The sun had risen, it was the beginning of the end of the first act "as we expected they come from the south" in that direction was the Evernight Castle, Saphron was watching from the great wall that surrounds the capital, several archers were positioned throughout the wall , next to the paladin was Sky Lark in a golden armor that represented his new title as Knight Leader.
"The princess has ordered us to gather all the civilians in the safe zone that we have prepared, Velvet and Coco are helping with that, it will be impossible to prevent them from crossing our defenses and the capital will become a battlefield but if we keep the civilians in a single place it will make it easier for us to protect them"
The great army of Grimms and Zombies was approaching "listen to me!" Sky shouted loudly, gaining the attention of all knights who were nearby "do not fear death, fear failure, the people of our kingdom are counting on us!" It was his duty to motivate all those who would fight today "those monsters want to end our kingdom but we will not allow them, we are the brave knights of Vale and we will do our job!" Saphron was surprised, this boy was younger than her but he was showing quite a bit of courage.
Sky Lark raised his spear to the heavens and shouted with great force "by Vale we stand!"everyone who heard him shouted alike, the great battle for the kingdom was finally beginning.
(…)
"It has begun" Salem was sitting in her throne room, in front of her was a Seer showing her the battle in Vale "these creatures are quite convenient" definitely the Seer was the most useful Grimm that existed in this world "the silver-eyed girl will surely try to interfere but the generals should be enough "with the generals backing her army the success of the attack was assured, unfortunately Cinder had already taken care of that.
But the show was canceled because a sword pierced the Seer, it began to fade and Salem could see who threw that weapon "my queen, I want to talk to you" Jaune Arc entered the throne room, Salem looked at him with a sharp look"I see, I guess we should have talked a long time ago"
She suspected the reason why the boy came "do you hate me? I wouldn't blame you if you do, I lied to you for a long time after all" he closed his eyes and sighed" I could never hate you, you have been like a mother to me and you were the only one who gave me a purpose"
However, she could feel the negativity emanating from the boy, the negative feelings were something easy to detect for a Grimm "it is obvious something bothers you, speak" he thought well his words, after all this was important "please stop this, we have already caused enough suffering, what you wish will not do any good for this world"
She listened calmly and sighed "I can't do that, humanity has done too many horrible things to forgive them, they deserve to be eliminated from this world, you wouldn't understand" he had a sad expression on his face "I know what they did to you, thanks to a friend I was able to know more about your past, I'm sorry about what happened to your daughters "she was surprised to hear that" the girl from the Rose Clan I assume, only she could have that information"
Technically speaking Yang gave him Ozma's diary but that was something belonging to Ruby after all "if you know what happened you should know that I will not stop, this world will pay for everything I suffered, for everything you, Pyrrha, Ren and Nora suffered, we must end this "the only solution was total destruction, of course Jaune did not agree with that" I hate humans and I don't want to share this world with them but total extermination is something I can never agree with, after everything I've done I think I've had enough revenge"
She rose from her throne with an expression full of anger "I have not had enough, they took my life and my happiness for their selfish desires!" he stepped back a bit, it was the first time the queen was so furious "I became a horrible monster to obtain freedom and the only thing I have achieved is misery and suffering, I had to give up the love of my life to get to where I am!" unfortunately a happy life with Ozma was never in her destiny, if she did not become a Grimm it would have ended in a marriage with the Prince of Atlas.
He understood the pain she felt "no matter what decision I had made, I would never have been happy, humanity never gave me the opportunity to have a happy life and that is why I detest them, I hate them and I will never forgive them for what they have done to me, never"
Finally she calmed down a bit but her decision was impossible to change and Jaune closed his eyes resigned "I'm sorry for this my queen but from now on I don't work for you anymore" the boy put his hands together and a red magic barrier rose locking up the queen.
"My dear Jaune, you should know this will not stop me even for a minute" she raised her hand and created a sphere of dark magic but he told her it was useless" you are the most powerful Grimm that exists in this world but I am a Necromancer, we are quite good in the dark arts, that barrier is being empowered by the souls of all the zombies that I have created for the attack on Vale, except Pyrrha"
She was surprised, Jaune had created many zombies for this day and the amount of souls he used for this barrier was not a small number "I see, if it is something so powerful even I will not be able to get out so fast"
If that was the case, a large part of the army attacking Vale had fallen "do you really intend to continue with this?" she felt a bit sad because of the boy's betrayal but she couldn't blame him "Queen of the Grimm I ask you to surrender or we will take the castle by force" she raised her eyebrow when she heard that "we?"
