Hello everyone! I am SO SO SO SO sorry for the longest update ever! The thing is, I have been busy with school and my new job as a Security Guard, to which I now work 40 hrs a week now! So happy with this job, but it is a graveyard shift, which is from midnight to 8 in the morning. And aside from that, I have been losing my inspiration and motivation to write this story and my other ones. T-T

And yes, I have watched Volume 4 and it looks awesome so far! Now, I will be changing my story to fit the storyline, just a bit so that things can be cleared up. Like how I didn't know Atlas was a kingdom where is it mostly snow! But it will be small details, I will still follow my storyline to the letter.

And on a side note, this will be the only time to update at all, because I don't have computer with internet access still. But I promise you all that I will have more chapters by the time I update next time. Until then, I wish you all have a happy Christmas and a Happy New Year's! Thank you all for still following me, you all made it possible for me to continue on! With that, let us being this chapter! (Also, hope you like the chapter's title)

Chapter 32

It has been hours later after the tournament started. Every round, different teams from the four academies battled each other until it was already noon. Blackheart was excited for one of the fights, Team RWBY against Team ABRN. It was a close fight, but Team RWBY won by Yang performing a triple K.O. Wanting to celebrate with them, Blackheart sent Ruby and Yang a message on their Scrolls to meet them in the Camping Grounds to have a victory meal. While Team JCME and JNPR went, Team AVGR had to stay so that they can prepare for their fight. When they arrive at the Camping Grounds, they all saw Team RWBY talking to each other while Ruby was leaping into the air in excitement before groaning in hunger. When they resumed walking, Weiss' Scroll started to ring but she just glances at it before putting it away. Wanting to mess with them a bit, Emerald quickly rushes to them and pickpockets Ruby's pockets and takes her wallet. When Ruby reached to get her wallet, she starts panicking and looks through all her pockets. Emerald laughed as she raised Ruby's wallet and said "Hey, you lost something."

When Ruby looks back, Emerald laughed and said "Good to see you, Ruby."

As Emerald gave Ruby her wallet back, Ruby smiles and said "Thanks Em! Ugh, girl pockets are the worst!"

Weiss rolled her eyes and said "It's obvious she took it from you."

As Emerald rolled her eyes, Yang looks at everyone and said "What up guys? What's going on?"

Pyrrha said "We just came from watching you all fight. You were all amazing."

Ruby blushed in embarrassment and said "Oh stop…hehe…"

Blake looks at Jonathan and asked "So who is going on to the next round?"

Jonathan replied "Well, we played it fair and we decided to draw straws, the ones with the shortest straws will move on."

Cinder said "It was decided that Jonathan and Mercury are going onto the next round."

Mercury stretched his arms and said "Oh yeah, we are going to kick ass."

As everyone playfully roll their eyes, Blackheart asked "So who did you guys picked to move one?"

Ruby smiles, crosses her arms and said "Well, as leader, I thought long and hard on this decision."

Weiss gave her a deadpan look and said "We put it to a vote."

Ruby's face looked like she was caught with her hand in a cookie jar and said "Yes…uh…uh…but I decided to put it to a vote!"

Blake then said "We voted for Weiss and Yang."

Weiss did a curtsy and said "We'll be happy to represent Team RWBY."

Yang smirks as she bumps her fists together and said "Yeah, we are going to kick some butts"

Nora then said "Oh yeah! I can't wait when we go up!"

Weiss said "If we hurry, then we'll catch Team AVGR's fight!"

"Right," Yang cheered, "Come, let get our victory food!"

Ruby looks at everyone and asked "You guys wanna join?"

Everyone nodded and Pyrrha said "Sure, we got time to eat."

When they all walked around, they eventually found a nice food stand and they all sat down: Team JNPR sat on the left side, Team RWBY sat in the middle section and Team JCME sat on the right side. As they all sat down, Yang said "I'll have a bowl of the usual please."

As a giant bowl of noodles was placed in front of her, Ruby awed and said "Oh, I'll take the same."

When a giant bowl of noodles appeared in front of Ruby, Weiss said "Do you have anything with a low salt?"

Then another bowl of noodles appeared in front Weiss and she said "Uh...ok?"

