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This one was difficult to write. The scenery, the details, the fight... That's why I started this series from the beginning. To test my writing skills.

Anyway, I am a bit woozy from this week, so forgive me there is some mistakes here. It is a bit of a long chapter.

Pardon my grammar, spelling, and sequences description.


RWBY: 30 Days - Angel


The screen fades to black followed by white words appearing on the screen:

"Forget me not."

These three simple words made Ruby thought of her mother. It wasn't a pleasant moment, but like Ren always said; a person is never truly dead unless they are forgotten.

"You okay?" Tai asked his daughter with a concerned expression. A similar one was worn by Yang as well.

"I'm okay," Ruby responded with a smile.

The screen cuts to a snowy landscape, surrounded by thick trees. The snow fell and swirled in the air as the wind breezed through. The camera slowly pans down, revealing Weiss standing alone in the open clearing, alone.

Weiss blinked, "That's… That's me!"

"We can see that, mini Ice Queen."

"Watch your tone, Qrow." Winter snapped at the huntsman while paying close attention to the screen. "Weiss, have you…?"

"No, Winter. I do not recall being in this scenario."

Glynda hummed, "So, we are watching an alternative reality, or possibly the future if our hosts are to believe?"

"You are correct."

This scene… The forest, the heavy snowfall. It all seems familiar to Ruby somehow. "I feel like I've been there before." She said to herself.

"Caged bird."

'Fitting.' Weiss thought to herself. She always did find herself as a caged bird, trapped by her father's influence and position as a Schnee and heiress of the Schnee Dust Company.

Weiss opened her hand and let the snowfall gently onto her palm. She softly clenched her palm before opening it, revealing a single snow-covered rose petal.

Ruby and Weiss glanced at each other, a similar thought came to their mind. A similar occurrence happened during the initiation where Ruby used her semblance and left Weiss in the dust. Not to mention it was in the forest as well.

"Don't tell me you left me there alone. In the cold no less!"

"That only happened once, and I'm sorry about that! Well, not the cold part. I think."

Tai raised an eyebrow, "You left your partner alone? When was that?"

"Later." Ruby delayed the subject for a later time.

Weiss had an exasperated look but quickly masked it as she narrowed her eyes at a figure approaching her.

"Your expressions tell us everything." Nora laughed at the annoyed look the on-screen Weiss had.

"Nora, please."

A young lady, in a black dress with white frills made her way towards the heiress. Her support cane was laced with a sharp metal tip, scratching the snow-covered floor as she continued her way.

The camera changed to give the audience a good look at the mysterious person, revealing a young lady with white hair and pale skin. Her eyes were blindfolded with black cloth and her expression was cold and neutral.

"Yo, Fox. Look's like we finally get a blind character on screen for the first time here. Eh, no offense to anyone." Coco nudged her fellow teammate.

"Uh-huh. Just so you know, I'm no longer blind here." The Hosts gave Fox his sight for the time being even though he could watch the screening through another method.

"Wait, what?" The people who knew Fox from Team CFVY were slightly shocked by this, but none were more shock than the Schnees.

For a different reason, of course.

Instead, they were surprised by the reveal of the mysterious young woman. The resemblance to their mother when she was young was surreal.

"Mother?!"

"That's your mother, Weiss?" Ruby asked, tilting her head with puzzlement. "Is a huntress?"

Winter quickly recovered and took a closer look at the young woman on screen. "No, that is not our mother. Her nose and chin are slightly different, and her age..."

"Wow, way to talk about your mother." Qrow snarked only to be reprimanded by Ruby.

"Uncle Qrow! Stop being mean to my partner's sister. And maybe their mother?"

"Okay, okay. I'm sorry." He rolled his eyes. Still, he does have several questions along with the rest of the casts. "A relative of yours?"

"Not that I am aware of," Winter replied coldly.

Nora was starting to get annoyed by the interruption and shushed them. "Shush! Quiet! Something is about to happen! I just know it."

The mysterious young woman came to a halt several meters away from Weiss, resting her support cane down into the frozen ground. They faced each other silently as the young woman tilted her head to the side like she had been made aware of Weiss's presence.

In the background, the song "Mirror, mirror" started to play.

"Wait, is that my song playing in the background?"

