A New story, with a little bit of twist, i plan not only to include rwby but a lot more other story
Consequences and Choice
"Life have a funny way to live it, destiny is a singular path, can you believe it?"
"at one point, i do but we all know better, don't we"
"indeed, the universe have some of the most intricate system, even one droplet into a ocean can change everything"
"a little bit extreme, don't you think?"
"perhaps but that's how the way it works, you see people tend to rambling about it, it is your destiny to do this, that, be a hero, be a villain, a tragedy, a comedy, love, hatred and all that but what if i told you that every single thing that happen can have different outcome?"
" ... alternate universe isn't new"
"oh but it is, with every single second you spent, some other copy of yours do things differently, like for example, i'm drinking this beer, at this bar, in some other universe, i probabily living my life as a celibate or a sexual deviant"
"harsh things to say about yourself"
"but that's fascinating isn't it?, even simple things you do, the hobby you make, the thing you like could vary from one to a trillion, i be a hero today, some other me is a villain tommorow and it all happen with just one singular choice you make"
"does it matter if it's big or small?"
"no, it does not, even when you take a shit, it could lead to world destruction, some good, some bad, some very, very bad, you make a choice, that choice have consequences, from consequences birth a new universe, every single pico-second, a new universe is born with different outcome"
"want to give me a example of that?"
"sure, lemme show you, this particular one is my favorite, so many different choice, stray from its original path make a whole different story"
Summer couldn't help but let a stray tears loose, she gaze at ruby with a look of a mother can, with full of love and care
she didn't want to leave her child, the situation is dire, she really didn't want to leave ruby alone, she had a bad feeling about it
a pack of grimm have been marching toward haven three weeks ago, it seem organize and intent on one thing, she doesn't know what but she couldn't help but sense something important is store away there
she kiss ruby forehead and then yang, before heading downstairs, she spot her husband, taiyang sleeping soundly at the couch, she smile, yesterday he was being hit on by some hussies at the market and just for fun, she pretend to be mad at him
she wasn't mad, she knew he is loyal to her but she just want to poke fun at him, he immediately assume he be sleeping on the couch at the sight of her angry face
she went to him and pull the blanket over his body, kissing his forehead "i love you, tai"
she stare at her husband face, caressing his cheek, she reach for her weapon before hesitating, something doesn't feel right, something screaming at her to not go, to abandon this mission, her eyes narrowed and she leave her weapon, heading out while making sure not too make much noise
once she far away from her home, her face set to stoic when a woman jump down from the tree branch, it was raven, the woman who left the team and break her husband heart in two
"Nobody suspect anything?" Raven asked softly
"No, they ... " she stop, trying her hardest to go through with her current decision "everyone was sleeping and ... and ... raven, i don't think i can go for this one"
"what?" raven was shock, understandable since they been planning to do this ever since they heard the news "you can't mean to abandon this, summer, this could be important, this-"
"not more important than my family, raven" her eyes narrow "i can't leave them like this, the stakes is unknown, we don't know what could happen"
"and since when that have stop us" raven expression was set between incredulous and anger "we went through the impossible before, don't tell me having a family softened you up"
"maybe it did, maybe because i love them, something you having a hard time acknowledging" summer snarled and raven flinched, she never seen the usually kind rose do that and by the looks of it, she realized it too, summer immediately try to apologise "r-raven, i didn't mean it like that, it was-"
"no, no ... you were right" those word cut through like a knife ... and rightfully so, raven grip her bicep with a bitter look, not at summer but at herself "you right ... i ... haven't been the best mother and i doubt i ever will be"
the two were silent, take time to cool down after a heated disagreement, summer felt she go too far, even if it did true, her words cut through raven walls that she create around her heart
"you ... you right summer, maybe we should ... let ozpin handle this one" raven gave her a sad smile "take care of her for me, give my love to her"
"raven, wait-" it was too late, the Branwen already make a portal and rush through her, summer outstretched hand slowly fall to her side
" ... damn it" she silently cursed before sighing, went back to her house, she make it up with raven sooner or later, no matter how much raven claim to be cold hearted, that woman will always flock back to her
Qrow ran like never before, his leg already screaming in pain but he push through, he have to, the kid need him
after miles upon miles, he finally found her, fending of three other people he assume the enemy, he snarled and shoot
"Get the fuck away from her" with a roar, his weapon shot two dust blast, the woman in red, probably the leader, was shock to see him
the woman sneer in rage before shouting out "retreat"
the other two follow her back, the air distorted and before he could do anything, they disappeared
he immediately rush for amber, catching the girl as she fall from the air "amber, are you alright, did they do anything with you?"