(…)
"Kill them all" Cinder Fall's forces were killing the few defenses that protected the castle, the knights who served the general had red armor, they were called the crimson elite, the army that served Cinder and her allies "it seems that Jaune has put his little plan into action"when she saw some zombies fall lifeless Cinder imagined the boy had started "the castle is practically ours and if everything goes well I will take care of more than one enemy"
Her forces had arrived on time and the little defense Salem had left was insignificant, although there were not as many soldiers as the great army attacking the capital, they were enough to take the castle "this is the first step, soon I will be the Queen of all Grimm"she could deal with the other generals another time but Salem was the highest priority, with her out of the way and with Jaune under her control everything would be fine.
The red stone of the necklace that she had started to glow and projected a small hologram in front of her "How is everything, Cinder?" It was her ally Emerald, Cinder smiled when she saw her "I have started the attack, soon the Queen's castle will be ours and not only that" Jaune would be her property when this is over "I see you planned things well, continue with your show Cinder, we look forward to your return"
(…)
"My queen we are being attacked by a small army of Grimm knights!" Ren entered the throne room in a hurry but realized the queen was trapped in a barrier, she was sitting on her throne and in front of her was Jaune "What are you doing Jaune?"Salem simply asked him "what color is their armor?" He looked at Jaune with a sharp look but replied "it's a red color" she recognized who it was "the crimson army, they are Mistral's forces, I see Cinder has made her move, you should know she is using you Jaune"
"I already know that, I have been able to know her well and she is not the kind of person who would help someone without getting something in return, she wants something but unfortunately she was the only one who helped me" he prepared his sword and shield, Ren took out a pair of black knives with gold edges in response "stop Jaune, after everything we've been through it's disappointing to know you want to betray us, you still have a chance to fix this"
Ren really respected Jaune and considered him a good friend but he could not allow this "you also lied to me Ren, everyone knew the truth except me, it hurts to do this but it is the right thing"
"Very well, I will kill you and then I will revive you Jaune, don't worry" upon being revived by Ren he would be under his control "I don't want to kill you Ren and that's why I was prepared" something hit Ren on the head and he fell unconscious to the ground.
Salem observed that Pyrrha was responsible, the zombie had been quite stealthy "I'm sorry my queen but I can't refuse Jaune's orders" the zombies were forced to obey the words of the Necromancer who gave them life, Salem smiled to reassure her.
"Don't worry dear Pyrrha, I know you don't want to betray me" Jaune felt bad for controlling Pyrrha but avoiding total destruction was something more important than his friend's will "Cinder and her army of weaklings are no match for me, you should know that Jaune"
"I know but fortunately an old friend has given me hope" Pyrrha took Ren in her arms carrying him like a princess and left the throne room, Jaune was about to leave but turned one last time "thank you for everything you have done my queen, I wish things had not come to this but unfortunately we are on opposite sides" Salem watched him from her throne with pity.
"I really love you Jaune, thank you for accompanying this old woman for so long, I promise that I will make this world a better place"he left the throne room.
"I guess I'll have to use that" she closed her eyes and began to focus "Cinder, if you think I'll let you take my castle so easy you're wrong" Castle Evernight had its surprises.
(…)
Underground in the depths of the castle there was a secret Salem kept, a large pond filled with a liquid dark as night, it was a Grimm pool, in the middle was a young-looking woman, with dark green hair and pale skin, she was floating in a dark sphere, she seemed to be asleep but by her expression you could tell she was having nightmares, the girl was whispering unintelligible things, it was obvious she was having a bad time.
Normally the Grimm pools are negativity taking shape in this world, when there are no Grimms nearby to feed, these pools are formed due to the accumulation of negativity in the environment and the Grimm beasts are born from them, they are basically negativity in physical form, Salem wanted to have her own Grimm pool but getting one naturally was practically impossible, so she had an idea.
This young woman was an enemy that Salem defeated five hundred years ago, at that time the Queen of the Grimm had a great but cruel idea, she locked this woman down here and placed a curse on her, she would remain asleep and have nightmares, like that Salem got a source of negativity, this woman was a monster so it would last a long time, that way she never ran out of beasts to fight for her, there are hidden Grimm pools all over the world but creating one of her own saved a lot of problems.