Jaune perked up at that. "Which song is that?"

"Mirror, mirror," Weiss replied.

"Hm. It looks like whoever this person is, she is not friendly." Ozpin said as he watched his student on screen.

As the music started, the young woman stabbed her support cane into the snow, creating a black kaleidoscope pattern on the snowy floor. Black markings quickly engulfed the area, the ground rumbling as a decorated cage formed around them, trapping the two of them in the gilded cage.

"Whoa…" Vernal said in slight awe as they watched the mysterious young woman performed her little stunt. "So, that's what 'caged bird' meant." The bandit smirk, taking a bite out of her traditional gyro wrap.

Raven merely rolled her eyes, but paid attention to the screen, nonetheless.

"Quite a useful semblance." Cinder noted to herself, "Look's like we'll see more of what this young lady can do."

"Ugh, it's like a mobile prison. Anytime, anywhere." Roman said with mocked horror.

As the cage neared its completion, the young woman blurred from view. Weiss's eyes widen with surprise, her eyes darted to the side, trying to locate her opponent.

Her opponent struck first, smashing the ground with her support cane, leveling the ground with such force that it shook the camera. Weiss barely dodged it as her opponent flitted in front of her and thrust the handle of her cane at Weiss who nimbly dodged the attack.

Weiss flipped back and stood on her hand, deflecting the cane with a split kick, revealing that the handle of the young woman's cane is also a sword.

Velvet sighed, for she was unable to capture the moment of the young woman's first attack. "She's too fast for me to keep track of."

Neptune and Sun agreed with the rabbit faunus statement. "No kidding. Was that part of her semblance?"

Nobody had an answer to that.

"I'm surprised Weiss was even able to dodge that," Yang mumbled, glancing at her partner Blake, who had been mostly silent. "She moves faster than you with Weiss's Time Glyph, Blakey."

"It looked like she teleported." Blake gave her own thoughts, "Either she's skilled in aura manipulation, or her semblance is giving her a boost."

Weiss looked proud from her teammates' remark, while her older sister had a slightly concerned expression on her face as the fight continued.

Meanwhile, Ruby was bouncing on her knee. "Her weapon is a sword cane! So, cool and sneaky! But what's that circle thing on the handle? Also, you're awesome Weiss! I can't believe you revealed her weapon with that kick, and –"

"Thank you, Ruby. For your compliment." Weiss placed a hand over Ruby's mouth. After ensuring that her partner won't start blabbing, the heiress removed her hand and gave Ruby a pat on the shoulder.

With her blade partially unsheathed, the young woman drew it and aimed at Weiss's center mass; a glint of silver sliced through the air where Weiss was standing a second earlier. Weiss leaped to avoid the attack and spun in the air. The shattered moon behind her shone brightly as the cage finished forming, trapping the two in the black, gilded cage. Weiss drew her rapier as she landed and started attacking the mysterious young woman.

Their blades sparked against one another, silver arcs and flashes of steel blurred in front of them. Neither of them gave way as Weiss slash, stab, and thrust her rapier; striking the sword of the young woman who continued to defend herself with an unmoving expression. But Weiss remains relentless in her attack.

The mysterious young woman struck back with an overhead swing, striking a blue barrier that Weiss materialized from her rapier. The barrier crackled against the young woman's sword, forcing her blade back.

Qrow stopped drinking and cleared his mind; analyzing the fight, piece by piece. He may be drunk most of the time, but that didn't stop him from being analytical and capable when he needed to be. "No offense to mini Ice Queen,"

"Hey!"

"But I think your opponent outclasses you there. She's playing with you now that she got a feel on your abilities."

Most of the adults seemed to have the same conclusion as well but didn't vocally support Qrow's statement. Aside from Raven, somewhat.

"A foolish way to fight, unless she's testing her opponent or possessing other intentions." From Raven's perspective, there should be no hesitation in a real fight. Toying with your opponent will only get you so far unless there is an advantage in doing so.

"Weiss can do it!" Ruby pulled her partner close to her with a hug, "Isn't that right, Team RWBY?"

"Yeah!"

The barrier dissipated, allowing the mysterious young woman to attack once more with a lunge of her sword.