When it was Blake's turn to order, she just nodded at the old man who owns the food stand, and he went into the back and, seconds later, he rushed back out and placed a giant bowl of fish in front of her. When she saw the bowl, Blake's eye lit up and she was drooling. When everyone saw this, only Mercury started to laugh and said "Of course! Hahaha!"

As everyone rolled their eyes, Team JNPR ordered the same thing as Team RWBY. When it was Team JCME's turn to order, Blackheart said "I will have the Half-and-Half."

A giant bowl of noodles appeared in front of Blackheart, but this one had one side filled with steak while the other half had chicken. Seeing this, Mercury said "Oh! I want that too!"

The same bowl appeared in front of Mercury and his mouth started to drool. Figuring what to order, Emerald then said "I'll have just have the regular too."

When a giant bowl of noodles appeared in front of Emerald, Cinder simply said "I'll have the same."

As Cinder got her order, Weiss pulled out her credit card, which was a Schnee brand, and hands it to the old man, who owns the bar, Yang looks at her and said "Aww, Weiss. What's the occasion?"

Weiss replied "Consider thanks for moving us to the Doubles Round."

However, out of nowhere, Weiss' card flew towards her like a shurkien and struck the counter. As everyone looked at the card, the old man coughed, which caught everyone's attention, points at the screen and it said 'Denied' on it. Shocked, Weiss said "What?! How is it declined? I was barely into my monthly allowance."

While Weiss was talking, Blake was heartbroken that she was unable to have her fish, so she quickly grabs onto the bowl and slowly pulls it towards her while smiling until the old man took it and broke her heart and she slumps over the counter. After a moment of silence, Pyrrha said "Maybe I can help?"

Ruby cheered and said "Yay, Pyrrha!"

Yang said "Aww you shouldn't."

But Blake then said "But she could!"

Pyrrha laughed as she took out her card and paid for their meal. Once Blake got her bowl of fish back, everyone started to dig in. In a matter of minutes, everyone finished their meal...although the only ones who felt like they were going to be sick were Emerald, Weiss, Jaune and Ren. Ren then turns to his teammates and asked "So it is wise to eat before our fight?"

While the old man collected the bowls, Pyrrha smiles brightly and said "Of course, it will give us strength."

As soon as she said that, Nora let out a loud burp. Everyone looks at her as Jaune slumps on the counter and said "Ugh...if i throw up, I'm blaming you."

Nora then said "Oh! Aim it at the enemy!"

"Nora, that's disgusting," Ren said, "But if have the urge to."

"Got it," Jaune said.

Weiss then got up and said "Come on, people! If we go now, we'll see Arthur's team fight!"

Ruby gets up and said "Yay! I hope Victor kicks butt!"

Everyone shook their heads as they got up and headed to the Amity Coliseum. As soon as everyone got their seats, Port's voice then said "And now, it is time for another battle! The first team comes from the heart of Vale, they are the toughest team that Beacon has to offer! I am talking about...Team ANGR!"

Weiss, Yang, Ruby and Blake all cheered when they saw Team AVGR entering the arena. Once they were in the arena, Oobleck then said "Yes, Team AVGR are one of the top teams in Beacon. And now they will face Team EMSS of Haven!"

When Arthur and the others look across the arena and saw Elsa, Sephiroth, Sheeva and Montezuma walking towards them. Once Team EMSS were in the arena, Victor spins his Twin Devils and said "This will be fun. We win this and we move one."

Grif said "After this, I am going to have a box of pizza to celebrate."

Both Riku and Arthur saw Team EMSS and Riku just stared at Sephiroth. He narrowed his eyes and thought "This guy...why does he look familiar?"

When Arthur saw Elsa, he thought "She looks calm...too calm."

As the hologram slots appeared and begin to spin, one side stopped at a volcanic area while the other stopped at a geyser area. The arena then started to set up and one half was volcanic and the other half was a geyser area.

Port's voice then said "3...2...1...Begin!"

As Victor aims his pistols and Grif turned his axe into a rifle, they fired their Dust bullets at Team EMSS. But before the bullets could land a clean hit, they were suddenly deflected out of thin air. As Team AVGR raised their eyebrow, they saw Sephiroth slowly sheathing his long sword. Grif then said "Dude, compensating much."

