Disclaimer: The following scenes for the opening theme 1 for RWBY belongs to Roosterteeth and the original creator, Monty Ohm.
The original lyrics for "You Know My Name" belongs to Chris Cornell, and other rightful copyright holders.
I DO NOT OWN BOTH OF THEM. I am only using it for part of the story, and nothing else. I added little bit of more line to the original lyric for the song to make it sound cooler. Well, please enjoy!
UPDATE(1/19/16): Edited; change a name for certain character at the end of the chapter.
-Chapter 13-
Themes
Opening Theme 1
This Will Be the Day
As the song begins playing, Ellix is seen at the cliff with his head titled down as the sky was half night and half morning. The shattered moon of Remnant cracks as the crack becomes bigger and bigger before it cracks completely into the Sun as he looks up to the sky before wild winds blew in front of him, revealing the title "RWBYE".
After the title was shown, each member of the team are shown respectfully; Ruby staring down on her mother's gravestone, Weiss standing and looking calm and elegant in a hallway, Blake standing on the tree branch with autumn leaves falling as the fainted image of her former master, Adam is shown behind her before she disappears in a flash, and Yang looks little worry, but determined before she rides off on her motorcycle.
The next scenes show army of Grimm approaching as one Nevermore flies up to the front before the scene changes to the appearance of Team RGAL with their leader, Rudy in the middle as he smirks proudly. Then, three shadowy figures appear, revealing to be Mercury on the left, Emerald on the right, and Cinder in the middle with her right eye in the usual piercing, menacing orange color with her left eye to be red and cybernetic looking as a large, mysterious fourth figure with discolored eyes (one red and another blue) hovers over them with his arms out as there are fires in the background.
The next scene changes to Alice with her eyes closed until she looks to her left when Kuro approaches her along with her other teammates, Laura and Roy. She grins proudly with her teammates as they all look up the sky. Professor Ozpin, Glynda, and Qrow are shown on the front balcony of a large airship as it flies over Beacon and the City of Vale.
As the song finishes up, the scene shows each protagonist, starting with Ruby, Weiss, next Blake, then Yang, and finally Ellix with their respective emblem. Then, for the finale, it shows all the professors, students, including Team JNPR, SSSN, KALR, and RGAL, and finally each member of Team RWBYE, with Ruby and Ellix pose in their battle pose with a faint image of Black Knight's face in half on Ellix's side.
Almost one month had passed since first day of the school began. September was almost over in just about a week. Over that time, we just did the plain, old school stuffs. Classes, quizzes, tests, and missions, which were the best part. My classmates and I were getting along with the freshmen, except for Team ROUH. They were like Team CRDL, bullying other classmates in their grade, that is. Although, I think that what makes them inseparable and relate-able with Team CRDL.
My teammates, classmates, and I were now in the music class as we listened to Miss Kitsune's lesson. Although, all of the guys except for me stared at Miss Kitsune, especially at her…well buttock as she wrote stuffs on the board.
The girls just rolled their eyes. Pyrrha was kind of looked upset and little bit jealous that Jaune's attention was on the professor over her. That guy really needs to notice, but I know that he will someday.
"So, that is how you make a simple music note." She said. "Before we end this class, I will assign a special assignment, and it will have extra credit points to your grade."
All the guys just stared at her as they listened. Weiss looked with most interests to what our professor will say. "I will give you guys two weeks to create a song, and you will sing it in front of the class, along with few special guests. However, the song will have a theme, and it must be about you. It can be anything, your past, your appearance, anything about you. I recommend to start brainstorming and practice beforehand."
Right after she explained our assignment, the bell rang, declaring the end of the class. "Well, class I wish you all good luck. If you need any help, you may come to my office after school."
We walked out of the class and headed to the diner hall.
"A song about myself?" Weiss thought aloud. "Well, I will definitely make a wonderful piece of artistic, creative, splendid song about yours truly."
"Hmmm, I wonder if I can use my armpit to make a song." Yang said as she tested it out. It made a strange sound, similar to how fart sounded like. Ruby giggled as Blake just rolled her eyes. Weiss looked annoyed.
