Hello once more. Its Lost. Now we get to the show. Or at least, as alike the show can be with the changes I've made. Obviously stuff like Summer and Amber being alive make great changes towards show canon. Also I'm going along with this at the same pace you guys are. I know some of what I write is shit.

However I'm just writing to write, so I can eventually get better and continue writing my original story back on royalroadl. If I finish this it'll honestly be a miracle. Especially if I dont end up making this shit cracked. Very obviously I've sorta made Dorian breeze through everything at a very leisurely pace and it doesnt make a good story if everything is so easy. However I have reasoning behind why things have been so easy for Dorian.

Think about it... he has knowledge of a future timeline that would have happened if he didnt interfere. Also that was a timeline where everything goes to shit, and if you want a happy new life, you're going to prevent as much shit happening as possible. Plus he's a young man who would be 40 if he didnt die and reincarnate. Wait... 18+22? Yeah 40. You're telling me a 40 year old man would be unable to play with and manipulate people so he can get what he wants? Hell I'm sure most of you are anywhere between 16-28 and somewhere within that time, you've made plans that have fallen through perfectly because you knew of all the details and pieces that were in place.

Also a few people have complained about how Salem knew about Dorian and his eyes and why she let him live after defying her. For the knowing part, in the Show, Salem shows that she has an extensive spy network through both people and Grimm. Mainly Nevermores that she can control and see through. So it wouldn't be too hard for a magical being like Salem to find Dorian in a place so close to most of her operation in Haven at the time due to her controlling the headmaster through his fear.

Then we got why she would have let him live. One, she's immortal, why should she worry about some silver eyed child. She's beat Ozpin at every turn and who cares if he gains another piece, Oz just wants a stalemate, not an end. Also this new silver eyed child just consumed her pure Grimm essence and didnt die, maybe she found a piece she could use to maximum effect and even control or use just for pleasure. She's immortal and she's cocky as all hell. Doesnt matter if she "seems" calm and composed. Slowly breaking you're nemesis over Centuries does that. At least I think it would. When has an evil immortal never been cocky about their success? Sorta going by trope here.

Also in the show, they dont go too much into Cinder's backstory. They make her want power just for the sake of power because she hates feeling weak. Why? What was it that made her want to burn everything for the sake of feeling strong? Why would she be so desperate to believe in a being of hatred like Salem when they promise power. So I went with the original Cinderella story but put a dark twist of her being abused for years after her father died at the hands of Lady Tremaine. It would make sense if a little girl turns into monster because those who were supposed to love and nurture did nothing but hate and torture.

At least in my mind it makes sense. So if it makes sense in my mind and I'm able to reach such conclusions, a person like Dorian sould be able to as well, even go about it in a minorly cruel and malign way when it comes to his enemies. I'll admit, I'm very vindictive and malicious when i feel wronged.

Also this story is rated M for a reason. If you dont like cursing, violence, and sexual relations both consensual and not. I did say at least a part of how things would go in the synopsis.

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Scurra: I think the ship name was "Whiskey on the Rocks" rocks being ice for those who dont know bar lingo.

- In Vale, the first year of RWBY-

So after saving Amber, we actually took her to Patch and got her a house a mile from the Rose-Xiao Long residence. Then we pretty much spent the entire rest of the year having our own alliance meetings between me, Qrow, Summer, and Amber. We would have invited Tai but he's given up on fighting the war. He just wants to be a good father and husband. I can respect that, because while he may not want to fight, hes at least still there for those who need him.

*cough*Raven*cough.

Anyway we filled in Amber on the future knowledge of what would have happened without my interference and told her about the relationship between Oz and Salem. The we made her swear an oath not to tell Ozpin. Cuz while Ozpin knows that I exist, due the fact I'm a public figure being the adopted brother of Pyyrah, he doesnt know I'm the one who got Qrow to save Summer and helped save Amber. Turns out the tactical genius that he is didnt deign to put a surveillance spell on Qrow after his sister left. If I was a magical mastermind with spies and informants, I'd make sure I had surveillance on them.

Anyway.

