Rwby: a different View,
Due to the number of jumps of point of view I'm broken it down like like this
[locations]
( personal)
This will make it simple to see who is in what and with that we will begin.
-chapter start-
[Vale]
Cinder walked through the streets her clothes from her time as a huntress a red dress with silver and Swords across her back with arrows. Suddenly she heard a scream and looking forward she noticed excellent blackmail material as she stepped down the ally Emerald Sustrai ran down to escape.
" how did you do that?" Cinder said cornering her
Emerald reached behind her getting ready to fight.
" don't…" cinder said "unless of course...you want them to hear…" she said
"What do you want?" Emerald asked
"I've already told you...and I don't like to repeat myself." Cinder said
" look what ever you saw me "apparently" do I didn't do anything just leave me alone-." Emerald said cinder sighed
"I know my fair share of liars and thieves. Stealing is an art of patience, coordination, and in a pinch, sleight of hand. But you didn't steal the ring in your pocket." Cinder said tempting Emerald,
Emerald looks shocked and checks the pocket where her prize is as
Cinder crosses her arms, "You took it right before the jeweller's eyes. And he smiled." She said
" who are you?" Emerald asked cinder smiled
" follow me and find out…" cinder said as she took Emerald out of the crime scene, and safely to her hideout in the bad side of vale,
Cinder shows Emerald the power she is gifted over grimm, her response was a shock as expected.
"This is impossible…" she said
" nothing is impossible, you just don't know how to figure it out yet." Cinder said
[dark side of vale]
Walking down the street cinder was followed by Emerald.
"What are we doing here?" Emerald asked
" getting information." Cinder said as she stepped inside into Junior's bar.
Junior was cleaning glasses and noticed the two unknown patrons as two rough men walked up but junior halted them.
"What can I do for you?" He asked. " I wish to take on an apprentice...tell me about Marcus black?"
" he lives in the mountains with his son." Junior said knowing this due to giving him contracts often but know it's been gone silent.
[Vale mountain's]
Cinder and Emerald walked the tree line " so how are we going to approach him?" Emerald asked as cinder raised her hand to stop her she did and watched as a shadowy figure walked inside the house
(Mercury black)
Mercury walked up to his father ready to get back his semblance and prove his worth.
" farther…" he said
Marcus black looked up from his couch drunk to see his son. "What is it runt!" He growled
Mercury stood defiant " I want my semblance" he said
" oh?" Marcus said gasping as he stood up sober as the drunk being an act. " and what would you do if I don't.?" Marcus asked poking his son
Mercury growled and lunged at his father
With two swipes of his fists Marcus dodges the swipes and kicked at his son but Mercury dodged and spun giving his father a kick in the back sending him to the ground.
(Cinder)
Emerald and Cinder looked up at the house to see the fight as the two figure's fell to the ground
"Are they...fighting?" Emerald asked cinder looked dead set on the fight
(Mercury)
Marcus black threw his son against the wall "not bad runt!" He said
Mercury screamed as he brought up a knee and sent it to His fathers groin bursting his nutsack
Marcus screamed as Mercury showed no contempt for his farther Marcus growled in rage as he grabbed a bat and went for a heavy swing.
Only for Mercury to grab the bat and break his fathers arm making him scream, Mercury threw the bat against the wall which shattered a lightbulb it's spark hit the curtain which caught on fire and lit the house up
Marcus laughed "well indeed you are my son… it took you do long to learn your place, but your gonna have kill me to get your semblance back kid."
Marcus expected the charge his son did and followed with the breaking of the kneecaps
What he didn't expect was the fact of pure adrenaline powering his son to powerhouse the hit and deliver the power of a freight train into Marcus black sending him flying.
Mercury yelled as he threw his father out of the house. And followed him out of the house jumping after him and landing on his back snapping his old mans back killing him.
But no semblance came back to him
He roared in anger and was about to cave in his father's skull when suddenly he heard a snap of a twig.
" come out! Or I'll kill you too!" He said
Seeing no other option Cinder and emerald walked out
(Cinder)
Cinder stood strong, emerald was weary her hands on her weapons ready to attack should it be nessessary.
What are you looking at!?
Cinder looks at him "I'm looking for Marcus Black."
Mercury spits blood on the ground as he gestures back at the burning house and the white-haired man lying face down behind him "There you go."
