Never thought that I decided to write a second chapter for this Fanfiction story. That is all I have to say. So, let's begin the OFFICIAL first chapter of Dark Souls: Embers of Remnant! Oh, and in case this story gets copyrighted, I do not own Any Dark Souls or RWBY related content on the story. Now, INSERT DARK SOULS III MAIN MENU THEME AS ITS OPENING to this Fanfiction.

Dark Souls: Embers of Remnant

One

New Yet Uncertain Allies

'So, What Do You Say? Why Not Help One Another On This Lonely Journey?'

Ash had followed behind Ruby Rose throughout the streets of a city called Mistral. He had kept quite a distance away from the girl as he didn't want to repeat his answer her questions with regards to the Dark Sword that he was carrying. All he had said to her is that he got that Sword off from a merchant.

The girl wasn't buying into his words as she still persisted that he must've got it from somewhere. It might look like just an ordinary thick pitch-black longsword, but to her, it had a unique design on the sword. As he didn't want to be bothered by her constant pleading, Ash decided to let her hold the Dark Sword.

"Oh wow!" Ruby said with delight, inspecting the sword closely at every angle. "This sword is nothing that I've seen before!"

"You look too excited about it?" Ash said with a lace of dryness in his voice, not bothering with the girl's attitude.

Despite his remark, Ruby looked at him with a smile. "Oh, you have no idea how excited I am with weapons."

"And I assume you have one?" Was the next question Ash asked.

Ruby nodded her head while smiling. "Yep. But you'll have to wait when we arrive at our destination." She handed the Dark Sword back to the Ashen One and continued on with their journey. It took quite them quite a while until they had arrived at their location. "And we're here."

Ash looked ahead to see Ruby stop in front of their destination. It was a large house, and its design was nothing that he had seen before. Right now, they were right in front of the house's entrance door. Before they could even enter, Ruby looked over to Ash. "You might want to stay out here for just a couple of moments."

Ash looked at her. He already knew why he needed to stay out here. Silently nodding his head to the young girl to enter the house. Meanwhile, Ruby entered the house, and was greeted by her friends. "Hey, you're back, Ruby!" That was the voice of her half-sister, Yang Xiao-Long.

"Took you long enough." Weiss Schnee, former Heiress to the Schnee Dust Company or SDC for short, spoke next.

Ruby giggled at their words and rubbed the back of her head. "Yeah, I just had a run in the market, that's all."

Now her words caught everyone's attention. Jaune Arc was the first to speak. "You ran into someone in the market?

"Yep." Ruby responded while popping the last letter.

"So, what does he look like?" Nora Valkyrie eagerly asked.

Lie Ren placed a hand on her shoulder that would calm her down. "Relax, Nora. Ruby will tell us."

Speaking of the girl, she had something to say. "About that…" Everyone looked at her with a confused look on their faces. Right before anyone could say a word, Ruby looked over at the entrance to the door, and made a gesture for something or someone to enter. The main entrance opened to reveal an individual dressed up in an attire that was a combination between a rusted Knight Armor and a robe. If anyone have to say one thing about the individual standing before them, he looked to be unique.

Too unique for the likes of Qrow Branwen who sat back up from the couch he was lying at. He was eying at the individual before him and felt something off. "This power…it's not like what I have felt before. How did Ruby find someone like him?"

Ash saw that everyone's attention was towards him. He remained silent from this. Jaune couldn't help but nervously gulp at the person he was seeing. "Um…Ruby. Is this the person you ran into the market?"

"Sure is, Jaune." Ruby replied to him. She went over to Ash and introduced him to the group. "Everyone! I want you to meet Ash! He's not much of a talker."

Now that he had been presented to the group, it was the group's turn to be introduced. Nora went to each of her friends as she introduced them to him. "Oh! Since you already know Ruby, this is Wiess, Blake, Yang, Jaune, Ren, the guy sitting on the couch is Qrow…" She suddenly spread her arms out while somehow, she threw confetti out from her hands. "And I'm Nora!"

Ash just silently stared at the red-haired girl. He didn't say anything as he was too dumbstruck about where the confetti even came from. "Is that…some sort of spell that I never seen before?"

Every Occupants looked at Ash as she stood there silently. Too Silently for them to say the least. Yang cleared her throat and spoke. "So, Ash…" The Unkindled looked in her direction. "How did you exactly encounter my sis?"

Ash looked at the blonde then Ruby, and then back at her. He didn't see any relationship of how these two are related. "Perhaps they may be half-related?" He shook that thought off his head and locked eyes on her. "I was wandering the streets before I encounter Lady Rose."

