F3: Hello and welcome back to Sapphire Stars. When we left off Weiss and Star were about to head off toward an abandon mine outside of Vale City until accidentally bumping into someone. Could this someone be part of Star's past? Before we dive into this I'll get the disclaimers over with. First RWBY belongs to Rooster Teeth and Monty Oum. Also I only own the OC characters at this point. With that said Let's Rev It Up!
Volume 1-15: Reconnect.
As Weiss and Star headed toward the end of the city as they checked over there equipment to make everything was in working order.
"Okay that's everything." Star said as she retracted her staff. Weiss was checking over her gunblade making sure it would work properly for her.
"I'm ready too." Weiss said.
"Alright Weiss I'm going to warn you the moment we step out of the city there going to be grimm lurking about. Probably only Beowolves but still don't let you guard down for a second." Star reminded.
"Got it." Weiss said in agreement as the two ventured toward the outside of Vale City.
"Hopefully we can make it back before the days over otherwise I could be in some serious trouble." Star thought as they left the safety of Vale City into the woods ahead.
Luck seemed to be on their side for them as while they had to handle a few grimm here and their they weren't too difficult to handle. Weiss slash through another Beowolf with ease as she sliced its head clean off its shoulders as Star brought the sharpened claw down on another killing it instantly.
Star looked around to see if their were anymore of them before putting her weapon behind her back as she put it into standby position.
"Guess that's all of them for now. Yeah but we better get moving or more of them would show up. No doubt our little stunt might have attracted more of them." Weiss said.
"Yeah. How much further is this mine anyway?" Star asked.
"Its another twenty minute walk from here. We should be able to get their in time." Weiss said as the two push onward. However what Weiss failed to noticed that during their little fight with the Beowolfs that one of them managed to knick her in a certain spot on her back as a small stream of blood trickled down her back.
After fighting through some more grimm and walking for another twenty minutes they spotted the abandon mine up ahead.
"See I told you we would find it." Weiss said. However Star notice something up ahead that was near the mines entrance.
"Yeah and it looks like we have some company." Star growled.
"Huh? What do you..." Weiss said before getting a better look.
She noticed men in white and black uniforms with masks covering their eyes along with a symbol of a red wolfs head with three slash marks running through it.
"The White Fang? What are they doing here in an abandon mine?" Weiss questioned.
"Probably the same thing we were planning on doing. Their mining for dust as well, but that isn't usually what they do... unless." Star took a quick glance around and notice in a nearby tree the same ice cream lady she met in Coquina before she came to Beacon.
"Well well well... looks like she's here." Star replied.
"She? She who?" Weiss asked.
"That girl over their in the tree she and them invaded Coquina in Vacuo sometime ago before I came along and put it on hold." Star replied.
"So what do we do now?" Weiss asked.
"These kinds of mines have backdoor entrances. That should keep us away from the White Fang for the meantime. Lets circle around and head in that way." Star replied as they carefully sneaked around to the back entrances of the mine.
However unknown to them the same person they ran into was hot on their tail and carefully watching them more particularly Star. He also noticed a small trickle of blood below him as the trail lead toward the other girl Star was with.
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After about ten minutes of sneaking toward the back they managed to find the back way into the mines as they entered. Once they got in they were met with quite a sight.
The room in the mines had a deep purple hue to it as the dust in the walls seem to glow causing the dust to sparkle. There was a mixture of all types of dust in the mine when they got in as Star and Weiss stared at it the an awestruck look.
"Wow this place is amazing." Star replied.
"I know right. I told you this place still has some dust that hasn't been mined yet." Weiss smiled.
"Guess your right. Let's start digging. The quicker we get this done the quicker we're away from the White Fang." Star said as they both began to dig.
About ten minutes into it Weiss was digging on another side near the entrance when she noticed something on the ground. A pair of large print on the ground that it looked like it had big feet and sharp claws that dug into the ground.
"Um... hey Star you might want to take a look at this." Weiss said calling her over.
"Yeah what is it?" Star asked as she came over to see what Weiss was looking at as she noticed the large print in the ground.
Using her tracking skills that she'd picked up from her school she carefully traced the indent in the ground before taking a little bit of the dirt and licking it.
