A/N: Just about a near 7k words- considering I wrote the last 2/3rds of this the same day I wrote the last half of the last episode, I think that's a good sign ^^ (about a good 7-9k worth of words written in a day, hopefully a good sign).
Anyway, I'd like to present to you all, my very first Rwby-related Bonus Episode, won by Sani2341 for his Christmas entry. I hope I wrote it to is liking, as she had a rather interesting request: She wanted an entire Hentai lemon-based chapter filled up to the brim with so much sexy writing and shipping in it :P!...ok sadly that wasn't what she wanted...*sigh* But she did want the next most interesting thing, which I kinda like in the long run of things: an episode from Wolfie's POV.
As a reminder, Bonus episodes usually aren't canon in the main series, so if something is said, mentioned, or shown that is never brought up in the main series (as in main series of my fanfic, not the actual actual show), now you know why.
While there were some issues here and there, mostly in deciding how to go about it, I think it came out rather well, and I'm hoping Sani enjoys it just as much :D!...and sadly there are no refunds if you don't XP lol, anyway, please enjoy this fanfic's first ever bonus episode!
~This will be the day we waited for~
Cinder and salem are seen standing on a balcony on the side of the latter's home looking out in the distance to where Vale would be. As they look up to a Nevermore flying overhead, the camera pans up as well, showing an orange sky that slowly turns blue.
~This will be the day we open up the door~
Returning back down from its view of the sky, we see Ruby opening the door to Beacon's main hall, Wolfie peaking out behind her, Blake standing next to her, oblivious to the Grimm's presence.
~I don't wanna hear your absolution~
The Camera 'flies' through the hallways until it settles on Ozpin going through illegible notes on his scroll next to a photo of young miss Fall.
~Hope your ready for a revolution~
Outside his window, WYJR can be seen standing together. As the screen is overtaken by a storm of white petals, Weiss pushes Jaune a bit away.
~Welcome to a world of new solutions~
One of the petals remain before a black background and is revealed to be Ruby as she pulls out [insert weapon name] and starts twirling her Scythe around, leaving a burning crimson Halo above herself.
~Welcome to a world of blood evolution~
The red halo turns into Wolfie's red Iris as the camera zooms out revealing the pool of blood beneath the Grimm. before he dissolves into a shadow and to the side.
~In time your heart will open minds~
The shadow flows beneath Ruby cloak who is standing with her team, a conflicted expression on her face. Soon though it is replaced with a look of determination as the Camera pans once more.
~A Story will be told~
When the camera settles on Ruby's viewpoint we see Amber kneeling before Cinder, before the camera zooms back and her surroundings turn into the vault beneath Beacon.
~And Victory is in a Simple Soul~
We see a final shot of a young Ruby hugging her family, which reveals itself to be an old picture in Salem's Hand who is enjoying tea served by Neo.
Darkness.
What's darkness?
Where am I?
What am I?
There's nothing darkness all around me, a cool yet warm wave flowing across my entire body without end.
I don't know anything. I don't see anything. All I can sense is warmth from this darkness, my being becoming whole with each passing second.
Is this life? Death? Somewhere in-between? The only thing I can tell is that these thoughts are my own, these feelings are my own. Yet I feel like I need someone, someone to lead me, someone to instruct me on what to do.
Suddenly, I feel something grasp the back of my neck, pulling me gently through the endless warm dark that holds me. It's firm, but soft all the same. Within a few seconds alone, I feel a new sensation taking hold of my being- Light.
It's hard to describe. At first, the light hurts and is blinding, and just as quickly it begins to diminish as the land before me comes to focus. I'm in a dark place for all I know. It's not dark like I was in much earlier, it didn't have any warmth to it or cold. It was like the presence of the person before me was emanating this dark feeling to me. I could slowly focus on the figure before me, the one who was holding me from the back of my neck by here mere fingers.
Her eyes were ones of pure darkness that welcomed me into the world. They were filled with rage, trauma, sadness, despair, anger, jealousy, vengeance, loneliness, so many different emotions swirling around in a vortex of nothingness that were her eyes. No matter how long I stared into them, I couldn't figure out who this person was or why she just created me.
