It has been a week since I found out that Ren was Monty Oum. To be honest it never really struck me as a big deal, I mean it if anything is awesome to be working with one of my heroes from Earth.
The week was normal, train, go to class, sleep, eat, and repeat. I was still wondering about my two dreams, but I never really pursued the answer to my question.
I figured that if it is meant to happen it will no matter what I do. For now I just have to keep learning the secrets of the Carriers and learning how to be a Huntsman.
I woke up that morning to the smell of, you guessed it, pancakes!Ren was doing his usual thing of make breakfast for everyone.
Nora was still sleeping in as she normally does, as were Pyrrha and Jaune. That was the weird part, they both normally wake up early to do some morning training that I normally would join them in.
Ren noticed that I had woken up and wished me a good morning as I walked over to him. "So, does Nora ever eat anything for breakfast other than pancakes?"
He laughed quietly to himself and began to speak. "Yes she does, but what do you really want to talk to me about? You aren't very good at covering up your "secrets" so what is it."
I was shocked at how easily he was able to read me. I broke and told him what was on my mind.
"Okay, I have been having these dreams lately, well two dreams, and in them the nine of us are standing on the Vale wall with teams CFVY, SSSN, and CRDL.
We were overlooking the forest and in the distance I saw trees falling, the ground started to shake, and I could feel a few people were scared.
At that moment what was destroying the forest appeared in line of sight, it was a Goliath Grimm.
It was the size of a small apartment building and could kill everyone if it got close, so we all jumped into battle to fight this thing and take it down, then the dream ends and I wake up."
He was so intrigued by my story he almost forgot to flip the pancakes before they burned. "Okay, that is a great story and a weird dream, but why is it a big deal. It is just a dream right?"
I looked away to think to myself on whether or not to tell him about my dreams coming true. I decided that if we were going to be partners than I need to be able to trust him.
"The reason it is a big deal is my dreams have a tendency to come to life roughly nine months after I have them, and it has been one and a half months since I had this one.
It is possible that it could come to life and I don't want to wait and see." He stopped to ponder what I had said and before he could reply I noticed that Pyrrha had been awake the entire time and had also woken up Jaune.
"How long have you two been awake?" They looked at me and replied one at a time.
"I have been awake since just before you. I decided that since Jaune had not woken up yet I could go back to sleep." Pyrrha said with a look of slight sadness in her eyes.
"I was woken up by her right before you started your story. It's defiantly an interesting dream to have now." Jaune seemed more curios than anything else.
"Yes well, I don't want to talk about it anymore, I will ask Ozpin about what it might mean later. For now let's just eat some breakfast and carry on with our day."
With that I saw in the corner of my eye, Nora shoot up from lying in her bed. "That is a great idea! Seven pancakes please good sir!"
I was shocked as she explained that she had been awake since Ren started cooking. I walked over to the door to go to do some morning training, and as I turned the door knob, four friends face planted in front of me.
"Really, you guys too. Can't I talk to someone without everyone I know eavesdropping on us?" With that I went to get started on some morning training and carry on with my day as I normally would.
Both teams met back up with me in the cafeteria and we started to talk about my "prediction dreams" as they were now labeled.
"So you mean to tell us that every once in awhile you have a dream that you don't remember when you wake up, but at the same time you know somehow that it will come to life. Sounds like something out of one of Blake's books."
Yang questioned with an extremely curios voice. "Well is that it or is there something else that you haven't told us?"
She continued as if interrogating me like I had committed a crime against her and her friends. "There is something else. I have told you the basics but the thing is, I never know exactly when it will happen so it isn't the most useful thing in the world like your guys' semblances.
Aside from that, that's it. I told you everything." Then as if a strike of lighting Blake shut up and practically yelled at the top of her lungs.
"Wait a second! I have read something like this, but in the traditional fictional story like most of books." Ruby jumped in trying to calm her teammate down a little bit.
