-INTERMISSION-

AN: This chapter, as well as some others, will be a part of an intermission between volumes that describe what happens over the semester break for Uni and the others. Now! This is not all filler! I will tell you if it's a filler chapter, important character development and plot stuff will happen in these chapters. These chapters will be a bit shorter than the others but I plan to do a few real chapters, maybe try a Rwby Chibi chapter as well, filled with short stories and actual canon development so unless I say it's filler it has something important in there, like the Dream scenes, important stuff happens in between the lines.

I'm kinda in a rush to get this chapter done because Christmas and stuff, also because I want to play this new game I got called Just Shapes & Beats. It's a really fun music based bullet hell. I would highly recommend but there's a seizure warning at the beginning so be careful.

This is a normal chapter by the way. I hope you guys enjoy!

I don't own Rwby, I only own my OC's and the unique aspects that I added in.

Chapter 1 - Empty and Whole

Uni felt different. Nothing weird was happening in her dream. Not that that's bad, just strange. Her dream was quiet and peaceful. Nothing abnormal had happened. Despite that, she felt different. It was a feeling unknown to her.

She was lying on a soft golden cloud, not that it felt like a cloud. It was a dream after all, instead it felt like a warm pillow, squishy and soft. She preferred calm dreams like this, the simple dreams where she could lie down and stare at the sky. Watching as she made shapes out of the golden stars that floated above her.

As normal as her dream was, the nagging feeling that something was wrong still lingered in the back of her mind. Well, "wrong" wasn't the right word…

It was more like something wasn't quite right. She wasn't sure what the issue was, but did it matter? Probably not, otherwise she would be having another weird dream. At least, that's what Uni thought.

Uni decided to ignore the nagging feeling as she wanted to get as much dreaming as she could. After all, even though it was the break and she wished she could sleep through the entire thing, she had plans. Pyrrha requested a duel, she seemed excited for that, why? Uni had no clue. Although it would probably be an easy fight; then again, she has no idea how strong Pyrrha is.

The only other real plans she had was doing stuff with Ruby, as she had been nagging her about hanging out over the break. Not to mention that she still had lessons with Glynda. Though Uni did make sure she had a few days set aside for sleeping

Uni sighed, sometimes she wondered where she would be if she didn't go to Beacon. Just laying around at Glynda's house? Maybe working a small job or being a thief? Who knows…

As Uni laid upon her bed of golden clouds, she watched as the stars form a strange shape. One that she didn't create, they took the form of a lock and key, nothing fancy, just a normal lock and key. She sighed once again, she never could get a normal dream, could she…

Not since Beacon…

"At least it's not too weird" Uni thought to herself as she stared at the constellation. It was strange, but at least it was still peaceful, and that's all she really wants in a dream. Uni then sighed as she faded away into orbs of argent light.

Uni -VS- Pyrrha

Uni yawned softly as she unsheathed her daggers, twirling them around briefly before entering a combat stance. Warily, she stared into Pyrrha's eyes as she readied her shield and spear while rolling her shoulders with an excited look on her face.

The two huntresses in training were both standing on opposite ends of the school arena. Both in combat gear with their weapons at the ready, waiting for whoever made the first move.

Above them, on a large screen, their aura levels both showed full bars. Not too far away, the members of RWBY and JNR, stood in the stands watching excitedly.

Uni and Pyrrha were both undefeated in combat class and whenever an opportunity came for them to fight, something or someone intervened. So many people theorized on who would win, though most said Pyrrha. They had kept it quiet and outside of combat class so they didn't have a huge crowd distracting them mid fight.

In a split second Uni was in the air, leaping over Pyrrha. She flicked her wrists sharply, causing the blades to extend towards Pyrrha.

The invincible girl, although surprised at Uni's speed, reacted quick enough to leap out of the way as Uni flew towards the ground where Pyrrha had stood.

Uni, in an attempt to make something out of her failed strike, charged her legs with aura. Releasing them the moment she hit the ground, Uni flew towards Pyrrha with immense speed once again.

This time Pyrrha decided to counter attack, charging at Uni with her shield up. She smashed into the sleeping girl sending her flying back. Uni gave a distant frown as she quickly leapt up and flipped towards Pyrrha.

