A/N: Disclaimers: I do not own RWBY (owned by Rooster Teeth) or Star Wars (owned by Disney and Lucasfilm) or the Old Republic (owned by EA + Bioware [TOR and KOTOR] + Obsidian [KOTOR 2 TSL]) Or any of the various Legends or EU Material that will be used or referenced.
Warnings of massive character change, character death, Violence, and foul language. You have been warned! (If the M rating wasn't enough)
As I removed the Disclaimer in the intro text this is an Old Republic Era AU and I will be using Expanded Universe (Legends) Materials, with Dark side Ruby, Weiss, Pyrrha, and Nora, other RWBY Characters will be present, along with some SW Characters, and OCs as side characters.
Chapter 1: The Day Everything Changed.
Chapter 1: The Day Everything Changed
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away
Year's ago the Great Galactic War boomed, the return of the Sith Empire was at hand. Though, it also marked the return of a hero long thought dead. A Jedi thought to be lost to time, but her arrival came too late as the Sacking of Coruscant was happening, a battle that shoved the entire planet under a brutal Sith attack. The hero could do nothing but watch from afar as she felt the healed wound in the force was closing and sealing, her curse was gone. The tinge of pain still there in her body from the act she ran, accelerated by the force. On the ground the Sith were decimating the city world, pillaging, plundering, burning, the general barbarisms of war. She would bet the Sith were holding back on their attack as she watched the low flying dreadnoughts pummel the upper layers of the city. She figured they could make Coruscant into a second Taris if they wanted to, they certainly had the firepower to do it.
Dashing towards the Jedi Temple, the sounds of Turbolasers, blasters, and lightsabers were blaring in the air. Upon reaching the massive structure, the white-cloaked Jedi watched a group of Jedi masters that were cut down by a Sith with a viridian blade. The Sith had the air of a traitor, a man who turned on the order and wanted them to suffer.
She felt helpless, though she steeled herself to face this opponent. Inhaling she smelled the charred flesh of the dead masters and charged. Running forth, she ignited her silver blades engaging the deviant Sith with the art of dual blade fencing. White petals flowing from her cloak she engaged the Sith with a fury most Jedi abandoned for fear of the Darkside. The Sith smiled at this and engaged a second viridian blade on his hilt as the half circle guard opened and he smiled with, "Time to die, Jedi!"
The blades spun on the circular hilt and locked the Jedi into a defensive as the Sith pushed her ever closer to the edge that led to a steep drop. With a quick force push, she went over the edge, and fell into the main hall, next to a blue-clad Jedi Knight with a cross guarded blue saber that she had at the ready.
Quickly acknowledging the other, the blue knight and white clad Jedi engaged various Sith marauders and their troops as the Temple around them burned, littered with the corpse of their fallen comrades. Both held back tears as they fought, though they fought with the fury fueled by guilt and sorrow, but most of all hope.
The hero knew none of these Jedi. though, she could feel the darkness that had eclipsed them as Coruscant fell. She needed to help them as much as she could, that's what she did now, she helped others in need. She refused to let herself or the blue knight faultier, though they were getting overwhelmed and they were truly getting desperate the hero of the Jedi revealed her knowledge of darkness to the Sith, in the form of a blast of force lightning. She had walked both the paths of light and dark.
Something she was not proud of but her knowledge of the dark, but it did have its uses. It was at this point the order was relayed to fall back and protect the Senate. As much as they duo wanted to stay and fight, they knew the senate had to be protected. The battle to evacuate was nowhere as intense but a Sith wielding two blue blades stood in their way. She bore the marking on her robes of a dark councilor, which made the duo decide to evade rather than fight.
During the sacking of Coruscant, the Empire and Republic signed a peace treaty on Alderaan, the treaty was less than favorable for the Republic but it guaranteed a level of peace as both sides recovered. The war went cold, awaiting a spark to ignite it again, as both sides fought in the shadows. No open warfare, it was during this time the Jedi discovered a years lost Jedi, who had returned on Coruscant, from whatever hell she was buried in. Her white-clad presence brought the Tython bound Jedi one thing, Hope, as she told them that she had a plan to defeat the Sith in due time the name of this Jedi was Meetra Surik.
