Well, so here we are with this. It was an Idea that popped into my head one day while I was at work, and I just couldn't let it get away, so I wrote, and Wrote. And just kept Writing, until I had 3 Chapters planned out already. It took me almost a week to sort through everything I wanted to keep, and also make sure that everything was a way that I wanted it, but I'll be honest, I'm still not 100% on this chapter, but my Beta Reader basically told me that it was good, so I'll take her word for it, and leave it as it is. I hope you guys enjoy this, because to be honest, I had a blast and half writing this, and once I polished it off? I'm happy with it.
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TThe sound of birds was the first thing Ruby Rose noticed when she woke up. The sound of birds, and what felt like grass on the back of her neck, something that confused her for all of a few seconds, before she remembered what it was that was going on before she had lost consciousness in the first place. Bolting upwards, her silver eyes wildly surveyed the area she was in, seeing nothing around her that she recognized, but she did spot the familiar hair of her teammates in the grass, right next to a tree, though there was the forest not to far from them as well.
Quickly moving over to them, Ruby could feel the relief go through her at seeing they weren't injured, but that didn't stop her from trying to wake them up "Weiss! Come on Weiss, you need to get up!"
"Ruby… Just… five more minutes…" Was the mumbled words from the white haired girl.
Not deteried, the red reaper continued to shove the white haired girl "Come one Weiss, I don't know where we are, and I need you three to get up!"
The heiress in turn just swatted at Ruby's hand trying to get more comfortable on the ground so she could sleep for longer. At least, until it registered in her head that she was on the ground. Freezing in place, the Heiress's tone went cold as she spoke up "Ruby. If this is a joke, and you moved me outside while I was sleeping, I will never speak to you again."
"I'm being serious here Weiss, I don't know where we are, and the last thing I remember was the Apathy, and a bright light, and then nothing!" The red reapers words were bordering on hysterical as she spoke, something that caused a main of yellow hair to bolt upwards.
Ruby's eyes quickly found her sister, who was looking around with her eyes a bright red, the sound of her sisters voice in a panic being enough for her to react. While Ruby was grateful that her sister was still over protective enough to get up from that, it didn't help the panic the ravenette had from the lack of knowledge as to where they were, and how they got there for that matter.
Thankfully for her, Weiss had finally gotten up when hearing the real worry in her team leaders voice, blue eyes looking around with more than a hint of worry as well, a hand quickly moving to her side, what she thought was Myrtenaster being a comforting weight on her side, though she paused in dread as she noticed something else "I think we have more to worry about than just where we are, I can't feel my Aura."
"I can't either." Came the dry reply from Blake who had been woken up by the squabbling of ruby as well, a mild panic in her voice as well "I-I think none of us can."
That information alone would have been enough to induce panic in them, but Ruby took a few shuddering breaths, before speaking again "A-alright, so we don't know where we are, we can't feel our Aura, and we don't have our usual weapons." Everything she said was something that the other three had noticed as well, though all of them managed to keep themselves calm, due to Ruby, each of them having simple weapons on them, including a simple Scythe that was on her back at the moment "I don't recognize any of the landscape around us either. We can't be in Minstral."
"I… Don't think we're even in the same world Ruby." Blake said with wide eyes, even as she looked at a Bird that had landed not far from them, gaining everyone's attention.
The bird in question was a brightly colored one that none of them recognized from any book on wildlife. Blake's confusion at it was what made Ruby even consider that Blake was right. She had read a lot of books and if she didn't recognize it, that was a major problem. Sure it could have been something she hadn't read about before, but that didn't seem likely to the Reaper.
"After learning about what happened with Ozma, thousands of years ago, I guess a different world isn't so strange." Yang said with a soft tone, her eyes glued to the Bird as well, before it flew off.
Shaking her head while crossing her arms Weiss had an aggravated tone as she spoke up next "It's one thing after the other! First we learn that the Grimm are attracted to the Relic, then we learn about Ozpin, or Ozma, or whatever his name is! Now this."
