Ozpin: The fight between team RWBY and y/n l/n will begin in 10 minutes. You may all go and get refreshments before the fight begins. You are all dismissed.
The rest of team RWBY walks up to you.
Ruby: Wow, that was so cool, y/n! I can't believe you beat Weiss!
Reader: Thank you, Ruby but I think it all came down to luck. Weiss forgot about my semblance and it cost her the match. If she had remembered my semblance, she most likely would have won.
Ruby: Yeah, but you still won.
-Time Skip-
Ozpin: Thank you all for being patient. Now, the battle between team RWBY and y/n will now begin. Are both sides ready?
You and team RWBY nod.
Ozpin: Then let the battle begin.
Ruby immediately rushes towards you and tries to hit you with Crescent Rose, but you bring up your sword and deflect the attack. You then slice at Ruby causing her to jump back to avoid the attack. You turn around and deflect an attack from Weiss and retaliate by taking your sword and transforming it into it's shotgun form. Weiss used a glyph to speed away before you could get a good shot out on her. Blake tries to get you to attack one of her clones but you guess she forgot that you are a Faunus and you can smell her scent so you knew which Blakes were clones and which one was actually her. You turn around to block Blake's attack and plant your sword in the ground and spin around on it and kick her in the chest, knocking her back. You start to wonder where Yang was, when you were struck in the back. You spin around and bring up your shield to block Yang's attacks. You swing at Yang with your sword but she ducks below your swing. You both stop to catch your breath when you notice some yellow strands of hair on the ground. You glance up at Yang to see her eyes blood red and her hair literally on fire.
Yang: MY HAIR!
Reader: Oh no.
Yang starts running after you while the other girls just sit and watch the events, occasionally laughing at you.
Reader: God dangit, woman! It's just hair!
Yang: DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GROW THIS?!
You continue running away from her. You turn towards a wall and sprint towards it. When you reach the wall, you run up part of it and push off of it and over Yang and stab her in the back, taking most of her aura with it. At this point, the rest of team RWBY joins back into the fight. You continue blocking and dodging attacks from the girls.
Ruby: FREEZERBURN!
You watch as Weiss stabs Myrtenaster into the ground causing a sheet of ice to appear and then Yang jumps above the ice and slams down onto it with Ember Cecelia, causing most to cover the battlefield. You start to panic as you hear team RWBY rushing around you. You use your semblance and bring out a Nevermore. You jump onto the Nevermore's back and tell the Nevermore to fly up. The wind from the Nevermore's which causes all the mist to go away. You turn your sword into it's sniper rifle form. You then begin to start shooting at team RWBY.
Reader: Not so fun having to run away, is it?
You continue shooting and eventually strike Yang directly in the chest, causing her to be sent into a wall and knocking her out of the match by, well, knocking her out.
Ruby: YANG! NOOOO! I WILL AVENGE YOU!
