Cardin raced down the docks kitted out in full assassins gear towards his personal ship the Cardinal. He quartermaster spotted him and ordered the crew to lower the gangplank. The pirate assassin ran up it before taking up his

"Where to Captain?" the quartermaster asked

"Here, we'll sail to her and stay there until the Faction fleet comes through use the um...Mistral-fire grenades" Cardin said

"Yes captain" the quartermaster said turning to the crew "YOU HEARD HIM MEN FULL SAIL" he shouted making Cardin star out at the darkness of the night sky when somnetyhing came to him

"The king and his men stole the queen from her bed and bound her in her bones,

the seas will and by the power where we will we'll roam" he started to sing

"Heave ho haul together, hoist the colours high. Heave ho Thieves and Beggars" the crew sang

"Never shall we die" Cardin spoke as he order the ship to stop "Now men douse canvas and get some rest you'll need it for tomorrow"

"Ay captain" his crew responded as Cardin took a seat on the steps leading up to the wheel. He started to think about what had happened the past month since he met the queen of Vale Ruby he smiled as the moon illuminated the waves lapping against his ship

"That lass is going to great things for this kingdom" he mused as he looked up at the night sky.

Ruby stood in the rooftop courtyard wearing her nightgown looking up at the stars

"Time for bed your highness" Jethro said walking out "A queen must rest if she will lead a revolution"

"Jethro you served my mother, do you have the same confidence in that you had in my mother" Ruby said

"Yes I do" Jethro said. "And I may have even more in you than your other, Ruby tomorrow you will be a fine leader. I hope to join you tomorrow"

"Thank you Lord Belladonna; now goodnight" Ruby said

"Goodnight your highness" Jethro bowed before Ruby left, where he stood stargazing smiling "She's grown, I'll tell you now Summer; she will be a magnificent queen. Just like you" he smiled sadly before going back into his 'home' where he would prepare for tomorrow.

The next day a fog had settled over the ocean when Cardin walked out on deck smiling as he pulled his hood up. Soon his crew was preparing for the big raid.

"Step lively men, they'll be here shortly" Cardin said as the Mistral Fire grenades in the cannons he knew that the Faction armada would be passing by soon. Cardin frowned as the fog obscured his view

"This is not a natural fog captain" his quartermaster said "Almost like they wanted it to happen"

"I agree let loose half sails" Cardin shouted as the Cardinal started to move slowly "And prey they don't spot us first" He growled as his gunners manned the cannons in preparation to fire. Cardin felt uneasy and hoped nothing happened.

Ruby stood out in the courtyard waiting for rising sun, she needed to see the sun everyday to help her nerves and today she needed it more than ever. The sun finally peeked over and she walked off with a piece of fruit in her hand acting as her breakfast, she relished the sharp and sweet taste of it, finally finishing she walked into the Assassin's dens where everything the Belladonna family kept their assassin gear, and there was her armour standing amongst the dusty shelfs of swords and axes. Ruby locked the door and bowed before smiling as she put on her underclothes and armour

"Ruby you in there?" Blake asked

"Come in" Ruby said as she was pulling on her greaves. Blake walked over to her uniform and pulled it on. Ruby activated the hidden blades that came with the armour. Unlike her mother's blades. These blades had a serrated edge making it able to do heavier damage. Blake checked her pivot blade whi8le grabbing her katana and tomahawk. Looking over Ruby pulled up the hood for the armour which had silvery embroidery around the beck of the hood

"You ready?" the queen asked

"As I'll ever be, are you?" Blake responded

"I am, for by the dawn of tomorrow I'll be one on the throne" Ruby said walking off

"There a girl once stood now stands a woman" Blake smiled before following her new leader. Standing side by side they perform the leap of faith landing in rose petals and hay before racing down in the shadowed streets; capes flying behind them as soon other assassins joined them garbed in a simple uniform of a white hooded shirt, black jeans and a brown leather chest guard, brown hidden blade bracers and buccaneer styled boots. Each one nodded as the climbed up onto the rooves running along spreading out. Ruby leapt up onto a roof and shouted out loud:

"THE REVOLUTION BEGINS NOW!"