Ruby wouldn't admit it, but she was getting tired of all the run around from Ozpin as well. She was too kind hearted to say anything, and even more so since the man(?) hadn't done, or said anything since they had learned. It was all just starting to wear down on her, and she was certain that the other three were getting tired of it as well. Without the Apathy affecting them, Ruby was certain they would have continued on their path one way or another, but all of them were tired of Ozpin's half truth's.
The silver eyed girl made to say something, only for the sound of someone stepping on a branch to gain her attention. Putting a hand to the scythe on her back, she looked towards the source, seeing nothing overt, but she was still wary. She could see out of the corner of her eye Blake and Weiss grabbing the hilts of their weapons in turn, with Yang taking a step in front of them, Metal Gauntlets covering her hands.
"Well, well what've we have 'ere?" A man's voice spoke up, his accent not something any of the girls could place, though the tone sent a shiver straight down Ruby's spine "Four girly's all by their lonesome? Goin' about with clothin' like tha' you've got money on ya! Hand if over 'n we won't rough ya up too much."
As soon as the man finished his sentence several other men came out of the forest, Ruby's hand going to the scythe on her back, her hand only hesitating because of the fact that if they didn't have Aura, it likely meant that the men in front of her didn't have any either. That wasn't a pleasant thought to the silver eyed reaper.
Focusing back towards the man in front of them, Ruby's eyes narrowed slightly when the man in front of her gave something akin to a pleased laugh "Well then, if ya ain't gonna give us yur gold, we'll take it off'a yur corpses!"
That was all the indication that Yang needed apparently, as she charged forward, the metal gauntlet quickly colliding with the side of an axe blade, before all hell broke loose. Ruby had barely enough time to get the scythe, not crescent rose, off of her back, before she had to jump backwards to keep herself from getting skewered by a man with a sword in his hands, the metal gleaming a color that indicated it was made of bronze.
Still, she ignored that for the time being, her hands falling into place, muscle memory taking over for placement, and the realm of her blade as it swung at the man that was attacking her. The bandit barely got out of the way of the first swing, but the second quick swing in turn got him in the left shoulder, red spurting from the wound in a way that left Ruby feeling sick to her stomach, but her body refused to stop, fight or flight instincts taking over, as she bounded backwards due to a second man, this one with a lance, coming to the aid of the first.
The young reaper could hear the clash of metal around her indicating the fighting, even as she brought her scythe up to bare once again, blocking the first strike from the spear user, but forcing herself backwards again as the one with the sword tried to capitalize on her defense to get a strike in. The Ruby felt the sting of the sword digging into her forearm, but she worked through the pain to bring up the spiked butt of her weapon, the blade catching the man with the words in the eye, causing a loud yell of pain to leave him.
The yell of pain distracted the reaper long enough for the man with the spear to catch her off guard, the blade digging into her leg, a pain filled scream tearing its way out of her throat, even as she tumbled backwards, the scythe she had in her hands quickly going up to try and help block whatever it was that could hurt her. This proved to be ineffective if the fact that the weapon was quickly batted out of her hands was any indication. The spear blade dug into her leg viciously causing her hands to go towards it, to try and get it out of her leg, her gaze quickly going up to see a sword heading in her direction, the blade unable to be blocked by anything around her.
Ruby barely heard the scream of her sister yelling her name, before everything seemingly slowed down for the girl. She could see yang, the leader of the group beaten to a pulp, lying on the ground, even as her fist collided with another man that was trying to block the blondes way as she made her way towards her sister. Blake, her golden eyes wide with horror, even as he blade separate a man's head from his shoulders, the horror more towards her then the man she just killed. Weiss with two men dead at her feet, blood staining the white clothing she wore, her blade sending another to the ground as she tried to make it to her team leader in turn.
I'm sorry guys. Her thoughts sounding in her head, even as she watched the blade continued to fall towards her head, her eyes going to close in acceptance, even as her thoughts led her to thinking of all her friends, and the things she still wished to do.
[Play Fire Emblem: Awakening OST: ID (Hope)]
"Your end has come!"
