Rwby is owned by Rooster Teeth otherwise Cardin would be on crutches.
[Third person POV]
"What was that about!?" Weiss and the others had stopped with Ashford at a small lounge a few floors down. "Well that my friends was a prank, involving a potato, string, and fire dust crystal." Yang fell over laughing as well as a few others in the group primarily Nora and .
"So well here's the awkward part of this..." The group looked to the man to see him wringing his hands a hint of nervousness in his posture and standing in front of him was Blake. "Dad?"
"Hi Blake." The silence lasted all of thirty seconds before Blake slammed into her father crushing his ribs with a death grip of a hug. The rest of the group was now backed up to give them a minute to re acquaint themselves.
"Soooo gonna introduce us Blakey?" Yang grinned at her partner who shot a glare her way before folding. "Guys this is my father, Dad these are my friends." Ashford looked over the group for a few seconds before looking at Weiss with a curious glance before continuing on. "Blakey?, what other nicknames did I miss?" Ashfords smile erupted into a full on grin at seeing his daughter throwing her glare at all of them most of all Yang.
Ruby deciding to get involved before Blake strangled her sister decided to bring up her lessons on being a vampire. "Not to be rude but should they learn exactly what I am now?" The first person to respond was Nora. "OOOOH yes yes yes! I want to know EXACTLY what we could do with all the new powers! Maybe you can suck cardin's blood!" The last statement made Ashford flinch slightly enough to gain the attention of the group.
"About that... There are repercussions for drinking human or faunus blood, the blood rage which is the first time a Vampire drinks a living person's blood. To explain the event you'll need to see footage of the last bloodrage so you can gage how dangerous it can be." The students sat down on the multiple chairs in the lounge while Ash set up the video on a wide screen. "Before I start the video is anyone here afraid of blood and gore?" A moment of hesitation before Ruby and Jaune raised their hands. "I suggest you sit outside until the video ends then." Ruby and Jaune sat outside for a little more than ten minutes before the rest of their teams piled out of the room with their faces white as sheets.
"That... was HORRIFYING!" Yang the strongest one out of all of them was now looking at every vampire near them as a threat. Ashford came out of the room gesturing for them to come back in since the movie was over.
"Any questions?" The room was silent for a few moments. "Yes Miss Schnee?"
"The Vampire that stopped the rampage, He did something with his aura. What did he do?" Ashford smiled at them as he stepped into the center of the room and spread his arms.
"You all know there are multiple uses for aura correct?" They nodded. "Well that was one of the uses which as you saw had, a lethal effect upon the target. There are multiple types of aura manipulation supporting which is healing and restoring someone else's aura, Attack which is using your aura as an aggressive extension of yourself or Defensive which is what aura is mostly used for in tournaments and such." He paused to take a breath before continuing. "The difference between mortal aura users and Vampires is that vampires have one other use for their aura, Draining, Draining is one of two ways a vampire can keep itself from feasting on mortals, the other is a serum that is a mix of Grimm blood and old healing recipes from before the war." The teams were about to launch more questions before Ashford continued but he ignored them. "Draining is where the vampire can survive off of multiple people's auras to maintain their control over their bodies." Ashford then sat at one of the massive computers in the room and began typing. "I'm pulling up aura scans of the room to show you an example of what a vampire would do to drain someone." The massive screen in the front of the room flickered to life again showing nine bars of aura the faces of the auras owners popped up a second later.
"Now I want you all to figure out who I'm draining by observing the screen." The eight students watched the screen until Jaune saw his partners aura slowly dropping.
"Your draining Pyrrha, right?" Ashford smiled and seemed to relax and a smile cracked across his lips.
"Correct , now than any other questions at all?" Silence for a full minute answered his question.
"Alright no more questions on vampires, lets go see if Grimoire and Ozpin are done talking." He stopped at the door when Blake grabbed him with Yang and disappeared off to a secluded corner of the room.
Weiss was about to intervene before Ruby gestured for them to wait. "She needs to talk to him about some... personal things." Weiss raised an eyebrow at Ruby then after thinking for a minute realise something. "Her father?" Ruby nodded.
[Third person pov Ashford, Blake and Yang]
Blake and Yang dragged Ashford into the small alcove before throwing him into a chair. The seconds ticked by after that until Blake's question sounded. "How are you alive?" Her voice was hoarse and Ashford saw the quiet anger in her eyes. Yang decided to intervene "Why would he be dead though?" Blake looked at her partner and before saying anything Ashford began.
"We were protesting in a smaller town on the outskirts of Vale, Someone provoked the police and the next thing we knew was that they had pulled out shotguns and began shooting. They killed a large number of us, I sent Blake back to the camp with the others and tried to draw the fire away from them." He looked at them his eyes showing a sort of sorrow. "I was hit square in the chest by a volley and when they passed us they pushed us to the ditch." He leaned forward. "Thats when Grimoire found me, He grabbed me and dragged me from the slaughter before turning me. After that I began ascending the ranks here always looking for the white fang group Blake had gone with. I was always a step behind them, Always out of reach. Then the violence started and I hoped that Blake was alright, that she would have left before something happened to her." He sighed leaning back. "I spent every free moment trying to track the group even after I lost their trail a year and a half ago, The only thing that prevented me from finding out you were at Beacon was the fact we have so few agents in the school."
