In the last chapter we saw the others start to trick the curious cat. But it seems this mysterious person watching them know its true intentions. Warning were getting backstory for betty(but be prepared its impiled i aint writing that smut).RWBY belongs to Rooster Teeth and Monty Oum. I own the OC's, AU. Hope you enjoy!
Chapter 7: Another Talking Bug?
Right now with the others with the curious cat right now they were busy doing one thing. Following it to the next acre right now to find some way out of here. As they did the curious cat kept them very entertained by asking too many questions right now starting to annoy them.
"So the old man and the boy shared a body. Ohhh thats an uncomfortable implication. Who thought that was a helpful way to reincarnate."the cat said floating around them in the air as they all looked very tried right now
"Along with that how they put a city in the sky my word. Speaking of atlas you mentioned how their was a cyborg girl. That seems interesting but now that she normal. Hoo hoo too many character to keep track of!"he cheered before titling his head
"What was my original question?"he asked as they all groaned with eria bonking her leader on the head as he whined
"What?"he asked
"He asked about the knights of grimm…you say it your the expert"eria coldly said
"Do i have to"zane replied as the girls all stared at him as he sighed doing this again exhausted
"Their was a mad scineisitst named arthur watts who was a grimm expert. He helped a witch make normal humans and faunus into grimm hybrids. They had chimera grimm in their backs some of them are volunteers andothers aren't."he said sounding very exhausted as the cat laughed
"Yes yes! How you and several of them where ones. How you well…"the cat paused side eyeing them with a smirk on his face
"How you helped murder several people in an instant making you a monster. You know their will be people who will still want to kill you for the people you helped murder"the cat said smuggly making them all pause for a moment staring at the cat as onxyia growled at it as her tail thrashed
"If you think your funny stop it."onxyia warned as zane rolled his eyes
"Yeah and i still feel guilt about it. But hey no use being bothered by it…besides some people don't think i'm a monster. Thats fine with me"zane said in a cheerful tone right now as the cat rolled his eyes disappointed by that reaction it seems
"Well sorry i go to far with my question…hmmm another one i could ask. Hmmm"he replied floating ahead of them for a moment as they all just felt exhausted
"Oh my god does he ever shut up"rogue asked annoyed
"I don't recall him in the book being this chatty for a cat"blake added
"Your telling me…ughhh we've told him everything over and over again. We even told him how a former terrorist leader is now our friend"yang said leaning back laying her head back ready to catch some sleep right now from all of this
Ruby walked for a moment before sighing rubbing her face tired from all of these questions right now
"Well if we keep answering him he'll take us to the tree. We just need to hold out till then"ruby said but some where finding their new size annoying
"I'm finding being small to be annoying right now. God i'm like the size of a doll right now"Weiss coldly groaned at her new look
"You? I still don't have my arm…this makes it worst"blake replied upset with little titling their head at her
"Maybe when you get big again you could find it"little said as it made the cat hope for that right now. Inside the wolf hood nyx was sound asleep with rogue laying against her feeling very comfy on the bunny fur right now as she melted into it
"God where lucky to have the bunny….shes she fluffy and spot like a bed"rogue cheered
"Yes but….if you make another short joke i'm turning you into a clownsicle"eria warned as zane laughed at her for a moment
"But its funny becaue i mean it passes the time. Besides now i know how eden feels when she shrunk with her semblance"zane said recalling what that bear faunus girlfriend did one time shrinking to the size of a doll. But june almost tore her head off her shoulders when that happened
Onxyia slightly giggled"funny though….that prince was rude…it…hurt that he said that to me"onxyia said with an upset tone which her teammates noticed. Eria climbed her way up to her shoulder sitting their before placing a hand on her neck as she felt it
"Hey don't worry about it. Once we get out of here we'll see everyone one again….i'm sure that will make things better"eria reassured as it slightly did for her
As they kept walking they finally caught up with the curious cat who was waiting for them on nearby tree branch
"Their you all are i was wondering if you left me or got lost"the curious cat said
"Well we had to talk though…let me guess you have more questioned"weiss asked
