So, here's the next chapter of the Grimm Rider. Again, thank you for your patients and kind supports. I was starting to lose hope on writing because of stress and problems.
Somewhere else, Wade was searching for Voltaria. He knows she can take care of herself but she's still a kid who needed protection. Sighing, Wade continues to search for Voltaria. Then he heard a loud gun firing. Confused, Wade followed the sounds and saw Ammolite fighting off Beowolves. She fired her guns at them, one by one. She was graceful and elegant before she transforms her weapons into colorful mini scythes. She slashes them before dicing them. As she finished, she made a pose and the Grimms dropped dead by her slashes. She looks up to see Wade.
"Bonjour!" She smiles.
Wade just blinked and said, "Howdy…"
Ammolite came over to him. "I am Ammolite Jewel."
"Wade Cross." Wade said, "Have any chance have ya seen a little girl 'bout yay big." he puts hand about the same height as his waist. "Wearin' all black, a mask, and a mean personality?"
Ammolite taps her chin and shook her head. "No, the only person is you." She pointed at Wade.
Sighing, Wade pinches the bridge of his nose, finding that nodded, "Alright, thanks anyways." He was about to walk away.
"Hold it!" Ammolite stops him. Wade stops and glances over to Ammolite walking over to him.
"Remember what Professor Ozpin said: the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years. And you are the one that I first saw." She explains.
Sighing, Wade couldn't argue, and he nodded, "Alright, we can be partners if ya help me find a little girl in black, deal?"
Nodding, Ammolite follows Wade through the forest as they search for Voltaria.
Meanwhile, Professor Ozpin was watching the students on his Scroll at the Beacon Cliffs overlooking the Emerald Forest when Glynda walks up behind him, holding her own tablet
"The last pair has been formed, sir." She taps the screen, "Nora Valkyrie and Lie Ren. Poor boy... I can't possibly imagine those two getting along. Still, he's probably better off than Miss Nikos." The video changes to Pyrrha and Jaune Arc's trek through the woods, Ozpin just Mmmm at her.
Glynda shook her head at the screen, "I don't care what his transcripts say. That Jaune fellow is not ready for this level of combat." She deactivates the tablet before walking back a little.
"I guess we'll find out soon enough. At their current pace, they should reach the temple within just a few minutes. What did you use as relics this year?" She asked.
There was silence from the headmaster and Glynda turned to him in confusion. "Professor Ozpin?"
Ozpin doesn't answer. Instead, he was watching his tablet with a contemplating interest as it shows the footage of Ruby Rose sitting in the grass and picking stray leaves while her 'partner' Weiss Schnee walks in random directions. He is sure that they can do it but he worries for Weiss's behavior.
Back to the Emerald forest, Yang Xiao Long and Blake Belladonna were walking through the forest. Blake saved Yang from Ursas, but Yang went 'Berserk' and destroyed one of the Ursas, yet Blake was able to help out. They soon stepped out into a clearing as they look down from the small hill and saw a circular stone temple, broken and decrepit, but for the platform was still intact. Around it, hold several black and gold objects on top of the pedestals.
"Think this is it?" Yang asked Blake as they looked at the temple.
In response, Blake gives Yang a skeptical look before she heads down the hill with her partner following behind. They walked across the floor and observed the items on each pedestal, they were chess pieces. There were gold and black, but some pieces were missing. Blake looks at a black king chess piece in confusion, not sure what she or Yang should do.
"Chess pieces?"
"Some of them are missing. Looks like we weren't the first ones here." Yang said, looking at the empty pedestals.
"Well, I guess we should pick one." Blake said to Yang who nodded.
Yang approaches one of the relics, a golden knight piece. She studies the golden knight carefully, it looks okay, so she picks it up and shows it to Blake.
"How about a cute little pony?" She asked Blake jokingly.
Blake smirks at her and almost rolled her eyes. "Sure."
They walk towards each other to the center of the temple floor as Yang shows her the peice. "That wasn't too hard!" She said with a grin.
"Well, it's not like this place is very difficult to find." Blake said almost a joke and the two shared a smile.
Jaune and Pyrrha were walking through the other part of the forest. They had a conversation or a lesson when Pyrrha asks Jaune why he did not activate his Aura. Turns out, Jaune wasn't familiar with it. Pyrrha begins to explain to him that Aura is the manifestation of one's soul, created from the understanding of both light and darkness in every being, and can be used by any living being.
The Grimm are the one exception. They lack souls, and are instead considered beings of darkness and "manifestations of anonymity". And with practice, Aura can be utilized as a shield, and may even be an efficient fighting tool. And to show her point, Pyrrha utilizes her aura to unlock Jaune's, which immediately heals his cut. She seems somewhat drained by the experience, but recovers a few moments later and notes that Jaune has a vast amount of Aura within himself. After their conversation, they stand at the mouth of a dark cave that has drawings on the side, involving armed men againsts a giant beast that looks like a scorpion.
"Think this is it?" Jaune asked.
Soon, they were walking inside the cave, Jaune was holding a short-burning torch to light their way. He somehow made it by himself without any trouble. Pyrrha looks around the dark cave, she isn't sure that this was the place to get the relics.
