Here we are at Chapter 14. The final battle has come as Khazhak and Porphryius face off against Negative Weiss and Negative Blake, while Ruby and the others fight the dream to free Weiss once and for all. I do not own RWBY Ice Queendom. They belong to their respective owners. I only own my OCs. Here's chapter 14. Enjoy.


Chapter 14: Light of Friendship

Dark flames spread throughout the city as Blake's Nightmare causes chaos and Weiss' dream tries to resist it. In the middle of this flaming hell, Khazhak and Porphyrius face off against Negative Weiss and Negative Blake.

"Get out of my way, Porphyrius!" Nega-Blake demands as she pushes against Porphyrius.

"I'm sorry, but I can't do that Blake. If you go through with this, you'll regret it for the rest of your life. I won't let you!" Porphyrius retorts.

"If you won't help me, and you won't stay out of my way... then I'll have to take you down alongside her!" Nega-Blake swings her blades to force Porphyrius into the air.

Taking flight, Porphyrius fires his rifles, making Negative Blake run along the rooftops before jumping up at him. Meanwhile, Khazhak deals with Negative Weiss.

"The time has come for your stupidity to end, Weiss!" Khazhak pushes Negative Weiss back.

"Why are you interfering, Khazhak? Look at what she and the White Fang have done to this city. All this chaos, I never wanted any of this!" Nega-Weiss retorts.

"And yet it happened anyway. Because of you!" Khazhak charges up his semblance and swings his swords, sending out several bolts of lightning at Negative Weiss.

Weiss evades them by jumping around a few glyphs. She creates four more to fire off some Dust blasts, but Khazhak combines his blades into their spear form and twirls them around to block the shots as he closes in. Getting close, he swings his blades, slicing through the glyphs as Negative Weiss jumps back.

"How am I to blame for all of this?" Nega-Weiss asks.

"Because you represent people like you, Weiss. The White Fang are both offender and victim. They've harmed innocents, both human and Faunus, yes. But, that wasn't always the case. The Faunus were victimized long before the White Fang even existed. All at the hands of people like you who look down on them," Khazhak retorts before charging at her again.

Twirling his blades around, her makes a series of spinning strikes as Negative Weiss tries to deflect and parry them. She holds her ground for a few moments, but Khazhak gets a spinning back kick in on her stomach, staggering her. He uses this chance to swing his weapon, encased in lightning, sending out an arch of lightning that sends Negative Weiss flying back. She lands on another rooftop, then quickly jumps back as Khazhak tries to smash his weapon, now in its greatsword form, down on her.

"The Faunus have had to struggle to survive, but people like you never gave a damn. They only wanted to be seen as people, as equals. But people like your father, like you only ever saw them as animals. Always beneath you," Khazhak says.

"I never said I was like that. I don't actually hate the Faunus. Not all of them," Nega-Weiss argues.

"Well, you've certainly proved otherwise. It was just like with Sun and Blake. The moment you saw they were Faunus, you automatically thought of them as criminals. As monsters. Just like the rest of the Faunus," Khazhak shoots back.

"But, that's not what I-," Nega-Weiss says, but then stops herself. "I don't... I don't know what to do. I don't know what I want," she can't understand it at all.

"How can you be so blind?!" Khazhak yells as he charges at her again.

Meanwhile, Porphyrius flies over the burning city, firing off shots at Negative Blake as she gives chase. Negative Blake swats the shots away with her swords, throwing up one with a chain that latches onto Porphyrius's left leg. She pulls him down, sending him crashing onto a rooftop. Porphyrius rolls out of the way when she tries to impale him on her swords.

"I don't understand, Porphyrius. You of all people should know what being victimized feels like. The Schnee Dust Company must fall, or else more Faunus will suffer at their hands. Theirs and other humans like the despicable Schnees," Nega-Blake says.