The curious cat chuckled"my apologies. I let myself get carried away you even know more than dear alyx. She could barely even see past her own nose"the cat said which confused them what he meant by that right now
"What do you mean by that?"ruby asked as the cat hummed at her
"You don't know? Just a hilarious concern for trivial things…and other things"the cat replied
"Yeah but…she learned her lesson right. In the book the story ended with her learning her lesson"onxyia added as her tail swayed as the cat sighed jumping down continuing the walk
"I'd certainly say so. Oh would you look at that the edge of the garden acres where here"he said as they arrived at the new acre they needed to go to progress
That being a forest from the look of it. But it seemed to have several glowing flora along with that massive trees inside of it. Their was also several floral mushrooms that glowed like it was in deep part of the woods that had no light here at all. It even had moss on the floor as a plant like bridge welcomed them
The two carrying their small friends hesitantly crossed the bridge to their surprise it worked. Once they were on the other side they all where curious why they even needed to go this way
"So why are we even going over here? This place is like one giant puzzle"rogue asked as a leaf fell to the ground as the cat began to play with it holding it in their paws
"Well the acres are made specficlaly for each inhabitant here. They have certain roles their along with that…does remnant not have that?"the cat asked
'No we have four kingdom well five if you count the island of the faunus""blake replied
"How strange for that not to be considered a kingdom. Like how strange it is that you dear are considered an outcast among your own kind. You are unique but your treated like a genetic freak"The cat said directly to onxyia
This made the wolf flinch right now clutching her chest right now shaking hearing those words because it reminded her of all the cruel treatments she got from other kids
This made eria glare"hey! If you want questions stop being so rude….seriously thats the fifth time its happened"she mentioned as he done it before with some of them
"Yeah….thinking oh i feel guilty for my mom being paralyzed. Please she has to be walking again with the magic spring if not the prothseitcs peitro made"yang said with hope
"Along with me being upset about ember being gone….fat chance. She human again which is fine with me"rogue added as blake made a mental note of all of this right now finding the cat behavior strange. Because he keeps taunting them he did it in the book but not this bad.
"How much longer till we can grow to regular size"eria asked irriated
"Not long at all. The garden is just down the path and it'll have all the ingredients to make the growgury partfaits. Just don't talk to anyone without me if not well"the curious cat paused
"We get attacked"weiss replied as he chuckled
"Thats it…you all are such troublemakers"the cat said
"If were normal we won't though….ughhh i pray to god we do not run into lamia or betty down here. That will be a problem"rogue groaned
"Bah whats all the fuss about. I've seen people your size take down other ten times their size. I'd be more worried about the ah the scary sorceress you mentioned. Salem" the curious cat said before staring at ruby for a moment
"How many more relics does she need to end the world again? I mean…you couldn't save some peoples lives in atlas. Along with that losing someone you considered a father"he added which made ruby stop dead in her tracks in the garden path as she shut her eyes. Yang noticed this
"Rubes…hey you okay?"yang asked as ruby slowly opened her eyes with them becoming teary
"I um…just you know um…i'm fine…i'm fine sis"ruby replied making her teammates and friends worried. As onxyia stood still for a moment herself as her ears flopped over as weiss climbed her to her leader shoulder
"Ruby don't listen to the cat he….oh come on!"weiss said as they all looked forward seeing the cat was gone again as they all groaned
"With all the creatures we get….we get the one with the attention span of a goldfish!"zane shouted in annoyance
"Couldn't we have gotten a different charater from the book. Why culdn't we get the livly carpenter….the tweedle sisters…the rusted knight" one was sweet, those two likes pranks but helpful. And the other handsome"weiss said as her tail wagged on the thought
"Does wiess have a crush on a fairy tail charater?"eria smugly asked making the heiress tiny cheeks turn bright red right now as yang laughed at that
"She does…oh man maybe you'll dump falk for him"yang teased making weiss look at her like she was crazy
"How dare you?! I'd never dump him hes the sweetest and kindest person i;ve met….ruby is first"weiss said with a huff making her leader feel slightly better.
