RWBY: boiling isles.

The world of Remnant was a wondrous and dangerous place to live, savage monsters called Grimm roam free leaving entire cities abandoned save the 4 kingdoms Vale, Mistral, Vacuo and Atlas. Plus almost every weapon is also a gun. But the strangest thing happened 100 years ago an unexplainable light appeared in the sky and the image of a gigantic horned creature could be seen all over Remnant. To this day no one knows the reason behind that event but the ting about question is they almost always come with answers. Without further ado let's begin our story.

Out on the open sea south of the continent of Sanus a medium sized boat was sailing on calm waters. On the boat were 4 teenage huntresses, Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long together they were Team RWBY from Beacon academy. Right now the girls were taking a much needed little vacation from fighting Grimm, school and stopping criminals. An activity which Yang suggested was going out to the beach that changed to taking a trip into the ocean on a boat hoping to find some giant sea Grimm to slay and become famous. A choice 3 quarters of the team regretted as Ruby, Weiss and Blake were all seasick right now from eating some bad tuna.

"i feel horrible" Blake said keeping herself from vomiting.

"who's idea was it to do this again?" a equally sick Ruby asked.

Weiss and Blake narrowed their gaze at Ruby for asking such a stupid question, the answer was obvious. Yang had been the one with the idea to take a boat out into the middle of the ocean and hopefully run into a powerful sea Grimm they could fight, unfortunately they knew next to nothing about boating nor did they get time to read up on boats before Yang chartered a boat somehow and shanghaied them into coming.

Remembering all that Ruby simply said "oh right".

"come on mateys let's get all ship shape for adventure" Yang doing a pirate impression.

"no offence captain, but no one is feeling shipshape enough to do anything" Weiss said in a deadpan tone.

"come on guys what could be better than 4 huntresses out on the open sea looking for Grimm to slay" Yang said.

"how about some actual knowledge of boat travel" Blake holding herself back from vomiting.

"ya sis I'm with Blake on this one, plus you kinda poisoned us" Ruby said.

"your not still mad about those tuna sandwiches" Yang.

"I told you they smelled bad but no you said it was cheaper" Weiss complained.

"oh forget you, I'm going to enjoy this trip" with a huff Yang walked off to the cabin.

Weiss thankfully packed some medicine for emergencies and gave some to Ruby and Blake to cure everyone of their seasickness. The medicine worked instantly and everyone was better in a matter of 3 minutes. Things seem to be looking good for Team RWBY except for finding no Grimm which is the goal they set out to do, but things have a way of turn at the drop of a hat as they say. While Team RWBY continued to sail with nothing in sight Blake spotted off the bow of the ship.

"guys we got something dead ahead" Blake shouted to her teammates.

Everyone gathered at the bow as soon as Blake called them and looked out to see a dark storm cloud on the horizon. The storm got bigger quickly as they drew closer to it, the girls scrambled to steer away however by then it was to late the ship had been caught up in the waves that the storm had created. The boat rocked against the waves as everyone tried to wait out the storm.

"I'm going to be sick again!" Weiss shouted over the roar of the water.

"things can't get any worse from here" Ruby said.

"why did you say that now everything can get worse you dunce!" Weiss shouting back at Ruby.

"that's only in movies or TV shows not in real life" Ruby retorted.

"uh guys" Yang pointed behind them.

Ruby and Weiss turned to look at what Yang was pointing at, to their combined horror it was a massive 400 foot tall tornado and it was sucking their vessel along with them into the vortex. The boat was flying around inside the storm and the girls were barely holding on to each other. The wind swirled faster and faster, Weiss slipped but Ruby managed to grab her wrist before getting pulled y the wind herself. Yang grabbed her sister just the same and so did Blake, but all the teamwork in the world couldn't fight the forces of nature itself. All of team RWBY was flung over board, still holding on to each other's hands like a vice. Each passing second was harder and harder to stay together until finally Ruby's hand slipped out of Yang's grip sending her and Weiss flying off away from Yang and Blake how embraced one another for dear life as they plummeted down to the ground.

Darkness, that was all Ruby could see, she felt a soft grainy texture against her face. With a groan Ruby shifted herself and opened her eyes to see sand. After a brief moment Ruby got back on her feet and saw she was on a beach. Nearby she saw a forest but the colours were all shades of red, purple and orange as oppose to the typical green one would identify with a forest. Ruby wondered where she ended up, as far as she knew this wasn't her home on Patch nor was it Vale, it felt different almost alien to her.

She didn't have time to process, because at that moment she remembered her sister and teammates had also been caught in that storm and were who knows where. Naturally Ruby panicked and shouted "Yang!", "Blake!" and "Weiss!" at the top of her lungs frantically running around the beach looking for any sign of her friends. About a minutes of this and she saw Weiss unconscious face down in the sand barely a few feet away from where she herself washed up.

Ruby rushed over to her friend and gestured her to wake up "Weiss get up, please be okay". The white haired girl lying in the sand moaned and rolled on to her back trying to regain consciousness. Slowly Weiss sat up as her partner helped her.

"that was horrible" Weiss rubbing her head as if nursing a bruise "where are we and where are Blake and Yang".

"no idea" Ruby shrugged "this place is as unfamiliar to me as you and for all we know they're on another island".

"well that's just great" Weiss said sarcastically.

Both huntresses got back on their feet with Ruby helping Weiss up. Not to far away from where they were Ruby saw the wreckage of the boat hopefully Blake and Yang were their to. Fortunately they didn't lose their weapons in all the chaos so they can still defend themselves if worse comes to worse. They rushed to the wreckage but they couldn't find Yang or Blake, but Weiss did see footprints in the sand walking into the forest so it was safe to assume that their friends were in that direction. As Ruby continued to inspect the wreckage for supplies, a tiny pair of eyes were watching from the forest like a bird of prey waiting to attack.

Meanwhile deep in the forest a certain cat Faunas and Blonde brawler had been walking through said forest hoping to find a town and possible the other half of their team, since Ruby and Weiss weren't near the wreck when Yang and Blake woke up. Right now both girls were sifting through dense vegetation and spider webs with Yang having to endure most of the spider webs in her hair which she was not enjoying in the slightest. Getting webs stuck in her hair was repetitive, annoying and gross.

"why are there so many spider's here?" Yang thought to herself. "if i find one more web i swear to God-" just as Yang was about to finish that sentence she walked into yet another spider web. That was the last straw, Yang's patience had snapped, her eyes changed from purple to red and exploded into a literal fit of fiery rage shouting and firing shots from Ember Celica all around her, one of the stray shots grazed Blake's head who ducked in fear of getting shot again. The gun shots caused nearby birds to scatter in fear. Back on the beach Ruby and Weiss heard the shouting followed by the shooting and immediately recognized who it was. It wasn't hard to figure out which direction Yang and Blake were in and rushed towards the sound of explosions leaving the wrecked boat behind. Ruby and Weiss ran through the woods past the trees and under branches frantically to reach their friends.

