The night was not calm, it was not collected. Chaos rang through the night as Scythe and the Dragon Grimm collided. Sending a shock wave. New to the battle scene was Wendy Marvel, having heard the roar of a dragon and felt the same eerie feeling Scythe had. She looked around with Tai at her side, she wasn't good in situations like this, but was still willing to help out as best she could.

Her attention was drawn to a certain building where Wendy saw Blake at the Mercy of Adam Taurus.

"This could have been our day. Can't you see that?" Adam shouted.

"I never wanted this." Blake countered. "I wanted equality, I wanted peace."

"What you want is impossible." Adam shouted before smacking her.

"Sky Dragon. ROAR…" Wendy shouted, knocking Adam away with the attack.

"Wendy." Blake stated attempting to get up.

"Step back kid." Adam screamed.

"No, I won't let you harm her anymore." Wendy shouted.

I wasn't normal for Wendy to get angry, but as of late over the past year, whenever she did, her hair would start to turn pink.

"Blake…" A familiar blonde shouted.

They all look out the window to see Yang fighting for her friends.

"Blake where are you?" Yang shouted.

"I will destroy everything you care for." Adam stated.

"I won't let you." Wendy shouted.

Blake's eyes widened at the sight before her. Once the shy timid girl she knew, was now the pinket warrior defending her. Around her wrists and ankles were pure white scales, like a dragons.

"Let's see how you do against my Dragonforce." Wendy stated. "This pocket of air is mine to command, and I will use it to defeat you."

"So you're a dragon to huh? I'll be sure to give Scythe my regards on your demise." Adam stated unsheathing his blade.

Without another word, he ran, but not for freedom, for Yang. Yang looked over and saw him running at her. She remembered all the pain he caused Ruby, through Scythe or directly at her. Her eyes went from their violet form to red, as his blade clashed with amber red scales.

"You to…?" Adam questioned before being knocked away.

Yang's only response was a breath attack, sending him against the wall.

"Yang." Wendy shouted.

"Wendy?" Yang questioned.

That moment of distraction was all Adam needed to land his final blow on her. Taking her arm above the elbow.

"No…" Blake shouted.

Blake's eyes burned dark, a black light enveloped her as she turned into a shadow, traveling beyond his sight and attacking him from all sides.

Wendy was busy with trying to stop the bleeding on Yang's dismembered arm.

"Just hang on, I can fix this." Wendy cried, her Dragonforce dying down.

Over by the school docks Weiss was a little busy handling a giant mecha suit. Figuring now was as good a time as ever, Weiss used her gravity semblance send it back.

'Alright Weiss, just remember what Scythe taught you about this attack. One foot forward, one foot back, not that far back, about shoulder width. Take a deep breath, let the magic build inside you and…'

"Ice Dragon… ROAR." Weiss shouted as a blizzard ejected from her mouth.

The breath attack covered the mecha suit, freezing it in place before she lunged at it, shattering it to pieces, leaving its user shivering on the ground, still practically frozen.

"Awesome." Sun shouted.

But their victory was short lived when another mecha suit came running up.

"Oh come one." He shouted.

Up in the sky, on the airship, Neo was trying her best to hold her ground, but her nerves were still shaken when she witnessed a fifteen year old girl turn into a violet Alpha Beowolf.

"Fire Demon… ROAR." Ruby shouted, her voice much darker.

Neo dodged the attack, but it hit the main left thruster, sending the aircraft down.

"What is going on up here…?"

Torchwhick had enough of the loud noises and came up to see what was going on. He was scared nearly out of his skin when he saw the alternate colored Grimm on the hull of the ship. He pulled out his cane/gun and fired it twice at the spots he knew would instantly kill it. But to his surprise, the Beowolf wasn't affected by it at all.

"How?" He questioned.

Neo appeared right beside him and in the best way possible, told him that it was the little girl who got him sent to jail.

"That's Red?" Torchwhick questioned.

Neo and Torchwhick tried their best to avoid attacks from Ruby, only damaging the ship worse until Neo was knocked over. Ruby aimed her attack on Torchwhick but didn't get the chance when he was eaten by a Griffon Grimm.

"Guess I didn't have to get my hands dirty." Ruby stated as she reverted to her normal self. Surprisingly, her clothes had vanished during her transformation, but returned once she had reverted.

She took the folded Crescent Rose into her arms and brought it to full swing, jumping off the air ship and landing on the roof top of a nearby building as it crashed.

She looked around and saw Weiss with Velvet as they just finished off the second Mecha suit.

However, things were the most sever up in the sky as Scythe battled it out with the Grimm Dragon.

"I guess I should have taken Ironwood's job offer on killing you." Scythe stated as they clashed heads.

"A pitiful creature like you could never slay my glory." The Grimm Dragon stated.

"That's a surprise." Scythe growled.

"Why is it, we're both dragons aren't we?" The Grimm asked.

