RWBY SLVR Origin Prologue: Chosen Fates
Chapter 3: True Heritage and Horrible Event
Two and half month later after the announcement of Leonardo and Winter's engagement by their parents. Weiss feel a bit dejected of her sister and the guy she developed a crush on engagement and worries that he won't have time of help her secretly training with him because of spending time with Winter. However, Leonardo cheer her up and not to worry so much as he can try to squeeze his schedule between helping her and spending time with his fiancée. As the weeks went by, she began to accepted their engagement and tried to be happy for them even if she feels a bit heartache deep inside, but as for Winter and Leonardo, they learned to accept their past differences and mistake for one in other and developed imitate feeling for each other. Although Winter still has some grudge against him secretly without him knowing.
In the following afternoon of Valentine Day, where Weiss and winter visit Leonardo's household this month spending time with him, and getting to know his family.
"Winter, thank you so much for Valentine chocolates, I love white chocolate and it's very sweet flavor!" she praised Winter.
"Your welcome, Weiss, and thank you for the lovely Valentine card you made, that was very thoughtful of you." she thank her, kindly.
"You're welcome, I'm glad you like my gift to you. Although I was planning to buy you Valentine chocolates, but then I remember that you're not into sweets like me, and I thought, it would be best to make own Valentine card by heart to you because I-" she happily explain to her until.
Suddenly Winter karate chop on Weiss's head, regular strength.
"Silent you boob, you don't have to explain everything detail, and that's all it matters."
"Yes, Winter... Sorry I keep getting overboard." said Weiss, teary-eyes. "Um.. Winter, what Valentine gift did you give to Leon?"
"Well actually since I have no idea what guys like for Valentine so I give him something he will use for a long time." Winter devilish smirked.
"What kind of gift?" she asked.
"You don't want to know, and you'll probably have to wait when you get older." she replied, still smirking.
Weiss is confused.
"So Weiss, did you give him your Valentine gift?"
"Not yet. I'm not sure if he would like it."
Suddenly both of them heard a familiar coming inside of the household. "I'm home!"
"Leon! Welcome back!" Weiss cheerfully greet him.
"It's glad to be back, Snow Angel." he greet her back.
Winter is annoyed.
"So Leon, what Valentine gift did you give to Winter?" she asked.
"Well since I'm her fiancée so I bought some white roses for her, and she well keep of the first half the flowers in her room and the other half she toss them by a nearby cliff."
"Winter.. you should be nice to him."
"I can't help it. I can't get over my grudge toward him."
"Oh that remind me, I haven't got you Valentine gift yet, Weiss. Lucky I just bought it on the way back to jewelry store to give you this."
Leonardo give Weiss a decorative present with a white ribbon.
"Whoa! What it is? " she said, curious.
"It's a surprised."
Weiss open her valentine gift from Leonardo, revealing to be an apple-shaped necklace.
"Wow! it's beautiful.. I always want that necklace. How did you know I want this?" say Weiss, pleased.
"I saw you looking at a jewelry magazine a while you waiting for Winter during her fencing tournament. It seems you appear to like and enjoy eating apples and it's your favorite snack."
"Thank you so much, Leon. No one else beside my sister and father ever gave me so meaningful and sincere gift that make me happy. She smiled faintly. "Leon, will you help me put this on."
"Sure." he accepted.
Weiss gave the necklace to him. She turn around a while Leonardo pulls on the necklace on her.
"All done."
"Leon, I love it! " Weiss smiled brightly at him. "Oh that reminds me there something I want to give you for Valen-" As Weiss about to finished her sentence, Winter interrupt their conversation.
"Since you just come back from practice, how about we play a game of chess today, Leon." she suggested.
"But didn't we play chess yesterday wait of mean it.. Are you still mad about how I defeat you twenty times?"
"Yeah, but I WON'T ACCEPT DEFEAT BY YOU! And besides, I come up with a better tactic to defeat you. "
"Alright, but just once since I get busy at times too you know. Please promise me Winter that after this will you accept defeat or not."
