Post by shadowknight on Aug 19, 2018 17:52:50 GMT
{This is a possible prologue to a 'What if' scenario I thought of for a sort of "Dark Timeline" alt reality for RWBY. Enjoy.}
A cool wind blows across a wartorn landscape, heralding the coming storm on the horizon. Beneath the shattered moon of Remnant the city of Vale burns, dark pillars of smoke meld into the oily blackness of night. The cries of wounded and terrified citizens were nearly drown out by the drum of weapons fire and the bellowing roars of the Grimm, soulless abominations spawned by hatred and darkness,which flooded the streets of the once prosperous city.
Vale's Millitary and Security Force was decimated in the first wave, caught completely off guard by the sudden hoard of Grimm and the surprise attack from Adam's White Fang, a renegade terrorist offshoot of the larger radical faunus equality organization, leaving primary defense and evacuation to the AK-200's, top of the line warbots brought in by the Kingdom of Atlas to safeguard the Vytal Festival, the Atlas airships providing support from above, and a small band of students and teachers from Vale's own Beacon Academy as well as students from other kingdom's who participated it the Vytal Festival. The young, but not inexperienced, students put up a valiant defense, safeguarding many civillians to evacuation zones. Unfortunately none knew their enemies end game; Without warning the Atlesian Knights turned on them as one of the Airships began shooting the others from the sky as a giant Grimm dragon circled above spawning countless others from its mass.
The students were now caught in the middle of a devastating crossfire between the White Gang at their fronts, the hacked warbots at their backs, and the Grimm charging from all sides. Through the fevered chaos three individuals pushed forward with one purpose.
The Headmaster of Beacon Academy,Professor Ozpin, lead two of his students towards one of the schools elevators with a look of grim determination on his face. Jaune Arc, the plucky leader of team JNPR,and Pyrrha Nikos, JNPR's loyal second in command and Beacon's star student, were heading towards the Vault, a secret room far beneath the Academy housing the worlds greatest secret. At the far end of the room a machine sits behind a control panel, two pods connected by wires and hoses. The left pod sat empty; however, in the right lay a young woman. Amber, the current fall maiden, lay in critical condition as the machine keeping her alive waited patently for commands. The interactions between the three are brief as they sprint down the hallway, Ozpin directing Pyrrha towards the open pod.
"Mr. Arc," Ozpin said in a firm,commanding voice, "if you'd like to help you can stand guard here."
A look of uncertainty washes over Jaune's face as he wordlessly complies, drawing his sword as he turned, taking a defensive stance.
"What do we do now Pyrrha asks Ozpin who sighs heavily.
"We do nothing," he states, fingers flying across the control panel, the empty pod opening with a hiss, "you Miss. Nikos have a choice to make."
Pyrrha looks from the open pod to Jaune, her mind racing to process all that is happening. A tear begins to roll down her cheak as she makes her decision, brushing it from her face she wordlessly climbs into the pod.
Above them the roof shakes from the war above, prompting Ozpin to type faster on the machines controls.
"Are you ready?" He asked, looking to Pyrrha who nodded stoically, "I.....I need to hear you say it."
"Yes." She uttered, laying her head back down.
"Thank you Miss. Nikos." Ozpin replied, a sad note in his throat as he began the activations sequence. Amber's pod rose into position, her eyes fluttering slightly as her power and life force began to drain away, the golden glow traveling through the tubes connecting the pods and into Pyrrha who cried out in pain as the power rushed into her. As her scream reaches Jaune's ears every fiber of he being pleads with him to turn around, his conscious shouting that something isn't right; however, he fights his desire to turn around even as his body trembles with the effort.
