*Adam, Jenkins and Melody are currently sitting down, Jenkins is playing Batman: Arkham Asylum, via the Return to Arkham collection. While Adam and Melody are watching.*
Adam: I never knew that you were so good at superhero games Jenkins.
Jenkins: Yep, I always loved playing them. Although, my parents never really approved of my superhero 'appreciation'.
Melody: Yeah, they weren't thrilled when he and I started dating, but frankly, I just didn't give a damn.
Adam: *Laughs* You are definitely Merc's daughter.
Melody: Oh yeah I am. I'm just glad I turned out better than they did.
Jenkins: No fooling. Now, let's see the last chapter of Volume 1.
Just as Yang began to read, Tronmaster stood up, like he had something to say.
"Alright everyone, listen up." Tronmaster said, everyone looking at him, "We have reached the last chapter of this story's version of Volume One."
"Awesome!" Sun said, pumping his fist in the air, "So does that mean we'll be getting a break?"
"Yep. After this chapter's done, we'll head to the break room. Where you guys will be able to play Final Fantasy VIII. And a chance to train with your Guardian Forces." Alicia said.
"Nice. Well, for those of us with Guardian Forces that is." Neptune said.
"Ah, don't get your panties in a wad Neptune." Yang said, as she started reading.
[Many Years ago]
[No P.O.V.]
"So, looks like we're getting some sort of flashback." Glynda said.
"Yep. But of who is the question." Summer said.
In a small, secluded village called Coral a young girl the age of seven sat under a peach tree all by her lonesome.
"Huh, seems almost peaceful." Weiss said.
"I have a feeling like something's about to happen." Blake said.
She had short black hair that curled in front of her ears from behind, and had bright silver eyes, and she wore a long black dress with long sleeves, in her hands was a book marked by only it's title, 'The era of the Sorceress.'
"Wait a second, is that Musaline?" Jaune asked.
"Yep. As a quick note, each chapter featuring Musaline's backstory will mark the end of the Volumes." Tronmaster said.
Just then the girl was hit in the side of the head by a medium sized Rubber Ball.
"Reminds me of when I actually was clonked on the head with a soccer ball." Tronmaster said.
"Really?" Pyrrha asked, Tronmaster nodding.
"Hey Musaline! Get your nose outta those books and come have some fun like normal girl!" A boy shouted at the girl.
"Jeez, what a jerk." Nora said.
"As someone who's been bullied before, because let's be honest, those kids are jerks, I know how Musaline feels about being made fun of for something that's initially out of your control." Tronmaster said.
"Eh don't bother Heat, she's just gonna stick her nose back in her book and ignore us." Another boy said.
"Heat? What kind of name is that?!" Raven asked.
"I haven't a clue Raven." Glynda said.
Musaline glanced at the boy before closing the book in her hands after bookmarking it and throwing the ball off into the village before standing up and moving away from where the kids were playing.
"That's what I'd do." Blake said shrugging.
"Hey, if we would've known you before we went to Beacon, we would've backed you up. Right girls?" Ruby said, asking the rest of team RWBY.
"Of course. We're not just teammates Blake, we're friends." Weiss said.
"Yeah, no one messes with my kitty cat!" Yang said, continuing to read.
"Hey! That's not nice freak!" A girl shouted.
"Well, fuck you too little girl." Alicia said, causing the readers to laugh a bit.
Musaline stared at the girl before continuing down her path, "Neither is calling me a freak!" Musaline shouted back before seemingly vanishing into the shadows of the forest.
"Jeez, I'm actually feeling bad for Musaline." Penny said.
"Oh trust me, it gets worse. You'll feel bad for her even more." Alicia said.
Musaline wandered through the woods until she found a clearing that was filled with flowers.
"Aww, that's so pretty." Ruby said.
And a pair of tombstones sitting in the middle of it.
"Oh." Ruby said.
"Dead parents. Gotcha." Neptune said wincing.
"Poor child." Summer said.
