RWBY

RWBY (pronounced "Ruby") is an American Anime inspired web series that was created by Monty Oum for Rooster Teeth Productions. If you are unable to find the quote you are looking for, a user-created transcript searcher is available here.

Ozpin: So...[He and Goodwitch look at footage of Ruby fighting off several of Torchwick's henchmen] Where did you learn to do this?

Ruby: S-Signal Academy.

Ozpin: They taught you to use one of the most dangerous weapons ever designed?

Ruby: Well, one teacher in particular.

Ozpin: I see...[Puts a plate of cookies on the table in front of Ruby. Ruby hesitantly eats one, looks at Ozpin, then eats more] It's just that I've only seen one other scythe-wielder of that skill before. A dusty, old crow.

Ruby: [Mumbles with a mouthful of cookies.] Thas ma unca Mmmf! [Ozpin stares at her; Ruby quickly swallows and clears her throat] Sorry. That's my Uncle Qrow. He's a teacher at Signal. I was complete garbage before he took me under his wing. Now, I'm all, like [does karate arm moves and light shouts]

Ozpin: So I've noticed.

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Ruby: I wonder who we're gonna meet.

Yang: I just hope they're better than "Vomit Boy".

Ruby: Oh, Yang, gross, you have puke on your shoe!

Yang: Gross, gross, gross...

Ruby: Get away, get away! Get away from me! Get away from me! Get away from me! Get away from me!

Ruby: Hey, I said I was sorry, Princess!

Blake: It's Heiress, actually. Weiss Schnee, heiress, to the Schnee Dust Company, one of the largest producers of energy propellant in the world.

Weiss: Finally, some recognition!

Blake: The same company infamous for its controversial labor forces and questionable business partners.

Weiss: -What- How dare-!

[Ruby started to laugh]

Weiss: The nerve of-! [Weiss snatch her dust from Blake and walk away] Ugh!

Yang: So, how's your first day going, little sister?

Ruby: You mean since you ditched me and I exploded?

Yang: Yikes, meltdown already?

Ruby: No, I literally exploded a hole in front of the school. And there was fire and I think some ice.

Yang: Are you being sarcastic?

Ruby: I wish! I tripped over some crabby girl's luggage, and then she yelled at me, and I sneezed, and then I exploded, and then she yelled again, and I felt really, really bad, and I just wanted her to stop yelling at me! [During this, the camera pans over to reveal Weiss standing right behind Ruby, listening the whole time]

Weiss: YOU!

Ruby: [Jumps into Yang's arms] Oh God, it's happening again!

Weiss: You're lucky we weren't blown off the side of the cliff!

Yang: [Deadpan] Oh my God, you really exploded.

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Ruby: As a girl, I wanted to be just like those heroes in the books... Someone who fought for what was right, and protected people who couldn't protect themselves!

Blake: That's...very ambitious for a child. Unfortunately, the real world isn't the same as a fairy tale.

Ruby: Well, that's why we're here. To make it better.

Weiss: What in the world is going on over here!? Don't you realize some of us are trying to sleep!? [After seeing it's Ruby who woke her up]

Weiss and Yang: OH, NOT YOU AGAIN!

Ruby: Shh! Guys, she's right! People are trying to sleep!

Weiss: Oh, now you're on my side.

Ruby: I was always on your side!

Yang: Yeah, What's your problem with my sister? She's only trying to be nice!

Weiss: She's a hazard to my health!

[Blake blows out the candles]

Ruby: What was that!? That should have been easy!

Weiss: Well, perhaps, if you had used even the slightest amount of caution in the placement of your strikes, I wouldn't have set the forest on fire!

Ruby: What's that supposed to mean!?

Weiss: I'm just surprised that someone who talks so much could communicate so little during an encounter.

Ruby: Well, I'm sorry that you need my help to win a fight. I'm just fine on my own!

Weiss: Well, congratulations on being the strongest child to sneak your way into Beacon. Bravo.

Players and Pieces [Volume 1, Episode 8]

Weiss: [She and Ruby are riding on the back of a Nevermore] RUBY! I told you that this was a terrible idea!

Ruby: We'll be fine! Stop worrying!

Weiss: I am so beyond worrying!

Ruby: ...In a good way?

Weiss: In a BAD way! In a VERY BAD way!

Ruby: Well, why don't we just jump?

Weiss: What, are you insane?! [Sees Ruby has already jumped] Oh, you insufferable little red-!

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Yang: I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something crazy happens again?!

Ruby: Uh, Yang? [Points up to the sky]

Weiss: [Hanging off a claw of a flying Nevermore] How could you leave me?!

Ruby: I said "jump"!

Blake: She's going to fall.

Ruby: She'll be fine.

Ren: She's falling.

---

[Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang prepare to take down a Grimm Nevermore. Yang and Blake stretch one of Blake's ribbons between two pillars. Ruby stands on the ribbon, while Weiss uses her semblance to pull it back, like a slingshot.]

Weiss: Of course, you would come up with this idea.

Ruby: Think you can make the shot?

Weiss: [Smugly] Hmph, can I?

Ruby: ...Can-?

Weiss: Of course I can!

[After Weiss wakes up, Ruby blows a whistle]

Weiss: Gah! [Falls down]

Ruby: Goooood morning, Team RWBY!

Weiss: What in the world is wrong with you?!

Ruby: Now that you're awake, we can begin our first order of business.

Weiss: Excuse me?

Yang: Decorating!

Weiss: What?

Blake: We still have to unpack...[Holds up her suitcase, which falls open, spilling out all its contents] And clean.

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[Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang decorate and furnish their room. When they finish, they see the beds are cluttered together]

Weiss: This...isn't going to work.

Blake: It is a bit cramped.

Yang: Maybe we should ditch some of our stuff.

Ruby: Or...we could ditch the beds [Gasps] And replace them with BUNK BEDS!

Weiss: Um, that sounds incredibly dangerous.

Yang: And super awesome!

Blake: It does seem efficient.

Weiss: Well, we should put it to a vote.

Ruby: I think we just did.

[Blake gives a thumbs-up, Yang gives a "rock on" gesture, both accompanied by a "bing" sound, followed by Weiss frowning, accompanied by a buzzer.]

The Badge and The Burden Part 2 [Volume 1, Episode 10]

[Weiss is complaining to Professor Port about Ozpin's choice to name Ruby the team leader]

Weiss: Excuse me?

Professor Port: I believed in Professor Ozpin for many years, and the man's never once led me astray.

Weiss: So, you would just blindly accept his decision, even after seeing how exceptional I am?

Professor Port: With all due respect, your exceptional skill on the battlefield is matched only by your poor attitude.

Weiss: How dare you!

Professor Port: My point, exactly. I see a girl who has spent her entire life getting exactly what she wanted.

Weiss: That's not even remotely true! [Professor Port raises an eyebrow] Well, not entirely true...

Nora: So. There we were. In the middle of the night!

Ren: It was day.

Nora: And we were surrounded by Ursai...

Ren: They were Beowolves.

Nora: Dozens of them!

Ren: Two of them.

Oobleck: Mr. Arc! Finally contributing to class! This is excellent! Excellent! What is the answer?

Jaune: Uhh... the answer... the advantage... of the faunus... had over that guy's stuff... [Sees Pyrrha making a gesture] Uh, b-binoculars!

Pyrrha: Well, Ruby has her speed, Weiss has her glyphs, my semblance is polarity.

Ruby: Whoa, you can control poles...

Weiss: No, you dunce! It means she has control over magnetism!

Ruby: Magnets are cool, too...

Penny: You call me friend. Am I really your friend?

Ruby: Ahh! [Then Weiss, Blake, and Yang want her to say no] Yeah, sure! Why not?! [Then they faint]

Penny: Ahaha! Sen-sational! We can paint our nails and try out clothes and talk about cute boys!

Ruby: Ooh, is this what it was like when you met me?

[After Weiss gets up, and brush herself]

Weiss: No, she seems far more coordinated.

---

Weiss: Wait, you're fighting in the tournament?

Penny: I'm combat ready!

Weiss: Forgive me, but you hardly look the part.

Blake: Says the girl wearing a dress.

Weiss: It's a combat skirt!

[Ruby, wearing a combat skirt as well, stands next to Weiss]

Ruby: Yeah! [She and Weiss slap hands]

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Weiss: You realize that you're defending an organization that hates humanity, don't you? The Faunus of the White Fang are pure evil!

Blake: There's no such thing as pure evil! Why do you think they hate humanity so much? It's because of people like Cardin, people like you that force the White Fang to take such drastic measures!

Weiss: People like me!?

Blake: You're discriminatory!

Weiss: I'm a victim! [walks to the window] You wanna know why I despise the White Fang? Why I don't particularly trust the Faunus? It's because they've been at war with my grandfather's company for years. War as in actual bloodshed. And as far as I could remember, the company has had a target painted on them. Family friends kept disappearing. Board members executed. An entire trainload of dust stolen. Every night, my father would come home from work, furious and that made for a very! Difficult! Childhood!

Ruby: Weiss, I...

Weiss: No! You wanna know why I despise the White Fang? It's because they are a bunch of liars! Thieves! And murderers!

Blake: Well, maybe we were just tired of being pushed around!

Ruby: Blaaake?!

Yang: Blaaake?!

Ruby: Blaaake?! Where are yooouuu?!

Yang: Blake!!

Ruby: Weiss, You're not helping!

Weiss: Oh! You know who might be able to help? The police.

Ruby: Ugh. Weiss...

Weiss: It was just an idea!

Ruby: Yeah, a bad one.

Yang: Weiss, I think we should hear her side of the story before we jump to any conclusions.

Weiss: I think when we hear it, you'll all realize I was right.

Penny: And I think Weiss's hair looks wonderful today!

Ruby: Agh!! Penny!! Where did you come from!?

Penny: Hey Guys. What are you up to?

Ruby: Uuuhhhhh...

Yang: We're looking for our friend Blake.

Penny: Oh... you mean the Faunus girl.

Ruby: Wait, how did you know that?

Penny: Uh, the cat ears?

Yang: What cat ears? She wears a... bow...

[Long pause]

Ruby: [Whispers to Yang] She does like tuna a lot...

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Sun: [offers Blake an apple] "I stole you some food."

Blake: Do you always break the law without a second thought?

Sun: Hey, weren't you in a cult or something?

Blake: [glares at Sun]

Sun: Okay. Too soon.

---

Blake: Weiss. I want you to know that I'm no longer associated with the White Fang. Back when I was with-

Weiss: Do you have any idea how long we've been searching for you?... Twelve Hours. That means I've had twelve hours to think about this. And in that twelve hours I've decided... [Yang, Sun, and Ruby waiting for Weiss to answer] I don't care!

Blake: You don't care?

Weiss: You said you're not one of them anymore, right?

Blake: No, I-I haven't been since I was younger-

Weiss: Upupupupup! I don't wanna hear it. All I want know, is that the next time something this big comes up... you'll come to your teammates, and not some... [Weiss look at Sun] someone else.

Blake: Of course.

Ruby: Yeah! Team RWBY is back together!

[Team RWBY and Sun come together]

Weiss: I'm still not quite sure how I feel about you!

Sun: [Nervous laugh]

[After teams RWBY and JNPR have a food-fight that nearly destroys the entire dining hall, Goodwitch arrives and promptly fixes everything with a wave of her riding crop]

Glynda Goodwitch: Children, please...do not play with your food.

[Nora belches and Yang crashes back down after Nora launched her through the roof, RWBY and JNPR quietly laugh with one another. Goodwitch starts to grow more angry]

Professor Ozpin: Let it go.

Glynda Goodwitch: [Calms down and sighs] They're supposed to be the defenders of the world.

Professor Ozpin: And they will be. But, right now, they're still children. So, why not let them play the part? After all...it isn't a role they'll have forever.

---

Roman Torchwick: Oh look, she sent the kids again! [ruffles Emerald and Mercury's hair] This is turning out just like the divorce.

Emerald Sustrai: [jerks away] Ugh. Spare us the thought of you procreating.

Roman Torchwick: That, was a joke. And this.. [Picks a card from her pocket] ...might just tell me what you two have been doing all day.

Emerald Sustrai: What-? [hastily checks her pocket]

Roman Torchwick: I'm a professional, sweetheart. Pay attention, Maybe you'll learn something. Why do you have this address?

Emerald Sustrai: Wouldn't you like to know?

Roman Torchwick: Yeah, I would. Now, what were you two doing again?

Mercury Black: Cleaning up your problems. Well, one of them at least.

Roman Torchwick: [sharply] I had that under control.

Mercury Black: [smirks] Two packed bags and a ticket out of Vale said otherwise.

Roman Torchwick: [raises his cane] Listen you little punk, If it were up to me I would take you and your little street-rat friend here, and I would-

Cinder Fall: Do what, Roman?

[Cinder appears at the top of the elevator, descending toward them]

Roman Torchwick: [Chuckles] I'd, uh... not kill them?

Emerald Sustrai: Cinder!

Cinder Fall: I thought I made it clear, that you were to eliminate the would-be runaway.

Roma Torchwick: I was going to!

Emerald Sustrai: He was going to escape to Vacuo. Mercury and I decided to take it upon ourselves to kill the rat.

Mercury Black: I think he was some sort of cat, actually.

Emerald Sustrai: What, like a puma?

Mercury Black: Yeah, there ya go.

Cinder Fall: Quiet. Did I not specifically instruct you two to keep your hands clean while in Vale?

Emerald Sustrai: I just thought-

Cinder: Don't think... Obey. [Behind her, Roman makes a mock throat-slitting gesture]

Emerald Sustrai: Yes, ma'am. It won't happen again.

Cinder Fall: And as for you, Roman, why wasn't this job done sooner?

Roman Torchwick: [gestures to the warehouse's contents, all around them] Uh... eh? Eh? EH!? Sorry if I've been stealing every last speck of Dust in the kingdom!

Mercury Black: You truly are an inspiration for every punk with a gun and a ski mask.

Roman Torchwick: Look around you, kid. Police routed at every corner, dust prices through the roof, and we're sitting pretty atop more dust, crystals, vials, and rounds than we know what to do with! Speaking of which, if you guys wouldn't mind filling me in on your grand master plan, it might actually help my next string of robberies go a little smoother!

Cinder Fall: Oh, Roman... Have a little faith. [touches his cheek, her eyes glinting] You'll know what you need when you need to know.

Ironwood: But ask yourself this: do you honestly think that your children can win a war?

[Ironwood leaves.]

Ozpin: I hope they never have to.

---

Yang: Pretty sneaky sis, but you've just activated my trap card!

Ruby: [Shrieked] WHAT!

Yang: Giant Nevermore! If I roll a seven or higher, fatal feathers will slice your fleet in two!

Ruby: But, if you roll a six or lower, the Nevermore will turn on your own forces!

Yang: That's a risk that I am willing to take.

---

Yang: Well, Weiss, it's your turn.

Weiss: I have... absolutely no idea what's going on.

Yang: Look. It's easy. You're playing as Vacuo which means all Vacuo based cards come with a bonus

Weiss: That sounds dumb.

Yang: [shuffles through Weiss's cards] See, you've got Sandstorm, Desert Scavage, Oh, oh! Resourceful Raider! See, now you could take Ruby's discarded airfleet... [Ruby sobs] and put it in your hand!

Weiss: Okay.

Yang: And since Vacuo warriors have an endurance boost against natural hazards, you could use Sandstorm to disable my ground forces and simultaniously infiltrate my kingdom! Just know that I will not forget this declaration of war.

Weiss: And that means...

Ruby: You're just three moves away from conquoring Remnant!

Weiss: [Evil laughing] YES! FEAR THE ALMIGHTY POWER OF MY FORCES! COWER AS THEY PILLAGE YOUR HOMES AND WEEP AS THEY TAKE YOUR CHILDREN FROM YOUR VERY ARMS-!

Yang: Trap card.

Weiss: Huh?

Yang: Your armies have been destroyed.

Weiss: [sobs] I hate this game of emotions we play!