Riku then draw his sword and said "He's mine."

Once he said that, Riku pulls his sword and charges at him. As soon as he was near, Sephiroth pulls out his sword and blocks his attacks. Before anyone was going to help Riku, Sheeva rushes up to Victor, pulls out her tomahawks and swings them at him. However, Victor held up his pistols and blocks her attacks. When Grif changed his rifle to his axe, he swings it but it was blocked by Montezuma's staff. Montezuma then pushes Grif away and chases after him. As everyone was in their own battle, Elsa and Arthur were the only ones in the center arena.

Arthur grips his hands and said "Where's your weapons?"

Elsa smirks as she crossed her arms and said "I don't need one."

In the geyser field, Riku was swinging his Way to Dusk sword at Sephiroth, but the swordsman was using his 7 ft. sword to block Riku's attacks. When Riku activated the Dust chambers, he swings his sword and sends a blast of lightning at Sephiroth. However, Sephiroth swings his sword and deflects the lightning away. Riku then charges in and swings his sword yet again, but Sephiroth easily blocks Riku's attack.

Sephiroth then said "You're attacks are too slow...and predictable."

Riku gritted his teeth before he swings his sword more, but Sephiroth continues to block his attacks. When Sephiroth knocks Riku away, Riku points his sword at Sephiroth and fires more lightning at him, but the swordsman continues to deflect them. After deflecting the lightning, Sephiroth sighs in frustration and said "I am already bored, time to end this."

As Sephiroth sheaths his sword, Riku held his sword up and was ready to defend. However, he would never have the chance. In a fast blur, Sephiroth rushes up to Riku and, before anyone knew it, there was a slashing sound and Sephiroth was standing a few feet behind Riku with his sword fully unsheathed. As the audience were confused at what happened, Riku groans in pain as several slashes of purple light appeared and slashes all over his body. Riku cries in pain as his clothes were torn and he fell to the ground. When everyone saw Riku's Aura quickly went below the red and was eliminated from the fight. When Blake saw this, she gasp as she covers her mouth in horror.

Oobleck then said "And with that, Riku is eliminated!"

In the volcanic area, Victor was firing his pistols at Sheeva, but the girl was using her tomahawks to deflect Victor's Dust bullets. While Sheeva was deflecting the bullets, she points her tomahawks at Victor and fired her Dust bullets at Victor. But Victor used the blades on the end of his pistols to deflect the bullets. After Victor deflected the bullets, Sheeva puts her tomahawks away and pulls out six Dust knives, three in each hand, and she threw them at Victor. When he saw the knives, Victor turned his pistols to his hook swords and manages to deflect them and, when the knives collided with the volcanic rocks, they exploded into many different explosions, from fire to ice attacks. Sheeva continues to throw her Dust knives while Victor blocks them with his hook swords. Having enough, Victor charges at Sheeva, leaps into the air and swings his swords downward. But the moment the hook swords touched Sheeva's body, her body shimmered and suddenly vanished. As Victor stood there confused, he looks around and saw Sheeva aiming her pistols again and firing. While Victor manage to dodge a few of them, some of the bullets actually hit him. As Victor hissed in pain, he turns his hook swords back to his pistols and starts shooting again. But like before, when the bullets touched her body, she shimmered and disappeared. Gritting his teeth, Victor looks around to try to find her until she appears behind him and begins to swing her tomahawks at him. With one more blow, she knocks Victor to the ground while his Aura depleted to the red area.

Port's voice "Oh! And Mr. James is eliminated as well!"

Ruby saw this and said in a sad tone "Victor no..."

"Holy crap!" Grif shouted as he was firing his Berserker's Claw rifle at Montezuma.

But the Jaguar Faunus used his staff to deflect the Dust bullets away. While swinging the staff, Montezuma aims one end of his staff and fires a yellow beam of energy at Grif, but he rolls out of the way. When Grif regained his footing, he turns his rifle to his axe, charges at Montezuma and swings his axe. But Montezuma uses his staff to block Grif's attacks before they can touch him. Montezuma then swings his staff and tries to attack him, but Grif manages to block his attacks until one of Montezuma's attacks hits him across his face.