"You're right. I was a victim, Blake. Look at me! Jacques Schnee took my family, my home, my wings, my eye. He took everything from me!" Porphyrius yells before flying at her, swinging his blades. Their blades clash again. "If anyone has any reason to hate him and want him gone, it would be me. I will never forgive him for his crimes, and I know Khazhak will make him pay for them one day. But, I've also recently learned something else,"

"And what's that?!" Nega-Blake pushes Porphyrius back. "How to cower and serve at the whims of disgusting humans who prey upon Faunus. Or maybe it's your human half that's making you hesitate. You're tainted by their blood. That's why you can't do what must be done. I'd call you a traitor, but you're not even a real Faunus to begin with!"

"No! If all we have left is hatred, then we'll never hold anything else. Humans treated Faunus as monsters, and when we lost hope, we became monsters. We gave in to their perceptions of Faunus. That's not moving forward, it's moving backwards, Blake!" Porphyrius retorts.

"You think we wanted this? Humans like the Schnees left us no choice. When everything was taken from us, hatred was the only thing we had left. And so, we'll use it to make them understand what they did to us. We'll make them pay for everything! And anyone who stands in our way will fall right alongside them!" Nega-Blake attacks and tackles Porphyrius with her blades off the rooftop.

They end up crashing into the side of another rooftop as their clash continues.

Inside the Schnee manor, Ruby and Reaper continue their fight against the Nightmare. They slice through vine after vine, but seem to be making little progress. Meanwhile, the blue gown within the vines is becoming more and more tattered and torn. Ruby jumps back, firing off a few shots that do little damage. Vines come at her, but Reaper gets in the way, twirling his twin-scythe like a shield to keep them back. He lands and sends out two skull phantoms, screaming more vines into shreds.

"This is getting tiresome. We have to figure out its weakness," Reaper notes.

Hearing this, Ruby suddenly recollects something Weiss told her in her dream. About her weapon and why it is made the way it is.

"There is a reason for everything, Ruby...After all... It hides in the shadow of the one facing it," She remembers Weiss' words.

Ruby looks at Crescent Rose, "The reason... why my gun is on the other side..."

Back outside, Yang and Lloyd continue to evade the statue's attacks. Yang rides like the wind, weaving around the fists that come down on them.

"This thing is so annoying!" Yang says.

"You're telling me!" Lloyd replies while firing off a few shots from his gauntlets.

Grimm Fang attack the statue as well, but it simply swings its arms and sends them all flying. One of those arms nearly hits them, making Yang slide her motorcycle to a stop.

"That's it! You asked for this!" Yang takes off her goggles as her eyes turn red and her hair lights up.

"Woah," Lloyd mutters in awe as her semblance activates.

Yang revs it up to max and rides straight at the statue. It swings an arm down on them, but Yang jumps up, screaming as she throws a punch to smash the arm to pieces with one blow. She lands back on her bike and rides up the side of the statue straight to its head.

"Aw, yeah! Let's do it!" Lloyd encases his fist in steel.

They roar as they get close and through a double fist at the head of the statue, smashing a hole straight through it. To their surprise and confusion, they end up somewhere else. In the back of a large manor. Looking around, the place looks like no battles have taken place here. Yang stops her motorcycle as they look around.

"What is this place?" Yang asks.

"I think... this is the Schnee Manor," Lloyd replies.

"Hey, Grandfather! Listen to this. Lots of people have been saying that our house looks like a castle! They say you built it," a young girl's voice grabs their attention and they turn to see a younger version of Weiss sitting in the back garden of the manor at a fountain.

Sitting next to her is a elderly man with short white hair, a matching beard, blue eyes, and wearing a suit of armor with a red cape.

"That looks like Weiss, but who's the old man?" Yang wonders.

"I think that's her grandfather. Nicholas Schnee," Lloyd replies.

Nicholas laughs, "Hahaha, well I think that's just a bit much,"

"Huh, but why not? Lots of people like you. And you always act like a king, and you live in a really big house," Weiss says.

"Hmm, what matters to me is protecting and serving the people. I've had no desire to become a king. My sweet, dear Weiss, a time will come where you will want to leave this castle and head out into the world," Nicholas says.

"You mean like when you left to find Dust for everyone, Grandfather?" Weiss asks.

"Indeed. Until that day comes, the Schnee family will act as a castle to protect you. However, soon, the day will come where you become a castle that lives to protect others. And I know that will make not only the Schnee Family, but most of all yourself, very proud," Nicholas says.

