The Grimm Rider

by Dolphinheart99

Remnant, a mysterious yet dangerous world full of soulless creatures called Grimms. They say Grimms are evil beings that feel no emotions, they're only purpose was to kill. But, what if they're wrong, a girl that can tamed them. Follow her and her friends as they embark on a dangerous journey, meeting new friends and enemies and stopping a great evil that was coming.

17. Saving Lives III

Hey everyone, thank you for being patient. I worked very hard on this chapter and added FoxyKhai0209 characters in the story.

Gemini Quadruplets

Tyson Gemini: Leader

William 'Willy' Gemini: Co-leader and Hacker

Nash Gemini: Tough and Protective

Lars Gemini: Cheerful and Sneaky

Age: 17

Semblance: Connection

-This allows the four brothers to communicate with each other telepathically, even when they're very far away, including outside the country. Their Semblance also helps the brothers to switch their clothes in a flash to disguise as one of their brothers to confuse and avoid people, including their enemies. The Connection is useful for the brothers in tracking down each other when getting lost or separate. Due to this, the brothers can sense one of their brothers being in danger and immediately come to their brother's aid. There is a tricky part of the four brothers' skills, during the fight - the two brothers fight against two opponents, they both use their Semblance to switch each other's places and surprise their opponents by the brothers' sudden switcheroo. The Gemini Quadruplets are able to fool their opponents quite easily due to their identical appearance despite their different looks.

Team Name: Team TWNL (Twinkle)

Personalities:

-Tyson: Calm, patient, speaks-well, awkward, kind, friendly, gentle, warm, understandable, serious, brotherly, truthful, mature, stubborn, protective, strict, fearless, daring, charm

-Willy: Smart, patient, serious, calm, brotherly, friendly, kind, silent, speaks quietly, stubborn, silly (sometimes) protective, listenable, strict, fearless, daring, charm

-Nash: Short-temper, rude, impatient, trash talk (bad words), sly, protective, stubborn, distrustful (towards strangers only), cold (towards strangers only), warm, serious, strict, ignorant (except his brothers), fearless, daring, brotherly, charm

-Lars: Kind, sleepy, weird (sometimes), friendly, cheerful, out-going, stubborn, funny, loveable, playful, warm, helpful, fun-loving, serious, brotherly, fearless, jokester, daring, charm

Outfit Styles

-Tyson: He wears a yellowish-brown T-shirt with armor shoulder pads on the shoulders, dark gray fingerless gloves, gold scarf around his neck, black jeans, and brown hiking boots.

-Willy: He wears a black V-neck shirt underneath a sky-blue hoodie sweater, dark gray beanie on top of his head, white gloves, dull blue jeans, and teal running shoes.

-Nash: He wears a magenta T-shirt that's over a forest green vest, black fingerless gloves, a silver four-pointed star around his neck, dark brown jeans, and lime green sporty shoes.

-Lars: He wears a pastel orange V-neck shirt, a pale-yellow jacket tied around his waist, dark purple gloves, a gold ring on his pinkie finger that has two letters on "GQ" on the surface, tan jeans and indigo engineer boots.

Place of Birth: Mineral town but moving to Mistral

Skin Color: Light

Hair Color and Style

Tyson: Short, bob light orange with bangs swept to the left

Willy: Chin-length dark brown hair with bangs swept to the right

Nash: Shoulder-length scarlet hair, tied in a low ponytail

Lars: Elbow-length sky blue hair, tied in a loose braid

Accent: British

Weapons:

Tyson: Sword that turns into a rifle (Leading Star)

Willy: Crossbow that turns into two swords (Wise Mark)

Nash: Giant Morning star that turns into a bazooka (Tyrannical Destruction)

Lars: Boomerangs that turned into daggers and guns (Funbringers)

Voice Actors:

Tyson: Orlando Bloom

Willy: Nicholas Hoult

Nash: Richard Armitage

Lars: Tom Holland

Enjoy.

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On the next day of the tournament, everyone was riled up for the next round. They were excited for the next battle. They discontinued the battle last night because there was an unexpected storm as well as an investigation about Emerald found collapse on the stadium. Thinking someone attacked her but doctors say that she collapses due to stress and tiredness. So, they continue the one-on-one battle in the afternoon. Which gives Yang and Pyrrha enough time to train for their turn in the tournament. Glynda offered them a private training room, so that way, no one can bother them. Much to the surprise of the students. But they appreciate her gesture. Yang was delivering heavy blows on a punching bag that Wade set up for her to train. With her were her teammates, Team WAVE, and Team JNPR. Pyrrha was sparring with Jaune, helping him improve his skill while she trained. Ruby cheers at Yang's punching skills as she rapidly punches the bag while Pyrrha flips Jaune over her shoulder.

"Man, they seem pumped." Evo said, watching Yang and Pyrrha trained hard.

"It's like they become whole different people." AJ answered, smiling at the two girls.

Ruby grins at them. "Yeah! I can't wait to see Yang in battle! What do you think, Volty?" Ruby asked, looking at Voltaria. She was sitting next to her while reading a book about old history.

She stops reading and lifts her head up to face Ruby blankly under her mask. Ruby was waiting for her answer, the grin on her face didn't vanish as she looked at her excitedly. Being a good friend, Voltaria's response to her is this.

"Yang will annihilate her opponent in a heartbeat." She responded to Ruby before returning to her book. It was...an honest truth or something. Many find it scary and disturbing, but Yang found it awesome as she grins at it.

"Sweet!" She said before punching the bag hard.

Wade chuckled and shook his head. "You know, V, you should really practice your words." He said to her with a smile.

Voltaria rolls her eyes under her mask and stares at him in a matter-of-fact tone. "I'm stating the facts." She continues reading her book.

Wade couldn't help but shake his head at her response, she can be difficult but understanding. After all, she was the key to saving this kingdom. As Yang and Pyrrha continued training their skills, Voltaria couldn't help but stop and think. Her friends are doing their best to help her stop a great evil that will come. And she felt like she could give them something in return like a gift.

"Hey...guys?" Voltaria called out to them, getting their attention, "I...I appreciate you all helping me with this."

"Don't mention it, Voltaria, it's the least we can do." AJ said to her teammate kindly.

"Agreed, we will do anything to stop this evil." Pyrrha said to Voltaria.

"I know...and that's why I offer you guys to see your fortune. As a sign of my gratitude."

"D'awww, V, you don't have to-" Wade was cut off when Nora zooms in front of Voltaria, sitting on her knees as she grins at Voltaria.

"Me! Me! Me! I want to see my fortune!" Nora exclaims, wanting to see her fortune from Voltaria.

"Okay, okay, just calm down." Voltaria said as she took out her tarot cards and set some down. There, she holds Nora's hand gently and flips one card, revealing two warriors, fighting side by side, during a lightning storm, "May your strength call forth the lightning, to protect those you care the most."

"What does that mean?" Nora asked curiously.

"It means with your strength, you will protect the ones you care about, and no danger shall fall upon them." Voltaria answered, making Nora grin.

"My turn!" Yang said, coming over to Voltaria, after she slides Nora away.

Voltaria did her reading, revealing a card of a fighter that was defending a city from monsters with a group of hunters helping, "Like Nora, you will protect those you care, but always never forget that you have friends by your side." Earning a smile from Yang.

Voltaria continues to show her friends their fortune. Both Wade and AJ share a card of love, showing that their love for each other is eternal, making them both happy. Evo's fortune shows that with his music, he will find his soulmate, which caused Evo to blush like crazy. Ren's fortune shows a blooming lotus blossom, stating that his power will bloom even more. Weiss's fortune is about a flower growing in the snow, indicating she will rise to be a better person, much to the happiness of young Schnee. Blake's fortune shows that she is not alone, and her friends will always be with her, making the cat Faunus happy. Jaune's fortune is about a man pulling a sword, indicating that he will grow stronger each day. Pyrrha's fortune is about finding someone who will accept her as she is, a great and loyal friend, much to her joy. Lastly, was Ruby. The red-cloaked girl was excited yet nervous about what her fortune is.

"Okay, Volty, I'm ready." Ruby said with determination and a hint of nervousness.

Voltaria nodded her head before she took Ruby's hand and grabbed the card that would reveal her fortune. But in doing so, Voltaria made a confused look as she saw Ruby's card. It revealed an image of black thorns with crimson red roses blooming. And standing in the middle was a warrior, holding a mighty sword, and staring at her with silver eyes.

"...Volty? What's wrong?" Ruby asked in concern, seeing her friend was silently quiet.

"Your fortune...it says...crimson roses shall bloom within the black thorns of destruction, as a warrior of two souls shall rise to smite the evil." Voltaria says out loud, catching them off-guard.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Ren asked curiously.

"For once, I don't know, but what's strange is that...I too have a similar fortune as Ruby." Voltaria said, getting chills from her friends.

"Okay, that can't be coincidental." Yang said.

"Yeah, but still...her fortunes are never wrong." Blake said to Yang.

"Yeah...I should figure it out soon right after the match." Voltaria said, earning nods of agreement.

Just then, they heard knocking from the door, causing Voltaria to hide her cards just in time before Sun Wukong came in, looking around but soon spotted Blake as he gave her a friendly wave.

"Hey, Blake!" The monkey Faunus greeted the cat Faunus, "How are you?"

"Doing fine, Sun." Blake responded, looking at him. "What brings you here?"

Sun was hesitant as he eyed Voltaria, who was reading her book again, and nervously said, "By any chance, can you tell your friend to go easy on me if we...you know...face each other in the tournament." Sun slowly tried to explain his reason.

Blake, however, already figured it out as she crosses her arms at him, "You want me to tell Voltaria to go easy on you at the tournament, am I right?" Blake questions him in annoyance, knowing that he was scared of Voltaria.

"What?! No! No, no, no...it's not that, it's...um..." Sun tried to find an excuse to explain the reasons why he was here. But he gave up. "Yes, I was hoping for you to tell her to go easy on me."

"Don't worry." Voltaria said, flipping through the next page of her book, "I won't face you in the match."

"Really?" Sun asked hopefully.

"No, it's Yang you will be facing." Voltaria answered calmly.

"WHAT?!" Sun exclaimed in shock.

"AWESOME!" Yang cheered out as she grins at Sun, "Get ready, Monkey boy, 'cause I'm gonna bring the hurt!"

"Oh, mama..." Sun mutters in fear.