Ruby looked at Ash with an eyebrow raised up. "You seemed to be lost when I bumped into you. I am sorry about that. But where did you exactly come from?"

Ash silently stared at her and didn't say anything. Not a single word escaped his mouth. Rather, he blankly looked at the area before him. He didn't want to blatantly say that he was from another plane from a dying age before he ended up here. This thought made him lightly motion his left hand as it was about to form into a fist. This didn't go unnoticed by Blake as she felt the air intensify. "Is there something bothering you?" She asked.

The strange man looks at the Faunus, which made him stop curling his left hand and saw that her cat ears were flattered. He knew that she was concerned. "I'm fine." He dismissed her in his cold tone. Some wince at his remark as he looked over to Ruby. "To answer your question, Lady Rose, that would be for another time."

Ruby seemed to buy into it. She knew that Ash wasn't exactly telling the truth. She didn't blame him for that response as they had only recently met. "Oookay then…"

"Ah, I see that we have a visitor," Everyone then shifted their attention to a young boy, who walked towards where they sat. Ash curiously looked at him and he could have heard a voice that belonged to a man. Said individual looked up at him with a smile shown on his face. "Welcome, Mister Ash. I am Ozpin."

Ash once again looked at him as he stood there silently. Nora scratched the back of her chin as she forgot to introduce this person to him. "Oh riiiiiight…Ash, that's Ozpin. Just don't be fooled by his childlike appearance." She chuckled awkwardly. Everyone looked at her due to her statement.

Now that was an interest for the Unkindled to hear. He could feel a powerful soul emitting from the boy…as well as that golden object thaT Qa strapped around his belt. Speaking of feeling, Ozpin felt something off about the robbed armored individual that was standing in the room. "(Is something wrong?)" Oscar asked Ozpin.

"It's nothing. Must have been my imagination." The spiritual spirit of the Former Headmaster of Beacon told him. Yet, he couldn't feel but sense the same power that Qrow felt. The same power he hasn't felt for a very long time.

Now that everyone has been introduced, Ash saw that there were bags all over the place. It looks like they are packing to head somewhere. "What's with all the bags?"

That was a question that everyone was uncertain of. None of them wanted to tell this strange individual they needed to deliver that lamp to a safe place. Lucky, Ruby had managed to come up with something. "Oh. Well, we need to go to Atlas to deliver something important." Well, that wasn't a complete lie. To her, at least.

However, Ash had a speculation to be aware that there is something more to her statement. Yet he decided to stay quiet. "I see." Well, that was thrown out of the bag to gather information. He wanted to learn more about this place. Where he was and what this Atlas is. Too bad these people were not helpful to answer his many questions.

Ruby could tell that Ash was lost. In a way where he had nowhere to go. A thought came to mind as it may be helpful towards Ash. Within a quick second, she turned to face him. "How about you come with us?"

Her question caused everyone to have the exact same reaction. Qrow voiced what was in everyone's mind. "Woah, Ruby!"

Ruby turned to face her uncle. "What is it, Uncle Qrow?"

"You can't just invite a complete stranger because…" Qrow knew what he was about to say and didn't want Ash to know about the Relic that was currently present in the room. He turned to face the Unkindled. "Ash, was it? Is it alright for you to be outside for a moment? We need to have a talk among ourselves."

Ash didn't need to be told twice. He turned and walked outside of the room. Now that he was out of the picture, it was now time for their own conversation. Qrow decided to start it off. "Ruby, why did you offer him to come with us? We barely even know him."

Ruby saw that her uncle was making a valid point here. Still, she was still insisting on bringing the stranger along. "I know. But he seems lost and doesn't to know where to go."

"And let him know about the relic?" Ren added. "We simply don't know anything about him other than you randomly bumping into him on the Mistral Market."

"Who knows what his intentions are." Blake pointed out the obvious fact. "He might be working for Salem."

Unknown to all of them, Ash heard their entire conversation as he was leaning against the wall. Truth be told, he was utterly confused by what they were saying. "Relics? Salem? What are they even talking about?" Those were new topics that interest him, which only added a new set of questions he wants answers. But for now, he decided to keep that to himself and continued to listen to their conversation.

"What," Jaune said in surprise. "What makes you say that?"

"Bumping into strangers in a marketplace does raise a lot of red flags." Yang commented, adding more to the group's curiosity in regards to Ash.

