Hello everyone Coltam here with Chapter 11 of A Withered Rose. with that i wanna get right to the reviews!
EvilStorm101: Welcome back to the show man ive missed ya, i look forward to your reviews in the future!
red delta: Thanks man, i hope to do your character justice here, Also the gem in Iris' sword is not the philosopher's stone but it has similar properties, its origin and makeup will remain secret for now.
I own nothing of RWBY, also i am going to be focusing a lot more on the OCs for a while, mainly because can get them right better than Ruby or any of the cannon characters, especially with the changes i made to them.
Alas on with the story!
Index POV
soon after our capture we were taken to separate holding cells. As soon as I was put in the cell I sued a part of my ability to scan the entire area. Soon a beautiful tall blond woman. I recognize her as Glynda Goodwitch,i don't remember how I know her but I know her name none the less.
"Who are you and why are you here?" The woman by the name of Glynda asks me.
"My name is Delta-05 designated Index" I answered
"Delta-05?"
"Yes we were part of an illegal research project, we were part of the Delta Block, I was designed to record all of the experiments."
"Experiments? What do you mean?"
"We were subjects, Project Wrath was the name. A project to create enhanced humans to be used as soldiers against the Grimm. It was soon converted into an underground research and mercenary core."
"You look to be about twelve years old and they experimented on you?"
"I am actually seventeen years of age, most of Delta Block is under the age of twenty, the oldest, Delta-00, is nineteen. It was proven that those under the age of twenty have the best compatibility for the tests."
"How many successful people were in Delta Block?"
"Twelve successful subjects and one semi-successful Omega-subject."
"Omega-subject?"
"Omega-subjects are the subjects of sub experiments designed to be gateways to the next set of experiments. Her designation was Lamia, Delta-02.5 she was likely killed in the crater impact that freed Delta-01-12."
"Thank you for the information, note that all of this has been recorded."
"i understand, may I sleep now?"
"be my guest I will go and question your friend, the male one, what is his name?"
"...His name is...Alchemist...zzz"
Glynda's POV
Alchemist hmmm... I wonder why they have such specific designations... I make y way over to the holding cell that houses Alchemist. I know little about any of them but I have gained much information from the one known as Index. I wonder what Alchemist is like? I'll find out soon.
I walk into the room to find a young boy huddling on the provided bed wrapped in a blanket. He acts a lot like Ruby when she is scared,I wonder how old he is... he is cute too, if he is young enough I may just end up adopting him, but for now I have to steel myself and do my job. I hate having to question him especially when he is like this, but it is my job, job first personal feeling later Glynda.
"Hello, your friend told me that you are known as Alchemist." I said to the boy.
"P-please don't send m-me back there, I don't want to go b-back there..." he replied, he seems so scared to go back there, just what did they do to him?
"Don't worry I'm not going to send you back there, I just want to know why you and your friends broke into the student dorms."
"W-we were trying to gather our s-strength so that we c-could try and survive o-out in the wild..."
"Where were you going to go?"
"I...I don't know, R-Reaper was the one making the plans..."
"Thank you for your time, Ill go now."
"Don't go...please...s-stay until I f-fall asleep..."
"...Oh alright"
I stay with the young boy until he falls asleep than I silently leave the room. Once I have left the room I went to my office to write up a report on this incident, also admittedly to research adoption laws. So far I have found no reason to doubt their story, I also don't think that the one known as index can lie either. After I am done with my report I submit it to Ozpin. After that I start work on filling out an official adoption form so that I may adopt the boy known as Alchemist when I pass the background check.
As I get the form filled out I get word from Ozpin that the four that were brought into our custody are to be brought before Ozpin and given the chance to join beacon. I will never understand that man's reasoning but it is his school. Though if there were twelve that escaped than where are the others? Given what they said the probably scattered so that they can stay safe from those who wish to do them harm.
I submit the adoption form and go to Ozpin's office to discuss the new students and how we are going to introduce them to the school and what year they are going to be in. I really hate Ozpin's choice in elevator music, he just has to choose the most ridiculous and annoying song ever for the elevator... damn that Rick Astly guy. Now to compose myself before I make it to the office.
"Hello Glynda, I trust you found the elevator music enjoyable." Ozpin says as soon as I walk through the door.
"That is hardly the matter at hand here." I reply coldly
"on to the proper matter than, I believe that those four are highly capable, I wish to put them in the first year and charge teams JNPR, RWBY, and VALK with their supervision. Since only three of them are beacon age I was thinking about moving all three teams into a special dorm and add the three to the teams, phrase it as a trial run for a new system because it kind of will be. If this works well enough I will change up team dynamics, you know as well as I that some missions require three teams working in unison."
"this will require a new name for the three team group and a specific name per group."
"Yes I was thinking that the combination of three teams will be called a unit. The names for the units will be based on the three ream names, using the first letter of the team names. The first unit will be called Unit VRJ (verge), I trust you will handle the construction of the unit's housing."
"very well, but what of the young one?"
"he will be under your care until further notice."