"That is not a proper instrument!" Weiss stated.
Yang shrugged. "What? It is creative at least."
She just sighed. "Anyway, after I finish my lunch, I am going to work on the song as soon as possible before the next class begins, and even after the school ends."
"It is a two-week assignment, but it is best to work on it as soon as possible." I said. The girls nodded in agreement.
We ate our lunch, which was French toast and I enjoyed it, but Weiss ate it faster than all of us and went off to work on her song. She was very interested in it. The rest of us just sat and relax.
"I wonder what kind of song I want to make that is about, well me." Ruby said.
"Well, Prof. Kitsune said it has to relate with us in one way or another. It can be about yourself, your past, or just something that is about you or relate with you." Blake explained.
"Hmmmm…I got to think about this." Ruby said, pondering.
"Well, I know what song I am going to sing." Yang said.
"You do, sis?" Ruby asked. "What is it?"
"I am going to sing about how I kick ass my enemies and anyone who get in my way. I will name it…Bang with a Yang!" We looked at her, not amused at all.
"What?" She shrugged.
"That…is a start, but I think you may have to work on the name, too." Blake said.
"You think the name of the song is cool, right, Ellix?" She asked, looking at me with the baby eyes.
"Well…." I blushed in red nervously. "It…sounds not bad…but I think there is a better name out there."
"You know what, good point! There is got to be something cooler name for my song. I am going to library and find those fancy dictionaries to look up cool words for my song name!" Yang said as she got up and headed off to the library.
"And there she goes." Ruby sighed. "I think I will leave, too. See you guys, later."
Ruby left the diner hall, too, and it was just me and Blake.
"Song about yourself…" Blake said to herself. "I…don't know if I want to sing about myself."
I heard what she just said, and…I understood what she means. "Blake, I understand all the stuffs that you went through. You don't have to sing about the past. Perhaps you can sing about your favorite subject or something, like reading for example."
Blake looked up to me and grinned. "Thanks, Ellix for encouraging me. I think I will be fine. I will see you around."
She left as well, leaving me being myself. I noticed most of the students left, too and only couples were left. "A song about yourself…" I thought.
In the blink of an eye, almost two weeks have passed. The time was a night before the day of the assignment due. The girls were discussing about the songs they made.
"So, is everyone done with making their song and practiced it?" Ruby asked.
"Well, I…" Weiss said as he got interrupted when Yang spoke.
"Heck yeah! You guys will love it when I sing on the stage!" Yang said excitedly, fist pawning in the air.
"Anyway!" Weiss said with anger in her voice as she pushed Yang's head to the side, making her drop to the floor. "I created the most perfect song in the world, and all of you and everyone else will be impressed."
"It sounds very exciting! I can't wait." Ruby said before she turned to Blake. "What about you, Blake?"
"Well, I did practice, but I…I'm kind of scared to sing, especially in front of the class. I am also curious to as who are the special guests that Prof. Kitsune mentions two weeks ago." Blake said honestly.
"Me, too." Ruby agreed. "But, I think you will be fine! We will be cheering for you, right, girls?"
"Right!" Yang said, who got back up after Weiss pushed her.
"Well, of course! We are Team, but I am most worried for you, Ruby." Weiss pointed out. "Are you sure your singing is…improved as you claim?"
"Yeah! Which is why I practice! I will prove it tomorrow!" Ruby said determinedly. That was when I came in the room. They turned to me.
"Hey, Ellix! Are you ready to sing your song tomorrow?" Ruby asked with a curiosity.
"Yes, I am." I replied with a grin.
"I can't wait to hear it." Blake said with the same interest in her eyes.
"Hmm, mine will be better." Weiss said, being a prick as usual.
"So Ellix, I was wondering…" Yang walked up to me as she wiggled her finger on my chest. "What will your song be about?"
I took her hand with mine and leaned to her ear. "That will be for tomorrow for you to see…well hear."