Ruby: [Crying as well, embracing Weiss] Stay strong, Weiss. We'll make it through this together.

Weiss: [Reciprocating the hug] Shut up! Don't touch me!

---

Jaune: Hey! Can I play?

Ruby: Sorry Jaune, we've already got four people.

Weiss: Besides, this game requires a certain level of tactical cunning that I seriously doubt you possess.

Yang: Uhh... You attacked your own navel fleet two turns ago.

Weiss: Hmph!

Jaune: Bring it on, Ice Queen! I had you know that I've been told I'm a natural born leader.

Weiss: By who? your mother?!

Jaune: And Pyrrha!

Pyrrha: Hello again!

---

Sun: 'Sup losers!

[Sun and Neptune appear]

Ruby: Hey, Sun!

Sun: Ruby, Yang, Blake, Ice Queen...

Weiss: Why does everyone keep calling me that!?

Sun: I never got a chance to formally introduce you to my old friend.

Neptune: Uh... aren't libraries for reading?

Ren: [Team JNPR is sitting at a table nearby, studying; Nora's sleeping] Thank you!

Nora: [Jolts awake] Pancakes!

Sun: Shut up. Don't be a nerd.

Neptune: Intellectual. Okay. Thank you. I'm Neptune.

Weiss: So, Neptune, where are you from?

Neptune: Haven... And I don't believe I've caught your name, snow angel.

Weiss: Um... I'm Weiss.

Jaune: [Having earlier addressed Weiss as "snow angel"] Are you kidding me!?

Neptune: Pleasure to meet you.

---

Ruby: Let's hatch a plan

Yang: Yeah!

Ruby: Ahh! I left my board game in the library!

Weiss: We're doomed.

[After seeing Sun at the window, Team RWBY backs away]

Blake: Sun!

Yang: How did you get up there?

Sun: Ah it's easy. I do it all the time.

Weiss: You do what?!

Sun: I climb trees all the time! [Weiss narrows her glare at Sun, who flips into the room] So... are we finally getting back at that Torchwick guy?

Blake: WE, are going to investigate the situation. [Gestures to the rest of RWBY] As a TEAM.

Ruby: Sorry Sun, we don't want to get friends involved if we don't have to.

Sun: Psh! That's dumb! We should always get friends involved. That's why I brought Neptune.

[RWBY looks out the window, and sees Neptune standing on the ledge right next to the window, back firmly against the wall]

Neptune: 'Sup?

Ruby: How did you even get up here?

Neptune: I have my ways. [Looks down] Seriously though, can I come in? We're like, really high up right now.

---

Ruby: All right. I'll go with Weiss. Sun, you can go with Blake. And Neptune, you can go with Yang since she doesn't have a partner. Everyone good?

Weiss: Actually Ruby, why don't you go with Yang, heh. After all she is your sister.

Ruby: But Weiss, who would go with you then?

Weiss: Well, I guess Neptune could come with me.

Ruby: [laughs] Nah. [Walks out of the room, dragging Weiss behind her]

Weiss: But! But!

Gangster #1: Hurry, close the door she's coming!

[Two gangsters close the door]

Junior: What are you two idiots doing!?

[Two gangsters trying to talk to Junior, until the door explodes open. Yang walks in]

Yang: Guess who's back!

[A bunch of Junior's "staff" point their guns at Yang. The music being played in the club starts to skip. Yang gives a look to the DJ, who briefly comes out of hiding to turn off the record.]

Neptune: Yeah, so could you define "friend" for me?

Junior: Stop, stop! Nobody shoot. Blondie! You're here. Why?

Yang: You still owe me a drink. [Yang drags Junior to the bar]

Neptune: Whoa, what a woman... [looking at Malachite twins] 'Sup?

Malachite Twins: [Walking away] Hmm. Whatever.

---

Sun: I don't get it. If you believe that what you're doing is right, why hide who you are?

Blake: The masks are a symbol. Humanity wanted to make monsters out of us, so we chose to don the faces of monsters.

Sun: Grimm masks? That's kinda dark.

Blake: So is the guy that started it.

Sun: Always sunshine and rainbows with you.

---

Junior: I don't know

Yang: How can you not know?

Junior: I haven't talked to him. I haven't even seen him since the night you first came in here. He paid upfront, I lent him my men, and none of them ever came back.

Neptune: So where did they go?

Junior: What kind of stupid question is that? They never came back! Who is this guy?

Yang: Don't worry about him. Worry about me if I don't get what I want.

Junior: I haven't seen him since that night! Torchwick hired my boys, and I guess he wasn't happy with them. WHICH IS SOMETHING I CAN RELATE TO!

---

Roman Torchwick: [Yang tries to fire at him, but her attack gets blocked by Neopolitan] Ladies, Ice Queen..

Weiss Schnee: Hey!

Roman Torchwick: Always a pleasure. Neo, if you would...

[Neopolitan gives an elegant bow to RWBY. Yang charges at Neo and Roman, but when she strikes them, they shatter to pieces, and they're then seen flying away on an aircraft]

Yang Xiao Long: So, I guess he got a new henchman.

Weiss Schnee: Yeah, I guess she really made our plans..."fall apart", huh?

Blake Belladonna: No, just...no.

Weiss Schnee: What? But you do it!

Yang Xiao Long: There's a time and a place for jokes.

Weiss Schnee: Was this not it?

Yang Xiao Long: No, it was just not very good.

Weiss Schnee: Well, at least I'm trying!

Ruby: Wait, Where are Sun and Neptune?

[At the noodle house, Sun and Neptune eating noodles]

Neptune Vasilias: They're probably fine, right?

Sun Wukong: Probably.

Jaune: [While playing guitar] ♫Weeeiiisssss♫ [Then wink]

[Weiss slams the door closed]

Jaune: [Knocks three times] Oh come on. [Knocks three times] Open the door... I promise not to sing.

[Weiss opens the door again]

Jaune: [While playing guitar] ♫I liiieed♫ ♫Weiss Schnee, will you accompany me, to the dance on... Sunday!♫

Weiss: Are you done?

Jaune: ...Yes?

Weiss: NO. [Closes the door to Jaune face, then turns to Ruby and Yang] What?

Yang: And that's why they call you the Ice Queen.

[Ruby fell down]

Weiss: All my life, boys have only cared about the perks of my last name. Besides, I already have a date in mind.

Jaune Arc: It's Weiss. I'm completely head-over-heels for her, and she won't even give me a chance. She's cold, but she's also incredible. She's smart, and graceful, and talented. I mean, have you heard her sing? I-I just wish she's take me seriously, y'know? I wish I could tell her how I feel without messing it all up.

Pyrrha Nikos: Then do it.

Jaune Arc: Uh, wha-?

Pyrrha Nikos: Tell her exactly what you said. No ridiculous schemes, No pick-up lines. Just... be honest.

Jaune Arc: But, wh-

Pyrrha Nikos: Jaune. You can't get it wrong if it's the truth

Jaune Arc: ... You're right. Thanks, Pyrrha. [To Ren] Good talk, Ren!

[Jaune leaves to go to Weiss. Pyrrha smiles until Jaune leaves, then turns somber and walks to the other side of the room. Nora watches her]

Nora Valkyrie: [sighs] Practice what you preach, Pyrrha.

---

Blake Belladonna: You don't understand! I'm the only one who can do this!

Yang Xiao Long: No...[Turns to Blake, her eyes now red] YOU don't understand! If Roman Torchwick walked through that door right now, what would you do?!

Blake Belladonna: I'd fight him!

Yang Xiao Long: [Shoves Blake] You'd LOSE!

Blake Belladonna: [Shoves Yang back] I can stop him!

Yang Xiao Long: [Shoves Blake harder] You can't even stop ME!

Neptune Vasilias: Hey, uh... Jaune, right?

Jaune Arc: [sighs] Yeah.

Neptune Vasilias: This party's pretty lame, huh? I mean, ballroom dancing: Pbbfff.

Jaune Arc: Yeah.

Neptune Vasilias: Cute girls though, huh?

Jaune Arc: [Grunt] Is that all you think about?

Neptune Vasilias: Huh?

Jaune Arc: D-do you even care about the girls you're hitting on? How they feel about you?

Neptune Vasilias: Whoa, where's this coming from!?

Jaune Arc: How could you turn her down like that?

Neptune Vasilias: Wait, w-who?

Jaune Arc: Weiss!

Neptune Vasilias: I, uh... it, uh... It just didn't work out. Y'know?

Jaune Arc: What? You think you're too cool? Too many other options? Weiss Schnee asked you to the dance. What in the world could possibly keep you from go-

Neptune Vasilias: I can't dance.

Jaune Arc: Beg your pardon?

Neptune Vasilias: I can't dance, man

Jaune Arc: But, you're... so... cool.

Neptune Vasilias: Thank you. I try really, really, hard.

Jaune Arc: You would rather break a girl's heart, and go to a dance alone, than... just admit to everyone that you can't move in rhythm to music?

Neptune Vasilias: That about sums it up, yeah.

Jaune Arc: Well, I certainly feel a lot better about myself.

Neptune Vasilias: Please don't tell anybody. Look, if you want Weiss, she's all yours; I don't wanna get in your way.

Jaune Arc: [sign] Do you like her?

Neptune Vasilias: Yeah, I mean, I don't know her too well yet, but she seems pretty cool.

Jaune Arc: Then just go talk to her. No pickup lines, no suave moves. Just be yourself. I've heard that's the way to go.

Neptune Vasilias: Yeah, but that isn't-

Jaune Arc: Hey, you don't have to look cool all the time. In all honesty, if you could be a little less cool, I'd really appreciate it.

Neptune Vasilias: Yeah. Okay.

Jaune Arc: Go talk to her. I guarantee it'll make her night.

Neptune Vasilias: Thanks. You're a really cool guy, Jaune.

Jaune Arc: Alright, don't lie to my face. [both of them fist bump, after Neptune left] [sign] Alright. Only one thing left to do.

---

Yang: [sigh] Tomorrow it's back to work.

Ruby Rose: Well, I'm sure we can handle whatever gets thrown at us. [She notices something and starts laughing] Except for that.

[Every student continue to laugh, until Pyrrha notices Jaune]

Pyrrha Nikos: ...Jaune? [Jaune is wearing a dress]

Jaune Arc: Promise is a promise.

Pyrrha Nikos: [Laughing] Jaune, you didn't have to.

Jaune Arc: Hey, an Arc never goes back on his word. Now do you wanna stand there and laugh at me, or do you wanna dance?

Pyrrha Nikos: I would love to dance.

[Jaune grabs Pyrrha, and takes her to the dance floor]

Nora Valkyrie: Ren! This. is. HAPPENING!!!!!

Lie Ren: Wait. What is happening?

James Ironwood: We send as many troops as we can to the southeast, find out exactly what's going on, and eradicate any forces that stand in our way.

Glynda Goodwitch: Why must your answer to everything involve a triumphant display of military bravado?! You treat every situation like it's a contest of measuring di-!

Professor Ozpin: Glynda!

Glynda Goodwitch: Well, he does.

Professor Ozpin: She's right, you know.

---

Yang: Oh! I know what will cheer you up.

Ruby: What's that?

Yang: [After grabbing a mail] I don't know yet. Dad sent it to us. I thought we could open it together.

Ruby: [High pitched] Ooh! Something from home! [Rushes to Yang's back to get the mail]

---

Zwei: Ruh! Ruh!

Team RWBY: Waaa-aaah!

Ruby: Zweeeiii!

Blake: He sent a dog?!

Weiss: In the mail??

Ruby: *giggles* [Zwei licks Ruby face]

Yang: Oh he does stuff like this all the time.

Ruby: Stop it, ahaha! [Zwei continues licking Ruby face]

Blake: [On the top bunk bed] Your father or your dog?

Ruby: I missed youuu!

Weiss: Are you telling me that this mangy...drooling...mutt is going to wiv with us foweva? Oh, yes he is yes he is! Oh isn't he adorable!

Blake: Please keep it away from my belongings.

---

Ruby: Beside it won't only be us out there. We'll be fighting alongside a genuine Huntsman!

Yang: Yeah!

[Scene cuts to RWBY showing different expressions of shock and disbelief as they see who their Huntsman is]

Oobleck: Why, hello, girls! Who ready to fight for their lives?

Search and Destroy [Volume 2, Episode 9]

Bartholomew Oobleck: Ruby![Rwby drops her scythe] I thought I told you to leave all your bags back at school.

Ruby Rose: But, uh you hadn't told us to listen to you yet... So I didn't.

Bartholomew Oobleck: She's not wrong. Very well. Ruby, leave your bag here we can pick it up upon our return.

Ruby Rose: But I-whaa

Bartholomew Oobleck: Young lady, what in the world could you possibly have in that bag that could be so important for you to bring it-

[Zwei sticks his head out of Ruby's backpack and yips]

Ruby: [Whisper] Get back in the bag.

Oobleck: We're here to investigate an abandoned urban jungle teeming with death and hostility and you brought...a dog?

Ruby Rose: I-uhh...!

Bartholomew Oobleck: Genius! [Spin around grab Zwei leaving Ruby to the ground] Canines are historically known for their perceptive nose and heightened sense of sound, making them excellent companions for hunts such as ours!

[Zwei barks]

Ruby Rose: I'm a genius.

Yang Xiao long: Blake, are you awake?

Blake Belladonna: Yeah.

Yang Xiao Long: Why do you think [Dr. Oobleck] asked us about being a Huntress? Like, what was he trying to say?

Blake Belladonna: Maybe he was curious.

Yang Xiao Long: You think?

Blake Belladonna: ...No.

Yang Xiao Long: [Sighs] Weiss, are you awake?

Weiss Schnee: Of course I'm awake, you two are talking!

Oobleck: Hurry, children! We must get to the front and stop this train!

Weiss: Uh... Professor?

Oobleck: Doctor.

Weiss: What's that?

[Weiss pointing at a bomb]

Oobleck: That, my dear... appears to be a bomb.

---

[After part of the train exploded]

Oobleck: That's not good...

Ruby: Uh, neither is this!

[Ruby sees another bomb]

Blake: Another bomb?!

[Dr. Oobleck checking on another train]

Oobleck: No, no, no...

[Oobleck opens the roof of the train and sees another bomb]

Oobleck: They all have bombs!

Jaune: Okay, who's first?

[Big Ursa steps in]

Jaune: O-oh-oh-okay. You're first, huh? Ha-ha okay. No, that's-that's fine.

[Pyrrha kills three Grimm, and sees Jaune facing off the big Ursa]

Jaune: Totally fine, done this before. Done this before. [sigh] [Jaune starts to swing his sword a couple times, but the big Ursa doesn't collapse until five seconds later. Pyrrha smiles at him]

[Sun and Neptune appear]

Sun: Nobody move, Junior Detectives!

Neptune: We have badges, so you know it's official.

[Both of them fistbump]

---

Yang: Well...we did it.

Blake: We did it.

Weiss: If we don't get extra credit for that, I'm going to be seriously disappointed.

Yang: Weiss, a two-headed snake literally crushed a bakery. I wouldn't count on it.

Ruby: Plus, I mean, we didn't solve everything. A lot of people were hurt, and we still don't even know why they did this, or who that mystery girl was.

Weiss: Well, not every story has a neat and tidy ending.

Blake: We may not have all the answers, but we do have a lot of dangerous people behind bars, and I think that's something we can be proud of.

Ruby: Yeah, and if somebody tries something like this again, we'll be there to stop them.

Yang: [Stretches and lays back, replies with no emotion] Yay, teamwork, camaraderie, good guys, go team, alright, good job. So...what now?

Weiss: I'd suggest training for the tournament, but I think we have that covered at this point.

Blake: So, then...?

Ruby: Uh, time for bed?

Weiss: Oh, please, yes.

Blake: Absolutely.

Yang: I'm going to sleep forever.

[RWBY fights team ABRN. Yang nearly gets attacked by Nadir. Ruby stops him]

Ruby: I got your back!

