Heya guys! Here's the next chapter, and with it, I've got a little announcement to make.

I've released a new story, called RWBY: The Darkest Fantasies. For those of you who enjoy smut and different fetishes, this is the story for you guys. I'm still not entirely sure what pairings are going to be in this one, but it will have a lot of smut, a lot of lemons, and it'll probably be where I purge myself of all my ideas for 18+ scenes. The only real plot will be the developing relationships between characters, once I decide which they're going to be. It'll be updated weekly at the same time as any other book I have on the go, like this one!

With that done, let's get moving!

"Psst."

Ruby shifted in her sleep. She felt something poke her cheek. She groaned a little.

"Psst."

Was that Weiss? Or someone else?

She slowly cracked her eyes open, only to be greeted by a blue-eyed stare.

Resisting her body's urge to jump in surprise, she took her eyes off the blue pits.

It was definitely Aya. She looked upon her with a smile, as if happy to see her.

"Glad I... found you... Ruby." Aya whispered.

"What are you doing here?" Ruby asked quietly, trying not to wake Weiss, who was cuddling her from behind. Why was she here, in their dorm room?

"Looking for... you." Aya said. She was just about a couple of paces away.

She held out a small hand.

"Take... my hand." she instructed.

No seeing any reason not to, Ruby grasped the tiny hand.

With a jolt, her surroundings changed in a flash, going from comfortable bed to hard, black floor!

Ruby sat up in a flash, taking in her new surroundings, immediately letting go of Aya's hand.

Black walls, floors, a white mist around them, a couple of shelves, white flamed torches in brackets... they were in the Dark Library!

Vade's home!

"That's... better." Aya said, in her normal voice now that they were out of the dorm, sitting down next to Ruby on the glass-like floor. "You... okay?"

"Fine, but why did you bring me here?" Ruby asked.

"I wanted... to talk to... you. Father... doesn't know... we're here." Aya replied, taking breaths midway through her sentences. "Father... said not to... see you anymore... is something... wrong?"

"Aya, do you know someone called Ozpin?" Ruby asked her, deciding to test how much she actually knew. Her young face fell at the mention of the name.

"That man... is an enemy." Aya replied. "If I see... him at any... time... Father wants me... to tell... him immediately."

Aya thought Ozpin was an enemy?

"Why is he an enemy?" Ruby pressed.

"He doesn't... like Father." Aya responded. "He fights... whenever I see... them together. I also... know about... his plan... with you... and Father."

She KNEW? Did that mean that Vade knew that RWBY would be moving to capture him?

"Are you... going to... come for us?" Aya asked, and Ruby noticed that her eyes looked watery. "Would you... fight my Father... my Master... even me... for him?" She was backing away from Ruby now, and from her angle, Ruby saw a defenseless girl. What was she supposed to do here? Her team was given this mission from Ozpin himself! But Aya was a friend!

"No, I won't." Ruby lied, deciding to make sure that she would be spared some of the pain, until tomorrow. Tears fell down Aya's face however, and she moved back even further, the mist of the Dark Library coiling around her.

"You're... lying." Aya said tearfully, seemingly holding back a sob. "I have... my father's... semblance... you know? That's how... I can do the... things he... does." Ruby stood up too, realizing as she did so that she had no idea how to get out of here and back to Beacon. "But I guess... that's the way... things are. Humans... only care about... things that relate... to them... and never think about... anyone else. That's the way... humans and faunus... have always been. You would... get closer to the... people at Beacon... rather than us... because we're less relevant. I... get it."

"Aya, I'm-" Ruby tried to say.

"Don't bother!" Aya screamed, cutting Ruby off. "It was... the right move... after all... bringing you here! Now!"

Two strong, armoured arms suddenly wrapped themselves around her torso, and hauled her above the floor! Ruby struggled hard, trying desperately to break the sudden vice-grip, but whoever was holding her was far too strong. Aya approached as she kicked out, struggling, doing anything she could.

It was for naught, and Ruby watched as Aya reached her, and held out a hand that was enveloped in blue energy. Her left eye was shimmering blue even as she wiped away her tears.

"So... the friend of... my enemy... who's also my... friend... is really... just another enemy." Aya said, before tapping Ruby's bare foot.

A jolt of electricity shot through Ruby's body at her touch, and her mind went numb, blanking out at her touch.

"Ruby! Ruby!" Weiss called out.

She stood in the courtyard of Beacon, searching for Ruby.

She'd just been awoken to a loud cracking sound, and Ruby had been gone. Unsure of where she was, Weiss had gotten up, put her clothes on, and ventured out of the dorm. Ruby hadn't been anywhere, not in the weapons servicing area, the training arena, heck she had even checked the cafeteria.

Now she was out here, still searching. This wasn't right. Ruby wouldn't be out of their dorm at close to one'o'clock in the morning!

"What's up, Weiss?"

Weiss whirled around at the sound of the familiar voice. Vade stood there, arms folded, leaning against the statue in the center of the courtyard. Without hesitation, Weiss withdrew her rapier. She never left without it.

"How'd you get here?" she growled. Vade looked affronted, though Weiss knew that face was fake.

