AN: Welcome to Volume 2 of Dreams of Remnant.
I'm happy to say that both Polls are no longer in a tie, the pairing poll now has UnixRuby and the fic poll has Digital Soul in the lead. I'll have the actual results at the end of the chapter, oh and if you have a pairing you want with Lilith let me know.
I'll be switching the polls up once again and because of time constraints and various others I'll be closing the Fic Poll next week so Vote while ya still can.
By the way, speaking of fics, new title option for Digital Soul, Binary Ardor, Kurt suggested it, what do you guys think?
I'd also recommend checking out Kurt Kurt50Alien's fics as I mentioned in the last chapter, as well as Lorenzo the Maelstrom, his fic is really good as well. I could go one recommending fics but I'll stop there.
Thanks to a helpful review from AGENT MUTE, I realized part of my last chapter didn't make the most sense. I was going through some stuff so I apologize for the low quality chapter if you want you can reread it because I added some stuff and now it makes more sense but it's nothing important so you don't have to.
I'll be giving out some clues and hints about the stories to help you decide which one to vote for at the end of the chapter, that is if you haven't voted. Of course you can always change your vote, just let me know which you voted for and I'll switch it.
I'm also on the lookout for a Beta Reader, since I can't rely on Kurt for help all the time. If you're willing to Beta just PM me. Speaking of Betas, I set up a Beta profile! so now if I have free time I can help other people out.
Keep in mind I'm new to how the beta system works so it'll be a learning process for whoever Betas this fic and whoever I Beta. DocX seems like a weird system.
Lastly, Uni's new theme is Bad Apple, the cover version, by RichaadEB ft. Christina Vee.
Link: youtu .be/h8 JJlYU Tsnw
Just remove the spaces and it should work.
That's all for now, Sorry for the long AN, I hope you enjoy the chapter!
I think you understand that I don't own Rwby and that the Original Content is mine right?
Chapter 1 - A New Dawn
Uni, was falling. Endlessly dropping down the dark abyss of her mind, how she got here, and why she wasn't in her dreamscape, she didn't know.
It was dark and cold, a vast emptiness as far as the eye could see. Then suddenly, and abruptly, Uni bounced. She had reached the ground, which was just a slightly different shade of darkness, the only source of light was a distant silver orb in the empty sky.
Ripples scattered across the abyss as Uni sat up and looked around with slight curiosity. In the distance, dark figures could barely be made out, the figures seemed to slowly be changing shape as they stood still. The only sound in the abyss was various eerie whispers that echoed throughout the plane.
Unsure of what to do, Uni started to approach one of the figures in the distance, which wasn't actually very far; it just appeared so because of the lack of light.
The figure was a statue, one made of blood, bone, and ash. It seemed to be moving in place, while staying still. It looked strange, it appeared to be a sphere made of many familiar faces.
After a brief moment of contemplation, it hit her. They were the faces of people she killed, hurt or stole from. Why there was a statue of them in her mind, she had no clue.
Frowning slightly, Uni approached another figure. Yet again, it was a strange statue made of blood, bone and ash. This one still seemed to be distorted like the other but was very different in appearance. It was a little girl, similar to herself, curled up in a ball; while a very tall cloaked figure stood above her.
"How peculiar…" Uni muttered softly as gently she rested her hand against the statue, only for a strange emotion to overcome her as she did so.
It was very muddled and weak but the distinct feeling of loneliness washed over her. Only to disappear as her hand quickly left the statue.
"That was strange…" Uni commented quietly before looking around warily, as if someone was watching her. She then sighed as she looked towards the empty sky, and dissipated into orbs of silver, black, and gold light.
Uni was, once again, sitting in a circle with the members of Teams RWBY and JNPR, though this time it was in Uni's dorm. There was a thick layer of tension in the air as everyone in the room sat around nervously, until Ruby broke the silence.
"So… We can't exactly just act as if nothing happened, you nearly killed someone; and you said you've killed before…" Ruby said nervously.
"Yes, I have; not a lot though…" Uni replied blankly, her eyes empty as she pondered her strange dream from earlier.
"How many?" Weiss asked coldly as she gazed at Uni warily, almost interrogating her.
"Five people." Uni said tonelessly, her eyes darkening for a brief moment.
"What were the circumstances?" Blake asked softly, her eyes filled with recognition and worry. Blake wasn't exactly innocent but she's had her run in with bad people in the past. Some she would rather not deal with again…
"Three of them tried to attack me, one robbed me, the other tricked me and left me for dead…" Uni said darkly, her voice soft and cold as her eyes hardened briefly.
"Do you regret it?" Pyrrha asked nervously. To her that was the only thing that really mattered; as long as they regretted it and wished to better themselves, she would give most people a second chance.
