Dove pov

As I flew back to the camp I was disappointed I hadn't found it but when I got there I noted Qrow was talking to them all animatedly and seemed to be quite positive so I was assuming he found it. Landing I transformed back and said "so you found it?"

"Yep."

"Thats great, so which way are we going?"

"This way" he said, gesturing at the path behind him.

"Okay then lead on, oh mighty king of scouting."

I watched him and saw a sad look cross his face as his eyes got distant for a second before he seemingly shook it off and started leading us towards Salem's palace.

We had been walking quietly for some time when a voice cut through the silence, "you won't be going any further!"

Jerking to a halt I stared at the man blocking our path, he was short and kinda weedy looking, certainly not any kind of threat. However the sharp looking blades on his gauntlets suggested he was a fighter. Frowning I stepped forwards "who are you to stop us?"

"Me? You can call me Tyrian, and I am the queen's right hand. Now turn back or be destroyed!"

Sharing a brief glance with Emerald, I nodded slightly to the left and she grinned and winked. It didn't take long for the effects of her powers to show.

"My queen?...What?...I...I don't...No!...I...I...I'll do better...Please...I won't disappoint you again...Please...No!" Dropping to his knees he groaned and wailed and then suddenly he seemed to snap and go completely insane. Lunging to his feet he started swinging his bladed gauntlets wildly, while screaming incoherently. Then just as suddenly as he started he stoped, tilting his head to one side and turning slowly in Emeralds direction. "Little illusionist you returned? Why are you...Ah, I see you returned but not to rejoin the queen but to fight against her, well in that case..."

He seemed to shake of the illusion completely and shot towards her, then the fight was on and several grim joined in.

"Go on go! Mercury, Neo and I can take 'em!"

When I looked like I was going to argue, Qrow snapped "I'll stay and help them out, we'll catch up to you. Now go!"

Reluctantly I started leading everyone away from the fight, the castle was in sight now so we knew where we were going. Twice more we had to stop to fight of small packs of grim however when we stood on the steps to the palace we were all in one piece. Striding forwards and shoving the door open, we were confronted with the ugliest and strangest grim I had ever seen, there was an almost human quality to it. In fact it strongly resembles some kind of knight on horseback.

Ren made an odd strangled noise and Nora looked beyond tense, "We'll take this one, keep going!"

"Not without us, your not!" Jaune and pyrrha stepped forwards to join their team mates and so the team was split again. There was just myself, Penny, team RWBY and team DUSC left now.

Trecking onwards we followed the path never deviating from the main hallway, and walking in complete silence. I took note of the very limited number of grim we were encountering on route, all of them were dealt with fairly easily. Finally we were halting in front of a pair of huge oak doors, grotesque carvings of grim could be seen all over the doors.

I spared a single moment to wish Mercury was here, before I grabbed the beowolf head handle and shoved the door open, revealing the main room to be empty save a single large thrown at the rear of the room housing Salem, while Cinder stood on her left and Hazel and Watts on her right.

Strolling in I has to fight a grin when I saw Cinders face, I really hated her and it was awesome to see what Ruby did. If the venomous look on her face as she eyed the girl in question where any indicator, she hated Ruby for it.

"Looking a little worse for wear Cinder?"

Snarling she lunged forwards, only stoping when Salem raised her hand, although she looked like she really didn't want to. Flashing her a grin I was pleased to note her whole body strained towards me, indicating she had seen, and it had suitably enraged her. "Enough Cinder!"

Instantly like a kicked puppy she retreated back and her face blanked of emotion, although the rage was still clear in her eyes.

Glancing back over the groups my gaze lingered on Penny and Silver, tilting my head slightly in Cinder's direction, I was relieved they got the message when they both nodded and started forwards. I was quick to catch up, and we slowly advanced on the group at the thrown. Team RWBY and the rest of team DUSC followed. The closer we got the heavier the air in the room seemed to become, even from where I stood I could feel the tension ratcheting up with every step we took. It had been many years since all four maidens had been this close together.

Wind started to pick up swirling around the room, I could feel it tugging at my cloak. It took a second longer to realise I could feel the tugging inside as well, like part of my soul was trying to get out. Chancing a quick glance over at Silver and Penny I could see the strain on their faces showing they could feel it too, returning my gaze to Cinder I was pleased to see she looked almost constipated, clearly she felt the pulling too. The closer we got the more insistent the tugging was, it was almost painful now. Going off instinct I reached out and grasped Penny's hand, who in turn grabbed Silvers, we kept walking until Cinder stumbled forward. She looked less than impressed and it looked more like she was being dragged by a magnetic force than actually walking, but as soon as she was in range I grabbed one of her hands.

Power flooded my body and four screams echoed around the room, I could see everyone else gathering at the edges of the room away from the maelstrom we were causing. However my vision was quickly obscured, as the electrical like current running through me doubled in strength, and I mentally noted Silver must have grabbed Cinder's other hand.

AN- Hahaha I am soooooo sorry for taking so long to update this *hiding behind laptop* please forgive me. I was very distracted with my other fics and lately I'v just not really wanted to write anything and I've been continually starting new stories but not getting very far and stopping before I can even post the first chapter, so please bare with and I will try to finish this story off for all of you with some haste. If anyone has any ideas on how this could end I would love to hear them so please leave a review or PM me your ideas, thank you!

-SL xxx