Author's Note

Huzzah! I'm back with another chapter for Downfall. I'm dying for this chapter. It turns into crap! But like I said, I need to keep this alive somehow. So, my school year will be starting on few days later. I might not be able to work on my other stories except for this one since Downfall is in my iPad.

Chapter 8

The sun rises beyond the horizon, spreading the light to the continent of Vytal. The light slowly reaches Vale and onto Beacon Academy. From the window of team RWBY's dorm, a certain pale girl stare into the orange ball of light rising from the east horizon. She rarely get to see this kind of sight every morning since she would be the living alarm clock for her team mates especially her sister. But this time she's making an exception.

Weiss woke up few seconds later and saw her partner staring out of the window. After a brief stretching, she slowly approach her, not wanting to startle her, "Good morning, Ruby," she greeted the white girl.

"Good morning, Weiss,"she replied and peck the heiress' lips. Weiss blushes but she wrap her arms around her partner's neck and snuggle to her cheek. "I thought you're going to wake us up..." She said.

"I just want to see the sunrise," her partner answered. The heiress stare into the orange ball of light rising up to the sky. Ruby gently pat her hand on her partner's arm, telling her to let her go. Weiss release the white girl from her embrace. Ruby drop herself from the bookshelf and head towards the door, "If Yang ask me where I am, tell her I'm going for a stroll." Weiss reply with an okay. Her partner give her a smile and slowly close the door behind her.

Students begin to fill up the corridors and the cafeteria. Some are heading for their morning training. Ruby wanted to try out her new weapon but she decided to use it when her team are assigned with a mission. She bumped into Alex along the way, "Good morning, Miss Rosé."

"Good morning, sir. What do you think of the academy so far?"

"It's quite fine for me. But I might need some guidance for the school surroundings and staffs..."

"Should I give you a tour, sir? I'm currently have some spare time to be spend."

"Ah, I appreciate it, Miss Rosé!" Ruby bring the man around the academy while chatting along the way. Alex been asking her about her studies and life during her stay in Beacon. Somehow, the white girl is comfortable with him. She feel like she's quite close with him, despite the fact he turned her into his lab rat.

On other hand, Alex actually know his way around the academy. But as soon as he saw the girl walking around the hallway, he wanted to spend time with her. He feared that Ruby might avoid him but here he is, chatting like nothing bad ever happened between them. He's quite relief that she would thought of giving him a tour.

After showing him around from the rural areas to the courtyard and return to the same spot where they met, her scroll begin to make a beeping sound, alerting her that she received a new message. She take it out and look into her message. It was from Weiss, telling her that her team are assigned on a mission.

"Excuse me, sir! My team received a new mission! I'll see you later!" She quickly keep her scroll in her pocket, give him a quick wave and left in a blink of an eye, leaving a cloud of white rosé behind. Alex sigh and cross his arms. "You don't want to tell her?" A voice of another man is heard.

"Nah, she seem so happy with her friends. I don't think she would even bother if I told her." Ozpin showed up from the crowd of students which begin to fill up the corridors. He stand next to Alex and watch the white girl run towards her dorm room. "You know, she even stood up for you when her friends doubted your purpose on becoming one of our staff. You might not getting another chance, Alex..."

The red-haired man chuckle, "It doesn't matter, Ozpin. As long as I could watch her from far, it's enough for me..."

Ruby open the door and saw her two team mates are wide awake. Yang is still snoring on her bed with her blanket almost cover her figure. "Why don't you guys wake her up?" She said and point at her sister. Weiss release an exasperated sigh while Blake shook her head. The white girl know that whatever they do, they can't seem to wake the blonde brawler up.

She tug her sister's blanket hard. Yang's hand fidgeting around as she try to grasp for something to replace her missing blanket. "Yaaaannngggg~! Wake up~! We have a mission~!" She said in her usual childish tone. But her sister respond by rolling herself and face the opposite direction. "Screw it, I want to sleep..." She murmur.

