UPDATE: written in new things to improve the flow of the story, and to prevent myself from contradicting things in later chapters.

Hey its been a long time folks, I sorta lost my motivation to write, and I'm more or less trying something new. As you saw from the description, I'll be doing a reincarnation / gender bend fanfic involving Frostnova into the rwby verse and see how things go from there. If people want to help out please leave constructive criticism, and or message me directly. It will have spoilers to the end of chapter 6 of Arknights since it mentions an antagonists death, so be warned. I haven't written in a long time along with watching rwby, so do forgive me if I am out of it with writing.

Please give constructive comments, and PM me if you have some ideas that you would like to see in the future if I decided to continue. Please do not spam if you do decide to pm.

Also, I'm looking for a BETA reader to help shoot ideas with, and to help with any grammatical mistakes since I am not only very rusty, but I still suck at it.

I don't own RWBY, nor do I own Arknights they belong to their rightful owners.

I felt as if my body was floating in zero-g, my mind was at peace, but at the same time, my mind was playing back everything that I've done, the memories that even I had forgotten. I held no regret, just sadness that I wouldn't see what the next day would bring. I had already accepted that I would die someday, but I never would've expected what I've done be the reason. I could still feel the skin numbing sensation of winters cold embrace.

Winter was hitting us heavy that year, the temps reaching a record -54F in my state. I remembered the day of my death that I had to grab my asthma medication from the pharmacy, and I figured along the way home that I should stop by a coffee shop that I frequent to get a nice hot cup of hot chocolate to warm myself up.

I stood at a height of 6ft, but despite my height and my age I still would look like I was right out of high school due to my youth appearance. While I was passing over a bridge that suspended itself over a deep river that people to dive or swim in during the summer, to head home after my quick stop. I froze when I heard the sound of tires squealing from the breaks being slammed, along the with watching a van swerve off the bridge, the sound of metal being crushed as I saw the van hit the water with a thunder crack since the river had iced over.

I couldn't have believed my eyes from the incident that had happened in front me, my hand that holding my take away cup, had dropped what it was holding, and had fished out my phone quickly only to curse my luck to see no bars, 'of all the times my carrier to have shit reception.' I had thought.

While I was cursing my luck I had looked down to see I couldn't see the car anymore. I had booked it down to the river. I fidgeted in worry, I was hoping someone would escape the river already, and I knew people probably heard the accident since we were close to a busy area. But I also knew emergency services would be late due to the heavy snow right now. I looked down to see I was fidgeting with my kubaton. 'Oh god... I don't think I have any other choice right now. God I haven't swam in years I hope I still remember how to.' I thought to myself. I took a deep breath, the cold bitter air filling my lungs and sinuses. Unclipping my self defense tool I made my mind up.

I ran across the ice to the van sized hole and ditched my phone and wallet by it, not wanting to lose them just in case, and dove straight in the hole. My body had locked up instantly from the feeling of the cold river water hitting my skin, but I took deep breaths steadying my breathing as best I could. Even with my layers on I could still feel it biting into every nerve of my body, I knew the water was deep, so I had to be quickly, despite my shit lungs, I could still hold my breath for a long. I pray that no one was hurt as I fought through the pain, I tapped the window to get the passengers attention and and was relieved to see the driver and passengers weren't hurt, nor dead But too my horror I saw some kids in the back, my mind told me I had to save them first, but at the same time I didn't them to lose the parents. I showed them my kubaton and pointed up to let them know they need to get out once I break the windows. When I had gotten a better angle I saw that the van was already filling up with water.

I prayed that I had the strength to break the glass due to losing the feeling in my hands already. I had swam to the side a little to prevent my self from being sucked in through the window due to the difference in pressure. I reeled my hand back and brought the tip of my weapon the rear passenger window. I had made the choice to save the kids first, I knew the adults could manage. I watched a bit in fascination from seeing the water gush in, but that went away when I saw the scared looks on the kids faces. I swam into the rear and had removed theirs belts before passing the adults the kubaton so they can escape as well.

