Distant Memories By: Gabriel Camero (A.K.A. Alysian)
AUTHOR'S NOTE: PLEASE BEAR WITH ME ON THIS. I HOPE YOU GUYS LIKE IT. I DO NOT OWN RWBY, RWBY BELONGS TO ROOSTER TEETH AND THE CREATOR MONTY OUM.
HOWEVER THE MAIN STORYLINE OF THIS STORY BELONGS TO ME. BUT I DO APOLOGIZE IF SOME OF THE STORY SEEMS LIKE OTHERS, AND IF IT DOES JUST POST IN THE COMMENTS OR EMAIL ME THE NAME OF THE AUTHOR AND THE STORY. SO HERE IT IS, ENJOY.
To: emiya-excalibur, I will try to do that next time. Thanks for the review.
Oh and yes, this might be another harsh chapter.
Growls
Author- "Ruby! Stop chasing him; he's trying to sleep!"
Ruby- "But he's so cute! And he likes it when I chase him."
Author- "I know, but he needs to rest."
Ruby- "Fine."
Distant Memories Chapter 7: Your Worst "Knight"-mare
WAITING ROOM, BEACON MEDICAL CENTER
After Yang had anxiously waited for five hours, Ruby finally awoke.
"Ruby!" Yang sprang up and hugged Ruby as tight as she could. Yang tried to fight back her tears.
Ruby hugged back.
"Red was here again, wasn't she?" Ruby asked.
"Yeah, but Red passed out before she could do any damage." Yang explained.
"Excuse me girls, as much as I'd like to know what's going on, we still have matters to attend to." Ozpin interrupted the girls.
The three girls looked at Ozpin, as he took out his scroll and pulled up a picture of a woman on the screen.
"I need you to find this woman." Ozpin explained.
Blake looked at Ozpin with a stern look.
"Did she do this?"
Before Ozpin could speak, the sound of glass clicked against the cold concrete
"No need, Ozpin. I'm right here."
That voice!? Ruby turned around to the familiar voice.
In the doorway stood a beautiful woman in a crimson red, off-the-shoulders, v-neck minidress with yellow designs. The woman had glowing yellow-orange eyes, fingernails painted dark red. There was a blue feather-like accessory on her right hip, at the top of an open portion of her dress. The dress ended in an upside-down triangular tail in the back, ending just above the knees. There was a baseball diamond-shaped keyhole on the dress upper back at the same height as her chest. On her upper back, in the keyhole of her dress, a black tattoo of what appeared to be a pair of high heel shoes placed sole to sole, formed a heart shape inside. The sleeves ended in a triangle shape, which was wrapped or tied around her middle finger, with the gold designs of the sleeve taking over at the wrists. A black choker circled her neck. She had small gold loop earrings with a black gems dangling from each. Glass, high-heeled shoes and a jeweled anklet on her right leg.
"YOU!" Ruby shouted. Yang and Blake got up readying themselves for what was to come.
"Hello little Red. I was beginning to think I'd never see you again" the woman in the doorway mocked Ruby.
"What the hell are you doing here, Cinder?!" Ruby growled.
UNKNOWN LOCATION
Weiss sat there wincing in pain, blood dripped from her mouth and other open wounds, especially her left eye. The pain was horrid, but she tried to stay strong the best she could. The mysterious knight had been beating Weiss for what felt like hours.
"Oh come on, Weiss! What's the point in beating you, if you're not going to scream in pain?"
Weiss just looked at him with her one good eye
"I will never lower myself to that." She spat blood on the ground in rebellion. It was the only thing she could do.
The knight laughed,
"Trying to be brave, huh? Well, why don't we fix that?" The knight suddenly put his metal hands on Weiss's face and pressed his thumbs against her eyes.
"AHHH!" Weiss screamed in pain as a black flame engulfed her eyes, and horrid memories came flooding back…
2 Years Ago: SCHNEE MANOR
"AHH!" Weiss slid out her standard-sized rapier, she named Myrtenaster from the snake like grimm creature's stomach. Myrtenaster is primarily silver-gray in color. The hilt possesses four prongs that encase the revolver-like chamber around the ricasso, in a manner somewhat alike to a swept hilt. This mechanism can be controlled by the sword-hand, enabling her to seamlessly cycle the chamber in combat.
Weiss was breathing heavily, exhausted. She had been training for hours now.
"WEISS!" a tall, middle aged man with white hair stood in a military stance on a high podium. He looked down at Weiss. She walked up to the man and looked down.
"My dear, look at me," the man said.
