Hi ya folks I know I know, it's been forever since I updated. I've just been going through a tough time but I promise I am doing better anywho let's get to it, my friends.
Ireland's head felt like it was going to split open and her throat felt dry as she forced herself to wake up. "What…. What happened?" she wondered before gasping. "HOLY CRAP, I WAS KIDNAPPED!" she shouted sitting up only to see she was in some kind of black space with nothing but her in it. "Where am I?" she questioned as she reached behind her to grab her bow only to find that it wasn't there! Nor was her quiver of arrows! "Oh no this is bad!" Ireland breathed as she got up from the smooth black surface of the ground. "HELLO?" Ireland shouted as she started to walk around hoping she'd find someone to help her when suddenly someone's foot tripped her! Ireland hit the ground with a thud. "Ow…" she moaned as she turned to face the one who had done this to her and to her surprise it was Whistley! "Whistley? Oh thank the gods, I was so scared!" Ireland cried as she ran up to him to hug her boyfriend, only for her to dodge her attempt, making her fall. "Whistley?" Ireland questioned feeling hurt.
"This is your fault Ireland, you are to blame for all that has happened" Whistley said coldly.
Ireland's eyes widened in shock.
"Your at fault you miserable excuse for a leader" said Bella appearing on the left side of Whistley.
"You were always the loser among us," said Regina, coming up on the right side of Ireland's boyfriend.
Ireland looked at her best friends slash teammates in disbelief, but when she turned around she saw little Pyrrha, Shadow, and Night pointing at her. "Failure of a huntress, failure of a huntress" they chanted.
"No stop, STOP!" Ireland shouted covering her ears and closing her eyes only to be pushed to the ground. Ireland looked up with tears in her eyes and gasped when she saw team RWBY, Qrow, Oscar, and Maria pointing at her with cold cruel looks in their eyes.
"I can't believe this failure is my future daughter" Oscar sneered.
"What a loser she doesn't even have magic like her father" Yang mocked.
"And she's too stubborn," Blake taunted.
"She can't use her silver eyed powers well enough," Weiss stated cruelly.
Ireland had heard enough at this point, but as she tried to run away she almost ran into Ruby who had the coldest look of all on her face. "You should have never been born, mistake" said the red hooded girl coldly.
Ireland gasped and fell to her knees as all the people she cared about pointed and shouted at her.
"BROKEN, FAILURE, WORTHLESS, MISTAKE!" they all shouted as tears streamed down Ireland's face.
"Hate them…" a cool female voice suggested to the green hooded girl over the taunting.
"I… know that voice, but where have I heard it before?" Ireland thought to herself, that's when she felt a gentle hand place itself on her shoulder. Ireland looked up to see Salem staring at her with pity in her eyes.
"Hate them, little one, all they did was hold you back, unleash the power that flows through your blood and join me…." Salem commanded taking her hand off of Ireland's shoulder and and held it in front of the girl's eyes.
Ireland bowed her head and hesitantly reached forward and grabbed Salem's cold hand and the moment she did her beautiful silver eyes turned blood red and the white part of her eyes turned black…. Until they looked exactly like Salem's eyes….
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Meanwhile back at Beacon in the headmaster's office Ireland's team and the group from the past were all trying to calm little Pyrrha, Shadow and Night down after explaining what happened to Ireland.
"I can't believe this Ireland's gone!" Night cried with tears streaming down his face.
"Who knows what they could be doing to her?!" Shadow wept as he held a whimpering Piper close.
"She could be dead for all we know!" Pyrrha cried.
"No, Ireland has to be alive," Weiss said, holding her future daughter close.
"How do you know?" Shadow sniffled.
"Because if they wanted Ireland dead they wouldn't have bothered kidnapping her" stated the white haired girl.
"Yeah, that's true, but if that's the case then what does Salem want with her?" Yang questioned looking towards Ruby and Oscar.
"I'm not sure," said Ruby.
"So what do we do then?" asked Oscar, who had Ireland's quiver and bow on his back.
"What about the current maidens, can't they help us?" Blake questioned, but Ireland's team shook their heads.