"Oh ok, but I know I will win for sure.' say Winter with pride.
"Oh wait! I forgot I left my chess board at my Dad's private study. I'll be right back, but please don't be impatient if I take too long." Leonardo quickly leave the room.
"He better be on time."
"I wonder where's Ralph is?" say Weiss, worried.
Meanwhile at his father's private study where is looking for his chess board he last left it. The last time he went to his private study was his Dad was at Altas Military lab where they are creating a prototype specialized weapon. He search for it at the bookshelf, the cabins, and he finally found it on the desk.
"Oh so that where I last left it. I got to remember not to forget things that is important to me even when bring pressure by Winter."
As he about to leave with his chess board, he accidentally drop something that was underneath the chess board. He look under the desk and pick up was a old photo. He look at it closely as he see a picture of his Dad in mid twenty carry a toddler that looks a lot like himself when he was a very young. 'Is that me?" He continue to examine the photo, where right next to him was a young woman with the same hair and eyes color like his father in a white hood a while she carrying a infant with the same sliver eyes and black and red hair.
'What's going on? Who's is this? Is Dad having affair with this woman? Don't tell me is she?!' he said, panic.
"Leonardo, what are you doing here?' say Garnet, serious.
"Dad?! I was looking for my chess board... but that can wait, please tell me Dad. Who's is the woman on the photo? Is she your secret lover that your having affair with, Is she my real mother? What's going on?!" he questioned him.
"I never imagined you will find out that soon. Well I guess there no reason to the keep secret from you any longer. Alight.. I'll tell you. Leonardo, the woman on the photo, that's not your real mother, but your aunt, who is happens to be my younger sister, Summer Rose. The infant she holding also your cousin, Rudy." he explains.
"I have an aunt and cousin?!" he shocked.
"Tell me, do you remember the story I read to you and Ralph before you go to bed."
"Yeah, the story of the Sliver-Eyed Warrior are the bringer of hope and the savior of humanity and they contract with a faunus. How is it related to our conversation." he asked.
"What would happen I tell you that the story I read to you was actually real, would you believe me?"
"What?! This has to be a joke, there's no way that's truth." Leonardo slightly amazed.
"Do I look like I'm joking?" say Garnet with a straight face.
"Oh my god, you're not joking.. They actually exist?! Then that means..."
"Yes you are correct, me, my sister, your cousin, you, and Ralph are actually comes on from the linage of Sliver-Eyed Warriors. My birth name is Garnet Rose." he replied.
"No way.. This is overwhelming.. Why keep this from everyone in Remnant and why do you change your last name rather than keep your original last name? Why keeping my other relative a secret?" he questioned him a while he is still overwhelmed.
"I have my reason, but it's dangerous. Their are people who want the power of Silver-Eyed Warrior for themselves and will use it for evil. Their not many of us left in Remnant, but the remaining warriors are scattered across kingdoms. Please, understand it's nothing personal. "
"Does Mom know?" he asked.
"No, only my former team, Summer, and my precious dear friend." he sadly replied. "But you can't not tell your brother just yet."
The situation around him has intense and gloomy atmosphere until someone come out the door in a panicked.
"Master Garnet! You're not going to believe this. it's about your son." said the butler, distressed.
"Are you talking about Leonardo? Don't worry he's fine, we'll just almost finished our conversation-"
'No not him, you're other son, Raphael! He's gone!"
"What?!" Garnet serious.
"I know, but we look everywhere for him, and the only we find was a letter it was left in Young master's room. You should read this, please."
The butler gave him the letter and he carefully open the enveloped and read it.
'Ralph is missing?! This can't be happening in the time like this?! He never been left on his own before and he still too young.' He looked at his Dad expression as keep reading the letter. The only expression he saw that the side of him that Leonardo never seen before in his entire life , a deep hatred and great anger. His dad angry crush the letter and throw it to the ground.
