Shingeki no RWBY Chapter 3: A Grimm Reminder, an Attack on Titan/進撃の巨人 + RWBY Crossover fanfic

Hey guys! This chapter came sooner than expected.

Scourge From BloodClan: That was what I was aiming for. Yes, at this moment Ruby saw first-hand what the Grimm capable of. Poor girl's scarred for life. But she won't end up turning into a female version of Eren Yeager but at the same time won't be the same Ruby Rose created by Monty, due to their different pasts. I believe a person's past can affect their personality and impact their character. I did mention before there will pairing in this story such as JaunexPyrrah and RenxNora but there won't be Yuri or Yaoi pairings (e.g. no WhiteRose, Pink, Bumblebee, Dark Rose, Ladybug or whatever the hell people are callling them now so don't expect anything like that). Also romance isn't the main theme here so I wouldn't hold my breath for hot lemon scenes but I might pair the RWBY girls with some OC's that I've come up with.

Necrofantasia: If the Dragon Grimm is scarier than the Smiling Titan then I have exceeded my expectations. Thank you. Yep, the people of Remnant still have Aura and their Dust but I've made the Grimm a much bigger threat. In this universe, Dust was only recently discovered, about 40 years before the plot, long after the Walls were put up, only a handful know how to use Aura and Sembelances properly and even less can use them effectively with the 3D Gear. In a sense, its a whatif scenario if Dust wasn't discovered before things really got bad for humanity. Yeah, even though I love RWBY's light-hearted humour, it did bug me a bit that the Grimm aren't the main concern as they appear to be the predominate species in Remnant.

Now read this shit!

The Fall of Vale Arc

Chapter 3: A Grimm Reminder – Maria Falls.

Over a century ago, mankind faced its greatest enemy. A race of monsters with a taste for human flesh. The difference in power between man and this newfound threat was overwhelming. These aberrations slaughtered mankind many times over. Soon, mankind was shoved back and driven to the brink of extinction almost overnight. Desperate, the survivors of the war created three walls: Maria, Rose and Sina. They were made of an unkown substance that allowed the walls to use the Aura scattered in the air to form an invisible dome that was impregnable to the Grimm. The entire population withdrew and huddled behind them.

With shield in hand, mankind lit their way through the darkness and in the shadow's absence came strength, civilization, and most importantly, life. They all lived in peace under their protection…

...Until recently…

(In, the Vale District: 3:25 pm…)

Monsters. Demons. Prowlers of the night. These creatures go by many names but they are simply referred to as Grimm. It started as a normal day when the first one arrived outside the wall of Vale and contrary to popular belief in later times, it occurred while the sun was still up. The attack simply continued into the night, earning them their moniker as creatures of darkness. That and the fact that their hides are as black as night, with eyes red as blood and its said they came from a swirling mass of darkness located far away. The Vale District became a nightmare, a path of destruction trailing from the outer gate all the way to the inner city. The armed forces tried their best to stop the creature as the air was filled with the scent of gunpowder and death, the sound of rifles and artillery combined with screams of terror, and that horrifying howl that reminded many of a wolf from hell. Their skull-like masks was a visage of death itself as they rampaged through the city.

By the time the first one fell and began to dissipate, half the city laid in ruins.

The townspeople of Vale District were in panic and tried to flee from the Grimm that swarmed over the destroyed area. Humans and Faunus alike were slaughtered and devoured. A few of them managed to hide following the destruction of Vale District's gate. Most of them got the devoured in the chaos, plus the rest of the citizens reached to safety into the Northern Gates of Wall Maria.

Death, decay and despair was everywhere.

"I dunno *hic* why ya'll are running" a priest said, as people are screaming. He was foolishly drunk off the communal wine. "All ya got to do is *hic* believe in the unbreakable power *hic* of the wall *hic* and you shall not *hic* perish."

"THE WALL WAS BROKEN, YOU DRUNKEN WASTE OF SPACE" yelled an escapee. "HOW DO YOU THINK THE GRIMM GOT IN HERE?!"

"Don't flee you *hic* non-believers" he hiccupped as he held his bible. "I *hic* shall ya'll the power… of…" It was at this point the drunken idiot noticed a large shadow had appeared over him, his book falling to the ground in fear.