Years later, on a dark and gloomy day, lightning crackling in the air. the day was a normal for a day on Dromund Kaas, though the force storms seemed a slight bit more potent on this day. The darkness permeates all of the planet, tainting even the life that teems within the swamps and jungles of the planet. Walking through this desolated wilderness is alone, a darkly clad figure. the figure's robes swaying with each step, as he was contemplating the prophecy a Specter told him in the tombs of the lords long past. The Specter voice haunting his mind as he looked at the Holocron that revealed the information to him originally, "The drums of war beat, louder and louder, heralding Their arrival from a planet long lost."
On Remnant, teams RWBY and JNPR, still recovering from the breach incident, were sent to investigate a deactivated dust mine by General Ironwood. this former mine was suspected to be a White Fang hideout. Despite this being a former Schnee Dust mine. Despite this fact, Weiss knew nothing about the mine or its contents. This gave it an even darker air when they approached as they saw no activity, not a soul in sight of the place, aside from them.
"Hey, Ruby, is this place giving you the creeps?" Jaune inquired to Ruby nervously as they approached the mine with their respective teams in toe behind them in no particular formation.
She replied with, "No, I just have a bad feeling about this place," she said looking around, her head on swivel. Blake was behind them still pestering Weiss if she knew anything about this mine she replying with responses that said she knew nothing. Despite this Blake did not believe Weiss and kept pestering, but Ruby did believe Weiss and said: "Blake if Weiss knew anything she would've told us, this is the White Fang we are dealing with."
Weiss was actually slightly shocked by this statement, as it signaled Ruby was taking this very seriously. As they entered the mine, they realized the lights were still on, signifying someone was here, if not recently. They kept walking deeper into the mine searching everywhere for clues. It was like the mine was deserted hastily, things thrown around as if a mass of people were trying to escape. They found White Fang Regalia along with mining equipment, but not a single person in sight. out of the corner of her eye, Yang saw a note posted on the wall that read,
"'To the ones who find this note, BEWARE of the back of the mine! There's something back there, we don't know what.'" Yang read this aloud, "Well that's cryptic. We gonna check it out?" Inquired Yang, as she crumpled the note in her hand shoving it into a pocket in the interior of her jacket.
"We came here to investigate, So I see no reason why not to," replied Ruby cheerfully as she began to keep trotting down the cave like entrance to the mine as her team was following.
"Well, that thing had the miners or White Fang running. it could be really dangerous," Jaune spoke nervously. It was a seven to one vote on going further into the mine, Jaune being the only opponent. Though, as they continued into the bowels of the mine, they didn't notice any signs of struggle or any hints the anything was wrong as they walked along. They noted the dust crystal in the walls as they morphed and twisted with dark shadows from the crystals, Weiss even made a comment on how odd they were. The group also noticed how hastily everything was dropped, tools left abandoned some machines still left idling in place. Despite all of this they kept walking as a group towards the rear of the mine.
Once they passed a certain point, they heard the rattle of guns being lowered and then they heard the phrase "checkmate!" come from behind them. They turned to face the squad of White Fang, lead by a ghost of Blake's past, Adam Taurus. The eight's eyes went wide as they noted the sheer amount of explosives on the wall, disguised to hide it from view. It was at this moment the eight knew what this was, a trap, as the White Fang leader clicked the detonator, with a smile.
The initial explosion was not that of the sufficient magnitude to do any major structural damage to the mine, but the energy it instilled in the dust still encased in the walls caused an even more devastating secondary explosion. Only microseconds after the initial detonation, the secondary explosion was not that of a concussion detonation, like the first. No, it was like a singularity absorbing matter into it and four of the eight were caught in the vortex like orb, and ripping them from this world. The singularity barely spared the remaining four. With the removal of such vast amounts of matter from the mountainside, a collapse was inevitable. Though, the collapse was even absorbed somewhat by the singularity. This material is what caused the singularity to collapse. As the air rushed in to fill the void left by the singularity, it created a loud concussive blast that exposed the mine chasm to the open air.
Ruby was the first of the four survivors to wake up, they were in the crater of the blast, though to call this a crater would be a massive injustice as it was more of hemisphere cut out of a mountain. In front of them all, exposed to the crater was a thicket of dense woods, Ruby's body was hurting and burned as she saw red eyes peering through the darkness in the woods. Knowing they were Grimm, she reached for Crescent on the back of her belt and her body locked and her heart raced when it wasn't there. Looking around she saw her precious weapon shattered on the ground, saving her from death by breaking on a rock to save her from breaking her back. Though, it was shattered. Her prized weapon was destroyed to save its owner. Her clothes were beaten and ragged, blood trickling from small wounds all over her body as her Aura was depleted yet she needed to fight.