"I'm not sure this is it." Pyrrha said to Jaune, who sighs.
"Pyrrha, I made the torch. Could you at least humor me for, like, five more feet?" He stated to her.
Suddenly and completely unexpectedly, Jaune trips on the ground, and the torch flies into a small puddle, extinguishing the flame so the two are cast in darkness with only their eyes visible, and Jaune's eyes are seen getting up with a grumble.
"Do you...feel that?" Pyrrah asked Jaune when she felt something strange.
"Soul-crushing regret?"
"No, it's... warm." She stated.
Soon, Jaune's and Pyrrha's eyes are seen walking through the cave, continuing on their journey. Then they see a large glowing pointed object of gold right in front of them, illuminating Jaune's excited features. Jaune eyed on it happily, believing it was a relic.
"That's the relic!" He exclaims happily.
Jaunne slowly reaches out to grab it, but it moves away from his swipe, surprising him in the process.
"Hey! Bad-relic!" He scolded.
Jaune tries to get it again and again, and then jumps forward, grabbing it in the process with a loud 'Gotcha!'. He hangs onto it with all his might until the said object has raised him above the ground).
Pyrrha saw what it was and she became worried. "Jaune...?"
The object lowers itself with Jaune dangling right in front of it. He saw glowing red lines and eyes that were staring right in front of him. As it turns out, it belongs to a Grimm aka: a Death Stalker.
And Jaune screamed like a little girl.
Meanwhile, Voltaria and Evo are both walking through the forest. They didn't talk much since Voltaria isn't a talkative type as well as Evo, but they did learn about each other. Voltaria learned that Evo is a snake Faunes. He has green snake-like eyes that are kept hidden under his visor sunglasses. He likes any type of music.
They soon stopped when they heard a girlish scream.
They looked up to the sky and wondered if one of the students was injured. Voltaria knew it didn't sound like a girl injured, she should know. After all, she did memorize the vocal sounds of the people's screams. And that scream was someone in terror and it wasn't a girl, it was a boy. Voltaria heard Wraith laughing in her head.
"HAHAHA! Whoever that poor soul was, he sounded like a girl! HAHAHA!" Wraith said laughing.
Voltaria would've laughed, but she didn't. Instead, she just ignored it, finding it annoying to hear the screams now. After all, she did hear and memorize all the screams that she caused to everyone who tried to hunt her or rob her.
"What was that?" Evo asked.
"Someone screaming like a coward." Voltaria answered as they continued their way to the forest.
Evo looks at her under his visors before following the Gothic girl. As they walked through the forest, they heard fighting nearby. Looking at each other, the two hunters run off towards the source and find Wade and Ammolite fighting off a pack of Beowolves.
Wade uses his Justiceshot and fires at nearby Beowolf while Ammolite slashes one in half. Then Wade uses a Killershooter and fires at incoming Beowolves and shoots them as they fall to the ground dead. Evo soon joins in as he turns his guitar into an axe and helps them out. Voltaria watched blankly as the trio fought off the Grimm that were rough.
"Impressive..." Voltaria heard Regina humming in her mind. "They are proven to be quite useful."
"Meh, they're okay...I guess." Wraith said.
"Should we help them?" Tabitha asked.
Voltaria looks at Wade, Ammolite, and Evo fighting the creatures of Grimm. They weren't showing any fear as they worked together to defeat the Grimm. However, they're chances are slim, they have the skills, but they're kind of outnumbered. She could tell Grimm to stop, but they were Rouges, meaning she can't order them. Voltaria had an idea about leaving them to their fate, but she needs a team. So...meh, she'll just save them.
Voltaria took out a pure black card, there were no pictures or symbols, it was completely blank. She then throws it on the ground, stabbed on the solid ground. And soon, darkness appeared, consuming everyone. After a few seconds, the darkness disappeared, the Grimms are gone, but the three teens are still there. They were shocked by what just happened. They turned towards Voltaria, she was walking over to them calmly, not a single fear came to her.
"Let's get moving before the sun goes down, I don't want to miss dinner." Voltaria said in a bored tone, walking past the three teens.
They stared at her for a while before looking at each other, not sure if they should listen to her. But they have too, after they witness her action. They followed the Grimm Girl towards the location of the ruins to find the artifacts that they needed.
Meanwhile, up in the air, Weiss and Ruby were hanging on to something very feathery and very fast, as evidenced by the loud wind and the two being blown sideways. Weiss wasn't too pleased about this, thinking that it was Ruby's fault for having a bad idea. Weiss started shouting to Ruby so she could hear her through the wind.
"Ruby! I told you this was a terrible idea!"
Ruby also raises her voice through the wind. "We're fine! Stop worrying!"
"I am so far beyond worrying!" Weiss yelled angrily.
Ruby looks at her in confusion. "In a good way?"
"In a bad way! In a very bad way!" Weiss exclaims through the wind.
"Well, why don't we just jump?!" Ruby yelled.
"What are you? Insane?!" Weiss yelled in fear.
Soon, she was met with silence. Turning to the place where Ruby was, she already saw the red hooded girl had already disappeared, by jumping off. And this made Weiss totally angry.
