RWBY: Absolution

Chapter 1: The Past Part 1 (Team IRIS)

"Come on honey, just one more push!" a man with grey hair with red eyes called out to his wife.

"God dammit don't you think I know that 'dear'!" The black haired women with silver eyes yelled back.

"Okay miss let's do one final push. One… two… three!"

The women then pushed with all her might and out came a baby covered in blood with some black hair with some white hair as well. The doctor took him and cleaned him up and then began to pat him on the back. "Come on, you can do it," the man whispered.

The doctor patted his back a couple more times and on the fourth the baby wailed, "What powerful lungs you have, congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Draven, you have birthed a healthy baby boy."

Tears erupted from their eyes, "Can I hold him?" The mother asked.

The doctor nodded and handed the child to her, as she looked at him with loving eyes of a mother. "Doc," the father said, "could you get my son he should be in the lobby with a nurse," the doctor nodded and left to get him.

"He's handsome. He has his father's face,"

"However he has your eyes."

Just then the door opened to reveal their first born who was six years of age and had red eyes with grey hair. "Come Fenrir meet your baby brother," the mother said. Fenrir went by his mother's bed as his mother showed him his little brother. Fenrir however felt something pull him towards his brother and he placed a hand on the crying baby's cheek causing him to only sniffle. The parents were amazed at this, the mother smiled, "Would you like to hold him?"

Fenrir nodded, as he took his baby brother from his mother and held him carefully as the baby now, was completely calm, "What's his name?"

"Drayce, Drayce Draven."

"Drayce," Fenrir recited and a black aura surrounded Drayce and a grey one surrounded Fenrir.

"What is this?" The father asked.

"Their aura, it's being unlocked and their both emanating so much."

Fenrir smiled and looked to a peaceful Drayce, "You did this didn't you." Drayce didn't respond as he slept soundly, 'I'll always be with you that is a promise.'

Age 5

Drayce who was now age five was running back home with some sweets in his hands, he then opened the door to his house, "Mom, Dad, bro, I'm back!"

He went to the kitchen and was greeted with his mother cooking, "Hello sweetie how was the trip to the store?"

"It was great, the man even gave me a discount on my snacks."

"Well wasn't that nice of him."

Drayce nodded and then looked around, "Hey where's dad and big bro."

"Your father is at the shop, he was asked to do a commission that he is finishing now, while your brother is upstairs reading."

Drayce nodded and headed upstairs, "Right, thank you mom," he called out as he went upstairs and ran to his brother's room, then burst through the door. "Hey bro I'm back and I brought the snacks."

Fenrir who was now eleven years of age, "Great now I'll set things up, while you get the food mom is making."

Drayce saluted to Fenrir, "Aye sir!" With that Drayce went downstairs and was greeted with his father coming through the door, "Hey dad!"

The father looked to see his son, "Well hello Drayce what are you up to and where's your brother?"

"Big brother is upstairs setting up things for our movie night, he sent me downstairs to get our food."

His father ruffled his hair with a big smile, "Well then you shouldn't keep him waiting."

Drayce nodded and grabbed the food that was on the counter and went upstairs.

Drayce and Fenrir ate their food and snacks with their drinks as they watched a series of movies, "Hey big brother, you said you wanted to become a huntsman right?"

Fenrir nodded, "Yeah it's my dream and that's why mom and dad are helping me with my training."

"I thought dad was just a blacksmith."

"Well he is but that doesn't mean he doesn't know how to fight, I mean he makes weapons, I would think to make weapons as well as he does that he has commissions from professional Huntsman, then you'll have to know a thing or two about combat right?"

"Yeah I guess you're right," Drayce looked to the ground, "But that means you'll have to leave doesn't it?"

Fenrir thought for a second, "Hm yeah I guess it does but that doesn't mean I won't be here." Drayce looked at him confused, "Because no matter where I am, there is still one place that I will still always be," Fenrir then poked Drayce's chest where his heart would be, "I'll always be right here, because we are connected, brothers, and it will always be that way."

