The Ruinverse Chapter 77- Muninn's Folly, a rwby fanfic

The screen began to bubble and boil as the familiar silver door rose from it's depths, the thick purple chains corroding and breaking apart as the door opened up and bathed everything in dark purple.

From the tainted light, came a single red eye that glared at the screen before the door slammed shut and everything became static, a crumbling rose symbol appearing every so often as the title began to form.

The Ruinverse: Chapter Seventy Seven, Muninn's Folly.

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-Remnant, Sanus, Patch, Xiao Long Residence-

Ring.

A loud obnoxious ringing echoed across the darkened wood cabin as, in the master bedroom, a figure slept in the dark blue king sized bed with various reactions.

"Zzzzzz." snored the lump in the bed as they ignored the ringing in favor of rest.

Ring.

As the ringing continued its senseless 'chatter', a figure slowly opened the far right hand door with a small amount of force behind it, making it creak as they seemed slightly agitated by the needless noise.

"Fucking…everything." The figure groaned while walking towards the stairs, their mind hardwired for slaughter as they moved into the main living room and towards the black Scroll on the far right table, its red screen flashing every few seconds and moving across the wooden surface with every vibration made by its speakers. "I pray this doesn't wake up Yang. I already got her to sleep an hour ago."

Ring.

"Ugh." the figure groaned as the screen's light illuminated their body, revealing a tall pale skinned young woman with long bushy jet black hair tied by a red bandanna in a neatly done up ponytail, a small cowlick on the top of her head, bright crimson red eyes with dark circles around them, a E cup chest and wide ass, wearing a long sleeved shallow cut black and red dress, red gauntlets, black fingerless gloves, several black beaded necklaces wrapped around her neck, a black belt, a red and white bandana hanging from the waist and went down to her ass, black shorts, black mid-thigh high leggings with red splatter patterns, black high heels and holding a black sword sheath with a red hilt in her left hand, who glared at the Scroll with pure anger as she held the device with her right hand. "If it's a telemarketer, I'm going to find them, kill them, and then use their body as a training dummy." 'Among other things.'

Ring.

Click.

"Hello?"

"Hello Miss Branwen, or should I say, Miss Xiao Long?" spoke a familiar voice as Raven gave the Scroll a deadly glare.

"Ozpin. What the hell do you want?" She growled. "It's one in the morning!"

"Oh. Well...at least you got some slee-"

"I had to cradle Yang for three hours!"

"...oh. My condolences then."

"Look, get to the point."

"Right." Ozpin said from the other line as Raven looked ready to punch the Scroll. "Ahem...recently I got a report from one of Ironwood's Ace-Ops."

"And?"

"Apparently...Salem is coming to Patch in the future."

Her eyes widened in horror as her mouth was agape in disbelief.

"Hello? Still there?"

"WHAT?!" She yelled in anger. "Salem is coming to Patch!?"

"Yes, apparently she got word about...well..."

"What?"

"Ahem. You recall Summer's recent pregnancy?"

"Yeah. So?"

"Um...it wasn't Qrow. It was Tai." Ozpin said while Raven gripped the Scroll tightly in her hand. "Apparently he got drunk after the honeymoon and well...Yang has a stepsibling now."

"...WHAT!?" she scowled. "THAT BASTARD!"

"To be fair, he was completely drunk at the time-"

"But nothing! He cheated on me and sired a child with MY TEAM LEADER!"

"Easy there, it's not the end of the world." Ozpin said while hearing Raven's cursing in the background. "Well not yet. Apparently, Salem discovered Summer's existence and that of her child, and well...she is personally heading to Patch to kill both of them. I don't know the finer details, the Ace-Op in question has a tendency to over-exaggerate himself, and has a nasty 'stinky cheese' obsession bordering on...unsavory fetishes if you catch my drift."

"You need me to try and protect them, right?"

"Yes. You're the only one that has the drive to stop her." he said gravely. "Summer isn't capable of using the Silver Eyes during her pregnancy, Tai shouldn't worry about both of you, and Qrow...I really don't think his semblance would help in a fight against her. You're the only one on Team STRQ that can actually keep her in one spot."

"True...but what about Yang? She's only a baby." Raven muttered while fear entered her voice, making Ozpin a little surprised that the woman could even fear. "I can't just leave her alone in the world."

"Don't worry, if the day comes I'll personally send some of my more capable Huntsmen to patch to escort your family off the island."

