I was just so inspired by the endless possibilities of giving the side characters a chance in the spotlight and the recent talks with NewtGirl over her character that I made this chapter for everyone with an OC in the story to enjoy, I'm also hosting a contest here soon so read on to the end of the chapter to find out!
RWBY: The Darkness Within
Season 2- Chapter 13
The Dance pt. 2
Dancing is like dreaming with your feet
Rory walked with his team down the hall towards the dance, with Luna, Ragnar, and Safe's teams in tow. "I hate this damn neck trap." He said messing with the red tie he wore with his white shirt and black slacks as Bertilak smiled.
"Well you never were one for formalities." His brother chuckled as he walked forward in his emerald colored suit with the black shirt and bright green tie. Brandon followed suit in a white blazer with a black shirt and white tie, with black and white pinstripe pants, as Zero tried to look comfortable in his grey suit with a blue shirt and pink tie. Ellone rested on his arm in her bubblegum pink dress with a candy bracelet she kept munching on, with a pink lotus in her hair. Sarais grumbled very verbally in her lime green dress as she complained about the 'damned woman stilts' she was forced to wear. But the angriest in their group was Odette who was not only without a date, but she recently found out that Ragnar was helping Yang run the event and hadn't told her. Her sky patterned dress floated around her in a halo of sheer hatred as her grey silk scarf flew behind her as she walked furiously down the hallway.
"Hey, it could be worse; you could not have a date!" She screamed looking back at Sarais who had Mason Suzuki helping her walk along in his jet black shirt and pants with a grey tie and lime green flower pinned to his grey vest. Lee followed closely behind him with a smirk on his face, as the boy wore a white suit with a brown shirt and a golden tie to suit the golden trim on his suit. Safe and Ora were at the back chatting pleasantly the young boy wearing a similar ensemble to Bertilak, only having a bright green shirt and a black tie. Ora was on his arm wearing a black dress with orange lines running down the sides as the dress reached her ankles but she walked with confidence.
"Or you could be with a crazy." Xich tried to get out before Luna got him in a headlock and squeezed.
"Arm candy doesn't talk Xichmael." She giggled, as her crimson dress patterned with bats accented the hair accessory she'd gone with. Xich wore a black suit with a white shirt and red tie, but it was hardly noticeable with Luna crushing his skull.
"Hey, have you guys seen Runa or Ryzia?" Rory asked, worried his girlfriend might not show up to be there with him and make him comfortable with the formal attire.
"They were going to meet us there." Luna called as she finally released Xich after his arms had flailed a considerable amount. As they spoke they heard the two calling them from down the hall.
"Oi! Slowpokes!" Ryzia cried, she had revealed her cat ears for the occasion as she wore a night black dress and stepped aside to reveal Runa to her significant other. Rory's mouth dropped when he saw the shimmering fabric that reflected many colors from silver to pearl to ashy grey. She wore long silk black socks and gloves as always, but had her hair tied up with a black rose hairpiece.
He approached her rapidly delivering a swift kiss, "You look beyond awesome."
She giggled and blushed at his poor word work, "Well shall we enter and throw everyone off?"
"By all means." He said with a smile as they all filed in and were greeted by Yang, while Odette made a B-Line for Knives who stood out wobbling in the back near a wall.
"Where's Ragnar?" She asked in a huff.
He took a large gulp from a flask he was carrying and gave her a lazy expression as his eyes tried desperately to focus on her face, "Um, isn't he with you?"
"Have you been drinking?" She asked smelling the strong whiskey on his breath.
"I'm not drunk." He said pulling the bottle out from where he'd hidden it behind the curtain and refilled his flask taking a swig from the bottle directly.
"Just," She started before composing herself, the scent of whiskey bringing up bad memories, "Where is he?"
Ragnar approached them, "Are you two drinking?" He asked angrily eyeing Knives.
"She's not, I am." He said taking full blame and giving her a wink.
"Well I'm going to have to confiscate that." He replied.
"The hell you are!" Knives snapped, "You can kindly talk to this lady as to why she's not your date at this fine dance." As he finished Ragnar went beet red from embarrassment and fear, "Bingo. Well I'm out!" Knives said as he stumbled towards the snacks on the table.
Odette's glare seemed to burn holes into Ragnar's brain as he tried to come up with a good explanation, "There's a perfectly good explanation for all this."
"I'm listening." She said with her disapproving gaze.
"I've got nothing." He said with a sigh.
"That's what I thought." She said with an angry sigh, "You could have asked me to help you, or at least told me you were doing this. Seriously, what am I going to do with you?" She asked him with a pitiful look on her face.
"You can dance with me." He said looking away blushing and scratching his head nervously.
She looked at the floor blushing before turning to the side with a pouting face, "Fine, but you'd better not step on my feet."
"No promises." He replied with a cocky grin, as she smiled and they left for the dance floor.
Liars Dance to the sound of Deception
Brandon sat there drinking punch as he watched the fools spin in circles and waste their lives as he saw Mercury and Emerald enter the room. "Wonder Twins." He said to Ryzia who was munching on some tuna and crackers.
"I see them." She said distractedly as she eyed Knives who was eating fancy cheeses with toothpicks.
"I'm pretty sure Mercury and Emerald don't look like the lead singer of an alternative rock group, well Mercury might." He said noticing where her gaze was going.
