Time is a fickle thing; it holds power over each and every one of us. So often do we wish we had the opportunity to relive the past and correct mistakes we've made, to ease our regrets about the choices we didn't make. Sometimes fate is just kind enough - or just cruel enough, to grant us that chance.

A collection of Dragonslayer excerpts from stories I might not finish but figured a vignette might serve as an easy read. All in different formats and not always for romantic shipping. Glossary inside for easier finds for your preferred experience.

The Huntsmen of Remnant are the elite warriors dedicated to protecting others from the creatures of Grimm. Soldiers from Earth are dedicated to keeping peace and defending others from all enemies foreign and domestic. What happens when these two defenders of man meet? Rated M for language, violence, cruel sexual humor and use of alcohol and tobacco.

Some poor sap goes to sleep one night and wakes up the next morning as the leader of the White Fang. This cannot end well. (Friend SI)

WR69 Minutes, Prompt: Feather. The sun arcs in the sky, and begins its descent as noon comes and goes. "Pretty," Weiss mumbles, rough like sandpaper as she holds a long dark red feather in her hand.

Part 6 in my modern AU "You not gonna go over there Weissy?" Yang asks with a smile, leaning across the bar with a grin. "She's getting a little handsy with your girlfriend." Weiss hums, drinking another sip of her bubbling juice. "Why should I? That girl is embarrassing herself fine enough without me swooning into Ruby's admittedly perfect arms."

WR69 Minutes, Prompt: Breakdown. Another arch of real physical pain jolts up her spine, digging into her lungs and her heart, and Ruby tries to suppress her gasp. Weiss is at her side in moments, holding her partner close with worried eyes. "Ruby, please-" "You don't understand, do you?" It's bitter and ascitic, unfamiliar in her mouth so often filled with sweets.

"Weiss!" She's breathless, filled with all the love she's held for the silver-haired woman. "Marry me!" Weiss gawks at the taller woman, her flowing red shirt and black vest, the thin scar across her cheek, and her brilliant smile. "I don't think now is the best time!"

WR69 Minutes, Prompt: Whirlwind. A memory from long ago, her dance across the hillside of a mountain topped with a castle made of ice, led by the phantom of her long lost whirlwind. She giggles, swirling her magic into a moving statue of ice and snow.

Remnant was saved. But it came at a price—Ruby Rose learned that the power of gods is no meager tool, and paid with years of her life for using it. Thrust into a war against old enemies and friends alike, she can trust only herself and her waning skills to ensure Remnant's survival. —A TWIST ON THE COMMON TIME-TRAVEL AU—

WR69 Minutes Prompt: Nails, "Weiss-" Ruby whispers, her hands warm on Weiss' face. The low rumble of blood in her veins sends Weiss reeling. She jerks up and away but falls back against the greenhouse backdoor. As Ruby cups, her face Weiss shivers, feeling the Atlas night grow cold.

"My frightful dragon," Ruby's face is twisted in a grimace, teeth grit together tightly as her tail flicks around behind her. "Look at me, my love."

Hunting down Vampires was a full time gig, so was going to school to be a Huntress. Somehow, Yang Xiao-Long finds a way. Sort of a Buffy the Vampire Slayer parody?

When Cinder Fall and her associates hired notorious criminal Roman Torchwick to run a few jobs for them, they didn't realise the mistake they'd just made. The gangster is playing games behind the scenes, and with his trusty partner by his side, he might have a few surprises in store for the megalomaniac.

"What's your favorite Fairy Tale?" Weiss Schnee wakes up in a glass coffin. The world has gone as mad as the stories she grew up with. Worse still, she's the only one who can remember the way things should be. Now with only a borrowed sword and a magic mirror she has set out to find what became of her friends in this new world. And she might just make some new ones along the way.

Change is the only constant in life. Where the world rises and falls, change will always remain. Whether you like it, or not. SI/OC

Set 16 years before Volume 1 of RWBY, this is a story of 4 individuals trying to become Huntsman and doing their best to overcome any challenges along the way and may indeed help save Remnant.

Those with silver eyes are said to lead lives of warriors. A know saying around Remnant. But Ruby was never ready for the day she met her mentor, and never guessed that they'd be Death herself.

Interrogations with Roman have grown to a standstill, and time is growing short. When Ozpin suggests a new strategy, everyone is against it. But it could be their only shot.

[Up for adoption] With his transcripts denied and his pockets emptier than a starving man's stomach, Jaune Arc was anything but fine. No way was he going back home - that would mean he gave up. So when a high-paying job as a servant for a rich family came up, he took it without hesitation. Only... there was no family, and his mistress certainly wasn't normal either. [Fantasy AU]

Beacon a caído, la unión de los reinos en Remnant pende de un hilo y Jaune recibe un mensaje de una vieja amiga. Tras casi un año de la batalla en Vale los amigos se reúnen, pero no será lo mismo, el contrato del joven Arc está sellado. (Nuevo título)

Después de sobrevivir a La Batalla de Haven Cinder temiendo la cólera de Salem por su fracaso se escondió durante años, durante ese tiempo conoció a alguien y con el tiempo fruto de esa unión nació su hija, pero ahora esa persona se ha ido dejando a Cinder sola con ella enfrentando la tarea de criar a su hija mientras lidia consigo misma plagiado God of War

Before, I was an orphaned teenager without much going for me in life, and now, out of nowhere, my life became a video game in another world I used to think was fantasy. Isn't it's funny how fate works? And why is this system so cheeky! [AU!] [Gamer MC!]

Ten year old Jaune, going with his older sister Saffron to Argus to get out from under their parents dominating thumb. A simple encounter gives him the opportunity he would have never gotten otherwise, training. Now watch, as one legend helps give rise to another. (trainer is Maria Calavera, will add her to character list when I fanfiction puts an option for adding her)

Ruby and Yang are the last descendants of a family that's protected Remnant for generations. Blake has a dark past she's trying to escape. Weiss can't understand or control her powers, but she's still determined to do the right thing. And Jaune just wants to be a hero, and isn't going to let minor technicalities like being really bad at it stop him. Superhero AU, Part 2 now up.