"You better! If something ever happened to her..."

"I understand. And I promise Miss Xiao Long, you and your family will be protected." Ozpin said while Raven released her grip on the Scroll. "From my estimations, Salem will appear on Patch sometime between now and..."

"And? Tell me!"

"...about five or six years. On Yang's fifth birthday, maybe, possibly...about fifty percent sure."

"Damn it!" She growled in anger and fear. "That doesn't give me time to TRAIN her at all!"

"It's only a rough estimate. Who knows, she might not appear in Patch until her fifteenth birthday?"

"I can't take that chance." Raven frowned. "I need to train her, to survive that mad woman's attack."

"Miss Xiao Long, please just calm down. Your daughter is still young, give her the childhood you never had. It will help strengthen the bond between you two."

"...I know, but I still need to train her. She is a Branwen, she has the blood of cutthroats and thieves in her body. If she has a chance to survive in this world, she needs to temper that bloodlust into...something better than her mother." she said with a sigh. "Ozpin."

"Yes?"

"Is it possible to send Goodwitch down here once Yang is older? To help train her in things...I can't really teach?"

"Of course."

"...thanks." she said while hanging up, placing the Scroll on the table as she sighed heavily. "...Salem…coming to Patch...gods."

As she looked down at the now dark living room, her mind began to race, feeling anxiety entering every corner of her being.

Her heart beat went faster as she felt herself break out into a cold sweat.

'I...I can't let her kill my family.' she thought as her hands began to shake, fear gripping her mind as she thought of the dangers Salem would unleash upon her household.

Yet...as she felt the abyssal fear creeping closer to her heart, she heard the cries of her daughter upstairs, the signal that she had a nightmare...again.

"Coming Yang!" She called out while running upstairs, her mind now focused on her little treasure.

(A few months later)

"I'll be back in a week." Taiyang said while walking out the door, a green bag slumped over his shoulder as Raven held the sleeping Yang in her arms. "It's-"

"A week long Huntsmen convention in Vale, I know." Raven sighed. "You said it a million times already."

"Sorry, force of habit. You two take care until I get back." He said before giving an air kiss to his wife.

"Yeah." she said while watching him go, smiling a little at the gesture. "Same with you dear."

Creak.

Slam.

As the door shut behind the blonde, Raven looked at her sleeping daughter and sighed.

'At least she's not crying at night anymore.'

"Zzzzz."

She went over to the couch and sat down to get comfy. 'Such a cute little one.'

"Zzzz." Yang snored while Raven closed her eyes for a small nap, her body slightly drained from training and taking care of her daughter.

'This won't hurt me...nope. A nap is what I need.' she thought before closing her eyes.

(A few minutes later)

"WAWAWAWAW!"

Raven's eyes opened up quickly as she quickly looked at her arms.

Only to see the bloody skeleton of her daughter in her hands, crying a loud almost inhuman scream.

Her eyes widened, her blood freezing as she was transfixed on the horror in her arms.

"AWAWAWA!" it cried out while a slug-like Grimm oozed out of its mouth and hissed at Raven's face.

She jumped up and threw it away, panting and seeing blood on her hands. "What the!?"

"SCKIII!"

As Raven blinked in fear, she noticed that...everything seemed normal, her daughter still in her hands and sleeping without a care in the world.

The nightmare...nonexistent.

"What...What was that?" She muttered to herself while her mind felt confused about the entire event. "Was that a nightmare?" 'And if so...why did it feel so vivid?'

"Zzzzz."

Raven took a deep breath as she tried to calm her frantic heartbeat. "...maybe it's the stress? I am raising a child and have seen some...dark stuff. Yeah. It's the stress, nothing more."

"Mmmm." Yang muttered in her sleep as the sounds of gurgling entered Raven's ears.

"Hungry again." she shook her head before carrying her to the kitchen. 'I hope that was a one time deal.'

(A few weeks later)

"Qrow." Raven frowned as she watched her brother throw her one year old daughter into the air. "Be careful or I'll make sure your alcohol privileges are revoked."

"Relax sis. She's loving this." He said while catching his niece. "Isn't that right?"

"Ha ha."

"I still don't trust you even doing that Qrow."

"Or are you just mad it's not you doing it?" He smirked while Raven stuck her tongue out at him. "Looks like your mom is the jealous type."

"Ah ah." Yang giggled while Raven sighed.

"I'll get in the kitchen, just try not to break my daughter while I'm not looking."