Weiss smiles, "Hmm, does that mean I need to build a castle like you, Grandfather?"

This makes him laugh again, "Hahaha, Yes. Build the best, most honorable castle you can. Inside your heart, Weiss. Build it with the friends I've no doubt you will meet one day," Nicholas says, making her smile.

"She really admired him, huh," Yang mutters.

"Yeah. Nicholas was a hero to the people, both humans and Faunus. Maybe deep down, she wanted to be just like him, but couldn't because of her bastard father, and because she had to figure herself out too," Lloyd says.

"Oh, Weiss," Yang sighs.

Just then, the scene collapses as the statue falls apart. Yang and Lloyd make a break for it, leaving the statue as it breaks and falls into pieces. Out in the city, Jaune and the sillies see the statue crumbling.

"Everyone, let's get out of here!" Jaune yells and they all make a run for it.

Elsewhere in the city, Khazhak and Negative Weiss see the statue fall.

"No... Big Nicholas," Nega-Weiss gasps in horror. Her expression turns into rage as she aims her rapier at Khazhak. "How dare you! Because of your interference, the White Fang were able to destroy the guardian of our fair city. Khazhak, you will receive judgment for this!"

In another part of the city, Porphyrius and Negative Blake see the statue fall.

Negative Blake smirks, "Today is the day the Schnee family falls. All that's left now is Mistress Schnee,"

"No, Blake. I won't let you kill Weiss," Porphyrius raises his arm blades.

"I suppose a half-bread like you will never understand. Then you will die alongside them," Nega-Blake retorts as Grimm Fang members join her side.

"No, I do understand. More than you will ever know. But, this is not the right path. If we want to create the future we truly desire. If we want to change the world..." purple flames spark from the emblem on his eye patch. "To create the future, we have to change... OURSELVES!" Porphyrius roars as the flames erupt from his eyepatch.

Suddenly, the entire area around them gets hit with a wave of gravity that forces everyone within on their hands and knees.

Even Negative Blake gets pinned, "What the... What... is... this?!" she can barely hold her head up.

In the real world, the group notice with shock the flames erupting from Porphyrius' eyepatch as he sleeps.

"Woah, what's going on with Porphyrius?!" Nora freaks out.

"Is something wrong with him?!" Pyrrha seems very worried.

Ozpin remains calm, "No, I don't think so. It seems Porphyrius is tapping into his true potential in the dream. How interesting," he says before turning to Khazhak and Ruby. "What else will we see?"

Back in the dream, Khazhak readies his blade against Negative Weiss.

"That's where you're wrong, Weiss. I am the leader of Team KEPL. I am the one who protects the innocent and punishes the guilty. I am the shadow that protects the light. I am Khazhak Rairyu, the Storm of Judgment! And judgment is mine to command!" Khazhak roars as lightning bursts forth around him.

In the real world, lightning sparks all around Khazhak's body.

"And now something's happening to Khazhak. His aura... is growing stronger. I've felt anything like this," Pyrrha notes as they all watch with concern.

"Woah, he's like a power plant about to explode! He won't actually explode, right?" Nora asks.

"No, I don't think so. Something must be happening to Khazhak in the dream," Ren thinks.

Ozpin smiles, "Battle has a way of unlocking one's true abilities. It seems there is more to you than meets the eye, Khazhak Rairyu,"

"What is this?" Nega-Weiss mutters, then gasps.

Around Khazhak is the faint form of a blue dragon, its eyes glowing bright. The dragon roars as it loops its body around Khazhak's blade.

"Weiss Schnee, final verdict: Guilty," Khazhak declares as he raises his sword and then swings downward.

He sends out a massive blast of lightning in the form of a dragon's head, roaring as it closes in on her. Negative Weiss tries to block it with her glyphs, but the attack easily breaks through them and collides with her, sending her flying back and crashing onto a rooftop near Porphyrius and Negative Blake. Khazhak stumbles for a moment and catches his breath.

"What... was that?" Khazhak mutters.

With Ruby and Reaper, they keep fighting the Nightmare, but still haven't beaten it.

