RWBY: Light Extinguished

Chapter 2

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Teams RWBY, JNPR and EMAD sat towards the back of Peter Port's class. Despite the day being declared a half day because the bulk of exchange students were arriving today, they still needed to sit through the portly professor's grandiose tales of his own exploits. Maria anxiously watched the clock as the professor droned on and on and on. The day could not end quickly enough for her, none of the next days could, since the sooner they ended, the sooner she got her team back and the sooner she could walk on her own. Her independent spirit did not want to be confined, and every second she wore that cast felt like there was a weight chained to her leg. She hated the feeling of being unable to walk on her own two feet, hated what had gotten her into that state, and most of all, she hated that someone was now doing her job for her. She glared past her other teammates at Ben Aparte who was taking the occasional note on Port's story, having realized that most of what he said was pointless self-aggrandizing. Not only had this boy insulted her teammates upon first meeting them, but apparently didn't trust her to wake them in the morning, barging into their room literally seconds after Maria had given her wakeup call. Upon realizing they were awake, Ben simply gave them a nod and closed the door, standing outside their room until they were ready for class, and then saying they should have been out faster. While she had originally told them to give the giant soldier a chance, she was so close to simply throwing him out herself, asking Ruby to put a sniper rifle in her crutch and leading her team with that.

The only solace she had was that the day had been shortened, so once Port's class was over, she wouldn't have to deal with Ben for the rest of the day and she could spend it with her team seeing what other schools had to offer. And looking at the clock... the class would be over in just a few minutes. Now she just had to avoid following Thatch's example, as the renegade had fallen asleep with his hat over his eyes. Apparently, however, she wasn't the only person to notice this, as their new field leader had also seen Thatch passed out in his seat, and he did not look happy about it. Maria knew what would come next, Ben would nudge Thatch awake, the renegade would shoot him a harsh glare and maybe a grumbled curse. Nothing too out of the ordinary there.

Or, at least, so she thought. Instead of giving Thatch a firm nudge or a shake to wake him up, Ben instead smacked the swordsman upside the head, his strength knocking the dazed initiate right out of his seat. The class went silent as Thatch hit the floor. "Young man!" Port called up. "What has happened?"

Thatch groaned as he stood up, rubbing the back of his head. "Ugh... Sorry sir. I'll have to be a bit more careful next time." He said, getting back into his seat and replacing his hat on his head. "That'll teach me to lean back in my chair..."

Port looked like he was going to say more, but before he could, the signal for the end of class sounded. "Well, my boy, keep that lesson in mind for the next class. You're dismissed for today."

The students rose from their seats and made for the door, Ben almost immediately separating from his team as they exited the class, Thatch glaring burning holes in his back as he walked off. "Have I mentioned that I don't like him?" he grumbled.

"Several times." Francois said in a similar tone. "And for once, mon ami, I think I agree with you."

"In his defence," Maria interrupted "You did fall asleep in class again."

"That's not an excuse for trying to knock my lights out!" Thatch shot back.

"He was a bit harsh." Alison piped up.

Maria just sighed. "I never said he did it the right way."

Francois looked about his team, using the first excuse he could think of to defuse the tension that was rising. "So, meas amis, many exchange students are arriving today for the tournament, perhaps we should go and have a look, non?"

Maria almost instantly saw Francois' plan and nodded. "Come on, guys, I'll be back on my feet by the time the tournament starts, but I think I'd like to see some of these students early."

Agreeing with their leader, Team EMAD followed her as she hobbled out of the school and onto the grounds. Looking to the skies, as they left the building, they saw several airships landing around the grounds of Beacon, hunters of all shapes and sizes disembarking and making their way onto the school grounds. By the symbols on the ships, they were from Vacuo and Mistral, and that put a thought in Maria's head: where were the Atlesian ships? It wasn't like them to be late, especially for an event involving combat. That thought continued to sit at the back of her mind as she made her way onto the grounds with her team and headed for the ships.

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Violet Lightwood, leader of Team VOAJ, stepped out of the ship from Mistral, the Vale sunlight shining down on her bronzed skin, and her purple hair blowing in the breeze. After being cooped up on that ship for over a day, it was great to be out in the fresh air. "Now this, this is a nice academy." She said as she marvelled over Beacon's architecture. Haven Academy in Mistral might have had charm of its own, but this was... something else.