Weiss instantly moved, backflipping as the young woman's blade narrowly missed her shoulder. Understanding that she does not stand a chance against this young woman head on, Weiss continued to jump back, but not before summoning her glyphs to surround her opponent. Midair, Weiss formed a glyph at the base of her feet, boosting her momentum, lunging towards the young woman. Their blades met, screeching and clicking; white sparks showered the air.

The young woman stood her ground, her cane and sword crossed as she withstood the heiress attack. However, Weiss wasn't done yet as she disengaged from the brief skirmish and leaped onto a glyph that was hovering above them.

White blurs dashed past the young woman, each sending showers of white sparks onto the ground as Weiss bounced off of each glyph, trying to force an opening on her opponent's nigh impenetrable defense.

"Yikes. Remind me not to get on your bad side, Snow Angel." Neptune's nickname for Weiss earned him a few eyebrows from Coco, Qrow, and Winter.

Normally, Weiss wouldn't mind, even enjoy Neptune's nickname for her. But this time, Winter is here, and it is a bit embarrassing to be called that in front of her sister. "R-rest assure, Neptune. I reserve that for the direst situation."

A sharp metallic cling followed by a whirring sound could be hard as the young woman blocked another of Weiss's attack before sheathing her blade. The circular part of her sword cane's handle spun and trembled in the young woman's hand.

Blake gulped, finding the fighting style similar to Adam's, but dismissed the thought from her mind as there were many others who use the iaijutsu fighting style.

"I don't like where this is going." Tai taught at Signal Academy and knew the signs of a weapon charging up for an attack. "Whatever that rotating orb on her weapon is, I can feel it building up power."

Ozpin nodded, "An excellent deduction, Tai."

"Weiss can handle it; I know you can." Ruby continued to cheer for the Weiss on-screen.

"You're embarrassing me," Weiss whispered to Ruby, who turned away with a slightly bashful expression.

Winter smiled at their little interaction. It was nice that her little sister was able to make good friends at Beacon. She returned her attention back to the screen, still worried about the Weiss on-screen.

Weiss halted her momentum, crouching on the floor and kicking off once again. The Dust chambers in her rapier glowed bright white. Runes started to decorate the rapier's hilt and blade as the two combatants met.

Time slowed to a standstill. Weiss's runic rapier glowed ever so brightly, her eyes narrowed and focus on her target. On the other spectrum, the rotating orb on the young woman's sword cane spun even faster.

"Look's like little Ice Queen should know better," Roman smirked at the reckless attack. When faced with a superior opponent, one should not rush head-on. Neo also shared his sentiment and wrung her hand with malevolent glee.

Tai rubbed his chin, "It seems that her cane stores energy of some kind. Maybe from her opponent's attack? We'll need to see more in order to determine what her cane does."

The mentioning of storing energy reminded Blake of Adam once more. 'Why does everything remind me of Adam?' She mentally groaned. 'I really should relax and enjoy the show.'

A close shot of the orientated handle showed how intense it was spinning, shaking the camera before exploding in a flash of white and black the moment their weapons made contact. The screen was engulfed in a blinding white light, temporarily blinding the audience for a brief moment before cutting to Weiss flying back from the impact. Several glyphs formed behind Weiss, slowing her momentum as she broke through them like fragile glass.

Regardless of her predicament, Weiss did not lose morale and leaped off the ground. While she was in the air, Weiss observed her opponent who was bleeding from the cut across her cheek that Weiss had inflicted.

Ironwood frowned, "Why didn't she activate her aura?"

"I do not know, but if Qrow was right on his assessment; Weiss's opponent isn't taking her seriously." Glynda sighed, fixing her glasses. "No offense to you, Weiss Schnee."

"None taken, professor." Weiss curtly nodded, "Throughout the entire fight, my other self's opponent has been mostly defending herself, letting me dictate the fight despite possessing the capabilities to end this altercation."

"And her attacks are capable of being quite fast," Oobleck spoke up. The coffee-loving professor was no stranger to caffeine rush, moving and keeping track of things just as fast. But even he couldn't keep track of the mysterious young woman's initial attack. "Not to mention the strength she is capable of putting into her swings."

Penny also interjected into the conversation, "It appears that the blindfolded young woman is wielding a weapon weighing around 40kg, or 88.1849lbs."

