Surprise everyone! I am here with another chapter for the Future Arc! I am happy that you guys like this arc so far. I read the reviews and let me clear a few things. Firstly, no, the original RWBY cast are not stuck in this time, they will return to their time, more of that will be explained in the next chapter. Second, their timeline happens around Volume 7 ended but before Volume 8 is released. So any events that happen in this story after Volume 7 will be my original idea. Thirdly, I don't why someone would write a review about there being another Dragonborn? Please know that this is the original RWBY cast, so there is no Dragonborn in the show, so yeah. And lastly, I will say thing once: Blackheart will not use magic or will get it back. I've written this story BEFORE there were mentions of magic existing in the RWBY universe, so whatever powers Blackheart has, that is all he is getting.
But anyways, let us begin!
Chapter 60
Inside the cafeteria, Blackheart, Team RWBY and AVGR all stared blankly at the other Team RWBY sitting in front of them. It was weird for them to see two Team RWBYs in the same room, especially one that is not only different, but also from the future. Normally, they would have seen this as a trick or some sort of lie, but considering that Blackheart and Arthur did time travel back in time to not only change events, but also create a loop-hole, that option could be possible. But Blackheart didn't want to take any chances here.
"This is so weird…" Grif said, "Like…I am seeing actual doubles."
"No kidding, partner," Victor said as he tilts his hat backwards.
Both Team RWBYs looked at each other's respective other and were analyzing each other.
"Wow," Ruby said to her counterpart, "You look so cool! And nice haircut!"
The other Ruby smiled and said "Thanks! If you think that is cool, wait til you see Crescent Rose!"
While Ruby's eyes sparkled, Weiss looked at her counterpart and said "Like the new look. Though, I am surprised you haven't changed much."
The other Weiss rolled her eyes and said "Wait until father stripes your inheritance from you."
"HE DOES WHAT?!" Weiss shouted.
The other Weiss flinched and said "Oh wait…that didn't happen yet. Just…something to look forward to I suppose?"
Meanwhile, Blake talked to her counterpart and asked "Why did you cut your hair short?"
The other Blake replied "I figured that I should change it up a bit. What you think?"
Blake observed it and replied "It's looks…okay. I actually wanted to cut my hair short one time, but didn't really have the time for it."
While all of that happened, Yang looked at the robotic arm of her counterpart and said "So…how did you…we, get the robot arm?"
The other Yang replied "Actually, you should have gotten it later on after the destruction of Vale. Like…your arm should have been cut off when it went down."
The other Blake then said "Yeah…Adam should have done that. Why didn't it happen?"
Both Yang and Blake realized what they were talking about and Yang said "Wait…was it when I saw Blake get stabbed by him?"
"And went into a fit of rage and charged at him without thinking?" the other Yang asked.
"Yeah!" Yang shouted, "But…you got your arm cut off and…"
"And?" the other Yang asked, "And what? What happened?"
Blackheart said "It would be best if we save this whole conversation when the others get here."
The other Team RWBY looked at him as the other Ruby asked "Others?"
"Yeah," Arthur said, "The rest of his team and Team JNPR."
The other Weiss then looked at Blackheart and her eyes widen as she said "Wait…you're Jonathan Dragonborn?"
Everyone looked at her as Blackheart said "So you do know me?"
"I…read about you when I was in the library," the other Weiss said as she stiffened up more, "I know that…Cinder, Mercury and Emerald are your teammates."
The other Ruby, Blake and Yang now realized that this was Jonathan Dragonborn as they quickly sat up and drew their weapons. Everyone jumped a bit from their sudden action as Ruby waved her arms at them and shouted "Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Why are your drawing your weapons?!"
The other Ruby said "Why is she here?! It's because of her that our lives are ruined!"
"Who? Cinder?" Ruby said, "But…she is our friend."
"Friend?!" the other Yang cried, "That bitch is responsible for what happened at the Vytal Festival!"
Now everyone was confused as Blackheart said "That doesn't make sense. Yang?"
"Yes?" Both Yangs replied.
"Ok," Riku said, "This is going to be so confusing if both Teams have the same name."
Lopez, who was resting on a table, replied "[Even though I don't know what is going on, this also confuses me since my sensors can identify both of the teams]."
The other Team RWBY looked at Lopez and the other Yang asked "Ok, who or what is that?"
Ruby replied "Oh! That is Lopez! He is based off of one of those old Atlas robot models. It's a long story."