"Reaper, we're getting nowhere like this! I don't think this is the real Nightmare!" Ruby says before flying back to dodge more vines.

"If so, then where is the real one?" Reaper looks around.

Ruby lands and looks down, noticing her shadow from the light of the dress. She remembers Weiss' words once more.

"Is that the answer, Weiss?" Ruby mutters, staring at her weapon.

"Ruby, move!" Reaper calls out.

Ruby looks up and jumps as more vines attack her. The pair move towards the Nightmare, with Reaper pushing back the vines with his skull phantoms. Once they get an opening, they strike the main body, causing the grimm to scream. Landing, Ruby looks back at her shadow and fires her weapon.

"Ruby, what are you-," Reaper stops when he notices the rounds hit her shadow and it deforms until the real Nightmare appears. "So, that's the real grimm,"

Ruby fires a few more shots to hurt it, but the fake Nightmare grabs both of them with its vines, binding them in the air.

"Ruby!" Reaper tries to break free, but is having trouble.

As the Nightmare looms closer to Ruby, a bright light suddenly erupts from her eyes, covering the entire room. The light destroys the fake grimm and all of its vines. Reaper lands on his feet and notices the light.

"What... was that?" Reaper mutters.

Ruby runs and fires a few more shots at the real Nightmare, killing it for real this time. In the city, Khazhak lands next to Negative Weiss and watches as the Nightmare's hold on Weiss breaks apart, herself finally free from its control.

"Ruby did it. She finally did it," Khazhak looks back at the manor beyond.

In the real world, everyone sees the vine marks on Weiss dissipate. A moment later, the Nightmare flies out of Weiss and tries to escape. Shion uses her wand and strands to capture it and force it into her jar. Inside, the Nightmare tries and fails to break free before it dies completely.

Shion takes a few breaths, "They did it. They succeeded in defeating the Nightmare,"

"This means that Weiss is safe now," Ren notes.

"Yeah. Teams RWBY and KEPL save the day!" Nora cheers.

"Now, they just have to free Blake and this will finally be over," Pyrrha says.

Ozpin looks at Ruby, being the only one to notice a faint light emanating from her eyes under the strands.

"Very well done, Ruby Rose. You are proving that you are a true huntress. Just like your mother," Ozpin notes.

In the dream, Porphyrius' power dissipates and he falls onto his knees. The gravity wave is gone, allowing Negative Blake and the Grimm Fang to move. Negative Blake turns to the unconscious Weiss on the rooftop next to them.

"This ends now," Nega-Blake jumps onto the other rooftop.

"Blake, no!" Porphyrius yells, but struggles to get up, weakened by his power.

As Negative Blake closes in, Khazhak lands in between them, "No can do, Blake. If you want Weiss, you'll have to go through me,"

"Out of my way, Khazhak!" Nega-Blake demands as the dark flames erupt around them.

The flames burn all over the city, now that Weiss' Nightmare is gone. In the city, Jaune holds the sillies close to him.

"Everyone, stay close to me. I'll protect you!" Jaune says as the vines inch closer to them.

"Blake, you have to stop!" Nega-Blake looks up as Yang lands on the rooftop and hops off her motorcycle with Lloyd.

"It's over, Blake. It's time to wake up!" Lloyd pleads.

"Please, Blake. Don't forget who you are!" Porphyrius lands next to them.

In Team RWBY's dorm room, Weiss stares at the bunk beds, "I truly did want bunk beds. I never lied about that,"

She gasps when she turns and sees Ruby and Reaper before her.

"But you had a family. You had siblings," Ruby notes.

"Even though there were five of us, I was still alone. I was isolated," Weiss replies, her family portrait hanging behind her, showing the sad faces of her family.

"Weiss, you may have been alone in the past, but that doesn't mean you have to be alone forever. You're not alone anymore. You have your teammates, your friends," Reaper says.

"Weiss, you can trust me. None of us will leave you alone. I won't leave you alone. Will you... will you please be my friend?" Ruby pleads.

Weiss smiles at them. Reaper extends a hand, as does Ruby. Weiss walks forth and reaches out to grasp their hands.

