"In this form the animus Personifies all those subconscious, cold, destructive Reflections that invade a woman in the small hours, especially when she has failed to realize some obligation of feeling. It is then that she begins to think about the family heritage and matters of that kind- a sort of web of calculating thoughts, filled with malice and intrigue, which get her into a state where she even wishes death to others."

Von franz in Carl Jung's Man and his Symbols

Weiss blinked her eyes open as she gently awoke in the early hours of the morning. Immediately she became concerned because she was supposed to be on watch now. Quickly she got up, looking around she saw both Blake and Yang lying on the ground. Overcome with worry she rushed to Blake's side. Gently shaking the girl, Blake groaned loudly.

"Where are we?" Blake said groggily.

"We're on a mission Blake. What happened to you and Yang?" Said Weiss in a highly concerned voice.

"Me and Yang…! Where's Ruby?!"

"I just woke up Blake I don't know where she is, but she can wait, what happened?"

"Me and Yang were… and Ruby found us… and then she… she… knocked us out… I don't really remember. Where's Yang?"

"Right next to you, why?"

"She said something about this happening before last night."

"Yang!" she said while shaking the girl quite violently.

*groan* was Yang's only response.

"Yang get up! Ruby's missing!"

Yang shot up, she was sweating profusely as she looked around in worry.

"No No No No No. WHERE DID SHE GO!? WHERE IS SHE!?"

"Yang calm down! Tell us what's wrong." Said Blake.

"And tell me what happened." Weiss said, she hated being uninformed, especially about things as important to her as Ruby.

Yang started hyperventilating while saying "Not again, Not again, Not again…"

After an hour of calming Yang down Blake asked. "So what did you mean by not again?"

"This… This isn't the first time she's disappeared. It happened 9 years ago. We were walking in the woods when a beowolf attacked us. I… I ran as fast as I could and she… she didn't have her semblance yet so I… I left her behind and ran." Said Yang, she was crying silently as she spoke.

"And what happened next?"

"I fucking left her behind Blake. I fucking left her behind." Yang said, sobbing now.

"We searched for two years for her before we had to give up on her. And then almost exactly 3 years later she… She was there. She was standing right where I left her."

"How did she survive?" asked Weiss.

"She never told us, and we never pried into it. We were just happy she was back. But she… She was different. I can't really explain it but she moved gracefully around, like she was some kind of gentle soul. And she danced when she fought. Even before she had the Crescent Rose she would dance, you've all seen her do it. She glides across the battlefield like some goddamn princess of war. I asked her about it once and she said it just happened, she didn't know when she learned to do it. Her personality was different than before by she ended up as the same old Ruby."

"So she wasn't always the same girl?" questioned Blake.

"Yes she… was… reserved I guess. I don't know but she was even less sociable than she is now, she wasn't nearly as excitable."

"Where is she going then? Do you know?" Asked Weiss incredulously

"... To a certain extent. She told us the place was called Saltus Tenebris Deos… I've.. I've looked for it before but I never found anything on it, it's like the place never actually existed but was her own creation."

"Well if it does actually exist Ozpin or Miss Goodwitch would know"

back at Beacon Academy

Two weeks later

"So she's headed to Saltus Tenebris Deos?" Asked Professor Ozpin, his voice pained as if this was the last thing that he wanted to hear after a bad day.

"That's the only place I can think of." Responded Yang, Confidence having returned to her voice since their return.

"Well god damn it." He said clearly distressed by the revelation.

"Wow Professor I didn't think you swore." Responded Yang clinically.

"I don't, but when one of my students, Ruby Rose no less, goes to one of the two most dangerous places in all of Remnant I think it calls for some breaks in character."

Momentary silence

"Wait, WHAT?" Responded Blake as his words set in.

"Miss Rose has willingly ventured somewhere far beyond her ability level. As of right now I think there are only a handful of people who have been there and returned, but each time the person had the help of the Guardian of Souls. But there hasn't been a Guardian for probably 20 years or so. So I don't see how she-" said Glynda Goodwitch before she was cut off.

"Yang, Did she ever mention something called the Animus, or maybe the Shadow?" Asked Ozpin Hopefully.

"I...I think so?" She sounded unsure, as if she was scouring her memories.

"...Yes, Yes she did. Right when she got back the first time."

Ozpin sighed heavily, like a great weight was lifted from his shoulders. "Good, then we have some time to prepare."

"What do you mean we have time to prepare!?" Said Glynda, practically shouting.

"Well she's-"

Just then Blake's scroll went off in her pocket. For a moment she stood in total fear that she would be reprimanded before she quickly realized that she should hang up. She pulled out her scroll and gasped when she saw whose name was displayed. It was Ruby's.

"Ruby's calling!" She said, both shocked and excited.

""ANSWER IT!" Shouted Yang.

"Yang, calm down." Said Ozpin.

"Hello, Ruby? Where are you?"

"... Who's with you in the room?"

"What? No one." Blake responded automatically.

" Don't lie to me Blake. I can hear Yang's breathing and Weiss' heels clicking, and I think Professor Ozpin just put down his cup. So I'm assuming that Professor Goodwitch is there too."

"... Okay fine you're right they're all in the room, but that's it. Where are you?"

"Where the sky burns and the ground drowns. Where the trees move and the Grimm dance."

"How's the music?" Ozpin asked Cryptically.

"Like sweet nectar and rich blood that fills the cup of Gods... I call to give a few warnings for when you inevitably come for me."

"Warnings?" Asked Weiss.

"First: Be wary of the words you speak. Second: No matter how long you have to swim, you must cross the lake. And most importantly: Be Kind to the inhabitants of this land… I'm sorry… I… I still love you all… Good… Goodbye." Then the line went silent.

"Why did you ask that?" Asked Glynda of Ozpin, hers was the only thing to break the silence.

"Because the only other person to describe that place like that was the previous Guardian of souls."

Saltus Tenebris Deos

"Good job, even if you deviated from the script at the end." Said Russet a smile gracing his face.

Ruby tipped her head up and looked at the land in front of her. The sky moved like the flames of a campfire and the blue light moved like waves crashing against the ground. When the wind blew through, the sky and land seemed to sing a beautiful duet that graced the ears of so few.

"Yeah." She said smiling.

A/N: Hello fans of my shitty story. This story will probably be a weekly or biweekly thing. Don't worry fans of the Augments story, I will still be doing that, just not as frequently.

Songs listened too

Drugs By Eden

Forevermore By Broken Iris

A New Hope By Broken Iris

Gasoline By Halsey

Books used as reference

Man and His Symbols By Carl Jung

The First Fifteen Lives Of Harry August By Claire North

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