As Grif took a few steps back, Montezuma said "Now feel the power of the sun!"

When Montezuma raised his right hand, a ball of yellow energy appeared in his hand, until it started to glow brightly and aims it at Grif and fires it. As Grif rolled out of the way, the ball of energy collided with a boulder of brimstone and it exploded to pieces. Grif saw this with his eyes widen and shouted "Oh that is bullshit!"

Montezuma then spins his staff while shooting beams of yellow energy at Grif. Grif manages to use his axe to deflect the beams, but some of them manage to hit Grif. As Grif was pushed back, Montezuma dropkicks him away. When Grif got up, Montezuma fires another ball of yellow energy and it landed a solid hit on Grif's chest. As soon as the ball of light hits Grif on the chest, the ball exploded and knocks Grif out of the arena. When Grif landed hard on the ground, his Aura went down to the borderline of the red section.

Oobleck then said "Oh! And with that, Grif is eliminated by ring out!"

Yang shouted "That's bull! Boooo!"

"Wait," Weiss said, "Arthur is all alone there. It will be four against one!"

"Not fair!" Ruby cried.

Back in the arena, Arthur readied his Righteous Glory gauntlets, aims them at Elsa and said "I guess your teammates eliminated my teammates. So...it's going to be 4 against 1 then."

Elsa thought for a moment until she said "Not really."

When she looks at Montezuma, Sheeva and Sephiroth, she nodded at them. The three of them nodded as Sheeva and Montezuma picked up Riku and Victor and, to everyone's surprise, they all left the arena.

Port then said "What's this? It would appear that three members of Team EMSS have left the arena with Victor and Riku!"

"Wait, what?" Emerald said, "Why the hell would they do that?"

Mercury replied "No ganging up on Arthur or anything. Just going to leave the blonde chick with our boy Arthur."

Cinder thought about the situation and said "She has no chance against Arthur."

But Blackheart sits there and thought to herself "She made her teammates leave the arena with our friends. Why is that?"

In the arena, Arthur said "Huh, I guess it's just you and me then."

Elsa then said "And you will wish it wasn't me."

Just then, Elsa raised her right hand, started to glow light blue and a sword made out of ice appeared in her hand. As Arthur narrowed his eyes at her, Elsa slowly walks towards Arthur. Not wanting to risk it, Arthur pulls the triggers on his gauntlets and fired his Dust bullets at Elsa. But Elsa easily swings her sword and deflects the bullets away. Once Elsa was near, she swings her ice sword while Arthur pressed some buttons and extended his blades from his gauntlets and blocks her attack. Arthur then swings his blades at her, but Elsa blocks his attacks and tries to attack him. As Arthur manage to dodge her attack, to his surprise, Elsa manages to grip his left arm gauntlet.

She then gives him a smirk and said "Got you."

As Arthur gave her a confused look, his left arm started to fell cold, and when he looks at it, he saw Elsa slowly freezing his arm! Using his right arm, Arthur aims his right Righteous Glory gauntlet and fired bullets at her. But Elsa moved fast and moved out of the range of the bullets and landed a few feet away from him. Feeling the coldness on his left arm, Arthur grunted in slight pain as he looks at Elsa.

Elsa gave him a smirk and said "Too cold to handle?"

Arthur groan as he channel his Aura to his left arm and used his Holy Fire Sembalance to melt away the ice. Elsa saw this and said "I see you manage to melt my ice. Hehe, it won't happen again."

When Elsa dismisses her ice sword, she spread her arms and they were covered in frost mist. Arthur then summon his blades from his Righteous Glory and charges at her. As he swings his swords at her, Elsa merely dodges his attacks. When Arthur tries to make another attack, Elsa moves around him and touched the left side of his body and part of his body was covered in ice. As Arthur grunts in pain, Elsa laughs and said "You know, you can always give up."

Arthur firmly stood up and said "I will never give up."

Sheathing his blades, Arthur then took out Excalibur and rushes to Elsa. As Arthur swings his sword, Elsa merely dodges his attacks. When Arthur swings his sword once again, Elsa spins around him, lightly touched his back and his whole back was covered in ice. Irritated, Arthur grunts in pain as his whole body was cover in Holy Fire and melted the ice away.

