brilliant lives will cease to BURN!" the more Weaver talked the more scared everyone got. Except Ruby. She wasn't scared.
Weaver seemed to get that, as he went straight at her. When he was looking straight down at her, he frowned. "we couldn't wait with lives at stake, until we thought you ready: Our enemies are gathering, the storm grows still deadly." Ruby was unfazed, in fact she seemed to be getting angry. "AND WHAT ABOUT PENNY; WAS SHE A SACRIFICE?!" Tears streaked down her face, as she stared him I the face. Three seconds passed then Weaver smiled. "this is a fine lesson for you to learn young huntress-" "I WON'T LEARN IT! I won't learn to sacrifice my friends." "…then you will watch all you love die before your very eyes…" Weaver backed away. "the lesson I was going to teach you was twofold; the first was that sacrifice is REQUIRED in order to win, the definition of sacrifice is to give up something precious for something even for precious. The second; was that there is a reason why I cut out my flesh and replaced with machinery, flesh and bone are tough to fix: but metal only needs heat to be fixed. Add in a little dust and to can make a perfect material." As he spoke, the door opened and a figure walked in. "Software is mostly the same, it's easy to simply copy it onto another piece of hardware." The figure took off the cloak she wore. "PENNY!" Ruby's power was super speed, but she might as well have teleported into penny's chest. The momentum was enough to send both girls through the open door. Before Weaver could explain why Penny was lighter, Ragnorok entered the room and whispered something in his ear. As he did, Weaver said 'yeah', 'okay', 'got it' and 'understood' throughout the message. Once it was done, Weaver whispered back. After he was done, Ragnorok left quickly. "there is work to be done. I take my leave." Weaver walked away. As Weaver Approached Ozpin's office, Qrow fell in behind him. "everyone has gathered. We are ready for the final push?" Weaver was silent for a moment, then he spoke. "I swore I'd have blood for Amber's death: I WILL have my recompense." Weaver walked faster, as he turned the corner. A woman with long black hair, she wore a red kimono with stockings, she bore leather-looking gloves. her face was hidden by a Grimm-helmet, and at her side was a katana. She didn't say much but when she did speak, It was important. "her horsemen are gathering, your orders?" Weaver thought for a moment. "Meet us at the crossroads, the others will be there soon. Wait for us there." She nodded. "Prepare yourself, Raven. The day is nearly done." …
Weaver arrived to see Ozpin, Glynda, Qrow, Ironwood, Ragnarok, Pestilence, Darken, all of team SCLD, team GLDE, and team SNOW were all assembled. They had been waiting for him. They looked happy. After a pause, he spoke. "Teams' RWBY, JNPR, SSSN, CRDL and CFVY wanted to see me, seems they have contempt for me over what happened today." ironwood blew it off. "It doesn't matter anymore. WE WON!" Glynda gave in a rare smile. Weaver gave a conceding nod, then his face went serious. "There will be time for celebrating later. This isn't over yet." "He's right." everyone turned to see Ozpin standing from his seat. "There is more work to be done: i made a grave mistake leaving Salem locked up; i think it time to rectify that error!" Ozpin said, harshly. Weaver nodded and pulled out a sheet of paper, and rolled it out on the desk. "This is a map of her palace we managed to acquire; Compliments of our own Qrow Branwen." Weaver finished with a smirk. Qrow made a mock bow. Some chuckled. Weaver pulled out a separate sheet of paper. "This is a list of her pawns that i derived from Cinder's memories; i've taken to calling them 'horsemen' my intel says they are gathering at her palace as we speak. No doubt to discuss what has become of the late Cinder Fall, they will, in all likelihood, try to attack us here. I nominate professor Port and doctor Oobleck, as well as a contingent of soldier, in case they try." he handed the paper to Qrow, who, after reading it, passed it around. "Agreed." Ozpin said. " "You will all pick your targets, and study them thoroughly." Once everyone had read the docket, Weaver pointed to a part of the palace lay-out. "This area is heavily fortified." He pointed to another spot. "This one is not: our options are fast and hard, or slow and soft." Everyone pondered that. On one hand, fast and hard was better for a large force, and was better for a diversion. While the second was better for a sneak attack or assassination. As everyone thought, Qrow pointed out another area. Upon further analyses, they concluded that it was the best place to plant an infiltration. Weaver stood and rolled up his documents and stored them away. "Now that that is taken care of. Has everyone chosen a target?" Everyone nodded. "But sir, who is yours; you haven't said." Weaver smiled. "That my friend, is because Ozpin and i have something in to common to take care of." They all caught on at once. But just as they were about to voice their opinions: The elevator 'binged', and team RWBY and JNPR stepped out. "We want in." Jaune said. "What?" Ironwood said bewildered. "What are you talking about? You want in what?" "We want to help bring down the bad guys." Jaune said.