"Hi mom, dad." Musaline said sitting on the wooden log she had placed in front of the two graves, "Sorry I'm later than usual, I got caught up in my reading again."
"Sounds like Blake normally." Yang joked, "Too soon?"
"Ya think?" Sun said.
Musaline looked down at her boot covered feet, "I guess this is the last time we'll meet for a while, tonight's the night I'm leaving." Musaline said, "I can't stand living with Uncle Onyx anymore, he hated you dad and no he hates me for not being able to help you mom, he keeps calling me your killer."
"Oh man, I can actually see why she's the way she is." Nora said.
"Yes, it's quite tragic." Pyrrha said.
At this moment tears began to fall from Musaline's eyes, "W-why did you give it to me mom? Why did you give me your Sorceress powers when I was only six? I-If you had just kept them a little while longer, you'd- *Sniff*-You'd still be here with me." Musaline cried, "You could have saved dad from the fire... stupid powers, stupid fire, stupid illness that took you from me!" Musaline cried falling off the log and curling up.
"AH man, I just want to go there, give that girl a hug, then say that everything's gonna be alright." Penny said, tearing up.
"Here's a tissue." Tronmaster said, passing a comically large box of tissues.
"T-thank you." Penny said, laughing at the size of the box.
This lasted for several minutes until Musaline got her crying under control, "I-I've gotten better with my Sorceress powers though." Musaline said, she held out her hand which soon formed a ball of water, one that soon elongated and froze into a needle of ice.
"Okay, that's pretty cool." Jaune said.
"Still though, it's tragic how she got them." Raven said.
Musaline then let the needle drop, shattering on the ground, "But these powers... when you died and I lost control for a moment mom..." Musaline said, "The others found out... they started calling me a freak... even the Faunus were calling me a freak... Why? you had the same powers and you protected them, they even saw how powerful you were with them mom, you didn't even need the power of your eyes mom." Musaline said breaking down into tears once again.
"T-this is just, horrible. She can't help who she is! Oum, I hate people." Weiss said, sniffling as she took a tissue, and leaning onto Ruby's shoulder.
"I miss you mom, dad..." Musaline said, "Mom, you once told me there were powers that could undo death in this world, I want to find them, bring you both back, bring this family back together. I'll com back then, once I have that power I promise."
"Seriously, losing both parents. One to a fire, and the other to disease. Talk about a hard life." Tai said.
"Yeah, I mean, I empathize with the girl, but I don't exactly approve of what she's become." Ren said.
Musaline carefully opened the door to her house and peeked inside.
"I wonder why she had to sneak inside her own house?" Qrow asked.
"Well, maybe this Onyx guy is abusive?" Raven said, "She did call him uncle."
"There's no way in hell I'd ever lay a hand on Ruby and Yang like I'm some sort of abusive asshole." Qrow growled.
From the sound of loud snoring she could tell her uncle was passed out on the couch after another session of drinking, which Musaline had made sure was drugged so she could make her escape.
"Man, the only time we drugged uncle Qrow's drink, all we did was slip some laxatives into his whiskey." Ruby said, chuckling, causing most everyone else to start laughing.
"Wait a minute, that was you two?!" Qrow demanded.
"I never, I didn't even THINK about doing that!" Raven said laughing.
"Just get back to reading Yang." Qrow grumbled, Yang complying after laughing for a bit.
Musaline quietly ran downstairs into the basement where her room was located and grabbed a backpack and filled it with her clothes, books and her first aid kit before sneaking upstairs and opening the refrigerator and began to grab whatever food as in it that didn't need to be heated, then into the cabinet for canned food, then she quickly grabbed a can opener and a fork, spoon, and knife.
"All the kit items needed for survival." Blake said.
"The hell are you doing you little piece of shit?" Her uncle said, causing Musaline to gasp.
"Alright, I hate this asshole." Qrow growled.
The young Sorceress spun around after zipping up her bag to see the scarred face of her uncle and his brown eyes and receding hairline, she didn't want to have to get past her uncle to escape, but she may very well have to seeing as he's got a bottle held upside down.