"Oh, you insufferable little red-!"
Back at the temple, Blake and Yang heard Jaune's girly screams. And Yang thought it was a girl, but no. Blake saw something from above and was clearly shocked by what she saw.
"Blake, did you hear that? What should we do?" Yang asked.
Blake responded as she pointed out for Yang to look up. Once she did, she saw her little sister, Ruby, falling right towards them.
"Heads uuuuuuuup!" Ruby screams.
Just as she's about to hit the ground in panic, Jaune comes flying through the air, after he was thrown off by the Death Stalker that Pyrrah has to face alone, and crashes into Ruby. He knocks her off course and sends them both into a tree. Ruby was dazed by the rough landing as evidenced by the cutesy Beowolves and stars circling her head.
"Ohhhh...what was that?" Ruby asked dizzily, but soon the dizziness passes when she shakes her head.
"Eh-hem!"
Ruby heard as she looked up to see Jaune hanging upside-down on a tree branch above her as he gave her a casual wave. "Hey, Ruby..."
To the others, Blake looks at the tree and points out. "Did your sister just fall from the sky?
"I..." Yang spoke but before she could continue, several crashing noises were heard in the forest ahead of them, and an Ursa came out, claws swiping, just as a pink blast of energy hit it in the back and it crashed to the ground, depositing its rider.
"YEEEE-HAAAAW!" Nora yells happily, but she rolls off of the Ursa's back, when it falls.
She gets up and groans in sadness. "Awwww...it's broken." She whines.
Nora dashes onto the Ursa's neck and observes the carcass with wonder as it slowly disappears. Then Ren comes up behind her, panting and leaning on the monster. Clearly stating the point that he was chasing after his hyper active friend.
"Nora! Please...don't ever do that again." He pleaded with a pant.
But when he looks up again, he notices by the pink dotted outline of where his partner should have been made he realizes that Nora has run off again, causing him to look around frantically. Nora was now in the Temple, staring at a golden rook relic with awe. She suddenly grabs it, an animation of stars and her hammer symbol playing in the pink background, as she dances and sings with the chess piece.
"I'm queen of the castle! I'm queen of the castle!"
But was soon cut off by Ren when he called her from a distance. Blake and Yang stared at her at the sidelines, finding it disturbing one what she did.
"Nora!"
Nora stops dancing with the rook on her head, and then salutes, dropping the relic into her hand. "Coming, Ren!"
As she skips off to her friend, Blake stared at her with utter confusion and disturbance.
"Did that girl just ride in on an Ursa?" She asked Yang.
"I..." Yang was interrupted again as a screech was heard from their right.
They saw Pyrrha coming in with a Deathstalker chasing her. It uproots entire trees as it chases Pyrrha. She narrowly dodges its giant claws and keeps on running, she calls out to her partner.
"Jaune!"
Jaune heard her and saw Pyrrah being chased by a Death Stalker. "Pyrrha!" He calls out to her.
Ruby then stands up and looks at the monster below. "Whoa!" She awed as she started running off the branch and landing in a roll after Jaune started whining to her. "Ruby!"
As Ruby lands, she stands up and sees a cheerful Yang beside her. "Ruby!"
Ruby was excited to see her sister was alright and cheered her name. "Yang!"
They raised their arms as if to give each other a hug but Nora came between the two and spoke her name while knocking them off-balance in surprise.
"Nora!"
The Death Stalker continues to follow Pyrrha as she runs. Blake looks at Pyrrha in disbelief and points out to Yang and the others.
"Did she just run all the way here with a Death Stalker on her tail?"
Yang was getting angry until she growls and erupts in a small burst of fire, eyes flashing red and her hair glowing.
"I can't take it anymore! Can everyone just chill out for two seconds before something crazy happens again?!"
There was a tick-tock of a clock countdown of the two seconds of Yang cooling down. Then Ren came running over to a ditzy and cheerful Nora, panting tiredly. Blake and Ruby looked up and saw something above. Ruby tugs on her sister's sleeve and points up.
"Umm...Yang?"
Up above, Weiss is revealed to be hanging on a talon the size of her entire body that belongs to a gigantic Nevermore.
"How could you leave me?!" Weiss screamed down towards Ruby.
"I said jump!" Ruby shouts out to Weiss.
Blake crosses her arms. "She's gonna fall." She said.
"She'll be fine." Ruby assured.
"She's falling." Ren agrees with Blake as he sees Weiss falling.
Jaune, who was able to recover, and is finally out of the tree, was currently panting as he catches his breath. That is, until he looked up when he saw Weiss falling through the air. This gave him an opportunity to prove himself to her. So, without thinking, he jumped off the branch with arms outstretched, thinking that his plan would work. He did catch her in a slowed motion, enjoying the moment. Jaune smiles at a confused and yet disturbed Weiss.
"Just...dropping in?" Jaune acts all cool.
Weiss was speechless, but not him. And that's when Jaune realizes why. They both look down and notice that they were high above the ground, and Jaune knew that he screwed up again.
"Oh, God."
They both hang on to each-other with their eyes widened in fear. Soon, they both fall, with their weapons flying behind them. They both screamed on top of their lungs, but before they could fall to their doom, something exploded out from the trees.
