As is it Christmas time, I give you, my viewers: Chapter 15 of Harry Ozpin, Vale's finest.
To all of you, A very merry Christmas.
SimplyRV.
The repairs to the Colosseum took the better part of two weeks, causing students to have enough time on their hands for either some additional training, or to finish their homework. Weiss was drilled by her older sister in using her semblance summoning ability. She could now summon a glowing sword and arm that came out of a glyph, but beyond that, she was unable to do more. Blake was training with Vixen, as Vixen had discovered she could use her semblance to draw her weapon faster out of the sheath. For practical purpose, Vixen had secured her scabbard on her hip, making a draw easier and mimicking Adam's quick attacks. While Blake didn't want to fight Adam, she knew that she needed the extra training to come out victorious against her former partner and mentor.
Ruby was fighting Nova in hand to hand combat. Having discovered that Ruby lacked a clear defense against hand to hand combat, Nova decided to train her in a few defensive martial arts. Luckily, her semblance allowed her to block and counter attack quickly, giving her chance to land a few solid hits on Nova. However, Nova was more experienced than Ruby.
Ray worked with Yang, training the blond huntress in training to deflect more kicks that she was able. Yang's skills in deflecting kicks had been lacking, so Ray had been instructing Yang first in how to deliver proper kicks, before he started her to learn how to deflect them.
Angel had been watching the communications between the students of Beacon and it's exchange students. Almost every day, she would be found in the CCT, near the main transmission system, where she would watch the student send signals to and from Beacon Academy. She was waiting for a specific signal and after three days of watching, she picked it up, as Cinder Fall sent a short message through the Beacon CCT Relay to several smaller communication centers in Remnant, to hold of the attack. Adding a small viral program to the message 'Delay the attack', Angel was able to figure out where the message was being sent to. She found out that the message was redirected to an abandoned warehouse near the docks, where the virus made an image of the one who would answer the scroll. It was clear enough that the image was made in low light, yet it proved enough to identify the own who answered the scroll as Adam Taurus, Member of the White Fang.
This was all that Angel had needed, and after making sure to save her findings, she sent a second message to Taurus, with a second virus to remove his scroll from the communications-grid of Remnant. Knowing that she had little time to dwell upon her hacking skills, Angel made her way to Professor Ozpin, who she told everything she had done. Ozpin then informed Ironwood, who informed his soldiers that the White Fang might be attacking within two weeks. In the end, when the Colosseum was repaired Teams RWBY, JNPR, RAVN and CFVY, who were recent additions to the plan, were ready to spring the trap.
Having selected the first match, Ray choose Team RWBY's Weiss and Yang to fight against Team CFVY's Coco and Yatsuhashi. When the selection screen had shown the fighters, Ray had watched Cinder's reaction. Her only reaction was that she sat straight up in her chair, and looked at the score board with a frown. Ray smiled as he remembered that time.
Flashback.
When it was announced that the Colosseum was repaired and the Tournament would continue the next day, Cinder had been hacking the selection process to force both Mercury and Emerald to fight Coco and Yatsuhashi. She didn't know that her scroll was still infected with 'the Royals' virus, allowing Ray to approve or reject the selection. Sneaking into Cinder's room, he cast a strong sleeping charm on the mid-twenty year old terrorist, before he pulled his own scroll and connected with Cinder's scroll. Ray then swiped one time over Cinder's scroll, replacing Cinder's helpers, Emerald and Mercury, with Weiss and Yang of Team RWBY. Placing it next to his scroll, Ray accepted the change on his own scroll, before he cast a cleaning charm on Cinder's scroll, wiping away any trace of him being there. Placing his scroll back in his pocket, Ray apparated away, leaving Cinder Fall to sleep of the sleeping charm.
Flashback Ends.
The battle between Team CFVY's Coco and Yatsuhashi and RWBY's Weiss and Yang was a very brutal one. Coco and Yatsuhashi clearly held the initial advantage, with Coco throwing bullets everywhere her Gatling gun was pointing, while Yatsuhashi just kept blocking Yang's attacks.
It was only when Weiss and Yang nodded to each other that they decided to separate the second year students. Using a part of the terrain to their advantage, Weiss infused a part of the lava biome with her Ice Dust, and then Yang smashed the ground, forcing the biome to spew out hot lava, this causes the ice to melt, creating a thick mist where Weiss and Yang were hiding in. The mist extended towards the other Biomes. Coco and Yatsuhashi looked around and found out that the center stage of the battlefield was the only place where they could see through the mist. The other Biomes, Forest, Ocean and Urban were also hidden by it, giving their opponents a clear advantage in their match. Suddenly Yatsuhashi was thrown through the air, having accidentally stepped on a propellant Glyph of Weiss, causing him to be launched in the air. As Coco looked up to see Yatsuhashi still air-born, she was punched into the Urban biome by a speeding missile, with some very distinct yellow hair. Swinging her Gatling gun around, Coco tried to hit Yang, who had hid back into the mist.
Looking around, Coco found herself alone in the mist, with nothing but her gun with her. At that point she knew that she should have listened to Harry, who had offered her to make a simple handgun. It would help her if she was in a situation where her handbag/Gatling gun was to large to fight with. Calming down, Coco looked around and saw some shimmers in the mist. Aiming at the shimmers, she fired her Gatling gun, only for her bullets thats he spewed at the shimmers to return to her. Stopping to find cover, the mist cleared slightly, giving Coco a clear view at what she had been shooting. There, standing to insult her, were Weiss Schnee's reflector Glyphs. The few seconds of pause was all that Yang and Weiss needed. Standing on the side of Coco still hidden in the mist, Weiss summoned two repulsor Glyphs, one right under Coco, and the other in front of Yang, aimed at an angle. Coco was flung in the air, surprise clearly seen on her face and in shock she dropped her Gatling Gun, causing it to fall clattering on the ground. Being in the air, Coco was the perfect target for Yang, who jumped upon the repulsor Glyph and shot towards Coco, using her gauntlets to accelerate her speed. Within seconds, Yang was at Coco's level and blasted her with both her shotgun gauntlets, causing Yang to fly backwards, and Coco, being blasted with Yang's double shotgun gauntlets, to be launched out of the combat arena, disqualifying her for the rest of the match.