Realizing there was no time to mourn the loss of her precious scythe, she needed to arm herself to fight for her friends. by her left hand was Weiss's Rapier, Myrtenaster. its blade was buried in the ground as it loosed itself from Weiss's belt in the blast. Ruby, remembering basic sword training from Signal before Qrow picked her up and taught her how to use a scythe, she grabbed the sword. Feeling its weight in her hands, she was not used to a weapon like this. as she sauntered forward, she saw Pyrrha's sword, Milo, buried into the dirt on her right side seeing no alternative she picked up her blade as well. her eyes narrowed on the Grimm as she noticed, Blake, Yang, Jaune, and Lie Ren, were not in the hole with them. her mind snapped back to the mine, she grips on the blades tensed as she felt anger, hatred, and grief rushing over her as her eyes flickering yellow as she engaged the Grimm only attracting more with her anger and darkness. She roared forth with a fury that she always kept in check, slicing through the Grimm like a razor.
For Weiss, it felt like hours before her ears would stop ringing. The Heiress felt sapped of all her strength. As she struggled to move, she saw Pyrrha and Nora still unconscious, but she saw a flash of red and heard a faint voice yelling. In seconds she saw what was happening, Ruby was fighting Grimm, though her fighting seemed different as she engaged them. As Weiss's vision recovered becoming less fuzzy she saw why. Ruby was not using her scythe; no she was using twin swords, Weiss's Sword, along with Milo, Pyrrha's spear. She was wondering why Ruby wouldn't be using Crescent Rose. As she thought about it, she saw her answer on the ground next to her it was destroyed beyond repair. Looking around she also noted the lack of JR and BY which caused her to gasp quickly.
Weiss could feel the desperation Ruby was going through trying to save what remained of her friends. Returning back to Ruby, Weiss heard her voice cold with anger and hatred, two things the little red head was not known for. As her hearing focused she could hear the vulgarity and wolfish growls poured from her mouth as she darted around. The normally red blur was blackened from the soot and scorching from the blast. She was cleaving through the hordes with ease despite her injuries, though her injuries caused what happened next.
Her right leg locked up in a tinge of pain allowing a Beowulf broke Ruby's recently recharged aura and slammed its claws into her right shoulder, ripping from front to back. the claws tearing through Ruby's clothes and cloak in the process. At the sight of this, Weiss screamed in horror as her friend and partner was wounded, her mind going miles a second. Hearing Ruby's blood-curdling shriek, Weiss decided she had to try something, something that most likely would kill her, an Aura Transfer. A forbidden technique that was well hidden from most to all due to its nature. The transfer is giving up a portion of the Aura to someone. The one performing the transfers soul, according to the records of transfers the ability to do this act was spontaneous. Most didn't know what they did till it was too late. Many of Atlas's labs tried to recreate such event but with no success, Weiss knew this, as she felt her aura channel to her fingertips.
Seeing Ruby moments from death as the Beowolf Raised its claw for her head, Weiss yelled her command to Ruby "Live!" She did not want any more of her friends to die, especially Ruby even if she died to save her. To know she live would make it worth it. In a split second, Weiss extended her arm and focused her Aura and her glyphs to focus part of her aura in a line to Ruby.
The pain in her shoulder was unlike anything Ruby had felt before. Ruby felt her blood pouring out, seeping into her cloak and top, as she impaled the Grimm that did the damage, but the pain was unbearable. She felt her aura fading as she leaned on Pyrrha's spear, that's when she felt a cool breeze on all of her wounds as they closed and healed like her aura was being supercharged, though they did not heal perfectly, no they scarred. Seeing more of Grimm, she adopted a stance that only someone intimately familiar with the types of weapon she was holding would know; though Ruby had only basic sword combat knowledge. Engaging the Grimm with that cool feeling engulfing her as she heard the word "Live" being spoken in Weiss's voice in the back of her head. Hearing these words Ruby smirked as she re-engaged with the Grimm.
Ducking and rolling, Ruby evade then struck with new found agility, thrusting the blade of Myrtenaster into the brain of an Ursa that barreled out of the forest. Ruby smiled as the Ursa fell dead at her feet, it was at that point Ruby held up both blades readying herself for further combat. She saw the forest morph and ignited and the blades in her hands turn into red energy for a split second. After that split second, she saw the Grimm in the forest back down, retreating as if they just witnessed something even more terrifying than them.
