In the last chapter we saw the group final make it to the tree in the ever after. But will their friends stay the same wherever they went. Lets hope they can belongs to Rooster Teeth and Monty Oum. I own the OC's, AU. Hope you enjoy!
Chapter 15:Finding Yourself
They could barely see where they are right now as the leafs began to unswirl all around them. Until they alll slowly opened their eyes as blake opened them going wide eyed on what she was seeing. An entire view of the ever after as they all saw what the entire land was right now in their complete awe and shock right now as they stared at it right now
'We…i…how are we here?"adam asked as lucifer chuckled sitting on a nearby ledge sighing
"If you don't believe in magic its a heck of a thing."lucifer said kindly as they stared at him for a moment as neo tried to sign but sighed feeling very tired right now from using her semblance that much
""I….i…wait are we were ruby and onxyia went…please tell us their here"weiss asked teary eyed as the man gently placed his hands on his helmet. Starting to lift it up he removed it placing it near his head as it revealed a fair skin man with black hair styled into a warrior wolf tail held together by a white ribbon. But he had grey streaks of hair in it as he gently nodded
"You are close. Be prepared for the end of your journey here…i shall be close by watching"lucifer said to their confusion
"You have to be kidding me help us save our friends you crusty old prick"lazuli growled as the man chuckled staring at her
"I can't this is your final trial here. The goddess awaits your arrival"lucifer said waving his hand over himself as he dsippeared into thin air right now to their shock. They stayed shock for a moment as they all looked ahead of their journey coming to an end
"So…were here and the others are up their"rogue asked brandishing her axe at the ready
"Yeah…so will betty and lamia maybe if they got here. Since the cat knows how to get here"weiss coldy said ready to teach them a lesson
"Then lets go….because right now i'm pissed off. Because…i'm letting bane kill psi…slowly"zane said with venom as adam scoffed
"That thing is mine. Rather not have you have a sob fest on killing someone"adam said but bane was in control as he huffed with a grin
"Well…that one isn't my sibling more like a annoying pest. Whoever get to her first wins"bane said with a grin dropping the control of his host
They all began to traverse up the tree right now finding a path leading them to the top. They all kpet walking hoping to find their friends right now be them trueselves right now as they did they soon after ten mintues reached something
That being the herbalist from early now encased in wood it seems as eria snapped a branch off with a shocked look
"The herbalist…this is what happened to him"Eria stated
"Yeah but…oh my god"izzy said in shock as they all looked in a certain direction finding their two friends right now but they where different
Ruby was now encased in wood as she had her arms crossed over her chest. While she had crescent rose hanging above her like a tree branch. But she seemed to be smiling as yang slowly approached her sister right now with tears in her eyes right now
"R-ruby?"yang asked with a shaky voice calling to her knee placing her head against her crying right now. With blake walking over placing a hand on her shock right now before looking over to her best friend in the same situation
As onxyia was encased in woode laying on her legs with her sniper being held in her arms. With her katana strapped to her back as her wolf tail was curled around her. With her ears on discipline as zane rushed over frantically tearing all the branches off her
"no..no…we need to get them out now!"zane cried in worry but jaune pulled him away realizing something
"This is it. I get it now how we get home…the tree brought us here we need to have acceptance"jaune said but he didn't like that
"Wiat…you mean we have to let those two figure things out in the tree. That sounds insane"lazuli said
"But..but what if she comes back different….what if shes gone"zane asked teary eyed but blake placed a hand on him seeing the herbalist wooden case crack open. As he remeerged revealing a blue butterfly who stretched his arms around before taking flight to the sky as they looked in awe
"They…need to make up their own mind in their"blake said as they all stared at the two unsure of what to do right now. Although soon enough the sound of banging could be heard ahead of them which made adam step forward drawing his sword
Once he got over he noticed something"i think i found our way home"adam said as they all inspected it with weapons drawn at that moment
Once they loooked over they saw the base of the tree what was at the very center of it. A giant door that seemed to be made of two wooden panels. As it seemed to have craved imagienry as on the right was the god of light and the left the god of darkness both in their dragon forms. But standing in the middle of the door was the goddess of balance in her humanoid form crossing her arms over her chest bowing her head down.