"Great so the cat is gone i'm starting to wonder if theirs a reason why hes not allowed near the treet"blake mentioned with some sharing it
"You mean how the entire way hes keeps asking and proding on personal question"Rogue replied as she noticed that. As they did giggling could be heard catching them offguard right now as onxyia drew out her sniper at the ready with ruby grabbing out harbinger in its scythe form as it'll prove useful till she finds crescent rose
"Whos laughing this is creeping me out"weiss mentioned scared as rustling could be heard as oxnyia ears flicked over as she aimed her sniper at them
"Hands….up"onxyia said confused right now as ruby looked over confused. Right their standing infront of them seemed to be a women in appearance right now.
As she was strange wearing a set of grand kngiht looking armor. But it looked more like she had nature like armor on. The armor seemed to be made all out of leather along with that she had on a green cloak that was slightly tattered. Along with that she wore a tan tunic with a pair of brown pants. But on her face was a lancer like mask but the bug eyes where dark blue with the mask being colored emerald green
The women giggled at them"your an interesting bunch to watch…..this way"she said before running off deeper in the woods which caught them by surprise
"Ummmm what the heck was that?"yang asked
"I don't know but…she must be from atlas….we need to help her."ruby said as they all agreed as the two girls chased after the women making sure the others don't fall out of their hoods rights now wondering who she was
Elsewhere in the ever after actually in the same environment themselves was betty and lamia. The two where right now doing one thing dragging their prisoner as lamia released neo for the time being. But bounded the mute in some rope she…borrowed from a kind ever afteran
Neo was slowing down slightly but betty pushed her foreward with her shotgun
"Keep moving brat. Make any other sudden movements then i might let my figner slip"bety said placing the barrel of her shotgun near the mute skull as she growled at her
"Oh shut up. If you even try anything i'll just shoot you with the anti aura shot i'm saving for that silver eyed brat. Maybe i'll kill her slwoly"betty said sounding very manically right now like she was crazy right now
As neo could tell how crazy this gangster has gotten. She doesn't know how long they've been down here but she worried for the others right now. Hopefully if she lucky her sister along with the others are safe somewhere. Maybe they'll save her if they have a dust shot or eletricity they could free her if she under lamia control again
But she noticed something about the women she keeps mummbling to herself. As she did it might have been attempts to talk to her chimera. But she hasn't gotten a response which confused her heavily on why that was the case
As they kept walking for a bit lamia panted slightly as she lifted her mask up slightly whipping the sweat off from underneath it panting a little
"We should take a quick break parker. Right now i'm ready to pass out from all this walking"lamia replied as betty sighed
"Your right…then i'll have our little pet here sit"betty said pulling on the rope holding neo hard. This made the mute fall to the ground with a yelp as the women walked over tying her up onto a nearby tree nice and secure as the two women sat down with lamia catching her breath right now.
Once they at down betty had neo stolen pack right now as the women dug into it as she pulled out a bottle of water. Unscrewing the cap she began to drink the water feeling fresh relief as she fisnihed passing it to lamia. The women was drinking it as neo licked her lips that were dry which betty noticed
"Oh the mute is thirsty….beat it brat your our prisoner"betty said as the mute stared at her moving her hands trying to sign but couldn't as she mouthed it
"You are a bitch"neo mouthed wondering if she knew how to read lips. Betty growled at her smacking her upside the head making neo head whip back which answered her question
"Don't get smart with me girl you communicate with your hands. But i can reads lip although…."She paused seeing that lamia had the water bottle on the ground with it almost empty as the women laughed. She walked over grabbing it before kneeling infront of neo hovering it near her face
The mute stared at her not trusting this as the women sighed
"Come on now were criminasl. But were not so heartless…besides i need our puppet to keep their strength up"she said as she placed the bottl near the mute lips. Neo wrapped them around it as betty titled the bottle back as she felt some relief from the water guzzling the remainder of it down
As betty pulled it away neo gasped with relief right now as betty tossed the bottle to the side not caring she was littering right now
"Their you got you drink. Lamia still no word from psi?"betty asked as lamia pressed her fingers on her temple growling
"No…i don't know what wrong with her. This is strange but we need to rest then keep moving. I can smell omega scent its faint and close. but…."She paused for a moment
"What? Don't tell me he might not be with the brat i'm hunting"betty growled but she was wrong
'No…no this place…it feels like i have a connection to it. I can't explain it still but its like my grimm blood…feels at home here."lamia replied making the gangster flinch hearing that recalling her own home life for a moment before she met clay long ago on a fateful night
Many years ago in mistral
It was many years ago again as the young betty parker had grown into a teenager. She was now thritreen years old now wearing some brown jeans with a peach colored long sleeve. Along with still having her mancoon tail. But the place her dirt bag father left her at was terrible.