In the stands, Jaune said "Oh man...Arthur is having a hard time landing a hit on that girl."

Pyrrha then said "She is very skilled."

Weiss said "Arthur can beat her!"

As Arthur covers his sword in his Holy Fire, swings his sword and sends waves of fire at Elsa, but Elsa manages to evade his attacks. Arthur then said "Why are you holding back? Why aren't you attacking me?"

Elsa gave him a smirk and said "I don't want to freeze the arena."

Arthur shook his head and said "Yeah right. Like you can do that."

Wanting to prove him wrong, Elsa place her feet together and used her left foot to remove her right heel shoe from her foot. As she gently placed her right bare foot on the ground, to Arthur's shock, the ground around her foot started to freeze up in a fast pace! While the ground was starting to get frozen, Arthur rushed to the volcanic area so that he can be safe from the ice. However, when he thought it was over, the ice quickly froze over the edge of the volcanic area.

Port then said "Amazing! It appears that Elsa's Sembalance is to control ice! And it appears her ice is so cold that it is freezing part of the volcanic area!"

"Yes!" Oobleck said, "Though it may be hard for her to face Arthur in that area along with Mr. Knight's Sembalance!"

Elsa saw what Arthur was doing and said "You think being in that area will stop me?"

Arthur spins Excalibur and said "It is a bit. But I can still take you out from here."

Elsa laughs and said "Not on your life."

She then proceeded to take off her other heel and placed her other bare foot on the ground and whispered "Ice Age…"

To everyone's shock, the ice around Elsa started to spread more and went further into the volcanic area as well as the geyser area. As steam shot out of the geysers, they instantly froze up and stood in place and ice began to cover the volcanic are while at the same time putting out fires and let out steam. In a fast reaction, Arthur covers himself in Holy Fire to protect himself from the ice and thought "No way! Is her Sembalance this strong?!"

"Whoa!" Yang cried, "Weiss, I take back about you being the Ice Queen. This chick is the TRUE Ice Queen!"

Weiss, in shock, said "Right now, I don't care about that. I care about Arthur."

Mercury then said "Holy damn! And I thought she was cold before!"

Cinder, looks at Blackheart, and asked "How strong is this girl?"

Blackheart replied "Honestly, I have no idea. But now Arthur is at a disadvantage."

As Arthur tries to keep himself in balance on the ice, he looks up and saw Elsa sliding towards him. Still covered in Holy Fire, Arthur swings his sword at Elsa, but Elsa raised her hand and a wall of ice appeared in front of her and protected her from Arthur's attack. When Arthur tries to recover, he slices the wall of ice and saw Elsa gone! When he looks around, out of nowhere, Elsa appeared behind. Suddenly, her body was covered in frost ice and, to Arthur's surprise, she hugs him from behind and wraps her arms around him and trapped his arms in her hug. When Arthur's fire touched Elsa's ice, it released a lot of steam.

As Arthur tries to break free, he threatened her "I can increase my fire's heat, forcing you to let go."

Elsa's smirks and said "And I can increase the coldness of my ice. Let's see who stands."

When Elsa increased the coldness of her icy hug, Arthur felt it and increased his fire's heat. While that happened, more and more steam was being released until Elsa and Arthur are no longer seen! As the crowd was eager what was happening, Port then said "Oh my! Fire and ice clashing since the dawn of age!"

Oobleck said "Yes! Let us see who remains standing!"

Holding her hands together, Weiss said "Come on…"

Ruby then cheered "Come on Arthur! Beat her!"

Yang cried "Avenge your teammates!"

Nora screamed "And break her legs!"

After what seemed to be an eternity, they all heard a buzzing, signaling someone's Aura dropped into the red area. They all look and, to their shock, saw that it was Arthur's Aura bar. As soon as they look back at the arena, they saw the steam slowly disappearing and Weiss and the other girls gasp. They saw Elsa still hugging Arthur unharmed, but Arthur's armor was covered in frost ice and he was shivering from the coldness of the ice.

Elsa smirks and said "I guess I win."

When she lets go of him, Arthur fell forward and crashed to the ground. Port then said "Mr. Knight is knocked out! Team EMSS is victorious!"

Oobleck then said "Someone get him some warm blankets!"