Emerald getting up from her stance
"That's... the assassin?" She asked in shock
Cinder: calmly looking up at Mercury "And you're his son."
Mercury doesn't acknowledge this, merely wiping his lips of blood, but she grins now
"We saw your fight from the treeline. He's taught you well."
Mercury shrugs "Guess so."
Cinder "What's your name?"
Mercury a moment passes before he tells her " Mercury."
Cinder nodding in approval. " Mercury... Tell me, are you anything like your father?"
Mercury sighs and nodded before his legs gave out on him. "Argh! Still too weak!" He hissed
"Your body gave out there is a difference than being weak, Emerald carry him." Cinder said as she walked away
"So what's in it for me?" He asked hopeful
Emerald looked down and ran after cinder "We don't need him! Everything was going fine!-ah" emerald reeled back from the slap from cinder
Cinder. Growled to emerald "Do not mistake your place." She said looking back to Mercury who emerald carries. Back to the hideout.
[hideout]
" tell me Mercury...what is your most important lesson your father taught you?" Cinder asked
"My dad always said... "if you need to know a city, ask the rats." He said
A few days later Cinder met up with one up and coming criminal Roman Torchwick and Mercury was given a gift of a second pair of legs with embedded weapons in them
After he was ready they headed off to the white fang camp to make a deal, with them they will have an army, a group to take the fall and hide their involvement.
[white fang camp]
"So, let me get this straight…" Adam Tarus said as he walked back and forth from the tent
Cinder standing respectfully in the center of a tent, Emerald and Mercury sitting on their knees behind her. Two members of the White Fang armed with a rifle and sword are to one side, and the Lieutenant leaning up against the other, as a man steps into view before a map of Remnant.
Adam looked deeply at the three of them hunting for there true motive " You could've gone to anyone for help. You could've made a deal with a gang leader, paid off some Huntsmen that have strayed from their... righteous path... but instead, you choose to seek an audience with me."
Cinder smiled beleaving her power of persuasion to triumph over the vigorous fanuas. "You're the one we need. Your skill, your ability to lead those beneath you. You're an exceptionally valuable man, Adam. And we've put a lot of thought into-."
Adam interrupts her, stepping forward with his finger raised "Then you're clearly not thinking straight! If you truly understood me, you would know, coming here was a mistake. The White Fang is not an organization for hire. We're a force of revolution!"
He makes a fist with his last word, and Emerald shares a look with Mercury, eyebrows raised.
Cinder: unintimidated countunes "I believe our plan will be beneficial for all parties involved." Adam continues pacing around the tent looking for the motive "I have... an associate in Vale. He and I are working on a revolution of our own. But we can't do it without your forces. We need-." Cinder said with a smile
Adam: finding his motive stops her 'she wants my men, my Firends as fall guys I will not' he thought as he forcibly kept his voice calm "What you need... is to leave." As he hoists up his weapon, Wilt and Blush "You're asking my men to die for your cause - a human cause. That is not an idea I am willing to entertain." He said not wanting to be slaves.
Cinder scowls in obvious displeasure, but makes herself bow to the White Fang leader. "Very well." She said as she had her allies pick themselves up and leave
As The three leave the tent and go off into the nearby woods, with Adam stepping out to look at them from behind his mask.
Blake belladonna stepped up behind him, hand on her side "What was that about?" She asked
Adam pauses not wanting to involve her and knowing they won't see them again "Nothing." He said walking away "We need to finish preparing. The train will be here at dawn." Blake followed him
"So what now?" Mercury asked
"There is another matter we must attend to…" cinder explained as
[town someplace in vale somewhere]
Emerald walked up to a Barman " excuse me I'm looking for a friend of mine...her name is amber." She said
"Ah yes she was just here yesterday she said she was heading to the main city. He said
" thank you." She said as she walked out
Outside Cinder and Mercury stood waiting hearing what the barman said
" very good emerald, Remember the plan...not a foot out of place." She said.
to the overcast view of a forest, a single path with a wooden fence to either side cutting through the green. From the trees comes a lone white horse trotting along slowly, a green-cloaked rider with golden armor and her hood up on its back. The animal comes forward as the sharp sound is heard once more, and the two stop when they come across the scene of a young green-haired girl curled up and crying next to a felled bicycle.
