As Ruby stood up she inspected herself, she appeared to be in perfect condition, In fact she felt incredible. Ruby then inspected her weapon, and she was surprised to find that its color had changed, instead of the red and black body with a steel colored blade, her weapon was muted yellow all over, almost golden in color, and the blade was bright glowing blue.
It's a relic? She thought to herself, well they did say I'd be sent back with a boon... hmmm this is gonna be hard to conceal from Ozpin, he knows what a relic looks like and will no doubt recognize Crescent Rose as one.
As Ruby thought about how to conceal the fact that her weapon was now a magical artifact, she realized that she was standing in the middle of the street. And so, stowing her weapon, Ruby quickly walked away, looking around the city of mantle, searching for some clue as to how far back she had gone.
3 hours had passed since Ruby awoke in mantle, during which time she had been reluctant to ask people around her what year it was, in the mean time she had tried to check her scroll, only to find that it still displayed the date in which she had "died" and had no service. Which made sense, because her scroll obviously wasn't registered before the model even existed.
And so with no other options, she asked the nearest person to her exactly what the date was,
"Um excuse me? Miss?" Ruby nervously asked the young woman wearing headphones nearby
"Yes?" The woman replied
"Would you happen to know the date?" Ruby asked cautiously
"Um... yeah sure let me just look at my scroll, uuuhh yeah its the 12th today" The Woman replied
"Oh uh, can you tell me the full date?" Ruby asked, The woman looked up from her scroll and stared at Ruby incredulously, "You need to know the month?" She asked
"Uh, yeah and the year too?" Ruby replied
"Its the 12th of March 68 AGW" the woman looked up to Ruby and saw the thoughtful look on her face, "Is that all?" She asked
Ruby glanced at her and said "Yeah that's all I needed to know, thanks." And walked away. The woman just watched as the strange redhead walked away and muttered to herself, "That was weird"
Ruby was freaking out. 68? I got sent back to 68? oh my god, I was born in 66! I'm 2 years old right now, no wait... she said march? I'm just a year old right now... oh god, I'm going to have to go undercover or something... my mom is still around. I cant let Ozpin know I'm here. Knowing him he'd try to recruit me again... oh, I know, Doctor Polendina! If I can get his help maybe I can lie low for a few years, and figure out what to do...
Doctor Pietro Polendina was sitting in his small office in mantle, He was filling out a form for a proposal to make an android with aura, an ambitious project, one which he hoped would be selected out of the other 4 proposals. As he was filling out the form he heard a small knock on the door to the clinic, and so he rolled his wheelchair over and opened the door.
Standing outside was a figure with a red cloak on, the hood was pulled up and the rest of the cloak enshrouded their body. An arm extended out from the inside of the cloak and went to pull the hood back, revealing the face of a girl with short spiky black hair that turned to red at the tips, the most immediately noticeable thing about the girl was her piercing silver eyes and her meek smile.
The mystery girl spoke, "Hello, are you Dr. Polendina?"
The Doctor replied "Yes I am, now what brings a young girl like you to my clinic?" while backing up and gesturing for the girl to enter
"My name is Ruby Rose, and I need your help."
"I'd be happy to help, I just need to know what the issue is." The doctor responded
"Well you see, I'm not sure you'd believe me, I uh kind of uh... time traveled?"
The doctor just looked at Ruby with an expression that read 'seriously?'
"And you expect me to believe that?" The doctor deadpanned
"Uh, well I kind of have a bit of proof? Here look at this, It's my scroll" Ruby handed the doctor her scroll in its compact mode. Doctor Polendina inspected the small device in wonder, he tried to expand it but couldn't figure it out. Seeing his struggle Ruby reached over and pressed a button the the back of the device and a screen the size of a tablet popped out of the side of it displaying Ruby's lock screen.
"This is incredible... this technology is at least a decade beyond current day"
The Doctor was mesmerized by the small device, even more so when Ruby turned the device into portrait and the screen rotated and shrunk to the size of a modern cell phone.
"its actually 17 years beyond current day, look at the date"
Pietro did look and was surprised to find that the date listed was the 3rd of November, 85 AGW. Gobsmacked, Pietro looked to Ruby and asked, "In 17 years we have the technology to time travel?"
"Not exactly... I time traveled through a bit more uhhh... Esoteric means..."
Pietro snapped his head to Ruby and asked "A semblance? Aura? How?"
Ruby shook her head and said "Its a bit more complicated than that... Id explain it, but once again I'm uh, not quite sure you'd believe me."
Pietro just gave the girl a look and Ruby sighed and walked over to the door, "This have a lock?" She asked pointing to it. Pietro nodded and proceeded to lock the door. Ruby then asked, "are there and recording devices in here? Cameras? Microphones?" Pietro replied "No, I do very sensitive work here, I don't want any would be thieves to steal my research."