Yang and me are supposed to be taking an Entrance Exam within the next three days here in Vale and Ruby joined us because she wanted to go shopping for weapon mods that, if I'm being honest, seem rather weak compared to what I can make as long as Ruby gives me the material and schematics. I said as much to her but she responded with the fact that she loves visiting weapon shops just to visit.

Of course after saying this she immediately ran off towards the nearest weapon shop, leaving me and Yang alone in the sister's Hotel room with a bunch of rose petals.

"Sooo~, wanna come to the club with me?" Yang asks twirling her hair in her finger and batting her lashes at me and biting her bottom lip.

Damn girl knows I cant say no to that face. Here I was hoping to relax today until the exam.

"Alright fine, i suppose i can take time out of my busy day to accompany a beautiful young woman to the ball." I say with faux exhaustion and reluctance.

"Oh to the ball you say? However shall I dress for such a Sòiree. Oh and we must bring party favors." She says playing along with my little skit as we both walk out towards her bike Bumblebee.

"What type of party favors milady? The shoosty kind or the splosive kind?" I ask already knowing how things are gonna go. This is the time that Yang heads to Junior to bust up his club to look for info on Raven. I honestly haven't decided on whether or not I'll tell her I know about her mother.

I dont think Yang would very much appreciate what I'd have to say. There's just too much about Raven that riles me up.

"I'd prefer if we kept those party favors saved for when we need them, I'm looking to form connections and gather much gossip on the other lords and ladies my dear sir." Pbbblt yeah right. Shes gonna "knock" on that front door I can already tell by that smirk on her face.

"Well then milady, our Chariot awaits." I say with a bow and gesturing towards Bumblebee.

Turning towards it and getting on behind her she scoots back towards me and wiggles her hips.

"Why sir, is that a scroll in your pocket or are you happy to see me?" She says revving the bike and taking off. Honestly scaring the shit out of me with how fast we're going.

Maybe I should have ordered a cab for us.

"WHY MILADY! IM ALWAYS EXCITED TO SEE YOUR BEAUTIFUL VISAGE." I yell over the wind and wrapping my arms around her waist for dear life as she narrowly misses 3 cars and slips between two more.

Yeesh, no wonder Neptune had such a hard time staying on this bike. Yang drives like a psychopath.

"THEN THAT MEANS MY GOOD SIR, THAT WE ABSOLUTELY MUST WORK OUT ALL THAT EXCESSIVE ENERGY. WE SHALL DO SO AT THE PARTY." Ok this lord and lady skit is getting to be a teensy bit droll as it were.

Malarkey, even mine own thoughts are adhering to the role.

About 4 minutes later we arrive at Junior's club and see the line for getting in.

"So are we waiting or do you have some plan?" I ask with a raised eyebrow while running my hands across Luna and Sol.

"Oh we can just walk in. They won't mind." She says with a small smile and walks towards the door.

However, someone who I completely forgot would be here walks out the door at Yang goes to push open the doors.

Now I have no issue with a man wearing makeup, but that is waaaaay to much eyeliner.

Now said man with eyeliner, is everyone's favorite cockney criminal, Roman Torchwick.

Torchwick is a 6'0 pale white man in his 40's wearing a Bowler hat over his side swept orange hair, a grey ascot, too much mascera and eyeliner, and a white petticoat over black dress shirt and pants. His weapon known as Melodic Cudgel, is a rather plain walking cane. Of course anyone who's watched the show knows that he knows how to use the cane to maximum Effect and use its flares that it fires rather well.

I always thought of him as interesting, despite never him not living long and them not giving him a semblance.

Of course Roman isn't alone as he's followed by six of Junior's thugs and a certain petite and veeery flexible ice cream woman.

Neapolitan, the silent right hand to the not so silent Roman Torchwick.

Neo is a pale white woman who is 5'4 and mid-twenties dressed color coded after the ice cream shes named after. Pink and Brunette hair, white right eye and brown left eye, angular face and thin chin. She wears an off-white cropped tailcoat and a grey sweatshirt underneath. Brown form fitting leggings and white knee-high boots. She's also twirling her parasol Hush around her finger looking bored.

Maybe I'll make things interesting.

"Hey Yang, you head on in first, I just remembered something I have to do real quick." I say taking Yang to the side and whispering.