Despite the fact that another camera angle shows only a fully-grown Emerald standing there, the rider dismounts from her steed and slowly approaches the child, who looks up as the mysterious stranger kneels down to her level and smirks. The girl flinches in fright when the woman reaches into her clothes and pulls out an apple, not realizing she's only offering it to empty air.
Emerald stands only a few feet away from the oblivious heroine, scrunching her face up in determination and readying to attack by grabbing her weapons and sliding a foot back. The kicked-up dust manages to be seen behind the girl even when the one who kicked it doesn't, and the woman gasps as the image of the child happily reaching for the apple suddenly disappears.
Dropping the fruit and leaping back quickly as the horse turns to run away, Amber ditches the cloak and pulls out her weapon, expanding the double crystal-headed staff to full length. She sees Emerald running towards her, guns blazing green shots, each of which are deflected against the Maiden's hand. Amber twirls the spear around her body, kicking up the winds and blasting it towards her opponent, forcing Emerald to slide back.
Just as she does this, Mercury comes up from the side and jumps over the fence, landing on her staff as she forces him and a returning Emerald back with another gale. Mercury simply leaps on a post and launches himself at her, forcing Amber to unleash a stream of fire from the red crystal on him, but her attacker merely curls up and lets his legs take the brunt of the damage, flames burning away the orange pants as the complex machinery and lit-up metal making up the robotic prosthetics underneath is revealed.
With his artificial limbs, he continues to come forward through the fire and kick Amber on her back, only for Emerald to land on her from above, cracking the very ground underneath. She and Mercury jump back and get ready to fight again when Amber gets up, head bowed until she looks up with orange energy pouring from her eyes. The winds erupt from the Maiden, swirling around and making her enemies cover their faces from the force, when she lifts off the ground and spreads her arms to the sky, lightning now rumbling in the clouds for her to aim at the two, who barely get out of the way in time.
Calling upon more of the storm, Mercury and Emerald continue to dodge each bolt as Cinder steps into view a ways back from the fight. The two ambushers fire on Amber, but the invisible shield now covers her whole body, taking each shot as she reaches to her side and clenches a fist, making the leaves rise into the air and come to her. With a raised arm, the leaves turn from green to frozen ice, and she rains the newly-sharpened projectiles down on her foes, who are unable to avoid the attack.
Amber continues this assault until she senses Cinder running towards her from behind, face set in determination, and summons a fireball to launch at her third adversary, who manages to leap over the attack. Cinder slides across the ground, kicking up dirt. Cinder faces her palm to the dirt, the yellow fabric on her sleeve glowing, and coalesces the dirt into several glass shards, which she aims at the floating Maiden. Amber is knocked back from the damage, face down in the dirt, until she looks up with normal eyes just when the sharp sound is heard again. She first sees the area empty, but Emerald flickers into view for a moment, and Amber slowly realizes what's happening as Mercury also shifts into her frame of vision, with Cinder coming forward in spurts, swords raised.
She attempts to slice Amber with the two blades, only for the Maiden to deflect each hit and kick the assailant away just as Mercury and Emerald come forward in her stead. The two miss their initial attacks and get kicked for their efforts, but Mercury lands a blow on her only for Amber to rush at him, not noticing Cinder connect her swords together into their bow shape and notching three arrows. Amber manages to punch Emerald and kick Mercury away right before turning around and seeing Cinder launch the arrows at the ground around her, which erupt in a high whistling noise and a burning explosion from each projectile. She feels the full force of it all, her Aura disappearing entirely from the damage.
The screen is white for a moment before Cinder appears with her partners behind her, slowly approaching their target as she gets up from her hands and knees. She swipes at the three with a gust of wind that blows them all away, but Mercury races back towards her until he's blasted back by a bolt of lightning from the now burning-eyed Maiden. She suddenly turns back and sends a fireball at Emerald, only for it to disappear and the real thief to be revealed on the other side, also getting a blast of flame.
With all three of her opponents down, Amber grabs her staff from the ground and uses it as support to walk over to Emerald, wincing and clutching her side all the while. Emerald only has time to look up in fear before Amber glowers and raises her weapon to finish the fight... just when a quick whooshing noise ends with a sudden thump right as she gasps in pain.