"Kehheheheh!"

"… of a… oh poo-GAH!"

*Crunch* *Crack!* *Splatter!*

"WAHAHAHAHA!"

The Fearbringer had claimed another victim.

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(Somewhere else…)

Craig stood crouched atop of a house; his face smeared with black blood from his early attacks on the Grimm's having wiped most of the red liquid away but leaving a smear across his face. The raccoon teen was searching for anyone that was still out amongst the mess that was once a city.

He felt useless, here he was a Town Guard and he could barely save anyone. As soon as he saved one citizen, ten got more got eaten. The Faunus glanced back towards the gate wondering whether old man crow had gotten nieces safely so he could help him. He rose from his crouching position, with a flick of his long tail and turned his back to the ruined wall, he promised his fallen seniors he'd meet the others at the gate to them what happened, it was about time he headed back. The only reasons he made it this far was because of his animal reflexes and his Night Vision could see through smoke and darker areas.

Leaping from the building, he flew through the air on his 3DMG before landing on the ground, hitting it at running speed he sped off through the streets, keeping his mind on other thoughts, as he passed the carnage he had never seen before in his young life. During his surveillance over the town, he saw a roaming Dragon Grimm start a fire from mouth that was quickly spreading. He saw a dozen schoolchildren being gobbled up a King Taijitu and a man being used in a game of tug-o-war with two Beowolves, while he was still alive. He also witnessed a woman running into a dark alley, covering her mouth as she was plucked right from her spot by a Greater Nevermore, screaming for help.

The Grimm were ruthless beings and held no mercy for those they preyed upon.

*Ribbit!* *Croak!*

He jumped onto a nearby rooftop as he came to an intersection before launching into the sky and his eye's flew open as a 8-meter Frog Grimm was sitting atop of a roof waiting for him and jumped up and tried to grab at him with its long tongue. With his raccoon reflexes, Craig slipped by and sliced through its forearm, the webbed limb falling to the ground with a crash. The Signal Guard landed on a rooftop opposite the Swamphopper and turned before leaping up and slashing the Glided Slasher in whipsword mode across the Abnormal's mask at full-force, each bladed-segment ripping through the fat toad's ugly face. It fall backwards off of the building and went crashing to the ground.

"Frog food my ass!" he said, angrily. "You ain't eating me, Kermit!"

Craig heaved the Aura-covered Slasher onto his shoulder; he had come across a few Grimm that were smarter than the rest with different strengths than the others of their kind. That, however, was the first creature that had been expecting him.

"It knew I was here?" Craig thought, staring at the decaying Swamphopper he confronted. "I was afraid of this, Dr. Thorne was right. They're actually learning and adapting."

Craig recorded this with his smartphone-sized Scroll he picked off from one of his dead comrades from Signal. The bandit-masked teenager had no idea why the guy had this, they were usually owned by members of Beacon or by higher ranked officers from the inner walls. It wasn't something a Signal Guard from Wall Maria would have but regardless if he learned something that could help their fight against the Grimm he had to make it through this and give this to the higher ups.

"The mask is the weak spot. I gotta tell the others."

He glanced around and noticed several Grimm moving in his direction. The Raccoon Faunus glanced to the gate before dashing towards it; he needed to make sure his comrades back there were safe. Then, he could worry about the rest.

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(Sometime later…)

I don't understand…

Qrow Rose, the Signal Guard, was running through the panicked crowd, still carrying the stunned Ruby and Yang with him. The old man could only look away and harden his grip on his nieces as he ran for safety. It was the only thing he could do, being the useless big brother he was and all. He was amazed he could even fight the previous Grimm at all from before he saw the Fearbringer. Most couldn't even face a regular Beowolf, even when they were trained to do so. The Sanctum Police and Signal Guards haven't dealt with Grimm for over a century.

I don't understand…

Ruby felt grief and horror as her mother's blood sprayed everywhere, some of it getting on her innocent face. She was numbed by shock as the scene replayed over and over and over again in her head. The last time she did was her fight with her mom and knew she would regret it for the rest of her life. She stared into space, millions thoughts running in her mind.