The head mistress known as quinn was brutal and treated some of the kids here differently. If they were human she gave them special treatment to do whatever they want. While for the faunus here it was very unfair on how their treated. They were forced to do chores in her restaurant she owned down here along with that. She let the other kids bullie them
Their were maybe four of them here but one of them was her friend. That being a fellow feline faunus who was a jauger. She was with her now as she had slightly tan skin with a set of yellow eyes. Along with that she had short black hair reaching her ears. Along with that she simply wore blue jeans with a white t-shirt.
Her faunus trait was a jauger tail and her name was bella
The two of them right now where talking about what they wanted to be when they found a nice family that might adopted them
"I want to try and be a…huntress maybe. Then i could come back here and kick mistresss quinns butt"betty said as bella chuckled
"Really? I mean you'd need to have training and money saved up"bella replied
"True. but if were lucky maybe we both can find a nice family to take us in…what about you what do you wanna be?"betty asked as the jauger faunus thought for a moment before smiling
"I wanna be a sailor….traveling the open sea. Getting to go all over the four kingdoms…maybe to menagerie where my aunt and uncle are. Their nicer compared to my parents"bella sadly replied before leaning against her friend hugging her in a side embrace
"Hey maybe if they find out what happened to me maybe they'll take you in"bella said making the mancoo cat faunus smile in tears hugging her. The two friends held it until someone cleared their throats infront of the two startling them.
That being an elderly women who seemed to be tall as she wore a long sleeve dress that was colored black with red jester hats patterns spread around it. As she had on a pair of golden ball earrings. With her having wrinkle pale skin like some decrpyit hag. Along with that her hair was silver grey in a bun with a golden hair pin in it.
She had a cattle prod in hand tapping it in her palm
"You two get down here. We have visitors"quinn ordered as the two nodded slowly getting up walking past her
As the two of them walked downstairs the other children where their as two others where their. A man and a women it seems as they looked very well off judging by their attire right now. Which surprised betty how someone like them is down here
"Ah their you are dear. We thought you'd forgot about us"the man said
'Ah i didn't sir. I grabbed the last of the children we take in here. Alot of them have work experience since the older ones volunteer to help me in my restraunts"quinn sated making betty scoff internally at that
"Yes well were looking to adopt…hmmm two children. Since well we lost ours"the women said sweetly peeking the kids interest as they stood up tall. With bella and betty standing their as they tail curled inward for a moment
"Then please see which of them are too your liking"quinn said gesturing to the kids
The two parents eyed the many children infront of them like they were in a grocery store ready to buy one. As they kept walking through all of them slowly they eventually landed on the two cat faunus as the women smiled
"Oh what are you twos names?"she kindly asked as bella stepped forward
"Um i'm um bella ma'am…this is my friend betty"bella said as betty waved to her as the women and her husband whispered something to each other before giving an answer
'We'd like these two. Where are the papers so we can take them"the man asked to the two faunus girls shock right now
Immediately quinn gave them the documents as they sighed it. Then betty and bella where whisked away to their new home. As they were they drove in a limo something they never tought they get to ride in every. The two of them were escorted to the upper levels of mistral right now as the cat faunus looked in awe of all the beautiful sights right now
"Are you two excited to come to your new home?"the man asked as bella nodded
"Yeah but um…could we visit menagerie i…i have some family their. I…want to tell them i'm alright"bella said as the women kindly smiled at her
"Of course. Now please have some of these i'm sure you've never had these"the women said pulling out a bag full of chocolate bars. The two faunus immediately tore into them surprised how kind they where something that betty should have seen was a facade