Suddenly his mind focuses as he spots a figure slip silently into the room. He instantly recognizes Cinder and channels all his emotions into a battle cry, alerting Ozpin to the threat as he charges forward. A bow appears in Cinder's hands, a wicked grin crossing her face as she let loose an arrow towards Jaune. Jaune raised his shield attempting in vain to block the arrow as it dematerializes before impact and reforms behind him. For a brief moment time seemed to slow as the arrow sailed towards Amber's heart only to smash against a flash of green energy. Cinder's smile morphed into a snarl as Ozpin joined Jaune's offensive in an effort to buy the machine more time. Cinder began to lose ground, though she was easily able to slam Jaune around, causing his aura to fail with a kick that sent him slamming into a wall, the boy continued to stand no matter how many times she beat him down. Ozpin was the real threat, despite all her power and skill the Headmaster matched her blow for blow, driving her back towards the elivater. She needed to complete her mission, there was still time! Cinder flipped over Ozpin, causing him to stumble forward, as she summoned another arrow. All she needed was one clear shot...suddenly a solid hunk of metal slammed into her knocking her off balance as Jaune slammed into her, charging with his shield.
Ozpin and Jaune positioned themselves between Cinder and her goal once more, her rage mirrored in Jaune's battered face as he screamed at her.
"I don't care how many times you hit me! I'll never let you hurt...."
With a hiss and a screach the metal door is ripped from the pod, slamming past cinder, missing her by inches. Pyrrha steps out of the pod, eyes glowing with power. For a moment everyone stopped, Jaune and Ozpin looked back in stunned silence.
"P..Pyrrha?" Jaune stutters, a sudden rush of air escaping his lungs as he looks down at the black glass blade sticking through the lower part of his chest, just below the armor. His body is suddenly propelled forward, rolling to a stop at Pyrrha's feet.
"No!" Ozpin bellows, laying into Cinder with renewed vigor as a stunned Pyrrha drops to her knees, scooping Jaune's limp body in her arms .
Tears well in her eyes as Jaune's hand reaches up, brushing a loose strand of hair from her face, a stream of blood running from the corners of his mouth, as a large pool formed around them from the hole in his back. He opens his mouth to speak, only to caugh out a death rattle, splattering her face in blood and spit. Slowly the light fades from his eyes as his hand falls limply to the floor.
For a moment the world faded to black and white and red. The room around them shaking as the metal in the walls began to crumple violently.
Pyrrha stands without a word, head lowered, as Jaune's blood ran down her face and body. Her right hand wrapped tightly around the hilt of his sword as her spear was summoned into the other, her shield flew into its spot on her back as she let out a roar of pure rage.
Pyrrha charged forward with reckless abandon, eyes blazing with her half of the maiden's power as Ozpin is thrown aside, buried by the crumbling walls. Cinder, seeing her opening, retreats up the elevator shaft to his office at the top of the tower with Pyrrha hot on her heals.
The room explodes as the two clash, their powers evenly matched; however, slowly Pyrrha gains the upper hand. Her natural gift for combat and heavily augmented powers of polarity turned the metal around them into a lethal hurricane. Countless metal barbs tore into an exhausted Cinder who managed to deflect a few of the spears before a pair of large metal spike ripped through her legs, pinning her to the floor as her aura shattered.
Cinder leans back, screaming in pain as Pyrrha's spear is rammed through her gut. Shock washes over Cinder as her arms fall limply to her side. Her questioning eyes look up into Phyra's ...defeated.
"Do you believe in destiny?" she whispers weakly, blood running from her mouth and gut, mixing with the rain that soaked both of them. Rose petals drifted on the stormy wind as a second set of boots hit the top of the tower.
"Yes." Phyra growls, whipping around as she slashed with Jaune's sword. The blade slicing clean through Cinder's neck. With a sickening plop the severed head rolled toward the edge of the tower, coming to a reast at Ruby's feet.
Ruby watched in wide eyed horror as energy floods into Pyrrha, a dark pulse coursing through her aura. Pyrrha glances over her shoulder at her terrified friend. Tears and rain running down her bloodsplattered face as she tossed Jaune's sword to the ground. For a brief moment a flash of something dark surfaced behind her sorrowful green eyes before she fell to her knees sobbing. As Ruby rushed to her friends side and wrapped her in a comforting embrace, Pyrrha glared over Ruby's shoulder at the Grimm Dragon circling in the distance and to her self alone she made a silent vow.
She is Pyrrha Nikos...she is the Fall Maiden.....and there is no place on this world those who hurt her can hide. Her tear swolen eyes settled on Jaune's blood soaked sword; She will stop at nothing to make all of them pay for what she lost this night....and no one will get in her way.