Created me? Did I know that already? Does that mean she's my master? Am I her master? I'm so confused.
It's only within the reflection of her eyes that I see myself, my black body being devoid of any color but black and white. The only white on my body was the strange-looking mask I was wearing, small red lines across the eyelids that trailed across it from my head to my snout. I had short little paws all around me, four of them, one on each legs, and even though I couldn't see it, I could feel my tail wagging, telling anyone around me that I was excited about something I didn't know about at the time.
Speaking of around me, I wasn't the only one before this woman, this person I suppose I was supposed to call "Master". There were others like me, kind of, surrounding her, at least three of them. They were beowolves, completely different from what I was or what I looked like.
...How did I know that?
"Listen, to me." My master spoke, snapping me out of my thoughts. "In a few hours, a little girl is going to come to our domain. You are to follow her every word, and protect her as your own when you've reached maturity."
Little girl? Protect her? Was this woman completely unaware of the fact I was born a few seconds ago? I don't know anything about her or this young six-year-old that's...how do I know that? Scratch that, how am I already knowing I'll reach maturity within a year's time? In fact, I already know everything I'm capable of, everything I can do!
Whoever this woman was, she was the one behind it all. She's responsible for my creation and my birth, thus making her my Ultimate Master, at least until she transferred that over to this mysterious girl I had yet to see.
"Hey name, is Ruby..."
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The brief excitement Ruby felt upon seeing her mother's face slowly changed to fear once more. Strolling passed her mother, who only stood there with a look of worry on her face, were several of the beowolves, the very same Ruby passed time and again throughout these halls. Was this all a trick? Was her grandmother secretly some evil queen bent on world domination? Was she going to feed her to the monsters around her and keep Ruby from living happily ever after?!
She didn't get much time to contemplate this. With one step after the other, the Grimm approached. Some of them growled slightly, others gruffed and huffed here and there. But all of them stood side by side as they neared the innocent Ruby. Ruby could only tremble with fear once more as she clutched Salem's leg in fear, holding onto her for dear life. It almost amused Salem how innocent and frightened the young girl was being. It was almost cute.
And I still had no idea who or what was going on! All I know was that I was at the back of the line of a large crowd of Grimm, all of these beowolves or whoever holding up the spot and blocking the way. I couldn't see anything ahead of them save for my master, the goddess who granted life upon me within a few short minutes, the one who I would sacrifice tooth and claw for at a moment's notice, the one whose only order for me was to grow up with some girl I've never met before, and protect her as my own pup.
Were all pups at the age of 3 hours given the same job so soon?
It was only while I stared off to the malevolent goddess up above that I suddenly sensed an all too familiar scent- Fear. It was mind numbing, delicious. the very scent that would normally drag me and my brethren wild with excitement as we feasted on the flesh of those pitiful humans, whatever they looked like.
So why the heck was our master telling us to stay at bay? Before me the dozen of beowolves finally stopped at attention, following their orders and missing out on what possibly could've been the meal of a lifetime! Fearful humans were the tastiest to my understanding, and there was no better food than a fresh ripe-with-fear human who continued to cower at our presence.
Though, come to think of it, among the various things I was learning just from mere existence, I never once felt hungry since I was brought to life. Didn't young pups like me need to eat to survive? Actually, now that I think about it, I never once felt hungry or the urge to use the bathroom like most creatures on Remnant. Did I even have a gender?
... Ah, there it is. Yup, I'm a girl. True as true.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot to ask after standing around for a boring minute.
"What are we standing around for?!" I yelled. Almost instantly, the sense of fear and dread that emanated from up ahead was slowly dwindling.
This was bad. If that source of fear was dwindling away then that meant someone was already getting the main course of the meal! There was no way I could allow that until I at least saw who was up ahead with our master, so I grumbled to myself as I started dashing between the legs of my fellow Grimm.