"Hehe, good one, Blondie." Wraith complimented Yang, who grins in delight.

"Me hungry." Hannibal suddenly said through Valtaria and her friends could hear. Sun couldn't hear him as it was a private telepathic link.

Voltaria knew Hannibal wanted something to eat before the tournament. Getting up, Voltaria handed the book over to Weiss, "I'm going to get something to eat, want anything?"

"Oh! Oh! Oh! Burritos!" Nora said happily.

"And some sodas." Jaune added.

"Yeah! I like some too." Yang agrees along with the rest.

"I'll come! You need an extra hand for this." Ruby offered happily.

Voltaria nodded and soon left with Ruby to the festival and go to the burrito tent. There, they bought burritos and sodas for their friends. Voltaria bought a lot because Hannibal has a big appetite, also Nora, she tends to get hungry. Ruby cheerfully carries the food and drinks with Voltaria, wanting to buy more for Amaryllis and Ripper. However, as they were about to head back to the others, two Atlesian Knights came towards them, causing the two girls to stop in their tracks and look at them.

"Um...Volty? What's going on?" Ruby whispers to Voltaria.

"Your guess is good is mine." Voltaria answers back quietly as the Atlesian Knights stood in front of them.

Just then, General Ironwood came with two more Atlesian Knights following behind him. As he reached the girls, they stared at him with mixed impressions. Ruby was worried about Ironwood's sudden appearance, while Voltaria stares at him blankly. Wraith was saying to her mind that he should possess him to leave them alone, but stopped by Regina, saying to not do anything until necessary.

"General Ironwood, is there something wrong?" Ruby asked the general.

Ironwood looks at her briefly before turning towards Voltaria with narrowed eyes, "I would like to speak with Voltaria Eclipse privately." He said seriously towards the Grimm Girl.

Voltaria narrows her eyes under her mask, glaring towards the general with annoyance and anger. He must think that he suspected her as the assailant that attacked the Fall Maiden or working for Salem. Of course, he blames her because she can talk to Grimm means she's the bad guy. She's always the main suspect in the eyes of the authorities.

"Why? What's wrong?" Ruby asked, worried about her friend.

"It is not in your concern, Ruby. I just need to question Voltaria." Ironwood said, looking towards Voltaria.

"But, General Ironwood, Volty didn't do anything." Ruby defends her friend, "She was with me and our friends this whole time."

"I am aware, but this is an important matter, Ruby." Ironwood said seriously. "It's best that you don't know."

"But-" Ruby was cut off by Voltaria, who stepped forward.

"All right, fine, let's get this over with so I can go." Voltaria said blankly before handing the rest of the bags to Ruby, "I'll meet up with you and the others soon."

"But Volty..." Ruby tries to help her friend to get out of this, but Voltaria didn't want Ruby to get involved on their suspicion as well.

"I'll be fine, I'm used to it." Voltaria said to Ruby before telepathically saying to her, "Make sure to stay with the others, Regina, Wraith, Tabitha, and Hannibal will be with me and will tell you what's going on."

"...Oh...Okay, just be careful." Ruby said worriedly before giving her own telepathic message, "Send us your location so we can break you out on what prison they place you in!" Ruby thought that Voltaria was going to prison and wanting to help break her out. Even though it wasn't necessary, she appreciated Ruby's concern and willingness to save her.

Voltaria nodded her head and said to her she'll be fine before going with Ironwood and the Atlesian Knights, leaving a concerned Ruby behind as she heads back to her friends to tell them everything.

She prays that Voltaria would be okay.

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Voltaria was sitting on a chair, on the other side of the table, staring blankly at the empty chair in front of her. There, she could feel the presence of Ozpin, Ironwood, and Qrow on the other side from the one-way glass. The three men were watching her, monitors and recording materials ready. Ironwood has a hunch that Voltaria is up to something and believes that she is working for Salem. Ozpin wasn't sure if Voltaria was the culprit, for she doesn't have that desire to rule or conquer Remnant nor serve Salem. And Qrow...yeah, Qrow doesn't care about this as he just wants this to be over so he can find the real culprits.

"Are you sure that Ms. Eclipse is assisting Salem?" Ozpin questions Ironwood as he looks at Voltaria's patient form. "I do not wish to lose her trust towards people."

"She's hiding something, Ozpin. She's not like any student we have ever encountered before." Ironwood states the truth.

"I'm just surprised how you manage to get her without Glynda finding out." Qrow said, leaning on the chair with his feet resting on the control's counter, "How you manage to do it is beyond me."

"She is very cooperative." Ironwood said. "We will see if she is assisting Salem in this war."

"And what if she isn't working for Salem? What then, hm? Should we tell her everything about what's going on? How the entire world is in danger." Qrow questions the general, already getting Pyrrha wasn't bad enough, now they're dealing with the Grimm Girl.

"We should wait and see." Ozpin said as he looked at Voltaria, "For all we know, she doesn't know anything."

"That is why I will be the one asking her questions." Ironwood said to Ozpin.

"Oh, yeah? How you're gonna know if she's telling the truth?" Qrow asked him.

Ironwood turns to Qrow and gestures to the device at the control, "This tech is a state of the ark Atlas technology that would allow us to know if someone is telling the truth or lying."

"How so?" Qrow questions the general.

"It will detect her breathing, her heartbeat, and the tone of her voice. If it turns green, it means she's telling the truth and if it turns red, it will tell us that she was lying" Ironwood said as he looked at Voltaria, "Then we will know that we have a lead."

"Oh, boy..." Qrow mutters out.

"Do what you have to do, General." Ozpin said, earning a nod from Ironwood.

The general of Atlas enters the room, causing Voltaria to look up and watch him take a seat. The two people stared at each other. Voltaria's cold blue eyes glared under her mask towards the general, who was simply looking at her with his face close to his hands. Both were giving their own coldness to one another. Which brought tension to everyone. However, Voltaria knew very well that he was going to ask her questions because she saw this coming.

"Voltaria Eclipse." The General finally spoke.

"General Ironwood, to what do I owe the 'pleasure' of being taken here?" Voltaria questions in a sarcastic tone.

Ironwood ignores her sarcasm and gets to the chase. He slides down a picture of Amber, who was still healthy before Cinder and her group attacked her. "Do you know who she is?"

Voltaria stares down at the picture of Amber calmly, her expression remaining blank as she remains calm. They have no idea that Amber was alright and is living at Mineral Town, safe and sound. But they don't know that. Because Amber deserves a peaceful life instead of being placed in a metal compartment. So, giving her answer, Voltaria calmly answers to the general this.

"No, I don't."

Ozpin and Qrow looked at the device and watched as it turned green, indicating she's telling the truth. Ozpin informs Ironwood through the comm, and he understands before moving to the next question. Ironwood moved on to the next question.

"Do you know what happened to Emerald Sustrai?" Ironwood asked.

"No, why? What happened?" Voltaria asked in a neutral tone.

"She was found at the halls of the arena, during your match with Mercury. Do you know anything about it?"

"I was facing Mercury; I didn't know until now." Voltaria said blankly.

The machine turned green, indicating that she's telling the truth again. Ozpin informs Ironwood as the general continues asking her questions, which she answers blankly or coldly. And always, her answers were all true. So far, about ten or fifteen minutes, Voltaria answered all his questions "truthfully", much to the annoyance of Ironwood and Qrow, who think that they were wasting their time. However, the three men were not aware that Regina took control of the lie detector, preventing them from knowing the truth of their real plan.

"This is a waste of time." Qrow said, bored out of his mind as Ironwood asked another question to Voltaria, which she answered, earning another green light. "It's already obvious that this girl isn't associated with Salem or whatsoever."

"Give it time, Qrow. We have to make sure." Ozpin said, eyeing Voltaria.

Speaking of which, the Grimm Girl was getting bored from all these questions. So far, Ironwood was trying to get any evidence about her and what's her motive. But she isn't associated with the ones that attack Amber now working for Salem. She has other ulterior motives. But she has to play along, for now as Ironwood asked her what she was doing last night before the storm.

"I was in my dorm room with my teammates, we were discussing who will be going to the final round." Voltaria answered the question, feeling the device turning green again. "Is this going to take long? I have to head back to my teammates."

"Just two more and then you can leave." Ironwood said, which causes Voltaria to mentally sigh in annoyance. "Next question, why did you join the academy?"

Voltaria raises a brow under her mask, "I didn't want to at first...but Professor Ozpin proves otherwise. He told me that I have potential in becoming a huntress. I never thought someone like him would see me, a cold-hearted killer, to be a professional huntress in his academy. In all my life, I only did it to hide, kill, and defend myself against those who saw me as a threat."

Her answers were cold and true, which stunned the three men in the room. The light turned green showing that she is telling the truth. Voltaria didn't think much of her answer, for it was the truth and that is all they needed to know.

"Is there anything else?" Voltaria asked the general in a cold tone.

"Yes, one more, and you're free to go." Ironwood said, the same cold tone as Voltaria.

"What is it?" Voltaria asked boringly.

Ironwood was silent at first, staring at Voltaria with a clam yet serious expression, as he was waiting for her to say that. Qrow and Ozpin were watching through the window, waiting for the last question. After a few seconds of long silence, Ironwood finally asked Voltaria this.

"Do you know Salem?" He questions the Grimm Girl with serious eyes, waiting for her answer. He suspects that she should be hesitant, but instead, she gave a confused tone that stunned the general.

"...Who's Salem?" Voltaria asked in confusion.

Again, the device turned green, showing she was telling the truth. Qrow threw his arm up in the air, annoyed and tired that they wasted their time with Voltaria.

"Welp! It's official, this girl is not working for Salem, can we go now?" Qrow asked the headmaster in annoyance.

Ozpin sighs but agrees with Qrow for once, "All right, we should let her-"

His words cut off when Glynda suddenly burst into the room with anger and annoyance in her eyes. Both Ozpin and Qrow were startled by her sudden arrival; they wondered how she found their location since neither of them had contacted her about their whereabouts or location. Glynda, on the other hand, was far from happy to see this. As it turns out, Tabitha informs about Ironwood's sudden arrival and how he brought Voltaria to the interrogation room, questioning her if she is related to the attack on Amber or working for Salem. Her sudden arrival causes Qrow to accidentally spill his drink on the lie detector, causing it to short circuit, rendering it useless.

"Ah, shit." Qrow mutters as he breaks the device.