Landing next to Weiss, Yang shot a smile at the white themed girl, who politely nodded back. That was the moment that Yatsuhashi reminded them of the match, and smashed the ground where they had been standing on. Weiss was able to jump away, but as she landed, she tripped and sprained her ankle, causing her to be helpless until the match was over. Yang on the other hand, was showered by the little pieces of the ground. It just so happened that one little piece of the floor they had been standing on, cut of a single strand on hair. Yang noticed this and as Yatsuhashi charged at Yang, Yang's eyes turned crimson red while her hair began to take on a flaming appearance. Just as Yatsuhashi's blade came down to make contact with Yang's head, it was blocked by one of Yang's Ember Celica's. Looking in her eyes, Yatsuhashi found out that you don't mess with Yang, as the moment he looked in her eyes, he received several brutal punches that he was unable to block with his sword.. The last one was a combination between an uppercut and, as Yatsuhashi was suspended in the air, Yang grabbed one of his feet and smashed him down on the floor of the stadium, causing it to crack with great force, draining the last of his aura under the limit.
"And the winner of this match is Yang and Weiss of Team RWBY" Shouted Professor Port through the speakers, as the crowd started to cheer on for Yang and Weiss. Looking around, Yang made her way towards Weiss and pulled her up, before she placed one arm of the white themed girl over her shoulder. "Come on, Weiss. We'll find us a doctor to look at your ankle." Yang said as she lead Weiss out of the battlefield and into one of the six short term medical facilities, where they taped Weiss foot in before she was told to take it easy a couple of days. Nodding to the doctor, Weiss and Yang went back to the stands, to see both Pyrrha Nikos and Nora Valkyrie of Team JNPR winning from Drake and Drab of Team REDD from Vacuo. Then Professor Port announced that there would be a couple of hours between the last match and the next and everybody should enjoy the summer afternoon.
TIME SKIP.
It was finally there, the final one-on-one fights. Because the Colosseum had been damaged by several explosions, the tournament had been put on hold, but now that everything was repaired, the tournament had resumed. Now, at Ten o'clock in the morning, the eight representatives of the teams that had followed through to the final were standing there, waiting. Looking around, Yang Xiao Long smiled, but was nervous on the inside. There was a real possibility that Mercury Black, one of the other finalists would be her first opponent. She looked at one spot and found Angel Star, Ray's sister sitting behind Emerald Sustrai. Angel nodded and Yang sighed in relief, glad that Team RAVN was on the job. Making sure to check if she had her extra ammo rounds with her, Yang focus on the benches around the arena floor. Sitting around them, she could see members of several teams, all of them armed, that agreed to help them with what was probably coming. She shook slightly, trying to remove that feeling of doom that seemed to be around her. Looking at her right arm, Yang gently rubbed a piece of cloth that was over her arm, and over the slightly fading scar that she had received several weeks ago after the breach of Vale.
"Ladies and Gentlemen" Rang through the entire Colosseum, bringing Yang out of her thoughts. She recognized the voice of professor Port, one of the two announcers of the Tournament. The other was Doctor Oobleck. "Welcome to the one-on-one tournament finals."
The crowd went wild, and Yang smiled as she heard the thunderous roars of the crowd. She looked up until she came to the roof of the Colosseum. The place was filled with spectators.
"Let's get right to it." Said Professor Port as he again caught the attention of Yang. "Barty, why don't you explain the rules?"Asked Port to his fellow announcer, Doctor Oobleck.
"Ah, It's quite simple, Peter." Oobleck said in his very high speed speech pattern. "Instead of a bracket system, each match will be randomly determined immediately before the match."
"Indeed. Like any good hunt, there will be zero chance to prepare." Said Port as he waved his fist around. "Yes-yes-yes." Oobleck said as he looked at the large screens that were hanging around. "Let's see who our first match will be."
The screens lit up and started to show the pictures of all finalists spinning around. About ten seconds later, the first finalist was revealed. Mercury Black. Then the second finalist was revealed. Yang Xiao Long. "And the first two to duke it out are Yang Xiao Long of Beacon Academy and Mercury Black of Haven Academy." Said Port as he looked at the stage. "Will all other contestants please leave the stage."
Yang watched as the others left the center stage, a sense of adrenaline flowing through her. She knew that, if she would fight with Mercury Black, she would be framed for attacking an 'innocent' student. Taking a deep breath, she turned and faced Mercury, who stood there, Smiling.
Walked towards him, Yang smiled back. "I hope you don't go easy on me." She said in a friendly way. "You wish." Mercury said, equally friendly.
The stage started to float, and as Professor Port started to count down, Yang prepared herself for a tough battle between her and Mercury.
"Three," Port counted. Yang lifted her arms up, holding them in a defensive position.
"Two," Port counted further down. 'Is that smoke coming from the stage?' Yang asked herself as she looked around. Before Port could count to one, the stage was filled with a inpenetrable cloak of smoke, that covered everything.
"What is going on?" Port shouted as he looked with Oobleck towards the smoke, that was covering the battle-arena.
"Good morning, Remnant." A voice suddenly said, breaking everyone out of their trance. Looking around, Port found himself looking at the image of Ray Star, who was visible on the large screens in the Colosseum.
"Star?" Oobleck asked, wondering what one of his students was doing.
"I bet you are all wondering what I am doing, am I right?" 'Ray asked as he held a microphone close to himself. "You see, Right now I'm somewhere in Amity, making my way to you now. I'd like to thank both the Atlesian military for their ridiculous lack of faith in their own hunters and to the Council of Vale itself, for losing faith in the best headmaster that Beacon Academy has ever seen. Then again," Ray said as he held up some copies of some sort of document. "If they didn't have that much faith in the headmaster, they could say so, instead of going on-board with some of the worst criminals that Remnant knows. Allow me to read some parts of this agreement."
Clearing his throat, Ray began to read some part of a very sensitive document.
"Agreement between the faction of Cinder Fall and the council of Vale. We, the council hereby agree to subtle and willful disrupt the daily proceedings of Beacon Academy and it's headmaster, Ozpin, with the reason to remove said Headmaster of Beacon Academy and install a council approved headmaster, who will proceed to bring the Academy under Council management. In return, Cinder Fall will extend an offer to her superior, to merge the two kingdoms together, with the Council of Vale remaining in control of all territory of Vale, while falling under control of the night kingdom. Signed by Cinder Fall of the night kingdom and the three council men."
Ray looked at the camera. "To make that clear, The night kingdom was a fifth kingdom, but was overrun by Grimm over a thousand years ago. What is now the remains of the night kingdom is the island between Vacuo and Atlas, shaped to look like a winged dragon."
Silence reigned. Nobody was talking, as they all listened to Ray, who was being broad-casted throughout the entire world of Remnant. The smoke had disappeared, allowing both Yang and Mercury to be seen. Both stared at the screen, Mercury with a frown on his face while Yang stood with her hands in her side, a small smile on her face.
