So I just made this because I always wondered what character reactions would be once all the nonsense and magic began in RWBY... But no reaction fanfic ever actually reaches it due to it being 4 volume deep. So instead, with this recent volume having everything they do explode in one big scene between Ren and Yang I figured it would be a good episode to showcase it.
That's all, really. I might do more scenes from the series but they'll be in whatever order I like. Just fun moments in the show that I'd want the characters to watch rather than torturing myself writing through 3 volumes just to get to them.
This takes place after the end of volume 1.
Glynda Goodwitch was currently escorting all the members of teams RWBY and JNPR back to their dorm rooms. All of which, Glynda included ware covered in both mud and feathers.
"Seriously, you children need to learn to behave." she then turned her attention to Pyrrha. "Especially you Miss. Nikos. I expect better from you"
The champion's expression flinched. "I'm sorry."
Her attention then turned to Weiss. "You as well Miss. Schnee."
The heiress gasped and pointed her muddy hand into her leaders shoulder. "B- but Ruby-"
"Silence. You all have detention for a week." most of them groaned in annoyance. "You will be-"
Whatever else Glynda was going to say next was cut off from a bright light flashing before their eyes just as they reached their dorm rooms. It blinded all of them for a few seconds before subsiding.
Blake glanced around. "... What was that?"
Ruby looked down and saw a box between their rooms which definitally wasn't there before. The young girl knelt down to examine it. There was a tag. "To teams RWBY and JNPR... Beware the future?" that last part was questioning.
She shrugged and opened the box to find a disk placed above a DVD player. She lifted both out of the box and showed everyone. "Uhhh...?"
Yang shrugged her shoulders. "Looks like it's movie night early."
Glynda walked over and snatched the disk off the DVD player. "Hey!" Ruby called out but it was ignored. The professor looked at the disk but before she could really examine it, it vanished!
"What?!"
It then fell from the sky and landed back on top of the DVD player. They all stared at it extremely confused. "... Huh."
Ozpin pinched the center of his eyes. "So let me get this straight..." he spoke while addressing everyone inside his office. It consisted of teams RWBY, JNPR, Glynda, and Ironwood. The former three of which had a shower and change of clothes.
"A... bright light appeared to drop a disc and DVD player... And if anyone besides teams RWBY or JNPR touches it, it teleports back to them?"
Jaune shrugged. "That pretty much sums it up." he answered and Nora nodded. "Yeah, watch!" she then grabbed the disc and tossed it like a frizbee to Ironwood who caught it with ease. Though a moment later it vanished from his hand and reappeared in Nora's who flashed it.
"Awesome ain't it?! It's like... Magic or something!"
Ozpin's eyes narrowed. "Yes... Or something." he made a deep sigh. "Very well, let us see what's on the disc then."
Ironwood looked over. "Are you serious? This matter seems... Sensitive."
Ozpin agreed but nodded anyway. "Well, we can't get the DVD player or disc away from them so... Might as well be there when they watch it."
Ruby and Nora cheered. "Yeah!" they high fived.
Ten minutes later they were all sitting in a classroom. Teams RWBY and JNPR got some blankets and pillows to sit on the floor while the professors sat in the front row desks. They had a large screen with the DVD attatched to a projector.
"Alright, hit play!" Ruby said and Jaune complied.
Yang is seen riding her hover bike through Mantle while being chased by a Teryx. Ren and Oscar are following them on a side street while sharing another hover bike, with Ren as the driver.
Weiss immediatly recognized this type of area. "This is... Mantle but..." she looked over at Yang.
The girl was too busy watching her counterpart on the screen and looked rather confused. "The hovor bike's awesome but... I don't remember this... I've never even been to Atlas." she wondered.
Ozpin's eyes narrowed when he saw the boy. Something about them made him feel strange.
Oscar clicked his ear piece then grabbed what looked like a stick grenade. "Ready?"
Ren felt confused. He's never seen that kid before but they seem to be acquainted here. In fact, he doesn't remember doing any of this.
Yang takes a couple of shots at the Teryx to slow it down. "Now!" she yells.
Yang passes under a bridge, leading the Teryx through it aswell.
Ren turns right and cuts in between Yang and the Teryx, allowing Oscar to throw the grenade in the Grimm's path. It explodes in a flash of wind dust, launching the Teryx into the bridge, breaking one of it's wings and knocking it to the ground.
Yang turns her bike around and smirks at the Grimm. She moves the bike to the the side, allowing Jaune to charge at the Teryx while standing on his hover bike, with the barrier dust on his shield active.
Jaune's eyes widened "What?!" he choaked. Not only did he see himself, but he looked so... Different. Older? No.. Well, maybe but it was more his hair and overall style that looked offputting.
"Hyah!" He swung and successfully decapitates the Grimm, after which has some trouble maintaining his balance on the bike. "Whoa!" He lands on it properly while giving a nervous chuckle.
Nora flung both her arms up. "Yeah!" she cheared while Pyrrha didn't quite know what was happening but smiled at the scene.
Ruby then looked at Yang. "Did you guys go on a secret mission without me?!" she pouted. Her sister turned and blinked in confusion.
"Wha? No, I don't... I don't." she turned and looked back at the screen which was still playing and ran a hand through her hair.
Yang lets out a sigh and taps her ear piece. "Okay, Fiona. That's one more problem taken care of."
Jaune fumbled with the remote and hit 'pause'. The screen froze on Yang talking to whoever was on the other side of coms. He then took a deep breath.
Jaune, Yang, and Ren looked completely baffled, all turning and sharing the same expression of pure confusion with each other.
Weiss crossed her arms and huffed. "Would you three like to explain what that all was? Why were you in Mantle and who's the kid?"
Nora grabbed Ren's collar and yanked him to look at her. "Yeah Renny! I can't believe you left Vale without me!" Ren simply looked down and sighed, still not knowing what to say. Nora then turned to Jaune. "You too!"
Jaune began to stutter. "I- I uh..."
Yang finally spoke up. "We didn't."
The answer made everyone look in her direction while she was still looking at the screen. "I... I don't remember any of this. I've never been to Mantle.
There was a silence for a few moments until Blake broke it. "But... You're on camera there."
Yang scoffed. "Yeah, I know. And it doesn't make any sense."
Jaune nodded. "I don't remember any of this either." he said and then lifted the controller up to rewind it a bit to the part where he charged the Teryx. "And look... Aren't I... Different? As in, too different?
Everyone examined the Knights appearance. Ruby even crawled up to the TV to get a better look. Weiss' eyes narrowed. "I suppose you do look rather-"
"Handsome?" Yang smirked in the heiress' direction. Jaune blushed while Weiss scowled. "As if. I was going to say-"
"Dashing..." Pyrrha muttered, staring at the screen with dreamy eyes. However she caught herself and coughed into her fist.