Glynda ignores them as she angrily walks over to the door where Voltaria and Ironwood were, and barges in, startling the general. Glynda was very angry at the fact that he accused Voltaria as a suspect.

"What were you thinking about bringing her here?!" Glynda angrily said towards Ironwood, who stood up and stared at her calmly.

"She could've been a prime suspect in our case." Ironwood said to her calmly, which angered Glynda a lot.

"Obviously, she has no information whatsoever!" Glynda said, defending Voltaria.

"You've seen what she can do!" Ironwood said, referring to her battle at the arena.

"Oh, because she can talk to Grimms?!" Glynda questions him angrily, "You can't blame her for the power she has. More importantly, you shouldn't have made a scene at the festival by treating Voltaria as some kind of criminal!"

"Glynda, it was standard procedure." Ironwood said to Glynda, but she was not having it.

"May I remind you, James, that I am Ms. Eclipse's guardian. If you want to speak to her like this, you should consult with me first instead of taking matters into your own hands." Glynda said, eyes glaring like daggers at Ironwood, who was not fazed by this, before she let out a sigh. "Now, if you excuse me, I will be taking Ms. Eclipse back to her teammates and explaining to them it was all a big misunderstanding."

And with that, Glynda guides Voltaria out of the room, leaving a stern Ironwood, a silent Ozpin, and a confused Qrow behind. And as they leave, Glynda shuts the door, while the men in the room just watch with mixed expression. Unsure what just happened.

"Well...that went well." Qrow said, breaking the silent, earning looks from the others, "What? It's not my fault that Glynda found out about this. As a matter of fact, how did she know about this?"

Ozpin looked at him and said, "Considering that Glynda is Voltaria's guardian, she must've been looking for her and questioning her teammates or the others where she was and the last person who saw her was..."

Ironwood sighs as he remembers one individual who was with Voltaria last, "Ruby. She was the one with Voltaria. Glynda must've asked her about what happened and track us down."

"Or maybe she spotted your robo-knights at the door." Qrow gestures to the two Atlesian Knights outside. "And, might I say, it isn't much of a secret integration if there are two robots outside guarding the door."

Ironwood narrows his eyes, "Qrow, we have yet to find a lead about Salem. Voltaria was the only closest person we could think of being a spy."

"Woah, woah, woah, we? Don't you mean you? You're the one that thinks that girl was a spy because she can talk to Grimm and has a cold attitude like Winter's." Qrow said to him in annoyance.

"Let's not argue, we have to prepare for the next match, but we must be vigilant. For who knows when the real culprit will strike." Ozpin said to him and Ironwood seriously.

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Glynda sighs as she takes Voltaria out of the room towards the halls of the school. She couldn't believe that Ironwood would question Voltaria like that?! It's bad enough they have to deal with Salem, but Ironwood accusing Voltaria? Out of the question! She done nothing wrong for past months during her stay. All because she could talk to Girmms but that doesn't mean he should accuse her.

"You don't have to worry about me." Voltaria said, catching Glynda off guard. "I'm used to it."

"Used to what? Being accused?" Glynda asked her, walking down the stairs.

Voltaria nodded her head, "I am a girl who speaks to Grimm, I killed any bounty hunter and assassins that were hired to exterminate me or capture me by scientists. I am a prize to all of them who want me dead or alive, for I am nothing but a monster in their eyes."

Glynda stared at her. Voltaria always sees herself as a monster to everyone because she was treated as one. It was not fair for her, growing up alone, fighting for her life, and never being loved or accepted. However, during her stay in Beacon, Glynda watched Voltaria slowly adapt into society, making friends, slowly accepting humanity, and now...now she's going to save not hundreds but thousands of innocent lives. If only Ironwood could see who she really was from the inside.

"You know, they should know that you're not a monster." Glynda said to Voltaria, walking out of the building. "They should see a brave, strong, yet kind girl who is trying to save them from a terrible disaster."

Voltaria stops her track, causing Glynda to stop as well and looks at her, wondering what was wrong. "...I wish they could see me like that, like how you and the others did." Voltaria said softly.

"They will, just give it time." Glynda said to her gently. "They will see the real you."

"Hopefully." Voltaria said before they continued walking out of the building towards the festival.

They search for Team WAVE, RWBY, and JNPR. But as they walked, they spotted four males that look alike. Glynda and Voltaria recognize them as the Gemini Quadruplets, four male quadruplet brothers that came from Haven Academy and are called Team TWNL (Twinkle). They are Tyson, Willy, Nash, and Lars. Tyson is the leader of the group; he keeps everyone in line. William or better known as Willy is the genius of the group. Out of all his brother, he has the highest IQ than any of his peers. Nash is the muscle of the group. He has a record of winning many fights during training. And Lars is the fun loving of the group, always supportive and helping out his fellow classmates.

They are skilled students and were able to make it to the double round but lost to Pyrrha and Ren. Even though they lost, that didn't stop them from enjoying the festival. The brothers were looking amongst the stores, searching for souvenirs for the parents and relatives back on Mistral. But truth be told that these Quadruplets are actually from Mineral Town. They used to live there with their parents until they moved to Mistral to be close with their relatives. Voltaria knows this since she was friends with them when she was four, even though they were older than her, they were good friends despite their age difference.

"Huh, the Gemini brothers are here." Glynda said to Voltaria.

"Yeah...they're from Haven Academy, correct?" Voltaria said to Glynda, even though she was right.

"Yes, they are." Glynda said before they continued walking away. But before they could, Voltaria almost bumped into Lars. The youngest of the Quadruplet brothers was trying to catch a frisbee that his brother, Nash, tossed.

"I got it! I got it! I got it!" Lars called out as he was about to catch the frisbee but almost crashed into Voltaria, "I don't got it!"

However, before he could crash, the gemstone on Voltaria's color started to glow and summoned her Beowolf. The wolf Grimm caught Lars, without hurting him, and caught the frisbee with its jaws. Everyone, minus Glynda, was shocked to see Beowolf up close. Some became scared but others just stood there in shock as the Grimm was holding Lars at the back of his shirt while Voltaria just stood there calmly with her arms crossed.

"Put him down." Voltaria ordered.

Obeying her command, the Beowolf puts the male down while dropping the frisbee, which Lars caught. The other brothers come to Lars just in time as the Beowolf suddenly vanishes, returning back to Voltaria's Grimm Holder. Voltaria stared at Lars and his brothers blankly, clearly showing that she predicted that incoming frisbee.

"Watch where you're going." Voltaria said blankly before Glynda guided her away from them, ignoring the reporters, who were taking pictures through the whole ordeal.

The Gemini Quadruplets watched as Voltaria and Glynda left, amazed upon what they saw.

"Wow...she is the Grimm Girl." Lars said in awe.

Willy nodded his head, "Indeed, her skill in battle is proven to be unbelievable."

"Yup, but I got to admit, for a girl that is four years younger than us, she's tough." Nash said.

"Let's not get ahead of ourselves. That girl is strong, but we can't let our guard down." Tyson said and his brothers agreed.

As they walked away, Glynda and Voltaria walked out of the festival and towards the shadows, where Regina awaits them and teleports them to a forest near Mineral Town. There, they met up with the others, who were brought by Voltaria's other entities. With them were Amaryllis, Ripper, Kurama, and Amber, they wanted to help out as well. They were worried about why Ironwood wanted to talk with Voltaria, feeling that he was accusing her of a crime she did not commit. The group suddenly stopped pacing around when Regina brought Voltaria and Glynda to their location and immediately they went to them.

"Are you okay, Volty?!" Ruby asked in concern.

"What happened?" Yang asked next.

"What did General Ironwood do to you?" Jaune asked also.

"Calm down, nothing bad happened to her." Glynda said in assurance, "Apparently, James believed that Ms. Eclipse is the culprit."

"What?! He can't do that." Pyrrha said in shock, "Even though she talks to Grimm, doesn't mean to make her a prime suspect."

"Believe me, Ms. Nikos, as much as I hated that man accusing my mistress, we had to guide them secretly before letting them know." Regina said to her and the others.

"Enough of that, we have to make the plan in motion before it's too late." Voltaria said, getting everyone's attention, "When I was in the room, I used my vision to see the events that would happen."

"What's going to happen?" Blake asked in concern.

"Grimms are coming. But they're not drawn by the negativity, rather we are led in the city." Voltaria said to them.

"What do you mean?" Glynda asked, wanting to know what would happen.

"Remember that underground village you and your team found months ago with the train tracks?" Voltaria asked Team RWBY, who nodded their heads, "They're going to use it again and this time they're bringing a lot more Grimms."

"This is bad, the people have to know about this, and fast." Pyrrha said, not wanting innocent lives to be lost.

"I agree with Pyrrha." Amber said, looking towards Voltaria, "Even though I no longer have the maiden's power, I still want to help them."

"There is a way to get the public to know what will happen." Voltaria said, already planned everything. "During Pyrrha and Penny's match, we will live broadcast the culprit and her plan, revealing the whole truth to everyone. And exposing her in the process."

"Really? How are we going to do that?" Wade asked his teammate.

"Depends, if someone knows how to hack into the system." Voltaria said.

Hearing this, Evo couldn't help but smirk, knowing he will be the one to hack as he is very good with tech, "Leave that to me." He said confidentially.

"Good, now we need bait." Voltaria said seriously.

"Bait? Like food?" Nora asked.

"No, this particular bait should catch the interest of our culprit, someone that she really wants to have." Voltaria said.

"And what would it be?" Weiss dared to ask.

Voltaria already has the answer for that, "Me."

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"VICTORY GOES TO YANG XIAO LONG!" Oobleck announced, earning roars of cheers from the crowd.

Yang was waving at the crowd with a wide grin on her face. Sun was lying on the ground, dazed but unharmed. Yang was a force to be reckoned with. Ruby cheers for her sister while Blake feels pity towards Sun, for he just suffered half of Yang's true strength. Just as Voltaria predicted, Yang annihilated her opponent, but not that much. This will also assure that Yang's battle was safe and not sabotage.

:Up next Pyrrha Nikos vs. Penny Polendina.: Port said through the speakers.

:Yes, and it will start in thirty minutes!: Oobleck exclaims loudly.

"Just enough time to set the trap." Voltaria said to her friends telepathically. "Are you guys ready?"

"Ready!" They all said unison.