"YEEEE-HAAWW!"
They heard someone cheering. They look up and their eyes widen in shock and amazement. They saw Wade Cross and he was riding on a...Grimm Griffon?! Everyone was shocked to see Wade riding a Grimm! I mean, they can't be controlled unless...
Before they continue, Wade grabs Weiss in his arms, bridal style, while Grimm grabs Jaune with its claws. The Grimm flies down safely as it releases Jaune from its claws, causing him to face-plant into the dirt and with his limbs splayed out with a groan. The Grimm landed with a huff, shaking its head. Wade then gets off it and carefully puts Weiss down.
"Ye okay?" He asked.
Weiss nodded. "Yeah, thanks." She said.
Wade nodded and then looked down at Jaune with a concern look in his eyes. "Ya alright there, partner?" He asked.
Jaune made a weak thumb up and muffled out. "I'm good."
Wade sighs in relief before noticing everyone looking at him. He was confused before noticing that they were looking at both him and the Griffon Grimm. He guessed that they were shocked about him riding a Grimm.
"Oh, almost forgot about ya." He mutters to the Grimm Griffon.
"Aaahhh...how can you-" Ruby was cut off by the roar of a Death Stalker.
They turned around and saw the Death Stalker hunting Pyrrha. It tries to grab her, but she manages to escape it, and lands on her side at the feet of the heroes. When she got up, Yang sarcastically said to everyone.
"Great! The gang's all here! Now we can die together!"
"Not if I can help it!" Ruby said as she readies her Crescent Rose.
Before she could release a battle cry and rush towards the Grimm, an icy blue card was thrown with incredible speed, and it hit the Grimm before it exploded into a thick ice mist, encasing the Death Stalker in the ice. They stared at the Death Stalker in the ice, it struggled to break free from its prison.
"What the-" Ruby was again cut off when she and the others heard footsteps.
They all turned around to see Voltaria walking up to them with her mask and hood on, followed by Ammolite and Evo from behind. They, minus Jaune and Ruby, knew that it was her who commanded the Griffon Grimm to let Wade ride on it. They heard many rumors about her, some were true, but some are not. When they reach them, the Griffon Grimm walks over to Voltaria and gently nuzzles her, which makes everyone surprised. Voltaria returns its affection by stroking its black feathery head and scratching under its chin.
"Good girl, Skya." Voltaria whispers softly, earning soft croons from the Grimm named Skya.
Ammolite and Evo made it to the group, who were still shocked by what they saw. Wade was there too as he stood besides Ruby, who was admiring Voltaria and Skya. Ammolite asked if they were alright, which are. However, they were still pretty shocked about this. Ruby, on the other hand, was amazed to see Voltaria petting a Grimm. She was about to ask her when they heard a Nevermore shriek from above. They looked up and saw it still flying overhead, and noticing it was coming back.
Jaune was starting to feel scared. "Guys?! That thing's circling back!" He exclaims in fear.
"Of course it is, it's coming back to finish its job." Voltaria informs as she brings Skya back to her Grimm Holder, which surprises everyone again.
"What are we gonna do?!" Jaune asked the Grimm Girl, who glared at him under her mask.
"Can we talk 'bout this later after we get the artifacts?" Wade spoke, gesturing the chess pieces.
"He's right. Our mission is to grab an artifact and make it back to the Cliffs." Ruby agrees to Wade.
"Let's go."
"Run and live, that's an idea I can get behind." Jaune said almost happily.
Wade and Evo rolled their eyes before Wade got a relic with Ruby and Jaune. Ruby grabs a gold knight identical to the one Yang picked out and Jaune takes hold of a gold rook similar to Nora and Ren's piece, and Wade takes a black King, smiling at each other.
"Time we left!" Ren said, stepping in.
"Right." Ruby agreed and waved to the others. "Let's go!"
She goes forward with everyone following except for a smiling Yang and Blake as the latter approaches her partner. Blake was curious on why Yang was smiling.
"What is it?" She asked.
Yang was staring proudly at Ruby as she leaps on a boulder and motions the group onward before following them. Yang couldn't be more prouder at the sight of her little sister opening up and leading the team.
"Nothing." Yang said.
As she moves on, Blake smiles in realization when she sees why Yang was smiling about. Voltaria watches the whole ordeal, she finds it...interesting. Ruby wasn't sociable, yet she cares for the other's safety. She doesn't know if she should be impressed or not, but decided to not say anything.
"You know, she'll make a great leader in the future." Voltaria heard Regina in her head.
"We'll see." Voltaria thought as she followed the others.
She catches up to them as the group heads out of the forest and into another abandoned temple structure. But before they could get any further, the Nevermore followed them from the air. When they saw it, the group spread out, concealing themselves behind some of the stone blocks. The Nevermore passes above them as it perches on a high column and roars.
Yang was beside Ruby and when she saw the Nevermore, she became annoyed. "Well, that's great!"
"Can't you talk to it?!" Ruby calls out Voltaria.
Voltaria was behind a stone block with Wade. She heard Ruby and made a deadpan look, but didn't turn to her, yet she did answer to Ruby.
"I can't."