"Alright, I now want to kill him." Qrow said, his eyes glowing in pure anger.
"Same." Tai said, cracking his knuckles.
"Amen." Raven said.
"I'm gonna kick his ass." Summer said.
"I'm leaving Onyx." Musaline said, her voice becoming hard as steel.
"Good. Get away from that asshole." Jaune said, anger in his voice.
"Fine by me, just leave the bag, it's got my stuff in it." Onyx said.
"Asshole." Pyrrha said.
"What are you gonna do with girl clothes?" Musaline snapped, "Dress in drag?"
"Looks like someone needs some ice for that burn." Nora joked.
Onyx growled, "Just for that you're gonna leave what you got on here too."
"The fuck is wrong with this man!?" Pyrrha said horrified.
"I haven't the slightest idea." Alicia growled, her eyes glowing a tad bit.
"No." Musaline said.
"What?" Onyx asked.
"Say what again, motherfucker!" Tronmaster said, chuckling.
"Ha! Pulp Fiction reference." Jaune said, chuckling.
"I said." Musaline growled lifting up her hands, "No!" Musaline roared unleashing her magic, throwing Onyx against a wall, destroying a cupboard and causing a pendant to fall onto his head.
Seeing this, caused the readers to cheer.
"I know we're cheering for the bad guy, but I just hate this Onyx guy so much, I don't feel bad cheering for Musaline in this instance." Jaune said, everyone else nodding.
The pendant was that of an Ivory owl with it's wings spread wide.
"Huh, that's a beautiful pendant." Penny said.
"It really is." Summer said, "It probably belonged to her mother."
"I'll be taking mom's pendant too." Musaline said holding her hand out, causing the pendant to fly into her open palm.
"I would make a Star Wars joke, but this scene is just too sad, but awesome." Blake said.
Musaline then turned around and a sudden blast of the same force that threw Onyx into the wall shattered the wall.
And Musaline ran through at full speed.
"Again, it's good that she's getting away from that jackass." Qrow said.
"Yep. Although, I wish that she would've used her powers to try and benefit the lives of others." Glynda said.
"Although, she DOES care about her subordinates." Alicia said, Glynda nodded in agreement.
[Present day]
[Musaline's P.O.V.]
"And now we're looking at things from Musaline's perspective." Raven said.
I lurched up from my bed in a cold sweat with a gasp and looked around.
"Been there, done that." Ren said.
"Amen." Qrow said.
"That dream again..." I said softly.
"Looks like she's been having that dream for awhile now." Summer said.
'Looks like we don't need to introduce Musaline to a Doctor Crane.' Tronmaster thought.
I removed the covers from my bed and looked down at my soaked, black night grown, "I better change into something dry before I go back to sleep."
"I know how she feels." Winter said.
With that I got out of bed and made my way to my closet, I was about to reach for another night gown when I saw mom's pendant hanging there.
"I feel like that pendant has some sort of importance to the plot besides it belonging to Musaline's mom." Ruby said.
"Agreed." Weiss said, giving Ruby a peck on the cheek.
"I'm sorry I didn't keep my promise just yet mom..." I said softly, "But... I don't know how you'd react to what I've become..."
"If I was her mother, I would love her regardless, but I wouldn't approve of what she's become." Summer said as the book closed.
"Typical response from you boss." Qrow said chuckling, "So, break time?" He asked.
"Oh yeah, a much needed break. Now, follow me please." Tronmaster said, motioning for everyone to follow him and Alicia into the elevator. Which they did.
"Time to stretch our legs for a bit." Neptune said, as the elevator doors closed.
*Adam, Melody, and Jenkins started locking down the security room for the break.*
Adam: Oh boy, about time Tronmaster got to the first break.
Jenkins: Amen to that sir.
Melody: But hey, now the readers know a bit about Musaline's backstory.
Adam: I feel bad for her.
Jenkins: Yep.
Melody: Preaching to the choir.