I don't understand…

…WHAT DID I JUST WATCH?!

Finally snapping out of it, Ruby struggled from her uncle's grip and fell to the ground, the others surprise.

"Ruby, what are you doing?" asked Yang.

"He-Hey, cut that out girl-"

"You!" Ruby interrupted, as she yelled at Qrow in anger. "W-why…Why?! Why did you leave mom behind?! HOW COULD YOU ABANDON HER?! IF YOU GAVE ME A LITTLE MORE TIME, I COULD'VE GOTTEN HER OUT!" she insisted, on the verge of hitting him. "WHY WOULD YOU LET HER DIE?!"

"Ruby, look. You wouldn't have saved your mother, you lacked the strength…" Qrow replied quietly, delivering the hard truth. "It's because you're too weak…"

Ruby was only further infuriated by his answer and sent a full-force punch to his face, forcing Yang to hold her back from thumping him a again. Qrow was a veteran Hunter; a little girl's punch was something he could take. "Well why didn't you fight that Grimm!? You're a trained soldier, a Hunter, a man, an uncle, HER BROTHER! WHY DIDN'T YOU SAVE HER, YOU STUPID OLD MAN?!"

"Ruby…you want to know why I didn't..." he confessed chokingly, as tears flowed out. "I'm worse... It's… it's…IT'S BECAUSE I LACKED THE COURAGE TO FIGHT IT!"

Ruby was shocked by hearing his words. Soon, the redhead and her sister wailed in agony with him, mourning Summer's death.

"I didn't have enough courage! When push came to shove, I was too scared!" the crying man admitted. "I'm a coward... That's why... That's why I couldn't save your mom! I...I'm sorry. I let you down. I'm so sorry!"

As they are lead towards Wall Maria, Yang felt reminiscent. "Its just like before...". It reminded her of the worst day of her life. Goldilocks had a flashback of a dead man and woman before remarking about the familiarity of this event. Yang could only feel sorrow as she witnessed another member of her family killed. Her adoptive mother got dismembered by a Fearbringer. The only real family she had left was her adoptive sister, Ruby, and at that moment, she swore to protect her at all costs.

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(Outside, the Vale District, Evacuation site nearby the gate walls: 4:46 pm…)

"Attention everyone. The outside wall has been breached and Grimm have begun entering the city!" called out a Signal Huntres. "Please make your way to the Wall Maria exit in a calm and orderly fashion!"

Behind the northern gates of Wall Maria, The citizens flood the passage to the boats, luggage and other belongings from the refugees began to throw it overboard.

"Toss out your personal possessions from the boat. You might make room to fit one more if you do that!" instructed a soldier. "Everyone, hurry to the inner gate walls to escape or we'll end up being eaten!"

The small, vital, protruding areas surrounding the walls called outer districts, such as Vale, were used as baits to attract the Grimm to smaller, more concentrated, areas of life. Their role was to lower costs of defences and military usage by focusing more on these zones. As a result of this calculated design flaw, the residents of Vale could escape the Grimm's assault by traversing only one gate.

"Hurry! Get to the gates! Move it!"

Jaune and his Grandfather are on a boat with the other refugees with them and prepared to leave for Wall Maria… after dealing with the boy's seasickness. The moment the senior citizen caught sight of Ruby and Yang being led by Qrow; he put his hand on his grandson's shoulder to catch his attention and pointed to the direction of his friends.

"Over there, boy" James prompted.

The blonde boy visibly relaxed to finally see his friends again in the large crowd of refugees trying to get to safety was relieved they were alive.

"Huh? Hey girls!" called out Jaune. "Ruby! Yang! You made it…!"

Jaune raised his arm to let them know he was fine and waved at them but stopped when he noticed the disturbed expressions on their faces.

Yang's purple eyes were devoid of all emotion and had her arms tightly wrapped around her little sister, unwilling to let her go in fear of losing her, too. She didn't seem to care the blood-stained cloaked former belonging to Summer was dirtying her hair. The depressed look on her face never left.

Ruby's silver eyes, however, were wide and filled to the brim with horror, as the blood splatter dried on her face. She couldn't stop shaking like a leaf and could barely stand upright only with Yang's help did she have even the strength to walk. Though, Jaune wasn't sure if Ruby was even aware her sister was even there at all.