You sit atop your Nevermore waiting to see what the girls do. While you wait, you take a glance at your aura level to see it still in the green. You turn and look back at the rest of team RWBY and wait for them to attack you. You watch as Ruby shoots Crescent Rose at the ground, launching herself into the air. Ruby begins to start shooting at your Nevermore. You transform your sniper rifle back into a sword and you jump off of your Nevermore, towards Ruby. You point your sword straight towards Ruby. Just as you're about to hit Ruby, she uses her semblance and dodges your attack, causing you to crash into the ground and to take out a significant portion of your aura. You retaliate by transforming your sword back into a sniper rifle and shooting her into the wall, causing her to be knocked out, eliminating her from the fight. There's just Blake and Weiss left, you think to yourself. You turn around to see Weiss and Blake both rushing towards you. You transform your sniper rifle back into a sword and bring out your shield. You block Blake's attack and Weiss bounces off of your shield. You retaliate and slowly start to bring down both of the girl's auras. Weiss activates her semblance and freezes your leg, giving her and Blake time to catch their breath. You slam your sword against the ice on your leg causing the ice to break. You look towards Weiss and Blake and wait for them to attack you. You just stare at each other for a few minutes before Weiss summons a glyph beneath her and Blake. They start sprinting around you as you try to keep your eyes on them before you start to lose your balance and you fall over. Weiss and Blake take the opportunity to start attacking you. You block most of their attacks but some of them were able to hit you causing your aura to drop even lower. You activate your semblance and call out a few beowolves to fight Weiss and Blake while you catch your breath. As soon as you catch your breath, you sprint towards Weiss and you swing your sword at her causing her to jump backwards to avoid your attack. You kept on pressing her farther and farther back until her back hit the wall. As you approach Weiss, she starts to panic looking around for a way to get past you. You had made sure that your beowolves kept Blake busy so you could take care of Weiss. You continued walking towards her. For effect, you started dragging your sword across the ground causing sparks to appear. You looked into her eyes and you saw what looked like a bit of fear. You started grinning at Weiss as you kept on walking towards her. This was perfect to you as she now felt what you and so many other Faunus had felt for generations. It was at this moment that Blake had finished dispatching your beowolves. Blake started to run towards you to stop you from attacking Weiss. As Blake was about attack you, you turned around and sliced at her with your sword causing her to bring up her weapon to block your attack. As your weapons met each other, you used your shield to hit her side causing her to fly back. She landed on her feet and sprinted towards you again. As Blake approached you, you activated your semblance again and brought out a King Taijitu. You waited for the King Taijitu to surround Blake and you then hopped on to the Black half of the Taijitu. You started to run on the back of the Taijitu. As you reached the head of the Taijitu, you jumped off and began to fall towards Blake. You mentally called of your Tajitu and watched as Blake brought up Gambal Shroud to block your attack. When you made contact with Blake's weapon, you let go of your own, causing her to lose her balance and fall to the ground. You grabbed your sword and held it at Blake's neck.
Reader: Do you yield?
Blake glared back at you.
Blake: I yield.
Reader: Good.
You turn around to face Weiss. She was still standing where you had left her. She looked to be in deep thought. You started to walk towards her again. It looked like Weiss didn't even see you walking towards her as she didn't make any moves. As you walked up to her, you looked in her eyes. It looked as if there was no soul. You thought you had seen this somewhere before. You suddenly realized where you had seen it before. You saw it one time, in Atlas. Nobody knew what it was until it was analyzed at a microscopic level. It appeared that the aura was being slowly drawn out of the person and it was killing them. When you came to the village where this was happening, you began to observe the person who was infected. At first, the people thought that he was just sick but it soon became apparent that it was much worse than that. The person who was infected slowly became weaker and weaker until he had died. When he died, you began to study the body to see what had caused the man to die. At first it appeared as though nothing was wrong but when you studied the man's blood, it had tiny drops of Grimm blood all throughout it. It appeared as though the Grimm blood had taken all of the energy out of the blood in the man's body slowly causing him to lose energy. When you had discovered this, you immediately began testing what the Grimm blood actually did and if there was a way to make an antidote for it. It was completely by accident that you found the antidote. You were testing if aura had any effect on the blood. You were putting your aura into the blood, when you saw a bright flash and you fell unconscious. When you awoke, you looked at the blood, to see that it was completely normal. You guessed that you overcharged your aura causing you to black out and causing the Grimm blood to be purged from the regular blood. Due to the Grimm blood taking over the bloodstream and causing the person to slowly die, you called this phenomenon " Grimm Poisoning". Back in the arena, you started to sprint towards Weiss, before you took her and set her on the ground.
Reader: Ozpin! Get a doctor!
Ozpin: Right away!
You watch Ozpin rush towards the academy. You turn back towards Weiss to check her condition. It seemed like the Grimm blood hadn't completely taken over her blood stream but it wouldn't be long before it did. It had already begun to cause her to break out in a fever. You turn back towards the academy to see Ozpin rushing towards you with a medic.
Ozpin: Y/n, what happened?
Reader: She's been infected with a disease known as "Grimm Poisoning," and she will die if the Grimm blood is not purged from her blood system.
Ozpin: How do we do that?
