Albus FF - Chapter 3
Author's Note
Thank you for reading this. I can't believe how many people have read and followed this story. It really motivates me to keep writing this. This chapter came out a little later then I wanted because after I got done with Chapter 2, I decided to actually write down my plan for this story until the end of Volume 4, which as of now will be 14 chapters in all. I spent a while deciding how to split up Volume 3 and thinking of some details I needed for characters coming up. And just to clarify, only one person will be speaking in each paragraph.
And incase it's not obvious, RWBY is owned by Roosterteeth.
Albus was flying through the air at breakneck speeds. He looked around and saw the other students flying and yelling around him. He pulled out Brightshot, scanning the trees, looking for the right one. He spotted one suitable for what he had planned, and readied his bow. Albus hooked one end of his bow on a branch and swung from tree to tree trying to slow down his momentum. He got to the last branch he could use, spun around, and stuck Brightshot in the ground, grinding to a halt. Albus stood up from a crouch, wiped the dirt from the bow, and started walking north.
After a couple minutes of walking, Albus heard a growl to his left. He stopped and readied an arrow. Five beowolfs came out of the bushes around him, surrounding Albus. He quickly fired an arrow into the beowolf in front of him and lunged to his left with his bow. He pierced a beowulf, killing it. He pulled away from it and slipped into Limbo. Just as he did, a beowolf behind him lashed out at him. Albus jumped back through the beowolf, came out of Limbo, and readied another arrow.
Just then, Albus heard a war cry come from his right and saw Russ jump through the air and slam into the beowolf that tried to hit Albus. Albus fired another arrow into the first beowolf, causing it to fall. Russ pounded on his beowolf a couple times, then snapped its neck. It was now two huntsmen-in-training against two beowolfs. One jumped at Russ. Albus rolled over and blocked the strike, shoved the beowolf away, and cut it's head off. The last beowolf was getting ready to jump toward Albus when he heard Russ yell, "Get down!" Albus did, then heard a high-caliber sniper round pierce the Grimm's head, killing it instantly.
Albus got up and looked at Russ. He was holding a very impressive looking blue sniper rifle. "What?" he asked. Russ then lightly tossed the gun in the air, and it disappeared. "What?!" yelled Albus.
"Oh yeah," Russ explained. "Remember when I said I don't 'carry' my weapons? Well, I have my weapons in a sort of pocket that's linked to me. I can pull them out and put them back in whenever I want."
"Ok," Albus said, scratching his head. "Wait, you said weapons? As in more than one?"
"Yes! But I only have a spear along with my sniper rifle." Russ belowed. "That's my semblance. Speaking of which, how did you manage to dodge that Grimm I tackled? It looked like it had you."
"That would be my semblance." Albus walked up to Russ, went into Limbo, put his right hand into Russ's chest, and pulled it out. "I can go into another dimension," Albus said, coming out of Limbo. "Think of it like a mirror."
"Cool! I think we should go find that temple now," suggested Russ.
They walked for another minute when the trees parted and a few dozen yards away was a partly destroyed temple. It had several pedestals around the inside of what was left of the structure. On top of the pedestals were gold and black chess pieces.
"I guess this is the temple Ozpin mentioned. Which 'relic' should we take?" asked Albus.
Russ walked into the temple, looked at the chess pieces, and grabbed one of the black knight pieces. "Why not this knight?" he said as he tossed it to Albus. He put it in a pocket on his quiver.
Just then, two people came out of the forest. Albus recognized one as Carmine, but didn't know the blue haired girl with the longsword beside him. Carmine waved to him as they came out. "Hey Albus!" Carmine shouted. "Who's that with you?"
Albus gestured to Russ, "This is Russ, Russ this is Carmine. And who's this?"
The tall girl stepped up, "Call me Laz. So, these are the relics we're supposed to get?" Albus nodded.
Carmine walked into the temple, gazing at the relics. "Which one did you take?" he tried to slyly ask.
"If you must know, the black knight piece," explained Albus. Carmine then promptly grabbed the other one. As Carmine was walking out of the temple, they heard a high pitched screech in the distance. Albus flexed his shoulders. "We need to get out of here. That was a Nevermore shriek." Albus started staring at the cliff, looking for a way up.
