Snippet 59 / Challenge 7

Goodbye to Remnant

Genre: Varies (Starts off with a bit of angst)

Pairs: None

Parody: RWBY/X-over

AU-Type: Canon-eqsue AU

Tags: Ruby's sick of fighting, Ruby finally snaps, Maria wounds up killed by Apathy Grimm, Ruby's actually allowed to snap, Ozpin gets called out, Everything up to V6E6 is canon, Chronoa Tempus (The Kai of Time) will make an appearance here, Deal with a "Goddess", Maria's death took a toll on Ruby

Ruby felt tired more so after that occurred. She was so close to learning the secrets of her Silver Eyes only for it to snatched right before her eyes. Ruby had Maria's walking stick in hand which was revealed to actually be a weapon, a scythe. Qrow had shed tears for what he realized they lost. As they rode in the cart being pulled by Yang's Bumblebee, Ruby needed something to take the edge off. Qrow was going to take a swig of his flask, but Ruby snatched it.

"Hey! What are you doing?" Qrow said as Ruby took a swig of it.

"You don't need it." Ruby said coldly.

Yang flinched and everyone looked at Ruby.

"I'm just so tired of this. Days like this…I just question why I bother…" Ruby said to herself.

Blake and Weiss put a supporting hand on Ruby's shoulder only to flinch. Of course, it was still freezing. It was a miracle Blake and Yang did not suffer frostbite. Oscar had a look of concern, but Ruby stopped him from speaking.

"Just let me wallow." Ruby said quietly.

"Ruby, I…" Oscar said.

"Oscar, don't. I'm not mad at you…it's just…well it's all insane. Remnant is literally the nightmare is it because of one woman's selfishness. Don't you get how insane it is…it's bad enough that Ozpin couldn't just tell everyone that the Grimm lady in charge was his ex-wife!" Ruby ranted heatedly.

"Not to play the dark god's advocate, we didn't have to know that." Oscar said with a sigh.

"But I did..." Qrow muttered. "But how do we even stop an immortal?"

"Fuck if I know." Ruby said surprising everyone with her words before taking another swig.

"Maybe, I could offer a solution." An unknown voice said spooking everyone.

Yang pulled to a stop as everyone got their weapons in order seemingly seeing no one around. Yang cocked her lone Ember Ceclia and asked who was out there.

"I suggest not bothering." The voice said again.

Yang saw a figure ahead and shot at it. The figure waved her hand and the bullet came a standstill. The snow falling around them stopped in place, their scrolls frozen, and the liquid coming out of the flask were still.

"What the fuck?" Qrow said as their weapons were frozen in place.

The figure walked forward making her presence known. A short and petite woman with a youthful and pretty appearance having pinkish-red hair and pink/purple skin. She wore a pair of Potara earrings, baggy red pants, a dark grey Supreme Kai vest with red trimming slightly opened up to reveal a slim grey collared tank top, a pale red sash folded over her abdomen, a pair of high heeled boots, and a pair of bracers on her hands. Her pinkish hair draped down to her back.

"Who are you?" Weiss asked.

"Why I am, Chronoa Tempus, the Keeper of Time. The Goddess of Time, if you will, next to those Brother Gods." Chronoa said as Qrow's face soured.

"Bullshit!" Qrow said.

Chronoa proved her through simple means, using temporal reversion in restoring Ozpin's body which got Ozpin out of Oscar's head into his old body. The moment Ozpin looked up at Chronoa's scowling face, he backed up in face.

"Te…" Ozpin said before for Chronoa to freeze him in place.

"Ruby, I have come here because this timeline is unstable. Logical errors are fucking it up and normally I would not intervene. But you, you cracked out of one. Normally, you'd be all smiles and making stupid speeches." Chronoa said. "But let's get to the point. I want to make you an offer. Unlike the paltry brother docuhes, I tire of this farce. What if I told you, I could get you all out of Remnant?"

Everyone was skeptical except Ruby who said she was listen.

"You see, if the Brothers want to have their Remnant, they can have their timeline. I've been experimenting and making new timelines with other possibilities. My experimenting has worked Summer Rose and others…" Chronoa said trailing off.

This time, Ruby was not going to have it and aimed Crescent Rose at Chronoa's head. Ruby's silences spoke for her, and Chronoa chuckled.

"Good. You want answers. While she did one, I swooped in and sent her off to the "new" timeline I created. Along with a few other dead people you all know like Maria, Tuskon and Torchwick. Personally, I did it to get back at the brother pricks. However, thanks to them, I perfected my technique so I can do it on the living. I want to offer you a life out of Remn… " Chronoa said only for Ruby to lower her weapon and cut her off by accepting.

"You sure you want to accept without hearing what it's going to cost?" Chronoa asked.

"No, I don't even care. If it's the relic, take it." Ruby said tossing the Relic of Knowledge at Chronoa's feet.

"Ruby, what are you doing?" Qrow/Weiss asked horrified at Ruby's blasé actions thus far.

"I'm done. I've had enough. I'm tired of the lies, the truth, Salem, Ozpin, all of it. Penny died for nothing…Pyrrha died for nothing." Ruby said. "A world without my mom…is one I could barely live in."

"The relic isn't what I will ask. You see, if you leave, you'll have to leave behind the counterparts to you all know. You'll get new ones in the new timeline, only you all, Tsukon, Summer, and Torchwick will remember Remnant at all." Chronoa warned offering her hand. "Despite this, do you accept?"

Ruby was about to take it but turned to her teammates.

"Look, this is going to affect us all. I want to at least know you guys will back me up on it." Ruby said.

"Ruby, I don't know about it, but a different world...could give us something better than this." Blake said hopeful.

"This woman got my arm back…I guess she can't be all bad." Yang said.

Weiss looked over at Ozpin's frozen form and sighed.

"I'm in." Weiss said.

"Wait, don't you have any idea what this could do? Imagine the consequences! Please, you're still shook up on Maria's death." Qrow said to her.

Ruby was having none of it and took Chronoa's hand sealing Remnant's fall and a new fate of them all.

Originally, this was going to be a RWBY/GTA crossover, but I went above and beyond. Simply put, Remnant is a crapsack world where RT keeps revealing stuff that shoots hope of making it better in the face. Remnant is apparently supposed to be a mutable crapsack world but keeps making it more and more impossible for said heroes to change it. Who wouldn't want to leave Remnant? Thus, this challenge was born.

Challenge Rules:

1) The world that Ruby and friends merge into can either be pre-canon/during canon/post-canon.

2) Only RWBY, Oscar, and Qrow would remember Remnant. Characters who originally dead in Remnant, must be shown alive in the new crossover world and have memories of their past lives.

3) Ships are up to you to decide.

4) Depending on the universe, they would not have aura. If you decide to have them keep it, that's fine.

5) Try to avoid a Naruto crossover…it's been overdone.

6) Have fun writing it.

Worlds I Would Suggest:

Grand Theft Auto V/Online

Static Shock (or any of the DCAU)

Batman Beyond

Camp Camp

TMNT 2003/2012

Mario

Team Fortress 2

(A/N: I have something special planned for the 60th chapter…something a bit somber yet uplifting.)