Alright, it is decided. I'M GOING OOOOOOFFF THE PLAN! I'm going to finish this story up, but before I go to the awaited Ash vs Cinder fight, I'm going to do ONE more filler chapter, to put everything together. I hope you guys don't mind. I own nothing except my ideas and OC's.
P.S. I apologize for taking this down, there was something I had to change, it wasn't ready yet.
Pyrrha looked panicked and unleashed a shockwave of Magnetism, reeling Penny's blades back so fast it ripped her apart, bisecting her completely. Why did she do that?
Ruby...she was crying, why was she crying?
Mercury...he's on his feet...WHY?!
Grimm everywhere.
Cinder...speaking.
Roman being freed, by that girl.
Adam showing at the tournament, Grimm with them.
Kill.
Kill.
KILL!
Ash's eyes snapped open and sat up, sweating greatly. He held his head in his hands as he calmed down, the images still fresh in his mind.
"What...was that"? Ash mutters.
"What could have been". Came Garnet's response.
Ash turned and saw his future Son on his sleeping bag, sharpening his scythe, looking at Ash in sympathy.
"You mean...if you didn't come in when you did"? Ash asks.
"Yeah, you changed it, so its wanting you to see what you changed". Garnet explains.
Ash exhaled greatly, still shaken.
"Don't worry, it will probably continue for a night or two, after that it'll be over with". Garnet assures.
"Penny...did she really"? Ash began.
"Get brutally bisected by Pyrrha? Yes." Garnet answered simply.
Ash shivered, Pyrrha would have become a wreck if she went through with that.
"By the way...can I ask you something"? Ash asks.
"Sure...what is it Father"? Garnet asks, laying his sharpening stone down.
"Who all came back with you? Could I get names, no one is here". Ash says, pointing to the empty beds.
Garnet sighed. "I suppose, one of them should be showing soon". Garnet mutters before straightening up. "There's me, Ember, Calida, then Crystal Schnee, daughter of Ryan and Weiss, and Duran...I can't exactly give his mother, but Yaron is his father". Garnet names. "Duran was the one who caught Mercury and cut Emerald's Semblance off". He adds as an afterthought.
Ash nodded before getting up, feeling his legs wobble briefly, obviously shaken from the dream.
"Where's Ember"? Ash asks, Ember and Calida having slept in RWBY's room due to the whole 'Guys in the guys room' deal.
"Off somewhere with Mother, Calida is talking with Aunt Yang about something". Garnet answers.
Ash nods and gets his jacket, using a bit of his ice to wash some mist over his face to wake him up.
One day...one day is all he has until his fight with Cinder, she gave them both one free day to prepare, and be ready for the fight. Most likely wanting to rig the arena or something in her favor. Garnet however, has proven he's Ruby's son, and hacked the mainframe that Cinder used, able to keep her from interfering with fights, and setting it up so Ash and Cinder was the first fight tomorrow.
Ash stepped out and headed out to the cafeteria, Garnet following him. "I wonder when Crystal will show up". Garnet mutters.
"Are you close with her"? Ash asks, curious about his sons affinity with the future Schnee.
"I see her like a little sister, me and Ember would play with her a lot due to Mom and Aunt Weiss' relationship as teammates". Garnet explains.
Ash nods with a hum and walks to the cafeteria, seeing CFVY before smiling, glad to have someone outside of his son to talk to, don't get him wrong, he could talk with his son all day, but it felt...awkward, he likes to go into it one piece at a time, it feels like a dream, and he doesn't want it to end.
Weiss walked through Beacon's courtyard, a smile on her face. Ryan had agreed to walk through Vale with her, after the whole scenario at the Tournament, his presence was a warm comfort to her, a welcoming one too.
"Hello, Miss Schnee". A young voice greets.
Weiss turns and saw a young girl, too young to be admitted into Beacon, she smiled at her under her hood.
"Um...do I know you"? Weiss asks.
