A/N: Did honestly not expected for me to finish this under a day... Oh well
Also, starting from this chapter, I shall start crossposting this with Wattpad under the same title and same username
Also, still working on a Book Cover (Not anymore)
"Aaaaarrrgghhh…" Qrow groaned loudly while holding his arm
"Maybe if you hadn't challenged Atasi, this wou-" Taiyang tried to reprimand Qrow but was interrupted by him
"Shut up! I don't want to hear that from you Mister 'I challenge everyone into a fight'!" Qrow replied in an extremely annoyed
"That was a one time thing and you know that!" Taiyang tried to defend himself
"H-Hey! Calm down you two!" Summer tried to calm down Qrow to no avail
Raven just stares at the storm that is approaching, not caring about the chaos that is the rest of team STRQ, at her early days maybe she would've stepped in and defend Qrow but this became a normal occurrence between the three and defending Qrow became more like a chore
She was about to slip away and enter their dorm team room but when she turned the knob, a bright light coming from the room surprised her and instinctively covered her eyes
But she wasn't able to act any further than that as she –along with the rest of team STRQ was mysteriously and suddenly knocked unconscious
Team RWBY was down the hall with Weiss and Yang bickering about nonsensical things in the background
"I'm so bored…" Ruby muttered in which Blake heard her but said nothing in return
"I really hope something will happen today!" Ruby said and now Blake reacted to that
"Don't jinx us now, Ruby…" Blake said to Ruby but it was already too late
As Ruby opens up the doors to their room, instead of seeing their chaotic room, they instead was blinded by a bright light coming from the same room
All of them instinctively covered their eyes but that was the thing they could do before the whole of team RWBY was knocked unconscious by an unknown force
"Aaarrrggghh…" Qrow groaned as he slowly opens his eyes
He was soon followed by the rest of team STRQ slowly waking up
As soon as Raven processed the fact that she was waking up, she jolted up and instinctively tried to pull out Omen but realized it was missing
She looked around and saw a stylish white room with blue and golden markings, a couch, a table and a single door but is otherwise devoid of life beside team STRQ
Raven was extremely confused, were they kidnapped? But no, not only were they not tied up or restricted other than her –and possibly the others as well– missing weapon, they were not tied up and the room looks like it belongs to a VIP instead of prisoners
Not to mention, as much as she loathes to admit it, trying kidnap someone from Beacon and take them somewhere else or even just trespassing into it is near impossible, not only is Beacon and its surrounding areas are heavily monitored by the staffs, it's also in an isolated space and the only way out other than walking is by airship and even that is heavily monitored as well
Raven immediately stood up and beelined to the door and tried to open it only to find out it was locked, now she tried to kick it down but to no avail
Out of annoyance, she tried punching the door only to feel a sting of pain
"What…?" Raven muttered in confusion
"What's the matter Raven?" Summer asked from the other side of the room
"My aura doesn't work." Raven said while furrowing her eyebrows
"WHAT!?" Qrow and Taiyang both exclaimed in shock
"Huh… Mine too… Tai, Qrow, try yours." Summer said before ordering the two boys of the team
"It… Doesn't work…" Taiyang answered while trailing off
"Mine as well…" Qrow also answered
"This is bad…" Summer said as she knocked on the wall to try and find out the material it was made of "The walls are very solid, I think even with aura, we wouldn't be able to force ourselves out…"
"The door doesn't budge as well, even when it looks weak." Raven said as she kicked the door once again but it didn't even flinch as much as flinch
Taiyang tried to lift the couch up but along with everything else in the room, if does not budge
"Everything here is practically indestructible to all of you, it's all useless effort trying to destroy anything." A distorted voice said
Team STRQ was surprised when they heard this
"Who are you!?" Summer asked but no answers came
"You think we'll just take your words for that!?" Raven said but her words came out as shallow as multiple evidence already suggested that even if everything in the room is not indestructible, it might be too strong that any kind of force they give out might not be enough to even crack anything
"I don't see any speakers here and the source of the voice seemingly came from everywhere…" Summer said her analysis
"A semblance maybe?" Taiyang tried to suggest
"Maybe…" Summer said
After a while of testing everything they could do to break out with no results, team STRQ eventually became tired and decided to take a slight break
Summer sighs in tiredness, being mentally exhausted about everything
"What are we gonna do…?" Summer asked particularly to no one
Raven normally would've belittled Summer for showing weakness but this time, she said nothing as she herself could understand why Summer is currently feeling this way
They've tried everything they could think of to break out of this room and no results came out of it other than exhausting themselves