Nora giggled and Jaune's blush intensified, just trying to look at the ground at this point.
"I- I mean. I'm sure Weiss is just saying you've... Cleaned up a bit." the champion amended.
Weiss rolled her eyes. "Sure, that works."
Nora stepped over and snatched the remote from Jaune and continued to rewind it until Ren was on screen as well. "Ren looks different too! I always wanted him to grow his hair out so I can braid it!"
Yang blinked and said her thoughts aloud. "Is this... The future?"
Silence.
It was something that popped into the back of all their heads but none dared to voice it. That was insane, wasn't it?
Blake shook her head. "That's... Not possible."
Nora shrugged her shoulders. "Says you."
Yang nodded. "Yeah, we all saw how the DVD appeared it was like-"
"Magic..." Ozpin muttered. Everyone looked in his direction. Glynda and Ironwood's postures stuffined when hearing Ozpin speak.
Yang continued. "... Yeah, magic." the air in the room felt even denser all of a sudden.
Ruby was practically vibrating. "That... Is..." she jumped into the air. "AWESOME!" rose petals began to flutter off the girl and she dashed around the room.
She popped up near Jaune. "You were so cool, standing on a hovor bike then you go- 'FWOOSH'!" she made a slice in the air with her arm, pretending it was his sword. Then she vanished to appear near Yang. "You were all like 'POW-POW' with your gauntlets" she said while punching the air and leaped across the room to stand near Ren "Then you were driving whoever that kid was and the grenade goes off! - 'BOOOM'" she through both her hands in the air.
"RUBY!" the girl's attention snapped towards her partner. "Focus! If this is the future, which I still can't believe it is, but IF it is then why aren Grimm running around Mentle?!"
Weiss stood up and took the remote from Nora, rewinding and fast forwarding it to various parts where it showed Mantle was falling apart. "What's going on?" she asked then looked up at Ozpin, Ironwood, and Glynda. "Is Mantle in danger?" there was concern in her voice.
The three were silent for a moment before Ironwood spoke. "I can assure you, Mantle is fine. Though... These images concern me as well." he said and looked at Ozpin who sighed.
The headmaster decided to speak. "Perhaps... We should continue to watch? Who knows what else we might see."
There were a few hesitant nods while Ruby and Nora's heads were nodding rapidly.
Pyrrha nudged Jaune's arm with her elbow. He looked at her. "If this really is the future, you should feel pround. You were excellent."
He gave a nervous laugh and rubbed the back of his head. "Hehe, thanks."
Weiss fast forwarded the video to the point they were at then click play to continue.
Yang lets out a sigh and taps her ear piece. "Okay, Fiona. That's one more problem taken care of."
"Good, cause we're getting reports of more Grimm coming in from the west. The Huntsmen there could really use some backup."
"More?!" Weiss choaked.
The others didn't seem to have happy expressions either.
Jaune's expression goes from happy to upset and he sheaths his sword.
It was then that Jaune got a better look at his sword and shield. They looked... Different. There was some added gold to them. He even had some kind of upgrade in his shield with whatever that barrier was earlier.
Yang sighs as she slumps in her seat. "Okay, we're on our way."
Ren and Oscar didn't seem happy about it either. Oscar spoke up. "It's all the negativity. Salem's forces aren't moving in, but it's enough to start attracting the stragglers."
Ozpin let out a gasp loud enough for Glynda and Ironwood to hear. They both looked at him then at each other in worry.
Though the kids were still ignorant and didn't yet know who Salem was.
Blake blinked. "Did that kid just insinuate that this 'Salem' person have Grimm in their... Army?
Weiss paused the video again and there was a silence. No one really knew what to take from that.
"Continue it." Ozpin spoke and Weiss let out a sigh but hit play.
They didn't speak of it further though. Ren looked behind them. "Guy's we're not finished." he said.
Three Sabyr appear and charge towards the group.
Yang rolled her eyes. "Oh, great."
Yang waved her hand. "Alright, we need to hurry this up and take-" just as she got ready to drive forward the three Sabyr looked to their right then promptly turned around to run away in the opposite direction.
Ruby cocked her head to the side. "... What?"
Everyone else leaned forward. That was very strange.
Ren looked a bit nervous. "What... Just happened?" he asked and the others looked equally perplexed.
Their real world counterparts all mirrored their each others expressions.
Jaune slowly drove towards them on his hovor bike. "They ran... I've never seen Grimm act that way before."
Jaune smirked a bit at that. It looked like he actually gained a lot of experience.
Oscar looked between the three of them. "But what were they running fro-"
Before he could finish Oscar get's tackled by a hound Grimm, knocking both him and Ren off the bike. Oscar tries to stand up only to be bitten by the arm and get flung to the ground once more, further away from the others.
"WHOA!" a few of them shouted.
Yang placed both her hands on the ground and leaned towards the screen "What the hell is that?!"
Ren looked up from the ground. "Oscar!"
Ruby looked very concerned. "One of you do something!"
The Grimm pounces on Oscar with all it's weight, causing his aura to shimmer. Oscar tries to kick one of it's legs away in desperation, only for The Hound to bite it and knock him to the ground a third time. With a final swipe with it's paw, Oscar's aura breaks and he goes unconscious.
Yang gritted her teeth and watched the Grimm whack the kid around. "Why aren't I moving?!"
The Hound howls, before it's body begins to twitch and spasm. It's body pulses and morphs, as Jaune looks on in horror. The Hound stands up, revealing that he assumed a bipedal form in order to lift and hold the unconcious Oscar with one hand.
Many of their eyes widened at the Grimm's transformation.
Blake shook her head in horror. "Can... Can Grimm do that?" she asked.
Many were too engrossed to answer but Ruby leaned back. "N- no? Maybe?! I don't know! I've never seen this before!"
Ozpin however gritted his teeth. During the assault he laid eyes on his cane- Long Memory. There was no doubt now. This boy, Oscar, was his next incarnation. No wonder he was a target.
Ironwood and Glynda seemed to put two and two together as well.
Yang finally wakes up from her stupor and charges the beast "Oscar!" she shouts while preparing to punch it.
Yang grinned. "Finally! Kick it's ass, me!"
The others looked happy someone was taking action as well.
The Hound looks at Yangs charge and holds Oscar in between the two of them, using the boy as a human shield.
Weiss' eyes nearly bulged out of her sockets. "WHAT?!"
The others mimicked her expression in pure shock of what they were seeing. It seemed Yangs counterpart on screen shared their confusion.