Heinrich snarled, the heir had returned was now hoping to take back the kingdom from him

"Where is she?" Heinrich asked drawing out his sword and a broken sword he dubbed Queenslayer

"We are unsure sir, but we have sent out a couple of patrols out, however we believe she has summoned the assassin brotherhood

"WHAT THEY'RE HERE" Heinrich shouted afraid "This changes everything; get Weiss and take her to them"

"Are you sure sir?" a dark voice said

"I do, no way will allow that harlot's daughter to join them" Heinrich growled as he looked out the windows to see several Assassins jump over the walls. "They're here. Kill them" the leader ordered "maintain our control, leave neon alive" he said as white and blue rushed out of the palace. Allow several of them were caught off guard by the warrior of brown and white. This made Heinrich growl.
"Idiots I will show them who is in charge here" Heinrich said storming out of his private chambers.

Jaune and Weiss lead heavier armed Assassins wearing black armour with halberds and tall shields. Jaune looked around the chamber before spotting the entrance to the palace, Weiss nodded and ordered the troops

"Alright men we will wait here for the signal, before retaking the palace, however know this, you may not make it home" Jaune said when one of the soldiers stepped forward

"Sir, I was here when the queen passed on, so I don't care if I die here. For if I do I will finally be able to apologise to her for my failure" he said shamefully bowing his head when something was slipped over his head, looking down, he saw his old tunic "Milady?"

"You deserve it, after all you are the guardians of the Rose Kingdom, take back you honour!" Weiss said

"YES MA'AM" They shouted,

Cardin was wildly smirked as the ships appeared on the horizon, his hand twitched as it hovered his sword. Once the bow of the first ship came into view Cardin grabbed his sword and shouted with glee

"FIRE ALL CANNONS" with this the front cannons shot out the Mistral fire shots, which hit the quarterdeck making small flames. Through his spyglass he watched the idiotic sailors pouring water of the flames. As soon as the water touched the fire it increased igniting the powder barrels, spreading the fire even more. This was frightening and got Cardin thinking that Nora could get it to work. Now Cardin realised that Nora didn't want this unleashed on the world

"My goodness what did we unleash on the world?" the quartermaster asked as another bomb was unleashed on a frigate

"Who cares OPEN FIRE!" Cardin shouted as several ships passed by with the cannons blasting out the monstrous flame weapons

"And then we the men became the monster" The Quartermaster said

Ruby looked out as the smoky streets where several guards were taken down by her Assassin forces, she spotted Blake in a large crowd slashing with her sword and tomahawk, looking ojn the roof across from here where five assassin rifleman on them holding muskets. Ruby nodded to them indicating them to take up a position of a sniper.

"Ready" the first rifle man said as his men lined up their shots "FIRE!" this order unleashed a hail of iron and fire swatting down five men

"Reload" the rifleman said as Ruby took out her crossbow and fired at a Faction Lieutenant, knocking him down with a single bolt, Ruby then reloaded and fired again after the second rifle volley. Blake quickly pulled out her rope dart and started to swing it around before throwing it into the chest of a nearby soldier. From the rooftop Ruby spied two lines of soldiers armed with rifles and muskets.

"Blake" Ruby cried out as the faction commander readied his troops "GET OUT OF THERE" Blake heard this and quickly looked around to see the formation; realising nothing was going to get her out of there. She smiled softly while closing her eyes.

Pyrrha, Ren and Nora were sailing back from the council meeting at a leisurely pace taking in the sites of the ocean when a foul odour permutated the air

"What is that?" Pyrrha asked look starboard seeing a cloud of smoke "Take us to the starboard" she shouted as the ship turned

"Pyrrha?" Ren asked

"There's a battle going on and I have a feeling that it's not just a squabble" Pyrrha said pulling up her hood as Nora and Ren did the same before being shocked by what they saw: Flames floating on the water surrounding three wrecks the people those wreck ship used to hold still alive

"No" Nora whimpered "How could this happen?"

"What?" Ren asked

"Mistral Fire, fire that increases when water is added. I never took it out of prototype stage because of fear" Nora said

"Why did you even think of this weapon?" Pyrrha asked astonished

"To deter Faction ships from coming closer to the council's island. But I never thought this would happen" Nora said as a cannon sounded

"There" Ren said point "My goodness, it's the Cardinal! Cardin's using the Mistral Fire!"
"That Idiot! Doesn't he know what he's done!" Nora panicked

"FIRE!" Caridn was heard ordering his men

"BELAY THAT ORDER!" Pyrrha shouted before turning to the ship's captain "Get us as close as you can to that ship"

Blake had opened her eyes to see she was still alive, but what shocked her more was the fact several dozen civilians were joining the fray with make shift weapons from pitchforks to blunt clubs. Blake pulled herself up when a hand thumped her shoulder