Her Uncle Qrow saved her but did nothing to prevent the redhead from watching her mother's demise. The Fearbringer picked her up, laughing as it did. She struggled to fend it off in vain, only to get her spine broken. Her body went limp and the Grimm proceeded to bite off half the corpse, spraying blood everywhere. She just couldn't get the images out of her head.

It was obvious to Jaune's grandpa they saw something traumatizing as it appeared the siblings had been crying for a while. Trying their best to hold the pieces of their shattered hearts together, they trudged onto the boat...

"R-Ruby…? Yang…?" Jaune mumbled. "Wait… what happened to your mom? Girls, where is she?"

Ruby couldn't reply, neither could Yang.

"Sit down Jaune, leave them be. They need to be alone" the old man spoke out, solemnly. "Now isn't a good time to talk to them. Those poor lambs, you can tell what happened by looking at them. Give them some space."

Jaune could only look at his friends in fear and concern for their wellbeing. He felt so ashamed that there was nothing he could do to comfort them. It was always like this, whenever he was in trouble Ruby and Yang always helped him out. But when they had a problem he couldn't really do anything about it. All he could do was sit next to his friends to support them.

The beaded old man watched them board the ship, his expression filled with sympathy. The retired Beacon Huntsman knew how it felt; to watch someone you care about die right in front of you. It hurts you right to the core and changes you forever.

The ground was still trembling as the Grimm were nearing the gate, chasing anyone in their path. Frantic screams of "Hurry up!" or "The Grimm are coming!" were heard as people ran to the other side of Wall Maria for safety.

Just then, the soldiers lifted off the wooden bridge that connected the ship the banks of the river. The citizens not able to get on board started panicking.

"What are you doing?!"

"Hey, the boat is leaving!" shouted one of the citizens. "Let us in!"

"The ship is full! There's no more room" a Signal Guard answered.

"YOU SHOULD'VE BUILT MORE THAN TWO SHIPS!"

"Please let us on!" cried a mother holding her son. "Just take my child, at least!"

"I'm sorry but we can't do that!" said a female soldier, as the others lifted up the bridge up. "We have no room for any more passengers! GO!"

"WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF US?!"

The ship started to move and leave the chaotic place as yells of protest were heard. As the boat began to leave, some people even jumped over to try and reach the ship, few of them got lucky but most of them fell overboard.

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(Back, in the Vale District: 5:13 pm…)

"Don't just stand there! Hurry up and use those cannons!" ordered a middle-aged soldier, as an Ursa bared down them. "What are you waiting for men, the Grimm are coming?!"

*Boom!*

A cannonball missed its target and headed to the ground.

"You idiot, what are you shooting at!" shouted a soldier nearby. "Can't you aim better!?"

"I can't hit a moving target with these Dust Cannons, sir!" he retorted. "With all do respect, there's no crosshair to help the aim and there's too much recoil!"

"Who cares? Enough with attitude and just reload!" ordered a Dog Faunus soldier. "Pull yourself together and stop dragging your feet!"

The Private was right. These older model Dust Cannons made by the Schnee Company were old as sin and weren't designed for accuracy to begin with.

"There are so many people coming!" their commanding officer, Major Hugo, shouted out. "And the Grimm and heading right for us!"

Soon, the Ursa Minor they failed to kill was taken by the presently youngest member of the Signal Guards. Remembering his army training, he destroyed the mask and made his way over to his comrades.

"Private Craig! You made it!" cried the brown-haired superior. "Where are the others?"

"They… they didn't make it. Only I survived…" he noted bitterly, to everyone's distress. "I can't believe that the gate got destroyed!"

"There's nothing we can do about it, now" Hugo told them. "Evacuate as many as you can, kill any Grimm that comes close to the walls." Everyone stared at him with wide eyes. "Do it now! Move!"

The Signal Guards shared a glance before nodding, as they dashed to their different positions, either using the Dust-powered cannons or their own weapons to fight, with the boy's knowledge to aim for the face. Hugo's eyebrows furrowed, his hands shaking slightly before clenching his hands into fist gaining his resolve once more. He was always a laidback guy and somewhat cowardly when it came to fighting, he'd rather be having a drinking contest with that dusty, old crow and tease his nieces than do this. However, this was the line of duty, as highest-ranked surviving officer here he for once had to take his job seriously and can't afford to hesitate giving his orders.