"Huh?!" A look of panic crosses Yang's face before she grabs the handle in order to try to turn away from the Grimm. The Hound catches her by the face with it's other hand and throws her at a nearby wall, cracking it. "AHHH!"
Yang's expression deflates after seeing her quickly dealt with. But she starts to shake her head a bit. "What just..."
Ren takes a couple of shots at The Hound's back, causing it to turn around and be stabbed by the grappling hooks of Ren's guns. Ren reels the hooks in, intending to kick the Grimm with both feet. The Hound's right hand pulses before it grows longer, allowing it to whip Ren into a fence.
Ren clenched his fists into balls and Nora quickly placed a hand on his shoulder trying to make him feel better, but it didn't seem to do much.
Jaune Prepares to charge in as well, before The hound lifts Oscar in between it and Jaune just like it did for Yang.
Jaune leaned forward. "C'mon! Do something!" he yelled at himself, getting frustraited at his inaction.
Blake blinked and shook her head. "But the kid an- and the Grimm. It's too dangerous!"
Yang lifts her hand up towards Jaune. "Wait, it's using Oscar as a shield!" she yelled out.
Their eyes widened after hearing Yang say it aloud. So they weren't just seeing things.
Pyrrha's couldn't believe was she was seeing. "That's not possible..."
Jaune in turn looked confused. "But.. Grimm aren't that smart..."
"Exactly!" the champion agreed.
Ren picks up his guns and aims at the Grimm. The Hound overhears and places Oscar in between it and Ren proving otherwise.
Nora looked over at the others. "Do Grimm have good hearing too?!"
Ruby shrugged. "Some do, but they usually don't know what to do with it."
Nora turned back towards the screen. "Well... This one sure does."
Ren now looks frustraited. "Give him back!" he yells out.
Ren sighed. Was there really nothing he could do?
The Hound slowly retracts Oscar and covers him with its other arm. It's neck pulses and cracks. The monster leans it's head forward slightly before opening it's mouth.
"No." it growled and turned to stomp away.
The words sent a shiver down their spine. Ruby deflated upon hearing the Grimm speak. "B- bu- b- but.. Wha- what?"
Blake slowly leaned backwards, almost trying to hide behind herself somehow while Yang was just frozen in place, exactly like her counterpart.
Ren gasped and widened his eyes in pure shock. Followed by Jaune. "Did it just...?" the knight muttered.
Nora slowly wrapped her arms around Ren. Not to comfort him, but herself. Memories of their hometown being destroyed flashed through her head and she was sure the same was happening to Ren.
If Weiss wanted to pause the video, she didn't. Too shocked to do anyting but continue to watch. "The Grimm... It.. It... Spoke..." just hearing a recording of it saying one word shook her very core.
Yang stood up but watched in fear as the monster just walked passed her.
Pyrrah looked over at Jaune who seemed to stare at the screen expressionless. She was shocked herself of course but she wondered one thing even more. "Where am I?!" they needed her right now! Jaune, Ren, and even Yang!
The Hound pauses and lays Oscar on the ground. it's back pulsing and it begins morphing again. Several cracks could be heard as it twitched and howled. The three Huntsman did nothing but watch, still in shock. With a final roar, black ooze erupts from it's back to reveal wings. One such drop falls on Oscar's face.
Ozpin grimaces. He's gotten used to the horrors of Grimm over the centuries however this was something new even to him.
Ironwood clenched his chair's armrest while Glynda shook with her mouth slightly agape. They've heard stories from Ozpin and even experienced some themselves... But this? It was unimaginable. Her sights then lowered to the children sitting in shock on the floor. "And they're supposed to deal with this?!"
It grabs Oscar with it's mouth, before running up a building and using it to take off into the skies.
Jaune blinked. "I- it's... It's getting away!"
Ren apparently snaps out of it first and runs towards where the Grimm was, passed Yang who was still staring up frozen. However the Hound was already too far and only gaining distance.
Yang clenches her fists and punches the ground. "Dammit!" her eyes turned red. Watching herself standing there in shock made her feel so... Useless.
Their coms beeped. "Kids, what's your status. West side's taking damage." Yang lifted her finger to the earpiece but didn't say anything yet.
Ren turned around to view his two teammates. "What do we do?!" he asked in a panicked voice.
Ren leaned forward even with Nora holding onto him. "Do anything!" he shouted to his counterpart. It was uncharacteristic of him to raise his voice like that but no one cared to note that right now.
Yang lowered her hand and turned to Jaune. His eyes slowly widened but it seemed he finally snapped out of the shock aswell and lowered his hands onto his bike. Both Yang and Ren ran back to their hovor bikes and got on too.
Jaune released a breath. "Finally, it looks like we're moving." he said. Though Pyrrha continued to watch the screen nervously. They were moving, yes. But towards more danger.
Another ring from the coms. "Kids, what's your status?" they seemed a bit more worried after not recieving an answer the first time.
Yang finally responded while the three of them drove off towards the flying Hound. "We've got an emergency, we're not gonna make it."
The voice then sounded confused and concerned. "What? What kind of emergency?"
Yang was looking up towards the sky where the Hound was in flight. "You wouldn't believe me if I told you." she said and lowered her finger off the ear piece.
The scene then shifts upward to show they're right on the Hounds tail.
The video paused. Everyone turned towards Weiss who was holding the remote with both hands, shaking.
Ruby looked concerned. "... Weiss?"
The heiress took a deep breath and placed the remote on the ground. "I just... Need a minute."
Blake looked towards the ground. "I... think we all do."
There was a deafening silence. It lasted a couple minutes as everyone used it to calm their nerves. Including the three adults in the room.
They started to calm down... Well, as best they could anyway. They were no longer in shock at the very least.
Yang sighed. "So... Talking Grimm..."
Ruby nodded. "Yu-p." she made a popping sound with the 'p'.
Blake took a deep shaky breath while Weiss lifted the remote back up and hit the center button to see how much of the video was left. "There's still more... We're only about half way through."
Nora cleared her throat and nervously laughed. "Ehehe... Do uhm... We really want to keep watching?"
A few of them tensed up, not really knowing what to say. A few moments passed and Ironwood was about to open his mouth and speak but was promptly shushed by Ozpin who lifted his hand up to stop him.
"I wonder what their answer will be."
Yang shrugged. "I feel like we already saw the worst of it, who knows, maybe we manage to chase it down and save.. Uhm... The kid."
"Oscar." Ren said and they turned to him. He was looking rather upset. "His name's Oscar." Nora placed her hand on his shoulder again. She could tell he was upset.
Though not knowing the kid yet, Ren could tell they had some kind of friendship... Losing someone like that couldn't have felt good. He could tell just from his own expressions.