That loud exclamation was followed by the loud clang of metal against metal, forcing Ruby's eyes to open, the silver orbs staring wide eyed at the back of a man wearing blue, a white cape on his shoulder. The bandit that he ended up strike fell backwards with a shattered sword, and a new gash on his chest, one that left him unable to get up as it were.
Turning his head slightly, the blue haired man spoke up "Lissa! We've got one injured here!, Fredrick, help the others!"
"Right!" A young voice spoke up, causing Ruby, who was still clutching at her leg to look and see a blonde haired girl, her hair done up into twin tails that were quite curly "Alright, I need you to hold still for a second ok? I'll patch you right up!"
Not trusting her words at the moment, Ruby nodded, even as the blond held out a staff, the gem on it glowed a soft green color, causing a cool feeling to go through Ruby. The silver eyed girl's attention quickly shifted, however, when she heard a large crash which was followed by the words "Pick a god and pray!"
A large man on an equally large horse was barreling straight through the Bandits as if they were hardly anything. Still, her attention shifted again, when she heard someone slide next to them, and if the familiar feeling of arms hugging her was anything to go by, then it was her sister.
"Ruby! Oh thank god, I thought I almost lost you!" Yang spoke up, her arms being much more gentle then her hugs usually were.
Forcing herself out of the older blondes arms, Ruby spoke up, her tone showing that she thought she was going to die as well "He saved me, I-I wasn't used to the balance on the scythe, and it almost got me killed."
"Your going to need to practice with it until you get Crescent Rose back then." Her sister spoke up in turn, the relief palpable in her voice "As for you, i'm not sure exactly what your doing, but thank you for healing my sister."
The small blonde gave a bright smile as she spoke up "I'm just doing my job! Someone's gotta patch people up after all the fighting's done ya know?"
A slight laugh left Yang at the words, something that caused a smile to show up on Ruby's face, even as the older blonde spoke up again "Well, either way, thank you."
"You Dolt!" The sudden voice of Weiss, caused Ruby to flinch slightly, even as the white haired girl slide next to Yang, her face showing her displeasure, but her eyes showing relief as well, even as Blake slowly walked up to the group as well "Don't you ever do that again you hear me?! What would we have done if you died?!"
Wincing slightly at the tone, Blake spoke up "She didn't seem comfortable using that Scythe Weiss, and with all the fighting, none of us noticed until it was too late."
"I know that, but still." The snowy haired woman spoke with a scowl, her arms crossed, even as the younger blonde slipped away from the group, most likely to patch up any injuries the other two had "You can't tell me you weren't worried either!"
Rolling her eyes slightly, the black themed girl smirked as she spoke up "No, but I'm not going to be as vocal as you are about it."
A bright blush appeared on the white haired girls face at that statement, something that caused a round of laughter to go through the group, Ruby having a smile on her face, before she slowly stood up, the tenderness of her leg still there, but otherwise she didn't feel any pain. Shifting a bit on her leg just to make sure, the black haired reaper gave a big smile as she spoke up again "It's like I was never injured in the first place!"
[Play Fire Emblem: Awakening OST: ID (Serenity)]
"That's a good thing I suppose." Came the voice of the man that had saved Ruby in the first place "When we heard the fighting, we came as fast as we could, so I'm glad to see that you're alright miss."
Scratching the back of her head a bit, the silver eyed girl spoke up, her tone obviously nervous "W-well, like I said, I wasn't used to the balance of the scythe, so it threw me off balance slightly."
"Speaking of, I do not believe I have ever seen someone use a farming implement as a weapon before." The large man spoke up, his eyes narrowed slightly, but not in suspicion, but of curiosity "You used it with a fair amount of skill I must say."
"That's putting it lightly Fredrick!" The blonde spoke up with a wide smile "You were swinging it around like it was nothing!"
Ruby's face seemed to steadily get more red at the two's words, before Yang spoke up, amusement in her tone "Alright you two, enough with embarrassing Ruby. If she gets anymore red, she'll probably look like an actual Ruby!"
A soft groan left the three girls on her team, even as the other blonde laughed slightly, with the two men shaking their heads in amusement. Still, the blue haired man spoke up once again, as he spoke, "If it's not too much to ask, might I ask where you four are from? I've never seen such brightly colored clothes before to be honest."
