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Eric opened his eyes to see multiple things;
was still alive.
was still alive. "Thank god." He thought.
was a nice cosy little burning wall of extreme heat between the two of them and the Deathstalker, the tip of it's tail just barely piercing the shield he'd made.
"RUN!" He shouted at Ruby, who'd freed herself from the Nevermore feather. Giving her a head start, they both sprinted back towards the group of students, then turned to face the two grimm.
"How'd you do that?" Yang asked, not taking her eyes off the grimm.
"Explain later. For now, I thinks it's time we left." Everyone agreed. and everyone quickly sprinted back towards the academy, looming in the distance. Nearing the other side of the forest, they made their way into some old decrepit ruins. Thinking they'd lost the grimm, everyone stopped for a quick rest before looking for a way up the cliff. "Um, hate to be the barer of bad news guys, but we have two pissed off grimm heading our way!" Everyone turned their attention towards the oncoming grimm. The Nevermore sped ahead, taking it's position on top of the tower at the back of the ruins. Their attention was quickly caught by the Deathstalker, which burst through a bundle of trees.
"Ah god damn. Run!" Jaune shouted, everyone sprinting towards the Nevermore. It flew upwards slightly, peppering the ground around them, while little pink canisters flew towards it. On hit it square in the jaw, causing the creature to relocate. As they reached the bridge connecting the land to the tower, the Nevermore came back around, charging head first into the bridge. The group had been split, with Eric on the side without the Deathstalker. Turning around, he saw he was with Jaune, Yang, Weiss, Ruby, and someone else. Quickly making his way to the unknown girl, he stated "You're Nora."
"Yep!" She replied, saluting him comically.
"Bubbly as ever." He thought to himself. He sighe at the ridiculous plan he'd just come up with. "I need you to hit me with that hammer, so that I get over there." He pointed towards the air in front of the Deathstalker.
"Okidokie!" And with a smile, she mercilessly punted him across the gap. Landing on the side of the bridge closer to where he was, he smashed downwards, braking the bridge and flipping the rest of the group across the gap. As he fell with the bridge, he kicked it towards the Deathstalker and fell, only being caught by a glyph from Weiss. He jumped off of the glyph, landing in front of the creature.
"Eric!" Jaune and Ruby both shouted, looking for a way to get across. The Deathstalker threw its tail towards the boy, who shifted his stance so that he was facing the other students, and grabbed the end of the tail over his shoulder. Everyone stared in amazement as with a low roar, he pulled the tail, flinging the entire creature over his shoulder, bridging the gap between the two sections of bridge. He jumped towards the middle of it, breaking what little grip it had on the bridge. As it began to fall, he jumped off again, landing lightly next to Weiss and Pyrrha.
"Thank god you're on our side." Yang smirked, while Pyrrha nodded in agreement, and Jaune just looked slightly worried.
"Guys. Nevermore!" He pointed towards the animal as it swooped down, taking Yang.
"Yang!" Ruby shouted, slightly relieved when she saw her sister unharmed, pumping rounds into the creature's mouth.
"Blake, Weiss, Ruby, Pyrrha!" He grabbed the girls attention. "I have an idea. Blake, wrap one side of your blade across one pillar. Pyrrha, grab the other side and wrap it around the other."
"What do you plan on doing?" Weiss asked, hand gestures emphasizing her question.
"Magic." He waved his hands in an arc, while the two girls began their task. "Ruby, I need you right in the middle of that cable. Weiss, we need a launcher glyph, pronto."
"What do you plan on doing?" Ruby asked, worried.
"You're gonna kill a Nevermore. Weiss, I need a line of booster glyphs up the middle of the cliff." She nodded, prepping the glyphs. Ruby took her position, held back by the glyph. "Right, Yang!" He called. "See if you can direct it straight for me." She nodded, beginning to punch it in the face until it turnt. "When I say so, you need to jump, okay?"
"Okay!" she shouted, the beast heading straight for him.