Yang looked down. "... Right. Oscar."
"I'm going to keep watching." Weiss said and grabbed everyone's attention. "Atlas is my home, I need to know what happens to it."
Jaune nodded. "I want to see what happens next too. Losing... Er... Oscar like that, I need to know if we save him or not."
Ruby smiled. "Yeah! It's our job to help people. If we figure out what's wrong through this video, then maybe we can fix it!" she looked at the others who haven't answered and saw them nod their heads slowly. All except for Blake.
Ruby looked concerned. "Blake?"
She sighed. "I- I don't know Ruby. This all seems... Either farfetched or... Just crazy. How do we know this isn't some weird trick?"
"It's not."
Everyone turned their heads towards the voice. It was Ozpin. He was watching the students with a very serious expression.
Ruby looked at her friends who also seemed confused then back at Ozpin. "What do you mean? Do you know what this is?"
Ozpin shook his head. "No. Not exactly, but... The things you're seeing are... Unfortunately possible. I wouldn't be surpised if it really was our future..."
Yang's eyes narrowed. "What do you mean? If you know something then-"
Ozpin lifted his hand up to silence Yang. "Relax Miss. Xiao-Long. I'll explain everything. But for now, let's finish the video shall we?"
Yang seemed to accept the answer and relaxed while Ironwood and Glynda turned to Ozpin in shock. Goodwitch leaned over to whisper "They're just children. You can-"
Ozpin shook his head and whispered back before she could finish. "They've seen too much already, if we don't tell them they will search out answers on their own."
Blake looked away, back at the screen in thought. "O- okay... For now, I'll keep watching."
Ruby smiled and looked at Weiss who still held the remote. "Hit it!" the heiress nodded and hit the play button again.
Jaune, Yang, and Ren are driving their hover bikes across the tundra just outside Mantle, following the flying Hound up into a rocky chasm.
Nora pumped her fist in the air. "Yeah! Get 'em!"
Jaune looked up and around the area. "It's going to lose us in these mountains! We can't keep up!" he yelled out to the other two.
Ren's bike starts shaking, and he looks at the frost-covered display, to find its engine is losing integrity. "I don't know how much longer these bikes can stand the cold."
Blake sighed. "That's not good. Even if they catch it I doubt their return trip to Mantle will go smoothly.
The others continue to watch the screen nervously.
The camera zooms to Yang who glances back at the two of them then up at the Hound. "I'm really wishing one of us could fly right now."
Weiss sighed. "Now's not the time for jokes, Yang!"
Yang rolled her eyes. "I know that! I- I'm probably just nervous."
Ruby flinched. She didn't like it when her sister was nervous. That meant things were really bad!
Jaune's eyes dart around in thought and sparked as he thinks of an idea. "Wait, hold on!" he deploys the shield on his arm and hits the brakes on his bike, moving back to drive parallel with Ren. "Ren, going to get you up there."
Weiss looked at the screen skeptically. "Huh? How are you going to do that?"
Nora waved her hand in the sky. "Ooo! Ooo, he's gonna ram him with his bike and send him flying up there!"
Pyrrha chuckled. "How about we just watch..."
Jaune lifts his shield up, and Ren leaps from his hoverbike, causing it to fumble in the snow, to land on Jaune's shield. Jaune charges the Gravity Dust in his shield and blasts Ren toward The Hound. As he flies through the air, Ren launches one of StormFlower's blade cables and wraps it around The Hound's hind leg.
Ruby's eyes sparkled at the new display. "Awesome! Gravity dust shield blasts!" she turned and looked at Jaune. "I didn't know your shield could do that!"
Jaune looked down and scratched behind his head. "Uh... It can't."
Yang grinned. "Well it will! Nice shot!"
The Hound looks back at Ren then grunts.
Yang sees Ren latch onto the Hound. "Nice!" she then highfives Jaune, causing him to briefly lose balance on his bike. The Hound begins flying more erratically, slamming Ren against cliffs.
Many of the viewers flinched upon seeing Ren slam into the cliffsides.
Yang hits her coms. "Okay, not so nice!"
"He's slowing it down!" Jaune shouts then also hits his coms. "Hold on Ren!"
Ren is currently desperatly trying to hang on to his gun. "I don't have much of a chooooice!" he shouted while running along the cliff walls. He's then flung along for a ride while the Hound tries to shake him off.
Blake shivers. She got the feeling that if her team was there instead of theirs, she would be the one desperatly trying to hold on and getting slammed into cliffs.
But then Ren shoots his other blade cable, wrapping it around a boulder to further slow The Hound. Both Jaune and Yang use this opportunity to further close the distance.
Yang grins once more. "Alright!"
However, the Hound suddenly pulls up, causing the cable to come loose from the boulder, with the blade zipping past Yang and Jaune. "Wha!" they both flinch out of the way.
She deflated. "Dammit! Can't this thing just sit still?!"
Blake sighed. "It's intelligent... Trying to catch a flying Grimm that wants to get away... I don't think it's possible."
Weiss' eyes narrowed. If her sister was there then she could catch it easily.
The Hound slams Ren onto the ground and against pillars, continuing on its way through the chasm. Yang spots an incline to her left and drives up it onto a cliff parallel to the Hound, where she begins shooting it in the head.
Ruby cheers. "Nice shot! Keep them up!"
The Hound lowers Oscar from its mouth into its hands and flies faster, leaving Yang confused. It then lets out a loud roar, and the earth begins trembling before a horde of Centinels emerge from the ground, cliffs and archways. Along with a guitar solo.
Just like last time Weiss goes wide-eyed. "Again, WHAT?!"
The others seemed to have similar expressions.
Yang opened her mouth to speak but only stuttered. "D- did it just..."
Yang looks around at all the Centinels and looks confused. "Did it just call for... Backup?"
Yang sighs. "Yeah, that."
She didn't have long to think it over though as a Teryx tries to swoop in and strike her. However she expertly ducks and weaves away on her hovorbike, turing in the process to drive over an archway.
"This is crazy!" Nora shouts.
Down below, Jaune slashes a Centinnel in half as he passes it. 'Here comes another nightmare.' Then bashes another with his shield. Another fever dream. He continued this multiple times making sure nothing was able to hit him. 'The war, it just wont stop.' All while a flock of Teryxes were on his tail. 'An end-less stream.'
Weiss flinched. "Are these... Lyrics? What is this, a tv show?!"
The others didn't know what to think either.
Despite all the craziness, Pyrrha can't help but notice Jaunes skills have improved tremendously! She always knew he had great potential and he's putting it to work now! Just like she's been teaching him, too. She smiled and looked in his direction however he was focused solely on the screen.
