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I do not own RWBY or its characters, all credit belongs to Rooster Teeth. However the Original Characters and plotlines I have created in this series are my own and not to be plagiarised.

I hope you enjoy.

Prologue

The taste of metallic, irony blood fills her mouth and her senses...

Her large silver eyes gaze out across the destroyed Kingdom of Mistral, the Academy of Haven in shatters from the huge battle that has torn this once great place apart.

Burning pain across her body where she has suffered immense pain from a fight she knew she could not win. Claret trickles down from a deep gash across the side of her forehead, bleeding down one of her eyes, partially blinding her vision with a reddish blur. Dizzy from shock, chunks of rubble surround her where she was thrown through the wall and tumbled down the hill and past different buildings.

Ruby sits upright, groaning with pain as she feels so light headed due to her concussion, and with her aura completely depleted she is in great danger. Her ears are ringing constantly from being stunned so severely, coughing up dust and even some splatters of blood into her hand. The roars and screeches of Nevermores echo above her head, grabbing and killing the civilians attempting to flee the city of Mistral.

Fires blaze across the city, the Grimm Dragon soars over the city as he breathes flames into the city. Plumes of smoke and fire plunge through the streets, consuming the civilians, hearing the sound of Beowulves ripping innocent civilians to shreds beneath her. Their screams burn through her ringing ears with terror, until she hears someone grunting with pain as well not far from where she is.

Ruby was not the only one who was thrown down there by their foe that is destroying them all in combat. Jaune stumbles, blood leaking from his side and staining his torn Pumpkin Pete's Hoodie that he wears all the time. Deep scratches and scuffs in his armour and in Crocea Mors as he approaches her, coughing as well. "Ruby!" He calls, squeezing his hand against the bloodied wound, claret stains his gauntleted hand, and he falls beside her as he tries to get her back to her feet. "Ruby!" He repeats, shaking her.

Ruby appears to be suffering from Shellshock; she cannot hear him or even acknowledge his presence at the moment. "Come on, Crater Face! Snap out of it!" He yells, and that seems to push her out from this state of shock that she is suffering from.

"J-Jaune..." Ruby weakly whispers, confused of what is happening due to her shock, coughing again from her pain that she suffers from. "W-Where's Yang?" Ruby questions through a trembling voice, staring at her close friend for assistance and fear for her big sister's safety. Jaune's blue eyes dart back up to the crater in the building where they were both launched by him. Smoke rising from where they were, no longer hearing the clattering of weapons and cracks of gunfire that once burst earlier.

"I don't know..." Jaune answers as he looks around, hearing something shuffling towards their location, the sounds of razor sharp claws scraping through the cobblestone beneath them. He scoops Ruby back up to her feet, her knees are shaking and she has a limp due to a deep gash in her ankle and in her side. She yelps from the sharp pain that just jolted through her body, it even feels like her arm could be broken, or at least cracked in some way.

The two of them jump from their skin, hearing the deafening screech of the Grimm Dragon that glides on over ahead, blasting flames from its jaws that burn more sections of the city to ashes, killing more and more innocent people and any surviving Huntsmen or Policemen. The huge black wings extend out, blocking out the lunar light from the fractured moon that hangs above the sky, watching their every move. It flies towards the main building in Haven Academy, slamming its huge sharp talons into the building and swinging its huge body around it to land on top. The Grimm Beast stretches its wings out and swings them back and forth, roaring immensely to the sky, breathing fire from its black scaly throat.

It is like the end times...

Jaune is not a fool...Haven and Mistral are both lost to them, the Grimm have invaded the city and are slaughtering everyone left and right around them. Ruby crouches down, or at least she struggles to, and grasps onto the massive body of Crescent Rose at her feet, some of the pain has been scraped off from the battle. Jaune grabs Ruby by her shoulders to get her attention, the shocked girl stares into his eyes fearfully. "Haven is finished! We have to go!" Jaune trembles, just as scared as his younger friend is, but she still wants to help stop them.

"We can't just – argh – leave them..." She argues, pressing her hand against her side and holding onto Crescent Rose to not collapse from pain. Jaune catches her, holding her up despite his own wound that he has suffered from during this long siege.