The black liquid of the pond began to move, rising little by little and enveloping the dark sphere where the woman was, something bad was about to happen.
(…)
The capital of Vale was a battlefield, there were still civilians being evacuated to the safe zone but the monsters had managed to enter, the knights were doing their best to defend the kingdom, Coco Adel was helping to protect the civilians, Velvet was next to her, the huntress pierced the heads of several zombies with her arrows, the bunny used a sword to cut the Grimm beasts that were approaching "I think we have already managed to get all the people out of this zone, it would be better to move Velvet"
They ran a couple of meters eliminating every monster in their path, they were in the market area at the moment, the girls in addition to evacuating people were with a group of knights looting the stores, they needed to bring as much food as possible to the safe zone, a young knight approached them, he has light-brown hair, he had Vale's classic silver armor but in his hand was a bronze sword "Miss Velvet, Miss Coco, my men have secured as much food as possible and are taking everything to the safe zone"
"Thanks Dove" during the preparations for the battle they met this knight, Dove Bronzewing was a friend of Sky and had the rank of captain, they had come with him to the market area "I'm afraid the number of enemies is overwhelming, I don't think we can protect this area for long, I have sent my men to bring as much food as possible to the safe area"
"It's okay Dove, protecting people is our priority and I think we've been here long enough" Coco knew they had to keep the most important thing in mind "it's fortunate that a large part of the zombies simply stopped moving, I don't know what happened but it was a stroke of luck"they did not know that the Necromancer Jaune had used the souls of his creations for another purpose and that actually reduced the danger a bit, however the queen's army was still numerous.
A cry of pain drew the attention of the three and they could see that near a burning house there was a human crushing the head of a knight "Stop!" Coco shot a couple of arrows with her crossbow but that man moved his body with great agility without taking his foot off him. "Oh my, it seems I have more people to attend to"
He is a pale man with gold eyes and a brown ponytail, he wears a white sleeveless jacket with leather belts strapped to it, along with white pants, his jacket is left open, exposing his bare chest, which is crisscrossed with prominent scars, his arms are covered with cream colored bandages and leather vambraces, Velvet noticed something more important than his clothes, a scorpion's tail "he is a faunus"
Dove pointed his sword at him "I don't know what you think you're doing but you have to stop now, Vale is too busy with monsters to have to deal with a resentful Faunus" the knight thought he was a Faunus who took advantage of the chaos to take revenge or something like that, however he was totally wrong "Hahahah now that's quite funny" the scorpion laughed for a long moment.
"Um I think this guy has problems" Coco found him disturbing and she was certainly correct "young man I don't do this for a reason as pathetic as revenge, this is simply my divine work as a faithful servant, this chaos has given me the opportunity to offer more sacrifices to my master and that is what I must do" the stinger of his tail pierced the head of the poor knight on the ground "NO!" Dove screamed in anger and moved to attack, the assassin smiled and caught the sword in his hands "What?"
"Oh my" the edge of the sword was very close to the face of the Faunus "you are quite weak" Dove was kicked in the stomach with great force and crashed into Velvet, Coco cautiously aimed at the enemy "Who is your master?" the Faunus laughed with happiness because talking about that was something that always made him happy "I am Tyrian Callows, a faithful servant of the divine Spirit of The Death and you will be my next sacrifices"
Unfortunately there were more dangers than the monsters attacking the kingdom.
(…)
"You are late" Cinder Fall watched as Ruby, Yang and Weiss appeared from the forest that surrounded the castle "there were several zombies in the forest, we took a while cleaning the surroundings" the heroines had finally reached the final stage "Salem is in the throne room at the top of the castle, Jaune must have her trapped there, you'd better hurry, I'll take care of finishing here" however that would have to wait.
A great chaos attracted the attention of the girls, the entrance of the castle was smashed by something huge, everyone was shocked by what they were seeing "A dragon ?!" A great Grimm Dragon began to slaughter the knights of Cinder, the entrance of the castle was destroyed "holy shit, I did not think the queen had something like that under her control" for Yang it was the first time she saw a dragon.
