HI ETH here, sorry if this took a while to update but I have three other fanfics in the works so yeah, here's the new chapter!
Team Rwby's, Oscar's, Qrow's, and Maria's, eyes widened.
"WHAT?!" they all shouted.
"What do you mean she's missing, when did you see her last?" asked Weiss.
"We don't know, she and Piper vanished when you guys left" Bella proclaimed.
"Yeah, we checked everywhere but we couldn't find her" stated Regina.
"She's in the vault in the crystal cellar beside her mother" prompted the hologram of future Oscar. Everyone turned to him.
"Wait what, how do you know that?" asked Whistley. Future Oscar turned to his daughter's boyfriend and rolled his eyes.
"Unless I'm dead, no matter where my consciousness is I can still sense what's around my body" stated the hologram.
"So let's go get her!" proclaimed Shadow, pumping his fist.
"Yeah!" exclaimed Night as he and his twin started to run towards the elevator in the headmasters office, but before the could leave, the hologram of future Oscar blocked their way.
"No please, let Ireland have some time to herself. She must feel awful after what happened so let her be for now and let us come up with a plan while I'm still here" he stated.
"Professor are you sure Ireland will be okay?" asked little Pyrrha as she stroked her long blonde side ponytail and looked up at the hologram being with big puppy dog eyes. Future Oscar smiled and looked back at the group from the past and smiled.
"I'm positive" he replied.
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Meanwhile, deep in the vault of Beacon in the silver crystal cellar, Ireland sat beside her unconscious mother, who lay next to her husband, who was also unconscious on top of a big blanket with her.
Ireland said nothing as she stared at her mother's sleeping form for a few minutes and then she finally spoke. "Mom…. lots of wild things have happened since Salem placed you, dad and everyone else under her spell; I went to the gods of light and darkness, they allowed me to go back in time to get you and dad of the past for help, since you guys are the only ones who can stop Salem…." Ireland trailed off as tears formed in her eyes and made their way down her cheeks. Piper noticed the teen's distress and licked Ireland's hand and nuzzled her arm in an attempt to comfort her. Ireland then picked up her puppy and hugged her close in one arm as she used her other hand to hold future Ruby's. "Please mom, open your eyes…. I need you and dad, I'm so lost I don't know what to do, I'm supposed to be the leader but all I feel like is a failure who put everyone in danger!" Ireland cried as she put Piper down and laid her head beside her mother's hand, that she was still holding in her own. "I *sniff*... I wish I was more like you and dad!" Ireland whimpered squeezing future Ruby's hand gently. Ireland then lifted her hand and walked out of the crystal cellar, with Piper trotting after her to look at the rows of people of Vale who also in a deep sleep. "It's all my fault, if I was more like mom and dad this never would've happened" Ireland said to herself as she balled up her fists at her sides. "I have to fix this, I'll go back to the others and come up with a plan to stop this witch and then…. Then I'll find a way to ask mom and dad to forgive me" Ireland stated out loud as she turned to Piper.
"Come on Piper" the green cloaked girl ordered as she walked into the elevator in the vault with her puppy trailing close behind her.
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Back in the headmaster's office future Oscar had just finished explaining to everyone else how he had limited time before he would be completely under Salem's spell again and that they had to stop her quickly since they were clueless to what her next move was.
"Professor Pine, are you sure there's not a physical way for you to help us fight while you're in this state?" asked Blake as she stood with Bella, Shadow and Night…. Her future children. The hologram of future Oscar turned to her.
"I'm afraid there is no way for me to fight as a hologram, but even if this spell wasn't fading it would leave us no worse off, I know you all can defeat Salem everyone here has it in them-" the hologram started but was cut off by a loud squwak coming from outside of the tower.
"What the hell is that?" asked Yang as she got her gauntlets ready.
"Nevermores…." Qrow frowned.
Pyrrha whimpered and hugged Whistley for comfort, the twins did the same and hugged their older sibling Bella.
"Get ready for a fight guys" Ruby said as she got her sniper rifle ready to shoot while everyone else did the same and got their weapons ready, including the rest of team "IWBR", Regina took out her dark pink mallet and made it fold into a fair sized rocket launcher and pointed it at one of the large windows. Bella pushed her brothers behind her and took out her black nunchucks and held onto two of the guns on the ends of them. Finally Whistley held his shield in front of little Pyrrha and pointed his sword at another one of the windows.
Team Ruby looked at Ireland's team and were hoping they were as good at fighting as they were.
Suddenly the tallest window behind the headmaster's desk shattered with a giant nevermore violently trying to get in.
"Holy crap!" exclaimed Oscar of the past as he held up his cane, ready to fight.
"Wait, where's your future daughter? She could be in danger!" Miara pointed out looking at Ruby and Oscar from her time who both turned away from each other blushing.