Ren continues to hold onto StormFlower's cable, which has been detached from the gun. 'But this is not subconcious, we're not imagining.'
Jaune blinks. "Actually, these lyrics really describe what I'm thinking and feeling right now..."
Ruby nodded in agreement. "Yeah... It's like we're watching something impossible but... It's not."
Ren watches what is happening on the ground, then looks up at the Hound, seeing Oscar pale and unconscious in its arms. 'We're wide awake, this is real-i-ty.' Ren holsters his second gun and begins pulling himself along the cable toward The Hound. 'Our world, lost without a soul.'
Nora smirked. "Yeah, get 'em Ren!" she cheered though the others seemed hesitant. Everything's gone wrong so far so why wouldn't this too?
'Losing all control.' Jaune cut another Centinnel in half but then a different one spits acid onto the engine of Jaune's hoverbike. 'I'm get-ting clos-er!' It caused his hovorbike to falter and he looked down to see the engine integrity was lowering.
Blake shrinks down a bit while watching and listening to this music. It was so... Horrible, like someone on the verge of snapping... Is this what they'll be feeling in the future?
As she zips across a stone arch above, Yang calls out to him. "Jaune!" he could hear her shout. He looked up at her but then glanced behind him to see apair of Centinnels twist around each other, heading straight for Jaune from behind. 'Every night it's just another dose of tourture!' He sheathes his sword and leaps from his bike, then uses his shield's Gravity blast to bounce off a Centinnel's head onto a stone arch. He tucks, rolls and teeters on the opposite edge before Yang drives by and grabs him, swinging him onto the back of her bike.
Everyone was too engrossed in the action and music to say anything. All just simply absorbing what information they could from the video. However it didn't stop their minds from thinking.
Blake for her part was still shaken and upon hearing the word 'torture' in the lyrics only made it worse.
Weiss for her part was trying to find other meanings for things in the song lyrics. Being a singer herself she knew there was wordplay at times but... Honestly, with everything going on in the video she could only think that the lyrics were rather literal in terms of their emotional state.
Yang drives off the arch and onto a cliff, where a group of Centinnels burrow up from the ground ahead of her. 'Better cover up your eyes cause when the sky is fall-ing!' She accelerates and expertly dodges past them, only for a Teryx to land up ahead. 'Can't outrun the ruin of our lives!' Jaune pulls out a shield device and activates and tosses it. 'We would pass it in the end, the final days are com-ing.'
"Huh? What's that?" Jaune mumbles.
The device bumps into a boulder before deploying its Hard-Light shield, and Yang rams the shield with her bike, causing it to lean against the boulder and form a ramp. 'More. Than. No-ow~' The bike is sent flying over the Teryx's head in slow motion before it can stop them.
Ruby gasps. "That is so cool!"
There are two Centinnels behind the Teryx, and Yang fires Ember Celica just before landing, sending the bike into a spin and hitting one of the Centinnels with the engine. Before she can regain control, the bike slams into a rock. The engine begins smoking, and a tank on the side of the bike begins leaking a glowing purple material.
Ren frowns. "No..."
Yang continues driving, dodging and speeding past Grimm on her way out of the chasm. 'Sky~ Is~ Fall-ing~ down~' She and Jaune sigh in relief, but when they look in front of them, their eyes widen with the realization that they are driving straight toward a sheer cliff.
Ruby stands up panicked "Look out!"
Yang turns the bike, and it topples over, sending her, Jaune and the bike tumbling along the ground. 'The music abruptly stops.' The bike slams into a boulder, while Yang and Jaune continue rolling toward the cliff. In an attempt to prevent their fall, Jaune stabs his sword into the ground while holding onto Yang's hand, only for him and Yang to fall over the edge, screaming.
Everyone widens her eyes. "No!" Ruby shouts.
Pyrrha gasps and subconciously grabs onto Jaune's arm as if trying to stop him from falling.
The scene then shows both Jaune and Yang holding onto each others hand while falling down the cliff in slow motion, both wide eyed with panic.
Yang slouches. "Is- is this it? Is this how I d- die?"
Jaune gritted his teeth. He didn't know what his future self's accomplished so far... But dying from falling off a cliff? That... That couldn't be right.
Nora then grabs Rens shoulders from behind and starts shaking him violently. "REN DO SOMETHING!"
As if on cue, Ren suddenly appears in the air above them, firing StormFlower's cables. One cable wraps around Jaune's sword, and the other wraps around Jaune's leg.
Nora lifts both her hands up in the air. "YEAH!"
Yang released a breath and started to almost gasp for air. While Pyrrha relaxed her grip on her partner. "That was far too close..." she thought and looked up at him to see him relax. But then he turned to look at Pyrrha who was still holding on to him.
The champion blinked into his eyes and a red blush spread across her cheeks. She quickly let go and backed away a bit. "S- sorry. I just... Uhm..." a slight blush appeared on his cheeks too from the sudden contact. "Its... Fine, I get it."
She sighed. "Right."
A Teryx flies toward Ren, but he activates his Semblance, hiding himself, Yang and Jaune. The Teryx passes by harmlessly. An army of Centinnels and Teryxes arrive at the top of the cliff, only to turn and leave when they fail to sense anyone. Once it is safe, Ren deactivates his Semblance and looks into the distance to see the Hound flying towards a giant Grimm whale in the sky.
Weiss paused it and looked confused. "What is THAT?" she asked and pointed at the screen. The Grimm whale, while being in the background, was obviously gargantuan in size. It was beside mountains in the distance and was still perfectly visible!
Ruby squinted her eyes. "It... It looks like... A whale? A Grimm whale?"
Ren released a breath. "Just... Just what are we up against here?" he wondered aloud and Nora hummed sadly beside him.
Glynda meanwhile looked at Ozpin nervously. If that child really was his next incarnation... Then he was just captured by Salem. She placed a hand on his shoulder. "Ozpin... Are you-"
"It's fine Glynda." he answered before she could ask. Though Ironwood shook his head. "No. It's not fine. This is all... Wrong."
Though Ozpin simply sighed. "We'll just handle it one step at a time. For now, we finish this video. After that we talk the the students. Then after that... We figure something out."
"Anyway-" Ruby began and turned around, still standing. "That was amazing! You guys were great!" she cheered. However Yang, Jaune, and Ren all sighed and looked away. Ruby blinked. "Wh- what's wrong? You guys were awesome out there!"
Yang shook her head. "Ruby. We lost." she said and stood up to face her sister. "That crazy Grimm took... Took..."
