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Chapter 1: White as Snow
"Hey Snow! Where have you been? Uh do you mind not pointing that rapier at my throat?" Jaune said as he tried to push the rapier's point away with his fingers, only to get cut across his hand.
"Jaune, just surrender and come with me right now." Snow said as she gestured for Jaune.
"Snow? Are you ok? You don't seem to be yourself." Jaune asked, a little worried as Snow's usually icy blue eyes had turned crimson, giving her a more unsettling aura.
"Oh, don't worry about me Jaune, my new mistress has removed all the flaws I had. In fact, I would say she's perfected me. She can do the same to you, Jaune. You just need to surrender control of your humanity." Snow said, immediately giving Jaune serious red flags about what may have happened.
The Snow he knew was not concerned with perfection of her flaws or even about sacrificing her humanity. No, the Snow he knew was not concerned with any of them and was certainly not going to let anyone control her.
"I'm sorry Snow, but you know I can't do that." Jaune replied as his hands shifted to a sword and shield and he felt Snow's rapier come close to his chest which he blocked.
"It's funny how you think you have a choice in this matter." Snow said as she feinted a strike and landed a strike against the side of Jaune's chest, ripping through his shirt.
"Help!" Jaune said as blocked a strike made by Snow which was in reality a feint to strike his knees with two quick slashes followed by an overhead strike which Jaune blocked and responded with an attempt to lunge at Snow which she gracefully managed to dodge and then delivered three quick stabs to his side and then after blocking a desperate horizontal swing by Jaune which slowed down by Snow's enchantment on her rapier which made Ice grow on his knees and sword.
Snow delivered an aura enhanced blow which threw Jaune against the wall knocking the wind out of his lungs. As he regained his vision he spotted Snow creating a wall of Ice that was rapidly growing over him, however it seemed that his cry for help did not go unanswered as Pyrrha and Ruby had come back to his aid.
"STOP Snow White or whatever your name is!" Ruby shouted which startled the Vampire who raised her hands and after waving them around created a wall of ice blocking her and Jaune off from the two.
Immediately Ruby and Pyrrha shot through it with their weapons and Pyrrha threw her shield at Snow, which ended forcing Snow to duck. However, as she did so, she slid under the shield and after drawing a mark on the shield managed to make Ice grow on it.
After jumping from her slide she attempted to lunge at Pyrrha was dodged by the huntress bringing her close to Ruby's who brought her scythe in a horizontal cleave which she managed to push back against using her rapier's enhanced strike, while making Ice grow on it to make it heavier.
Pyrrha then brought her sword to her knees which she dodged by jumping and kicking Pyrrha which stunned her for long enough for Snow to attempt a lunge, which was blocked by Milo's blade before Pyrrha turned the blade and swung it to hit Snow in a horizontal slash which she dodged and attempted to quickly stab Pyrrha in her knees.
However, this manoeuvre proved ineffective as Pyrrha used her semblance to simply make Snow's weapon strike the ground instead before attempting to strike Snow's arm with Milo. Unfortunately, Snow blade being stuck on the ground meant the Ice enhancement in it had triggered making Pyrrha legs stuck, stopping her blade mere inches away from Snow's arm.
Snow had no time to react however as Ruby had recovered from the attack Snow did on her scythe and managed to strike her with an upwards slash to her chest, followed by a downward cleave at her back which Snow managed to stop by catching the scythe blade in her bloodied claws and then using her ice magic to make the weapon's blade cold enough to force Ruby to leave her grip off her weapon.
In response, Ruby used her semblance and petal bursted her and Snow away from Pyrrha who managed to break the ice on her weapon and broke herself free. After landing on the Ice Wall she made to contain Jaune long, Snow took a quick second to catch her breath and after finding Ruby, kicked her in the shin and then in the neck which Ruby blocked with her hands, to trip up Snow in an awkward motion which led to them both being face to face, with Silver Eyes staring at mix of Crimson and Ice Blue.