"Please don't call Ireland- Wait! You're right, where is she?!" Ruby asked starting to panic a bit as her hands started to shake along with her sniper rifle.
"Don't worry Ruby, Ireland has been trained like you and your team, she can take care of herself" proclaimed the hologram of future Oscar, he then turned to everyone else. "Now fight, fight for the people!" he exclaimed. Everyone then gave him a nod.
"We won't let you down sir" stated Whistley, as he stood beside Wiess who pointed her sword at the nevermores trying to break through.
"Alright you three, let's get to the back where it's safe and let them fight" Miara said to Pyhrra, Shadow, and Night as she pushed them to the back of the headmasters and behind her while they watched the rest of the group get ready to fight. Suddenly all of the windows in the headmasters office shattered and the giant nevermores were poking their heads through trying to snap at everyone inside. The three kids behind Miara screamed and hugged each other close while the old woman herself held up her cane to protect the four of the four of them if necessary. the fight was off to a rambunctious start with team Rwby, Qrow, Oscar of the past, and the rest of team "IWBR" attacking the nevermores, while the hologram of future Oscar watched with a proud smile on his face. The fight seemed to be going smoothly for the huntsmen and huntresses and the group of the past was very impressed on how good Team "IBWR" was at fighting, Whistley was as skilled with his sword and glyphs as Wiess was, Regina was as good at shooting rockets as her mom Nora, was good at shooting grenades, and Bella was good at controlling her guns as both of her parents. Suddenly one of the nevermores managed to break through one of the tall large windows near the back and tried to devour Miara and the three children, who screamed and hugged each other tighter, but just before the giant nevermore could reach them Weiss and Whistley used two white knights that they each summoned with their semblance to crush and destroy the beast.
"Big brother! Mommy!" Pyrrha shouted in tears as she ran over and hugged Weiss and Whistley tight. "I was so scared!" she cried.
Whistley hugged his little sister back.
"Its okay Pyrrha, everything will be okay I promise" Whistley said softly.
"He's right Pyrrha" Weiss added.
Pyrrha looked at Weiss with her tear stained face and then hugged her future mother tighter.
"Thank you, mommy" said the little girl. Weiss smiled and hugged her back, but the moment was cut short when more nevermores broke into the office. Wiess and Whistley immediately pushed Pyrrha behind them and began to fight any grimm that dared to near Miara and the three children. Everyone then turned when one of the elevators opened and Ireland and Piper stepped out.
"What's going on?!" shouted Ireland as she took out her black bow and an arrow and shot a giant nevermore in the eye and then the beast exploded because of the arrows built in bomb.
"We were just attacked, help your team and everyone else fight!" the hologram of future Oscar yelled glancing at his daughter. Ireland then turned when she saw a nevermore open its beak and noticed that it was about to eat Whistley and little Pyrrha while everyone's attention was on her. Ireland's eyes widened as the nevermore's beak started to come down; fast.
"NOOOO!" Ireland screeched reaching out her hand to her endangered friend's. Suddenly silver light burst from Ireland's eyes, making all the nevermores scream as they were turned to stone.
Once the light in her eyes stopped Ireland fell on her hands and knees and started to hyperventilate, trying to catch her breath.
"Ireland!" everyone shouted rushing to the young teen's side. Little Pyrrha tackled Ireland in a big hug, knocking both of them over.
"Ireland, you saved us!" the little blonde haired girl exclaimed in tears.
"Yeah, I've never seen you use your silver eyed powers like this, what happened are you okay?" asked Whistley kneeling in front of the two girls and taking a breathless Ireland into his arms, embracing her tightly.
"I'm…. Okay ...!" Ireland gasped, still trying to get her breath under control.
"That's just like what happened to me with my silver eyed power when Pyrrha Nikos died, the same thing also happened when Jaune was almost killed by Cinder" said Ruby getting down next to Ireland and Whistely.
"It was my desire to protect, that's the true key to unlocking the light within the silver eyes" stated Ireland finally getting her breath under control. Ruby raised an eyebrow but before she could reply the hologram of future Oscar cleared his throat.
"I know this is a very bad time, but I'm afraid that my spirit projection spell is about to break" he said as his holographic body started to glitch and fade away.
"Wait what?!" asked Yang taking a step closer to the glitching hologram.
"Dad, no! We need you here, I need you here!" Ireland exclaimed getting up and ran over to stand in front of her father who smiled softly at her as he put his glitching hand on her shoulder.
"Ireland…. My little Izzy…. Small Rose…" furture Oscar trailed off.
"Wait 'Izzy' 'Small Rose'? The group from the past questioned awkwardly.
"Those are her parents nicknames for her" Whistley whispered to them as future Oscar continued to speak to Ireland.