"Blake what are you talking about, where did you read it then?" Blake's response was so quick I felt the wind when she turned to make eye contact with her leader.
"NO TIME TO EXPLAIN! JUST FOLLOW ME!" With that she bolted towards the library in a blur of pure knowledge.
"Let's go get her then, maybe she has some useful info to help me out." Nora looked up at me with an overly happy look on her face. "Maybe, maybe not."
We all walked off to the library to catch up to the cat Faunus. When we got there she was already reading through a book. She began to wave us down frantically.
We all walked over there to see what it was that made her so excited. "See, read it!" She demanded as we all walked up. Everyone began to read it out loud as if they where the only ones there.
"HOLD IT! How about instead of us all trying to read it aloud at the same time, I just read it so everyone can hear." Everyone nodded at me and I began to read what Blake had highlighted.
"The dreams would always come true. It was as if I was a prophet or something. This is really crazy and I'm beginning to get a little scared of myself.
I think I should check into an insane asylum or something to make sure my mind isn't broken. I have only had these dreams for a year now but they are most defiantly a curse and not a blessing.
I don't even know exactly when they're going to happen, all I know is that the dream I just had will come true at some point in the future.
The other problem is I don't remember what the dream was or anything about it. I just wake up and know that the dream will happen.
Then when it comes time for it to happen it always goes down exactly as my dream made it. I'm beginning to freak myself out. Someone please help me!"
"Well that certainly sounds like my dreams, but this is just a story that someone wrote, right? There's no reason to think of this to take seriously when looking for advice."
Blake looked up at me after closing the book to the front cover. "Read that and tell me what you think after you read it." I read it aloud like I did the paragraph before.
"The Passing of a King, an Autobiography of James Allen Burns." I looked at her after it hit me what I was reading.
"This is my ancestor's book! My real name on Earth is Burns and Firebrand is just what I said when I got here because I wasn't sure if I should tell you what my entire real name was, but now I am. This is something that runs in my family apparently. Who would have guessed?"
They all looked shocked for a minute but then snapped back into reality when I said that it runs in my family. Weiss was the one to ask the question that was on everyone else's mind.
"But wait, if he is your ancestor than how did he or even his book get here? Your family is originally from Earth is it not?"
I replied as best as I could, given the knowledge I had from what Ozpin had taught me about Carriers. "Yes it is true that me, and my family, are from Earth, but that doesn't mean that my ancestor wasn't a Carrier similar to me.
Ozpin told me that there is a chance that I am not the first in my blood line to be a Carrier. It is a naturally given trait that you have from birth, so who's to say it wasn't from a long extinct gene in my blood.
That would explain why I am a naturally gifted Carrier and how his book is on Remnant and not Earth." We all stopped and thought about what this could be about and more importantly if it could help me.
Finally I decided to ask Blake if she knew of any other books that may relate to him in any way. We went to the in room computer system that was in the library to search his name in the library's database.
The system was more advanced than the ones on Earth but it wasn't the most complicated thing to learn for me. Think of it as going from a Mac to a PC or vice-versa. The search came back with two results.
The first was the Autobiography that we had just read part of, and the other was something called, "Carriers, How they Work," which was also written by him. I ran to the front desk that the librarian was sitting at.
"Hello, by chance do you know where I can find this book called Carriers, How they Work. It's something of an interest of mine to study this ancient culture of Carriers, as they have been named by the scholars that wrote all the books on them."
She handed me a note that had a series of numbers on it that I just plainly did not understand. It wasn't like any system I had ever seen before.
I took the note back to Blake in hopes that she knew how it worked. She darted off down one of the corridors of the library.
I followed and motioned to my friends to do the same while jokingly saying, "I think she found something ladies and gents."
I caught up to her and noticed that she was already nose down into a book. She turned the book to me and told me to read. I wanted to wait for everyone to catch up before I started to read it. After all, this one will help Ren just as much as it would help me.