"I'm not that careless." He said while his shoes burst into flames, causing him to jump up and down as Yang somehow landed on his hair and pulled on it with her hands.

"Ow ow ow!"

Raven shook her head before walking into the kitchen, moving her hand towards the fridge door as she hoped Taiyang saved her some punch. 'I need something to drink, something that Qrow won't try and swipe.'

However as she opened the door, she saw the decomposing head of Taiyang staring back at her from the second shelf, frozen blood covering the walls as his expression was that of terror.

SLAM!

"..." 'W...What the!?'

As Raven's heart began to beat faster and her breath quick, she opened the door again and saw...nothing at all, just a pig's head that Qrow brought over for lunch, recently killed to be exact.

"What...the...What was that?" She muttered while hearing Qrow's frantic attempts to stomp the fire out. "Just...what did I just see?"

"Yeow! Raven! Get your little daughter off my ha-YEOW!"

"Oh…oh! Right, coming." she said before walking away from the fridge, still feeling uneasy at the sight she had seen moments ago. 'I think I need some medicine, just to get rid of these…daydreams.'

(Two years later)

"Ah. Ah."

"You're almost there, little dragon." Raven smiled while currently on her knees, arms extended outwards as she watched her three year old daughter trying to walk on her two feet. "Just come to mama."

"Ah ba." the toddler said while trying to move her feet, having a hard time as she seemed to tremble from her own weight. "Ah."

"Come to mama." Raven said while beckoning her daughter closer, hoping the little sunspot in her life was able to succeed in this 'tiny' endeavor. 'So adorable! Wait…oh gods, now I'm acting like Summer! Must maintain…neutrality!'

As the little toddler shuffled across the blue carpet, her hair standing on end due to the static electricity, Raven began to smile at her daughter's presence.

And why would she not? She was her pride and joy, a light at the end of the tunnel that was her dark past.

'GAH! So cute!' she thought to herself before feeling something wet in her hands and moved them towards her face.

Only to see it was….fresh blood.

Her eyes widened in shock before hearing the sounds of bones cracking as she slowly looked upwards….

Only to see her daughter, her body cracking and painfully metamorphosing into an inhuman form, spines erupting from her back, her arms and legs splitting and multiplying into bird-like wings, her neck elongating into a mass of organs and bones, her skin hardening into blackened tar-like scales, teeth fell out of her gums as thick needle-like fangs jutted from her bleeding lips, her eyes turning bright red as several smaller ones violently erupted across the repugnant body like miniature boils, and jagged horns pushed their way out of her cheeks and curled to the sides like vines as the room was flooded with blood from the walls and ceiling.

"AAAAAAAAHHHHH!" Raven screamed as she fell backwards, moving quickly away as the creature's forehead began to pulsate and bubble into a large boil that seemed to grow bigger than the 'Grimm's' entire body. "WHAT THE FUCK!? WHAT THE FUCK!? WHAT THE FUCK!? WHAT THE FUCK!? WHAT THE FUCK!? WHAT THE FUCK!? WHAT THE FUCK!?"

SQUISH!

As the boil exploded in her face, deep black blood covering her face in the process, a large serpentine-like neck began to rise up from the creature's forehead, a loud hissing sound emanating from its face as Raven wiped the blood off her eyes and saw…Salem's face at the end of the neck.

"You will never save them." the head said before extending its jaws over 180 degrees, revealing an endless abyss of dagger-like teeth that spun around like a screwdriver. "You will never know happiness!"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" she screamed before covering her eyes, only to find that she was laying on the ground, sweating profusely as her…still normal daughter sat on her stomach with a confused look on her face. "Wh…what?"

"Ah ba?" Yang said while patting her mother's cheeks, seemingly trying to comfort her as best she could. "Ma ma."

Her heart began to slow down as Raven felt…relaxed, but still deeply disturbed by the vision she witnessed.

'Never save them? Nonsense, I will save them.' she thought before cradling her daughter and hugged her tightly. 'That is a promise I intend to keep…but perhaps I should focus on Yang instead. Make sure she's alright before thinking of Salem's plans.'

"Mama?"

Her eyes widened as she looked at her daughter's eyes in shock. "W-What?"

"Mama?"

"...you said your first word! After three years of waiting! You spoke!" Raven exclaimed while getting up. "TAI! YANG SPOKE HER FIRST WORD!"