"i'm fine qrow, just light-headed" amber groan, nursing her forehead "that woman ... qrow, she work for salem, she after me"
" ... damn it" the queen already make her move huh, he need to report to ozpin about this "well come on, let's get you to vale, you aren't safe anymore"
"since when i am not safe" amber sass back, qrow let out a small chuckle, at least she still have that
"YOU FAIL?!"
Her mistress rage are horrifying, her imagination are cruel for those who defy her, pain is just a beginning, suffering is much more worse
cinder screech when her mistress grimm bit her left arm off, blood spurting out like a fountain "m-mistress, p-please"
"not a word out of you" With a kick, cinder vomit a huge amount of blood before salem kick her in the stomach, making her flew across the room
the creator of grimm huffed, the outside of the palace darkened in response to her rage, with deep breath, she calm herself
once again, ozpin have move faster than her, she didn't get the silver eyes woman, she didn't get the maiden, she didn't get the vault
subtlety is no longer a option, blunt force is a choice and she choose it now
"tyrian" she call her loyal dog, the Scorpion faunus, the said man came crawling to her foot with a grin, deranged as he is, he has his uses "you know what to do"
the crazy man smile, a wicked one that make her mood lightened up, tyrian will get the job done, he is devoted to her after all
as for cinder
she turn her gaze at the pathetic girl, pondering about what punishment she should enforce ...
she make a smile that will forever haunt cinder life
Blake stomach growled, it demand for food but she have none
her blank eyes watch as grimm prowl around her cage
that's right, cages, as if some twisted joke in life, somebody probably thought of faunus in cages, like real animals
how long since that day happen, when dark clouds cover the whole menagerie, they came fast, strong, overwhelming the white fang, it wasn't even a fight, it was a slaughter
grimm, all kind of grimm, even the one that wasn't suppose to exist in menagerie invade her island, all of it follow under the same man, tyrian callow
the traitor to its own kind, the foul one, a fine piece of shit ever walk on earth
the attack lasted for five hour, that's all it took, five hour to kill all of their forces and just one to enslave all of them
ever since then, she have been living in small, box cage
he treated them however he like, torturing, killing, trafficking, basically every vile thing he could do
her dirty skin rub against the mud, like some sick sense of humor, they were forbidden to wear clothes, if you have animal trait, then you gotta be like animal he said
one particular grimm bash against her cage, her blank eyes stare into it's red eyes, this one have been particular keen on eating her
black fur cover it's whole body, red slitted eyes staring menacingly at her, black claws scratch against her cage, it's lust for her blood apparent
this one want to kill her, why?, because this creature of hate was once her father
that's right, her strong father who once stood up against discrimination against faunus kind, the one who is kind enough to settle things peacefully is now is just a beast who want her dead
her father was made as an example when the enslavement start, he spoke out against tyrian, his bravery shine among the darkness
but it was only to prove to be his undoing, tyrian push him unto some sort of black puddle, the next thing she knew, her father is no more, just a mindless creature with a hate for his own daughter
she doesn't know where her mother is, she have cried for so long, her eyes can't even let out tears no more, kali was sold shortly after seeing what her husband have become, her mother broken look was the last thing she seen of her
"aww, you can't have this one ... yet" tyrian came while cackling madly, knocking on the cage with his tail "this one doesn't taste good, she probably have shits all over her body"
She only stare at her tormenter with a blank look, she could no longer feel anything, there's nothing he could do to hurt her
"what's the matter blake, cat got your tongue?" tyrian cackle madly, beating his chest like a buffoon "no matter, you see the humor, soon enough" pulling the chain leash that on her once father, he walk away while laughing crazily
blake watch him go, her body full of mud, piss and feces, she haven't had food or drink for two days, she is sick because the rain have been pouring last night
but none of it matter to her, not ever since she been in this cage
she open her mouth and try to see something poking out but no matter how hard she try, nothing came out
no matter how much she believe there's nothing that can hurt her, this one did and she let one, just one tear out
"Cat got your tongue?"
