It had just past 7pm. Hunter, Shade and Teresa walked down the sidewalk on their way to pick up Ruby from a Dust shop not far into town. Per Tai's request of course.
"You guys remember what store Tai said she was going to? Hunter asked.
"'From Dust till Dawn' is where he said she'd be. It should be just around the corner." Shade answered.
As they turned the corner they saw the shop at the end of the street, with two large tinted glass window next to the door.
"Well there it is" Hunter deadpanned, "kinda quiet around here though…"
Without warning, the glass window shattered and two people flew out of it. One of them was a man dressed in a black suit and matching hat, he was also wearing a red tie and red sunglasses. The man was holding a red colored cleaver that got knocked out of his hand when he landed on his back outside the shop. If Shade had to guess who this guy was, he was some sort of small time thug. The other person who crashed through the window was none other than Ruby Rose.
"Ruby?!" Hunter asked slightly shocked.
"Oh, Hi Hunter, Hi Teresa, Hi Shade!" She said in a cheery voice, seeming oblivious to the groaning man underneath her.
Teresa slightly smiled at Ruby seeing how well she had handled herself. Before any of them could reply to Ruby, five more thugs rushed out of the shop at the four of them with swords and guns drawn.
"Well it looks like we may have a problem." Shade stated.
"How long do you think it'll take?" Hunter asked.
Less than thirty seconds." Shade said with a smirk.
"What?!"
The five thugs attacked. Teresa immediately slammed one of them into the brick wall of the building by the head, getting the guy's whole body stuck in the wall at the same time, knocking the thug out.
Another thug went after Ruby. She sliced at the thugs legs with Crescent Rose's blade, tripping him up and causing him to flip a few times in the air. After twirling Crescent Rose a good three to four rotations, Ruby then slammed the flat end of her scythe into the thug causing him to fly a good twenty feet away from her.
Hunter swiped at the thug that tried to attack him. Hooking one of Twin Leaves's scythes around the left leg of the thug, Hunter made him do a one and a half spin flip before kicking the guy in the jaw.
Shade expertly blocked all swipes and swings at him from the blade a thug was trying to use to attack him with, with Brasa Azul. Shade then managed to break the blade from the thug's grip, sending it onto the roof of the shop. Using the grip and hilt of his sword, he Struck the guy in the jaw knocking him down to the ground.
The last thug tried to attack Teresa only for her to block the man's blade with her claymore. With two swift and elegant movements she cut the man's right hand off and sliced into his chest. Teresa was surprised that his aura did nothing to protect him from her claymore. It was as if her sword passed through the man's aura unaffected.
How odd… Teresa mused.
The whole fight lasted twenty six seconds and all the thugs were on the ground either groaning in severe pain or unconscious.
"Well then," Hunter deadpanned, "looks like I owe you Shade."
A sharply dressed man wearing a white coat and a bowler hat, walked over to the nearest thug who lay unconscious on the ground. Shade noticed he had orange hair that covered his right eye, though it was obvious he was wearing a bit too much eyeliner.
The man looked down at the thug. "You were worth every cent, truly you were." he said before looking at the group of people who beat his thugs in a matter of seconds. "Well Red, Blondie, Gentlemen, I would say this was an eventful evening. But as you could see we were in the middle of a business transaction before you four crashed in."
Both Teresa and Ruby glared at the man. Hunter then spoke up. "Looks more like a robbery to me." He spat.
"Well I'd love to stay and chat." the man said as he pointed his cane at Ruby. "But I think I'll be leaving now." The man grinned as he fired a red flare like round out of the end of his cane..
Hunter jumped in front of the round blocking it from hitting the red reaper.
"Hunter!" Shade yelled.
The smoke cleared and Hunter stood there with a bright green aura surrounding his whole body.
"Whoa… this is new." Hunter said curiously.
"Hunter are you okay?" Shade asked.
"Yeah, and I think I just unlocked my aura!" Hunter said excitedly.