Voltaria looks over to Cinder. The girl was glaring towards the arena, like she was angry that everything was going smoothly. Voltaria couldn't help but smirk at this, knowing very well that she is losing. So, waiting for Pyrrha's match, Voltaria excuses herself from the group and leaves, heading towards a certain direction that was far from the crowd. As Voltaria walks through the empty hall of the arena, where she headed towards outside. But before she did, she was stopped by someone.

"Well...if it isn't the Grimm Girl."

Voltaria turns around to see Cinder Fall, standing a few feet from her, glaring at Voltaria like daggers, as if she knew that Voltaria was the one causing many misfortunes. So, Cider decided to follow her and find out if it was Voltaria's reason why her plan was failing, which Voltaria predicted. But she acted as if she didn't know what's happening.

"Cinder Fall, what brings you here?" Voltaria questions her casually.

"You know why." Cinder said with narrow eyes, "Don't play innocent, I know you are the reason why things haven't gone my way."

"I have no idea what you're talking about." Voltaria said casually as turns around and was about to leave, "Now, if you can excuse me-"

Voltaria stops at her track when an arrow misses a few inches from her cheek and hits the wall. Voltaria turned her head and saw Cinder holding up her weapon, Midnight, and it was in the form of a bow with an arrow pointed at her. Cinder was now angered as she threatened to kill her.

"Don't play me as a fool!" Cinder said angrily, "I know it was you that put Emerald into that coma and Mercury wouldn't tell me what he saw on that mist you created! So, you tell me, how are you able to do so?!"

"...You really want to know? It's simple really. I am not alone in this operation." Voltaria simply answered, causing Cinder's eyes to narrow. "I know that you rigged through the system in order to mess with the opponent randomizer and would sabotage Yang's fight against Mercy by using Emerald's semblance which so happens to create illusions. That way, you'll make people feel anger and fear towards the battle."

Cinder continues to glare at her, "So, you figured it out. But why do it?"

"Let's just say, I don't like it when someone messes with my friends." Voltaria informs Cinder with a glare, "You know very well that if Mercury was injured by Yang, Team RWBY would be disqualified in the match, and your team will be forfeited by it, to lose track against Ironwood. And once everyone is preoccupied by this event, you will send someone to free Torchwick, so he can hack into the system and control all the Atlesian Knight-200s to attack the people of Vale, making everyone believe that Atlas was the cause of this attack. And I know that the White Fangs are luring Grimms here by using the underground railroad."

"How do you know this?!" Cinder said through gritted teeth.

"I know things that you don't realize, like how you are serving an immortal master, who can command the Grimms like me but only to create fear and start the war against humans and Faunus alike. She wants all the kingdoms to fall into war, and as the factions try to kill each other, she will get those relics that are hidden within the schools. But you can't get them without the maidens' power."

"Impossible! No one should know about..." Cinder's eyes widened as she realized something last night as she looked at Voltaria with an angry glare, "It was you..."

"Partially speaking, yes, it was me. I know you stole half of the maiden's power from her and try to use it for your selfish ways. But I was able to get the other half from you and made them whole."

"Where is it?!" Cinder suddenly yelled, ready to fire, "WHERE IS THE FALL MAIDEN'S POWER?!

Voltaria wasn't fazed by this, "It's no longer with her, the power is hidden away from you and will never be found by you nor your master. You will never use the powers of the maidens for your own evil goal. The people will not stand for it."

Hearing this, Cinder couldn't help but smirk evilly, "Do you think they would believe you?" She mocked Voltaria, "You are the Grimm Girl, a murderer, a freak of nature that people hunt. Why bother to save them if they treat you like a monster? You should serve my master; she will help you take revenge on those who wrong you. And with her help, you can be unstoppable."

Cinder knew very well how people are. She knows very well there are people who want her dead or alive. She'll easily manipulate her and get her to join her side. However, Voltaria wasn't a fool. She has seen this trick many times before. And she is not going to be that fool.

"No, I won't join you." Voltaria said seriously, shocking Cinder in the process. "People may call me a monster, they can send many bounty hunters on my head, but I won't care. It won't stop me from saving the lives of the people, both humans and Faunus. And besides. I don't need to tell them." Voltaria said calmly, catching Cinder off guard, before the Grimm Girl pointed at the side of the wall, "I just need to show them."

Cinder was confused before following her gaze. Within the wall was a hidden camera, blended within the color of the wall. Cinder was unaware that there was a hidden camera in the wall this whole time, filming everything she had just said. That camera was planted by Evo. You see, Evo left before Voltaria, saying he needs to contact his family. He headed to the long hall that Voltaria instructed him and planted the hidden camera before he headed towards another direction. There, he meets up with Glynda as she guides him to the communication tower. Regina was also with them but hid the shadows as she helped them sneak into the communication tower without being spotted. Regina messes with the security cameras, so they won't be spotted, allowing Evo to hack in the system to broadcast Voltaria exposing the culprit.

Speaking of which, the big screen showing Penny and Pyrrha's fight changed to reveal Voltaria and Cinder on the screen, surprising and shocking the crowd. Wade, AJ, Team RWBY, and JNPR knew that Voltaria's plan was coming along. Evo broadcast them throughout the kingdoms, allowing everyone to know the truth. Team RWBY, JNPR, and the rest of WAVE were glaring at the screen, knowing that Cinder was the one who caused Amber's injuries. Ozpin, Ironwood, and Qrow were shocked to see this, the entire crowd too. They couldn't believe what they just heard. Everyone was slowly becoming scared by this, realizing that whoever Cinder was working for was the one that caused them so much pain.

Cinder's eyes widen in shock as she realizes Voltaria exposes her throughout Remnant, showing everyone what's going on. Cinder glares back at Voltaria, anger and rage were in her eyes, as her hands started to create heat.

"Now everyone knows about your plan and true intention, Cinder." Voltaria said to her coldly. "No one will be harmed by you or the ones that are serving your master."

Cinder growled. "It looks like it, but they will also see your demise, and NO ONE WILL MISS YOU!" She suddenly shouted as she turned her Midnight into swords and zooms towards Voltaria, impaling her on the stomach. And everyone saw this.

"VOLTY!/VOLTARIA!" Ruby and her friends screamed in horror as they saw their friend being killed by Cinder.

"NO!" Pyrrha yelled in agony as she fell to her knees while Penny covered her mouth in shock and horror.

"NNNOOO!" Glynda yelled as she and Evo were in the communication tower, watching the whole scene through the monitor, horrified by what they saw.

Everyone, I mean everyone on Remnant, was horrified by what they just witnessed. Cinder murdering Voltaria in cold blood. Cinder grins as she withdraws her sword off Voltaria's lifeless body, satisfied on her kill, not bothered how the people are reacting. For she knows that they are horrified by what they saw.

"You have terrible aiming." A familiar voice said from behind.

Cinder froze as she slowly turned around to see Voltaria, unharmed. She was leaning on the other side of the wall, arms crossed as she stared at Cinder blankly. Speaking of Cinder, the girl stared at Voltaria with wide eyes, shocked to see her alive. Everyone was also shocked to see her alive, but her friends and guardian were relieved to see her alive but amazed on how she did it.

"How are you alive?!" Cinder demanded.

"Let's just say Marionette isn't too pleased that you were trying to kill me." Voltaria said blankly.

Cinder confused before turning back to lifeless body, but quickly dodged an incoming blade that was coming towards her. Cinder quickly moves away and sees the other Voltaria slowly standing up, but her arms and legs are turned into sharp blades. But what's more shocking is that this Voltaria was a puppet, and this one wasn't too happy to be stabbed. Voltaria then summons a dagger made of red flame crystal.

"Now, let's see who will mourn your demise!" Voltaria exclaimed as she charged at Cinder with Marionette spinning like a wheel. Cinder dodged their attacks, blocking their blades when they came close to her.

Even without the Fall Maiden's power, Cinder can still fight. They clashed their blades in order to take one down, but Voltaria and Marionette won't go down so easily. The hidden camera continued broadcasting as Voltaria and Marionette fought a very angry Cinder while a crowd of spectators watched in shock. Voltaria avoids Cinder's attack while Marionette charges in and fights Cinder. Giving Voltaria enough time to look at the camera and warn the crowd.

:Everyone! Evacuate as soon as possible! Grimms will be arriving soon and will cause chaos! Hurry!:

Voltaria soon moves away when Cinder comes charging with a battle cry as she misses Voltaria, but destroys the camera in the process, breaking the broadcast. The crowds in the arena were in shock, not sure what to do or say. They were so confused that they didn't know what to do.

"What the hell are you people waiting for?! An invitation!?" Wade suddenly exclaimed from his seat, catching everyone's attention, "She said evacuate! Grimms might be comin'!"

"He's right!" Ruby exclaims, getting up from her seat and backing up Wade, "You saw and heard what happened! We have to leave now!"

But the audience were still unsure if they should go. "Please, everyone!" Pyrrha pleaded to the crowd loudly, "The culprit tried to kill someone! A living person! We have to leave now, or we will suffer the same fate!"

The crowd began to murmur to one another, still unsure what to do. However, a female student from Beacon suddenly stood up from her seat and grabbed her Faunus friend's hand before taking her away from the arena with her, and towards the exit. As if she didn't want them to both perish. And with that single encouragement, the spectators of all ages and races got off their seats and ran to the exit, hoping to escape the conflict. As they all hurriedly leave, Ironwood looks towards Ozpin with serious eyes as they watch all the spectators leave.

"She knew this whole time!" Ironwood said in anger and shock before he spotted Qrow leaving, "And where do you think you're going?!"

"After the culprit! That Grimm Girl may have found out who she was, but there's no way she can last against her." Qrow said as he left to help Voltaria.

"Qrow!" Ironwood tries to go after him, but Ozpin stops the general.

"General Ironwood, we don't have time for this, we must prepare evacuation transports now before it's too late." Ozpin said to Ironwood, not wanting to see innocent lives being lost.

Ironwood wanted to protest, but had to agree, the people needed to be saved before it was too late. He ordered his men to prepare transport ships for evacuation while sending some Atlesian Knights to Voltaria's and Cinder's destination.

Speaking of Voltaria, the girl avoided Cinder's incoming attacks. Apparently, Cinder wanted to stab Voltaria more ways than one, but was either avoided or blocked by Marionette. Voltaria slides through the floor and glares at Cinder, who pushes Marionette away and charges at her at full speed. But before she could stab her, Qrow came out of nowhere and struck her with his sword, which she blocked.

"You..." Voltaria looks at Qrow in surprise.