There was silence, then Qrow started to laugh, as did Ironwood to everyones suprise (read dread). "Y-you want to go out and fight?" Qrow managed through his laughter. Jaune looked down, defeated. Pyrrha stepped up. "What Jaune is trying to say is we want to help you fight." Qrow was about to make a comment, when Ozpin cut him off. "We appreciate the offer young lady, but i'm afraid this isn't like any kind of "fight" you've ever been in." "We aren't children anymore; we're hunters of the Grimm." "Yeah" Ruby said. "That's right" Yang followed up. "Dido" Weiss declared. Blake nodded. "and you're letting Weaver join in-"jaune was cut off when he was sent flying across the room. "Did YOU just compare me to yourself, boy?" Pyrrha drew her weapon and stepped to defend her crush. Weaver looked at her, and made a flicking motion with his middle finger. Pyrrha was sent flying into the corner of the room.
Upon impact, she slumped to the floor. The rest of team JNPR, and all of team RWBY got ready to fight. Weaver made a sideways-fanning motion with his arm, sending them all sprawling. 'He sent us packing with a gesture!' Yang thought. "Let me set the record straight. you, all of you, are nothing to her." Weaver made his way to a downed Jaune. "But you think you can hold a candle to me!" Weaver grabbed Jaune by the collar, and picked him up. "YOU THINK YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO FIGHT AFTER WHAT YOU'VE DONE!" Weaver threw Jaune across the room. "ALL THESE NIGHTMARES DISCLOSE THIS; IT'S HER BLOOD THAT SMELT LIKE ROSES." He crashed into Ozpin's desk,and slumped. "YOU ARE TOO BLAME! OZPIN ALLOWED YOU TO STAY AND GUARD HER; AND YOU FAILED!" Weaver approached, as he neared the desk, he saw a sliver of red on the desk. "AND YOU WANT TO FIGHT!" Weaver yelled. Rage was felt throughout the room. Weaver grabbed jaune off of the ground by the neck, and proceeded to constrict Jaune's breathing. "Mr. Spiderwick. I believe you and i made a deal." Weaver hesitated and then smiled. "Your right Ozpin. In fact that gives me a idea." Weaver placed Jaune on the floor. "so. you all want to fight, do you?" Seeing most nod. Weaver grinned darkly. "Then i have a proposition for you: Gather anyone who else wants to join in the fight in the Quad in an hour. If you can get me in a checkmate position; i'll let you come with, no questions asked. Deal?" he stuck out his hand. Jaune managed to stand, and shook hands.
They felt like a corpse's.
three hours later, teams: RWBY, JNPR, Neptune and Sun of SSSN, CFVY and CRDL were a assembled in the courtyard. A crowd had gathered behind them. Weaver Spiderwick stood before them, facing Beacon's direction. "A word of advice before we start: if you want to win: you must try to kill me." The entire crowd, as well as the teams, were taken aback at the severity of this fight. After a pause, Jaune and Pyrrha charged him. As they got closer, Weaver teleported behind them. Grabbing them both by the neck. Weaver teleported back to the bridge he was standing upon seconds earlier.
With a flick of his wrists, he tossed both partners over the side of the bridge to their death! "NNNOOOO!" Ruby and Nora cried. Both of them charged forward, Ruby using her semblance to get ahead. Weaver gave a hint of a grin. Before he reacted by grabbing Ruby by the throat, he let her momentum carry her lower body in the air. As it came level to her head, making it appear as if she were lying down, Weaver slammed her into the ground, causing the ground to crack and shatter like glass from the force. Weaver straightened in time to receive Nora's hammer with his hand. Nora was too shocked to move. Weaver smiled, and grabbed the hammer's head in his fist, crushing it. Weaver brought his knee into her stomach, took it away, and "snap-kicked" her in the chest, sending her flying. Ren reacted, with Blake, Yang and Weiss charging in behind him.