"Impressed, are we?" Said a voice from behind her. Violet turned to see her teammate, Alex Garnet, following her out of the ship.

Violet had to look up to meet the red eyes of her crimson haired teammate. "You have to admit, it does have a certain charm to it."

"I must admit," said Violet's third teammate, Julius Gold. "This place does certainly catch the eye." The gold suited boy smirked. "It's not like I haven't seen larger buildings either."

"There goes rich boy," Violet said, rolling her eyes. "Complimenting something with one breath and bragging about his family's money with the next."

Julius rolled his brown eyes and swept his golden blonde hair out of his eyes (an action to which his teammates responded with a roll of their eyes). "Would you rather I just deny my family's wealth, oh fearless leader? Perhaps I'd be more relatable to you then."

Alex quickly positioned himself in between Violet and Julius before one could smack the other. That's when he noticed their last teammate. Standing near the door to the airship, staring off into space was the youngest member of their team, his old friend Onyx Blanch. "Onyx, you alright?" Alex called to his old friend.

Onyx, however, didn't appear to hear him, instead, the black haired boy simply continued to stare off into the distance. In truth, Onyx was, in part distantly aware of what Alex was saying, but only just so. However, there was something else on the boy's mind that would not leave, no matter how hard he tried to push it from his mind. Onyx had been both excited for and dreading the day when they would come to Vale, since he knew just who he could find here. This kingdom, this city was the last place that... he... was seen. Half of him wanted nothing more right now than to run into the heart of the city and tear it apart in a search for him, but the other half knew that this would prove fruitless, since as soon as he began his search, he would have moved on to another city. Letting him escape was just not an option Onyx wanted to consider.

The black haired youth was suddenly pulled out of his thoughts by a shake from Alex. "Onyx! Man, you've barely moved since we got here, what's going on?"

Onyx shook his head before looking t his team, their expressions ranging from concerned to confused. "Oh, uh, sorry guys, just thinking about something."

"Don't let it distract you too much." Violet replied. "Remember, we have a tournament to win here."

"Yes ma'am!" Onyx said, snapping a quick salute.

Violet rolled her eyes. "Come on guys, he's fine." With that, the purple haired girl led her team onto the grounds of Beacon. "So, who's up for checking out the competition?"

Julius shrugged. "Might as well have a look at who we're going to mop the floor with."

"Don't get too cocky, Julius." Alex said. "Remember what happened the last time yout hought you'd 'mop the floor' with someone?"

Julius' face flashed the colour of Alex's hair for a second. "That was different!" The young heir insisted. "How was I supposed to know that guy's lance was a rifle?"

"The fact that the lance head came off to reveal a barrel?" Violet chimed in.

"Or the trigger that popped out of the shaft a second later?" Onyx added.

Julius opened his mouth to respond, but Alex beat him to it. "My point exactly."

The gold garbed boy just grumbled something under his breath, rolling his eyes as he did. That was when he caught something out of the corner of his eye. "Wait a minute..." He muttered, just loud enough for his team to hear.

"What's up?" Onyx asked his partner. He followed the gentleman's eyes to where he was looking. It was a team of hunters walking out of the entrance to the school. A black haired girl in red robes with a streak of green in her hair, a boy in a long black coat and a tricorne hat, a girl in segmented steel armour walking with a crutch, and a boy in extravagant wide brimmed hat and a blue tabard. "Who are they?"

"Not sure about some of them, but the one in blue, he looks familiar." Julius muttered.

Violet took a look in the same direction and smirked deviously to herself. "So you think you know him then?" Julius nodded and muttered in affirmative. Violet's grin then split her face. "Well, let's go find out, shall we?" Before Julius could voice any kind of negative, Violet was already dragging him toward the team of hunters, calling out to them in a sing-song voice. "Hello~!"

The team turned to look at her, the blue garbed boy seeing the boy she was dragging. "Un moment, do I know you?" he asked.

Julius looked up from his captor at that voice. "I'd know that accent anywhere. Francois, is that you?"

"Julius? Julius Gold?" Francois said, squinting at the heir. "Mon dieu, it is you. How are you mon ami?"

Thatch looked between the two and rolled his eyes. "Great, another one..." he muttered to Alison.

"Well, if my team leader will let go of me," Julius growled, tearing his arm free from Violet's clutches. "perhaps we can catch up."

