Chapter Ten: Our Journey Begins

"So, where are we going?" I asked.

"Don't you remember what I said yesterday?" Oscar said.

"No, I wasn't really listening. What did you say?"

"We're going to your village, Titania."

"My...village?" I said with a shock in my face. "No, I can't go there. I don't want to see my village in ruins again. Why do we need to go there, it's going to be empty and James won't be there, it's a waste of time. He is in that cave that I saw in my dream, I just know it."

"Titania, I know you want to believe that, but we have to find clues first. You can't just rely on your dreams." Louis said.
"Louis is right, James might have left something behind, maybe a note, or trails of something special." Ren said.

"I understand, but if I am right about this, you guys all owe me." I said.

"Owe you what?" Yang asked.

"You just owe me, that's all."

"Whatever it is, I don't care. Now, who's ready to go on an adventure?" Nora asked.

"Is everybody ready?" Oscar asked.

Everybody had bags full of food and water. Oscar had the map and we were on our way.

"Are we walking the whole way, or taking a train?" Weiss asked. "Because I don't think my feet can handle all this walking."
"And I don't think anyone wants to hear your complaining, you should have worn something else." Oscar said.

"Hey, these are the only shoes I brought, so watch your tongue young boy, and are you going to explain this Ozpin story of yours. You look nothing like him."
"I'm not really Ozpin. My real name is Oscar, and Ozpin's soul is inside me. I can hear every word he says even right now. He says that you should put your attitude away where it belongs, and that's back in your room."

"Right, sure. Here's a question for him. Who is the next heir in the Schnee Dust Company?"

It was silence once again, then Oscar spoke.

"He says Whitley." Oscar said.

"Correct."

"What? I thought you were suppose to the next heir?" Ruby asked.

"I was, until I misbehaved at my concert hall party, but we won't get into that. Anyway, I believe you now Oscar."
"Hey, Oscar, I just forgot to ask. Since you finally told me that Ozpin is the one you mentioned on the train a couple of days ago, do you want to finish our conversation?" I asked.

"Oh, yes. I am truly sorry for cutting you off that day, please forgive. Anyway, where did we leave off?" Oscar asked.

"You said you had to take care of some business before coming to Haven."

"Oh, yes. So, Ozpin told me I had to meet a friend of his to get something back in return. His name is Qrow, This cane is Ozpin's and it's his weapon and it turns into a sword."
"Wait, Qrow? You met my Uncle Qrow?" Ruby asked.

"He's your uncle?" Oscar asked. "No wonder you looked familiar. Aren't you the one who has silver eyes. Ozpin told me about this and he told me you are the one that stopped the Grimm and hurt Cinder."
"Yep, that's me. The one and only. I'm super awesome."
"Wait, who's this Cinder girl?" I asked.

"She is an evil person. She was there at the fall of Beacon and the one that killed Pyrrha with the fall maiden powers." Ren said.

"She is pure evil!" Nora said.

I looked at Jaune, waiting for him to say something, but he didn't. He just had this sad expression. He looked at me, then turned away. For the next couple of hours, it was silent, and then eventually it got dark. we camped out together and went to sleep. We've been on our journey for another three days and we were drawing closer to my village. My heart started pounding. Louis called my name and motioned me to walk next to him.

"What's up?" I asked.

"Do you really think James is alive?" Louis asked.

"I don't know really, but I want to believe it. Why?"

"It was just a question. I don't want to be rude, but this journey is taking us a long time. What if James and your people are already…"

"Look, let's not jump to conclusions until we are actually for sure. I understand that there could be a possibility that we are too late, but if we aren't, I'll be glad that he's safe, along with the people he rescued."
"And if we are too late?"
"We know what to do."

"We are almost there, remember, when we get there, look for clues. Anything that seems strange and out of the ordinary. If you find anything, come see me or Titania. Everybody understand?" Oscar said.

"What if there are no clues?" Weiss asked.

"Keep looking, I'm sure there will be some."

"Ugh, if we walked all the way here for nothing, I'm blaming you, Oscar."

We walked for another ten minutes and finally arrived.

"We're here." I said with a frown.

My village was in ruins and completely empty. Some buildings crashed down and some just runned down. Some were still up, but not by much.
"Ok, everyone, start searching." Oscar said.

I didn't start looking, I went straight to my home, the one I was raised in. I walked to the front and it was completely runned down.

"Was this your house?" Louis asked.

"Yeah." I said. "Brings back memories."
"You must of had a great family."

"Yeah, they were great."

"Do you wanna go inside?"

"Sure, maybe we'll find something in here."

We walked in and saw that it was completely empty. Everything was empty, Chairs and tables were almost broken. The floor was pretty creaky, but stable enough to hold us. I saw one drawer open and it had a slip of paper. I took it out and there was writing on it. It looks recent.

"What's that?"

"I don't know."

"Well, read it."

I read the words aloud: "Dear Titania, if you are reading this, I just want to let you know that I am safe. I have saved lots of people from our village and we are in hiding. Your parents on the other hand, I'm really sorry. They were already killed by the Grimm when I went to find them. I have buried them for you. If you are going to look for me, I suggest that you don't. After lying to you for the past three years we were together, I think it's best if you don't."
"It's James." Louis said.

I read the letter more. "You must be thinking what did I lie about. So, if you're that curious, come find me, but like I said, it's for the best that you don't. I'm so glad that we got to meet and I hope you have a wonderful life. I love you and always will. Sincerely...James." I said the last few words with tears in my eyes.

"Titania? You ok?"

I sat down on the floor and started crying. "Why would he do this? He's not safe at all, I just know it along with the people he saved. Now my parents are dead and I never got to say goodbye to them. Louis…" I got up and hugged him. "What should I do?"

"That's your own decision to make. If you want to know what he was lying about, then maybe you should see him again."

"You think so?"
"Yeah, I do."

I looked at the letter again. I looked at it closely and there was something on the back. I turned it over and it was a drawing of the cave. The same one I saw in my dream. Under the drawing it said, 'If you are going to find me, I'm here. I hope you remember where that is. We went star sighting here one night."

"What does that say?"
"He remembers." I cried another tear, "We're going." I grabbed Louis' hand and headed out of the house.

"Oh, ok."

I called everyone together and they all ran up to me.

"Did you find something?" Oscar asked.

"Yeah, a note, but that's not important. Guess where they are?"

"Are they in that cave you mentioned in your dream?" Blake asked.

"You guessed it, Now, who was right?"
"You were." Everybody said.

"Thank you, now, I know where this place is. It's close. Everyone follow me."

Everyone started following me and after fifteen minutes, we heard thumping and growling.

"It's just like my dream. Three Grimm. Let's split into teams. Team RWBY, Team JNR and Oscar, and my team."

Everyone nodded their heads and we separated. My team took down our Grimm and black smoke appeared. I ran faster than ever to the cave. I knew I was getting closer because I heard laughter. I heard fire crackling as well. As I got closer, I saw a figure come out of the cave. I jumped over the bushes and met face to face with James. He was holding the sword that he slashed with the Grimm and it was lighting up just like in my dream.

"James?"

"Titania, is that you?"