Last chapter we saw that the group found themselves all back together. But they now need to find their way through this world along with thinking of a new belongs to Rooster Teeth and Monty Oum. I own the OC's, AU. Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 3:Dealing With a Racoon

The group were overlooking this whimsical land right now. Staring at it right now as they all were staring at blake also for what she just suggested. With eria laughing at her on the ground still before sighing

"Are you seriou blake again with this. Your losing it"Eria stated codlly but the cat faunus stared at the two talking animals in their midst

"Eria look at what we have with us right now. We have two talking animals in our midst"blake said

"Okay but….how would this even make logical sense. A fairy tail i mean this must be some simulation scar is running"rogue said trying to use logic as yang scratched the back of her head as she was in agreement

"Uhhh the best epxlantion and theory we got is that. Because how else does grimm boy have a talking rabbit with him. "Yang paused staring at the mouse on her sister shoulder

"Along with the little mouse who these two made friends with"she added

"Friends"nyx and little cheered in unison. They all stayed silent for a moment as blake found that a little cute right now. Along with eria who pityed it just for a moment as they also buried ashley down below really quick since they couldn't really bring her body with them on their journey it would slow them down

"Yeah but…i got captrued by killer vines. And you two uh…what did you say happen to your prosthetics again"weiss asked before the two people who had their porthsetics frowned

"A talking racoon who rode in a wagoon full of trash"eria codly said as they all stayed silent for a moment as weiss groaned falling onto the ground staring at the sky right now seeing the two intact moons which confused her seeing two of them but paid that no mind

As they all stayed silent for a moment ruby hummed eyeing their current surrounding for a moment

"This all sounds crazy but doesn't this all sound familiar"ruby asked as they all thought for a moment as blake came to a realziation

"The girl who fell through the world. Were…in the ever after"blake said excited it seems as they all tried to come up with a logical explanation. But as they did nothing came to them right now as rogue groaned loudly throwing her hands in the air

"Thats just some dumb kids story. My mom read it to me and sis as kids"rogue replied

"Yeah but….so did mine and aunt kali. Blake didn't you always read that sotry to jazmine since it was you two favorite?"onxyia asked as the cat faunus nodded as the two talking critter spoke up

"Oh you mean where we live right now"nyx spoke up as they all stared at the rabbit in shock

"Oh my god don't tell me where trapped in some fairy tale right now please"zane said in complete shock right now.

"Well they can tell us about it. Have you ever heard of the name alyx?"blake questioned as the two rodents stared at the strange visitors to their land. They stayed silent for a moment as nyx titled her head confused with little scratching their head

"Is alyx a purpose?"little aksed as they all frowned in unison hearing that

"No its a story. Their was a girl who fell from the sky and met with hunter mice, got trapped in vines and fought a jabberwalker. Got her knife stolen by a talking racoomn"onxyia said going wide eyed with weiss rubbing her forehead right now.

"Then after that she beat the red king in a board game. Met the curious cat then the rusted knight. Then she finally got to her final desiantion in the ver after"blake said as they all looked at the giant tree in the distance. They all figured out where they might need to go right now

"We head to the tree….their must be a way out their"rogue theorized smacking her fist into her palm

"So what we go their. Look for this alyx character and then what"eria asked but they all thought of one thing right now

"We should check out gear and supplies. Open your packs and check on your supplies"zane mentioned as they all agreed to do that first right now.

As rogue tore her pack off she set it down along with checking over her pouches. She looked to se she had two half clips left with two more full clips. Along with one grenade shell that was a high explosive shell. While she had one singular grenade in her stock. Checking her pack she had some rations in their such as protein bars, a MRE, some water bottles, even a candy bar in their

With blake she moved her off to see that she had some food in their herself. Along with some small personal items she managed to grab mainly being one of her team in a group picture. Along with her two clips for her pistol with a tool kit for her porthsetic hand

As yang chekced her gaunlents not seeing many rounds in them. But her pack was also filled with some rations for their journey along with a hunting knife thankfully which may prove very useful right now.

Weiss checked her ammo and dust as she had maybe four dust shot left. Two fire, one ice, and one gravity. As she was very low on dust which disappointed her right now. But she saw that she had some small skin care product actually if they needed to clean themselves up in the mean time.