Francois smiled at his old friend before looking behind him at his team. "Perhaps some introductions are in order?"

"Only if you'll offer me the same courtesy." Julius responded.

"Vraiment," Francois responded, gesturing to his team. "These are my teammates, Alison Zu, Thatch Edwards and my leader Maria Gaia. Mes Amis, this is my old friend from Mistral Julius Gold. At the mention of his name, Julius gave a slight bow.

"Seems like you've done well for yourself." Julius said eyeing Francois' teammates. "Which one's your partner."

Francois gestured over his shoulder at Thatch. "That would be him."

The Gold heir looked from Francois to the renegade and back. "Seems your standards have fallen a bit."

Thatch's eyes narrowed, but Francois stood between him and the heir before anything could happen. "Perhaps you could introduce your team now?"

"Of course." Julius replied, turning to his teammates. "Meet my leader Violet Lightwood, Alex Garnett and my partner Onyx Blanch."

Francois looked from the slightly diminutive form of Onyx and back to his old friend. "I think I'll be the bigger person here."

Violet stepped up to Maria and held out a hand. "You're the leader of this team, right?" she asked.

Maria took her hand and gave it a firm shake. "That's right, Violet, right?"

"That's right. Hey, you guys know this place pretty well, right? Maybe you can show us around." Violet asked.

Maria shrugged. "Sure, long as you guys can keep up." She said, gesturing to her injured leg.

"Ha!" Violet laughed. "I think I'm gonna like you. Come on guys."

With that, Team VOAJ followed Team EMAD into the ornate halls of Beacon academy.

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Not one mistake could be made.

Her enemies were abundant, each one likely plotting her downfall this very second. They would need to be dealt with, but she could only do so much at a time. They would need to be defeated one by one until all fell before her. The only question now was, which won would she crush first.

Ruby considered this as she looked past her hand of cards at the rest of her teammates, all of them seated around a library table, a game board, nay, a battle map, the resting in between them. Weiss looked confused as she tried to understand just what she could do with what she had. Across from her, Yang sat confidently, that permanent smile plastered on her face. Finally, there was Blake... she looked Blake-y, as always. Looking back to her sister, Ruby knew who her first target was. "Yang Xiao Long, prepare your kingdom for battle!"

"Bring it on!" Yang cried.

"I deploy The Atlesian Air Fleet!" Ruby declared. Yang gasped in surprise. "Looks like I get to fly right over your Ursae and attack your walls directly!" The reaper said, mock airship sounds following her declaration.

Yang gasped in shock. "You fiend!" she said, an accusing finger pointing right at her sister.

"And since Atlas is part of Mantle," Ruby explained, head partially under the table, eyes just resting above it. "My repair time only lasts one turn."

Yang chortled, Ruby's confident grin faltering. "Pretty sneaky sis," Yang chuckled. "But you just activated my trap card! Giant Nevermore!" Yang declared, revealing the card in her hand. Ruby squeaked in shock. "If I roll a seven or higher, fatal feathers will slice your fleet in two!"

"But, if you roll a six or lower, the Nevermore will turn on your own forces!" Ruby retaliated.

"That's just a chance I'm willing to take." Yang muttered darkly. Her sister still thought this was just a game...

The sounds of Ruby's sorrow at Yang's die roll could be heard across the library, but one team, Team JNPR, was able to block them out, despite the fact that they sat at the table right next to them.

However, another group entering the library was immediately drawn to the sounds of what appeared to be a battle of the ages, although most were rather unsurprised to find that it was just Team RWBY being Team RWBY. That group was Thatch and Alison who were showing the newly arrived Onyx Blanch the Beacon Library. Needless to say, the transfer student was more than a little surprised. "Do they do this all the time?" He asked his guides.

"This specifically, no." Thatch replied. "Make a big deal out of everything under the sun? That's them in a nutshell. Want to meet them?"

Onyx looked to the team where one of the girls, this one dressed in white, rose from her seat, giving an evil laugh as she did. She proceeded to give a megalomaniacal speech about how her legions would march across the world conquering all in their path and taking children from their parents very arms... Then proceeded to sit down in tears when the busty blonde next to her activated a trap card. "Maybe later... I think I'm going to have a look at some of the books in this place."

"Go ahead." Said Thatch. "We'll be right here if you need anything. Just follow the noise."

