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Daughter of the Gods

Chapter Thirteen: Story telling

Once the food fight was all said and done, Glynda was mad. She reminded of Lavender in many ways, but not in the ones that counted in all honesty. I was broken out of my musings when my team and I finally reached our dorm.

"Yang, you shower off first. It's gonna be a nightmare getting all that food and stuff out of your hair. The rest of us will wait. Try not to take forever though." I said. Yang smiled and she practically ran to the shower.

I came to regret letting her go first when my hair began sticking to my head, as did Weiss and Blake.

Yang trotted out nearly a half hour later, all cheery and a wide smile full of pearly white teeth.

"We all hate you just so you know." Yang gulped at the look in my eye. A look I used to use on her when I first began training her.

She used to be a lot cockier.

"I'll go last so you and Weiss decide who gets in the shower first I guess." I jumped up in my bed, not really caring about how messy I was since it had all dried anyway. I heard Weiss let Blake take the shower, which was honestly a bit surprising.

I didn't really care though, so I closed my eyes and took a nap.

I woke up an hour later to someone shaking my shoulder. It was Blake.

We were alone in the dorm when I opened my bleary eyes.

"Hey. Weiss and Yang left with JNPR to go into Vale for some 'last day of the break celebration.' Yang took them all to a club or something. That's not really my thing and Yang told me it wasn't yours either so I guess it's just us." She said lightly.

"That's cool I guess. Just hope they didn't go to Juniors." The way Blake tensed slightly wasn't confidence inspiring. "It is what it is I guess. She's gonna be the reason I go bankrupt though, I swear!" I laughed to myself. Blake just looked confused.

"You didn't think I could just disappear over and over again without money, or feed myself, or even clothe myself did you?" I teased. Blake just stared with her mouth open.

"seriously…so…how much money do you have?" She asked in astonishment.

"Honestly…probably more than Weiss, though it's all in dozens of accounts under dozens of names. Technically, Ruby Rose only has a few thousand lien to her name." I explained. Blake's eyes got wide again before she composed herself and nodded. Blake looked at me for a few seconds, her nose twitching along with her bow.

"You should probably shower. You fell asleep still wearing todays meal." She explained as she picked up a small scrap of turkey that had fallen onto my bed.

"Thanks. After I'm done, wanna go grab some tea from the cafeteria? If you want I can attempt to make that jasmine tea like your mothers?" I asked. I jumped off the bed then thought for a second. "Actually, I might have some of the tea leaves left from the last time I visited!" I jumped over to my bag, not caring about the orange slices falling off me as I moved. Digging through my bag until I got to my hidden compartment, I pulled out the last remainder of the tea leaves.

"Surprisingly there's enough left for two!" I declared as I held up the small container triumphantly. I looked over at Blake who had small tears in her eyes.

"I haven't had my mother's tea in years." She said quietly as a tear began to fall down her face.

"I know. Blake…" I hesitated. "Your mother and father don't blame you or resent you for the choices you made, because that's what they were, yours. They weren't going to take that from you, even if it hurt to let you go." I said slowly and quietly. Blake looked down as more tears started to fall. Moving to sit next to her, I put an arm around her shoulders.

"They Love you so much. Every time I called them with an update on your movements or exploits, the first thing they asked before I could say anything was 'Is Blake okay?' and I would always tell them that you were in good health." I chuckled at the many memories.

"You were watching me weren't you? That's what you meant when you said you would give them updates." It was a statement, full of surprise though.

"Yes. Totally not creepy I promise. I just made sure you weren't hurt, and if it looked like you might be then I acted. May I just say that you are a remarkable fighter, by the way. For all his faults, Adam knew what he was doing when he taught you. I rarely ever had to step in." I said. There was no judgement in my tone, something Blake seemed to sense.

"So you've seen…everything?" She was hesitant, so I thought just laying it all out there for her was best.

"Mostly everything. I only really trailed you on missions, but I was able to piece many things together through some of my informants." I admitted. Blakes surprise was expected, as was her next question.

"How were you never caught?"

I just gave her a bland look before pointing at myself with the question of 'Really?' On my face.

"I'm a thousand years old. I got bored and decided to learn everything I could about fighting. Of course I learned how to be sneaky." I was proud of my skills, they had taken years to hone.

"Yeah I should've seen that coming I guess." Blake laughed a little.

"Anyways." I got her attention again. "Was everything you did for the 'fang great. No. Your fought for what you thought was right and when you saw the harm it was really doing, you got out. I was very proud of you when cut the cable on that train." I said to her. She nodded slowly again.

"Wanna know a secret?" I asked slyly, a huge grin on my face. Blake looked at me and saw my smile and gave a small one herself.

"Sure, go ahead." She said in a resigned tone, but there was curiosity beneath it.

"If you look hard enough on the boarding manifest, you'll find the fake name I boarded that very train under." I joked. Blake's head whipped to me so fast I thought she might have broken her neck. Before she could say anything I zipped around the room for some comfortable clothes, my towel, and my toiletries before zipping into the bathroom and leaving the dorm with a tornado of rose petals.