"I'm just thinking if Cinder wants Knives on our side, the closer I get to him and drive a wedge between his teammates the easier it'll be when we reveal our intentions." She finished.
"What are those exactly?" He added, "I met her through Torchwick and I'm sure you met her the same way. I have no clues about her past, her motives, or what she's planning."
"Who cares," Ryzia said, "So long as humans get what's coming to them." She finished harshly. "I'm going to ask him."
She approached him quickly and reverted to her shy self, "Um, Knives, would you like to dance?" He turned to face her and that's when she realized the mistake because he was rather intoxicated.
"A dance? I don't know, my dance card's pretty full." He said, no doubt looking at a sea of imaginary women as she saw him mouth, 'How you doin?' to one of them.
"Um, Knives. I'm the only one here." She finished as he snapped to his senses.
"So you are," He said with a sad sigh, "Alright then, let's hit the floor and loosen this annoying shroud of misery floating around us." He added with a smile.
They proceeded to the floor where they danced a lovely waltz as they skated across the room, she was surprised that despite his current state he had an immense amount of coordination and focus when his eyes were on her and taking in every detail of the room at the same time, no wonder he was a notable assassin. "You're pretty light on your feet for someone so klutzy." He said as his eyes began to cut into her.
"Oh, well I've been practicing dancing to try and do this with you." She said with a blush and a smile. Please buy it.
"You're lying." He said, his eyes becoming colder as they zeroed in on her face.
He's reading my expression? I need to try a different tactic. "You got me," She replied with a sigh, "I'm klutzy because I get super nervous around people, but with you I feel safe."
His expression lightened and he broke out a soft smile, "That's the truth. And I feel the same way when I'm not with my friends."
"Well we're just two peas in a socially awkward pod." She said with a smile and a laugh.
"Yeah, I guess we are."
"Listen, if you're not too busy later, maybe we can walk through the garden?" She asked.
"Maybe, it depends on my mood by the end of the night." He said with a smirk.
This would be harder than Ryzia had thought.
The Dance Floor is a place to rid Yourself of Your Insecurities
Newt looked around nervously as she could hear the hushed whispers of others who were staring at the scar on the small of her lower back, as Luxus had talked her into wearing a dress that revealed her back because he said it looked truly beautiful. "Ignore them." The very same man whispered in her ear, "You look beautiful, and we're warriors, every scar makes us who we are." It was easy for him to say, because he didn't have any scars on his body that she was aware of.
"Easy for you to say, you aren't showing yours off to half the freakin school." She said in a hushed scream.
"Well if they say anything, I'll sort them out. Besides, who gives a shit what they think." He said locking eyes with her, "I wouldn't trade you for anything scars, temper, attitude, and all!"
She smiled softly and gently kicked him in the shin, "Jackass."
He grinned, "That's the Newt I love."
"Well I hope you two are done making my stomach turn." Pyron said as he walked up with punch, "I'm not one to see my sister display public affection with a guy."
She smirked and got ready to kick him, when Luxus kissed her, which forced Pyron to make a gagging noise, which was much more enjoyable to torture him with, "Oh Luxus, I do declare, you are simply a gem, we must retreat to my chambers and pronounce our love for all to hear!" She said in a mock southern accent.
"Well I'd be mighty kind to sing of you, my sweet swamp flower. No one shines brighter in the moonlight than you, why I reckon I'll borrow Pyron's guitar and strum you a sweet love song." He said with the same accent.
"You touch Jean and I swear to god I'll kill you." He said furiously as they laughed, taking the punch and walking off to discuss the night some more.
Mary smiled as she watched them go, "Young love."
"Don't get any ideas." Edan said as he sipped his punch and hacked, "What's in this?"
"Oh nothing, keep drinking." Mary said.
"You spiked it didn't you!" He roared.
"Knives loaned me something special." She smirked.
"That rat bastard." Edan said furiously, "I'm gonna kill him!"
"Oh sit down and enjoy." Mary said as she watched the child like Sammy dance with Teena as they both wore large smiles, "The night's still young, and it's beautiful to see love in the air."
"Yeah, whatever." He said with a blush as he got up to get a new glass of punch.
Well that was beautiful wasn't it? Now on to the contest...since you all are so fantastically wonderful for sticking around with my story for this long and showing your love and support that I wouldn't be able to write without, I've decided to host a wee bit of a contest to show my appreciation to you guys with a legitimate reward this time versus the fanart contest which was meh. Okay, so recently I've been invested in Hunter X Hunter, so here's the rules. I'm giving you all twenty characters and I want you to tell me what type of Nen they'd use in that show, feel free to research it and post your findings in a PM or Review to me about this chapter. Nen is like Aura and Semblance, so I hope that helps, I've already figured it out myself and made a list, the person with the most right answers wins! As an example, Johann is a Specialist because he can use multiple types of each category. Now the people I have in here are Team RWBY, Team JNPR, Team CARD/BRCT, Team KNDS/ PFCN, and finally Ozpin, Glynda, Port, and Oobleck. So I've got the answers, and whoever gets the most right wins a fabulous prize! My Steam Name, and two games from the Steam Library as gifts to show my appreciation of your support and your cleverness. Let the games begin!