"I'll go." Blake said, standing up to take the scroll.

"Okay, here you go." Pyrrha said, handing the scroll to her.

Giving a nod of thanks, Blake began to look through the scroll, but after five minutes she decided to hit random. With the decision made, she headed off to the arena.

"So what did the arena pick?" Ruby asked Pyrrha.

"'The Cloaked Schemer...'" Pyrrha said looking at the scroll. "I feel like this opponent is worse than the name makes it out to be."

"Come on! Old Blakey has it in the bag." Yang said, confident in her teammate's success.

"I don't know..." Ruby muttered as the usual circle of data appeared to drop off the opponent.

Once the circle disappeared, it revealed a figure in a familiar black coat. The figure then took of its hood to reveal a young man with messy steel-blue hair that covered the right side of his face. The side of his face that wasn't covered by his hair revealed a bright-aqua eye.

With a disinterested look in his eye, he said "Well, it seems that the others were telling the truth. How quaint..."

Despite her confusion, Blake unsheathed Gambol Shroud and entered her stance.

"Oh well..." The man muttered as he snapped his fingers. A second after a black book with a white symbol on the cover suddenly appeared in his hands. "My name is Zexion, 'The Cloaked Schemer', let's see if any chances you have of beating me is just an illusion." He finished as he raised his hand.

(Play KH2.5 OST: The 13th Reflection)

Swinging his hand downwards, pages from his lexicon suddenly burst out from the book and began to circle around the arena, blocking Blake's view of Zexion.

'Focus!' She told herself as she listened closely for any sounds. 'There!' She thought as she jumped back, avoiding the giant book that almost bit her.

"I was not the only one to see that right?" Yang said in shock of the book, too shocked to realize the irony of a book trying to bite Blake.

"You're not alone on that one sis..." Ruby muttered.

"But still, what kind of weapon is a book though? Admittedly, a book that can apparently bite you, but still." Jaune asked in confusion.

"Maybe- wait, what the!?" Nora shouted, pointing the green light that had appeared in the arena.

'What the...' Blake thought, before her eyes widened as she realized it was trying to suck her in.

'No no no no!' She thought as she was sucked into the book.

"Blake!" The remainder of team RWBY shouted in shock.

"Where did she go!?" Velvet said.

"I don't know! Zexion isn't there either!" Jaune said as he pointed at the arena, only the pages from the lexicon remaining.

"What the!? Their auras are dropping!" Nora shouted as she pointed to the main screens.

Indeed, both Blake and Zexion's auras occasionally dropped as if they were taking damage.

"What kind of semblance is this?" Pyrrha breathed in disbelief as she began to hope that the black-haired girl came out of this alright.

'Where... Am I?' Blake thought as she began regained her sight.

Once she stood up her instincts immediately screamed at her to dodge. Obeying them, she jumped to the left to avoid a blast of purple fire.

'What was that!?' She thought as she got a good look at her surroundings.

She was in some sort of dark void; fortunately she could still see the multiple lexicons floating around the area. But before she could begin to understand what was going on, a large amount of lexicons grouped up into a giant wall that proceeded to shoot towards her. Dodging again, she was forced on the defensive when more blasts of purple fire began to accompany the lexicons in their assault.

'Oh if Yang saw me right now she would never let it go!' She thought as she continued to be the mouse in the chase. 'Wait! What was that?'

Off to the side Blake noticed one of the lexicons hanging back a bit, not to obvious but just enough to keep away from her without looking suspicious.

"Better than nothing..." She muttered as she charged towards the lone lexicon, using her clones to avoid the other copies that had formed a miniature tornado.

As soon Blake was in striking distance she swung her sword and managed to land a hit on the lexicon, her superior hearing managing to catch a faint grunt of pain.

"Got you." She muttered as she switched her weapon into its pistol form when the lexicon tried to retreat rejoin the others.

Shooting at the lexicon, Blake managed to land a majority of her shots and revealed what appeared to be a 'silhouette' of Zexion floating behind it.

"Hmmm... Not bad." The silhouette said in an off-handed matter "But let's not make this to easy." He continued with a wave of his hand, which caused the other lexicons to become more aggressive.

Jumping backwards to avoid another tornado of lexicons,

Blake decided to try something that she was curious about. Wielding both her sword and sheath, she swung at some of the other lexicons and managed to disperse them in one hit! But unfortunately this advantage was slightly nullified when more lexicons appeared after a few moments, but none the less, it was still useful if she need some breathing room.

'Ahh!' She thought as she felt some of the strange fire brush past her leg. Powering through the burning sensation, she noticed that something about the flames seemed to be... off, for lack of better terms. Unfortunately she was snapped out of her thoughts when she was knocked back by one of the lexicons slamming into her gut, making her slightly winded.

'I have to get passed those damn books!' Blake though as she looked for an opening. 'There!' She thought as she dashed forward, leaving a trail of clones behind her to confuse the enemy.