"Now, this was written two years ago, in the year 77 After the Great War. In that time, the council reduced the budget of the Academy with thirty percent, and with orders for the headmaster to reduce on his staff. At the moment, only six permanent staff members are employed by Beacon. The headmaster, deputy headmistress, The Grimm studies position, the history position, the medical position and finally the mysterious Professor Peach, who jumps in where ever she is needed. And you all follow this council while it makes bad decisions, playing with your lives, while students of Beacon Academy still receive the best training possible." Ray said as he looked at the camera again.
"Isn't it sad that the council has in fact 'sold' Vale and Beacon for a few million Lién?" Asked Ray as he stepped through one of the terminals, the camera that filmed him being held by Nova Heart.
Making his way towards the center-stage, where Yang and Mercury were still standing, Ray continued with his little show.
"Now, let's find out who's this Cinder Fall, shall we?" Ray asked as he pulled his scroll from his pocket and pointed towards the large screens, that suddenly changed to show Cinder's face in profile, as well as some information.
"As you can see, Cinder is twenty five years old, with an impressive list of crimes she has been accused of, including some serious crimes that would allow her to spent some nice time in a maximum security prison. Unfortunately, Cinder is one of those few who seems to be an artist at escaping."
Jumping on the stage where Mercury and Yang were standing, Ray pointed at Mercury. "Now, one of Cinder's associates is this guy here. Mercury Black, son of assassin Marcus Black and criminal second class. We have enough records to accuse Mercury of at least one attempted murder, and that is the attempted murder of bookstore owner Tucson. I'm sure that many of you wondered why his bookstore was suddenly closed. Well, this punk here as well as his little friend Emerald Sustrai, were sent by Roman Torchwick to kill Tucson from leaving the White Fang."
Ray wanted to say more, but from a terminal an explosion was heard and someone shot out of it like a missile. Wearing a short red dress with her back exposed, Cinder Fall landed on the stadium floor with her eyes burning like fire. "You Idiot." She shouted as she gathered a fire-like energy in her hands.
"You ruined it all." She roared as she threw the energy at Ray Star, Nova Heart, Yang Xiao Long and Mercury Black. The four of them were surrounded and engulfed by the fire, with a scream of pain coming from within it. Cinder held the stream of fire on for one whole minute, all the while the audience were stunned into silence.
Then, someone fired at Cinder, forcing her to stop the bullet coming towards her and stopping the fire stream. Cinder looked at the one who had fired at her. There on the front row of the stances was Ruby Rose, holding her beloved Crescent Rose in sniper rifle mode, the smoke coming from the barrel betraying the shooter.
"Leave them alone." Ruby said, her voice strangely amplified in the silent Colosseum. Cinder looked at the young red and black dressed girl, holding the sniper rifle still aimed at her.
"They are gone, little red. And soon enough, Everyone here will die. Everyone will die, just like them, burning in the fire of my awesome power." Cinder said, cackling madly as she pointed towards the still burning spot where Ray, Yang, Nova and Mercury had been standing.
Suddenly, the flaming inferno that had surrounded the four fighters was dispersed, blown away by a massive wave of energy. Cinder felt the heat coming and as she turned around she swiped it away, looking right at three of the four she had trapped inside the raging inferno.
Yang, Nova and Ray were standing there, protected by Ray's protective semblance. Where they stood, there wasn't a single scorch-mark, but around them, the fire had burned everything. Behind them lay the charred remains of someone with metallic legs.
"Mercury." Emerald shouted as she jumped form the stance, running towards the only one who could ever make her feel alive. "No" She whispered, as she reached the burned out body. She knelled down on her knees, and carefully reached a charred hand of what used to be Mercury.
"Why?" Emerald asked, as she looked at Cinder, her red eyes slowly filling with unshed tears.
"Why doesn't matter. Know he died so that I could get what I wanted." said Cinder as she looked at Emerald with flaming eyes.
"All of it? Was all of it for nothing? Everything discussed, everything we did? Was all of that just so you could get the power?" Emerald asked as she stood, her hands leaving the charred Mercury's hand, before her hands went to her weapons.
"It was all for me. In the end, you were a tool, a valuable tool, but a tool never the less." Said Cinder as she re-ignited a flame in her hand.
"CINDER" Emerald shouted as she snapped, pulling out her weapons and started to fire at Cinder, who easily swatted her bullets away, before she threw the fire at Emerald. The girl was to shocked to see Cinder actually throwing the fire that she stood still, her mind unable to comprehend what was going on. Just as the fire was about to reach her, a protective shield surrounded Emerald and rebounded the flames towards the sender. Swatting the flames away with her hand, Cinder looked at the source of the shield.
"Ray Star." Cinder said as she looked at the young man who had deflected her attack on Emerald.
"Cinder Fall." Ray said back, his jaw clamped tightly shut. "You wanna fight?" Ray asked as he pulled Hope and Deliverance form their sheaths.
Cinder smiled, and summoned her dual short swords from the ash that was lying around. "Sure, you might even be a nice warm-up, if you can keep up with me."
"We'll see." Ray said as he stepped forward. "Evacuate Amity." Ray said to Nova. She looked at him. "Things are about to get rough. We'll need a large enough place to fight, and Amity is to crowded to do so." Ray explained, keeping his eyes still on Cinder.
"Will do." Nova said as she nodded to Yang. Picking up the remains of Mercury, Yang made her way towards the nearest exit. Nova took Emerald with her, the green haired girl looking at Cinder with betrayal. Nova took Emerald with her and tried to make her way to the docking ports of Amity, but the mass amount of panic and fear from the viewers brought with them a new threat. The Grimm.
Trying to find a way to get on-board an airbus, Nova spotted a Atlesian knight walking with several red LED's active on it's face. "Oh no." She whispered, as she saw the knight hooking up to a access port. Around her, many Atlesian knights suddenly activated the same red LED's.
"Get Down" Nova shouted as the Knights turned around and started to fire at the crowd. Panic erupted, with several huntsmen in training blocking the shots that they were firing. Just as one knight was about to take a shot at Nova and Emerald, it's head was forcefully separated from it's body, causing it to fall into itself. Behind it, came the rising figure of Jaune Arc, holding Crosea Mors in it's shield and sword form.
"Get up." He said loudly as more and more huntsmen and huntresses in training started to get up. "This is what you trained for. This is what you choose to do. So get up and fight." Nodding to them all, Jaune turned around and slices another knight in half, it's head looking at him with the red LED lights slowly dying.
