Chapter 3-The Strong rule, the Weak serve the Strong

Greer123-Indeed.

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Guest-All will be revealed in the next chapter.

Note-This chapter will be shorter than the last.

The weak die, the strong live.

That was the rule of the Branwen Tribe. It was the one rule Raven Branwen had lived under with her brother, Qrow. But now things were different. The rule has changed.

The Strong rule, and the weak serve the strong.

The Branwen Tribe was well known through out Remnant. Because of their nomadic lifestyle, Huntsmen and Huntresses of Mistral had a hard time finding them even the Atlas Military had a hard time. Only two people knew where to find the Tribe's camp. And yet two people Raven never met had found them. A man and a child had found them.

They had to had some help. They must have. However Raven couldn't find anyone who sell her Tribe out. Her brother and her husband were crossed off the list. There may have been bad blood between them, but Raven knew that neither of them would sell her out to be a servant to a Dark Lord. Sure, Raven might be the crime queen of Mistral now that Lil' Miss Malachite and her Spiders were gone but she was in actual a puppet for the real boss. No matter how people would see, Raven knew her place.

Raven had briefly thought of how to get out of this situation. She thought of turning to Salem but that was simply asking the torturer to use a sharper blade. She thought of Ozpin. He may be an old fool but he was probably the only one beside the Apprentice that could take the Dark Lord on. But she couldn't swallow her pride to ask the old man for help. She thought of turning to Qrow and her husband as well. But she concluded that if a Maiden like herself couldn't stand against the Dark Lord, Huntsman like Qrow and Taiyang Xiao Long wouldn't make much of a difference.

She once tried to speak to the Dark Lord to let Qrow and Tai in so they could conspire a rebellion against him but her offer was rejected. "Your brother is nothing more than a walking bad luck charm." He had said to her. "And from my observations, the actions of loosing a second love has broken to the point he has retired as a Huntsman." That was where it should have ended the conversation.

"Your daughter however, has some potential. The daughter of the Spring Maiden and Taiyang Xiao Long, the Dragon of Beacon. Very much potential indeed."

That was it. Raven lost her cool with the Dark Lord. She drew her Dust sword and held it to the Dark Lord's throat. "You can do your worst to me for the rest of my life," she growled. "But if I see you within a mile of my daughter with the intent to turn her into one of your lapdogs I will use all of my power to kill you."

He was unfazed. He always was unfazed. His mask showed no reaction, but Raven knew that the Dark Lord was smiling under his mask. "Perhaps we can make a deal Branwen?" He asked. Raven narrowed her eyes. "Go on." She hissed. "A simple duel to the point where your Aura breaks." He proposed. "You win, your daughter will remain out of my reach and you can freely visit her if you wish." he had said. "But if I win, I will merely observe your daughter."

Raven narrowed her eyes. "Observe?" she repeated. "I will do so until I'm certain of her potential." he replied.

Raven agreed to the duel. She used every trick she had in the fight. And she still lost.

She cleared her mind as Vernal, Raven's second in command walked into the restaurant. "We took out the last of the Spiders," she said as she walked up to where Raven sat. Raven nodded her head absently. Being her second in command, Vernal guessed what was wrong. "You're still thinking of doing it." She said.

That knocked Raven back to Remnant. She sighed and rubbed her head. "I know it's pointless." she admitted, "but part of me thinks I can find a way out of this."

Vernal-But every scenario you think of ends where the boss comes out on top, unscathed.

Raven-Even if I overthrow him, there still his Apprentice, Torchwick and Hill. Those three are loyal.

Vernal-What about the other Maidens? That could even the fight.

Raven-(Sighs) That will most likely bring Ozpin's attention. Something I don't want.

Before they could continue, a guard comes in. "Excuse me ma'am." he said, "The boss wants to speak to you and the others." Raven sighed and stood up and grabbed her Grimm mask. She walked into the manager's office and close the window shades. She turned on the communication device and saw the holograms turn on. They all heard the Dark Lord's order and they bowed their heads and complied. "Yes Lord Vader."

Raven reported that the Malachite Spiders were completely eliminated. Roman reported that everything went smooth in Vale and Robyn reported that Mantle has improved greatly and Atlas doesn't suspect a thing. Roman then send more information to Lord Vader. Info that Raven knew what it was. The Dark Lord kept his word to only observe her daughter and Roman always gave him exactly what he wanted. "Graduated top of her class at Signal Academy and being enrolled into Beacon Academy for next year. Your daughter seems to be following her father's footsteps, you must be proud Branwen." He read from the Scroll. Despite not liking how Vader was mocking, Raven felt proud of her daughter upon hearing the news. "And has committed a crime recently." He added.

Wait what? Raven said both in her mind and out loud. "Committed assault on the manager of a bar and employees, scaring away the customers because she couldn't wait in line. Perhaps committing crime runs in the family." Raven would have facepalmed if she could. "That was publicly said. Junior had informed Torchwick that she was looking for information on you. " Raven grimaced under her mask and remained silent during the whole meeting. She didn't really pay attention until Vader mentioned something about the White Fang.

Raven turned off the communicator and rubbed her head. Once again her mind drifted off to the past. The time she fought the Dark Lord. Or rather the aftermath.

Raven fell to the ground and her Aura broke. Vader's mechanical breathing could be heard in a normal pace, meaning he was holding back in the duel. "Through out your life in the Branwen Tribe, you lived by one code." he said as he circled her. "The weak die, the strong live. I have heard that saying from many people like you Raven. I don't agree with them nor do I agree with you. Strength is not measured simply by individuals but how much strength they have. However there are beings that are truly weak. And that is what I see in you Branwen. You are weak." He grabs her hair and roughly pulls her to face him. "You can claim that you are strong all you want but there is always someone stronger than you."

"If you betray me, if you try to run and hide like you did to all those who trusted you, there will be no Kingdom, no continent on this world where I can't find you." He said to her. "You cannot hide, you cannot flee from me. You think you know pain Branwen?" He holds his plasma sword up three centimeters away from her throat and she could feel the intense heat on her skin. "Betray me, I will make you wish for something as sweet as pain."

Raven shook her head. Her breathing shuddered as she looked around the room cautiously. She sighed and left the room deciding to inform Vernal about what her daughter had accomplished and done.