Qrow grunted as he half-assedly kick the wall
Taiyang was laying in one of the couches, being annoyed and tired at the same time
All of them realized that they were at the mercy of whoever their mysterious captor was
And then, out of nowhere, the door opens up
All of Team STRQ just stares blankly at this, all of their efforts to break it were for naught and then suddenly, the door opens out of nowhere? It's like their captor is playing around a game and said game was them
Qrow decided to take the initiative, normally it would've been Summer but she's currently mentally exhausted and he was the only one that isn't totally tired
He cautiously approached the door in a defensive stance, ready to either dodge or block, expecting the worse
But as he kicks open the door, nothing of the things he's expecting came, only a hallway and another door on the opposite side of the hallway was revealed
"It's safe… I think…" Qrow said to the rest of team STRQ but was still extremely cautious
The rest of the team then followed Qrow who walked out into the hallway
But then suddenly, the door on the other side of the hallway jolt opened to reveal both somewhat familiar and unfamiliar faces
*Earlier, In the other room*
Blake groaned before jolting up
She looks around to see the rest of team RWBY and…
"Professor Ozpin?" Blake said in confusion and Ozpin turns around to look at her
"Oh, Miss Belladonna, you're finally awake." Ozpin said in an unusually serious tone
"What's happening?" Blake asked as she slowly stands up
"I do not know either, but it seems I, Glynda, and you and the rest of team RWBY are currently trapped in a room with our respective weapons missing and our aura rendered unusable." Ozpin answered to Blake
"... What?" Blake said as she processed what Ozpin just said and true to his words, she couldn't manifest her aura in any way and she looks around her body, Gambol Shroud missing in its usual place
"W-Where are we?" Blake asked, shaken up with what's happening
"I do not know either Miss Belladonna." Ozpin said, more softly this time
"Should we wake up the rest of the team RWBY?" Glynda asked Ozpin, Blake flinched in surprised upon hearing her, not expecting Glynda was also here despite Ozpin already telling her who was trapped in the room
"No, it's better to let them sleep for now while we try to work this out." Ozpin answered but was for naught as the rest of team RWBY started stirring around
"Huh? Professor Ozpin? What're you doing in our room?" Ruby said, still sleepy
"Unfortunately Miss Rose, we are not in your room." Ozpin said
"Correct." A distorted voice suddenly said out of nowhere
This caused all of the occupants in the room (except for RWY of RWBY) to straighten up and be serious
"W-What's H-Happening?" Ruby asked, awfully confused as she registers that they are not in anywhere familiar
"You will see, young Ruby, as you all will be meeting some familiar face." The voice responded
"Who are you?" Ozpin asked in serious tone
"I am your salvation, and I am not joking this time around." The voice answered
Ozpin tried to discern what the voice said and what he made out just made him more worried
'Is this about her?' Ozpin thought to himself, and his thoughts did not implied anything good, especially if whoever is the source of the voice is an enemy
"Friend or Foe… Pick your side." Ozpin said to the voice but no answer came from them
And then a click was heard by all the occupants of the room, it was the lock if the door being unlocked
"Should we… Go out?" Yang asked, hesitantly
"Perhaps." Ozpin said as he signals to Glynda to be cautious
And then suddenly, a distant 'thud' was heard coming from the other side of the door
"What was that?" Weiss asked a bit freaked out not only by the sound, but by the whole situation itself too
Both Glynda and Ozpin took the lead before Glynda fully opens the door with a bit too much force
But what they saw shocked them
"Qrow? And…" Glynda asked as she saw a much younger Qrow than she remembers but that wasn't the main source of her shock oh no, it was the people with Qrow
"Team STRQ." Ozpin said, in his very long life, never has he seen anything like this before, though it isn't the fact that team STRQ is currently all together which is in of itself is nigh impossible, it's the fact that all of them look more younger than they should be
"Professor Ozpin…? You look… Older…" Summer said confused as she looks at the should be young and brand new Headmaster of Beacon
"It seems Miss Rose… That the two sides here were taken from two different time periods." Ozpin said
"W-What do you mean Professor Ozpin…?" Ruby who –along with the rest of her team– was behind Ozpin, she peaked over his shoulder and asked Ozpin, leading her to see the whole of team STRQ
"W-What…?" Ruby said in shock as she looks at team STRQ, or particularly, Summer
Team STRQ's reactions upon seeing Ruby varied differently, both Qrow and Raven was honestly both shocked and horrified at the prospect of having one Summer and one mini-Summer, Taiyang was just confused, and Summer was not as innocent as Ruby and actually gets what Ruby's existence means
"Ah… No, no and no." Summer said bluntly in embarrassment before turning around and started walking back to the room from where they initially came from