"Damnit, how did this day turn out like this" he said, softly into the wind. "This can't possibly get any worse."

Just as he said it… things got worse.

"Hey!" shouted another soldier. "Th-They're closing the gates!"

As they turned around, the gates of Wall Maria were closing, to their shock and horror.

"Are they mad?!" yelled Hugo. "Its gotta to be being done by mistake!"

"No… They're leaving us out here to die!" cried Craig. "I don't want to get left behind!"

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(Inside, the Gate…)

"Hey, Hey, Hey, what are you doing!? Ar you out of your mind?! Wait a little longer!" Qrow begged. "There are still more people out there we can save! Give them a chance and don't close it yet!"

"No, there's no time, Sergeant!" the other Signal Guard protested. "The Grimm are nearing the gates and we can't let them get through Wall Maria!

"But that doesn't make it okay to sacrifice all those people!" the old man argued. "At least let our friends back inside. There's no point making them die for a losing battle!"

"If those things manage to break through, we'll lose much more than just Vale! Mankind will be pushed back behind the next wall!" the soldier exclaimed. "We need them to keep those monsters at bay, even if it costs them their lives! Like it or not, we have our orders even if we have to die to carry them out!"

Each area behind the inner wall was smaller while going inwards and while area outside was a mystery it's known to be infested with Grimm. The elevation increases nearer to the centre, even though the inner territories is richer in natural resources, such as water, minerals, Dust and natural gas, it wasn't enough to support 10,000 refugees let alone 200,000.

"WHAT?! Are you kidding me!? Listen to yourself! That's no reason to leave our men to die! Why don't you go out there and give your life up if that's what you think?!" Sergeant Qrow demanded, as he grabbed the soldier's collar. "We're soldiers for god's sake's! We're supposed to help, its not our job to decide who lives and who dies, give the evacuation more time! Keep that gate OPEN!"

"..Alright… fine" the soldier sighed, as Qrow let him go. "We'll give them a few more minutes and make sure everything is in order. Keep the gate open a bit longer!" he called out, seeing reason.

However, the old man's relief was short-lived…

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(Back, to the outer Gate Entrance…)

Hearing the conversation from their comrades, gave the fighting Huntsmen more drive to fight on so they could leave. Craig hoped there wasn't any super-strong, nuke-powered Grimm lurking around to deal with he could make it to safety and give the Scroll to his superiors.

"Okay, I think we got the rest of them" the Raccoon Faunus stated. "Most of the citizens made it through the gate!"

"Keep laying down a supressing barrage and then we can get out of this hellhole!" ordered the relieved Major.

"Yes, sir!"

However, things just got worse.

An unknown Grimm appeared from the ruins and slowly approached the Signal Guards. This monster stood 15 meters tall, its eyes were coloured red with orange makings around it. Instead of being pure black like other Grimm, its back, skull, limbs and chest was covered by silvery-white hard plated bones and had golden hair on its neck facing backwards, similar to a mane. Its small arms were practically vestigial to allow for a colossal head to be held, without offsetting the balance of its body. It had a long tail with a bladed-tip and short protrusions on its shoulders and thighs. They were made of the same matter that made up its trademark mask that covered the top half of its face with the edges fusing with its upper teeth enhancing its already powerful jaws. The white mask had red markings running along its jawline, with a crown-like crest on top of its head and fangs the size of a man's forearm.

The whole creature resembled a giant, armoured T-rex.

"What the-?!"

"Wh-What is that thing!?" asked Craig, fearfully. "Seriously guys, what the actual hell is that?!"

Then, the Grimm kneeled to the ground, moments later; it began sprinting towards Wall Maria. Given its size and weight, it was surprisingly fast and looked like it was trying to break down the gates! The soldiers saw the Grimm, mixed in awe and confusion.

"What..." a soldier trembled at what he witnessed. "What is it doing?!"

"Oh no... I-It's coming straight for us!" said the Dog Faunus.

