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"Huh?"
"What is it?" Asked Cinder as she was reading the newspaper.
"It's just that there is a four here." Said Onyx as he was busy doing some... Math homework?
"Where'd you get that math homework?" Asked Cinder.
"What... Oh well you know how Beacon... Or any huntsman school doesn't necessarily teach this stuff so I thought I'd apply somewhere else... Anyways the answer to this question is four though... That's weird." Explained Onyx as he kept looking at the number four he had written down.
"Okay aside from the fact that Beacon has a terrible academics program... Why does the number four bother you so much?"
"Haven't you noticed Cinder?" Asked Onyx.
Cinder raised an eyebrow in suspicion. "Noticed what exactly?"
"This world's obsession with the number four or the concept of four."
"The hell are you..."
"Allow me to explain in full detail..." Onyx then pulled out some charts he had made in preparation for the occasion. "There are four maidens right?"
"Yes."
"There are four academies right?"
"Yes."
"And each of those four academies each houses a relic. For a total of FOUR relics right?"
"Yes..." Cinder said as the gears in her head started spinning.
"Each group of huntsmen is comprised of four people right?"
"Yes..." Cinder started to realize that Onyx was onto something.
"There are four kingdoms right?"
"Yes..." So maybe it's not something so idiotic.
"There are currently FOUR people in the Schnee household. Weiss, Winter, their brother, and the father."
"Okay?" Cinder saw the beginning of a conspiracy in the works.
"There are also four people in Ruby's household. There's Ruby, Yang, Qrow, and Taiyang."
"Uh huh... Wait what about Zwei?" Asked Cinder remembering that they had a small dog.
"Well with Qrow always out I guess you can count him in rather than Qrow."
"So you were saying?"
"Ruby and Yang which come from a household of four both have four letters in their name. On top of that Rose also has four letters. In Yang's case Xiao has four letters, and Long is also comprised of four letters. Not to mention Zwei also has four letters in it Cinder. Also Qrow now that I think about it. Oh crap Coco Adel! Her first and last name each have four letters. Nora has four letters. Port has four letters."
Cinder began to think how much her life revolved around the number four... Or rather the concept of four.
"Moving on... Beacon Academy has FOUR main teams. Teams CRDL, RWBY, CFVY, and JNPR. They also have FOUR teachers although one is mentioned in the Chibi series they are Port, Oobleck, Glynda, and Peach."
Cinder started going wide eyed. "Okay..." She was beginning to fear for her life.
"Salem's inner circle has FOUR people in it Cinder. That's you, Watts, Tyrian, and Hazel. Now Ozpin's is a weird case... It has Ozpin, Glynda, Ironwood, and Qrow. Although you could also make the case that Winter might be in on it too. In which case that would mean that without Ozpin it's Winter, Glynda, Ironwood, and Qrow." Explained Onyx as he pulled out another chart.
"Vale has four letters in it! Holy shit the characters in RWBY go through four different outfits. There is the main outfit. What they wore at the dance. The outfit that they wore when they fought Roman in the mech. And the new outfits they wear in this new... Volume four... Holy crap!"
Cinder stopped Onyx midway. "Okay what the hell are you trying to say Onyx?"
Onyx's eyes went wide. "HOLY SHIT CINDER MY NAME HAS FOUR LETTERS IN IT!"
"Onyx calm down! There is no conspiracy going on." Said Cinder as she tried to bring Onyx back from the brink of madness.
"No Cinder the people must... Dust also has FOUR letters in it holy shit! Adam's in on it too! His name has four letters. The whole world is in on this conspiracy Cinder. We must warn them now." Onyx then immediately took off.
Cinder shook her head in disappointment. "Well he's gone might as well watch some tv and forget this whole thing." She turned on the tv and went to Channel... 4 News... Huh... There's the four again. Cinder just chalked it up as coincidence. As the news lady Lisa Lavender... Who just so happened to have four letters in her first name... "It's just you Cinder calm down."
"Hello everyone my name's..."
Lisa was then interrupted when Onyx threw her to the side and with a look of panic, horror, and shock in his face. "People of Remnant we have been deceived by the highest levels of our government. For ages the number four has..." Suddenly FOUR men in dark suits came in and tried to take him away. "Agh get off of me the people must know... Ack." Then the image of technical difficulties displayed itself on the screen.
Cinder shook her head. "Crazy bastard..." She turned to see Emerald, Mercury, and Neo coming over to her.
"Hey Cinder what's up?" Asked Emerald.
"Nothing much... Just reading... And questioning my sole existence." Cinder said as she realized that her last name Fall had... Four... Letters... In it... Huh?
"Uh... Okay wanna hang out. It'll be like the good old days just the four of us without Onyx." Said Emerald.
"Sure... Why not? Just the... Four of us sounds nice." Cinder tried to move on from the whole... Four situation.
"Okay where to?" Asked Emerald.
"Hmm I'm really hungry right now..."
"Well it will have to wait I need the four of you right now for a mission." Said Salem interrupting Cinder.
"Okay what's the..."
"Rescue Onyx."
"Of course." Said Cinder.
The rescue plan went off without a hitch. Sort of... Onyx was actually able to save himself. And he wound up having to save them too.
"Onyx once you are done cleaning yourself up I need to speak with you... Alone."
Everyone else looked at him. "She's going to kill you. You know." Said Cinder as she stood beside Onyx.
"Oh I don't think she's gonna do that."
"Why not?" Asked Cinder as she quirked a brow.
"Call it a hunch." Then he headed to Salem's office. "So what's up?"
Salem then looked at Onyx as he entered. "Tell me Onyx... What's your favorite fairy tale?"
Meanwhile in Vale
Ozpin looked at his school from the tower. He pulled out his scroll and dialed.
"Yes what is it?"
"That child knows." Said Ozpin.
"Hmm I leave him in your capable hands."
"Understood." Ozpin ended the call and sipped some coffee.
Omake
"Do you know what this means Cinder?" Asked Onyx.
"What does it mean?"
"HALF LIFE 4 CONFIRMED!" Said Onyx excitedly. "It's confirmed!"