But they saw the curious cat who was in betty body still pounding on the door several times but it wasn't opening. With lamia examining the wooden doors in awe realizing where they are now
"This must be the place where the god were born….it…my queen will he happy to hear of this place"lamia said as bettycat growled at her
"Shut up and help me! This dam….whore doesn't have anything to go back to…i thought she had something!"bettycat shouted in rage
"Well her gang did leave her along with well….her boyfriend dead pussy cat"lazuli called out as they looked over shocked they were here with them right now. As betty cat laughed
"Oh your all here i take it you found your way?"betty cat asked with major sarcasm
"We did thanks to a wandering knight. Guess your little plan didn't work"eria said with a grin as betty cat stared at her hands growling
"You've come at the worst time and you dealt with these insect?"the curious cat asked as lamia scoffed
"Try most of my kin….psi is back. Are you back omega"lamia asked as bane took control smiling at her
"Ohhhh psi…i'm not your kin. While you rotted away wherever the goddess put you…me i got to talk to my mother. My creator if you will"bane said mockignyl making betty cat hiss at him like a cat enraged he got to explore the world
"You got to explore the world while i've been stuck here for ages!"the curious cat hissed in rage
"So thats why you wanted ruby and onyxia…to explore our world. You make me sick"Eria coldly said as betty cat laughed at that for a moment sighing
"Well this one failed me since she has no attachment to your world. But…alyx was the same…she failed me too after i manipulated that brat"the cat started as they all glared at him
"You…so you were tricking us from the start"blake said drawing her sword at the ready
The cat hissed again"that cowrardly wretched girl whose story you've been foolsihing following along. The same girl i followed too….for days i lead her to the place me…lewis…and you jaune visited"betty cat started as jaune raised his sword as he hissed at him in anger
"After everything that happened in that little village how little gwen here got…scratched by her dagger in her sleep. Ohhh she didn't do it…i wonder who really did it"he said scaring gwen right now as jaune narrowed his gaze recalling that as he continued
"Or when she promised to bring me back to remmannt but in truth she had no intention of doing it at all! She was going to leave me here to rot!"the cat cotninued seething in rage as he started to grow cyan light cat claws over betty arms as she flexed his claws to scratch something
"How foolish she was when she decided to fix everything she broke in the ever after! Including poor little jaune and his little pretend family! Lewis…was the lucky one…he didn't have to watch what i did to her"the cat said making them all scred right now
Izzy went wide eyed in anger"What did you do to her?"she asked as the cat smiled at them
Close by blake eyed something on the ground that being a very rusty old looking dagger buried in something. That being a skeleton that looked very old with very tattered clothing as she gasped in shock
"Oh…oh my god…she…alyx is over their…she…she…."she stopped herself in shock
They all looked over compeltlely horrified seeing the girl skeleton over their. As eria gasped in shock with gwen covering her face as tears started to break from her eyes. With izzy staring in complete horror hearing of that poor girl fate. As jaune went wide eyed in rage upon hearing what happened to the poor girl from long ago right now
"You…you…you monster! She was a child! A child and you killed her!"jaune cried in rage as he began to laugh at them all as lamia grinned at them drawing her kunai at the ready to fight
"Oh shut up! Thats why that bitch banned me from coming here….she was mad i went away from my purpose. I was lucky to escape that white knight before he took me to her…lucky me i'v avoided all of them. Thought i could twist one myself…but i was wrong"betty cat said
Zane drew his katana at the ready pulling his bandana up to bear his fangs against the cat
"Screw you cat…besides bane says he was always her favorite. Your the disappointment that she pretends to care about"zane taunted with a grin as the curious cat growled but looked over at the petrieifed onxyia and ruby as they smiled in joy
"Their still here…yes! All my work is not lost! Deep down se wants nothing more than to return to remnant to play hero. That whore wolf just wants to see whoever she cares about"the cat said as jaune and zane shared a look with each other
"Wanna help me kill a cat?"zane asked
Jaune scoffed"you mean put him down….maybe after where done here i'll let you punch me for a whole hour"he replied riaisng his sword and shield
"How about you get on your hands and knes and pamper me and my girl for a week. For ruby its a month"Zane replied as he smirked as they all drew their weapons at the ready with adam staring at neo who still looked exhausted
"neo , you gwen and izzy stay out of the way we can handle them"Adam said as the mute nodded pulling the two to safety as she held hush out as they all prepared to fight for their friends right now
Right now deep insdie the tree deep inside it everything was a blur for onxyia right now. As the wolf only rembereed drinking the strange liquid then passing out. As she slowly gathered her thoughts onxyia opened her eyes groaning as she soon found herself somewhere
That being a cosmic like area right now as it had a greenish hue to it. The floor under hear seemm to be water and glass as she placed her hand on it. A virbation went off to her shock as he slwoly looked up to see the night sky filled with stars.