"come on i can hear Yang this way" Ruby pointing ahead of them with Weiss trailing behind her. "sounds like she's in a fight"

"which is just classic her" Weiss said.

"no time to lose let's go" Ruby picked up Weiss by her waist and rocked forward using her Semblance 'Petal Burst' in a big red swirl of rose petals. They ducked and weaved through the foliage arriving at the source of the noise aka Yang. They made it their only to find Yang surrounded by burnt leaves and trees with bullet holes in them. Blake poked her head out from hiding in nearby bushes looking peeved. All 3 girls stared daggers at their teammate for damaging the area over seemingly nothing, while Yang blushed in embarrassment. Never the less everyone was happy to be reunited, the girls joined in a quick group hug before asking questions.

"what happened to you guys?" Ruby asking the first question.

"we didn't see you 2 when we woke up and thought to try and find a town or someone who could help" Blake explained.

"I'm guessing you didn't get far on that plan" Weiss sarcastically said.

"no we kinda didn't" Yang rubbing the back of her head.

"since we're all here now, let's all look for a town together" Ruby suggested.

The other 3 took a moment to think on the idea until Blake spoke up "what about the boat?, is it safe to leave all of our stuff behind"

Weiss chimed in also "yeah someone could steal it"

Ruby didn't think of that and got a look of worry on her face but Yang said " the way i see it, no one came to us when i was shooting up the forest so either this island is uninhabited or no one heard me"

"plus it was pretty banged up so no one could sail it" Ruby pointed out. "and if we find someone they'll help fix it"

"well that settles it let's move" Yang marching forward along side Blake and Ruby leading the way.

"but the boat-" Weiss tried to protest but was cut off by Yang saying "oh relax Weiss, we'll tie up that plot thread when it becomes relevant again"

reluctantly Weiss followed her teammates into the forest completely ignoring the possibility of danger. Which was unfortunate because those eyes from earlier were still following them. The trek through the woods was manageable at best, because Blake and Ruby were slashing at the tree branches and spider webs in the way. But it was without a doubt the longest trek Team RWBY had ever taken together since entering Beacon, the woods seem to go on forever with no end in sign then a shimmer of hope came in the form of a clearing. It was quite picturesque a few trees, couple of rocks and a small puddle. As they were looking they saw someone painting the landscape. The mystery painter turned revealing a girl in a dark blue hood and cloak, her skin was tan in color with purplish brown hair that was partially covered by the hood along with her ears and her eyes were heterochromia the right was hazel and the left was amethyst. She appeared to be no older than Ruby.

The mystery girl locked eyes with Ruby and both screamed in surprise over seeing one another, the mystery person pointed her finger and a blast of light shot at Ruby's feet. The girls ducked back behind the bush while the other girl stood where she was not moving with her hand like a gun and her finger tip glowing.

"who's there show your self" ? said.

Ruby poked her head out of the bush and slowly stepped out into view, the rest her friends did the same. Both sides quietly eyed each other waiting for somebody to make a move, Yang had her fists up and gauntlets ready, Blake kept her sword ready to draw at a moments notice, Weiss pointed her rapier at this unknown enemy and Ruby simply held her hands in a non-threatening gesture to try and win over this new person's trust and not attack each other.

The mystery girl was wary of these girl's they were all armed and as far as she knew complete stranger's to her. 3 of them brandished weapons at her, but the one in red didn't. Was this some warfare tactic she thought.

"it's okay we're not going to hurt you" Ruby spoke.

? walked closer to Ruby, her friends keeping eyes trained on her in case she tried anything. The strange new girl was right in front of Ruby, both girls stared at one another with intrigue. Our mysterious painter took note of 2 things about Ruby, she had silver eyes and her ears were round. She looked at the other's and saw they had the same ears.

"you guys are human" ? asked with a raised eye brow.

Weiss, Blake and Yang looked at each other confused by the question. "uh yea, your human too" Yang being the only one to respond.

"not exactly" ? pulled down her hood, what team RWBY saw was a total shock aside from the girl's long waist length hair, she possessed pointed almost elf-like ears with a pair of ebony earrings one on each ear. Team RWBY weren't sure what to think about this girl they met, was she a Faunas or something else.

"who are you, how did you do that laser shooting thing, what are you and where are we" Weiss freaking out asking questions.

"okay in order, hello my name is Luz, as for what i am, i'm a witch, believe it or not that was magic and where we are well, welcome to the Boiling Isles" Luz introducing herself while answering Weiss's questions.

Team RWBY was in even more shock than before they couldn't believe what this girl said to them. What did she mean by she's a witch.

"what do you mean your a witch?!" Weiss shouted. "and magic? Are you pulling are legs?"

"well I'm more what you'd call a half-witch and no" Luz said in a nervous tone.

"so what does that mean" Yang still confused.

"well my dad is a witch and my mom is human" Luz explained.

"does that mean your a hybrid?" Ruby asked.

"yes" Luz answered.

"okay that answers the first 2 questions, now about this Boiling Isles?" Blake chimed in.

"i need to be home soon, so why don't we walk and talk" Luz asked.

Ruby simply said "okay"

"that's it, okay your going along with her" Weiss objected.

"she seems alright with me" Yang shrugged.

The other's didn't argue with Yang's statement and helped Luz pack up her stuff before moving out. Weiss tried to say something but a roar from the woods shut her up and she followed her friends without question.

As the group walked together, Luz explained the history of her home the Boiling Isles "the islands themselves were formed from the bones of a dead titan and is populated by various creatures like vampires, werewolves, griffons, demons, giraffes".

"wait giraffes?" Blake interrupted.

"yeah we banished those things a long time ago" Luz explained. "bunch of freaks if you ask me"

"aside from the giraffes, where did the isles come from and how are you half-witch and half-human?" Weiss questioning Luz.

"no one truly knows how the isles came here, all that's said is a long time ago in the demon realm a huge light swallowed the isles and then it wound up here on Remnant" Luz said. "as for my family history that's a little classified".

"in what way classified? Hmm?" Weiss asked.

"the kind of classified that gets people killed" Luz said.

"if you don't want to talk about it that's alright" Ruby said.

"what are you-" Weiss got interrupted.

"some people aren't comfortable with sharing secrets" Blake reprimanding Weiss.

The mood changed, everyone was okay with Blake being a faunas and ex-member of the White Fang they even helped her confront them on multiple occasions. Weiss quickly stopped probing for answers remembering how her attitude towards faunas nearly tore their team apart. After a couple minutes of walking they arrived at their destination; the town of Bonesborough. The town was medieval in style and surrounded by mountains made of bone, with houses made of wood and stone.

When the group entered the town they were beset with the sight of demons of every shape, size and appearance,horrifying demons some that resembled animals and humanoid-like beings roamed the streets going about their daily lives. Team RWBY literally couldn't believe what they were seeing. Needless to say they were a little freaked out, all of this was a lot to take in. While Ruby, Blake and Yang were following Luz through into the market place, Weiss was trailing behind a bit from the group. A small fairy fluttered up to Weiss. She was a little surprised that something so cute looking was on an island made from a giant corpse.