A cool wind blows across a wartorn landscape, heralding the coming storm on the horizon. Beneath the shattered moon of Remnant the city of Vale burns, dark pillars of smoke meld into the oily blackness of night. The cries of wounded and terrified citizens were nearly drown out by the drum of weapons fire and the bellowing roars of the Grimm, soulless abominations spawned by hatred and darkness,which flooded the streets of the once prosperous city.
Vale's Millitary and Security Force was decimated in the first wave, caught completely off guard by the sudden hoard of Grimm and the surprise attack from Adam's White Fang, a renegade terrorist offshoot of the larger radical faunus equality organization, leaving primary defense and evacuation to the AK-200's, top of the line warbots brought in by the Kingdom of Atlas to safeguard the Vytal Festival, the Atlas airships providing support from above, and a small band of students and teachers from Vale's own Beacon Academy as well as students from other kingdom's who participated it the Vytal Festival. The young, but not inexperienced, students put up a valiant defense, safeguarding many civillians to evacuation zones. Unfortunately none knew their enemies end game; Without warning the Atlesian Knights turned on them as one of the Airships began shooting the others from the sky as a giant Grimm dragon circled above spawning countless others from its mass.
The students were now caught in the middle of a devastating crossfire between the White Gang at their fronts, the hacked warbots at their backs, and the Grimm charging from all sides. Through the fevered chaos three individuals pushed forward with one purpose.
The Headmaster of Beacon Academy,Professor Ozpin, lead two of his students towards one of the schools elevators with a look of grim determination on his face. Jaune Arc, the plucky leader of team JNPR,and Pyrrha Nikos, JNPR's loyal second in command and Beacon's star student, were heading towards the Vault, a secret room far beneath the Academy housing the worlds greatest secret. At the far end of the room a machine sits behind a control panel, two pods connected by wires and hoses. The left pod sat empty; however, in the right lay a young woman. Amber, the current fall maiden, lay in critical condition as the machine keeping her alive waited patently for commands. The interactions between the three are brief as they sprint down the hallway, Ozpin directing Pyrrha towards the open pod.
"Mr. Arc," Ozpin said in a firm,commanding voice, "if you'd like to help you can stand guard here."
A look of uncertainty washes over Jaune's face as he wordlessly complies, drawing his sword as he turned, taking a defensive stance.
"What do we do now Pyrrha asks Ozpin who sighs heavily.
"We do nothing," he states, fingers flying across the control panel, the empty pod opening with a hiss, "you Miss. Nikos have a choice to make."
Pyrrha looks from the open pod to Jaune, her mind racing to process all that is happening. A tear begins to roll down her cheak as she makes her decision, brushing it from her face she wordlessly climbs into the pod.
Above them the roof shakes from the war above, prompting Ozpin to type faster on the machines controls.
"Are you ready?" He asked, looking to Pyrrha who nodded stoically, "I.....I need to hear you say it."
"Yes." She uttered, laying her head back down.
"Thank you Miss. Nikos." Ozpin replied, a sad note in his throat as he began the activations sequence. Amber's pod rose into position, her eyes fluttering slightly as her power and life force began to drain away, the golden glow traveling through the tubes connecting the pods and into Pyrrha who cried out in pain as the power rushed into her. As her scream reaches Jaune's ears every fiber of he being pleads with him to turn around, his conscious shouting that something isn't right; however, he fights his desire to turn around even as his body trembles with the effort.
Suddenly his mind focuses as he spots a figure slip silently into the room. He instantly recognizes Cinder and channels all his emotions into a battle cry, alerting Ozpin to the threat as he charges forward. A bow appears in Cinder's hands, a wicked grin crossing her face as she let loose an arrow towards Jaune. Jaune raised his shield attempting in vain to block the arrow as it dematerializes before impact and reforms behind him. For a brief moment time seemed to slow as the arrow sailed towards Amber's heart only to smash against a flash of green energy. Cinder's smile morphed into a snarl as Ozpin joined Jaune's offensive in an effort to buy the machine more time. Cinder began to lose ground, though she was easily able to slam Jaune around, causing his aura to fail with a kick that sent him slamming into a wall, the boy continued to stand no matter how many times she beat him down. Ozpin was the real threat, despite all her power and skill the Headmaster matched her blow for blow, driving her back towards the elivater. She needed to complete her mission, there was still time! Cinder flipped over Ozpin, causing him to stumble forward, as she summoned another arrow. All she needed was one clear shot...suddenly a solid hunk of metal slammed into her knocking her off balance as Jaune slammed into her, charging with his shield.