Bolin Hori: [About to attack Ruby] Who's got yours? [He gets knocked away by Weiss]

Ruby: My BFF!

Weiss: NO.

Ruby: (Whispers to herself) YES!

---

[RWBY goes to a noodles stand to eat]

Yang Xiao Long: I'll have a bowl of the regular, please. [A big bowl of noodles is put in front of her]

Ruby Rose: Uhh...I'll take the same. [A bowl is placed in front of her]

Weiss Schnee: Hmm, do you have a low salt-? [A bowl looking exactly like Ruby and Yang's is put in front of her] Umm...okay...

Blake Belladonna: [Gives a knowing nod to the vendor, the Old Man, who nods back and rushes back into the kitchen then hurries back, placing a bowl of noodles with fish on top in front of Blake. She gasps and turns starry-eyed, drooling, her heart audibly pounding] Ohhhhh....

Yang Xiao Long: [Weiss produces a credit card to pay] Aw, Weiss, what's the occasion?

Weiss Schnee: Consider it "Thanks for sending you to the doubles round." [Her card is thrown back like a throwing star, embedding itself in the counter, to the shock of the whole team. The Old Man clears his throat and points to the cash register, which says "DECLINED"] What? How can my card be declined? I was barely into my monthly allowance!

Blake Belladonna: [Glances around and tries to take her bowl, but it's taken away by the Old Man] Nooo...

Pyrrha Nikos: Maybe I can help?

[Team JNPR appears]

Ruby Rose: Pyrrha!

Yang Xiao Long: Aw, you don't have to!

Blake Belladonna: BUT SHE COULD!

[Moments Team RWBY and Team JNPR have finished eating. Both Weiss and Jaune look uncomfortably full]

Lie Ren: Are you sure it's wise to have eaten before a fight?

Pyrrha Nikos: Of course. It will give us energy.

[Nora lets out a very loud burp]

Jaune Arc: [Gives a sick groan] If I barf, I'm blaming you.

Nora Valkyrie: Ooo! Aim it at the enemy!

Lie Ren: Nora, that's disgusting. But, if you do feel the urge...

Jaune Arc: Got it.

---

Nora: We've got a world-renowed fighter on our team, what's basically a ninja, I can bench five of me, ...Jaune, we've trained all year, our weapons are awesome, Glynda barely yells at us anymore, and uh... Jaune!

Ren: Are you gonna take that?

Jaune: She's not wrong...

Nora: I'm kidding! He know I'm kidding. Don't be so nervous! The worst that could happen is we lose! Then it's just a few more years of walking around school with everyone knowing we're failures, our friends will slowly abandon us to preserve their social status, [Starting to be nervous] we won't be able to show our faces in class, [Turning white] no one will sit with us in the cafeteria, Ren and I have no parents, we have no home left to go to, we'll be officially renamed Team LOSER-per! Ah ha ha ha ha! [Sobbing]

Ren: Sooo yeah. We're feeling pretty good.

Pyrrha: Don't fret. If anything, we should looking forward to a fight with actual guidelines and not... Well, murderers.

Yang: Yeah don't sweat it! We've all faced way worse before.

Blake: Let's see: Grimm Invasion, violent extremists, a destructive sociopath.

Ruby: And that's all while we were still in training! Oh, imagine what it'll be like when we graduate!

Weiss Schnee: [wistfully] Maybe then I'll be able to pay for a meal.

Jaune: This is it, guys! Let's finish 'em with team attacks! Nora, Ren, Flower Power!

Nora: Wait... What?

Jaune: F-Flower Power. [Pyrrha, Nora, and Ren just shrug] That's your team attack name.

Ren: Since... when?

Jaune: Guys, we went over this! Flower Power is Ren and Nora. Ren brings the flower, Nora brings the power.

Ren: How do I bring a flower?

Nora: No, silly! Not 'a flower'! Flour! Like in baking!

Ren: Why would I bring that?

Jaune: I, uh, no, it's your symbol!

Pyrrha: So... what are we?

Jaune: Pyrrha!

Pyrrha: Sorry! I just wanna make sure it's clearly defined.

[Team BRNZ still listen to Team JNPR]

Jaune: [distantly] Pyrrha, you and I are Arkos. It's the thing, where we take our shields, remember?

Pyrrha: Arkos?

Jaune: Yeah. It's our names put together?

Pyrrha: Right... no, I get it.

Jaune: What, do you not like it?

Pyrrha: No, no, it's... good?

Nora: Mmm, I sensed hesitation!

Brawnz: Hey!

Team JNPR: Huh?

Brawnz: What do you think you doing?!

Jaune: Trying to have a team meeting, thank you very little.

Nora: [Angrily] Yeah! Team ears only!

Brawnz: We in the middle of a fight!

Jaune: [Yelled] And we're in the middle of the conversation! What don't you get about that?!

Pyrrha: Um, Jaune?

Jaune: Yes, Pyrrha?!

Pyrrha: I think he means that we're ALL in the middle of the fight?

[Crowd jeering]

Jaune: [Sign] Nora, just... hit them with the hammer.

Nora: ...GOT IT.

Brawnz: Wait... what?!

[Nora hits all of BRNZ at once with her hammer]

Team BRNZ: Ah!

[Team BRNZ crash to the side wall]

---

Weiss: Good luck, Neptune!

[Neptune sees NDGO and flirts]

Neptune: Ladies...

Weiss: [Angrily and yelled] BREAK HIS STUPID FACE, NDGO!

---

Neptune: Alright girls, try and remember. Hands above the waist.

Sun: Ignore him, for he...yeah, he's dumb.

[Neptune wink]

---

[After NDGO got desert]

Nebula: Alright, home field advantage

Sun: Don't get to cocky, that's my turf too.

Scarlet: I hope I don't get sand in my shoes.

Neptune: Be cool, man.

Gwen: Hey, the ocean!

Neptune: HUH?! [look at the water symbol and gets scared]

Ruby: Uh... what's wrong with Neptune?

Blake: Oh no...

[The ocean appears on the battlefield, and Neptune freezes in horror]

Blake: Neptune's... afraid of the water.

Oobleck: Three, two, one, begin!

[Neptune rush to the desert]

Sun: Neptune! What are you doing?

Neptune: Oh, you know, just, uh, getting to higher ground.

Sun: On the enemy's side?!

[Scarlet drops his jacket]

Neptune: They would never expect it!

Dew: He's not wrong.

---

[After Team SSSN beats Team NDGO when Neptune electrifies the water, shocking out NDGO]

Professor Port: And with that, Team SSSN moves on to the doubles round. You know what I call that victory?

Dr. Oobleck: "Shocking"?

Professor Port: No, "well-earned". What you said is stupid.

---

Ruby: Aw, that was so close!

Yang: Looks like the dorks made it to the next round.

[Blake watches Sun and Neptune celebrate their win over NDGO. Sun turns to Blake and points to her with a wink]

Blake: [Blushes] Emphasis on "dork".

Oobleck: [Microphone] That concludes the matches for today. Please leave the coliseum in a CALM AND ORDERLY FASHION!

Yang: Come on, let's go congratulate' em!

Winter: Beacon, it's been a long time. The air feels, different.

Ruby: I mean it is fall so it's probably colder...

[Weiss punch Ruby on her right shoulder]

Ruby: Ahh!

---

Winter: [sigh] How have you been!

Weiss: - Oh, splendid! Thank you for asking. I'm actually in the very top ranking of our sparring class. The rest of my studies are going wonderful too. I'm-

[Winter slap Weiss on the head]

Winter: Silence, you boob! I don't recall asking about ranking. I asked how you've been. Are you eating properly? Have you taken up any hobbies? Are you making new friends?

Weiss: Well, there's Ruby.

Ruby: [Snorts] Boob. [After fixing a bump on Weiss's head]

---

Qrow: Hey, [Weiss and Winter turn around] yeah! I talking to you, Ice Queen.

Winter: Halt!

Weiss: Excuse me? [Walking toward Qrow] Do you have any idea who you talking to?

Qrow: [Holds Weiss head] Sssshhhh, Not you. [Pushes Weiss away]

Weiss: Hey!

Qrow: [Walking toward Winter] YOU.

---

Ruby: What's going on?!

Weiss: Some crazy guy just started attacking my sister!

Ruby: Oh, no! Who would do such a th-aaaaat is my uncle!

Weiss: What?!

Ruby: Kick her butt, Uncle Qrow!

Weiss: Uhh, teach him respect, Winter!

---

Ruby: UNCLE QROWWWWWWWW! [She rushes to him and jumps onto his arm, hanging on] Hi...Oh, it's so good to see you! Did you miss me? Did you miss me?!

Qrow: [Smiles and ruffles Ruby's hair] Nope.

Ozpin: Qrow. A word, please.

Qrow: [Aside to Ruby] I think I'm in trouble.

Ruby: Well, you did tear up our courtyard.

Qrow: Yeah, I did. [Winks and bumps fists with Ruby] Catch you later, kid.

[Qrow leaves with Ozpin while Goodwitch repairs the damage from Qrow's fight with Winter.]

Weiss: [To Ruby] And, suddenly, your recklessness makes sense.

Ruby: [Elbows Weiss] You're just mad, 'cause he whooped butt.

Weiss: That was a draw, at best!

---

Winter: What were you thinking?

Ironwood: If you were one of my men, I'd have you shot!

Qrow: If I was one of your men, I'd shoot myself.

Goodwitch: While I wouldn't condone his behavior, retaliating like you did certainly didn't help the situation.

Winter: He was drunk!

Goodwitch: He's always drunk. [They turn and see Qrow drinking from his flask. He sees them staring at him and stops drinking with a shrug]

Coco: Hey, [Lowers her sunglasses] Love the outfit, kid.

Emerald: I'll try not to get blood on it!

Yatsuhashi: [stands up] I can't promise you'll leave without a scratch.

Emerald: I won't be the one bleeding.

Coco: Oooh, I like her!

---

Coco: [After her sunglasses break] I take it back; I don't' like her.

---

Qrow: I come across a small village in the swamps West of Mistaral. Right off the bat, I knew something wasn't right.

Ruby: What were you doing there?

Qrow: I needed information. Tired from battling Grimm along the way, I decided to start my search at the town's Inn. The place was crawling with low-lifes and thugs, even a few Huntsmen I could only assume had been hired by less than reputable people for less than respectable jobs. And that's when it happened.

Yang: What happened?

Qrow: I was defeated... by the mere sight... of the Inn Keeper's skirt length!

[Yang throw a pillow at Qrow, after that story and also beating her in the video game]

Game Announcer: Soaring Ninja, Wins. Total Annihilation!

Yang: You are the worst!

[Qrow and Ruby start to laugh]

Qrow: Best two out of three?

Ruby: So, Uncle Qrow, did you get in trouble with Ozpin?

Qrow: Nah, me and Oz go way back. We're cool.

Yang: Tch, cool for a old guy.

Qrow: Not funny.

Ruby: So is she... your friend or...

Penny: She's like Blake, but if Blake was ordered to spend time with you.

Ruby: Oh. So, Weiss.

Penny: Precisely!

---

[After Flynt Coal blame Weiss, that her father close his father Dust shop]

Yang: Hey! Why don't you-

Neon Katt: Hey! Why don't you... That's what you sound like!

Yang: Uh...

Neon Katt: Hey! Where did you get your hair extensions?

Yang: This is just my normal hair...

Neon Katt: Ooh! Really?

Yang: Yeah! Is that a prob-

Neon Katt: You should try rollerblading sometime. It's suuuper-fun! It probably would take you a while, since you're so, you know..."top-heavy".

Yang: [Yang looks at her chest] EXCUSE ME?

Ruby: [Watching in the stands with Blake, quietly] Oh, here we go...

---

Neon Katt: [After freezing Yang right leg] Hmm-mmm, Look! Now you're [spanks her butt] "bottom-heavy" too.

---

Neon Katt: Ooh! Flashy eyes! You know, you're actually look kinda pretty while you're angry.

---

Neon Katt: Never miss a beat, never miss a beat, Never... miss a... [Trying not to fall, until she trips on a crack in the floor] ...beat?

[Neon starts to roll to a geyser, leaving an opening for Yang, who blasts her]

Neon Katt: AAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!! [The blast explodes, and Neon Katt is eliminated]

[Crowd cheer] [Yang started to breathe for 3 seconds]

Yang: [After her eyes turn back to normal] Weiss! [Yang rush to Weiss] Weiss! Are you okay?

Weiss: [Coughs] I may not be singing for a while...

Yang: You know...I don't think that was proper form.

Weiss: Oh ha, ha! [coughs]

Neon Katt: [high pitched] WHAT?! We lost?! We lost?! Team FNKI lost?! That was... That was... AMAZING!! Oh my gosh you guys were super crazy awesome! We should DEFINITELY party together sometimes! Right, Flynt?

Flynt Coal: That was a gutsy move, Schnee...I dig it.

[Ruby and Blake rush to their teammates]

Blake: Good job you two!

Ruby: Yeah!

[After Yang defeats Mercury]

Ruby: Yeah! You did it, sis!

Blake: Way a go, Yang!

Yang: Better luck next time.

Mercury: [suddenly menacing] There's not going to be a next time, Blondie!

Mercury: Oh, Doc! Tell me! Will I ever walk again? [Emerald hits Mercury] Ow! What's your deal?

Emerald: Ugh, headache. One mind I can handle, but two is a stretch.

---

[Emerald turns off the TV]

Mercury: Hey, I was watching that!

Emerald: Shut up!

Mercury: Is this how you treat a patient? [Emerald twists a screwdriver on Mercury robotic leg] Ow! Too tight!

Cinder: Enough. Our Mercury put on a wonderful show. He was quite brave.

Mercury: These things aren't exactly cheap ya know.

Nora: You heard the lady! No more moping around! [Changes into a workout attire] We gotta get your butt in shape for the big fight! It could be today! It could be tomorrow! It could be [while lifting 1000 LB weights] the most important fight of your entire life! [Then falls down]

Pyrrha: Um...

Ren: Nora's right. [Wearing an apron that says "Please do nothing to the cook"] You can't let your concern for Yang hold you back. You need to focus. You'll be defending the honor of Beacon Academy.

Pyrrha: Of course. I-

Ren: [Giving Pyrrha a cup of what appears to be green sludge] This blend of herbs and vegetables is filled with nutrients vital to your body's well being.

Pyrrha: Oh... that's-

Ren: Please, there's no need to thank me.

Nora: Thank you?! Ugh, that looks like slime from a lake-bed!

Ren: Algae contains numerous spectacular properties. See for yourself.

[Nora starts to drink Ren's special shake, her face turn green]

Nora: Ugh! [rush to the trash can and vomits, while Pyrrha grins] What is wrong with you?

Ren: Me? You're the one that wasted perfectly good juice.

Nora: We're supposed to help Pyrrha, not poison her!

Ren: There was absolutely nothing wrong with that.

Nora: If it looks the same coming up as it does going down, then there's something wrong!

---

Qrow: Hey there, fire-cracker.

Yang: Hey Qrow...

Qrow: So why'd you do it?

Yang: You know why.

Qrow: All I know is that you attacked a helpless kid. So either you're lying, or you're crazy.

Yang: I'm NOT lying.

Qrow: Hm, crazy. Got it.

[All of Remnant has watched Pyrrha accidentally destroy Penny in the Tournament Final, revealing her android nature]

Bartholomew Oobleck: [into his earpiece] Broadcast, what are you doing?! Kill the feed!

Broadcast: Something's wrong! We don't have control over the cameras! We can't even shut off the broadcast!

Bartholomew Oobleck: What?! How is that even possible?

[The coverage on-screen is suddenly overcast with the image of a black Chess Queen, illuminated in red.]

Cinder Fall: [over the speakers] This... is not a tragedy. This... was not an accident. This is what happens, when you sacrifice your trust- your safety- your children- to men who claim to be our guardians.