"You will in time". The girl responds, before pulling her hood down, startling Weiss.
She had white hair which was tied into two pigtails which laid on her shoulders, with Ryan's sapphire blue eyes and two small teardrop earrings. She is 5'6 with a lithe build and fair complexion. With a white and blue long sleeved hoodie over a light blue shirt, she had a white and blue combat skirt with black stockings. On her feet were white ornate combat boots with heels. On her jacket's back was a symbol, showing the Schnee Dust Company symbol crossed with a gear.
"My name is Crystal Schnee...its nice to meet you Mother". Crystal greets, a warm smile on her face.
Weiss froze, her face in a expression of disbelief.
Crystal sighed and sat her Mother down, which snapped her out of it.
"But-But how, me and Ryan got together yesterday"! Weiss snaps, looking panicked.
"I'm from the future, with Garnet and Ember". Crystal assures.
Weiss calmed down slightly.
"And honestly, I'm the reason they're here in the first place". Crystal adds.
"What do you mean"? Weiss asks, now intrigued.
Crystal grabbed a pot and smashed it, startling Weiss, before she could chide her, Crystal held a finger to it, a purple glyph appearing under it, which had a clock under it, which ticked ominously as it reversed the damage of the pot, and even returned it to its previous place.
"My Semblance, is Time Manipulation, a fusion between your glyph and father's Semblance". Crystal answers.
Weiss nodded, understanding her. "So...could I ask you a couple of questions"? Weiss began, looking apprehensive.
Crystal smiled. "Sure"! She agrees.
Weiss sighed and turned to her future daughter. Ready to ask what was on her mind.
Yang sat in her dorm, talking with Calida with a grin.
She was ecstatic! Calida took so much after her! Her figure was a perfect mirror of hers, her blonde hair just as bright, and her eyes, if it wasn't for it being George's shade of red, she would think Calida chose her for the genetic lottery. She asked questions that Calida was all too willing to answer.
How was she in the future?
Was she an expert Huntress.
And the question she hesitated in, was she a good Mother?
Calida smiled at her and hugged her, assuring her that she was the best mother she could ask for. Filling Yang with joy. So Yang began to ask all about Calida, how good was she? What did she like and how long would she be here?
Calida's smile went a bit low on the last question, and looked down in sadness.
"What? What's wrong"? Yang asks, concerned.
"We...we won't be going back". Calida mutters.
"Why? Don't you want to see future me again"? Yang asks.
Calida's hair covered her eyes. "More than anything, but let me tell you something...what happens when you directly time travel and alter a timeline"? Calida asks.
Yang blinked. "Er...". She hesitated.
"Think of it like a river, it flows constantly, but what happens when you build a dam and block it"? She asks.
"It stops...and-" Yang paled. "Goes somewhere else". She realized.
"We won't be going back...because there won't be a future to return to". Calida mutters, tears slowly beginning to fall.
"You can stay here! We won't leave you"! Yang tries to assure.
"But We'll be leaving you"! Calida shouts.
Yang froze. "What"? She asks.
"We'll fade away...we won't exist anymore, the future fades...and so do we". Calida mutters, tears starting to fall without hesitation.
Yang's eyes widened, tears brimming in her eyes, she hugged her future daughter, letting her cry.
Ember sparred with Ruby in the arena, keeping up with her Mother's speed with her own, zipping around the arena and managing to keep up with, but not outrun, her Mother.
Ember blocked Ruby's scythe slash and kicked it away, before swinging her sword under another slash and pointing it at Ruby's neck, getting victory.
"I win". Ember mutters with a grin.
Ruby pouted and put Crescent Rose away, looking slightly defeated. "Good job, I'm surprised how fast you are"! She awes, noticing her daughter's speed.
"I got it from you, its natural from both sides, Father's Saiyan side really gets my endurance up". Ember says, stretching slightly.
"I am proud of you Ember". Ruby says, pulling Ember's attention.