"Oh really? Did it have something to do with the pink girl that walked past? You do know you shouldn't be checking out other women when you got a girl with you." Yang crosses her arms under her bust and pouts.

Weapons of mass destruction I tell you... fucking puberty hormones.

"Uhhhh, no. NO! I gotta talk with the guy in the bowler cap. Anyway. Be right back promise." I say and walk after Roman and Neo.

"DONT BE ANGRY WHEN YOU MISS OUT ON THE FUN!" Yang yells after me.

Hearing Yang yell, Roman and Neo turn around with the thugs and look as I walk up to them looking Roman in the eye.

"Mr. Torchwick, I understand that you've recently gone under an new employer. I've come to make a counter offer that will have us coming out smelling of roses and wine." I say pulling back my hood and taking off my visor from my eyes. "If you wouldn't mind sending these men ahead of you?"

"Yeesh kid please put the visor back on, those eyes make me feel violated. Go on ahead gentlemen, I wanna have a talk with this guy." Roman says while shivering and Neo elbows his side with a raised eyebrow while nodding towards me.

"Yes Neo, we'll talk with him. I do so like my wine after all." Roman responds to her with a casual show of deep communication that probably got worked over for years to understand that deeply.

"So tell me kid, what do you know of my employer? Why should we go into business together instead of off you?" Roman asks while caressing the top of his cane.

"Because Cinder is gonna get you killed at the hands of the one she works for. It won't end well. Anyway, I'm not telling you to drop your heists and stop spreading the chaos that you want. However, what I do want is just a little tit-for-tat when it comes about time for Cinder's great plan for the fall of Beacon and destruction of Vale." I say casually dropping those bombs while i sidestep a stab from behind from Neo's use of her semblance "Overactive Imagination".

Seeing my casual display of hyper awareness, Neo follows through on her stab to flip over the top of her blades hilt to try and kick me in the head.

As I grab her foot, she wraps her other leg around my arm to put it in an standing arm bar, hanging off my arm, she goes to stabb my throat with Hush's blade and I grab it in my hand as it cuts into me.

"Now Neo, unless you want me hurting and grabbing you in some very un-gentlmanly places, I suggest you calm down so me and Roman can finish our civilized conversation and walk away copacetic." I say while disintegrating the piece of the blade that is stabbing into my hand, even through my Aura.

Hearing this, Neo smirks and grinds herself along my arm which she still has in an arm bar.

Lord have mercy she's into that.

"Neo please let the gentleman be before I'm treated to a show." Roman says while facepalming. "Now kid, I dont know who you are, but obviously you know more about my employer than I do. Which I honestly hate to admit. Who is it that the fire bitch works for and why does she want Vale destroyed? Why should I trust you?" Roman says as Neo slowly unwraps herself from around my arm and pulls back Hush's blade with a pout after seeing part of it destroyed.

She then points a finger at me then at the blade whilst stomping her foot and giving a give me motion.

Sighing while handing her a 300 lien card, I turn to Roman and say,

"She works for someone with a grudge against Ozpin and hunters in general. She wants you to cause chaos with the White Fang so Oz will be too preoccupied with the criminal element of Vale instead of the common enemy we All have with the Grimm. The chaos you cause, will cause fear and uncertainty and overall bad emotions, which will call to more Grimm, which will cause even more of the aforementioned emotions, which will cause a spiral of more and more Grimm, until finally the damn breaks and Vale gets destroyed and Cinder gets what's promised to her. What I want you to do, is when Cinder wants you to perform your part of the grand finale, is run. Leave her high and dry with as much profit as possible with the ability to make a new life if you want. You want to survive, that's what's gotta happen." I say as I look him dead in the eye with my voice grave.

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHG!*THUD*" As i finish my spiel, one of Junior's thugs comes flying out of the club.

"With that said, I believe I have prior obligations I must attend to. Goodnight you two. Oh and be careful if you see a little Red and Silver these next few weeks. I wouldn't want to have to hurt you for bringing pain to someone dear to me." I bow out and turn around as Roman and Neo both raise their eyebrows as I cause the stone of the road to spead upwards towards their throats and stop an inch away.