Uni paused and tilted her head thoughtfully, "That is a difficult question…" Uni said blankly. "I wouldn't do it unless I had to, and I certainly don't enjoy it…"
Pyrrha nodded nervously while Jaune frowned, "Who were they?" He asked solemnly.
"I don't really know, but one of them was a bandit and the other was a con man." Uni replied darkly as memories flickered throughout her mind.
"As long as she's not going to do it again, it's fine!" Nora said brightly, trying to lighten the dark mood.
"That's not quite how it works Nora…" Ren explained calmly while eyeing Uni warily.
"I will admit that I have done less than pleasant things to survive…" Uni said blandly as she eyed the others around her. "But I haven't done anything else…"
Weiss sighed, "If you promise to stay good, I suppose I can deal with you being back…" She said calmly, her normally cold eyes a tad softer than normal.
Ruby nodded, a small smile on her face. "I'm okay with it!" She said happily
"I have to agree…" Ren added calmly, still slightly wary.
Pyrrha nodded with a distant look on her face, "I'm fine with her coming back…"
"I'm good with it as well…" Blake agreed calmly, though still eyeing Uni strangely.
Jaune gave a nervous chuckle, "I guess I'm the same…" he responded while rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly.
Yang sighed softly and paused before shrugging, "Why not?" She replied simply. "Just don't go around killing people okay?"
Uni nodded while glancing around with muted curiosity, why everyone was being so accepting baffled her. She had killed people but they were willing to ignore that…
Meanwhile, everyone turned to face Nora, the only one who hadn't directly agreed yet. She looked at them all incredulously, "Do ya really have to ask!?" She said cheerfully.
"You guys make no sense…" Uni muttered softly, though loud enough for others to hear.
"You're just now realizing that?" Yang said with a distant smirk.
"You're letting a killer into your friend group with little to no consequences…" Uni pointed out bluntly.
"Hey, it was self defense, and it's not like I haven't done bad things too." Blake said calmly.
"Besides you said you'd be good, right?" Ruby said before raising an eyebrow.
Uni nodded, "I shall, though as a person with little understanding of morals it might take some help…" Uni said before trailing off into her own thoughts.
"Well then we'll help you out" Pyrrha replied with a gentle smile. "After all, that's what friends are for…"
Uni raised an eyebrow as she doubtfully asked, "Can I even be considered a friend in these circumstances?"
Surprisingly enough, Weiss was the first one to speak up. "Oh of course you can you dolt!" She responded sharply, in a harsh, yet friendly tone.
Uni sighed, a distant look of confusion on her face as she nodded. "Very well then, I guess I'm back…" she said blankly.
"Finally, that took ages!" Ruby said excitedly, causing smiles and chuckles to flood the room.
Uni sighed once again, she would never understand these people…
The sound of an airship flying through the air resonated through the streets of Vale. While Many people walked up and down the warm streets of Vale; Lilith followed behind two others glumly.
Lilith sighed in annoyance, Z had ordered her to follow some goons that worked for a crazy psycho lady into Vale. Why they needed people like them she didn't know. They were the scum of the earth but she still had to deal with them.
She already didn't like being in public, her semblance kinda ruined that…
But working with criminals? That was a whole new level of annoying.
She didn't like them one bit, they treated her like a nuisance just because she was a few years younger than them.
The first goon, who she was pretty sure was named Emerald, she didn't really pay attention when they introduced themselves, was a thief.
Emerald had medium-brown skin and dark-red eyes. She had light, mint-green hair with a straight fringe and bangs as well as two long locks on each side in the back.
She wore an intricate white top and an olive-colored crop top, on the back of which is a strange emerald symbol. Along with this she wore a pair of white pants and brown chaps that end at her calves and an overlong belt, twice-wrapped.
The other goon, who was named Mercury, was an assassin, a good one too. He had slightly pale skin and dark grey eyes, accompanied by messy silver-grey hair. He wore a slate grey and black two toned, partially zipped, jacket and black pants with grey combat boots, that covered what Lilith was pretty sure was bionic legs.
Lilith was pretty sure that they were lost, they were supposed to be finding some shop, she was pretty sure it was a bookstore. She remembered the directions she was given but when she tried to help, they told her to shut it. She didn't even know why they needed to go to a bookstore…
That was another thing that bothered her, no one told her anything just because she was young.
Lilith sighed softly once again as Emerald finished asking for directions.
"This way…" Emerald said in muddled annoyance while Mercury gave a smug grin.
"I knew you were lost." He said mockingly only for Lilith to interrupt, pointing out his error.
"No we weren't, you just refused to listen to me when I gave directions…" Lilith muttered bitterly, though loud enough for Emerald and Mercury to hear.
"Oh like we would listen to you; you would probably take us into an alley and try to kill us, only to fail…" Mercury responded rudely, his smug grin still evident on his face.
