I have returned, my friends!
This one took a little more brain power than usual.
Well, let's jump right into it then!
It was now late September. The city of Vale was decorated for the Vytal Festival: red, yellow, and green streamers and balloons are proudly displayed.
A shop owner has a banner set up that says, WELCOME TO VALE! set up.
Team RWBY was heading downtown to see.
"The Vytal Festival! Oh, this is absolutely wonderful!" Weiss exclaimed excitedly.
"I don't think I've seen you smile this much, Weiss. It's kind of weirding me out." Ruby said, creeped out.
"How could you not smile? A festival dedicated to the cultures of the world. There will be dances! Parades! A tournament! Oh, the amount of planning and organization that goes into this event is simply breathtaking!" Weiss stated, cheerfully.
"You really know how to take a good thing and make it sound boring!" Yang said.
"Quiet you!" Weiss retorted.
The quartet neared the docks. "Remind me again why we are spending our Friday afternoon visiting the stupid docks?" Yang said, annoyed.
However, before anyone could speak, an enormous shadow flew overhead. The four girls looked up to see… an enormous bird!
"WHAT IS THAT?" Weiss shrieked.
The colossal bird descended, and the girls got their first good look at it.
Surprisingly, the bird was shorter than all of them, even Ruby. It had a long head with a hooked beak. It had a short neck. Its body was massive! The wingspan alone was 23 feet long. Its legs were short, and ended in 3 claws with a hallux.
Its head and legs were covered in bright red skin. Ruffles of white feathers were at the base of the neck. Its wing feathers were black with white splotches. To top things off, its eyes were red with black slits.
This was Darrel in his Argentavis form.
"Is that you, Darrel?" Blake asked. "Yep." Darrel stated in a throaty voice. Darrel convulsed in pain, and was back to his old self.
"What that about? The whole bird thing?" Yang asked.
"Blake asked me to meet you guys at the docks, so here I am." Darrel said. "Oh, and regarding my team, they stayed behind to study, while I did my work already." He added.
"Again, why at the docks?" Yang asked Weiss. "Ugh, they smell like fish!" Ruby exclaimed with disgust.
"I've heard that students visiting from Vacuo will be arriving by ship today. And as a representative of Beacon, I feel it is my solemn duty to welcome them to my fine kingdom." Weiss stated as they walked along.
"She wants to spy on them so that she'll have an upper hand in the tournament." Blake bluntly stated. "Took the words right out of my mouth, babe!" Darrel said in a 'gruff' manner.
Weiss, appalled, "You can't prove that!"
Ruby looked around and notices a Dust shop that appears to have been robbed, complete with cops and police tape. "Whoa" was her lone response. The rest of her team & Darrel went in to see.
"What happened here?" Ruby inquired.
"Robbery. Third Dust shop hit this week." A cop said and then walked off." "That's terrible." Yang said, distressed.
"They left all the money behind again." A cop stated. This peaked Ruby's interest.
"Yeah. Just doesn't make a lick of sense. Who would need that much Dust." The cop stated. "Maybe… the White Fang?" he suggested. "Yeah, I'm thinking we don't get paid enough." His partner retorted.
Weiss & Blake got into an argument about the White Fang, with Weiss against them, and Blake siding with them.
This was putting Darrel in a rather foul mood.
"ENOUGH!" Darrel screamed, stomping his foot down, releasing a blast wave of Aura, which collided with Weiss, knocking her over.
"Darrel, what was that?" Ruby/Blake/ Yang said, shocked.
Darrel didn't say a thing, and simply grabbed Weiss by the throat, but not strangling her.
"GET THINGS STRAIGHT HERE, SUN-BLEACHED!" Darrel screamed. "NOT EVERY FAUNUS IS LIKE THEM! TAKE VELVET FOR EXAMPLE! SHE IS A FAUNUS BUT NOT ASSIOCIATED WITH THEM! SO, I SUGGEST THIS: SHUT UP, BEFORE I GIVE A SECOND SCAR! AND THEN SOME!" Darrel screamed and then released her.
Weiss caught her breath, and her eyes went wide, as did the rest of her team's appalled at his behavior.
Frightened, Darrel bolted off like a rocket. "Darrel, wait! Come back!" Blake said, saddened whilst reaching a hand out.
"Let him go. He obviously needs to cool down." Weiss stated, disgusted.
The day progressed, and Darrel was at the Beacon courtyard at night, seated on a stone bench. 'What did you just do, man.' Is what he thought.
Suddenly, he could hear the sound of someone running, and he saw Blake running towards the statue.
"Well, time to make amends." Darrel said softly. Darrel stepped out from behind the statue, startling his girlfriend.
"Darrel, how long you been there?" Blake asked, slightly upset at her accidently revealing her secrets to her team prior to this meeting.
"Long enough to see you coming." Darrel stated. "So, got into a fight with your team?" he asked.
"Yeah." Blake said glumly. Darrel without saying a thing took off her bow, revealing her cat ears. Blake embraced Darrel, tears streaming down her face. Darrel placed a hand on her hair and started stroking it. "It's okay. It's okay, I'm here." Darrel said to comfort her.
"I knew you had a boyfriend judging by the look you gave me earlier today." A voice rang out.
They turned their heads to see a monkey- tailed faunus hanging from a tree.
"Wait a minute… Sun, is that you?" Darrel said, surprised. "Darrel?" Sun said, jumping from his perch.
"Wait, you two know each other?" Blake said, confused.
"He was friend back at Atlas." Darrel stated.
"I heard what happened. I'm sorry I wasn't there." Sun said, suggesting the incident 7 years ago.
"So, what now?" Blake inquired. Sun simply bolted, with Blake and Darrel following suit.
It was Saturday morning. In team RWBY's dorm, Ruby awoke and noticed Blake wasn't in bed.
Suddenly, team IMD burst into the room, awaking Weiss and Yang as well.
"Do you mind?" Weiss retorted, as she didn't like young men seeing her in her sleepwear, even if one of them was her boyfriend.
"No time! Darrel's gone!" Matt stated alarmingly. The 6 promptly changed in their respective dorms and then took the first airship to Vale to find both Blake & Darrel.
"They've been gone all night." Ruby said, dejectedly,
"What happened?" Matt asked.
"I'll tell you what happened: Blake took off, with her White Fang Super-Solider!" Weiss stated in her usual angry tone.
"Wait back up; Blake was with the White Fang?" Dalton said confused.
"Maybe she is, maybe she isn't; we don't know." Yang stated.
"I just hope they're both okay." Ruby said, upset on the verge of tears.
Not far away at a coffee shop, sat Sun, Blake, and Darrel.
"So, you both want to know the truth." Blake said, motioning to her boyfriend and Sun.
I apologize for the long wait, but this was rather difficult, and school, you know?
Also, the ending was originally this: Darrel surprised Sun & Blake by standing on the scaffolding opposite of them… as a Deinonychus, just to surprise them.
Also, expect the next one to be the end of the canon part of Volume 1. The rest will be my own work, with one being really sad.
Until then, R&R, my friends!