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Chapter Cover: Winter and Weiss standing side by side with their sword drawns.

Chapter Forty-Seven

The White Star

The group stood there as they stared at the Lumen that was flying above them as the cry of the large creature caused the earth around them to shake like it was an earthquake. The Lumen's entire body had started to glow as the Aura of the creature started to shine like it was made out of a star. Everyone had their eyes wide with shock as they stared at the large enemy in front of them.

"It's power…it's growing," Yang announced.

Ruby had her silver eyes completely wide as she stared at the large creature in front of them. The girl could feel the level of power that the Lumen was releasing and she knew that even if she released her Soul Weapon that she would be no match against that creature. That level of power was even more powerful than that Winter girl that they had seen earlier and that was saying something.

"Ruby, Yang," Sebastian called out drawing the girls attention toward him, "I want you to continue on ahead and leave this guy to me and Yael."

The smaller girl blinked in shock.

"What?" she said, shocked.

"If we stay here any longer than Weiss will be executed," Sebastian said, "The whole reason we came here was to stop that from happening. We can't have all of us getting held here by the Lumen."

Ruby stared at them. She could feel how powerful that Lumen was, can Sebastian and Yael even stand a chance against that thing? She had seen what Yael had done earlier against the Lumen and the woman had barely held back its power.

"But…," she said.

"Go you guys," Sebastian said, "Weiss's fate is in your hands now. We'll handle things here."

Ruby stared at him for a long moment before she narrowed her eyes and gave him a nod.

"I will save Weiss," she said, "But you have to promise me that you will not die here today."

Sebastian gave a light smile.

"I promise."

Ruby then turned away and started to run away and she could hear Yang following after her. The girl was moving quickly as her Aura enhanced her speed aiming straight toward where she could feel the strange powerful Aura that Yael had sensed earlier. The young girl had a frown upon her face as she was running.

She glanced beside her, noticing her sister. There was a unusually focused look upon Yang's face as she was moving forward as well, her lilac eyes completely focused toward the front.

"Do you think they'll be okay?" Ruby asked her.

"They will be," Yang told her, "Sebastian doesn't seem like the type of guy to break a promise."

Ruby was still worried about them, leaving them to fight against that Lumen.

"But he was right," Yang continued, giving Ruby a sideway glance, "Weiss's fate is in our hands. We have to get to that Execution and stop it from taking place."

Ruby glanced forward again, thinking about Weiss. The white haired girl was their friend and she was the one who walked into this place so that she could save them. Weiss decided to go back to the place that had taken everything from her, just so that both her and Yang could be safe from her family.

Weiss…you are sacrificing so much just to be able to keep me and Yang safe, Ruby thought, but I don't want you to die for that. I want you to stay with me and Yang. I want you to stay with us just as you have been doing since we were training with you…You and I just became friends…and there is still so much I have to learn about you…But if you're dead…how will I learn them?

Ruby could feel her fist tightening.

I want us to have many memories together, she thought, And I will make sure to save you this time…


When the girls were gone Sebastian turned his gaze toward the Lumen that was flying above him. The man had a frown upon his face as he stared up toward the creature as it let out another large roar that caused the area around them to shake with the power it had.

"I haven't taken you for a liar Sebastian," Yael spoke out as she glanced at him, "How do you even hope to stand a chance against the Lumen? You're not even a fighter; your strength is with books."

"Good thing I am here then," Noir said as he stood beside Sebastian.

The man glanced at him in shock.

"Noir?" he said, "Why are you still here? You didn't go with Ruby and Yang?"

"These two will be fine," Noir told him, "They have come a long way since their training days and they have already proven themselves to be quite the Huntresses. I have no qualm that they will complete this mission for us and unlike you Sebastian, I can actually fight."

He stared up toward the Lumen.

"That thing is really powerful," he said, "Since you know what it actually is. Do you have a plan to defeat it?"

"Well, we never had to actually kill one of them before," Yael said, "But if we can defeat it with the level of power he has…then I think I can consider this a miracle."

Noir's Aura started to glow around his form as he raised his power.

"Then, let's get this party started," he said placing his blade forward and forming a X with it along with the shaft.

Sebastian stared at him.

"What are you…?"

"Cry Out, Corvum Nigrum (Black Crow)"

The sudden cry of a crow pierced the air as Noir was completely covered in a large burst of light and dark lines and feathers flying everywhere. Sebastian had to cover his eyes at how sudden the rise in power was and the large winds which danced around the young man. When the light dissipated, Sebastian glanced at where Noir was and feel his eyes widen.

Two large black wings had grown from Noir's back as the black feathers completely covered his back. Strange tattoos had appeared upon the young man's skin as well and even his hair had completely became longer and darker than night. The lower part of Noir's face had become birdlike with a beak upon it while his eyes had become golden from the power.

The young man's feet had changed as well as he truly looked more like an animal than ever.