Weiss looked up at the man with a fearful look in her eye..
"Y..yes father."
The man's serious face turned into a worried look.
"What's wrong, Weiss? You've done so much better in past challenges. Lately you've been, how you say, fatigued, my dear. What's bothering you, Weiss?" He knelt down to look at his daughter's face.
Weiss couldn't look at him.
'I'm sorry, Daddy. I...I don't know. Something's been off. I don't know what it is."
"Are you feeling okay? Weiss. I know I haven't been the best father. Between the white Fang attacking the company and employees… disappearing. I have yet to show you how much I care. So please tell me what's wrong? You're still Daddy's little princess."
Weiss smiled and hugged her father.
"I'm fine. And I'm glad you care; trust me it means a lot, but I can't explain what's wrong."
The man sighed and hugged her back.
"Well? Maybe you need less training. You have been overworking yourself."
"No. I need to keep training if I want to go to Beacon!"
The man sighed.
"If that's what you want, my dear. If you think you're up for it, I think it's time to teach you what being a Schnee is all about."
"I'm definitely ready for it!" Weiss said confidently.
The man smiled.
"It's time!" he called out.
From the shadows, a person appeared, a knight with metal plating covering his chest; the plating on his boots was sharpened, the armor looked more modern, making it more tech like, with what looked like black and red mechanical Ursa skulls for gauntlets on both of his hands. As the knight stepped to the middle of the arena, the sound of his metal boots echoed through the massive room. He stood in a military style waiting for his next orders.
"Yes Sir." the knight spoke in a military style as well. He brought his arm back and thrusted forward, three long claws extended from each of his weapons. Weiss looked at his weapon then back at her father.
"His gauntlets are unique. The only pair in the world, they are impossible to make without the proper skills. Even my scientist couldn't figure out how he did it, and yet there they are. The plating on the outside is made of and Ursa Major's armored skull and bones that have been genetically modified by Dust. The claws are made from Nevermore talons, which are also Dust enhanced. It fires Dust rounds like most weapons but his rounds have been genetically enhanced with Grimm DNA. He killed every Grimm creature he could to make those." The man smiled at the unnamed knight.
"Daniel?" Weiss and her father looked back to see a woman in the observation deck of the training room. Weiss and her father smiled.
"Mom!" Weiss yelled.
"Hello, my sweet." Daniel said.
The woman frowned.
"You are going to make her fight him Daniel? Really? She's too young to be fighting someone like him!"
"Mom, I can do this!" Weiss protested.
"Mya, please. She wanted to do this, not me." Daniel argued.
"I don't want to see her hurt, Daniel." Mya said.
"I don't either," Daniel looked to Weiss, "Are you sure you're ready for this?"
Weiss nodded.
An Hour Later: SCHNEE MANOR- ADVANCED TRAINING ROOM
Weiss unsheathed Myrtenaster.
Remember Weiss. Shoulders back, head up, foot forward. Perfect! Weiss thought and brought her foot back.
"Too forward dear, you'll lose your balance. Bring it back a bit." Daniel called out. Weiss slid her foot back. Daniel's phone rang; he looked at the contact and walked to the other room. But before Weiss could ask, the bell rang and the match had started.
The knight activated his gauntlets and the long sharp claws extended. The moonlight hit the knight's armor as he politely bowed to Weiss.
"I do hope you'll be more of a challenge than the others, Miss Schnee." the knight said.
The others? but before Weiss could ask, the knight dashed forward and took a swipe at Weiss. She lifted her rapier up to block the attack, but the force was so strong it still knocked her back a few feet.
Weiss raised two fingers and a glyph formed underneath her, she was launched into the air and brought her rapier into the ground as she landed, causing a trail of ice spikes towards the knight It was a perfect hit.
The knight flew across the room; as he got up he had staggered a bit.
"Damn it," the knight cursed, "Well, looks like this will be more fun." the knight mocked.
Weiss formed another glyph and dashed towards the knight successfully hitting him with every strike. She made it look so elegant as she glided across the floor like she was skating on ice as she came back and forth at incredible speeds, hitting the knight from every angle almost instantaneously.
Finally, the knight had had enough. Weiss dashed forward to deliver the final blow, but the knight lifted his claws which caught Myrtenaster just inches from the knight's helmet.
"Well, well, well. Miss Schnee, you have successfully lasted longer than I'd hope. Consider yourself lucky."
Weiss held her weapon as tight as she could; the knight was strong. A small ice spike formed on the hilt of her rapier.