Ashford took a breath preparing to launch into another long winded explanation though was interrupted by Blake whom wrapped her arms around him and squeezed. Ashfords eyes shot wide open in surprise. Yang snickered "What do you think she was going to do?" Ashford looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "Bad things."
[Third person view]
As the three rejoined the group Ruby remembered her supplies for Crescent Rose. "Did Grimoire bring all my stuff with him or did he leave some back in the alley?" Ashford thought for a second before shaking his head. "I don't think he grabbed your bag but I think we may have some of the modifications in the workshop." The group followed Ashford as he led them further into the Vampires realm.
As they walked across one of the bridges they saw a still form laying on the bridge. "Krieg? That you buddy?" The person groaned from his position and sat up. "Anyone get the number of the train that hit me?" Ashford chuckled before leading the group on to leave the Baron of war to his own recovery.
"How is he still alive?" Ashford raised an eyebrow to Weiss's question. "Well lets see vampires can survive a whole lot of things that humans and faunus would be easily killed by." He stopped by a group of training vampires. "For example if I lose an arm I just have to stitch it back on and drink some formula or blood." Several of them cringed including Ruby who knew that she might experience the loss of a limb.
There was surprised shout behind the group followed by the sound of boots landing on stone. The group turned to a surprising sight, Lord Grimoire stood there with a definitely angry Goodwitch thrown over one shoulder and a rather confused Ozpin over the other. "Hello~" The vampiric lord greeted strolled towards them with the two Professors still over his shoulders. "Grimoire could you Please put us down before I decide to-" She was interrupted by Grimoire placing her on the ground.
Ozpin dusted himself off as he turned to the group. "It appears that with recent events your teams will be working in tandem with the forces of chains gate, Primarily due to the recent betrayal made by Brutus." As Ozpin finished that statement a crunch could be heard, and Ruby was immediately trying to take the cookies Grimoire was eating. "Oh god does he have a sugar addiction?" Ashford nodded, "After his older brother apparently." The group watched as Ruby came within grabbing range and as she grabbed his wrist a dark hand took the cookie and rose ever higher above Grimoires smirking face. The group saw the arm connected to Grimoires back seeming to be made of shadows. Ruby let out a tiny cry of dismay as she slid to the ground where Yang held her up. "Its alright Rubes we probably have better sweets back at Beacon." The two were interrupted by two cookies floating between them held by shadow hands.
After a few seconds of stunned silence the two began reaching for the cookies, Ruby being faster grabbed it and bit into it savoring the taste. Yang's reaction was far more interesting. "This... What did you use to make this?" Grimoire put a finger to his lips. "Nope." Yang and Ruby pouted at his answer.
The rest of the group was confused by Grimoires actions before Ashford shook his head with a sigh. "Dont question it I stopped a long time ago." It was at this statement that Ozpin decided to ask the question which had worried him the most. "Lord Grimoire, Miss Rose will eventually have to go back to her training unless certain people become curious of her whereabouts, which means she will have to return to class." Grimoire nodded. "I know, before you go I must tell you exactly what changes she will be going through, also what she will need to go back to the surface. First of all she will be physically stronger and faster as well as her aura being changed by the effect." The students nodded. "Second she will need a specific pill we've developed so she can go into the sunlight without burning to ash." That caught the group off guard with Yang's eyes turning slightly red for a moment. Grimoire pulled out a metallic case that was around the size of a Scroll.
"There are 30 pills in here, that means that as long as you take one each week you should be able to go outside for 210 days. In the formula department we'll just send it up since it can spoil after a bit." Ruby nodded taking the case and pocketing it in the pouch at her hip. Yang meanwhile was curious of this formula. "Whats this formula made of?" Grimoire put his hand to his chin as he thought while Ashford shook his head. "Formula was originally just made of a combination of herbs and grimm blood but with each new generation comes a new strain of formula for that generation." The group stared at the two older vampires witch said 'are you mad?' "Would you prefer us become the monsters we were prior to the war?" A curious glance from the group made him facepalm. "Ya know what Ill send up a history book for you to read on Vampyric history so you can understand." He gestured the group to follow as he walked up through the spider webbing of bridges and chains that crisscrossed the city. Nearing the top of the cavern Ashford declared he unfortunately had business to attend to and bid the Hunters in training farewell.
The group stood before the strange darkness once again with Ruby seeing it for the first time. "What is this?" She looked at Grimoire with a sideways glance. "We created this doorway out of our Aura as to allow only those of whom we feel we can trust and Vampyres through." Ruby nodded.
"Well it was awesome having you guys, come again if you have any questions, concerns yada yada bluh." Grimoire waved the group off into the shadowy portal and sighed while Ashford yawned. "I thought we didn't get tired?" Grimoire chuckled as they re entered his office. "We don't, it must be the emotional stress of seeing your kid." The two laughed at the jape before they both sobered up some.
"We're deploying the Jaegers, the fang must be stopped before they do something foolish." Ashford nodded. "You know what we'll have to do to them if they use this new resource more." Ashford nodded. "Enforce the edict upon them, there will be little mercy and few survivors if they step over that threshold." Grimoire nodded. "May whatever diety in the heavens forgive them for they are damned."
"Hell rides for blood now."
Well I have an excuse, also LONG ASS CHAPTER. I had to live in my basement for the duration of writing this chapter. In other news I'm hoping that more people review this series. If anyone has any suggestions for the vampires PM me. Until next time Favourite and Review!