"This doesn't make sense" Weiss knew this was too weird, Ruby knew what she meant but her sister had no idea "Grimms are monsters different from the others but there are no monsters of another species capable of becoming Grimm "Yang was still lost but Ruby clarified things for her "for example you are a technically a vampire Yang so you could not become a werewolf "the blonde began to understand, even Cinder knew about that" it is the nature of monsters, the only kind of hybrids that exist in this world are cases like you"
Upon being pointed out, Yang understood, it was only possible that hybrids between humans and monsters existed "that thing is nothing more than an aberration that Salem created with her magic."
Cinder was correct and Weiss could feel it "yes, although it is vague I can feel magic coming from it, this dragon is a construct and as such it must have a source of magic that is giving him life" Yang scratched her head a little, these magical matters were a pain "I entrust that to you girls, I will distract him"
The Dhampir jumped high and landed on the dragon's head "Time for your beating!" she began to hit him on the head and the creature finally noticed the existence of the girl, Cinder's soldiers took the opportunity to cut the beast but his wounds were rapidly regenerating "tch, it's just like Roman" Cinder knew this ridiculous regeneration was a problem, they had to act fast "Ruby I will help here, you go and find the source of magic that keeps that thing alive, it can't be too far, your eyes should be enough to end this"
Ruby used her semblance and went quickly towards the interior of the castle, descending through the great hole the creature had created, Weiss raised her hands and created a sphere of fire she held for a few seconds, when she released that power, she created a strong attack that caused a great explosion that destroyed one of the wings of the dragon"It is better to prevent him from rising to the skies" However, the creature's wing was already regenerating, Cinder began firing weapons from her body towards the dragon but they did not have much effect.
The dragon roared with great force which made everyone who was close deaf for a brief moment, several Grimm beasts began to sprout from its body "oh shit that is bad" the Dhampir observed as in a matter of seconds a large number of Grimm beasts had come out of the dragon and Cinder's forces were being overwhelmed.
Weiss kept attacking the dragon with explosive magic to prevent it from rising to the skies, Cinder was protecting the mage from any Grimm that tried something "I hope your friend hurries up"
(…)
"The queen is impressive, I doubt Cinder and Yang can do anything against that" Pyrrha was watching the chaos below from a large window, the smile on her face disturbed Jaune a bit, he was quite worried about the appearance of that monster "I'm afraid you put your trust in the wrong people my dear Jaune" she was very sure the queen would win.
They were in Jaune's work room, Ren was tied in a chair near the wall, he also seemed satisfied with what happened "I didn't even know the queen kept something like that, our victory is assured Jaune, you only prolong the inevitable" on the table in the middle of the room was Nora's head, Jaune managed to convince Cinder to give her to him a little earlier "we have both suffered a lot due to humanity Ren but what you want is not the solution"
"It is but I suppose we both come from different situations, you are not able to understand" Jaune's family threw him into the streets as soon as they realized the power of their son but with Ren the case was different "unlike you Jaune, my family did love me and despite everything they tried to protect me even though I had this power, the town where I lived burned them alive all by order of the church"just remembering what happened in the past filled him with anger.
"I'm sorry but you know that not everyone is like that, your parents were the proof" surprisingly Ren agreed with that "I already know that, there are good humans in this world but that kind of people will always suffer, the really good humans are victims of injustice, they suffer and pay for the sins of others, they don't deserve that fate and that is why it is better if they die, they will be free"
Jaune was surprised, he didn't expect Ren to think that way, even Pyrrha didn't expect it "Tch, I didn't think you had such pathetic thoughts, there is no good human in this world"
Pyrrha was a warrior who risked her life for people, however during a mission she was betrayed and lost her life, when she revived the first thing she did was look for the people who caused her death and make them suffer, Jaune never wanted to ask her much but she has always seen humans as beings that do not deserve compassion "the last time I felt compassion and pity for humans I ended up dead, maybe you two need that"
It was a shame but his two friends had been very affected by human cruelty, even he considered himself someone similar, after all he has done horrible things to get his justice "when everything is over I will let you revive Nora"
(…)
"My precious Kingdom is bleeding, damn those infernal monsters that dare to touch my paradise" the old King Winchester watched from the balcony of his castle as the capital had become a battlefield,his daughter Carissa was at his side but unlike him she didn't seem to be mad or angry"you should go back inside father, soon all this will end "she placed her hand on the king's shoulder and sent him inside but before leaving the balcony she looked once more at the chaos of the capital" that lunatic must be taking advantage of this, that is fine i guess, it's almost time for the final act anyway"
(…)
"The other generals have already left, I told Cinder I would do the same but I couldn't help it, this is too fun" Sienna Khan was surrounded by the corpses of several knights, the chaos and destruction the queen's army had created was generating too much negativity.
