Chapter VII – My First Quest

"Well, at least the house wasn't completely destroyed." Yang pointed out from where she sat next to Ruby. "Yeah. There are a few massive holes on the roof and most of it got burned. The burns are going to be easy to fix. As for the holes in the ceiling, that's a different thing all together." I said from where I sat on the couch, looking up at the gaping holes in the ceiling, occasional pieces of burnt wood falling off of the split support beams.

"No need to worry about that. I'll help your father out on this." A voice said. I recognized the voice, but didn't say anything yet. "Who's there?" Weiss asked, drawing her rapier. "Put the toothpick away. It's just my mom." I said, getting up. The Ice Queen huffed as she put her weapon away. As I stood up, Athena appeared right in front of us out of thin air.

"I have a request for you while your father, stepmother, and I make the repairs, my son." The goddess said. "What is it?" I asked, wondering what she wanted. "You need to find a way to get them back to their world. And along the way, you might find who's causing these distortions to happen." Athena said, gesturing to team RWBY. "How am I supposed to get them back and is there a time limit as to how long I'll have to get them there?" I asked.

"There's a portal in Athens that'll lead to multiple gateways to different dimensions. They'll know where to go from there. You'll find the portal at my temple there. As for how long you'll have, you will have only a couple of weeks to get them there. The barriers separating dimensions is starting to destabilize and if it goes down, everything as we know it will come to an end." the wisdom goddess answered.

"Isn't that a little dramatic?" Blake asked. "Not quite. It will happen if nothing is done before the two weeks are up. All of the dimensions will crash into each other and create nothing but ruin, effectively ending all life in all worlds." Athena said, taking a seat on the armchair behind her like it's a throne. "That's bad." Bob simply said. "No kidding. So I guess we should be on our way, then." I said. The goddess just nodded.

"What are we waiting for, then? Let's go!" Yang said, pumping her fist up into the air. "Alright. We'll take it from here. And we will succeed." I said, heading towards the front door. Athena and I nodded to each other before I followed everybody else out.

"So where are we going to go first?" Ruby asked. I was about to say something, but then I realized we had next to no supplies aside from our weapons. "How about we go shopping for supplies first? This is going to be a really long trip." Bob said. "Yeah. That's not a bad idea." I commented, checking my arrows. I still had a good amount of arrows available. "Where can we get ammo for our weapons? There isn't exactly any Dust in this world aside from the Dust crystals that appeared out of nowhere that we have." Ruby said, going through her weapons ammo clips.

"Can your weapons still use regular bullets?" I asked. "Yeah, but they won't be as effective against Grimm." The red cloaked girl answered. "Well, that's all there is here. It's a waste of metal if you ask me, though." I responded. "Why's is a waste of metal? It can't be used that often in this world." Blake said. "Trust me. If you saw how many guns the military in this world alone owns, you wouldn't be saying that." I said.

"Okay. So where are you going to get more arrows for your bow?" Ruby asked, changing the subject, seeming to sense my dislike of guns and military. "I have my arrows custom made for the pull strength of my bow, so I can't just buy them at a store. As for your ammo, I know where we can get those. Follow me." I said.

When we got there, Ruby immediately ran all over place excitedly examining each and every gun in the store. "Is she always like this?" Bob whispered to Yang. "Yeah. That is exactly why we don't take her to places like this very often in this world." the blonde whispered back. "I'm just going to be waiting back here. You guys can go get and do what you will." I said, leaning against the window behind me. Everybody nodded and moved off in different directions.

I pulled out the Bowmerang to its Bow Form and tested the bowstring. After a while I had an idea and holstered my weapon. "Do you have the materials to make heavy duty arrows?" I asked the man behind the counter. "This isn't exactly a hunting store, but yeah. It all depends on how heavy duty you want the materials to be, though." He answered. "I need materials that'll produce arrows light enough to carry in my carry in my quiver, yet big and heavy enough to pierce Kevlar and shoot off of my bow." I stated, drawing the Bowmerang to its Bow Form once more to show him.

"Might I have a look to see how strong the pull is?" the man asked. I hesitated at first, then I quickly nodded and handed him my weapon. He seemed to have a hard time carrying it once my hands left the weapon, despite him having more muscle than me. When he pulled back the bowstring, he also struggled, barely managing to get it a few inches. "This is one fine piece of work. The person that made this must've been stronger than I am to this fully functional. This is quite heavy, too." the shop owner said, giving me back my weapon.

"It's not all that heavy for me. I've been training with it for years. And I made it myself." I said, putting away the heavy metal weapon. "Alright. I'll gather the materials and make you the arrows you need. And perhaps a bigger quiver. Yours doesn't look like it holds much." he said. "Thanks. That would be very helpful." I said, giving a slight bow. Once we had paid for all our supplies (thanks to a certain goddess), we were on our way to our next destination.

After getting the food and camping supplies we needed we decided to call it a night and made camp in a fenced off area that wasn't too far away.