They ran at Weaver, Ren's guns firing, Blake's sword drawn, Yang screaming (war-cry), and Weiss's semblance calling forth a hail of ice. Weaver held his hand out, palm facing them, and as the ammunitions made contact with his hand, they seemed to ricochet off in random directions, dealing no effect. Wess's ice seemed to be sucked right into his hand. While Ren, Blake, Yang and Weiss did so. Team SSSN, CFVY, and CRDL were working on a strategy. "We can't just bomb-rush him, look how easily he dropped Pyrrha and Ruby." Sun said "Not to mention Jaune and Nora." Coco replied. "As if that's suprise. Jaune-y always was a weakling." Cardin mocked. "He has more courage than you!" Velvet shot back, harshly. "Say what! You want to go another round, bunny?" Cardin yelled. Yatsuhashi interrupted Cardin by bringing his blade down on his shoulder.
Cardin dropped with a crushing blow. "That's enough out of you." Yatsuhashi said. "Back to business. We need to find a way to take him." Sun said. "Anyone have any ideas?" Before anyone could say something, they heard a voice behind them. "If you guys are done strategizing; we're on the clock." They turned to see Weaver standing amongst their fallen comrades. They were all down. Coco acted first. Activating her brief case, it transformed into a minigun.
As she began to fire, the rest of her team burst into action. Sun and Neptune ran forward while Velvet tried to flank him to the right (his right), while Yatsuhashi took his left. Meanwhile the rest of team CRDL had gathered around their fallen leader. Waiting for him to wake up. Back in the fight, Sun and Neptune had engaged Weaver in hand-to-hand combat, as all forms of dust seemed to be ineffective. Coco, realizing this, turned her weapon back into a briefcase, and ran into the fray. As Velvet and Yatsuhashi got into the fight, Weaver blasted Sun and Neptune back several meters, and reacted in time to grab Yatsuhashi's sword by the blade, and crush it in his fist. Even as he blocked Velvet's attack coming in from overhead. "Come ON! Stop trying to just hit me and hit me! GET SERIOUS!" he shoved them back teleported behind them, and blasted them over the cliff. Weaver made a show of counting off his fingers how many of them he had taken out. As he did, he heard Coco coming up from behind him. He almost laughed, as he turned and kicked her across the courtyard. A small 'ding' was heard, and Weaver looked around. "Is that it?! Pathetic." Weaver was just about to leave, when he heard some say. "I'm still standing." He turned to see Ruby Rose standing with her weapon, Crescent Rose. At the sight, Weaver snorted. "Seriously?" he said, sounding almost disappointed. Ruby charged, using her speed to cross the gap between them. Weaver shrugged and followed suite. At the last second, Weaver went into a slide and sweep-kicked Ruby off her feet, as he passed. Coming out of the slide, Weaver stood, and turned and approached a downed Ruby. "A shame to see such potential; squandered." With that, he picked Ruby up by her red hood, and threw her over the bridge. Weaver walked back and forth the Quad, tossing the "huntsmen" and "huntresses" over the edge of the cliff, onto the pads of webbing he had placed below.
The deal he had made with Ozpin had just saved their lives.
Weaver, Ozpin, Ragnarok, Glynda, Pestilence, Darken, Ironwood, Slade, Penny, Coal, Leo, Lee, Desmond, Devinchi, Gabriel, Ella, Scorpion, Nocternal, Otto, Weaper, and Qrow. Had been on the road now for over 7 hours, and not one of them was tried. Even if they had been going at a full sprint since sunrise. They had made small talk every now and then, but had been useless, and after a while, they had all given up. That had been over a few hours ago. Weaver raised his hand. "We'll wait at the crossroads up ahead for the rest to join us." They knew of who he spoke. The maidens, as well as the leaders of the other two academies, were all converging on Salem's castle. As they came to a halt, Ragnarok spoke up. "So, do you think they've woken up yet?" That brought a smile to every member of The Light. Before they had left they had given a gift to the girls of team JNPR. They had also given such a gift to team RWBY, though many doubted they would see it that way.