Looking at each other, Blake walked forward after that, her voice hesitant as she spoke "To be completely honest? Were not sure where we are right now. The last thing we remember was a bright flash of light, and then ending up in this field. Those bandits attacked us before we could get our bearings."
"The name Vale wouldn't happen to be familiar to you would it?" Ruby spoke up hopefully.
Seeing the confused look on the blue haired man's face along with the blonde, Ruby's hopes died of them knowing where they were. Between the fact that they couldn't feel their Aura, the odd accent the bandit had, and the fact that something had taken their weapons, and replaced them, Ruby was convinced that something had sent them to where they were. With the fact that magic was a thing on Remnant, she wasn't even sure what was possible as far as the subject went.
Still, Yang managed to put up a cheerful voice that was at odds with the stress they all felt as she spoke up "Well! I guess this means were horribly lost then!"
"We are to take you at your word that you somehow found yourself here?" Fredrick spoke up with distrust in his voice this time.
Ruby could feel it as Weiss's hackles we raised, her tone becoming critical towards the knight "Whether you believe it or not, that's what happened! What, do you think we staged the whole fight with the bandits as well?"
"Of course not." The knight spoke up, his tone filled with annoyance, "Yet still, how are we to trust what you say is the truth?"
It looked like the two were about to get into a yelling match, when the blue haired man spoke up "Enough Fredrick! Whether their story is believable or not doesn't matter. I believe they really are lost, whatever else the case may be, we should find a better place to have this conversation then a random field. More of those fiends could descend upon us if we're not careful."
The knight seemed to agree with that statement if his posture was anything to go by, something that Ruby was at least grateful for.
It didn't take them long to find a town with an inn, with two different rooms for them, though all of RWBY, aside form Yang, Groaned slightly at the fact that the town was named Southtown of all things. The fact that they were in the southern part of the country did little to help the matter. Still, along the way to the town Ruby at least had learned the name of her savior and, apparently, his little sister. The blue haired man's name was Chrom, while the little blonde was Lissa.
Surprisingly for the silver eyed reaper, she became easy friends with the small blonde, thought that likely had more to do with how outgoing Lissa was then anything. She could almost feel the smug smile of satisfaction coming off of her sister at the fact that she became friends with the young blonde, who was 15 if her claims were true.
Still, Ruby broke her train of thought off as she sat in front of Chrom, Fredrick standing behind him with his arms behind his back, and Lissa sitting next to her brother. The rest of her team, for whatever reason, were standing as well, behind her though, as she explained everything she could to the man in front of her. From what Remnant was, to what Grimm were, and other things as well.
"And well, the Apathy were almost on us when Maria had me think about happy memories. That was about when the bright light hit us, and the next thing we know we were waking up in that field." Ruby finished lamely, her shoulders going up briefly to show her confusion with the whole situation as well.
"Normally I would bring your sanity into question, but there were far too many details to it all too just be made up." Chrom spoke up after a minute of silence "Still, whether it was by magic, or some other force, you four are now here, in Ylisse. The question now is what you will do. I'll leave you four be for the time being."
With his piece said, the blue haired man got up from his seat and went towards the door, Fredrick following him, along with Lissa, the latter of which sent the girls a quick worried glance before exiting the room with. Silence dragged on in the room for a few minutes, before eventually Blake broke it her tone tired in a way that Ruby could empathize with "We need money more than anything. Money and supplies both, if were going to be searching for a way back, we'd need both in case it takes years."
"I mean, we could become mercenaries?" Ruby spoke up, her tone a bit on the nervous side, "I mean, we know how to fight, and there has to be some sort of monster around to fight."
Weiss didn't look like she liked that idea, but she didn't voice her complaints for the time being, Ruby didn't like the idea either if she was being honest, but they had no idea about the land they were in, and to add with that was the fact that they had no history here either. Considering that there wasn't a lot they could realistically do, and add in their odd clothing, at least by this world's standards, and it was a recipe for disaster, to say nothing of them having to get used to their weapons again.