"Where am i?"onxyia asked rubbing her head as someone was next to her
"O-onyxia?"ruby said close to her as the wolf went wide eyed as the red cloaked girl hugged her as she returned it
"What…what are you doing here?"onxyia asked as they separated
"I…i…i…i drank the tea betty gave me. Guess you did too"ruby said as the wolf looked down nodding
"I did but…where are we?"onxyia asked very confused seeing the place but soon they got their answer as someone spoke to him.
"Well i wasn't expecting you two here just yet. Well she was"a women voice said as another laughed slightly
"Come now. I created you for your purpose to help those i'm here to watch"another replied as it drew their attention rigth now as the two looked wide eyed
They looked to see a forge and anvil where a blacksmith would work. But several glowing green orb cirle around the place right now as their were two people their.
The first was a women but she was strange as her appearance was off. It seemed to be mechncialy in nature as she had a robot skeletal appearance. Her eyes sockets seemed to be hollowed out. Her head was made of several segmented metallist plates. In the back it seemed like her spine was exposed with a conorted wooden trunk that rbanches outward resembling a tree. She also very tall even rivaling the faunus in the room heigh. She had produced feminine features as well
She wore a leather apron tied behind ehr neck and clinched with a blet bukclet around the waist. With a pair of large gloves and a blue bandaned tied around her forehead from which a cain is draped simialri to a braid
But the second, she came to their shock as they've seen her before
A women who seemed to be a humanoid looing figure that seemed to be female. But she was much taller than any of them seeming to stand at a whooping ten feet tall it seems. On her head was a pair of horns as they mirrieod the god of light and darkness horns. The left mirror the dark and the right mirrioirn light.
Their was a deep blue glow to her body with a slender frame to her. As her face unlike before was still devoid of any features it seems. While she had a set of deep blue eyes as she wore a cloak over body with a hood draping down her back
The two looked in complete shock on who they where seeing right now. They stayed silent as the women that towered over them chuckled
"Quite surprised are we? Well not many people have seen me around as much in a long time."the women said approaching them as her footsteps echoed in the hall as the two were now staring at her faceless feature
They stayed silent for a moment as the metallic women laughed slightly
"I think their startled by your appearance ma'am"the women said as the tall women sighed
"It appears they are. Lets try this form shall we"the tall women said snapping her fingers doing something
That being her body starting to take shape as her blue skin started to be replaced by a fair color set of skin. While she started to grow facial feature that showed a simply women face but she looked beautiful with flowing long black hair. While she began to materialize clothes out of thing air just like that
That being a long dark blue sleeve dress that looked like drapes. But she kept the hood and cloak with it. As he deep blues eyes stared at them as she smiled at them
"Now who do you think i am?"the women asked as the two stayed silent as ruby found the words
'Your…your the goddess of balance i…why are you here?"Ruby asked
"Are….are we dead?"oxnyia asked as the other women chuckled
"Goodness no. your in the tree i'm called the blacksmith. Its nice to finally meet you my mistress here has been watching your entire journey through her world"the blacksmith said to their shock hearing this was the goddess of balance world
"Wait…this is your world…i…but..why are here?"ruby asked as the goddess smiled at her
"To do one thing. See what you want to be, main reason this tree exist…what you two become is up to you"the goddess said as ruby was about to speak but stopped herself as she had an upset look form on her face. Onxyia stroked her tail looking down as she looked upset at the two
"We…might not know what we want to be next"onxyia sadly replied as the goddess aporahced them gesturing for them to stand which they did.
