RWBY: Lost and Forgotten

(Blake hides her ears but Chrome does not)

Chapter 7

Chrome

Walking through the forest, I kept a lookout for any of the other students, but mostly I was keeping an eye out for Blake.

Hearing a branch snap, I quickly drew one of my swords and turned towards the source. The bush the noise came from rattled before a girl walked through it, almost tripping but keeping her balance. She pushed her black hair out of her eyes before brushing off her sleeves. She brushed off her pant legs before standing up straight, and that's when I noticed a tail wagging back and forth behind her.

Noticing me standing there, she looked up and our eyes met. "Oh, uh, hi?" she waved.

"Hi." I put my sword back in its sheath. The two of us just stood there, not really sure what to say.

"So...we're teammates?" the girl asked.

"Guess so." I turned back and continued heading deeper into the forest. The girl jogged up next to me.

"Seeing as how we're teammates, what's your name?" she asked.

"Chrome." I answered.

"Nice name." she placed her hands behind her back as we walked. "I'm Maya."

"Hm."

"You're not...a sociable type, are you?" she asked. I kept silent as we walked through a few more bushes. "I guess that's a 'yes'?"

As we walked, I heard another branch snap and quickly turned towards the source, placing my hand on my weapon. Waiting a few seconds, I took a step towards the bush the sound came from. As I approached, a low growl hummed from the bush.

I gently moved the bush with my free hand and was immediately greeted with a Grimm growling at me. Before I could react, the Grimm pounced on me.

Pinning my right arm to the ground, I pressed my left hand against it's muzzle as it snapped its jaws at me.

Suddenly, the Grimm went limp and started to turn to dust. Maya walked around me with her spear in hand and held her free hand out to me. "Thanks." I accepted her help up.

She smiled as she placed her spear on her back. "Glad I could be of help."

"Alright." I brushed myself off. "Let's get going."

Continuing our walk through the forest, the only thing we heard was the sound of the leaves crunching under our feet. Pushing our way through another bush, we came to an open field with a few ruins in the middle. "This might be it." Maya said.

"Most likely." we walked into the ruins and saw two chess pieces on display.

"Chess pieces?" Maya asked as she picked up the white bishop piece.

"Yeah, and it looks like we're the last few to get here." I replied. Looking at the last chess piece, it was also a white bishop.

"Well, I guess we should be-" hearing something coming from the forest, I held my hand up to silence her. "What is it?"

Closing my eyes to try and focus on the sound, I could just make out the sound of footsteps running. Looking towards the forest, two people ran out of the brush as if something was trying to kill them.

The two rushed towards the ruins and hunched over, out of breath. "Nicci!" Maya shouted, grabbing the girl and pulling her into a hug. Nicci had fox ears and looked a bit like Maya so, I assumed they were related.

Nicci pried Maya's arms off of her. "D-Dea-" she couldn't say anything without gasping for breath.

"What's going on?" I asked them. The guy turned back and I saw a Deathstalker push a few trees out of its way before continuing towards us. "A Deathstalker?!"

"We have to get out of here!"

"Sure, but where exactly do we go?" Maya asked. "The bridge is out."

"And that thing is blocking our path." I added, reaching behind me and grabbing my twin swords.

The Deathstalker quickly approached us. Maya and the other two all drew their weapons. Nicci had a spear/rifle hybrid and the guy had two pistols with blades under the barrels.

Once the Deathstalker got closer, it brought its stinger back and tried to stab at us. We all got out of the way and I quickly rushed towards it, stabbing my swords into its tail. The Deathstalker pulled its stinger back, bringing me with it.

As I held on, the giant Grimm started flinging its tail around, trying to shake me off. After a few seconds, my weapons gave out and I was flung off the Deathstalker and into the wall off the ruins.

Slowly getting to my feet, I saw the others fighting the Grimm. The Deathstalker pulled its stinger back for another strike. "Look out!"

The three of them looked up and quickly got out of the way as the stinger sunk into the ground. Seeing my chance, I pulled the lever on my sword and flung the blade at it, seeing the blade sink into its stinger.

Using my semblance, I used a glyph to have a series of icicles fall on top of the Grimm. Calling my blade back to me, it reattached to the hilt.

"I don't think we're doing much damage." Nicci said.

Seeing the Deathstalker shake off the icicles, I pulled out a dust infused magazine and put it into my weapon. "Then we'll have to hit it harder!"

Glancing around at the others, I took a quick note of their weapons and how we could use them effectively. Slowly forming a plan, I turned back to the Deathstalker as it fully recovered from my attack.

"I got it! You three, get back!" I told them.

They all glanced at me but decided to do as I said. Running over to the Deathstalker, I got its attention and saw it bring its stinger back again.

As it plunged its stinger down, I rolled out of the way as I quickly created a glyph, engulfing the stinger in ice and keeping the Deathstalker still. Using another glyph to quickly regroup with the others, I told them my plan.

"You guys go it?" I asked. They all nodded. "Alright." the Deathstalker broke free from the ice.

Rushing back towards the Deathstalker I created two glyphs to the sides of me. Nicci and Maya each used a glyph to jump off of, stabbing their spears into the head of the Grimm as I knelt down.

Feeling the guy place his foot on my back, I stood up just as he leaped off, giving him the opportunity to slice at the connection point of the tail and stinger, weakening it. Jumping back, I pulled the levers on my swords and threw the blades at the connection point, cutting the stinger clean off.

Calling my blades back to me, I rushed over and slid under the Deathstalker's pincers as it swung at me, standing back up and impaling the Grimm in its eyes. Letting go of one of my swords, I focused on shoving the other further into the Grimm.

Feeling the weapon slide further in, the Deathstalker let out a shriek before collapsing and turning to dust.

Placing my foot on the Grimm, I ripped my sword free before placing my hands on my knees, out of breath from overusing my semblance. "You alright?" Maya asked.

"Yeah." I took a deep breath and picked up my second sword from where it lay. Sheathing my swords, we walked back to the ruins so Nicci and her teammate could retrieve their relic.

Once they did, we started heading back to Beacon Cliff.

An hour later

"Chrome Belladonna. Maya Redwood. River Smoke. And Nicole Redwood." the four of us stepped onto the stage as each name was called. "You four retrieved the white bishop pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team CRMN (Carmine). Led by, Chrome Belladonna!"

Me and my team all exchanged glances before turning around and heading back to our seats.

End of chapter 7