"Just leave us alone, and everything will be fine…" Emerald said as she eyed Lilith warily. It wasn't like Emerald was worried, suspicious would be more accurate. She doubted the kid could beat her in a fight but who knows what the brat could do?
Lilith pouted slight, huffing softly in annoyance, why didn't they trust her? She was one of the good guys right?
Lilith was kinda upset when she was told to stay outside and keep watch of the shop from outside. It was just a bookstore, what harm could it be for her to enter? It's not like they were doing anything bad... were they?
She began to think to herself thoughtfully before she paused and cringed as she felt a wave of negativity washed over her, it was obviously Emerald and Mercury. Who else could it be?
Negativity was a weird feeling, it felt natural and raw but also dark and cold, she wouldn't ever admit it but Negativity had some weird attractive aspect to it. She somehow despised it and kinda liked it at the same time; not that she would admit it.
Mercury and Emerald radiated the stuff; it was one of the reasons she didn't like them. She could sense their greed and sadistic nature and it always made her uncomfortable around them. Luckily Z was just using them, but still, she wish she was told things…
She didn't even know why they were at this stupid shop; and even when she tries to help everyone seems to hate her anyway. It really got on ber nerves sometimes...
As she was thinking she practically jumped when she felt a sudden spike of fear from behind her, from the shop. Something was happening…
Lilith's eyes widened upon sensing the terror from inside the shop, either Emerald or Mercury were scared, which was unlikely, or they were up to no good.
Just as she reached for the door handle to stop them she heard a muffled bang. It was quiet even with her senses and she could no longer sense fear only amusement.
They had killed someone…
"Z will punish them for this right?" Lilith Thought worriedly as she watched Emerald and Mercury exit the store.
"You killed someone!?" Lilith exclaimed, although quietly enough that no one could hear.
Both seemed briefly surprised before groaning.
"Damn your stupid semblance…" Mercury complained as he rolled his eyes in annoyance. In Mercury's opinion, Lilith's semblance, while useful, was kind of annoying
Lilith had the power of Empathy, well, it was more than just sensing emotions but that was another story.
"It's fine…" Emerald lied, trying to salvage their situation. "This place was a criminal front."
Lilith frowned, she could sense something wasn't quite right but she couldn't tell what. So reluctantly she nodded. "Ok, but I'll be going over this with Z!" She exclaimed seriously, trying to intimidate them, or even worry them slightly.
Mercury sighed but nodded, "Sure, knock yourself out…" He said mockingly, annoyed at her naivety.
"Whatever…" Emerald replied, disregarding Lilith's statement entirely.
Lilith glared at them doubtfully before slumping her shoulders and sighing. Unable to decipher things with all the people around her.
"We are the good guys, right?"
Uni observed her "friends" curiously as they sat at the table of the Beacon Cafeteria. Though most of them weren't doing anything interesting, Blake was sketching a person in a White Fang Mask.
However, she quickly shut the notebook when Yang approached and asked, "Watcha doin'".
"Nothing," Blake replied hastily, clearly hiding something. "Just going over notes from last semester. Uni was mildly curious about why she was lying but it didn't really matter...
Meanwhile Nora had flung a grape into Yang's open mouth. "Lame!" she said. From the other table, Nora giggled as she prepared to launch another grape with her spoon. Yang then caught another one in her mouth, giving Nora a thumbs up with a thankful, "Mmhm!"
Ruby then stepped up to the table and slammed a large white binder onto the table. On the binder was the words 'Vytal Festival Activities' and 'Property of Weiss Schnee' both crossed out hastily; and replaced with 'Best Day Ever Activities!' In red marker.
"Ruby stole something? That doesn't sound right..." Uni thought to herself curiously with a tilt of her head, she then shrugged it off as Ruby continued.
Ruby grinned excitedly and cleared her throat as she addressed her teammates.
"Sisters, Friends, Weiss, Uni…"
"Hey!" Weiss complained.
Uni, however, nodded in understanding. "That's fair…" She replied calmly. After all, with what she did? She was slightly surprised that she was even allowed to sit with them.
Ruby ignored their remarks and continued, unperturbed. "Four score and seven minutes ago, I had a dream…"
"This ought to be good," Yang said dryly as she caught another grape in her mouth.
"How so?" Uni asked blankly as she tilted her head in curiosity.
"Just wait and see," Yang replied with a small grin on her face.
"A dream," Ruby continued, "that one day, the four of us will come together, as a team, and have the most fun anyone has ever had… ever!"
Uni frowned, unable to see how this was 'good.' Nor did she remember Ruby having such a dream last night.
When Weiss noticed what Ruby had placed on the table, she asked, "Did you steal my binder?"
Quickly, Ruby shook her head and held up two peace signs as she replied, "I am not a crook!"
What are you talking about?" Blake asked strangely.