Watching as she felt her aura giving out completely, Weiss saw Ruby fighting and doing so with cunning unlike any she had ever seen from the little red Huntress. Weiss saw skilled swordsmanship with Myrtenaster and Milo. It was in one split second she watched the environment morph and twist with flames, and a black cloaked figure standing tall, with to blood red energy blades held at their sides.
Watching as the vision faded and she faded in and out of consciousness, she knew the transfer was successful as Ruby stood victorious holding the stained black blades in hand as the Grimm retreated and their fallen corpses disintegrated. She had accepted the blackness of death. Before she could close her eyes for the last time, she saw Ruby's silver eyes were above her. She could tell by the way they looked she was panicking, though, something looked different as they flickered in color from a yellow. She could feel Ruby frantically trying to save her. She didn't want Weiss to die but Weiss conceded her fate.
Ruby wanted to scream, she had already lost four people today, she wasn't going to let Weiss die. As Weiss's eyes fluttered weekly as Ruby looked down upon her friend, she was going to die and Ruby felt a pain in her soul as held her dying friend. Weiss was smiling weakly as she held her, while Ruby was in tears. It was at that point Ruby felt like something unlocked inside her, a power she could use to save Weiss. Pouring her aura into her friend she felt like a that was missing in Weiss was restored, that's when something inside them both clicked and Weiss started to regain her strength she felt her aura returning as she felt Ruby transfer her aura to her but Ruby didn't lose consciousness like Weiss did, but she did feel weak as Ruby noticed her normally Red aura was lighter in color. though after a few seconds Weiss awoke in the red heads arms. Seeing her awake made Ruby hug her tightly, with tears streaming down her face. She had saved Weiss, though unknown to her she sealed their fate.
"The fear of further losses and, a hatred of weakness. They walk the dark path. A passion which drives them to strength fuels them. a passion unlike any other, though when They arrive They will be ruins, tatters, a foundation without structure. Destroyed by the trails of loss and morphed by Their fates. They will need to be rebuilt," These words echoed in the Darth's mind as he continued his stroll through the murky swamp as lightning crackled above as the force storms grew and swelled. He was contemplating the implications of the use of "they," this meant there are two of them or maybe even more. This to the dark figure would seemingly make things much more complicated.
After their emergency evac via Bullhead, all of the girls were rushed to the infirmary to treat their wounds, of which there were many on Pyrrha and Nora, though Ruby and Weiss seemed minor at best as the most they had were sealed as their aura was seemingly supercharged. This was something Glynda took serious note of as they got cleaned up. Though she conducted her aura exam from a far as not disturb the very upset girls. Stitches gauze and bandages adorned the girls as they sat in the infirmary, all of them in shock at the lack of four of their friends. Though they all knew soon enough they were going to debriefed. With all of this Weiss kept quiet about what she had done, lest she wanted to upset Ruby even more, though Ruby seemed oddly quiet as well whenever she looked at Weiss. Though that did cause Weiss to wonder, how was she alive, the aura transfer usually killed the donor, and yet she had her aura, and it felt even more powerful than before, but she wasn't allowed much time to ponder on that thought.
As after being allowed a short amount time to recover, the girls were escorted by Atlesian soldiers to the main tower of Beacon. They were stripped of any weapons, as they walked defeated, with their heads hung low, not wanting to catch any glares from on looking crowd, that already knew what happened from a leak. They were lead to the main lobby where they waited, listening to the monotonous ticking of the clock tower, at first quietly sobbing, then crying as grief fully set in as the full force of the situation came down on top of them.
"Ruby, Weiss, Nora, Ironwood wants to see us in Ozpin's office," Pyrrha said gloomily her face stained with green streaks makeup as she checked her scroll as Weiss tried as best as she could to comfort a very disturbed and muttering Ruby. She tried doing this while she herself was stifling tears that wanted to erupt forth. Nora was another case, she curled up on the floor sobbing, on the verge of hyperventilating, sounding like an overworked pair of bellows. Beneath her, it seemed a small puddle of tears was forming.
Managing to get Ruby to her feet, Weiss supported the distraught leader, seeing the fresh scar covered wound on her shoulder from the beowolf. Weiss felt most of the younger girl's weight on her shoulder as they walked. Pyrrha was supporting weeping Nora, from how she looked she was broken beyond repair. them walking to the elevator was a sad sight for any onlookers the main one being Goodwitch as she couldn't even watch this and retreated back to her office. She wanted to help the girls, but her orders were final. Holding Ruby, Weiss felt her leader's pain, as she walked her legs quivered and she felt her strength giving out with each step though she felt Ruby supporting her. They were like a symbiotically linked organism, one supporting the other as they walked.