"Don't worry, I have not forgotten about you, little friend" she was holding a poor knight by the neck "you are the last in this area, I think we should make this more memorable, it would be sad to give you such a simple death after trying so hard"
The poor knight was terrified and she knew it, she could taste every drop of negativity that emanated from the poor man "making humans suffer is so satisfying" she hit him hard and her fist pierced the knight's armor "I can feel the shock you feel, what a delight "her poor victim died and she threw the corpse to the ground, her left arm was completely covered in blood, after all she had pierced his stomach but that did not bother her.
"I think I had enough fun already but it would be a waste to leave this banquet so soon"
(…)
"Hah for being kids I guess you guys are not that bad" Coco received a punch in her face and her new dark glasses ended up broken, Tyrian jumped dodging a sword that almost pierced him, he did a somersault in the air, kicking Velvet in the face "however you are still weak " his scorpion tail blocked a sword attack from Dove" too weak" Tyrian kicked the young knight and his tail blocked several arrows fired by Coco "this bastard is dangerous!"
Velvet and Dove attacked the Faunus from both sides but he blocked the swords with his hands "I admire your efforts but my divine work is more important" he took advantage of the fact that they firmly held their weapons and moved his arms crashing Velvet against Dove, his tail blocked several of Coco's arrows, the haunting man was quite strong "your lives will be a worthy sacrifice for my god"
"Your weapons are blessed with Holy Magic, I could feel it, you definitely could deal with most of the monsters that are attacking the capital but for me your weapons don't represent any danger" he was walking slowly towards Coco, she was shooting her arrows continuously but he dodged them without problems "useless useless useless" Tyrian hit the girl hard in the stomach and she ended up on the ground.
"I guess I'll start with you" the stinger on his tail began to drip a purple liquid "this is going to hurt a lot" but the others would not allow him to do that, the lunatic dodged two attacks and jumped back gaining some distance "children, it is bad to be so stubborn,you should accept your brilliant destinies with joy" Dove spat on the ground and pointed his sword at the enemy "I am very sure that our destiny is not to die at the hands of a damn lunatic, the spirit of the death does not exist"
That comment got the Faunus upset "How dare you say such heresy !?" Tyrian ran quickly towards Dove, dodging a sword attack and repeatedly hit the boy in the face, Velvet tried to help him but he held the girl's sword with his tail and smashed it "it can't be"
Coco kept shooting arrows but Tyrian didn't even bother to dodge, letting his aura take the damage "The spirit of Death is our savior, doubting its existence is disgusting but I guess it was to be expected, the church has done everything to put an end to his great influence and only some faithful like me continue under his divine guidance"
"This Faunus is really crazy, thank goodness you're not like that Velvet" Coco was surprised to have someone so scary so close "as proof of my loyalty and respect for my god, I'll give you a free attack young man, don't waste it"
Tyrian spread his arms as if he wanted to receive a hug, smiling with an eerie confidence, Dove firmly clenched his weapon, he knew this man was crazy but if he wanted to be attacked, he would please him, the young knight ran and cut the man in front of him.
"What a disappointment" Tyrian's aura broke but he didn't seem the least bit worried "now it's my turn" the scorpion moved his body and his tail went through Dove's armor piercing his stomach, his aura broke and the boy ended up spitting blood "Dove!" the girls screamed when they saw that "How can you have so much strength in that tail?" the knight was very surprised.
"As I said, you are too weak, if I had given the opportunity I gave you to someone different I could have ended up in your position but I know my limits" the scorpion removed his tail and Dove fell to the ground, Velvet ran towards the knight, the blood was gushing from his wound, Tyrian ran towards Coco dodging arrows and took the crossbow from the girl, kicked her in her legs knocking her down and smashed her weapon.
"I had already told you it is useless to be so stubborn" Velvet was ripping some fabric from her pants to use that as a bandage, the scorpion laughed when he saw that "even if you stop the bleeding, my poison is already inside, that boy will die"
"I can save him" a strong blow sent the scorpion to crash against the wall of a house, Tyrian ended up making a hole in said wall, Saphron and a group of knights appeared just in time "they informed me you had not returned yet and I decided to look for you, take care of the faunus"
She gave the order and her knights entered the house "be careful, that man is very strong" Coco warned them from the ground.