"They can handle themselves! But we need to get the hell out of here!" Jaune pushes, staring into her eyes to convince her. Reluctantly, she groans and nods her head to agree with him, coughing with pain still. Ruby watches as he takes point, jogging ahead when suddenly a Grimm Beowulf lunges out at him with a roar, slashing its claws at him. She gasps as she goes to attack, until a blast of wind knocks her onto her back.

A huge black Nevermore flew right in front of them, the downdraft of its massive wings knocked her over, and the Beowulf has pinned Jaune against the ground. It snaps its bony jaws at him over and over again, drooling onto his face as he presses his Claymore against its throat. He roars with rage, pushing the blade and scraping it through its jugular. Black smoke erupts from the beast's throat and it roars with pain, erupting and disintegrating into ashes around him, only just failing to kill him.

Jaune turns and stares at Ruby, seeing real fear in her eyes now. "Come on!" He calls.

Until suddenly...

An Obsidian Arrow shoots right past Jaune's face, and as if time just slowed down, he could see the arrow slowly passing right by his face as it travels towards Ruby's eye. The arrow shoots directly for Ruby, but she darts away with her semblance saving her life, a blast of petals saving her life. Jaune watches the arrow, seeing the obsidian arrow glistening against the sunlight, and then it vanishes into the petals, sliding across the floor. His eyes widen in grief when he sees the crimson colour of blood on the arrowhead.

His eyes turn when he sees Ruby stood there, stumbling around. Her head turns to face him, and Jaune nearly collapses from sorrow and anguish. He nearly drops Crocea Mors...

Her shoulder length black and red hair blows aside, revealing a flush of red that pours from her left eye socket, damaging her face badly. She stares at Jaune with her one eye, blood bleeding from her fresh wound that terrifies Jaune. His eyes bulge from his eyes. "Jaune?" She mutters in shock. Her body collapses to the ground, hitting the floor with her head. Jaune sprints to her side, holding her body in his arms.

"No!" Jaune cries out. "Ruby!" His cries of horror echo across Haven, across Mistral. Tears fall from his eyes. "No...Not again..." He begs, sniffling.

But then his eyes look up at where he saw the arrow come from.

He thought the arrow belonged to Cinder Fall, it was so similar...

Then he sees it stood there, and it haunts him...the same being that put them down there in the first place. The same being that has brought this Great Kingdom to its knees in practically one night.

It stands tall, formed from some sort of jet black armour plating and a long torn black cape made of smoke that flutters with the wind. It holds a Bow in its hand, and it shatters into tiny pieces, the chunks burn and transform into golden embers that are carried away in the wind as he stands there. The glowing red eyes in the sharp triangular helm glare directly into his large blue irises, seeing the tears of sorrow in his eyes.

Then the being speaks...

In a hideously demonic voice...

And it says only one phrase...

"An Eye For An Eye..."

Author Note - Here we are again...

So this is something I will also be doing in the background because I have been wanting to do a rewrite of Act 1 for a long time, there are so many things I want to change. The way I introduced Kassius was weak and I have wanted to change that for ages, the amount of time at Mistral before it falls, more development stuff, more Salem. Just a lot of things I have thought of that I can add that will not affect the story in the future that I cannot change now.

So if you are new to this series, you will get a fresh and (hopefully) perfect version of this act. Please review and let me know the things that you would like to see be improved, and please review to let me know how you think the improvements are going! There are many things that will change and be improved, but you can be assured the story will be the same and Act 3 is still my priority when it comes to developing the story. I just wanted to get this started up.

Ships in this story!

- Arkos (Tragic Story)

- Black Sun

- Rose Garden (Forming At this Stage)

- Ice Berg

- Renora

- Yang X O.C

I believe in developing characters well and making you fall for their relationships as well, and Kassius is a character who has been well received thus far! Hopefully that can continue!

And for a certain character who fans of this story already know the identity of shall make an appearance in the story this time, since I came up with him during Act 2 (fans will know who I am speaking of)

Please review and if you wish send me a message on things you think could be improved! I want Act 1 to be perfect at the end of the day, it is the start to the 6 Part series, it needs to be good!

Stay tuned and if you are new...well...get ready for one hell of a ride!

- Matt!