[As the audience reacts with increasing surprise, anger and fear, Cinder is shown standing atop Beacon Academy, speaking into her Scroll]

Cinder Fall: But are, in reality... nothing more than men. Our Academies' Headmasters wield more power than most armies, and one was audacious enough to control both. They cling to this power in the name of peace, and yet, what do we have to show for it? One nation's attempt a synthetic army, mercilessly torn apart by another's star pupil. What need would Atlas have, for a soldier disguised as an innocent little girl? I don't think the Grimm can tell the difference.

[In the stands, Ironwood angrily leaves his seat, while Pyrrha stares tearfully at Penny's remains. At the food stands, Weiss looks sad, while Blake looks angry; in the dorms, Yang grips the windowsill, looking worried.]

Cinder Fall: And what, may I ask you, is Ozpin teaching his students? First a dismemberment, now this?! Huntsmen and Huntresses should carry themselves with honor and mercy, yet I have witnessed neither. Perhaps Ozpin felt as though defeating Atlas in the tournament, would help people forget his collossal failure to protect Vale, when the Grimm invaded its' streets. Or perhaps... this was his message, to the tyrannical dictator, that has occupied an unsuspecting kingdom with armed forces.

[Ozpin watches from his office in Beacon Tower]

Cinder Fall: Honestly? I haven't the slightest clue as to who is right and who is wrong. But I know that the existence of peace, is fragile... and the leaders of our Kingdoms, conduct their business with iron gloves.

[Emerald discreetly ducks out of the stands]

Cinder Fall: As someone who hails from Mistral, I can assure you... the situation there is... equally undesireable. Our Kingdoms are at the brink of war, yet we, the citizens, are kept in the dark!

[Drawn by the magnified negative emotions, hordes of Grimm begin to charge out of the fog near Vale; the Atlesian guards fire on them]

Cinder Fall: So, I ask you... when the first shots are fired... who do you think you can trust?

[The screens go dark]

Bartholomew Oobleck: The feeds are all jammed! We can't get a message out!

Peter Port: Will somebody tell me what in the world is happening?!

[An alarm siren begins to wail]

Automated Voice: ALERT: INCOMING GRIMM ATTACK. THREAT LEVEL: 9. PLEASE SEEK SHELTER IN A CALM AND ORDERLY MANNER.

[The audience begins to panic and flee the stands. Ironwood bursts into the announcer's booth and grabs the microphone.]

James Ironwood: Ladies and gentlemen, please, there is no need for panic-

[He is interrupted by a loud screech as a giant flying Grimm slams into the Dust shield atop the Colosseum.]

Sun Wukong: A Nevermore?!

Coco Adel: How'd it get past the Kingdom's defenses?!

Lie Ren: [grimly] It wasn't alone.

[As Oz grabs his cane, Glynda and Qrow burst into his office]

Qrow Branwen: Oz-

Professor Ozpin: Get to the city!

Qrow Branwen: But-

Professor Ozpin: Now!

[He calls Ironwood's scroll, as more Grimm are shown stirring in Mountain Glenn]

James Ironwood: Ozpin! The girl, I- I can explain-

Professor Ozpin: [sharply] You brought your Army to my Kingdom, James. Use it!

---

Atlesian Commander: Dammit! [into his Scroll] This is Blue Four. Blues Two and Three, fall into defensive position!

Atlesian Officer: Roger! Blue Three, in position!

Atlesian Commander: Blue Two, what's your status?!

[The bridge of Blue Two is shown full of sparking screens and dead Atlesians; an unseen officer walks past them, shown only below the waist, as alarms blare]

Atlesian Commander: Blue Two, come in! Someone answer me, dammit!

[The officer enters the ship's brig carrying an ornate parasol, revealed to be Neopolitan. Smirking, she opens one of the cells, twirling a familiar-looking bowler hat and cane in her other hand...]

Roman Torchwick: [leans forward, grinning] Well... it's about time.

[Blue Two suddenly turns and fires its' cannons into Blue Four, sending it careening into Blue Three]

Atlesian Commander: We're hit! What's going- [he is cut off by explosions as both ships crash into a cliff. Roman and Neo are shown standing on the bridge of Blue Two]

Roman Torchwick: [laughs maniacally] Oh, it is good to be back!

[After defeating the Nevermore]

Pyrrha: Ruby... [In tears] I am so sorry!

Ruby: Me too... But it wasn't your fault.

Jaune: She's right. [Jaune bring Pyrrha's weapon to her] Whoever was on the microphone- they're the one that did this! And we have to make sure they don't take anyone else.

---

[As Ironwood finishes killing a Beowulf Alpha, Ruby and her friends emerge from the Colosseum]

Ruby Rose: What's going on?!

James Ironwood: Grimm are crawling all over the city. The White Fang has invaded Beacon, and to make matters worse, some... vagabond, has seized one of my ships. Until we regain command, the skies are out of our control. So I'm-

[He raises his pistol, shooting down a Creep approaching the students from behind]

James Ironwood: -Going to take it back. [moves to board his airship]

Jaune Arc: What should we do?

James Ironwood: You have two choices. Defend your Kingdom, and your school... or save yourselves.

[The students glance at each other]

James Ironwood: [reassuringly] No one will fault you, if you leave. [to his android soldiers] Let's move out!

[As his ship flies away, the students look at each other again]

Sun Wukong: I mean... come on!

[As Ruby battles Neopolitan atop the Atlesian airship, Roman arrives and fires at her, knocking her across the deck; he approaches and leans over her]

Roman Torchwick: [mockingly] Little Red, little Red. You are just determined to be the hero of Vale, aren't'cha?

Ruby Rose: What are you doing?! Without these ships, the Grimm will destroy everything!

Roman Torchwick: That's the plan!

[he aims Melodic Cudgel, but she knocks it sideways as he fires. Springing up, she dodges Neo's attack, staggers to the edge of the ship, then jumps back as a Nevermore swoops past.]

Ruby Rose: But why? What do you get out of it?!

Roman Torchwick: You're asking the wrong questions, Red. It's not what I have to gain, it's that I can't afford to lose!

[Ruby charges him, but Roman ducks as Neo vaults over his shoulder, forcing Ruby back. As Ruby slashes, Neo hooks Crescent Rose from her grip with Hush and spin-kicks her in the side. Roman ricochets Melodic Cudgel at Ruby, catches it and fires over his shoulder, blasting her off the ship; she catches onto Crescent Rose, embedded in its' side. She kicks at a Griffon that approaches her]

Roman Torchwick: I maybe a gambling man, but even I know there are some bets you just don't take.

[Neo extends Hush's rapier blade and drags it across the deck, throwing up sparks. As she approaches, Ruby notices a button on the parasol's handle]

Roman Torchwick: Like it or not, the people who hired me are going to change the world! You can't stop 'em, I can't stop em, and you know the old saying. "If you can't beat 'em-"

[Ruby lunges up and presses Hush's button, causing it to open, catch the wind, yank a shocked Neo off the ship and sweep her away]

Roman Torchwick: [horrified] NEO!

Ruby Rose: [climbing back up] I don't care what you say! We will stop them, and I will stop you! BET ON THAT!

[As she speeds forward, Roman fires another Dust flare, scattering it with Melodic Cudgel's hook. As Ruby is thrown backward, he cane-clubs her, then fires again at point-blank range, knocking her down]

Roman Torchwick: [Angrily, as he advances] You got spirit, kid. But this, is the REAL WORLD! [he clubs her again] The real world is COLD! [clubs her again] The real world, doesn't CARE about spirit!

[Ruby kicks him in the shin, and he jumps back, growling]

Roman Torchwick: You want to be a hero?! Then play the part, and DIE like every other Huntsman in history! [He clubs her back down as she rises, not noticing that several Grimm are circling above them, drawn by his negative emotions] As for me, I'll do what I do best: lie, steal, cheat... and SURVIVE!

[As he raises Melodic Cudgel again, a Griffon suddenly swoops down, seizes him in its' jaws, and devours him whole]

---

[Blake has been knocked down while fighting Adam during the Battle of Beacon Academy]

Adam Taurus: This could have been OUR day! Can't you see that?!

Blake Belladonna: I never wanted this! I wanted equality- I wanted peace!

[She rises into a kneeling position and fires Gambol Shroud's pistol at Adam, but he blocks the shots with Wilt's blade, absorbing their energy]

Adam Taurus: What you want is IMPOSSIBLE! [he backhands her across the face, knocking her down] But I understand. Because all I want... is you, Blake.

[Blake raises her gun again, but Adam kicks it from her hand.]

Adam Taurus: And, as I set out upon this world, to deliver the justice mankind so greatly deserves...[crouches and gestures in her face] I will make it my mission, to destroy everything you love.

Yang Xiao Long: [nearby] Blake! Blake, where are you?!

[Yang comes into view outside the broken window, decking a White Fang member. Adam quickly glances from her, to Blake's horrified expression]

Adam Taurus: ...Starting with her.

[After a prolonged battle, Cinder has disarmed Pyrrha, broken her Aura, and crippled her with an arrow through her heel. Circling her victim, she approaches, lifting her chin]

Cinder Fall: [smugly] It's a shame you were promised a power, that was never truly yours. But, take comfort in knowing, that I will use it, in ways you could never imagine.

Pyrrha Nikos: [pulls away from Cinder's grip, glaring at her] ...Do you believe in destiny?

[Cinder's smile fades as she steps back, conjuring an obsidian bow and arrow with her Semblance]

Cinder Fall: ...Yes.

[Just as Ruby reaches the top of the tower, Cinder fires her arrow into Pyrrha's chest. As Pyrrha convulses, Cinder approaches and touches her head, incinerating her with her Semblance until all that remains is Pyrrha's circlet, which she drops on the ground. Ruby watches this with an expression of horror and rage.]

Ruby Rose: PYRRHA!!!!! [A burst of white light shoots out of her eyes, causing the Grimm Dragon to screech in agony and freeze]

Cinder Fall: WHAT?! [The light engulfs her as well]

---

[Ruby awakens in her home at Patch, with her father sitting next to her bed, asleep. She groans as she sits up, awakening him]

Taiyang Xiao Long: Ruby! [He moves next to her] You're awake!

Ruby Rose: What... happened?

Taiyang Xiao Long: [sighs] Your uncle Qrow found you, unconscious. He got you out of there, though, he brought you home safe.

Ruby Rose:... Wait! Yang! Is she alright?!

Taiyang Xiao Long: [his face falls] Uh...She's, uh... she's gonna be alright. I think she's just... I think it's just gonna take some time, for her to get used to things. [Ruby looks down, sadly] She's too strong, to let this stop her. [wipes his eyes and smiles] I'm just glad to have my girls back at home.

Ruby Rose: What happened to the school? And Vale! Were they able to clear out the Grimm?

Taiyang Xiao Long: Things at Vale are under control. But, the school? It's... it's not that simple. That thing, whatever it is, doesn't seem to be dead. Don't get me wrong, you... did a number on it...But, it's not disappearing. It's... kind of... frozen. I know that doesn't sound too bad, but it keeps attracting more Grimm to the school.

Ruby Rose:... I did what?

Taiyang Xiao Long: Hmmm?

Ruby Rose: You said, I did a number on it. What do you mean?

Tiaying Xiao Long: I... look, that's not important right now, we can talk about it later. Things are just... kind of a mess.

Qrow Branwen: [from the doorway] It's always a mess. [swigs the last contents of his hip flask] Mind if we have a minute?

Tiayang Xiao Long: What, I can't stay here?

Qrow Branwen: Tai, please.

[Taiyang sighs, leans over and kisses Ruby's forehead]

Taiyang Xiao Long: I'm glad you're alright. I'll go make us some tea.

[Tai leaves, shooting Qrow a dark look as he passes. Qrow drags a chair over and sits next to Ruby.]

Qrow Branwen: So... how you feeling?

Ruby Rose: Um... I, kind of hurt... all over.

Qrow Branwen: [chuckles, folds his arms] That makes sense, after what you did.

Ruby Rose: You guys keep saying that! That I did something. What are you talking about?!

Qrow Branwen: [leans forward] What's the last thing you remember?

Ruby Rose:... I ran up the side of the Tower. And when I got to the top, I- [gasps in horror] Pyrrha! Is she-

Qrow Branwen: [nods, softly] ...She's gone. [Ruby looks away]

Ruby Rose: [tearfully] I... I got to the top, and I saw Pyrrha... [clenching her fists] And Cinder. And then, everything went white!

Qrow Branwen:... Anything else?

Ruby Rose: I remember... my head hurting.

Qrow Branwen: The night you met Ozpin... what was the first thing, he said to you?

Ruby Rose: I... I don't know. I think it was something about-

Qrow Branwen: Silver eyes. [Ruby looks up] That's an extremely rare trait.

Ruby Rose: So?

Qrow Branwen:... You're special, Ruby. And not in the 'Daddy loves his special angel' kind of way. You're special the same way your Mom was. Remnant's full of legends and stories. Some of 'em true, some made up. But there's one Oz told me, from a very long time ago. Back before Huntsmen, before Kingdoms. It was said that those with silver eyes, were destined to lead the life of a warrior. You see, the creatures of Grimm- the most fearsome monsters mankind had ever encountered- were afraid, of those silver-eyed warriors. They were the best of the best. It was said that even a single look from one of these fighters, could strike a Grimm down. [smiles] It's a ridiculous story...

Ruby Rose: But... you think that, I might be...

Qrow Branwen: [chuckles] Well, a giant monster's currently frozen on top of Beacon Tower... and you're here, safe in bed. [stands up, looks out the window]

Ruby Rose: Wait... Wait, how did you know what Ozpin said to me? The night we met.

Qrow Branwen: All those missions I go on, all those times I'm away, in some far-off place... It's been for Ozpin. But he's missing, now. Something's been set in motion... and with Oz gone, I'll have to pick up, where he left off.

Ruby Rose: Then what can I do? [Qrow turns back to her] If I'm so special, then I can help, right?

Qrow Branwen: [sighs] You really wanna help? Get some rest. You're in no condition to go anywhere, right now. [moves to the door, turns back briefly] Besides... our enemy's trail leads all the way, to Haven. That'd be quite a trip for a pipsqueak like you. [winks at her as he leaves] Catch ya later, kiddo.

---

[Yang is sitting in her bed staring out the window. Ruby quietly enters.]

Ruby Rose: [tentatively] Yang? [When Yang doesn't respond, she starts to leave]

Yang Xiao Long: ...Ruby.

[Ruby turn around to see Yang looking at her, eyes full of tears. She runs over and hugs her sister]

Ruby Rose: I'm so glad you're okay!

Yang Xiao Long: ...But I'm not. [Ruby lets go, staring at the bandaged stump of Yang's arm] It's all gone. [her voice starts to break] The school...Penny... Pyrrha... and...

Ruby Rose: Yang, where are Weiss and Blake?

Yang Xiao Long: Weiss's father... came for her.

Ruby Rose: What?! What do you mean?

Yang Xiao Long: No one outside of Vale knows what happened here. Before the tower fell... The last thing people saw was Atlas attacking innocent people, and Grimm destroying the city. Everyone's scared. No one knows who to trust. So Weiss's father came to take her back to Atlas, where he thinks it's safe. She's gone.

Ruby Rose: What about-

Yang Xiao Long: And Blake ran! [bitterly] Sun saw her go. After we got to the city... she just... ran!

Ruby Rose: But... why?

Yang Xiao Long: I don't know. [tears up, then turns away] And I don't care.

Ruby Rose: There have to be a reason she-

Yang Xiao Long: No there doesn't! Sometimes bad things just happen, Ruby!

Ruby Rose: [softly] ...So what do we do, now?

Yang Xiao Long: [coldly] You can do what you like. I'm gonna lie here.

Ruby Rose: Yang-

Yang Xiao Long: Just leave me alone.

[Ruby goes to the door, turning back briefly]

Ruby Rose: [softly] I love you.

[She leaves when Yang does not respond]

---

[As winter arrives, Ruby steps outside her house]

Jaune Arc: ...Hey.

Ruby Rose: Hey Jaune. [she approaches him] Haven's a long way to go.

Jaune Arc: I know. But it's the only lead we have.