"I don't know who you are, but I don't have time to converse!" Weiss pulled him forward and twisted, landing an uppercut to the knight's head, sending the knight straight through the air, Weiss formed another glyph and jumped; she readied her weapon and dashed forward in mid jump, letting her rapier cut straight through the knight. Weiss landed perfectly on her feet. That left the room silent.
The silence was immediately broken, as the knight fell down onto his back, causing the room to echo loudly. No movement came from the knight.
Is he dead? Weiss thought.
Suddenly, the knight tried to get up, but staggered forward. He landed on all fours, and he let his head down, which caused his helmet to fall. Weiss was shocked at the sight.
The knight was a young boy. Without his helmet, he was no more than five feet, two inches. He had short black hair, brown eyes, and was more likely a year younger than Weiss.
As he stood, he grabbed his helmet and put it back on. He walked forward and bowed in defeat.
"You were a worthy opponent Miss Schnee." the knight said. Weiss smiled.
"And you as well, but please, call me Weiss."
"Maybe next time." the mysterious boy walked away leaving his footsteps echo through the almost empty halls of the Schnee Manor.
"That… was truly amazing, my dear."
Weiss looked behind her to see her father.
"Daddy!" Weiss ran up and hugged him.
"You were amazing, Weiss. I'm so proud of you!" Mya walked up to Weiss and hugged her as well.
"Thanks, Mom. Thanks Dad." A tear formed in Weiss's eyes. It had been so long since she had last felt the warm embrace of her parents. Due to Daniel being the CEO of the biggest Dust Company in all of Remnant, and her mother always being on business trips, there was little time for moments like this. All Weiss could do was hold tight and cherish this moment.
A good few minutes passed and Weiss finally let go. Daniel and Mya stepped back and held out a small silver mic.
"Now, let's get ready for your first singing concert. Wouldn't want a famous heiress to be late now would we?" Daniel smiled.
"Daniel, This isn't her first concert. She has had many." Mya frowned a bit. Daniel looked back at Weiss.
"It's the first one I've ever been to." Daniel said. This made Weiss so happy. The look on Weiss's face said it all. She was something she hadn't been for a long time, truly happy. Weiss didn't know it, but Daniel didn't want to waste any more time with work. He wanted to give his full time and attention to his daughter, even if it was only for a short time.
Weiss happily skipped off to her room, leaving Mya and Daniel.
"Not that I'm not mad about it, I'm glad you're doing this for our daughter but… what's with the change of heart, Danny?" Mya asked, knowing something was off. Daniel looked down and frowned.
"That phone call… before the match. It was my doctor," Daniel paused with a big sigh, "Honey… I'm dying." Danny said.
"WHAT!?" Mya was shocked. "How!? Why?!"
"They don't know, It's possibly some sort of Dust Is affecting my body, but they aren't to sure. I haven't been the best father. Hell, I might be the worst, but with the time I have, I'll spend it with my daughter. The way I should have." Danny replied,
Mya was shocked but walked up to Daniel and kissed him.
"You are a great father, and don't you ever deny yourself that." Mya said as she smiled which reassured her husband.
WEISS'S ROOM
Weiss couldn't help but squeal in delight. Her father was finally coming to one of her concerts. Sadly this had brought a bad thought.
"What if he doesn't like my singing?" Weiss said to herself.
"I think he'll love your voice."
Weiss quickly turned around to see the mysterious knight standing in the window sill.
"How the hell did you get up here!? This mansion is ten stories! And I live on the top floor!"
The knight laughed.
"Well, guess I'm just a good climber." he jumped in and walked into Weiss's room. His pace quickened, and before Weiss could move, he was right in front of her. He stepped forward and pushed Weiss to the bed and held her down.
"GET OFF OF ME!" Weiss kicked around knocking down a lamp. Daniel and Mya heard the crash and ran upstairs.
The knight held Weiss down, suddenly she couldn't move.
"What's going on? Why are yo," Before Weiss could say more, the knight covered her mouth.
"Shh, I'm not here to hurt you...Weiss, I'm here for payment." Weiss struggled more but couldn't move.
"Oh, please; don't even try. You're under my control now."
Suddenly the door slammed open.
"WEISS!? GET OFF MY DAUGHTER!" Daniel ran in and tackled the Knight to the ground. Suddenly a thick amount of air caused Daniel to fly off of the knight.
"I don't think so." The knight got up and dusted himself off and walked toward Weiss. Daniel couldn't move; he was paralyzed. He looked over and saw a small vial in the knight's hand.