"Yeah, but before that," Yang said as she looked at the other Team RWBY, "You guys need nicknames."
"Hey," the other Weiss said, "Why us?"
Weiss replied "Because you four are the ones here and we were technically here first. So yeah."
"Yeah," Blackheart said, "So Ruby will be Red, sorry."
"Awww," Red said.
"Weiss will be Snow White," Blackheart said.
"Hey!" Snow White whined, "Why that name?"
"You want Ice Queen instead?" Yang teased her.
As Snow White pouted, Blackheart then said "Blake will be…Nightshade."
"Nightshade?" Nightshade asked.
"Either that or a dozen of other cat-related names, your pick," Blackheart said.
"Nightshade it is then," Nightshade said as she nodded.
"And finally, Yang will be…Blondie," Blackheart said, "It's the only one I could think of at the top of my head."
Blondie shrugged and replied "Better than nothing."
"Great," Blackheart said, "So before everyone else shows up, you guys want to ask anything right now? Any questions we can answer at the moment?"
Nightshade then said "I have one, what kind of Faunus are you? I have never seen your type before."
Blackheart simply replied "That's easy, I'm a Dragon Faunus."
"You're a Dragon Faunus?!" Nightshade asked in surprise, "I thought they were extinct!"
"Nope," Blackheart said, "We'll explain more later. Next?"
"I got one," Blondie said as she points at Weiss and Arthur, "What's up with lovebirds over here?"
Both Weiss and Arthur raised their eyebrows and Arthur asked "What about us?"
Snow White replied "Are you two…you know…a thing?"
"You mean a couple?" Weiss said, "Well, yes. Of course we are."
As both Arthur and Weiss held each other's hand, the other Team RWBY gasped as Blondie cried "What?! Ice Queen has a boyfriend?!"
"Hey!" both Weiss and Snow White shouted.
Snow White then turned to Weiss and asked "How did that happen? And…who is he anyways?"
"You don't know me?" Arthur asked, "I'm Arthur Knight, leader of Team AVGR?"
"Team AVGR?" Nightshade asked, "Sorry, we don't remember a team like that back at Beacon."
"That is weird," Riku said, "Because I am sure we…"
Suddenly, the doors opened as Cinder rushed in and said "We got here as fast as we can! What is…"
When she saw both Team RWBYs, she stood quiet before saying "What…is going here?"
"You!" Red shouted as she took out her Crescent Rose, changed it into the rifle form, "Why are you doing here?!"
Ruby then rushed in front of her, waved her arms and cried "No! Cinder is our friend!"
"But Ruby!" Blondie shouted, "We told you she is responsible for the fall of Beacon!"
"Me?!" Cinder shouted as she looked at Blackheart and the others, "What is she talking about?!"
"What's going on in there?!" Emerald's voice shouted.
The other Team RWBY looked over and saw Emerald rushing next to Cinder, followed by Mercury…who was on a wheelchair rolling in. They saw that he had no legs, like he lost them, now they were confused since they know that Mercury has robotic legs.
"W-Wait…" Blondie said, "M-Mercury?"
Mercury replied "Yeah? What?"
"Y-Your legs!" Red shouted.
"Yeah, I know," Mercury said, "Don't need to point them out.
"But you have robotic legs!" Snow White shouted.
Cinder, Emerald and Mercury were confused as he said "Well…I am getting robotic legs soon. State of the art Atlas tech from what I hear. Can't wait to test those puppies out."
As Emerald rolled her eyes, Nightshade shouted "But you already have cybernetic legs! How did that happen?"
That was when Yang said "Um, you remember when you asked me why my arm wasn't sliced off? Well…it's was mostly because Mercury saved me at the last second. And instead of my arm getting cut off…Mercury lost both his legs."
The other Team RWBY were shocked when Yang said this as Red said "No…that can't be right…they're the bad guys! They ruined all of our lives…they…they…"
As Red slowly started to cry, a voice said "Hey guys! We're here! What's going…"
Hearing the familiar voice, the other Team RWBY looked over and saw Jaune, Nora and Ren…along with Pyrrha in a wheelchair as Jaune was pushing her. The moment they laid their eyes on Pyrrha, they were in shock as they went silent.
Team JNPR saw them as Nora said "Whoa…are we really seeing doubles?"
"PYRRHA!" all the members of Team RWBY cried as they rushed towards Pyrrha.