"Yang's right, who knows what Ash would bring if we were to bring him along." Weiss had to agree with the blonde's remark.

The group had their own valid points on their decision to not bring Ash along with them. Seeing their conflicted decision, Qrow looked over to where Oscar, or rather Ozpin in Oscar's body, was. "What do you think of this, Oz?"

Ozpin closed his eyes for a few seconds before looking at everyone. "I think Miss Rose is right. Ash may bring some obstacle to our plan, but I see no harm in bringing him. He may not know what we are about to do. But will some time with him and building some trust, we may tell him of the events that are transpiring."

Everyone was surprised to hear this statement coming out from him. Qrow raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure about this."

"I'm sure." Ozpin said, not having a single doubt in his mind.

That was all Ruby needed to hear. She smiled at the former Headmaster. "Thank you, Oz! I'll be telling him that he can come along with us!" She got up from her seat and headed outside.

Opening the door, she looked to see Ash leaning on the wall. "Hey, Ash! You can come along with us. We decided to let you tag along."

That was something that Ash had expected. He nodded his head to her. "Thanks." Ash was about to head inside where he stopped in his tracks. He didn't know why but he felt something off within his surroundings.

Ruby saw this and asked him a concerning question. "Is there something wrong?"

Ash turned to face the girl. He shook his head. "It's nothing." He answered before heading back inside. He had a feeling that someone was watching over them from a distance and had a guess that whoever this was may have some bad blood with someone in this group.

-Scene Change-

In a far away land riddled with darkness, the creatures known as the Grimm roamed freely, a pale woman was overlooking the area on the balcony of her tower. She oversaw more Grimm emerging from the pile of black goo that was seen in partial areas.

Salem watched as she oversaw everything. She was deep down in her thoughts as she was thinking of her upcoming plans. Plans that would undo everything that her rival, Ozpin, had worked for many years. From the work he did to the establishments of Huntsman Academy, it seems like everything was going to plan.

That was until recently.

Not too long ago, Salem had sensed something that hadn't been felt for a very long time through the land of Remnant. A power far greater than what she was able to feel locked away by a strange individual who doesn't belong here.

Like a strange anomaly that had been resurfaced.

That had caught her interest. Whatever this thing was, she knew that it would be of significant benefit to her masterplan. Perhaps a weapon that she can use when she has the things that she wants.

Her ears heard the doors opening. She turned around to see her most devoted follower entering. "Ah, Tyrian. I'm glad you had just arrived."

"Is there something bothering you, my Queen?" The crazed Faunus asked his leader.

Salem faced back to the window as she answered his question. "I feel an unknown power with great immensity. It has been bothering me for a while and I simply cannot place it where."

"Perhaps it could do with the Little Red and her group." Tyrian speculated as he fiddled with his fingers.

That may be the case. Salem considered her follower's theory and knew what to do. "Perhaps we must wait until the time is right. For now..." A Seer Grim had appeared out of nowhere and was near Salem. "We'll just be observing whoever this strange individual is."

First OFFICIAL chapter done! Apology if I haven't written a very long chapter. I tend to write one whenever it is necessary for. Which is why I am going to be writing the next chapter. Now then, Ash SERIOUSLY is getting attention for him, even though it is unwanted. And Ozpin and Salem felt something off about him. I do wonder what they are implying by that.

Now, onto the reviews…

Dasgun: …really. I have no idea what you are trying to say there.

Guest: Well, here you go. The next chapter may be long.

LtButterfly287: Don't worry, I won't be changing his armor and weapons every chapter. But that does not mean that I am going to be changing his attire in every single arc. C'mon, if the RWBY cast could change their attire, so than Ash. I do hope you understand what I am trying to say. Which reminds me, I may only focus on one singular weapon that a certain Wolf Knight used to wield for his main weapon of choice.

Yeah. The last response is true. Truth be told, I will only be switching the weapons if it's necessary and not the armor. Like the Fallen Knight set is a reflection on masking one's presence in an unknown area.

On the topic of that, I need to watch Volume Six way up to Volume Nine. The recent volume that I have huge plans for.

SPEAKING on RWBY, God! I know that the RWBY Fandom is mad at penguinz0 for simply stating his own out-of-context opinion to the show. But like, come on? It's just a personal opinion that is just short-sighted but valid depending on who you ask. It's really becoming toxic and I am just glad that I am not a part of it...though that sounds hypocritical as I posted some post on its subreddit page on Reddit.

With that, I will be seeing you in the next chapter…whenever it will be.