"We paladins are good at healing magic, I will not let you die" the blonde placed her hands on the wound and a white glow could be seen, the knights left the house without their target "Lady Saphron, the Faunus escaped"
Velvet let out a sigh of relief, that was terrifying, Coco however was furious "that bastard only played with us, shit I'm too weak" Velvet looked at her sadly, she was not much help either and her new friend had paid the consequences of that weakness.
"That should be enough, he just needs rest" Dove was unconscious but his body was already fine "Go back to the safe zone, Sky must be there, I must go to the Royal Castle, the survivors of Siver are there and I must bring them to the safe zone"
(…)
"¿What is this?" Ruby had gone down through the large hole the dragon made and when she got underground she observed there was a large crater, in the middle was a big sphere of dark liquid floating and she assumed it was her objective, she took a deep breath and prepared herself.
"You can't stop this so easily little girl" she heard a voice in her head and readied her scythe "Who are you?" Ruby started to feel weak and fell to her knees "What's going on?"
The girl finally regained her strength but she realized the sphere had disappeared and the scene had changed "this place is" the Rose Mansion was in front of her, as she remembered, in her glory days when she lived happily with her parents"What trick is this?" she got inside.
She knew this was not possible "oh my sweet girl woke up. How are you little cookie? "in front was her mother, Summer Rose, she had in her hands a tray full of freshly baked cookies, her mother was wearing blue pajamas "it can't be"
Looking at her hands, she realized they were a little smaller and her mother was never that tall, she had become a little girl again "Ruby takes the cookies to the dining room but don't eat them, I'll go and wake up your dad."
She took the tray and walked through the corridors, everything looked good, the walls seemed freshly painted and everything was in good condition, it was just as she remembered, she came to the dining room and left the tray on the table, sat down and the smell of the cookies forced her to take one.
"Hmm this is delicious" some tears came from the heroine's eyes "these are her cookies, they really are" the taste was identical to the cookies her mother prepared.
"What was I doing?" her mind was somewhat blurred and she forgot how she ended up here "oh what a miracle, you haven't finished all the cookies" upon hearing those words she saw that her father had entered the dining room, hugging her mother "daddy!" the girl ran with tears in her eyes and hugged her parents.
"Woah what's up?" she was crying non-stop, she didn't know why but just seeing her parents caused her great pain "please don't leave me" they hugged her tightly "don't worry, we'll always be with you"
They sat at the table eating cookies and drinking a cup of hot chocolate "did you have a bad dream?" her mother asked her that with some concern but the young Ruby had a blurred mind "I think so, I just know i wanted to see both of you" she could not explain the desire that came from her soul, she could not remember "aww how sweet you are"
"I wish Yang was here" that comment was made unconsciously and she wondered why "Who is Yang?" her father asked her with interest and she answered without hesitation "my older sister" although whatever was happening tried to cloud Ruby's mind, her honest soul had the answers "Yang, you should know who she is"
Taiyang did not seem to have any idea "nope, you are my only cute daughter" that made no sense, Ruby remembered her father and knew he was not a liar, he would never have denied the existence of her sister "this is not right, now I understand"
(…)
"The loss of a loved one is a wound that can hardly heal, it is something that I know perfectly because after years I have not yet been able to forgive everything that humanity has done to me, I will allow you to be happy in this illusion, as thanks to your mother who was the main cause for me to recover my memories"
"Thank you but I pass" Salem was surprised to hear that and saw how the young Ruby watched her with determination "I loved my parents very much but it is too painful to see them again, thanks to that I was able to remember my mission, they would not have wanted their daughter to perish in a fantasy and they would never have lied to me, they are dead and I must live with that, I promise to myself I would avenge their deaths, for my parents and for everything they represent, I will stop you Queen of the Grimm"
They were face to face, this little curse was something Salem had put to protect her creation, the illusion would have incapacitated the girl long enough for her dragon to kill them all but Ruby was not weak-minded "I see, I imagined that like Ozma you would be the typical naive hero with a sweet heart but you are more than that"
She could not give up when she was so close to the final goal "I admit everything was very tempting but in the end, many people count on me and I cannot disappoint them"
(…)
Salem opened her eyes, she was still locked in the throne room but could not help but smile a little "dear Ozma, I see your descendants are more interesting than I expected, I guess I should not be surprised" the curse had failed and the mental link was done "very well girl, I will give you a worthy death just like I did with your parents"
(…)
Ruby Rose opened her eyes, she had finally awakened from that little dream "it's time to end this" the girl took a deep breath and her eyes began to shine, the sphere of black liquid began to fade and the woman that was inside the sphere fell to the ground.