I walked away and went into my personal bedroom next door. Yang looked little bit disappointed, but shrugged that face away and put on a passive smile.
"Were you trying to like flirt with him to spill the bean?" Blake asked.
"Teehee! Yeah." She replied with a cheeky smile.
"I wonder what everyone's song will be like tomorrow." Ruby thought aloud before they decided to head to bed. They all changed to their PJ and went into bed as Blake turned off the light.
The day of the performance assignment arrived. For this day only, Professor Ozpin made our music class' time extended to almost 1 and half hours, so that it would be enough time for everyone in my class to listen to each of our own song we made. The special guests were our headmaster himself, Glynda, Qrow (although I have a feeling he is here just to see Prof. Kitsune and her…well physical appearance), Prof. Port, and Dr. Oobleck. There were also some freshman students, who we knows and they were Rudy, Aron, Giovanny, and rest of Team KALR.
Team MSNC was also here, but they are the one who will be helping in playing the instruments for the song. Fortunately and impressively, they could play array of instruments and knew every genre of song from rock to pop, heavy metal to even country rock, so they have a LOT of experience in singing and playing many kinds of songs.
First up was Sun. His song was simply known as "The Sun". Although, his singing was not that bad (at least not as worse as Ruby maybe), his little dancing made us laugh. Professor Goodwitch looked bit embarrassed as she hides her face while Sun was singing. Next came, Neptune and he was not bad as well, but it was mostly about a love for his certain girlfriend in the room, and less about himself, but Prof. Kitsune counted his emotions and feeling for his special person. Next came Jaune who stumbled and looked nervous at first, but with Pyrrha watching him, he courageously sang. We gave him a round of applaud. Then, Cardin came and while it was a rap song, it was not that bad actually. We gave him some praise at least.
Then, Pyrrha came up and she sang beautifully since she had experience in singing, especially how she sang for that cereal commercial in the past, which I heard about. Next, my teammates began singing their own. Ruby sang about her as a rose who blossom to become a great Huntress like her mother, Weiss sang about herself and her determination to become a huntress and someday the head of her family company, Blake surprisingly sang little bit about her past, but I knew for sure that it relates with her time when she was a member of the White Fang, and Yang sang great. Her song is probably became one of my favorite, singing how she burn like fire which suits her well with the theme. Also before I forget, Ruby kind of started little bit slow when she noticed Rudy watching as the audience, but we cheered for her and she just focused on us while she sang.
Finally, and the grand finale, it was me at last. "Alright, we have our last student to sing. Give some applaud to our last student to sing, Mr. Ellix Knight." Prof. Kitsune announced.
Everyone clapped as my teammates cheered the loudest and Yang whistled cheerfully at me.
"So, Mr. Knight before you begin, like everyone else, please give a little summary about your song before you begin." Prof. Kitsune said.
I used the mic and put near my mouth. "Well, I thought long and hard to what I can sing about myself. There are many things about myself that I can sing about, but one thing that always come to my mind is…well me, actually more or less about all the experience I had in the past, about a year ago."
Everyone knew what I was talking, except for the few freshmen. "There were times I…went through a bad time, but I had to face them and those experiences are what led me to who I am right now. So, please listen to the song I made. I call it….You Know My Name."
Team MSNC began playing the song and I didn't start singing until after around before 20th second.
Ellix: If you take a life, do you know what you'll giiivvve.
Everyone listened very closely, especially my teammates who sat in the front row.
Odds are, you won't like what it is. When the storm arrives, would you be seen with me. By the merciless eyes I've deceived.
Everyone awed, feeling something a bit familiar and remorse about who…I was in the past.
I've seen angels fall from blinding heights. But you yourself are nothing sooooo divine…just next in li-iiinneee.
The drumbeats became serious as we continued.
Arm yourself because no-one else here will save youuu. The odds will betray yoouuuu.
And I will replace youuuuuuuuu.
Tears rolled down on each girl's eyes a bit. Yang looked the most remorse.