As the woman ran out of the room, distracted from her prior fears in light of her daughter's accomplishment, she failed to realize that, out of the corner of her eye, the face of Salem stared back at her from a nearby mirror, grinning with sadistic delight.

(A few weeks later)

Raven grumbled, currently in some see through black nightwear, as she sat on the edge of her bed, her husband currently in the shower while she was waiting for him to come to bed. "Gods…the nightmares…I can't take it."

For days, her mind has been…playing tricks on her. Blood where there was none, her family replaced by decaying corpses….and oh gods, the reflections.

The reflections of Salem, always taunting her, always trying to drag her into the realm of the mirror.

It was unbearable, it was…terrifying.

'I could still feel the nails.' she thought while rubbing her neck, still feeling the phantom fingernails against her skin. 'Those jagged glass nails. I…I don't know what is real anymore. Is this real? Am I even real?'

Creak.

"Honey, I'm ready for some…um Raven?" Taiyang said, while currently naked, as he saw his wife looking rather…out of it. "Are you ok?"

"It's…fine." she said while Taiyang sensed something was off and sat next to her. "I'm fine Tai."

"Raven, I know you're trying to act tough, but you can't fool me. We've been married for four years, been teammates for much longer." he said while placing his left hand on her shoulder. "You can tell me if something's wrong."

"..."

"Please, tell me Rav."

"...I've been having….nightmares, no not nightmares. Visions." she said while gripping the edge of the mattress with both hands. "Horrible visions. Each one is more disturbing than the last."

"Oh." He said while feeling his heart breaking, sensing the pain emanating from her voice. "I…I didn't-"

"I know. I didn't want to worry you or the others. Especially Summer, since she had been dealing with a two year old daughter." she said while giving Taiyang a glare, making him internally curse his drunken behavior years ago. "And I had to keep Yang safe….but it's getting worse."

"How-"

"I saw…I saw Salem, the Grimm, blood and so much body horror!" she yelled while trying to keep herself from crying. "Every time I close my eyes, every time I do anything! It's the same thing, nightmares! Visions of corpses! Salem taunting me at every angle! I'm starting to lose it Tai! I…I…I can't keep this up!"

"Raven, maybe we should visit Madame Mallrai? She might have some medicine that could help, like antipsychotics or AAP?"

"I don't know. I don't think it's…a disease that's affecting my mind." Raven muttered while Taiyang patted her back. "And I don't need medicine. I can handle it myself."

"But Rav, Mallrai might help."

"I know, but…I don't want her getting into the family drama." she said sadly. "We have enough stress as it is, adding her involvement would just make things even more complicated."

"But-"

"Let's just…talk about it in the morning." Raven said while moving away from her husband's arms before placing the covers over her. "Maybe a good night's sleep is what I need."

"...alright, but if it persists, we are going to Madame Mallrai, no buts about it." he said while still worried about his wife's condition but was willing to compromise with her, even if it hurt him inside.

"..." Raven sighed before turning off her night light, her eyes closing as she heard the bed creaking from Taiyang's body weight. 'It's just my mind. It's not a disease or stress…it's just me. I can deal with it…I know I can deal with it. I'm a Branwen…Branwen's don't back away that easily.'

(Two more years later)

BOOM!

POW!

"Happy birthday Yang!" yelled the entire Xiao Long residence, including Summer Rose, as they were currently sitting around a wooden table, a pure yellow birthday cake with pink frosting resting in the center as Yang, wearing a red party hat on her head, looked on in awe despite the paper streamers on her face.

"Oh! The cake is so pretty!" she explained with a smile, her two pigtails glowing with yellow aura as her entire body seemed to be expelling said aura all around her like a light bulb.

"Relax firecracker." Qrow chuckled while patting his nieces' head. "No need to activate your aura, the cake's already lit."

"Uncle Qrow." she pouted while Summer chuckled, holding her three year old daughter, Ruby Rose, in her arms, sleeping after accidentally drinking a cup of 'special juice' that Qrow somehow gave her by accident.

"Go on. Blow out the candles." Taiyang said with a chuckle as Raven held a Scroll in her right hand, ready to take a picture of the moment.

'So cute.' Raven thought with a smile as she saw her child puffing her cheeks out cutely, ready to blow out the five candles on her cake.

Yet, even on this happiest of moments…she was still terrified for her daughter's life. For today might be the day when Salem invades her island home, for her sick plans of destruction and ruination.