"Oscar." Ren answered and Yang continued- "Oscar and we couldn't do anything but drive around fighting it's... lackys"
Ruby visibly deflated a bit. Blake looked up at Yang. "She's just trying to cheer you up. You know that."
Yang sighed. "Yeah but..."
She didn't finish as Jaune actually answered for her. "We don't want praise where we don't deserve it..."
Ren nodded and looked at the ground. "Our friend, whoever he is, is gone. Taken by... Whoever this 'Salem' person is. We failed." he clenched his fists. It was rare that Ren felt this kind of anger but... Losing a friend? Watching himself, future or not, be unable to do anything... It was frustraiting to say the least.
Ruby whimpered and sat back down in a slump. She just wanted everyone to be a bit more positive. But... Apparently that was off the table.
Pyrrha smiled though. "There's still a bit more, let's see how it ends. Maybe it will be on a high note?" she said though no one seemed to believe her.
Weiss shrugged and hit play for the video to continue.
In the mountainous tundra, Yang gathers up nuts and bolts while Ren does nothing and Jaune waves his Scroll in the air in search of a signal. "I repeat, if anybody can hear me..." Jaune looks over at the crashed hoverbike, which has a trail of the leaked purple material in the snow leading to the damaged tank and sighed. "We need transport back to Mantle."
Blake sighs. "I knew it. You're all stuck out there now..."
Some time later, the three are trekking through the tundra, with Ren leading and Jaune pushing the hoverbike. The sun is beginning to set, and it is snowing. Yang is using her Scroll to keep an eye on their Aura levels. Jaune's is at 42% but then lowers to 40%. Yang's and Ren's meters turn from yellow to red as Yang's drops from 34% to 32% and Ren's goes from 33% to 31%.
Pyrrha gasped. "That's not good! Aura can defend against climate but it's a constant stress. You need to get into cover."
Yang rolled her eyes. "I'm sure we know that, kinda hard in a winter wasteland like this though..."
Yang lowers her scroll. "We need to get out of this weather before the cold drops our auras completely. How much farther to the outpost?" she looked up towards Ren.
Yang smiled. "See, there's apparently a place we can rest up."
With an angry expression, Ren remains silent.
Yang narrowed her eyes.
Yang doesn't relent though and asks again. "Ren, how much-"
"I don't know." he answered abruptly, cutting her off.
"Uh-oh." Ruby mumbled, knowing where this was going. Ren though widened his eyes in suprise of his own response.
Yang looks back at Jaune, who shrugs. She quickens her pace to catch up with Ren. "I thought you said you saw it when you were up in the air." she asked with a hint of confusion.
Ren continued facing forward. "I did. Before I had to cut myself loose to help you guys." he jabbed.
Nora blinked. "Ooo... Sassy Ren. This is new~" she giggled a bit and looked up at her partner who seemed to feel offput by his counterparts attitude.
Yang uncomfortably brings her hand to the back of her head, then lowers it as she speaks. "Yeah... You've brought that up a couple times now. Something you need to say?"
"Took the words right outta my mouth." Yang grumbled and glanced at their Ren briefly. They locked eyes but Ren looked away.
Ren shakes his head. "Not really, wouldn't want to waste anymore time." he said and quickened his pace to walk away from Yang to end the conversation.
Yang scoffed. "Tch..."
While Weiss rolled her eyes. "Are you guys seriously going to fight? So immature."
Nora then pointed a finger at the heiress. "Hey, they're under a lot of stress. Back off. I don't see you there."
Weiss narrowed her eyes at Nora and was about to speak before Ruby covered her mouth. "Let's just keep watching and not have two fights happen at the same time... Please?" she squeaked that last part and Weiss relented. Pushing her hand away she huffed. "Fine, whatever."
Yang stops with a small gasp. Annoyed, she catches up with him again. "Hey! What is your deal?" she asks and steps in front of Ren, stopping him.
Ren has a somewhat emotionless expression on his face now. "Don't worry about it."
Yang shook her head. "Oh, that's not gonna fly, buddy."
Ren sighed.
Yang wasn't having it though. Crossing her arms she spoke. "Well, I'm sorry things aren't going smoothly enough for you."
Jaune stops now. "Guys-" it fell on deaf ears as they cut him off, continuing.
Ren now swung his arms to the side lightly. "They're not going smoothly at all."
Ren's eyes widened. Usually he has good control over his emotions but this... It was the exact opposite.
"I hate to break it to you, but that's part of being a Huntsman." she answered.
Ren then looked genuinly perplexed. "Are you kidding?! We don't know the first thing about being Huntsmen. We clearly weren't ready."
Pyrrha seemed worried now. She's known Ren for a while and he's never shown so much frustraition before. If she was just there with them, maybe she could have helpped but... Perhaps she was with the others helping them with something.
Jaune now takes a couple steps towards them. "Guys, Stop it." it was an order that went ignored.
Nora gasped. "Ooo, You guys are ignoring orders from your leader~ Spicy."
Ren sighed and looked down while Yang rolled her eyes. "Jaune is not my leader." she answered, turning towards Nora.
However the girl shrugged. "Hey, you're with him and he's a team leader while you'renot. Kinda makes him your leader right now don't ya' think?"
The blonde narrowed her eyes but just turns away, focusing more on the future fight she's having with Ren.
Yang began to get more aggressive in her posture. "Were we not ready when we saved Haven? When we took down a Leviathan? We got the Lamp to Atlas!"
Ruby's eyes widened. "Leviathan?!"
While Blake's eyebrow raised. "Lamp?"
Weiss though just questioned their destination. "Why Atlas?"
However Ozpin's clenched his jaw to stop himself from making a sound. "They know about the Lamp... Do they know about it's powers and Jinn as well? What about the other relics?"
Glynda and Ironwood looked at him nervously. It seemed their secrets weren't very secret in the future. If these three knew about it then it was safe to say the rest of their teams did.
Ren brought both his arms up towards Yang. "And then we lost it! And after that, when we had to make real decisions, we got every single one wrong!"
Blake frowned. "What's so important about a lamp?"
Yang seemed suprised by his response but continued on anyway. "I'm not going to pretend like we did everything perfectly, but if we'd done nothing, things would be even worse than they are now."
Yang nodded. "Yeah!" she agreed.
However Weiss just rolled her eyes. "Yang, you have no idea what they're talking about. None of us do."
But Yang just shrugged her shoulders. "Well what can I say? I trust myself. If she says things would have been worse, then they would be!"
Ren shook his head lightly. "How could they possibly be worse? We are stuck out here while Salem has the Lamp and Oscar. We've got no plan, no army." he pointed his index finger down to the ground for both his points.
Ozpin's eyes widened. "Salem has both my incarnate and the Lamp? That... Is not good."