Before she could return to her beauty sleep, Ruby roll her to the edge of her bed and push her. Yang landed with her face hit the floor followed by a loud thump. Weiss is slightly amused while Blake gasp in horror. The white girl drop herself from her bed and gently poke her head. "Is she...going to be okay?" Blake ask in concern.

"She'll be fine, Blake! But I think she broke her nose..." She heard her sister muffle in response. "See, I told you she's fine!" Ruby said.

"Sounded like she wants to kill you later..." Weiss said as she crosses her arms. Ruby chuckle, "She can kill me if she gets up right now and get ready in 5 minutes." Yang muffled fine and slowly get up with her nose bleed out. Blake help her girlfriend to tend her broken nose.

"So what's the mission anyway?" Ruby ask. Yang keeps complaining of her broken nose as she rub it gently. Blake and Weiss sigh. The heiress check on her scroll, "Apparently, a witness claim to see a fox Grimm creating havoc in some restaurants and cafés. The owners want us to exterminate it ASAP," she said.

"Wow, there're Grimm living in the city as well! They sure are evolving so fast!" Yang said.

"But where they did they come from? The first one we saw was the human Grimm two years ago. Then, Leviathan appeared. Since the Grimm died, the new types begin to appear. I'm sure there's something weird is going on..." Ruby said but suddenly she stop and look up to the sky. Her team mates stop as well. Blake's bow twitch as she heard the white girl mutter, "Three, two, one..."

Suddenly, a black fox landed on Yang's head, causing the blonde brawler to fall to the ground on her face. The Grimm quickly sprint away from the group before any of them could've catch it, "There goes the fox..." Ruby muttered.

"What're you looking at?! Get that darn thing!" Yang shouted as Blake help her to stand. Ruby grins and shifts into her white wolf, chasing after the black Grimm. They run through the crowd, avoiding being stepped on. The fox lead her to the alleyway. However, it had no escape once they reach the end of the alley.

The fox turn to face the white wolf before it and barks. Ruby respond with a growl. But she sensed something's off of the Grimm. The barks grew deeper, replaced with snarls and deep growls. She noticed the Grimm slowly grew bigger and fiercer than before. The fox grow as big as an Alpha Beowolf. Her jaw drops.

The Grimm punched her but she manage to dodge and shifted to normal. She activated Eclipse Rosé and shoot the Grimm from above. However, the Grimm caught her in it's paws and slammed her to the ground. Ruby extended the claws of her gauntlets and plunge both of them into it's paws. The Grimm roars, accidentally release the white girl.

Ruby sprints towards it's torso and plunge the claws into it. She slowly tear it open and once it's wide enough, she stopped. A large, golden core caught her eyes. But it's not the core that caught her interest. There's something curled up in the core. Something's telling her not to kill it but she plunge one of her gauntlets to the core.

She quickly back off after she pull out her claw and the Grimm explodes. Her gut told her it was a mistake but what could possibly be in there? Right on time, her team mates found her. "Ruby, did you got it?!" Yang shouted.

The white girl somewhat hesitated to answer. However, she reply, "Yeah, yeah, I got him..."

"What happened here?" Blake ask.

"The Grimm can actually grow as big as a Beowolf. And uh...stuff happens later..." Ruby stare at the evaporating Grimm before her. She caught the scent of the Grimm and a familiar scent. Her eyes widen in shock. Weiss notice something's wrong with her girlfriend, "Ruby, are you okay?"

Ruby snapped to her conscious, "Huh? Oh, yeah. I'm alright. Let's go home and report this to Ozpin..." No one dare to protest. Her team mates left the spot. She take a quick glance on the Grimm and immediately left for her team mates.

The same woman in red dress stood on the roof, watching the white girl from above. She contact someone through her ear speaker, "Subject begin to suspect. Should we act now?" The person in the line chuckle.

"Relax, Crimson. If she do find out about it, her guilt state would be our advantage to gain her back..."

Author's Note

I thought I would like to use Cinder in the story but I decided to make my antagonists as OCs. It'll be easier for me to work. So, here's one of my crappy chapter for my fellow readers. Nuff said, Au Revoir~!