"I have a grim news to tell you oz, the winter maiden have pass away"
this is not how ozpin imagine his day would start off
"my condolences" fria was a loyal woman, to carry huge burden this long, she have his respect "who have inherit the power?"
"one of my elites, winter schnee" James rarely show emotion when it comes to his subordinate, however, when it comes to winter, he had a soft spot and a proud smile naturally emerge from his expression "as we speaking, i have her train for her power immediately but you are expert with the maiden so i have to ask-"
"no need for words james" ozpin smile behind his cup "i will make time for atlas as soon as i finish my task here, i will bring amber with me, she is experience with her power and could guide winter with her new responsibility"
"thank you" james nodded, feeling grateful but as usual, he went straight for business "have you heard anything from menagerie?"
"nothing as of now" ozpin sip his coco "menagerie was always close off to the outside world but never to this extent, i thought it's because what they fought for, so i just leave them alone"
"but the white fang base is there" lately, there's been too many attack on schnee dust factory, it was devastating, just a ruined building and no trace of the criminal, the only lead that trace back to white fang is because only the schnee company taking the hit
"james, you know we can't point fingers unless we have solid evidence" ironwood notice unless instead of until, the ever kind ozpin "and beside, the factory was only run by machine and no casualty was ever reported"
"but it still a act of terrorism"
"yes and it need to be dealt with but only using the right way" he had to lay that down "our people look up to us james, we can't have the next generation becoming shallow if we show them we solve crimes by pointing finger"
he hate to admit it but ozpin is right, as always, his way around work is blunt force while oz is the voice of reason
"fine but if i get even one clue that lead to them, you back me out on this"
"always james, always"
ending the call, as soon as he did that, the elevator to his office open and out came glynda, his new assistant and combat teacher, she look stunningly beautiful tonight, wearing a strapless purple dress, her hair done up in a ponytail, earrings and make up for tonight
"any special occasion today?" ozpin raise a brow, it was a rare sight to see glynda putting full effort on her charming trait
"a date with qrow" that ... shocking, he silently asked with a raise brow "i know, i knwo, quite a surprise that i would go on a date with a drunkard, it goes against everything for my strict nature"
she the gave a smile that look beautiful on her face, she should do that more in his opinion "but the man have been cleaning up his act lately, he been sober now more than ever, he takes up his teaching career more seriously than before, i suspect summer and amber had a good influence on him"
huh, so that's what his subordinate been up to, he wonder why qrow have been busy lately "well, i wish you two have fun, we all deserve a break here and now after all"
glynda nod with a smile, putting her file on his table, she went for the elevator for her date
"oh, glynda?"
"yes?"