"Team JNPR and CFVY will secure the school. Team RWBY and SSSN will secure the Colosseum. The rest of the teams will secure the city of Vale." Jaune said forcefully.
"Look out." Blake shouted as several White Fang Bullheads appeared from under the Colosseum, opening their doors and letting Grimm jumping out of the bullheads. Within seconds, the docking-ports of Amity Colosseum became a battlefield, with several teams fighting the Grimm, while other teams were loading up into the airbuses with the civilians, ready to deploy at Beacon and the City of Vale.
With RWBY.
Ruby Rose swung her beloved Crescent Rose in an long arc, decapitating several Beowolves and an Ursa that were in her range. "Weiss, White Rose." Ruby called, before she jumped, and landed on a repulsor Glyph that Weiss had conjured. She launched from the Glyph, swinging Crescent Rowe all the way, hitting a large number of Grimm that came out of the White Fang Bullheads.
Weiss was working with Neptune of Team SSSN to protect a dock for the people, when a Alpha Beowulf ran towards them.
"Blake, Yang. White Bumblebee" Weiss called to her teammates, who reacted instantly. Weiss conjured another repulsor Glyph before Blake threw Gambon Shroud towards Yang. Yang caught the thrown weapon and ran towards Blake and the Beowulf Alpha. Blake jumped into the Glyph, causing her to be propelled towards the Beowulf that Neptune was trying to defeat. Blake pulled with all her power and threw Yang towards the Alpha, who looked up just as Yang collided with the beast. As she collided with it, Yang shot her Ember Celica into the stomach of the Grimm, causing it to blown backwards with enough force, that it fell over the edge of the docking ports.
With JNPR.
Nora Valkyrie was usually a bundle full of energy. Usually. Now, she was quiet, almost to quiet. The reason? Nora was currently inside a bullhead that she had captured from the White Fang, and with loading up her team, she knew they needed a pilot. She stared at the cockpit, wondering what to do, before she was pushed aside by Jaune.
"Strap in tight, we're gonna have a bumpy ride." Jaune said as he pulled the joystick up, forcing the Bullhead to rise from the landing platform it was docked and away from the Colosseum.
"Jaune, how do you know how to fly one of these?" Pyrrha asked as she made her way to the co-pilot seat. Jaune pulled the joystick towards him and avoided a Nevermore that was just about to collide with them.
"Learned from one of my sisters, who designs these things for the Military. Hang on" Jaune shouted as he pulled hard to the right, narrowly avoiding another flying Nevermore.
"Bullhead 441. Come in Bullhead 441." They suddenly heard over the radio. Nodding to her to answer the radio, Jaune moved around the area around Amity Colosseum, while Pyrrha tried to answer the radio. "Bullhead 441, come in. This is General Ironwood of the Atlesian military. Respond. Over."
"This is Pyrrha Nikos aboard Bullhead 441. We read you General." Pyrrha responded, having taken the radio in her hands.
"Miss Nikos. You'll need to hover for a moment. We'll hover around you and one of our assets will be assisting you shortly. Remain in place. Ironwood out."
With Ironwood.
"Are you ready?" James Ironwood asked to the 'asset' who merely nodded.
"If you had listened to us, then we might have been able to prevent your precious droids to fall under Cinder's command." Said the 'asset' before she jumped out of Ironwood's drop ship. Shaking his head to her falling back, Ironwood ordered his drop ship to bring him back to his command ship. He needed to prevent more casualties, as some people were considering to jump from the Colosseum.
"Get me to my command ship" Ironwood commanded, as he spotted the asset landing on the hull of Team JNPR's captured Bullhead.
With Ray.
"Are you sure you don't want to run, boy?" Cinder asked for the last time as she looked at Ray.
"I'm fine. I just hope that when I'm done, that there is enough of you to identify you with." Ray said as he held his two Tonfa's ready to defend himself.
"Foolish boy. You might have been strong against Mercury, but against me you're nothing. You are nothing against the power of a Maiden." Cinder said as she began to push her aura forward, engulfing herself into an aura of warm orange, levitating her into the air.
"You're hopelessly outclassed boy." Cinder said as she looked down upon Ray, who stood there, looking at her.
"Am I?" Ray asked back before he dodged a lightning attack from Cinder. "Come on Cinder, show me what you got." Ray said as he stared at the floating woman. Holding her blades ready, Cinder shot at Ray, using a blast of air to propel her forward. Just as she was to collide with Ray, he just disappeared, forcing her to dive into a roll to avoid hitting the arena floor head on. Rolling several times before she stood up, she was kicked in the back by Ray forcing her to fall down on her face.
"Get up Cinder. I expected more of you." Ray said as he stood ready to deflect Cinder's attack again.
Activating her aura to the fullest, Cinder shot from her position on the floor towards Ray, who collided with her. The force of Cinder's push overwhelmed Ray and he was blasted from his feet towards the stands, and landed painfully in a small crater. Pulling himself upright, Ray shook his head.
"Fine. If she wants to play it like that, I'll match her on equal feet."
Cinder smiled as she saw Ray in the small crater her had created after she had thrown him away. She almost was certain that he was out for the count, but before she could turn away to continue the rest of her business, she saw a green energy surrounding Ray Star. That energy felt familiar, to familiar. Suddenly, Ray Star shot from his crater towards her and punched her in the face, before he grabbed her leg and smacked her into the arena floor.
"What?" Cinder asked herself as she looked around. There stood Ray Star, surrounded by a green aura, almost the same intensity as she had. "What are you?" She asked as she crawled out of her own created crater.
Ray smiled. "That's for me to know, and you to never find out." He said before he attacked again.
With Team SSSN.
Sun Wukong knew he was good. Hell, he knew he was very good. But against an enemy of this size, he knew he was outclassed. An ancient Ursa stared at him, as he covered up his abs that were bleeding.
"Oh shit." Sun whispered as the Ursa brought forth his giant looking paw and made a last attack to end Sun's life. Sun closed his eyes, and remembered the last time he had fought with his team, the last time he had taken something without asking and the last time he had spent with Blake.
Sun might have kept his eyes closed for several seconds, but he knew that the Grimm should have killed him by now. Opening his eyes, Sun saw both Scarlet and Sage as well as a slender woman in white were keeping the Grimm at bay, while Neptune reached him and started to pull him away from the battle.
Placing Sun inside an airbus that was about to travel down with citizens aboard, Neptune nodded to Nova Heart who jumped on the airbus as it moved towards Beacon Academy. Nova had been choses to be the protector of the airbus, while Angel Star had been dropped from Ironwood's drop ship onto Team JNPR's captured White Fang Bullhead. She was currently shooting at Nevermore's and other Grimm, while Team JNPR escorted some other Airbuses towards the school.