"Blake are you okay?" Jethro asked

"I am Father" Blake said before holding out her tomahawk "Here take this you need it more than me"

"Thank you" Jethro said twirling the small axe before jumping into the fray followed by Blake who held her katana with both hands and started to cut her enemies down while Jethro had his daughters back

"FIRE" The Assassin Riflemen said as another volley was sent flying into the enemy forces. Ruby unleashed another bolt and reloaded before firing again. Holding her breath she nodded to blake before jumping off her position and pulled out her scythe using it to sweep down her enemies as she made her way to the palace

"Signal them" Ruby said to a passing Assassin, who then pulled out a pistol and fired into the air. Shortly after the shot had finished sounding in the air the town bell started ringing

Jaune and Weiss heard the bell and got into position. After counting to five Jaune opened the chamber door, having been unsealed by Jaune when he was last in the palace. Three Faction guards were taken by surprise with six Royal guard halberds piercing them. Jaune walked out and signalled to Weiss go right taking half the guards while he went left with the other half of the guards. Heinrich's men stood no chance now as the Assassins were inside the palace. Any that decided to be brave was cut down in a stylish execution by Jaune and his sabre while others were killed by Halberd. Jaune wall ran over a guard and stabbed him in the back before spinning the corpse around into a second guard by him distracting him from a Halberd from the main guard captain. Jaune smiled at this.

"Well things is going well" Jaune said as a crash sounded "And now we have the front gate as well"

Cardin was staring down the last Faction ship while he's forces were ordered to stand down by Pyrrha who with her guards jumped over to the Cardinal

"Mistral Fire, who said you could them?" Pyrrha asked

"The Queen did" Cardin said

"Queen, wait you...the Revolution" Pyrrha gasped

"You started it" Ren growled

"Call it Retaliation. The Faction attacked the Bureau starting a chain reaction leading the Revolution" Cardin said as a Faction Captain jumped over to his ship "Excuse me" teh captain said pulling out his gun and firing it at the captain killing him. "Now Surrender; otherwise you will wish you did"

"Cardin how much has this small war changed you?" Nora asked taking up a swivel gun and holding it like a musket

"I agree" Ren said

"What needed to be done. The Kingdom's waters are now free" Cardin announced earning cheers from his men.

"Back to the Kingdom" Pyrrha ordered making the Cardinal

"Yes ma'am you heard her men!" Cardin relayed the orders

"All sails full" the quartermaster said "Hard to port"

"This had better not have been a mistake" Pyrrha sighed.

Ruby had walked out of the secret entrance and looked around a sad smile gracing her face as she pulled her hood and whispered

"I'm home" a small tear trickled down her face while she remembered what she was here to do; remove a vermin from her throne. Walking to the throne flourishing her scythe cutting down those who got in her way while the assassins cheered for the future queen had appeared and was beyond pissed. Her kingdom was under the heel of a tyrant, one who killed her mother. So in return he would be killed. She stopped finding herself in front of the throne room doors. She put her scythe back and pushed open the door to reveal Heinrich Schnee in his white steel plate armour a cruel smirk on his face puzzling Ruby who realised something

"Princess Ruby, or would you prefer Queen Ruby, after all that is what your men call you" Heinrich said pulling out his swords

"Lord Heinrich" Ruby said flourishing her scythe looking at him from underneath her hood

"Shall we?" Heinrich asked flourishing his own blade.

Once the Cardinal dock the four main assassins leapt off to see several officers of the Faction rush forward. Ren surged forward twirling his chain whip and holding his Jian. the first Officer had the chain whip wrapped around his arm enabling Ren to pull his target onto his jian pulling it out as a pair of sword came at him, which he caught with his hidden blade which sprang into three blades which he used to catch the sword blade and twisted his hand breaking the enemy's sword before killing them with his sword. Pyrrha threw her javelin into one behind Ren jumping in his grabbed it tearing it out before flinging it into a other one which had his knee shatter by Nora's warhammer, Cardin then leapt in introducing his boot to the person's face. This made Pyrrha and Nora nod smiling. Ren just shrugged running off.

Ruby swung her scythe over Heinrich's head while he duck going into a stabbing motion which was deflect by Ruby's breastplate lining him up for a hit to the nose from Ruby's knee before slashing at the back of Heinrich while stunned

"You bitch" Heinrich roared wildly swinging his sabre and Queenslayer, which Ruby deflected it with her scythe shaft, she smiled which strike she block and counters with her blade. Ruby was now on the attack swinging her scythe causing scratches in Heinrich's plate armour maintaining her distance from the cruel tyrant who tried blocking her attack with a sabre before dodging it while wrapping his cape around Ruby's head and broke her scythe's shaft into two piece before throwing them into different corners of the room.