Weiss, sadden, said "No…Arthur…"

As her teammates comfort her, Blackheart looks at Elsa and thought "Just…who are you, Elsa Winters?"

Ozpin's Office…

Sitting behind his desk, Ozpin saw the fight between Team AVGR and Team EMSS. When he saw Elsa displaying her powers, he instantly knew who she really was. Just then, his Scroll started to ring, saw the ID caller and saw it was Ironwood. He answers it and said "Yes?"

On the other end, Ironwood's voice said "Ozpin, tell me you saw that as well?"

Ozpin replied "Indeed…"

Ironwood said "You don't think…"

"I don't think…I know it," Ozpin said, "This girl…Elsa Winters…she is the Winter Maiden."

Ironwood then said "I thought the Winter Maiden was lost a long time ago."

Ozpin then said "I know…but it would seem she appears in the Vytal Festival after all this time."

"Should we bring her in and talk to her?" Ironwood asked.

Ozpin thought about it and replied "It would be best if we contact her after the festival is over. If we contact her now, we might put her in harm's way. We don't want her to end up like Amber."

Understanding, Ironwood replied "Very well. I am on my way to your office."

Ozpin nodded before hanging up. He continues to stare at the image of Elsa and thought "Where have you been?"

Medical Room…

Teams RWBY and JCME were in the medial rooms where Team AVGR were staying in and recovering. Victor and Grif were laying on their beds recovering their Auras, Riku's upper body was covered in bandages while Arthur was covered in layers and layers of blankets. Ruby was sitting by Victor, Yang by Grif and Blake by Riku; Weiss handed Arthur a cup of coffee. Arthur smiles as he gets the cup and said in a hoarse tone "Thanks Weiss."

Weiss smiled and replied "I am just glad you are alright. That Elsa went too far."

Blake then said "I guess they all did."

Yang looks at Victor and said "Not him, he kept on missing his opponent.'

"I swear to god she was right there when she disappeared!" Victor complained.

Yang replied "But you were attacking nothing and she was like behind you when she attacked."

Ruby then said "Don't be hard on him!"

As everyone shook their heads, Blackheart then said "Sorry you guys didn't advance to the next round."

Riku said "It's fine. But hey…maybe next time."

Victor then said "Sure hope Team JNPR avenges us by winning their fight."

Emerald replied "I'm sure they got it in the bag. We are heading back to see them and Sun's team. We will be back later to check up on you guys."

Grif said "Cool. Good luck on the Doubles Round."

Mercury smirks and said "Oh you know it."

Blackheart said "We got it."

With that, Team JCME left. Arthur turns to Weiss and said "You girls can go on ahead. We don't mind."

"You sure?" Weiss asked.

Arthur nodded and replied "We will be fine. GO and have fun."

Weiss smiles as she kisses him on the lips and she and her teammates left.

By the end of the day, Team JNPR and Team SSSN won their fights and moved onto the Doubles Round. When Team RWBY and JCME went to go congratulate them, Weiss looks up and saw a familiar Atlas airship. Ruby accidently bumps into her, back away a bit in fear and said "Uh…what are you doing?"

As Weiss continues to look at the airship, she smiles and said "She's here."

Hope you all enjoyed this chapter! I know I made Elsa and her team a little OP, but you will see why later on. And you are all wondering why Ozpin and Ironwood were shocked to find out Elsa is a Winter Maiden, again, I will explain later. But the point is…the Winter Maiden was lost for a long time and Ozpin's organization looked out for the Spring, Fall and Summer Maiden. And regarding to the other Maidens, yes Amber will be in it and I do plan to make my own OC Spring and Summer Maidens.

Now…to keep you all entertain and interested, I will be holding a new challenge for you, my loyal readers! Now as I said, I have my OC Spring and Summer Maidens in mind. HOWEVER, if you think you can come up with your own Maidens, feel free to PM me or drop a review! I want you all to fill out their Bio Info, which is the following:

Name:

Race:

Appearance:

Outfit:

Sembalance/Powers:

Weapons:

Background:

This challenge will go on until my next date, which I don't know when it will be, so that will give you all a chance to submit your OC Spring and Summer Maiden! So good luck to you all! And have a good day! Until then, please review!