"I'm happy you say that mother, but why"? Ember asks.
"For leading a team of your own, unofficially or not, you lead the others to the past and took this on yourself, I couldn't be more proud"! Ruby says, hugging her future daughter, who was slightly taller than her.
Ember smiled and hugged her Mother, happy to feel her warmth again after so long.
Weiss laughed at Crystal who was laughing as well. Weiss couldn't be more happy, her daughter had told her all about her, how was she as the leader of the SDC, turns out she's all but finished the horrible Faunus treatment, and actually have some as official workers, for pay! Crystal has also changed the look of the Schnee's, instead of being the 'ice queen' Weiss has been known for, Crystal has become a warm and welcome presence to the company.
A heart as pure as snow. And Weiss couldn't be more proud.
"So...are you going to be staying with us"? Weiss asks.
"Yep! I came with the past, Garnet and the others should be waiting for me too". Crystal assures.
Weiss smiled, she couldn't help but smile with her daughter, she was contagious.
"Let's go see them! I bet Father will be surprised". Crystal says while getting up.
Weiss smirked, obviously expecting a reaction from Ryan about this.
"Yes...let's". Weiss says, walking into Beacon with Crystal, talking all the way.
The now revealed Duran sat inside a Atlesian ship, he waited for the arrival.
He looked up and saw her, the multi hair colored girl Neo, walking with Roman's cane and hat.
"Greetings". Duran says, his cane ready.
Neo frowned, obviously thinking she took out everyone in the ship.
"I suggest you turn around, Roman isn't going anywhere". Duran threatens.
Neo smirked, her eyes changing color.
Duran's left hand glowed a slight orange once more, before appearing in front of Neo in a flash, startling her.
"That wasn't a request". Duran began, swiping Roman's cane and hat. "It was a demand". He finishes.
Neo growled and swung a foot at him, only for him to catch it and throw her away, the midgit landing on her feet easily.
Duran huffed and positioned his cane like a sword, motioning her to bring it on.
Neo smirked and slowly sauntered forward, not noticing the black pill in between Duran's teeth.
CRUNCH!
"So Ash, you've brought us all here, I suppose you have something to say"? Ozpin asks, sitting behind his desk.
Ash nodded, watching Ironwood stare at him, and Garnet with his arms crossed.
Qrow tapped his arm patiently, ever since the revelation that they will find Summer, and the newly revealed future kids, Qrow had stopped drinking recently, keeping a sharp demeanor.
"So, what is it"? Ironwood asks.
"Cinder Fall, the one responsible for ALL of this, is going to fight me tomorrow in the tournament". Ash began.
"Then we have a chance, we can surround her and-
"NO!" Ash shouts, cutting the general off.
"You've done enough Ironwood, subtlety is not your strong suit and we need to keep her actions in the shadows, like they've always been". Ash explains.
"But I could help"! He argues.
"First time for Everything"! Ash snaps back.
"Oh ho ho"! Qrow chuckles.
Ironwood growled.
"This ENTIRE time, you've done nothing but screwed things up with your military bravado, the ONLY thing you did right, was help against the Grimm Breach, everything else of yours, even Penny herself, is all on you". Ash argues his case.
"What do you know about Penny"? Ironwood hisses.
"The first synthetic human with an Aura". Ash answers.
Ozpin and Qrow darted their eyes to Ironwood, really wanting to say something.
"And if it wasn't for Ember and Garnet, she would have been one the stadium floor! BISECTED by CINDER'S plans! Which she managed to do through YOUR scroll which your recklessly used to show off your might". Ash explains angrily.
"Wait...what"? Ironwood demands, pulling his scroll out.
"Cinder is using your Scroll as an access point, she's the one who controlled the matches, not the 'random choices'". Garnet explains. "I've counter hacked her, but you should destroy that and get a new one". Garnet advises.
Ironwood dropped it immediately and crushed it beneath his boot, stopping Cinder's intervention.