Ruby Rose: And you're sure you wanna come along?

Lie Ren: The journey will be perilous... and whether we'll find answers at the end, is entirely uncertain.

Nora Valkyrie: But we wouldn't be here if we weren't up for it.

Ruby Rose: Then let's get started.

[The four friends set off on the road for Haven]

Mysterious Narrator: "A smaller, more honest soul." It's true that a simple spark, can ignite hope. Breath fire, into the hearts of the weary.

[At home, Taiyang brings Ruby's breakfast, only to find a note. He drops the food and runs past Yang's room, where she is still staring out the window]

Mysterious Narrator: The ability to derive strength from hope, is undoubtedly mankind's greatest attribute. Which is why... I will focus all of my power... to snuff it out.

[A raven is seen outside Yang's window, watching her before it flies away]

Mysterious Narrator: How does it feel? Knowing, that all of your time and effort, has been for nothing? That your guardians, have failed you. That everything you've built, will be torn down, before your very eyes.

[At the ruins of Beacon Academy, more Grimm are shown approaching the ruined Tower and the petrified dragon atop it.]

Mysterious Narrator: Your faith in mankind was not misplaced. When banded together, unified by a common enemy... they are a noticeable threat. [Glynda Goodwitch is shown repairing damage in Vale with her Semblance, visibly exhausted] But divide them... place doubt into their minds.

[Blake is shown fleeing across Beacon's rooftops, glancing back at the Tower and dragon]

Mysterious Narrator: And any Semblance of power they once had, will wash away.

[Weiss is shown on an airship, looking sad. She glances from the window to her father, who is seated next to her, staring ahead coldly. Ruby and her friends are shown visiting her mother's grave before they move on]

Mysterious narrator: Of course, they won't realize it at first. Like you, they'll cling to their fleeting hope, their aspirations. But this is merely the first move. So, you send your Guardians, your Huntsmen and Huntresses.

[The scene shifts to the Land of Darkness. The camera zooms toward the Narrator on a cliff, revealing her as Salem]

Salem: And when they fail, and you turn to your smaller soul... know that you send her, to the same, pitiful demise. This is the beginning of the end, Ozpin. [she turns around, her eyes glowing red] And I can't wait, to watch you burn.

[Cinder speaks in unintelligible, hoarse whispers to Emerald]

Dr. Watts: Pathetic. Why'd you even-?

[The door opens. Watts, Cinder, Hazel, and Tyrian all stand. Salem enters, moves to the head of the table, and turns to face them]

Salem: Watts...Do you find such malignancy necessary? [She gestures for them to sit.]

Dr. Watts: I apologize, ma'am. I'm not particularly fond of failure.

Salem: [sits] Then I see no reason for your cruelty towards young Cinder. She's become our Fall Maiden, destroyed Beacon Tower, and most importantly...killed dear Ozpin. So, I'm curious; to what failures are you referring?

Dr. Watts: Well, the girl with silver eyes.

Hazel: Yes. We dealt with her kind before. How's it a novice was able to best one of us?

Dr. Watts: My thoughts exactly. Even without her new power, it should've been effortless.

Salem: It is because of the Maiden's power. Make no mistake, Cinder, you hold the key to our victory. But, your newfound strength brings with it a crippling weakness. Which is why you will remain by my side as we continue your treatment. [Cinder snarls in disappointment] Dr. Watts, you are to take Cinder's place, and meet with our informant in Mistral.

Dr. Watts: Very good.

Salem: Tyrian, I want you to continue your hunt for the Spring Maiden.

Tyrian: [Gives a gleeful chuckle] Gladly.

Salem: And Hazel, I'm sending you to the leader of the White Fang. Adam Taurus has arranged the meeting. The boy continues to prove loyal. Ensure that Sienna Khan feels the same way.

Hazel: As you wish.

[Cinder raises her hand, and looks at Emerald]

Emerald: Oh. [Leans in to Cinder. Cinder whispers to her again, and Emerald stands up]

Salem: Speak, child.

Emerald: She wants to know..."What about the girl?"

Dr. Watts: [Scoffs] What about her? Seems to me that this is Cinder's problem, not ours.

[Cinder slams her fist on the table and glares at Watts, who smirks]

Salem: That's enough. Tyrian?

Tyrian: [grins] yes, my lady?

Salem: Spring can wait. Find the girl that did this to Cinder...[Tyrian gleefully giggles and claps] And bring her to me. [Tyrian frowns in disappointment] Because of your efforts, Beacon has fallen...and 'Haven, will be next.

Tyrian: [gesturns to Cinder] And eye for an eye...

[he dissolves into a fit of maniacal laughter]

---

Nora: I'm just saying, there's more members of JNPR on this team than RWBY. It just makes sense to go with that one!

Ren: But JNRR isn't a color.

Nora: [Groans] How can I be more clear?! [Holds her hand up, and an image of JNRR appears] One, two, three! That's more than one!

Ren: But, we're helping Ruby with her objective. [Holds his hand up, and an image of RNJR appears] Wouldn't that make her the leader?

Jaune: [On lookout] Guys, we need to focus...Also, JNRR is way cooler.

Nora: EXACTLY!

---

[Blacksmith finishes creating Jaune new armor]

Blacksmith: There you go, son! It's gonna be heavier than you're used to... But you'll thank me the next time you go up against a set of claws!

Jaune: Wow... I... I don't know what to say.

Blacksmith: Don't gotta say anything! Just put it on! I'll go get the rest.

Nora: So, what are you waiting for?!

Jaune: Oh...! Right! [Removing his old armor] Guess I was... Gonna grow out of it eventually...

Ren: A sign of progress.

Jaune: Progress.

[As Jaune turns around, Ruby gasps, then snickers]

Jaune: Whuh... What is it?

Ruby: [Pointing at Jaune's hoodie] What is THAT?!

Jaune: [Jaune's hoodie has a picture of a bunny on it] What, my hoodie? I've always had this!

Ruby: [Again snickering] IT GOT A CUTE LITTLE BUNNY RABBIT! [Starting to laugh]

Jaune: It's Pumpkin Pete! Y'know from the cereal?

Ruby: [Continue to laugh] What did you do?! Send in a boxtop for a prize?!

Jaune: Yeah! 50!

[Ruby, after a pause, laughs even louder, before falling over.]

Ruby: Ah... Ha-ha-ha... Heh...

Ren: Well... I suppose we don't have to grow out of everything.

Ruby: So, the next town is... [continues looking at the map] Uh-huh! Uh-huh... [stops looking at the map] We're lost.

Jaune: We're not lost! The next town is Shion. My family used to visit it all the time.

Ruby: Oh, yeah! Don't you have, like four sisters?

Jaune: Uh, seven.

[Ruby giggles]

Nora: Y'know, that actually explain a lot.

Jaune: Wait, what do you mean--

Ruby: SO, what did you guys do there?

Jaune: OH! All sorts of stuff! Over here is a great hiking trail, and over here is where we went to camping all the time! I got my own tent because I was special. Also, so my sisters would stop braiding my hair.

Ruby: Didn't like the look?

Jaune: Yeah, they just keep doing pigtails, but personally I think I'm more of a "Warrior's Wolf Tail" kind of guy.

Ruby: That's just a ponytail.

Jaune: I stand by what I said.

[Blake tries to defend the ship from a Grimm sea monster. A cloaked figure suddenly rushes past her and leaps at the monster. The cloak flies off, revealing...]

Blake: SUN?!

Sun: [Uses his Semblance to help grab the monster's head, as he tries to corral it, keeping the monster from firing on the ship] Not today, pal!

Blake: What are you doing?!

Sun: [As the monster starts flying in random directions, trying to throw him off] Oh, just...you know...hanging out! [The monster finally throws him off. As Sun starts to fall, Blake swings herself off the ship and catches him, landing on a small island, holding Sun in her arms] My hero.

Blake: You're not supposed to be here!

Sun: Yeah? Well, it looks like you need all the help you can get.

Blake: UGH! [Drops Sun unceremoniously] Just shut up and fight!

---

Sun: [After the Grimm monster is defeated, some Faunus passengers thank him] Seriously, it was no big deal. Just enjoy the rest of your trip, and everything will be cool. We got this! [Turns back to Blake] You'd think they've never seen a fight before.

Blake: What are you even doing here, Sun?

Sun: Digging the new outfit, by the way. [Points to her cat ears] Never did like the bow.

Blake: [Slaps Sun's hand away] SUN!

Sun: Jeez.

Blake: Have you been following me?!

Sun: [Sighs] I saw you run off. The night Beacon Tower fell. Once we landed in Vale, you made sure everyone was okay, then you just took off, without saying anything.

Blake: I had to. You wouldn't understand.

Sun: No, I get it. The moment you left, I knew exactly what you were doing: You're going on a one-woman rampage against the White Fang!

Blake: ...WHAT?

Sun: You always felt like the Fang was your fight. They show up, trash your school, hurt your friends; it makes perfect sense.

Blake: I can't believe you.

Sun: So, there's no way I'm letting you do this alone! It's an honorable approach for sure, but you're going to need someone watching your back, and that's where I come in! Us Faunus got to stick together, after all.

Blake: [Shoves Sun away] You're wrong, Sun. You're so, so wrong.

Sun: What do you-?

Blake: I'm not going anywhere near the White Fang. Not yet.

Sun: Seriously?

Blake: I need to sort some things out.

Sun: Then, why not do it with your team, your friends?

Blake: You're one to talk! Assuming Neptune, Sage, and Scarlet aren't hiding below deck.

Sun: You really think I can get Neptune on the ocean?

---

Salem: Cinder, I'm going to ask you this just one more time, and I expect a clear answer. Did you...kill...Ozpin? [Cinder starts to raise her hand for Emerald] NO! I want to hear you say it.

Cinder Fall: [Gives a rasping inhale, then, with great effort] ...Yes.

Salem: [After a pause, turns to the Grimm orb floating next to her] Reinforce our forces at Beacon. The relic is there. [After the orb leaves, she ponders to herself] What are you planning?

Taiyang: Adult or not, you still have a long way to go before you're ready for the real world.

Yang: [Annoyed] Oh my gosh, does every father figure just have the same three condescending phrases?

Taiyang: Yeah, but we only use them when we mean it!

---

Prof. Port: Fear is like any other emotion; it comes and goes. It's all in how we handle it. Why, even I wrestle with that emotion from time to time.

Yang: Really? You?

Dr. Oobleck: [Aside to Yang] He's afraid of mice.

Prof. Port: THEY ONLY BRING DISEASE AND FAMINE! [Yang starts quietly laughing] And don't even get me started on their tail! So hairless, it's simply unnatural!

---

Raven: Hello, brother.

Qrow: ...Raven. [Goes to the table she's sitting at. He gives her a look, and after a pause, Raven pulls her mask aside, allowing him to sit with his drink.] So, what do you want?

Raven: A girl can't just catch up with her family?

Qrow: She can, but you're not. Now, how about we get on with it? [Takes a sip of his drink] Unless you plan on keeping these coming.

Raven: Does she have it?

Qrow: ...Did you know Yang lost her arm?

Raven: That's not-

Qrow: Rhetorical question, I know you know. It's just obnoxious that you bring up family, then just carry on like your own daughter doesn't exist.

Raven: I saved her!

Qrow: Once, because that was your rule, right? Real "Mom of the Year" material, sis.

Dr. Watts: I'm still so fascinated by this creature. Cinder, dear, are we coming through? Can you see us clearly? Well, as clearly as you can.

Cinder: Shut... up!

Dr. Watts: Oh, goody. You've recovered.

Yang: I know she's our teammate. But I'm not just going to change my mind. I'm sorry. I just...I don't think you know what it's like to be left. You have a giant family. Recitals to perform. Dinners to attend. I didn't have any of that. My Mom left me. Ruby's Mom left too. Tai was always busy with school and Ruby couldn't even talk yet. I had to pick up the pieces. I had to keep things together. Alone. Weiss, if you have something to say, then say it.

Weiss: When I was ten, my Dad finally admitted to my Mom that the only reason he married her was for the family name. It was actually on my birthday. He missed the big dinner, she got mad, he finally snapped. I think she already knew. Looking back, I think I knew too. But hearing him say it finally pushed her over the edge. First it was separate lunches and dinners. Opposite balconies at my recitals. A glass of wine here, a glass of wine there. Then, it was no dinners. No recitals. A bottle of wine here...you get the idea.

Yang: I'm sorry. I shouldn't have assumed.

Weiss: You're right, though. I don't know loneliness like you do. I have my own version. And I'll bet Blake has her own version too.

Yang: She doesn't have to be alone. I was here for her! We all were! She chose to leave us!

Weiss: Why do you think she did that? The entire time Blake was at Beacon, she was afraid to open up to people. She tried to keep her past separate from us. She tried to protect us. Eventually those walls she put up came down. And the moment they did, the one thing she was afraid of actually happened. The universe proved her right.

Yang: No one blamed her for anything! If she'd just talked us she would've known that! How can I be there for her if she won't let me? What if I need her here for me?

[As Vernal, Cinder and Raven enter the Vault, blossoms from its' tree begin to float down around them]

Cinder Fall: Having fun?

Raven Branwen: Vernal, stay focused.

Cinder Fall: Oh, come now, Raven. Let her enjoy this. It's a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Vernal: How does this work?

Cinder Fall: Once the Spring Maiden places her hand on the door... it will open. For you... and only you. Then I will walk into the Vault, and retrieve the Relic. No one else. Is that clear?

Vernal: Yes.

Raven Branwen: [impatiently] It doesn't matter to us. Let's get this over with.

Cinder Fall: Alright then. Vernal, when you're ready. [Vernal approaches the door; Raven reaches slowly for her sword, but stops when Cinder speaks] You know... I've heard so many stories about you, Raven. They say you're a cunning leader. That you're strong. That you're clever. [Vernal reaches for the door as Cinder glances back at Raven] It's a shame that they're wrong.

[Cinder suddenly casts a bolt of magic from her hand at Raven]

Raven Branwen: VERNAL!

[She lunges forward, but is encased in ice. Vernal draws her weapons and whirls around, then gasps in pain as she's thrust against the door. She stares down at a Grimm arm stretching from Cinder's crippled shoulder, its' claws impaling her stomach]

Cinder Fall: [Smiles] It's nothing personal, dear. [she approaches] You're just not worthy of such power. But I am.

[She throws Vernal to the floor, causing her to scream in agony. Behind them, the ice around Raven starts to crack]

Cinder Fall: So, I will take... what is mine. [Vernal's struggles weaken, but Cinder's smirk changes to confusion] What... what is this? Where's the power?!

[The ice shatters behind Cinder. She turns to see Raven standing ready, bluish aura flickering around her]

Raven Branwen: You won't find it. [She pulls off her mask and throws it aside] Because Vernal isn't the Spring Maiden. [She raises her face, Maiden flames wreathing her eyes] I AM!

Ruby: Look! [rushes over to a shelf]

Weiss: What is it?

Ruby: [shows Weiss canned beans] Food!

Weiss: Canned food?

Ruby: Oh, trust me. You put enough salt on anything and it'll taste just fine.

Weiss: I suppose it's better than nothing. [she and Ruby pick up some cans from the cellar] But I still hate this place.

[They leave, but the door to the nearby wine cellar lifts up and then goes back down again, making an ominous creak.]

Adam: You knew you couldn't win two on one at Haven. What makes you so sure you can win now?

Blake: I don't have a choice. I have people who actually care about me! And I promised that I would never leave them again! So I'm not dying now!

Adam: You know, she made a promise to me once... that she'd always be at my side. And look how well she's kept it.

Yang: Did she make that promise to you? Or to the person you were pretending to be?

Adam: So I just wasn't good enough for you.

Blake: You know it's so much more than that.

Adam: I know you've made your choice. And I've made mine.

[In the Land of Darkness, Mercury Black is seen looking out the window in the meeting room. Emerald Sustrai then walks in.]