"The maiden's don't exist anymore, the powers that once belonged to them now permanently belong to Professor Pine ever since the end of the previous war against Salem" said Bella.
"He's called "The Wizard of the Gods" Regina proclaimed.
"Then does that mean Ireland has magic too?" Qrow questioned.
"We don't know, there hasn't been any proof of that over the years!" Whistley said harshly as he leaned against one of the walls beyond the group with a frown upon his brow.
"Big brother, are you okay?" little Pyrrha questioned walking over to her brother.
"No, I'm not" Whistley said glumly.
Pyrrha then hugged him for comfort. "We'll get Ireland back Whistely, I promise" she said softly with a sad smile to which Whistley returned when he looked down at his sister.
"Thanks Pyrrha," he said patting the blonde haired little girl on the head.
"Wait what about the relics from this time, can they help us stop Salem?" asked Ruby, but Ireland's team shook their heads once again.
"The relics are in the possession of the gods after the Oscar and Ruby from our time defeated Salem the first time, the Gods took them because they didn't want any mortal to abuse their powers" said Regina
The group from the past bowed their heads.
"What are we gonna do? There's nothing here we can use to over power Salem- WAIT!" Ruby thought to herself as she then reached for the relic of knowledge from her time that was on her side.
"What if we use this?" Ruby questioned showing Ireland's team the relic, which made their eyes widen.
"Is that…?" Bella trailed off, not daring to finish her sentence.
"Yeah the relic of knowledge, crazy huh?" stated Qrow as he took a drink from his canteen.
"How many questions does it have left now?" asked Whitely.
"One more we were going to save it but I think we need it now more than ever" said Oscar.
"Yeah, let's do it" stated Ruby, but just before she could summon Jinn there was a loud crash of thunder outside. This made everyone jump and the three children scream.
"What was that?" Night questioned fearfully as Ireland's team and the group from the past ran up to one of the shattered windows, only to be shocked by what they saw… there before them, standing on top of a giant nevermore, with many other ones flying behind her, was Ireland… she wore a black suit, a black cloak and hood, on her back was a large sword in a sheath, her long chestnut hair and side braids were in a high ponytail, and on her side was a black flaming rose chreast, but what made Ruby and Oscar want to tremble in fear was their future daughter's eyes… they were red and black… just like Salem's.
"Is…. that…?" Yang trailed off stunned.
"Ireland?" Whistley questioned shockingly.
"IRELAND!" Ruby called out.
Ireland looked down at the red hooded girl from her perch on the nevermore and frowned. "Attack, but make sure none of them are killed," she said coldly, shocking everyone by the window.
"Wait what?!" Blake questioned as a few of the nevermores flew straight towards them.
"Bella, Regina, protect Pyrrha, Shadow, and Night!" Ruby instructed as she shot one of the nevermores down with her sniper rifle.
"You got it!" Regina stated as she and Bella ran over to the three children with their weapons at the ready as they stood in front of them.
"What's wrong with Ireland, why is she attacking us?!" Weiss questioned as she helped Yang and Blake take down two nevermores.
"I think Salem brainwashed her!" Yang shouted angrily as she punched another nevermore in the face.
Upon hearing this Ruby and Oscar looked at each other nervously.
"Hey you two, less gawking and more grimm killing!" Qrow demanded as he sliced a nevermore's head off.
"Oscar, help everyone else distract the nevermores, I'm going to Ireland" Ruby said.
"Okay, just be careful please," Oscar stated.
Ruby smiled softly as she then pecked Oscar's cheek. "I promise" she proclaimed as she used her speed to get up to the nevermore Ireland was riding. "Ireland what happened? We were all so-" Ruby started but the black cloaked girl cut her off.
"Give me the relic!" she demanded taking the large sword from the sheath on her back and pointing it at Ruby, who looked back at her in disbelief.
"Ireland, why are you… what did Salem do to you?" asked the red hooded girl in a concerned voice.
Ireland smiled wickedly. "Her majesty only opened up my eyes to everything, I know who I am now. I no longer wonder in my parents' dark shadow, I stand in a light that belongs to me and me alone, and if you insist on taking that light away from me…. I swear I'll make you sorry!" Ireland threatened taking a step closer to Ruby with her sword.