Oh well, they would disappear in a minute anyway.

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When I finished in the shower, I came out to the most shocking of sights.

Blake was reading a book.

Okay maybe that wasn't surprising, but what was, was that she wasn't reading anything steamy. It was a perfectly normal book about Remnants legends and tall tales.

"Did you know you were in this?" She asked as I pulled out the tea bag and grabbed our dorm key. Blake set the book down and grabbed a mug from her own collection as I did the same.

"Of course I knew. There's always truth in legends. Some of them ended up combining me with the dark witch in some of the stories, others portray me as an angel sent to fix remnant, and a few paint me as a silent guardian." I said as I opened the door and walked down the hall towards the cafeteria. We passed the clocktower and I saw the faintest outline of Ozpin through the glass. I looked at the time though and saw that it was nearing eight-thirty.

"So would you mind telling me what's true and what's not?" Her curious nature was showing in spades and it was nice to have someone who knew my secret that I could talk about this with. Sure I had Yang and Ozpin, and to some extent Tai, but this felt different.

"I can tell you some things to a certain extent…some myths…should stay buried." I said darkly. Blake nodded in understanding. "What's the first thing you want to know?"

"Well…what about the forgotten Kingdom…The one to the north west that's sorta shaped like a dragon?" She asked.

"Starting off kind of heavy are we?" I teased. "Okay. The forgotten Kingdom was where the Dark brother, one of the ones who created me if you remember, lived for a while. It was infested with Grimm so that he could spite his brother." I summarized. It was true to a certain extent. "Funnily enough, the vague serpentine shape at the top of Anima is where the Light brother lived." I added. Blake looked at me in fascination.

"Any other questions?" I asked. She shook herself free and thought about another question.

"Okay…What about the maidens. You said all legends have some truth, right?" She asked quickly. I took a moment to think about my answer, since Ozpin had me not to really talk about them.

"They were real. They were my friends actually. The group I told you about, your very great grandmother was one of them." I said quietly. Blake picked up on my sudden sadness and rushed to say something.

"It's okay. You don't have to say anything if you don't want to."

"No. It's fine. I like talking about them. They were the seasonal maidens as they came to be called. When they died, the magic faded and died with them. So yes, there were maidens, but they were a one-off thing." Maybe someday I could tell her the full truth. This would have to do for now though. Blake looked at me before hesitantly asking,

"Which maiden was Ind-my very great grandmother?" I looked at her and my response was soft.

"The winter maiden. Her mastery over the wintery elements was incredible to watch, especially when she could practically form glaciers out of nothing. She did that once actually, a few cities were struggling with a drought, so she formed a few glaciers and the problem was solved." I smiled as I remembered Indi complaining how cold she was after that.

"She was an amazing woman. They all were." I said, lost in the memories of the past. Blake pulled me out again though with another question.

"Can you tell me more about my Grandmother…About Preto?"

I looked at her again and Looked to the ground, nodding my head slowly. I took a deep, steadying breath, and spoke about the woman I had come to love.

"I watched over your grandmother for a year after she was born, same as I had done for every Belladonna child. Once I was sure she was at least going to make it out of her infancy, I was forced to go into hiding when one of my agents contacted me and told me somebody was sniffing around my legends. That's a story for another time but anyways, I had to go into hiding for a few years. When I came out…Preto and her brother had been taken, and their parents were killed. Slavers from northern anima had gone on a war path, taking all of the faunus they could find. I was to late to help Shade and his Coalette, but I could save their children." I paused to gather myself.

"They had been sent to Atlas for slavery, which was honestly the best thing that could have happened to them since Atlas loved to…experiment…from time to time. I quietly broke them out and took them to a base I had set up. The faunus I had freed along the way were also there…it was because Preto and her brother had been taken that I decided I had to interfere in human development, something I had sworn I wouldn't do. Like I said earlier, I started the revolution. But Preto…She saved it. Without her, the war would have been lost." I said. I was becoming lost in my memories, but I didn't care.

"She wanted to join the revolution the moment the faunus were ready for combat, but I forbade it for six months until she stormed into a meeting between command members and demanded to be a part of it. I was going to say no as I usually did." I smiled as I paused, but the anticipation was killing Blake.

"So what happened?" She asked impatiently. I smiled again. Once a lover of stories, always a lover of stories.

"I was getting to that." I teased. "Anyway, I was going to say no when she began eyeing the map of the battlefield we were going to ambush the Atlesians on. She got this intense look of concentration on her face. The generals weren't happy when she began drawing soldiers movements on it, but when I looked at what she had drawn, I was impressed. We had been debating for nearly an hour on the best strategy and here came a young panther with no experience just schooling us for all our worth." The memory was fond, and I couldn't help the bittersweet tears that came loose.