Drayce looked up to his brother in admiration and awe, then smiled a big smile, "Yeah, your right. Big bro and I will always be together."

Unbeknownst to them, their parents was listening in on their conversation and smiled at the bond that they shared.

Two months later

"Come on we have to go!"

"Wulf get the kids!"

"Right!"

Wulf then ran up the stairs to which he saw his sons, Drayce and Fenrir playing, "Fenrir, get your bag, Drayce go downstairs with your mom!"

Fenrir was confused, "Dad what's wrong?"

"Grimm and a lot of them, we can't fight them all so we need to leave. Now."

Fenrir nodded and went to his closet to get his back while Drayce ran downstairs, and saw his mother packing food. Drayce then looked out his window to see a beowulf slash a man in half horizontally, with its claws. Drayce's eyes widened, and looked to his mother who was just done packing and grabbed what was her bow staff.

Fenrir came down stairs with dad with his backpack on. Dad then handed me a backpack as well and I quickly put it on. "Alright let's go," dad said as he grabbed a sword by the dining table. We all then left the house and ran straight into a forest, however I couldn't resist the urge to look back. That decision changed my outlook on life, my purpose, and showed me what I didn't want to see again.

Drayce saw the town burning, with grimm all around and inside it. People were getting killed, whether they had been impaled, decapitated, smashed, etc. Building destroyed, as a beowulf howled as if to say they have been victorious, to which they were. This single howl stirred up feelings deep within, that howl meant they were unable to protect themselves, they were defenseless, powerless, sheep, and Drayce refused to be that. 'I won't let this go on, I won't be powerless anymore. I am going to be a huntsmen, and I will save everyone.'

Two weeks later

They had arrived at a small town and was currently setting in. They were able to purchase some land with the amount that they had taken from their old home and with father's semblance helped build a house, but even with his semblance, there was a limit so he could only make another two stories with two bedrooms. Father had been out at work in blacksmithing and mother was helping Fenrir with training.

At the end of the session Drayce approached both of them, "Hello Drayce, what is it you need?" His mother asked.

"Mom can you… teach me how to be a huntsmen as well." The mother was surprised by this request however Fenrir who was on the ground sweating was smirking.

"It took you long enough," Fenrir then sat up with his mother looking at him, "I knew deep down that you always wanted to become a huntsmen you just needed a little push, however it is sad that it was from first hand experience of grimm, but better late than never."

His mother smiled, "Very well, Fenrir you wouldn't mind helping me teach Fenrir."

Fenrir smiled, "Of course let's get started!"

A month later

"Now that you have gotten the concept of aura and things like that down pretty quickly Drayce," Wulf said with Fenrir and Drayce following him around his work area with multiple people working around them, "I believe it is time to see what weapon affinity you have."

"Weapon affinity?" Drayce repeated.

"Yeah," Fenrir cut in, "In simple terms its a weapon that you are fond of using. When you touch the weapon, you could feel that it is the right one."

Drayce nodded and understood the explanation, as they arrived with several weapons. There was an axe, a hammer, a bladed whip, a knife, a tomahawk and many others. None of these grabbed his attention except a katana. He grabbed it and unsheathe it and gave it a couple of swings it a little, "So you like a katana like Fenrir?"

Drayce shook his head, "No, I mean it feels right but at the same time it's not quite it."

Fenrir with no one noticing smirked slightly at this and then another man with grey hair came in with a scythe, "Forgot this one." Drayce looked at the weapon and grabbed it and gave it a few swings as well.

It was a balanced weight, and when he twirled it he felt he could put some momentum into it, "This is it."

Wulf whistled at this, "Interesting choice, there hasn't been many scythe users, but I'm starting to think Fenrir knows everything that you like."