As Pyrrha was taken back by the other Team RWBY's reaction, Red was practically in tears as she hugged Pyrrha and said "Pyrrha! Y-You're alive?!"
When Red said that, everyone was a bit shocked as Jaune said "Alive? What you mean alive?"
Blondie replied "S-She…she's dead…died when Beacon fell…"
The moment she said that, everyone fell silent as they were shocked to hear that Pyrrha is dead. The moment of silence was broken when Ren said "Who…killed her?"
Red then slowly turned her head towards Cinder and said "She did."
"M-Me?!" Cinder cried, "I would never…"
"Now hold on," Blackheart said, "Why don't we all calm down, sit down and take a deep breath. Can we do that first?"
Everyone slowly agreed as they sit down as Blackheart asked "Ok, now that we are all calmed, why don't we ask you some questions?"
Nightshade then said "We will tell you, but first, mind if we ask you some questions too?"
"About what?" Blake asked.
Snow White replied "Well, I went to the library to gather information. And…there were things that…didn't add up."
"Right," Blackheart said, "Because you guys claimed to come from the future, right?"
"Right!" Snow White said, "But…as I looked…there were things that didn't add up. I mean, the fall of Beacon did happen, but here, it looked like Vale didn't completely fall."
"And," Weiss said, "In your future, it did fall?"
"Yes," Nightshade said, "It went down along with the CCT."
"But the CCT was destroyed last week," Arthur informed them.
"And that is what confused us," Snow White said, "And another thing…"
She turned to Cinder, Mercury and Emerald and said "How are they here? They are responsible for everything."
"You think they did it?" Blackheart asked.
"We don't think," Red said, "We know it was them. They are the ones who destroyed Vale, killed Pyrrha…and so much more…"
"But…" Cinder sadly said, "I would NEVER do that."
"Yeah!" Ruby said, "It was Elsa and her gang!"
The other Team RWBY looked at her in confusion as Blondie asked "Who the heck is Elsa?"
Everyone was also confused as Blackheart carefully asked "Before anything…what do you know of the Maidens?"
The other Team RWBY looked at him as Red asked "You know about them?"
"Great!" Blackheart said, "That will save us a whole lot of explanation. See, Elsa, the one responsible for the attack on Beacon, is the Winter Maiden."
"What?!" the other Team RWBY shouted.
"That's impossible!" Show White shouted, "Freya was the old Winter Maiden before Penny became the new one!"
"Penny is the Winter Maiden?!" Ruby cried.
"Yup," Red said, "Oh! And don't worry about Penny! She is alright! She is rebuilt and better than ever!"
When Red mentioned Penny, everyone went silent as Blackheart said "Yeah…we know she can be rebuilt. Elsa and her gang…they took her body, remodeled her into a killing machine and led the attack on the CCT."
"W-What?" Red said sadly, "S-She did what?"
"But her body returned to Atlas to be rebuilt," Nightshade said.
"Well, now she is thanks to Magnus," Jaune said.
"Who the heck is Magnus?" Blondie asked.
Pyrrha replied "He's my brother."
"YOU HAVE A BROTHER?!" the other Team RWBY shouted at the same time.
Realizing what may be happening, Blackheart then said "I…think I know what's going on here."
As everyone looked at him, he said "You guys said that you came from the future, right?"
The other Team RWBY nodded as he then said "But this time, this past, is different from your time, right?"
When the other Team RWBY nodded, Cinder asked "Where are you getting at, dear?"
Blackheart replied "I think they did travel back in time, but instead of going back in THEIR past, they actually came into this past, OUR past."
"You mean to tell me that we traveled into another past?" Snow White asked.
"More like an alternative past," Blackheart said.
"But that doesn't make any sense," Blondie said, "We were supposed to go into OUR past! Why couldn't we do that?!"
Blackheart simply replied "I guess…because…I mean, so that certain events in your time can't be changed."
"No…" Red said, "But…this was our chance…"
"Your chance?" Jaune asked, "Chance for what?"
The other Team RWBY went silent before Red said "To save Remnant."
Everyone was now feeling a bit unease as Arthur said "Save Remnant from what?"
They stood quiet before Red said "From Salem."
"Salem?" Blackheart asked, "Who is she?"
As Red nodded, she replied "She is the one who planned the attack on Beacon. And…Cinder was her Fall Maiden."
Cinder's eyes widen as she said "I'm…the Fall Maiden?"
"Yeah," Blondie said as she glared at her, "After you stole it from the previous Fall Maiden."