Onyx nodded and walked off as Alison and Thatch walked over to Team RWBY just in time for Ruby to leap into her partner's arms and be embraced as both shed tears over their lost forces. "Huh, I guess noble boy might have been right..." Thatch muttered.

Alison looked at him quizzically. "Right about what?" she asked.

"Never mind." The renegade muttered to her.

Onyx barely heard them and ignored them completely as he made his way through the shelves of Beacon's library. Once he was securely out of sight of anyone else (a feat that was made much easier by people being driven off by that team being as loud as they were) he pulled out a small, folded piece of paper from his pocket. During his last encounter with the man he currently hunted, he had dropped this paper, and one of the lines therein mentioned something called "The Abyss." Since then, Onyx had searched tirelessly for some mention of the term, but no mention of it could be found at the library of Mistral's Haven Academy.

Onyx knew that before he got on the man's trail he was last seen in Vale, so maybe he could find something on "The Abyss" here. Onyx discretely sat down at a solitary library computer and searched the Vale library database for any mention of it. He unfolded the page and read over it to himself, but the words still didn't make sense to him. All he could gather was that The Abyss was some location around the Kingdom of Vale and that the man he hunted was doing some sort of work there, though what he did was merely listed as "work" on the page. Knowing that it was some place in Vale however, Onyx had immediately found a map of said kingdom and scoured the chart for any mention of it. His search came up completely empty. His next search was at the library of Haven and the Royal Library of Mistral. Again, nothing. When Onyx found out his team would be in Vale for the Vytal Festival, he knew this would be his best chance at finding information on the illusive location. And that brought him to the screen of his computer. There was a single result.

Immediately, Onyx clicked it, his face instantly falling when it opened. Everything was blank. There was no title, no author, no publisher, not even a description. Desperate for some kind of information, anything at all, Onyx looked at where the book currently was. His heart fell once again when he saw that someone had already taken the book out. The listed name of the borrower was "Professor E. Fantine."

"A professor?" Onyx muttered to himself. He knew he had some classes with the Beacon students tomorrow, but it was unknown whether or not this Professor Fantine was one of his instructors. After all, would be the member of their team to receive the schedule.

The black haired youth sighed to himself before folding up the page and placing it back in his pocket. He had waited a year for some answers, looks like he would have to wait another day before he really got them.

Onyx rose from his chair and tried to look on the bright side. He was close now, closer than he had ever been before. Now all he had to do was track down this professor and ask if he could borrow the book. He put a small smile on his face as he returned to his guides. When he arrived, he noticed Thatch and Alison were alone this time, the loud team from earlier having left. The only thing out of the ordinary was that a long box sat on the table that his guides currently sat at. "Miss me you two?" He asked, approaching them.

"Terribly." The renegade said, rolling his eyes and rising to his feet.

"We were about to send out a search party." Alison added.

Thatch looked like he was about to say something when he suddenly turned to his teammate in mock shock. "Did you just make a joke?" Alison hid a blush behind her hand. "You've been around me for too long." Thatch muttered, genuinely impressed.

"Ahem." Onyx said, clearing his throat and getting the attention of the two Beacon students. "If you two are done flirting, it's getting a bit late." Onyx said, gesturing to the slowly fading light from the large library windows. "Don't exchange students have their own separate dorm?"

Thatch was about to answer, when the sound of massive engines caught the ears of all in the library. Curious as to the source of the noise, the three students moved to one of the large windows of the library. Their question was almost immediately answered as three massive dreadnaughts pulled in for a landing on Beacon's grounds, several gunships and fighters flying overhead. Emblazoned on every ship was the image of a stylized spear. It was the mark of Atlas.

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General James Ironwood stood at the pristine, white bridge of his personal dreadnought, The Ironclad, as it pulled in for a landing at Beacon Academy. Looking out the windows on either side of the bridge, he could see the two other ships he brought with him doing the same. Some might say he was 'bringing his work with him,' but being the head of a military and an academy at the same time left little time for not doing so.

"General Ironwood." His communications officer said, pulling him out of his thoughts. "Incoming transmission from The Rubicon."

Ironwood knew exactly what this meant. The ship to his left was the dreadnought Rubicon, a ship commanded by one of the youngest and most impressive captains in the Atlesian Military. "On screen." He commanded.

