If Weiss had met the weird huntsman who called himself Armsmaster almost a year ago, she was sure that she would have liked him. He was definitely a former member of the Atlesian military, with how blunt and straight to the point he was. Except, he didn't even seem to care when Weiss mentioned her name, and everyone knew who the Schnee's were, for good or bad. At the moment, Weiss just found the huntsman annoying.
"Nationality." Armsmaster kept messing around with the strange scroll in his hands, his voice sounding rather familiar now that she thought about it.
"Atlesian." Weiss answered, rolling her eyes. Anyone with access to a scroll could easily search her name with just two words. Armsmaster frowned as he finally placed the scroll on the table.
"I mean, which country are you from?" Armsmaster explained as if she was an idiot. Weiss narrowed her eyes in return. "Are you from Germany or Japan?"
Germany? Japan? Those sounded like made up names from those bad Spruce Willis movies Ruby made her watch.
"I'm from the Kingdom of Atlas." Weiss spoke slowly and sarcastically, emphasizing every syllable. That caused Armsmaster to pause, and he grabbed the scroll again. Did he really not know who she was?
"Can you tell me how you sustained your injuries? More specifically, the wound in your side." Armsmaster continued, his deep voice going straight to the point.
Weiss' eyes scanned the armored huntsman. She couldn't exactly tell him the whole truth about the maidens and why they were fighting Cinder's people.
"My friend's and I were ambushed by bandits." That was vague enough to not give away any major details. "The last thing I remember is one of them screaming my name before something pierced me here. Everything afterwards is a blur." Her hand went to her now healed wound.
Stupid Cinder, stupid Branwen tribe, but most of all, stupid Weiss. How could she have been so useless, especially when her friends needed her, when Ruby needed her. She disappointed them in their hour of need.
"What can you tell me about their leader? Or a particular member that stood out? Armsmaster's voice pulled Weiss from her thoughts, causing her to drop the fist her hands had formed without her noticing.
"One of them wore a white mask, modeled after a Nevermore, and she had a sword with her." Gods knew how Raven Branwen gave birth to a girl like Yang. Their similarities ended at their cheekbones and chin.
"Nevermore?" Armsmaster looked up from the scroll, causing Weiss to scoff. What kind of huntsman was he if he didn't even know one of the most common types of Grimm? Not a very good one, and that was Weiss being generous.
"Yes, Nevermore." Weiss said slowly, imitating his tone from earlier. She just wanted to get out of here and find her friends, wherever they were. Weiss didn't know what she would do if they abandoned her. She didn't escape Father and survive a swarm of Lancers just to be left behind because she was useless.
Yeah, there must've been something else going on. Ruby and Yang wouldn't do that, t-they were friends.
"Can you describe-"
"Actually, I have a few questions of my own." Weiss interrupted her interrogator. There was something weird going on here, and she was definitely going to find out what that was.
Armsmaster opened his mouth to speak again, but there was little he could do when Weiss started to speak again, standing up and slamming her hands on the table.
"Where in the two hells am I?" Weiss almost growled, but thankfully, she had enough self control to not sound like she wanted to murder the man.
"Miss Schnee, I believe it would be better if you took your seat." Armsmaster's frown seemed permanent at this point. Keeping her glare aimed at the armored man, Weiss carefully sat down again.
"Happy now?"
"Judging by the fact that you mentioned a country that doesn't exist anywhere on Earth, and after a scan of the sword that arrived with you revealing several alloys of metal that don't exist here, Miss Schnee, I can confidently say you're not from this dimension." Armsmaster said grimly. "Our physicians also noted that your hair color is completely natural, and that your immune system had bacteria that would defend your body from diseases that do not exist in our world."
What?
A giggle escaped from Weiss' lips, which soon evolved into full on laughter. Weiss felt tears roll down her pale cheeks as the room was filled with that wretched noise. It took a few minutes for her to calm down again. Wiping a tear with a delicate finger, Weiss sighed before finally composing herself.
"I think you're in the wrong career, whatever you are." Weiss finished wiping the two streams on her face, drying the salty tears. "You should've been a comedian." Weiss said bluntly. She was stuck in a different dimension? Now that sounded like a movie Ruby would love, or a trashy romance story that Blake enjoyed to read.
"I can assure you that I am being serious." Armsmaster seemed annoyed now, mirroring her. Good, now he knew how it felt.
"Now you're going to tell me the moon is still in one piece huh." Weiss smirked as she kept her back straight. Her eyes started staring around the room. "You have a hidden camera around here right? Yang put you up to this didn't she?"
The rest of the gang were definitely behind that one way mirror.
"Come on out guys, this isn't funny anymore." Weiss narrowed her eyes, staring at her reflection. They must've been dying of laughter back there.
"Would you like to see the moon?" Armsmaster suddenly spoke up, his voice somewhat softer than before. Weiss' eyes turned back to the armored beard.
"Sure, why not?"
It wouldn't hurt to humor the plan, and besides, maybe she could use this to plan an escape once Myrtenaster and her Dust were back in her possession. Moving her bangs to the side, Weiss shrugged.
"Lead the way, Armsmaster."
Judging by the architecture, Weiss was definitely in Vale. The Valish style of building was simple, and rather boring when compared to the other kingdoms, but Weiss liked it enough. Vale is where she met Ruby.
Escorted by a squad of those soldiers or police officers in those same uniforms as the two that took Weiss to the interrogation room, she finally found herself standing on the roof of the building she was in just moments ago.
The cold sea breeze nipped at her skin, with her loose hair swaying with the wind. Her eyes gave the city a glance. It wasn't Vale city that for sure, but the designs still remained, albeit much dirtier and unkempt. Armsmaster stood by her side now.
"So Armsmaster, show me your whole moon." Weiss said with fake cheer as her eyes finally turned upwards to the heavens. And there up among the stars was the-.
Wait, this wasn't right. This time of year showed the moon in its full broken state, with its pieces often being visible even as it rotates. Weiss fell to her knees as her breathing started to shake, her ice blue eyes wide as she stared at the moon.
And she screamed.
A/N
Huzzah! The next chapter is complete! I hope it was enjoyable. There will be some similarities at first, but Schnee's Bay will be completely different when compared to Schnee: Hero or Huntress.
Time to work on The Stag's Daughter.