The first thing Pyrrha noticed when she woke up was that she was naked! The second, and definitely the more embarrassing, Jaune was beneath her! The third, was that he was naked too! Her face went redder than a (ruby) Rose. As if her luck couldn't get worse, he seemed to be waking up. Pyrrha tried to move to no avail. Upon looking, she saw that their arms, legs, and even their necks, were tied to each other! 'Things couldn't possibly get worse!' she thought. As if to spite her, it seemed that while she was moving, she had shifted the bed, causing Jaune to stir further. "Uuhhh, what hit me?" he asked. Pyrrha fought the urge to kiss him right then and there. 'Damn it why is he so amazing?!' she thought. "Um, Jaune? whatever you do don't open-" Jaune opened his eyes. Pyrrha nearly screamed. Whether it was out of frustration or joy, even she didn't know. What she did know, was that the guy she really liked was currently underneath her right now! And she was naked! "P-pyrrha?" She reddened further. "What-what are we doing, what going on?" He looked at her and his face went beat red. "Jaune, I-" pyrrha was about to tell him a lie, because for the life of her, she couldn't tell him she loved him. She just couldn't.
When Nora woke up, the last thing she was expecting was for Ren's naked form to be beneath her. 'R-Ren?' she thought. In truth, she was overjoyed that her crush was in bed with her. It was then Nora took note of what was keeping them there. Ren's hands were tied to the bed posts by his own weapons and a bunch of chains. Nora then noticed her legs felt a little, heavy. Looking down, she saw her hammer/grenade launcher, Magnhild was being used to hold her feet to Ren's. In effect, Ren's weapons were being used to tie their hands together.
Just as Ren stirred, a loud noise came over the loudspeaker. "attention, teams JNPR and friends. You should be awake by now. So you should know a few things. Pyrrha Nikos. The chains that bind you right now are made of an alloy designed by Atlas to retrain huntsmen and huntresses. They are connected to the wires on your neck. When your pulse goes up, the chains will unravel. This gives you the perfect opportunity to express your feelings for Mr. Arc. Next, is Ms. Valkyrie. Yours is slightly different. Your was designed to disarm only when your confess your feelings. I hope your team does we-hell." the voice said in a sing-song voice. "Oh and before i forget, team RWBY. yours is wired to release whenever a certain pair confess to each other their feelings. Good luck one and all."
Ruby opened her eyes to meet a very welcome sight. The ceiling. She was in bed. Ruby nearly relaxed, except for the feeling of rope dragging across her wrists. Looking behind her, ruby found she was being held in place by pieces of rope that held her wrists and ankles. While she was looking for her ankles, however, she saw something that made her go red like roses (i have literally been waiting the entire storyline to use that joke). She was in a two-piece! She quickly tried to escape, but soon found that who ever went to the trouble of tying her up, clearly didn't want her moving around, yet. Ruby looked to her sisters bunk; only to go even redder than her hood. Yang was hog-tied above Blake. A series of vibrators were driving into several different places on her body, she had a gag in her mouth and ropes all over her flesh. No clothes were to be seen. Blake was almost asleep, with her hands being tied to the bedposts. But that wasn't what made Ruby, and Yang, blush. It was the naked monkey faunas, Sun Wukong, that was strapped on top of her. Ruby was just about to ask what was going on, when she heard a commotion beneath her. At first she thought it was a Beowolf or Ursa, but then she heard words. "WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON HERE!" Weiss yelled. "I don't know. The last thing i remember is losing to Weaver. Then nothing." "Well when i find him i'm going to-" "SUN?" they heard Blake yell in shock (and horror?), at the boy on top of her. "Whoa, blake?" Sun managed, his shock making the act of speech rather difficult. "What are you doing here!" she yelled, indignant and embarrassed. "wait . wait. This isn't what it looks like." Blake tried to bring her knee up into Suns balls, but found her legs being held back. "What the hell is this?" she almost yelled. "I don't know, ask your teammates." Blake went pale at that and slowly turned her head to the side praying that what he said wasn't true. She was disappointed. But found herself somewhat… Aroused? Blake looked past