"What?! But you're the Grimm Girl!" Nora yelled with her arm raised, she was beside Ren when she heard Voltaria say that she couldn't tame it.
Voltaria rolled her eyes under her mask, clearly that these people have no idea that this Nevermore is a Rouge, meaning it can't be tamed or controlled. It would attack her in mere seconds without a second thought.
"There are Grimms who are tamable and there are Grimms who are not." Voltaria said in a riddling tone.
"What's that supposed to mean?!" Nora yelled in confusion.
"Wait, ya're sayin' that there are some Grimms that can't be controlled by ya?" Wade asked in shock.
Voltaria shrugs at him. "Yes, and this Nevermore is a Rouge, so our chances of our survival is...a zero." She answered.
Jaune became pale by this information. That they won't survive sounds terrifying. Then he looks behind at the forest and becomes more scared when the Death Stalker bursts through the forest. The others saw this and were shocked, minus Voltaria. She knows that Death Stalker would come back for bloodshed.
"Ah, man, run!" Jaune yelled in fear.
They didn't need to be told twice, the group came out from their hiding spots and made a run for it, but their action caused the Nevermore to rise up into the air when it saw them. Voltaria knew that it was going to attack them in any seconds. However, the group somehow knows how to deal with this situation.
"Nora, distract it!" Red ordered his friend.
Nora obliges, running out from her block. When the Nevermore saw her, it fired it's big black and sharp feathers. Luckily, Nora dodged the feather projectiles with ease before reaching behind her and grabbed her weapon. She took aim and launched several heart-topped shells from her grenade launcher. It burst into pink electricity when they hit the Nevermore, causing it to retreat. She was unaware of the Death Stalker rushing up behind her. Voltaria saw this and quickly commanded one of her entities for help.
"Tabitha! Speed!"
"I'm on it!"
Tabitha gave Voltaria the speeds she needed to push Nora away from the Death Stalker, who almost stabbed Nora with one of it's giant pincers, but it got sucked on the ground when Voltaria pushed Nora away. When the two girls were in a safe distance, Blake and Ren came quickly to their aid and attacked the Death Stalker, performing a cross-slash with their weapons, Gambol Shroud (Blake's weapon) and StormFlower (Ren's weapon) against its shell.
"Thanks! I owe you one!" Nora exclaims cheerfully to Voltaria.
Voltaria turns to her with a serious look under her mask. "Thank me later after we survive this!" She said.
She then grabs Nora's arm and uses Wraith's strength assistance to leap away to safety from the Death Stalker. Everyone was running towards the temple structure with Blake and Ren following from behind, and they are now being chased by the Death Stalker. Pyrrha saw the Death Stalker coming towards them, it was close, and she knew it can't come to them. Pyrrha stops running beside Jaune and gets out her weapon, Miló.
"Go, go!" She orders the others
She started firing red shots at the Death Stalker. Wade and Ammolite came to her and took out their weapons, Killershooter and Colorslashers, before firing red shot and blue shots at the Death Stalker, helping Pyrrah with the attack. Ren came soon after as he fired green blasts at the Death Stalker. But it didn't have any effect as the Death Stalker's shell was too tough. It reaches them and tries to swipe at them, but Evo transforms his Musicshocker guitar to a battle axe, the tip of the axe has static coming from it before he cuts one of the pincers off. It roared in pain, Evo gave enough time for the group to run.
They raced over the ancient stone bridge and tried to reach it. However, the Nevermore came closing in, and it flies down towards them as it uses its giant wings to shatter the path right in the middle, forcing Ruby, Weiss, Voltaria, Yang, Nora, and Jaune closer to the central collection of columns, leaving Wade, Ammolite, Evo, Blake, Ren, and Pyrrha on the other side with the Death Stalker. Ruby takes out her weapon and fires at the retreating Nevermore.
Jaune slowly stood up and looked to the edge of the now half broken bridge. He saw Pyrrah, Ren, Wade, Ammolite, and Evo were fighting the Death Stalker. Blake was thrown off by it as she hit the hard ground.
"Man, we gotta get over there! They need help!" Jaune said to Nora, who runs beside him.
"Let's do this!" She said as she readies her weapon.
Jaune then looks down at the misty abyss and soon his fears return. "Yeah, but, uh...I can't make that jump." He informs her.
Nora made a toothy smile at him before laughing happily. She knocks him back and turns her weapon to a full-length hammer form, before she jumps to the edge of the bridge. Jaune recovers from the push before he saw Nora was up and became even more scared.
"Oh, wait!" He tries to stop her.
But it was too late, Nora slams her hammer into the bridge and throws Jaune to the other side. Jaune screams on top of his lungs as Nora places one of her feet on her hammer and fires it off the collapsing section of bridge, launching her towards the Death Stalker. She slammed her hammer right in the center of the Death Stalker's skull. It brought its stinger up and was about to stab Nora, but the girl fired her weapon, dodging the attack and avoiding its reach. But in the process, she accidentally knocks Blake off the edge of the bridge.