"... Listen to me my daughter, you have to be strong now and you have to defeat Salem once and for all, Ireland it's your turn to the hero of this world-" the hologram started but was cut off by Ireland.
"No, no I can't! I'm not- Dad, please don't leave me at a time like this!" Ireland begged as tears streamed down her face.
"Ireland I know you can do this, you are a silver eyed warrior like your mother… let me tell you something she told me before we were married, you're braver than you think, no go and save our world, me, your mother, and everyone else are counting on you" stated the hologram of future Oscar as he took his hand off of Ireland's shoulder and held it out to her.
The green cloaked girl sniffled again.
"Dad…." she whimpered as she tried to take her father's hand only for it to glitch away completely along with the rest of his holographic body. Ireland lowered her hand after wiping her tears away.
"Ireland ...?" Ruby questioned, reaching out to the green cloaked girl who had her back turned to her.
"Please, everyone from the past make sure the surrounding area of Beacon is safe. Whistley, Bella, and Regina you three take Pyrrha, Shadow, and Night back to the to the vault and make sure they go into the crystal cellar, and while you're there be sure to check on everyone else I the kingdom" Ireland ordered softley, keeping her back turned on everyone.
"Wait what about you?" asked Blake. Ireland then turned around and picked up Piper, who was sitting at her feet wagging her tail.
"I need to be alone for a bit, everyone just please go and don't go off anywhere alone, understand?" asked Ireland as she turned away from everyone again.
"Let's go" ordered Whistley as he directed the three children into one of the elevators and gave Bella and Regina a nod telling them to come with him. The two girls gave the group from the past one last look before getting into the elevator with Whistley, Pyrrha, Shadow, and Night.
"Come on, let's go" Qrow huffed as he took a drink from his canteen and walked towards the other elevator with Miara, Yang, Blake, and Weiss in tow. Oscar and Ruby however made no move to leave as they continued to watch Ireland, who walked over to one of the large broken windows that had a giant stone nevermore in it, and stared out of it, looking at Vale as the slow eerie breeze made her green cape flow and green rose petals fell from it as Ireland hugged Piper close.
"Oscar, Ruby come on, she needs a minute" prompted Weiss walking over to the two and putting a hand on each of their shoulders.
"R-right, lets go Oscar" proclaimed Ruby as she turned away from Ireland, but she refused to look at the former farm boy.
"Y-yeah sure" stated Oscar turning away from Ireland as well but refusing to look at Ruby.
Once everyone had left the headmaster's office, Ireland sighed and thought about her parents, including their past selves that she had brought from the past to her time.
"Piper… when I first saw them or rather when I first meet them, I had doubts that, that Oscar and that Ruby who just left, were indeed my parents from the past" Ireland started looking down at Piper in her arms with a soft smile. "I mean my father was so shy around mom and he was not the best of fighters, but he was willing to do anything to protect her. And speaking of mom she *ha* she really did have shorter hair back then and she was just as loyal and determined as she is now... But what threw me off was that she was scared at a few points in time, I never thought…. No, it's probably just me, mom is Ruby Rose she's never truly afraid... Why can't I be more like her? Dad has magic, and I have silver eyes just like mom and yet…. I'm powerless and I ended up putting everyone in danger ..." Ireland trailed off hugging her puppy closer as the small dog herself licked Ireland's chin and let out a small whimper. "I wish I was stronger" Ireland said out loud.
Suddenly Piper squirmed out of the green cloaked girls arms and started to growl at something behind her and Ireland.
"Piper…?" Ireland questioned walking over to her puppy, whose fur was standing up on edge as she continued to growl. Ireland then looked up to see a sparrow sized nevermore on top of one of the giant frozen nevermores and was cocking its head at her and her puppy. Ireland then took out her bow and an arrow only for the small nevermore to fly away and out of one of the broken windows. Piper ran over to the window and barked as the nevermore flew out of sight.
Ireland sighed and put her bow and arrow back in her quiver. "Let's go Piper" she said as she moved towards one of the elevators with Piper waddling behind her.
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Little did Ireland know that the nevermore she had failed to kill was now in the land of darkness and was on Salem's arm squawking to her about everything it had seen and heard.
"Hm…. I see the daughter of Ruby Rose and Oscar Pine has doubts about herself and wishes to become stronger?" asked the grimm queen. The nevermore squawked again and Salem's eyes widened again. "What? From the past you say...? They're here to stop me once more since their future selves are unable to do so? Ha! They may have stopped me in the past, but never again, Ozma isn't here anymore and this girl, Ireland who set me free…. I must test her power, perhaps she could be of use to me ..."
HI ETH here sorry about the delay I was on vacation with my family but any way see you in the next chapter!