"What if we asked Chrom for help?" Yang spoke up, her eyes still glued on the door for the time being "He might not seem like it, but I'm betting he's well off. The fact that Fredrick guy calls him 'Milord' means he's a noble or something."
Weiss gave a nod to the information, "If the villagers we saw on the way here is anything as well, his clothes kind of give him away as well you know. He's brash unlike any person of high class I've ever seen though."
"I think that's a good thing in this case." Blake spoke in a dry tone "He seemed easy to believe that were from another world though."
Giving a nod, Ruby watched her sister cross her arms, her left hand gripping the very real flesh and blood arm "If we go back, will everything go back to how it was before we came here?"
That wasn't something that could be answered considering where they were, but considering the fact that she was gripping her arm like she was, Ruby suspected a part of her sister didn't want to if it meant going back to the metal arm again. If she was honest, Ruby didn't care what the answer was, she just wanted her sister to be happy again.
Awakening of a rose.
"Milord, If I might make a suggestion?" Fredrick's voice spoke up as soon as the three of them were settled into their own room "I know where your mind tends to lead, and I would agree with you in this case if only because of the fact that such a fantastical story is either true or insane, but yet neither could be the case if one is true. You need not convince me of their sincerity."
A smile made its way onto the blue haired man's face at his friends words "Well, at the very least that saves me the breath needed to try and convince you. What of your thoughts Lissa?"
"I mean, It does seem kinda weird how they got here, but didn't they say something about their world having some sort of gods or something?" The small blonde spoke up, with a shrug, though she still had a smile on her face "Besides that, they all seem really nice! Even that Weiss girl was nice, kinda like Maribelle now that I think about it."
Chrom gave a nod towards that, considering the noble woman in question, and he did agree to an extent if the first interaction between Ruby and Weiss that he saw was anything to go by. Cold on the outside, but warm on the inside seemed to be a common theme between the two from what he could see. Still, hearing it from his sisters mouth was enough for him to feel at ease with his decision.
"Well, if that's the case, why don't we have them join the Shepherds?" Chrom spoke with a sort of sly look on his face, "You don't seem to have any suspicions towards them other than the usual vigilance Fredrick, and it seems like Lissa likes them as well after all."
Giving a 'hmph' the brown haired knight gave a nod "It would be better then the 4 of them going off on their own as Mercenaries. Few who join such a profession retain morals after all is said and done."
Lissa's bright smile was enough of an answer for Chrom from his sister, so it was with that finished, that he got up from his seat, and went out of the room they were staying in, Fredrick right behind him. Lissa no doubt stayed only so that she could get the best bed of the group, not that he wouldn't have given it to her anyway, but also because this was more his thing anyway. He had done all of the recruiting for the Shepherds so far, and that wasn't likely to change anytime soon.
Stopping in front of the door as he heard a loud 'Enough', likely from the Blonde of the group, Chrom stood still, as he heard said blonde speak "It doesn't matter! If we go back, i'll deal with it, and if we don't then its fine. Its not something we need to worry about right now!"
"But Yang-" The voice of the black haired girl, Blake he believed her name to be started, only to get cut off by the voice of Ruby.
"She just said it didn't matter Blake, so drop it." The scythe wielders tone brokered no arguments, something that led to him raising an eyebrow at Frederick, and receiving one in turn.
Deciding now was as good a time as any, the blue haired prince brought his fist up to the door, and knocked a few times, before taking a step back as he heard something crash against the door. Silence reigned as Chrom stared at the tip of a rapier that was level with his head, though a good enough distance that it wouldn't have hit even if he hadn't moved.
Eventually the door opened as a pair of Silver eyes peaked out from behind the door, shame seeming to ooze from the girl, her voice trembling slightly to mirror this "I'm so sorry!"
"Still a bit jumpy from the fighting I would assume?" Frederick's dry voice sounded out, though a twinkle of amusement could be seen for those who knew him, so Chrom knew the knight was teasing in his own way.
Looking at the knight with a slightly wide eyed look, the reaper gave a nervous laugh as her words seemed to tumble out of her mouth "It's between the Bandits that attacked us, and the Apathy we had to deal with before, and it's been a really really long day, and again I'm sorry."
