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Begin!


Onyx floats towards Ruby.

"Onyx? What are you doing?" Ruby asks.

"Trespassers in my plane shall not be tolerated." Onyx says.

Onyx voice echoes with a demonic one. Ruby quickly limps away. Onyx follows her. Ruby stumbles and falls to the ground. She begins to crawl away from Onyx. Onyx disappears into a puff of purple smoke, and he reappears in front of Ruby. Ruby pushes herself onto her back and starts to crawl backwards, but Onyx grabs Ruby by her wrist and lifts her into the air. His touch burns Ruby. She tries to pry his hand off of her with no affect. Onyx's other hand gets covered by purple energy in the form of a blade. He lifts his hand and prepares to stab Ruby. Ruby closes her eyes and turns her head away. Onyx launches his attack. The blade dissolves and his fist stops as it brushes against Ruby's face. The two land on the ground and Onyx's hair and eyes return to normal. His aura stays the same size but is much more calm.

"Onyx? Are you back to normal?" Ruby asks.

"What does it look like?" Onyx responds.

He lets go of Ruby's wrist. Her sleeve and skin is burned where Onyx touched. Ruby sits on the ground and holds her wrist.

"What happened?" Ruby asks.

"I was open to the power of the Shadow Zone. That power was too much and took control. It's will overrode my own." Onyx answers.

Onyx picks Ruby up and carried her to the tent.

"I'm not gonna keep doing this, just stay in the tent from now on." Onyx says.

Once inside he lays her on the bed and kneels down next to her.

"When that energy overwhelmed me, it was as if it was alive and I could peer into it's mind." Onyx says.

"What did you learn?" Ruby asks.

"Some of the capability of this power. The Shadow Zone is filled with dormant energy. I can tap into that energy. From it's mind I learned some ways to use that power." Onyx says.

He places his hand on Ruby's wrist. A purple ball of energy covers Onyx's hand. Once Onyx removes it, Ruby's burn is gone. He places two fingers on the wound on Ruby's cheek and his other hand on her ankle. Onyx heals both wounds.

"What did you do? I can still feel the pain." Ruby asks.

"I know, I've healed the wound, but shadow energy I used will still harm you for a while." Onyx says.

"I should have asked this earlier but, where's my team?" Ruby asks.

"They are waiting at Beacon, I've filled them in on the situation." Onyx says.

Onyx gets up and draws his weapon. He converts it into a cane. Onyx rests the cane at the foot of the bed.

"Use this when you try to walk." Onyx says, "Rest now. In a few hours, we're going to start heading to Beacon."

"Wait, why is it that I've haven't been hungry or tired while inside the Shadow Zone?" Ruby asks.

"That dormant energy involuntary supplies our body with energy." Onyx states.

Onyx walks outside the tent.


Onyx meditates in front of the tent. After a while Onyx opens his eyes, but what he was seeing wasn't real. Onyx is floating in complete darkness. The only light was a ball of purple energy in front of him.

"Why are you here, Rider." The ball asks.

The ball flashes as it speaks. It's voice was the demonic one thate echoed over Onyx's when he attacked Ruby.

"Where is 'here'?" Onyx asks.

"Your memory has faded over the years, Rider." The ball states.

"My name is Onyx! And my memory is fine." Onyx states.

"Come to Menagerie, Rider, there you will find the answers you seek." The ball says.

"What is it that I seek?" Onyx asks.

"Knowledge on your enemy." The ball answers.

"Who are you and how do you know so much about me?" Onyx questions.

"I am Shadow and you will learn that in Menagerie." Shadow states.

"Menagerie is huge, where am I supposed to look?" Onyx asks.

The ball of energy fades and Onyx is shrouded in darkness.


Onyx closes his eyes and opens them again. He back in front of the tent. It was late in the night, what felt like minutes to Onyx was actually hours. Onyx stands up.

"Well, that was helpful." Onyx says to himself.

Onyx enters the tent and shakes Ruby awake.

"What's wrong?" Ruby asks.

"What's you aura level?" Onyx asks.

Ruby checks on her scroll.

"Seventeen percent." Ruby states.

"Good enough." Onyx states.

Onyx walks out the tent, Ruby follows using Onyx's cane to help her balance. Onyx opens a portal. Ruby walks through first and Onyx follows, closing the portal behind him.


Ruby exits the portal in her dorm. Onyx enters seconds after her. The rest of Team RWBY was asleep

"Wake them up." Onyx orders.

Ruby wakes Yang up.

"Ruby!" Yang says as she hugs her sister.

"We don't have time, what up the other two." Onyx says.

Yang wakes up Blake while Ruby wakes up Weiss.

"What's going on?" Weiss asks.

"We heading to Menagerie." Onyx states.

"Why?" Yang asks.

"I need answers and I can find them there." Onyx states.

"We can't just leave like that." Ruby states.

"I'll handle Ozpin. Just get packed." Onyx says.


Take a look at Chapter one, something that was mentioned by Onyx will come back into play.