[Play Arknights ost: loneliness for mood reasons]

As I swam with the kids in both my arms, I realized that this was probably the first time in my life that I did something actually good. I normally helped people from time to time, but what I'm doing now is a first. Sadly though this thought process went away quickly when I felt as if my lungs were getting heavier and heavier, I could feel my heart slowing, my limbs growing just as heavy. I knew the adrenaline rush had ended, and I was now feeling everything from the cold now feeling colder, the waters heavy current, but despite that I pushed, till we were nearly to the top. I couldn't go much longer, so I made the choice to push the kids up to the hole with all my strength within my legs, which caused me to be pushed into a heavy current. I was swept away under the ice, but I saw with the last glimpse hands grabbing the kids out, and the faint shadows from the bottom swimming up.

I couldn't help but feel at peace that they were all okay, I opened my mouth as if wanting to speak, but when I did I let in a deep breath, causing water to enter my lungs due to holding my breath for so long. I couldn't even struggle, my body just felt weak as I drifted down the current still.

at this moment I died, and this how I ended up here floating in nothing.

[ost end]

I shifted my body so I was up right, I looked around hoping to find someone. Blinking I ended up in a white room with a chair, I was dressed in what I was wearing underneath my winter clothing. A long shin length wool skirt, with grey and black gradient leggings, I had on some wool socks underneather them. Instead of my jacket, I was wearing a white cotton blouse that had a cute bow on it, my hair was black and was tied into a neat bun. "huh weird, but it beats being naked like I was earlier." I muttered. I looked around to some more before deciding to take a seat on one of the chairs.

I felt something wash over me when I looked at the adjacent seat I saw a man, who was nicely dressed. "Ah I'm glad to see your trip here was safe, I do apologize if you had be left there floating for so long, we had to judge your soul" The man said. Their voice was somewhat echoing, which made it a bit hard to tell if it was a single voice or many. "I'm going to be up front with you about this, since you clearly are still confused about everything going on. You're being given the option to be reincarnated. Normally we don't do this often here, but after looking on your life we figure you deserve the chance to live a different life without your health issue. And the other gods that you had dabbled praying to and respected all agreed with this." He said. "And because all agreed with this, I was asked to be a non-bias 3rd party for them." He said to me.

I couldn't help but feel both surprised, and over whelmed, " Why? I mean... I know what I did was brave and quite heroic of me, but I'm just some no buddy shut in," I said softly. "You saw how my life went, I've done a lot of stupid stuff that shouldn't deserve such a thing.." I said looking at them in the eyes.

He let out a chuckle, "You're not the first person to have said that while being given the option to reincarnate, but yes you did some quite honestly stupid things, but you've regretted them, and looked at your mistakes with great disdain, and you've learned from them to make sure you never do them again, and have been working hard to try and make up for everything. Your body might be its in late 20's, but your mind and soul are still young at heart." He said amused.

I bit my lip from hearing this, and looked away. But after a while I looked at him, "So.. about this reincarnation thing, can I choose who or what I become? And am I able to chose what powers I have?" I asked him.

He smiled at this, "Most definitely, normally we only allow people to reincarnate into a new body and leave it at that so you can have a fresh start. But since your a special case for all of us, we'll be allowing you to reincarnate into body, or hell change your own body to your liking, and even have any kind of power to your liking, with some limit of course since we can't have you ruining the balance of world you'll be going to." He said.

I hummed at this, I thought about it for what felt like an eternity, I've read, watched and played enough games, anime and manga that deciding on what powers I want is hard. But I remembered something, I remember playing Arknights not too long ago before my death, and had finally beaten Frostnova at the end of the chapter I was on, I couldn't help but feel sad for her life, and the way she died with a smile reminds me of my own death in a way. I've wondered what it would've been like if she had a better life, or had left reunion and had joined Rhodes Island earlier.

I looked at the man, whom smiled knowing that I made my mind up, "I... I want to be reincarnated as Yelena also known as Frostnova from Arknights." I said to him. "And I want to be able to use her ice originium arts." I said politely to them. "And also if its not much trouble, please let me keep some of my personality, I rather still have some part of me instead of being her completely." I added quickly.

The man just smiled, "sure thing for all of those, will you choose a new name, or will you carry on your current name? Or will you carry on her name?" He asked me.

I thought about it, before giving him a smile. "I'll carry on her name, I'll be Yelena, and I'll use the first word Frost from her code name as my last name." I said smiling.

The man clapped, "Well then, Yelena, I along with everyone else wish you luck, you'll be given your powers when you first awaken, and I hope you have a happy life in whatever world you're reincarnated in." He said happily.

