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RWBY ORGN: Broken Glass (Part 1)
Genre: Adventure
Pairs: None
Parody: RWBY
AU-Type: Canon-eqsue AU
Tags: Origin Re-write, Challenge Fic, How to make a tragic villain, Small references for other shows, Somewhat uses the 'Cult of Salem' concept from Remnant's Four Shadows
Note: RWBY ORGN was something I had planned for a long time. An attempt at my hand to write the backstories of these characters who's backstories are lacking. Ilia's own was planned out, but never written.
Part 1 – True Freedom
Hunger. Cinder Fall hated the feeling…she just wanted some more food to eat. But the orphanage she lived in was stingy with food. She could not stand the injustice that the staff hoarded the good stuff. She wanted out, but was terrified of being 'adopted'. The other kids did not like her too much, not that it was her fault. The staff made them fight each other for extra food, and Cinder refused to starve. Breaking another's arm? Choking a girl until she passed out? Using a chair to club a boy down? Worth it for a few fresh morsels.
She did not consider running away until that autumn day. She had heard the staff talking one night…all the other children where in bed. The staff were chattering about…Cinder was more focused on stealing one of the staff member's stash of cookies.
"So that creep Faubley's in town. He's looking for a new kid."
"What happened to the last one?"
"Threw herself off Altas…"
"Ok, so which kid are we handing over to him? I vote Cinder."
"That scrawny little bitch. What Faubley will do to her will spilt her in half."
Cinder did not hear the rest of conversation because she did stay to hear the rest. She did not what they meant nor who this guy was…but something in her felt the strongest calling to get out. And get out now. She did not exactly have much things to pack. She did steal a blanket and pillow before vanishing into the night.
Being on her own was hard, but the thought of being 'split in half' crushed hope of returning. As she got further and further away from the orphanage, she ran into someone else. A woman dressed in white robes that show a lithe slender figure. Her soft face, long strawberry blonde hair, blue eyes, and pink colored lips made her look rather wide-eyed and innocent.
"What are you? Did they send you to get me to go back?" She said nervously getting out a knife. "I'll…"
"I don't know what you're talking about. I just want to get away from the orphanage!" Cinder said defensively only for the woman to nervously put back the knife.
"Orphanage? Then you're not…but why flee an orphanage?"
"The staffers wanted to sell me to someone. They talked about how he was going 'split me in half'. But I don't know what that means exactly." Cinder said.
The woman's eyes immediately hardened before taking up Cinder's hand.
"And you won't because I'm taking you with me. I don't think you had any plans on where to go or any family to go to, dear."
"No…I didn't think that far." Cinder said.
"Then let's get as far away from here as possible."
That night Cinder would have seen this as her good fortune and for Ella Perrault, this was a chance at redemption.
(A/N: The goal? Take the crappy elements RT used for a bland backstory and repurpose it with a bit of effort just to spite RT that they could have done much better. Plus, I wanted to create a fitting backstory for Cinder that explains her character.)