"oh hey little fairy are you going to tell me tat this is all a bad dream" Weiss nervously asked.

But the fairy opened it's mouth revealing sharp teeth and said "GIVE ME YOUR SKIN!". Weiss instantly smacked the fairy hearing it say that and quickly ran over to her friends to get away from the fairy that wanted to eat her.

The group continued on through the market passing by various stands selling many unusual items, Blake stopped at one of these stands when she noticed a White Fang mask on the table. Memories of her old life in the White Fang and her former mentor Adam Taurus, but she didn't have time to keep reminiscing because Yang tapped her shoulder bringing her back to reality.

"Blake you okay" Yang asked her friend.

"yeah I'm alright" Blake replied.

"like what you see"

both girls looked up to the source of the voice and saw the face that belonged to it. A woman with ivory skin, gold coloured eyes, thick long untamed hair in 2 tones of grey with a bandana covering her ears, maroon lips with a single golden fang protruding out and wearing a sleeveless two-tone maroon dress with a ripped-like hem design and grey leggings. She also had a oval shaped amber gem on her sternum. The woman was behind a stand with a table and sign overhead saying 'Human collectibles'. The table was littered with stuff they recognized toys, clothes, shoes,a alarm clock, golf clubs, an ash tray full of miscellaneous objects like batteries, jewellery and paper clips marked as candy.

"i got plenty more" The merchant woman said. "can i offer you a foot with holes in it" she said holding a green croc shoe "a bar of human candy" a stick of deodorant " how about this shadow box that reflects only sadness" she said holding up a mobile TV to Blake's face.

Blake and Yang giggled which turned into laughter at the woman's sales pitch, who groaned because she expected customers to come running, not little girls laughing at her.

"sorry that was too funny" Yang holding back her laughing. "can i see that for a second"

"okay but don't steal anything" the woman said.

Yang inspected the portable TV and found the battery compartment. She grabbed a pair of double A's from the ash tray and slotted them in. The TV came to life buzzing with static and played an old workout video. A bunch of monsters heard the sound coming from the TV, Luz, Ruby and Weiss also heard the noise and followed the crowd to the stand. They saw that the crowd had surrounded the stand screaming they wanted this strange talking box and were offering the merchant lady between 20 to 100 for it. They also saw Blake and Yang next to the stand with a old woman running the stand. Luz took an intensive look at the woman, she felt like see know that person but couldn't figure out from where.

"hey that was pretty good for a human" the lady said. "what are your names?"

"I'm Yang and this is Blake" Yang introducing them to the woman.

"and who are you?" Blake asked.

"you wanna now?" the merchant took off her covering revealing a pair of pointed ears just like Luz had. She then suddenly stood on top of her table. "I am Eda the Owl Lady! The most powerful Witch on the Boiling Isles!".

Close by Luz heard the woman proclaim herself as the famous Owl Lady. She looked at the woman and it was indeed the Owl Lady of Bonesborough the outlaw witch that has evaded capture for years. Luz's eyes sparkled with joy, the Owl Lady was an idol to her for being the most daring person on the isles to defy the Emperor.

"the most powerful witch?" Ruby asked with a quarry.

"probably just boasting" Weiss replied.

Luz who was still fangirling "that's not boasting she IS! The most powerful witch on the Boiling Isles!"

Eda was still on the table making poses "i am respected, feared, loved-"

"busted" a sudden gruff man shouted as the TV was crashed under a fist.

"it's a coven guard, run!" the crown ran away in terror from the tall buff man dressed in a black and white robe, wearing a long cone shaped mask that covered his face only showing his blue eyes.

"Eda the owl lady you are under arrest for misuse of magic and demonic misdemeanours" the Guard said as he help up a wanted poster depicting Eda wielding a staff that a owl on top in her right hand, casting a fire ball in her left and a small canine like creature next to her.

"she's a criminal!?" Weiss shouted in disbelief.

"oh did i not mention that" Luz sheepishly said.

"how do you forget something like that!" Weiss again shouted.

"i hate to interrupt your tea party ladies, but we got to save our friends" Ruby grabbed Luz and Weiss by they're wrists and using her semblance rocketed towards the stand in a red spiral of rose petals.

Meanwhile the guard held Eda by the wrist trying to arrest her. "your coming with me to be tried for your crimes"

Eda pulled her hand out of his grip "hey back off gruesome i haven't done squat all day"

"i think it's time we cheese it" Yang motioned to Blake.

Before they could escape a second guard snuck up behind them and grabbed the both of them. "you 2 are also coming for fraternizing with a known criminal" Guard number 2 said.

"what we don't even know this witch!" Blake protested.

"okay okay let's all relax there's no reason to be~" just as Eda was about to finish Ruby delivered a swift kick to the head of the first guard knocking him out cold. "knocked out"

Guard number 2 was dumbfounded by what he just saw, Yang took notice of his momentary distraction, she broke free of is grip and gave him a hard uppercut to the chin, making the man land on his back.

"nice job kid, now let's get the hell out of here" Eda pulled out a staff that looked exactly like the one in the poster, she gave it a quick spin before tapping it on her table making everything glow and float off the ground. She waved her staff again and all the floating stuff was fitted and wrapped into a green cloth, which she hook on her staff.

"Ruby!" Yang shouted seeing her sister.

"less talking more running" Ruby order.

Team RWBY plus Luz and Eda made a run for it through the market as fast as they could with more guards in hot pursuit. "stop right there!" one guard shouted.

"no way you smell!" Yang shouted back at the guard.

"can't you use that red spinning thing like before?" Luz asked Ruby.

"no can do, I'm drained, even if i did use my semblance we wouldn't get very far" Ruby answered.

"well someone better think of something fast" Eda said.

"i do have a teleportation spell but it's kind of risky" Luz nervously said.

"risky in what way exactly?" Weiss asked.

"sometimes it doesn't work or it goes wrong" Luz answered.

"if it gets us as far away from these creeps as possible i say go for it kid" Eda giving a thumbs up.

"second" Yang added.

Blake looked behind to see the guards gaining on them. "we don't have a lot of options here"

"just do it!" Ruby shouted.

"okay but don't complain if you guys are missing any limbs" Luz warned her new friends.

"alright wait what?" Ruby said.

Luz waved her hand, she and the group were enveloped in a crimson light and disappeared, causing the guards that were chasing them to stop in their tracks and leaving them flabbergasted. 3 seconds later Team RWBY opened their eyes and they all could see the clouds and the sky, feeling the wind blow by. Ruby saw a bird fly by but it looked like it was flying upside-down, they all looked up and they could see the ground. It took them less than a second to piece together that they over 200 feet in the air and plummeting towards certain death. The 4 girls hugged each other screaming at the top of their lungs, suddenly something scooped them all stopping their fall.

"you can open your eyes now" Eda's voice talking to Team RWBY.

One by one the members of Team RWBY opened their eyes to see that not only were they still alive but also flying on Eda's staff with Eda and Luz behind them. The 4 girls were nervous and still freaked out over falling, so they naturally clung to each other trying not to fall off.