Luckily, Blake is a quick thinker. She launches her whip with her gun's blade as sinks into the edge of the bridge. She pulls herself upward, circling around and leaping onto the Nevermore's back while using her shadow clones. She proceeds slashing the back of the Grimm as she runs on it. Blake jumps off it and lands on the ruined platform at the top of the columns next to Ruby before going over to Yang and Weiss.
"It's tougher than it looks!" Blake said to them.
Yang readied her Ember Celica. "Then let's hit it with everything we got!" She exclaims with determination.
The Nevermore approaching, Ruby, Blake, Weiss, and Yang set their weapons to fire a barrage of blasts at the Nevermore. But the Nevermore dodges the attacks and some attacks were proven worthless since the Nevermore wasn't even injured from those attacks. It then crashes through the columns and platform and the girls leap from one section of falling stone to the next until they reach the higher bridge on top, just below the cliffs. Wade, Ammolite, Evo were about to help when another Nevermore appeared from the sky, giving assistance to its feathery ally.
"Oh, come on!" Wade exclaims, almost annoyed.
The group saw the new incoming Nevermore coming their way. But before it could advance, a small shadow hole appeared from the sky, close to the new Nevermore, and Voltaria appeared from it. She might punch on the new Nevermore, causing it to fall. Another shadow hole appeared beneath Voltaria as she disappeared from it. And soon, another shadow hole appeared in front of Wade and Voltaria came beside him and the others.
"Let me guess, another rouge?" Wade asked Voltaria.
"Yeah, and it's helping out its friend." She informs, gesturing the first Nevermore, who was fighting Ruby and the girls.
Wade looks at the battle scene before turning towards the new Nevermore. That's when he got an idea, but he needs Ammolite and Evo help and Voltaria's portal. "I have a plan, follow my lead." He said.
The two teens nodded while Voltaria just stared at him. Wade jumps off the edge of the bridge before using his Killershooter to give him a boost, sending him flying to the Nevermore. Evo and Ammolite follow as they jump off the edge and use their weapons to send them flying towards the Nevermore. Voltaria watched as they were on top of the Nevermore's back, blasting its thick feathers, causing it to roar in anger, flying like crazy as if it was trying to get the pests off its back. That's when Voltaria realizes what Wade's plan is. It was to get the Nevermore to get distracted so she can do her shadow portals.
"Hmm...for a human, this Wade character is an excellent leader." Regina complimented.
"So, what? He just told them what to do." Wraith said.
"And yet, they're doing great." Regina added. "Should we assist them, Mistress?"
Voltaria watches the three teens at the Nevermore. They seem to make great allies and useful teammates. So, what the heck. Voltaria jumps off the edge of the bridge before Hannibal gives her enough energy to air jump towards the Nevermore. She was in front of it as it opened its massive beak at her. Everything was going in slow motion, the Nevermore was almost at Voltaria. But Voltaria smirks at it before summoning a shadow portal in front of the Nevermore and another one behind her. The portals were big enough to fit the Nevermore. However, when the Nevermore's head enters the first portal and it comes out from the second, Voltaria makes the two portals disappear. And in the process, beheading the Nevermore. The four of them fell to the sky before landing on top of four pillars that were close by as they watched as the second Nevermore's head and body fell to the misty abyss.
"We did it!" Ammolite cheers as she claps her hands together with a smile.
"Heck ya!" Wade made a fist pump.
"Oh please..." Voltaria mutters blankly.
The girls, Ruby, Yang, Blake, and Weiss were having trouble with the first Nevermore. It was hard to kill like the second one that the others dealt with. They did everything they could to bring it down, but no avail.
"None of this is working!" Weiss said as she and others keep attacking.
Ruby tries to think before she sees Blake whip over to another section of the area and Yang fires rounds at the Nevermore. And that's when, she got an idea how to take that thing down hard. Ruby turns to Weiss with a plan in mind.
"I have a plan! Cover me!" Ruby said.
She blasts away as Weiss raises her blade and heads into the fray. Meanwhile, Jaune, Pyrrah, Nora, and Ren were dealing with the Death Stalker from below. The Death Stalker aims its single claw at Pyrrha, but she deflects it with her Akoúo shield and slashes it with her blade. The Death Stalker recoils and swipes at her again. But Jaune, surprisingly, was there to deflect it with his shield on time, knocking it back. This gave Pyrrha the right opportunity to leap over and attack the Death Stalker's face. Ren runs up to it as he fires a few rounds. When it was going to strike him with its stinger, he quickly grabbed it, avoiding the stinger, and shot at the base between it and the tail. Nora fires more grenades at the attacking single claw. Pyrrha hurls her javelin straight into one of the monster's ten eyes, causing it to roar in pain and throwing Ren to the side in the process.
"Ren!" Nora called out to him worriedly.
Ren was thrown hard as he hit the side of a stone block and fell to the ground, not getting back up. But his attack gave Jaune an idea when he notices the stinger is hanging limply above the Death Stalker. He quickly looks at Pyrrha and points out the stinger.
"Pyrrha!" Jaune called out.
Luckily, Pyrrha gets the idea. "Done!"
Pyrrah raises her shield and hurls it like a discus to the stinger, slicing it off and causing it to fall into the Death Stalker's head hard. Pyrrha retrieves her shield and Jaune turns to Nora before he points out the stinger.