Sun to the underside of the Yang's bed above her. It was then she saw, to her horror, Yang's naked form above her. Yang's eyes held a mischievous glint in her eye, as well as a tiny bit of embarrassment, due to her being so exposed. "Yang? What are you doing up there?" Blake managed. Before she could say anything however, the PA system came on. "attention, teams JNPR, RWBY, and friends. You should be awake by now. So you should know a few things. Pyrrha Nikos. The chains that bind you right now are made of an alloy designed by Atlas to retrain huntsmen and huntresses. They are connected to the wires on your neck. When your pulse goes up, the chains will unravel. This gives you the perfect opportunity to express your feelings for Mr. Arc. Next, is Ms. Valkyrie. Yours is slightly different. Your was designed to disarm only when your confess your feelings. I hope your team does we-hell." the voice said in a sing-song voice. "Oh and before i forget, team RWBY. yours is wired to release whenever a certain pair confess to each other their feelings. Good luck one and all." "Wait, who is he talking about?" Ruby asked. "Who knows, but this is getting a little awkward." blake managed through a blush. "Speak for yourself." Sun smirked. Causing his companion to flush and glare at him angrily, which was made almost impossible by closure the two shared. "S-shut up!" she managed. "We all know what it means, it means you two need to confess your love for one another!" Weiss said, a facial blush on her face as she said it. Everyone in the room was stunned to hear Weiss, the ice queen of beacon, say something so brazenly. They all took a moment to ponder what she had said. … Pyrrha starred a Jaune, her face a blushing mess. She was going to do it, she was going to confess her love! "pyrrha are you ok?" "W-w-wel-l, J-Jaune, y-you s-se-see, i mean, i-" "Pyrrha?" Jaune asked, not understanding what she was trying to say. "I just-" she tried, before someone interrupted. "Pyrrha." Ren called from a across the room. Pyrrha tried to look in his direction to no avail. "Just tell him." Pyrrha sighed and drew a breath. "IloveyouJauneArc!" she blurted. Jaune looked at her oddly. "Um, what?" 'Oh for the love of-!' Pyrrha drew closer to him and spoke. "You and i, we would be alright, we could dance on the roof, we could light the night, gonna make you see me in that way. Why don't you, forget about the little chick in white, she don't care about you, and she's so uptight. Let me put a smile on your face. How i wish that you knew i am so crazy for you Jaune. I'll get you alone, and make you my own. It will be. Di-vine." Jaune couldn't believe what he was hearing, how could have been soo stupid! Not to notice what was right in front of him! All this time... "Pyrrha…" "I'm the one for you, and there is no one else." She said softly. "I love you Jaune. Please, i know i can-" She got no further. Jaune's lips impacted hers in a clash of emotions! Pyrrha was illated! Nothing absolutely nothing could make this day any better! … Nora Valkyrie, the heavy hitter, the thunder goddess, the one who spoke first and thought latter. Was stumped. She didn't want to jeopardize their friendship, but at the same time, to HELL with the friendship! It was like she was holding back a cracking dam, and part of her wanted to lose. "Nora? Are you okay? Your face is getting red." 'Oh whoa what am i to do?' she just wanted to scream! 'AAARRRGGGG! fuck it!' "B-b-b-boop." she managed. Ren looked at her oddly. "Nora you always say that, but you never told me what it meant. So can you tell me?" "Well um… every chatelaine wants to share her reign, just want you with me in my castle; we'll crush our enemies bring them to their knees, i know that i have a tendency to babble: When-i-think-about-you-i-can't-help-my-heart -from-racing,-my-mind-goes-fast-and-my-knees-start-shaking,- my-stomach-does-flips-and-a-my-brain-does-flops,-and-the-feelings-that-i'm-feeling-I-don't -think-I-can-stop. I-could-just-say, "i-love-your-everything"- but-i-can't-tell-myself,-if-you're-feeling-quite-the-same. Maybe-if-you-slow-it-down,-try-and-show some-restraint. Hold-Magnhild, i.-think.-i'm.-gonna.