Here we are again, no new characters sadly but... well, I'm just trying my best here ya know?
Seriously, it's hard making up a good plot sometimes.
It's been two weeks since Scarlet ran away, the Rose and Xiao Long Family haven't tried to look for him and won't try since they really don't care (despite the fact Summer still wants him back)
They don't even think he'll be alive anymore... well, all except one.
Ruby Rose, she cares that he's alive and he knows that he'll survive. She doesn't want to go and look for him or risk getting him dragged back here and hurt... or worse, killed. She'll do it when she's older and able to fight.
For now, she has to pretend like she doesn't care (which hurts her a lot) and has to act like she has no idea where he went.
To which the entire family hasn't noticed, she must be hiding it well since they don't suspect a thing.
It's nighttime currently and she's looking out the window at a particular shining star.
"Scarlet... I hope you're okay... and eating well, I hope you're safe. I'm sorry I wasn't able to do much... but I'm just happy you escaped. Please... don't try to come back here, I don't want you getting hurt." Ruby said hoping he was fine
She knew she was alone, so she is able to talk aloud, she closes her eyes and starts to pray.
"Twin Brothers... please protect him from any dangers he may face, and make him stronger then he was before. Amen." She said, silently hoping that someone hears it
After that, she decided to go to sleep, she'll need it.
Though... her wish did make it through.
Later
Scarlet woke up to yet another morning, he didn't panic, he knew he was safe. He did so for three days a week ago before he got used to being out of the house, he would panic for a second before remembering what happened and where he was.
He sat up and looked around to see Qrow sleeping with Claire, Tealle, and Perry sleeping nearby. He smiled slightly and got up from his bed with a stretch soon after, his body was too skinny now and had some meat on it. During this time, Qrow had enrolled him into Physical Therapy considering his body atrophied slightly from the lack of exercise and food.
He had managed to do pretty well and was starting to be more of a normal boy, while this happened he was taught many things by Tealle (which Qrow was surprised by what he knew) and that made him smarter then he was before.
After learning how wrong his previous caretaker's actions were, he had decided that when he was strong enough, he was going to take them down himself except for one.
Ruby, he was willing to forgive her since she never did anything wrong. If anything, she was the only one who tried to help him, she was truly a saint towards him. After a while of training, it was deemed yesterday that he didn't need anymore and thus was allowed to leave the hospital as he's recovered fully.
He woke up Qrow after thinking about these moments and getting dressed in some simple clothes the hospital provided. It was a simple white t-shirt with red shorts.
"Wha? Oh, Scarlet, I guess we should get going now." Qrow said wiping the sleep out of his eyes
"Yeah Qrow, come on. We've got to get to Ozpin and talk to him, you said that yourself. I'll wake up the others." Scarlet said with a small grin
After learning quite a number of things, he had started to be more of a take-charge person, his hair shimmered in the light as he went to wake up the others.
After arriving at the hospital, he needed to take a quick bath which revealed his hair wasn't a dirty blonde but was rather golden. His hair shimmered across light quite a lot.
After waking up the others, the group headed off to the front desk and signed Scarlet out, the group headed out of the hospital and got onto a Bullhead. Driving to Beacon soon after.
Scarlet... was amazed by the scale of the ship and how technological it was, he never really saw all that much technology so it amazed him to see a simple TV screen. It was a cute sight but saddening nonetheless because it just proved how much he didn't know about the world.
He sat on the ship with the others and they talked about various things, Qrow was thinking a lot about the past couple weeks.
Flashback
Scarlet was in physical therapy (which he liked apparently) with the others watching, he had some trouble lifting up some basic objects but he was getting there. Qrow meanwhile was looking at his scroll with a glare, he was considering calling Tai and talking to him but... he didn't really want to.
That's when it rang with... well, the exact person he was thinking about. He glared at it before answering it.
"Hello." Qrow said, trying to hold back his anger
"Qrow, thank god you picked up, Scarlet ran away!" He heard Tai say
He could tell it was fake since he knows about what happened with Scarlet, he held back his urge to yell at him for being such a bad father.