Star spat in out before she replied "Looks to be brand new but has been here a bit. Thirty... no probably an hour old at the least." Star replied.
"How can you tell?" Weiss asked.
"When you have to track down a grimm you have to know where its been before you know where its going. From this print it looks like it has been here not too long ago." Star finished.
"An Ursa maybe?" Weiss replied.
"No. Ursas claw marks would be more spread out. These are more closer than they should be." Star replied which made her worry a bit.
Just then they heard a roar echo outside the mine as they also heard gun shooting from it.
"Crap! C'mon lets go!" Star ordered as she ran outside with Weiss hot on her heels.
They got to front of the mines and noticed a grim that Weiss has haven't seen.
It was large and it had wings on its back with bony like armor around its torso and back. Its head is that of a lions with a black furred mane with a bone like mask. Its paws had razor sharp claws that seemed to curve at the end for extra damage.
It has a long tail with bone like armor as well.
"You've got to be kidding me! A Manticore grimm." Star growled.
"I'm guessing you've fought something like this in Vacuo right?" Weiss said as she readied her gunblade.
"Yeah something like that." Star replied as she prepared her staff. She noticed the White Fang were getting taken out left and right by the grimm but the ice cream lady with her umbrella tried to fight it off as best as she could but barely even scratching it.
"C'mon let's give them some help." Star replied.
"What!? Why should we help them they're just a bunch of murders and thieves." Weiss added.
"Yeah but their also just people too! Doesn't mean they deserve something like this." Star countered back as she charged in at the grimm.
Weiss groaned as she went to help.
The grimm had managed to pin the girl down with its paw trapping her arm underneath it her umbrella discarded. The grimm opened its jaw about to make the girl below it its next meal.
However before it could it felt something hit the side of its skull sending it tumbling away from the girl.
"I thought I told you to not get into anymore trouble you know." Star said knowingly.
The girl only smirked at her as she got herself off the ground and retrieve her weapon.
The grimm got up from being knocked over and it wasn't happy that it was denied its meals as it roared at them. Weiss held her weapon at the ready.
"So any ideas of how we defeat this thing?" Weiss asked.
"Be careful of its long claws and its got wings that it uses to fly so that'll be another issue to deal with." Star replied.
"If we can keep it grounded we should be able to handle it." She added.
The girl nudged her a little bit "You want to help?" Star questioned.
The girl nodded in response. Star smiled at that "Alright but don't push yourself." Star replied.
"Okay lets go!" Star ordered as they charged at the grimm.
Weiss tried firing some shots from her gunblade but the grimm surprisingly used its wings to block the attack deflecting each one.
Star pole-volt over the grimm onto its back to try and slash at it with her staff. However the grimm felt her presence on it and started to shake her off as she held on.
"Whoa down boy! Down!" Star shouted trying to get a grip on the grimm.
The umbrella girl unsheathed the hidden blade at the end and started slashing at any weak spots on it but it only made the grimm angry as it spun around trying to wack them with its tail.
Weiss managed to avoid it but only just barely while the umbrella girl avoided it without issue.
Weiss breathed heavily trying to collect herself which made her wonder why.
"How am I breathing this hard? I should still be okay after taking out the beowolves. It couldn't have been digging in the mines we've barely even started on that. So what is it?" Weiss wondered as she watched Star trying to force the grimm to tip over.
However the umbrella took notice of something behind Weiss's back that a medium sized blood stain formed in the middle of her back and a small blood stain trail leading down the back as she saw blood drip from the edge of the jacket onto the grass below her.
She wondered with worry but before she could do anything Weiss jumped into the fray as she attacked one of the grimms wings cutting off some feathers.
"Alright now... it won't fly... away." Weiss breathed.
Star landed near her "Nice going. Now we can finish this..." Star began but then she noticed that the umbrella girl was pointing at mainly at Weiss's back.
Star glanced slightly at Weiss's back as she saw what the girl was pointing at.
"Weiss you're bleeding!" Star replied.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Weiss asked.
"I'm saying that you're hurt." Star countered.