"That's quite heavy for a decorated sword cane." Pyrrha said with a frown, "But that would explain the heavy strike from earlier."

"Nothing is heavy when you put your efforts into it." Port guffawed, "Still, what a fierce and cold woman that one is."

"Nooo… Weiss, don't leave me."

"Ruby, Weiss is sitting right there with you." Blake rolled her eyes with a deadpanned expression.

Vernal couldn't help but scoff at the Team RWBY's display. "You guys are so sentimental."

Weiss spun in the air, combining her glyphs with Ice Dust forming swords made of ice and launching them from her glyphs. Sharp blades of ice rained down upon the mysterious young woman, but it was child's play to her. With a quick stroke of her sword, the young woman deflected all of the ice swords before sheathing her blade.

The heiress couldn't help but frown at the ice swords her counterpart had created. They were too detailed.

In her current state, in order to save time and Dust; she would often leave them as sharp icicles to fire at her opponents instead of well-detailed swords.

Weiss fell on all four as she landed on the ground. Her aura flickered as she looked defeated, the camera panned up showing the shattered moon, closed out by the black cage that surrounded them.

"Weiss." Ruby whimpered as she hugged her partner tighter.

The heiress sighed softly as she ruffled Ruby's hair. "I'm right here, you dolt."

In the 'villain' section, Cinder and her underlings were unusually quiet throughout most of the presentation, preferring to watch the fight than commenting.

"How intriguing. She has barely moved from her spot, preferring to wait for her opponent to attack first."

Mercury snorted, "Rich girl is just bad, that's all. Not even worth the effort."

The screen blackened, scenes changing; showing a patch of small blue flowers with bright green leaves. It quickly cuts to a beautiful rural like area, a stone house surrounded by fields of blue flowers, suddenly engulfed in flames.

The scene continues to flicker through several scenes; a closed up of a person's red-colored eye, a small blue flower, and the mysterious young woman unblindfolded and smiling. Her smiling face was sudden marred with blood, ending the visions as Weiss opened her eyes with a gasp.

"It looks like that was a flashback. Memories of our mysterious young lady. A tragic one backstory, it seems." Ozpin sighed. There were a lot of tragedies in the world, for no place is a perfect one. That's why the Grimm will always find prey to prey upon. "Hosts, who is this young woman that Miss Schnee is fighting?"

"They call her Angel."

Ozpin raised an eyebrow, "Who's 'they'?"

The Hosts remained silent, not answering Ozpin's question.

As for Winter, she had other questions. "Is the Weiss on-screen experiencing those visions? How and why?"

"It's from Angel's semblance. You'll see soon."

Weiss shook her head gently, picking herself up from the snowy floor, black markings from Angel's semblance clung to her hand like tar as she stood back up. It wrapped itself around her hand, spreading throughout her entire right body.

She didn't seem to notice this as she turned to face her opponent, unaware that the black markings had finished taking ahold of her, decorating her right face and body with graceful strokes.

"What's happening to Weiss?" Jaune asked, concerned for his unrequited crush much to Pyrrha and Weiss's annoyance.

"We'll have to see," Pyrrha whispered.

The wound on Angel's cheek instantly healed as she lifted her support cane and slammed it into the center of the black kaleidoscope pattern, splitting and turning the pattern on the floor.

Neptune rubbed his eyes as the floor pattern on-screen made him feel a bit lightheaded. "Whoa, that's a bit trippy."

Weiss was taken aback by the shifting pattern on the floor, quickly maneuvering her footwork as she made use of her dance lessons. Twirling slowly, gracefully; the heiress danced, and arabesque jumped over the ever-shifting floor pattern as she glared at Angel who stands their motionless.

"She's underestimating you." Winter scowled at Angel on-screen. "Unless her little display requires heavy concentration or immobility, I cannot imagine why she would dare stand in place."

"T-thank you, Winter." Weiss stammered at her sister's comment.

"Don't write her off yet, Schnee." Raven said bluntly, "Your little sister's opponent is dangerous. This is just the beginning."

Seeing that her opponent was underestimating her, Weiss closed her eyes and focused on avoiding the pattern on the floor. The background turned black, white flower petals covered the entire screen. Rotating black kaleidoscope over a shining white background hogged the screen for a moment before returning to Weiss dancing in the spotlight.