With Cinder
Cinder opened her eyes and jumped away, just as Ray punched the ground she had been laying on. Jumping around several times to create distance, Cinder looked at the young boy who was engulfed with a green flame, almost the same intensity as that of her own orange color.
"You are one of us, aren't you?" Cinder asked as she looked at Ray, who pulled his fist from the arena floor.
"What do you mean?" Ray asked as he looked up, his aura healing the slight injury on his fist.
"You are like me, like the other maidens. Why fight, when we can be rulers of the entire planet?" Asked Cinder as she looked at Ray, secretly preparing an attack behind her back.
Ray smiled. "Tell me, Autumn," Ray said, as he moved around. "What could you possibly offer me, when all you want to do is rule the world? Aren't you afraid that I might take advantage of your teachings and kill you myself?"
Cinder exploded, throwing the attack she had been preparing with full force at Ray. Just as the attack became within striking distance of Ray, it stopped moving, confusing Cinder. She looked at the fireball she had thrown as it hovered just in front of Ray.
"Surprised? I thought that one with the knowledge of the maidens, would have been better at understanding the relation that we have. After all, Autumn, We are all family." Said Ray as he disappeared from his position, allowing the fireball to move again. It flew towards the stance and exploded, crating a massive hole that caught fire.
City of Vale.
Tourists and students alike looked up as a massive explosion was heard and seen from Amity Colosseum. What was more frighting was the sudden attack of the White Fang on the city. Already trying to round up people to take prisoner, The White Fang used brutal attacks, injuring many who were just trying to get out of the way. Looking out of one of the Bullheads, a masked White Fang looked over the chaos, a tight smile on his face as he enjoyed the chaos that was created in Vale.
"Take us to Beacon." He commanded, and felt the Bullhead moving towards the Academy.
"Sir." One of his 'aides' called him from his thoughts, and as he looked at where his aide was pointing, he spotted several students fighting the White Fang Bullheads, while they were also protecting the airbuses that transported the citizens to Vale and Beacon.
"Attack them." He snarled as his Bullhead began an attack run.
"What the?" he whispered as he saw one purple haired student standing on a airbus, pointing something towards them. A flash of light came from her, followed by an explosion near him. The commander of the White Fang felt the Bullhead being hit, as one of the wings was blasted of by some unknown energy.
"Keep this bird stable." He shouted to the pilot, who was struggling with keeping the Bullhead stable.
"I can't. The wing's been shot off, We're going down." the Pilot cried as he tried and failed to keep the Bullhead in the air. Snarling at the pilot, the commander jumped out of the Bullhead and onto one of the landing pads of Beacon Academy, while the rest of the crew and the Bullhead itself crashed against the cliff wall under the landing pad. Shaking his head, he stood up and looked around.
Beacon Academy might be a battleground at the moment, but the huntresses and huntsmen in training were winning, driving both the White Fang and the Grimm back. As he took a step forward, he recognized someone. Someone from his past. Grabbing the sheath of his sword tightly in his hands, he made his way to the black haired girl fighting the Grimm with her Yellow haired partner. The Black haired girl just cut the head of an Ursa, when she noticed him. Her eyes went wide and her mouth went open as she saw him approaching.
"Hello Blake. It´s been a while." He said as he gripped the hilt of his sword tightly, ready to strike at a moments notice.
"Adam" Blake responded weakly.
With Ozpin.
Having been invited to attend the finals by the Royal family, Professor Ozpin watched with half closed eyes how Ray Star laid Cinder Fall's plans into ash. He watched with fear as Cinder burned Ray, Nova, Yang and Mercury and sighed with relief to see his students as well as his son unharmed coming out of the fire. A small tear of sadness fell from his eyes as he witnessed the death of Mercury Black. Just like everyone, he tried to get away from Amity Colosseum, but the way was blocked by several Atlesian Knights, who started to open fire at him and the Royal pair that he was escorting off Amity. Using his speed, Ozpin dived on the Royal family, preventing them from being shot. As the shots finally ended, Ozpin stood up as the Knights started to surround him.
Telling the King and Queen to stay down, Ozpin grabbed his cane firmly in his hand and pulled the leaver, as he aimed at one knight. A gunshot was heard as Ozpin´s cane fired a single round in the head of the knight, causing it to explode. Before the knights could respond, Ozpin had jumped towards them, smashing them with his cane.
Using his speed, Ozpin avoided each and every bullet that the knights fired at him, while noticing a crow flying towards a new group of Atlesian Knights, before the bird transformed into the figure of Qrow Branwen, already pulling out his weapon, a single edged great sword that he used to cut down three Knights in one swing. Strapped on his back was a weapon that Ozpin had seen more than once, being present when his son presented his primary weapon.
"OZ" Crow called, throwing Child's Play towards him, while he unfolded his own weapon, creating the Scythe that inspired Ruby Rose to build her own weapon, Crescent Rose.
Smashing his cane towards an Knight, Ozpin caught the thrown Child's Play in his left hand, ready to fire at the oncoming Knights that were moving towards them. With precision aiming, Ozpin fired the rifle, shooting fire dust infused bullets at the Knights, who lost all their heads, before they fell down on the ground. Twisting around, Ozpin switched Child's Play from rifle mode to the Guan Dao mode, cutting a Knight in half that was sneaking up behind him.
Standing there, searching around for more threats, Ozpin finally nodded towards the King and Queen of Vale, signaling that it was safe enough to move again.
"While a little warning would have been nice, Know that You and your students have our eternal gratitude, Headmaster." Said the King as he bowed to Ozpin.
"Think nothing of it, Your highness." Said Ozpin back as he bowed in respect to the King and Queen.
"Let's move." Qrow said as he scanned the hallway they were in.
"Oz." Qrow said, nodding to a small balcony that allowed a great view for those who watched the battle to see the arena.
Pulling a small box form his jacket, Ozpin opened it, revealing to the world a crystal like no other in the world. It was a clear crystal on the outside, but it was black on the inside, seemingly filled with some mysterious energy.
"Qrow." Ozpin said as he indicated the Royal pair. "Keep them safe. I'm going to help Ray."
Qrow nodded and motioned to the King and Queen to follow him, insuring that Ozpin would come towards them within a few minutes.