'By the gods…please don't let her ruin this day. Please.' she thought in the back of her mind, time seemingly slowed down to a crawl around her. 'Just let this day end with my daughter happy. Please!'

As the young blonde child began to open her mouth to blow the candles out, Raven noticed someone right behind her, stroking her hair lovingly with their left hand.

"Such a sweet child." said the Queen of the Grimm as she watched Yang blowing out her candles, the other occupants seemingly unfazed by her sudden appearance except for a now petrified Raven, her eyes dilating inwards from fear. "Perhaps in another life, I could've been her godmother. I did like children."

"N-NO!" Raven yelled while dropping the Scroll and prepared to lunge towards her daughter, to wrap her in her arms in a desperate attempt for protection.

SNAP!

Only for Salem to quickly snap the child's neck with her bare hands.

"But that was another lifetime of pain. And now, it's your turn." she said before getting tackled by an enraged Raven, the table flipping as cake went flying across the room and splattered on the nearby wall.

"MURDERER!"

"Perhaps." Salem said, unfazed by the sudden pinning to the ground, Raven's hands tightly wrapped around her neck. "But you were one too."

"I moved past that! I was a dutiful mother! A loving wife and you TOOK AWAY MY DAUGHTER!" Raven yelled while tears formed and fell down her cheeks. "YOU HEARTLESS FREAK OF NATURE!"

A dark chuckle emerged from Salem's lips as Raven tightened her hold on the woman's neck, ready to snap it and end her reign on Remnant.

"What the fuck is so funny!?"

"Nothing, just thinking back to your words. A dutiful mother? A loving wife? Oh Branwen, you aren't any of these things." She chuckled while ignoring the fingers digging deep into her skin, touching important muscle fibers in the process. "You are from a tribe of thieves, cutthroats and murdering psychopaths. You only became a Huntress to kill them in their sleep, break them down to a base level so that the riches can be easily obtained."

"I am past that!"

"You lie to yourself." Salem said while black blood dripped from the embedded puncture holes. "You can never escape your fate."

Raven growled with fury and tightened her grip, failing to notice that the room was on fire, the candles, still burning despite being blown out by her daughter, igniting a nearby curtain and began spreading all over the cabin. "Quit laughing, you sick monster!"

"Foolish Branwen." She cackled before pointing to the direction of her husband. "The time of Xiao has ended."

As the Huntress turned around, she saw…something truly heartbreaking.

The skeletal remains of her team, her family, still sitting in their seats as several crows and ravens pecked the rotting muscle fibers and eyeballs with their beaks, completely ignoring the flames that are starting to consume the mahogany chairs.

"CAW!"

"N-No!" Raven screamed in horror as one of the crows pulled out the right eye of Taiyang, her breath becoming frantic as she turned back to Salem's direction.

Only to see it wasn't the ruler of the Grimm, but her own daughter, black veins forming around her now red eyes as she cackled at her with sadistic glee.

"Happy birthday mommy. Hahahahah happy birthday! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" she laughed as the flames consumed everything, including the now horrified Raven.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" Raven screamed as she closed her eyes, hoping this was just a nightmare.

Yet when she opened them once more….she found herself back in the living room, everything pitch black as she held her Scroll in her right hand and…something heavy in her left hand.

"W…what? Huh?" she muttered before looking at her Scroll, the date reading monday, the fifteenth…oh gods. "...EH!?" 'This can't be right! HOW!?'

Yet lo and behold…the year was exactly five years ago, the very day that she learned of Salem's arrival via Ozpin.

"How…I…I saw her grow up! She was five! FIVE!" Raven yelled before her mind raced, thinking this was all a trick, an elaborate ruse formed by a semblance. "Yang! TAI! I NEED TO CHECK ON THEM!"

As she raced up the stairs, dropping the Scroll in her panic, she kicked down the door to the nursery and turned on the lights.

Only to see that…the room was ramshackled, blood dripping from the walls as furniture was pushed aside along with the yellow cradle in the far back room.

"No!" Raven yelled while seeing a blood trail moving from the crib, out the door and towards…Taiyang's room. "Oh gods, they're still in the house!" 'Yang! Please be safe! PLEASE!'

Yet as she rushed towards the door, opening it quickly with the intention of killing the intruder, Huntsmen rules be damned, she heard a loud squish under her left foot.

Which happened to be a decapitated crow, its head severed by a sharpened yet jagged edge.