No cage, no walls, only pitch blackness that surrounds Weiss and the ever-shifting pattern on the floor while a single large spotlight shined down upon her. It was as if she was dancing in a dream-like ballroom, twirling, jumping, kicking throughout the entire floor; never touching the pattern that danced below her.

Mercury couldn't help but compliment the heiress for avoiding the freaky patterns. "That deserves a praise from me."

"A legitimate one?" Emerald asked with a disbelieving tone.

"Got a problem with that?"

"You never 'legitimately' praise anyone."

"There's a first time for anything."

Ignoring her underlings' squabbles, Cinder silently continued to watch all while making mental notes to herself.

The world returned to normal as Weiss split leap into the air, summoning a glyph as she descended. Throughout her entire dance, Weiss was constructing multiple glyphs around her opponent, leaving Angel no easy escape.

Glynda rubbed her head in annoyance. There were many overconfident huntsmen that would give their enemies, heck, even let their enemies prepare before attacking. The result is predictable in most cases, but it was unwise to allow one's opponent to prepare themselves, even if the enemy is greatly weaker than them.

Make no mistake though, Glynda is quite pleased that the Weiss on-screen was taking advantage of that.

"Children. Let me remind you that no matter how weak your opponent is, never give them the time to plan out an attack." Glynda crossed her arms in annoyance. She had seen this type of behavior many times throughout her training and career. It has never ceased to vex her.

The same could be said for Ironwood, so many times were the officers in the military overconfident with their planning that they showed weakness, giving their enemies the time to fortify their plans and defenses.

"You'll be amazed how difficult your opponent can be given enough time to prepare," Ironwood added in.

All the students took this advice to the heart and nodded.

Ice swords started to form from the glyphs, their blades pointed at Angel who remained motionless on the spot.

Weiss finally opened her eyes. They were mismatched. Her right eye was darkened, tainted by the black markings across her right face and her grin…

It wasn't just a confident or smug grin; it was also malicious.

Immediately, the audience knew something was off.

Vernal couldn't help but take a jab at the heiress. "Showing your true colors?"

"Was that a pun?" Yang shot back.

"Urgh, no." Vernal glanced nervously at Raven who seemed to have a dislike for puns.

"No. Something's wrong," Ren mumbled. While he doesn't know Weiss as much as the rest, he knows that Weiss could never hold such a malevolent expression.

Weiss felt slightly numb as she gently touched the right side of her face. "That's not me anymore." She realized after seeing the sinister grin.

"Weiss..."

"I'm fine, Ruby. That's not really me anyway." Though it was no secret that Weiss was a bit concerned about her other self-on-screen.

As for Winter, she placed an assuring hand on her sister's arm, comforting her.

Angel remained where she stood, black petals breezed around here as the background was engulfed in white light, silhouetting the young lady. The black petals shifted colors, transitioning the scene to a dark room lit only by the shattered moon.

Angel sat alone in the room, unblindfolded, alone; looking longingly out of the barred window.

The Schnees couldn't help but feel slightly sympathetic towards Angel. They know the feeling of being a caged bird, trapped by high expectations, burdens, and their father's iron grip. They too wanted to be free.

"Aw, she looks so sad," Nora said with a pouty expression.

The darkroom vanished. Returning back to the battle as Angel stabbed her support cane onto the floor once more, retracting the black kaleidoscope pattern on the floor. Her action caused Weiss to narrow her eyes, wondering what her opponent is up to. Weiss prepared her glyphs that were shaking with increasing frequency, ready to skewer her opponent with impunity.

The screen cuts to a bird in a cage, then to the patterns retracting back to Angel's weapon. Back and forth the scene went; the bird in the cage trying to free itself to Angel gripping her cane tightly.

Weiss's eyes constricted, signaling the glyphs to let loose their ice swords. Ice blue streaks shot towards her opponent, just in time as Angel's semblance reformed itself into her wings.

Black, decorated wings shot out behind Angel's back as Weiss's ice sword hit their mark. A bright blue explosion erupted from the impact; frozen swords met cold steel as Angel reflected the entire volley. Countless of Weiss's summoned swords flew back, fiercely impacting the frozen ground as the heiress stood there, watching her opponent 'dance'.