"Whatever it is, shoot it!" cried Craig. "Quick, before it rams us!"

"Load the cannons!" ordered Hugo. "Fire at Will!"

*Boom! Boom! Boom!*

As the cannons fired towards to the viscous monster, the Dust Shells were deflected by the Grimm's durable armour; one of the cannonballs hit a Deathstalker beside the charging dinosaur, killing it instantly. Impervious to their Dust Weapons it smashed through the torrent of shells. The creature accelerated and ran faster towards the gate unaffected, as the soldiers quickly realized just how much danger they were in.

"It's not working!"

"HOLY SHIT! RUN AWAY!" the raccoon boy screamed. His fellow Huntsman began to follow suit, retreating back to the wall. "WE'VE GOT TO GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE!"

"Close the Gate! Close the Gate, now!" yelled the Major, franticly. "A Grimm is charging towards Gate! HURRY!" The gates rumbled and started to close faster but the deafening consecutive thuds of the ginormous footsteps were getting louder and louder.

They ran fast as they could as the shadow of death loomed over them. But the Armoured Grimm reached them and crashed headfirst against the gate, with soldiers, cannons and rocks flying through the air. *CRASH!*

It broke through Wall Maria…

"Oh god... no… The gate...!"

Just like what happened to Vale, the Aura Barrier around Wall Maria became visible and crumbled away bit by bit. Now, nothing was preventing the creatures from reaching everyone living in Wall Maria.

"OOOORRROOOOOAAAARRRRRHHHH!" letting out a foul breathe of hot fiery steam; it released a roar of victory over the humans.

Qrow, however, was on the building looking over a huge swarm of various Grimm beginning to flood the area thanks to the Dinosaur Grimm letting them in.

"There's nothing left we can do now..." Qrow trembled in fear, as only he stood alone against the horde. In just seconds he saw that all his friends, who were fighting outside just moments ago, all killed before him by the Grimm. "God help us all…"

In the future, this creature of death and destruction would be known as Durus Rex… the Harsh King.

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(Back, at the port within Wall Maria…)

"Let us on! Let us get on!" yelled those left behind.

Dissents were heard as the ship started to move father and father away from the crowd. A loud explosion was heard and people were starting to grow silent, all turning to try seek the source of the sound.

*Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *KA-BOOM!*

The thuds grew louder and a loud boom reverberated as boulders flew every which way, crushing the humans it landed on with a squish. Gone was the gate and its place was a Tyrannosaurus Grimm with bleached plating covering its black scaly body. It stood up straight as more screams of fear and panic tore the air, cries of grief and sorrow echoing into space as more people died in their futile attempts of escape, civilians and soldiers alike.

The large crashing sound of the Wall Maria gate breaking brought Ruby back to the land of reality. With blurry eyes, the redhead realised that she was resting herhead against Yang's shoulder and she felt her right arm across her shoulder. Ruby didn't know how she had been on the boat but she noticed that everyone on it were all looking in the one direction and, even though Yang was holding her, she didn't even notice that she snapped out of it.

The people on the ships watched the whole incident some standing up to get a better view. Yang and Jaune stared at the giant predator towering over buildings with fear. Grandpa James could only watch, fully knowing if he rushed to help, his brave attempt would be in vain, considering the fact his aged body had gotten rusty and wasn't fighting fit as he was in Beacon.

Ruby heard all of the horrified and fearful muttering, then she finally noticed what had gotten everyone so spooked. The Wall Maria gate had been completely shattered and the hole was easily big enough for the Grimm to fit through. She also took in the sight of the D-rex that had broken through the wall but it was only for a second because it was suddenly encased in black smoke. Shockingly, when the smoke cleared up, the Giant Grimm had vanished into thin air.

"Wall Maria!"

"They've busted through!" They watched as they saw the gates of Wall Maria... turn into the Gates of Hell itself.

"This can't be happening…" It all dawned on them what this meant. "This is a nightmare..."

"This is the end. We're doomed!"

"The Grimm will eat us all."

"We're done for. We're all gonna die, aren't we?"

"God, save us" the frightened whispers of some said as screams of fear and agony cut through the air.