"Nora, nail it!"
"Heads up!" Nora yells out.
Nora jumps on Pyrrha's weapon, Akoúo, and Pyrrha gives Nora a boost. And Nora aims her blast down to give herself a maximum lift. When she is above the air, she smiles the entire way up before twirling down and slams her hammer on the Death Stalker's head into the stinger, driving the point through the Death Stalker's head and crushing the bridge beneath it.
This causes Jaune and Pyrrha to bound over the monster to the land behind it, and Nora fires up and away behind them as the monster falls to the misty abyss. Jaune hits the ground on his back, Nora lands on her bottom, Pyrrha manages to land safety, and Ren, who somehow was able to get up, simply walks over to them tiredly, panting a bit. When he got there, he stood for a few seconds until he collapsed from complete exhaustion. As the three teens get up, they see the Nevermore battling with Ruby, Weiss, Yang, and Blake.
Speaking of which, Yang was burning through her ammo on the beast, landing a blow at its face and causing it to head right towards her, but with her fast reflexes, Yang leaps off and goes for its open maw and forces the beak wide with one hand and her legs. And attacks it with one of her Ember Celica on its open maw.
Yang screams angrily through the wind as she fires with each syllable. "I! Hope! You're! Hung-gry!" She yells out.
Then Yang looked behind her and saw it was heading to the cliffs. She quickly jumps off from its mouth and onto a ruin, causing the Nevermore to crash into the cliffs. Despite Yang's attempts, the Nevermore recovers quickly, and this gives Ruby's plan a motion. Yang smiles at her work before she spots Ruby and Blake on the broken columns with Weiss rushing to the battle. Yang passes her while the Nevermore starts to fly back up, but before could be airborne, Weiss freezes the tip of its feathery tail to the ground, leaving it stuck in the same spot. The Nevermore tries to break free, but to no avail. Weiss back-flips into a snowflake-circle before she jumps and lands on the other side, running to the group.
Blake then fires the pistol portion of Gambol Shroud over to Yang, who caught it, and the two tighten it between the columns. And that's when Ruby jumps on the center with Crescent Rose and bends it back into Weiss' black sigil that she made, right next to the caster. Weiss was still unsure about Ruby's plan.
"Of course you would come up with this idea." Weiss said.
Ruby didn't say anything to her or commented, but she did ask her this. "Think you can make the shot?"
Weiss smirks as she looks at the struggling Nevermore. She was confident about this. "Hmm! Can I!"
But when the second passes, Ruby turns to her almost worriedly. "Can-"
Weiss cuts her off. "Of course I can!"
Without a second thought, Ruby looks forward and pumps Crescent Rose as Weiss turns the circle from black to red and releases Ruby like an arrow. And with that speed, it caused the ground behind her launch to crack, and rose petals came flying from her ascent. With each new shot, she gets closer and closer to the trapped Nevermore until her scythe catches the Nevermore's neck within its blade and causes them both to fall to the cliff's wall. Weiss raises her sword and her hand to use her semblance, Glyphs, and creates a series of white circles up the wall with snowflake symbols to give Ruby extra boost. Ruby uses them as she dashes through while firing on the way up.
Yang, Blake, and an exhausted Weiss watched her climb up with incredible speed and strength as she chokes the Nevermore within her weapon's grasp. When Ruby reaches the top of the cliff, she circles up to the Nevermore's head before she fires one last shot, and decapitates the Nevermore's head from its shoulders with a shower of petals. She lands beside the severed head as the body of the giant Nevermore falls lifelessly to the ruins and crevice below while the girls and the others, who were watching from afar, were amazed by this, even Voltaria. She guesses that these people have something interesting for her after all.
"Wow..." Was the only thing Jaune said as he looked at the girls.
Wade lets out a whistle as he flicks his hat a bit. "Well, I'll be damn, that is one tough cookie." He commented.
"Hmph, yes she is." Voltaria, for once, agreed.
Ruby walks over to the edge, her cape and petals flowing with the wind, as looks down to her friends as they peer up to her. She smiles down at them, happy that they were alive and able to work together to defeat the two rouge Grimms. Yang was the first one to break the silence as she turned to Blake and Weiss.
"Well...that was a thing!" Yang said, trying to lighten up the mood.
But no one responded as they continued to look up. Ruby just continues smiling happily, knowing that this will get more exciting on their day in Beacon. Soon after, they headed out of the temple and made their way to the northern part of the forest to meet up with the others.
Inside of the auditorium, Ozpin was standing on stage, announcing the names of the new teams that brought the relics. This year, new groups of hunters and huntresses are going to train themselves to the limits to protect mankind from any Grimm or bad guys. Everyone claps whenever Ozpin announces the new groups and their picture profiles are shown on the screen.
"Russel Thrush. Cardin Winchester. Dove Bronzewing. Sky Lark."
The four teenage boys are lined up for the applauding audience to see as Ozpin continues his speech.
"The four of you retrieved the black bishop pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team CRDL, led by...Cardin Winchester!"
The audience cheered and clapped at the four males as they walked off the stage. Soon, Jaune, Pyrrah, Ren, and Nora walked up to the stage to take their place in front of the headmaster.