"There!" Ruby shouted "We can't let that creep get away!"
She pointed to a ladder on the side of a building where the robber was climbing up to its roof.
"Come on before he gets away!" Hunter exclaimed.
Teresa looked around and noticed some of the thugs were getting back up after recovering from their injuries. Even one of them had called in reinforcements which were closing in quickly down the street.
"Go! I'll catch up!" Teresa ordered at Ruby and the two pilots.
All three of them nodded as Ruby used her semblance with the recoil of Crescent Rose to get to the top of the roof. Shade and Hunter quickly followed up the ladder with both of their weapons drawn.
[...]
Teresa turned and faced the thugs that stared down at her.
"Hmmm… I say that you all should give up now if I were you." Teresa said to them as she smiled faintly.
"O-oh yeah and what are ya gonna do, you blonde bitch!" the thug with the missing hand yelled back in defiance. That said defiance shattered along with the rest of the thugs will when they all saw Teresa's silver eyes turn gold with her pupils turning to slits, emanating a feral glint from them. The Yoki energy Teresa released from using just ten percent of her power made some of the thugs collapse from the pure energy itself. Two of the thugs even passed out.
"Considering that you all are making me angry then nice try but I tire from this… little game of ours. Now then… I won't be held responsible for whatever remains left… if there are any that is… just like what I did to some Filth after they raided a small village and killed everyone." Teresa said as she remembered those bandits and their plan on what they would do to Clare as she released enough killer intent to make her point across but not enough to attract the Grimm. "And I'll start with you!" She said pointing at the thug who lost his hand as that man reminded her of that bandit who attacked Clare.
The thugs put two and two on what she had told them and knowing that she wasn't bluffing, they turned and ran away leaving those who were unable to move in the street. An explosion was then heard coming from the roof.
Teresa looked in the direction of the explosion and muttered one word… "Ruby…" fearing for the girl, she jumped and landed at the top of the next building over.
[...]
A few moments earlier on the roof.
Ruby and the two pilots managed to get to the roof and corner the man on the roof. But at that moment a bullhead pulled up and the man hopped on. He turned and faced the three teenagers.
"End of the line you three!" he shouted before throwing a red Fire dust crystal down at them and shooting it with one of his flare rounds.
The ensuing explosion was blocked by what looked to be some sort of giant purple glyph. Shade turned and saw that the glyph was being cast by a blonde woman wearing a white blouse, purple dress skirt and a short purple cape.
She quickly started summoning purple flares and sending them at the airship.
When he looked back up at the bullhead, he noticed that the man they had been fighting was no longer visible, and in his place was a woman whom Shade couldn't quite make out the features of.
"Hunter, can those shells of yours reach that airship?" Shade asked.
Hunter shook his head, "The buckshot won't make it that far!" But before anyone could respond further, he changed out the red colored shells with a solid red line wrapping around the brass end of the round with some green colored shells with another red line wrapping around the brass end of the shell. "But the slugs should do just fine!"
He launched a barrage of slug fire dust rounds at the bullhead, many landing what would be direct hits. However they were all blocked by the woman in the bullhead.
The mysterious new woman shot a fireball from her hand which was blocked by another purple glyph.
Suddenly all of them heard a high pitched shrieking noise, and looked down at see a terrifying black and gold mark on the ground beneath them.
They all quickly dodged before whatever it was exploded, with shards shards of concrete flying everywhere. The shards of concrete strewn across the roof started to glow purple, as the blonde woman used her semblance to send them in a spear shape at the bullhead.
The woman inside the bullhead shot fire at the spear shattering it, only for it to reform into its original shape.
The bullhead swerved in the sky to avoid getting speared. Thus causing the spear to bounce off the bullhead and split into three smaller spears which turned around to try and attack again.
Teresa made her appearance by landing on the roof after leaping to it from the nearby building. She ran up and pulled out Silver Jackal and started firing at the bullhead.