"The ambush was flawless, and since I was the temporary high leader, since the faunus didn't have time to establish who was in charge, I made her a lieutenant to start. She quickly proved she was general material and so I had no choice but to make her one. The war wasn't great those first few years, and it was Preto's actions at fort castle, which I still think is a stupid name, that turned the war around." I said. Blake looked like she had a question so I gave her the chance.

"What about after the war?" Blake asked.

"Once the war was over, no kingdom would take the faunus either because there truly was no room, or they didn't want the faunus anywhere near them. She campaigned for a year but nobody would take them. I was about to go into hiding again, since my involvement had put a spotlight on me that I didn't want, when she begged me to her. I couldn't say no." I said fondly.

"I gave the faunus Menagerie, even though it was honestly terrible to live, but they took it. fought for every inch of land with such determination. Once they felt they had enough land, they stopped and as one people practically begged Preto to be high leader. She accepted, and formed the White Fang as a way to maintain the peace they had found themselves with. She was only twenty seven and she had the burden of a nation on her shoulders. I stayed for a few years, where we were together off and on, but I had to leave again. I stayed in menagerie too long, amongst the faunus I had fought with, and some were beginning to ask questions. Some even thought she was a human sympathizer. I felt awful the way I ended it with her…telling her that I couldn't be with her because I couldn't watch her grow old and die…." I stopped, tears in my eyes and my heart breaking all over again. Blake put a hand around my shoulder.

"I've never told Yang the truth. It was easier to tell her that I just left, telling Preto that I couldn't be with her because of what I was. In truth, Preto and I deeply loved each other." I sobbed. I truly had never told the truth to anybody but Blake because it hurt so much to think about what could have been.

I felt Blake wrapping me in a tight hug and I leaned into it and sobbed harder. We sat like that for a few minutes as I just cried. Blake just held me in a silent embrace and rocked back and forth in a calming gesture. When I pulled myself together, my throat was a bit dry so my voice sounded scratchy.]

"This probably isn't how you thought your day would go, huh?" I weakly joked.

"No…but I'm not complaining." She said. There was a slight blush to her cheeks as I untangled myself from her.

"Were there…any other questions, keeping in mind that I may start bawling my eyes out again if it gets to heavy." I chuckled. Blake shook her head.

"No. I think that's been enough emotional digging for one day." She chuckled as well.

We both decided we'd had enough of just sitting around and went for a walk, talking about nothing really. School was a big topic. Blake was pretty jealous that I didn't honestly need school so I never studied because I knew so much and always passed. The truth of the matter was, that I could write anything on my papers and pass because of the deal I had with Ozpin. I don't have to do any work so that I can focus more on the mission. Speaking of, my scroll went off.

"Hello?" I stopped walking and Blake stopped with me. The voice of one of my agents came through the speaker.

"Tukson's dead. Murdered." They spoke swiftly. I drew in a breath.

"Okay. Disappear for a few weeks just in case. I'll start poking around and see what turns up." I ordered. There was a hum on the line until it went dead, and I put my scroll away.

"Everything okay?" Blake asked. I sighed and began explaining.

"It never fails. There are what I call 'Legend hunters' across remnant. Some are just harmless and believe the legends exist. Very rarely, there are extremists who believe its true, and since there are legends about me across all of remnant, I'm one of the more believable legends. These extremists like to hunt for legends, and if they have to, kill for answers. Tukson, the owner of the bookstore in Vale, was my informant. Somehow, this is either a coincidence, or someone is on my trail." I said gravely. Blake looked startled, but not that much.

"So what's going to happen?" She asked calmly.

"First off, you'r way to calm, second, nothing really. There are certain things I need to look into first before I even consider disappearing." I said. There was a finality in my voice that Blake accepted, so she nodded my explanation. It wasn't the entire truth so I just left it at that. Tukson really was one of my agents, there were no 'legend hunters' but I knew it must have been one of Salem's goons that got to him. I pulled out my scroll and set a reminder to drop off a care package for Tukson's family.

Blake and I walked back to our dorm in relative silence. I talked about some of the history of Beacon, just listing random facts about the building process and things of that nature.

When we were back at the dorm, Blake and I changed into comfy clothes since it was nearly five in the evening. Weiss and Yang, along with team JNPR, were due back any minute.

We didn't have to wait very long, and I knew it wasn't going to be a great 'welcome home' when Yang walked in first, an apologetic look on her face. I was about to ask why when Weiss came in in a huff. Again, I was about to ask why when she cut me off.

"I've done a lot of thinking about everything you said, Ruby Rose. A lot. There was one thing that kept bugging me about your story, especially the part where you started the faunus revolution. I finally figured it out." Weiss was huffing and it was starting to frustrate me a little. I hadn't lied about what I said, and if Weiss didn't believe me that was her problem. I was completely caught off guard when she accused me.

"You're The Demon aren't you?" She hissed. My blood froze in my veins, my eyes widened, and I wished I could be anywhere but here.

A/N So sorry about the delayed update. This Chapter was a bit difficult to write since I had a bit of writers block. I got it to a point where I can say I'm satisfied with it. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, maybe the small cliffhanger, and I'll see you in the next update.