I gave him a smile, "I thank you all, I... never would've thought I'd be given the opportunity to do something like this." I said feeling happy after a long time in my dull life. Everything then went black.

When I awoke, everything was frozen in solid ice around me, the cold that I hoped that I wouldn't feel for a long time till next winter hit me hard, as it felt like my body could cause frostbite in a instant. I took in my surroundings, I was in a rather nice cabin if it weren't frozen solid. I saw a bunny eared woman on a bed whom I assume is my mom with a look of horror frozen on her face, clothes torn, on her was the male human with a knife plunged in her throat. I remember how it all led up to this, my mom begging them to take her instead of me, my blood boiled but I kept a cold expression on my face. I looked around the room some more to see another bunny eared male, frozen blood pooled around the body. I couldn't help but feel tears well up, but they turned to ice as they fell down my cheeks. I remember everything now, how everything turned out here.

It felt like I was hit by a bullet train going a thousand miles as information about everything poured into my head. I remember my mom and dad talking earlier before everything had happened with the bandit attack. Hunter academies... and Grimm... oh god I was reincarnated into the world of RWBY, I haven't even started season 5 either.' I thought to myself. My thinking stopped as I was hit by another wave of info, about the date, and what shocked me more is that I was flung back in time, "5 years before the start of cannon.. shit." I muttered myself. I looked at my now dead family, I felt my heart and throat tighten, and when my eyes landed on the body of the bandit that killed them, my anger non-existent, I just felt a cold calm feeling wash over me, I am normally not easy to anger, but seeing the happy memories of my current family, and then seeing them looking scared, my anger exploded like thermite to ice.

I let out a heart wrenching scream of anger and sadness, and I formed a ice spear and flung it at the bastards head, shattering it and his body to pieces, I then chipped the rest of his lower half from my mother and I took her and my father outside to be buried later.

When I had left the safety of the cabin, the outside was a blazing summer, and what I saw was carnage, fire, death, screams of pain and fear, my ears had perked up to hear the sound of Grimm attacking as well. The feeling of anger that I had felt had returned ten-fold. I remember reading that a chant was important for using originium arts, so I began to sing a song that I knew Yelena and her people sang about when the winters were heavy. Her people were hearty, and despite the cold bitter winters, the Grimm didn't attack as much due us being also being a determined bunch.

[play Arknights ost: Requiem Frostnova's theme]

My voice echoed throughout area as I slowly walked to the village square, I fired a ice spear through a nearby bandits chest, leaving an open hole where their heart and lungs remained, I saw hints of their intestines spilling from the top but I had frozen the body instantly before it became too much of a mess, I saw that they were about to attack a woman protecting their child, both of whom I knew. My feet left a trail of ice as I continued my walk, the winds started to become cold enough to sting the skin painfully, the skies darken the further along I got in the song, and snow began to fall from the sky. I saw the bandits looking at me with wariness, why wouldn't they I killed one of them effortlessly without a hint of a reaction, and frozen them into a ice sculpture. I pointed my hand at them and ice crystals flew fast enough that they didn't have time to react, leaving a gaping hole where their hearts would be, or intestines were, some even hit their heads leaving nothing but headless bodies. I saw the bodies of those that I knew from Yelena's memories, my fists clenched hard enough my nails dug into my skin. my cold fury continued as I either completely freeze or kill the bandits. Leaving trails of frozen, bleeding corpses in my wake. Due my anger, the entire village was covered in a sheet of ice, what remained of them were shivering from feeling the cold. I knew Yelena held herself back when around her squadron and I can see why, and its probably why I'm doing the same subconsciously.

When I finally reached the ending of the song did I kill the last of the lower ranked bandits. The last one in front of me is whom I presume is the leader of this current raid. There might've been a leak over from Yelena's personality as I took pleasure in killing this woman... no this monster in mortal flesh. I had froze her legs, and arms and snapped them like rotten twigs, leaving leaving nothing but frozen stump that began to give her instant frostbite from how her skins colour was turning a ugly tone. "You killed so many.. you caused a grimm attack that nearly killed us all. You don't even deserve to be called a person. You're just a monster in mortal flesh, and all monsters need to be killed." I spat out. I formed a small ice knife and dug it into the stumps of her legs and arms, breaking through the ice to pierce her flesh. I watched in satisfaction that this monster before me was dying, I knew her blood vessels were freezing, the muscles, tendons, and feeling the effects of internal frostbite, which began to spread throughout her body, I can only imagine the pain she was feeling right now, I reached out and grabbed her head. "Enjoy hell." I said as I froze her head, and removed my hand from it. The expression she had was of fear and horror.