In the manor, Ruby and Reaper look up as the formal gown is repaired back to normal.

"Weiss..." Ruby mutters.

The gown flies down to them, wrapping its arms around Ruby and Reaper in a hug before they all sink into a glyph made by the gown.

"Ruby, Reaper," Weiss opens her eyes, now back to normal.

A moment later, Ruby and Reaper appear right next to her.

"Hey, you guys are okay!" Yang is happy to see them.

"Took your sweet time, you guys," Khazhak smirks.

Ruby smiles, "There you are!" she then notices Weiss staring back at her, and smiles. "It's you. It's really you, Weiss!" she moves and wraps her partner in a warm hug.

"Hold on, what's going on here? And why am I in these weird clothes?" Weiss asks, not understanding a single thing about what's going on here as Ruby rambles on.

"Guys, we're not done here," Khazhak says. "Blake's possessed by a Nightmare," he says as they face Negative Blake.

"Blake's what?" Ruby asks as she readies her scythe.

Weiss grabs her rapier, "Blake's been possessed by a Nightmare?"

"So, now you're hiding behind your little friends? Fine then, Daughter of the Schnee Family, they'll go down right with you," Nega-Blake readies her blades.

"Blake's been possessed by a Nightmare," Weiss looks around at the dream. "Then, this is her dream, isn't it. But that means... I can't believe I never noticed that something was wrong with her. I am such a fool," she bemoans.

"That's not even close to how this all started," Lloyd groans.

"Um, Yang, care to explain what happened here?" Ruby asks.

"I'll explain later. First, we need to wake Blake up," Yang replies.

In the real world, Shion continuously types 'wake' on her computer to wake Blake up. Unfortunately, it's not working.

"The Nightmare has greater control on Blake's heart than I first thought," Shion looks to her hourglass. "I just need my aura to hold out. Just a little bit longer, please,"

In the dream, Weiss deflects a strike from a Grimm Fang's sword before kicking it away and then stabbing it through the chest with her rapier. Lloyd jumps onto another Grimm Fang, slamming it into the ground and smashing a steel boot on its skull. Porphyrius fires off his rifles at a few Grimm Fang that get too close, while Ruby flies around with her semblance to slice through another Grimm Fang from behind. Reaper throws his twin-scythe, the blades spinning in the air as they cut through two Grimm Fang before returning to him. Meanwhile, Khazhak clashes his blades against Negative Blake's. He parries one strike from her and headbutts her in the face and then kicks her back. As Negative Blake regains herself, Yang tries to smash her fist down on her, but she knocks her back with a swing of her sword.

"Come on, I just want to wake you up. You've gotta snap out of it, Blake!" Yang exclaims.

"Yang, I'll give you an opening. Be ready," Khazhak charges up his swords, swinging them and sending out a few arches of lightning at Negative Blake.

Negative Blake deflects the attacks with her blades, but Yang suddenly comes in from the side when she's exposed. As Negative Blake turns, Yang lands a punch on her face, damaging the grimm mask and exposing her left eye.

Negative Blake stumbles, "...Yang?!" the real Blake says.

"It's okay, Blake. But you have to wake up now," Yang pleads.

Blake fights against the Nightmare's control as she pulls out her coin. She looks at the others and they get ready just in case it doesn't work. Luckily, it seems to when the real Blake starts pulling herself out of Negative Blake.

She reaches out with her hand, "Yang!" Blake calls for her partner.

Yang grabs her hand and pulls her out, freeing herself from the Nightmare.

"Yes, Blake's back to normal," Porphyrius sighs with relief.

"About time," Weiss notes.

Just then, the Nightmare forms behind the empty husk that now is Negative Blake.

Blake looks at her arm, "It still has a hold on me. I'm not free just yet,"

"Okay, so what's the plan?" Reaper asks.

"Guys, I know what to do. Weiss showed me how to beat it," Ruby says, much to her partner's confusion.

Khazhak smirks, "Alright, little rose, we'll follow you,"

"Yeah, lead the way, leader," Yang smashes her fists together.

"We've got your back," Lloyd bumps his chest.