"this has been insane!" Weiss shouted.

"i know flying staffs, crazy monsters and you 2 are witches!" Blake summarizing their day so far.

"and let's not forget magic is real?" Ruby added.

"under normal logic I'd say there's no such thing but now after what we saw, i have no more doubts" Weiss said. "speaking of which, what happened with that teleportation spell?" staring daggers at Luz.

"i did say it was risky, but honestly that was better than some of my previous attempts" Luz said rubbing the back of her head.

Eda spoke up. "still that was petty gutsy kid"

Eda landed all of them in a open part of a nearby forest, Eda got off the staff followed by Luz, Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang looked down and saw a hand with a bone sticking out still clutching the staff.

"AHH!" all 4 girls shouted upon seeing the hand. The girls were freaked out by that, Weiss in particular had her hand on her chest like she had a heart attack.

Eda grabbed her severed hand and literally screwed it back on the wrist it was on previously. "sorry that happens sometimes"

"okay this has been a traumatizing day and i don't know about you but i would like to go home" Weiss said.

"what are you talking about? This has been the rush i was looking for" Yang enthusiastically said.

"uh this 'rush' almost got us arrested" Weiss pointed out to Yang.

Yang put her hands on her hips and said "never heard of a misunderstanding"

"he didn't seem to care" Weiss retorted.

"yeah but we still have to get back home before anyone declares us missing or dead" Blake grimly mentioned to her teammates.

Eda stepped in between the girls "i think i can help you girls with that, but i need your help with something first" Eda used her magic staff to make the bag float beside her. "follow me girls"

Team RWBY were a little hesitant to follow Eda knowing tat she was a wanted criminal. "should we follow her? She's technically a fugitive from the law" Blake asked Ruby.

"she saved us from falling and she says she can get us home, for now let's go with it" Ruby replied.

The girls followed Eda and Luz through the forest clearing, it was a short walk to their destination a house resting on a cliff side over a lake, the house had a large stain glass window tat resembled an eye and a giant guard tower built behind it. The group walked up to the front door which had the face of an owl on it.

"aren't you worried those guards followed us" Luz said looking over her shoulder.

"not a chance my house has got a state of the art security system" Eda.

Ruby took a close look at the owl face on the door. "aw, what a cute decor-"

"HOOT!" the face shouted scaring the living daylights out of Ruby how jumped into Yang's arms "OH MY GOD IT'S ALIVE!"

"don't worry that's Hooty he's a house demon that guards my home" Eda explained to the group.

"hoot hoot password please" Hooty cheerfully said, Eda responded by poking him in the eyes. "ow!"

"we got no time for this Hooty now let us in" Eda said.

" alright alright, you never wanna have any fun, ow hoot!" Hooty now sounding angry. The strange talking door ornament/house demon opened his mouth so wide that it made a hole in the shape of the door. Everyone walked through the door hole and Hooty closed his mouth as soon as everyone was in and burped.

"welcome to," Eda said with a snap of her fingers "The Owl House!" suddenly, candles were lit providing some light. A golden wave of magic washed over the room lighting the fireplace, bring objects to life, making a cauldron stir itself and a overhead mural depicting an owl-like creature lit up. Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Yang and Luz became starstruck at what they were seeing, no words were spoken the expressions on everyone's faces were a mix of amazement and wonder.

"it's were i go to hide from the pressures of modern life" Eda said. "oh also the cops and ex-boyfriends"

"whoa, this place is beautiful" Luz said.

"do you live here all by yourself Eda?" Ruby asked.

A loud stomp shook the whole house. "actually i have a roommate" Eda said.

As the stomping got closer a large shadow was creeping along the entrance to the hallway and a deep voice spoke out "WHO DARES INTRUDE UPON I!" the voice grew quieter as the shadow decreased in size "the King of Demons" the source of the shadow was a small demon with dark gray fur that resembled a fox wearing a horned skull on it's head with one of the horns broken, a red collar with a yellow tag, pink eyes wit yellow sclera and wrapped in a bath towel holding a rubber ducky.

The girls reactions to this little dog-like creature were pure excitement, "Ay, que lindo!" Luz exclaimed as she scooped up the creature causing it's towel to fall off and drop it's rubber duck. The girl immediately began hugging the small creature like it was a puppy. The other girls simply starred at it with big dough eyes.

"Eda he is so cuuuute!" Luz gushing over the little fox.

"i know!" Ruby and Weiss joined in on the hugging having become enticed by the dog-like demon just like Luz. Blake was the only one who wasn't gushing over the dog-like creature naturally because she was a cat Faunas.

"who's a widdle guy? who's a widdle guy? Is it you? is it you?" Ruby and Weiss both said, before they along with Luz hugged the adorable little canine.

"No! I don't know who your little guy is?" the demon cried out squirming to break free of the teenage girls that were embracing him "Eda who are these monsters?"

Eda intervened pulling by Ruby, Weiss and Luz away from her roommate, holding all 3 with Luz making grabbing motions for the demon.

"oh these are Luz, Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang they are here to help us with our little... situation" Eda explained.

"oh hurray!" the little demon hopped.

Eda set the 3 girls back down on their feet for a moment. "wait what is this situation your talking about?" Blake asked Eda.

"right let me explain" Eda formed a magic circle with both her hands creating an image depicting a larger version of King wearing a golden crown and changed as Eda told the story. "King was once a powerful king of demons, until his magic crown was stolen and he became... this"

"you mean this little bundle of joy!" Yang who was currently holding on to King like he was a stuff animal.

"the crown is being held by Warden Wrath locked away behind a magic force field that only a human can pass safely through, humans like you 4" the circle vanished when Eda finished her story.

"so let me guess if we help you get King's crown back, you'll help us get home?" Weiss reasoned.

"bingo ice queen!" Eda said.

Weiss puffed her cheeks being called 'ice queen', while Luz giggled at her expression. "don't be so sour ice queen" Luz joked.

"plus who can say no to this cute face" Eda held up King in her hands.

"No! Please don't encourage them!" King shouted while managing to wiggle out of Eda's hands.

"should we really be helping a fugitive?" Ruby questioned the ethics behind this request.

"she is offering to send us home so we really don't have much of a choice" Blake said logically.

Luz took the moment to interject "i know I'm in for helping the famous Owl Lady!"

"fine... we'll do it" Weiss sighed, while Yang simply nodded.

"that's the spirit!" Eda said "now let's roll!" charging back out the door picking up Luz and putting her over her shoulder along the way. RWBY followed suit wondering were the strange Owl Lady was headed, King stayed behind to pick up his rubber ducky.

"soon Mr. Ducky, soon we shall drink the fear of those who mocked us!" King said running after them.

To cut down on exposition Team RWBY, Luz and King followed Eda to their destination which was a massive prison with a noticeably tall tower smack dab in the middle of the building. It looked particularly menacing at night.

"is this the place?" Weiss asked.

"yep say hello to the Conformatorium" Eda said "for people that are deemed 'unsuitable' for society"

Blake noticed one of Eda's wanted posters and took it down. "hmm. These guys really have it in for you"

"yeah, but they've never caught us because we're too slippery" Eda confidently said with a wink.