Yang gestures towards Atlas in the background. "We've got the Maiden!"
Before he could even consider the trouble Salem could cause with the Lamps knowledge, he hears Yang speak of the Maiden. His mouth drops. Whatever doubt he had about what these kids knew, they were gone. In fact, it was safe to say they knew everything at this point.
Ruby cocks her head to the side. "Maiden? Like... A woman?"
Jaune shrugs. "Honestly, who knows at this point. I just hope these two will stop fighting."
Ren swings his fist down and turned to walk towards the city, lifting both his hands to gesture to it as he speaks. "And by keeping her from opening the Vault for Ironwood, we're just trapping the whole city for Salem!" He lowers his arms, staring at the city. "People are going to die. Because of us."
Ren's eyes widened and he clenched his fists. "No! No one's allowed to die. Especially not because of me..."
Nora watched his expression become pained and lowered her head. She didn't really know what to do for him right now.
Though Ironwood looked confused. The context meant they had the Winter Maiden. But why would they keep it away from him?
Glynda and Ozpin seemed to put that together aswell and looked over in his direction. However he simply shrugged.
Yang swings her arms to the side. "So what, we should just give Ironwood what he wants? Abandon Mantle?" she waved her arms in the air sarcastically "You think Atlas is still gonna be able to float to safety now that she's here?!"
Ruby chuckled a bit and glanced at Ironwood. "Ehehe... Uhm... I don't think us and Ironwood are on the same side..." she mumbled.
Weiss winced. "But... Winter's in the Atlas Military... Are... Are we enemies?" she took a deep breath. "No... No that can't be!"
Even more tension rose in the air and Ironwood's glare hardened at the screen. He didn't know what could make the sides swap so wildly.
Ren turns to Yang, throwing his fists down, and then walks back toward her as he speaks. "I don't know! But these aren't the kinds of decisions we should be making because we have no idea what we're doing!"
Yang rolled her eyes. "Oh, great. So even we're lost as to what's happening."
Jaune seemed to have enough of this "Okay both of you, cut it out." But just like last time, it went ignored.
Pyrrha smiled. Jaune's become such a good leader, it's not his fault his team is angry right now.
Ren then slowly walks towards Yang as he speaks. "I'm just saying what nobody else wants to. We're in way over our heads, Ruby is barely more than a kid"
Ruby frowned. "Hey! I'm not a kid!"
He was now inches away from Yang, getting in her face. "I'm just an orphan from the middle of nowhere-"
Jaune really wanted to stop this argument right now. "Ren, I-"
Ren turns to Jaune with an angry expression. "You cheated your way into Beacon!" he shouted so loud there was an echo in the tundra.
Jaune's eyes widened and his mouth fell open. "No way... No, no, no, no, no! Not like this!" he blinked and turned to see everyone looking at him now.
Weiss lifted the remote and paused it. "What was that? Is that true?!" she asked while her icy eyes glared at Jaune.
The false knight in question looks scared at first but the expression turns to sadness while he looks down at the ground. "... Yeah, it's true." he mumbled though everyone heard.
Pyrrha lifted her hand up and placed it on his shoulder. "Jaune, it's oka-"
"No it's not." Weiss cut her off. "Honestly, it all makes sense now. You're combat skills are pathetic and your knowledge about Huntsman has always been below average."
Jaune slumped further down as he heard his crush chastise him like that. However Pyrrha's eyes turned into a glare. "Don't say that. He tries harder than everyone else here!"
Weiss' eyes widened in suprise. "Don't tell me you're actually defending him?! Wait, did you know about this?!"
Pyrrha pauses for a moment before slowly nodding which only added to Weiss' frustraition. "Are you kidding me?! He's basically a civilian!"
Nora's had enough and stood up. "Hey! Stop talking like he's not right here!" she yelled at the heiress. Who again, was shocked Jaune was actually recieving defense.
Weiss rolled her eyes and stood up. "Oh you cannot be serious, you too?"
Ruby walked in between the two of them. "Okay, guys it's fine!"
Weiss shook her head. "No, it's no-"
"I faked my transcripts too."
Weiss' eyed widened and she turned towards the voice who was Blake, now standing and looking at her teammate. "What?!"
Jaune was also suprised and actually snapped out haze thinking he wasn't alone.
Blake shrugged. "I'm a faunus and a previous member of the White Fang. Does that really sound like I went to any combat school?"
Weiss thought for a moment. "W- well... No but... You can actually defend yourself... He's..." she looked down at Jaune but before she could say anything else Ozpin himself actually spoke up.
"If I recall correctly... You, Miss. Schnee didn't go to combat school either. Rather you were privatly tutored by your sister for half the time the others attended classes."
Weiss cleared her throat. "U- uhm... Well, you see..."
Yang chuckled. "Oho? So we've got three grade skippers here?"
Nora began to giggle as well and Pyrrha smiled toward Jaune. "It's fine Jaune, no one's upset with you."
He sighed and looked at Pyrrha then up at Blake. "Yeah... Thanks." though he then turned towards Ozpin. "Uhm... So does this... Uh..."
However Ozpin waved his hand. "Relax Mr. Arc. I knew at first glance your transcripts were forged." he revealed and everyone's eyes widened.
Weiss' shoulders sagged but Jaune ended up beating her to the question. "What? But then why did you let me in?"
Glynda could be seem hmphing and crossing her arms, obviously disagreeing with Ozpin's decision. However he ingored it and answered. "It's rare someone has the daringness to try and sneak their way into Beacon. I decided to give you a chance." he'd then gesture towards the screen. "And judging by your actions from what we've seen... I consider my decision to have been correct. In both allowing you to enter and being a leader"
Jaune couldn't help but smile and Pyrrha's grip on his shoulder tightened. "See? You're fine."
Weiss sighed. She couldn't really argue with that... He has suprised her with the recent video... Perhaps he's even become... Dare she say, competant. She sat down and looked towards the screen. "Okay, okay... Maybe I overreacted." she mumbled just enough so they could barely hear her.
Jaune chuckled. "No you didn't... Honestly, I kind of feel happy someone said it... 'Cause I always felt like I never belonged."
Ruby shook her head. "Jaune that's not true!"
Yang nodded. "Yeah, honestly sneaking your way into Beacon is kinda badass." she would say then glance on Blake and give her a grin aswell
The Faunus rolled her eyes and sat back down.
Jaune then turned and looked at Ren who didn't say a word this whole time. He wouldn't even look at him. "... Ren?" he asked nervously.
He flinched. "Jaune I'm..." he sighed and turned to look at him now. "I... Apologize for what I said..." his eyes glanced at the screen for a moment then back.