Because when they got to the house they slowly started to fall asleep for some reason. But all she could hear muffled as the two laughing in joy it seems. Betty didn't know how long she was out right now but as she was slowly waking up. She could hear something….someone screaming
The cat faunus eyes shot open panting as she looked at what was going on. An entire kitchen covered in plastic with butlers or maids that were human holding down bella. As she was screamin in pain as in the man who just adopted her hands was her jauger tail that wriggled before going limp
"Their we go….god this dam brat. Treat her stupid stump and let the coucnilman have his fun with her."the man said as two boyguards took a crying bella away with betty starting to have tears forms. Then she felt a hand on her head making her gasp as it was the women who adopted her
"Why…why are you doing this?"betty asked with a shaky voice as the women laughed grabbing her tail making her wince
"Faunus tails and ears are a new fashion trend for some. Though hard to get certains thing since its against the law. Well…with two councilmembers on our side…we can do this. I need a new scarf"the women said scaring betty right now
She tried to fight against the women and her goons. But the effects of the drugs where still fresh in her system. The two goons planted the poor girl on the table stained in her friends blood. Betty tried to break free as she bite one of the goons hands. This made them slam her head into the table as she groaned hearing a ringing noise right now
Her vision started to become blurry right now. But as she was still semi conscious she felt something on her fluffy mancoon tail. It kept swaying around like crazy but she felt it get held down but she could feel something strike it in one blow which made her cry out in angonishing pain right now.
Because they just took her tail the one thing that made her a faunus
After that it was something awful as those council friends of theirs. They used her and bella like their own slaves. The other one was a women who did terrible things to them. Along with the other one who was a pig of a man who liked to force them into scenarios. But this went on for what felt like years but it was only three years of that hell
But one day she had enough because right now in the large manor like home. Dragging someone by their hair was betty as the no tail faunus was seething in rage. Blood was soaking her hands along with that she carried a bloody cleaver the same one used to chop her tail off.
As she was dragging someone on the ground the women who was her so called adoptive mother. But she was dead as he cleaver was buried into her head with a shocked look right now. Betty was approaching one of the rooms as she could hear muffled crys and sobs as she growled
The faunus reeled her foot back kicking the door in as it reveal something. That being a women on top of bella right now as she was in lingerie. But she stared at her going wide eyed
"What the…you little psycho!"the councilwomen said but betty growled at her as the women raised her arms to defend herself. But betty gave out an ear bleeding cry as she buried the cleaver into her head as the faunus stood silent for a moment. But slowly blood dripped from the women skull as her eyes rolled into the back of her head
Betty tore the cleaver out before rushing to bella who looked very tired with several bruises on her face as betty placed a hand on her cheek
"We…we can leave…we can see your uncle and aunt we…'betty stopped as she felt her friends wrist. It felt very cold as the poor cat faunus began to weep for all those years of torture to loose her only friend she considered a sister right now
Present
The memory was still fresh in her mind as betty placed a hand near her waist behind growling at who took her tail still.
"Parker we need to move soon because i feel like where being watched"lamia said
"Good idea i–"she was stopped as she heard something that being the sound of someone footsteps right now. The two looked over as they saw something strange that being the curious cat humming to himself chasing after some butterflies as they stared at the cat
"Andddd thats a weird looking cat."betty commented
"Probably another pest ignore it"lamia said as the two ignore this feline for now.
But with the humans it was suppose to be guiding ruby and onxyia both were spriting after the strange women who kept giggling at them as she kept running away from them. Ruby growled
"Slow down please!"ruby called out as the women ignored her plee.