Suddenly a fiery shock wave destroyed the spears before they could hit. Then, another screech came. The blonde woman took Ruby and jumped out of the way. Teresa quickly grabbed Hunter and managed to get him out of the way of the blast. Shade however was caught in the blast. If Hunter was caught in the blast, his aura would have protected him, but Shade had not yet unlocked his.
"SHADE!" Hunter screamed in a panic.
When the smoke cleared however, just like Hunter when he was shot at by the thief, there Shade was, standing with a bright, fiery, royal blue glow surrounding his whole body.
Shade had unlocked his aura.
"Okay," Shade stated, admiring the blue glow surrounding him, "My turn."
Shade placed a fire dust crystal into the hilt of Brasa Azul and Blue flames erupted out of the blade. He then threw the sword at the bullhead's engines, puncturing its rotors, smoke quickly filling the sky.
The bullhead spun around for several seconds, before it crashed in the middle of the street.
"WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT!?" Hunter yelled.
Before he could get an answer, Shade jumped off the roof down to the street.
[...]
"What was that Roman?!" the shrouded woman asked vehemently.
"Hey, I'm not the one who wanted to pick a fight with a huntress!" Roman replied as he worked his way out of the crashed bullhead, "And besides, I wasn't exactly able to control the thing once that kid threw his sword!"
Before anything else could be said, a figure landed onto the street cracking the asphalt.
"And who is that?!" Roman exclaimed.
The figure turned out to be one of the ones they were fighting on the rooftops.
"His friends probably aren't far behind. Let's get out of here." the woman stated.
Roman and the woman retreated into an alleyway before the figure could get to them.
Shade started to look through the wreckage and found his sword, but nothing more.
[...]
Back on the rooftop, Hunter was a bit scared.
"You," the blonde woman pointed at Hunter, "You go get your friend back up here." The woman turned and faced Teresa and her eyes suddenly widened when she saw Teresa's silver eyes. "You two are coming with me." She said sternly. Ruby's eyes widened and Teresa game a small smile raising her hands in surrender.
"Fine…"
"Your terrifying," Hunter said simply, before climbing off the rooftop to look for Shade.
"Your a huntress?" Ruby asked.
The woman nodded her head.
"Can I have your autograph!?"
[...]
"Well this is great." Hunter said sarcastically.
Hunter, Ruby, Shade, and Teresa were all sitting at a rectangular table in the middle of a dark room with a door and one light.
"At least we're not in a big-city police station," Shade remarked.
"Really? Cause that's what it looked like from the outside." Hunter said sarcastically.
"I was talking about the ones in our world. This one isn't so bad." Shade said, "besides, at least we're not cuffed to the table. So what I'm thinking this may be more like a debrief than anything."
"You've been handcuffed before?" Ruby asked innocently.
"More than once. Whether it was a prank, or something else I won't say though." Hunter responded, with a slight glare at Shade.
Shade only rolled his eyes.
A man in a green suit and scarf, grey hair, glasses and a cane walked through the door soon after. And to Ruby's delight placed a plate of cookies on the table.
"Hunter Green, Shade Royal,..." the man paused when he looked at both Ruby and Teresa "Ruby Rose and miss Teresa." he eyed them a bit longer than he did with the two pilots, "You both have, Silver eyes."
Hunter and Shade wondered why Teresa's and Ruby's eyes intrigued him so much, but they didn't care enough to ask.
"May I ask what you four were doing hunting down wanted criminals using some of the most dangerous weapons ever designed?" the man asked.
"We saw someone who needed help and we helped. That's how we do things where we come from at least." Hunter answered.
"I was most curious as to where miss Rose got her scythe. I have only seen one other person able to wield a scythe with such skill, a dust old crow" he said.
"Mmf!" Ruby said before swallowing a cookie. "Sorry. That's my uncle Qrow, I was complete garbage before he took me under his wing at Signal, and now I'm all like, HWAAAA!" Ruby started to make fighting poses and noises.
"Smooth Ruby. Real smooth." Hunter remarked.
Teresa just chuckled at Ruby's actions.