You can't deny the prize; it may never fulfillllll youuuuuuu. It longs to kill youuuuu. Are you willing to die-iieeee? The coldest blood runs through my veins, you know my name.
As I continued singing my lyrics from my mind, everyone listened to my song. Some of the freshmen were very interested and tuned to the song while others, mostly the people who I know, looked seldom, and already know what I was singing about…the time when I became Black Knight, and even the time before I became the Black Knight.
Try to hide your hand, forget how to feel.
MSNC's lead vocalist/guitarist/leader: forget how to feel!
Ellix: Life is gone with just a spin of the wheel.
MSNC's lead vocalist/guitarist/leader: Spin of the wheel!
Ellix: Arm yourself because no-one else here will save youuu. The odds will betray yoouuuu.
And I will replace youuuuuuuuu.
You can't deny the prize; it may never fulfillllll youuuuuuu. It longs to kill youuuuu. Are you willing to die-iieeee? The coldest blood runs through my veins, you know my naaa-ame. You know my name.
MSNC's lead vocalist/guitarist/leader: You know his name!
Ellix: You know my naaaaa-ame. You know my name.
MSNC's lead vocalist/guitarist/leader: You know his name!
Ellix: You know my name! You know my name! You know my naaaaaaaaaa-ame!
I ended my song, panting to catch my breaths. They gave me a silent look. The silence broke when Prof. Ozpin began clapping, followed by everyone else and even some cheering.
"Ellix!" Yang yelled as she got up from her seat and ran up to me. She opened up her arms and closed in on me, giving me a tight, yet warm hug. "You…are…just…amazing!"
She gave me rapid round of kisses on my cheek. "Yang! Not in front of everyone!" I yelled in embarrassment as my face blushed. Alice looked little bit jealous, but smiled gently. Kuro just smirked as he had his arm crossed.
"Ellix!" Rest of my teammates joined in the hug. Everyone else continued to clap. After the hugging was over, I looked to the members of Team MSNC and gave them my thanks.
"Thank you, guys." I said as I looked at each of them, one by one. "Franziska, Beethoven, Mozart, and Chopin, I own you guys."
"No problem, Ellix! We had a lot of fun, and you sir, are THE great singer, probably the best one we ever met!" Mozart stated. He is the leader of MSNC.
"Yeah, man! You really know how to sing out your soul and aura." Beethoven the drummer said.
"Maybe you should be part of our band, dude!" Chopin suggested. He played the bass.
"I agree with my guys. You would be a great addition in the team for music only that is. It would also be awesome if you fight Grimm along with us." Franziska said. She played the electric piano.
"Yeah! With the power of MUSIC!" Mozart said excitedly and determinedly as he raised a fist in the air.
I laughed to the idea as they joined in my laugh. I said their goodbye as I rejoined with my team to head out and eat a deserving lunch for the prize. After the classes were over, we decided to eat out for dinner. We invited Sun, Neptune, Jaune and Pyrrha, along with Nora, Ren, Sage, and Scarlet to join our celebration.
We decided to celebrate at a diner hall that served varieties of dishes, including some foreign ones on the specific day of the week. Luckily, tonight they served sushi, including spicy tuna rolls, which Blake favored the most.
We ordered our food, and we ate like if we have not eaten for a long time. Yang and I ate like a hungry monster for a cookie.
"Man, that was good." Yang said, letting her stomach out.
"I am stuffed, too." I nodded as I burped a little, but covered it with my arm.
"The dish was very excellent. Nothing rewarding after a beautiful master piece I made." Weiss said as she cleaned her mouth and lip with her cloth napkin.
"You really sang beautifully, Snow Angel just like a real angel." Neptune said as he hugged her with his arm around her.
"Oooohhh, Neptune." Weiss said as their eyes met and shared a kiss with each other.
"You sang great, too, Blake." Sun said as he leaned closer to her, but she moved to the side.
"Thanks, but as for you…please do not embarrass yourself next time you sing in front of people." Blake warned him.