Folding Child's Play back into it's rifle mode, Ozpin made his way to the balcony, where he looked outside. The entire lower ring of seats was destroyed, with fires burning in them. The arena itself, was charred black, hiding the four symbols of the Kingdoms from the world. Something caught his attention, a pair of lightning flashed on his left side, creating a shock wave that destroyed a section of the upper stance. From the middle point of the newest crater, Ozpin could see a green aura erupting, before it blasted off, colliding with an aura made of orange fire.
'Cinder' Ozpin thought as he braced again to withstand the shock wave that destroyed another part of the Colosseum. Focusing his mind, Ozpin started to load a crystal in Child's Play's specially designed fire compartment, designed to fire the crystal that he and his son had been creating when he had received the second half of the crystal after the events at the docks. The Summer maiden had known that this event would happen, and that Cinder Fall needed to be removed from the power of the Fall Maiden. Having made some modifications to Child's Play, Ray had made sure that it could fire the combined crystals as a single bullet.
Somehow, the fighting stopped. Looking at the arena, Ozpin could see Cinder standing over Ray who sat on his knees, trying to take deep breaths. Ray must have been exhausted from fighting this hard, while having limited experience with fighting the powers of a maiden, even one who is at half power. Strangely enough, Ray and Cinder were at equal power, yet Ray had limited knowledge of using the power of the 'fifth Maiden'.
Having placed the crystal in the firing chamber, Professor Ozpin extended the barrel of the rifle, giving him the option to shoot at extremely long distance. Looking through the scope of the rifle, Ozpin aimed at the tattoo on Cinder's back. Taking a deep breath, and checking everything, Ozpin fired the rifle, releasing the bullet as it traveled at high speed towards it's target.
The Vault below Beacon, few minutes before the shot.
Above the ground, a battle raged for control of Beacon Academy and the City of Vale. Below the Academy, several Unspeakables were protecting someone that was a source of power. The comatose Fall Maiden, Amber.
The Unspeakables had been called to protect the comatose Fall Maiden, while Ozpin had to appear in public, for that reason, they had sent four more unspeakables towards Beacon to protect the Fall Maiden.
The one who they were trying to defeat was a woman, clad in red and black, wearing a mask to conceal her face. The mask only allowed to see her eyes, through some narrow slits. Her eyes were colored red, just like the blade she was fighting the Unspeakables with.
"Don't be a fool." The woman shouted as she blocked a spell with her sword. "You must let me do this. The cycle must be continued."
"Reducto" one of the Unspeakables shouted, sending the blasting charm towards the woman, who opened a portal to absorb the spell, before she closed it again. Jumping forward, the woman moved with speed to fast to track, knocking each and every unspeakable out with the pommel of her blade. Seeing them all knockout, the woman removed her mask and looked at her defeated opponents.
"It must be done, and I am the one to do it." She said softly as she spoke towards the comatose Fall Maiden.
Placing her blade back into the scabbard, the scabbard rotated to bring forth a white blade, freshly crafted for this one purpose. Pulling the sword again, the now white blade attached to the hilt shone brightly in the otherwise dark vault.
Stepping forward to the pod, the Winter Maiden placed a letter on top of the canopy of Amber's pod. Raising her blade with two hands, the Winter Maiden turned the blade around, aiming the point of her blade to the comatose Amber. "I'm sorry sister, but it must be done." The Maiden said as she pierced the canopy, pushing her blade into Amber's body. Amber briefly woke up, seeing the face of her sister, before she closed them again, letting the rest of the power of the Fall Maiden filling the blade, before the Winter Maiden twisted sharply, breaking her blade in two. The part that was inside Amber started to light up, as if it was filling itself with the power of the Fall Maiden. Eventually, it could take no more, and as the Winter Maiden jumped away, the power of the Fall Maiden, colored orange, rushed through stone, metal and concrete, searching it´s other half.
With Blake, Beacon Academy Docks.
Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long were fighting for their lives. Both had numerous scratches that they needed to heal, but their enemy, Adam Taurus, leader of the White Fang didn´t give them the chance to rest. With well placed cuts and slashed, Adam had them on the defensive from the moment that they fought. Blake almost had been decapitated, only for Yang to save her from such brutal fate. Luckily for Adam, Yang's hair had also survived intact.
Blake and Yang looked at the Bull Faunus, who was standing there, smirking. "We need a plan." Blake said as she readied Gambon Shroud for another attack.
"Well, what do you know. Another child to add to my collection of kills." said Adam as he pointed towards a newcomer of the fight. Holding her bow armed and steady, Vixen Jones aimed at the Faunus, smiling slightly as she fired a dust arrow. With his lightning quick reflexes, Adam cut the arrow in half, causing the arrow to fall harmlessly on the floor.
"That's all you have. Mayby you need to return to your mommy and daddy, instead of playing with the big boys." Mocked Adam, forcing Vixen to move between Yang and Blake.
"Yang, when I say so, attack. Blake, get ready to throw Gambon Shroud." Said Vixen as she formed her bow back into a sword. She smiled as she looked at Adam, then ran towards him. Adam smiled, now he could pull his best move with this foolish child, Grabbing the hilt of Wilt firmly in his hand, Adam collected his energy before he started to pull Wilt from Blush.
Before she had to dodge his attack, Vixen threw her semblance, friction, towards the hilt of Adam's sword, making it at slippery as oil, before she slit down on her knees, using her semblance to remove any friction her knees and the ground had, allowing her to slip under Adam's legs, while his hand slipped of the hilt of Wilt.
"Blake, the sword." Vixen shouted, bringing both Blake and Yang into action. Transforming Gambon Shroud instandly, Blake thew the blade, and collided with Wilt and Blush. Using the ribbon attached to her weapon, Blake pulled on it, forcing Gambon Shroud to whirl around Wilt and Blush and out of Adam's hands.
"What?" Adam shouted, unable to believe that he lost his weapon.
"Yang, NOW." Blake shouted as she pulled Adam's weapon towards her. Yang jumped into the action, Ember Celica loaded with a large amount of pain, with the name of Adam Taurus written on it.
The fist punch that Adam got was in his stomach, forcing the air to leave his lungs. The second one was against his face, breaking his specially designed Grimm mask.
Adam lost count how many punched he received, only able to feel pain, after pain, after pain in his body. Finally the punches ended, bringing a sense of pease for him, before his arms were forcefully pulled apart and restrained. Looking up, Adam looked back in the amber colored eyes of Blake, who looked at him.
"Think you have won, Blake?" Adam asked as he fell darkness surrounding him.
"Yes. I've won. I've beaten my fear of you." Blake said as she punched him in his face, knocking him unconscious.