Emerald: Mercury, I wanted to... [suddenly, she notices Mercury's face has an expression of horror as he looks out the window. She looks to where he's looking] What is she doing?

[A Beringel is seen crawling out of one of the black, tar-like pits, with Salem herself standing close by. Having learned about Adam Tarus' death, she then uses her magic as Nevermore wings suddenly sprout from the back of the Beringel. The Beringel gets used to its new appendages, before flying up to join many other Beringels also grafted with wings. Emerald and Mercury continue to watch in horror.]

Hazel: There's an old saying. [the two notice him enter the room and stands next to them] If you want something done right... do it yourself.

[Salem looks up to the army of Grimm she has gathered, before turning around and using her magic on the black pools again, engulfing the entire scene...]

Jacques Schnee: [glances at the rest of Team RWBY surrounding Weiss] So these are the little friends you threw everything away for?

Weiss: [shakes her head] Not friends. Family.

James Ironwood: I will sacrifice... whatever it takes, to stop her!

Arthur Watts: Oh, I hope you do, James. [spits blood and smirks] I really hope you do.

---

[A Seer Grimm bursts from Watt's bag, levitating into the air]

Salem: General Ironwood.

[The Seer cracks open, then collapses, dead. Smoke pours out, forming an image of Salem]

Salem: The brave Huntsmen and Huntresses bested Arthur Watts. Congratulations.

Ruby Rose: We stopped Tyrian, too. And we'll stop Cinder, and anyone else you try to send here.

Salem: Dear girl, their goal was never victory. It was merely to set the stage.

James Ironwood: For what?!

Salem: [Turns] ...For me. [Ironwood backs away, stunned, as Salem drifts toward him] Time isn't on your side, James. It's always, been on mine. The people of Atlas have suffered enough! Surrender the Staff, and the Lamp, to me... and they needn't suffer any further.

James Ironwood: That's... Not, going to happen.

Salem: [leans forward, smiling softly] Simply accept the futility, of your situation... and this can all be over.

Ruby Rose: [Firmly] We've seen what you're capable of. The Lamp showed us. [Salem's smile vanishes; she straightens, glaring down at Ruby, who stares back defiantly ] It showed us everything. We've seen that you can't be killed. But we've also seen you fail. We don't have to kill you, to stop you... and we will stop you.

Salem: ...Your mother, said those words to me.

Ruby Rose: [stunned, as visions of Summer are shown] My... mother?

Salem: She was wrong, too.

[Ruby's silver eyes flash. Still envisioning her mother, she crumples to her knees in tears, clutching her head; Yang rushes to her side. After a moment, Salem disappears.]

---

Marrow Amin: That's Salem?! That's who we're up against?!

Harriet Bree: And she's apparently on her way.

Elm Elderne: But... we'd be alerted if any forces had approached the kingdom! We have long-range proximity alarms all along the coast, and-

Vine Zeki: [checks his scroll] They're offline. With all of the chaos, we didn't notice.

Marrow Amin: Watts must have shut them down!

James Ironwood: Or, they've already been destroyed. [walks to his desk and stares out over Atlas Academy]

Elm Elderne: What... all of them?

Blake Belladonna: You said in your speech, that Amity Tower was ready to launch. Was that true? [Ironwood does not answer, Blake and Weiss look at each other]

Yang Xiao Long: No. You just said that, to lure out Watts.

Weiss Schnee: General... Ironwood?

James Ironwood: ...I've sent your sister, to claim the power of the Winter Maiden.

Weiss Schnee: [gasps] What?

James Ironwood: When I realized we'd been compromised, I knew we couldn't wait any longer. The Staff and the Lamp, have to be locked away.

Ruby Rose: I thought... you said we could keep it.

James Ironwood: [turns, angrily] Well, that was before you lied to me about the Lamp. Before you lied to us about Robyn, before Salem was right on our doorstep. Before Mantle was nearly destroyed, and myself and my army were left exhausted! [he slams Watt's bag off the desk, then sets his gun down and picks up Cinder's chess piece] The timeline has changed, and we must change accordingly.

Harriet Bree: What are our orders, sir?

James Ironwood: We are going to take our plan for Amity Tower, and apply it to the city of Atlas. [crushes the chess piece in his mechanical hand]

Ruby Rose: [stands up] What?!

James Ironwood: It was Oz's plan, in a former life... but he didn't take it far enough. If we harness the power of the Staff, and raise ourselves high into the atmosphere, the city's artificial climate will keep citizens and food supplies unharmed. Always out of reach, of whatever Salem may try to send our way.

Blake Belladonna: But we're nowhere near finished evacuating everyone! You'd be leaving Mantle to die.

James Ironwood: [coldly] Yes... I would. [Team RWBY stares at him, stunned] We can't allow Salem to capture the Relics. This is our best chance, at getting the Staff, the Lamp and the Maiden, as far away from her as possible.

Ruby Rose: But... we have an opportunity to reunite the world! If we launch the tower, we can all work together again! We could even call for help... If we can hold out long enough-

James Ironwood: Sometimes, doing the right thing... means making tough decisions.

Blake Belladonna: You're right. And I think, the right thing to do, would be to stand our ground.

Yang Xiao Long: Me, too.

Weiss Schnee: Me, too.

Ruby Rose: Me, too. [She glances at the Ace-Ops, but they all look away]

Harriet Bree: ...We ran ourselves ragged, trying to save Mantle tonight. We try that again, against an even stronger force-

Yang Xiao Long: But you're Huntsmen and Huntresses! You can't just back down from a fight!

Vine Zeki: You can't focus on one single fight, while trying to win a war.

Weiss Schnee: What's the Council going to say?

James Ironwood: Nothing. Once I declare martial law.

Weiss Schnee: [horrified] No...

Blake Belladonna: What about Robyn?

Elm Elderne: Who exactly are you loyal to?

Ruby Rose: We're loyal to the people, counting on us to save them!

James Ironwood: We are saving who we can. [Ruby looks back at him] And you're standing in our way.

[Ruby's scroll suddenly rings]

Jaune Arc: It's Jaune! We have got a serious problem here!

[Ruby and Ironwood stare each other down. Before Ironwood can move, Ruby flies behind the desk with her Semblance and opens a conference call to Jaune, Qrow and Winter]

Ruby Rose: Ironwood's declaring martial law, and abandoning Mantle! Salem is coming, and he's going to use the Staff to move Atlas! If we don't stop him, Mantle's going to be des- [her call is suddenly cut off by Ironwood] What?! No!

James Ironwood: [Walks toward the door] I'm sorry it's come to this. But until Atlas and the Relics are safe, you are all under arrest.

Ruby Rose: We won't just let you take us.

[The Ace-Ops form ranks opposite Team RWBY, blocking their way out]

James Ironwood: [softly] I know.

[He leaves]

James Ironwood: Winter. Thank you. I know that must have been difficult. I... I'm so sorry- [he turns around and sees Oscar descending into the Vault] And... whom do I have the pleasure of speaking with?

Oscar Pine: Still just me. [steps toward him]

James Ironwood: It was smart of you not to bring the Lamp, down here. I wouldn't trust me either, right now.

Oscar Pine: Trust... is what I'm hoping to fix. I know we can still figure this out, all of it. Together. Please.

James Ironwood: ...Do you intend to fight me?

Oscar Pine: [glances at Long Memory] No. That's just what she wants. I guess it's because of Oz, but... holding it helps calm me down when I'm afraid. [He collapses the cane and clips it to his belt]

James Ironwood: You still think I'm afraid?

Oscar Pine: We all are. It's what we do in our fear, that-

James Ironwood: THAT'S EASY FOR YOU TO SAY! You can label me whatever you like, but the fact of the matter is, I was RIGHT! The minute I softened, let my guard down, that's when Salem had her opening.

Oscar Pine: If you abandon Mantle, you abandon our best chance to reunite the world, you abandon Remnant, leaving millions to fend for themselves so a few can survive! What kind of-

James Ironwood: [scornfully] All excellent philosophical points, that won't matter, if Salem wins.

Oscar Pine: Listen to me!

James Ironwood: No, YOU listen! [He advances aggressively; Oscar steps back, toward the edge of the path] I am done, letting others' inability to see the bigger picture, get in the way of doing what's right. Robyn, the Council, this Kingdom. Even you.

Oscar Pine: [sharply] Then you're as dangerous as she is, James.

James Ironwood: [coldly] "James"... is what my friends call me. To you... it's "General."

[He draws his pistol and shoots Oscar in the side, knocking him into the abyss]

---

[Ozpin addresses the audience as the final scenes are shown.]

Professor Ozpin/Ozma: The single quality that is common across every living creature on this planet... is fear.

Weiss Schnee: Winter! [she rushes to her injured sister's side]

Winter Schnee: What... did you do?!

Professor Ozpin/Ozma: It's funny, then, that as common as fear is... we so easily underestimate its' power.

[The Maiden flames in Penny's eyes go out as she checks Fria's pulse. Realizing she's dead, Penny covers her face with her hands]

Ruby Rose: Are you all right? Penny, what happened?

Penny Polendina: She's... gone.

Winter Schnee: No. She's a part of you, now.

Professor Ozpin/Ozma: Fear of growing close to someone.

[The Atlesian military arrests Robyn and Qrow as he stares mournfully at Clover's blodied badge; Robyn puts her hands on his shoulder.]

Professor Ozpin/Ozma: A subsequent fear, of loss.

[Cinder flies away from Atlas Academy, screaming with rage over her defeat by Winter, Penny and Ruby.]

Professor Ozpin/Ozma: Fear of failure.

[Yang, Blake, Maria and Pietro pick up Team JNPR and fly away]

Yang Xiao Long: Where's Oscar? And the Relic? [Jaune, Nora and Ren look away]

Professor Ozpin/Ozma: And, as more people depend on you... those fears can take on greater power. But, fear itself, isn't worthy of concern.

[As he falls below Atlas, Oscar clips Ozpin's cane to his belt.]

Professor Ozpin/Ozma: It is who we become, while in its' clutches.

Winter Schnee: [wincing] I suggest you all surrender... and comply with the General's orders.

Weiss Schnee: [sadly] ...We can't do that.

Winter Schnee: Then... I suggest you run.

Weiss Schnee: No, you're hurt! I'm not going to leave you like this-

Winter Schnee: You're not leaving me! [softly] I'm giving you... a head start. [into her earpice] This is Special Operative Schnee, in need of immediate medical assistance. Send reinforcements... Over.

Weiss Schnee: ... We all have to carve out our own way.

[Maria's airship arrives]

Yang Xiao Long: Guys! You're- [she breaks off when she sees them]

Ruby Rose: We need to go.

[She and Weiss board the airship. After a glance at Winter, Penny follows them]

Professor Ozpin/Ozma: Will you be proud, of that person? Will you forgive them?

[On the airship, Ruby and Weiss both embrace Penny; Pietro smiles proudly as he watches them]

Professor Ozpin/Ozma: Will you understand, why they felt the need to do the things they did?

[On a rooftop in Atlas, Cinder turns to see Neo, who bows and offers the Lamp; Cinder snatches it and brushes past, Neo looking after her with surprise and irritation.]

Professor Ozpin/Ozma: Will you even recognize them?

[In the Vault of the Winter Maiden, Ironwood receives a text from Winter: IT'S GONE. He lets out a roar of anger.]

Professor Ozpin/Ozma:Or will the person staring back at you be the very thing you should have feared from the start?

[In an Atlesian cell, Watts notices stormclouds growing on the horizon and smiles menacingly]

Professor Ozpin/Ozma: I suppose we all find out, sooner or later.

[Oscar lets out a cry and conjures a forcefield around himself, cushioning his landing in the crater below Atlas.]

Oscar Pine: That power... these memories... you're back, aren't you? You saved me.

Professor Ozpin/Ozma: Actually... you, saved us. [thunder rumbles] Oscar, I-

Oscar Pine: Stop. All I want to know, is how we save Atlas next.

[As the heroes' airship flies away from Atlas, the storm on the horizon intensifies]

Atlesian soldier #1: We've got multiple hostiles on radar! Is anyone else seeing this?!

Atlesian Soldier #2: These readings can't be right.

[A dark silhouette emerges from the clouds: a gigantic whale Grimm suspended by Gravity Dust on its' back, with other Grimm flying around it. The camera zooms in to show Salem standing atop its' head, smiling confidently.]

[Neopolitan and Cinder enter Salem's throne room in Monstra]

Cinder Fall: [kneels] My Queen.

[Salem rises and turns to face them]

Salem: ...Cinder. When I chose you as my vessel for the Maidens, I put my trust in you. So I trust, that you wouldn't possibly return to me, empty-handed?

Cinder Fall: [holds out the Lamp] The Relic of Knowledge. I took it right from under Ironwood's nose.

[Salem stares at the Relic, while Neo shoots Cinder a look of scornful irritation]

Tyrian Callows: [enters the chamber] Outsmarting the General speaks less to your intellect, and...more to his. After all, you were outsmarted by those children, first.

Cinder Fall: And according to radio chatter, that same General and his forces, outsmarted you. A shame Watts never made it back.

Tyrian Callows: I'm afraid the doctor was a necessary sacrifice. [gestures at Neo] I do hope this little one doesn't become another.

[Neo glares at him as Cinder stands and gives the Lamp to Salem, who watches them curiously.]

Salem: ... Who is she?

Cinder Fall: Neopolitan has some very useful abilities, and has proven to be a valuable asset.

[Neo looks offended]

Salem: Hmm. You certainly do enjoy collecting assets.

[Another door opens, and Hazel, Mercury and Emerald enter. Emerald brightens on seeing Cinder, hurrying forward]

Emerald Sustrai: Cinder. You're here! I knew you'd come-

Cinder Fall: Quiet.

[Emerald stops, looking confused]

Tyrian Callows: [tsks] Mmm- So devoted, to someone so incompetent. While the good doctor and I were advancing the will of our Goddess, dismembering the very body of this kingdom... you, were merely atoning for past failures.

Cinder Fall: Polendina's creation interfered, with the transfer of the Winter Maiden power. But, now I know she has it, and once I return to Atlas, it won't take long to finish what I started. That power, will be mine-

[Salem raises her hand, and Cinder breaks off.]

Salem: I've given no such command. [turns back to her throne]

Cinder Fall: [incredulous] Ma'am, now is the time to-

[Salem touches her throne, sending a pulse of energy through Monstra; the fluid in its' brain clears, revealing Atlas in front of them]

Salem: This game, is not yours to win, Cinder. It's mine. Just because you're more valuable to me than a pawn, does not make you a player. Everything is already in motion. All you need concern yourself with, is your ability to act, when I tell you to.

Cinder Fall: ...Of course. [bows her head] Without you, I am nothing.

[After a pause, Salem waves them away]

---

[Ruby, Weiss and Oscar enter an abandoned bar, where their various allies are watching the news. A TV shows Team RWBY, JNR, Penny, Pietro and Maria as wanted fugitives]

May Marigold: I know, Sector Three is going to need the most help. I'm sending backup your way right now. Fiona, do you copy? We need transport from Sector Three, to the crater.

Fiona Thyme: [over the radio] Copy.

[Nora gets up and approaches Oscar; he braces himself, but is surprised when she hugs him gently]

Blake Belladonna: When we heard you went off after Ironwood on your own, we...

Weiss Schnee: How did you end up down in the slums?

Oscar Pine: It's, a.. [sighs] long story. I get the feeling, there's been a few of those, today. [they all glance at Penny]

Professor Ozpin/Ozma: ...You're not going to tell them?

Oscar Pine: [sharply] You and I aren't done talkiing, yet. [aloud] Where's... Qrow? [everyone look away]

Ruby Rose: ...We don't know. The last we heard, he was with Robyn, but...

[Joanna reenters]

Joanna Greenleaf: Alright, your friend is back now. You ready to work? [sighs] The largest Grimm horde we've ever seen is hovering over the tundra, and out there is a city full of people with no heat, and from what you've told us, no more military protection. And, while we're happy to give you guys a place to lie low for a while... It's time to get those people some help.