Ruby smiled as she pointed at the quiet Faunus. "I'm talking about kicking off the semester with a bang!"
"I always kick my semesters off with a Yang!" quipped her sister. "Eh? Guys? Am I right?"
"I don't get it…" Uni answered blankly, causing Yang to sighed in annoyance.
"Ughh, stop ruining my puns!" Yang complained causing Uni to shrug. It wasn't like she could help it if she didn't realize it was supposed to be a pun in the first place. She just, didn't understand…
Meanwhile everyone groaned at her joke. In response Nora threw an apple that hit Yang square in the face as she yelled, "Boo!" Causing Yang to scowl.
"Look guys, it's been a good two weeks, and between more exchange students arriving and the tournament at the end of the year, our second semester is going to be great. But classes start back up tomorrow! Which is why I've taken the time to schedule a series of wonderful events for us today!" Ruby said happily.
"I don't know whether to be proud, or scared of what you have in store," Weiss replied dryly. While Yang, who was still mad, grabbed an apple of her own and threw it at Nora, who giggled as she ducked, causing it to hit another person.
"I don't know," Blake said with a dark frown. "I think I might sit this one out."
"Really? After the events of last semester I though Blake would be excited to be with her team…" Uni thought to herself as she looked on with muddled intrigue. Trying to understand the inner workings of the group.
"Sit out or not, I think that however we spend this last day, we should do it as a team!" Weiss said gently, as she turned to Blake supportively. The two had gotten closer since the incident at the docks, and everyone grew even closer together after the incident with Uni. Weiss proceeded to stand up tall and cleared her throat.
"I for one think that—" Weiss began proudly, before she was cut off by Nora, "I got it!" and a pie suddenly came flying through the air to hit Weiss in the face.
Uni frowned curiously as she turned towards JNPR's table. Pyrrha was looking on in surprise as she held a shocked hand over her mouth, Jaune was watching with wide eyes, Ren had his face in his palm, and Nora smiled mischievously as she pointed towards Ren for responsibility.
Uni sighed, "Today is going to be very exhausting…" She thought in muted annoyance.
Uni had finally decided how to describe the friend group.
Chaos…
That was what was all around her…
On the opposite end of the cafeteria was a rather shabby mountain, or rather, fort made of tables and chairs that were shoved together. Jaune, Nora, Pyrrha, and Ren all stood upon the top of the tower.
Nora laughed maniacally, "Uni! I shall grant you one last time to join us, or die a flavorful death!"
Uni seemed to think about it for what seemed like an eternity, though in reality it was barely a second, before shrugging; causing hope to spark in Nora's eyes, before she quickly shook her head.
"I'm not into dictatorial relationships…" She said blandly.
Nora frowned at Uni's response, and without hesitation, she launched a cake towards Uni.
She quickly flipped backwards, avoiding the cake as she signaled to Ruby who pointed forward, a milk carton in her hand.
"Justice will be Swift!" She cried loudly, sounding off the battle cry. "Justice will be painful!" She continued loudly, as the others all readied themselves for a fight. As she crushed the milk carton in her hand, squeezing the remaining liquid onto the ground, she punched her fist into the air and cried, "It will be… Delicious!"
Upon her signal Weiss, Blake and Yang let out similar cries as, along with Uni, they charged forward.
"Off! With! Their! Heads!" Nora cried crazily, her excitement evident in her eyes.
Luckily, Uni had her weapons on at all times, she readied her bow, and began launching carrots at ridiculous speeds towards the enemy. Who struggled to avoid the endless downpour of carrots. Why she was launching carrots towards her enemy? She had no idea, she was following Ruby's plan after all...
Meanwhile Ruby began calling out commands, "Yang, Turkey!" She yelled. Yang leapt forward and slammed her fists into two separate turkeys, banging them together like her shot-gauntlets as she began to destroy the volley of watermelons flying towards them. Blake leapt in front of her and grabbed two long, yet strangely stale, baguettes that she wielded as swords, joining Yang in defending the base from melon-missiles.
Meanwhile Nora, who had finally stopped dodging Uni's rain of carrots, yelled out in confusion, "Why does she have her weapons!?" As she pointed towards Uni.
Her confusion was warranted as Uni was no longer firing carrots but had stabbed her blades into a pair of pumpkins and was swinging them towards them like a chain and flail.
Pyrrha ducked, dodging the swinging pumpkins only for it to hit Jaune, who wasn't to far behind her. He winced as was sent flying back into the table fort before falling onto his back.
Pyrrha stumbled a bit before quickly grabbing a baguette of her own and defended against an oncoming attack from Blake.
They quickly exchanged blows, with Blake using her shadow clones to avoid some hits and get in some attacks of her own. She then jumped into the air and hurled one of her baguettes like a spear, sending the projectile towards Pyrrha. The invincible girl quickly dodged out of the way, leaving the broken baguette on the ground, and dashed forward, striking Blake right as she landed. Quickly, Pyrrha ripped Blake's weapons and used them as her own, quickly striking the Faunus before leaping back. Inspired by Blake she then began hurling the breadsticks like spears.