"Don't worry about it, I've gotten worse from training to be honest." Chrom spoke with an amused tone at the girl, no young woman, in front of him "Still, I suppose the stress of the situation does little to help with matters concerning you four no doubt are still thinking about what to do now if i'm not wrong?"
A put upon sigh left the Reapers mouth, even as she nodded "We're no closer to figuring out what to do now, then we were before you found us. I mean, they never taught us what to do if you found yourself flung to another world at Beacon."
A chuckle left Chrom at Ruby's words, something that coaxed a smile out of her in turn, even as the blue haired man spoke up once more "Well, I can offer a way to at least ease some of the stress your no doubt facing. I wanted to offer the four of you positions on the militia group I run. While it wouldn't get you away from the fighting, it would at the very least give you a stable way to earn gold without resorting to being sellswords."
Chrom could see the way Ruby's eyes seemed to be thinking of several different things, most likely all of them having to do with the offer he had just presented her. More emotions then he could keep track of went through her eyes after a few seconds as well, but it was the palpable relief that he could see go through her that stuck around after a few moments.
Slowly a smile made its way onto the young woman's face "Alright."
That one word was enough for Chrom's hand to go forward towards Ruby, and even as she grasped his hand in her own, he couldn't help but wholeheartedly mean the next words he spoke "I'm glad to have you with us."
So? What did you guys think? I'm betting there are going to be a few people that question why I had them take to appearing in a different world so well, and to be honest, I ran the idea through my head several times, and no matter what I did, I just couldn't come up with a way that they were in denial that didn't seem forced. Keep in mind, this is right after the Apathy incident as far as RWBY timeline goes. This means, they had learned about, not only magic, but about the Brother Gods. So, in my mind, that was enough shock back to back to back, that it justified them just rolling with the punches so to speak. I Know that won't please some of you, but that's just how it is as far as how I see things.
Keeping on with this, I also want to say this, it wasn't Naga that sent them to Ylisse, since I'm going to assume that a few people are going to guess that as well, but I want to add in something else that, while might be a little spoilery for some, its something I just want to say because I can. Remnant has an Outrealm gate.
Well that's enough out of me for the time being, so I'm going to cut this a bit short, While also giving you guys an Omake that, Spoiler alert (not Really) happens a bit in the future! The only thing it confirms is something that Blake does, and its a really tiny thing for that matter. So yeah, Take it!
Omake: Blake's barracks log book- Entry 1: Ruby Rose.
To the Future Tactician of The Shepherds this is a logbook to help with decisions based on the abilities of the group, and as such will be written in a way that is unbiased as possible.
Name: Ruby Rose.
Age: 18 (of time of entry added) born on Oct. 31
Ruby Rose is the leader of team RWBY, a group of what are known as Huntresses in the world they are from. Though the youngest of the group, she has shown to have tactical abilities to a degree, but not to the extent of a large army, and as such should only be entrusted with a small group if she is to lead, to which she is able to in a more than adequate fashion. Wielding a scythe, her weapon is only able to take life, and as such she has no way of practicing off the field.
Class: Reaper- A scythe wielder that has a large amount of agility, and can use magic.
Reclass: Myrmidon, Thief.
Promotions: Assassin, Grimm Reaper.
Personal Analysis: Ruby has the capability to be whatever it is she puts her mind to, but with her skiles, if she were to drop the scythe for any reason, a Myrmidon or a Thief would be her best bets for training, as both use a sword, and are speed based roles, something that her naturally high speed would benefit from if nothing else. As there is no technical role for someone who wields a scythe, Prince Chrom has suggested calling her a Reaper, something that was taken with a smile, and a joke.
Assassin training would benefit Ruby, as well if she were to go that route, though adding more strength training, and more armor would be more beneficial to her as the Scythe is not something she would drop without reason. Upon the potentiality of Promotion, it was suggested, by Frederick, the name of Grimm Reaper, as a play off of the Grimm monsters that we had fought in our original world. The name is pending (As of the time of this being made), and as such is subject to change.