At his word, a large monitor descended from the ceiling of the bridge, the screen displaying static for a moment before an image formed. On the other end was a young woman, her ivory face a mask of seriousness, brown hair cropped short and burning red eyes only serving to make her look even more the part of the military woman she was. "General Ironwood." She said, snapping a salute.

"At ease, Captain." Ironwood responded.

The girl nodded. "Sir, our ships have safely landed and are now docked with Beacon." She said, her tone crisp and to the point.

"Excellent." The white suited general said. "I have a meeting with Beacon's headmaster soon, if you wish, you can join me."

"With all due respect, sir, I will have to pass." The woman said. "There is someone I wish to see while I'm here."

"Very well." Ironwood said. "I'll see you after my meeting."

The girl snapped another salute. "Thank you sir."

Ironwood nodded. "Dismissed, Captain." The girl nodded and her image faded from the rising screen. The general shook his head slightly. He knew who she was here for, and it was personal. He just hoped his discussion with Ozpin went better than her talk with who she was here for.

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"I know Atlas is the most militarized kingdom on Remnant," Alison said, as she and Thatch walked back to their dorm. "But was it really necessary to bring their entire fleet?" The two of them had dropped off Onyx at the exchange student's dorm and had only one more stop to make before they went back to theirs: Team RWBY had left their board game in the library, and the two of them decide they would return it.

"Something tells me it wasn't just Ruby's bad board game tactics." Said Thatch. "I'm sure we'll find out soon enough."

"I hope so." The artist replied. "Anyway, Team RWBY's dorm is just around the corner, right?"

The renegade nodded and pointed to a door marked 'RWBY.' All doors in Beacon were marked by both number and team name. The two of them approached the door and Alison was about to knock when they heard voices from inside, the first one being Ruby herself. "All in favour of becoming the youngest huntresses to single-handedly bring down a corrupt organization conspiring against the kingdom of Vale... say 'aye.'"

Ignoring the responses from Ruby's teammates, Thatch and Alison shared a glance. Based on Francois' report from the docks, they knew RWBY had their eyes locked on the White Fang and the crime lord Roman Torchwick. Seems like they planned to go after them. Thatch grinned at his teammate, and surprisingly enough, she returned it, albeit smaller. The renegade reached out to knock on the door again, when suddenly the door flew open and a red blur slammed into him, sending both to the ground. Alison just watched from beside him, mouth hanging open in shock.

Ruby groaned as she got up, only to realize she was currently pinning Thatch to the ground. She yelped. "Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!" She squeaked.

"Let's just pretend this never happened." Said Thatch. "I brought your board game, by the way."

Ruby leapt off of the downed renegade and grabbed the box. "Oh, thanks!"

"Are we interrupting something?" said a new voice, this one soft and sensual. Ruby, Thatch and Alison all turned to see the source, a girl in a school uniform of some kind, a black jacket with a white armband on the left arm and a black and grey plaid skirt. She had a thin face with raised cheekbones and fiery orange eyes, one of which was covered by her long, black hair.

"No no no..." Ruby stammered. "Just a little... mistake...Are you new?"

"Visiting from Haven, actually." The girl said, two other teens in matching uniforms, one a boy with spiky silver hair and dark eyes, and the other a girl with bright green hair, coffee brown skin and deep, red eyes. The two groups of three stared at each other for some time, Ruby and the lead girl's eyes never breaking contact.

Finally, the reaper broke the silence. "Ooh, you're here for the festival. Oh! But exchange students have their own dormitory."

"I guess we just got turned around." The silver haired boy said.

"It's just to the east of here." Thatch said in a low voice, glaring into the other boy's eyes.

The lead girl noticed this quickly. "Is there a problem?"

"Oh no, don't worry about it." Ruby said, gesturing to where the exchange student dorms were. "Welcome to Beacon." She said brightly as the group walked off. When they had rounded the corner away, Ruby turned back to Thatch and Alison. "Uh, thanks for the game, by the way."

Thatch pried his narrowed eyes away from where the other students had gone. "No problem." He said, shrugging at her. "By the way, what was all that about bringing down a corrupt organization?"

Ruby clamped a hand over her mouth. "You heard that?" a simultaneous nod from the two confirmed it. "Um..."

"We want in." Thatch said simply.

"What?"

"You heard me."

"What about the rest of your team?" Ruby asked. "What would Maria say?"