"Yeah, me, now. Move!" Qrow ordered as he kicked Cinder away.

Voltaria dodged Cinder's flying figure before she activates a shadow portal, appearing behind Cinder, sending her to outside of the floating area. Which, however, causes Cinder to fall to her doom as she lets out an angry yell while falling to her doom. Qrow was surprised by this as he looked over to Voltaria, who closed the portal and allowed herself to sigh in relief while the puppet disappeared.

"How did you..."

"No time to explain, but she'll survive the fall, now excuse me. I have to go and save my friends."

Before Qrow could stop her, Voltaria quickly leaves the scene when Atlesian Knights come. Well, Qrow distracted them, giving Voltaria time to use the shadows to go to her friends. She didn't know why Qrow helped her, he probably his reason to help her, but she wasn't sure.

"Ruby? Is everyone evacuating?" Voltaria sends a telepathically message to her friend.

"Yup! Transport ships are coming and everyone's ready to go!"

"Good, I'll meet you there after-"

Voltaria was cut off when she heard a loud shriek that belongs to Nevermore. She quickly headed towards the arena and to her shock, a Nevermore was trying to break in the forcefield of the arena, trying to get the humans that were still inside. She realizes that the Grimms' arrival has come early, and she could feel them from the underground. Clearly, the White Fang are releasing Grimm to the city as we speak.

"The Grimms...they're here!" Voltaria said to Ruby in shock.

"WHAT?! But you said they won't be here in an hour!" Ruby exclaimed.

"Apparently it was lured here when the people became frightened at my sudden demise." Voltaria said as she summoned Blood Moon, "Make sure to evacuate everyone! I'll hold off the Nevermore to buy all the time!"

"But Volty!"

"JUST DO IT! I'LL BE FINE!" Voltaria ordered as she readied for battle.

:Warning: Safety Barriers Failing.: Came the automatic warning system.

"Get ready!" Voltaria orders her entities, who are ready for battle, as she glares at the Grimm.

Suddenly, the Nevermore completely breaks through the holographic barrier, and the force of it landing on the arena floor. Voltaria stood her ground as she readied Blood Moon, who was glowing brightly. The Nevermore screeches and lunges towards Voltaria. Until the Nevermore was suddenly knocked back by a red, twirling blur of roses, much to the surprise of Voltaria and her entries, and with the cause of the blur gripping a red scythe and stabbing into the Nevermore, before jumping back down in front of Voltaria.

"Ruby?" Voltaria whispers in surprise.

Ruby's expression shows anger and determination on her face, pointing scythe toward the Nevermore, "Leave my BGF alone!"

The Nevermore rises up and circles around the arena before lunging back down as Ruby holds her scythe defensively. But before the Nevermore could reach them, it gets pinned down by a barrage of rocket lockers and screeches out in pain before going unconscious. The lockers then opened up, revealing the weapons of various students of different academies. The respective owner of the sword pulls it out from his locker and is shown alongside Scarlet David gripping his cutlass and flintlock pistol, Sage Ayana with his sword, and Neptune Vasilias with his gun in hand. Sun Wukong with Ruyi Bang and Jingu Bang in its staff form, Team JNPR carrying their respective weapons, and other teams such Team CFVY, ABRN, Flynt Coal and Neon Katt of Team FNKI, Team MUSE, FNCY, TWNL, as well as their teammates were there. All gripping their respective weapons, ready to help.

The students are then suddenly shaken when the Nevermore starts to get back up. Ren then leaps up into the air and uses the blades of his weapons to slash at the Nevermore's eye. Arslan Altan uses her rope dart to swing down and grab the towering Yatsuhashi from the ground carrying him upward. Sage also leaps up into the air, and Nora runs up to the Nevermore's head and hits it with Magnhild in its hammer form. When Arslan reaches peak height, she lets go of Yatsuhashi, who is then joined by Sage, as the two broadsword wielders slash down and decapitate the Nevermore. Causing its head to land near Ruby before dissipating into black particles, while the students form a perimeter. As Arslan lands back on the ground next to her teammates, Voltaria looks at them, mildly shocked that they were here to help her.

"Why are you all here? You should all evacuate." Voltaria said to them.

"That's a funny way to say thank you." Nash said sarcastically, earning a gentle nudge from Willy. "What?"

"Volty, we can't leave you here to face the Grimm alone." Ruby said to Voltaria, "No matter what happens, we got your back, all of us." She gestures to their fellow huntsman.

Neptune nodded his head, "Yeah, even though you are very mean." He said, earning a slap on the head by Sirena Constantine, "OW!"

"You..." Voltaria tries to find the right words to say, "You will all do that? Even for me?"

"Girl, you may be a terrifying and dangerous girl, but your muse is in the right place." Flynt Coal said while Neon Katt nodded happily with a smile.

"And besides, you just gave a great performance." Sirena said with a smirk. "Now, let's show those no-gooders a grand final.

Hearing this, Voltaria couldn't help but smirk as they all exchanged determined expressions. She then looked over to Ruby, who smiled at the impressive ensemble of students. Their moment is cut short when they notice hippogriff-like Grimm land on top of the colosseum. They fly towards the group of students, shocking them in the process.

"Look at them all." Ekko said in shock.

"Griffons." Ren said the name of the Grimms.

"Anybody got a plan of attack?" Neptune asked the group before looking at Voltaria, "Can't you just control them?"

"Some, yes, but the rest are rogues. They don't listen to me, only the ones that they serve." Voltaria said as she readied Blood Moon. "I'll try to order the tamable ones away, while we fight off the rest of the rogues."

Everyone agrees as they are ready for battle. However, as a Griffon lands on the ground and roars at them, it is scared away at the sound of a gunshot. Looking up, they saw both Professor Oobleck and Port, who were holding their weapons, Blowhard and Antiquity's Roast (in its club form), were there and ready to help them.

"Students! I think it would be best for you to leave." Port ordered them.

"But we did a-" Ruby was cut off by Oobleck.

"Miss Rose! This day will surely go down in Remnant's history. I'd prefer it if my students could live to tell about it!" Oobleck said to them with a smile. Hearing this, Ruby nods at the Doctor's words before twirling her Crescent Rose.

"Let's go!" Ruby ordered as all the students leave, Ruby gets distracted by the flash of Velvet Scarlatina's camera. She stops to look at the photograph she took but is interrupted when her leader calls out to her.

"Velvet!" Coco called out to her, which she followed.

With the students clear of the arena, Port and Oobleck stand back-to-back with their weapons in hand as the Griffons circle around them and Port laughs enthusiastically.

"One final match, Barty! Place your bets!"

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The students were running to the hall of the arena, hearing louds gunshots from Oobleck and Prot's weapons. They have to reach the city fast, in order to save everyone from the Grimm invasion. Turns out, the White Fangs have brought more Grimms into the city, scaring the people in the process. Voltaria could see visions of innocent lives being slaughtered.

"We have to get to the city fast!" Arslan Altan said, running to the hall.

"How?! Civilians are still evacuating! We can't wait for a ship to come!" Reese Chloris said.

Voltaria had to agree, they will not make it to the city in time if the ships are full. Just then, she had an idea, she knew that her entities can't be revealed, but...lives are in danger, and she must trust them. Stopping her tracks, Voltaria looks at the group.

"Can I trust you all?" Voltaria suddenly said, getting everyone to stop.

"What?" Sun asked in confusion.

"I said, can I trust you all?" Voltaria repeated.

"Why?" Neptune asked in confusion.

"I need to know if I can trust you all with this secret."

"Of course!" Melodia said to Voltaria, "No matter what it is, we will keep it a secret." And everyone agrees, even Neptune.

"Good, that's all I need to hear." Voltaria said before calling out her entities, "Wraith! Tabitha! Hannibal! I need you all here!"

And with her command, three of the remaining entities appeared, shocking the newcomers in the process. Neptune screams and hides behind Ren, who was calm by this as he and his friends already know about the entities.

"These are my entities Wraith, Tabitha, and Hannibal, they will assist you all to go to the city." Voltaria said to the students.

"Wait...how long do you have those..." Scarlet David was cut off by Tyson Gemini.

"No time for chitchat, we have to go now before the Grimms attack." The leader of Team TWNL said before looking at the entities, "Can you really take us to the city in a second?"

"Hell yeah, we can." Wraith said through their minds, shocking them in the process. "Now, hang on everyone. And Jaune, hold on to your lunch, 'cause this gonna be a hell of a ride of your lives!"

"Oh, boy..." Jaune mutters as he prepares for the transportation.

"What does he mean by that?" Velvet Scarlatina asked in confusion.

"Trust me, you're gonna love it and hate it at the same time." Yang said with a grin as she readied her Ember Celica.

Voltaria turns towards Hannibal and gave him a command, "Hannibal, I order you to give them as much energy and strength as possible, do not let anyone grow tired or weak as they defend the innocent, and don't hesitate to attack any Grimm or anyone with dark intention, do you understand?"

Hannibal nodded his head determinedly before he, Wraith, and Tabitha readied to send the students to the city. They could feel the Grimm coming to invade and attack all the civilians. As they were ready to leave, Voltaria was going to run somewhere else until she was stopped by Ruby.

"Where are you going?" Ruby asked her friend in concern.

"I need to get on one of Ironwood's ships, someone will try to hack the knights." Voltaria said to Ruby.

"And I'm coming too, there's no way I'm leaving my friend behind." Ruby said with a smile.

Voltaria couldn't help but feel touched by her words and soon nods in agreement, allowing her to join. She turns to her entities, "Go! We'll meet you all in the city soon!"

Wraith grins and agrees before turning towards the students, "All right, huntsmen, huntswoman...and Neptune," Wraith ignores Neptune's 'HEY!' as he continues, "Let's show 'em what you're all made of!"