Leonardo overheard his Dad talking to himself quietly. "Müzen.. this is too far. You're going to pay for this."
"Sir?" say the butler.
"It's fine, Fredrick call Qrow, Taiyang, anyone available Huntsmen and Huntresses I know to meet me at the abandon military base now. he demanded.
"But sir, Master Qrow is not available he 's working at Signal, and you know Master Taiyang is still retired. The only one available is Glynda, but I don't think she won't make it on time though."
"Damn it! Fine I'll go by myself. Please look after my family for me. I don't know how long I'll be gone for."
"Yes sir!" the butler agreed.
"Dad?" say Leonardo, confused.
"Don't worry everything going to be fine. But before I go, promise me you won't mistrust or hate faunus even though they would do terrible thing to you even if they will take someone very precious to you."
"I promise, Dad." he promise him, concerned.
"And if I die, please look for my sister and your cousin for me and tell them what I told you if my niece didn't know about her heritage."
"Oh ok."
He watch his Dad running out of his private study room along with his butler.
"I wonder what was that about?" He unwrinkled the paper and read the letter that said,
We got your youngest son. if you want to see him again without any bloodshed, bring your company Dusts and come alone tomorrow morning. Don't worry we'll taking care your son very well. Meet us at the abandon military base outside of Atlas. Signed the White Fang Leader, Silbermüzen Helsing.
He drops the letter as he feels a pain in the chest tightly and slumped to the ground only in despair. 'No.. not my brother.. the White Fang. I can't lose him. I can't not just stand here and do nothing. I need to save him."
In his room, he starts off grabbing some Dusts he hides from his parent and pull in his backpack as he need it to rescue Ralph. Before he go, he notice a unfamiliar present left by his desk that says, "To Leon, From Weiss"
'It that Weiss's gift? No matters, I'll just taking it with me and open her gift after I rescue Ralph.' he take to give given by Weiss and put it in the other pocket of his backpack.
He then take the one of the Prototype Dust Weapon he took from his Dad's vault for safe keeping before going more experiments on it.
'I know this is prototype weapon and it's not ready to be use for combat, but I don't care. I need this to fight back.' He place into a sheath and carried with specialized belt wrapped around his wraist.
He quietly sneak out of the his mansion without Winter nor Weiss to notice. "I'm sorry, Winter. I guess I won't with chess with you today. " he said in a sad tone.
As he left to go to and rescue his brother from the White Fang, unknowingly to him, he is follow by Weiss from the shadows. Weiss has a feeling something was off as he was in a hurry for some reason. 'I have a bad feeling something must bad happen to Ralph. I have to help him too since I don't want him to fight the White Fang on his own. Which is why I'm borrowing one of Winter's duel rapier. She would probably won't notice I took it without asking, hopefully.' say Weiss in her thoughts feeling uncertainly about her decision she made in order to help out Leon.
At the abandon military base, where Garnet waiting patiently inside of the base to have a talk with an former ally and friend. 'Müzen.. what's happening to you, first you overthrow your brother and now you want eliminated humanity are you insane.. This is partially my fault that you end up like this and you somehow severe our contract permanently without one of us killed or dying. You were one of my precious family friend along with Siber and the man I once loved like a brother gone forever. ' He clenched his fist in frustration. 'Without you.. my power may overload at anytime now, and I can't hold it much longer. Worse of all, my lifespan has shorten either this year or a few years.'
Someone else was coming out to meet him in person. Someone coming from the Garnet was shocked as he wasn't expect to see for a long time, Müzen's son, Gray Helsing.
"Gray, is that you? And where's your father?' he asked him, confused.
"Yes it's me, "Uncle" Garnet. I haven't seen you since I was a child and you look pale as a ghost." say Gray, sarcastically.
"Gray, you haven't answer my question, I said where's your father, Sibermüzen!" he demanded.
