(Play XCX: Theme X)

Back with another story and on the release date of Super Smash Bros Ultimate in the U.S. I really got to stop uploading late at night. This story got second place on the poll alongside Persona. Go check out Phoenix Champion and TheMaster4444 since they had the other stories I considered.

I did debate on trying to get this out on December 4th which is the day Xenoblade Chronicles X came out. My last chapter was posted on December 1st which is the day Xenoblade Chronicles 2 came out.

Novice4129 didn't seek me. I volunteered and Novice4129 accepted. I was also given permission to make... a small addition to the reading that hasn't been a thing in the original story until one of the more recent chapters. Send any one of the writers #JOYCONBOYZ or #JOYCONMEN.

Novice4129, this may have become a meme for your story in the early state started by me either as a guest or user and is probably supported by at least one other person. Weiss, Dahlia, and Ursula. Snow theme, Dahlia is a mother-like figure and Ursula would be a better younger sibling who participates on stage with Weiss. You know what? Anyone in my audience or a part of Novice's audience, are you willing to make that type of art?

… Damn, the clock hit midnight. It is officially December 8th for me.

(OST end)

A new semester is going to begin at Beacon Academy soon. New and old faces were said to arrive at Beacon for the upcoming Vytal Festival. New experiences laid in the way for everyone. For some people, those 'new experiences' would be very different compared to what is normal and would occur earlier for them compared to the rest of Remnant.

Teams RWBY and JNPR were in their dorms resting from their joint-team training session which lasted for three hours since 1 pm on their day off.

Ruby was the first one out of the two teams to wake up from her nap. First thing she realized was that she was in seated position on a chair that you would normally see in places that deal with transportation. The second thing, she nor her team and friends were in Beacon anymore.

"Guys, wake up." She called out to everyone when she went to shake her sister awake.

Everyone started to wake up. Jaune was first to respond instead of Yang when everyone was waking up. "What is it, Ru—" Jaune blinked a few times when he saw the immediate background behind her "where are we?"

"I don't know."

"I know I was dead on my bed from the training and I know that I don't travel when I sleep." Yang said.

"WERE WE KIDNAPED?" Nora shouts. She started to roughly shake Ren. "Ren, we've been taken. Our kidnapers want us for ransom. So much money for people of our talents. No wait, they want all the pancakes in Remnant. Those monsters."

"I don't think that is the case." Ren said through all the shaking.

"I do believe he is right, miss Valkyrie." A familiar voice spoke while coming down a staircase from a half circle platform above them which was being supported by the pillars on the level they were on. From the current position of the students in where ever they are they assume the source of the voice was coming down stairs, but was actually going down a powerless elevator.

"Professor Ozpin." Everyone said.

"What happened? Where are we?" Weiss asked everyone's common question. She quickly surveyed the area without getting up. Aside from the multiple empty seats which positioned to face towards and away from three black display screens (it's the same on the opposite end from the room not that she can accurately see the layout), she noticed a huge circular elevator in the middle of the room and a reinforced clear glass structure. It was dark outside. How did it become dark so fast? There were also two doors, one on each side of the room that line up with the elevator.

"Doctor Oobleck, Ms. Polendina, and I were the first individuals to gain consciousness. We've only been active for a few minutes, not long after you and the rest of your friends. It seems we are locked in this specific room inside some sort of station or observatory area." Ozpin answered her.

"Professor Oobleck and Penny are here?" Ruby asked the headmaster.

"They are here. They are just in the blind spot of the elevator. I asked them to investigate the lower level while I investigated the upper level. They said the doors and elevator are inactive. The doors upstairs are the same. There is a security gate upstairs with red sensors. I tried to see if my cane can pass through the gaps, but I found out that those sensors created an artificial invisible wall. Behind the gate are four tall holographic panes. Each displaying a picture of the top of a grassy hill with a tree near the center." The headmaster explained.

"Wait, who is Penny Polendina?" Jaune asked the least important question?

"She is someone we ran into when we were exploring Vale. She is kind of weird. I think she is from Atlas." Blake answered Jaune. She turned her attention to the headmaster. "Did you find a name of our current location at the security gate?"