The closer I got to the front, the more the fear continued to dissipate, which was more confusing because there wasn't even the scent of fresh blood in the air. If someone was already eating her, there should've been cries of pain and misery as my fellows devoured their flesh, just like any other time Grimm came across the pathetic humans.
Finally at long last, I made it through the thick of the horde of Grimm, and the words that greeted me caught me completely by surprise.
"A puppy!"
I finally met the person in question. All feelings of wanting to devour this person or wanting to hurt them were instantly replaced with feelings of excitement and joy
This was Ruby Fall, the person who would eventually be my own pup. Why did I know these things? Why did I know anything for that matter? I don't know. The only thing I could guess was that my master was the one sending me these details, perhaps on a subconscious level that she wasn't aware of, or maybe she was aware of it and her knowledge of the world were being transmitted to me with each passing second? Who the heck cared at this point. The only thing I cared about was finally meeting my new master, my tail wagging endlessly with excitement.
"I made it just for you, sweetie." Salem stated, patting her head. "It will be your shadow, and as you grow, it will be your guardian."
"My shadow?" Ruby asked curiously.
For some reason, my next compulsion was to suddenly jump into Ruby's shadow. Why? I knew about shadows- they make it harder to see you in the dark and easier to sneak up on the unsuspecting humans so you can devour them. It seemed self explanatory to me.
Like all my other thoughts, I simply complied with the order, immediately jumping headfirst into the shadow with both excitement and curiosity as to what was going to happen. To my surprise, and to that of this Ruby child, I'm sure, I didn't collide into the pavement. The next thing I know, I'm in a vast void surrounding Ruby, only able to see her perfectly and everything within an arm's reach of her, it was so freaky!
I was surprised. The human was surprised. My queen was the only one not surprised.
Feeling giddy to myself, I barked with excitement as I stared back out of the shadow itself, just as Ruby drew near it for a closer look. Seeing her just made me feel so excited and happy, like I belonged with her to no end! Immediately upon her gasping, I jumped back out of the shadow and tackled her to the ground, kissing her with my endless slobbery licks as she squirmed in place.
"Ah-! S-Stop, that tickles! Hahaha!" Ruby couldn't help but giggle as she squirmed under the pup's ticklish tongue.
"Do you like it?" Salem's question was immediately answered as Ruby jumped to her feet, wrapping her arms around Salem's waste as she hugged tightly.
"I love it! Thanks Granny Salem!" She squealed.
Granny Salem? No amount of orders would keep me from questioning that use of identification.
Hey come to think of it, what were my orders at this point? I didn't feel any commands screaming at me from the back of my head any longer, I didn't feel any compulsion to obey my master. Did I suffer a stroke? The only one in this entire room I felt compelled to follow at this point was Ruby. I couldn't explain it but being here, in her presence, it made me feel joy, happiness.
Her happiness was my happiness, and despite not knowing a single thing about this girl, I was going to see to it that she was always happy and safe.
"W-Whooa!" Ruby squealed as she was suddenly lifted from the back of her jacket. The next thing she knew, she was being tossed backwards until she landed on the back of one of the large beowolves. Before she could even ask, she was holding onto the rugged bone-like spine of the beast as the creature practically galloped it's way out the doors with the others. It was official. These Grimm were not scary. "Weeeee!" Ruby squeaked, waving to her mother as the Grimm raced down the halls. "I got a puppyyyyyyyy!" She cheered to her mother as she disappeared down the halls.
"Hey, wait for me!" I barked as I scurried after them.
This was the beginning of, what I can only describe as, an interesting relationship.
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*Crackle!*
"Ahh!" My pup yelped as she dove under the sheets once more.
No amount of comfort from the older girl next to her would be enough to comfort her apparently. It took some getting used to this new lifestyle, watching over my pup as she grew up within the last two years. Today she was experiencing a new kind of terror, one that came in the form of a tremendous thunderstorm. It wasn't enough that her mother was late on a day like today, the weather went from dark to a sickly green sky as the sirens were going off nonstop.