"So what is a girl like you doing at a school designed to train warriors?" the man asked.
"I want to become a huntress! My sister and these two are going to Beacon," Ruby pointed at Hunter and Shade, "and when I'm old enough, I'm going to go to! I mean huntsman and huntresses are so cool! Teresa here has been teaching me how to become a better huntress when she and my sister have been going out and capturing live Grimm to fight in a new way I've never fought before. I've always wanted to help people so I thought you know, why not make a career out of it, besides they're all so cool you know?!"
Note to self, never give Ruby cookies. Shade thought to himself.
"Do you know who I am?" He asked.
"Your professor Ozpin, headmaster at Beacon." she answered.
Shade and Hunter's eyes widened slightly at this. This was the headmaster? They weren't shocked, but they were surprised.
"And you want to go to my school?" Ozpin asked.
"More than anything," she answered.
"Fine. Miss Rose can you wait outside in the hall till I'm done talking to these three?" Ozpin asked.
Ruby nodded and walked to the door.
"Also miss Rose, Welcome to Beacon." Ozpin said while giving a gentle smile.
Ruby's eyes completely lit up and she exited the room pumping her fist into the air. After she left the room Ozpin turned and faced the two pilots.
"You two." The tone of his voice grew odd, Shade couldn't place it, but he felt like he'd heard that tone somewhere else.
"I am very intrigued by you two," Ozpin said curiously.
"I wonder why…?" Hunter said, sarcasm dripping from his voice.
Ozpin only smiled, "From what I understand, you two were flying an experimental aircraft developed by the Atlas military, correct?"
"That's right." Shade said remembering the story he and Hunter had come up with.
"If you were going to come up with a lie, you should do more research." Ozpin said.
"What?!" Hunter asked.
How did he know they were lying?
"Atlas only accepts people into their military at the age of twenty-one." Ozpin stated.
Great. They were caught.
"Look, if we told you the truth, you'd think we were insane." Shade said.
"Believe it or not, Taiyang has already told me of your claims." Ozpin said.
"Wait, he told you?" Shade asked.
"Yes. But believe it or not, your story is not as insane as you might think," Ozpin said flatly, "that is the biggest reason I have decided to let you attend Beacon academy."
So… you're letting us into Beacon… because we are from a different universe?" Hunter asked.
"Correct." Ozpin answered, sipping from his coffee mug. "Can you two wait outside with young miss Rose while I talk to miss Teresa here."
Both pilots got up and left the room. As they left the blonde haired woman from the roof entered the room and stood near the wall behind Ozpin.
"Miss Rose said your name is Teresa?" Ozpin asked, "and no last name?"
"Last I checked, that is my name," Teresa said with a faint smile.
"Well miss Teresa, the person who brought you all here is Glynda Goodwitch." he said as he gestured to the woman behind him.
"Well met Ozpin, Goodwitch." Teresa nodded to them respectively. "Though I admit I have no idea why I am held here along with Ruby, Shade and Hunter."
"I suppose… however miss Rose and the two other gentlemen not only engaged the wanted criminal, Roman Torchwick, but endangered the surrounding area and themselves." Ozpin explained.
"Where do I get placed in this?" Teresa said as she tilted her head slightly.
"And there lies the problem… as you can see the lackeys of that man who fought miss Rose and her friends sustained injuries that can be healed, however those who you fought might not recover at all."
"I don't see that is my problem." Teresa stated, remembering the bandits she killed back when she rescued Clare from them. Glynda's eyes widened at that as she exclaimed. "How could you not care! Are you a huntress or not?" Ozpin's eyes narrowed, he had heard that the last silver eyed warriors were only five, now two, and so he said the same thing as he did to Ruby earlier.
"Now, Glynda," Ozpin said trying to calm his assistant down, "I suppose miss Teresa here has her reasons, but…"
Teresa raised an eyebrow, what is he up too?, she thought as Ozpin continued to talk.