Ozpin and Jaune positioned themselves between Cinder and her goal once more, her rage mirrored in Jaune's battered face as he screamed at her.
"I don't care how many times you hit me! I'll never let you hurt...."
With a hiss and a screach the metal door is ripped from the pod, slamming past cinder, missing her by inches. Pyrrha steps out of the pod, eyes glowing with power. For a moment everyone stopped, Jaune and Ozpin looked back in stunned silence.
"P..Pyrrha?" Jaune stutters, a sudden rush of air escaping his lungs as he looks down at the black glass blade sticking through the lower part of his chest, just below the armor. His body is suddenly propelled forward, rolling to a stop at Pyrrha's feet.
"No!" Ozpin bellows, laying into Cinder with renewed vigor as a stunned Pyrrha drops to her knees, scooping Jaune's limp body in her arms .
Tears well in her eyes as Jaune's hand reaches up, brushing a loose strand of hair from her face, a stream of blood running from the corners of his mouth, as a large pool formed around them from the hole in his back. He opens his mouth to speak, only to caugh out a death rattle, splattering her face in blood and spit. Slowly the light fades from his eyes as his hand falls limply to the floor.
For a moment the world faded to black and white and red. The room around them shaking as the metal in the walls began to crumple violently.
Pyrrha stands without a word, head lowered, as Jaune's blood ran down her face and body. Her right hand wrapped tightly around the hilt of his sword as her spear was summoned into the other, her shield flew into its spot on her back as she let out a roar of pure rage.
Pyrrha charged forward with reckless abandon, eyes blazing with her half of the maiden's power as Ozpin is thrown aside, buried by the crumbling walls. Cinder, seeing her opening, retreats up the elevator shaft to his office at the top of the tower with Pyrrha hot on her heals.
The room explodes as the two clash, their powers evenly matched; however, slowly Pyrrha gains the upper hand. Her natural gift for combat and heavily augmented powers of polarity turned the metal around them into a lethal hurricane. Countless metal barbs tore into an exhausted Cinder who managed to deflect a few of the spears before a pair of large metal spike ripped through her legs, pinning her to the floor as her aura shattered.
Cinder leans back, screaming in pain as Pyrrha's spear is rammed through her gut. Shock washes over Cinder as her arms fall limply to her side. Her questioning eyes look up into Phyra's ...defeated.
"Do you believe in destiny?" she whispers weakly, blood running from her mouth and gut, mixing with the rain that soaked both of them. Rose petals drifted on the stormy wind as a second set of boots hit the top of the tower.
"Yes." Phyra growls, whipping around as she slashed with Jaune's sword. The blade slicing clean through Cinder's neck. With a sickening plop the severed head rolled toward the edge of the tower, coming to a reast at Ruby's feet.
Ruby watched in wide eyed horror as energy floods into Pyrrha, a dark pulse coursing through her aura. Pyrrha glances over her shoulder at her terrified friend. Tears and rain running down her bloodsplattered face as she tossed Jaune's sword to the ground. For a brief moment a flash of something dark surfaced behind her sorrowful green eyes before she fell to her knees sobbing. As Ruby rushed to her friends side and wrapped her in a comforting embrace, Pyrrha glared over Ruby's shoulder at the Grimm Dragon circling in the distance and to her self alone she made a silent vow.
She is Pyrrha Nikos...she is the Fall Maiden.....and there is no place on this world those who hurt her can hide. Her tear swolen eyes settled on Jaune's blood soaked sword; She will stop at nothing to make all of them pay for what she lost this night....and no one will get in her way.