"My father was busy with someone to meet in hand and I decide to take his place to have a negotiation with you about your modified Dusts that will help out our brothers and sisters of the White Fang greatly. You could say he's meeting with an old friend that broken his heart in the first place" say Gray, coldly.
Garnet overthinking what he means by "meeting with an old friend that broken his heart in the place. After thinking, he realized what he means and was horrified as the result. "No.. My sister."
"If you want to save your sister so badly before morning, then bring me your Dusts."
Garnet give him a death glare.
"If you refused, then, I will happily take your second son's life away as well as your wife too."
"WHAT?! The letter that was sent by him said only you take my son, it never mentioned.. That wasn't part of the deal!" Garnet angry.
"Actually I come up with that idea of also kidnapped your wife too. It will be so such better if you're not serious." He grinned. "Men, bring her here now!" The White fang members agreed with him and one of them forcefully grab a helpless and restrain woman in chains, heavily beaten up and her clothes in tattered. The member toss her aside to the ground, hardly.
"Gar..net." she said, weakly.
"No... AURORA!" he yelled in agony. He collapsed to the ground and repeatedly screaming his wife's name.
Gray evilly laughed, "Captured him."
A few minutes early... as Leonardo safety arrive at the abandon military base to save his brother. He quietly sneak in and tried search everything for room. Luckily some of the members of the White Fang are out for breakfast. 'Ralph, where are you?' Most of the rooms has stolen Dusts from the Schnee Company, weapons, and White Fang outfits until finally found him. Where in the last room, Ralph was sound asleep peaceful as nothing bad ever happen. No bruises, no torture, no tatter clothes, he was perfectly fine. He tried to open the door, but it was locked. "It's locked.. it would be risky taking the keys from the one of the White Fang.. or I can." he has a idea, he unzip his backpack and grab a fire Dust he used from before, and transformed it into gauntlet. He grab the door knob and melted it completely. He quickly open it and come to his brother side to check on him.
"Ralph, please speak to me. Are you alright? Please wake up." he pleaded him, scared.
His brother briefly move and said to him, "Hmm. Brother don't eat my cookies, you already eat ours.. spend some time with your wife so more and play with her."
Leonardo feels awkward and unpleasant what was he dreaming about, but he shows relieved he's alright. He has a feeling that White Fang must have drug his food and put him to sleep. He carries his brother and leave the room.
As he was about to leave the abandon military base, but he stopped by an army of the White Fang members.
"Freeze! Stay where you are!" he demanded.
"What?! I thought you guys are still.." Leonardo lost in words.
"Our boss plan this from the very beginning.. and knew you will save him." he explained.
"No.. This was a trap along. I guess I have no to fight back." say Leonardo with determination as he unsheathed his weapon and ready for battle. However he can face them head on, he bring out a wind Dust and place it inside the prototype Dust weapon. Suddenly the weapon glows and his body become engulf with in a green energy. His body remain the same, but the only minor difference is that he has wind-like wings and light green armor and greave-like armor.
The enemies were overwhelming by his power.
He soar the ceiling a while carrying his brother where he was trying to find a safety place to keep his brother. Where he found one of the prison cell, and place him inside before he fly back to began his first fight against the White Fang.
He place another Fire Dust and Water Dust into the weapon with the combined of his semblances creating Fire-Water style armor only covering his arms and knees. Suddenly the weapon also transform into a double edge sword and crash landed to create stream that would blinded the enemies. 'This is my first time mixing two different Dust shards together. I hope this won't effect my body.' He then take this advance to knock everything White Fang member out of commission, however more members come out of no where. He attempt to use another Dust, but he already reach his limits of using too much of his Aura for fusing mixing the Aura at the same time. He revert back to normal and collapse to the ground, only his jacket partly torn and shoes completely burn off from overusing mixing different type of Dusts. 'Damn it.. I reach my limits already..'
"He used his Aura, men capture him and bring him to the boss!" he the other White Fang members.
"Not yet! I won't be capture that easily! I can't give up!" he yelled. He desperately tried to get up.