Releasing several quick slashes, Uni rushed Pyrrha with small strikes at her few blind spots only for Pyrrha to use her semblance to mitigate damage.

In that moment, Uni decided that Pyrrha's semblance was very annoying. But something occurred to her, the fact that she only used her semblance defensively could only mean one thing. Well it could've meant many things but Uni was pretty sure that it was because she was holding back. She never needed to use her semblance offensively so she simply used it to defend.

Pyrrha had a small smile on her face as she swept Uni of her feet and gave a quick thrust of her spear only for her eyes to widen in surprise as Uni flipped up onto her spear and flip over her.

Flicking her wrists once more, her daggers shot at Pyrrha only to curve towards her weapons. Not by Pyrrha's semblance but by the subtle movements of Uni's hands. With a quick jerking movement, her daggers wrapped around Pyrrha's spear.

Uni was well aware that she wouldn't be able to pull Pyrrha's spear out of her arms, but that wasn't the plan. She leapt into the air as Pyrrha struggled to free her spear. She then swung herself around and kicked off Pyrrha, knocking her back, before recalling her blades.

Uni tilted her head slightly as Pyrrha smiled slightly, both waiting for the next move.

"You're holding back" Uni stated calmly, looking at Pyrrha with distant confusion. Pyrrha simply nodded, her smile growing.

"I'm surprised you noticed, though I suppose I could say the same for you" Pyrrha replied, a faint smirk hiding behind her smile. "Shall we go all out?" She asked, her excited grin finally revealing itself.

Uni nodded expressionlessly, "If that is what you wish." As she responded, Uni collapsed before slowly rising back up, now asleep. Controlling her sleeping body with her aura, like a marionette, she readied her blades.

Pyrrha's grin grew even further as a fire lit behind her eyes. Her body, along with her weapons, began to glow bright crimson as she reinforced herself with her aura and her weapons with her semblance.

Uni leapt forwards, faster than before, running towards Pyrrha. She began to attack quickly as she flipped around Pyrrha, dancing her deadly dance.

Pyrrha had an excited smile on her face as she used her semblance to avoid Uni's ruthless attacks. Releasing a small counter attack as she held Uni back long enough to slam her shield into the ground, sending the sleeping girl flying back.

Uni stabbed her daggers into the ground, stopping herself from flying out of the arena. Though her rest was brief as Pyrrha transformed her spear into its rifle form and fired without hesitation.

Uni flipped out of the way, barely avoiding the shots. Narrowly dashing towards Pyrrha, Uni flicked her wrist and pulled the triggers on the hilts of her daggers. The blades extended mid air turning into something akin to a chain sickle. She then swung them horizontally, attacking Pyrrha from behind.

The sudden hit briefly disrupted Pyrrha's rifle fire allowing Uni to leap in with several quick slashes. Pyrrha countered by hitting Uni with the butt of her spear knocking her back and staggering her briefly.

Pyrrha leapt back and returned the rifle into her spear form before raising it up like a javelin. She threw the spear, enhancing the shot with her semblance, the javelin spurred through the air, flying towards Uni.

The sleeping fighter ducked beneath the weapon only for the spear to curve back around. Uni flung her dagger sickles towards Pyrrha's spear and swung off of it, flying towards the invincible girl.

Pyrrha, having only her shield to defend herself. Flipped Uni over her with her shield before catching her spear as it flew back to her hand.

Uni rolled across the ground before flipping up and dashing back to Pyrrha. She released a blast of aura that sent Pyrrha flying before fusing her daggers into her bow.

Pyrrha tried to rush towards her before she fired any shots but Uni was too quick. The sleeping girl had already released a misty blue arrow. Landing right at Pyrrha's feet, the arrow erupted into a jagged pillar of ice.

Pyrrha seemed to grin even further as she narrowly avoided being stabbed by the icicle. She then thrusted at it with her spear sending large chunks of ice flying towards Uni.

Loosely, Uni dodged under the ice and flipped over Pyrrha before kicking off of her, barely avoiding a backwards jab from Pyrrha.