Jaune's mouth was agape at this scene, "Whoa."

"That's an understatement." Ren wore a similar expression.

The background music intensified as Angel's blade and cane blurred with each stroke, deflecting blue streaks of light that strayed near her way, never moving from her spot. Weiss raised her rapier and formed a large glyph behind her as Angel continued to deflect the storm of frozen swords, littering and embedding the battlefield with ice swords.

"How mesmerizing." Ozpin murmured.

Cinder couldn't help but agreed with Ozpin's despite being her enemy. "Amazing."

The scene was awe-inspiring, but also frightening. This young woman named Angel, just how strong is she? Even Raven couldn't help but feel a little bit cold as Angel blurred and swatted the frozen sword from their trajectory.

"She lives up to her strength." The bandit queen lips curled a bit, "Where did she get it from?"

"Y-you can do it, Weiss!" Ruby continued to cheer for her partner.

Yang also joined in, "Yeah! There's no way she can keep that up!"

"Uh, go Weiss." Blake numbly added in, still taken aback by the sheer power Angel displayed.

"I will also help my friend to cheer for her partner." Team RWBY, minus Weiss, and Penny pumped their fist in the air and waved small flags with their team's name on it.

Qrow rolled his eyes. "Cheering isn't going to help mini Ice Queen there." No doubt the battle was nearing its end, and Weiss won't be the one winning this. Qrow could feel it.

Weiss partially hides her face behind her hand, "You guys are really embarrassing me." She then narrowed her eyes at her counterpart on screen, wondering what the other Weiss was planning. "That glyph, what is my counterpart doing aside from going crazy?"

Weiss spun her sword and stabbed it into the ground, activating the large glyph behind her. The glyph flashed and split apart like a gateway; two metal claws grasped the edge of the gateway from the darkness revealing the Arma Gigas Weiss had slain during training.

The Arma Gigas turned white as red markings glowed across its body. Red eyes formed in the helmet visor and the lower face mask cracked open revealing a glowing red mouth. Setting its jaw apart, the Arma Gigas opened its mouth and roared.

Cinder's eyes perked up at the appearance of the Arma Gigas. She unlocked her scroll and materialized a pen to write/type things down. Her underlings looked at her oddly while she took down some notes. "The Schnee's family semblance has always fascinated me to some extent."

In the 'hero' section, a certain few were doing a double-take.

"Wait, what?!" Weiss yelped with surprise. She has yet to utilize her summoning glyphs, barely able to summon anything at all. And the appearance of the Arma Gigas… It shouldn't even look like that! "W-what, my… How…? My semblance c-can't do that!"

Her sister also shared a similar shocked expression. She was well aware of her sister's difficulty with summoning, but that's not the point in this case. It was the appearance of the Arma Gigas that baffled her. Any beings summoned from their glyphs would have a distinctive ice-like appearance and not morphed into whatever abomination was on screen.

"Weiss, you can summon Grimm?" Ruby asked, slightly awed and horrified.

She shook her head, "Not like that!"

Winter nodded, "Indeed, the beings that we summoned from our glyphs could be described as moving ice sculpture, representing their original form. I had never seen our glyphs do something like this."

"So, this Angel's semblance is affecting Weiss's semblance?" Jaune asked meekly.

"That is a realm of possibility." Glynda joined in on the discussion. "But there are many factors to consider for now. It is best if we continue watching."

The roar from the Arma Gigas alerted Angel to its presence. Believing that she has the upper hand, Weiss grinned manically, conducting the Arma Gigas attack by swinging its large sword overhead and bringing it down upon its target.

Angel swung her blade to meet the Arma Gigas sword, blocking its attack. However, the impact sent her flying back right into another series of Weiss's glyphs that surrounded her. The glyphs produced a blue beam that locked onto Angel, simultaneously firing a volley of sharp frozen blades that impaled her black wings.

Despite her wings being impaled, Angel was unharmed for her wings had encompassed her entire being, protecting her from the attack. Angel sharply spread out her wings, flinging back the frozen sword in all directions.

A lone frozen sword flew past Weiss, giving the audience a clear view of Weiss's deranged grin as her sanity slips further and further away.

"She's losing it." Raven snorted at the heiress's expression on screen.