Snow attempted to bite Ruby in the neck but found herself stopped by Ruby, who had managed to summon her weapon? Their breaths mingled from the proximity as both took in the scene. The weapon's handle was the only thing holding off Snow from sinking her fangs into Ruby's delectable flesh and gave Ruby enough time to kick Snow back as she struck her chest and send her back on her feet where she responded by taking Myrtenaster and bringing its point into the ground creating a spike that threw Ruby against the wall and had her stunned as Ice grew on her arms and legs locking them in place.
Snow walked up to the struggling forger, her rapier aimed at Ruby's throat but before she could even get the chance to act, Pyrrha, who had broken out of her restraints, managed to land 3 gold shots to the Vampire's chest and one to her head, which immediately broke her aura and confused her long enough, for Pyrrha to jump in and land a downward cleave on Snow's shoulder and then landing a slash to her upper chest and attempted to stab her stomach, only to be caught by Weiss's blade and slashed across her cheek.
Pyrrha called upon her shield and bashed it against Weiss's body, which made the previously well aimed strike useless and also stunned her for Pyrrha to land a brutal 4 slash combo to Weiss's legs, arms and back before kicking her away from her attackers.
She planned on just shooting the Vampire in the head, but didn't get the chance as the Vampire used Fire dust in conjunction with the Ice around the room to create a space for herself to escape using the ice mist to escape outside the forge which had opened it's doors into the public during the fight, courtesy of a stray bullet by one of Ruby's ricocheting shots.
"Ruby! Jaune are you 2 okay?" Pyrrha asked after shooting them out of their icy prisons.
"I'm fine although my pride brrr has been delivered a brrr fatal blow! I thought I made these weapons with the capabilities to break ice!" Ruby exclaimed before pouting which made her seem more adorable than annoyed.
"Jaune?" Pyrrha asked, after not hearing Jaune.
"Owww. I may need some…. brrr more assistance given… brrr how there's actually 2 walls of ICE here!" Jaune said from the second wall which was encasing most of Jaune's body apart from his head and hands which were frozen outstretched.
Ruby waited by the flames of the forge for Jaune to join her after Pyrrha broke him out of his and wrapped a piece of her sash around Jaune as a scarf and helped him across the room towards the forge.
"Was that Snow Jaune?" Pyrrha asked as the freezing boy warmed up next to the young forger who had put on her cloak as well and managed to stop shivering.
"She looked like her but that wasn't her. I know it wasn't!" Jaune replied sadly as he slowly walked towards the forge, still cold.
"Jaune she attacked you with Ice Magic, nearly converted Ruby and almost killed me." Pyrrha replied as she checked for any wounds on Jaune and Ruby. "Are you sure?"
"Yes! Snow would never let anyone control her! Not some mistress and certainly not someone who was willing to 'perfect her flaws'!" Jaune replied, agitated.
"Don't be so sure Mr. Arc." said a voice from behind them and as they turned, they found themselves facing the headmaster and current leader of the hunter division, Professor Ozpin.
"Professor Ozpin! It's an honour to meet you." Pyrrha replied.
"Please, Miss Nikos there's no need for such formalities. However, it is paramount that you know about the true identity of the individual you were facing." Ozpin replied before bringing up a green orb for them all to see which began to heal their auras. "This is Weiss Schnee, the last surviving member of the Schnee family, a family of Vampires long believed to have been exterminated 30 years ago."
"But she looked so young, how can she appear so young?" Ruby asked, not being the most knowledgeable on mystical matters, unrelated to forging.
"Vampires don't age Ruby, it's likely that Weiss has been alive for at least hundreds of years." Pyrrha explained.
"In an attack orchestrated by an unknown force, the Schnees were corrupted into Vampires some 50 or so years ago. The corruption sadly, made all of the members of the family insane, apart from the eldest and middle child who retained their sanity and as such survived the extermination."
"Who was responsible for their extermination?" Jaune asked, curious as to discovering the truth.
"All we were able to confirm was the fact that, an unknown force, possibly a group of rouge hunters led an assault and killed them all, apart from Winter and Weiss who were able to fight off their attackers long enough for Weiss to escape. Winter's whereabouts however, are unknown given as she disappeared during the battle. Ever since we have been hunting them both with many of our best efforts often resulting in failure."
"But why?" Jaune asked.