"Funny I didn't feel anything like I've been hit. Probably one of the grimm managed to knick me or something and now all this fighting is making me lose more blood faster. Hence why I feel so winded." Weiss thought.
"I'll be fine." Weiss added.
"No you're not. That stain is only going to get bigger the more you fight. I'm sure me and her can finish it off." Star said.
However Weiss wasn't going to allow that "Look as long as I can still stand and hold my weapon I can still fight. I'm not going to be some damsel in distress from some stupid fairy tale. I'm going to keep fighting and that's that! Got it!" Weiss proclaimed.
Star was stunned by how Weiss wanted to continue going even with the injury that she had which only seemed to rethink her opinion about her.
"And here I thought she was some little princess waiting for a white knight to save her. She has some guts I'll give her that much." Star thought as she readied her weapon.
"Alright just don't make it any worse than it is okay." Star warned.
"Fine." Weiss said as she held her weapon at the ready.
The grimm roared at them as it finally was able to right itself from being toppled over.
"Here it comes again." Star replied as the others readied themselves. Weiss able to hold her weapon but her legs were shaking underneath her threatening to buckle from the blood she'd lost already.
However before the grimm could charge at them a shot rang out as something kicked the grimm on the side of its skull sending it a few feet away from them toppling it over once again.
They stole a look at who just kicked the grimm.
The person a guy around seventeen years old with a pale skin complexion with grey eyes and slick grey hair in the back and wild in the front. He also wears a slate gray and black two-toned partial zip up jacket that cover the upper body. He wears dark gray pants and navy blue shoes. He wears a single notched belt along with to protect the arms are a set of rerebracers and vambracers.
"Hey if I were you I'd finish it off before it gets back up!" He shouted at them in which Star took the opportunity to attack its unprotected belly with her staff stabbed it killing the grimm as it stopped moving and went limp as it started to evaporate.
Star removed her staff from the grimm as she turned to face the guy that helped them.
"Hey thanks for the help their um..." Star began.
"Oh right names Mercury. Nice to meet you." He introduced.
Star however pondered for a moment "Why does that name sound familiar? Have we met?" Star thought trying to look through her memories.
"Well as much as I would like to stay I've got to get back to some friends of mine. They'll be wondering what happened to me. Later." Mercury said as he left them.
After she watch him leave she still couldn't help but wonder about him.
Then she remembered about her injured companion as she went to check on Weiss as the black hair girls legs gave out from under on as she was now on her knees.
"I better take a look at that wound." Star replied.
"I'll be fine. Just need to wait for my aura to heal it." Weiss countered.
"Your wound should've been healed already but it looks like it hasn't. Now let me take a look at it." Star persisted.
"I said I'll be fine." Weiss snarled.
Even the umbrella girl had a look that she didn't believe Weiss.
"Even she's not convinced that your not okay. Just let me take a look at how bad the wound is. There was a medical kit I saw among the White Fang that we can use. So stop being stubborn for once okay?" Star replied her tone firm, and a bit annoyed.
"Look it isn't a big deal to worry about." Weiss as she tried to stand using her gunblade for leverage but her legs buckled underneath her.
Star barely managed to catch her with the other girl's aid "See you can barely stand now off with the jacket so I can get a look at the wound." Star persisted.
Weiss weighed her options which she didn't have very much to go with. She sighed in defeat as she carefully removed her jacket revealing a white dress top wraps around the neck but with no back showing her back to them.
Star for her part was completely speechless of what she saw on Weiss back. Their were scars all along her back some that were either deep or shallow. A very noticeable scar was from her right shoulder to the middle of her back that is a quarter wide. Even the other girl was shocked at what she saw.
Star noticed the wound in the middle of Weiss back that it had seemed to have reopened seeing the blood run down her back.
"Um... I would like to put my jacket back on as soon as possible please." Weiss replied getting Star out of her daze.
"Oh right sorry." Star said quickly as she took the first aid the girl had brought over.
Star examined the wound carefully judging on what do to "From the looks of things I'll have to disinfect it first before wrapping it." Star thought as she took the rubbing alcohol from the kit along with a medical pad.
"Okay I'm going to disinfect it first before wrapping it up okay. So this might sting a little." Star warned.