"Okay, we all here? Good now I can begin. The book reads, "Carriers are the protectors of the Multiverse. Their only job is to keep the peace of the world they are currently on.
More often than not this will have problems with the person's personal life outside of being a Carrier.
For example when I was brought to Remnant all those years ago, I later realized how long it was since I had returned to Earth, for you see when a Carrier is dragged into their first portal it appears that time has frozen and that it will not unfreeze until you return, but that is simply not true.
What actually happens is, time will freeze long enough for you to decide for yourself whether or not to accept the burden of being a Carrier. Once you have made the choice to accept that burden than time will restart and progress without you.
I warn you this, if you are a Carrier than you have a long life of being alone ahead of you. It will be no one except you and your partner as you move from universe to universe.
I apologize for telling you now but I feel it better you learn now than you find out for yourself. I am truly sorry young Nicholas, for you have been deceived."
I hesitated on that last line for obvious reasons, he mentioned me by name. He must have had a dream that told him a descendant of his named Nicholas would need to know about Carriers and he wrote this to help me find some information on the topic.
We search through the library archives for anything that may have more info on Carriers, sadly we couldn't find anything.
We looked through the two books by my ancestor for any other information that could be useful but we didn't find much, the only thing we found was discovered by Jaune and it seemed to be a prophecy of some kind. It was vague but it was readable so I read it and it was really interesting.
"There will come a day, when the moon is broke, when the grown are young, when the world is ready, from dusk till don, a hero of time and space, shall rise and fall, with nothing to save him. He shall vanquish the darkness from the light, and bring peace to the Remnant of trust he knows."
It was obviously referencing Remnant so many times. The broken moon, the fact that "the grown are young" is probably a nod to how the heroes of Remnant are children, and also why would, "Remnant" be capitalized if it wasn't a proper noun like a place.
So I knew where this warning would take place but I still didn't know what the warning was about. I could imagine that the "darkness" that is mentioned in the passage would be the Grimm, but how could any ever permanently "vanquish" the Grimm.
Also, what is the meaning of "the Remnant of trust he knows." I continued to read past the passage to see if James Allen Burns had solved any part that I couldn't.
All that was said was "I know this is a prophecy of the future like my dreams, but it is not one I can fulfill, for at this time the moon shines bright and whole in the night sky.
The Grimm are more of a threat than ever and I cannot vanquish them. This is a warning to you my young friend, this prophecy is to tell you that you will be the one to stop the Grimm on Remnant and free this planet from the darkness they bring.
Far well my young boy, for this is all the advice I have to give. You will have to find your own way from now on, good luck to you." The page ends and I turned it to see if what was mentioned about him being out of advice was true.
"The page is blank! Every page is blank after this!" I yelled out of pure shock for what I had seen in front of me. I turned back to the pages before, they had all been erased!
The book began to dematerialize in my hand as did his Autobiography that Blake was holding. The entire history of him had been erased from everyone's memory except for my friends and I. It was amazing to me simply because on top of being a Carrier he was a Huntsmen of legend.
Suddenly I felt the ground shake and me lose my balance. I fell to the ground and noticed beside me that the ground to my left was opening.
It was creating caverns below me. I couldn't help but fall into them, but before I got out of arms reach I felt something grab my hand. It was Yang who had saved me.
"Yang, thank you but listen, whatever is happening here, whatever is doing this, wants me. I need you to let me go!"
The look of pure terror on her face was a surprise to say the least. I had never taken Yang as one to get so scared so suddenly.
"I am not letting you go down there, at least not alone! If you're going down there so am I!" With that she let go of whoever or whatever was holding her up.
We both fell into the dark caves below. I heard a voice yell down to us. "Are you guys okay?! We're coming down after you!"
I wasn't sure who it was but I could hear the determined tone behind what they had said. "NO! Stay up there! We'll be fine trust me! We will meet back up with you in a few minutes! If we aren't out in an hour come in after us!"