"Hey! Leave him alone!" say the familiar voice.
Suddenly charged at the White Fang and awaken her semblance out of determination and she use her Glyphs to increase her speed as she one able to defeat of the members in a clean hit.
"Weiss?! What are you doing here?! It too dangerous!" he says with a concerned look upon his face.
"I'm not going to leave you alone to fight the bad buys all by yourself, it's too risky. Come on, let's get out of here!"
"I can't... I put my brother in one of the prison cells to keep him safe from the battle." he explained to her.
"Then I'll just go and get him." However unknowingly to her, one of the members regain conscious and about to knock her from behind.
"Weiss look out!" he yelled.
"Huh?" Weiss confused.
She get knock out and lost unconscious. Leonardo quickly come to her aid. He hold the unconscious Weiss tightly in his arms.
"*chuckle* This got a lot better when I capture a Schnee and Princeton at the same time."
Leonardo glared the White Fang member.
Suddenly the White Fang member got stab from shoulder and get kick in the face by young mid-teen girl knocking him unconscious.
"You idiot, first you fight on your own and now you get my sister involved, your so despicable"
Upon a small glance at the two person who save them in the nick of time revealing to be Winter and unexpectedly Platinum, who is in a very slightly revealing maid-like style outfit.
"Winter, Platinum, what are you doing here? And how do you find us?" he asked, puzzled.
"Save the questions for later until we get out of here with your brother, go and stop your father from making a big mistake of making a deal from the White Fang's leader. "
"But-"
"Don't worry we will take care of Weiss and Ralph. Just tell me where you hide him." she asked, serious.
"He's in the top floor of the prison cell." he answered.
"Alright.. Now go!" she commanded him. He nodded and run to stop his Dad from making the deal
After he lefts, more members approach to block their exit to escape. Winter take back her weapon from unconscious Weiss.
"Weiss, you boob.." she says in the worried tone.
"Miss Schnee, are you ready?" she asked
"Yes I am, Platinum." she replied to her formally.
As Leonardo run each corridor to find where his Dad might be until he heard a load horribly scream , " No... AURORA!"
"Dad?!' Leonardo surprised. He go left where the voice was coming from until he finally him, but it was too late as both of his parent are already captured. He hides one of the pillar without them noticing his presence.
"Finally I got the Dust just what my father wants." he smirked. He open the suitcase that presumably contain the Dusts, however... "Huh? What is this? Is this a joke?" Inside the suitcase was actually reused broken Dust instead.
"I knew.. this would be a trap so I took that instead. I will never give my company Dusts I work so hard to the likes of you!"
"You're starting to pissed me off, and now you will die along with your scumbag wife by my hands." he glare at him with shear hatred. "But before I can do that, any last words you would like to say or requests?"
"Yes.. Please tell me.. Did you harm my other son, Ralph too."
"No I didn't. I will never harm other children who are infant to toddler. I'm not a monster to do like that. We gave him some sleeping pills and that's the truth." he stated.
"But before we died, please spare both my sons, they don't do any wrong and mean the world to us."
"You're request will be granted." he confirmed him. Gray unsheathed his weapon and prepare to take their lives away.
Leonardo shed tearing in deep sadness as he helpless watch his parent to be kill by presumably soon be murder. His Dad took his last glance of his son one last time and Leonardo read his lips that says, 'Leon, take care of Ralph for us.' Before both of them being stab in the heart in the quick slash. Both of them fell to the ground, hardly as their body become cold as icy and their eyes becomes emptiness as the void. Neither of them aren't moving. His eyes widen in despair and becoming fill with tears, overflowing, He clench his fists, and curls to his body, and then suddenly flings his arms out to the slides. "Mom...Dad.." Brilliant white lights glows from his eyes as he screams out in despair.
"NNNOOOOOOO!"
The white light envelopes him, spreading out to Gray.
"WHAT?!" say Gray in complete shock.