"Oh really now? Should I... go look for him and maybe bring him back?" Qrow asked, still holding back his anger
"I-I mean, you should! I'm wo-"
"I'm gonna stop you right there, cut the bullshit Tai. You know what you did to make him run away." Qrow said, tired of this bullshit already
"W-what? What do you mean b-"
"Scarlet's right here Tai, with me, you hurt him enough Tai. Now, I'm going to hurt you. By the way, I'll be taking with Raven about what you did. I'd think she'd agree to kick your ass, I'd think Scarlet and his new Guardians would love to join in." Qrow said his anger flowing outward
"...What has that little brat been filling your head with?" He heard Tai say, seething with rage
"Filling my head with lies? Really now? I don't think Scarlet has the ability to use illusions considering his Aura was unlocked a couple of days ago. So... let me tell you something when the time comes. I'll be coming after you, I'll be coming after Summer, I'll be coming after Yang, and I'll take my only GOOD niece with me. If Yang wasn't anything like you, I'd take her along but well... she hurt him just as much as you hurt him." Qrow said, feeling a bit smug
"...You'd think Ruby would care about him still? He's all of our pr-"
"Tai... shut the fuck up now, I'm not going to say anything else now or you might hurt more of your own goddamn children. So here's a tip, if you see us and we don't see you. Run, because I will show you no mercy. You're the bad guy here Tai, you used to be a good person. What happened to you?" Qrow asked angrily
The silence that came was his only reply, Qrow growled in anger and in annoyance.
"Fine, don't answer me. I'm hanging up, don't try to call me again you son of a bitch." He spat with venom in his voice
He then hung up, he sighed as the others looked at him.
"I'm taking a guess and saying that was the bloke that buggered up on taking care of his own child?" Perry said
"In short yes." Qrow said
"I'm sorry to hear that, he used to be your friend right?" Claire asked
"...Yeah, he was my teammate also. What happened to him that made him act like this?" Qrow asked
"That doesn't matter now, what matters is that Scarlet is safe." Tealle said
Qrow... smiled at that, what did matter right now was that Scarlet had to be kept safe, he can't be hurt again.
Flashback end
"Coming up on Beacon." The Bullhead pilot said
Qrow snapped out of his thoughts when he heard that, he had seemed to stroll down memory lane for a long time, he got up as did the others. They walked out of the Bullhead and into Beacon (which Scarlet was in awe at how big it was), the students saw Qrow along with the group of children.
Most were gushing over Scarlet and how cute he was (mainly due to the fact he was so friendly), Qrow secretly smiled at this. It seems despite everything, Scarlet's friendly towards others.
From his standpoint, that's good, he's adjusting to being a normal kid quite quickly. It took a big push to do it but it helped in the end.
The group arrived at the elevator and they went through the floors, arriving in Ozpin's office soon after.
The group walked out of the elevator and were standing in front of the man himself, Ozpin.
"Ah, you've arrived finally." He said
"I know, I know it took two weeks but the kid needed to recover." Qrow said
"No, I was referencing how long the flight took." Ozpin deadpanned
Scarlet... chuckled a little at this as did the others, Qrow sighed annoyed.
"Whatever, now... explain what's going on." He said
"...First, let me introduce you to an associate of mine. The one who... knows about what's going on." Ozpin said
A man in a green coat with it's hood up walked of a shadowy corner of the room, his blue eyes glimmer through the strange darkness of the hood. His right hand seemed... robotic for some strange reason.
The coat was open, revealing a grey t-shirt with a metal chestplate over it, he had armored blue jeans and armored black boots. He looked like a trained Huntsman.
"It is nice to meet you Qrow Branwen... though I wouldn't say this is the first we've met but regardless, we're still meeting." The man said
"Oz... who is this?" Qrow asked
"He chose not to reveal what his true name, he told me to simply call him... Mag. Same applies to anyone else here." Ozpin said
The man known as Mag nodded slightly, he looked at the four children.
"Scarlet Rose, Claire Nella, Tealle and Perry Metallum. The four along with three others are people of... a certain destiny, a destiny that will be fulfilled, one that... isn't bad nor is it good. It's for all for you to decide." Mag explained
"Umm, sir... how do you know my name?" Scarlet asked
"I know a lot about you Scarlet, I know your past, present, and future. Your thinking about why I didn't help, the reason was I couldn't, that would make things too simple. I was ordered not to, I was ordered to talk to you four. There are three who are not here as I have mentioned, these three... will be the last members of your group." Mag explained
"O-oh... wait, is it Pearl, Cerise, and Jay?" Scarlet asked
"Ah, so you've paid attention to what the others have said about their comrades." Mag said
"Wait... did Bard send you?" Claire said
"Right on the nose Claire, I was sent to tell you this... your mission is... to stop a certain threat. Work with Ozpin and you shall be able to defeat him, and Scarlet... I have a special message for you Scarlet." Mag said
Scarlet was... shocked there was a message for him.