"try and catch me when I'm covered in grease" King who was on top of Luz's head. "I'm a squirmy little fella" he wiggled his way off her head and on to the ground.

"everyone clear on the plan" Eda asked.

"yes, me, Blake, Luz and King will sneak in to the tower were the crown is being held, while Eda makes sure the warden is distracted while Weiss and Yang watch out for guards" Ruby explained the plan to everyone present.

"shouldn't we have disguises?" Luz asked.

"that's not a bad idea" Weiss agreed "especially after what happened in the market"

Eda shrugged in indifference at the idea "sure what ever"

"great I've got a spell for this situation!" Luz said in excitement. Unfortunately everyone else didn't remembering the 200 foot drop they almost took. Team RWBY and Eda all took a step away from Luz fearing a repeat of earlier. Luz looked at her friends and reassured them by saying"don't worry this one won't backfire"

Luz held up her hand and made a circle appear overhead, then a bright light shined down on the 5 girls enveloping them. When the light stopped Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang were wearing robes similar to the one that those guards in the market had on, but with cloaks in their respective colors and masks that more resembled birds. While Luz's disguise was like the other's except her mask looked like an owl and had 2 small horns and cloak was azure.

"ta-da!" Luz giving a twirl.

Team RWBY inspected their disguises with curiosity and slight confusion. Ruby looked puzzled at everyone's new temporary attire, while Weiss and Blake were unsure.

"what exactly are we wearing?" Yang asked lifting up her mask.

"these are the Emperor's Coven uniforms" Luz explained. "this way you guys can sneak around in plain sight"

"smart idea" Blake said.

Weiss had a thought "wait won't they realize 4 more guards than there should be"

"nah if these guys were that smart i would have been caught a long time ago" Eda nonchalantly said.

Eda planted her staff on the ground creating a circle of light right under Ruby, Blake, Luz and King. "good luck up there" Eda instructed. The circle rose up in the air with all 3 girls and the fox demon on it all the way up the tower stopping at the window. Everyone got off the platform with Luz stumbling and landing on her face.

"haha" King pointed and laughed at Luz's misfortune.

Ruby and Blake helped up their new friend, all three girls gasped in awe at the sight of a massive cell block with multiple floors above and below them. Their response to this was a profound "woah".

"yeah woah, i think this place is bigger on the inside than the outside" Ruby said in amazement.

"geez what is this your first day on the job?" the group turned to see the source of the voice. In one of the cells was a girl with pointed ears, dark skin, black hair done in a ponytail and hazel coloured eyes. She wore a purple dress/shirt and a gold band around her neck.

"we don't actually work here" Blake corrected the prisoner.

"figured as much, how do you escape?" ? girl asked.

"and we're not criminals either" Ruby said as she and Blake lifted up their respective masks.

"not yet your aren't" King added.

"neither are we" the prison girl said in a annoyed tone. "stupid warden just locks up anyone who doesn't fit in or is suspected of treason"

"then what are you all doing in here?" Ruby asked.

"i write stories about anthropomorphic food that fall in love" Prison girl explained her supposed crime.

Blake and Ruby each cocked an eyebrow confused at what she just said.

"what? I like food and i like love, let me write what i like" the Prison girl said.

In the cell next to the girl was a fat creature that had multiple eyes "I'm here because i eat my own eyeballs" it pulled out one of it's eyes and ate it, which grew back in the same socket.

"we are agents of fwee expression!" another prisoner said, this one was a small white creature with orange hair, it was basically just a head with small limbs and a noticeably big nose. "they will never siwence us!"

"what her story?" Blake asked.

" she's really big into conspiracy theories" the fanfic girls answered rolling her eyes.

"the world is a simuwation!" the big nosed creature continued to rant "we are but pwaythings for a higher being!"

"these don't sound like crimes to me" Ruby said.

"no they're all just a bunch of weirdos" Blake added.

"yeah weirdos" Luz sounding sympathetic to the prisoners and looking down at her hand.

Suddenly the ground began to shake as loud thudding foot steps could be heard from down the hall.

"it's Warden Wrath!" the fanfic girl said. As soon as she said that Ruby and Blake put their masks back over their faces, then stood in attention, while King hid in a open cell.

The foot steps got louder meaning the source of the foot steps was getting closer. Suddenly a door opened and a large muscular humanoid creature emerged, this was Warden Wrath. He wore a hood and a mask that resembled a plague doctors mask with 2 yellow button-like lenses. He wore a white sleeveless tunic with brass buttons, a belt with a matching brass buckle and black pants tucked into purple boots. On his uniform he also wore a triangular badge in brass, possibly a symbol of his position. The man's mere presence was enough to give the girls a feeling of dread and terror.

"what are you fools talking about?" the Warden asked Ruby, Blake and Luz not knowing who they are.

"nothing Mr. Wrath uh? sir!" Ruby nervously said in fear of the hulking man in front of her.

"we were just talking to this prisoners to pass the time" Luz coming up with a cover for them.

The Warden looked at the 3 prisoners that the disguised Luz was referring to, he looked at them as if, well actually no one could tell what his face was like because of the mask.

"i don't know why you are doing something so pointless, but get back to work i heard rumours that someone is trying to break out to night so keep your eyes open" The Warden ordered them before walking off.

Once he was gone the trio breathed sighs of relief. "that was close" Ruby said.

"did you catch what he said about a break out?" Blake asked.

King stepped out of the cell he was hiding in, once he was sure the coast was clear. "not our problem, now let's go get what we came for" King reminding them of their objective.

"but what about them" Luz said referring to the Fanfic girl, the eye ball eating monster and Tiny Nose. "we can't just leave them here"

"you guys get out of here while your still free" Fanfic Girl said.

"not until we do what we came to do" Ruby said. She looked at Luz who was disappointed at having to leave behind 3 people who were more or less innocent. "will come back for you later if possible"

Luz's expression lightened up upon hearing that. The group scooped up King and quietly sneaked off to the higher levels of the tower. On the way they regrouped with Eda, Weiss and Yang.

"the wardens distracted, something about a break out" Eda said.

"we're close to the contraband vault, it's just down this corridor" Weiss explained.

"yes! My crown!" King said excited and ran down the hall. The others followed him until they reached a large door that had the words 'CONTRABAND' over it. King was scratching at the door trying to get it open. "i can sense it's power!"

Eda just watched King attempt to open the door, as if he was a kitten being adorable playing with a toy.

"aw he's so cute when he's thirsty for power" Eda cooing at King's antics.

the little demon managed to pull off the doorknob, giggling like a crazed lunatic King opened the door and ran inside without a second thought.

"come on let's go before he hurts himself" Weiss said.

"OW!"

"too late" Blake commented.

The group followed King into the next room. The room itself was very large and circular, in the centre of the room was a huge pillar of light likely the force field that held all the contraband. King was ramming the pillar over and over again trying to get in, but just kept getting repelled by the force field, much to his annoyance.