"Me? I just came here!" Vade responded. "It's almost like someone wants my head, oh wait, someone does." Vade gave a smile that sent shivers down Weiss' spine, his right eye glowing its familiar crimson. "Welp, guess I have to take out the trash headed for me."

"TRASH?! We're far more than you!" Weiss shouted, very offended at his remark. Vade gave a quiet chuckle.

"Big words when you have your team with you. They do say the whole is greater than the sum of its parts." Vade responded. "And it's true. I admire your team's strength, the ability to become something from nothing. But then, when you aren't combining to become something, I think you know what that means, Weiss. You're nothing compared to me."

"Says the guy who lost to our 'nothing', Yang." Weiss countered with a sneer. Another chuckle.

"And that's why it pays to be a good actor." Vade replied. "It means you get to show people what they thought was your power, whereas in reality, it's something completely different." He gave a laugh at that, pushing himself off the locker, and facing Weiss directly. "Pretty convincing anger, wasn't it?"

Weiss had her doubts. It had looked real, and his powers looked real too. His shield HAD deflected Yang's attacks as well.

"But enough about that." He leapt across the grass so that he was before Weiss. "Looking for someone?"

Weiss heart skipped a beat.

Vade stretched out his left hand, which was glowing with a purple aura, very different from his usual red.

"Be thankful my Master actually gave me the ability to do this." Vade remarked, before snapping his finger. A circular window appeared in mid air, crackling with the same purple energy that surrounded his hand. Behind it sat-

"Ruby!" Weiss cried out, getting closer. It was too. She was being held by someone in a golden suit of armour. And she was struggling, bucking against the grip, kicking out, flailing. As she watched, a little girl, Aya most likely, moved in close and touched Ruby's foot with a blue glowing hand. Ruby instantly jolted and went limp, and struggled no more. Just before the window collapsed, she saw her lover being dragged by the one in gold. She rounded on Vade as he smiled cruelly.

"Gee, I think she might just be... not here." he commented. Weiss felt fury take her as she realized that Ruby had indeed been kidnapped. "Time to show you just how puny you really are. You might want to look behind you at some point." Vade remarked, his right eye glowing bright red.

No. Weiss kept her eyes on Vade. No way was she falling for that-

A wet smacking sound was all she heard, and a sharp blow to the back of the head.

Darkness took her before she even fell to the ground.

As Vade lifted the unconscious heiress up onto his shoulder, he marveled at how easy this had been. Just like that, before they'd even had to attack, two of them had fallen right into their arms. Once Master-

"Going somewhere, old friend?"

Vade wheeled around. Sure enough, he saw him. Ozpin, man of the hour even in this late one.

So much for being easy.

He was walking towards Vade, cane in hand, a very angry look on his normally serene face.

"Yup. Job's done." Vade replied cautiously, watching as the headmaster closed in. He summoned a book and let it hover beside him, saying "Back up." as he did so. Ozpin was unfazed, and kept coming. He threw Weiss backwards, letting the heiress' body hit the grass with a light thud.

"You have the gall to interfere with my students, and now to kidnap them?" Ozpin asked, his voice very dangerous indeed, coming to within arm's reach of Vade before halting. Vade let his own anger rise to the surface. The nerve of him!

"Oh, I'm sure sending them over to try and do that to me wouldn't have resulted in the same thing happening to them anyway." Vade hissed. "Getting desperate against me already, hm, Oz?"

"You have no idea what you're dealing with." Ozpin responded harshly. "Toy with the future all you want, but NEVER touch my students. Are we clear?"

"Nope." Vade retorted, taking a step closer. "I WILL continue and I WILL save us all. If you hadn't fought me, none of-"

CRACK!

Vade felt his body fly into a stone wall of the courtyard, before landing on the ground, hard. He tasted blood in his mouth where he'd bitten his tongue, his jaw numb in the place where it had been whacked. He slowly rose, looking at Ozpin, feeling his mind fill with hate as he lowered his cane.

"So that's the game we're playing, is it?" Vade replied, spitting out blood onto the pristine pavement of the courtyard. "In that case, why don't you pick on someone your own size?" He raised his hand, letting his aura flow into it, making the call he knew would summon his savior, his cause to draw breath.

Sure enough, the Master appeared before him, facing Ozpin, whose harsh glare suddenly became less sure of itself. Vade gave a harsh laugh as the Master silently took an unarmed combat stance, purple aura flashing menacingly.

"Look familiar? This is the one who you turned your back on, twenty years ago." Vade said, walking over to where he'd dropped Weiss, lifting her up and watching as Ozpin's eyes focused on him. "I wouldn't do that. My master has no reason to fight you. Don't give him one." He looked over, feeling his master's eyes on him too. The master pointed to its chin, and he knew what the gesture meant. "It didn't happen in front of you." he replied. "Yes, I got hurt, but I can handle it. If he hurts me any more though..." he continued with a warning tone.

He walked back over to the Master and put a hand on his armoured shoulder.

"Seems you've got enough sense in your head to not try your luck." Vade poked at Ozpin. "Maybe now you'll realize just how far ahead we are compared to you."

With that, he let his gifted semblance warp him, his master, and the fallen Weiss back into the Dark Library.