While eria checked her bag the best she could as she opened her pouch seeing her ammo. She had maybe eleven dust shells right now with one last ice cartigae for her bat. But she also had a repair tool kit for her prosthetic leg whenever they manage to retrieve it in their journey right now. But she had maybe two clips for icepick right now

As onxyia checked her seeing she had eight shots still for her sniper along with three for her hunting pistol. But saw that she had a medical kit incase they where hurt here down in the ever after. Along with some food and even a couple blankets inside the pack right now so they could get some sleep down here if they needed to.

While ruby checked her pack seeing ammo for her weapon but she didn't have it on hand. As she also had some rations along with something esle. Examining it she saw it was a picture of their night out in atlas with her parents and her girlfriend with her mom. As asani was posing with her right now after the stage show they watched before they ran into her dirt bag parents. She quickly placed it back in her bag

Lastly it was zane who checked all his pouches as he had alot of ammo right now to even spare. He had about seven elemntally dust shots for his revolvers. Those being two ice shots, two gravity dust shots, one eletircty, two fire. But he had at most two clips of regular dust shots right now. With two dust cartridges one being fire and another being ice.

Their was also about four shotgun shells in their that were normal. Along with that he noticed he had about two clips for his multi weapons assault rifle. Along with two thick cartigae meant for the handcannon mode hes yet to try yet for his weapon. Along with a sharepning stone and three sniper cartridges

Weiss looked at her dust supplies and she was really low on it sighing"I'm low on dust right now which means I might not be much in a fight"weiss added

"I got two full clips and two half clips left. Along with one grenade shell and one grenade. But uh no ember…bummer"rogue said seeing her hand now free of the infernal gauntlet finding that a little strange still

"Well i have about three clips left and without my arm i'm gonna struggle with defending myself till we get it back

"I have elve shots left and one dust caritage. With two clips for icepick right now"eria added on

Onxyia nodded"I have maybe eight shots left for my sniper and three for my hunting pistol."she stated

Ruby just groaned holding her head"and I lost crescent rose…what are we gonna do"ruby said as she sat in the ground. Yang looked at her little sister as she took a spot next to her comforting her

"It'll be alright we'll make it out of here"yang reassured rubbing her head.

"Yeah and i mean…wait a minute how much ammo do you have?"rogue aksed her partner who quickly checked his pouches smiling

"I got four shotgun shells, three sniper cartiage…oh hey i forgot i packed some spare ammo for a few of us."zane said as they were surprised by that he considered that

"You packed extra ammo for some of our group"Weiss asked as he nodded because he guessed they might run out when they are done fighting

"Yeah i lets see….hmm got two clips for yangs guanlents here….oh hey even a few dust shots. I think they'll work for you sword wiess"he said as he quickly handed out some ammo to them as they stuff the ammo into their pouches

"Good idea on packing extra supplies. Although ummmm…."blake eyed him for a moment seeing all his weapons right now. As she immedialty looked toward ruby who was weaponless which he noticed as he asked them something

"Anyone want a spare weapon right now i got seven of them"he asked as they all stayed silent for a moment as eria shook her head

"I'm fine with what i got i'll let you know if i run out of ammo right now"eria replied

Blake thought for a moment before sighing"no keep it I can managed with what I got. If we at any point get separated we need all the equipment we can carry."blake said

Though he stared at ruby for a moment before grabbing nightshade off his back transforming it into its scythe mode. As he knelt down infront of her making her go wide eyed as she stared at it hestiaitng right now

"Here you can use this as a replacement for crescent rose. Its more your style"zane said kindly. But she stared at it gently moving it away from her placing it closer to him to their confusion right now. As ruby stood up looking down

"I'm fine…i…i rather not damage your mother weapon"ruby shyly said to their shock

"Ruby come on you need to defend yourself out here. That thing might come back"rogue wanted

"Along with lamia and betty roaming around down here"zane reminded as they all didn't like the sound of running into a grimm hybrid right now. With yang groaning holding her head for dear life

"Can we not deal with one of the stupid bugs dumb siblings. Let me guess he saying something crpystic right now"Eria coldly said but he had bad news on that

"Actually….hes gone"zane suddenly said which confused them right now hearing the grimm parasite was gone. Because thats impossible

"Gone? I…hes fuzed to your spine…their is no way that thing is just gone"blake said confused as her ears twithced