"Come with me and lets talk. Because this process is beautiful i assure you that"the goddess said
The two lisnted to her following her following her through this strange new cosmic world. The blackmsith followed alongside them as several green orbs passed them as ruby stared at them
'What are these?"She asked curiously
"They are souls moving onto what they will become next"the goddess explained
"Are…do they choose who they are in their next life?"ruby asked
"Are you sure they won't make the wrong choice"onxyia added
The goddess stared at the two gently smiling at them like a mother
"Such concern for a soul why is that dear?"the goddess asked ruby who thought about her next few words very carefully as she sighed
"I wanted to be a hero. Like…like my parents i wanted to do the right now. But nothing ever is the right thing! I..i tried so hard but…but i don't know who i am anymore. I don't know if i can save everyone i care about. I…why are you letting salem do this?"ruby asked teary eyed staring at the goddess who stared at the girl gently smiling at her as she bent down placing a thump on her cheek gently whipping it off her cheek placing a hand on her head
"I have my reason dear. In due time i can explain to you why…but what about you dear? Why are you here?"the goddess asked as the wolf who looked down upset
"I…i don't like how i look…i..i. Hate myself. Everyone just calls me a freak…a monster…a abomination a….my own kind hate me…it hurts hearing them all call me terrible names"onxyia replied as the blacksmith stepped foward
"What if you two could be anyone you wanted"the blacksmith said making them confused right now
Suddenly mutlcolroed leafs flew past them all as suddenly multiple weapon case appeared cirling them right now. Their was a wide assortment of weapon all over the place right now. Ranging from swords, dagger, staff, axes, spears and several others right now as the two stared at the weapons before them right now
As ruby slowly stepped forward seeing all the weapons before her eyeing a greatsowrd placing her hand near the glass case as it hovered over it
"Who did this belong to?"ruby asked
"Its not who had it dear. But who could. Can you feel who might have held such a weapon. What their dreams…their hopes where do you see yourself holding such a weapon."the blacksmith asked as the leave blow by ruby as onxyia inspected the place all around herself right now as ruby thought about it
"No..i…its just so heavy i…its the only thing i can feel anymore. Probably nothing i can amount to…i can never make my dad proud again"ruby said in tears right now as the goddes placed a hand on her shoulder as something seemed to call to her right now
"Your my special little petal"qrow voice echoed through the hall as she looked over to a weapon right now. It was habrigner as she stepped forward placing her hand near it until a flash went off infront of her
Memorie
As ruby slowly opened her eyes she looked at what she was seeing. That being her father qrow right now holding her in his arms when she was just a baby right now. As the man gently held her in a blanket as she passed in his arms as the man had a gentle smile on his face rocking her in his arms
"Its okay my little girl…its okay…shhh"qrow softly shushed as she watched going teary eyed wishing she could hug him one last time before he was gone. But someone opened the door as stepping in was her mother summer rose
"I heard her stop crying. Let me guess you rocked her to sleep"summer asked as he chuckled
'I did. You know when she gets older…i'm gonna have to start lying to her i'm…scared about my luck affecting you too"qrow said as summer leaned over kissing him on the cheek before sitting with him on the bed right now as it creaked as she placed a hand over his
" don't say that…i'm sure that if anything happens you'd be their to save me…or her. No matter what"summer said as he sighed walking over placing the baby ruby in a crib as he stared at her
"But what if i can't i….i'm scared on the day that i'm not their to protect you two. I…."qrow sighed as he clenched his hand on the crib holding it close as he slowly opened his eyes staring at the baby in the crib
"What if i can't save my little girl."qrow said as summer placed her arm around his waist holding him close in her arms
"We sometimes can't save everyone. The best we can do is learn to appreciate the people that layed their lives down so we can live. Don't forget theri will always be someone to save no matter how small it is. No matter how big of a foe…"summer paused before pulling him into a loving embrace holding him close in her arms
"You'll always be their to protect her dear. Even if your gone"she said as the two held each other. Before the sound of the baby ruby could he heard crying for her parents right now as she was starting to become fussy
Qrow sighed picking her up placing her in his arms cradling her as she was still crying right now
"Calm down my little petal…i'm here for you. Don't worry…i'll always be close to you no matter what"qrow said softly holding the baby in his arms close not wanting to let her go as the baby ruby calmed down slowly falling asleep
Memeroie end
