Chapter Eight: My First Mission

I went to go see Oscar and he told me who I really was. I am Pyrrha's reincarnation and I tried to reach her soul, but lost control and found myself back in my room with my teammates. They were all worried and and asked what happened. Now, everyone is on top of Evelyn's bed except me and ready to hear what I have to say.

"Everybody ready?"

They all nodded their heads.

"Ok, here we go."

I took a deep breathe. "I...I'm a reincarnation."

They all looked at me strangely.

"A reincarnation?" Evelyn asked.

"Of who?" Alistair asked.

"How and why?" Louis asked.

They all asked their questions at the same time.

"Ok, calm down, I can only answer one at a time. Apparently, what I was told, a reincarnation is when someone is reborn after they died. This is where the who comes in. Her name is Pyrrha Nikos, former member of Team JNPR, which is now JNR. Pyrrha died of an arrow shot through the chest then in her heart. She was destined to be the next fall maiden, but she didn't really die. Her soul may be inside me and so that means I can reach her. I don't know why, but I guess you can say I'm special. The weirdest part, I don't feel like I was reborn. I showed up in a forest and was brought in from my parents, but they didn't look like me. I looked fourteen years old, and lived in my village for three years. During those three years, Beacon was still intact and when the original teams were about to start their second year, the Grimm attacked the school and my village as well at the same time. I also just realized, instead of going to the future, I went back into the past. Doesn't that seem weird?"

"Wow, um...I mean, all of it seems pretty weird. How did you find out about this?" Louis asked.

"My trainer, Oscar, told me. We met a couple days ago on a train. He was headed to Mistral to take care of business while I was headed to a stop closer to here. Oscar said he was coming to Haven after he was done in Mistral, and so, he's training me. That's why I don't have a schedule. He said I'm special somehow."

"Wow, Titania. You're so lucky. I wish I was trained instead of being teached." Evelyn said.

"Yeah, I kind of agree with Evelyn here. classes are really boring." Alistair said.

"Well, maybe one day I can teach you all something that I learned. We can go to the edge of the cliff, where we first started our exam and train together. How does that sound?" I asked.

"I'm down." Louis said.

"Count me in." Evelyn said.

"I don't see why that's a problem." Alistair said.

"Awesome, well, it's starting to get late. Let's all get some rest. Night guys." I said.

Everyone else said goodnight and fell asleep on our beds. I woke up the next morning and nobody was in the room. I heard a knock at the door.

"Come in."

The door opened and a girl in red hair and green eyes popped up in the room, or at least I thought that that's what the person looked like.

"Pyrrha?" I asked.

"What?" A familiar voice said in a confused sound.

I shook my head and rubbed my eyes. The figure was only Jaune. "Oh, sorry Jaune, I thought you were somebody else. Hehe. what's up?"

"Can we talk? In private?" Jaune asked.

"Sure, come sit down. I jumped off my bed and sat on Louis' bed.

"Um…" He looked away from me. He tried so hard putting his face up, but he just couldn't.

"Is there something wrong with my face?"

"No, I mean…"

"Is it because I look like Pyrrha, is that why you can't face me?"

"N...No...maybe...ok, yes, but why."

"I don't know why, Jaune."

He started clenching his fist and got up from the bed.

"Stop it! You're not her! You may sound like her, but you're just not her, ok?! Just stop." He got on his knees and buried his face in his hands. "Why, of all people, why did it have to be her? Who are you? Why do you look like Pyrrha?"

"You're wrong, Jaune. I am her."

"How?" Jaune looked at me strangely.

"Look, I was told that I'm her reincarnation. We can talk later, I have to go somewhere. See you later." I ran out of my room and out the dorms. I went back to the cliff and met up with Oscar again.

"I was afraid you wouldn't show up after what happened yesterday. Ozpin thinks he was a little too hard on you. Reaching through Pyrrha's soul was a little difficult and we are doing it way too soon. We are sorry."

"It's alright."

"Ozpin has another task for you, and if you succeed, you will be starting your very first mission. It'll be tough, and it might bring back memories, but I believe you can do it."

"Don't worry, I'll be fine. So, what are we doing?"

"You are going to find what happened to your village, and you are going to find out by seeing a vision. Are you alright with that?"

"I always wondered what happened. I think that's alright."

"Ok, sit down."

We sat down and crossed our legs.

"Close your eyes and picture someone you truly care about from your village."

I did just that, and James came into mind. I saw his dashing brown hair, and brown eyes. He was wearing the same clothes I last saw on him. Black pants, a white tank top with a green robe.

"Who do you see?"

"James, he was my boyfriend."

"You sure about this Ozpin?"

There was silence.

"He said to keep going. Imagine yourself standing next to him and the last place you were together."

I showed up next to James and we were in the village. We were running and he slipped and fractured his ankle. I called for help, but no one came. I told him I was sorry and kissed him. I escaped out of the village crying, but my vision stayed on James. After a couple of minutes, he got up on both feet and starting running towards the Grimm, but how is that possible? He shouldn't be standing. He lied to me.

"Titania, what's going on?"

I ignored him and stay focused. James took out a sword and jumped out at the Grimm and slashed through their heads. Each and every one. He found all the people that were still alive and headed out of the village, but went a different direction then I did. My vision finally disappeared and I opened my eyes.

"Titania, what happened?"

"James! He...He's still alive! I don't know how, but somehow he his! He rescued everyone who was still alive in my village! I need to find him! Where is he, Oscar?!"

"Ok, calm down. I don't know where he is, but maybe we can get clues from your village and see where they went. Remember, this is a mission, not a search. Do you know what to do?"

"Do you think he's in trouble? Do I have to save him?"

"Maybe, but it's going to be a long journey. We will be training along the way, and if you want, I can excuse your teammates out of class and you can all complete this mission and become stronger together. How does that sound?"

Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you! Oscar you are the best!" I hugged him and he hugged me back.

We both smiled. "So, when are we starting?"

"Tomorrow, I have to get everything ready for our journey. This may take a few or several days."

"Ok, I'll see you tomorrow then. I can't wait. Bye, Oscar." I waved and ran back to my dorm room. When I opened my door, Team RWBY and Team JNR were in there. "What's going on?"

"Jaune says you're a reincarnation of Pyrrha Nikos. I didn't want to believe him, I thought he was going crazy, but we all came here to get the truth from you. So,is he right?" Weiss asked

"Jaune, I said I was going to tell you later."

"Is it true?" Ruby asked.

Yes, he's not lying. I look like her, I sound like her. Same semblance and everything. Her soul is also inside me, but I can't reach it just yet. I've tried, but it almost killed me."

"How come you didn't tell us before?" Ren asked.

"Because I didn't find out until last night, and I didn't think it was that important."

"But it is important, Pyrrha was our friend and she sacrificed herself to save us all. Ruby helped a little bit." Blake said.

"Hey, I helped a lot. It may have not killed the Grimm, but they all stopped."

"What is this 'it' you are referring to?" I asked.

"Have you heard of silver eyes?" Ruby asked.

"No, actually I haven't, and these silver eyes can stop the Grimm? How exactly?"

"It can freeze them in time."

"Freeze the, in time, huh?" I thought about the way James and the others could be in trouble. They could be trapped by the Grimm.

"What's up, Titania?" Yang asked.

"I need you guys to come on a mission with my team and I. Will you help?"

They all looked at each other and nodded their heads.

"Good, we start tomorrow."