"What about the other students?" Laz asserted. "If we all team up, we can take it down."
"He's right Laz," said Carmine. "Our job is to get the relics and get out. Let's live to fight another day."
"The cliffside to the north of the ruins looks good enough to climb. Let's get going." Albus stated
The group of four made their way north from the temple with their relics in tow. When they got to the cliff face, Albus took some rope out of his quiver and started tying it to the end of an arrow. But before he could ready the arrow to fire, a King Taijitu struck forward with its white head. It threw Albus against the cliff, his red aura shimmering around him. "No!" Russ cried. A spear materialized in his hands and he leapt forward. The black head of the snake came around trying to intercept Russ until Laz deflected it with her sword.
Carmine rushed to Albus to see if he was ok. Albus sat up against the cliff and yelled, "What are you doing? I'm fine! Go help them!" Carmine nodded and transformed his bow into two swords. He charged in and slashed his swords against the middle of the snake. The Taijitu screeched, coiled its heads to try to squeeze him. Russ saw this, and threw his spear at the side of the snake, causing it to reel back. Carmine saw this and jumped away.
Carmine backed up, trying to think of a plan. He turned to Albus, "Albus, can you get that arrow to the top of the cliff?"
Albus pulled himself up and readied his bow. "I'll try." He shot the arrow and watched it sail past the top of the cliff.
Carmine then turned to Laz, "Laz, get as high up as you can and launch down on one of the heads." She nodded and started climbing the rope. Carmine continued, "Ok, now we need to distract it long enough for her to hit it."
Albus turned toward the snake and fired an arrow at it. It turned and went to bite Albus. He went into Limbo and started walking towards the snake. The King Taijitu went right through the boy, then turned back and looked at him. At that moment, Laz came flying down at great speeds, killing that head of the snake with her sword.
During that time, Russ had pulled his spear out of the snake and went for the other head. Albus started running for it as well. While it was still stunned from Laz's hit, Russ and Albus each pierced one of the eyes on the second head. When Albus saw the Grimm dissolving, he went to a knee, clutching his side. Russ put Albus's arm over his shoulder and helped him up. "Can you make it up the cliff?" he asked Albus.
"I'll be fine," Albus tried to assure them. "We just need to get back to the school. I've had worse."
The four of them started climbing up the rope, with Albus going last, tying the rope around him. Carmine looked to his right, where he saw four girls fighting the Nevermore they heard earlier. "Woah, look to the right. They're fighting that Nevermore!" As the four looked over, they saw a girl in a red hood fly towards the Grimm. She dragged the giant bird up the cliff by its throat. When she got to the top, she decapitated the Grimm.
All of the students of Beacon were in the auditorium again as the first year teams were announced. Ozpin was in the center of the stage with the mic in front of him as Carmine, Russ, Albus, and Laz were making their way onto the stage. "Carmine Dartmouth, Russ Mauveine, Albus Turnbull, Lazuli Alexander," Ozpin listed them. "The four of you retrieved the black knight pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team Coral, led by Carmine Dartmouth."
As he said this, four pictures of the teens appeared on the big screen behind him, lined up in the order their names were stated. Under their pictures were the letters C, R, A, and L. They got off the stage as four boys replaced them. "That was a heck of an initiation!" exclaimed Russ. "You gonna be okay?" he asked Albus
The boy in question smirked, "Really, Russ, I'll be fine. I just need some rest." He paused, "I hope the rest of this school is as challenging as this was."
Team Coral was sitting in the back of Professor Port's classroom on the first day of classes. Albus had his head in his hands listening to the mouchetashed man drone on about some ridiculous story. Albus groaned, "I thought this class was gonna be on how to fight Grimm," he whispered to Carmine, "not stories about how this guy used to fight them."
"Just grin and bare it, Albus," Carmine answered back. "I had a teacher at Sanctum that liked to tell stories too. You just have to pay attention to the end to learn the point."
He groaned again, "I'd rather be in combat practice."