Lie Ren: How? Ironwood is stopping all evacuations to Atlas. And we can't get them out of the city with Salem's forces surrounding us.

Joanna Greenleaf: The crater, beneath Atlas. It's not safe, but it's warm... and with everyone in one place, we can do a better job protecting them. May can send you where you're needed most. We've got to get everyone down into that crater, before nightfall. In the slums, we might have a chance.

Weiss Schnee: [deadpan] We're never going to sleep again. I just know it.

Joanna Greenleaf: [sharply] Either you're helping... or you're baggage. [leaves]

Yang Xiao Long: [stands up]... We need to get out there and do what we can for Mantle.

[As the characters speak, the scene alternates between their conversation and going about their missions]

Ruby Rose: We need to do what we can, for everyone. What about Amity, and telling the world about Salem? We can't do this alone. We need help.

Blake Belladonna: Ruby's right. The Happy Huntresses are handling the evacuation better than we could. And there's a bigger picture.

Yang Xiao Long: But, Amity isn't even finished. It was still under construction.

Ruby Rose:... Doctor, what would you need to launch Amity now?

Pietro Polendina: Uh... we've made decent progress on construction and fuel collection. All potentially manageable, but, uh... Amity was designed so it couldn't launch itself, without first being granted clearance from General Ironwood's terminal.

Yang Xiao Long: Ruby, there is no way Ironwood will cooperate with us!

Ruby Rose: But... he doesn't have to. We just need the green light from his terminal, right?

Yang Xiao Long: You want to go back to the Academy?

Pietro Polendina: Er, actually, there is more than one terminal. The one in his office, and, uh, one in the main Atlesian military compound... at the base of the city. From there, you have to get into the compound somehow, and, uh, get inside the operations room. And then... Hoo, boy. I might need to think about this some more.

Oscar Pine: And just to clarify: this is the easy option?

Yang Xiao Long: What you're saying is, it can't be done! It's pointless- and even if you got the message out, there's no guarrantee help would come!

Ruby Rose: [whirls around, angrily] It's not pointless! Atlas is only Salem's current target. She's not hiding anymore, and once she's done here, she'll move on to the rest of Remnant! We need to warn them!

Yang Xiao Long: ...Ruby, when we got here, we said we'd follow your lead. But... things haven't exactly worked out. [Ruby, Weiss, Nora and Oscar look taken aback] I just...

Lie Ren: [steps forward] There are people here who need us right now. That's something we can actually do.

Nora Valkyrie: But this isn't about just Atlas! Ruby's right. It's about all of Remnant. They need to know in Vacuo, in Mistral, in Vale, what's coming... so they can prepare!

Jaune Arc: [steps between them] Okay, okay... then let's go for both. Get Amity up and running, and evacuate Mantle.

Ruby Rose: But that's how Salem got this far, by dividing us! We have to stick together!

Oscar Pine: No. What Salem wants, is to turn us against each other... just like this. Jaune has a point. We can work separately, and still be united.

Penny Polendina: Or... let me take the Relic to Salem... and maybe she will call off her attack, on the Kingdom.

Oscar Pine: I don't think we can trust Salem to actually do that... and the moment she uses the Staff to create anything else, Atlas falls onto Mantle.

Yang Xiao Long: [to Penny] Nobody's turning you over to anybody. I think that's the one thing we could all agree on.

Ruby Rose: Okay. Then I guess we're going to Atlas. [Nora nods] Can you help us get to that terminal?

Pietro Polendina: I, uh... suppose someone needs to help you bypass security-

Penny Polendina: [quietly] I'll go.

Pietro Polendina: Penny, we can't risk-

Penny Polendina: [turns around, Maiden flames emitting from her eyes] I'll go.

Yang Xiao Long: [sighs]... Do what you gotta do. I'm going out there to see what I can do. [she heads for the door, her teammates watching her]

Pietro Polendina: Yang? [he tosses her some keys] Go by the pharmacy. I was developing some new tools for you, before all... this happened. You're gonna need them.

Lie Ren: Nora?

Nora Valkyrie: I'm going with Ruby.

Lie Ren: But, what about Mantle?

Nora Valkyrie: Oh, I'm saving Mantle. Because I actually believe we can do this!

Yang Xiao Long: [checking her Scroll] We need to get out of this weather, before the cold drops our Auras completely. How much further to the outpost? [Ren doesn't answer] Ren? how much-

Lie Ren: [curtly] I don't know.

[Yang glances back at Jaune, who shrugs, then moves up next to Ren]

Yang Xiao Long: I thought you said you saw it, when you were up in the air.

Lie Ren: I did... before I had to cut myself loose, to help you guys.

Yang Xiao Long: Yeah... you've brought that up a couple times, now. Something you need to say?

Lie Ren: Not really. Wouldn't want to waste any more time. [He moves ahead, but Yang follows him]

Yang Xiao Long: Hey! What is your deal?

Lie Ren: Don't worry about it.

Yang Xiao Long: Well, I'm sorry things aren't going smoothly enough for you!

Jaune Arc: Guys.

Lie Ren: They're not going "smoothly" at all!

Yang Xiao Long: I hate to break it to you, but that's part of being a Huntsman!

Lie Ren: Are you kidding?! We don't know the first thing about being Huntsmen! We clearly weren't ready!

Jaune Arc: Guys, stop it!

Yang Xiao Long: Were we "not ready" when we saved Haven? When we took down a Leviathan? We got the Lamp to Atlas-

Lie Ren: And then we lost it! And after that, when we had to make real decisions, we got every single one wrong.

Yang Xiao Long: I'm not going to pretend like we did everything perfectly. But if we'd done nothing, things would be even worse than they are now!

Lie Ren: How could they possibly be worse? We are stuck out here while Salem has the Lamp, and Oscar! We've got no plan, no army-

Yang Xiao Long: We've got the Maiden!

Lie Ren: And by keeping her from opening the Vault for Ironwood, we're just trapping the WHOLE city, for Salem! [walks away, stares up at Atlas] People are going to die... because of us.

Yang Xiao Long: So, what? We should just give Ironwood what he wants? Abandon Mantle?! You think Atlas is still gonna be able to float to safety, now that she's here?!

Lie Ren: I don't know! But these aren't the kind of decisions we should be making, because we have no idea what we're doing!

Jaune Arc: Okay, both of you: cut it out!

Lie Ren: I'm just saying, what nobody else wants to: we're in way over our heads. Ruby is barely more than a kid, I'm just an orphan from the middle of nowhere-

Jaune Arc: Ren, I-

Lie Ren: You, cheated your way into Beacon!

[All three of them freeze. After a tense pause, Ren looks away]

Jaune Arc: [curtly]... You don't think we should be Huntsmen? Fine. But I'm getting out of the cold. [quietly, as he passes Ren] We've still got a job to do.

Yang Xiao Long: [to Ren] Seriously, is your goal just to push everyone away?

---

[Oscar wakes up in an cell on Monstra]

Professor Ozpin/Ozma: Oscar? Don't panic. We're going to be okay.

Oscar Pine: What?...

[He notices he is hanging from the Hound's jaws. Salem watches him from the doorway, smoky images of her daughters dancing over her hand]

Salem: My long-lost Ozma... found, at last. [she snuffs out her illusion and approaches, as Oscar struggles] So small, this new host of yours. It's a wonder my Hound didn't break you. It's been... how many years, since we saw each other like this, face to face? And nothing to say?

Oscar Pine: [imitating Ozpin's intonations] I'm... sorry the reunion, isn't living up to your expectations.

[Salem stares at him, then suddenly grabs his face, dragging him close]

Salem: [menacingly] You can pretend, boy... but you're not fully him. Not yet, at least. [she releases him] Well... perhaps you and I can have a better working relationship. Oscar, was it? [she walks around him and the Hound, scratching its' shoulder] The Beacon Relic. My forces have been unable to locate the Relic beneath the school. If I know my Ozma... he has used some means of deception, to hide its' location differently than the others. I need to know where it is.

Oscar Pine: I... that's not something I know about.

Salem: Of course. [walks away] He would keep that one guarded, as long as possible. How about something easier, then? The password for the Lamp.

Oscar Pine: ...The Lamp is, all out of questions.

[Salem turns and fires a beam of magic into Oscar's chest, causing him to scream in agony]

Salem: The lies come out of you so easily... [she approaches and carresses his cheek, causing Oscar to flinch] Like-minded souls, indeed. One of you, is going to tell me what you know. I don't much care if it is you, or Ozma. Either way... I'll finally have the Relic.

Oscar Pine: [groaning, defiantly]... I won't tell you anything.

[Salem shrugs, then opens the door. Hazel enters, his expression grim.]

Oscar Pine: Hazel? Wait, wait- [Hazel punches him in the gut, knocking him from the Hound's grip]

Hazel Rainart: That, was for Haven Academy. [He kicks Oscar in the ribs, then cracks his neck] Everything that follows... will be for my sister.

[Ruby and Blake attempt to start the auxiliary power generator on Schnee Manor]

Ruby Rose: Ah, C'mon, c'mon!

Blake Belladonna: Don't worry. It'll work.

Ruby Rose: Nothing else has.

Blake Belladonna:... I know... you don't always know what to do. But that's never stopped you from doing something. I was like that as a girl, but time and... a lot of other things, took their toll on me. Then, I wasn't sure if that kind of girl could actually survive in the world... Until I met you. It was a little strange at first, because you were younger, but... I've always looked up to you, Ruby. And I still do.

Ruby Rose: [tearing up] ...Thanks, Blake.

[The generator activates. Blake smiles at Ruby, but then her smile fades and her cat ears droop]

Ruby Rose: What?

[The Hound's silhouette looms menacingly outside the window behind her]

---

[Penny cries out as Watts' computer virus tries to hack her, alerting the Hound]

Weiss Schnee: It's coming!

Penny Polendina: [struggling] I'm sorry!

[After a few moments, her eyes turn red as the virus takes control; she marches toward the door of Weiss's room. Klein tries to stop her, but Penny shoves him away, then marches out the entrance hall, passing Whitley and Willow]

Whitley Schnee: What are you doing?!

Penny Polendina: I must open the Vault... and then, self-terminate.

[The Hound suddenly lunges at her. Penny blocks its' attack, but it sprouts another arm, grabs her head and bashes her against the floor, shutting her down]

Hound: Take. The Girl. [picks her up as Ruby, Weiss and Blake appear at the bottom of the stairs]

Ruby Rose: Penny!

[The Hound holds its' claws to Penny's throat threateningly.]

Ruby Rose: [angrily] That's... enough.

[Ruby activates her Silver Eyes, blasting the Hound back through the window. Penny topples down the stairs, unconscious. As Ruby and her friends gather around, they are interrupted as the Hound starts to crawl back through the window. It's head has been blasted away to reveal the face of a scarred, mutilated Faunus... with Silver Eyes.]

Faunus/Hound: [unsteadily, as it staggers forward] Take... the girl. Take... the girl! Take! The! Girl!

[Stunned and horrified, Ruby and her teammates drag Penny backward as the Hound advances down the steps, joints cracking and popping. The Grimm liquid covering its' body begins to cover its' face, regenerating its' Hound head]

Faunus/Hound: Take! The! Girl! Take! The! Girl!

[On the stairs above, Witley gestures to Willow, indicating a giant ornamental suit of armor and sword; they both push against it as the Hound finishes regenerating.]

Hound: TAKE! THE! GIRL!

[As it lunges forward, the armor and sword crashes down, killing it. Ruby falls to her knees, shocked.]

Weiss Schnee: What was that?

Ruby Rose: That was... a person.

[The Hound's forearm crumbles to dust, but the skeleton of its' host remains]

[After a brief battle, Salem immobilizes Yang, Jaune, Oscar, Ren and Emerald with shadow tendrils; she approaches Emerald, a crackling sphere of magic in her hand.]

Salem: What did you do with the Lamp?

Emerald Sustrai: [confused] N-nothing.

Salem: [holds the sphere near Emerald's face] It's ... missing. Where is it?

Emerald Sustrai: I didn't do anything with it!

Salem: Where... is it?!

[She approaches Oscar, her tendrils lifting him to face her]

Salem: [sighs] Look, how you've diminished. How you've lessened yourself, and for what? These children, this ruined world? [Enraged, she suddenly grabs his face, her nails near his eyes] Why... do... you.. keep...coming...back?!

Yang Xiao Long: Why do you?! [Salem releases Oscar and approaches her] All of this endless death, just because something bad happened to you once upon a time?! Nobody gets a fairy-tale ending! Everything... I've lost, every person... I've lost, is because of YOU!

Salem: [scornfully] And who is it I've "taken" from you, girl?

Yang Xiao Long: Summer Rose... my Mom!

Salem: Hmm... [bends forward with an amused smile]...Her, again.

Hazel Rainart: Your Grace.

Salem: Ah, Hazel. I found our guests.

Yang Xiao Long: No-! [Salem covers her mouth with a shadow tendril]

Salem: [gestures to Emerald] This one, was helping them. [her tendrils drop Oscar to the floor] Take the boy back to his chamber. I have work to do, on this one.

Hazel Rainart: Yes, of course.

[He glances at each of the prisoners, Emerald's pleading eyes following him, then grabs Oscar by the collar and lifts him until they are eye-to-eye]

Hazel Rainart: [leans close to Oscar's ear, mutters] No more Gretchens, boy.

[He drops Oscar, having slipped Long Memory into his hand. Salem brings her magic sphere close to Emerald's face again]

Emerald Sustrai: [tearfully] I really don't know!

[as Salem prepares to torture Emerald, Hazel punches her in the jaw, hurling her backward. She cushions her landing with a whirlwind and rises again, her eyes glowing angrily, but her shadow tendrils release the prisoners. Hazel tosses aside his vest, revealing his stash of Dust crystals]

Hazel Rainart: GO, NOW!! [He stabs five crystals into his shoulders, overdosing his body with the Dust's power and activating his Semblance]

Emerald Sustrai: Hazel...[She shakes her head softly]

Hazel Rainart: [smiles reassuringly]...Go.

Salem: So, you've decided against vengeance for your sister, after all this time?

Hazel Rainart: [conjures fireballs over his fists, settling into a combat stance] I'm doing what Gretchen would have done!

[Cinder and Watts watch Monstra crumble in the distance]

Arthur Watts: Did... Did anyone respond?

Cinder Fall: [glances at her Scroll] No.

Arthur Watts: Well, she'll come back. In the interim, we need a plan.

Cinder Fall: Plan? The plan hasn't changed. I'm going to rip the Maiden power out of Penny Polendina, because you're going to bring her to me.

Arthur Watts: I beg your pardon?

Cinder Fall: You said in your message that you had control over Penny.

Arthur Watt: I said that I had Penny under control, not that I could telekinetically force her to do whatever I want.

Cinder Fall:...What?

Arthur Watts: I implanted a virus into her, you dimwit. She's on a set path now... at least, she should be. [turns away] As much as I hate to admit it, there seems to be some part of her capable of... resisting. Regardless, it's only a matter of time before her mechanical body succombs to the virus. She'll open the Vault, then she'll destroy herself, and our little Penny problem will be-

[Cinder suddenly siezes him by his lapel, dragging him close]

Cinder Fall: What do you mean, she'll destroy herself?! How am I supposed to take her powers if she's dead?!

Arthur Watts: You know, it's impressive that you haven't realized this yet, but I don't work for you! [Cinder growls and extends her Grimm arm, dangling Watts off the building's edge] Please. You can't just threaten me, like everyone else!

Cinder Fall: You think you're so clever, don't you, Arthur?

Arthur Watts: Salem sent you to bring me back-

Cinder Fall: Salem, isn't here right now... but I think we can still come up with a plan, while she's pulling herself together. First, I'm gonna watch you plummet to an unremarkable end. And then, I'm gonna burn a path directly to the Vault. Where I will wait, to tear that magical puppet to pieces... and take, what is mine.