Managing to get behind Zexion's silhouette, Blake released an energy wave that managed to hit him before swinging her blade towards him.

But she froze when she heard the sound of a blade piercing flesh. Looking downwards, her eyes widened when she saw her blade in Zexion's chest, not a silhouette, but the actual Zexion.

"I-I what!? I don't...!" Blake said shocked.

Coughing up blood, Zexion looked towards the blade in his chest with widened eyes. "Why did you...?" He asked weakly.

"I didn't mean to!" She shouted almost pleadingly.

But before Blake could say anything more, she was interrupted when she hears someone speak behind her.

"Meteor Mirage."

And then the world went black.

"I hope Blake's okay..." Ruby muttered.

"Don't worry sis! She's tougher than that!" Yang said as she tried to cheer up her sister, trying to hide her own worry.

Without warning, a storm of pages suddenly appeared in the arena. When they disappeared, it revealed Blake and Zexion on opposite sides of the arena, with Blake looking like she had seen better days.

"Blake!" Her friends shouted when they saw her.

But either she didn't hear them or she ignored them because the only thing she could think of was how Zexion could use such a tactic on a student.

"Are you actually upset about that?" Zexion said nonchalantly as he turned the page of his lexicon. "I thought you huntresses were made of sterner stuff."

Eyes narrowing, Blake stood up and charged once again, intent on getting some payback for the trick.

But Zexion only smirked as she charged towards him. 'Let's see how she handles the next chapter.' He thought as Blake was upon him, but as her blade passed through him, she stumbled as Zexion suddenly disappeared and landed on what felt like uneven ground.

'What just-' Blake thought, but stopped when she heard the noise of a... Train!?

'No... This is not possible.' She thought as she looked around, hoping that she wasn't where she though she was.

Unfortunately she was right, standing in a train car with multiple destroyed robots on the floor, she began to look around but she only found one door that lead out.

Steeling herself, Blake walked forward and opened the door, leading to a flatbed car with someone else on it. The person standing on the the other side of the flatbed was a man in a black and red suit with red hair and horns.

"...Adam?" Blake asked hesitatingly as the man turned to face her, revealing the Grimm mask on his face.

A tense silence passed as Blake tried to find the right words. Taking the initiative, she began "Adam I know you-" but before she could finish, she was interrupted when she once again heard the sound of a blade piercing flesh... Expect her weapons were still sheathed.

"Traitor..." Adam growled as he twisted the blade in Blake's chest.

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"Blake!" Ruby shouted as she tried to gain the attention of her friend to no avail.

No matter how much noise they made none of them could break Blake out her trance like state. The same with Zexion as his eyes were glued to his lexicon.

"What the heck is going on!?" Jaune said as the others tried to think of an answer.

Suddenly, Blake fell to her knees as she clutched her chest in pain, still unaware of her teammates concern.

"Blake!" Yang yelled in concern for her partner as she prepared to try and jump into the arena, consequences be damned.

"Yang wait!" Weiss said as she pointed towards Zexion.

The schemer eyes were wide open in shock, almost as if he couldn't understand what had happened.

"How could you." Adam said as he lifted Blake off the ground, who was still impaled on his sword.

Shocked that Adam actually attacked her, Blake said "I- I didn't-"

"Didn't what Blake?!" Adam said interrupting her. "Didn't want to fight anymore? Didn't believe in the cause anymore?!" He mocked as he glared at her.

Coughing up blood, Blake struggled to say "It wasn't the same Adam! I didn't want this violence and hate!"

"Things weren't going to change if we didn't act!" He said.

"It made things worse!" Blake retorted before she fell into another coughing fit.

"….. Fine, if you're going to be that way, I'll end this here." He said as he grabbed the hilt of his sword with both hands. "Then I'll tie up the loose ends."

Confused, Blake's eyes widened when she realized what he meant.

Her teammates, her friends, the people who accepted her.

Pulling, Adam grunted when he realized his sword wasn't moving.

"What…?" He muttered before he looked up, only to see a flash of black and hear the sound flesh being pierced.

"… Leave. Them. Alone." Blake grunted as she pushed her sword hilt deep into Adam's chest, coughing as she felt the hilt of Adam's blade touch her chest.

Coughing, 'Adam' said "You…actually did it..."

Ignoring his words, Blake closed her eyes and fell to the ground as the illusion shattered, only hearing the cries of her name as darkness over took her.

(A/N: So… IM BACK! I'm so sorry for having been inactive, but now that I'm back we can get back to business as usual! Anyway… this chapter took a while because I wanted to show that while the DTD is as safe as it can be,there are secrets, people can get hurt, using the DTD and meeting its inhabitants might change them. Unfortunately, Blake had to be the one to fight. Poor Blakey :( Anyway! Remember to leave your votes for who you want to see fight next! See ya!)