RWBY-haven

Prologue: Redemption

Another day, another pointless hour of afterschool tutoring; that was the life philosophy of Luke Evergreen. A young man who is about 16 years old, Luke had pale skin with his hair dyed blue in honor of his favorite anime character. He hated tutoring as well as societal expectations in general, evidenced by his clashing wardrobe: Neon shoes that might have been 'cool' during the 80's, navy blue gym shorts, and a t-shirt that was designed to look like a tuxedo. A couple of kids in his grade saw him and snickered at his poor fashion sense, until they were unfortunate enough to earn his death stare and ran away from him. He may be a rebellious nerd, but he was also taller and more muscular than his peers who in turn were usually smart enough to keep their mouths shut around him, usually.

He kept sluggishly walking home until he received a text message on his phone. It was from his cousin, Kendra Sorenson:

Meet us at the Coldstone Creamery on Power and Ray in half an hour, don't be late, this is about the K.O.T.D. and Fablehaven- related happenings.

Luke couldn't keep himself from smiling, his boring day had just taken a complete 180°, last summer he had visited his Grandparents Stan and Ruth Sorenson and his cousins Kendra and Seth Sorenson in Connecticut. At first the idea of no TV or Video Games for 2 months made him Petrified; a dread that was intensified when he had been ordered to stay out of the woods and the barn on the property more or less confining him to the house and yard, but that was before he had found the keyholes that matched the keys that Kendra gave him upon arriving at the house.

"Each of these keys fits something in this room, why don't you find out where they go?" she had advised him 8 months ago.

As Luke jogged in a new direction towards the Coldstone Creamery, he continued to look back to the past. He remembered finding more keys as well as foreign chocolates for some reason. At first he was clueless as to how he would proceed, and then while browsing the bookshelf for a good read, he found the Journal of Secrets he tried all of the new keys on the locks clasped onto the side of the Journal and, much to his pleasure, they all unlocked and he opened the book. Most of the pages were blank and then he had found a few pages with writing near the back. The first one read: Drink the Milk. The second page looked like it had been drawn out in elaborate cursive: Seriously, Drink the Milk. The third page looked like a kindergartener had only made the message legible by using letter cutouts to trace it: DRINK IT ALREADY. And thus, for another week, he was stumped. Luke had almost forgotten the messages from the Journal, until he saw the strangest thing. A trio of honey bees and a ladybug were taking sips from a pie tin of fresh milk. The messages came back to his mind immediately and, not even caring about how the bees would react, he grabbed the pie tin and chugged down the contents within three seconds.

Once he moved to wipe the milk off his still-developing facial hair, a fairy fluttered into view. He did a double-take and looked all around him and found fairies everywhere. As soon as he found Grandpa Sorenson he demanded to know what was going on. His grandfather responded by inviting him into his study. Once he called Kendra and Seth over for a talk, Grandpa shut the door to the study and congratulated Luke on finding the secret of his property.

"Ugh, finally!" Seth had groaned "It only took him a decade to figure it out. Thank goodness, we can actually talk about Fablehaven now." Grandpa Sorenson, Kendra, and Seth, spent the next three hours explaining Fablehaven to Luke, from the creatures who lived on the preserve, to why normal people couldn't see them, all the way to the five secret preserves like this one and the artifacts hidden on each preserve that together would unlock the demon prison known as Zzyzx as well as the factions fighting for control of the relics; The Society of the Evening Star(Trying to free the demons) and the Knights of the Dawn(trying to protect the world by keeping the demons locked up).

They informed him of the major events that had taken place without his knowledge: The fall of the Brazilian secret preserve, Kendra becoming Fairy Kind after the fairies shared their magic with her, Seth fighting a revenant and removing the nail that gave it power, the recovery of the Sands of Sanctity from the Fablehaven vault, the revelation of the Sphinx's betrayal, the fall of Lost Mesa(the secret preserve in Arizona), the retrieval of the chronometer, the defeat of Kurisock and Ephira, Kendra's abduction by the society and her subsequent discovery that the society had the Oculus under its control, Seth becoming a Shadow Charmer after both the revenants nail was destroyed and the demon Graulas sanctified him with dark magic, the mission to the Wyrmroost dragon sanctuary, the discovery of the key to the Translocater in the dragon temple, the realization that Gavin Rose; one of their best and brightest was actually Navarog (a dragon so evil that he was made an honorary member of demonic royalty), the mission to the Obsidian Waste secret preserve in Australia to recover the Translocater itself from the vault on the preserve, Seth's capture and meeting with the Sphinx which culminated in Seth learning about the Living Mirage Secret preserve in the Middle East as well as the Sphinx revealing that he was using the Font of Immortality to remain young forever, meeting Bracken the unicorn who is the son of the Fairy Queen, Graulas' freedom from his prison at Fablehaven, the fall of Fablehaven at the hands of Graulas who stole the Chronometer before fleeing the preserve, the escape from Living Mirage after Graulas usurped the Sphinx and took control of the society, the deaths of the Eternals who stood as the last line of defense against the society's victory in opening the demon prison; and finally the battle of Zzyzx where the Dragon King, Fairy Queen, and all the allies of the Knights outsmarted the demonic horde and imprisoned them in a newer, more secure prison. What awed Luke was the role his own cousins had played at Zzyzx; Kendra, the sweet and shy girl who hates fighting, had killed the Demon King using an ancient sword called Vasilis. And Seth, his mischievous and scheming cousin had used the same sword to kill Graulus and another member of demon nobility named Nagi Luna.