Drayce looked at them with confusion until Fenrir spoke up, "Yeah, I told them that you would probably be interested in a scythe," Fenrir placed his hands behind his head and smiled, "I guess I was right."

Drayce nodded and smiled, "However is it okay if I could use something like a katana?"

Fenrir then thought about it then ran off and came back with a chokuto.

Drayce took the blade and swung it a few times and then switched to reverse grip and swung it again, "Yeah this also feels right as well."

Age 9

Drayce was sleeping peacefully after a long day of training, with his brother Fenrir who was now 15. But something abruptly disturbed his slumber, and it was a howl from a beowulf. Drayce shot up immediately and went downstairs with Fenrir, "What was that?"

Fenrir shrugged his shoulders as their parents came in, "Gather your things, this town may be more fortified then the last but we want to make sure," Wulf said, "Seraphina and I will get the backpacks." They nodded and went to work.

After everything was gathered, they came outside to see an ancient deathstalker burst through the walls, with a flood of grimm that made it seem like a tsunami was headed their way, which made them widened their eyes. "We have to move now!" Wulf commanded as they and people of the village began to run to the other direction to the back gate, only for another group grimm flood into the village. They were now inside and surrounded, which made Wulf to make a decision.

Wulf gave his backpack of all his research which was on the ability to make dust sabers or dust projected weapons, and gave it to Fenrir, "You guys and some of the other villagers have to go, I will make a path long enough to do so."

"But Wulf-"

"Sera, this is the only way, I'm sorry." Seraphina being a former huntress understood, however that didn't stop the tears from their eyes. "Drayce, Fenrir you take care of mom for me when I'm gone, and become the best huntsmen you could ever be. For your dear old man." The boys with tears nodded firmly, which made Wulf smile.

Wulf then placed his hands on the ground and used his semblance to part the grimm from the back gate like if he was parting the Red Sea, "Go!" The family and the villagers ran their way out with a course headed to Vale and once they were away. He let go and slumped forward as he exasperated all of his aura."I love you all," with those last words the grimm tore him apart.

One month later

With the guidance of Seraphina the group made it to Vale, and when they arrived at a house to buy do to them always having a contingency plan just in case things like this happened, and with all of the money they had she was able to enroll Fenrir into Signal and get a house on the island of patch along with food that would last them a month. However Drayce and Fenrir being unaware, Seraphina conjured up a virus, and on one work day collapsed leaving her bed written at the house.

Fenrir then took it upon himself to find a job and Drayce did whatever he could to help as well, which wasn't much considering his age.

Age 12

Fenrir was able to get into Beacon and Drayce was able to get a job despite how young he was as they both were able to sustain both their mother and themselves. After a month at Beacon, Ozpin promised a steady flow of income to help his students which paid the bills which allowed them to have enough for food and small things. They celebrated every birthday together and always had something to give each other no matter how broke they may be afterwards. The brothers took the role of men in the house as they took care of her and with some medicine, she was able to walk, but still couldn't work and probably never will.

Also looking through the notes from there father they were able to make their weapons from all kinds of parts. Fenrir's weapon was called Ragnarok, and A black katana blade that had a red line down the middle with a black guard and a golden handle wrapped with a grey cloth. Also like Ascalon there was a lever, which when pulled do different things to the blade since the blade was infused with dust and the lever was to activate them with the lever being red. Also the sheath was silver and could also be used as a weapon.

Drayce's weapon was called Fangs of Twilight, and it was a grey futuristic style Desert Eagles with it being longer and with white engravings throughout. Also where the sights were replaced with a long curved blade, that was light blue, that had some of it inside the gun and by combining it turns it into a double ended scythe.

However this weapon wasn't his only as his other weapon was called Ascalon A chokuto blade that was black and at the center of the blade was his insignia in ruby red. The port to which helped the blade connected to guard was a reddish-purple color along with the guard being ruby red. The handle was was split into two sections, with the top half being reddish-purple but has a twist function to it, while the bottom was also reddish-purple but did not have that same function. The pummel of the blade was black and screwed onto the bottom of the blade, which the pummel was round. It lastly had a lever from the guard to the top half of the handle with the color being ruby red and an exhaust point to expel dust energy to coat the blade.