As yang was holding on tight to her hood along with blake and weiss right now who was screaming. While little nestled htemslves in the collar of ruby hood nice and snug. As rogue and eria wrapped their legs around onxyia beaded necklace which kept them steady. Zane was doing the same thing as nyx was being held in the wolf hands
"Man this chick is fast!"rogue shouted in surprise
'Yeah well we gotta catch her shes the first human we've seen so far"eria replied back as the hybrid groaned
"This sucks! Lady can you slow down!"he called out as she ignored him too. They all kept running after her as onxyia stumbled slightly making her teammates almost fall off as rogue and eria steadied themselves. But zane leaned forward too much as he fell first down the wolf shirt which the two twins watched
"Ohhhh shes going to feel very embarrassed when we stop"eria said
They kept running until suddenly as they turned a corner the women was no where to be seen right now. Which surprised them that she just disappeared just like that
"What i…how?! Their is no way she could have out ran us!"weiss shouted in annoyance
"I know right but…at least we know that other people are down here at least"blake replied
"Yeah i….hey guys where your leader?"yang asked seeing the hybrid missing as the wolf looked in her hood going wide eyed
"Noooo! Don't tell me i lost him..i..i…don't tell me hes dead"onxyia said on the verge of tears. But something was moving around in her shirt right now before popping from the collar was zane gasping for air with a heavy flush on his face right now. The girls stared at him saying one thing together
"Pervert"all the girls said as he looked at them
"I fricking fell when she stumbled! Come on i'm the only other guy here and i feel awkward everytime i'm near you guys!"he shouted in annoyance with an embarrassed look as onxyia slowly brought him out with a blush on her face
"Well he is right…he lost his grip and fell"rogue said backing him up
"Huntress scouts honor?"yang joked
"Yeah yeah though….lucky for us we made it somewhere"weiss said as they all stayed silent for a moment before humming could be heard close by. They all looked to see a large glowing blue mushroom with a garden infront of it right now as it seemed like a house with someone infront of it even
That being an indigo colored caterpillar butterfly hybrid it seems. The lower half of his body is caterpillar like with a light blue patterning on the back. His upper half was more butterfly like including light green butterfly wings. He had three large glowing light green blue eyes. And two horns atop his head
While he seemed to have moon related imaginary and symbols scattered throughout his body. Including a small plate with a crescent moon engraving that appears to ace as his heart.
They all stared at the large catterpillar right now who was humming still to himself picking up some leaves in hand. But stopped mid hum staring at them
"Oh guest….who are you?"he asked moving forward creeping a few of them out
"Gah! What the heck are you?!"rogue shouted in shock as the caterpillar stopped mid slither
"Well that obvious isn't i'm the herbilasit…at least until i'm not anymore"the herbalist said which confused them as he carried multi colored leaves in hand right now.
"Oh great another talking animal….well a big this time"yang said
"Um sorry to bother you sir but…could you help us. Where trying to get to the tree but–"onxyia was stopped
"The tree? Everyone always wants to go their these days….especially the last people i saw…along with that women and her residents"the herbalist said was opening the door to the large mushroom home making them stunned
"Wait you saw other people down here…i…can you tell us who you saw?"ruby asked as he faced her for a moment
"Well? Are you coming in or aren't you?"he asked
'Well ummm could you make us growgurt fruit?"onxyia asked again as he sighed gesturing them to come inside. They all relucnelty did as the door closed behind them scaring them a little. It was a quite spacious home as he walked through some beads. But they all saw several different types of plants and ingredients all over the place. Going into the room he was in it had chairs along with a large hookah the caterpillar was busy adding the mixture of something in
"What are you doing?"onxyia asked
"Hmmm i'm a hebrialist i make medicines and remedies to help them on their journey. Although what did you say you were all again?"herbalist asked
"Umm where huntresses he's a huntsman"ruby shyly answered
"I see…what do you all do extaclty?"the herbalist asked as they stayed silent for a moment
"We fight monsters….and protect people. Why does this all matter?"rogue asked confused as he was smoking from the hookah right now for a moment then blew a coloreful smoke from his mouth
"Please take a seat…you all seem to have your own roles to play. But it seems you need help for whatever you become and what you need to become. Along with understanding what you are now"the herbalist said
"Ummm okay…can you let us leave i don't smoke"Zane said but the door was shut tight as he inhaled another puff of smoke from the hookah before dropping a leaf into the fire pit infront of them causing a large amount of black smoke to suddenly start to form
"He's trying to drug us cover your mouths!"eria said covering her but the herbalist asked them one simple little thing
"What are you?"his voice echoed as they all covered their mouths as the shrunken passenger fell to the ground coughing right now. As they all wondered where they were right now wondering what this caterpillar did to them.
With that it seems the gang met a strange talking bug who sent them on a trip down memory lane. Though who was that mysterious women. We got backstory on how betty lost her faunus traits long ago. Thanks for reading!