Seeing this, the two blondes fell to their knees as they realised the gravity of their situation. It all happened so fast. They watched their houses burn in the fiery inferno into ashes and fellow villagers die before me. They couldn't do anything but watch. They felt so helpless, watching one by one being killed by the creatures of the night: the Grimm. Somehow they managed to survive this atrocity.

"It's over… Its all gone..." Jaune murmured, helplessly. "We can never go back home again."

Whispers of despair and misery faded to the cold mist of the sunset, as Ruby's racing thoughts started to sort themselves, her feelings now as bright as day. Memories flashed through her mind, those happy moments with her father, mother, Yang and Jaune all came flooding back to her.

"Why?! Why was I so childish and kept arguing with mom till the very end?!" she remembered the last conversation she had with her mother, with regret. "Mom's gone. She's gone! I was just a brat that kept getting in her way! I-I never even said that I loved her" she remembered all that blood that sprayed everywhere by that dragon, that will forever plague her head. "Why, why, why?!"

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It's because you're too weak…

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Ruby remembered Uncle Qrow telling her hours ago why she couldn't save Summer. A storm of emotion brewed within the child.

"Is that it? It's because I am… No, we humans are weak. We either lack the strength or the courage to fight back and stand up to do what's right" she thought, as tears leaked out. The little girl looked around at the other survivors, seeing humanity's weakness clear as day. "I-Is that why things turned out this way...? Are we that pathetic? Can we do nothing but sit and cry about this?"

She stared at her bloody hands, gashed and bruised, as a tear fell onto it. "No. This isn't over..."

The redhead put up her blood-stained hood and stood up, Yang gazed at her. "Ruby... What are you...?"

Yet Ruby didn't pay attention her as she slowly walked towards the boat's edge and looked at the smoke rising above the burning hell that was once her home. Jaune moved towards her and tried to touch her shoulder but Ruby merely brushed past him. His grandpa only put his hand on the blonde boy to keep him from the grieving lass.

"Ruby? What's the matter?" Jaune asked, wearily. "A-Are you alright?"

"I'm going to kill them… every last one of them …" she mumbled. Her words barely audible to those around her but were full of unforgiving rage, her silver eyes covered by a shadow. "I will put a stop to this and erase their existence from this world…"

"Huh?" The scrawny boy was stunned to see so much anger and hatred visible on his little friend's face.

"I'll destroy them all! I will do what should've been done a hundred years ago! I won't leave a single Grimm left alive!" Ruby swore harshly, with her pale fist held tight. So tight you could swear there was fresh blood oozing out of it. With tears flowing out, Ruby Rose gritted her teeth vowing to exterminate mankind's greatest enemy. She would never forget about the death of her mother and the people she knew who died at the hands of the Grimm. "One day… One day, I swear… I'll avenge mom! YOU HEAR ME!" she cursed.

Yang and Jaune could only shift in surprise, while the retired Huntsman watched her calmly. They were afraid that the quirky, friendly little girl, the part of Ruby Rose that made her Ruby Rose, was gone forever.

Silently, the ship sailed away as the skies grew darker in the misty dusk air.

That year, the Royal Government decided to withdraw all inhabitants of the outermost wall inside Wall Rose in terrified haste. They already declared Wall Maria a lost-cause. Of the population of 10,000, only 500 were rescued from the Vale District. The rest of them were slaughtered and devoured by the Grimm.

(Elsewhere…)

A man in a red coat raced down the countryside on his horse driven carriage at full-speed trying to return home.

"Summer! Yang! Ruby!" Dr. Thorne prayed, in his thoughts. "Girls, please be safe!"

"When your world crumbles. Prayers are useless. Tears are absurd. Agony is nothing. Death is normal. Total ruin is your reality. All that's left, that has any value... is revenge."

Well what do you think. If you have any ideas for any OC I could use please don't hesitate to leave them in the reviews. Yep, a T-rex Grimm takes the place of the armoured one.

The next two chapters will be shorter but focuses on the aftermath and Ruby's friends helping to pull herself together and be her old self again. Will they succeed bringing their old friend back or has she forever turned into a girl of hatred and vengence? Find out next time

Oh, one last thing: Should I make Captain Levi a Faunus?