As ruby gasped seeing a glimps into her father memory she held her head in complete shock right now on what she saw staring at the case harbinger was in
"I…i…what does that mean i….did…did he know he might die one day….die fighting against someone"ruby asked as the blacksmith shrugged her shoulder
"Who knows…maybe sometimes people know that you can't save everyone. Sometimes you need to remember those who fell before you and remember the message they bore"the blackmsith said
As the silver eyed teen growled as she shoved the case containing habrigner as shattered breaking the glass. It was sent flying everwhere as onxyia yelped hearing that still eyeing all the case right now as the goddess turned to her
"Are you trying to me that its useless!? That we should't try? Is that your big lesson where suppose to learn? Just….give up? Become someone else to complete your problem!"ruby shotued as the goddess stared at her as she walked over humming
"Do you think thats what i'm telling you to do?"the goddess asked making her confused
"Yes! I..i mean no i…ughhh'ruby said kneeling with a desdpondent look. As onxyia was staring at the cases herself unsure of what to pick as she kept staring at them for a long time but it felt like hours went by as she didn't feel like it but part of her told her they were in a rush right now as she fell to her knees beginning to cry quietly to herself
She never knew how to truly accept herself because how can she lift the burden from her own parents shoulder. How she was treated like a outcast and how it affected how they lived when she was younger
"I..i…can't do it…i don't know who i want to be"onxyia quietly said to herself as the goddess appeared by her side placing a hand on her head making her yelp but noticed it was her
"How are you sure you aren't comfortable within your own skin?"the goddess asked as the wolf looked down as her ears flopped over
"I'm pretty sure my parents hated me…they just hide it"onxyia saldy replied but the women gesutreed to something. Looking over she could see her father ringsword in the case as the goddess guided her toward it
"Are you sure about that dear? Why don't you see who you might have become with one trait…or how your parents reacted that day"She said as the wolf heisnalty hovered her hand near the case as a flash happened as a memroie played out
Memory
The memory showed her what seemed to be a hospital as right now. Inside a hospital room waiitng for their child where her own parents. As her mother was in a patient shirt as coming in was one of her staff who seemed to be nervous right now as declan smiled at them
"Ah ha so your here to bring your boss child i take it"declan cheered as the faunus nurse winced
"Well um ma'am you know how the procedure sometimes goes. Someone passes out from the birth and well…take the baby and bring it to you later"the nurse asked as katherine sighed exhausted right now
"Of course i do…i wanna see my little girl gimme"katherine demanded as the nurse scoffed in disgust which declan seemed to noticed
"Whats with you scoffing scumbag?"declan growled as the nurse flincned as they handed their boss the brand new baby girl. That being onxyia who had tufs of black hair on her hair with two little wolf ears as katherine smiled
"What afraid of a little baby?"katherine teased but the nurse scoffed dieclty at her
"That thing isn't normal…genetic mutation is what you two had"the nurse said to their confusion as katherine lifted her newborn daughter up concerned right now. But instead of anything horrible it was a small bushy wolf tail on her waistbehind. The two canine parents stared at it was katherine had tears of joy on her face holding her daughter close
"I..i…this isn't a mutation ohhh…ohhh this is amazing"she cheered as declan laughed with a smile on his face
"My wife is right i have the most unique firstborne every….a dual traited faunus!"declan cheered in joy as the nurse rolled their eyes
"Aint one to judge someone with the freak of a daughter"the nurse rudely said trying to leave but katherine cleared her throat making them stare at her as she did something
"Your fired…bye bye and leave my clinic. Because i'm not tolerating racist faunus in my own clinic right now."katherine said as they tried to speak but declan growled at them making them run away as the man stared at his daughter gently picking her up holding her in his two arms smiling in joy
"Your going to be a unique little girl when you get older my little cub"declan cried in joy as the little wolf slowly opened her little eyes to reveal her two different colored eyes as the man smiled even more as his tail wagged faster
"You even got two different colroed eyes….this is amazing"he cheered as the women held her daughter smiling to see who she was right now
Memory end
As the memory ended right then and their onyia opened her eyes covering her face in shock as she stared at the case with tears in her eyes
"But..i…i…i'm a freak..my…my own people hate me…they view me like some abomination"onxyia questioned confused falling to her knee crying still right now. As the goddess rubbed her head as the women slightly frowned
"This is a difficult choice you two but you need to hurry. Your friends are in danger right now as we speak"the goddess said playing them something. The two looked over going wide eyed to see their friends right now fighting lamia and the cruiosu cat