"Noir…," Sebastian said shocked.


Yael was staring at the transformation that the young man had gone through. She could feel the sudden rise in Aura from him and she was staring at the form. She had heard of the Faunus's Awakening but she had never actually seen one before.

The Faunus true power lies in their Awakening, she thought, The power they have within themselves to summon out their Animal Spirit and do battle. It really is quite something to witness first hand.

"Now," Noir spoke out, his voice echoing around them, "Are we going to do this or not?"

Yael smiled to herself before her clothes started to light up again as the flames of her Aura started to shine around herself. Placing a hand upon her chest the young woman spoke.

"May the White Goddess watch over me," she said, "May the stars shine the path to those who share in her Grace."

Yael looked up toward the Lumen who was coming down straight at them.

"Releasing Vignes de l'ame (Soul Vines)," Yael said.

A large symbol appeared upon the ground beneath the girl as her power shoot through the area. Her hair turned into silver as her previously blue eyes turned green. The girl stared up toward the Lumen before she charged straight toward the Lumen and with a single punch she slammed it straight upon the creature's face as the two powerful Auras clashed against each other causing the nearby floating islands to crack and break appear at the shockwave that had came from the two clashing powers.

Then Yael was pushed backward but then Noir came forward aiming straight toward the Lumen with black feathers dancing around his form as he launched them forward like projectiles aiming straight at the creature causing a large numerous explosions to take place over the area.

Noir jumped away from the enemy as the Lumen surged from the smoke and Yael went after it, her speed having increased greatly through the release she had gone through as the young woman came at it from the side but the Lumen opened it's jaw letting out a large blast of power straight toward her taking her by surprise.

Yael had to cover her face completely as the blast completely covered her form entirely sending her flying backward through the air and crashing down into a large crater which had appeared around her. The young woman let out a soft gasp of pain as blood dripped down from her lips.

That…that was more powerful than I expected, she thought.

Yael glanced up noticing the Lumen coming down toward her but then.

"Dust level 98, Three Gates of Odin,"

The large Gates grew out of the earth in front of Yael as the large Lumen crashed into them causing the area to shake at the amount of power that was coming from the Dust technique that was used. With a savage claw strike, the Lumen launched a strike forward causing two of the Gates to be completely destroyed in a single swoop.

Yael had to cover her face as the pieces of the Gates went flying by around her from the power that the Lumen had done to them. She knew that the Dust level 98 was one of the highest protective spell that existed and the Lumen just destroyed more of it in just a single strike.

It's really is powerful, she thought.

Yael then glanced toward Sebastian who was huffing at the amount of power he had used. She knew that the man's strong point was in spells after all, he was one of the man who did that spell to protect her from the Lumen's attack.

Then from nowhere a large burst of wind came from somewhere as the Lumen let out a roar as it flew upward toward the air leaving them and then a flash of black landed down beside her.

"Are you alright?" Noir asked.

"I'm fine," Yael said, "Sebastian managed to protect me with a Dust spell but…"

She glanced at the man who was breathing heavily at the amount of power he had just used looked up toward them. His silver hair was falling around his face and he still had small smile upon his face.

"Don't worry," Sebastian said, "It will take more than that to take me down."

Yael stared at him for a few moments before they turned their attentions toward the Lumen who was lowering itself down toward them.

"I'll support the two of you with my Dust spells," Sebastian said, "I know that level 90 and higher are the only attacks that might be doing something against it."

"Are you sure you're up for this old man?" Noir said giving him a glance.

Sebastian narrowed his eyes.

"If I wasn't up for a fight," he said, "Then I wouldn't be here."

Noir let out a light scoffing noise before turning toward the Lumen. Yael stared at her friend, her worry for him still there. Sebastian glanced at her and gave her a light nod. The woman then turned her attention toward the Lumen in front of them.

"Then let's fight," she said.


Ruby and Yang were running straight toward where they had felt the strange power coming from. The two girls were focused upon the distance in front of them. She knew that they were getting closer for the Aura around the area was almost to a non-existent level. It was starting to feel a lot of like when she didn't have her Huntress powers.

We're almost there, she thought, Hang on Weiss.

Suddenly a blast came from out of nowhere causing the girl to come to a stop as the ground in front of her exploded outward. The girl had jumped backward from the ground exploding in front of her and the large Scythe was in her hand in a flash as she stared around herself.

"What the hell was that?" Yang asked.

Ruby didn't know so she didn't even say anything but her eyes was drawn toward the shape of a person in front of them. Seating upon a boulder was a young girl but the strange thing was that the girl had an umbrella seating upon her shoulder as she was staring down at them. She had this small smile upon her face as her eyes stared down at them.

The girl's hair was strange too for one side of it was pink in color and the other side was brown. She had her legs crossed, wearing high heeled boots upon them, where she sat almost like she was enjoying a leisure day at the beach with the umbrella having light pink design upon it.