I looked at Yang who had a look of fear that I would never imagine she could make. "What just happened?! The ground opened up after you read that book to yourself! What was in the book?! Why did this happen?! Nick, what did you do?!"
Her fear quickly changed into anger and intimidation. Out of my own fear I began to explain everything that I read and how the words on the pages disappeared when I finished reading it.
"I think that whatever this place is, it wants me to be in here to see something. Look over there, a light. Do you hear that? It sounds like something calling me forward. Come on."
She looked around confused, then hesitated when I told her to follow. "Hey, you're Yang Xaoi Long, you don't feel fear. Now, are you going to follow me to the exit or are you going to stay here crying in fear?"
She looked at me angrily. "I'm not crying! I just don't like dark hallways that opened from a hole in the ground!" She followed me into the room that was lit by an unknown source.
We walked into the room and noticed that it was all lit by torches on the wall. There was a small stair case that led to nothing but a wall.
Something that appeared to be prehistoric cave drawings on the wall was shining from the light of the torches.
Suddenly a flash of white light hit my eyes and the room started to disappear around me. The walls and ceiling went first.
They didn't fall apart or start to crumble into nothing but rather just disappear into thin air. I looked around to notice that Yang was gone! She was nowhere to be seen, then the floor gave out.
I started to fall into blackness until I landed after what felt like two minutes. I got up off of the floor and began to take in my surroundings.
The room I was now in was the exact same as the l fell out of, the only difference being no Yang anywhere. Then the tapestry on the wall began to change. It shifted around until it revealed a door way.
It lead down a dark hallway that for some reason I thought was calling my name telling me to walk down it. I snapped back into reality and figured that it was my best shot at finding Yang and the way out of this weird place.
I began to walk down the hallway to where I realized what the picture on the wall was exactly. It was a picture of my ancestor and his partner!
I began to call out to see if anyone, especially Yang, would answer me. I heard something off in the distance and began to sprint after the voice.
I got to a huge room that was set up like a combat arena in a way. I began to survey the area and I noticed a person up on the stands looking down at me. I realized that it was Yang and called up to her.
"Hey, you know the way out, or how we got here in the first place?" She didn't answer at all, instead she began to walk down the stands closer to me.
"Hey are you okay? You're not acting like yourself. Yang, is something wrong?" Still no answer. She within punching rang and I noticed that she had red eyes out instead of her usual purple. Her skin looked paler than usual and her veins were popping out as if they were about to burst.
Then I heard from above me, "NICK! Watch out! That isn't actually me! I don't know how she did it but she stole my face." I looked up and noticed that directly above me there was Yang in a cage thirty feet up.
The duplicate heard Yang's warning and hissed at me before going for a punch. I dodged the attempt at a punch and used the dust I always had on me to create a bow-staff out of burn dust.
The phony Yang came charging at me with a look of aggression and anger at me. I could tell that despite getting Yang's face and weapons, the fake didn't get her talent.
She was blindly charging into battle, which yes Yang did, but not punching with no sense of logic to each strike.
I was done with the copy in no time and managed to get to the cage that was holding the real Yang hostage.
"Thanks, now we should start moving. If what happened to me is any warning then that means they are after your body too."
We started to run down the hallway on the opposite side of the arena from where I entered. I walked into the next room that was very similar to the last.
Both Yang and I had our weapons ready for whatever came to attack us. What did come was a shock to say the least.
It was an old man that looked familiar in some way. He began to talk to us in a low voice and a soft tone. "Hello young ones, welcome to The Chamber of Past Carriers. It is here that you two shall be named Carriers forever."
I interrupted him to say something I thought should most defiantly be said. "Um, actually only one of us is a Carrier. My friend here is a Huntress in training, but not a Carrier. Hold on, did you say The Chamber of Past Carriers? Who are you exactly?"