"Only for this specific area. A sign referred to the area as A1, Rhadamanthus Portal. The majority of the text was faded."

"So this place is old, but not abandoned if the sensors are on." Pyrrha said. "Let's meet up with Professor Oobleck and Penny."

"I'm curious to hear their findings. Also, he prefers the title of 'doctor' over professor." Ozpin led the students to the separated pair. The heads of the pair were slightly tilted downward. Were they thinking or looking at something? They were not moving. "Doctor, Ms. Polendina, did you find anything regarding our predicament?"

"Everyone, I suggest you look down." Oobleck told them.

"Don't worry about the glass floor here. It's reinforced and will even support our combined weight if we stood in one concentrated area." Penny knew from quick structural analysis of the material and would support someone like herself. She was also recording her experience of an impossible sight and feat.

(Play XC2 OST: Where we used to be)

When everyone looked down they were awestruck at an impossible sight. It wasn't night time. They were in some kind of detached station in space. Below them was their world, Remnant. Most of the continents were just large enough to where they can barely see without special equipment.

"WHAT IS THIS?!" Was the reaction of everyone that was not either Oobleck or Penny.

"IMPOSSIBLE!" Weiss followed up. "No one on Remnant has been able to achieve success in any space project, let alone space travel."

"To the best of my knowledge and Remnants recorded history, you are right. Yet, here we are seeing it as reality." Never in his life had Oobleck ever thought he get to live the experience of being in space. He took out his scroll to start documenting this experience until he got a notification. "It seems we are outside the range of the CCT Towers. We are limited to local communication."

Ozpin pulled out his scroll to check and the students did the same. "It's seems you are right Doctor."

"What kind of people or beings are able to do this and what do they want with us?" Pyrrha asked.

Everyone was unaware of a figure that had approached them silently. "I believe I can answers some questions for a certain amount of time." A distorted voice said.

Everyone became alerted to the new presence. Most of them didn't have their weapons, but Ren and Yang are able to fight without their weapons. When they turned around they saw an old man levatating with long flowing blonde hair and a blue eye. He wore tattered clothes which may be from kind of lab suit or scientist attire, not that they can tell since the figure wore nothing on top he did have pants. He had metallic objects located on his head, chest, and abdomen which reached behind him. The most notable feature about him was the dimensional rift that covered half of his body.

"Oh dear." Ozpin thought he saw a lot of things in his lifetime, but this proved him wrong.

"I am Klaus."

"How and why did you bring us here? Ozpin asked.

"What you are currently in is a pocket dimension I created in your world. Time here will operate differently than normal. This area is a near-identical version of the place I normally reside in." That was the 'how'. "I brought you here to inform you that your world and my own will soon be connected. I also wish to show you an alternate reality where our respective worlds are already connected." That was the 'why'.

"Excuse me sir, how exactly are you able to 'connect worlds'?" Oobleck inquired.

"As a human back in my old world, I was the lead scientist of my team. I had given up hope for humanity due to the natural state of man. When I was performing an experiment to bring mankind closer to divinity, an unknown object which my team named the Conduit appeared before us. Harnessing the power of the Conduit allowed my experiment to be a success. I had successfully created a new universe, but at the same time I destroyed all life in my world. Additionally, the use of the Conduit opened up pathways to other worlds, such as yours, which are completely unaware of each other. Shortly after the success of the experiment, the Conduit switched to an inactive state and half of my body remained trapped in the new world I created."

Everyone stood dumbfounded. Such an explanation was unbelievable. It was something you would see and hear in science fiction books and movies. Yet, Klaus's existence before them and their current location provided the proof needed to back up his story.

"Left alone in the world I destroy, I sought to recreate all life which I destroyed. Wildlife, land masses, and humanity evolved in many different ways over the years. However, I didn't trust my created humanity. I fears people would end up exactly the same as the humans in my world, so I implemented a countermeasure. Even with the counter measure, humanity was still doomed which led me no not intervene with human affairs. Five hundred years later, a certain boy and his Blade formed a unique bond. That bond nurtured and attracted allies for their cause. Near the end of their journey they reach me and rekindled my hope for mankind. Due to the bond of the boy and his Blade, the Conduit reactivated. With the gateway to parallel worlds open, I decided to search for a suitable world for my world to merge with. However, each world is not without it's hardships. The merge will occur after my visitor overcome their final battle. I will soon disappear not to long after." Klaus explained.