"No where not lying i mean….look at his back"onxyia said as he quickly dirobed throwing his shirt off as they flicnhed seeing the scars their still looking fresh as ever. But he turned around before all of them that didn't see it looked very confused right now seeing the strange pattern on his back

"What the….where is he…i…i don't fell him in their"rogue said placing her hand their but she could feel the deep grooves on his back making her upset that he went through that still. As weiss looked utterly confused as he slipped his clothes back on

"How is this even possible….where is he?"weiss questioned as nyx sniffed the air

"Their was a strange lady that stood over him for a bit"nyx suddenly said making them stare at her for mentioning that right now

"And the rabbit tells us this now!?"weiss shouted as her tail thrashed scaring the poor bunny right now who yelped ducking into the wolf hood shivering in fear. As onxyia gently reached inside stroking the rabbits fur to calm nyx down

"Weiss don't yell at her i…i think these two know something about the land."onxyia paused before nyx finally clamed down

"Do you know what this strange lady looked like?"onxyia added

The rabbit thought for a moment as it slowly came to her before she stared at the hybrid in their group

"She always comes and visits the land alot. She has very strange ears on her head"nyx explained which confused them right now hearing that. As they all thought about it for a bit as rogue hummed which they noticed

"Whats up fire starter?"yang asked

"Nothing just….its coming to me but i can't quite place it. Though rubes you need a weapon"rogue said as the girl stayed silent. As they did yang grabbed the hunting knife from her pack placing it in her sister hands making her close a fist on it

"This will do for now…i promise we'll find crescent rose. Then we;ll grab neo…lazuli and adam then escape this place. All together okay"yang said making the girl slightly nod at that

"So we head to uh where exactly?"weiss asked

"We could see the jinxy peddler"little mentioned

"Who?!"eria shouted anger now as little yelped ducking behind ruby head shivering for a moment right now. Then eria angrily grumbled to herself right now.

"Wait are you talking about the racoon"onxyia asked as the mouse nodded

"Yeah theirs a town he visits and its…"little stopped mid sentence before passing out into a snore into ruby hood. With them all staring at the mouse in annoyance

"Well their useful at least the….oh come on"yang said as nyx was sleeping soundly in the wolf hood herself right now. As they all stayed silent for a moment before they all stared down at the path deciding to start and walk

They all kept walking down the path for a while right now as they dug into some rations right now. As yang was muching on a piece of jerky right now as they all talked to pass the time

"So you got caught unahrmed by that talking racoon"yang joked making the cat laugh at that playful nudging her as she sighed

"How disarming. I guess we'll have to catch him"blake siad doing a pun as eria was being carried on yang back. As she groaned loudly as an overview showd her groan being heard all around from the annoying puns

"Oh my god your doing couple puns…..at leas those two and their other partners don't do it"eira said as the two members of the polymayr couple. As they totally forgot about them making the wolf very scared

"Oh no i…i…bun….may….eden and razma…their probably all heartbroken thinking were dead"onxyia cried with tears forming but zane placed a hand on her shoulder rubbing it

"It'l be fine. It'll only be like what a day or two till we get to that tree. Which means two days have past and we can all head back to vacuo."zane said before pausing as he stroked her tail making her blush at that

"Along with celebrating someone birthday when we get back"he added teasingly making her feel embarrassed as rogue snorted with a laugh

"Yeah though…ummm….well eden might be the new winter maiden"rogue suddenly said getting some of their attention right now as they stared at her figuring it out

"Oh no….miyuki didn't make it did she"eria softly aksed as her sister foguth the urge to cry. But gently she nodded to them right now which made them all pause for a moment hearing the news of one of their friends dying. Which made ruby a little more down hearing they failed to save someone again

"So…we failed to save her…though she was going to die soon"Ruby said meekly as they all stayed silent for a moment

"Yeah i mean….i hope the others are okay. Maybe ozpin is coming up with something right now….hes been around the longest. Maybe even the gravkeepers know about this place"rogue said with hope as they all thought about it for a moment

"Maybe they do then we all can go home"weiss said but as she uttered those words she recalled how her home was now gone. As the heiress had tears slowly slipping away which they noticed

"Weiss…are you okay"eria asked concerned as the heiress stroked her tail looking down not wanting to speak. Ruby noticed this before taking over as she apporahced her partner right now

'Ummm you guys go ahead i'll talk to her"ruby softly said to their surprise

"You sure?"onxyia asked as she gently nodded to them. They all reluncetnaly agreed walking ahead of the two right now. As weiss sighed walking forward gripping one of her arms tight right now with tears slowly breaking in her eyes.