When Blondie said that, Cinder's mind began racing to when she got her Fall Maiden powers from her dying mentor. And when Blondie implied that she stole it from Amber the way Winter almost stole the power, Cinder began to lose her breath and begins to breathe heavily. She sat down as Emerald tried to comfort her as Cinder's eyes unexpectedly flared up.
"No way…" Red said, "She's…the Fall Maiden here as well?"
"Yes," Pyrrha decided to speak, "You said Cinder killed me in your future, but she didn't. Someone named Sephiroth…attacked me from behind…and left me…like this."
As she motioned herself on the wheelchair, the other Team RWBY looked sad as Ruby said "But that's okay! When Pyrrha goes to Menagerie, she will be able to walk!"
Nightshade tilted her head as she asked "Why would she go to Menagerie?"
Ruby replied "That's because Alduin can heal her and make her better again!"
"Who's Alduin?" Nightshade asked.
"He…doesn't exist in your time?" Blackheart asked.
Yang then said "Yeah, you don't know your own…GOD-father? Eh? Eh?"
Everyone, except for the other Team RWBY, groaned at Yang's lame pun as Weiss said "You know, I should be disappointed that you made that pun, but really, I am disappointed that you didn't made that pun a whole lot earlier."
"I know, right?!" Yang whined, "It was painfully obvious!"
"Wait, hold on!" Nightshade shouted, "Godfather? I don't have any godparents!"
"You don't?" Blake asked, "That is weird. After we defeated the White Fang, we…"
"You defeated the White Fang?!" Nightshade shouted again, "How?! When?!"
"It was sometime when you and Weiss were kidnapped by the White Fang and were taken to Menagerie to be executed," Yang plainly said.
"HOW WERE WE KIDNAPPED?!" Snow White shouted.
"And executed?!" Nightshade cried, "Sienna wouldn't got that far!"
"Sienna?" Yang asked, "She's…the High Leader of the White Fang in your time?"
Nightshade sighed and said "Not anymore…Adam…killed her and took over. But we stopped him and now my dad resumed the leadership."
"Sienna…is dead in your time?" Ruby sadly asked.
"Man," Blackheart said, "Alduin would be mad if he heard that."
"Why would he be mad at that?" Blondie asked.
Yang replied "That's because he is married to Sienna, had a daughter, and, we just found this out, is really Johnny's brother. So now, me and Ruby are proud aunts!"
"WE'RE AUNTS?!" Red and Blondie cried in excitement.
"Hell yeah!" Yang said as she took out her Scroll, "Tali is a sweetheart! Look at her!"
When she showed Blondie and Red a picture of Tali in the bear pajama, the both of them awed at her as Red asked "She is so cute! She looks like her mother!"
"What's with the horns?" Blondie asked, "Is she a Dragon Faunus too?"
"Yup!" Ruby cheered, "Johnny's brother is also a Dragon Faunus, so his daughter is one too! Pretty cool, right?"
"Wait a minute!" Nightshade shouted, "Can we rewind and freeze?! There is so many wrong here! Sienna getting married and having a kid?! And why would she approve of the kidnapping of me and Weiss?!"
Blackheart said "It wasn't Sienna, she was named the new High Leader of the White Fang weeks ago. The previous leader was someone named Leonidas Lionheart."
"Lionheart?" Red asked.
"Yeah," Blackheart replied, "Apparently, he was Professor Lionheart's brother. Real egotistic that guy was."
When he mentioned Professor Lionheart, the other Team RWBY stiffened up as Nightshade asked "And…what happened to him?"
Blake replied "He was stripped from his title and is thrown in prison for treason. And don't worry, he won't be doing anything…Alduin made sure of that."
"How would you know?" Nightshade asked.
"Trust me," Blake said, "He won't cause any trouble. Same with Adam."
"Adam?" Blondie asked, "What happened to him?"
Blake stood quiet for a bit and said "He's…no longer a threat."
When she said that, both Blondie and Nightshade went quiet as Snow White said "This…This is all…crazy…"
Nightshade then said "And who is this Alduin? Why haven't we heard of him?"
Blake replied "He is the owner of a Dust Company in Menagerie. It was because of him that the Faunus thrived and relied on their own source of Dust. And he was one of the heads of the White Fang."
"Really?" Nightshade asked curiously, "We have our own Dust? I didn't know Menagerie had it's own Dust. Then…why don't we know of him?"