"we've got humans remember" Eda patting King on the shoulder.

"oh right?" King said.

"so which one of you ladies wants to take the plunge?" Eda asked Team RWBY.

Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang looked at each other, none of them thought about who would be going in to get the crown. But then again it really didn't matter, Ruby, Weiss and Yang are human so they could pass through the force field no problem. Blake on the other hand was technically a Faunas, and weren't sure if the force field would let her pass.

Ruby stepped forward and said "I'll do it"

Weiss put her hand on Ruby's shoulder to say "wait should we really be helping a criminal like this?"

"and what about King?" Yang added "what is going to happen when he gets his power back?"

Blake took the moment to chime in "but Eda promised to get us home"

"and if he is dangerous we can stop him, we are huntresses right?" Ruby optimistically said. Her teammates looked at her not totally convinced but trusting her judgment. Ruby walked up to the pillar of light and placed her hand on it. She wasn't repelled by any magic like King and walked right through to the other side. Once inside the barrier she saw the only thing inside was a huge pill of random objects must likely everything that the Warden confiscated from the prisoners. At the top of the pill she could see something sparkling.

On the outside of the barrier everyone waited patiently for Ruby to come back. The wait wasn't long as walked out of the force field bringing back a bunch of stuffed animal toys, and a paper crown with the words 'Burger Queen' on it. The rest of her teammates and Luz looked at it in disbelief.

"you have got to be kidding me" Weiss said pinching the bridge of her nose.

"My Crown!" King hopped up and down seeing Ruby hold his 'crown'. Ruby handed the paper crown to the little demon who put it on his head. "yes! I can fell my powers returning!" King said triumphantly even though nothing happened. "you nightmare critter!" King pointed to a light brown stuffed rabbit in the pill of contraband which he ran to and picked up. "i shall call you Francois and you shall be a minion in my army of darkness!"

"I'm guessing that 'crown' doesn't give him any real power" Blake had surmised.

"uhh, nope" Eda confirming it. The girls looked at Eda slightly angry for being lied to. "oh don't look at me like that, King and I don't have much in this world we only really have each other" Eda explained her reason.

Luz and the others saw how happy King was after getting his crown back, adjusting it and holding on to Francois. Ruby, Yang and Luz looked at him thinking he was so cute pretending he was royalty. Blake and Weiss were still a little mad though.

"he's just a weird kid with a big imagination" Yang putting her hand on Weiss's shoulder in a motion of understanding.

"yeah so if some dumb crown is important to King then it's important to me us weirdo's should stick together" Eda said with a wink.

"that's enough for me" Ruby agreed with Eda's statement.

"your right were all weirdo's" Blake blushing slightly.

"i still don't like being lied to, but i guess we did help someone out" Weiss reasoned.

"okay you held up your end. Now let's get out of here before the Warden finds out and losses his head" Eda said completely unaware of the threatening presence behind her or that it was the same person that she was referring to.

"too late" the Warden's hand morphed into a scythe blade and with one swift motion he decapitated Eda send her head flying into Ruby's hands who screamed as she caught it. But what happened next was more shocking.

"Ow! Oh i hate it when that happens" the head said sounding annoyed. Somehow Eda's head was still alive. This fact was enough to make all 4 huntresses scream together louder that Ruby was on her own.

"Eda! Are you okay?!" Ruby asked in a panic.

"yeah this just happens when you get older" Eda answered.

"does it?" Weiss said creeped out.

The Warden changed his hand back to normal grabbing King's crown was he walked up to the group. "my guards could never catch you" he said ignoring King who was jumping to get back his crown. At the same time Eda's body was crawling around looking for its head. "but i knew if i took your pets toy you'd come running" Wrath crushed the crown with ease in front of King.

"No!" King screamed stepping back and falling to his knees crying. "my powers!"

"what do you want with me!" Eda questioned. "I've never broken any of you stupid laws!, in front of you!"

"i want you" Wrath paused getting on 1 knee "to go out with me" presenting a bouquet of flowers.

Eda was confused. "what?"

Luz deadpanned "what?"

"WHAT!?" Team RWBY shouted in unison.

A guard cheered in the background " Go for it Boss!"

"you were always the one that got away, i find that... Alluring" Wrath said.

"I hate every word your saying right now" Yang cringed.

"me too" Luz also cringed.

"YOU BRATS STAY OUT OF THIS!" the Warden transformed his arm into tendrils and grabbed the girls lifting them up in the air.

"gah! Déjame ir feo culo bastardo!" Luz shouted, struggling to free herself.

"yeah! what she said!" Yang protesting along with Luz.

Wrath picked up Eda's head by her hair "think about it Owl Lady, the most powerful witch o the boiling isles and the feared Warden Wrath, we'd make quite the power couple"

For a moment Eda cringed at the idea of dating this guy, but looked around herself and saw Luz and the girls struggling made her considered her options.

"alright Warden I'll do it" Eda giving her answer.

"what?!" everyone shouted at the same time.

The Warden was just as surprised "really?"

"on 1 condition, you have to let them go" Eda's head gestured to Team RWBY, Luz and King. "those human girls have nothing to do with this and i barely know that witch"

"I'm actually curious as to why your helping us out? and why are you still wearing that mask? They already know were not Coven guards" Blake sounding suspicious of Luz.

"the Owl Lady is my idol she's fearless, powerful, wise and surprisingly foxy for her age... she's everything i want to be in a witch" Luz explained the first question.

Eda blushed feeling so touched by Luz's words, she never heard someone call her all of those things. Warden Wrath wasn't as moved. "touching, but I'm not agreeing to anything unless i know all your faces" he used one of his tendrils and took off Luz's mask, Wrath and the guards gasped at seeing her face like the knew her?

"uh am i the only one missing something?" Blake said confused.

"no you are not" Weiss said.

The Warden just stood in place as if he was frozen in ice and the guards were shaking in a panic and murmuring to each other. Blake picked up on this and heard them say things like "is that who i think it is", "oh man if Emperor Belos finds out" and "we are so dead".

Blake thought to herself "do they know something about Luz that she isn't telling us?"

"what are you doing here!" Warden Wrath shouted at Luz "your Father will kill me if he finds out!"

"what are you talking about? And who is her Father anyway?" Yang shouted at the Warden.

Unfortunately no one got the answer they were asking, as a nearby wall in the room exploded sending debris that hit everyone, fill the room with smoke and caused the Warden to drop Eda's head as while as Luz and Team RWBY. Ruby was the first to get back up followed by Weiss, Blake, Yang and Luz, King managed to retrieved Eda's head and ran to the other's. In the hole that was made the silhouette of a man could be seen in the smoke. Everyone had their eyes on the hole, as the smoke cleared up the man that was standing there could be fully seen. He was tall, wearing a grey trench coat with a hood, teal trousers, black boots, white gloves and he wore mask with yellow lines on it and a large red circular lens over the left eye.

"looks like a wild stranger has appeared" Yang said.

"yeah, but is he a good guy or bad guy?" Ruby questioned.