"You have silver eyes…" so that thing again? She knew about their legends of the so called silver eyed warriors from what she was told when she met Emilia Rose in the void. Ancient warriors who fought the Grimm before even the kingdoms existed… considering that a Claymore's eyes are never naturally silver in the first place, that and she was tasked by Ruby's grandmother to protect the young red reaper, so she decided to play along.
"Why yes I do… is there anything special about having silver eyes?" Teresa asked as she eyed Ozpin with calculating eyes.
"Indeed they do but I am quite surprised that you don't know your own lineage miss Teresa."
"My lineage?" Teresa asked. Another memory flashed in her mind at that moment.
'When you meet with Ozpin tell him…'
"I'm sorry but I don't know what you mean… but what I do know is that the purple rose sends her regards." Teresa smiled faintly as both Ozpin and Glynda's eyes widened at the last part, then as fast it was Ozpin's eyes hardened as he leaned closer.
"How do you know her?" he demanded.
"We met in the plane where reality and fantasy as you can say… are at their borders."
"I see, then you are not…"
"Sadly no, I am not. Like Hunter and Shade, I am not from this world. But you can say I am or was a silver eyed warrior, I will tell you more, but I have a duty to protect Ruby at all costs" Teresa said.
"Oh? And why is that?" Ozpin inquired, strange as she is, he is quite intrigued by her personality, she herself said that she is not a silver eyed warrior but also said that she is one at the same time, so he decided.
"How about a compromise then miss Teresa?"
"Oh? What is this compromise?"
"You can continue your duty given to you by Emilia, if you work as teaching staff at Beacon academy."
"Hmm. I can say that's quite a proposition you gave me Ozpin, but what is the catch?"
"You can teach the students on how you fight and help them to become great huntsmen and huntresses."
"I see where this is going but I do have one last question."
"And what is this question?" Ozpin asked smiling.
"How can one unlock Aura?"
"Wait… you fought all those criminals without an Aura! Are you suicidal!" Glynda exclaimed.
"So you do know how to unlock an Aura in someone." Teresa mused "And to answer your miss Goodwitch, in truth I am not human."
"What do you mean not human?" Ozpin questioned. "I don't suppose you are a Faunus correct?"
"Not a Faunus either, I am a Claymore, a member… once a member of the organization, and that is their name nothing more nothing less." Teresa explained, "But I Will tell you more in due time, for now I will take Ruby, Shade and Hunter home. And I will see you both when Beacon's new school year starts, besides you got yourself a new teacher." With that Teresa stood and left the room to retrieve Ruby and the two pilots.
After Teresa left the room and found the teenagers. Ruby ran up to her full of excitement.
"Oh My Gosh! Teresa! I can't believe it! I'm going to Beacon two years early!" she squealed with joy.
Teresa chuckled at Ruby's antics. "Well I have some good news." she said facing the three teens. "Ozpin has offered me a job at Beacon and I have accepted it. I'll be starting when you first arrive at Beacon."
Ruby's eyes widened and she cheered the loudest she ever could. Then something from her memories that day poked the back of her mind.
"Teresa, I've been meaning to ask. There was a massive amount of that dark energy I felt coming near where you were fighting off those thugs for us. Did you kill it?" Ruby asked. With a bit of worry in her eyes.
Teresa put a hand on Ruby's shoulder and took in a bit of air into her lungs. "What I'm about to tell you all does not get mentioned to any one till I'm ready to tell everyone, okay?" Teresa said coldly.
"Teresa?"
"Ruby, that energy you sensed back on that road didn't come from a Grimm. It came from me."
Ruby's eyes widened in shock and she took a step back away from Teresa.
"Do not worry, I can control it and I never go anywhere near my limits. One of your ancestors had the same thing I have and that energy ran through her body as well."
"D… Does that mean I have that energy in my body as well?" Ruby asked with a bit of a whimper in her voice.