"Weiss…are you okay"ruby soflty asked as the heiress sighed rubbing the tears aways

"Its just…just all of it gones…we worked so hard…but….i don't have anywhere to go. Just like beacon now"weiss said teary eyed as her leader thought of something

"Well…we um…did our um best for atlas we all did weiss"ruby said as the heiress held her head

"But that wasn't good enough! We hatch some crazy plan that put everyone at risk. And we don't know if we even got the relics back…or…or theirs a way to stop her still. "Weiss said before sighing covering her face with a beaten look

"Our one shot to kill her is here and…i hope jaune and eden got out…everything despite.."wiess stopped herself staring at her leader for a moment before sighing walking over suddenly hugging her

"I know hearing what happened to qrow was alot…just…lets be their for each other okay"weiss said as ruby remained silent before separating as they kept walking making the heiress worry for her leader. She was upset her home was gone but she was also worried for her because of her eyes. That heartbreak might drive her over the edge.

As they kept walking through the woods chatting for a bit along with stopping at one point to eat some food. They eventually kept walking till they arrived somewhere. That being a rickety bridge as examining it was zane who backed up sighing

"Yeah i don't trust that birdge one bit guys"he commented

"Well this is the only other way since well…you two mentioned their are acres over here."eria asked as little yawn slightly

"Yep! All we do is cross the bridge and well whatever is over their"little said as they all thought thye knew what was on the other side of the bridge

"You don't know?"yang asked confused

As nyx sniffed the air"i've only been in the fields….though me and my friends i think came through here on time. A long time ago"the rabbit added which relived them right now

"Oh thank goodness but um…maybe you two should stay here. Its too dangeorus for you"rogue voiced her woories to the two confusion right now

"Why wouldn't we come with you?"little asked confused

"Well you see…mhmm"weiss paused trying to think of a good reason. Because the reason for trouble follows them everywhere in this place woudln't exactly work right now because it always seems to follow them eveyrwhere. As they where worried that these two will get hurt out their

"Where just worried for you two because well…you know what do you wanna come with us. "Blake aksed as the two stared at them as little nodded with a smile as nyx nibbled on onxyia hair making her shiver taking that as a yes

They all began to cross the rickety bridge as they had zane fly eria across just in case. Though they all decided to cross the rickety bridge soon thankfully making it on the other side without any more problems right now for this small littel obstacle

Once they crossed to the next acre that looked like a chekcrboard it seems. With red and beiedge colors to it. With it seeming to have towns in the area that looked similar to normal buildings in a way. But the inahbitatns where quite strange right now.

As they walked into the town all of them where confused. Because they all looked like toys right now you see in a children playset. All of them ranging from different colors as their was even a toy dog passing by them that barked to greet them scaring blake slightly

"Okay this place is weird….why do they all look like toys?"rogue asked

"I mean we met a talking mouse and bunny. Whats next a talking…i don't know dog. Wait i already have that technically"zane replied meaning his two grimm pets

"Ohhh you have a talking friend? Are they nice?"nyx asked incneotnly as blake smiled at that comment

"They are but….wait a minute"blake said walking over to a pamphlet on the wall. As it showed something that seemed to litter the streets as she read it aloud

"By royal decree of his highness: the preeminent birthday party of his most royal is hereby announced"she read aloud with some confusion on her face right now

"Uhhh some random guys birthday…so what"weiss asked

"It must be the red king….my guess where in the right place. If alyx took this path before we can take the same path to reach the tree"onxyia theorized as it sounded logically. Although suddenly something plague the faunus noses right now something familiar in the air right now

"Wait a minute something smells familiar it smells like…"weiss paused for a moment as the cat faunus went wide eyed

"It smells like me and eria…that means the peddler is here in town. "Blake said

"We can get your prosthetics back" rogue cheered in joy

As they all followed the scent trail to the source that being the center of town right now. As the toy townsfolk of the town where gathered infront of one thing. That being the purple wagoon of a tricky racoon as center stage right now on the wagoon was jinxy the peddler talking to the ground

"Their he is….that little rodent….he took my leg"Eria growled coldly

"Then lets rough him up and steal it back from him"zane said pounding his fist together. Although in the crowd their were some soldier that seemed to be like toys themselves. As blake pulled him back confusing him

"No in the book alyx had to barter with him for her dagger."blake warned but some of them rather not have that happen right now.

