RWBY: A New Breed of SPARTAN

by greeny74

The Covenant has taken everything from Ruby Rose and Yang Xiao Long. The alien juggernaut has slaughtered their parents and glassed their colony to a cinder. But when a new UNSC military program is established to create a new breed of super-soldier, Ruby and Yang are given the chance to become a shining beacon for humanity. A chance to become SPARTANs. **BACK FROM HIATUS!**

5. Important Announcement

So, I feel I owe all my followers an explanation for my absence from writing these last few weeks. This month of February has quite possibly been one of the worst months of my life. First, as most of you are aware, I was devastated by learning of the loss of the dear creator of RWBY, Monty Oum. Apart from finding something to do during the RWBY hiatus, the reason I started to share my writing was because of Monty. His beautiful creation has brought me and so many other so much joy and humor into my life, which I had desperately needed. When I learned of his passing, I suddenly found myself thinking of a world now suddenly devoid of that joy and happiness. It also didn't help that, a few days later, I learned that one of my cousins passed away suddenly. This was all on top of my typical pile of stress, schoolwork, and other daily problems. I'll admit, I got really depressed really quickly, and temporarily crawled into a dark place over the last couple of weeks.

I realized that there were others feeling the same way I was, and I found that talking about it with them made me realize that I was not alone, and that I had someone to share my feelings with. I'm still depressed, obviously, but I have friends that can help me, and I realized that writing provides me with an outlet to release some of those emotions.

However, because of a lack of creative inspiration for this story in particular, I am announcing that I am temporarily placing RWBY: A New Breed of SPARTAN on hiatus. I have been struggling to write this story as an original work. I find myself continuing to borrow plot lines from existing Halo fiction and replacing characters with their RWBY counterparts. I'm finding it difficult to bridge the gap between where the story is now and where I want it to go. So I'm taking an extended break to brainstorm proper ideas for this story to flourish. This does not mean I'm taking a break from writing as a whole. I will turn my attention to my other RWBY fanfic, Chocolate Milk, and maybe write a couple of one-shots I've been brainstorming, but hopefully I can return to this story with some fresh ideas soon.

Hang tough, gents. And remember, if you respect someone and their accomplishments, be it your parents, your teacher, a content producer, or even your dog, make sure you let them know that they inspire you.

Keep moving forward.

-greeny74