"Let's do this, together," Blake pulls out her katana.

"We're in this together," Reaper says.

"Nothing going to beat all of us," Porphyrius spreads his wings.

Negative Blake charges at them, swinging her blades at Blake and Yang. They move back, giving Khazhak a chance to swing his left blade, followed by spinning around with his right. Negative Blake blocks his attacks, but Reaper fires off a knife to wrap around her right arm and pulls her off balance. Porphyrius flies in for a double kick to her chest, knocking her back. Yang makes a pair of hooks at Negative Blake's head, followed by Blake pushing her back with her blade. As Negative Blake gets pushed back, she gets hit by a Dust blast from Weiss. Weiss conjures a glyph behind her and freezes Negative Blake in ice up to her neck. Yang comes in a and throws a hard right cross, sending Negative Blake up into the air. Porphyrius flies in and knocks her back towards the roof with a downward swing of his blades. Lloyd ends up under her and throws a steel uppercut that sends her flying into the air. Ruby races forth while Weiss conjure several glyphs to fire Dust blasts at her. Ruby turns her weapon into a snowboard and uses the blasts to propel her into the air after Negative Blake. Khazhak runs at Lloyd, who grabs him by the arm and swings him straight up after her. Blake lands on the side of a building, using her sword to throw a chunk of the wall straight at them. Khazhak makes a cross slash through the debris while Ruby changes her weapon back into a scythe. They move around Negative Blake and make a double strike with their weapons, sending Negative Blake crashing into the rooftop. As she gets up, Blake stabs her in the back with her katana.

"Um, did you really have to do that. I mean, aren't you basically killing yourself?" Lloyd asks.

"It's not me. It's the person I used to be long ago," Blake replies as Negative Blake dissipates into nothing.

They all turn their attention to the Nightmare, "Alright, you guys ready?" Ruby readies her scythe.

"Let's end this," Khazhak replies.

"I couldn't agree more," Weiss says.

"Right behind you," Reaper joins them.

"Ready when you are," Blake says.

"All together now," Porphyrius lands next to them.

"Let's go, everyone," Yang adds.

"And do it in style," Lloyd smirks.

The Nightmare sends its vines out at them, but the gang deflect them away as they all charge at the grimm. Jumping into the air, they close in on it. Yang makes punch after punch. Lloyd makes several strikes with his claws. Blake does a few slashes with her katana. Porphyrius makes a few swings before firing off his rifles. Weiss makes a few strikes with her rapier and finishes it up with some ice shards from her glyphs. Reaper makes a few swings with his twin-scythe before attacking with his skull phantoms. Ruby makes a series of strikes with her scythe. And finally, Khazhak attacks with his blades before sending out several lightning bolts at the grimm. The combined assault leaves the Nightmare in pieces, revealing an old White Fang flag from within shining down on them.

"Okay everyone, it's time," Ruby says and looks back, prompting the others to do the same.

They see their shadows all coalesce into one point, where the real Nightmare appears. Yang fires off her gauntlets, as does Lloyd. Porphyrius fires his rifles while Blake fires her pistol. Weiss conjures a glyph to fire Dust blasts while Reaper attacks with his screaming skull phantoms. And Ruby and Khazhak fire off their weapons. The combined barrage forces the grimm to come out and eventually it flies up and leaves the dream.

The Nightmare leaves Blake's body, and Shion captures it before securing it in her jar. She looks and her aura held out until the last moment, and not a moment too soon.

"They did it just in the nick of time," Shion says.

Nora and Ren high-five each other while the professor smile at the victory.

Pyrrha smiles down on Jaune, "You did an excellent job, Jaune,"

Now that both Nightmare's are gone, the dream itself begins to fall apart and fade. In the city, Jaune and the sillies look around.

"Hey, Jaune, you're not dead! Good for you," Jaune looks as Teams RWBY and KEPL walk towards them, with Lloyd giving him a thumbs up.

Jaune notices Weiss with them, "Weiss, you're back. You guys defeated the grimm. You really are awesome teams,"

Weiss then notices Dream Pyrrha and the little Weiss' "Huh?"