However that wasn't all they found. In it were two necklaces with one a black obsidian crystal for Drayce and the other a clear quartz crystal for Fenrir.

Age 14

Drayce was able to attend Signal and was shown to be a prodigy of the highest order early on, he aced the entrance exam as if it was child's play, and even shown that he was ahead of other students, with him already having a crafted weapon. He even went even further as he watched Qrow wield his scythe to a student one day, and he went over stances with them. Drayce remembered the forms and put a spin on them along with incorporating them into his own style and weapon.

Not only that on one weekend where his brother was visiting, in a spar he unlocked his semblance which was called Copy and Master, which gives him the ability to look at a style and or weapon and know the ins and out of said weapon and a style someone is using for it and copy the style to the letter.

His knowledge was comparable to that of a huntsman or huntress in training. And really they wanted him to at least move up a grade but he decided against it with saying, it gave him extra time to hone his skills until he was invited to Beacon.

Fenrir when he heard this from the headmaster was happy about it and was smiling.

Three months Later

Fenrir graduated a few months after Drayce got into Signal, and was on a mission the last Drayce heard. But today was his day off from school, and cooking his mother some dinner. When the doorbell rang, Drayce answered it to find that Professor Ozpin, headmaster of Beacon was at his front door with a big case.

Drayce obviously let him inside the house and sat him at the table with his mother, while Fenrir fixed him some coffee.

"First and foremost, I would like to apologize in advance Ms. Draven for what your about to here, but you have the right to know. It's… about your brother. Fenrir."

Both mother and son were put on edge, "What happened?" Drayce asked with an edge in his voice along with a serious look as he looked straight into Ozpin's eyes.

Ozpin lifted the case and opened it to reveal both Fenrir's sword, Ragnarok, and his necklace. "Approximately one month ago we lost contact with Fenrir Draven and sent multiple huntsmen to retrieve him, but all was brought back was these items stuck into the ground.

"And the body…"Seraphina asked.

"... It wasn't found, he just disappeared."

Seraphina didn't know how to handle this and tears began to leak. Drayce guided his mother to her room, so she could grief, and then went right back to Ozpin. "I tell you this now headmaster Ozpin, I don't believe he's dead and I won't until I physically see it."

"And I also agree,"

Drayce nodded and sat back down and sipped some of his team, "Now is there anything else you may need?"

"As a matter of fact, yes there is," Ozpin pulled out a paper form, "I would like for you to attend Beacon this coming month." Drayce looked shocked at this, "I have a very known friend that teaches there, and he says that you are the star student of the academy, and along with video evidence I can safely say that you are ready for Beacon. Thus I am asking that you attend my school."

Drayce after the initial shock, thought about this and then spoke his answer, "I apologize Professor Ozpin but I can not accept this at this time."

"May I ask why?"

Drayce looked towards his mother's room, "There are things I need to take care of first."

Ozpin noticed this and nodded, "I understand."

"However," Drayce looked at Ozpin, "A year from now, if the offer is open, I would like to take it."

Ozpin smiled at this decision, "Of course, just send me a message through my scroll, as when you do, there is a lot more I would like to share with you."

Drayce nodded and saved Ozpin's scroll number to his scroll, and with that Ozpin left the family to grieve.

Two months later

It had been two months since Fenrir's disappearance and at the moment Drayce was staring at his brother's sword which was hanging on the wall with the necklace dangling from it.

Drayce as he sat remembered all the things his brother did and said but one in particular stuck to him.

"... no matter where I am, there is still one place that I will still always be," Fenrir then poked Drayce's chest where his heart would be, "I'll always be right here, because we are connected, brothers, and it will always be that way."