"ATTENTION LACKEYS OF THE EMPEROR!, YOUR DAY OF RECKONING IS HERE!" ? shouted. "I AM HERE TO LIBERATE ALL OF THE WITCHES AND CREATURES YOU HAVE WRONGFULLY IMPRISONED!"

"who is this guy?" Weiss asked.

"he reminds me of someone i know" Blake remarked.

"he's from a group that calls themselves 'the arcane knights' a group of witches who claim to be out to 'restore the power of magic', but there really just a cult of nut jobs" Eda explained.

"we are not a cult!" the knight said. "the arcane knights fight to end the tyranny of Emperor Belos! And his twisted coven system!"

"buddy i don't know what your beef is with this Emperor, but blowing up a prison is a felony!" Yang pointed out.

"yeah! We may not know the full story about the isles, but i can tell a bad guy when i see one" Ruby said.

The knight grimaced at Ruby and Yang, what do they know of right and wrong. "your words mean nothing to me! Owl Lady" he said referring to Eda.

Eda blinked. "me"

"yes you!" he shouted. "you who do not follow the rules of the Covens!, you who are wanted for being called a wild witch! And hunted because of it, join us and you will know absolute freedom!"

"umm no"Eda shrugged or something similar to shrugging since she was still a head.

"what!?" the Knight was perplexed.

"yeah you heard me! No!" Eda repeated her answer. "Emperor Belos might not be perfect, but you guys aren't any better"

"it's true! You creeps go around preaching freedom, but all you really do is attack people for being in a Coven and cause mayhem for everyone" Luz added.

"i don't know about you guys, but I've heard enough to justify kicking your butt" Ruby pulled out her weapon Crescent Rose and transformed it into Scythe mode. Her teammates followed her lead and readied their respective weapons. Weiss drew her rapier Myrtenaster, Blake unsheathed Gambol Shroud and Yang activated her shotgun gauntlets Ember Celica.

Eda's body had crawled it's way to the others somehow. King handed Eda's head to her body which reattached itself like it wasn't cut off to begin with, she then stood up and summoned her staff. "I'm in a bad mood bozo, so get lost before we mess you up"

the Knight shook his head "a shame Owl Lady. You would have made a powerful ally, but if you won't join us. Then you, your friends and this monument to Belos' lies will be destroyed"

"oh yeah you and what army?" Yang challenging his claims.

When facing an enemy, you shouldn't use the phrase 'you and what army?' because the person you say that to. More often than not will always have a army to back them up. A massive black dragon came bursting through the wall. It had sharp jagged scales powerful limbs, huge wings and big horns. Basically everything you'd associate with a dragon. Team RWBY gasped at the sight of a giant fire breathing dragon standing in front of them. Yang in particular was the most scared because she was the one who goaded the Knight.

"you just had to ask didn't you?" Weiss said in a deadpan tone.

The dragon stared at the group with feral eyes, before unleashing a stream of green fire from it's mouth. Eda made a force field spell to protect everyone from the fire. Which gave Team RWBY enough time to get away with King and Luz. using the force field to push back the fire, Eda jumped head first at the dragon and hit it in the jaw with her staff. The dragon collapsed onto the ground and Eda landed on her feet inches away from it's mouth. Once again the girls were in awe, this woman who looked as if she was 80 years old moved and fought as if she was still a teenage huntress.

"that was awesome!" a starstruck Luz said.

"i know she's amazing, who knew a witch could do that?" Ruby said equally starstruck.

"less flattering, more running" Eda said. "that thing won't stay down forever"

The dragon shot it's eyes open and snapped it's jaws at Eda trying to eat her. Just as the beast tried to take a bite out of Eda, a bullet hit the dragon making it wince back. Eda looked back to see Blake holding Gambol Shroud in gun mode and the tip smoking.

"come on!" Blake shouted.

Eda bolted as soon as the dragon began to move again. Everybody ran for the exit, with Ruby stood there, as the dragon got back on it's feet. Yang saw her sister standing there. Putting a hand on her shoulder Yang said. "Ruby we have to go!"

Ruby looked back feeling obligated to fight. But she knew that this wasn't there fight. The 2 sisters ran to rejoin the others when the dragon was about to breath another stream of fire. From underneath some rubble Warden Wrath burst out in a rage and transformed his arm into tendrils to attack the dragon. As the demon jailer and fire breathing beast were fighting tooth and claw, Eda, King, Luz and Team RWBY had managed to get to the main courtyard, fortunately every single guard in the building was scrambling to the contraband room to stop the dragon. Leaving our 'heroes' little in the way of opposition.

"looks like the king's horses and men are busy with tall dark and scaly?" Yang commented.

"all the more reason to get the hell out of here" Eda added.

Ruby was hesitant to flee and spoke up. "wait!" everyone turned their attention to Ruby. "we can't leave them to fight against that monster".

"Ruby i know you want to help everybody, but this isn't our problem" Blake said.

"plus that Warden jerk was going to kill us or he looked like it" Weiss added.

"and he cut off Eda's head!" King said.

"besides relax Little Red, the Warden can handle a dragon" as Eda said that. Warden Wrath came flying out a window landing right next to the group. He was battered, bruised and burned from fighting the dragon. "or maybe not?" Eda looking fearful.

The dragon came flying down onto the group with the Arcane Knight riding on it's back. He was looking very confident right now.

"now you see the power we posses" the Knight began. "even the mighty Warden can not stop the Arcane Knights, i offer you all this last chance joins us or perish"

"not happening pal" Yang said.

Weiss pointed her rapier at the Knight. "so take your dragon!"

"and piss off!" Blake joined in.

"yeah! we're not scared of some bully!" Ruby standing firm along side her team.

The Knight was not amused by their show of bravado. "who do you little girls think you are?"

planted her Scythe Crescent Rose on the ground Ruby stood heroically. "Do not underestimate us, Arcane Knight, we are Team RWBY, Huntresses of Beacon! and Warriors of Peace!, Now eat this Sucker!" Ruby transformed Crescent Rose into Rifle mode and fired a particularly powerful shot at the Knight knocking him off the dragon. Weiss used fire dust in her revolver chamber to launch a fire ball, Blake and Yang fired with their respective weapons at the dragon.

The giant lizard wasn't happy being shot at and swiped at the huntresses with it's huge claws. Everyone jumped out of the way of the attack. Blake threw Gambol Shroud using the ribbon attached to it as a kusarigama to wrap around one of the dragons horns. Pulling herself forward using the momentum to deliver a kick to the dragons face. Yang ran toward the monster and jumped up uppercutting it in the chin. While she was still in the air the dragon caught Yang in it's jaws and tried to crush her.

In the mouth of the beast, Yang fought against it's sharp fangs and crushing jaws. Ruby aimed her rifle at the dragon, thinking the shot would scare it into opening it's mouth wide enough for Yang to escape. However a blast of magic hit her and she fell to the ground dropping Crescent Rose. The culprit was the Arcane Knight. His mask was cracked and looked really pissed off.