"make sure he wear protection, I don't want my new assistant suddenly have to take maternity leave after all"
"OZPIN"
Today mark a ugly day for history, the world of remnant have face many horror, some made it out of fairy tale but this one, it will be forever on the mind of next generation
the day that mistral have fallen
grimm coming from the ocean, the atlas shield been struck down by colossal grimm, a army of them slaughter a good number of people
atlas combine with hunter join forces didn't make a huge number against a grimm this scale, it was crazy, suicadal
but mistral never short of criminal either
those three combine and you got one of a hell last standing, half the city have been destroy, the one who make it out have been evacuated to the city gates, ready for exfill
pyrrha hold her mother hand as she bump shoulders with other people, it was jammed into one square place at the city gates
"it's gonna be alright pyrrha" her mother try to be brave but she can tell she is also worry by the sound of her voice "everything going to be okay"
screams and screech of death echoes, people panic, chaos ensued, she grip her mother hand tighter, as people rush to get into the first airbus they can get into
"WATCH OUT"
Her eyes watch as winged grimm swoop from the other side of the city with a speed she never seen before, it's talon chip off the ship thruster, the people scream as it came crashing down on the gates
she grunt when people shove her down, hitting her head on the floor, she cry out when people step on her to get away
her vision blurry, she saw something cut through, like demon from shadow, a woman in red, she is ... a monster, with multiple mandibles as mouth, her left is just a black tentacles, her red dress is full of dirt and had a hole in it, a horrible mechanical piece of metal on where her chest supposed to be, her right leg is just rusty prosthetic, her back had all sort of weapon embedded to her skin
her eyes ... her left one just gray, dull eyes while her right is amber ... full of pain and misery
"rrha. ... pyrrha" her mother hold her face, tears in her eyes "we have to get out of here, come on"
her mother pick her up, carrying her, pyrrha didn't dare to look back, the woman like creature snarling and the people gurgling as their life snuff out
her mother crawl through the gate, pulling her through, not wasting time, her mother ran as fast as she can with pyrrha in her arm
head still in pain, once outside, pyrrha look back and saw her home for one last time, the image will forever be in her head
mistral burning down, it's own people slaughter, no hero came to save them, not even her, the invincible girl can came out victorious
for once, she know what loss feel like ... it's fucking hurt
"hold up, you telling me this all happen?" shit, he see some dark shit but this?, it takes the cake
"yup, because of that one decision, everything stray"
" ... tell me more"
"She have made her move ozpin, what is ours"
Ozpin grimace as he look what was once mistral, ashes, corpses, fallen building
a act of war
once he heard what happen, he immediately inform james and gather all of his hunters, immediately, he make way for mistral
only to found a aftermath of a slaughter
"what of the body count, there must be someone who survive"
"i'm doing whatever i can oz, i sent every man out there with a record on mistral" james shifted around, granted he is a general and he has seen wars but wars never pretty enough to not make him shifty "if anyone survive, we will found them"
"good" his can tap against the floor, his eyes roam the battlefield, no lingering enemy, no trace, just corpses and a destroy home ...
his eyes widened "no ... god no"
"oz?"
"we heading to menagerie" ozpin rush back to his ship "gather whoever you can james"
"oz, what's wro-"
"i explain later"
god he hope he is wrong, the pattern, no trace, no sign of the killer, nothing, it's the same tactics
all those schnee factory wasn't attack by white fang, it was her, she did this, how could he couldn't see it
all of it were too clean to be the white fang, if it were them, they would show the result to the whole kingdom, to show them the faunus isn't taking discrimination anymore
but no, they didn't and it mean only her the one who did it
"where are you going?"
"the Frontline have been breach, again, we have to push them back harder this time"
"do you have too" granted, glynda wasn't the type that show concern often, it is warranted this time
"i need to" qrow put on his armor, the witch is relentlessly these days, atlas is the only stronghold now, everywhere else have fallen
menagerie, mistral, vacuo, vale, gone, destroy, what was once united now broken by the witch
"qrow" she sigh, crawling from the comfort of her sheets, her naked body are in full view for his eyes should he turn back " ... i'm worried"
"i know" qrow whisper, when he felt her arm wrap around his neck, he reach to hold her hand for comfort, kissing her knuckles "but if we didn't fight, who else will?"