"There's a reason why the Schnees were attacked, one that we weren't able to identify yet, although we believe it has something to do with their blood which has had some rather unique traits in breaking bindings and curses. This makes them extremely valuable towards any such incantations and makes them an important target for anyone who wishes to unleash the sealed terrors on the world."
"Assuming you find her, what are you going to do with her?" Jaune asked.
"Well, we'll offer her a choice, join us and gain our protection, or be burned alive, since it seems that Miss Schnee has lost her ability to control herself against humans and Vampires, we cannot be sure of her compliance." Ozpin explained.
"Let us do it then. We'll handle her." Pyrrha responded, wanting revenge for what the young Vampire did to her.
"Miss Nikos, I would advise you to not be in a hurry as this particular Vampire has evaded us for decades. I fear that without proper caution, not even someone with your skills will be able to resist her corruption." Ozpin cautioned, worried for Pyrrha's health as he knew all too well as to what happened to some of his hunters that hunted the Vampire.
"She attacked Jaune! And she's probably going to do a whole lot worse if we don't stop her." Pyrrha replied.
"Indeed, which is why I will be sending this mission over to you and Mr. Arc since this mission is personal to you and is necessary for Jaune's reversion to his human side." Ozpin replied as he removed the green orb restoring everyone's auras.
"What about me?" Ruby asked, curious as to why she wasn't allowed to join in on this adventure.
"Miss Rose, as far as I know you aren't really the most experienced in terms of combat like Miss Nikos, nor do you have any need of joining in on this conflict like Mr. Arc. I fear that placing you in combat would be placing you in harm which I wish upon no one in this city, especially a forger who's responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of one of the best Huntresses in my command." Ozpin said, which made Ruby look at the ground with disappointment.
"It's okay Ruby, you'll get your chance one day. Once your combat training finishes then I'm sure you'll be going on more exciting adventures. Maybe we'll even team up for one." Pyrrha said, as she placed her hand on Ruby's shoulder to comfort the young forger who looked up to Pyrrha with a sad smile.
"Alright Pyrrha, just make sure you come back to this forge so that I can tinker everything you'll need for your journey. Make sure you come back okay?"
"You know I won't let some Vampire put me down no matter how old it is. And thank you for everything you do." Pyrrha replied as she hugged the forger, which was a little awkward given their height difference.
"You'll be going tomorrow at night. In the morning I'll be giving you some information and a tool you can use to find Miss Schnee. As for Jaune, I suggest you stay in Miss Nikos's home for now." Ozpin replied.
Jaune and Pyrrha looked at each other blushing slightly as they realized they had to share a room.
"I believe this day has gone on for long enough. I suggest you all take some time to rest." Ozpin said as his orb he created turned into a portal that lead into his office.
"That man is extremely strange." Jaune remarked making both Pyrrha and Ruby laugh from his tone.
In Pyrrha's home
"Well then Jaune, do you want anything to eat?" Pyrrha asked as she entered her modest home, which was more like an oversized room. Perfectly serviceable for one person although two people would take a little bit of rearrangement.
"Oh, not really although I would like some blueberries. They were kinda the only thing I ate since I became a Vampire and well, I gained a craving for them." Jaune replied, scratching his head in a oddly cute manner.
"Would you like me to get some blueberry jam and put it on some bread?" Pyrrha asked as she looked into the cabinets.
"Thanks, Pyrrha!" Jaune said with a genuine smile, one that made Pyrrha feel warmer than any other one she had gotten in Mistral when she won her first championship.
She didn't quite understand why but after spending more time with dorky Vampire, she felt a strange level of attraction towards him. Perhaps it was the fact that she wasn't being held on a pedestal like with everyone else, courtesy of Jaune not knowing her from before as Mistral's champion of the Arena.
As such, every single interaction she had with Jaune always felt genuine and not faked due to her 'celebrity' status.
She felt so protective of him when Weiss attacked him just an hour ago, she almost never felt like that with anyone else when they were threatened. Of course, she was worried about Ruby during the fight but that was more out of sisterly instinct and also compared to Jaune, Ruby had, some combat experience and was even training to become a full-fledged huntress.