After that Grandpa had asked Luke if he knew anything about computer hacking, once he had received a nod, Grandpa had explained that they were having trouble tracking down some members of the society because the society members had enough experience with computers to evade detection. Once Luke agreed to help his Grandpa made him a full-fledged member of the Knights of the Dawn on the spot. Luke spent the rest of his time at Fablehaven either exploring the preserve on chaperoned excursions with his cousins, training with a variety of weapons such as firearms, swords, and crossbows, or used a brand new government-issue computer(that had been donated by a Knight who was a member of the CIA as a day job) to track down many remaining members of the society as well as freezing their resources leaving them helpless as other Knights had arrested them. Luke had spent his final few weeks at Fablehaven teaching another knight, Warren Burgess, how to take his place as the resident hacker of the Knights. He had taken to spending more time with his cousins back home in Rochester. Kendra and Seth had helped him master the arts of combat and he enjoyed sharing his nerdy interests like anime and online gaming with them.

Now, after 8 long months, it seemed as though he would finally have another adventure. He entered the Coldstone right on time and ordered his ice cream as Kendra and Seth walked in. Once they had their ice cream, Vanessa Santoro(who was a Knight that had gotten the manager's job at the Coldstone to establish a sure and secure line of communication with the trio) greeted them and ushered them to her office. Once they were all situated, Vanessa set up a projector and connected it as well as her laptop and webcam to Skype. Just a minute later Grandpa Sorenson sent them a call which Vanessa was sure to answer him on the first ring. They could see Grandpa Sorenson situated in his study at Fablehaven with Bracken the son of the Fairy Queen on one side of him and Navarog on the other. Kendra and Seth were shocked as they were the ones to first recognize the demon prince.

"I'm sure that Navarog's presence has brought up some questions for you." Grandpa said

"Maybe one or two." Kendra replied nervously, Luke sympathized with her. The sadist who played her, lied to her, and tried to kill her had somehow come back from the dead.

"How in the name of Little Debbie's snack cakes is he still alive?" Seth asked trying to lighten the mood with his moronic sense of humor. Bracken spoke up before Kendra could smack her little brother upside the head.

"My mother and Agad revived him, apparently he's been entering their dreams almost every night since his death begging for a second chance at life promising that he will be better than before."

"You know a demon prince improving his attitude is still far from him being a model citizen" Luke said

"I understand your concern, I felt the same way. My mother and Agad granted his wish for two reasons. 1) They found a perfect way to test his resolve to living a better life, and 2) They became so annoyed with the constant intrusion that they found reason number 1." Bracken replied while glaring at Navarog.

"That's all well and good Bracken, but why does this involve us, if you don't mind me asking?" Kendra inquired, finally gaining some semblance of courage in the presence of Navarog.

"Well, while rebuilding our Kingdom, mother discovered an ancient portal that she was able to activate using her pure magic, she sent several human sized fairies and a unicorn through and they found that this portal led them to another world, one where their powers were shackled by what we later would learn to be aura. This world is called Remnant, it is populated by two species: Humans and Faunus. The relationship between them is about as good as the relationship between demons and fairies, that, along with creatures who are pure of darkness ravaging the world has left it in a horrid state. There is hope however, there are schools that train warriors around your age called huntsmen and huntresses to fight these monsters, the Grimm as their called, and with your training as members of the Knights-"

"You want us to go to school there and become huntsmen" Seth interrupted in awe, which wouldn't last seeing as to how Kendra actually did swat him this time.

"Yes Seth, that is exactly what we are asking you to do." Bracken said. "There is one more detail, you see there need to be an even number of students enrolled at Beacon and the three of you make that number odd so we need one more, and well Navarog's human avatar looks rather youn-"

"Seriously?! You want Navarog to go to this Beacon with us?" Kendra exclaimed

"What is it with you two and interrupting me today?" Bracken sighed

"I understand how you feel Kendra" Grandpa began "but Agad and the Fairy Queen explained every detail of this to me. Once Navarog enters Remnant, the aura he'll have unlocked immediately due to his magical nature will shackle much of his powers, he'll be severely limited, and seeing as to how Navarog is in fact a dragon he does have potential to choose a different path. Dragon's are similar to humans in that we each have a little bit of light and darkness in us and we have the ability to choose our allegiances, if we keep him surrounded by young aspiring heroes he very well may fit into the crowd."

"If it helps I looked into his mind and saw that he is truly determined to change." Bracken said "And he want to show Seth some Shadow Charmer tricks as well as make Luke a Dragon Brother."

"YES, YES, YES!" Seth chanted

"Hey a little bit louder, there's some people in Europe who didn't hear you" Kendra scolded earning a giggle from Vanessa.

"Don't get me wrong this sounds amazing, but I still feel as though we shouldn't let our guard down." Luke said diplomatically

"Good, that will make it all the more fun to prove you wrong" Navarog spoke entering the conversation. The familiar sound of his voice made Kendra visibly shiver and Luke couldn't blame her.

"Ahem" Grandpa coughed earning their attention again "I agree with you, Luke, that is why we're sending the three of you to Remnant and Beacon as well, to keep an eye on Navarog as well as being the first Knights of the Dawn to explore this amazing new world, just beware the danger, learn all you can, and keep an eye on Navarog. Any questions?" The three teens all shook their heads. "Good, you will finish your weeks at school, drive here with Vanessa Friday night and head off to Remnant on Saturday, I'll see you then my brave Knights"