[song end, switch to Fronstnovadie now]

This was the start of my new life now, I didn't want to kill anyone, I was hoping to not go this route like Yelena did, but it was either them or me... or worse everyone else. I looked at what remains of my village... my home. I saw the looks on the remaining peoples faces, fear, relief, sadness, and anger, I looked around to see a frozen field of trees, grass, and Grimm as far as the eye can see, now I see why Yelena holds herself back when her squadron is near. I shook my head a little, I can tell that the fear and anger was directed towards the now dead bandits and Grimm. But I can tell by the looks everyone was giving me, and seeing how I made everything a frozen 'wonderland' I can sympathies with their feelings towards me, I just killed an entire raid single handedly, and stopped a grimm attack albeit unknowingly.

I don't know how long its been, could've been a hour or two, but all our dead had been gather, I looked down at them, the memories from what Yelena had of them were of friendships, familiarity. My eyes wandered to see a lot of children had died in the raid and from the grimm, I had a mournful expression, the skies were still dark and snowing, as if the heavens themselves were crying from such a tragedy that happened to my.. no our home. I couldn't cry nor tear up from the scene. My hatred for not only these bandits, but the Grimm have increased. I normally am not one to get into conflicts, and like to remain neutral or non-combative, but seeing the dead I felt the one thing made this cold body of mine warm up. Revenge, and to bring justice and closure for them. I looked towards the villagers, and saw them looking scared, and were mourning the dead just like I was. With what little control and strength I had left, I made coffins of ice so the dead can be given a proper burial.

I know deep what I had to do, it's what Yelena would probably do for Yeti Squadron from how she.. no we felt about them, our family, our followers and friends. I had to reassure everyone that everything is going to be okay now. As much as I didn't want to do it, due to my shyness of crowds and public speaking, I knew it was the right thing to do. "Everyone! We no longer have to fear these bandits nor the Grimm any longer! We've handled worse things then just these sorry excuse of people, or this small incursion of Grimm. We're a hearty folk that have survived through NOT only the great war generations prior, but also mass onslaughts of Grimm that would make a normal village crumble." I said with some confidence. "My fellow villagers, I know I'm just some teenage kid, but this kid has lost just as much as you all had." I said with sadness in my voice. "These horrible people, no... these monsters killed 35 innocent people, 15 of which were young children, they had the nerve and gall, to snuff out these 15 young innocent souls like it was nothing. All for what reason?" I said with anger. "I knew them, and watched them grow up with you all," I said sadly.

I took a breath, "I know we all want to revenge, but there are better ways than going after them like they had. We make their lives hell, if they decide to attack us again, we fight on our own turf, we know this forest and land better than they do, why the hell should we have to live in fear of them? Hell I see some of the old vets from the great war here as well armed with their rifles from years past, I see the parents with their grand-parents rifle, pistol, or sword. I see my fellow teens injured from protecting their younger siblings or family," I said. "If they want to harm people then they should expect the same thing." I said clenching my fist.

I didn't have time to hear their reactions, my body and mind have finally caught up with the actions that had happened, everything went dark in an instant and I passed out. My body crumbled to the ground, my breathing was subtle but it was clear I was out cold from the stress of not only using my powers, but from the stress from all the death I witnessed and cuased..

This is the story how I went from a reincarnated soul hoping to give a someone a peaceful life, to one of anger, sadness and loss. My name is Yelena Frost, this is my story.

AN: Well this had to be one of my longest works to date, and honestly I don't think I had to write all that exposition in the beginning and could've just went straight to the room, but I figured eh why not, change things up a little ya know? It was interesting to get this story off my chest tbh, I really do like Frostnova, and I figured hey why not do reincarnated fic involving someone and they decided to become her so they can try and give her a happy life she deserves. Anyway I hope you all enjoyed it, please leave constructive criticism, do not spam. I'm again looking for a BETA to shoot ideas with and help with grammar issues since I'm very rusty at this after my long hiatus.

Just be warned though, I might take another long hiatus but if this does well enough I might continue it.