Round 1
At long last the moment has finally arrived, the long awaited Vytal Festival Tournament has officially begun, hundreds of screaming fans are watching with anticipation as they wonder which students will make it to the end and be declared this year's winner.
Carlos: COME ON!!!! GO TEAM RWBY!!!!
*HONK* *HONK*
Jonathan: Enough with that stupid air horn already! You're gonna make me go deaf if you keep that up.
Carlos: Hey I can't help it if I get excited easily.
As we continued to watch the fight progress, both of us couldn't get the thought of what was to come out of our heads.
Jonathan: So, any ideas about what we should focus on since we're running out of time?
Carlos: Kind of, I have a feeling that we won't be able to stop Cinder from letting the Grimm invade Vale a second time so we better get to work on altering what little events we can get to if our curse doesn't stop us first.
Jonathan: Agreed. What did you have in mind.
Carlos: I was thinking that maybe you could hack into Penny before her match with Pyhrra happens, if she's offline than hopefully we can prevent her from competing which will hopefully prevent her from being destroyed since we can't stop Cinder from affecting the matchups.
Jonathan: Hmm, alright then. I can't guarantee that it'll work but I'll see what I can do. What about Mercury and Emerald though.
Carlos: I was thinking of us getting them away from Cinder somehow, but since they rarely travel alone that isn't going to be easy.
Jonathan: Right, I guess if anything we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. Hey before I forget I wanted to ask you about the abilities that a Maiden possesses. I know that Cinder has fire abilities and can fly but is there anything else we should be aware of?
As I continued to watch team RWBY fighting in front of everyone I couldn't stop seeing the images of Beacon getting destroyed and hoping that we would be prepared for one of our toughest experiences that we were soon to face.
Carlos: The Maidens are capable of incredible feats, while each one is related to specific season it doesn't necessarily limit them to what they can do. I'm sure Ozpin told you about some of their abilities right?
Jonathan: He did, he also mentioned that they don't need to access their aura in order to use their new abilities since it's separate from their semblance.
Carlos: True, they also possess several elemental abilities but Cinder seems more comfortable using fire as her main one. In the event one of us has to fight her we need to be prepared for anything and everything she might throw at us.
Jonathan: Alright, I'll make sure my armor is prepared for that. Anything else?
Carlos: Honestly I don't know. The full extent of their power hasn't been fully revealed, like I said just be ready for anything.
We then hear the buzzer go off as Blake had just knocked the first person from the opposing team out of the ring.
Carlos: YEAH GO BLAKE!! THAT'S MY GIRL!!!!
*HONK* *HONK*
Jonathan: Ugh, and just as we were having a little peace and quiet.
The match was starting to hit it's high point when the rest of team ABRN were now at a minor disadvantage, despite that they continued to fight as a solid unit but in the end were ultimately outmatched by team RWBY's ingenuity and coordination when all 3 remaining members were knocked out of the ring in a single move.
Carlos: THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!!! YES!!!
After their match ended we decided to meet up at the fair grounds to congratulate them on beating the first round, even though we knew they were going to win it was still pretty awesome to watch the fight live and in person.
Carlos: Congratulations girls, that was an awesome fight.
Ruby: Thanks, I was worried that you wouldn't make it in time to watch.
Carlos: Hey I wouldn't miss this for the world.
Weiss: Well now that we're all here how about we go and celebrate our victory with some food.
Jonathan: Don't have to ask me twice, let's eat.
As we made our way to grab a bite we ran into Emerald on the way as she seemed rather curious to who would be advancing to the doubles round.
Jonathan: Sorry but that's on a need to know basis, and you don't need to know.
Emerald: Aww come on, don't be like that.
Jonathan: Sorry but that's how it's gonna be, can't make it too easy for you. See ya.
As we left both Emerald and Mercury began discussing their plans for the next part of the tournament.
Mercury: So how are the new "friends".
Emerald: I hate them, especially that Stark kid. Now we don't know who's moving on.
Mercury: No big deal, it just makes things more interesting.
Not long after we quickly made it to the food stand run by the old man who seems to own every shop in Vale.
Yang: I'll have a bowl of the regular please.
Ruby: Oooh, I'll take the same.
Weiss: Do you have anything with a low salt... umm okay?
As it came time for the three of us to order we simply nodded and soon Old Man Shopkeep came back with three large bowls of noodles with different toppings; Blake had her fish, Jonathan got shrimp and I had pieces of well done steak. The smell was so good we all had the same starry eyed expressions on our faces except me and Blake were the only ones drooling. I was about to pull out some cash to pay for it all only for Weiss to bring out her credit card.
Yang: Aww Weiss what's the occasion.
Weiss: Consider it thanks for sending me into the doubles round and for Carlos giving us those beautiful necklaces the other day.
As nice as this moment was unfortunately for Weiss her card was denied and Blake tried sneaking away her food only for it to be taken away and for me to come to the rescue.
Carlos: Relax everyone, this one's on me.
Weiss: Oh you don't have to do that.
Blake: But he could!
As I payed we were soon joined by team JNPR and after eating our expressions ranged from content to full to straight up nauseous. As we took the time to talk to one another to let ourselves relax before the next set of fights Jonathan took me and Jaune to the side to discuss something very important with him.
Jonathan: Jaune we need to talk.
Jaune: What's up, is everything alright?
Carlos: Not exactly, in fact we have been meaning to talk to you about this for a while so please pay attention.
Jonathan: Listen, we all know that you have a thing for Weiss, but we want to tell you that it's not gonna happen so just give up already.
Jaune: What?!
Carlos: What Jonathan is trying to say is that Weiss is obviously not interested so you'd be better off looking elsewhere. Believe me it's painful to watch you keep this up only to get rejected at every turn.
Jaune: Well that's easy for you to say, you already have Blake so why can't I have that with Weiss?
Carlos/Jonathan: Because Pyhrra's in love with you idiot!
Jaune just froze at that statement, he kept looking at us and back to the others and we simply nodded to him to let him know we weren't lying about this.
Jaune: Are you guys serious?
Jonathan: Trust us, Pyhrra is completely head over heels in love with you. Every single time you tried to impress Weiss it hurt Pyhrra on the inside.
Carlos: But despite all that she still chose to support you. You were the first person to treat her like she was normal instead of a celebrity.
Jonathan: Listen, the reason why we told you is because she's our friend and we want her to be happy. We aren't telling you that you have to be with her, but at least think about it and maybe give her a chance before you lose that opportunity.
Jaune simply let that sink in as he made his way back to the others.
Carlos: You think we made the right choice in telling him?
Jonathan: Whether we did or not is all up to him, I just hope we can give Pyhrra a little happiness in case we can't save her.
As we made our way back to the others I hoped that Pyhrra would be able to have some quality time with Jaune before the fighting starts. As we regrouped with our friends I quickly gave Blake a peck on the cheek before wrapping an arm around her.
Blake: What was that for?
Carlos: Just wanted to remind myself how lucky I am to be with you. Also that I love you.
As she enveloped me in a hug all the girls began saying how adorable this was. Soon team JNPR left for the stadium as we followed them to watch, hopefully I didn't have to resort to sneaking my way back in again otherwise I might just go back to my dorm.