Tai raised an eyebrow, "Did you just make a pun, Raven? Err, no offense to you, Miss Schnee. And other Miss Schnee. Eheh."

Ozpin, Glynda, Qrow, Raven, and Yang all blinked.

"Well, well." Ozpin smiled while Glynda facepalmed.

"…" Raven went deathly silent.

"Yeees, you did." Her former husband continued to tease.

"Damn it, Rae. You too? As if Tai and Yang weren't enough."

"Heeeey! So that's where I got my awesome pun making skills from!" Yang grinned half sadistically, half joyfully.

"Earmuffs. Please." Raven begged the Hosts who complied with her request.

"You can't hide your true self, mother." Yang sang to her own enjoyment.

Roman groaned at the mention of puns, remembering his younger days in a Huntsman Academy. "Can we please continue watching? No puns, please?"

"I can't believe I am saying this, but I agree with Roman." Blake shivered, "Let's finish watching this."

The Arma Gigas raised its giant sword and lunged at Angel once more, but its opponent was well prepared this time.

In quick succession, Angel parried the giant sword with her cane and guided her sword, cutting the Arma Gigas arm off in a single stroke. Disarmed, but functional, Weiss and the Arma Gigas turned around to charge up an attack; a red orb of energy started to form at the Arma Gigas mouth.

"Size isn't everything." Yatsuhashi sagely said.

Coco whistled, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall."

"It can shoot lasers?" Ruby half-squealed by the prospect of her partner being able to do just that. Only without the crazy part.

"So, it would seem," Penny confirmed with a nod.

The screen flashed white as the audience is taken back to the darkroom, illuminated by the shattered moon.

"Another flashback." Ironwood hummed.

A door behind Angel opened, bright light pouring through. Surprised, Angel turned around to see who it was.

The scene cuts back to Angel in the present day, the rotating orb in the handle of her sword cane spun rapidly as black miasma shrouded around her blade. The Arma Gigas fired its red beam, shockwaves rippled across the battlefield as the beam shot straight towards Angel.

Unfazed, Angel calmly raised her sword and sliced the air. Black miasma tore through the ground and shattered Weiss's Arma Gigas, disrupting its attack and ending the fight as the song in the background slowly died down.

A brief glimpse of the past was shown in a dream-like sequence. A silhouette of a person stood at the doorway, someone's beautiful red eyes, and a broken birdcage with pools of blood and a lone black feather.

"There's a deep meaning behind those images." Neptune said quietly, "Did she set herself free and let someone mend her wings? Or was she set free? Neither?" He pondered deeply.

Ozpin took a sip from his mug, "We may never know."

"Nooo, Weiss!"

"I'm right here you dolt. Please, for your sake and everyone else nearby… Don't scream."

Angel stood behind her slowly dissipating cage; wings spread out gracefully. The white background, the silhouettes… All slowly fading away as the screen cuts to black.

"Is… It over?" Jaune asked.

"Almost…" The Hosts replied.

"That can't be good." Sun mumbled under his breath.

The screen cuts to Angel of the past, covered in blood, and in her hands were two swords also coated in blood.

Around her were death and destruction.

The camera slowly zoomed in towards her, abruptly flashing to her blood-soaked face, covered in black markings like the one Weiss was sporting earlier. Her smile was sadistic, sinister, and deranged.

Gone.

Just like that, Weiss woke up gasping.

"Wait, it was all a dream?" Jaune was puzzled.

"Yay, it was all a dream!" Ruby hugged her partner, glad that she wasn't going all crazy.

"Get off of me."

Ironwood didn't look convinced, "I think something is up."

"Huh?"

Weiss sat back up in the same snow-covered forest that she started. Next to her was Ruby Rose, her partner who was also starting to wake up.

"Hey, I'm with you as well. See? I told you I didn't abandon you."

Blake frowned, "Why are you guys taking a nap in the cold, and in the forest no less?"

No one had an answer for that.

"Ruby?" Weiss asked her partner with a concerned tone.

Ruby wiped her eye with her sleeve, looking a bit dazed as she opened her eyes. Her eyes constricted as Weiss fell upon her, gripping Ruby by the throat with both hands and proceeded to strangle her.

Black markings decorated Weiss's right face, a malicious grin formed on her face, gleefully choking the life out of Ruby.