Thankfully, their safety was all but assured. Being atop one of the largest hotels in the city, being a luxurious penthouse suite, one of the many accommodations they were given were a security system that bunkered down over all the glass around the top floor. Metallic sheets covered every panel of glass as the sirens did, and the TVs were built with an automated camera system allowing them to see outside of the building in cases of extreme emergencies, just like this tornado passing through the town. While it normally would've been ideal to head to the bottom of a large building such as this, the penthouse was designed to survive an attack from a group of Nevermores, making it one of the safest areas within the city at this time.
Unfortunately for my pup, it was also one of the scariest. Throughout the last half hour, all she heard was the sounds of miscellaneous things being scraped against the shutters of the windows, the ominous siren going off every other minute, and the dreaded sound of thunder crackling in the sky immediately following every bolt of lightning. It was understandable for someone so young to be terrified in this condition. Despite the efforts of this strange sibling she didn't have any relationship to, which still confused me, she found herself shriveling with fear as she sat upon the bed with Neo right beside her, watching the flashing images on the TV as the storm passed through the city. Even though she didn't want to watch any of the scary storm, Neo needed to in order to keep tabs on how long the storm lasted, and to see if Cinder was nearing the building. With the security measures as strong as they were, she wouldn't know if Cinder was banging outside the Penthouse's main entrance or if it was just another piece thing scraping against the shutters.
For the most part Cinder was safe, that much I knew as a fact. She was a strong motherly figure to my pup who cared for her almost as much as I did. She always made sure she was happy, always made sure she was well taken care of, and she always did what she could to provide fun for this otherwise cramped environment. The Penthouse was spacious enough for anything, but my pup's spent the last several years here as far as I'm aware of. I don't even know the last time she's been let out of here, save for when she brings that weird cat girl into the building every month to play.
I wasn't too keen on her meeting new people either. There were only a pawful of people I knew around here, less than that I even trusted. Why should I trust them anyway? They were all a bunch of thieves who my pup trained with on a daily basis. There was one cretin that tried to get away with harming my precious pup during a sparring session. The crook took advantage of my pup's innocence, failing to land a single blow on her no matter how hard he tried. And why would he be able to anyway? My pup was a professional after all.
Then he took advantage of her. After being dealt another blow from my pup's mighty strength, he pretended to be in massive pain and convulsion, getting my pup to let her guard down. The moment she neared him, before she knew what he was doing, he swiped her across the face with the pipe he was using. The sight of her crying and in pain out of the painful injury was all the satisfaction the man needed. He thought he couldn't get in trouble with the bosses since it was her decision to agree with it, and he knew Neo couldn't argue against him since they sparred under her supervision, she was just as likely to get in trouble for it if she did. He took perfect advantage of both girls' innocence, and there was nothing either of them could do about it.
There was, however, one major flaw in his plan; he messed with my pup. It would've been something if he injured her badly unintentionally, but the fool was signing his own death warrant by trying to hide his feelings. I was an embodiment of darkness. I could feel his emotions and his intent no matter how hard he tried to push it away. He wanted to injure her beyond all else, simply out of petty spite. He had no remorse for his actions, all he had was a smile on his face and a sense of pride in his emotions.
All he needed was to turn around to see me materialize there to make him regret his entire life. I wasted no time engulfing half his body in my entire mouth, thrashing him about in my massive jaws as I bit the hell out of him. His screams of agony and fear only fueled my hatred for this detestable human as he cried out for mercy. The taste of his blood disgusted me, I wanted nothing from this human other than his untimely end as his bones crunched beneath my fangs. When his screams died down on one side I was biting, I only tossed him slightly before gnawing down on his flesh more, tossing him about the floor to make sure he writhed in despair for his crimes.
By the time the pup's mother and associate entered the room, I already bit his leg off. I wasn't entirely aware of my condition until the mother brought me back to attention. I was letting my emotions overtake me, my instincts and hatred for this man get the better of me. I didn't realize that my pup had been taken out of the room by the time I regained my senses again. My ears drooped before the woman, the mother shushing me quietly as she tried to ease my rage. I could sense a feeling of understanding from this woman, knowing the reasons for my rage, and, surprisingly, a sense of pride for my decision. She was glad I punished the human in the name of her pup, though I'm not sure if she would've taken it as far or not.