Uni was flung back as one breadstick hit her in the stomach, sending her flying backwards. However she quickly jumped back up and rescinded her daggers from the pumpkins and back into their hilts. She then grabbed a pie and stuck a weak flame arrow into it as she proceeded to launch the pie into the air. The pie soared above Team JNPR's heads before quickly detonating midair, scattering rather warm pie all across the cafeteria.
Meanwhile Yang managed to block two baguettes before a third caught her by surprise and hit her, causing her to fall off the table she stood upon.
Ruby came in quickly, sliding down the tables on a cafeteria tray that was lubed with syrup, as her sister went down, knocking food everywhere as she went. She deftly flipped up and used the tray as a shield to block another bread-spear from Pyrrha, who ducked as the bread was reflected back to her. Ruby came back down on her feet, landing her tray down quickly, as she continued to slide along until she flew into Pyrrha. The invincible girl blocked the reaper, but Ruby kicked off of the tray, the shear force and momentum sending Pyrrha tumbling down to the ground.
"We must end this tasty tyranny!" Ruby cried out as she signaled for the others to continue the charge.
Ren and Nora stepped in where Pyrrha had fallen, dashing towards Ruby. However, the reaper quickly ducked down as Weiss appeared in front of her, wielding two separate bottles of ketchup and mustard.
With a strong squeeze, Weiss sprayed the condiments on the floor, causing Ren to slip and fly into a pile of tables. Nora leaped into the air, avoiding the spill, ripping a flag pole from the wall. She then stabbed the metal rod into a watermelon and began to fight in her favorite style; with a hammer.
"It's hammer time baby!" She yelled as she swung the makeshift hammer with extreme strength. Luckily Ruby defended Weiss, causing the reaper to be sent flying back.
Weiss frowned as she quickly picked up a swordfish and returned to battle stance.
Meanwhile, Uni, who was waiting on Ruby's signal, watched with confusion.
"Who ordered a swordfish for breakfast? Or most of this food in general?" She thought quietly as she dodged oncoming biscuits, being thrown like ninja-stars by Ren. She then sighed and shrugged before returning to combat.
While Uni continued waiting, Weiss held up her makeshift rapier, also slightly confused by the fish, and dashed forward, knocking Nora back.
The hyperactive ginger came back forward, and the heiress proceeded to engage Nora in a series of quick strikes. But Nora's larger weapon had the advantage, and Weiss was flung into one of the cafeteria's columns with a loud crash. Ruby was there to catch her as she fell, and was now holding Weiss in her arms.
"Weiss, Weiss! Don't leave me!" Ruby cried out dramatically. As the column crumbled to dust behind her, Ruby yelled "Noooooo!"while Yang had come back as reinforcements. The blonde boxer shoved her hands into two more turkeys from the floor, and prepared to fight.
Ren stood up, no longer throwing biscuits, and grabbed a pair of leeks before charging towards Yang head on. He quickly blocked her first strike, and for a brief moment, they were in a stalemate, her foot blocked by his weapon, he blocked her punch, and so on...
She advanced further, raining down endless blows and strikes all while blocking his, until she finally launched the silent Mistralian into the air. Ren retaliated as he threw the leeks; but Yang easily dodged before leaping up to knock him back with a devastating punch.
"Your a real Pizza work ya know that right?" Yang told him with a Cheshire grin, to which he groaned from the pile of food and furniture that trapped him.
"Uni, initiate Project Breakfast!"
Uni nodded as she set the plan into motion, quickly she ran for the pancakes. "The only normal breakfast food in this place…" She thought with a frown.
Quickly she began throwing pancakes into the air like they were frisbees, they were clearly light and fluffy as they flew rather far.
Nora, who was rushing to help Ren, saw the pancakes and paused. She took one glance towards Ren and sighed before leaping into the air with a grin.
"Pancakes!" She yelled excitedly as she began to devour the Breakfast food.
Meanwhile Ruby dashed forward in a flurry of rose petals while carrying several cartons of eggs and began scattering them across the battlefield.
Nora, who was distracted by the pancakes, didn't notice Blake swing a sausage chain link, wrapping it around her leg and flinging her into a vending machine scattering soda cans everywhere.
Nora stood up in a daze and began throwing the cans of soda as if they were fizzy-grenades. Though her barrage didn't last long as, while Blake dodged the makeshift bombs, Nora stepped on one of Ruby's egg-mines causing her to slip and crush soda cans, spreading soda all over the ground.
Pyrrha perked up as a lightbulb went off in her head. She began to use her semblance and lift the soda cans into the air before launching them towards the other end of the cafeteria. Hundreds of soda cans began flying across the room.