"you got me by surprise last time" the Knight preparing another spell. "but not this time"

as he was about to fire on Ruby, he got hit by a cluster of icicles stopping the spell before it could be finished. Weiss slashed at the Knight who recoiled back.

Weiss stood in between Ruby and the Knight. She looked back at her partner, extended a hand to Ruby, who took it and was pulled up to her feet. "you alright?"

"yeah" Ruby said with her plucky attitude. She picked up Crescent Rose and swiftly transformed it into Scythe mode. She pointed it behind her fired and rocketed at the Knight, delivering a flurry of slashes. The Knight was barely holding on from the attack. After one powerful strike, Ruby knocked him on the ground. Back with Yang, her strength was fading fast fighting against jaws of the beast. The dragon bit down hard on Yang and She cried out. Blake saw she was in trouble and was about to go in head first to save her, when Eda stopped her.

"are you kids crazy!" Eda shouted.

"i have to save my partner" Blake protested.

"and what's your plan? Get eaten along with her?" Eda asked.

Blake bit her lip, she knew that rushing in was suicide. But also knew that if she didn't do some thing Yang would be a goner. It was at that moment Luz spoke up. "i have an idea". Both Eda and Blake looked at Luz. "i know a spell that can pacify that dragon, all i have to do is cast it and the dragon should let Yang go" Luz explained to them.

"that's quite a rare spell" Eda said.

"how do you know it?" Blake asked.

"i have a special tutor" Luz said. "we'll need to get close to the dragon for it to work"

"you got it kid" Eda said as she lifted up her staff the wings on the owl folded out and got into the trademark witch on a broomstick pose. "now hop on"

Luz got on the staff without hesitation and Eda flew them both up to the dragons face. Luz's hand glowed a gold-yellow color and touched the dragons on the nose, the dragon started to glow in the same golden light. The fierce expression it had on it's face changed to a docile one and stopped biting down on Yang.

"dragon!, spit out that human you have no idea where she's been!" Luz commanded the dragon.

Upon hearing the command the dragon opened it mouth wide enough so that Yang could get out. Yang jumped out of the monsters jaws, Eda grabbed her hand as she fell.

"thanks guys!" Yang said.

"don't mention it!" Eda replied. Eda floated back down letting Yang and Luz off when they made it to the ground. Ruby rushed over to Yang and embraced her in a big hug.

"Yang! Your alive! Oh! Thank God!" Ruby said worried for her sister. They were also joined by Blake and Weiss.

"Yang are you alright?" Blake asked.

"a little covered in drool but other wise okay" Yang said wiping off some saliva, she the turned to Luz. "good job Luz, that spell saved my bacon"

"oh stop it was nothing" Luz blushed at the comment.

"nothing! That was amazing!" King exclaimed jumping up and down.

"yeah where did you learn magic like that?" Weiss asked.

"l-like i said I've got a special tutor" Luz sounded sheepish.

Blake picked up on Luz saying 'special tutor' and got a curious look on he face and then asked. "the same tutor that those guards were afraid of" everyone looked at Blake surprised by what she said.

"what do you mean?" Luz said being clueless.

"earlier those guards were terrified of someone named Emperor Belos, what's your connection to him?" Blake interrogated.

Luz became fearful as if she being attacked by wolves. She backed away from the group which only raised their suspicions.

"it won't matter who you are" ?.

everyone looked to the left where the voice was coming from and saw the Arcane Knight with his outfit slashed up. "The Arcane Knights shall rise up and tear down! All that Belos has built! You will all rue the day-" before he could finish his tangent, he got hit by a circle of magic and became drowsy, then fell on the ground asleep.

"nice job shutting him up Eda" Yang said.

"that wasn't me?" Eda said cocking an eyebrow.

A chill ran through the air. Out of nowhere ribbons of light coiled around Ruby, the ribbons tightened around her changing into ropes binding her arms and legs in place. Everyone gasped at what just happened. The group didn't have time to fully react as one by one they each were ensnared in the same bands of light and became bound in rope just like Ruby. The girls fought with the ropes and they all fell over on the ground, Team RWBY dropping their weapons and Eda dropping her staff.

Yang struggled as hard as she could to break free to no avail "argh! I can't move"

"that's the least of our problems" Eda said.

"why?" Ruby asked.

The answer came in the form of multiple coven guards surrounding them. 2 female witches who weren't wearing masks or hoods, standing in front of Eda. The first one looked about as old as Eda, she had long dark navy blue hair, cyan eyes and ivory skin like Eda. Her clothing consisted of a long sleeved 2 tone dark gray dress that covered her feet, she also had a kite shaped sky blue gem on her sternum another trait she shared with Eda.

The other was different in appearance she looked younger and her clothes were different. She had long brown hair with 2 black bows on each side of her head. Her skin was peach coloured and she had red eyes with purple marking under each eye. She wore a wine coloured jacket with pink highlights on the shoulder and a yellow trim on the sleeves, along with a black cape held on by a bat shaped brooch. She also wore a red skirt with black leggings and brown shoes. Her most discerning feature were a pair of sharp fangs protruding from her mouth.

The fanged girl went to Yang and knelt down to her face. "well well well well, look at this Lilith, we hear about one of the Arcane Knights breaking into the conformatorium and we find him and the infamous Owl Lady along with her pet and 4 human girls" she inspects Yang's face making the huntress grimace. "and some cute ones at that"

"this is quite unexpected Scarlett" Lilith said to the fanged girl. Lilith then looked at Eda with disappointment. "Edalyn"

Eda returned the look "Lilith"

the 2 witches stared at each other like a pair of territorial animals.

"do you know her?" Weiss asked Eda.

"i wish i didn't" Eda said.

"that's a little rude now, isn't it dear sister" Lilith retorted.

Team RWBY and Luz gasped at this revelation. This woman Lilith was Eda's sister.

"WHAT?!" RWBY shouted in unison.

"she's your sister?!" Ruby said dumbfounded.

Scarlett then got up and twirled her finger creating a circle of light. Luz then got lifted up to her feet and floated next to Scarlett. "if you think that's something wait until you hear what secrets this little darling has" she said holding Luz by the chin.

"Luz!" Weiss cried out.

"let go of her you bi-mmrph" before Yang could finish that threat, another ribbon of light wrapped around her mouth gagging her.

"language darling that is no way to talk in front of a princess" Scarlett said.

"calling yourself royalty so casually, that's pretty arrogant, even for a vampire?" Eda remarked.

"i wasn't referring to myself" Scarlet corrected.

Eda, King, Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang looked at each other in confusion. Who was this princess she was talking about. Blake then became wide eyed and stared directly at Luz. Everyone followed Blake's gaze and gasped upon realizing what Scarlett was saying. Luz had a look of guilt on her face confirming their suspicion.

Scarlett waved her finger which dispelling Luz's bindings "i believe introductions are far overdue" she bowed in front of everyone and stated. "i am Scarlett Von Bloodheart one of the elite 4 witches in the Emperor's Coven, and before you stands; Princess Luz Gabriella Noceda Belos aka the Emperor belos' daughter"

"Luz is... a Princess?!" Ruby said in a state of disbelief.