That was the day I promised myself I would remain in control, only coming out when my pup willed it or needed it most. Thats why I found myself within the room itself, my ears drooping at the sight of my saddened pup. She needed her mother, some source of comfort to tell her that everything would be alright.
And I was the only one who could provide that at this time.
Eyeing the sheets surrounding them, I carefully grabbed the edge of the mattress within my jaws, causing both girls to jump slightly from fright and surprise at the sudden motion as I placed it in the middle of the floor around me. I couldn't communicate how safe she would be, she wouldn't know anything I said that came out as mere growls and barks. The only thing I could communicate was with my body. Stepping around the two young girls, both of them eyeing me with confusion, I pawed my way around the two until I got my body surrounding them, placing my head next to my young pup who quickly nuzzled into me.
"I'm scared, Wolfie..." Ruby mumbled out as she sniffled. If I could smile, I would've to show her she had nothing to fear. The most she could be content with were my kisses, licking her teary face as she cried into my furry neck. The older sibling smiled at me as she nuzzled over to my pup once more.
I couldn't make the lightning go away, I couldn't make the thunder sound pleasing, but I could the one thing I did best and be there for her.
I would forever remain by her side. I would always protect her.
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"Ahh!" My pup yelped as she was struck away once more. This was torture to watch for me. How could I be expected to watch while my pup continued to be injured beyond compare? She was battered over here, bruised over there, I don't think there was a single piece of her body that went without an injury. "Huff... Huff..." Yet like every time, my pup returned to her feet as she willed me to stay away. I never felt so conflicted between two different sides, one which obviously could've resulted in my pups death!
"Kehehehehe..." The scorpion Faunus cackled as he slurped his lips. I couldn't get a read on this mad man, there were too many emotions swirling within his heart at once. There was anger, confusion, sadness, happiness, excitement, regret, surprise, tiredness, mystery, shock, and it all just looped over and over again in an endless spiral. I don't know if my kin were given fear, or if they could sense my own, but this man deeply troubled me. Not enough to keep me from wanting to protect my pup, just enough to make me question his motives. "Had enough yet?"
"You... huff... You wish..." My pup struggled to raise her weapon, clearly reaching her breaking point. Breaking soon turned to broken as she was suddenly swept off her feet in the blink of an eye, finding her gut elbowed painfully as it slammed onto the ground beneath her by the Faunus' powerful strike. "Augh!" She cried out, doing her best not to show any tears.
I was reaching my own breaking point here. This single being was pushing the limits of how far I could go before I disobeyed, and whether or not I could handle him was about to be proven any second now. It wasn't just enough for him to be grinning in every situation like this, he had to go on and smile every step of the way, taking great pleasure and enjoyment in everything he did. He didn't show the least bit of remorse for his actions as he jumped back to his own two feet, pressing down tightly against the neck of my pup as she tried to push his foot away, her weapon getting knocked away by Tyrian's tail.
"Just say you surrender and be done with it." Tyrian stated.
"Nggghh... Aggghh..." I couldn't tell if she was trying to say it or struggling to just breath, the pressure on her neck choking the life out of her.
That was it, I couldn't take it anymore! I'll be damned if I allow her to order me against her own death, even if this guy could kill me just as easily! I wasn't going to let him do as he pleased-
"Tyrian!" A familiar voice hissed, silencing all sound and emotion within the room. It was my previous master, my beloved goddess standing firmly at attention as she always did, looking over the "battleground" where my pup was currently training. While he wasn't afraid of anything like he usually was when she was angered, he didn't like to press his luck like Watts did, respectfully removing his foot from Ruby's neck as he bowed at attention.
"Ah, my dear goddess. How can I help you?" He begged for any sort of order she could give him.