Krona's POV(just after team ceremony)
So our team has been formed, Team VALK. It is as I predicted, the chess pieces determined the team we were on, we gathered the two black queen pieces. It is interesting one would think that there would only be one queen piece, I presume that having only one queen piece would cause problems with creating teams. Alas I concur, speculating on this subject is pointless now as the teams have already been formed.
I do believe that we are to be given dorms, though it will be interesting to see how boarding arrangements will be made. I do wonder if we will be given four dorms that are adjacent to one another or if we will be given a dorm that is more like a flat. Well I will cross that bridge when I come to it. Though it will be interesting to live in the same room as three women.
"Hey Krona I got our room arrangements!" Viola calls to me.
"I'll be right there allow me to gather the others." I reply.
"Okay~"
She is very energetic, as well as enigmatic on occasion. I sent a message to the others to meet in front of the statue, then turned back to Viola who was staring at Ruby Rose, leader of team RWBY. I decide to be a little more playful in this situation, some light teasing won't hurt anything, I'm sure.
"See someone you like Viola?" I ask teasingly.
"W-what n-no I-I don't know what you mean" she stammers out nervously.
"Relax I am jesting, though your reaction suggest something else, a crush perhaps? No matter, the team has gathered in front of the statue awaiting our arrival so that we may be informed of the dormitory arrangements."
"F-fine let's go before I make myself look like a fool."
we make our way out to the statue where we are greeted by our teammates I look to Viola who has now composed herself and is ready to tell us our sleeping arrangements.
"Okay team we have been given the information on the dorm situation, we will be staying in dorm number 208... so all of us will be in the same dorm, interesting." Viola states.
"nothing that can be done about it now" I reply
"Don't get any ideas here Luna, we don't need any trouble because you did something stupid." Allie shot.
"Oh and Allie, no unsupervised walks I'd rather not be arrested because you 'accidentally' destroyed half the city of vale." Viola says sternly
"Damn." Allie replies.
"I advise we go to our dorm and get all of our unpacking done and discuss the room layout." I say calmly.
"""Good idea""" the girls say in unison, Quite peculiar if you ask me.
We make our way through the mass of other students and to the Dormitory building. Judging by the numbering system I presume that our room will be on the second floor, it seems that Viola thinks so as well since she is walking straight for the stairs. We get to the second floor and begin to check each door to see witch one is ours. Soon we come to room 208, we each press our scrolls to the door setting each one as a key to the lock. With that done we enter the room, inside it is pretty plain. Four beds a window and a bathroom with a shower. There are also four dressers in which we may store our clothes and two desks at which to sit and do work.
I notice that our luggage has already been delivered to our room. I walk over to my suitcase and briefcase. I open the suitcase and pull out five perfectly folded business suits. I than unlock my briefcase and pull out a small metal box and five hangers. I place the box on the ground then press a small button on the top surface of the contraption. The small metal box begins to quake before expanding into an wardrobe for me to hang my suits in. I will admit that I am somewhat of an inventor and scientist.
My current invention project is highly durable metal made from solidifying light. If I can get it to work I can keep my combat gear, minus my weapon, as a small device that is easily carried or worn. My other project is spatial compression and sub-dimension creating. The key to this is black dust but the dust is highly volatile and has a high destruction capability. I remove the two folders that contain the notes on my research and place them in a drawer in one of the desks. All that is left in the briefcase is a sewing kit, my weapon in its compacted form, my five spare ties, and a spare suit jacket. I close the brief case and lock it back then look around to see that the others have finished their unpacking.
With the unpacking done we all chose a bed and settle in for the night.
Ruby's POV 10:30pm
My team had just finished unpacking their stuff and decorating our room when we realized that with all of our decorations there was no room for our beds.
"Well what are we going to do about this?" asked Winter.
"W-we c-could m-make b-b-bunk-beds..." I stammered quietly
"That is a great idea Rubes let's do it" Yang replys, her tone leaving no room for question.
We got to making the bunk beds, winter had some rope for whatever reason so I used it to suspend my bed over Winter's as safely as possible. I also tied some sheets to the ropes to make a sort of hideaway from those who might do me harm. It wasn't long after that that we decided to go to sleep. I was sleeping soundly when I heard a lot of commotion, I woke up an poked my head out of my little fox den to see the others with weapons pointed at a group of four intruders.
"Ruby contact Glynda, quickly we have to get them into the teacher's hands ASAP!" Winter shouts. I panic and freeze up for a minute before I register what winter had said and I silently followed her command.
"...We're Fucked!" I hear a distinctly female voice yell... im scared now. When Glynda shows up I jump out of my bed and hide behind her. She makes me feel safe, I know she will handle this but after this incident I won't be able to sleep for a while...
Glynda and her motherly effect has been spotted! woot! anyways it is really cold since the snow has started here on the east coast, it has trapped me in for three days now ;-;
Its not that i dislike the snow but i would like it not to be so damn cold in my room. well none the less it is the end of the chapter.
Freelancer Coltam, signing off
Chapter end: 9:54:53