Pyrrha would need to jumpstart Jaune's training given the unknown horrors that would await them on their quest. But she would be more than glad to. In the walk they took to Pyrrha's home Jaune had also revealed a little bit more about himself.
Apparently before he was a Vampire, he had aspirations of becoming a huntsman like his father and grandfather and while he certainly possessed the heart of a true huntsman, he was severely lacking in terms of raw skill or proficiency. In fact, the only thing Jaune was proficient in by any means was a sword and shield much like Pyrrha did but that was more out of random choice given how it was the first weapon he picked up.
When Jaune came to Vale, his efforts to become a huntsman were sadly put on hold when he was rejected by the Academy due to his lack of skills and as such, he was left alone to wait. He couldn't find much work in Vale either due to his skills or in his case, lack thereof lead to him meeting Weiss in the forest and the rest was history.
Although, one thing she didn't understand was why he was so adamant that Weiss wasn't the type vampire to attack innocent humans or even convert others unless she was forced to for her survival. She saw the vampire attack her, Ruby and Jaune so viciously and without any mercy. Hell, she even tried to convert Ruby!
But that didn't matter right now. Right now, it was the time to rest and relax, not to worry about some unknown terror that threatened her life.
'Although I should probably activate the protections just to be sure.' Pyrrha thought as she lit the torch which activated all protections in the house.
"Ah!" Jaune gasped as he clutched his stomach.
"Jaune! Are you ok?" Pyrrha asked, as she rushed over to the vampire who sat down on a wooden chair, not letting go of his stomach.
"It hurts... in my stomach. I feel... like something's eating my apart from… there." Jaune explained as he removed some of the chest armour covering his upper chest, revealing something from Pyrrha's past.
"I think I need to remove something from one of my protection wardsss." Pyrrha said as she recognized the embarrassing reminder of her past.
"What?" Jaune asked, wondering why Pyrrha was blushing upon seeing his shirt.
"Just hold still." Pyrrha said to the boy as she removed a part of his shirt to reveal his stomach and applied a gel which identified Jaune as an ally and not as an enemy.
"Thanks for the assistance but what was it about my shirt that made you so embarrassed?" Jaune asked. "It's just Pumpkin Pete."
"Well I used to sponsor the brand for some time. I think they even made a cereal about it." Pyrrha said as she grabbed a bandage and roughly applied it to Jaune's gash which had come from the Protection Spectre.
"Ohhh, I see oh! Careful! That area still stings." Jaune exclaimed as the gel burnt against his skin.
"I'm sorry!" Pyrrha replied.
"It's ok! It's ok! Thanks a lot for helping me out. It really means a lot to me to know that someone believes in me." Jaune replied hoping to reassure Pyrrha, which luckily, he was able to.
"It's easy to believe in someone genuine. Although given by how you were trounced in the fight by Weiss or Snow, I believe you need some training and make you a little more effective against magic users." Pyrrha said, a smile coming on her face as she tried to make that moment of loss for Jaune more humorous.
"Yeah, I think I'll need that. Thanks again. I haven't really met a lot of people who care in that sense for my faults, so it feels really nice to know someone's willing to help me become something more." Jaune said to Pyrrha, which made her feel much more special to Jaune.
"Those people always exist in life; you just need to know where to look. Although, I think you should probably go rest given how the sun's coming up and I would hate for you to miss our first training session together because you ended up getting toasted by the sun." Pyrrha remarked, hoping to earn a laugh from Jaune who thankfully obliged.
"Goood point, but what about you? You haven't really taken any rest for quite some time." Jaune said, his tone revealing his worry for Pyrrha's overall health.
"I'll be fine Jaune, I've gone days without sleeping now go get some rest!" Pyrrha said, reassuring the sleepy vampire who lay down on the bed and entered into Vampire's Rest, creating a black shroud which covered his body.
As she observed the sleeping vampire, Pyrrha simply looked at her weapons and realized she had to still pay Ruby a visit.
But she was looking forward to the visit, since that might be the only normal part of her day tomorrow.
A/N: Sorry for the long wait, but I'm planning on working on a Sci Fi story as well. Anyways I hope you enjoy this little chapter detailing the more fantasy aspects of this world and hope you enjoy.
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