Ch.1 RagTag

This hurts a lot more than I expected. Not the punch from Qrow, his rings digging into my aura. Nor my back thwacking against the tree. But the fact that once again in my long, long life I've been laid bare for everyone to attack.

"Maybe you're right." I catch myself saying that without thinking. Then realize I was about to repeat history. Lock myself away from the world, away from pain. But if I leave, would that resolve anything? Or delay it? Something needs to be done, or else I'll make the same mistake again. "But I had hoped-"

"Hoped what?!" Qrow picks us up. Our back grinds against the bark. "That I would be some mindless follower?" He winds up to punch us again.

"Wait!"

Oscar takes over, feeling the impact of Qrow's punch.

"Did that coward leave you to take a hit for him?"

"No, I'm trying to protect my body."

"Uncle Qrow pl-" Ruby begins to say but she gets cut off by her older sister.

"Tell that bastard to come out. We're not through with him yet."

"Why? So I can get hurt more for his mistakes? Ugh, I hate this! I want it to stop."

"Calm down everyone or we'll attract more-" A roar close by drowns out the old woman's voice.

A herd of Grimm appears from the woods. Beowolves, Creepers, and more Manticores start to swarm in our area, snow crunching under their stampede. Qrow drops us then turns his back. All huntsmen begin fighting the Grimm. Even the old lady joins in, using her cane as a sickle. I swear I've seen her somewhere.

"Oscar, if you would."

"No! I'm staying in control now."

"There's too many Grimm, I simply want to help you."

"Is that what you were thinking when you possessed your last host?"

I am stunned. I've haven't seen Oscar this angry before. Nor were there any memories I could search for like this. The only thing close was when his extended relatives picked on one of his aunt's farm animals.

Oscar attacks Grimm with wild abandon. Swinging our cane unlike how I taught him. He's going from enemy to enemy barely leaving a dent.

"If you're not going to allow me to take control then please at least remember what we went over."

"Shut up!" His attack bounces off a Grimm, leaving him wide open. The beowulf holds up its claw, but then it gets cut away by Ruby. The rest of its body is torn into ribbons by her.

"Thanks for that." Oscar says, somberly.

"It's okay, we're." She stops herself. Her gaze moves up from Oscar and her mouth opens. "Megoliath!"

A Megoliath charges in, knocking away trees. The trees are hurled at all of us causing everyone to evade except Oscar. He stands there wide-eyed. I try to take over but feel an overwhelming amount of mental resistance. As if a steel wall was put before me. It hits us in our midsection then barrels over us.

"Oscar, this isn't like you, you should have-"

"I said shut up." He gets up on his feet, wobbly. His breathing is ragged now. Even if he forgot all of our training in the heat of the moment, all of my training and experience should still be instilled in him. So why is he fighting like when we first met?

Everyone starts to engage the Megoliath while also batting away the smaller Grimm. There's too many for all of us to fight. Worst of all, I hear the click of an empty gun. All of our ammo is locked under the trees from earlier. We wouldn't be able to get them in the midst of combat. I have no choice. I put all my strength to blast past the mental wall and took authority.

"Retreat!"

Ruby is the first to hear me. She takes stock of the situation and passes on the order. I engage a Grimm to try to clear the way but immediately stop. "I don't want you to take over. Not ever again." Oscar says behind gritted teeth, trying to resist me. The Grimm in front of us swipes down. I try to block but Oscar takes control and is hit. He dodges the next attack. More Grimm start to turn their eyes on us.

Especially the Megoliath.

"Oscar this isn't the time." I take over and crush the Grimm before us, but take a bash from the Creeper behind us.

"No! I won't be like the other ones you possessed." Oscar hits back in retaliation but the Creeper still stands and knocks us back with its tail.

"We will be dead if we don't move." I take over but at this point there's too many to block or evade. The Grimm circle us, striking us back and forward. Our aura is down. I fall down, exhausted and hurting.

"Then let me move!" Oscar tries to get up, but he can't. Our physical strength has left us too. I'm screaming at Oscar to let me take over. All of the Grimm's red and yellow eyes stare down at us. Oscar is paralyzed with fear. He doesn't even respond to me calling him.

The Megoliath is on us. Hoof right above our head. Everyone yells out Oscar. Ruby uses her semblance but not even she could make it in time. Right when I got a second of control, I did the first thing I could think of to get us out of there.

I teleport away.

Author's Note: Thanks for reading. I wanted to make this fic because after seeing the episode about Ozma and Salem, I really wanted to see more about Oscar and Ozpin's relationship after Oscar learns the truth, how Ozpin feels about his lifelong mission, how Oscar really feels about having an old man in his head, and more. So that is what I'm going to be mainly exploring in this fic while also having side-stories in it. Who doesn't love that, huh? Please leave a review if you feel so inclined. I eat them for sustenance.