Hey guys UltimateMetroMan here with the first chapter of The Rose and her shadow, previously known as RWBY: One hell of a ride. I've been cooking up a rewritten version for a while now and decided to post the first chapter to see the reaction. With nothing else to say I hope you guys enjoy the story!

Chapter 1: A new day

"Once an object has been incorporated in a picture it accepts a new destiny." -Georges Braque

No POV

The sun rose over a small town on the outskirts of Vale. Jack Ryder age 16 slowly opened his eyes. He slowly stood up and walked towards his bathroom and took a cold shower, today was the day he rested. Yesterday he had been training almost all day long perfecting his skills and practicing new tricks. There was little rest in his life, after all he was a Ryder. The Ryder name carried a lot of weight, they are a long line of huntsmen who've protected Vale since the beginning of its existence.

Each huntsman from their bloodline being skilled to the point of near perfection. Everyone expects the best from them. This really weighted down on Jack, he needed to be the best. Anything less would spell dishonor in his family.

He stepped out of his bathroom now ready for his day. He looked at himself in a mirror, his deep green eyes stared back. His black hair was long and messy, he never really cared about it. He had black and white shoes, blue pants and a red shirt with a gray hoodie. Today he was going to fix his father's motorcycle, the thing had been parked in their garage for as long as he could remember. His father told him it would be his the day he fixed it. And so he has been working for months to get it back to optimal condition. He walked downstairs to see his mother already cooking breakfast.

"Hi mom" he said as he took a seat.

"Good to see you're awake honey" she said with a sweet smile on her face. Her mother was a gardener, she had her own flower shop. Her fame coming from the beauty of all of them. Jack never understood how people from such different worlds could fall in love, even their personalities were different to an extreme degree. Her mother was always sweet, she always had a smile on her face. His father on the other hand always seemed bitter, he cared about him and loved him but he always seemed distant.

"So what are we having today?" Jack asked grinning, his stomach growling.

"Scrambled eggs" she simply replied.

"My favorite" he said. After some minutes they both sat down and started eating.

"So what are you doing today?" Her mother asked curiously.

"I'm gonna keep fixing dad's bike" he said, her mother gave him a disapproving look.

"You know how much I hate that thing. I hate even more that your dad is willing to give it to you" she said.

"Well I've spent so much time working on that thing for so long I think I deserve it" he countered.

"Well at least I'll have a delivery boy" her mother said jokingly.

"Really mom?" He said rolling his eyes.

"Well if you are driving a bike the least you could do is help your poor mother" she said dramatically.

"I get it I get it sheesh" he said as he took the last bite and headed towards the garage. He opened and he got working on it. The bike seemed to be close to being 50% ready but he saw there were some missing pieces. Pieces that would not come cheap, he sighted as he walked out of the garage. He looked outside of his house window and saw it was already late in the afternoon. He ran upstairs and cleaned himself up, he decided to check some stores around town and see if he could find the pieces he needed. He knew they'd be expensive but he had been saving a lot of liens. He was about to leave when he looked at his blades that were hanging on the wall. He knew he didn't need them, but something inside him told him he would need them. Hesitantly he grabbed them, two fine blades the handle was beautifully decorated, something everyone in his family did. He looked carefully, his swords had a small barrel peeking out the side, that was because it was able to shoot high power shotgun shell. It also had the ability to turn to twin shotguns if the situation called for it. He looked at what was inscribed in each pommel, one said judex and the other said iudices. He walked downstairs to see his mother standing at the door.

"Going anywhere young man" she asked disapprovingly.

"Just gonna pick some pieces why?" He asked confused.

"Why are you bringing your swords" she asked.

"Maybe I'll get some upgrades for it too, who knows" he lied. She looked at him, almost accusingly.

"You won't get into any problems, now will you?" She asked suspiciously.

"N-No" he said, there was nothing more intimidating than his mother's glares. Nothing compared to it.