she didn't answer, her face buried onto the back of his neck, her long, soft hair cascade down her back, four years, that's how long this war been going on and yet, it feel like eternity
"i don't want you to go" she whisper, he could feel the wet spot on his back, he hate it, he never like it when the people he love cry, much less when it come to the woman he love, cry about him
"i'm ... " he pause, he was about to tell her everything going to be alright ... but since when anything ever alright, everyday, they lost good men and woman, they didn't have a win for a long time
the witch have gone all out, they all are what standing between her and her wish for domination
the chances of dying is high, those who goes out there never came back with full squad or even a squad at all, that's how bad thing is
suddenly, the alarm in their room blare, red light ominously lit the room, qrow eyes hardened
"i ... i have to go" Prying her arm off his neck, with a great effort too, he stood up, staring at her, he so, so badly want to say he come back " ... i love you"
with one last kiss on her forehead, he went out his room, glynda was left alone on the bed, head bow, her hair shadow her face
it doesn't matter, no one see her tears in the room anyway
"The current wave are unstable"
This is it, the end of the road, salem finally pierce through their defenses
but they got one more thing that can hold her back for awhile, enough to save their people, atlas heart
a fortress deep in mantle, protected by high tech shield, for years, they create this place as the last foothold
pietro polendina, a brilliant scientis desperate to save his people from extinction, he use his brilliant mind to make something completely crazy
a gateway to other universe
it could be fatal, maybe a suicide but it's their last resort, if they gonna die, it's not gonna be by that witch hand
a victim of her rage, he was kidnapped by his former, piece of shit colleague, arthur watts, he had a taste of tyrian madness
his face is horribly disfigured, burned, both of his leg were cut off because the psycho think it would be funny because now he is truly disabled, along with both of his arm
if it wasn't because of robyn hill, he wouldn't be here
now equip with prosthetic limb, a exoskeleton and new eye, he can work so the future survive
around him, multiple portal have been made so the people can escape this accursed world
the fortress shakes, her forces ...
he turn around to just see team rwby came through "HURRY, THE FORTRESS IS COLLAPSING"
just one hundred now, dear brother, he pray, let's just this one hundred make it past, their people have been thin down to five thousand, just five, he won't let even one die today
"how is it looking?" ruby, a young huntress that have been unfortunate to choose to be a hero at this age
he pray she get to be one in the next
"They breaking through, the shield is collapsing" he frantically type away on his computer
"did they make it?" the heir of the schnee whisper, he knew what she asked
" ... your butler ... didn't make it"
he hate it, to see a defeated but resign look on her face, no one should have gone through that
SCREEEECH
The entrance got broken down, black tendrils lashing in
"we got no aura left" yang, a woman who was once outgoing, look dead, her partner, blake, the free slave hold her hand, she can't speak but her actions spoke louder
no more
"no ... you four go, i hold them off" taking off her cloak, revealing his body, instead of flesh, metallic armor in place, prime for battle "you four ... have gone through enough, send my love to penny"
the four look at him with sadness, however, their life were rob by this war, they are too used to loss
so mourn later, they nodded and move on, beyond the portal
after such a long time, he felt a smile forming on his lips, finally ... a win
"computer ... command, self-destruct, authorization, pietro polendina"
the computer recieve his command and the walls around him began beeping, his grin so wide, he might also crazy
"well come one then, you son of bitches, kill me while i soak in your blood"
"so ... that's the end of it"
"of salem? ... not really?"
"and what of the survivor?"
"they live but they stranded on the edge of the universe, it was a stroke of luck they manage to land a planet with oxygen"
" ... you tell me this because you want me to clean it up, didn't you"
"last time i check, you a space mercenary"
" ... haa, what is it you want, spectre?"
spectre smirk, downing his alien beer "we all had a role in this vast multiverse my friend and i want you, to keep them in their universe"
"you want me to watch over them?"
"nurture them exactly, guide them" Spectre shrugged "every once and then, a certain malefactor tend to get wild and when it gets outside its own universe, things get ... chaotic"
"you know this will be a long contract, right?"
"name it"
"a whole ton of gold and a date with the tamaran model"
"deal, you damn horndog" Spectre roll his eyes "i see you after you done naruto"
"dude!, i told you to call me cosmic ghost rider"
"having flame ability, a space bike and cosmic power doesn't make you ghost rider naruto"
"say the guy who wear hood all the time and call himself, the 'spectre'."
Aaaand, That's a wrap, if there's some mistake on the Grammar or word, i won't redo it at least for two days, i'm tired
for those who wondering why i jump around event, it's a time skip but i explain more what happen to remnant in the next chapter