-faint!" What started out as a soft confession worked it's way up to a crescendo. And by the time she was done, Nora was panting, and, for more reasons than one, out of breath. Compared to Jaune, Ren was dumbfounded. He was so shocked that she felt the same he did. Due to his home being devastated by the Grimm, and... ...Him. He had learned to not feel anything, good or bad. As much as he tried to hid it; He did felt the same. Ren's lack of response led her think he was rejecting her feelings. The lose of a lover and friend was almost too-much. Her head went off to the side thinkinking of all the things that led up to this point. Upon thinking of all these things, Nora almost lost it. How could she have damaged such a friendship… What was wrong with her! Nora's mind began to spiral downwards as the weight of what she had done sunk in. That is until she heard it. "You feel that, too...?" The voice was barely a whisper from Ren's mouth. Nora's head shot up, her whole head perking up at what his words implied. One second later, Nora and Ren's bodies were in tangled in passion. While the members of team JNPR were having their little "team exercise", team RWBY wasn't having such a great time. Sun had to his credit, confessed first. Laying his heart on the platter in front of her. Blake could only act upon his words with a kiss. Had Yang not been gagged, she would have teased the daylights out of Blake and her monkey-man. Weiss wasn't so vocal as was kissed, on the lips, by Neptune. While she liked the feeling, she couldn't help but feeling as though she was missing out on something. Ruby was the only one left out of the fun. Yang had vibrators at least, Blake had Sun and Weiss had Neptune. Ruby pouted. It looked really good, what Sun was doing to Blake with his tail in between her legs… That was when she remembered reading Blake's book the "filth book" as she called it. Now, she understood what the "filth" was all about. She could only wiggle in place to try and keep the heat that was growing in her stomach, from growing any further. Ruby's breath grew heavy and she started to imaged someone fingering her like that. As time went on, things were heating up in team JNPR's room. Jaune and Pyrrha were locked in the liplock of the century. He had managed to pin her and was no wrestling her hands above her head. Pyrrha was fight to keep her hands arond his head, to tangle her fingers through his golden locks, but to her shock, he was pushing her back. 'So strong.' she thought subconsciously. Jaune, having pinned her hands over her head, held them in place with his right hand, while his left went to her groin. Upon making contact with her lower lips, Pyrrha gave a loud gasp in surprise. "Jaune…" she whispered. "Pyrrha." jaune said, as he pushed a dijet into her. Pyrrha gasped as she arched her back into him. As things got more intense, pyrrha brought her leg up on Jaune's side. Allowing him further access to her neither regions. She sighed. She remembered saying nothing could make this day any better: And now she felt like an idiot. Jaune pushed into her harder and broke the kiss. Pyrrha would have groaned if not for him attacking that spot on her neck a second later. Had Pyrrha not been in mind-numbing pleasure, she would have thought. 'How in the Dust did he know where to focus his attention?!' But as things were, conscious thought was out of the question, let alone that particular question. While the Arkos couple had their intimacy, Ren and Nora were going at it like rabbits, not like Velvet. Nora started out on top, but as time went on, Ren had forced her into the sheets. Ren wasn't loud, but Nora was. "AHH! Ren- AHH!" "Nora, if you want me, you need to ask me properly." Ren said though a grin. All and all, the two teams were well preoccupied. … "Yeah i'm pretty sure they're awake." Pestilence said. "Focus. All of you." Weaver said. A wicked smile adorned his face. After a time, they all stopped. They had reached the clearing. Around them stood three young women, two elder men and several soldiers, and huntsmen, of human and faunas. They were all gathered. It was time. "Alright. It all comes down to this. What we do today will determine the fate of the whole world. ready yourselves. Weaver said. Pausing to make sure his next words were heard and understood. "Team GLDE, you and yours are to make you way to the contaminant of Menagerie and find Sienna Khan and terminate him." "Yes sir." "Team SNOW, you are to head to Atlas. Find the head of the Schnee Dust company. Bring him to patch and wait for us there." "Team SCLD, take the shadows and insure the "wildlife" don't get too... antsy." "sir, yes sir." Once their orders were given, the teams took off for their destination. Finally, only team SPDR, Ozpin, Glynda, Ironwood, the Maidens, as well as the leaders of Mantel and and Qrow were left. "Everyone else. With me. Move out." Weaver turned in a direction and took off at a dead sprint. … There was four, but now