Uni then released three red arrows as she flew through the air only to discover that Pyrrha had barreled through the flames with her shield and aura.

Uni then reverted her bow to her daggers and avoided Pyrrha's charge as she countered with several quick stabs. Pyrrha then sent Uni flying back with a shield bash only for Uni to immediately get back up and leap into the air.

Turning her daggers into her pseudo chain sickles and imbued them with aura before slamming them down towards Pyrrha.

The invincible girl tumbled back slightly from the force of Uni's attack before flipping up as Uni charged towards her. Pyrrha charged her legs with aura releasing a kick as Uni whipped her blades at her.

Uni had only managed to get a few slashes in before she was flung back by Pyrrha's reinforced kick, it was far stronger than she had expected. Faster than she could react, she flew out of the arena causing the buzzer to sound off.

Uni sighed softly, her eyelids fluttering open revealing her empty eyes, as she stood up. A distant look of surprise on her appearing on her passive face as she saw the screen above them. It read,

'Pyrrha: 29% Uni: 29% (Out of Bounds) Match: Pyrrha'

Uni nodded towards Pyrrha, who was smiling brightly, and spoke tonelessly. "Congratulations, it's your win."

Pyrrha, with her usual gentle smile and joyful eyes, shook her head slightly. "I would say that was a tie if anything" She said happily.

Uni sighed. "People are weird" Uni thought to herself softly. "Whatever, it doesn't really matter anyway…" Uni said monotonously causing Pyrrha to frown faintly.

As Uni was exiting the Arena, Pyrrha perked up, curiosity and excitement in her emerald eyes. Hopefully, she asked, "Would you like to spar again sometime?"

Uni paused, tilting her head briefly as an unrecognizable glint appeared in her distant eyes. She nodded slightly, "If that is what you wish."

Pyrrha nodded with a bright smile, her eyes glowing with joy. "That would be lovely!" She said excitedly before exiting the arena along with Uni. Both girls oblivious to the looks of shock apparent on RWBY and JNR's faces.

Criminal Dreams & Broken Hearts

Ruby had wanted to hang out over the break but sadly the rest of her team had their own things. JNPR was busy with their own team bonding so that left Uni to deal with Ruby.

This didn't bother her too much because she still had several days set aside for 'hibernation' as Ruby called it.

The part that worried, though not a lot, Uni was the fact that Ruby wouldn't tell her what she had planned. She simply called it 'Super Happy Fun Bonding Time', Whatever that meant.

It was a fairly nice day, a slight breeze flowing by as summer had already changed to autumn. Uni and Ruby were walking down the streets of the commercial district of Vale at the moment. Various shops and buildings lined the busy streets. Cars would occasionally drive by and people traveled up and down the sidewalk.

Ruby paused in front of a very nice shop, a weapon shop to be specific. She had noticed a very high class orbiting gravity-shift enhancement that would allow for her to fire more efficiently when her weapon is in scythe form, as well as enhancing her shots in general. Ruby was practically drooling at the part but paused when she looked at the price.

'2500 Lien' That was way more than what she had. Ruby sighed and began to slowly walk away.

Uni tilted her head slightly in muted intrigue, a strange look on her usually passive face. "Do you want it?" She asked blankly.

Ruby paused, seemingly confused, she stuttered. "No! Yes! I mean I-" Ruby stopped herself and sighed. "I want it but I can't afford it…" She elaborated, a small frown on her face as she hung her head.

Ruby didn't exactly have the highest allowance, her father worked at signal so their income wasn't the greatest. Yang could afford nice clothes because she had a part time job, but Ruby was too young for that. Child labor laws and all.

"I'll pay for it" Uni said tonelessly. Uni wasn't sure why she offered, even though she could easily afford it, there was absolutely no benefit to buying it. It was just a spur of the moment thought, something that she just blurted out.

Ruby's eyes widened in shock and confusion. "Wha- how do y- but why?" Ruby stuttered out incredulously. Her brain overloaded with surprise.

Uni simply shrugged, for not even she knew why, it was just on a whim. "Why not?" Uni replied as she stepped into the shop.

With a quick swipe of her card, the piece was purchased. To her the cost was nothing, though most of the Lien was gained through illegal means.