As Blake took a beep breath of relief, an energy, like an orange sphere, passed through her, marking her for something very special in the future.
With Ray, seconds before the shot.
Ray tried to breathe, his lungs burning with what seemed like fire. He had given everything he had to fight Cinder, and that wasn't enough.
Looking up from his knees, Ray came in eye contact with Cinder. What was left of Cinder's pretty face, was her left cheek, as Ray had seriously scarred her right with an attack that had him holding her to the arena floor while he was flying. Ray knew that one scar on his face would remain there, until he became Harry Ozpin again.
"You fought bravely, Star." Cinder said, her own voice heavy. "You would have been a worthy apprentice, if you had taken up my offer. But now, You must die."
Cinder grabbed Ray's neck with both hands and lifted him slowly up in the air. "Time for you to die."
Ray began to feel Cinder's hands to become very hot and was about to shout out in pain, but at that moment, the bullet that Professor Ozpin had shot, hit Cinder Fall in her back, right in the center of her tattoo. Dropping Ray on the floor, Cinder fell on her knees, the pain unimaginable. It was as if her entire body was on fire, yet the subtle presence of the Maiden's power faded from her mind as each and every scrap of magical power was absorbed by the crystal. She then fell, face down on the arena floor unconscious.
Then, from out the entrance wound came the crystal, slowly pulling back as it was filled with magical energy of the Maiden. From the Crystal a shape took place, of a young woman with auburn hair and gentle brown eyes.
Ray looked at the shape, his mind unable to make sense of it.
"You've done well, Star." The woman from the crystal said as she whiped a soft gentle warm hand over Ray's body, reliefing him of most of his pain. Before he could say anything to the entity, a massive orange energy ball appeared from the arena floor, and collided with the entity. Smiling at being whole again, The essence of the Fall Maiden flew up, high in the air and before she disappeared, waved at Ozpin, who had seen the entire event. Waving goodbye at what was in essence, his sister, Ozpin watched as the essence of the Fall Maiden flew away. Whiping a tear from his face, Ozpin looked at what was left of the once proud Amity Colosseum. Everywhere he looked were fires, large craters and debree.
A sound came from above him and as he looked up, he saw the largest Nevermore he had ever seen swoop down and grab Cinder Fall's body, before it flew away, not even looking at Ozpin or Ray Star.
Ray looked up, as he saw the maiden disappear. 'It's over.' Ray though as he lay back on the arena floor. 'It's finally over.'
"Ray."
Ray heard his name being called and as he looked up, could see his father standing on one of the many balconies, looking down upon him. Smiling at his father, Ray carefull stood up, and pulled from a hidden pouch a potion. Opening the potions bottle, Ray pulled it to his lips and drank it down, letting the energy restoration draught do it's work, while he cast a few charms on himself to ease the remaining pain he was feeling.
Feeling his body being filled with energy again, Ray took a run and jumped high enough in the air, jumping high enough to land on the same balcony as his father.
"Hey dad." Ray said as he hugged his father.
"Well done, my son." Said Ozpin as he returned the hug.
"Yes, well done." Said a voice. Turning around, Ray and Ozpin came head to head with the King and Queen of Vale, Qrow standing behind them, rubbing his head in a embaricing kind of way.
"Your Majesty." Ray said as he bowed respectfully. Ozpin bowed as well.
"Rise, Ray Star. You have shown true courage into taking this evil on. Not only that, but you and your teams have taken on the greatest threat that Vale has seen in that last ten years." Said the King.
Before Ray could respond, they all felt the Colosseum shaking, as several parts of the Colosseum broke down.
"Qrow, get the King and Queen to an escape pod. We'll take an alternate route." Said Ozpin as he took Ray with him.
"Be safe." Qrow responded before he took the King and Queen with him.
Ray and Ozpin ran towards one of the lesser known air docks, where they could see both Vale and Beacon Academy. What surprised them was that there were several broomsticks in the air.
"Of course, How could I have forgotten that?"Asked Ray as he looked at the Broomstick riders.
"What do you mean, Ray?" Ozpin asked as he looked around, seeing people on broomsticks flying around, carrying some type of stone.
"When I arrived at Beacon after my first year, I called out to Fred and George Weasley to collect everyone they could and to stabilize Amity Colosseum. This must be their actions. They must have brought enough people with them to help."
Ozpin smiled. "While that's nice and all, Ray, we still need to go to Beacon and Vale. I need to check on Amber." Said Ozpin as he looked around.
"Then hang on." Ray said as he grabbed his father and disappeared with a small 'pop'.
Reappearing inside the Vault beneath Beacon Academy, Ozpin took a few deep breaths to center himself. Looking around, Ozpin slowly stepped forward as he overlooked the damage. On the floor several unspeakables lay still unconsious, while only two of them were in a semi state of awareness.
What made the vault depressing was the lifeless body of Amber. The pod that sustained her life support was shattered, with the canopy broken in a thousand tiny pieses. Inside it, Amber´s lifeless body was clearly seen, her tube top smeared with blood that came from a wound through the tube top.
"Ray. Get help here, collect Glynda or Ironwood." Said Ozpin as he placed his hand on Amber's face.
"Okay, I'll go." Said Ray as he left his father with Amber's remains. Taking the elevator to Ozpin's office, Ray switched elevator and rode it down, to the main floor, where he stepped out of the elevator, and into a mess of students and tourists. Trying to find Glynda Goodwitch would prove to be problem, but luckily, he found her almost straight away. She was with Harry Ozpin, as were Professor McGonagall and Ginny Goodwitch, while Madam Pomfrey carefully removed a shotgun sword from his abdomen.
"Professor." Ray said softly, as he approached Goodwitch. Glynda Goodwitch looked up from her nephew to see one of her students standing. "Yes?" She asked, her voice slightly filled with tears.
"Professor Ozpin in in his office, and would like to talk to you about something important." Said Ray as he held his annoyance that he couldn't talk about it in front of Ginny, Harry, McGonagall and Pomfrey.
"I see." Said Goodwitch, her mask of the strict teacher back on her face. "Please remain here, while I see what the headmaster wants."
Ray nodded and stayed with Harry and Ginny, while McGonagall and Pomfrey walked around helped where they could. Sun was being treated by Jasmine Rosso, his team standing close to him. Blake and Yang were treated by Winter, who had some medical experience, while Weiss and Ruby watched over them. Teams JNPR and CFVY were also there, although not injured.
Looking around, Ray spotted Angel sitting next to a bench, where a orange haired girl lay on. Angel's eyes connected with his and he knew that both she and Vixen were alright, if a little tired.