But the cat was different right now as he was kicked out of betty body as the cat was now much larger. Along with that much more indaitng as he had a black and white color shcme. Standing on his hind legs he looked more like a lynx with much larger claws that were very large and sharp with stripes similar to cats
As the cat had easily grabbed lazuli who was trying to speed blitz it. But he raised her in the air slamming her hard on the ground as she cried in pain as her aura shattered. Adam gave in with a war cry bringing his sword down trying to hit it as he growled at it
"Let her go!"he shotued as the cat laughed following his wish as he swung her straight into him launching the two hard into the trunk of the tree as adam aura shattered as well at that moment. As the cat was soon being swung at by jaune lunging forward with his sword as the two got locked in a power struggle
"Your not laying a hand on anyone else you monster!"jaune cired in rage as the cat laughed smiling at him before eyeing someone close by. As rogue was aiming her grenade launcher at him trying to take him down but he threw jaune in the path of the grenade shell. Rogue went wide eyed as the shell impacted him as jaune cried in pain as his aura broke
"No!"rogue called out
As with lamia she kept phasing in and out of reality as she leg sweeped eria as she landed on the ground hard. Then she raised her foot undoing a hidden blade ready to stab her. But a fireball was launched into her from weiss who growled at her
"I am so sick of you grimm knights!"weiss shouted as lamia growled at her as her body crack slightly from their battle right now as she cracked her kncukels with loud pops being heard
"Shut up you little worm…because i'll snap your pretty little neck. Then the cat will meet my queen….then we'll come here and burn this place to the ground"lamia said
"Not gonna happen!"zane shotued rushing in swinging his bo staff hard into lamia gut as she grunted. But the geist hybrid growled going intgaible avoiding his hit as she grabbed him by the throat choking him as she laughed presenting a kunai in hand
"If you are that dam goddess creation omega…then she'll watch you die"lamia said but coming in to provide support was blake who jammed her katana right into lamia back as she wasn't paying attention as blake panted spitting to the side as she growled at her
'Thats for hurting my best friend you bitch!"blake shouted as lamia elbowed her as the women clutched her throat gasping in pain right now. As she let out an ear bleeding screech like a banshee as she began to turn into smoke as once it cleared it showed her chartered skeleton as the goddess chcukeld seeing that
"Hmmm guess they gave you some time…the cat is more tricky."the goddess warned as they were about to celebrate in the image. But the cat grabbed zane by the head throwing him straight into yang who was helping up lazuli and adam. As the four all tumbled to the ground. Then blake tried to stab him by he caught her in the air laughing at her right now
"You will die here girl….along with the rest of you like i killed that little girl alyx!"the curious cat said as the feed cut out making the two go wide eyed seeing their friends on the verge of losing right now as ruby held her head seeing it again. Shes going to be unable to save them as the goddess spoke up
"You either choose to leave your burdens behind or choose the person to bear them and carry them. Choose…you are running out of time"the goddess said as the two began to run frantically all over the place right now. Ruby kept passing by all the case right now not finding what she was looking for. She landed on a dagger for a moment but continued not finding that to be suitable right now. As she kept staring at the various weapons as she landed on harbinger smashed up case hesitantly reaching for her
Could that be what she need to bear the burden of her past choices. But will it be enough for her to have the hope to beat salem. She went to reach out to the case but something called to her at that moment
"That aint your style kiddio try something else"his voice rang out as suddenly she saw a bright red light like it was calling to her. As she got from the floor all the other cases disappeared for her as onxyia disappeared from her view as she looked to see what it was
Ruby went wide eyed seeing her weapon in the casse cresent rose as she stared at it
"What if…i choose to remain me. Ruby rose"ruby asked as the goddess reappeared kneeling beside her.
"Then maybe you are already enough for the burden you carry. A girl who was her at the very start"the goddess said as she reached for it like instinct took over suddenly she felt like she was accepting herself. Because as she touched the glass it glowed transporting her out of the room leaving the wolf behind as she was still struggling with her choice on who she wanted to be right now
It seems that ruby found herself along with onxyia struggling to find herself still. But we met the godess of balance who has been watching them through their journey down here in the ever after. Though what will happen next? Thanks for reading!