As they entered the office they were greeted by the cruel voice of Ironwood. The man the security council gave command and charge of Beacon and her security to after the breach. This was due to the Security council's opinion that Ozpin was not doing his job of securing Vale for the Vytal festival well enough. They gave Ironwood full run of Beacon till and its operation till the Vytal festival was complete. In this time the Altesian government along with Ironwood had locked down interests in Vale in the military occupation, even offering Students at beacon full transfer to Atlas for huntsmen training. It was obvious, the occupation for security was turning malignant. the General who ordered their mission was standing looking out of the window. "Such a waste of talent," He said cruelly, seemingly unaffected by this loss, "a waste of life unlike any that has occurred at this academy or any academy for that matter!"
"Then why did you send us!" Ruby screamed, her face looked quite fearsome to those in the room. Weiss was shocked seeing and hearing Ruby yell like this, Ozpin could do nothing as he was stripped of his power till the end of the Vytal Festival. All he could do at Beacon was discipline minor incidents and manage faculty. Missions and debriefing were to be handled by Ironwood, not him. this disgusted him as Ironwood even had command over him, due to that damned security council.
"I was confident you eight could handle the situation, though it seems I was mistaken," he said walking up to Ruby, who at this point was glaring death at Ironwood, her nails digging into the palm of her hands causing a trickle of blood as her nails buried into the soft tender skin of her palms.
"Did you know it was a trap!?" Weiss accused, raising her voice, as she was getting that feeling from Ironwood, She noted the slight tingle in her palms she flared her arms out at Ironwood.
"I suspected it, yes," Ironwood said calmly looking Weiss in her eye. He seemed not to care about withholding this information, he was a General a man who viewed his troops as expendable. he felt bad about the incident, but nothing unmanageable, he had lost friends before, this was nothing new to the man.
"Then why weren't we warned!" the stoic Pyrrha interjected, her anger being unleashed in a torrent, comparable to an explosion of fire and brimstone. Her eyes looked on with a fiery fury at the Atlas general.
"I wanted you eight to learn to identify a trap on your own," he said stonily, not seeming to care about feelings of the four students in front of him.
"Four people are DEAD!" Weiss yelled, stomping her foot for emphasis. Her face marked with a scowl of pure anger, an anger she had never unleashed before.
"I know it's a shame," he said as he walked back over to the window "Loss is a lesson all hunters and huntresses must get used to, no matter how close." This line caused Ruby to snap bursting out in a fireball of rage embracing her anger.
"WELL, MAYBE THEY WOULDN'T BE DEAD IF YOU WARNED US!" Ruby screamed, voiding her lungs of air as she did. She was also wishing she had crescent right now or any weapon for that matter. This outburst made Ozpin and her three friends look at her with wide eyes, as she inhaled continued, "YOU GOT MY SISTER AND FRIENDs KILLED BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT WITHHOLDING FUCKING INFORMATION WAS A DAMN GOOD IDEA!" Ruby outright screamed as she had shown she could say a word that no one expected her to say. other than that Her voice bombarded Ironwood's ears. Though it was after this line the sound of a coffee cup can be heard shattering as it hit the floor and the long silenced Ozpin spoke out,
"Please, Miss Rose, refrain from using profanity," Ozpin said as he looked at Ruby whose eyes almost had a glimmer of gold in them as they seemingly flickered yellow as she huffed, accepting what Ozpin said and did not continue her rant, despite wanting to along with breaking Ironwood's jaw, though Ozpin received a long Ironwood replied, with brutality and savagery
"Miss Rose, your error to have your team go to the back of the mine is what got them killed, so you are as much at fault as I am," Ironwood declared as Ruby lurched forward though she felt a hand on her chest as she started to move, and Weiss stepped forward and spoke only maintaining her composure for a few words,
"After all that you said, HOW THE HELL COULD SHE BE RESPONSIBLE, YOU MASSIVE IDIOT!"Weiss screamed as loud, if not louder than Ruby, while she held back a very enraged rose.