"Where's Nova?" Ray whispered as he looked around. A hand touched his shoulder and as he turned around he came face to face with Nova, who looked even more beautiful, while she was covered in dirt. At that moment, Nothing mattered and Ray kissed his girlfriend with all the power he had at that time.
As the kiss slowly ended, the doors to the docks opened and a lone figure walked in, carrying another figure in his arms. Two other figures moved ahead and found a free table, where they helped the first figure to place his cargo on.
Everybody could clearly see, that who was laid on the table was dead. Russel Thrush, Team member of Team CRDL had a bone like spine from an Ursa sticking through his heart. His teamleader, Cardin Winchester carefully removed the spine, before he placed Russel's arms over each other in front of his chest and closed his eyes.
"You have earned your rest, my friend. Rest In Peace."
Cardin placed his right hand over his chest, his hand in a fist and bowed to the deceased. Slowly everyone in the hall placed their right hand on their chest and bowed towards Russel.
Professors Ozpin and Goodwitch came towards the table where Cardin had placed Russel's body and bowed to the fallen warrior.
"In a few days time, a Grimm-hunt will be held to honor Russel Thrush. Anyone who wants to join this hunt will report to Professor Port,who will oversee the hunt."
Placing a comforting hand on Cardin's shoulder, Ozpin moved away, followed by both Professor McGonagall, Ray Star and Nova Heart.
"Forgive me for being a bit out of contact, but what is a Grimm-hunt?" Asked professor McGonagall as they walked towards a rarely used room.
"A Grimm-hunt is considered the last honor to a fallen huntsmen." Explained Professor Ozpin as he opened a door and held it open for McGonagall, Ray Star and Nova Heart. "What it means is that a Huntsmen has passed on and that their team and other teams hunt the Grimm until a certain time has been passed. The number of Grimm slain will then be added by that huntsmen total account and be placed here." Said Ozpin as he showed the room where they were standing in. Around them, pictures of huntresses and huntsmen were hanging, with numbers below the pictures.
"That's Summer Rose."Said Ozpin as he pointed towards a picture of a young woman with a white cloak and a remarkable resemblance to Ruby Rose.
"Ruby's mom." Ray said softly.
Ozpin nodded. "Yes. It was her Grimm-hunt that I joined the last time. She has the most of all, as a Grimm-hunt usually last three hours. When the hunt ended, she had been given more than four thousand Grimm to her account. Her score is the one to beat, but nobody will beat her score."
"Professor, where will the Grimm-hunt happen?" Ray asked as he looked around the room, where he had never been before.
"I suppose it will be in the Forever Fall forest. Around that time, many Grimm come towards it." Said Ozpin as he looked at Ray Star. "If you'll excuse me, I'm needed in my office." Said Ozpin, leaving both McGonagall, Star and Heart alone in the room.
Nodding to Professor McGonagall, Ray made his way out of the room and into the main area where many were still treated for their injuries. While their job was over at the moment, Ray knew that Cinder was out there, somewhere. Exiting the Academy, Ray looked up towards the Colosseum that was still floating around. Even from this distance, Ray could see the damage that it had sustained during the fight between Cinder and him.
Seeing aurors arriving via Port-key, Ray nodded politely to them, before he made his way to the garage of Beacon Academy. Standing there, were the two bikes he and his team had bought from 'Old Abby' and the jeep like car that they found in the Emerald forest, during initiation.
Taking one of the bikes, Ray rode it to the end of the road at the upper class district, near where his home was being built. Staring out into the distance at one of the public docks, Ray couldn't help but shiver, as he somehow felt pure malice radiating from his position.
Far, beyond the reach of his eyes, something stirred. Something evil, something fierce.
The Island of the Night Kingdom.
As Ray Star turned and jumped back on his bike at Vale, a Giant Nevermore dropped out of the sky, holding something in it's giant paws. Landing carefully in an extinct volcano that was once used to shape the kingdom of the night. Releasing it's cargo, the Nevermore jumped back up as a figure approached the cargo, that slowly began to stir. Cinder Fall opened her eyes briefly, before she closed them again. While there was little light, it was still enough to agitate her eyes.
"Cinder." A voice called, bringing Cinder back to the here and now. She knew that voice. It belonged to a creature that had sent her on her path to obtain the Maidens powers.
As Cinder slowly sat up to her knees, a gentle humanoid hand moved to her face, the scars that Ray Star had inflicted were still there.
"Tell me, Cinder."The voice commanded. "Tell me, why did you fail?"
"Your Highness. Please. I did the best I could." Cinder said as she bowed low to the ground.
The soft humanoid hand moved from her face to her hair, before it moved back, touching her face again. Cinder shivered, the feeling of the hand on her face was creeping her out.
"You assembled a fine collection of thieves, murderers and liars. Yet you failed to do what you were told to do. Even collecting the weakest of the maidens power proved to much for you. So why should I listen to you?"
The hand slowly moved back and something else took it's place. It was a hand, shaped in the form of a Beowulf's front paw. The arm attached to it was just as Grimm like as the hand. Cinder looked up, right into the eyes of the one she had sworn to serve.
"Your Highness. Please." Cinder begged, as she felt the furred hand taking hold of her head.
"Easy now, Cinder. It's just a little peak inside your mind. Relax, and embrace the emptiness of the Grimm.
The last image that Cinder say before she fainted, was the odd set of colored eyes. One eye was red, with a yellow pupil in it, just like all other Grimm. The other eye was colored silver, and held no mercy for her.
Time had no meaning for her, as she walked through the mind of Cinder Fall, one of her more powerful agents. Seeing the events from the moment that she recruited both Mercury and Emerald to the moment she obtained half the power of the Fall Maiden, to the moment where she saw Cinder Fall and Ray Star fighting each other.
"I see." Was all she said as she released Cinder's head, leaving the young woman to fall on the floor. Whistling softly, she smiled as a large Alpha Beowulf appeared from out the shadows.
"Ah, my dear Razorback, please bring her to out remote base, where she can begin her recovery." She said. The Alpha nodded and took Cinder Fall with him, as a small ray of moonlight hit her face.
For that brief moment, her face was revealed to all.
Black curled hair that hung freely to her shoulders. Almond shaped eyes, filled with red and silver eyes. A slightly pointed nose and a small mouth. What was the most remarkable about this woman was that one half of her entire body was covered in black fur.
Looking at the shattered moon, the lady waved her clawed hand and the moon was hidden again behind dark clouds.
She looked at the end of her kingdom, one question on her mind,
"Who are you, Ray Star? Who are you?"