Eyes wide, Amber collapses forward, an arrow sticking out from her back while Cinder lowers the bow and smiles once more. She drops her weapon and calmly comes forward, taking out a white glove as Mercury and Emerald force their defeated foe to her knees. Amber and Cinder meet eye-to-eye before the villainess lifts up her now gloved hand, the back of it marked with the red symbol of an open eye in a compass shape, broken on one side by five diamond shapes. Cinder reaches down, palm towards Amber when the white suddenly opens a small red portal, out from which a Grimm bug comes out.
Amber scarred pleads to cinder "Please don't…"
The creature spits out a web of black, attaching to Amber's face in a familiar pattern. When she looks up, screaming, her one free eye is blazing, a final blast of wind erupting from her as the glow fades into the inky strands, up through the glove, and into Cinder's body. Her own victorious eyes light up with power, a shower of sparks surrounding her and black-and-red circle appearing under their feet. Amber closes her eye...
Then without warning, footsteps are seen racing towards the ritual, and Cinder only has a moment to look up and see Qrow Branwen swinging Harbinger down on them, severing the web and making the three leap back. The Huntsman grabs the unconscious Maiden before she hits the ground, and Cinder watches to her hand as the glove burns away into nothingness, leaving only a tattoo of high heels between her exposed shoulder blades.
Cinder looks up with a grin, right eye now brimming with golden energy, as she gets up from her position and raises her arms, embers circling around her. Qrow can only see her shimmering face for a second before the ground under him starts to glow, and he gets himself and Amber out of the way just as it explodes. He looks back and finds that the three are gone, then turns his worried gaze to the marked and comatose face of Amber as he ran off.
Cinder went to brief Salem by Grimm seer "The Huntsman severed the connection before it was complete." Cinder said "you feel it's lack?" Salem asked on the other side. "Yes. It's... an emptiness. It burns. Like hunger. I like it." Cinder said "you must gather the rest The vault will only open with the full power." Salem explained "Yes. I will claim what is ours. " you done good young Cinder" Salem said "Thank you." Cinder said
Cinder cut off the connection with the seer and looked behind her as Roman Torchwick rode in from a successful heist
"ALRIGHT BOY's drinks on me tonight!" Roman cheered
" you've got the dust?" Cinder asked walking out
" yep 7 full crates of it just as you asked one for each variety." He said as he opened a box to her. Cinder smiled " well don Roman. And...your tip." Cinder said as she drew a knife and took a sliver off the top.
Roman growled but he couldn't do anything about it.
[white fang camp]
Adam snarled at the report his subordinates gave him
"We'll find her, sir." He holds a hand up to his chest "I swear on my life."
Adam waved his hand "Forget it. It's time I returned to Mistral and…"
His sentence is cut short with the sounds of groans, explosions, and crashing are heard outside the tent flaps. The two come out of the tent, blade and chainsaw raised.
Adam: "What is this!?"
Cinder stands swords drawn amid the still-smoking battlefield, with White Fang soldiers laying all around and her subordinates kneeling on the ground with cases in front of them "We could've gone to anyone for help." she discards her weapons and strides towards the two "But we chose you, Adam Taurus." she raises her hand and lights her wepons on fire burning the weapons away "Our plan will be beneficial for both of us…" The camera changes to view her face. The designs on her sleeve are glowing) "Or one of us." Emerald opens her case to reveal Dust crystals and collector canisters inside, while Mercury shows the neatly-arranged stacks of Lien in his "So, which will it be?"
Adam slowly straightens up while Cinder lowers her arm, clothes going back to their regular colors as she smiles.
Adam was forced to agree. As cinder and Adam went inside and began there plot to take over vale and supplant Ozpin.
[hideout]
Cinder Fall and her corhorts returned to their hideout to find Roman Torchwick working on there next heist,
"We'll hello Roman…" cinder said as she swayed forward.
" even Cinder...tell me did we get the allies on the white fang?" He asked
" it took some persuading but yes we finally did work out a deal of sorts." Cinder said
" very good. It appears that it is time for us to move huntsman are apparently on there way." Roman said
" don't worry about us Roman, we don't even exist…" Cinder said as her voice faded into echos as ash fell to the ground
" damn what is it with me a women. Neo pack it up!" Roman called as the dust and Lien were packed into a truck and drove away as Police broke down the door.
"Freeze!-." There was a pause
"FUCK!"