Uni made a strange gesture towards Ruby who seemed confused before nodding in realization before she grabbed a 'Dust Fuel!' energy drink off the floor and chugged it. Then another one, and another, and another, and many more…
Yang's eyes widened, like Nora, Ruby was scary on caffeine, though not as insane. Ruby just became really hyper, and really, REALLY fast…
The red reaper began to shake in place as the caffeine flooded the small girl's veins. She could hear her heart thumping loudly as time began to slow down for her. It felt like her body was on fire as lightning ran up and down her body.
"Is this what Nora feels like when she uses her semblance?" Ruby though as, faster than anyone could see she lunged into running position.
Not a second had passed in Ruby's mind as her eyes quickly became bloodshot while her pupils grew larger.
One word rang throughout her mind, "Run!"
And Run she did, Ruby dashed forward, utilizing her own Semblance in a unique way. She turned into a storm of rose petals, with energy flowing through the flurry of flowers.
Dust Fuel had very trace amounts of diluted lightning dust making it safe to drink, even in large consumption. But all of the dust from the ridiculous amount she drank combined with Ruby's semblance made a strange combination.
The storm began sucking everything into the red vortex as Ruby flew down the cafeteria, while spinning wildly causing red electricity to crackle across the room. Slowly she began pulling all of the food and destroyed furniture and tableware with her.
Quickly she leapt out of the way causing the energy created by her speed to slam into the wall cracking it greatly.
Team JNPR hit the wall first, and was held in place by the force of the whirlwind, and could only watch on in horror as the food and drink hurtled towards them, painting them with all kinds of colors as the crimson storm finally dissipated and Ruby came down on a table, with Team JNPR slowly sliding down the wall.
Upon seeing this Uni tilted her head as she thought of an idea.
"I guess we get to relish in our victory" She said tonelessly, with a practically unnoticeable emphasis on 'relish'.
Yang, however, noticed as her pun senses were tingling. "Did you just make a pun?" Yang asked with curious, wide eyes.
"Yes, was it any good?" Uni said while nodding expressionlessly.
Yang frowned, "I mean the timing was off and ya should of said it better but still! You made a pun!"
Uni simply shrugged silently as Team JNPR slowly sat up from their daze.
Meanwhile, two figures stood at the entrance of the cafeteria. The first was Sun, and the other was his good friend Neptune.
Neptune had tan skin with dark blue eyes and messy, but stylish light blue hair kept in an undercut like style.
He wore a white dress shirt and black tie under a red jacket adorned with a wide, upturned, black collar and a silver reticle across the back. He also sported a pair of gray jeans with black padding strapped to the sides as well as black shoes fastened with straps instead of laces. His attire was finished with a pair of grey fingerless gloves and yellow tinted goggles.
He was, however, covered in blotches of food and soda.
While Sun, who had somehow managed to stay perfectly clean while watching the entire thing, grimned cheekily. He smiled as he turned to his messy friend and said, "I love these guys…"
However they both turned around as a rather angry Glynda Goodwitch stepped in from the door behind them. Not that they knew who she was…
Glynda glared at the horrific mess that was the cafeteria. She sighed as she activated her semblance, Telekinesis. Many Chairs, tables, plates, cups, and even food and drink that had been broken or splattered began to fly through the air and be fixed. Mere moments later, the only evidence of the fight were the stained walls.
Glynda fixed the messy students with an aggravated stare as she pushed up her glasses. "Children, please, do not play with your food."
Though glad to see that her god-daughter was playing around for once; she wasn't happy with the mess they had made.
The nine friends gathered in the center of the cafeteria, completely exhausted and covered in stains and splotches from food and drink.
Glynda frowned softly, reminiscing about the days of Team SLVR and STRQ, as the children began to laugh. "They'll be fine," Ozpin said in that calm voice of his, and Glynda sighed.
"They're supposed to be the heroes, but how can they protect if all they do is play?," Glynda responded softly as they watched the group of friends as they laughed and told jokes. Uni gave an expressionless wave towards Glynda, to which she responded to with a small gesture and a faint smile.
"And they will be," Ozpin agreed calmly, "but right now, they're still children." He then paused. Glynda then turned to look at him as he went on, "So why not let them play the part?" He said as he walked away, "After all… it isn't a role they'll have forever." He muttered to himself ominously.
Lilith frowned as she walked into the warehouse, she had just talked to Z, and he had agreed that the store was a front but something seemed off.
Not just because the warehouse was unusually active, boxes and parts being moved as criminals and terrorists alike moved from pale to place all with a job to do. Large crates of dust being offloaded from a bullhead.
Nor was it the strangely large amount of negativity that was coming from everyone.
It was everything, if society was being tricked, why couldn't she just reveal that instead of working with criminals? Why did everyone hate her?