"You can start by helping Ruby off the ground and returning her weapon." She declared. All emotions of fear and frustration once held within him quickly dwindled, I could feel it, as he hurriedly grabbed Ruby's scythe with his tail and pulling her up to her feet by her hands. The goddess looked over the pup from where she stood. I would never prod or try to dig into the recesses of my goddess's mind, but due to my Grimm instincts, I couldn't help but feel an instantaneous hint of worry from her person. It troubled her to look over the numerous bruises along Ruby's body, the blackened eye she kept firmly shut, and the small bit of bleeding she had from her lip. "Now you can explain to me why you felt it necessary to attack Ruby to begin with?"
"It was mine, Gran." Ruby quickly announced, rubbing her sore left shoulder. "I wanted to spar with him, I ordered it."
"I see." She didn't like a single thing uttered from the young one's voice. She knew Tyrian would never try to go against her wishes, so either he was suicidal in an attempt to try and kill Ruby, or Ruby herself had to order him to do so in the first place. She made it clear since day one when she moved in that he was to follow her orders as kindly and respectfully as he would her own. He would've been drowned in a pool of disappointment and discouragement if he ever thought to disobey. "Tyrian, you may leave us now. Ruby, come with me." She ordered. Tyrian did nothing more than bow his head as Ruby slumped over to her Grandmother's side, walking along sorely as she did her best to keep up within the dark hallways. All I could do was growl at the scorpion man before following along my pup right behind her.
When the hallway showed nothing more than darkness from both ends, the two women walking alongside the interior of this castle, only then did my goddess speak. "Is anyone around?"
"No..." Ruby mumbled with a wince of pain.
"Good." A strange sense of warmth emanated from my goddess as she brought Ruby along to the pup's bedroom, and then into the bathroom itself with my child still in hand, the child tossing the scythe to the side of her bed. Seeing how my pup had yet to return me to the shadows, I found myself pacing about the room for a short while, deciding to rest on the bed for my pup as I overheard the two speaking. All I could hear at the time was the sound of running water, some ounce of coldness evaporating from it, as the goddess rubbed Ruby's sore eye with a rag. "How many times do I have to tell you, dear? Only train with Hazel or your sister if I'm not around."
"Ngh..." Ruby gritted her teeth as she tried to keep from groaning, not wanting to show any sign of weakness before Salem. "But they keep taking it easy on me because of who I am." She whined. I couldn't really tell if it was from her feelings or the pain she was in at this point. Neither one would surprise me. "And Uncle Watts keeps saying I'll never grow into a strong warrior unless I'm fighting someone who's actually trying to hurt me."
"Egh, Watts..." Salem shook her head in annoyance before continuing to clean the blood off Ruby's lip. "You shouldn't worry about getting to that level of fighting yet, you're still learning."
"But that's the problem, I'm always learning!" Ruby complained, getting the goddess to pause since talking. "I'm almost thirteen Granny, and I'm never going to get any better unless I start taking my training and lessons seriously!"
"Ruby..." I could feel the warmth from my goddess continuing to grow ever so slightly, touched by my pup's words. "There's a vast difference in taking your training seriously and going off to get yourself killed. You know Tyrian takes everything he does seriously, and..." She looked back into the room, seeing if there were any other prying eyes eavesdropping into he conversation, then kneeled to my pup once more. "And you know I don't want you getting seriously hurt. You're only injured as you are now because he was holding himself back, imagine if he didn't care who he was fighting and actually wanted to kill you."
"I-I know, but..." Ruby turned her head away as she teared up slightly. This only earned a small smile from my goddess as she turned Ruby's head back to her, wiping the tear from her eye with her cloth, along with any blood she could get in the process. "I just want to be useful to everyone, like my mom..."
"Ruby..." She paid no mind as Ruby rubbed her head into her stomach, sniffling as Salem simply patted her head. "I know you want to prove yourself to us... to me... but I don't want you throwing your life away just to accomplish something as basic as training. There are more important things worth dying for than just to prove you can do something you can't."
"Mmh... I'm sorry..." She mumbled wiping her nose into her hand.