"Thank you. We wouldn't have made it without your help," Ruby says.

They smile at them before fading away.

"Hey, they're gone," Jaune notes.

"Was that... Pyrrha? And who were those girls with her?" Weiss asks.

"They were residents of your dream, Weiss," Reaper says.

"You referred to them as 'sillies' basically," Porphyrius adds.

"What?" Weiss asks, then notices Porphyrius' wings. "Wait, Porphyrius? You have wings?"

"Yeah, it's kind of a long story, but basically..." and Khazhak explains everything to Weiss.

Once Weiss learned that this is her dream, not Blake's, and that she was actually the one possessed by a grimm in the first place... she didn't exactly take it well.

Weiss falls onto her hands and knees, "That's not possible! This couldn't have happened! How in the world did I of all people get possessed by a grimm?! Please, tell me this is a lie!" Weiss freaks out.

"Weiss, please calm down. Everything's okay now," Ruby tries to soothe her.

"So, Ice Queen has a soft spot after all," Lloyd jokes.

"Who would've thought it," Yang snickers.

"Come on, you guys," Blake sighs.

"This is beyond embarrassing. I'll never be able to live this down!" Weiss turns to them. "Please, you have to promise you won't tell a single soul about any of this. Please, this must be kept secret. And Jaune, too! I'll despise you for the rest of your life if you tell your team," she glares at the blonde.

"Oh, it's way too late for that," Jaune glances away while rubbing his head.

"Weiss, that is hardly a concern. You're finally awake now, after all the trouble you gave us to wake you up. Now, how about we finally leave this crazy place, please?" Khazhak looks to Yang.

"You got it. One coin for one trip back to the real world," Yang pulls out her coin and flips it.

It creates a light that shatters the dream, allowing them all to finally wake up.

In the real world, Shion types 'wake' on her computer. The others watch as the gang all open their eyes, finally free from the dream. Weiss sits up and notices Professors Shion, Ozpin, and Goodwitch along with the rest of Team JNPR there to greet them.

"Yay, you're all awake now!" Nora shows a big smile.

"It was a difficult challenge, but you all succeeded nonetheless," Ren adds.

"I'm so glad you're back, Weiss," Pyrrha says.

Weiss tries to smile, but can't help but feel bad seeing as how more people know that she was possessed by a grimm.

"Um, yes... it wasn't that much of a big deal. Honestly... it was nothing," Weiss says, though her expression says otherwise.

Khazhak smirks at the scene then sighs, "Hell, it's about time,"

The Nightmare is finally over.

Later that evening, Teams RWBY and KEPL are in the former's dorm room, with most of them staring at Weiss' bunk. The bunk is covered by a white bed sheet as a curtain, but they can hear Weiss crying and whimpering from within.

"This is the worst! Team JNPR and the professors know I was possessed by a grimm. Now the whole school will know what happened to me! My life might as well be over!" Weiss cries.

"Geez, dramatic much," Lloyd mutters.

"Please, compared to what we all went though, you being embarrassed is hardly a comparison," Khazhak crosses his arms.

"Weiss, relax. No one's going to say anything bad about you," Ruby says.

"It was just a bit of bad luck, that's all. That, and you had some personality issues to sort out," Porphyrius says.

"There's no need to be so concerned about this, Weiss," Reaper adds.

"We promise we won't say anything to anyone about your dream," Yang says.

"I don't think you need to make this into such a big deal, Weiss," Blake adds.

Weiss pulls back the curtain, "How can you all say that to me with straight faces?!" she demands with tears in her eyes. The others look at each other for a moment before they all start laughing. Weiss shows a look of embarrassment mixed with betrayal. "You all promised me you wouldn't laugh! You are all so mean!"

Well, even if she's too embarrassed to ever leave the dorm room again, at least Weiss is alive to do so.


And that's the chapter. That was a long one, woo. Teams RWB and KEPL save both Weiss and Blake from the Nightmare's and end this long dream gone wrong. Though Weiss will probably never be able to live it down, LOL. The next chapter will be the last chapter for the story. Now that the Nightmare is finally over, what else awaits Teams RWBY and KEPL? Until then, please Read and Review.