Ruby looked like she was going to explode as Uni handed her the bag that held the piece. Ruby proceeded to freak out as she spoke so fast Uni couldn't comprehend what she was saying but she was pretty sure it was a really long thank you.

Ruby pulled Uni into a tight hug that lasted an unusually long time before Uni was released. Uni shook her head slightly in mild confusion at Ruby's antics.

As the two began to walk towards their next destination something occurred to Ruby. She paused, and asked, "How were you able to afford this?"

Uni, her face unchanged, simply replied. "I stole the Lien, when I lived on the streets I needed money so I did whatever it took to survive…"

Upon hearing this, Ruby's eyes saddened as a strange look appeared on her face. It was a torn look between distraught, disgusted, and sympathy.

Ruby frowned as she looked down at the shopping bag that she held in her hands. She wasn't so sure she wanted the part if it was bought with stolen money. After a moment of thought she decided that she'd get rid of it later, as to not hurt Uni's feelings. Not that part mattered as Uni wouldn't care but Ruby didn't know that.

Uni frowned faintly as they continued walking, they had just entered one of the shabbier parts of Vale's shopping district. The area wasn't criminally active but it's where the lower middle class would shop so there were some unsavory folks here but that wasn't why Uni was frowning. They were being followed.

Or at least, Uni thought they were. As soon as they had started nearing the district a man had been going the same way as them for awhile now. She hasn't seen what the man looked like as she had been tracking him with her aura as to not reveal that she was aware of his presence. She could tell that he was either a fairly burly man or a very strange looking woman, she was pretty sure he was just a burly man though.

Without turning to face Ruby, she quietly alerted her. "Don't turn around or make any sudden actions, I think we're being followed…" Uni muttered, her empty voice slightly more serious than usual.

Ruby's eyes widened before nodding nervously, a mix of worry and determination in her bright eyes. She then hardened herself before realizing that she had left Crescent Rose at Beacon. She wasn't confident in her hand to hand combat and though she could call her locker she wasn't sure if this qualified as an emergency.

Uni subtly gestured for Ruby to take a right down a nearby alleyway. Hopefully the man would either leave them be or become cocky and fall into her ambush.

Uni began to walk slower, gesturing for Ruby to do the same. As she heard footsteps behind them she slowly reached for her daggers. She kept them under her jacket instead of in her sheaths to conceal them, in fact, she never went out in public without them.

As soon as the man got close enough Uni spun around and kicked the man in the chest, causing him to stumble back slightly.

He was indeed a burly man as she thought. He had short and messy brown hair with dark green eyes. He wore cheap dirty clothes and was armed with a rusty knife. Based on his attire and reactions it was fairly obvious that he was just a crook rather than a professional.

Uni quickly pushed the man to the wall and held one of her daggers to his throat. Immediately she began to interrogate him, emotionlessly she asked "Why are you following us?"

The man was clearly frightened and nervous, "C-calm d-d-down, I'm just a p-petty th-thief…" He Trailer off, clearly terrified by Uni.

Uni gave a faint frown and prepared to attack him but was stopped as Ruby pulled her off of him, letting the man run away.

"What were you doing!? You could of hurt him!" Ruby exclaimed incredulously, a mix of panic, concern, and shock evident upon her face.

Uni nodded, her face blank and cold with faint hints of confusion. "That was the point" Uni explained, her voice completely empty as she spoke.

Ruby's eyes widened in confusion as her panic and concern turned to horror and disgust. "How could you do that?! How can you not care!?"

Uni paused and hummed to herself softly, her expression changing faintly. "I don't know" Uni replied distantly, staring at the darkening sky as she fiddled with the silver locket that hung around her neck. Truly, she didn't know. Distantly, she remembered that she used to laugh and cry like anyone else but after her parents died she became sad, then bitter, then cold, then… empty.

Uni had no clue as to why this happened, why she felt that way back then, and why she didn't feel now. Slowly, she changed, but she didn't know why or how it happened. She can't comprehend why but she became empty…

Ruby seemed to look away, her normally bright eyes torn and confused, her horror visible on her face as she internally debated what was going on. "How can y-" She started to ask but stopped herself as it clicked.