"3….2….1… JUMP!" Yang flew off the bottom of the avian, mere seconds before Eric punched it square in the nose, sending it reeling backwards. "Weiss now!" Ruby was launched towards the Nevermore, pulling it by the neck with her scythe. Using the booster glyphs, she sprinted up towards the cliff, reaching the top before decapitating it, it's now headless body rolling back down the cliff. "Excellent. It actually worked." Everyone jumped back down and convened around him while he dusted off his hands. "I say that's a job well done people. Now we just need to get up there. Yay." Everyone clapped as he took one end of Gambol Shroud off of Pyrrha.
"What are you doing?!" Blake exclaimed, watching as he tied it around his waist.
"I'm getting everyone up. Make sure that's tied around everyone." Once everyone was secured, they made for the cliff. Once they got there, Weiss cocked her head to the side and mockingly said "So genius, what's the plan?" Without saying a word, Eric began climbing up the cliff. After getting a few feet off the floor he heard a slight yelp from Weiss as she a
was tied up behind him, now being dragged up the cliff. After about half an hour, he reached the top. With an exasperated gasp, he pulled himself up, more crawling than walking as everyone got up. He collapsed on the floor, arms and legs aching, while his fingers were all bleeding intensely.
"You absoloute twit!" Weiss shouted. "You could have at least told be that you'd be pulling us up the cliff! Now my dress is absolutely RUINED" Eric didn't reply, he just laid there.
Pyrrha butted in. "Weiss. You're being a bit unfair."
"Yeah!" Yang joined. "He just threw a Deathstalker off a bridge, thought of a plan off the spot, helped kill a Nevermore, and dragged us and your sorry ass up that entire cliff. Give him a fucking break will you?!" Weiss' gaze dropped to her feat.
"Ladies please." Eric pulled himself off the floor, holding on to Jaune's shoulder. "Weiss does make a point." They all looked to him in shock. "I did kinda ruin her dress." Turning to Weiss, he said "Sorry 'bout that ice queen. I'll buy you a new one yeah?" Yang looked at him, slack jawed.
"You're fucking kidding me!" Yang marched towards them, spinning Eric on the shoulder. "She can't just fucking shout at you like that after all you did, especially over a fucking dress."
"Yes I know that Yang, but to be fairly honest, I should have told her for safety reason. Also, it was a pretty nice dress." Weiss blushed slightly at that last one. "Come on, let's get inside. I need some bandages, a nice bath and some fucking pain killers. My fingers kill!" He wrapped one arm around Jaune, and one around Weiss. Yang just stood there as everyone walked off, trying to figure out what just happened. "Anyways, I plan to stop her from shouting at the stupidest of things." Yang sighed, glanced at the setting sun one last time, before catching up with the rest of the group, jumping on Ruby's back, sending them both piling into the floor.
The rest of the day was filled with madness as everyone tried to find each other for the ceremony. Once they did finally find each other, the hardest to find being Nora as she wouldn't sit still, they gathered in the auditorium.
"Blake Belladonna, Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee and Yang Xiao Long. You four collected the white knight pieces, and shall work together as Team RWBY, lead by Ruby Rose." Looks of joy spread across the girls as they all managed to get into the same team. The look on Ruby's face surpassed all, as thoughts of being a leader and what responsibility that brought ran through her mind. As they walked of Eric gave Ruby a friendly hug, congratulating them all. As every one was about to leave, Ozpin announced one more name. "Eric Lindergren." Eric walked up to the stage, a puzzled look on his face. "You retrieved the knight's shield, and shall have the title of guardian placed upon you." Several quizzical voices rose from the crowd as Glynda walked over.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?!" She whispered sternly.
"Let's find out, shall we?" He looked back at Eric. "The guardian is a time honoured tradition, and the guardian is allowed to pick one, maybe two if he or she may wish to, teams that that person wishes to protect. At this stage in time you can back out of this, or you can choose your team now. They will be placed under your care, and any injuries sustained will fall upon you and the team's leader. Do you wish to back out?" Eric stood there for a few minutes, thinking it over.
"No thank you." Eric replied courteously
"Then, which team would you wish to protect?"
"I choose….Team's RWBY and JNPR."
"Are you sure with your decision?"
"Yes."
"Two teams? That's a lot of work."
"It allows me to protect my friends, so, I'll happily go through it all."
Eric bowed and walked off the stage and out, his new friends in tow.