They all cheered as Wraith, Tabitha, and Hannibal consumed them within the shadows, teleporting them out of the arena and towards the city in the blink of an eye, and worked together to fight off the Grimms. Meanwhile, both Voltaria and Ruby ran off the stadium, passing the civilians before they stopped when they saw Bullhead dropping off more Grimm at the docking bay. Two Atlesian Knights escorting General James Ironwood effortlessly gun down an Ursa. As they proceed forward, the Knights are suddenly brutally ripped apart by a much larger, armored Beowolf variant. The Beowolf then notices Ironwood as the General starts to run towards it, gradually picking up speed as he nears the charging Beowolf. He screams a loud battle cry as he pulls out a pistol from his coat. Ironwood ducks and slides under the Beowolf's swipe and shoots at it twice. Pivoting as he skids across the floor and using his free hand as a break. The Beowolf lands and shakes its head then charges at Ironwood again, who fires his revolver three more times before having to duck under another swipe. The Beowolf attempts to swipe at him again with its left claw, but Ironwood effortlessly stops it with his own right hand. The General then fires at the Beowolf's feet, the explosion causing it to get airborne, and still gripping its claw, Ironwood proceeds to swing it back down to the ground with his own brute strength. Ironwood then picks up the Beowolf, aims the revolver at its skull, and shoots it, causing black blood to splatter from it. Ironwood then watches the body of the Beowolf dissipate before leaving.

Voltaria spotted more Bullheads, filled with Grimms inside. Narrowing her eyes, she took out five cards, showing fire symbols on them, before throwing them with incredible speed. The cards flew towards the Bullheads with Grimm inside before turning into fireballs and fusing themselves to turn into a big one. Exploding the Bullheads and killing the Grimms inside.

"Wow..." Ruby said in awe as she looked at Voltaria, "Did you know Grimms are in there?"

"Yes, and more are crawling all over the city and the White Fangs are invading Beacon as we speak. We have to go now before it gets worse." Voltaria said to Ruby.

"What about the civilians?" Ruby asked in concern. "We can't leave them here?"

"I got it covered." Voltaria said before she slams her palms onto the ground, summoning a huge glyph, bringing forth a huge Stagecoach that is being pulled by four black Friesian horses with bat-like wings. And driving it, was a hooded figure with demonic horns and claws, holding the reins. "Everyone! Get into the coach now!"

"But it's small!" Said a Faunus male.

"It may seem so, but inside it's bigger, trust me!" Voltaria said as the Stagecoach's door opened, revealing darkness.

Everyone was hesitant, scared of what was inside. But one brave teen stepped forward with his mom and sister to examine what was inside and to his shock, it was a huge pocket dimension, revealing stars inside. "It's okay! It's safe inside!" He announced before he helped a little girl inside along with his mom.

Upon hearing this, everyone quickly went towards the Stagecoach, entering through the door and into the huge pocket dimension. As they all got in carefully, Voltaria then summoned Marionette and her scythe wielding entity named Reaper and gave them both orders.

"Marionette, Reaper, protect all the civilians from any known threat, help Chariot at all costs, understand?"

Both entities nodded their heads and vowed to protect the civilians. Pleased by this, Voltaria grabs Ruby's hand and they both run to the edge. Voltaria already told Ruby about what she was going to do, and Ruby agrees before they both jumped off the edge of the arena, shocking everyone in the process, until Voltaria summons her Griffon, Skya, who caught them both before taking them to one of the Ironwood's ships. Skya quickly got them to a particular one before returning to the Grimm Holder as the girls pursued a person, a woman wearing an Atlas's soldier uniform. But Voltaria knows WHO she really is.

"Neopolitan." Voltaria called out to the girl.

The girl stops on her tracks and slowly turns to her with a glare. Ruby readies her Crescent Rose, but Voltaria stops her, preventing Ruby from attacking. The one known as Neopolitan or better known as Neo shows her true form, revealing a girl with pink and brown hair and eyes, glaring towards them. She readies her weapon to attack but soon stops when Voltaria says something that shocked her.

"I know why you're doing this. You want to fulfill your boss's duties, but it will still go in vain." Voltaria said to Neo seriously, "If you continue helping Cinder, she'll betray you in the end and get all the credit. Don't you see? She's using you and Torchwick as pawns and will easily get rid of you and find another pawn."

Neo continues to stare at her, thinking if she's telling the truth or not, "Don't believe me? Fine, I'll show. VISION!" She called out and her crystal orb appeared into thin air, surprising Neo, "Show Neopolitan what her future will become."

Vision obeyed and floated in front of Neo, who stared at him suspiciously, as if it was trapped. Until Vision shows Neo her future and what will Cinder do to her and Torchwick. Stepping back, Neo shook her head in shock as she processed what she just saw. She looks towards Voltaria and Ruby, waiting for her answer.

"You should leave while you still can, stop working for Cinder, and in return. I will bring Torchwick to you, alive and well." Voltaria offered, shocking Neo in the process. "Do we have a deal?"

Neo thinks for a while if she should do it or not. However, what she saw convinced her and if Voltaria can bring Torchwick back, then she has a deal. Neo nodded her head before she vanished into thin air, surprising Ruby in the process.

"Where'd she go!?" Ruby exclaims in shock.

"Somewhere far from here." Voltaria said to her, "Now, let's go, we have to retrieve the relic out of the vault and place it somewhere far from their reach."

"Okay! Let's go!" Ruby said as they all left the airship just in time.

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At the city, the students work together to take down any Grimms that come. And as promised, Hannibal gave them many energies to make sure they didn't grow tired or run out. Tabitha and Wraith helped them out a lot as they easily took down many Grimms that were coming their way. Glynda and Evo came soon after sending an emergency broadcast to the other kingdoms. They easily fought off the Grimms with the help of the entities. Just then, an Ursa was about to attack Wade when suddenly Amaryllis came and bit down its neck so hard that it snapped in half.

"WOAH! It's that dinosaur from the news!" Sun exclaims in shock and surprise.

Ripper then appeared and attacked some incoming Beowolf that were going to attack Yang, "Wow! Another one!" Velvet said in shock.

"Look out!" Ruby's voice called from above as she and Voltaria came down and sliced incoming Boarbatusks in half.

"Ruby! Voltaria! You girls are alright!" Uri said happily.

"Yeah, sorry it took so long." Ruby said in an apologetic tone.

Just then, Glynda hurriedly went over to Voltaria, "Professor Goodwitch, we need to-" Voltaria was cut off when Glynda suddenly hugged her, much to her surprise and the others. Glynda lets go and gave Voltaria a stern look.

"Never do that again."

"...Sorry, it's the only way for people to see Cinder's true intentions." Voltaria explains before quickly changing the subject, "But I need to retrieve something from the school, and you know what it is."

Glynda nodded in understanding, "All right, go, we'll hold them off, long enough for you and Ruby can get there."

"We're gonna scout ahead to see if we can evacuate anyone in the school or buildings." Wade said to them.

"Thank you." Voltaria said before looking at Ruby, "Let's go!"

Ruby agrees and runs off with Voltaria while the rest of the students went off to different directions to save many civilians and fight off Grimms in their way. Regina assisted both Ruby and Voltaria to reach the school while everyone else helped the civilians escape. Meanwhile, Blake was running just outside the dining hall, searching for survivors. However, she stops when a Beowolf latches onto the side of the building above her. Her attention is then drawn away from the Beowolf when she hears a wounded scream inside the burning interior of the dining hall. She turns with her fist clenched as she gives a look of horror when she sees a familiar figure throwing an Atlas soldier.

"No... Adam?"

Adam grins at her creepily, "Hello, my darling." He greeted Blake coldly.

Adam Taurus, a former partner of Blake's, and who happens to hate all humanity.

Blake backs away from the shattered window, staring in horror at her old partner. Adam notices this and mocks her, "Running away again? Is that what you've become, my love? A coward?"

Finally, Blake mustered enough courage to ask in shock, "Why are you doing this?"

Adam simply replied in a cold tone. "You and I were going to change the world, remember? We were destined to light the fires of revolution!" Adam said before he stomps on a downed Atlas student's chest, "Consider this...the spark."

Blake watches in horror as Adam draws Wilt, preparing to stab the student, but Blake quickly charges into the dining hall, drawing her sword in a flash. Her blade clashes with his as she pushes him away from the student, and they stand with their blades locked.

Blake glares at him, "I'm...not...running."

Adam became dark and said, "You... will." He then kicks her away, knocking her onto the floor. A nearby Creep runs toward her, only to be shot by Adam. "But not before you suffer for your betrayal, my love." He smiles at her cruelly and begins walking toward her.

---

Meanwhile, Ripper was running through the school's ground, killing off any Grimms that were in his way. He was searching for his Momma Red and Mother. He worries for both of them as well as the rest of the pack. They should find a way to get these Grimms off the city and then head back to their territory, so they can all be safe. But he reaches the dining hall and stops when he spotted Blake fighting off Adam. She struggles a lot as Adam was fighting her off easily. Angered to see that his packmate was in trouble, Ripper intervenes to save her. Just as Adam was about to stab her, Ripper headbutts Adam from the side, sending the male flying to the tables, crashing into them in the process. Ripper releases a loud roar towards Adam, ready to charge and attack. Blake was surprised to see Ripper here but also grateful that he came.

"Ripper!" Blake said in relief, causing Ripper to look at her.

But as he did, Adam came flying off the tables, charging with a loud battle cry with his sword raise. Ripper turns to him, and Blake tries to stop Adam from striking Ripper, however, before the sword could touch Ripper, something comes out of nowhere and enters Adam's body, forcing the male to crash on the ground, struggling as he screams in agony. Blake wasn't sure what's going on or if it was Ripper's doing, but she just stared at Adam in shock as he screamed.

"Blake!" Yang calls out to her. Blake turns around to see Yang coming in full speed. She hugs her friend in relief to see her alright before holding her arms, "Are you okay?"

"I...I'm fine...Ripper saved and...and..." Blake looked towards Adam as she, Yang, and Ripper watched him struggle to get up but something inside of him prevented him from doing so.

"W-WHAT'S HAPPENING TO ME?!" Adam screams in agony.

"LEAVE. FRIENDS. ALONE!" Adam, Yang, Blake, and Ripper heard Hannibal's angry voice, indicating he came to rescue them and stopping Adam from hurting Blake.

Hannibal then proceeds by draining all of Adam's energy both Aura and his life energy. Adam struggles to breathe, but he couldn't. What Hannibal was doing to him was painful, and he is sure showing Adam no mercy. Adam screams and fall from his side, causing his mask to fall, revealing his scar across his left eye, it was a Schnee Dust Company brand mark, which was bloodied the eye that cause the iris to turn gray and singed the eyebrow, as opposed to his remaining blue eye and brown eyebrow.

"AUGH! STOP THIS! AAAHHHH!" Adam screams as he tries desperately to get the pain to go away but grows weaker and weaker in every second.