"There," Ruby said.

Yang stared at where the girl was standing and her Gauntlet appeared upon wrist as she narrowed her eyes at where the girl was seating down.

"Damn it," she said, "We don't have time for this."

Ruby stared up at the girl in front of them with a light frown on her face.

"Let's go through her," she said, "They could start the execution any moments now."

Yang gave her a nod and then Ruby launched forward, red petals dancing as she moved quickly toward where the girl was seating but before the two girls could even get to her, a figure simply materialized right in front of them.

What? Ruby thought.

Both of the sisters got punched in the face as they were both thrown back from the attack as they were both thrown unto the ground completely blindsided by whoever had just arrived. Ruby could feel her face throbbing in pain as she was pulling herself up and glancing toward whoever had just arrived.

It was another girl and she had mint-green hair with dark-red eyes and medium-dark skin. She was wearing a green tank top that showed all of her midriff which was pretty well toned. The young woman also was wearing pants upon her body.

"Hello there," she said with a light smile.

Ruby and Yang got back to their feet thought Yang was wiping blood from her lips. The girl had this angry look upon her face as she stared at the new arrival.

"Stop getting in the way," she growled.

The green haired girl simply continued to smile.

"Sorry, but we can't have you interfere with this," she said.

Ruby stared at them.

What?

"What are you talking about?" Yang said, "Why wouldn't you want us to stop the Execution? Are you part of the White Clan?"

The mint green haired girl let out a small smile.

"If you are you must stop it," Ruby said, "Weiss is innocent of what is happening to her…"

"Oh…I couldn't care less about what happen to the Schnee girl," the mint-colored girl told her, "It's just that…no one is going to interfere what is going to happen."

Ruby narrowed her eyes.

"Get out of the way," she said, "I have to save my friend."

"And as I said before," the mint haired girl told her, "You're not getting past here."

There was a dance of petal and then Ruby's Scythe came straight toward the dark skinned girl as her dark red Aura surged through the weapon. It came down upon the girl's form and she only sidestepped the attack as Ruby's Aura destroyed the ground leaving only a large crater.

"My…that was quite something," she said.

Yang herself came at her with her own attack as her fist powered up with her own Aura and as she was coming at the girl, launching a large blast straight toward her. Ruby jumped backward just as the blast reached them as the girl was completely covered by the attack.

"Give me a warming next time," Ruby yelled at her.

"Sorry, sorry," Yang said with an embarrassed smile.

Then the blast she had launched started to spin upon itself drawing the attention of the two sisters.

"I…Is it suppose to do that?" Ruby asked.

"No…," Yang started.

Then the blast she had launched at the dark skinned girl was instantly blown back toward the two girls who were completely taken by surprise. Yang and Ruby yelled out as the attack completely destroyed the area around them. Ruby then landed down upon the ground, her body covered with bruises. She couldn't understand what had just happened…

"Well, well," the dark haired girl's voice spoke out from the smoke that was all around them," Bet you didn't expect that to happen."

The smoke had disappeared and Ruby can feel her eyes widening as she stared at the girl. She didn't have any type of sign of damage upon her form thought her companion with the umbrella was standing there with the said object opened and smoking lightly. The other girl still had the same small smile upon her face as she stared at them.

"No way…," Yang said, "My Explosive Fist had no effect?"

The dark skinned girl smiled dangerously as her red eyes seems to shine.

"I may have misspoken earlier," she said, "What I meant to say was…none of you are going to get past us."


Meanwhile

The group of Priests that were with Weiss had reached their destination. There was a plateau that was filled with grass and in the middle of it was an altar with two burning blue fire beside it. The White Lord, Ezekiel approached the Altar before turning his eyes toward the white pole that stood behind it.

"Take the prisoner to the Pole," he said.

The Priests behind him walked with Weiss straight toward the pole and then placed the white haired girl there. Weiss was glancing around completely taken aback as to what was happening to her. The Priests moved away from her and then they all took stance in a square around the girl.

Ezekiel, Winter, and standing Captain Saturn Heart all stared at the girl in front of them as the priest removed the medallion they were wearing and placed it down upon the ground where they were standing.

Then the medallions started to glow with power before the large symbol of the Schnee appeared on the ground as it seemingly started go glow a beautiful blue color. Weiss stared down at the symbol of her Family on the ground beneath her and her blue eyes turned toward her Father.

The man placed a hand upon the large Altar in front of him.

The Altar then started to glow before a sudden beam of light grew from the object and into the sky above them. Then from that light a sudden figure grew from the Altar. It was completely woman shaped and completely nude and made of light. She had no know facial features but the amount of power that was leaking by her appearance alone was staggering…

"The White Star," Winter said, her voice completely subdued at what was happening.

The White Star make its appearance as the Execution finally starts...

Next Time: The Stain on the Snow

Jacques0 out.

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