"Of course, I'm the only one who can hear you since I'm in dragon form." Scythe stated, putting the pieces of the puzzle together.

"Join my side, and help me to extinguish this world of its pathetic life." The Dragon Grimm stated.

"You know, you sound a lot like Jiemma." Scythe stated biting down onto his shoulder. "Bleh, why do Grimm taste like tar?"

"You insolent little brat." The Grimm shouted.

Scythe growled and prepared his breath attack.

"Logia Dragon… ROAR."

The attack hit dead center of its chest. However, it wasn't down. The wound healed and the Dragon Grimm regained himself.

"That was pretty impressive. Now it's my turn."

The Dragon Grimm fired its attack at Scythe, hitting him directly in the chest, sending him flying as he reverted back to full human. Scythe ended up landing in Ozpin's office, crashing through the windows as he did. He was unconscious. Though he was lucky he wore his Acnologia pants under the cargo military pants. A contingency if he ever needed to do a full transformation, the pants would do the same thing as Ruby's clothes.

"Well, looks like not even the mighty Dragonslayer can handle the Dragon Grimm."

Scythe slowly woke up hearing that voice, his anger boiling, he got up and was face to face with Cinder, as she fought Pyrrha.

The she warrior took this opportunity to fall back and gain the upper hand to fight side by side with Scythe.

"Doesn't matter how many of you there are. I will defeat you." Cinder smiled, bother eyes glowing again.

Cinder took up her weapon and launched herself at Scythe, he might have been weakened, but he knew he had plenty of food around him.

"You're forgetting Cinder." Scythe smiled stopping her in her tracks.

"What is that do tell?" She asked, aiming an arrow for Pyrrha.

"I'm a Dragonslayer, when I eat my element, my energy restores, and all elements are mine." Scythe hissed grabbing chunks of metal, and chomping them down.

"No." Cinder shouted launching the arrow.

Pyrrha without her shield or weapon braced herself for the Arrow, but it never came. She looked up to see Scythe standing above her much like he did for Ruby in the Emerald Forest at the beginning of the year. To his bad luck, the arrow pierced where the Death Stalker stinger had, he fell to the ground, spitting up blood.

"No…" Pyrrha shouted pulling the arrow out.

"Pity, what a noble sacrifice her made." Cinder laughed.

"Scythe…" Pyrrha sobbed, falling over his motionless form as the Grimm Dragon arrived.

"It's not over." Scythe hissed.

Cinder stopped laughing and Pyrrha got up as he moved. He slowly stood up as a whirlwind of black air surrounded him, his back was still to Cinder as the wound sealed up. His body started to change. His skin became gold, as scale patterns formed on his arms around his biceps and triceps. His hair spiked up as it burst to violet fire. He turned around to reveal his eyes were pure white. Even his dragon scale pants had gained a new look as they became silver and black.

"Dragon/Godslayer Force. Hades." Scythe growled.

"Scythe." Ruby's voice rang.

Scythe looked over to see Ruby standing there with Crescent Rose, a smile on her face.

"Get Pyrrha out of here." Scythe stated as his body began to glow.

"But what about you?" Pyrrha questioned.

"Just go." Scythe shouted.

Ruby ran over to take Pyrrha, making sure they were out of harm's way, Scythe focused all his energy, and forced a large explosion that took out the entire top half of the building, and decapitated the Dragon Grimm.

Ruby was unaware of his plan until she saw the explosion from the ground.

"Scythe." She cried. Weiss and the others grabbed her to stop her from running up there.

"Ruby no. He's gone. I'm sorry but he sacrificed himself for us." Weiss stated, extreme sadness in her voice.

"No he can't be. He's cheated death more times than anyone I know, he has to still be up there." Ruby cried.

"Ruby…" Velvet said softly.

"No…" Ruby shouted, sounding like a Beowolf's howl. She fell limp, before Qrow took her in his arms.

"It's alright, I've got you kiddo I've got ya." Qrow stated.

After that, Ruby passed out, and didn't wake up for a while until she found herself in her bed, with her dad sleeping in the chair next to it. Slowly she got up, feeling sore all over.

"Ruby." Tai said as he woke up. "You're awake."

He ran to her bed and took her hand.

"What happened?" Ruby asked.

"I'm sorry Ruby, but… Vale has fallen, Beacon is no more. Your uncle Qrow found you though, unconscious, but he brought you home safe." Tai explained.

"Wait Yang. Is she alright?" Ruby questioned.

"Sigh… Wendy has done the best she could for her. Her arm is back on, but Wendy says she's going to need a lot of physical therapy before she can use it to full function again." Tai stated. "I'm just glad to have my girls back at home."

"Mind if we have a minute?" Qrow asked.

"What I can't stay here?" Tai asked.

"Tai. Please." Qrow stated.

Reluctantly Tai got up and gave Ruby a kiss on the fore head, saying he was glad she is alright.

After he left Qrow closed the door and took a seat next to Ruby.

"So, how you feeling?" Qrow asked.