Knowing what she was implying, Blackheart then said "That's because…he doesn't exist in your time…"
Everyone looked at him as he continued to say "And…if you all know who I am…then that means…I don't exist in your time…"
Both Yang and Ruby gasped as Blondie asked "So what? You're saying if you and this Alduin are the reason why your time is different than ours?"
"That would explain a few things," Blackheart said, "If Alduin isn't in your time, then the Menagerie we know wouldn't exist in your timeline. And if I don't exist in yours…"
"Oh no," Arthur said, "That time we traveled back in time won't happen and…I won't exist. Same with my team."
"Oh my god…" Yang said, "If…Johnny doesn't exist…does that mean…"
She then looked at Blondie and Red and asked "Tell me, who is in your family?"
"What?" Red asked "What are you…"
Realizing what she meant, Ruby asked "Who is living at home? Who is in our family?"
Both Blondie and Red were confused for a bit as Red said "Well, there's us, dad and Uncle Qrow."
Yang then asked "And what about…Raven?"
Blondie huffed and said "Long gone. Why?"
Blackheart, Ruby and Yang stood there quiet as Ruby asked "Is that all?"
"Um, yes?" Red said, "Why?"
Blondie then said "Oh, because of the guy right there is your 'brother'? How did that happen anyway? Did dad got married a third time?"
"No, he is adopted," Yang said, "And…what you mean…a third time?"
"Wait," Red said, "If he is adopted, then…why did you…"
At that moment, the doors of the cafeteria opened.
"Hey guys! We brought the turkeys and…"
When everyone looked over, they saw Taiyang holding two turkeys in his hands as Zwei ran up next to him. As soon as Taiyang saw two versions of his daughters, his mind started to go crazy as he said "Uh…did I miss something?"
Zwei on the other hand rushed up to Red and Blondie, sniffed them and started to wag his tail happily. Both Red and Blondie saw this as Red picked up Zwei and started to cuddle him as she said "Ah! Zwei, I missed you so much!"
"Hey Tai!" Qrow said as he walked behind Taiyang, "Want to help with this? I feel like my finger are…"
Qrow then showed up while carrying 6 heavy bags, 3 in each hand, but when he looked at the two Team RWBYs, he blinked for a bit before saying "I…I'm not seeing doubles…am I?"
"You're not drunk, Qrow," Taiyang said, "I can see them too."
"Dad? Uncle Qrow?" Blondie asked, "What are you guys doing here? Shouldn't you…"
"Hey! Move aside! Can't you see I have…"
The moment Blondie and Red heard that voice, their hearts stopped as they saw Summer pushing through Qrow and Taiyang while holding a large bag with hams inside it. The moment Summer saw the other Team RWBY, her eyes widened in surprise. When they saw Summer, their mother alive, both Red and Blondie couldn't believe their eyes as tears slowly ran down their faces.
Summer set the bag to the side as she said "What is going on here? Why is there…"
Just then, Red and Blondie rushed towards Summer as they wrapped their arms around Summer and started to cry. Summer was taken back when she saw the other versions of her daughters, but when she saw both her daughters crying, she comforted them as she gently rubbed their heads.
After a moment of them hugging, Blondie and Red separated from their mother as Red asked "How?!"
"How?" Summer asked, "How what?"
"How…are you alive?" Red asked.
When she said that, everyone, especially the Rose-Xiao Long family, gasped as Ruby said "Wait…mom is…dead?"
"Blondie replied "Yes! How…How…"
"Yang…Ruby…" Summer gently placed her hands on their shoulders and asked "What do you mean I am dead?"
After Red calmed down, she said "I-It…It was Salem…"
When she said that name, Qrow, Taiyang and Summer all were shocked as Qrow asked "You…know about Salem?"
"[Who the hell is Salem?!]"
"Yeah…" Grif said, "You guys are saying this person's name. Who is she?"
The other Team RWBY, Qrow, Taiyang and Summer stood their quiet as Snow White said "The reason why we are here in the first place."
Now serious, Qrow asked "What happened?"
Red sighed sadly as she replied "It's…a long story…"
You guys like that ending? Originally, I wanted to have just Ruby travel back in time, but I figure to have the whole team so that they know what events are different and have their minds blown. And sorry for the lame nicknames, it was the best I could come up with. If you guys had better ideas for their nicknames, let me know in the reviews. Anyways, I hope you all enjoy the Ruby and Yang reunion with their mother and see you all next time. Until then, please review!