Reader: She needs to be overcharged by aura as far ad I know. The only other time I've seen this, the infected died. Unfortunately, I don't have enough aura to overcharge her.
Ozpin: Do we have any volunteers to help overcharge Ms. Schnee?
You watch as the members of team CFVY and team JNPR raise their hands.
Reader: That should be good.
Ozpin: Team CFVY and JNPR please come down here.
You watch team CFVY and JNPR walk down to the bottom and walk towards you.
Pyrrha: What do we need to do?
Reader: You need to channel your aura into Weiss to cause an overcharge, purging the Grimm blood from her system.
You watch as both team CFVY and JNPR surround Weiss before they start to channel their auras into Weiss. It wasn't long before you saw Weiss' aura start to become brighter and brighter before dispersing into the air. You watch as Weiss begins to start cooling down and her breathing evens out. You pick her up bridal style.
Reader: Ozpin, I'm taking her to the infirmary.
Ozpin: Alright.
You walk to the infirmary before placing Weiss in a bed. You sit in a chair next to the bed and watch as doctors come in to run tests on Weiss to check her condition. You also notice other medics bringing in the rest of team RWBY. You watch over Weiss until you fell asleep. You begin to dream...
You were walking down the street in Vale. You didn't know how you had gotten there as the last thing you remembered was being in the infirmary with Weiss. As you continued down the street, you noticed that there were no people in sight in Vale, which is odd because there are normally people out at this time of day. As you continued down the street, you noticed the light quickly fading into darkness. You start to panic before hearing a voice behind you.
?: Y/n. How good to see you again.
You turn around to see a white skinned woman with red eyes a and black hair standing there.
Reader: Salem. I wish I could say the same.
Salem: Oh, don't be that way. After all, you and I have known each other for a long time. In fact we used to be friends.
Reader: Yes, we did but you changed.
Salem: Come now, I'm not here to cause trouble, I just want to give you an offer.
Reader: What kind of offer?
Salem: Simple, join me.
Reader: What?
Salem: Join me as my king and we can rule the world together.
Reader: I will have to decline your offer, Salem.
Salem: Pity. There is nothing you can do, Y/n. The world will succumb to the darkness and I shall rule it with or without you by my side. If you choose to go against me, everything you hold dear will perish and you will be left alone.
Reader: I will not allow you to take over the world. As long as I am still breathing, I won't stop fighting. Throw whatever you want at me, I will not back down.
Salem: Beacon will fall, Ozpin will fall, you will fall. It is only a matter of time.
You jolted awake and looked around. Nothing much had changed. Team RWBY was still in the infirmary resting. You calmed down and began to think about your dream. As you were thinking, a hand grabbed you and you looked down at Weiss, who had awoken.
Weiss: What happened?
Reader: You were poisoned and had to be taken to the infirmary.
Weiss: I was poisoned? How?
Reader: I wish I knew.
Weiss: Did I lose the match?
Reader: You almost died and that's what you're worried about?
Weiss: Hey, I have a reputation to uphold.
Reader: Yes, yes, all hail the mighty Ice Queen.
Weiss: Hey!
You start poking Weiss' face.
Reader: You need to lighten up. You're so uptight.
Weiss: I'm not uptight. And stop poking me.
Reader: Weiss, you are the most uptight person I have ever met.
Weiss: Well, at least I have good grades.
Reader: Weiss, I can be smart if I want to but I prefer to be fun not uptight.
Weiss: Hmph, I'll believe you only if you pass all the final exams with at least a 95%.
Reader: Deal. We also need to finish our match when you're healthy.
-Time Skip to the following week-
Ozpin: The match between Weiss of team RWBY and Y/n of team SPYR will now resume. The conditions of the match have been simulated to the moment that the original match was suspended. Are both sides ready?
You and Weiss nod your heads.
Ozpin: Then you may begin.