there were three. Salem sat on her throne. Before her sat the members of her court. Watts. The doctor, he was in charge of experimentation and the like. Watts was a perfectionist, someone who hated failure above all others. Tyrian. Her hunter, he was the one who had sent the late Cinder Fall information on the Fall maiden. Then there was Hazel, he was the hardest to read for most, but not to her. He served as her diplomat. Currently, silence enveloped the room. "How did it happen." Hazel spoke up. "Was it the girl with the silver eyes?" Watts asked. He liked to ask questions. "No. this was one of our own." Hazel responded. "I say we find him and, well he crushed her didn't he! heheheHAHAHAHAHA!" "Enough." at Salem's word all noise in the room went dead. She was quiet for a minute. Tyrain cocked his head in concern. "My lady-?" But he was cut off from saying any more when her shot her hand up, signaling him to be silent. Finally, after over 30 minutes of silence, she spoke. "It seems Young Spiderwick has betrayed us. We will have to make an example of this. Tyrain." "Goddess." "Weaver is having his team's scatter, send a platoon to intercept them." she said. He bowed. "Watts, prepare our defenses. We will have guests soon enough." "Of course Ma'am." "What of me, Mistress?" Hazel spoke in a deep and dark tone. "I want you to head of the group going to kill Sienna Khan, their mission gives us an opportunity for an alliance. see to it they Fail." ... Weaver looked over the castle. Salem's castle. It was just as he remembered it. From an old life. It was time. No more pinocchios'. Weaver held his hands out on either side of him, and sighed. 'It's good to be home.'"
They went in quick and quiet, Qrow, Pestilence, Ozpin and Weaver being the best in those departments. Once inside, Weaver gathered the group together and spoke. "Ok. here's where we part company, Pestilence?"
"Sir." He vanished in a cloud of dust. Qrow morphed into a his namesake and followed him. "Darken?" He looked uneasy. "Darken." he said again. The boy looked up. "You are strong; this is what you were bred for." Darken nodded, a pair of ink black wings sprouted from his back, and Darken was gone. Glynda ran to catch up. "Rag-" "One step ahead of you sir." Ragnarok turned and, with Ironwood in toe, started down the nearest hall. "Ladies. Gentlemen. Me and Ozpin had some business to attend to, you have the run of the place." "Good luck, fall." a woman dressed in a winter coat said, her voice held a reserved tone to it. Weaver just nodded in response to her concern. With that the two walked off in the direction of the main hall, Weaver in the lead. … She was calm. Her court was in attendance, she had nothing to fear. The pools could be refilled, no need to worry. … He was angry. She had taken everything from him. Now he was going to take everything from her. This time; strength would bring victory. … Weaver and Ozpin stood in front of a set of double doors. Weaver could feel the presence of Salem Witch on the other side of the door. He took a deep breath. "Before we proceed, there is something you need to know." "I already know, Ozpin." "You know?" he repeated, Ozpin was taken aback. He hadn't expected Weaver to know the truth of his past. "Why do you think i agreed to come all this way, even knowing what it would mean. I have accepted my fate." "...i see." Ozpin said. His heart went out to the boy. He wished he had the strength of character that Weaver Spiderwick did. … (here we go) The doors opened. The creeking noise they gave off, brought back memories for Ozpin. Memories he shared, with his wife. … She watched, as her heart and an almost-stranger, walked into the room. … "Well, well, well. The prodigal son returns." Salem's voice carried her words across the courtroom, and into the ears of the two intruders. Neither said a word, as they made their way to Salem's side. When they were but a few feet from her. Weaver spoke up.
"Hello..."
(screen fades to black)
"...Mother."
END.
(AN: now, i'm not going to bitch on how long this chapter was, instead, i'm gonna focus on the canon of rwby. My story, originally, wasn't going to involve my theories on the story itself; BUT, as time went on the appeal just became too great. That said, if my story has inspired anyone to write their own: GOOD! GREAT! All that i ask is that you just say so. Knowing that i inspired someone to write a piece of their own, makes me want to write more. P.s. sorry this took so long, working on another story. Next chapter might take a while; it NEEDS to be as EPIC as possible.)