He looked at me with a smile on his face. "Well, I won't tell you, but I will give you some hints. Number one, you know of me but you don't know me. Number two, you have taken my advice but never heard it. Number three, we share a link to the elements but we have never met. Who am I, Nicholas?"
I looked at him curiously. "If you want me to know who you are, why not just tell me?" He laughed at what I had said. "Because, where is the fun in just telling you? Now, who am I?"
I paused for a second and thought about the hints he had told me. I know who he is but don't know him, I have taken his advice yet never heard it, and we share a link to the elements but have never met.
"I got it!" He looked up at me excited. "You do? Well do tell." I smiled at him. "I know who you are already so you aren't someone new to my life, but at the same time you aren't a person I have ever talked to in person. I have taken your advice, yet never heard it. No one ever said I hadn't read it. We share a link to the elements, but have never met. The element is fire and the link is we both have the last name Burns! You are James Allen Burns!"
With that he began to laugh and walked up to hug me. "Yes my boy, yes! I am your ancestor and you are my decedent!"
I returned the hug but quickly got back to business. "I'm sorry to be so blunt, but how are you alive? You're supposed to be over two hundred years old by now."
He just gave me a smirk and replied to my question. "Exploring time and space will keep you young I guess. Now back to you.
I brought you here because of the fact that you must be the one to finish what I started on Remnant. The Grimm are monsters and it was my job to kill the beasts all at once, but now you must do it.
You have to find a way to end the creatures of darkness on Remnant forever. This is your mission, if you still feel like you can do it."
I looked down at the floor and said, "If I say no, what kind of person would I be? If I say no then I'm letting an entire world remain in darkness until another Carrier comes to help them. I have to say yes for the better of Remnant as a whole!" He looked me in the eye.
"Perfect! I knew you wouldn't let me down! Now I have some things to give you. Follow me." I began to follow him and motioned to Yang to do the same.
We arrived in a small room that appeared to be a laboratory of some kind. "Here it is! This is the blueprint to the Atomic Transporter. Use it to create more and get more people to join the clan of Carriers we have started. Oh and take this too.
This is a new dust compartment for your weapon creation. You should be able to attach it to your forearm and use it as if it were a selector for attacks in a video game." He passed me the blueprints and the dust chamber.
He motioned me to a portal looking thing on the other side of the room. "This is the original Atomic Transporter. You should be able to create one just like it when you return to your friends.
Oh one last thing, this is a list of all the explored universes that any Carrier has ever been to. You can use this to go to those places.
All you have to do is input the galactic coordinates into your Atomic Transporter and you should be there in no time. Good luck my young friends."
With that he sent us through the giant portal to where we appeared in the Beacon library right next to our friends. "Woah! You guys are back and you have stuff from down there." Jaune said with a calm tone of voice surprisingly.
"Yeah, it's a long story so I'll get started on telling it now." I told them everything and all their jaws dropped as I went farther and farther into the story.
"Well, that is most certainly interesting. Everything you said happened down there in the twenty minutes you were gone. Wow I guess that place doesn't have the same rules of space and time as up here. Where did you say you were again?"
Ren spoke with a curios and confused tone. I replied to the question as best as I could. "Well, he called it The Chamber of Past Carriers, but that's all I know about that place.
Anyway I'm going to go tell Ozpin what we found, and that James told us to artificially create Carriers using these blueprints. If you guys don't mind I would like to do this part alone so I'll be going now."
I went to Ozpin and told him the entire story of that day. All he could say up until I was done was "interesting." When I had finally finished he gave his opinion on what we should do with these blueprints.
"Well, I think we do exactly as your ancestor says. We make more Transporters and give them to those we can trust. We will start with teams RWBY and JNPR since they already know everything about the Carriers and they're already great fighters."
With that I left everything except the dust compartment that I was given with Ozpin. I went back to my team's room and went to sleep.
I was so tired I just couldn't do anything anymore. "Here's hoping from this point forward things get a little bit easier," I thought to myself before going to bed.