He just shrugged. "What? At least everyone found it amusing. Heck, I even noticed you were laughing under your hands when I was performing. I know you liked it when I did the twerk."
Blake blushed in red, but just crossed her arms and looked away from him. "I…you are lying. I thought it was very…unnecessary."
"Oh come on. Just admit it." Sun teased, but she continued to defend herself and he eventually just gave up.
"But, above all, I think the one who sang the best is none other than Ellix in my opinion." Pyrrha said while sitting with her teammates on the different table next to ours.
"I agree, too." Jaune nodded.
"Man, I really wish we seen it, but we had different class!" Nora moaned. "If only we could've skipped it…"
"Then, you would miss your favorite dodge ball termination on the other students." Ren pointed out. They had gym class while we had the music class during the same time, and they had play dodge ball today.
"Oh yeah!" Nora remembered, giggling to herself when she remembered all the faces of her fallen opponents.
"I think he is THE BEST singer in the world!" Yang claimed as she hugged my arm tightly. "I am the happiest woman in the world!"
She leaned her head on my right shoulder as I rubbed the back of my head, blushing a little in embarrassment.
"Thank you, Yang for…thinking of me…like that." I said nervously. "Thank you to you guys, too and congratulations on your guys' song as well. I liked them very much."
We celebrated almost late into the night, about around 9 or 9:30 pm. We began to leave as we paid the bill together.
Team SSSN went to their dorm room, which was located in another building. My team and I headed to our dorm room in the same building before we departed from each other. We went into the room with Zwei waiting for us patiently.
Ruby caught her pet into her arms, and giving him as much love as possible. Weiss joined with her, giving her affection to the dog.
As they prepared to rest for tonight, I decided to do my usual thing. "Well, girls. I am going to do my little personal training. See you tomorrow and goodnight." I said before I left the room.
"See you later, Ellix." Ruby replied with a wave.
"Well, I guess I better get going to…" Yang got interrupted when her Scroll was vibrating. She checked and discovered that she has a new message, it was from Alice.
"Who is it from?" Ruby asked.
"It is from Alice, right?" Blake guessed.
"Yeap! And it looks she wants to give me a break after the whole singing." Yang said. "Oh, thank god she let me rest! I am tired and need some sleep!"
Yang just lay down on the bed with her arms out, and began snoring.
"Yang, you need to change into your PJ first." Ruby said, shaking her sister, but with no avail to wake her.
"She must be really tired." Blake said. "Let's not disturb her. I think she deserves it for tonight, ever since she started training Alice for the past month."
"Yeah. You are right, Blake." Ruby nodded. They changed into their PJ. Ruby put a blanket over her big sister so she won't get cold while Black turned off the light. The girls went into the bed and drifted into dreamland. Ruby, on the other hand, dreamed about Rudy listening to her song as she began blushing on her face, indicating that she may have to…relieve herself.
Meanwhile, Ellix trained with his gauntlets as he sliced and slashed whenever a leave fall from the tree. Suddenly, he was interrupted when he got a message from a person named "Cyan". He checked the message and raised an eyebrow with dead-tone, serious expression on his face.
"Hmmmm." He hummed to himself. After reading the message, he resumed his training.
Author's Note: What did you all thought for this chapter? The song is suggested by TheWovenMantis, and I say thank you to you, TheWovenMantis. I am going to be a very nice guy that I will upload two more chapters today, so please wait a little bit while I edit them and upload all before the end of today.
After I upload those chapters I have yet to edit, we will see on Monday the result of the poll. As of now, it is tie, and if we do get a tie breaker, then I don't know how else I will do it, but HERE is what I will ask of you guys to do for me; tell me your reason why you want me to do one more filler chapter or start an actual plot chapter. If I find your reason is good enough, and there are some numbers for one choice over the other for the reviews, then I will make my final decision. As for the other choice that didn't win, then I will post that chapter sometimes after the epilogue for this Volume. I think that is fair for both sides. So, as of now, please put in your vote in the poll.
Well, see you guys with two more chapters today and have a wonderful weekend.