"From now on, tell me before you try to train with Tyrian. I wouldn't mind watching your progress from time to time." She said with a calm smile "Alright?"
"Ok... I'm sorry again." Ruby repeated as she took the cold rag from her grandmother. Salem gave her another nod as she walked along with the near-teen girl.
"That's better. Now come along, Ruby. I want to introduce you to more Grimm."
"Oooh! Can I see that creepy one with the horse body?" Ruby asked curiously. "Watts said it was really tough and strong, but I saw a picture of it and it looked funny to me."
"Hmhm, we'll see Ruby, we'll see. What other things has Watts been telling you about?"
They continued out the door as I submerged into my pup's shadow once more. The goddess couldn't hide her kindness in front of Ruby, no matter how hard she tried to. It was one of my goddess's most conflicting issues since this child came into her life for the last two years. Everything about my pup fascinated my goddess and inspired her, for more than just her eyes. She wanted to know about my pup for more than personal gain, something I never thought I would see from my dear goddess. She wanted to be a part of this pup's life, someone she could actually come to care for.
The fact she even had a sense of true caring was something I never thought I would see from my goddess since my birth...
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"Zzz..." I awoke to the same sound I usually do when my pup is asleep. Much like all the other days, the pup accidentally summoned me from right under her as she snoozed, currently resting on my back as I tried to rest myself. Fortunately she didn't have to worry about keeping my existence secret from her friends, just those dreadful enemies surrounding her like Ozpin and Glynda.
It's been a charming few weeks since we started this school, or Ruby did to be more accurate. Like everything else she did, she did her school duties respectfully and dignified with as much dignity as she could muster on a daily basis.
To me, that was plenty. To everyone else, that was very little.
Despite being with her nearly all her life, I had a very thin grasp on everything she was trying to do here, everything my previous master wanted from her when she first attended this dangerous academy. She was looking for something, anything, of great importance. Every day and every night, when she finished her classes and daily activities, she would always scout around, looking for this one peculiar thing that she needed most. I would be more than happy to help her with her endeavor, but without any knowledge of these strange "Made-Ins" or any scent of them, I couldn't even begin to comprehend what to look for.
The most I could do for her was do what I always did; be the protective Wolf mother my last master wanted me to be. I kept her safe from the numerous Grimm that fell before her, and threatened away those who would worry her otherwise. At least I tried to on a dozen occasions, but every time I tried to spawn, I could only materialize slightly from within my Pup's strange cloak, and she would always push me away any time I tried to help her.
Didn't she want my help? Didn't she need me? All I would do is disembowel those who would harm or scare my little pup. Isn't that what all mothers wanted to do?
Almost by clockwork, she started to slide a little to the side of my back like she usually did whenever she summoned me in her sleep, nearly falling off my back that was bigger than her makeshift bunk bed. And just like all those other times, I would grab her gently by the back of her night shirt or her blanket if it was still wrapped around her, and carefully place her on my back once more. Sometimes it would be just on the side of me, others right between my front paws when I wanted to keep her close. It all depended on whether I needed to keep her close and safe, or wanted her to be comfortable. For now, I just chose what would possibly keep her resting peacefully and content.
After all, with me around, I would always make sure she was happy and safe. She had nothing to fear.
"Gooooooooood morning, Wolfie!" Nora greeted excitedly as I opened my eyes again.
"Rouuuuuuuuww!" I screamed in fear, startling the Pup's sleeping friends from their slumber, including my own pup who slipped off my back in fright.
It was the evil one! Kill it! Kill it! Kill it! Kill it! Kill it!
Wolfie couldn't help it, how could she? She could face an onslaught of Grimm for her young one. She could stare down any opponent and make them tremble in fear if they so much as thought about harming Ruby. But this was the unholy one, the gospel of evil, the greatest arch nemesis in the history of nemesi. Chaos incarnate, the demon of all tummy scratchers!