On the highway Roman and neo drove away laughing as they rode off for there next heist.
[salems Cathedral]
Arthur watts sat in his chair as he looked at his scroll.
" any updates watts?" Salem asked
" I have to admit she's doing a good job, recruiting a street runt thief and an assassin on her first two nights and gathering up Roman Torchwick on the third, now with the acquiring of the maiden's powers beacon should fall within weeks." He said
"I highly doubt that cinder would be that bold. No...she will wait, and knowing what is soon coming up I know exactly when she will strike." Salem said
" the Vytal festival?" Arthur asked shocked before he realized. " oh yes...of course!" He said understanding now.
Arthur stood up " seeing as I feel my experience will be needed in the coming weeks I shall be working on a little...project…" he said…
Salem nodded " very well dr watts, Hazel you will work besides the Dr. and make sure he has everything he needs." Salem said Hazel nodded and stood up
Salem looked to Tryian " Tryian your stay on alert and keep our operations going smoothly." Salem said Tryian Grinned and nodded
(Arthur watts)
Arthur watts walked into his lab with hazel following. " so doc what are we working on?" Hazel asked
" a virus. The idea is Cinder sows chaos in vale causing Ironwood to step up and act as security detail for the festival seeing as they are the most professional army then we send this and we will have control of all the androids for our use our own private army." Arthur said
" that is a pretty big if, what if ironwood isn't picked for security? Or an even bigger problem, what if the AI of the virus isn't compatible with the AI of the robots?" Hazel asked
" don't be so daft, Atlas isn't that stricken with redundancies, not like me, there more wanting results and fixing what broke later, or if it's not fixable Toss it out." Arthur said as he pulled out his scroll and started to type away.
"If your needed for a virus then what am I doing here?" Hazel asked
" well I need someone to give it to Cinder in Vale, you just happen to be the only one of us not Wanted." He said
Hazel nodded " very well, I will go and see if I can't train my technique's more. Tell me when the package is ready to be delivered." Hazel said as he walked out.
[unknown town]
In a town in Anima, a raid of bandits had just occurred. The brenwen tribe at its most eager.
Under the rubble of a building a man was apparently still alive. He woke up to find himself pinned by the building
" gah!" He gasped as he tried to push the building off him but gasped in pain as he realized he was impaled he struggled as he tried to push it off him only for his vision to only get fuzzyer and fade into black.
The man saw black and called out
"Hello?" He asked
"Hello." A voice said
Shocked the man snapped back
"Who are you?!" He asked
"Shush...it's ok your safe…" the voice said almost motherly
"Please...tell me who are you? Where am I?"
"I'm a friend...and you are safe, nothing can harm you now, you are amongst firends." The voice said
"Safe? Wait Firends...as in there is more?" He asked
Suddenly he heard as if tens of voices around him getting louder and louder as more and more joined every second.
"Firends!" "Firends!"
"A new one!" The voices were mixed around being blurs to understand
"Will you play with me?" One asked sounding like a girl around 5.
"Hello friend...will you join us?" One voice asked cutting through the crowd
"Join you?" The man asked
"Oh please join!"
"Please please!"
"You'll be happy, at peace, no one can hurt you, we are apart of the collective." Several voices said at once
"Join"
"Join"
"Join"
"Join"
"Join"
"Join"
"Join"
"Join"
" become one with the horde"
The man was compelled and Toni voice of his own he agreed, he didn't have to say anything as he felt a pull on his soul as he rose up from the depths of whatever he was in
"Thank you brother." The little girl said before
"thank you for joining the brotherhood of Grimm."
"Grimm?" The man asked as he looked up as he breached the water.
He reached out to grab the edge of the pool, he had to know he just had to, this had to be a dream, no a nightmare,
As he pulled himself onto the land he found he was not at his home. But a land full of blackness and death, and his body was different.
He had...fur. He had bone armor. He… he was a Grimm. It wasn't a dream
He roared into the air as his own voice had been replaced he was reborn.
To do as there master bid…
(Eoc)
Duh duh duh! That's right the Grimm in this story is in fact dead humans, I wanted to get this out there but I couldn't think of a way to put it on the story without making it seem choppy I hope the reveal was horrifying enough for you. I won't be writing for a while as other things are going on but I will try to keep on top of this story.
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