"Um… I… I feel like I lost something, something very precious to me." Ruby stated.

"Sigh… Ruby. This isn't going to be easy. I know you can get through it though. The Beowolves, even the Alphas, surround the school, like some sort of guard dogs." Qrow explained. "When we tried to break through their wall, they simply moved and allowed entry. I personally went through the ruins of Ozpin's office, but. I couldn't find any sign that told me Scythe was still alive after that explosion. Pyrrha told me what happened and how he caused it."

"So… so it's true. He's really gone." Ruby stated, starting to sob.

"I'm sorry kid. I'll leave you be for now." Qrow stated getting up.

Qrow left and Ruby spent the rest of the day crying her eyes out. She was in pain, she was sad, and hurt. Eventually she got up and went to see how Yang was doing.

"Hey sis." Yang smiled as Ruby came in. "I could hear you crying all the way over here. You alright?"

Yang's right shoulder to the elbow was wrapped in bandages, most likely Wendy's doing while she rested up. While it sat in a sling for the bone to mend.

"No. I'm not alright, my boyfriend is dead and the school is in ruin." Ruby cried embracing Yang.

"I know Ruby, I know." Yang sighed wrapping her arms around her. "Weiss was taken back to Atlas, and Blake has just gone missing."

Ruby stood there crying in Yang's arms for a few more minutes until she got up and sat on the bed next to her sister.

"I just, I feel this sense of emptiness now that he's gone and my heart hurts." Ruby cried.

"That's normal. It means you actually loved him. Not as a friend, or a big brother, but love as in actual love between two people, like what dad had with both our mothers." Yang explained holding her close. "Like what you had with Scythe."

"I… I just…"

"Ruby, I'm probably not the best person to tell you this or show you." Yang stated going to her desk. She opened one of the drawers and pulled out a small box with scorch marks on it. "Jaune found this in the arena shortly after Scythe took off with you on his back. Weiss said it was Scythe's, and he had it for you. I was surprised when I saw what it was."

Ruby took the box and opened it. She gasped lightly and covered her mouth in shock. In the box, sat the diamond ring Weiss had chosen for him to give to Ruby. All along the edge of the ring were smaller rubies as the diamond on top was made with a ruby and sapphire flower petal pattern and design, along the base.

"According to Weiss, he was going to ask you at the end of the tournament to marry him. If you'd said yes, he was going to wait until after Graduation for the wedding." Yang explained.

"I… I…"

"I'll give you a minute." Yang sighed getting up.

As Yang left, she sighed heading down the hall.

"Are you sure it was wise for you to tell your sister that?" Tai asked.

Without turning around, Yang sighed knowing he might have been right.

"I just feel… She had the right to know." Yang stated.

"I know, but you and I both know she also has the right to heal." Tai explained.

"I just, I just want her to get over it sooner, and not get down in depression as time goes on. This way her heart might break more, but it will heal faster than if she found out on her own." Yang sighed.

"I get what you're going at. But still, Scythe was precious to her. You know how long it took for me to get over Summer. Why not let Ruby take her time?" Tai questioned.

"I guess I could have given it to her tomorrow."

"Well no sense worrying about it now. C'mon, Wendy made cake and you have not lived until you've had some of her cake." Tai smiled.

"She cooks? Is there anything that girl can't do?" Yang asked with a chuckle.

As they left for downstairs, Ruby opened the door to Yang's room, leaving for hers. She went to the phone, and called up all the members of Team JNPR.

"Hey it's me. Meet me outside my home tomorrow morning. We're going hunting." She stated firmly, the engagement ring on her finger.

Meanwhile, on the coast of the country where the Faunus populated most, a man and woman, were taking a stroll down the beach. The woman seemed to wear a Japanese style dress, she had cat ears which were pierced and her face barely showed her age. Her husband was much bigger stockier, dressed in a light tan pair of pants with black boots and a purple robe with a metal panther head on his shoulder.

The woman looked up ahead of the beach and noticed something in the distance. She squinted her eyes until they widened at the smell of blood.

"Dear, come quickly someone needs our help." She stated.

"Kali wait." He shouted running after her.

As Kali and her husband neared the motionless body, she noticed the scales, but saw he had a white Bengal Tiger's tail.

"Ghira, help me flip him over." Kali stated.

As they flipped him over, they were a little surprised to find he had a red and gold marking over his right eye, indicating it was a tattoo of some kind.

"He's not breathing Kali." Ghira stated.

Kali raised her clamped fists above her head and slammed them down on his chest, making him cough up ocean water and gasp for air. Ghira and Kali helped him to his side to help get the rest of the water from his lungs.

"Do you think he could be from a shipwreck?" Ghira asked.

"It's possible. But look, he's got scales and cat features." Kali explained pointing to his tail.

"What's your name son?" Ghira asked.

"My name…?" He questioned.

"Yes, what do we call you?" Kali asked.

"My name, my… name… is… Scythe…" He managed to say before passing out.