Pieces of a puzzle she didn't even know she was solving started to come together. Answers and more questions began appearing in her head as information clicked together pointing towards an answer she wasn't sure she liked.

She had no clue how she hadn't noticed earlier. How Uni was always passive, she never looked happy, but never looked sad. The fact that she was never really upset or excited, just inconvenienced or curious. The way Uni rarely did anything besides sleeping unless she was pressured to do otherwise.

It was kinda obvious now that she thought about it, Ruby was surprised that no one else had realized it. How Uni never once wanted to do anything but sleep, how Uni saw everything as just a minor inconvenience. It was simple, and quite obvious, she just didn't care, or possibly couldn't care…

Ruby, hesitantly, asked one of the few remaking questions that lingered in her mind. Solemnly, she asked, "Do you care? Can you even…" Ruby paused, turning her head slightly before continuing quietly, "feel?"

Uni stopped, her face growing distant as she continued to fiddle with her moon shaped locket. Her empty silver eyes just a tad darker than normal, her voice quiet and empty as she spoke. "I don't know what I feel anymore, or if I even can…"

Ruby's eyes saddened in hurt and confusion, her thoughts racing as she started walking again. If she couldn't feel does that mean she didn't enjoy the time she spent with her? Or the others? Did she even want to hang out with them? Or were they just another bother interrupting her sleep?

Were they even… friends?

Ruby's face darkened as mixed emotions and torn thoughts continued to bounce around in her head. Her eyes, normally filled with joy, were simply filled with sadness. Ruby refused to look Uni as she spoke, her voice just a bit colder than normal, "It's getting late, let's head back…"

Uni simply nodded in response; her face even emptier than normal as she followed Ruby back to the Skydock, where they could take a bullhead back to Beacon.

Ruby laid still in her bed, staring at the ceiling thoughtfully. Her team was sleeping softly but Ruby couldn't sleep.

"Should I tell them?" Ruby thought to herself as she continued to roll back and forth across her bed restlessly.

As Ruby tried to rest, she recalled something. A simple statement that held so much wisdom. A simple thought from an oblivious girl.

Penny seemed to get lost in thought. "I don't have a lot of friends," she said sincerely, "but if I did, I would want them to talk to me about things."

Ruby nodded to herself, smiling sadly at the memory, thinking about how she thought Uni was her friend, as she made her decision. "I'll tell them tomorrow…"

In a hall made of marble, in front of a giant obsidian door. A small girl made of silver light stood solemnly. She stared at the golden key that laid before her. The key was slightly translucent now, it was fading and she couldn't use it.

She couldn't be free, not like this. But did she want to be free? Here she was safe, out there she was vulnerable. But if she stayed, and the key faded, would it ever come back? Or would she be trapped forever.

Then again, it didn't matter what she felt, she couldn't use the key. Not while she was like this. Not while she was broken.

She couldn't use it because she was Empty, To use it she would have to become Whole, but to become Whole she has to use the key but she can't use it because she's Empty…

"Quite the predicament huh…" The glowing figure mouthed silently, unable to speak. The argent girl then let out a silent sigh and an empty chuckle as an invisible tear rolled down her cheek.

She slumped down, sliding down the door until she had her head hung in her lap while she hugged her knees. Her non existent voice silently sobbing as she dissolved into orbs of silver light, slowly being absorbed back into the lock that binds her prison door.

AN: SEMI-IMPORTANT PLEASE READ!

I have the notice because I don't know if everyone reads the AN's and this is kinda important. I think I'm going to start the poll for the next fic, I am NOT stopping this fic! I am simply seeing how I would fare with writing two fics. I am going to list some Ideas and make a poll where you can decide what I'll write next. Once it's been decided I will begin writing down in depth plans and the super small details for the fic. Then I will begin writing and eventually uploading it.

I had a ton of ideas but to make it simple I narrowed it down a bit, it's now just my favorite two options, one just happens to be requested as well.

They are both Rwby fics because all my best ideas are about Rwby for some reason. Plus I don't want to have to think about to separate canon universes at the same time.