"I vote we just beat him up and take the leg and arm back. Saves us time"yang replied as eria coudln't agree more. But she stared at blake for a moment recalling what the strange creature said early. How he ran into huamns previously

"Wait when he was taking our prosthetics…he said he ran into people like us before. "Eria mentioned

"Okay it might be the character from the story maybe"weiss replied as her tail swayed

"No i…i think he might have seen neo, lazuli or adam maybe. If where lucky we could find them"onxyia said as her tail wagged on the thought. They all realzied that as they apporahced the ground with the racoon on stage before zane snickered at him

"Awww that adorable little guy took your peg leg ice queen"zane teaed as she growled at him because if she get her leg shes hitting him upside his head

"Though uh is it me or he seems alot older than in the book. I thought he was i don't in his twenties not….sixties"blake commented on his appearance. As the racoon took a fine bow to the crowd of toys infront of him

"Welcome one and all! I am jinxy and these are my finest treasured of the acre!"jinxy said tapping a shelf with his cane.

Then suddenly something appeared out of thin air that being a icy blue looking sceptor. A pink stuff rabbit statute, another was cat mask that had golden whiskers on it with the last being what appeared to be a crow plushie with a scarf around it which ruby noticed

"Any sign of your guys porhtseitcs?"rogue asked as they all didn't even see it at first

"Nope….he must have sold them already. I'm going to punch him for answer"yang said but her grifleidn stopped her holding her back with her one arm right now

"No all of his treasures are just other items disgusing them. So he makes people think their buying something extremely valuable"blake mentioned as that made sense to them for a bit

"Which one do you think is eria leg and your arm"weiss asked

As the cat faunus thought for a moment thinking of the story how alyx found out by her heart. As the cat faunus studied the items on the shelf before landing on one that being the cat mask which made her smile

"The cat mask….its the most obvious since well you know"blake said gesutring to her cat ears but they looked at eria for a moment

"Well we should go for eria leg whenever it goes up. Which one is that"onxyia asked curiously as her partner studied the items before staring at the sceptor humming for a moment

"It might be the sceptor it seems leg sized ish"eira pointed out.

Although rogue could tell ruby was staring at something right now making her curious

"You see something you like red?"rogue aksed as the girl stared at the crow plushie right now

"Its just…that plushie it…it looks familiar like i have a connection with it"ruby said as jinxy began to spin around on the stage showing off the pink rabbit statue first

"Frist item up for bid! The diamond studded rabbit! This could be yours!"jinxy said pointing at the crowd of toys. As his cane landed on a yellow colored townperson as he winked at them.

"Come up here my fair lady"jinxy said as the townsperson did as they were curious how they were hoing to pay exactly

"How are we going to pay right now. I don't think they take lien"yang asked because they had only remnant money not whatever the money is for this place

"No they don't use money its sort of like a trade. He trades for something valuable or the price he wants"blake explained an expert in this field from all her book reading back in the day.

"What did jinxy take from alyx again?"rogue questioned as the cat thought for a moment as her ears flopped slightly

"Her happiest and saddest memory…thats upsetting"blake replied as instead of that right now. The racoon gave the toy citizen the rabbit

"Sold! For a hug"jinxy says hugging the townperson as the rest went awww seeing that right now. As they all saw that finding this to be very easy right now as onxyia huffed stepping foward

"This will be easy….i'll get my partner leg back then my best friend arm"onxyia said in confidence stepping forward which made them worry for a moment since she gets very nervous

As jinxy held the next item up being the sceptor"next up this icy spector! Made of pure ice from the winter acre"he said offering it to the crowd

Immediately jinxy then pointed at the wolf faunus as she smiled riaisng her hand. But their was also a toy soldier who riased their hand at the same time as her

"Me!"both said in unison but they stared at each other in shock

"The bidding will start–"he was stopped

"Wait i raised my hand first! Thats also not yours….that my friends leg!"onxyia cried out as the towns people all looked at her strangely right now with confused looks

"What are you?"a toy person asked making the wolf freeze up hearing that right now.