"Wh….what?" she muttered before quickly seeing the now deceased Summer Rose on the ceiling, hanging from her intestines by a makeshift hook, making her scream in disbelief. "OH GODS SUMMER!"

Her team leader, her friend and possible godmother to her daughter…despite her actions against her husband, was now dead. Killed by some unknown being, and in the last stages of pregnancy too…gods, why did this even happen!?

Her breath began frantic, heart rapidly pumping oxygen into her terrified body, as her eyes slowly moved towards the master bed…and caused her to choke out a gasp of horror.

For laying on the bed was Taiyang, belly cut right open as his face was permanently fixated in a moment of terror…all the while her baby, her only light at the end of the dark tunnel that was her life, was shoved into the open wound, chopped into four quarters and laid haphazardly across the exposed organs.

"A…A…Ah…Ah….AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" She screamed in terror, her eyes filled with anguish and despair as her arms shook with fear, but as she tried to rationalize what such a person would even do this and leave her alive, she finally took notice of the object in her left hand.

Her blood soaked blade, her odachi…Omen.

Dropping the blade in her hand to the ground, she began to cover her face and sat on her knees in denial, failing to realize that her entire body was covered in fresh blood.

"It can't be me! Why would I do this!? WHY!? WHY WOULD I DO THIS!? I'M NOT A KILLER! I LOVE MY FAMILY! WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY!? WHY!?" Raven screamed while her psyche began to crumble, the trauma of her nightmares and the very nature of her family's murder was too much, even for a former Branwen Tribe born.

As the screen began to fade to black, the sounds of denial could be heard in the background, each one becoming more and more incomprehensible with every passing second.

"I DIDN'T DO IT! I DIDN'T DO IT! I DIDN'T DO IT! I DIDN'T DO IT! I DIDN'T DO IT! I DIDN'T DO IT! AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"

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Name/Designation Title: Raven Xiao Long Branwen (Muninn's Folly Raven Branwen- MFRBRWBY)

Age: 20~30?

Affiliation: Normal Evil (Influenced by paranoia)

Dimension: - 09991234- 99 MFRBRWBY

Abilities: Enhanced strength, speed, agility, endurance, durability and reaction time, high intelligence, high aura pool, hand to hand combat skills and knowledge, high close combat skills and knowledge, high swordsmanship skills and knowledge, Huntress knowledge and skills, limited magical transformation (raven), flight, high charisma, Dust handling and knowledge, paranoid insanity, delusional mindset (via paranoia).

Semblance(s): Kindred Link.

Bio: In this timeline, Team STRQ graduated from Beacon Academy without any problems and Raven Branwen would propose and then marry her teammate Taiyang Xiao Long during a mission to Anima, much to her brother's annoyance and disbelief. Yet, when her daughter, Yang Xiao Long, was born, she chose not to abandon her family, having become worried for her daughter's well being, and remained on Patch as a mother, never becoming the Branwen Tribe's bandit queen or gaining the power of the Spring Maiden as a result. However, several months after the birth of her daughter, she obtained a Scroll message from Beacon's headmaster, Ozpin, informing her that Salem herself would arrive on the small island in search of Summer Rose and…her unborn child, who was created out of wedlock by her own teammate. Rightfully pissed off about the affair but not wanting to worry her family, who might cause her own daughter to get hurt from the crossfire, she chose to protect the family from Salem's inevitable arrival, paranoia slowly forming in her own mind as a result…yet the immortal never arrived. This continued on as Raven's mind began to play tricks on her, visions of her family being either covered in blood or dead entering her perception of reality for a moment before everything returned to normal the very next minute, slowly wearing her down until five years later, on Yang's fifth birthday…the world began to break apart in front of her. From this point, she finally realized what had actually occurred, months never passed and instead…she had killed her own family, using her own blade, AFTER receiving the message from Ozpin due to her paranoia getting the better of her, her broken mind initially attempting to block the reality of her murder with a false reality, yet her own stubbornness and refusal to believe in the 'true' reality caused her to snap. Forced to accept the deaths of her family by her hands as the 'truth', she fled from Patch, her mind completely broken from grief and madness as she cursed herself for letting her paranoia overtake her and destroy her life. Fear can drive one to madness yet the emotion known as love can also lead one down a path of darkness, no matter how much one denies it. Memory can fade over time, but the thoughts of one mind slipping is more dangerous than the former, a burden no one can handle.