I don't plan on changing the RWBY canon much in the first volume, leaving the bigger changes to volumes 2 & 3, for an obvious reason *cough* Amber remembering Emerald and Mercury *cough*, also the fact that she isn't at beacon anymore, which kinda throws a wrench in Cinder's plans.

Disclaimer: I own neither RWBY nor Dark Souls, they belong to Roosterteeth and From Software respectively.

Chapter 5

After a moment of silence, the world sprang back to life.

An android ran at her, both blades drawn, and immediately got a surge of electricity as Nermina's blade pierced it's chest plate, then it was pulled out violently, it's dark enchantment causing even more damage.

"Wow, geisteel really is an amazing material," Amber stated after observing the damage done, and not a single nick in the blade.

Nermina ignored her comment and parried another android before cutting deeply into it, by the time she looked forward again the man and girl had taken out multiple units. She took note of the fact that she would need to drastically change her fighting style and increase her agility if she were to come across enemy aura users.

Thankfully, they seemed to temporarily deem her as a potential ally. They blitzed through the enemies, occasionally leaving behind a survivor, either to slow Nermina down in case she decided to stab them in the back, get to their objective quicker, or maybe both. The only one who ever looked back at her was the girl.

Eventually, they entered a train car up ahead, with Nermina dealing with the last android. When she entered the car, she heard what she assumed to be the end of a conversation.

"What about the crew members, and that person?" The girl questioned worriedly. The man replied in a cold and uncaring voice, which Amber hated, but it reminded Nermina of some scholars she had met.

"What about them?"

Their conversation was cut short when something massive landed behind Nermina, who immediately turned around with her shield raised, taking a powerful kick from a giant four legged machine that shattered the pathetic wood. She went flying and hit the ground, rolling into the wall and hitting her head.

As she slowly got up, Nermina saw the other two engaging it in combat, faring much better than her, though didn't say much as they made a temporary retreat. This gave the machine time to form a massive cannon and charge its weapon. She quickly focused and ma naged to finish casting Magic Barrier just as it fired, sending all three fighters flying out the ruined car.

Once they all got up again, Nermina held her chime tightly as she drew up souls from the defeated Grimm, then fired a Great Resonant Soul from her chime as the machine leapt onto the cart. The Soul was different than how they usually were, it was wild and barely controlled, as if the Grimm were trying to claw their way back to life, and it was black and red, instead of black and white.

Regardless, it slammed into the machine and staggered it, carving a long gash into it's armor.

The duo seemed to have a small argument before the girl sprung into action, attacking it while the man seemed to just hold his sword and wait. Nermina, having fought beings with powerful souls, knew he was readying a powerful attack. So she began running towards the front of the train, not wanting to be there when he unleashed it.

She didn't get far before the girl had sprinted passed her onto the cart ahead and she felt a searing pain in her side, the world turning red and black for a moment.

Nermina managed to get to the cart the girl was on, chug some Estus, and pass out from the growing pain in here side.

And there they were, back in the shared dream.

At least Amber knew they would eventually arrive in Vale, and that they hadn't died.

But man, did that attack hold some power, it was enough to nearly out-damage the healing of an Estus flask. At least they have the restoration ring equipped, so they might be done healing by the time they wake up again.

"Do you have any idea of who those people are?" Nermina asked her, irritated that she had been careless and hadn't used any healing items during the fight.

"Based on the man with the mask, and the fact that we were on a Schnee Corporation train, the White Fang. The man's fighting style and appearance also shows that he might be one of the leaders, Adam Taurus." Amber said, showing her memories on the White Fang to her partner.

"Well, let's hope that we're still on the train when we wake up," Nermina said in a nonchalant tone, she then proceeded to slip into a meditative state, which calmed Amber's worries somehow, probably due to their link.

She decided to meditate too.

And there it is, Amber and Nermina are getting used to each other, and Nermina realizes that her fighting style would be inadequate against an aura user who knows what they're doing, so we might get a slightly slower paced version of the Hunter fighting style from Bloodborne from her later on.

Anyway, I just want to say thank you for giving this story the time of day to read it, it means something to me that some people actually like it!

Thank you, and see you next time!