The sky was dark over beacon academy as two people clashed against each other while the building was ablaze. One, a man, was wearing a brown sleeveless trench coat over a hoodie and wielded a red scythe. The other was a female with molten orange colored eyes. She was wearing a blood red dress and wielded two swords. "Your tyranny ends now Cinder." The man said with a snarl before running at his opponent the scythe making sparks as he dragged it across the ground. "You aren't strong enough to defeat a maiden, Toa." The woman sneered before charging forward swords ablaze.

[Lightning flashes as the two swing their weapons and everything goes white]

{RWBY Vol. 1 opening plays}

Several months earlier….

Come on.. why do we have to go on this field trip with professor Oobleck." Yang xiao long complained. Her teammates looked at her. "it's a mission yang, evidently these ruins were recently discovered and the professor wanted to see." Blake belladonna, one of her teammates, said. "Yeah yang and he and asked us to accompany him." Ruby Rose, Yang's half sister and team leader, said. Weiss Schnee rolled her eyes at yang's complaining. "Honestly yang, are you going to complain for the whole trip." Yang huffed before crossing her arms. "Find me." Blake and ruby stopped. "Did you hear that?" Blake asked as her Faunus ears twitched. Yang shrugged as Wiess shook her head. "I did." Ruby said. Blake looked at her. "Any idea as to what it meant?" she asked the scarlet reaper who shrugged. Blake furrowed her eyebrows before she watched the area around her shift.

Everything was covered in ash, armored bodies on the ground. As Blake walked through the burning ruins. "Where am I?" she then heard metal clashing. Blake watched as a man came flying through a building's wall. taking in the man's clothing she saw that he wore a damaged cloak over an ancient combat vest and t-shirt. He wielded two strange looking swords. The hood on the cloak was up so Blake couldn't make out his face save for his mouth, nose, and what appeared to be wrapped bangs framing his face. Blake's ears twitched as a black armored man with Grimm-like markings walked through hole. "This fight is over Toa." The armored man said in a demonic voice. The man groaned while standing up. "By the will of the great spirit, it HAS JUST BEGUN!" he yelled. Blake's eyes widened as one of the swords caught fire and the other was coated in electricity. Before they clashed, Blake was torn away from the ash covered area.

"Blake? Blake!" Yang said shaking her teammate. "Yang stop shaking me." Blake said putting a hand to her head. She did a 360 and noticed that the ash covered landscape was gone and the buildings had overgrown plants on them. "Is something wrong Ms. Belladonna?" Professor Oobleck asked. "There was ash falling from the sky a second ago." Blake said before her friends gave her questioning looks. "you must have had a vision of what occurred here 750,000 years ago in the pre-Grimm era." Oobleck said adjusting his glasses. "Pre-Grimm era?" Wiess asked with curiosity that was evident on her teammates' faces

"Millions of years ago, there was a civilization the likes of remnant had ever seen. I believe they were called the matoran. These ruins are just one of their cities. One of the last built by them." Oobleck said. "What happened to them?" Ruby asked. "750,000 years ago, there was a war which ended in the destruction of the matoran and the beginning of our age; the Grimm age." Team RWBY looked at one another as Blake's faunas ears twitched as a voice spoke in her head. "Follow the light" Ruby nudged her. "you ok?" she asked. Blake blinked before replying with a yes.

Suddenly, a glowing butterfly flew in Blake's face. 'what the?' she thought before remembering what the voice said. "Follow the light." Blake muttered as the butterfly flew a moderate distance away before hovering. Furrowing her eyebrows, Blake began to walks towards the butterfly.

Yang noticed Blake separating from the group and that her eyes were glazed over. "Blake, where are you going?" she asked the hypnotized faunas gaining the attention of the others. Said person didn't respond before rounding a corner.

The butterfly led Blake to what appeared to be a subway entrance. 'where is it taking me?' she thought as her friends followed her down. "Where are we?" Ruby asked as Oobleck lit a torch. "must be some kind of catacomb." He said. it's not a catacomb professor, it's an underground city." Blake said as everyone exited the tunnel. Their eyes widened at the structures in the cave. "remarkable, a city beneath a city." Oobleck said.

Wiess notice a large statue out of the corner of her eyes. "what is that?" she said pointing at it. "the statue is probably to honor the deity the matoran worshiped." Oobleck said rubbing her chin. "It's name would be?" yang asked. Before Oobleck could answer, ruby spoke up. "his name is Mata Nui which in the matoran language translates to Great Spirit." She said casually before she blinked rapidly as Yang and Wiess looked at her. "How'd I know that?" Ruby asked herself while scratching her head.

Blake noticed the butterfly hovering over a bridge as if beckoning to her. Frowning she followed it into a room. She stopped in her tracks at what she saw. There were large cylinders big enough to have a single human or faunas in it. "Blake don't walk off like…. that. Whoa." Ruby said before her eyes widened. "Guys get in here."

As Yang, Wiess, and Oobleck entered the room they failed to notice multiple lime green eyes focus on them

{RWBY End Credits plays}

A/N: Chapter one in the bag. Now each chapter of this Bionicle/RWBY fanfic will be like episodes in a sense. The first paragraph of this chapter is heavily based on the opening scene of BORUTO episode 1. Either way I hope you enjoyed chapter 1. Read and review, I appreciate constructive criticism only