Before I forget, unlike the pairing poll, this poll's results will be definite. As I said the only reason the pairing wouldn't be decided by the poll would be is it conflicts with something already planned or it just doesn't work out very well. This poll, however, will be decided by the results and nothing else.

These are my best ideas:

SNOW: A World of Bloody Evolution

Requested by Sketchywolf

Shiro, Naomi, Olivia and Willow. A bastard with extreme family issues and more strength than he realizes. A mutated Faunus who's an enemy spy with a conflicted mind. A determined artist fighting for what she believes in, even if she wants to be somewhere else. A fake heroine with a heart of gold and will of steel. Four misfits find themselves at Beacon finding themselves fighting a war they never signed up for.

This has some cool characters and takes you for a ride into a much darker version of Remnant. Life isn't a fairytale, it's a world where even the brightest lights will be extinguished.

Grimm will be much stronger, Roman will be an actual villain instead of some two-bit comedic thief, Cinder and Adam will have actual personalities instead of being pure villainous archetypes. Minor backstory changes and foresight will be added into the plot to make things streamlined and more realistic as well as a bunch of other stuff, but other than that it doesn't have too much of an AU aspect.

Votes: 2 - This gets a vote because it was requested and another one because I really like the idea. Sketchy, the person who requested, this can still vote if he wants because with the way the poll system works I can't stop him.

Rwby: Digital Soul?

Perl has been imprisoned all her life for reasons unknown to her. Armed with only her intelligence, which rivals some of the smartest scientists in Remnant and a secret she doesn't even know she has, she manages to escape her confines and ends up as a ward of Beacon. Now training to become a huntress, she is struggling to hide her secrets while dealing with crippling social anxiety and a massive lack of common sense due to being secluded for most of her life.

The title is a work in progress but that's one of the better ones. Some others are Mechanical Heart, Gears of Fate, Mind & Soul. If you have a suggestion or prefer one of these let me know.

Like most of my ideas this is based off of something, in this case a fairytale, I'm not going to say which tale it's based off of because I want to see if you guys can guess it. I haven't had this idea for a long time but I have some cool ideas. It's still in the workshop but when it's done, I think it'll be awesome.

Votes: 1 - I'm putting a vote into this fic because I'm excited to have a super genius who's so socially oblivious that she doesn't know how to function in day to day life, let alone being a huntress, mess with Remnant.

Something Else: :(

This is for if you really hate, both ideas and you want me to do something else. Keep in mind I'm only one person so go easy on me.

Votes: 0

Now that that's over…

I hope you enjoyed the first intermission chapter. Some character development occurred and Uni's growth is fading. I don't want to really ruin what I'm doing with the dream scenes but after that it should be far more obvious, though there are still many more aspects of Uni's dreamscape that have been untouched so far.

So besides the usual vote on the poll bit, what do you guys think? I believe my style has improved and I feel like I'm doing well.

Anyone have any theories or ideas about the story so far? I'm asking because I'm always interested to see how my story looks from an outside perspective. I would also appreciate any advice, recommendations, or things you want in the story because all that stuff helps a lot.

Now as much as I would like to do an extra chapter for all the different holidays this December that's not possible for me, especially with family over and other stuff that I have to deal with. I'll try to get an extra chapter out for Christmas at least because that's the one I celebrate but I can't make any promises because family and finals… Yeah, it's a little hectic but I'll try to squeeze some time in.

Next chapter will be a Rwby Chibi bit so they'll be comedic and most of them will be irrelevant to the plot. Some might be outside of canon but I might make some plot based ones that are canon but vague so you aren't sure what it means quite yet.

Finally I would like to thank you guys for the support so far, and damn this sight is wholesome. Everybody is so nice and supportive. I'm kinda glad I haven't gotten hate comments, though surprised.

See ya! Void out.

Edit: Boy was I wrong, here's another AN!

Stonks - AN: In my mind Lien is worth more than US Dollars, one Lien is roughly 3-4 US Dollars. That part is a newly made advanced rifle enhancment that automatically corrects and enhances shots with dust to suit the weapon, outside situations, the wielder, positioning, and more so it's very useful and expansive

Future Void Out!