"Well um…i..um…a faunus"onxyia replied as her tail swayed hitting a toy person in the face. As they bounced over shoving her with their plastic hands

"Watch it! You overgrown mutt"a toy citizen said which angered the hybrid as he snarled at them drawing his hidden blade

"I'm about to tear some toys up like a toddler going through a temper tantrum"he said but yang pulled his arm back with a worried gaze

"We might not wanna start trouble now…those toy soldiers are everywhere"yang warned eyeing some smaller patrols of them moving around through the town right now. But the racoon cleared his throat

"Although i will sell this….for what it feels like to be accepted by others"jinxy said as this made blake gasp upon hearing that right now

As the wolf has never felt accepted by other that much in her life. Onxyia went wide eyed unable to think of anything right now. As she looked down upset hearing those words for the price of her partner and friends leg.

Their was silence for a moment until the toy soldier stepped foward with a parchment

"Knwoing what its like to feel accepted by other! By royal decree that would be our gracious king!"the toy soilder said presetning words on the royal highness saying it be paid with a red heart and crown above it. With a signature their

"Sold!"jinxy said to their shock as the toy soldier took the scpetor in hand as the wolf stared at him with tears starting to form

"Thats not yours! Give it to me right now because thats my partners leg!"onxyia shotued bearing her canines as her tail thrashed around. But the toy soldier huffed at her

"Whatever this is its royal property now. No price is too high for his majesty birthday"the toy soldier said making her growl as it was also her birthday too and she wasn't flautning it all over the place right now.

Blake eyed her"onxyia calm down we can–"She was stopped

"Screw the rules when i see my chance i'm taking the leg back along with your arm"onxyia growled in rage as her tail kept thrashing. Then the next item came on the chopping block

"Next up a dusty crow plushie! A fabled hero with a mighty sword to match!"jinyx said eyeing the crowd right now. Before settling on one person that being ruby as he pointed his cane at her

"You!"he said making her surprised as she nerovusly raised her hand

"Me?"ruby asked

"Yes you because the bidding starts with…"jinyx paused as out of thin air pulled out an empty jar in hand

"To fill this jar with the hope to save others"jinyx declared as ruby gasped hearing that. As she soften her gaze right now hesianlty lowering her hand and head as the racoon soften his gaze

"Not alot of that…huh"jinxy asked mcokingly it seems making yang eyes flick crimson red right now

"Oh that….sis why do you even want that stupid little thing"yang asked as she didn't answer. Though sneaking onto the stage was little along with nyx as the two were approaching the crow plushie right now. But he heard something move then noticed the two trying to drag it off but he went wide eyed seeing the rabbit

"You! You stole one of my carrots from my stew"jinyx said labeling the rabbit as a theif but she looked confused

"But no one was watching it"nyx cutely replied as he growled lunging forward but the two scamper out of the way. But as they did he tried to snatch it up until suddenly something happened as the crow plush did something

That being the plushie turning into purple smoke right now along with the cat mask. Their was also the rabbit studded bunny along with the sceptor. As the smoke started to dsippeare it revealed that the cat mask was blake protesetic arm

Along with that the crow plushie was revealed to be harbinger in its standby mode. As this made ruby gasp in shock right now recalling something happening on the evacuation area. She recalled that winter was holding it for her…but that would mean she dropped it

A townperson stared at their hands seeing their bunny turn into a mouse eating a piece of chees with a confused look. They hold the false item in the air

"Its a fake!"the townperson said

They all began to scream and shout in outrage toward jinx. As the toy soldiers looked supsion upon him. But looking at their fellow soldier the sceptor turned into a leg as the soldier screams tossing the leg away which rogue noticed smiling

"I'm going for your leg sis"Rogue said sprinting toward it

As blake held her head with nervous noise being heard because their ruining things right now. As yang held eria on her back still with zane running over to assist him partner grab the metal leg. With the toy soldier trying to grab it but rogue grabbed it first but the two began to play tug of war with it

Rogue grunted"this is…my sister…leg…it has my dad name on it!"she shouted as one soldier tried to swing their sword at her. But immeidailty the girl partner kicked the soldier back as the they all tumbled to the ground right now from that hit

With rogue taking the leg as the two smiled happy to have it back. Although right now ruby dashed over to where harbinger was as she picked it up beginning to sob her eyes out right now clutching it tight in her amrs. With little crawling up her shoulder with a worried look

"Are you okay?"little asked

"Ruby i…oh my god"onxyia said in complete shock seeing that as ruby looked up teary eyed right now. As the wolf quickly grabbed nyx but as she went for her best friend prosthetic arm. Immediately jinyx quickly returned to his wagon then sped off away from them leaving them without the leg

"No!"onxyia shouted in disappointment right now as running past them was yang carrying eria on her back

"We gotta go guys!"yang shouted as they all began to run out of the town. As ruby kept holding the sword close to her arms right now.