Drayce stood up and walked to the weapon and necklace and took the crystal necklace off to wear it with his. He then looked at the sword and grabbed off the shelf and unsheathe it, giving it a couple swings but it felt different now, 'It's like it was made for me, but why?'

He began to look into the sword to see himself but with grey hair. He then placed the sword back in it's scabbard, 'Hello there.' Drayce jumps as he lands on the ground, and looks around for the voice he heard, 'I'm not out there, I'm in here, in your mind, so sit down and concentrate so that I can pull you in here.'

Drayce does what he says and closes his eyes, and when he opened he was in a field of roses, as he looks around and spots what looks like him but he had grey hair instead of black hair, "Who are you?"

"Well to put it simply, I'm you, but call me Leon Silver, and it looks like I will be with you from now on."

Age 15

After a year I took Professor Ozpin's offer to go to beacon early and there I met my teammates Rosaleen Marvel, his best friend since he was 11, Altria Inas, and another prodigy Wynn Schnee who was in all purpose my second-in-command. Together we formed Team IRIS with me being named as team leader something no one had problems with.

Age 17

Three years later we are about to start our senior year and in those three years we quickly became the best team at Beacon Academy, taking on missions with efficiency. Our team had quickly became a close family, Rosaleen was the irresponsible big sister, while Altria Inas acted like the adorable little sister even though she was older than both Wynn and myself. Wynn was the responsible brother and I was the brother that kind of held us together. We loved each other and we knew everything about each other. Hell on the second year I told them about Leon Silver which they accepted and with Leon's assistance they were able to talk to him whenever as well. And this Leon was also inducted in the family as the big brother they could always talk to.

Right now I was looking out the window of the bullhead we were in, as we were coming back from a long mission. 'I can't believe it has been three years and I'm in my final year at Beacon.'

"So surreal huh. Your brother would be proud."

I smiled at Leon, 'Thanks for that.'

Character File

Name: Drayce Draven

Appearance: Has black medium length hair, with white streaks all over, and silver eyes. He wore a black jacket with three white straps on the sleeves and two on the right shoulder. Underneath was a white shirt with his red symbol on the right where his heart would be with also his black pants and black boots and his two quartz crystal and black obsidian crystal.

Occupation: Beacon Academy (4th Year Student)

Team: IRIS (Leader)

Weapons

Ascalon: A chokuto blade that was black and at the center of the blade was his insignia in ruby red. The port to which helped the blade connected to guard was a reddish-purple color along with the guard being ruby red. The handle was was split into two sections, with the top half being reddish-purple but has a twist function to it, while the bottom was also reddish-purple but did not have that same function. The pummel of the blade was black and screwed onto the bottom of the blade, which the pummel was round. It lastly had a lever from the guard to the top half of the handle with the color being ruby red and an exhaust point to expel dust energy to coat the blade.

Fangs of Twilight: Gun Form: Grey futuristic style Desert Eagles with it being longer and with white engravings throughout. Also where the sights were, was replaced with a long curved blade, that was light blue, that had some of it inside the gun.

Fangs of Twilight: Double Ended Scythe Form: When the gun extends slightly with the grip also extending, the grip will rotate to where the gun will look like a rod. When connected the blades will move forward and out of the weapon with the blades facing opposite directions making a double ended scythe.

Semblance: Copy And Master

This semblance gives him the ability to look at a style and or weapon and know the ins and out of said weapon and a style someone is using for it and copy the style to the letter. For example say that Ruby was using her scythe but Drayce didn't know it was a sniper he has the ability to look at the weapon and know what its full capabilities are. Also with looking at Ruby use the weapon he could see not only what her semblance is but also know how she fights with the weapon with just sight.

It's primary use is him being able to know what his opponent is going to do, so it gives him precognition in the sense that he knows their style and semblance with sight but is only able to copy it if it is a style, not a semblance and has a permanent detailed photographic memory of the weapon.