"Good... Well then, uh... I guess I'll ask the big question... " Ruby Started
"What's your Favorite Fairy Tale?"
To say that Pietro Polendina was floored was an Understatement, First a time traveler shows up at his door, then she reveals that magic is real, gods are real, and that the Headmasters of all of the Huntsman academies are a part of some secret organization trying to hide all of the aforementioned facts from the public eye. Ruby for her part, had left almost nothing out, except for a few key things... mainly that Salem exists, and silver eyed warriors are a thing. But Ruby figured that just knowing that gods and magic were real was already a bit much.
And so after a long winded explanation about the 4 maidens and the gods and why no-one has magic anymore, and how Ozpin reincarnates, Ruby finally got to the relics.
"And now, the last thing before we talk about me time traveling, The Relics... There are four relics in the world... uh normally, there's actually 5 now but for now lets just focus on the 4 that are supposed to be here. Anyways, there are four relics, The Lamp of Knowledge, The Crown of Choice, The Staff of Creation, and The Sword of Destruction. Each Relic is stored in a vault underneath a huntsman academy, Knowledge in Haven, Choice in Beacon, Creation in Atlas, and Destruction in Shade. Also each vault can only be opened by a specific maiden, once again, Spring for Haven, Fall for Beacon, Winter for Atlas, and Summer for Shade."
"Okay I understand that... you said there was a fifth?"
"Yeah actually, that brings us to how exactly I time traveled, uh so first, remember what happened when the gods left?"
"Yes, if I recall humanity turned on the gods, and so they departed earth, and they also talked to Ozma in between Remnant and the afterlife, then they sent him back with a quest to unite the world and call them back."
"Yeah uh, Replace Ozma with me... I sorta um... Died? Then after I died I woke up in a White plane and talked to the gods for a while, then they gave me a choice to go back to 'Before' and I chose to go back, then just before they sent me back they said that they'd send me back with a 'Boon'. I guess they meant a Relic because when I woke up My weapon looked like this."
Ruby pulled her scythe out from behind her in its compact form, the weapon still looked just the same as it did when she first inspected it. It was a matte gold color, with blue lines replacing the black ones, as Ruby gazed at her weapon, with Doctor Polendina watching her in interested silence, she had a thought... The relics I've seen so far have both had spirits inside them, and were called out by saying their name... maybe?
"Crescent Rose"
It was a Subtle change, If you paid close attention you might realize that the sounds of the heater working had ceased, or if you listened very closely you could make out that the sounds of pedestrians outside were no longer there, then slowly, Crescent Rose left Ruby's hands, floating to an unoccupied space in the room. As the weapon came to rest in the center of the room, It unfolded into its full form, and then blue mist left the blade, the weapon shrunk to the size of a small coin as the blue mist increased until eventually a full form emerged.
Floating in the middle of the room was a figure with a golden cloak, the full form of Crescent Rose shrunk down to act as a clasp, much like the cross on Ruby's cloak. The Spirit stretched, blue arms appearing from within the cloak. Much of it's body was obscured from view by the cloak, through the slit on the front of the cloak it was possible to see that there was only blue light underneath the garment. Once the Spirit stopped stretching it was possible to see its face, or well, its eyes, The Spirit had brilliant silver eyes, and no other discerning features aside from what appeared to be long flowing hair, which spilled out onto its shoulders as the Spirit pulled back it's hood.
"Ah, Summoned for the first time"
The Spirit spoke in a manner similar to Ruby, except for that her voice sounded far more matured, deeper and fuller, and with a divine quality to it.
"Greetings, I am Rose, The Spirit contained within The Relic Of Hope, A Being created by The Brother Gods to aid Ruby Rose on her Quest, I have been gifted with the ability to fulfill the hopes of my wielder, be that in battle, conversation, or elsewhere, However, I cannot be used as you would another relic, Therefore you cannot Hope for The Creation of something and expect me to will it into being, nor can you Hope for Knowledge and expect me to place it in your brain. I work in a more roundabout manner: I effect fate itself, willing improbable outcomes closer to reality. As I was created by The Brother Gods to Aid specifically Ruby Rose on her Quest, No one else may use my abilities, I exist for the sole purpose of aiding Ruby Rose"
Ruby and Pietro listened Raptly to the Spirit's Spiel, after Rose had finished Ruby replied, "Do your powers come with a limit? Is there something too improbable to hope for? "
"My powers are limited, as are all relics powers, as you know the Relic of Creation may only make one item at a time, In my case I may will the improbable closer but The Impossible cannot be willed any closer, Half of Infinity is still Infinity. Though there is one exception, anyone willed to be Immortal by the Brother Gods may be slain by my blade, should my wielder Hope for it."