Walking back into the club with a message successfully sent, I look around and see the dance floor a ruined mess of glass and unconscious thugs. The DJ, who is wearing a monochrome bear mask, is slumped over his turntable with the music repeatedly scratching over the speaker.

Looking towards the bar, I see a pair of red and white clad twins holding each others hands as they try to block the path towards an 6'5 oriental man wearing sunglasses with a white dress shirt under a black vest with him leaning over the bar looking pissed at how trashed his club is.

"I know you told me not to get angry if I missed the fun but dont you think you could have partied a little less hard? I am the one who has to hold your hair back at the end of the night if you bite off more than you can chew." I say with my hands in my pocket, still with mask and hood off, walking up next to a smirking Yang.

"Dont worry Dorian, I saved the best Dance Partners for last. However the host was rather rude and refused to spill the latest gossip." Yang says and cracks her knuckles.

"Well that is quite rude. I suppose people of such decorum like ourselves must show the plebian how one must act in such beautiful company." I say as I pull Luna and Sol from my belt and twirl them around my pointer fingers while keeping an eye on the Twins as I see them tense and possibly prepare to charge.

"Miltia, Melanie! Stand down. We wouldn't be able to take the Burning Golden Dragon of Patch and the Dark Dragon of Mistral together. So who was it you're looking for blondie? Some black haired red eyed lady? Havnt seen her or heard of her outside of news of a bandit queen on the Continent of Anima. Honest to the Brothers, that's all I know." He says as he adjust a red tie around his neck and shifts nervously.

*sigh* Why'd he have to be smart. The only bit of fun I got to have today was with Neo. Least i got a bit of over the clothes action from that.

See now you cant bring women home to the Rose- Xiao Long residence. It's just not something you do. Ruby is too innocent, Yang would kill me for corrupting Ruby, and I'm sure Qrow and Tai would kill me as well.

Summer would just be disappointed. While possibly killing me.

"That cant be all you know Junior, you're supposed to be The information broker of Vale." Yang argues desperate for more info on her mother. Its times like these it hurts not to just tell her.

"Let it go Yang, he'd tell us if it meant getting us out of his hair. Plus he knows what we can do so why wouldn't he tell the truth? Let's get going, we gotta pick up Ruby in a bit. We have the entrance exam in two days remember?" I say putting Luna and Sol back on my belt.

I swear, ever since I left Mistral, I havnt gotten to use the twins at all.

"Well then I suppose we should be off then Junior. Sorry about the club. I was a little busy so I wasn't able to reign her in." I say taking the last 500 lien I have in my wallet. Should really stop by am atm or bank soon.

Gotta love the fact I won money from those duo tournaments with Pyyrah in Mistral.

"Reign me in? You would have made an even bigger mess. They would have had been sweeping dust from this place for months!" Yang says to me in outrage.

"Hey I dont start fights unless absolutely necessary to make a point. Also the dust would be less of an obvious mess than the GIANT GLASS CHANDELIER that is shattered in the middle of the dance floor." I say as I gesture to said chandelier.

"It's not my fault they had such a major design oversight. He shouldn't have such a high end club and not expect people to bust it up." Yang complains as if it's the most obvious thing in the world.

"Ok, I won't argue with that fucked up logic. However, I do want to know how the hell it fell?" I say conceding the point about the place getting busted up.

There is a reason why you shouldn't run criminal empires in nice locales. The cleanup is godawful and expensive. Especially when superpowers are involved.

"Are you two gonna leave now? I do have to clean up this place." Junior says getting irritated. He even has that little cartoon vein popping in his forehead.

"Cmon Yang, considering how tonight's gone, I wouldn't doubt Ruby got into trouble too." I say with a grin while leading the way to Bumblebee.

Hearing a ringtone, I glance at Yang and see her pull her scroll out.

"Speaking of, mind putting it on speaker?" I ask.

"Sure, hey Rubes, what's going on?" She asks into her scroll.

"Uhhhh, Yang. I'm in jail..."

That's this one. I'm tired, just spent the last 2 days helping take stuff in and out of storage for my grandmother.

Imma sleep now. Hope y'all enjoy. Cya next time, review if ya want. Or dont, up to you.