They kept running and running for what felt like forever. Until they eventually got far enough out of town as they all ducked into a cave. Weiss panted as she placed her hands on her knees

"That was so close"weiss said as rogue walked over to her sister lifting her skirt up before placing her leg back into its proper place with a click being heard

"Their we are one leg and…..hey where the arm?"rogue aksed as the wolf faunus held her head in complete sorrow right now

"He ran off with it! We need to go after him and–"She was stopped as blake held her seeing her distressed as she sighed

"We can't…because god where not even following the story right now."blake said as they stared at her seeing that was her biggest concern

"Really? That your biggest concern right now?"zane asked confused right now

"I've read so many of them as a kid i…i just never thought i'd be the moral of one. But…maybe we could find my arm again later or i can get a new one."blake said as they all stayed silent. As rogue glacned over at ruby for a moment before going wide eyed seeing what she had

"Guys….guys its harbinger"rogue commented as they all looked at what ruby was holding right now. That being her father weapons as the girl started to sniff and hick right now as yang walked over kneeling next to her

"Ruby i…i…how did you know?"yang softly asked as suddenly rian and thunder started to appear. As it started to rain outside the cave with eria sighing as she readjsuted herself to walking again

"Its raining again guess where stuck in this cave now"eria commented

"I don't know how but…i…i was drawn to it…but..i…i thought winter had this"ruby asked teary eyed as weiss narrowed her gaze before staring at the tree in the distance right now

"We need to head to the tree now! I am not following some stupid story"Weiss firmly said

"But that not how it went in the book alyx went to the red king and beat him in a game"blkae said as zane growled at her for a moment

"Where not in some stupid book! We know where to go and right now we gotta find the others still"zane said in annoyance

"Yeah and uh…we still don't have creescnet rose…lazuli…neo…adam or even the slightest idea on where to go. Oh right the weird bug is gone for some reason"yang added annoyed herself. Though as they stood their footsteps could be heard right now as suddenly the toy soilders appeared with swords drawn

"Hands up! You are hereby under arrest for treason agains the king!"the toy soilder said as zane growled going into his titan form smacking his fist together

"You wanna go you hunk of wood?"he goated as yang cracked her knuckles stepping forward

"Your gonna be scrap when we–"she was stopped as the toy soldiers all stood at attention as the lead one approached them

"Your one of those strange wandering knights in the lands"the toy soiler said to their confusion as he molted off his armor looking at them confused right now

"Wait i…..what?"eria asked confused right now as two toy soldiers apporched them to make an arrest

"Although we cna't thank you for helping us arrest these criminals. The red king will be greatful"the toy soldier for a moment until ruby had an idea

"Wait i…could we offer you something for an apology"ruby asked as the soldier looked itnrigued

"The weapon of a powerful warrrior"ruby started making them stare at her in shock right now as she activated the weapon holding it in its scyhte form right now staring at it

"Go on dear"the toy soldier said as she looked down

"This weapon was in the hands of a powerful warrior. Someone who would lay his life down to protect his family. He tried to help save thousands but…his daughter took a message to have the whole world hear their message. That daughter is me…i'm that great warrior daughter"ruby said

"Can you take us to the royal birthday. We can tell him grand tales of mighty warriors"ruby offered as this moved the toy soldiers to tears as the lead one rubbed their eyes

"yes..by royal decree! Come on men! Need to bring honored guest to the birthday party to celebrate!"the toy soldier cheered as they began to pretend to ride horses.

"Ruby are you sure about this?"weiss asked concern

"If we continue the way the story goes we can get out of here maybe. Also…it seems that your family is connected to this place. We need answer…so lets go"ruby said firmly as she walked forward but the rest of them shared worried looks for the poor girl right now.

With that we see the group off to see the fabeled red king of the lands. But something seems to be wrong with ruby new motivation right now on escaping this place. But what about the others who fell with them?