"What?!" Half of the audience screamed in shock while Ruby was stunned silent.

"Weiss, what are you doing?!" Yang shouted in fury.

Qrow and Tai were also in a similar fit, "Ruby!"

"It's not me!" Weiss said in a panic. She would never do such a thing to her partner.

Winter quickly defended her sister, "My sister would never do such a thing! It's that woman's semblance that's influencing her!"

"That's a twist," Roman grumbled darkly, not sure how he would react if Neo suddenly felt like killing him. Of course, she would never intentionally harm him, but if someone else was forcing her too…

"Interesting. Truly interesting." Cinder giggled to herself, "What a wonderful semblance." She purred softly so that no one aside from her underlings can hear.

Ironwood sighed and tried to pacify the masses. "Everyone, please! Calm down, this is just a…" He tried to find a word to describe what they are watching. An alternative reality? The future?

"Restrain yourself. You are merely watching one of the many outcomes and realities of your universe. What happens on screen may not truly happen."

"Weiss would never do something like that to me, or anybody," Ruby said with a firm tone. "It's that creepy woman that's making her do bad things."

"Thank you, Ruby. It means a lot to me." Weiss breathed a sigh of relief.

Everyone calmed down and settle back in their seats but was slightly agitated by the turn of events on the screen.

Ruby whimpered as oxygen was slowly cut from her brain. Tears and saliva ran down her face, desperately trying to breathe once again. The screen slowly turned white, silhouetting Ruby, Weiss, and the shattered moon.

"Are you alright, Ruby?" Penny asked. Her worried expression was genuine.

"I'm fine," Ruby answered, ignoring the smoldering her sister and father were giving her. "I think we're about to recreate the scene on screen…" Her family quickly let go of her with a sheepish laugh.

"Sorry."

Suddenly, there was the sound of chains whipping in the air that caught Weiss's attention. Weiss leaped back while Ruby instinctively crawled away from her partner, just in time to dodge an attack from an unknown assailant.

Weiss looked visibly annoyed before flinching, holding her face with one hand like she was in a daze. When she glanced back up, the black markings were gone along with her discolored right eye.

Still kneeling on the floor, Weiss looked quizzically at the chained weapon before her. It jingled softly as its unseen wielder reeled it back.

The screen cuts to black.

"Is it finally over?" Pyrrha asked in Jaune's place.

"It is."

Qrow took a long drink out of his flask before standing up. "Okay. What the hell was that about?" Having seen his youngest niece nearly being choked to death had made him very angry.

"Yeah, what gives?!" Tai and Yang said simultaneously.

"An outcome. There will be many more to witness, but many will not be within your possibilities."

Qrow scowled, "What do you mean?"

"The world is vast, the universe is vaster, but the multiverse is infinite. You shall witness many great things along with many horrible things. The demise of oneself or others shall be witnessed."

"That's confusing and vague. Are you guys dodging the question?" Coco asked with a cautious tone. She did not want to push her luck against whatever these Hosts are.

"Like a politician," Winter grumbled under her breath, earning a nod from Ozpin, Glynda, and Ironwood.

"We are merely stating the facts. It is up to you to believe what we say, for we see many things beyond what you can handle. As such, our explanation may be profound."

That would make sense about their cryptic explanation at times…

"Our Hosts has a point, you know," Roman spoke up, feeling the spotlight turned towards him. "If they can show us alternative realities, past, present, future, wouldn't you have a different sense of perception. Heck, even explanation? Can you even explain everything that's lead up to whatever events? Just sit back and enjoy the show folks, there's nothing we for the ones on the screen."

Qrow grumbled as he sat back down. "Doesn't mean we'll like it."

"Life is like that, little brother."

"Oh, shut it, Rae. I still haven't forgiven you for making that pun earlier." That seemed to brighten the mood as Tai and Yang suddenly grinned mischievously.

"It. Wasn't. On. Purpose." Raven seethed, getting up from her seat just to get away from her daughter and former husband. "Stay back. If I could hurt you, I will."

"Aw, don't be like that. You like my puns." Tai laughed.

"No, it's exactly the reason why I left you." She lied.

"We will now move on to another presentation. This one shall be comedic, we assure you… It is time for something completely different."


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