You decide to take a different approach to last time and you rush towards Weiss, catching her off guard. At the last second, she raises her rapier and blocks your attack. You keep attacking her before you kick her, knocking her back. Weiss summons a speed glyph and streaks towards you. As she approaches you, you bring out your shield to block her attack. As she hits your shield, she bounces back giving you time to attack her. Weiss summons multiple black glyphs and makes a staircase out of them before summoning a ring of black glyphs around you. She starts to sprint around you on the glyphs above you causing you to start to follow her movements, making you dizzy. You stop following her and transform your sword into a sniper rifle and aim at a glyph in front of her before firing, causing Weiss to fall to the ground. You sprint towards Weiss before she has a chance to recover and place your sword at her neck. You watch as she glares at you before you remove your sword from her neck and allow her to get up. She glares at you before summoning a speed glyph in front of her. She starts rushing towards you as you just put your shield up again, blocking her attack but before you can retaliate, she jumps on to your shield and freezes it with myrtenaster before jumping back. You look at your ice covered shield before throwing it to the ground. You press a button on your sword which causes it to split in two. You begin to duel wield your swords. You sprint towards Weiss and swing your swords toward her. She raises myrtenaster to block your attack but you stop drop your swords and you kick her in the stomach causing her to fly back. You grab your swords and sprint towards Weiss as she is getting up. You point both of your swords at her neck.
Reader: Do you yield, Ice Queen?
Weiss glares at you.
Weiss: I yield.
Ozpin: That's the match. The winner is Y/n of team SPYR.
You offer Weiss your hand but she just swats it away.
Reader: Calm down, Ice Queen. It was just a friendly duel.
Weiss turns and glares at you before walking away.
Reader: What did I do?
-Time Skip-
Reader: Weiss, what is your problem with me? What did I do wrong?
Weiss: You treat everything as if it's a game! We didn't come here to play games! We came here to train to protect the world!
Reader: Weiss. You want to know why I'm so I carefree? I wasn't always this way.
You remove your hat.
Reader: I am the last Wolf Faunus in existence.
You wait for Weiss to stop staring at your ears before continuing.
Reader: All other Wolf Faunus have been exterminated by people who discriminate against Faunus, like your family Weiss because we were different. I watched as my friends were killed and tortured because we were different. They said that we were to powerful to be kept alive. That was a lie. We were only as powerful as any other Faunus. So, I joined the White Fang. At first, it was just peaceful protesting but when the leader stepped down a new, more aggressive leader took his place. It wasn't long before we were robbing stores and stealing train cargo. It wasn't because we were too strong, no, it was because we were different, just like every other Faunus. Well, I got sick of it, so I left the White Fang. I then decided to come here to escape it. I was the White Fang's top assassin. I had to not show any emotion to do my job well. When I left, I decided to let all my emotions out. I became this way because I don't know any other way. So, you want to know why? It's because I'm not just protecting myself anymore. I came here knowing that I would be put on a team. I knew that I would have to protect more than just myself. I came here seeking friends and a family. My mother died not long after I was born. I was abused by my father. I ran away after two years of torture. My name is Y/n L/n, sole heir to the L/n Dust Company and last of the Wolf Faunus.
Weiss: You're a L/n?
Reader: Yes, I am.
Weiss: You left the family? How were you able to get away from your father?
Reader: I went into hiding. It's as simple as that. Weiss, I'm not telling you to stop being you, I'm just telling you stop being so hard on everybody. More often than not, people have had it worse than you.
At that you leave Weiss to think to herself. You start walking towards your dorm. As you're walking to your dorm, you start looking at all the teams around Beacon. You notice that each one has at least one person who looks like they don't even belong there, you notice the relationships that each team member has with one another, and you notice that no matter what, these teams stick together. All of it reminds you that being a hunter or huntress isn't about just protecting those who can't protect themselves but also looking out for one another and caring about more than just yourself. The teams that are at each academy show how people with many different personalities, who have come from many different backgrounds, can unite under one goal. It makes you happy to know that even with all the crime, all the death, and all the darkness in the world, people can still unite and protect something other than themselves and that there is still light in this world plagued with darkness and despair. However, you can't help but feel as though there is a piece of you that's missing and that darkness is just over the horizon...
End Volume 1