"Just get it over with okay." Weiss told her bracing herself for the sting.
"Okay but I warned you." Star countered as she placed the medical pad on top of the rubbing alcohol. Then once enough was applied to the pad Star began to disinfect the area of the wound.
As she stared to disinfect it Star noticed that Weiss hardly flinched at the touch and sat their in total silence.
Once she was done disinfecting the area she began bandage the area where the wound was.
"Their that should do it." Star said finishing her work as Weiss put her jacket back on.
"Thanks." Weiss thanked.
Star then turned to the other girl "Hey I don't think I got you name." Star replied.
The girl only smirked as she took out her scroll and began typing a message before pressing to send it.
Suddenly Star's scroll buzzed as she receive a message as she went to check it that only read one word.
"Neo." Star read then she remembered the small card that was left in Vacuo
"Oh so your Neo. Hold on how did you get my scroll number?!" Star asked surprised.
Neo simply giggled at that and waved a finger at her before typing another message.
Stars scroll once again buzzed "Its a secret ;)" The message read.
"Well... thanks for the help anyway. We'd all probably be dead if it wasn't for you, and Mercury." Star thanked.
Neo blushed a little at the praise she gotten before giving a simple bow to the two then shattering like glass before them.
"You sure it was wise to let her go? I mean she is working for the White Fang you know." Weiss added.
"For some reason I highly doubt that. I'm just giving her the benefit of the doubt." Star added.
Weiss simply rubbed her head "Look how about we get back to Beacon. You got what you need for your staff so I think we should get going before we attract anymore trouble." Weiss replied.
"Yeah... guess you're right." Star said still thinking about the scars she saw on Weiss back.
"Um... hey Weiss how'd you..." Before Star could get another word out Weiss immediately cut her off.
"Don't. Just don't ask." Weiss said sternly as she began making her way back toward Beacon with Star following right behind her.
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The two remained silent when they got back to Beacon Weiss not saying a word while Star still had her thoughts about Weiss.
"Those scars on her back looked like they were several years old and there is no way it could be caused by a whip type weapon almost similar to Rina's weapon but now I wonder what did Weiss go through to get those all over her back. Maybe Pepper might know something since she is her friend after all." Star thought as she went to find her teammate.
Luckily she didn't have to look far as she saw her teaching Ruby more on hand to hand as Ruby tried to land a round house kick on Pepper but only for it to be blocked.
"Make sure your legs are fully extended Ruby or you won't get much power from them. Plus it'll leave you open for a counter." Pepper said as she grabbed the leg Ruby swung with and proceeded to heave Ruby over her shoulder before tossing her away as Ruby landed on her back.
Star winced as Ruby made impact with the hard cement.
Pepper gently walked over to Ruby and knelt down to her "Got it memorized." She said as she offered a hand up.
"Got it." Ruby groaned as she took the hand as Pepper helped her up.
"You're certainly improving, but remember this in only for whenever you lose your weapon in a fight okay?" Pepper reminded.
"Yeah thanks. I better get going cause I'm pretty sure Blake worries more than Yang does when I do this." Ruby said.
"I'm not surprised she's your partner after all. Later." Pepper said as Ruby left for the dorms.
Star walks towards her "Helping Ruby with training again Pepper?" Star asked smirking making her presences known which made Pepper sort of jump a little.
"Dang girl your quiet when you want to sneak up on people." Pepper commented.
Star giggles "Sorry force of habit sometimes." she told her as rubbed the back of her head nervously then she remembered why she was here.
"Pepper...theirs something I need to ask you. Its about Weiss." Star says her tone a bit more serious than normal.
Pepper raised an eyebrow at this "Depending on what you want to know?" Pepper questioned.
"Well you see. We ran into trouble outside of Vale City when we went to get dust from an old mine that was abandoned. Their was some grimm that was dealt with and White Fang goons but..." Star rambled a little bit.
"Will you get on with it!" Pepper replied.
Star winced "Okay okay. What I'm trying to say is. Weiss got injured during one of our fights with the grimm and well my question is. How'd she get all those scars on her back like that?" Star asked which seemed to make Pepper freeze in place.