"Now what queen?" Heinrich asked as Ruby pulled out her sword and twirled it around.

"recognise this?" Ruby asked

"That!" Heinrich asked going mental with his sabre against Ruby's sword. Each hit collided and rebounded off, Ruby was quicker but not by much thanks to her armour

'this armour is slowing down. I need to get rid of it' Ruby thought before Heinrich punched her sending her to the ground.

"Now to finish you off" Heinrich roared as he went to stab Ruby only for his sword be deflected

"Weiss, you harlot HOW DARE YOU SIDE WITH THEM!" Heinrich said recoiling at the sight of his Assassin Daughter standing in front of the queen

"Your highness are you okay?" Weiss asked helping her up

"I'm better now" Ruby said twirling her sword "Shall we?"

"Let's do this" Weiss said attacking with a sweeping attack followed by Ruby with a stabbing motion, piercing the plate armour while Weiss kept her father's blade in a stalemate before Heinrich backstepped and then went in with another attack this time knocking Ruby's sword away then punching her out of the way while Weiss tried to swing at Heinrich's neck which didn't hit, after this the Tyrant grabbed his traitorous daughter by the robes and smirked evilly

"After I kill the queen, I'm going to send you away to where I send your harlot mother and sister" Heinrich snarled

"No you will not; once I kill you I'm going to save my mother and Winter and then I will bring them back here to watch as Vale flourishes under the rule of Queen Ruby" Weiss said sliding her blade through the armour "RUBY GO!" she shouted

"What" Heinrich shouted as he felt a blade enter his heart, behind him was Ruby holding the blade of her great-grandfather's scythe

"Nothing is true" Ruby said as she rapidly stabbed Heinrich with her hidden blades before hauling him up

"Everything is permitted" Weiss said shoving Ruby and her own sword into the villain's chest before pulling them out, I'll clear this out" Weiss said

"Thank you" Ruby said removing her chest armour before walking over to her throne collapsing "We did it" she murmured falling asleep.

"Your highness!" a voice said pulling Ruby out of her sleep seeing Cardin and Jaune bowing with the swords pointing to the ground

"Is everything okay?" Ruby asked sleepily

"Yes your high we won, you are now the queen" Jaune said smiling as Ruby rose and looked around

"Pyrrha and Weiss dealt with the body" Cardin said

"And we're ready for tomorrow" Jaune said

"Tomorrow?" Ruby asked

"The coronation of the new Rose Queen" Cardin said.

"Excellent" Ruby said walking off.

"You're chambers are waiting for you milady" Cardin said leading her off

"Thank you" Ruby mumbled.

The next day the kingdom gathered in the town square, which was no longer decked out in shades of blue, but rather red and white. Where terrifying soldiers in armour of cold ice blue and silver stood kind guards in white and red. The air warmed by the scent of roses and the sound of happiness as a carriage came up to a long path of red. Stepping out of the carriage was Cardin waring a red coat and Jaune who wore a red version of his coat bowing as Ruby stepped out gracefully in her red dress with white lace on the bodice and a smile on her face.

"Please step forward Princess Ruby" Jethro said with Pyrrha, Ren, Nora, Weiss and Blake who was holding a pillow. Ruby gracefully nodded and walked gracfully to the square where she knelt down and bowed her head

"Ruby Rose do you swear to uphold the teachings and laws of this kingdom?" Jethro asked

"I swear" Ruby saiod

"Do you swear to put the needs of the kingdom and its people before you own?"

"I swear" Ruby replied

"Do you swear to rule justly and compassionately?"

"I swear" Ruby saiud. Upon hearing thsi Jethor grabbed a silvery crown from the pillow Blake was holding and lowered it onto Ruby's head

"Now with this crown and the powers invested in me by this kingdom I hereby appoint yoU Queen Ruby, may you up\hold your oath until the end of yoru days" Jethro said as Ruby stood up to applause and cheers of happiness.

"I will" she said before hugging Jethro lovingly "Thank you"

"My pleasure your highness"Jethro said making Ruby nodd before looking around at her citizens

"Long live Queen Ruby" Blake said

"Long live Queen Ruby" "Long live Queen Ruby" "Long live Queen Ruby" the crowd cheered

And they all live happily ever after

THE END