"Weiss! Look out!" but it was too late. The knight stuck the syringe into Weiss's neck. She fell to the floor, and the knight knelt down. There was a loud click and one of his claws ejected out of his gauntlet, like a dagger he held it to Weiss's neck.
"You see, I can kill you right now if I wanted to, but, for now, I'll just leave you a little reminder." The knight brought the dagger to Weiss's left eye and slowly pressed against it.
Screams of pain and agony filled the house. By the time Mya got to the room, the horror before her were shocking. Large amounts of blood dripped from Weiss's eye. Weiss looked over with the eye that wasn't bleeding.
"M...Mommy…" Mya stood there in shock, unable to move she watched the horror that unfolded before her.
The knight stood above Weiss and smiled.
"One day… I'll be back for the other one."
Once Daniel was finally able to move, he ran toward the knight.
"YOU BASTARD!"
The knight vanished, making Daniel land on the floor. The knight stood in the window sill once again.
"I'll be back, for you, Miss Schnee." The knight jumped down. Mya ran to the window, but the knight vanished. Turning back to Weiss, she ran over to hold the poor girl.
"Oh no, my baby!"
Daniel walked over and held Weiss as well.
"Damn it...It's all my fault." Daniel cried out.
"No daddy… it's mine… I let my guard down." Weiss said comforting her father slightly. Daniel only held Weiss tighter.
"We need to get her to the hospital. Now."
"Daddy?" Daniel looked over to his daughter.
"What is it dear?" daniel asked concerd.
"Am I still pretty?" Weiss asked. Daniel held Weiss's cheek.
"Of course, darling."
Weiss's body suddenly went limp.
"NO! MY BABY!" Mya cried out. Daniel moved his finger to her neck.
"No there still a chance. WE need to get to the hospital now!"
Weeks later, thanks to dust's advanced nature, Weiss's eye was healed and Daniel's dust tumor was gone. They had tried so many times to find the mysterious knight, but all attempts failed. They tried to live as a normal family as best as they could. But every night Weiss had terrible nightmares about the knight. She called them Knightmares.
PRESENT TIME: UNKNOWN LOCATION
Weiss panted heavily; the pain was almost too much now. The knight removed his hand from the girl's face.
"Now you remember why you're afraid of me?"
Weiss looked up at him and spat blood on his helmet.
"I remembered. I just don't care anymore." Weiss said with a painful smirk on her face.
The knight wiped the spit off and laughed.
"Looks like our little princess grew a pair. What? No need for a night light anymore either?" the knight mocked her.
"Well. I had fun, didn't you? I think it's about time to send little princess home." With a swipe of the knight's hand, a red and black glyph appeared before Weiss.
"Good night, princess. May the "knight"-mares continue." The Knight laughed as Weiss disappeared from the room.
"So, who's next?" the knight asked with a smile.
BEACON MEDICAL CENTER: WAITING ROOM B
Ruby stood in front of Cinder in a fighting stance, ready to strike at any moment.
"Answer me! Now!" Ruby asked, wanting a direct answer from the woman in front of her.
Cinder's eye glowed and a flame flickered in the palm of her hand.
"Now now, it's not nice to get so jumpy, now is it, Ruby?" Cinder said with a seductive smile.
This only made Ruby more hostile.
"ANSWER ME DAMN IT! WHY ARE YOU HERE?!" Ruby slammed her scythe against the ground aiming the massive weapon at Cinder.
Cinder only smiled.
"Come now, little red. You need me just as much as you want to know what happened to your white haired friend."
Ruby tightened her grip on Crescent Rose.
"What do you know about Weiss? What did you do to her? Where is SHE?!"
Cinder walked over to the file sitting on the deck, with Cinder's picture.
"You really did get a shot at my good side."
Suddenly, Ruby pulled the trigger and fired a single shot. Cinder raised her hand and turned the bullet into dust.
"Now that wasn't very nice, what it?" Cinder smiled.
The rest of the group watched in amazement. Cinder had talent, it was scary.
"What are you doing here, Miss Fall?" Ozpin finally spoke.
Cinder looked over to the file.
"I'm here for this. If you want my help, I want full immunity. I'm not going to jail now, nor do I plan to ever be."
"A deal has already been made." Ozpin responded.
"Good. Now, tell little red to stop aiming that massive sickle at my head."
Ozpin knew this woman was dangerous, but they needed her.
"Miss Rose, please, lower your weapon."
"But, Professor!"
"Ruby! Thats an order!"
Ruby cased her weapon and put it back into its sheathe. Cinder smiled and sat almost seductively on the desk.
"Now, on to business."
End of chapter 7
Next chapter: Ch 8: Lost and Found