"Hmmmm…." She opened the door and without wasting a second Jack ran out the door. He grabbed a bus and headed towards Vale.

Jack's POV

"Damnit!" I yelled out in frustration, the pieces I had been looking for were 'too rare' or 'not in existance' I can't believe there are none remaining. I mean there's gotta be somewhere. I looked up in the sky and saw it was pretty late now, if I didn't arrive soon my mother would have my head on a pike. As I picked up the pace I couldn't help to feel as if something was about to happen, something really bad.

A girl flew out a window from a nearby store, an unconscious man laid next to her she had a black long sleeved blouse, a red and black skirt, black stockings and black boots. What surprised me the most was her oversized scythe which made her look small in comparison. Six armed men walked out the store, behind them stood a man with a white suit and a cane, their boss I suppose.

"What are you waiting for!?" He shouted at his goons as he pointed at the girl. "Get her!" I wasted no time in pulling out my swords and dashing towards them. Two of them noticed me and changed directions towards me. The first one went tried slashing at my head, I slid underneath him and kicked his right leg, he lost balance and fell to the ground. The second one tried stabbing me while I was on the floor, I deflected the hit and jumped backwards onto my feet.

I took a close look at them, their styles…. It was pretty amateurish for professional criminals. Too easy to read, they had no coordination and one of them seemed to put too much weight on one leg. All details that gave me just the right idea on how to take them on. Both of them rushed at me, one seemed to be going for a low strike and the other seemed to go for a high one. Once they struck I jumped over them, I grabbed the arm of the one striking higher and twisted his wrist, he dropped his sword I struck him down. I kicked the other one's leg and then stomped his face. They were out cold and maybe would need some ice for the wounds.

I turned to look at where the girl was and saw she had already taken out the other four goons, truth be told I was impressed. The man on the white suit didn't though. He sighted and lifted his cane. "Well Red, as eventful as this night was" he said as the sound of sirens grew closer. "I have to leave" an explosive came flying out of his cane, she used her scythe to boost herself off the ground and dodged it. The resulting explosion created a large crater, the remaining smoke made it quite hard to see. Still I could make out the man in the suit getting away with the girl following behind. I wasted no time and caught up to them.

He had no escape he was cornered, nowhere to run or hide. "It's over!" I said as he laughed. "You two are persistent, I'll give you that" how could he be so confident!? unless… He was buying time for his escape! Not wasting a second I dashed towards him, he blocked his attack as he hit me with the handle of his cane square in the jaw. I was stunned for a second but snapped out of it. Tried reading him, he seemed confident. His posture was good and he kept his movements very hidden. Unless I get him moving I won't be able to do anything. Before I could attack his escape arrived, the girl turned her scythe into a rifle!? Okay that's a little overboard. She took some crack shots at the bullhorn with no effect.

"Well Red and company" he said grinning. "I have to go" he jumped inside it and turned to look at us. "End of the line!" He threw a dust crystal at us, a red crystal. Oh no…. He shot another projectile this time directed at the crystal. The explosion that would ensure would be huge if I didn't block it. As I ran towards it I felt something pulling me back. The crystal exploded yet we stood there unharmed. A huntress stood in front of us protecting us from the shot with what I assume was her semblance. She tried stopping him from escaping but a woman walked to the doorway of the bullhorn. The ground grew bright as fire came out of it. They exchanged attacks but nevertheless they escaped. As the fight ended I saw the huntress turn towards us. We were in so much trouble!

"You're a Huntress!" The girl said with awe "Can I have your autograph!" I just face palmed in disappointment.

"Pss hey" the girl whispered to me. After things had settled we had been taken to the police station. My goodness, I was so dead. My mom was gonna put my head on a pike on the front yard!

"Yes?" I asked nervously.

"What's your name" she asked calmly as if we were not in an interrogation room. How could she be so calm!? Nevertheless, I decided to just go with the flow for now at least.

"Jack" I simply replied.