"Miss Schnee, I recommend you calm down or I will make sure your father hears of this incident," Ironwood smiled pleasantly, as Weiss replied with a scowl, though, all of this talk was going on a brewing rage was boiling over in a certain person, her eccentric attitude crushed, now seething Nora leaped forward, like a ravenous animal. Though, Pyrrha intercepted the raging redhead, determined to stop her from doing anything to make the situation worse for them, though Nora was screaming trying to get free yelling
"MY LIE REN IS DEAD! THANKS TO YOU!" Weiss extended her other free arm to tell Nora it wasn't worth it. Though it was at this point Ozpin noted the tears strolling down their faces, in full streams. It was a sight like this that made him truly question if the man in front of him was truly Ironwood, as the man in front of him did not act like the General he knew.
"Let this be a lesson to you four in loss!" he spoke boldly, ignoring the peering hatred that wanted to jump him the second he turned his back. "As of right now you four are one team, team Prydwen effective now, also you four are restricted from missions for the rest of this year and the Vytal Festival. You are dismissed, please leave." Ironwood said firmly, his chosen name broke the code of the color naming rule, something he did to dishonor the poor team, a common tradition among modern Huntsman teams made up of what remained of two or more teams to forsake the color name rule, though in most circumstances it more of a punishment than and honor to the dead.
As the newly minted team left, they had firmly pinned the blame on Ironwood and that damned White Fang, Ozpin said, "are you happy Ironwood? Torturing them like that? They are not soldiers, and Who do you think you are forming them into a team like that and barring them from the Vytal Festival"
"They are huntresses. They will learn they might as well be soldiers." Ironwood spoke firmly, looking at his friend who he wished could see the world through his eyes. He chuckled as he walked over to Ozpin making a point to step on the shards of his dropped cup. "that is your weakness Ozpin, you care too much for your troops"
"They are not soldiers, Ironwood. I fear you have made a grievous problem even worse," Ozpin spoke in a cool defiance riddled with anger.
"Let anger and rage fuel them," Ironwood said, thinking this would groom them into good units for Atlesian special operations or other special projects for Atlas's interests. These girls would work well for Atlas's secret projects and interests that he knew of, and having another Schnee under his command wouldn't hurt or so he thought.
"This is wrong!" Ozpin yelled breaking his ever stoic cool, as he clenched his fists as walked up to Ironwoods face looking him the eye to see if he evaded his gaze and presence.
"You are in no position to argue Ozpin," Ironwood said coldly ignoring Ozpin's attempt a blatant intimidation. "I am in charge of your academy for the remainder of this year for the Vytal Festival," Ironwood said cleanly and crisply announcing the same fate Ozpin had heard numerous times so far.
"Can you not see that they are traumatized, we should be helping them not tossing them away?" Ozpin growled as he stamped his cane on Ironwood's boot. An action Ironwood rebuked with a swift raising of his foot and grabbing the cane.
"Ms. Rose and her friends need to learn a cold lesson in reality, there will be no further discussion on this Ozpin." Ironwood said with a simple dismissive gesture "Any opposition to my command will be met with your forceful removal from the headmaster position so don't get in my face like that again Ozpin or I may have to take it as a threat."
"New to the darkness that permeates Their hearts, betrayed, entrapped, and confused. Their hearts will be twisted black," By the dark lord's interpretation, this meant so by the time they arrive, they will have already taken a fall to darkness. Maybe even given into the dark side, making his Job all that more easy. Though that depended entirely on who 'they' were.
"Well, I guess you two will be moving in with us," Weiss said in a gloomy tone as the Pyrrha and Nora went to get their things as Ruby sat on her death trap bed quietly sobbing. Weiss looked up unsure of what to say, She had never seen Ruby act like this during their first year at Beacon, though never had someone died like this.
That's when Ruby spoke, her voice broken and filled with grief, "Why today of all days, Weiss, we lost our friends and Ironwood and Ozpin don't seem to care." Ruby's voice petering out as her throat was sore from screaming at Ironwood. On the day of her birth, four lives were snuffed out in an instant.
"I know it's infuriating" Weiss grumbled in a tone Ruby knew all too well, though for once was not directed at her or her antics, "He has some major nerve to act like that!" though as Weiss yelled Ruby felt how shook up she was as well.
"I know!" Ruby cried, the tears rolling down her face, "Also Weiss, I'm sorry that I used your sword, I know you don't really let other people handle it," Ruby said, being apologetic over something trivial, trying to take her mind off the torrent of thoughts in her mind. Varying from, Was this actually my fault? what could I have done? And Why did it have to be them? Why couldn't it take me instead?