"I don't think she'll have a problem." Ruby turned to the source of the voice to see that, in all the confusion with the other group, Alison had quietly started up her scroll and called Maria using a video call. "Team EMAD is at your service Ruby."

"Are you sure?" Ruby asked tentatively. "We don't want to involve too many friends in this."

"Well, you can leave me out of it." Maria replied. "I won't be too much use on my one usable leg."

"Well, if you're sure..." Ruby said. A nod from the three members of Team EMAD confirmed what she asked. "Alright, I'll let my team know you're joining us."

"Just one request:" said Maria. "No one tell Ben. The last thing we need is him stopping you."

Ruby flashed a quick salute at the centurion. "Consider it done. Thanks Maria."

Maria nodded and hung up her scroll. Alison placed the communicator back in her uniform pocket and turned to the young reaper. "So I guess we're joining you now."

The younger girl just nodded to her new quiet companion. "Now the two of you just need to convince Francois."

Thatch scoffed at her words. "Convince noble boy? Shouldn't be too hard."

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Once Team EMAD had reconvened in their room, each with some story to tell about what they did that day with the members of Team VOAJ, Thatch and Alison explained to him how they had joined up with Team RWBY for an 'extracurricular' mission.

"Let me get this straight:" The nobleman began, standing across from Thatch. "You want me to join you and hunt down the man who eluded my capture at the docks of Vale accompanied by a team of beautiful women?"

"Don't let Velvet hear you say that, but yeah that's about it." Thatch confirmed.

Francois thought for a moment, scratching his chin for effect. "Very well, mon ami."

"Excellent." Said Maria as she sat on her bed, much easier than standing right now. "Team RWBY said they'd let us know when they need us tomorrow."

Alison took a seat next to her leader and partner. "Did they tell you what they have planned?"

"They said, and I quite," Maria said, pulling out her scroll and bringing up the message from team RWBY. "Ahem... 'We'll just wing it and hope for the best."

Thatch applied palm to face and sighed. "God dammit Yang..." He muttered.

Alison gave a sigh of her own, shaking her head at the brawler's message. "At least they're being honest."

"Let's just get off this topic." Francois sighed.

"It must have been nice to see your old friend again." the artist obligingly said.

"It was nice to see Julius again." Francois said. "I'm sort of surprised he chose to become a huntsman though."

"I'm sure we all have stories of spending time with that new team." Maria said, grabbing her crutch and rising to her feet. "But for now, it's getting late so we should probably call it a night. We get the bathroom first tonight."

No arguments came from her team as they all rose to their feet. They knew they'd be getting wakeup calls from both Maria and Ben tomorrow morning, so it was best to get a fairly early night, something they all agreed on. What they didn't expect, however, was the knock at their door right as they all got up. Not one of them moved, the team just stared at each other, a single thought running through all their minds at once: who on earth is that at this hour?

The knock sounded again, and Maria nodded at Thatch to answer the door. Curious as to just who was on the other side, the swordsman made his way over to the door and turned the handle. Just as he did however, the door was pulled open with enough force to almost fling the renegade into the hall, only not doing so because he let go of the doorknob just in time.

No one expected a visitor at this hour, but Maria's face bore a look of horror at the sight of their new guest. Standing in their doorway, standing just shorter than the boys, but still managing to look down on them, was a woman with dark brown hair cropped short and blood red eyes that glared at everyone they saw. She was dressed in a chainmail hauberk with ceremonial bronze medals hanging off the rings, below that was a red skirt that reached down to her knees and a pair of fine leather boots with metal plating and tips. Completing her image was a long, red cape flowing down her back all the way to the floor, and a red-crested galea helm tucked under her arm. The new arrival pushed past Thatch and into the dorm room until she stood right before their leader. The woman glared down at her. "Hello Maria."

The centurion in question gaped at the sight of her and tried to stammer an answer. "J-Julia?"

The woman, now identified as Julia, didn't break her glare as she looked down at the team leader. "What's wrong? Not happy to see your sister?"

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And there we have chapter 2

Remember how I said last time around that Maria had a sister she didn't like? Well, ladies and gentlemen, introducing Julia Gaia, a respected general in the Atlesian Military. We'll be seeing more of her as the story goes on.

As for Team VOAJ, they are owned by Madninja324, an author with quite an impressive list of teams under his belt. Check out his stories if you have the chance.