She sighed again while cringing at the sound of machinery, sometimes she didn't like her enhanced senses. Even if they were useful certain things really got on her nerves…
She scowled as she eyed Roman, he was a well of negativity so strong she could practically see it, not quite though. He was a disgusting criminal and she hated that she was forced to work with him, but it was for the greater good.
One day they would be able to ditch all these criminals and do what's necessary. She might not be doing the best things but it's okay to do the wrong things for the right reasons, right?
Roman looked up from the map of Vale he was inspecting as Emerald and Mercury walked up to him, his eyes lit up in a faux smile at the sight of the two teens. "Oh, look, she sent the kids again!" he said sarcastically as he walked towards them. He then pulled them into a large hug. "This is turning out just like the divorce."
Emerald shuddered. "Uhh. Spare us the thought of you procreating."
"That was a joke," Torchwick said, the joy gone from his voice as he walked by them, Melodic Cudgel in hand. "And this…" he continued before pausing as he spotted Lilith, only a few feet away.
He sneered at her in disgust, Lilith flinching as Roman's emotions spiked. "Who brought the filthy brat!?" He said bitterly, and rather loudly, as he glared at her furiously.
Lilith and Roman never got along, he already didn't like Faunus but he hated her even more, after all…
Roman sighed and shook his head before turning back to Emerald and Mercury. "So what were you doing here?" He asked interrogatively, as he held up a slip of paper with a familiar address on it.
"Z told us to!" Lilith replied indignantly, glaring at Roman angrily. Hopeful that the use of Z's name would intimidate him. Unfortunately, it didn't.
Roman simply ignored her, much to Lilith's annoyance, as he continued to eye Emerald and Mercury.
"We were cleaning up your messes!" Mercury said rudely, sneering back at Roman. Lilith shuddered as she felt a strange emotion while the negativity around her thickened.
"I had that under control," Roman bit out in an edged voice.
"Two packed bags and a ticket out of Vale said otherwise," Mercury replied in defiance.
"Listen, you little punk!" Roman spat out angrily. "If it were up to me, I would take you two and your little freak here and I would-"
Lilith shuddered upon feeling a wave of hate and the biggest ego she had ever felt. "Why does she have to be here?" Lilith though with a worried groan.
"Do what, Roman?" a new voice said from above, a rich and silken voice. Roman nervously turned to the catwalk behind him. From atop the platform, a rather intimidating woman walked into view. She gazed down upon the warehouse with bright flaming amber eyes, her short red dress meeting her long, raven hair at the shoulders and neckline. The golden designs on the dress' sleeves seemed to shimmer a little bit as the platform began to lower.
Torchwick, chuckled nervously before responding with, "I'd, ah… not kill them?"
"Cinder!" Emerald exclaimed, clearly surprised and happy to see her mentor. Mercury seemed indifferent but Lilith scowled.
If there was anyone she hated more than Roman, it was Cinder. She was sadistic, greedy, power hungry and about as evil as you could get.
Unlike Roman, Lilith could actually see the negativity emanating from Cinder, she hated almost everything and took pleasure from the pain of others. She was disgusting…
"I thought I made it clear that you were to eliminate the would-be runaway?" Cinder states firmly, causing Roman to stiffen slightly.
Roman gritted his teeth as Lilith watched rage deep out of him, he then muttered, "I was going to…"
Emerald smirked as she cut in. "He was going to escape to Vacuo," she said smugly while glaring at Roman. "Mercury and I decided to take it upon ourselves to kill the rat."
"I think he was some sort of cat, actually," Mercury mentioned thoughtfully.
The thief turned to him. "What, like a puma?" she chuckled.
"Yeah, there you go." He replied with a similar grin.
Meanwhile, one of the White Fang Sergeants in the background shouted "Stop naming mythical creatures!"
The strange thing is, from what Lilith could tell, The man genuinely believed that a Puma was a mythical creature.
"Quiet." Cinder commanded, causing the warehouse to go completely silent; besides the distant sound of machinery of course.
"Did I not specifically instruct you two to keep your hands clean while in Vale?" Cinder continued, while Roman, enjoying their suffering, snickered softly while pointing at them from behind Cinder.
Lilith shrunk down slightly as the cloud of negativity thickened, making the strange feeling even stronger. Whatever it was, she wasn't sure how she felt about it… and that worried her.
"I just thought…" Emerald started, only to be interrupted.
"Don't think. Obey." Cinder said sternly.
"Yes, ma'am," Emerald acceded. "It won't happen again."
Lilith frowned, why Emerald was loyal to Cinder, she had no clue. She might not like Emerald and Mercury but she wouldn't want her worst enemy to work with Cinder…
Ok maybe that was a small exaggeration but her worst enemy was pretty bad, he had the whole world under his thumb.