"...What's the message?" He asked
"Your mother loves you very very much, she is sorry she wasn't able to take care of you, she's sorry she wasn't there for you, she's sorry about what you had to go through and deal with, and she's sorry about not being the best mother she could be. She also said... she will send you a gift, a special gift she made herself." Mag said
"O-oh... tell her she doesn't need to be sorry, she didn't know and she... isn't a bad mom, she tried her best." Scarlet said
"...That's what I admire about you young man, you are willing to understand and forgive... for that, I give you this as a... missed birthday present, your birthday was a week ago wasn't it?" Mag said walking over
"U-um yeah." Scarlet said
He took out a necklace with the symbol of a rose with thorns on it, he put it around Scarlet's neck.
"That necklace... I made myself, it is to remind you of you who are. A rose with thorns, and a rose by any other name is still what it is... a rose. It's not the best gift but it'll do." Mag said
"I'm... happy to even give a gift, thank you Mr." Scarlet said
"Ah, no need to thank me young man. I'm just doing my job and that's... being a hero." Mag said
He then walked away from Scarlet, a portal opened soon after, he then looked at the boy one last time.
"And remember this... that gift will come when you are sixteen years old. Prepare yourself with as many weapons as you want to learn, for this weapon... may help you in the end. I wish you luck, Scarlet Rose." Mag said
He then walked through the portal, knowing that he had good news to tell.
Scarlet meanwhile looked at the necklace in thought before nodding.
"Alright... I guess I've made up my mind." He said
Everyone in the room looked at him confused (except Ozpin, though he was curious about what he was talking about).
"What did you make your mind up on kid?" Qrow asked
"I'm going to become a Huntsman... I know it sounds a bit silly but... I want to protect others." Scarlet said
"...It seems I won't have to offer you that position but you will need to train, you will need to grow stronger. All in Physical Power, Aural Power, and Magical Power." Ozpin said
Qrow and Scarlet looked at him confused, Claire then grinned sheepishly as did the others.
"We uh... were told not to mention it, we didn't want to overwhelm him." She said sheepishly
"Yeaaaahhhh, maybe it might have been a bad idea to follow that order but then again... I don't want to think about if we disobeyed." Tealle said sheepishly
"Yep, we would have cocked-up there had we mentioned it." Perry said sheepishly
Scarlet... chuckled slightly a this.
"You know, if it was a couple weeks ago, I'd say that all of this sounds crazy but... you know what, I think I'm fine with this." Scarlet said
"Are you going to ignore the fact that you have Magic kid?" Qrow asked
Scarlet sighed and looked at the Huntsman.
"At this point, I really don't need to care about that. I don't care if I'm half-plant, half-man. I'm free from my prison, I've remained hopeful and it's brought me this far. Why not go even further?" He said
Qrow... smiled at the kids words, yep... this convinced him. He made his mind up.
"Oz... I'll help train this kid, he's gonna need it." He said
"Really? I'd thought you'd want to keep your job up at Signal?" Ozpin said
"That bastard works there, I'm not going back. From now on, I'm Scarlet's private trainer." Qrow said
The three children from another world.
"Well, we all have our jobs still. I'm still The Guide." Clair said
"I'm The Teacher." Tealle said
"And I'm the Knight. We have three more members to train him in what he needs to do and by God. We'll do a corker job." Perry said
Scarlet smiled at this, Ozpin chuckled.
"It seems young man, you do have people protecting you." He said
"Yeah... they're my Guardians... and I'm happy to see them." Scarlet said
He looked at them with a smile, he was... happy to have a family that cared about him.
He's home now... because that's where his heart is.
Now before you freak the fuck out... Mag isn't a new character, if you recognize the nickname then you know who he is.
And those who ask, yes... he is indeed from THAT RWBY universe. Some of you love him, some of you hate him but you know his name.
Don't mention though, I want those who haven't read my other stuff to figure out what I've been up to.
I've got my own idea's mixed into all of this.
Scarlet's mother will be revealed later though, I have a plan relating to her also.
You won't believe why I've included her though and the story behind it.
I do know it might feel a bit wrong to reveal that Qrow knows what's going on so soon but you've got to admit... even Qrow would get sick of bullshit being spout like that REAL quick. It sort of felt right in his character.
It also feels a bit right for him to not be around Tai anymore, their relationship would be 'One trying to kill the other on a near-constant basis' and we wouldn't have that constantly happen. Now would we?
And with all of that being said.
I'll see you guys in the Fandom.
(Also, cocked-up or cock-up is British slang for mess up. So don't say that makes this M-rated now, seriously, it's slang)