"A-Ah… Mom?" Ruby –who does not understand what 'taken from different time periods means and implies– said
This causes Summer to freeze up
"Ruby, she is not the Summer you know and I do not meant this to be offensive Summer." Ozpin said, deciding to saying their names instead to avoid any confusion
"A-Ah… I understand Prof Oz…" Summer replied, still a bit shaken up
Interestingly enough, the rest of team STRQ was quiet in this whole exchange, maybe they got the message that this is quite personal and shut up
The rest of team RWBY on the other hand, did not get it and was trying to take a look at what's currently happening right now but was blocked by Glynda's glare
"If you're done with your drama, you lots are going to watch past and future events for people who came from the year 81 but solely future events for the people who came from the year 60." The voice from earlier said
Now that got the attention of all occupants, the voice finally said the whole purpose of why they're here
"And we're just gonna take your word for that?" Weiss said annoyed
"As much as I hate to agree with a Schnee of all people, I am with her." Qrow said which actually shocked a few people like Glynda
Then suddenly, all of themselves seated in a theater with team RWBY on the left side, team STRQ on the right side and Glynda and Ozpin on the center back
"What the-?" Qrow said in shock, he wasn't the only one that was shocked by this recent development though
Everybody made a noise that showed that they were shocked but the author deemed it unnecessary to go on and write every single one of it so he just did this instead
Some of the watchers (as what all of them would be called starting from now) tried to stand up and leave but did not even managed to even just stand before they found themselves back at their seats
Suddenly, the large screen in front of them opened up and a remote materialized in Ozpin's hand
Anyways, the large screen shows:
RWBY
Others (Locked)
"... What the fuck is happening?" Funnily enough, it was Raven who said that when it would be typically Qrow that would say things like that
Everyone did not had enough time to properly register all that was happening right now
"I… Guess we're going to watch…?" Yang said
"Don't tell me you believe whatever that voice is said to us?!" Weiss asked incredulously
"I mean… We're here aren't we?" Yang said
"That does not answer my question!" Weiss said
Ozpin decided to take a hold of the remote despite his better judgement, 'I have seen so many things, and if whoever is behind that voice is is saying the truth then turning this down could make us lose a lot of possible vital information, and I don't really think that whoever it is is willing to let us leave this place anyways.'
Ozpin fully knows that this might be a trap, but if it is and this is the bait, then he would be like a moth to a flame
Ozpin then clicked something in the remote which selected RWBY which then caused the screen to show
Trailers
Volume 1 (Locked)
The changing of the screen caused those who weren't really paying attention at first to look at the screen, and then some at Ozpin
"Professor Ozpin!? You're actually believing this!?" Weiss exclaimed in shock
"No, I myself am doubtful, but we will not know if this is true or not if we will not take action and bicker among ourselves." Ozpin said, full of wisdom
"Was our Headmaster always… Like this wise?" Summer muttered to Taiyang who shrugged in response
"Just go with the flow, I guess." Qrow said in who is unusually subdued
"And besides, there is not much to lose in this." Ozpin continued
"How about wasting time?" Weiss said
"Do not worry about that, both your respective time frames are currently frozen." The voice once again said
"And you think we'll just believe you!?" Weiss exclaimed
"No." The voice replied and Weiss was actually surprised at the bluntness of the voice and couldn't think of a good response to ir
Ozpin then clicks the Trailer section, not even questioning why the initial section is named RWBY and why the Trailer section is the only one that isn't locked
"Wait a sec, did I just saw trailer and volume 1?" Yang asked
"I guess it's separated like a show?" Blake tried provide
"But… Why…?" Yang asked and this time, Blake could not provide any answer
Red Trailer
White Trailer (Locked)
Black Trailer (Locked)
Yellow Trailer (Locked)
"So… The voice… Or whatever it is is forcing us to watch this in order… Or that's what I think of why everything except for one is locked every time.. " Summer said her analysis
"A good analysis Summer." Ozpin nods
"Uhm… It's weird you're actually calling me by my name instead of 'Miss Rose'... No offense of course!" Summer said to Ozpin
"It is to avoid confusion with Ruby." Ozpin explained
"Yeah… That much I get… Doesn't make it any less weird though…" Summer said and Ozpin just nods at this
"I guess… We watch?" Taiyang said, unknowingly repeating what Yang has just said earlier
"We watch." Summer agreed though still a bit hesitant
Ozpin then clicked Red Trailer
Let the show…
Commence!
A/N: Alright... Done, so... Here's the rewrite I guess, also, this is posted at the same day as with the Announcement
And one last thing, any chapter after the announcement are the old versions and it would be permanently deleted after I caught up with it
Date of Publish: September 18, 2022