"Ireland please, this isn't who you are, you-" the red hooded girl started, but Ireland cut her off.
"Shut up, you have no right to lecture me! I am 'The Black Rose' . Ireland Rose was weak and pitiful, I am strong and confident, and I shall not be defeated by the likes of you! The Black Rose shouted as her sword lit up with a dark purple light, making Ruby's eyes widen.
"She has magic!" she thought to herself as the sword was about to strike her, but instead of hitting Ruby with the sword, The Black Rose cut away the relic of knowledge on the red hooded girl's side and caught it in her other hand.
"What? No!" Ruby shouted as she tried to get the relic back but, only for The Black Rose to strike her with a purple blast from her hand, shattering her red aura and knocking her off the nevermore.
"RUBY!" Oscar shouted in fear as he quickly caught his girlfriend from the side of the window in the headmaster's office.
"Oscar, Ireland has magic and she took the relic!" Ruby started groggly.
"What?!" Oscar exclaimed as he put Ruby down and used Ireland's bow to shoot a mini bomb arrow at a nevermore, making it explode.
"Ireland has magic, how?!" asked Regina as she was helping Whistley and Bella kill another nevermore.
"She's a wizard's daughter, it makes sense that she inherited magic but the question is why now?" said Blake.
Upon hearing this The Blake Rose chuckled. "When Queen Salem showed me who I really was, I was able to unlock the power within me and become stronger!" she yelled. "I'd love to stay and chat but I've got bigger fish to fry!" the evil rose shouted as the nevermore she was riding began to fly away.
"No, Ireland please come back!" Oscar shouted but his plea fell upon the deaf ears of The Black Rose.
"We have to go after her" Ruby stated determinedly as she leaned on her scythe for support.
"But how can we catch up to her, we don't have an airship around here fast enough" said Bella.
"She has a point and we don't know where Ireland is going" Blake added.
"I do, she's going to the land of darkness. That's where Salem dwelled in the past and it's where all the grimm in the world are created" stated Whistley.
"We could take one of the schools airships, they may be slow but they're all we've got" Regina proclaimed.
"Alright me and my team will get Ireland the three of you will stay with Pyrhaa, Shadow, and Night" Ruby stated firmly.
"WHAT!" Ireland's team exclaimed.
"You can't be serious!" Bella yelled.
"Yeah, Ireland is our teammate, leader, and best friend we're coming too!" Regina stated.
"Well we've been through more than you, it's nothing personal!" Weiss shouted.
After a few moments a fight broke out between the two generations, leaving little Pyrrha, Shadow, Night, and Piper to watch.
"And they say people our age are immature" Shadow stated.
"I hear you" Night agreed as he held Piper in his arms.
"Then it's up to us guys, I have lightning dust to make the airship go faster so let's go!" Pyrrha stated as she, the twins and Piper snuck out of the headmasters office…
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Meanwhile back in The Land of Darkness in the throne room, The Black Rose was kneeling before Salem, who held The Relic of Knowledge in her left hand.
"Very good me girl, you have done well under my guidance, however I need you to do another task for me" said Salem coolly.
"Yes my queen, I understand what is my next mission?" The Black Rose questioned, still kneeling before the grimm queen.
"The group of people whom you have brought from the past… I want you to send them back to their own time" Salem demanded.
The moment the grimm queen said this The Balck Rose flinched.
"NO, STOP THIS!" Ireland's voice shouted in her head.
"SHUT UP, YOU FOOL!" The Black Rose thought back angrily.
"Yes my queen I will leave right away" the black hooded girl stated as she got up and walked out of the throne room.
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"We're here," said Pyhrra as she landed the airship close to Salem's castle.
"It's amazing what you can find on people's scrolls," said Shadow, holding up Professor Pine's scroll that had a map leading to The Land of Darkness.
"How did you get that?" asked Night who was holding onto a squirming Piper.
"I stole it from Uncle Oscar's pocket when we were putting him and Aunt Ruby in the crystal cellar" Shadow explained.