"You... saw her scars?" Pepper asked gently.
"Yeah they were all over her back. When I went to disinfect the wound she didn't even flinch from the touch its almost as she..." Star started but Pepper beat her to it.
"Can't feel her back anymore." Pepper finished.
"Um... yeah. How'd you know?" Star asked.
Pepper pondered a moment on what to say next then sighed.
"Listen Star I would suggest you don't bother the subject anymore." Pepper replied.
"Huh? Why's that?" Star questioned.
"It's... too personal for Weiss to deal with. Trust me on that." Pepper added as she walked away from Star heading back toward the dorms leaving Star even more curious on what her teammate had meant.
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Meanwhile Mercury had returned to another part Vale City that is well hidden from public view toward a small apartment building big enough for three people.
He turned the knob to head inside "Hey I'm..." He called out only to be met with a frying pan to face.
"You freaking idiot where in the name of Remnant were you!" A females voice shouted out.
The female is about seventeen years old with medium brown skin and dark red eyes with light mint green hair with straight fringe and bangs as well as two long locks on each side of the back. She wears two bronze-colored rings on her middle fingers as well as a pair of strappy high-heeled pumps.
Her attire consists of an intricate white top and an olive colored crop top with the emblem of a cut gem. She also wears white shorts decorated with silver coin plated belts with four silver chains draping around her back from two of the coins and a green loincloth.
She wears a three rings arm band on her left arm. She wears brown chaps that end of her calves and an overlong belt, twice wrapped around her waist.
"Good to see you too Emerald." Mercury said rubbing his nose.
"You were suppose to be back here almost an hour ago. We were worried if one of her people had caught her." Emerald shouted.
"Relax. I saw a group that need help with a grimm so I went to help them out." He said casually.
"Will you two keep it down. Trying to read." Another females voice said.
A fair skinned girl with ashen black hair that goes down her back with bright amber eyes.
She wears a dark red off the shoulders v neck mini dress with yellow designs. There is a blue feather-like accessory on her right hip, at the top of an open portion of her dress. The dress ends in an upside-down triangular tail in the back, ending just above the knees.
There is a baseball diamond-shaped keyhole on the dress' upper back at the same height as her chest. The sleeves end in a triangle shape, which are wrapped or tied around her middle finger, with the gold designs of the sleeve taking over at the wrists. Her fingernails are painted dark red.
She wears black shorts underneath her dress, as well as a black choker on her neck. She has a gold loop earring with a black gem dangling from it on her right ear. She has dark, glass, high-heeled shoes and a jeweled anklet on her right leg.
On her upper back, in the keyhole of her dress, she has a black tattoo of what appears to be a pair of high heel shoes placed sole to sole, forming a heart shape inside.
"Sometimes I wonder why you two bicker?" She questioned.
"Sorry Cinder. Old habits die hard right?" He added as Cinder just shook her head at the two.
"Anything back from the that Torchwich guy?" Emerald asked.
Cinder nods "He said that he'll help us keep a low profile if we help him with a shipment of Dust coming in a few days from now." She told the two.
"Great that gives us some to relax till that actually happens." Mercury said as he laid on the bed provided in the apartment.
"He said he'll have a special someone helping us with this. The Spider I believe he called her." Cinder added.
"Well then I guess we just have to wait it out." Emerald said before noticing what book Cinder was reading.
"Hey wasn't that... her favorite book." Emerald said sorrowfully as Cinder nodded.
Mercury sighed looking to the ceiling "Give it a rest you two she's dead. No one but us survived that fire at the orphanage." Mercury stated as all three of them briefly recalled that terrible day.
They had lost a friend that day, and ended up being found by a her. For now though they didn't need to worry about her.
Cinder closed the book before marking her place in it as she sets it off to the side.
"Very well. All we can do now is wait." Cinder said as the three could only do is wait for the time to come.
F3: And cut! That one was a long one to type out. Got some bits on Weiss which was something else and got introduced to Cinder and company. What do you all think how its going so far? Let me know in the comments below. Also if you like it that much leave a fav or follow before hand please. With that said this has been Fireuser3 and I'm out!