"Are you withholding information? There seems to be more to your story than your telling us." Weiss said.

"I don't have a lot of time to go into further detail myself…" Klaus pulled out a uniquely shaped crystal "but I will not leave you without a guide."

(OST end)

"What do you plan to do with that dust crystal?" Pyrrha asked.

"This is no dust crystal. It is a core crystal. I will awaken a Blade from it." Before anyone could say anything, Klaus started to resonate with the core crystal. The light from the resonance temporarily blinded the guest from Remnant

A male figure appeared. He had short black hair, brown eyes with glasses over them, and a full beard stubble. He wore a purple chroma chest plate armor and chroma gauntlets that had the colors to make purple, the left gauntlet was red while the right was blue. His black cape dropped just above his knees. He wore black pants held together by two crossing belts and black boots. In both of his hands were a red and blue blade respectively. He put both together to form a dual blade. After doing a small display with his weapon he introduced himself. In the center of his chest was a blue crystal.

"The name is Luck. Please to make your acquaintance."

Ruby, Nora, Yang, and Jaune were amazed at such a sight. Weiss, Pyrrha, and Blake couldn't believe that new lifeform came from a crystal. Oobleck and Penny had questions that need to be answered to satiate their curiosity. Ren and Ozpin kept their poker face on, but they were still curious of the phenomenon they just witnessed.

"This here, is a Blade. Blades are one of my creations. He will be your guide. I have implanted him with my knowledge so any questions you may have for me, he will be able to answer." Klaus handed Luck some kind of device. "The device I have given Luck will be the key to return you back to Remnant. It can only be activated by a Blade of the light attribute or an Aegis." Klaus opened the portal with the still active Conduit. "I bid you all a farewell and hope you learn something from your alternate reality." Klaus proceeded to leave.

"Wait!" Ruby called out to Klaus who stopped. "You said a certain group of people caused you to make the merge between worlds. Will we see them here or back on Remnant?

"If I don't vanish too quickly I will ask if any of them would like to come here. It's entirely up to them individually." Klaus said. He then left.

Luck started to speak. "You will be viewing the story in eBook format and the story will be displayed visually on the screens in the back as you read. The story should be uploaded to your scrolls by now." Everyone received a notification on their scrolls.

"At least we don't have to deal with passing a book around." Yang said.

While Blake didn't mind eBooks, she preferred an actual book.

"I have unlocked the barracks, bathrooms, cafeteria, and storage areas should you need use for those facilities."

"Barracks?" Pyrrha thought about the word and the information on time here. "How does time work here compared to Remnant and the other world merging with ours?" She asked the Blade.

"Three hours here equals one minute in your world. One minute in your world equals five minute in Alrest." The Blade answered.

"The name of your world is Alrest? How will time be affect for both worlds?" Oobleck inquired.

"Yes, my world is called Alrest and time in my world will assimilate to yours. Now let's get the reading started on the reading."

Yeah, I don't give a damn about spoilers. I mean, the Smash community was constantly trying to data mine and get info from insider sources. But, there are somethings that we just don't see coming like Joker from Persona 5 (I beat the game). Back on topic, I don't care whether you played the game or not, beat it or not, or you just went onto the wiki.

Klaus created a new universe with the Conduit. I hypothesized that he need the ability to control space and time which the Conduit is capable of with the birth of a new universe. Lets not forget possibly opening up gateways to other worlds. Klaus, then curse for the sin he commited, was left in the desolate remains of his world and tried to recreate life. I think that might be enough to make this believable.

Had to do a bit off research on Klaus in the game and wiki when I came up with this. Don't worry, I played all Xeno games on Nintendo platforms. I do wish that Nintendo will bring over Xenogears and the Xeno Saga Trilogy to Switch either as an exact port or remaster.

Myself as a Blade? That was because of all the crazy and unique custom souls in Soul Calibur 6. My weapon, when separated, represents the joycons. I think one of my Blade skills is 'Architect's Knowledge'. I am the least important character in the story.

...It's already 12:25 from all this editing.