Qrow stepped forward. "Let me go back to the whole 'Synthetic human', you mean that little ginger with the blades, is a machine"? Qrow asks.
"Yes, but she's also Ruby's friend, and Penny has become more of a human in her brief times with Ruby than years with your army". Garnet explains, turning to Ironwood.
"What is this?! Pick on Ironwood day"?! Ironwood snapped.
"No, that's tomorrow". Ash says, pulling up his Pokegear, indeed showing a 'Pick on Ironwood day' marked for tomorrow.
Qrow snorted.
Ironwood growled again.
"But bottom line, you won't intervene until the battle is over, when it is, you can take her away and find out how to fix what she's done". Ash gets back on track.
"You still haven't told us WHAT your plan is". Ozpin reminds.
"I-I need you to trust me, this isn't an easy plan". Ash hesitates.
Ozpin stared at Ash, thinking his motives over. "You've never steered me wrong, I will trust you". He says firmly.
"So do I, you've got guts and a mind that Jimmy here could use". Qrow says, jabbing once more at the general.
Ironwood huffed. "You've done a lot, I suppose I can put this in your hands, but can you at least give us something to do after the fight"? He asks.
"Get the strongest cage you got, with Semblance and Aura inhibitors". Ash responds.
Ironwood nods and goes to work.
"We will await your plan Ash, good luck". Ozpin says with a smile.
"Thanks Ozpin, and thanks for believing in me all this time". Ash thanks before beginning to walk out, only to turn to Qrow.
"And after Cinder is dealt with, we'll start out search for Summer first thing next morning"! Ash says to Qrow with a grin.
"I'll be waiting". Qrow says with a smirk.
Ash walked out and into the elevator, going down.
Ozpin turned to Qrow. "Where is she anyway"? He couldn't help but ask.
Qrow hesitated.
"Qrow, answer me". Ozpin pressures.
"The island south of Patch". He answers.
Ozpin's hand clenched his mug, his eyes narrowed.
"I hope you realize what your risking". He hisses.
"What? What's south of Patch"? Ironwood asks, hating to be in the dark.
"The resting place of one of the most oldest Grimm known to man". Ozpin says, pulling out a book.
"The Ghoul".
To be continued.
And there we go, everything nicely put together, also don't worry about Duran, he's got it. The next chapter will go by quicker, because I wrote it WAY ahead of time when I found this epic song. Anyway, what is the Ghoul? You'll have to find out. R&R This is Oathkeeper0317 signing out.
Bonus One Shot-Crystal's Crush.
"So girls". Yang began, leaning forward on her pillow. "Any of you got your eyes on someone"? She asks with a smirk.
Calida laughed while Ember shook her head, Crystal on the other hand, had her face covered by a pillow, attempting to hide how red it was.
"Crystal"? Weiss' voice came, causing her to look up and freeze.
Weiss had the definition of a Mother Hen, her eyes glowing red as she stared. "Who is it"? She asks.
"It's...G-Garnet". Crystal mutters.
KYAAAA!
All of the girl (minus Ember and Blake) squealed at Crystal's words.
"You hear that Weiss? We're going to be in-laws"! Ruby shouts, hugging Weiss in joy.
"Have you told him"? Yang asks, looking anxious.
"N-No! I can't"! She shrieks, her face red.
Weiss finally snapped out of it. "Garnet...he's who you like"? She asks.
"Mother, please! He's not bad, he-" Crystal was cut off when Weiss rose her hand.
"I know...and I approve, he's more than suited for you". Weiss approves.
Just then, the door was kicked down by Ash, who was with the other males, weapons out. "We heard screaming! Is something wrong"?! He asks.
They all sighed, with Crystal covering her face once more.
Calida snickered, but nobody noticed the faint blush on her face.
Yes, Crystal has a crush on Garnet, and Calida's crush is...kinda in the dark right now. :P