"You guys we need to focus, we're here to rescue Ireland and help her remember who she really is, now remember be on your guard" Pyrrha stated as the four of them got out of the air ship, but the moment they set foot in the dark and scary place the twins began to shiver with fear.
"Pyrrha I'm scared" Shadow commented.
"Yeah, me too I want to go home" Night whimpered as he held Piper closer.
Pyrrha then turned to them. "Ireland needs our help and that's all you have to say?! You guys can leave if you want but I'm going, I'm going to help the person who's always been there for me and my brother, Ireland is lost and I'm going to help her find her way again, no matter what!" the little blonde girl shouted.
"Oh you won't be doing any of that…" a familiar voice trailed off, making the three kids turn to see the group from the past and Ireland's team staring at them angrily.
"Oh, um… hi Whistley…" Pyrrha greeted nervously.
"What were you kids thinking!? You're lucky we found you before the grimm did" the white haired boy shouted at his little sister.
"I don't care, Ireland is our friend too, we can help!" Pyrrha yelled.
"Will you both shut up, you'll attract grimm!" Qrow exclaimed, making the siblings stop their bickering.
"Uncle Qrow!" Ruby scolded before sighing. "Look things are really bad, Ireland's been brian washed and we don't know what Salem's plans are for the world now, but listen we won't accomplish anything fighting among each other. So we're here in the land of darkness and Ireland is here. We have to get her back if we're going to stop Salem, she has magic and not only that but imagine how lost she feels inside. I have an idea to get her back, but everyone here has to work together…" the red hooded girl trailed off as everyone gathered around...
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Meanwhile at the launch pad outside of the castle, The Black Rose was getting ready to leave for Beacon on her giant nevermore when her head ached slightly.
"I mustn't let myself be led astray by my weaker self, I am The Black Rose no one cares about me and I care for no one!" she said to herself as she laid a hand on her head.
"IRELAND!" someone shouted from behind The Black Rose, who took out her sword and looked around.
"Whose there!?" she demanded as Whistley approached her from the shadows with his hands up. "You… what do you want?" The Black Rose spat as her sword lit up with a dark purple light as she pointed it at the white haired boy.
"Please hear me out… I surrender," said Whistley.
The Black Rose raised an eyebrow.
"I don't care what you've become, I still and always will love you" the white haired boy promised.
The Black Rose considered this. "Come with me," she said. "I will take you to our queen," she then poked Whistley on the back with her sword, pushing him towards the castle while moving behind him.
Once the two reached the throne room, The Black Rose grabbed Whistley's shoulder, "Knee before our queen" she hissed as the white haired boy then kneeled before Salem who was holding the relic of knowledge in her hands as she approached the two teens.
"I trust you have an explanation for this?" asked the Grimm queen bitterly.
"Yes my queen, this boy implies that he wishes to join our side" said the Black Rose.
Salem then looked at Whistley kneeling before her. "And what do you have to offer to us if you join our side boy?" she questioned.
Whistly looked up at the Grimm queen. "This… NOW" the white haired boy shouted and with that being said, Bella, Regina, Qrow, Oscar, and team RWBY came out of hiding, weapons at the ready.
"WHAT?!" Salem shouted as Ruby jumped in front of her and tripped the Grimm queen with her scythe and grabbed the relic back! "Black Rose!" Salem demanded as she got up.
"At once!" The Black Rose replied as she grabbed her sword and charged at Ruby, who frowned in determination.
"JINN!" the red hooded girl shouted and the moment she did everything around her including the people stopped. Ruby sighed in relief as Jin then appeared beside her.
"Hello Ruby Rose," Jinn greeted.
"HI Jinn, I know you have only one more question, but I need to ask you something" said Ruby.
"I know, but not to worry, you have brought me to a new era there for you may now ask me three questions if you wish, however if I am to go back to your time I will only have one" Jinn clarified.
Ruby let out a small gasp. "Well at least something good came out of us coming to the future" she replied.
Jinn gave a light laugh.
Ruby then took a deep breath and then spoke. "How can we turn The Black Rose back into Ireland Rose?" she questioned.
Cliff hangerrrrrrr! I know I'm evil, see you in the next chapter!