At least she had Z…
"And you." Roman let out another sadistic chuckle which was quickly silenced as Cinder turned to him. "Why wasn't this job done sooner?"
"Uhh… eh? Eh? Eh?!" Roman gestured towards activity and equipment around them at the moment. "Sorry if I've been a little busy stealing every speck of Dust in the Kingdom!" he protested.
"You're an inspiration to every punk with a gun and a ski mask," Mercury replied sarcastically.
"Look around, kid; I've got this town running scared." Roman gestured to Mercury with his weapon, Melodic Cudgel. "Police camping out at every corner, Dust prices through the roof, and, we're sitting pretty in an old warehouse with more Dust crystals, vials, and rounds than we know what to do with!"
He quickly spun towards Cinder. "Speaking of which," he said, his hubris and rage growing, "If you and that Z fellow wouldn't mind filling me in on your grand master plan, it might actually make my next string of robberies go a little smoother!"
"Don't I know it…" Lilith muttered bitterly, causing Roman to turn to her sharply.
"Oh shut up ya disgusting brat!" He yelled harshly as he glared at her with hate filled eyes.
Lilith flinched at the sudden sensation she got when strong emotions were directed towards her, it was uncomfortable. She still didn't understand everyone's hate for her, and that only made things worse…
Meanwhile; Cinder walked towards Roman with a faint smirk on her face. "Oh Roman, have a little faith." She cupped his chin in her hand and looked into his eyes. "You'll know what you need when you need to know." Her eyes then narrowed as her eyes lit up brightly.
Meanwhile Lilith frowned, "A Maiden? Her?" She sighed in annoyance and worry; a person with such a sadistic personality shouldn't have that power.
It didn't help that Lilith was getting a headache from all the mixed emotions flying around. Today was just the worst; everything was going wrong and she still didn't know anything…
Roman gave a frustrated grunt before looking away nervously.
"Besides," she said, her hand dropping away, "we're done with Dust."
Lilith had wide eyes before scowling once again, no one told her anything…
She did, however, take some pleasure in the fact that both Emerald and Mercury seemed surprised as they exchanged confused looks, only a little though. Well you couldn't really blame her with how much they tormented her. Oh how she wished she could get rid of them, for good…
Suddenly she froze as she repeated what she had thought in her head.
She immediately felt revolted at the thought, and disgusted at herself for thinking it. "Why would I think that?" She thought to herself worriedly in a mix of confusion and horror.
"Okaaay…" Roman said in confusion, "then what now?"
"We're moving." Cinder started as she began to walk away. "Have the White Fang clear out this building. I'll send you details and coordinates tonight."
"Coordinates?" Roman repeated while narrowing his eyes. Why he was being told this at the last second, he had no clue, but he didn't like it one bit.
She turned and gave him a smile. "We're proceeding to phase two." With that, she continued walking with Mercury and Emerald following after her.
Just as Cinder left the building; Lilith's scroll buzzed.
It was a message from Z…
'Meet me at home base, I have a new target…'
Lilith sighed, she hated these jobs, but it was better than making him mad. The negativity he produced alone when angry almost made her fall unconscious one time…
She shuddered at the memory of the last time she made Z mad. It was… traumatic, to say the least.
Sighing once more, Lilith stepped out into the dark streets of Vale and stared at the shattered moon and debated about what was going on. She sighed once again before she leapt into the air and took flight…
AN: That was the first chapter of Volume 2! Did ya like it?
Real question, what do you guys think of Lilith? I really want to hear all your ideas and theories. I really enjoy reading reviews, whether they're supportive, asking a question or even just helpful comments.
Now for the poll results.
Pairings - Total Votes: 12
[Pairings With Lilith as an option are now available]
PyrrhaxJaune:
UnixRuby: 6
NoPairingsForUni: 4
Canon Pairings: 4
UnixWeiss: 3
RubyxWeiss: 3
?x?: 3 [One unidentified]
UnixPyrrha: 2
UnixBlake: 2
UnixNeo: 2
BlakexSun: 2
BlakexYang: 1
UnixYang: 1
RubyxOscar: 1
RubyxBlake: 1
WeissxYang: 1
UnixPenny: 1
RubyxJaune: 1
WeissxBlake: 1
Everything Else: 0
Current Results: UnixRuby and Arkos, everything else is subject to change
Fic Poll Results - Total Voters: 5
[CLOSING SOON!]
SNOW: A World of Bloody Evolution: 3 [Requested]
Hint: Not everything is erased; sometimes it's just forgotten. Long lost secrets will arise and Remnant will be reborn.
Rwby: Digital Soul?: 5
Hint: "Stolen; Tested; Released and Studied; It seems I have grown attached to the subject, this may be… Problematic."
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I'd also like to thank you all for your support so far and as usual, please vote on the polls and I'll see ya next time!
Void out!