"No you don't. From what I had learned that the energy in her body was not passed down at all to her children and their descendants. There were only three things you have gained from that family line. The ability to sense that energy in Grimm, your silver eyes and your grandmother's claymore which belonged to her ancestor. Once you find that sword again it should belong to you." Teresa said trying to calm Ruby down.
Ruby nodded and turned her head to the pilots who just stood there smiling at Ruby. Ruby smiled back and ran to the entrance of the police station. "Come on guys! We have to tell Dad and Yang the good news!" She cheered.
Shade, Hunter, and Teresa soon followed after her back towards Patch.
[...]
Back in the room. Glynda looked at the headmaster a bit worried.
"Ozpin are you sure it was wise to accept her?" Glynda asked as Ozpin simply drank from his cup.
"Indeed Glynda, she might be able to help with out problem in the coming events, however I'm only worried what will James will do."
"When the time comes I hope you know what you are doing, but… when she spoke of the organization… she spoke with venom as she mentioned that name… But what is the organization?"
"I would like to find out about that and her origins also… but sooner or later I think she will hold no ill will to people like us or mostly Ruby. Besides do you remember what Tenga said about the legend of the Dragon Faunus. We will need to prepare for it and I have a feeling that all four of them will play major roles in it.
[...]
That same night in a warehouse, Roman Torchwick stood in front of the woman who grudgingly save his ass from that huntress and the group that was with her.
"It was a simple job, Roman, get the dust and leave." the woman said.
"Yeah it would have been if it weren't for that girl,that woman and their friends." Roman muttered.
"The Huntress and the kids doesn't matter, they can't change the plan."
"Right the plan, in which yo-" he was cut off as the woman conjured flames in the palm of her hand.
"You just listen Roman, nothing more nothing less."
"Riiight," Roman said sarcastically, maybe he shouldn't mention that the woman he meant was that scary blonde woman with the large sword… she was different… and that brought chills down his spine.
[...]
When Ruby returned home. She immediately told her father and Yang the good news and was quickly embraced in the infamous Ruby-Xiao-long sandwich.
After the big family hug Tai thanked Teresa and the two pilots for looking after Ruby.
Teresa turned to Yang. "Yang, I have a very important task for you to do tomorrow. Are you up for it?" she asked.
"I'm ready for anything you can throw at me." Yang said slamming her fists together and showing off a huge grin on her face.
"I will need you to capture ten Beowolves this time and bring them back to the training area. They will be used for Ruby's final test before she starts Beacon." Teresa said. She then turned to Tai. "Tai why don't you come along and see the results of your daughter's hard work."
Tai grinned "I think I shall."
[...]
The next day Teresa, Yang and Tai headed out early to capture a whole pack of Beowolves. After breakfast Ruby, Shade and Hunter walked over to the training grounds, where they saw Teresa putting chained collars around the necks of the captured Beowolves. There were ten regular ones and an alpha as well.
Both Tai and Yang were standing nearby with Tai looking extremely proud of his daughter and Yang had complete joy all over her face.
"Yang I can't believe you captured a whole pack of Beowolves including the Alpha with nothing but your hands." Tai said with pride oozing from his voice.
"How do you think I feel! This was the first time I had captured an alpha." Yang responded.
Teresa let out a loud cough to grab everyone's attention. They all saw that she was done setting everything up and was holding a red blindfold and some earmuffs.
"I thought I recognized this test. I remember your mom doing this back when we were in Beacon." Tai said as he examined the training area.
"Ruby will you please step forward?" Teresa called from the middle of the training area. Ruby ran over to Teresa. She handed Ruby the blindfold and the earmuffs. "Once these are on just nod when you are ready. Also you will need Crescent Rose for this final test. Your goal is to kill all of these Beowolves without using both your ears or eyes and only your sixth sense."
Ruby nodded and began to put on the Blindfold. Teresa walked over to the rest of the group holding her scroll. "I will ask that none of you interfere with this." Teresa deadpanned. Everyone just nodded.