Ruby approached but the woman seemed to be asleep, however she had a calm expression, apparently the curse that caused her nightmares had been eliminated, Ruby took her in her arms "okay, I didn't expect to find a naked girl here, I guess the queen did something to you"
She used her semblance to climb up the hole the dragon had created and watched as the Grimm was fading "Ruby you did it!" her sister Yang jumped off the dead creature and landed in front of her "I'm glad to see you're all right"
"Well several of Cinder's knights died but it doesn't matter, Jaune told me that she is evil so we didn't lose anything valuable" Weiss approached her friends "Good job Ruby, although I see you got something extra" the mage observed cautiously the naked girl.
"I can feel a lot of magical energy coming from her, it is obvious she is not human but I wonder what kind of monster she is" however that was not the main priority "we can discuss that later, Salem was using her as the source of power that maintained that dragon, I'm not going to leave her with Cinder, the best option is your friend Jaune"
Yang nodded and took the girl in her arms, Cinder approached them with a furious expression "you took too long girl, I hope you are able to end this although now I have my doubts" obviously losing so many warriors had made Cinder angry but they didn't care.
"Thank Ruby for dealing with the problem or even you would have died, shut up and let us do our work" Weiss was clear, unfortunately Cinder needed them to do this so she did not bother them anymore "tch, do what you have to do, I'll make sure no one else interferes"
(…)
"Damn it even if a large part of the zombies fell at the beginning there are still quite a few enemies" Saphron moved through the roads of the capital, she was running fast cutting each zombie and Grimm on her way, she could see the castle, she was almost there but stopped when she heard a cry of pain.
"Oh no" she looked for the origin of the cry and quickly managed to get there "hahah how fragile humans are" Sienna Khan was standing on a poor man, she had ripped two arms off her victim "I tried to resist the temptation but I couldn't heheh , I suppose killing useless people like you does not affect the final result"
The man died due to shock "oh come on, they really can't take anything" they were in a somewhat large square with a fountain in the middle, the water was full of blood, there were several corpses nearby and some zombies were feeding, Saphron was furious and Sienna finally noticed her presence.
"Oh I have good luck, I was getting bored because of the weaklings but you will be a more delicious meal" Sienna clenched her knuckles in preparation "do you hate humans so much? It's disgusting you can enjoy causing so much pain and suffering"
"Pff are you stupid? I am a Grimm, I feed on negative emotions, although I admit I don't have any kind of love for humans either, after all I was once a miserable Faunus slave but now I am the one with power, I had been waiting for this opportunity and as I told you in Siver, I will make you suffer until you end up crying like a little bitch just like that Dhampir"
Saphron pointed her sword at the Grimm "even if this ends up being my last day in this world, I'll make sure to finish you off, I can't let a cruel and vile monster like you stay alive"
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"Dammit!" Ruby used her scythe to block a blow from Pyrrha that was aimed at Yang, the three heroines had reached Jaune's work room and the zombie warrior was furious "Calm down Pyrrha!"
Jaune gave the order and she was forced to stop "you will never defeat our queen" Ruby had used her cape to cover the girl they had found underground, Yang placed her on the table where Nora's head was " oh shit,what happened to Nora?"
"Cinder did that, I'll let Ren revive her when this is over" the girls observed the Necromancer tied to a chair staring at them "I'd say it's nice to see you Ren but I'd be lying, I still remember you stuck a knife in my back"
Yang still remembered that day "I should have done more than that, believe me" killing Yang would have saved them a lot of trouble but even the queen considered her harmless.
"Who is she?" Jaune of course was referring to the mysterious girl covered by Ruby's red cape "Salem had her trapped underground, she was what kept that dragon standing, before going to face the queen we decided to leave her with you" he nodded and hug his vampire friend "if everything goes wrong, I can bring you all back like zombies"
"I wouldn't have a problem with that but I doubt Salem will leave our bodies intact, don't worry Jaune, it's time to end the queen's suffering once and for all" he was sad for betraying the person who had done so much for him but he had to prevent her from doing something so horrible, after she suffered so much she deserved to rest.