"I'm Ruby" she said. Now that we were sitting here I got a better look at her. She was pale, and I mean really pale. If I was that pale my mother probably would think I was dying. What got my attention though were her eyes, they were silver. Silver, what an odd color really. The door opened soon after, there again stood the huntress from earlier.

"I hope that you two realize that your actions tonight will not be taken lightly." She scolded "You two put yourselves and others in great danger."

"They started it!" Ruby said defending herself.

"I was just passing by" I said trying not to say anything wrong to her.

"If it were up to me, you'd be sent home... With a pat on the back..." she said, Ruby smiled. Yet I feel we were getting too easy out of this. "And a slap on the wrist." She said as she hit the table with her wand.

"Eeep!" Ruby flinched. I saw a man walking through the door with a plate of cookies. I took a closer look and grew pale.

"Nevertheless, someone wants to see you two" she said, then he came into the light. Professor Ozpin, Headmaster of Beacon Academy stood in front of us. Old friend of my dad… I'm screwed, I'm screwed to infinity! I am so dead! Somehow, I kept a calm demeanor even though I was dying inside.

"Ruby Rose" he said looking at her closely. "You have silver eyes" okay that's an odd way to start a conversation… He then looked at me. "It's been a while Jack" he said.

"Y-yes it has been" I said almost cracking under the pressure.

"Why are you so nervous" he asked amused.

"Because I should be back home. I'm probably hours late by now" I said. He let out a small smile and pulled a tablet from his black suit. It showed Ruby and I fighting those thugs.

"So…. Where did you learn to do this young girl?" He asked gesturing at the video.

"S-Signal academy" she said bare audible.

"They taught you to use one of the most dangerous weapons ever designed?" He asked raising his brow.

"Well, one teacher in particular" she said. Ozpin put the plate with cookies on the table, it almost seemed like a way to coaxing her into talking. The cookies looked good really good, before I could take one gobbled them all up.

"I didn't want to eat anyways" I said slowly feeling the tension washing away. She looked at me, her mouth still filled with cookies she turned red like a tomato.

"Sorry" she said, or at least that's what I thought she said, it was barely understandable.

"Eh don't worry" I replied.

"It's just that I've only seen one other scythe-wielder of that skill before. A dusty, old qrow..." Ozpin said interrupting us. Then Ruby spoke again, or so I thought this time it had been impossible to understand what she could possibly be saying. She swallowed the cookies and spoke again.

"Sorry" she said apologetically. "That's my Uncle Qrow! He's a teacher at Signal. I was complete garbage before he took me under his wing. And now, I'm all like- HOWWWAHH WICHAAA" I stared at her amused, I even chuckled a bit. I couldn't believe she really was like this, seemed so childish, even naïve.

"And what is an adorable girl such as yourself doing at a school designed to train warriors?" He asked, though the answer was pretty obvious.

"I want to be a huntress" she said proudly.

"You want to slay monsters?" He asked, clearly he was enjoying this. Then Ruby went on a ramble about how she was going to apply for Beacon in two years and something about her sister? I don't know she started speaking too fast.

"Do you know who I am?" He asked, was he serious? Any huntsman/huntress in training knew who he was. I felt he was playing a game, he had some motive behind this. He wasn't playing his full deck.

"You're Headmaster Ozpin" she replied.

"Would you want to assist to my school?" he asked… Wait was he serious!? I can't believe it this was the opportunity of a lifetime for her, and if I'm lucky it will be for me too.

"More than anything" she said. He looked at the huntress who clearly disapproved of this.

"And how about you Jack?" He asked.

"It'd be a great honor" I said respectfully. "My family has studied at Beacon since it was built, to pass this opportunity would be moronic." He looked at us and clasped his hands together.

"I'm proud to say that Ruby Rose, Jack Ryder your applications have been accepted" he said, I couldn't believe it. I just got accepted into Beacon one year ahead of time!

I hope it's looking better than my last attempt. As always feedback is welcomed, UltimateMetroMan out!