All of the Beowolves began to wake up as Ruby finished covering her eyes. Ruby put on the earmuffs and her whole world became dark and silent. In the darkness she could sense the pack of Beowolves around her. She reached for Crescent Rose and unfolded it from its travel form into its scythe mode. Ruby waited a few moments. By then all Beowolves in the pack had woken up and were trying to attack Ruby. But the collars around their necks were chained to the ground.
Ruby felt like it was time and nodded.
Teresa pressed her thumb on her scroll activating a signal that reached one of the Beowolve's collars. The collar released and the Beowolf charged at Ruby. Ruby sidestepped the Beowolf and sliced the arm and head of the creature in a downward left to right motion. Another Beowolf was released and charged at her from behind. Ruby back flipped over the Beowolf and dug Crescent Rose's blade into the middle of its back and then bisected it down the middle.
Teresa released two more Beowolves and they tried to pounce at Ruby's head and legs. She did a mini jump and twisted her body around while using her semblance. Crescent Rose dug and sliced into the two Beowolves until they were completely cut to ribbons. Three more Beowolves were released and charged at Ruby. She slid under the first one's claws, hooking her weapon around the waist then slamming the creature into another freed one to her left side. Ruby dived under a pounce from the third Beowolf which managed to hit the other two downed creatures. She twirled Crescent Rose around her body and sliced at the Beowolves making them lose their limbs and heads.
Tai looked on in awe as his daughter took on the pack of Grimm. Teresa then released the Alpha and two other Beowolves. The two regular Beowolves tried to swipe their claws at the back of Ruby's head only for her to duck under the claws and cleave through the torso of both Grimm. At that moment the Alpha took its chance and tried to pounce on top of her. She rolled backwards and then plunged Crescent Rose's barrel into the back of its jaw. She fired and the back of the Alpha's head exploded.
Teresa pressed on her scroll one last time with a faint smile glowing on her face. The final Beowolf's collar released and it only took a step before Ruby transformed Crescent Rose into its rifle form. She only fired once and the round tore a large hole in the left shoulder, severing off the arm and making it fall on to its back. Ruby walked up to the dying Grimm and stuck the barrel of her weapon to the head of the creature. She fired her weapon one last time and the Beowolf's head exploded.
Ruby spun Crescent Rose once as it transformed into its travel form and put it in its holster. She grabbed the earmuffs and pulled them off her head. After she got the blindfold off her face she looked to her right side and saw her father standing right next to her. Tears were flowing down his face.
"Dad?" Ruby asked.
Tai said nothing. Instead he embraced Ruby in a warm hug. He held her there for a few moments before letting go and looking directly at his daughter's face. "You are growing up too fast, but your mom would be so proud of you right now." Tai cried.
"I know." Ruby said before looking at the rest of the group. Both Shade and Hunter had complete shocked looks on their faces. Yang wore the biggest smile on her face. Teresa stood there with her infamous faint smile on her face, clapping her hands.
"Well done Ruby!" Teresa announced as both Ruby and Tai walked back to the group. "You not only passed. You exceeded my expectations. You are ready for Beacon."
Yang, Hunter and Shade caught up with Teresa and said their own congratulations to Ruby.
"You know Ruby, If you and Yang ever make it to Earth you both should become Jaeger pilots." Hunter said.
"You really think I could?" Ruby asked with her eyes just glowing with excitement.
"Oh, definitely. After what you just showed us you have the talent." Shade answered.
"Come on everyone! Let's head back to the house and celebrate with a large dinner!" Tai announced.
"Me and Hunter here will help cook and clean up after dinner is over." Shade offered.
'Yea, you can count on us after everything you did for us." Hunter said in agreement.
With that everyone headed back towards the cabin for a night of celebration.
[...]
A/N: wow I can't believe how much I had written and in such a short amount of time. I just checked how many views, follows and favorites this story has and to my surprise it's doing a lot better than I've ever expected. Thank you everyone who has supported this story so far.
Next chapter starts the journey for our heroes as they work their way through the school life at Beacon Academy and who will we meet along the way through season 1.