Oh, Ripper will totally do so. He'll end his misery right here, right now. Stalking towards him, Ripper looms over a screaming Adam, who looks up in teary eyes as Hannibal drains his energy. Both Yang and Blake knew what's going to happen and quickly shielded each other to avoid the sight. Ripper knew very well that they should, for he will get rid of the one that's been plaguing Auntie Cat (that's his nickname for Blake) and doing her a favor.

"N-No...st-stay back..." Adam weakly ordered, trying to get his sword, but was swatted away by Ripper's tail.

Ripper will enjoy ending him. So, cracking his neck, Ripper lets out a furious roar and snaps his jaws towards Adam.

Ending him and his plan on destroying humans forever.

---

Ruby and Voltaria were running towards the school, heading towards the entrance as they ran to the elevator to the secret vault. There, they will retrieve the relic or better known as the Relic of Choice, from the vault and take it somewhere safe. That way, Cinder, or anyone else can find it. But when they reach the doorway, Voltaria senses something coming. Acting quickly, Voltaria pushes Ruby aside, just in time when Cinder came crashing down with an angry yell. Cinder fired multiple arrows at them. Luckily, Ruby as she twirls Crescent Rose, deflecting the arrows away from them.

"YOU RUINED EVERYTHING!" Cinder yelled angrily at Voltaria, who glared at her.

"So, what if I did?! It's better than let YOU commit genocide in the Kingdom of Vale!" Voltaria said with a growl.

"Let it fall along with you and your friends!" Cinder shouted as she charged at them.

Voltaria quickly uses her glyph to summon an earth wall and sends it towards Cinder, who dodged it, deflecting the round of bullets that Ruby shot fire with her Crescent Rose. The two of them quickly dodged Cinder as she attacked Voltaria, who blocked her swords with Blood Moon. Ruby kicks Cinder away, causing her to slide through the ground, creating sparks in the process. Ruby and Voltaria readied themselves as Cinder uses her heat semblance to power up her weapons, before charging at them in full speed and a battle cry. Voltaria twirls Blood Moon before creating an ice glyph and fires a stream of ice blast at Cinder. Seeing this, Cinder dodged just in time before she could in case of the icy spikes.

"Get ready to fire, Ruby!" Voltaria said as she continued creating streams of ice towards Cinder, who was running from it.

"On it!" Ruby said as she fired multiple rounds at Cinder.

Cinder blocked the bullets, but it was distracting her as Voltaria made the floor into ice, causing Cinder to slip, giving Ruby a chance to shoot a fire bullet that exploded, sending Cinder flying off to a fountain. Ruby grins happily and cheered, succeeding her shot. But her joy was quickly replaced by fear when she and Voltaria felt the ground beneath them shake.

"What was that?" Ruby asked in alarm, feeling the tremor beneath.

Voltaria senses what was causing this as she realizes what it is, "It can't be..."

They weren't the only ones who felt it, everyone around them felt the tremor. Glynda and Qrow stopped fighting the Grimm when they too were shaken by another tremor. Qrow stabs his sword into the ground to keep himself standing. Goodwitch looked in a certain direction that made her eyes widen in horror.

"No..."

Another tremor shakes Jaune as he battles an Ursa Major, with Sage and Scarlet piggyback riding on it with worried expressions on their faces. Within the mountain, a creature was awakening from its slumber. The mountain started to violently shake and crumble, as various body parts of a monstrous-looking Grimm are revealed. And soon, the mountain completely breaks apart, releasing a titanic Grimm called the Wyvern.

It is an incredibly rare Grimm to the point where their existence was questioned. It was considered to be the most dangerous Grimm of all time. And it can produce any Grimm in its wake. Voltaria and her entities knew that it was in that mountain, but it was dormant and couldn't be awakened. However, due to the panic happening in the city, it has awoken from its slumber. The Wyvern roars and flies over the abandoned Mountain Glenn and heads towards Beacon. As it flies, it exudes a black, tar-like substance which drops to the ground in the city of Vale and spawns various Grimm. Ozpin approaches the window of his office, noticing the Wyvern getting closer. The massive Grimm excretes more of the black substance, which drops to the ground and spawns more Grimm near the base of the CCT. As the Grimm charged forward, Voltaria knew what had to be done.

"Change of plan! We need to go to the tower!" Voltaria said to Ruby.

"What, why?" Ruby asked in confusion.

"I'll explain on the way. Now, hurry!" Voltaria ordered as they ran to Beacon's Tower, "There's a Grimm called a Wyvern coming its way here. We have to stop it before it can produce or draw more Grimms here."

"Are you going to make those Grimm crystal repellent thingies?!" Ruby asked, knowing very well about Voltaria's secret since she told her at the Emerald Forest.

"Yes, but it's gonna be a really big one and might take a lot of energy in me." Voltaria said as they ran to the stairs of the tower.

"Don't worry, I got your back!" Ruby said before she uses her speed semblance to grab Voltaria, creating red and black swirls to reach to the top. However, before they could reach it, something burst through the side of the building, causing Ruby and Voltaria to fall on the other floor of the tower. They looked up to see Cinder, burning with rage, knowing very well what they were up to.

"Oh, come on!" Ruby yelled in annoyance.

"Get out of our way, Cinder! You can't stop this." Voltaria said to Cinder.

"NEVER! I will destroy you, your friends, and this city!" Cinder yelled in anger as she charged at them.

Quickly using Crescent Rose, Ruby blocks Cinder's swords, "Volty! Get to the top! I'll hold her off!" Ruby said, giving Voltaria time to reach the top.

But before she did, the tower suddenly shook by another tremor, causing some debris to fall on them. Forcing Voltaria and Ruby to be separated. Cinder took this opportunity to fight Ruby alone, who quickly dodged and blocked her attacks. Ruby was doing her best but soon was kicked away by Cinder. She crashes to the ground and doesn't have time to get up as Cinder jumps and is ready to stab her. But before she could, an ice blast came out of nowhere, sending Cinder crashing to a remaining wall, freezing her into place. Ruby was in awe before turning towards the direction where the ice came from and to her shock, she saw Voltaria floating in midair, surrounded by black and white aura energy. Her mask was gone, revealing her skin had turned pale white, her sclera turned into black, and her eyes turned into dragon eyes. But what's more shocking is that black/white flames coming out of them.

"Volty..." Ruby spoke in a whisper in shock, "Are you...are you a maiden?"

Voltaria nodded her head, "Yes...I am the Winter Maiden." She answered softly to her mind before she went over to Ruby and picked her up with ease, "Hang on, I'll carry you to the top, it will be faster."

Ruby nodded in response as Voltaria flew to the top while carrying Ruby. Unaware that Cinder was melting the eyes with her semblance.

---

The Wyvern was seen heading towards the tower, roaring loudly as it brought forth more Grimms to the city. Voltaria's entities and the students worked together to fend them off but were almost completely surrounded by them until they saw something else coming from the sky. It was a big fox like Grimm with nine tails. It was the same size as the Wyvern but what's strange is that the Fox Grimm attacked the Wyvern, forcing it to crash onto the ground.

"Wow! Did you see that?!" Sun exclaimed in shock. "It took it down with no problem."

"And it's helping us?!" Neptune added in shock, "Why?!"

"Because he's a friend!" Amber's voice came out of nowhere.

Looking to the direction, Qrow and Ironwood were shocked to see Amber is alive and helping them fight off any Grimm in her way. She uses her staff to attack or release a powerful wind or fireball at them. Amber kicks incoming and incoming Creep before it goes near her.

"How the heck are you alive?!" Qrow asked Amber in shock.

"Fight now, explain later!" Amber exclaimed as she dodged an incoming Beowolf.

Qrow still wanted to know how she got her and how she was still alive, but he'll get them soon, right now, they have to deal with these Grimm. As they fought them, Voltaria and Ruby reached the top of the tower, just in time since Kuruma was able to fight off the Wyvern with ease. Voltaria placed Ruby down before taking out Blood Moon.

"Stay back, it's going to be dangerous." Voltaria orders to Ruby.

Rub nodded her head and backed up a bit, allowing Voltaria to prepare to summon her black crystals. As she focuses her energy, Ruby watches in awe as Voltaria's aura surrounds her body, ready to bring forth the protection. But before it could go smoothly, Ruby heard someone coming, she quickly turns around but quickly blocks an incoming arrow with Crescent Rose. Suddenly, she was pushed to the wall by none other than Cinder. Her eyes continue to fill with anger, after realizing the Winter Maiden power was actually with Voltaria.

"You! You know about this, don't you!" Cinder yelled in anger.

"Stay away from her, Cinder! She never knew I had the Winder Maiden's power!" Voltaria ordered, readying Blood Moon.

"But she knows where's the Fall Maiden power! And you will tell me where it is or she will pay with her life!" Cinder yells at her angrily. Just then, Ruby headbutts Cinder, dazing her in the process before kicking her away. Cinder crashes to the desk while Ruby readies Crescent Rose.

"Ruby!"

"Don't worry about me, Volty! Finish what you're doing! I'll handle her!" Ruby said as she and Cinder fought through the room while Voltaria tried to summon the crystal from the ground faster. Ruby and Cinder fought with their blades, Ruby did her best blocking Cinder's attack, trying not to get hit in the process.

But as they fought, Kurama was fighting the Wyvern from the sky, trying to knock each other down. Kurama then pushes the Wyvern to the tower, causing the Grimm to crash on it, creating another tremor and causing Ruby to lose her balance, giving Cinder the advantage to kick her out of the window, falling to her doom.

"RUBY!" Voltaria screamed in alarm to see her friend fall.

"AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Ruby screams as she falls off the window and to the ground.

Without thinking, Voltaria flies out of the window to catch Ruby. Cinder took the opportunity to fire an arrow at Voltaria, in hopes to get the Winter Maiden power. Everything was going in slow motion. Ruby was falling to her doom while Voltaria was trying to save her, with the arrow following her from behind, ready to stab her on the back. However, the card that was housing the Fall Maiden's Power soon came out of Voltaria's sleeve, glowing slightly as it made its way to Ruby. When Ruby grabs the card, Voltaria catches Ruby with a hug, holding her tight as they fall with the arrow ready to pierce Voltaria. But before it did, both Ruby and Voltaria were consumed by a bright white light that sent the arrow flying and Cinder to the other side of the room. Cinder was shocked by this before she slowly got up and headed towards the edge to see the bodies of Ruby and Voltaria. However, when she got closer, a huge black thorned vine came out of nowhere, almost hitting her in the process. Cinder dodged the giant vine just in time, but more thorny vines came out of nowhere, by breaking through the walls or floor. Cinder had to jump out of the way and be forced to get out by using one of the thorny vines, without getting pierced by the thorns. And doing so, Cinder saw what was causing this or better yet, WHO was causing it.