"Jaune Arc. Lie Ren. Pyrrha Nikos. Nora Valkyrie. The four of you retrieved the white rook pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team JNPR." He explains.
Everyone claps while Nora laughs happily and gives Ren a hug, who tries to pry her off, but stops when Ozpin announced who their leader would be. "Led by...Jaune Arc!"
With that said, Jaune was shocked to hear that. Him? A leader of this group? That can't be right? Or did Ozpin have plans for him? Jaune was still shocked by this as he looked at his headmaster with a shock look in his eyes.
"Huh? L-Led by...?"
Ozpin nodded with a small smile at the young Arc. "Congratulations, young man." He complimented.
Grinning, Pyrrha offers a friendly shoulder bump to Jaune, but she was stronger than him. And her fine leader is knocked over and falls to his butt in front of the laughing audience. Ozpin shook his head as Jaune got up and walked off the stage with the others. Then Wade, Ammolite, Evo, and Voltaria came to stage.
"Wade Cross. Ammolite Jewel. Voltaria Eclipse. Evo Hebi. The four of you retrieved the black night piece. From this day forward, you will work together as Team WAVE led by Wade Cross."
"SAY WHAT?!" Voltaria heard Wraith exclaims in her head.
The audience clapped at the new team. Wade's eyes widen in shock as he turns to his teammates. Ammolite smiles and claps at him, congratulating him as their leader. Evo nodded at him, happy that he's the leader. Voltaria just simply looked at him with no expression in her eyes under her mask. Wade looked at them before a small smile appeared on his face as he gave them a nod. They all walked off the stage as Ozpin announced the last group that came to the stage.
"And finally, Blake Belladonna. Ruby Rose. Weiss Schnee. Yang Xiao Long. The four of you retrieved the white knight pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team RWBY. Led by...Ruby Rose!"
This surprises Weiss as she looks at Ruby. Ruby was shocked too when she was announced to be leader. Before she could do or say anything, Yang came to her and gave her baby sister a big hug.
"I'm so proud of you!"
As the crowd cheers for the last group, Voltaria watches them from the shadows of the stage. She looks over to Ruby, she was being praised by her big sister. She got to admit, Ruby was an impressive girl. Voltaria could see great potential towards her and a hidden secret that no one knows about. Regina knows what Ruby really is and informs Voltaria. She could be a great ally in the future. Voltaria walked away when Ozpin announced this to the students.
"It looks like things are shaping up to be an...interesting year."
Voltaria walks towards her teammates, who were chatting about, as they get to know each other. Ammolite walks in the middle of the two males as she smiles at them happily.
"This school year is going to be fun." Ammolite said happily.
Wade secretly smirks at her and nodded slightly. "Ya said it, AJ."
Ammolite looks at him with a confused look on her face. "AJ?" She asked, wondering about that nickname.
Wade looks at her casually. "Yeah short for Ammolite Jewel. Do you want me to call you Ammolite? Or something else?" He asked
AJ smiles and shakes her head with a giggle. "No, AJ sounds nice." She said, almost blushing, which caused Wade to blush a bit.
Voltaria heard Wraith groan in boredom and disgust. "Uuuggghhh...romance."
"Well, things are getting interesting, don't you agree, Mistress?" Regina asked Voltaria.
Voltaria simply nodded at them. "Indeed, and I believe I should get to know my classmates and teammates." She said. "After all, keep your friends close and your enemies closer."
Voltaria heard Regina chuckle at her. "Indeed we should."
Voltaria stops near a wide window and looks outside to see the half-shattered moon. Attending Beacon wasn't such a bad idea. This will improve her skills, learning what Beacon has to offer, and finding what secrets Ozpin has.
"Yes...this will be an interesting school year." Voltaria thought as she agreed to Ozpin's speech.
"Hey, V!" Wade called out.
Voltaria turned to her teammates' direction, she saw them standing a few feet away from her and were waiting for her to come. Voltaria wondered why Wade would call her V instead her full name. But decided to not to question it when Wade motioned her to come forward, not wanting to leave their youngest member behind.
"Ya comin' or what?" He asked with a small smile.
Voltaria stared at him for a while, she could feel a strange feeling inside of her, as if she should trust him and the others. Without a second thought, Voltaria walked over to her teammates without a word as she followed them from behind when they continued walking towards where their dorm is.
They have the idea that this school year is gonna be one heck of a ride.
I hope you guys like it. I didn't like what I wrote in the Legend of the Grimm Rider because it didn't make sense with the dinosaurs. And if someone ask why I didn't put Lelouch-Strife, I have many reasons why. I can't tell you why, but I'll cut it short. Is because he was helping me with the Legend of the Grimm Riders years ago. However, his ideas weren't that always good. I was somewhat gullible, and his ideas were all about him and added some random characters that were in video games or TV shows that I don't know much about. It didn't work out too well, so that is why I didn't put him here because the story doesn't make sense at all.
I hope you guys understand and don't get mad at him, he was being nice. However, I am not sure if I should do volume 4, 5, and 6. Or what should I do with Cinder and his team or what to do with Adam and the White Fang. If you guys have a vote just leave it in the comments from below.
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