"No, don't be, you actually surprised me that you could use it" Weiss responded shocked Ruby would be apologizing for that. She could get apologetic sometimes if she really messed up, but Weiss wasn't expecting her to apologize for that, as it was trivial considering the situation.
"Really?" Ruby replied, her sobbing subsiding for the moment, looking up at Weiss as the tears relented for a brief moment as she looked up into Weiss's eyes.
"Yes, you Dolt," Weiss said still with her saddened tone in her voice, "you looked really good with a sword actually," Weiss admitted with a slight blush, not knowing what she was feeling as her chest tightened up and her heart fluttered, something that happened often when Weiss looked at Ruby, though she denied it at times. Though this time, she really did think she looked good with a Sword, and with the proper training, she could become very deadly, though she would need a blade that could take the brunt of high speed. Weiss shook her clearing her mind of the thoughts as Ruby continued.
"Thanks, Weiss, I just lost it there in that fight. I couldn't bear to lose you too," Ruby said her sobbing truly subsiding and a glimmer of a smile shine through as she looked at Weiss thankful she didn't die.
"What do you mean?" Weiss inquired, as there seemed to be something weird about the way Ruby said that.
"It's nothing," Ruby said hiding the fact of what she did to save her life, and some feelings she was acting upon that she had kept hidden throughout her time at Beacon, mainly pertaining to the snowy-haired heiress.
"You saved all three of us, Ruby," Weiss said popping up on the bed next to Ruby, ignoring what she said as she knew Ruby would talk in due time. Her action of getting up on the bed caused it to rock a bit and creek, but she had seen Yang climb up there so she figured it was safe.
"I've lost so much, Weiss, if I lost you, or anyone else, I don't know what I would do," Ruby cried, her tears resuming in full force. As she couldn't bare the thought of losing anyone else she held dear.
"The same goes for you Ruby If I lost you-" Weiss said with a saddened tone in her voice that was breaking down with each word she spoke, though she was interrupted.
"First my mother, now Yang and Blake, Jaune and Ren, even Crescent, not one more person I hold dear will die, Weiss!" Ruby declared with a slight sadness still present, but her voice was tainted with the growl of darkness. This declaration shocked Weiss to her core, as she never once saw Ruby in this light, it was frightening to the heiress as she ranted. "Peace is a lie. Heroes are a lie. Good and evil are all lies! I don't care those who did this will face my wrath and I don't care HOW!" Ruby screamed in a statement that almost effectively denounced her dreams of becoming a hero.
Weiss herself was stunned by what Ruby was saying, but something in her agreed with Ruby, that's when Ruby asked a question that shocked Weiss to the core, "Weiss, do you think revenge is wrong?"
"No, not anymore," Weiss felt herself smile slightly at the thought, she knew about Blake and her Vendetta but, this was different. That beast back at the mine murdered and killed their friends and family. Something Weiss could relate to and Ruby commented on this.
"Then we will smash the White Fang," Ruby growled effectively declaring a personal war on the White Fang.
"That we will," Weiss said in full agreement. She never thought revenge was fully the 'proper' thing to do but for this, she would, as she had her personal vendetta against the 'Fang.'
"If we may, could we join in as well, Ruby," Nora inquired calmly and quietly, pain seeping through her voice as she entered the room.
"Feel free, you have as much right as us," Ruby spoke her voice lowered with a meaner tone, as her lips curled into a smirk, "We are a team after all."
"No, we are more than that we are in your debt Ruby. You saved us both. Without you we would be dead," Pyrrha said with a muted smiled as the new team forged a bond of vengeance and justice.
"Well then, I don't need this anymore," Ruby said as she unpinned her now tattered cloak, allowing it to fall to the floor in a pile. "It's too bright for me now."
"What do you mean, Ruby?" Weiss asked concerned for Ruby who jumped back up to the bunk, cloak-less. Something that looked odd to the three other girls.
"It's too distinct of a color besides red used to be the color of my heart," Ruby frowned as she laid back down on her bed as she cursed today the day of her birth yet the day of four deaths, though as she laid there she said to her team, "now it's time to paint it black."
A/N: Well that marks the end of the new chapter one. I personally like how it came out an excellent way to kick off the story with a bang (or a Yang depending on who you ask). Well, I really don't have much to say down here anymore. So I will keep the bottom walls of text A/Ns to a minimum, (Unless you guys want them back?)