Nora glanced at him with a sad expression. She's never seen Ren showcase all these... These... Emotions! Now, she could always read him but these were off the charts!
Jaune released a breath and relaxed. "It... It's fine. Really, we're obviously under a lot of stress."
Ruby smiled. "Well, present day Jaune and Ren made up. So let's see future Jaune and Ren make up!" she said as if she knew they would.
Weiss sighed. "Alright... I'm going to start it again."
Ren turns to Jaune with an angry expression. "You cheated your way into Beacon!" he shouted so loud there was an echo in the tundra.
Yang's eyes widen, and her mouth drops open. As does Ren's eyes. They stand in silence for a few moments, until Ren relaxes his shoulders and gains a regretful expression. He looks away from Jaune, frowning.
Ruby smiled. "See! He feels bad already!"
It wasn't exactly comforting though. Meanwhile Yang saw her own expression and wondered if she knew about this already or not. Did anyone? Pyrrha said she knew, Ren obviously did from the outburst and if he knew then Nora definitally did.
Jaune stares wide-eyed, then lowers his gaze with a frown. "You don't think we should be Huntsmen, fine, but I'm getting out of the cold." Jaune resumes pushing the hoverbike, walking past Ren while Yang watches him sorrowfully as he does. "We've still got a job to do."
Weiss blinked in suprise. "Wow... You... Actually handled that extremely well."
Jaune stiffened and scratched the back of his head. "Really..? Eheh... Thanks."
Yang then frowns and turns to Ren. "Seriously, is your goal just to push everyone away?" she asks then starts to follow Jaune.
Nora frowned and Blake voiced what she didn't-
"I'm... Starting to feel like our teams are jumbled up because we're not getting along..."
Many of them frowned. Ruby seemed to take it the worst. She hated when people fought, especially friends, especially her friends!
Ren clenches his fists angrily, obviously regretting what he said.
Ren sighs. He didn't like seeing himself like this.
The scene changed and night has begun, and there is heavy snowfall over the Mantle tundra. Inside an abandoned outpost, Jaune hits a furnace until it lights up. Ren is staring out of a window with his arms crossed.
Jaune sighs. "You're right, Ren. I… I did cheat my way into Beacon." As he speaks, Jaune stands up and walks over to Ren, standing beside him. And I'm glad that I had people around me to help me see that I was bigger than that mistake. You've got people around you, too. You don't have to force yourself to be strong. The more you hide from what you're feeling, the more alone you're going to feel. Trust me."
Ruby grinned. A perfect response from a perfect leader! She began to giggle.
Pyrrha placed a hand to her chest while listening to what Jaune had to say. It sounded like he's got it all figured out. He's already moved passed his insecurities and accepted it all! She smiled at his strong will.
Weiss on the other hand frowned. What Jaune just said his a bit too close to home. Most of what she's done in her life his hide her true feeling which had to do with her family and duty... She couldn't help but wonder if she was the same person she is now as she is in the future. "Where am I? What am I doing while they're dealing with... This."
Jaune though, he just blinked at his future self. They were so much... So much... More. More than he thought he could be, honestly. It was a strange sense of pride yet... Also jealousy. He was actually envious of his future self. How screwed up was that?
Ren glances at Jaune, then uncrosses his arms and walks out of the small building, shoving the door open. Yang is standing by the door, having just returned, and she sadly watches Ren leave. She holds up a purple canister. "If anyone cares, I found a part to fix the bike. So, yay. Good news." She walks over to a workbench, and Jaune turns back to the window to watch Ren sit down beneath a lamp post. "For what it's worth, I'm sorry he said that to you. I know you've had to work hard to get here, Jaune."
Pyrrha smiled. "Perhaps they all knew already and still accepted him?" Yang didn't seem too shaken by the reveal, plus she's trying to support him.
Jaune continued to look out the window at Ren but then turned to Yang. "We're all under a lot of stress right now. I used to push people away too."
Pyrrha and Nora sighed, remembering when Jaune was hanging out with Cardin. Pyrrha even had the job of trying to convince Jaune that needing help every once and a while was okay... But it all worked out in the end. In fact, he's become a better leader because of it!
Yang turns to the workbench and begins using a wrench to put the canister inside a piece of the hoverbike. After a bit, she pauses. "Do you… think she thinks less of me… for not helping out with Amity?"
Ironwood's eyed widened. "Amity? They even know about that?! How deep are these kids?"
Jaune tried to reassure Yang and stepped forward. "Ruby is your sister, she's always going to love you even if you disagree with each other."
Ruby seemed to stiffen upon hearing their name. It was obvious they had some kind of argument now. She turned towards Yang. "I do! I don't care what it is!"
Yang just chuckled. "Yeah... I know, don't worry so much." she said and hooked an arm around her sister.
But she glanced towards the screen suspicous. "Why would I worry if Ruby was mad at me? She never holds a grudge..."
Yang's face tensed up and slowly turned without fully facing Jaune. "Yeah. Ruby..." she mumbled. Yang resumes fixing the bike part.
Jaune stares at her for a moment before sighing and lies down in one of the bunk beds. "I need to get some sleep, but I can't stop thinking about Oscar."
Yang puts the wrench down and walks over to the window. "Go on. I'll make sure Ren doesn't brood himself to death out in the cold."
Ren sighed and Nora let out a light giggle.
Now laying in the bed, Jaune relaxed his head back. Thanks. "I just have a bad feeling. Things always seem to get worse before they get better."
The camera moved down the hill from the outpost and a fair distance away, the ground has begun cracking and noises can be heard beneath it. Suddenly, the cracks lengthen and then expand.
The video then ends and the screen becomes static.
"Oh boy..." Yang mutters. None of them knew what that was about.
Everyone blinked and faced each other. There was silence at first. Probably trying to think of what to even say.
Weiss coughed into her fist. "Ahem..." she said and turned towards Jaune. "I..." she sighs. "I apologize for my outburst earlier... It was..." her eye twitched. "Wrong of me."
Jaune blinked. "Oh... Uh... Y- yeah. It's fine, really."
Ren then looked at Yang. "I would also like to apologize... I don't know what's happening, but I shouldn't have taken it out of you."
Yang sighed. "It's fine, really. Just... In the future, let it all out you know? You don't have to bottle everything up."
Ren's eyes narrowed and he looked downward but made a light nod.
Ruby smiled widely. "See? We're all friends! The bestest of friends!"
Blake couldn't help but smile a bit.
However Yang turned to Ozpin. "Yeah... Now, as for that explaination?" she asked.
Ozpin took a deep breath. "Very well... But first let me ask you... What's your favorite fairy tale?"