She couldn't do anything except panic, scurrying across the bedroom like before as Nora tried to chase her. She was completely unaware of the loud pounding Wolfie's running was creating every time she ran about the room, toppling the beds all over and the furniture that stood amongst it. It was no surprise that among the things tossed around were the two older girls of Ruby's team, Blake Belladonna and Pyrrha Nikos, both tossed about with blankets and mattress tossed atop of them as they awoke with a jolt.
To be fair, it wasn't entirely Nora's fault Wolfie was scared of her, she just didn't know how much she herself was scaring the wolf. Wolfie was among the furriest, fluffiest, and surprisingly cutest of Grimm she ever came across, as far as Grimm go at least. There was nothing she wanted more than to cuddle it, pet it, play with it, hug it, and so forth every time she came across the wolf mother, all in the hopes of filling that missing void of not having Ren on her team. And she knew deep down that Wolfie wanted the same thing!
Too bad she was completely wrong about that.
By the time any of them could even comprehend what was happening, All she could do was grin as she wiggled her ready-to-scratch-the-belly fingers as she neared the cornered wolf grimm who was trembling in a corner of the room.
"I got you now, Wolf-eeeeep!" Nora yelped as she was suddenly pulled back from behind. She was met with the familiar sight of an annoyed Pyrrha, the Red-headed girl irritated about having this conversation for possibly the 17th time by now.
"Nora, we've been over this; Wolfie's scared of you." She reminded as she showed her the ruined bedroom. Beds were tossed about, the blankets were hung upon the windows and shelves, and all the books were scattered here and there with the bookshelves being escue. Blake herself was currently trying to dig for a dazed Ruby who was currently buried under several mattresses and blankets. It only took her several seconds to find her close friend who still had swirls in her eyes, trying to shake the dizziness out of her head.
"Oh...whoops..."
*knock*
*knock*
*knock*
"Hello? Guuuys?" Yang could be heard calling from the other side. "Are you okay in there?" Her concern was understandable, seeing how the evil one and I nearly trashed the entire room from top to bottom. The others panicked as they usually did as three of them headed towards the door before Yang could open it, looking at her innocently and as casual as possible as they tried to explain the morning's earthquake that appeared to emanate from the room they were in.
I wouldn't understand it at the time, but somehow they managed to convince the yellow devil that one of their semblances was the cause of the disturbance. If anyone knew the evil one as I did, they wouldn't be surprised.
None of this stuff mattered to me though as I looked to my still-sleepy master, the pup stretching in the bathroom as she shut the large door behind me. My ears drooped with regret and worry for my young master, trying to think of a way to apologize for the havoc and rampage I caused moments ago. Maybe I could eat Weiss' homework again? That made her laugh last time even though she nearly got in trouble when the white girl accused her of stealing it.
Seeing the troubled look I was giving her, my pup simply smiled as she hugged my head. "It's okay Wolfie, I'm not mad at anything you ever do." She said, scratching behind my ears just the way I liked it. My master was too kind for me. Sometimes I hated it, seeing how vulnerable her kindness made her. At others, I loved it and the joy she gave to others. She was truly a benevolent pup.
"You're a good dog, Wolfie."
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A/N: Hooftah, another grand bit of writing for the masses! Hope you all enjoyed this first-ever bonus episode. I know for sure I did for the most part, granted the thinking portion of this fanfic and creation was a bit tricky to pull off, I think it came off pretty good. Again, this was a reward for Sani2341. I hope it met your expectations and wasn't too rushed. And don't worry about some scenes you wanted, you'll see plenty of good stuff from the main series itself ^^
Anyway, hope you all enjoyed this once again as the first ever grand Bonus Episode of the series! To win one, either continue being a supportive fan, do a piece of fan art for the picture (and has to be good and not sloppy stick figures XP), or participate in one of the various events I hold for this fic, mostly in the form of Fanfic contests :D!
I hope you all enjoyed! Like, fav, review, and be ready for tomorrows episode :D! I actually finished that first and this one on the same day, but I wanted to get this one out first since it's longer and it's been awhile. Either way hope you all enjoyed and see you tomorrow!