Levitating in the midair was a girl that was taller than her, with white skin, wearing a mixture of both Ruby and Voltaria's attires along with a long red hooded cloak, has long dark hair that match night sky with white streaks on her bangs, and red streaks on her lower hair. And when she opens her eyes, revealing black sclera, and silver eyes with slit pupils. And soon, a mixture or black/red/white fiery glow came through the eyes, showing the power of the maidens, both Fall and Winter, together as one powerful being of power.

Cinder's eyes widened in shock at the sight before her. This warrior of untold power levitates by using the gust of winds around her. This warrior glares at Cinder with a cold expression before hearing the fearful cries of the civilians. Turning towards the source, she could see the civilians still evacuating the area. Lifting a hand towards the source, the mysterious warrior channels her power towards the Grimms harming the civilians, and with a point of a finger, the thorny vines charged with incredible speed. Crushing or impaling the Grimms and saving the civilians the process.

"No...how?!" Cinder yells in anger, demanding to know how she was able to obtain such power.

The warrior didn't respond as she continued summoning black thorny vines towards the Grimms, helping the huntsmen and students to take them down. Angered by this, Cinder charges at her with blades raised, as she jumps at her and ready to stab the mysterious warrior, something catches her leg, preventing Cinder from reaching the warrior. Turns out, a thorny vine grabbed Cinder's foot, preventing her from reaching the warrior. Suddenly the vine pulls Cinder away, shakes her around like a ragdoll and slamming her on different structures like buildings, the ground, and statues. Cinder's aura was slowly depleting, getting more and more injured in the process. Then the vines bring her up high to the sky as ice blocks form into thin air, made by the warrior, and Cinder was smacked on them so hard that they broke. Cinder could feel all her bones break by this; the feeling was unbearable and painful to process; it didn't even give her time to heal. After being beaten around, Cinder was brought up by the female warrior with thorny vines wrapped around her arms and legs. Her body was mangled and bruised by the terrible beating. Cinder weakly looks at the female warrior, barely staying focused as her body was going to break.

"Wh...who...who are you..." Cinder choked out.

The female warrior brought Cinder close to her face, taunting her on how easily she was defeated by her. Cinder wanted to break free and stab the warrior but couldn't. Her mind and body were beaten and bruised by this warrior, who's gaze remains cold and empty. Once she was close enough, the warrior spoke through her mind and her lips unmoving.

"I am...Crimson Rose."

And with that response, Crimson Rose flies down to the ground, hovering beneath it as she brings forth Blood Moon from the tower. The staff grew twice the size of Crimson Rose, allowing her to hold him, as she lifted him to the shattered moon, feeling all the power within it charging Blood Moon. And with a flash from Blood Moon, Crimson Rose slams the bottom of the staff, creating a powerful spark on the ground which spreads throughout the kingdom and its borders, creating a tremor that makes everyone freeze in shock. And soon when the tremor stopped, black crystals erupted from the ground, startling everyone. The black crystals came from sidewalks, park, the courtyard, and all around its borders, forming pillars as it reaches beyond Mountain Glenn and through the underground tunnels, stabbing some Grimms in the process. When all the crystals are formed, Crimson Rose flies above the sky with Blood Moon following her. Cinder was brought up as well by the vines, witnessing her failure as Crimson Rose created another giant black crystal, bigger than the rest and as tall as the tower. She hovers above the giant crystal as black thorns surround it. Crimson Rose lifted Blood Moon up once more, closing her eyes, channeling more energy to him. And when the moon shines on them, she snaps open her eyes, her fiery glow on her eyes increases, as Blood Moon releases a powerful stream of silver light to the night sky.

The clouds around them began to swirl around the energy before pairs of silver eyes with black flames appeared within the clouds. Crimson Rose lets out a powerful shriek that echoes through the land, and the flaming silver eyes glow brightly along with the black crystals, creating powerful streams of light energy that consumes the entire Kingdom of Vale all the way to Mountain Glenn and beyond the borders. The Grimms let out powerful roars along with the Wyvern but were all soon consumed by the powerful light. Every human and Faunus shielded themselves as they were too consumed by the bright light. Ripper and Amaryllis quickly shielded their pack members from the sudden light as they were consumed as well. After a few seconds, the light disappeared and the Grimms that were infesting the city were now gone, either turned to stone or into ash. Kurama, who was in his giant nine tail fox form, was not injured nor affected by the light, for he was protected by Voltaria's entities, and he is part Faunus. Kurama looks towards the Wyvern that was now turned to stone, he lifts his claw and lets out a roar as he breaks the stoned Wyvern into pieces, preventing any Grimms from coming here.

Seeing this, Cinder's eyes widen in shock and horror, all the planning has gone to waste because of Crimson Rose. She failed her mission to her mistress. This can't be happening! Suddenly, Cinder was brought face to face to a black face Crimson Rose. For the first time in her life, Cinder became terrified, staring at the cold eyes of Crimson Rose. Cinder could feel herself, trembling at the sight of Crimson Rose.

"Cinder Fall." Crimson Rose spoke to her coldly, "Your soul is stained by the blood of the innocent. Committed many sins beyond redemption. Murdering innocents, destroying the peace, and abusing the power of good and turn into evil. You will be punished beyond death, and you will never find peace."

"Wh-what do you mean?! What are you going to do to me?!" Cinder yelled as she was being brought closer to Crimson Rose while the thorny vines forced Cinder's eyes to stay unblinkable. "Just...Just who are you?"

"I am Crimson Rose, the Spirit of Justice, Vengeance, Power...and Death." Crimson said the last part coldly, "Look into my eyes. Feel their pain."

As they locked eyes, Crimson Rose's flaming eyes stared through Cinder's, forcing her to see her past crimes from many years ago. She saw and heard the people's screams and how she killed them. She was surrounded by black flames that consumed her, burning her, to which to the point she began screaming in pain. Her body felt like she was burned alive. But soon, her thoughts were interrupted when a black/red blazing dragon head appeared behind her, causing Cinder to scream as the flaming dragon consumed her within its powerful jaws.

It was then later revealed that Cinder's mind was soon broken by Crimson Rose's stare, her eyes are burned out into burning charcoal and her mouth slightly opened by the pain she experiences. Seeing that Cinder is now as good as dead, Crimson Rose flicked Cinder's chin slightly, causing black ice to go through her body.

"The souls have been avenged." Crimson Rose said coldly.

Crimson Rose made her vines drop Cinder's crystalized body to the ground. As it did, it shattered into a million pieces upon impact, destroying Cinder for good.

Thus, ending the evil that was inflected into the city.

---

"RUBY! VOLTARIA! WHERE YOU?!" Wade's voice shouted through the darkness.

Wade was running through the destroyed streets of Vale; many people were able to evacuate just in time before things could get ugly. However, things took a turn when black crystal erupted from the ground, surrounding beyond the Kingdom of Val and through Mountain Glenn. These black crystals were the same as the ones at Mineral Town, but bigger and more stronger looking. And thus, creating a powerful shield to prevent any Grimms, even the subterranean ones, from entering the city. It was shocking for everyone, even Ironwood was shocked to see such a powerful defense system that was not technology. But that's not important right now. Right now, Team WAVE, RWBY, and JNPR are trying to find their friends Ruby Rose and Voltaria Eclipse from the destruction of the city. Glynda was also helping with the search, worried about Voltaria and wanting to know why there were black crystals here.

"Find anything?" Jaune asked, meeting up with the others at the center.

"No! We still can't find them." Weiss said with worry.

"Keep searching! They could be close!" Wade said to the group. "We just need to-" Wade was cut off when he and the others heard Ripper's roar. They looked up to see Ripper (with Zwei on his head) and Amaryllis running towards them.

"It's Rippy and Ama!" Nora exclaims as they all rush towards them.

"Ripper, Amaryllis, do you know where Ruby and Voltaria are?" Pyrrha asked the hybrids urgently.

They nodded their heads and lowered their bodies, allowing their packmates to get on them. Glynda, Yang, Blake, and Weiss were riding on Ripper while the rest of Team WAVE and JNPR rode on Amaryllis. Well, she was carrying Jaune and Nora with her hands since her back was already full. But they didn't mind, as long as they could reach their friends faster. So, the hybrids ran towards the scent of their mothers, they weren't far as they followed their scent determinedly. As they got closer, they heard a cold, ghostly, and yet beautiful humming. The two hybrids stopped at their tracks as they and their pack members listened to that humming, sounding very familiar.

"Do you hear that?" Blake asked in surprise.

"Yeah...it's that song we heard a few months ago." AJ said, hearing the ghostly humming.

"Ripper, Amaryllis, followed that humming!" Ren suddenly ordered.

Obeying him, they followed the sound since it was where their mothers' scents were. As they reached the source, the hybrids helped their packmates off them and went over the debris and rubble, trying to get to the source of the song. And once they did, they all gasped in shock at the sight before them. Standing within the thorns of vines was Crimson Rose, hair moving slowly by the gentle breeze as she hums the song that was sung a few months ago that made everyone admire it. But what's more shocking was the thorny vines, there were crimson roses blooming on them.

Crimson roses shall bloom within the black thorns of destruction, as a warrior of two souls shall rise to smite the evil.

Voltaria's voice echoed through their minds as they remembered her and Ruby's fortune and she's standing right there. Their presence alone caught Crimson Rose's attention. She stops humming as she slowly turns towards them, silver eyes show no expression or emotions, as they stare at the teens and Glynda calmly. They were shocked to see her and they, minus Glynda, slowly understood about their fortune and it all makes sense now.

This girl, Crimson Rose, is both Ruby and Voltaria in one.

"Ruby...V?" Wade whispers out.

Crimson Rose's only response was activating her flames in her eyes that illuminated the darkness.

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I hope you guys like the chapter. I was inspired by Steven Universe fusion and the Penance Stare from Ghost Rider. I know many of you all wish Cinder and Adam to have a...horrible end. And they did. Now, I will work on the next one soon. Thanks for being patient. The song was Come Little Children by Erutan. I will explain how Voltaria got the Winter Maiden soon. And if you have any ideas for a voice actress for Crimson Rose, please leave it in the comments or PM, thanks.

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