[She conjures flames in her fist, smiling confidently, but her smile fades as Watts starts to laugh]

Arthur Watts: [sarcastically] Oh, of course you are! Because that's just what you do, isn't it? And how has that worked out for you? [Cinder's Maiden powers begin to activate, as his words trigger flashbacks of her previous defeats] You stormed into Fria's room, thinking you could take on Ironwood's top fighter and war machine. But you couldn't. And that machine became the Winter Maiden. Oh, and let's not forget your deal with Raven Branwen! Get all your enemies in one place so you'd have a shot at revenge. If only someone could have warned you against such a miserable idea! Oh, wait: I DID! But you pushed ahead, and you lost it when all you had to do was your job!

[Cinder becomes increasingly angry as she flashes back to her childhood abuse]

Arthur Watts: You think you're entitled to everything just because you've suffered, but suffering isn't enough! You can't just be strong, you have to be smart! You can't just be deserving, you have to be worthy! But all you have ever been, is a BLOODY MIGRAINE!

[Cinder screams in rage, but instead of letting Watts fall, she drops him at her feet; she walks away and sits quietly on the ledge, shedding a silent tear. Behind her, Watts exhales heavily]

Yang Xiao Long: [glaincing at the broken armor] You know, that giant Hound kicked us around like we were nothing. But Blake said you and the Schnees managed to take it down. Still having to one-up your big sis, huh?

Ruby Rose: [quietly] ... Did she tell you what it was, underneath?

Yang Xiao Long:... Yeah.

Ruby Rose: You know what that means, then.

Yang Xiao Long: ...I wouldn't worry about that-

Ruby Rose: That's what happened to Mom. [Yang's facade of confidence falls, and she sits down and starts to cry] When I saw its' eyes... I knew. Salem used to kill people with Silver Eyes... like Maria. But she's alway wanted me alive. Why would that change, unless... when she met Mom... she learned she could do something new.

Yang Xiao Long: [stands up, approaches Ruby] Ruby...

Ruby Rose: We shouldn't lie to ourselves! I wasted our time, getting Amity up, thinking help would come, but it didn't. And Amity fell. I was being childish.

Yang Xiao Long: ...You were being optimistic. [Sits with Ruby] Look, blind optimism isn't great... but no optimism, means we've already lost. We need hope. We need, to take risks-

Ruby Rose: [ pulls away angrily] But mine didn't work!

Yang Xiao Long: [sighs] It still got a warning out! Ruby, they're not called sure things! They're called risks, and in case you didn't notice, my plan for Mantle didn't work either! But we got Oscar back, and did a lot more that was never in the plan. Mom... took a risk, the day she left. And I don't think... I don't think it went the way she wanted it to. [hugs Ruby, who is tearing up] But she's still my hero.

---

Penny Polendina: [overcome by the virus] I can no longer be delayed.[Ruby, her friends and Emerald rush outside as Penny prepares to take off]

Ruby Rose: [rushes to her and grabs her arm] Penny, please!

Penny Polendina: [flickering between herself and the virus] I- I must open the Vault! Rrgh! I' I do not want- Agh! Ruby! Stop me!

Ruby Rose: Penny! [grabs Penny's waist]

Penny Polendina: [her eyes go fully red with the virus] I must open the Vault. And self-terminate.

[She takes off, Ruby clinging to her, but Blake catches her arm with Gambol Shroud; Ren catches her other arm with StormFlower. Both of them strain to hold her back, Nora, Yang, Jaune and Oscar supporting them. Once Penny returns to the ground, Wiess anchors her with a Gravity Glyph]

Weiss Schnee: I've got her!

Nora Valkyrie: What do we do?!

[Penny activates her Maiden powers, breaking Weiss' grip with a cyclone and lifting off, still carrying Ruby.]

Penny Polendina: I must... open the Vault... and self-terminate!

[Emerald catches her by the shoulders with Thieve's Respite, anchoring her again]

Emerald Sustrai: Do something!

[Jaune uses his Semblance to amplify Weiss's Aura, allowing her to connjure a stronger Glyph and force Penny back to the ground.]

Ruby Rose: [hugging Penny's shoulders] Penny, please. Tell me how to help you!

Penny Polendina: [her eyes turn green again]...Kill me. [Ruby looks shocked] Kill me... and I can make sure the power goes to you. Please... please! [the virus starts to take her over again] I cannot fight it!

Nora Valkyrie: Yes, you can! It's just a part of you, remember? If you were only a machine, you never could've fought back for this long!

Ruby Rose:... She's right... She's right! Jaune! Boost her Aura!

[Jaune amplifys Penny's Aura with his Semblance, forcing the virus back. Ruby slowly releases Penny, who smiles and nods gratefully to Jaune, before Ruby hugs her. The group gathers around, with Nora hugging her too.]

Jaune Arc: Did... I stop the virus?

Penny Polendina: [frowns]... No. It's still there. But...

Ruby Rose: [holds her hand] You've got an Aura, Penny. A soul. That's who you are. Our friend... not a machine.

[Penny beams, squeezing her and Nora's hands]

Emerald Sustrai: I think you're wrong, by the way. [the group turn to face her] I highly doubt you're in the same place, you started. I mean, yeah...you, you guys've been getting your asses kicked. Some of that, my fault. But, like, you're at war. You're gonna take hits. [sighs] Look, I'm just gonna be super pissed if you all finally decide to give up the moment I switch sides!

Oscar Pine: [smiles] "Switch sides", huh?

Yang Xiao Long: Awww... [the group laugh]

Emerald Sustrai: [pouts] Or, like... whatever! [Oscar offers her a hand up]

Oscar Pine: If, you all don't mind... I really think Ozpin would like to say something. [the group glance at Ruby]

Ruby Rose: ...Go ahead.

[Oscar relinquishes control of his body to Ozpin]

Professor Ozpin/Ozma: I was recently... reminded, of an old fairy tale. A young girl, flees the consequences of a choice, to a magical place. But, having never learned from her initial failure... she only succeeds in spreading it. I failed, all of you. I should have trusted you, with the truth... and should never have run, the day you discovered it.

Yang Xiao Long: [glances at Blake] It was... rough. But...

Blake Belladonna: I think after everything that's happened here... we understand. Trust is...

Weiss Schnee: Trust is, a risk. [glances at her family]

Professor Ozpin/Ozma: And I hope... it's a risk you can take on me, again.

[Cinder corners a weakened Weiss]

Cinder Fall: It figures that a Schnee would be the last one standing. Letting all your friends die, first...

[She spews flames at Weiss, but Penny flies in and deflects them with her crystal blades]

Penny Polendina: You wouldn't know anything, about friends.

[Jaune leaps into the fight, blasting Cinder back with his shield, and drawing his sword. As Cinder rises to face the trio, she gasps in pain as her Grimm arm suddenly convulses]

Cinder Fall: [smugly] She's back...

[As Penny flies forward, Cinder forces her back with obsidian projectiles, then uses walls of flame to separate her, Weiss and Jaune. As Penny looks for them in concern, she gives a cry of pain as Cinder's Grimm arm impales her torso. She crumples to the ground, but Weiss drives Cinder away before she can siphon Penny's Maiden powers. Jaune kneels next to her.]

Jaune Arc: Penny! Just... hold on! [He tries to boost her Aura] My Semblance-

Penny Polendina: No... There's not enough time to heal me. She can't get the Staff and the power. But there is something, you can do. [she reaches for his sword]

Jaune Arc: [pulls back, shocked] I- I don't know where the others are, but- Weiss will give us time!

[Behind them, Weiss desperately tries to hold off Cinder's relentless attacks, using both her sword and Blake's, but she is clearly outmatched. Penny reaches for Jaune's sword again.]

Penny Polendina: Let me choose... this one thing. [smiles weakly] Trust me!

[As Jaune stares at his sword, Cinder knocks Gambol Shroud from Weiss's hand, sending it into the void. In the Winter Maiden's Vault, Ironwood lands a heavy blow on Winter, throwing her backward and breaking her Aura. Cinder knocks down Weiss, advancing for the killing blow, but freezes when she hears Jaune's anguished cry behind her. Both his tears and Penny's blood from his sword, drip onto the platform.]

[In a limbo-like space, Penny waits patiently. She suddenly smiles and waves]

Penny Polendina: Sal-u- tations! You made it!

Winter Schnee: [approaching her] Where... what is this?

Penny Polendina: I thought of you... and, here we are.

Winter Schnee: [understanding instantly] Oh, Penny...

Penny Polendina: It seemed fitting, that it should be you. It was your power, after all.

Winter Schnee: No, Penny. You were always the real Maiden, at heart. I was just the machine... just, following orders.

Penny Polendina: [takes Winter's hands in hers] You were my friend.

[The glow of the Maiden Powers passes from her hands, to Winter's]

Winter Schnee: ...Thank you, for trusting me with this. When you're gone-

Penny Polendina: I won't be gone. I'll be part of you.

Winter Schnee: [smiling tearfully] Good. I'm glad.

[Penny smiles one last time and dissolves into light as Winter wakes, to find Ironwood staring down at her]

James Ironwood: So... the destiny I chose for you, has finally arrived.

[Winter rises to her feet, her head lowered.]

Winter Schnee: You chose nothing. [An icy whirlwind lifts her and her swords, off the ground] This... was a gift.

[She opens her eyes, blue flames flaring from them. Ironwood fires his Dust cannon, but Winter effortlessly deflects the shot back, knocking him down, then flies into the Vault's portal]

---

[In the Winter Maiden's Vault, an injured Ironwood awakens. As Cinder exits the portal carrying the Staff and the Lamp, her smug expression turns frightened as a trail of smoke swirls down the lift toward her.]

Cinder Fall: I... I failed you again, Master. They used the Staff to save thousands. Before our allies fell, Neopolitan... killed, Ruby. And before Ruby and her teammates fell... They used the Lamp's final question.

[The smoke circles Cinder, then swirls together, materializing into Salem. Her eyes narrow suspiciously]

Cinder Fall: I- I couldn't stop them! I couldn't even stop the Maiden from escaping, without putting the Relics in jeopardy! I'm... I'm sorry.

[she kneels, holding out the Staff and Lamp. Salem approaches and accepts the Relics, examining them]

Salem: In pursuit of a new world... no cost, is too great. You've done well, Cinder. Our work here is done.

[She starts to leave the Vault; Cinder rises and follows her, looking smug again. Ironwood crawls toward his dropped gun]

Salem: You said they used the Staff? I assume you rid the world of their Creation. What did you create... in its' stead?

[In Atlas' military compound, flames engulf the complex. Inside Atlas Central Command, Watts tries in vain to break out, screaming in desperation]

Cinder Fall: I merely added more flames, to the fires of Atlas.

[Salem smiles. There is a sudden click of a hammer, and Cinder glances back to see Ironwood aiming his pistol at her. She smiles]

Cinder Fall: And that's... checkmate.

[As she and Salem leave the Vault, Ironwood sadly lowers the gun, accepting his fate. As Salem and Cinder fly away from the burning city, Atlas crashes into Mantle's crater. The impact dislodges glacial ice, causing nearby frozen lakes to rapidly flood and submerge the city. From the airship, Qrow, Robyn and the Ace-Ops watch in shock, Qrow desperately calling for Ruby and Yang in his earpiece.]

Herbalist: Please... take a seat.

Blake: Actually, I think... Maybe we should be going! [nervously smiles] Right, Ruby?

Herbalist: This won’t take long.

Ruby: Umm... [turns around]

[Suddenly, the door behind them closes, and Team RWBY gasps in shock.]

Herbalist: Just... answer the questions. [Ruby turns around. He inhales another puff of smoke from the hookah; echo] What... are... you?

[The Herbalist drops the leaves in their hands into the fire pit in front of them, causing a large amount of black smoke to surround Team RWBY. Ruby starts to cough violently, falling to her knees. Her shrunken teammates fall out of her hands.]

Ruby: No! [coughs again]

Herbalist: [echo] Are you sure you know? You have to be sure what you are, and of what you’re going to be...

[Weiss, Blake, and Yang get up, but the smoke is too thick for them to see, and they are separated.]

Yang: Blake! Ruby! [coughs; Black smoke comes out from her mouth and it takes the form of her own past self; confused] What?

Past Yang: You don’t have to go forward, y’know? You can go back, back to before.

Yang: [stares down at her prosthetic arm and holds it] What? What are you talking about?

[Meanwhile, in another space with Blake and her past self...]

Past Blake: It’s simple, really. You could just be human, or just a cat, if you wanted. Really, it’s up to you.

Blake: Why would I do that?

Past Blake: Like I said, it’s simple, much simpler than trying to be a bridge between Humans and Faunus. Why struggle with that responsibility?

[The current Blake frowns. Meanwhile, in another space with Weiss and her past self..]

Past Weiss: The Schnee name. Why bother, anymore? What even stands for now? Instead, you could be a nobody. Could you imagine? Not even a single bit of baggage on your shoulders. Isn’t that what you want? To be free?

Past Blake: To be something simpler?

Past Yang: To be whole again?

Yang: [gives a serious, yet determined look on her face] No. My losses, my failures. Those more than anything are what have shaped me into who I am, showed me how I need to grow. If there’s something I’m missing, it’s not because I lost it. It’s because I haven’t found it yet. And the only way to do that is to keep going.

Blake: A simple life wouldn’t be my life! [draws Gambol Shroud’s katana] My family, my friends, my culture. I belong to them, just as much as they belong to me. To give that all away wouldn’t be simplicity, it would be betrayal.

Weiss: I don’t know who you think you are, but let me tell you who I am: I am the granddaughter of a hero and a child of a villain. [points Myrtenaster at her past self] I am a citizen of a fallen Kingdom and an heir to nothing. I will not be defined by my name because I will be the one to define it. I am Weiss Schnee, and I am a Huntress!

Blake: I am a Huntress!

Yang: I am a Huntress!

[Elsewhere, Ruby is seen despondent and is on her knees while her past self stands over her.]

Past Ruby: So, are you a Huntress? Like the ones you read about in books?

Ruby: [quietly] I... I don’t know...

Past Ruby: They always saved the day, didn’t they? Always knew what to do. Always won in the end.

Ruby: [lowering her head] But... life isn’t like a fairy tale...

Past Ruby: That’s right! It’s up to you to make things better, isn’t it? Everything all depends on you! Your sister needs you, your friends need you, the whole world needs you to keep fighting, forever and ever, against an invincible monster that took your mother! [Ruby’s eyes widen upon hearing this] Mom was the best, [frowning] but even she failed. That doesn’t seem fair. None of this seems fair.

Ruby: But... What am I supposed to do...?

Past Ruby: You can do whatever you want. Be whoever you want! You don’t even have to be Ruby Rose... [Ruby looks down, seemingly on the verge of despair] So, what are you gonna be?

Jaune: [slamming his hands to the ground] I couldn’t save them... I was supposed to save them and... and they’re dead... [Juniper walks to his side and comforts him]

Yang: No, Jaune. They’re gone, but they’re not dead. They’ll be back.

Weiss: Yeah, it’s what they wanted. [turns to Ruby] Right, Ruby?

Ruby: [has a scowling expression on her face; venomous] Why are you asking me?

Blake: [she, Weiss, and Yang look at her in shock] Um, we just--

Ruby: Because I’m the leader? [clenches fist] Because I’m just supposed to have something to say? [looks up angrily] Cuz I don’t... I mean, why do I have to be the leader anyway? Why do I have to always be the one to pick people up? What about me? “No time”, right? [walks to Weiss, who reels back] "Gotta get home!", "Gotta help Jaune!", Gotta find someone who isn’t just going to screw everything up! [turns to Blake and Yang] “Gotta stay positive!” Right?! [Blake hides behind Yang, who instinctively protects her as Ruby approaches them; sarcastically] Smiles all around! Maybe even finally get our feelings sorted out! Good for you, by the way. We’re all so happy for you!

Yang: [angered] Hey...

Ruby: I’m sorry, is this a bad time? Are we supposed to be mourning Jaune’s make-believe friends?!

Jaune: [seething] They’re gone... because of YOU! [stands up] The Walkers came for you, because Neo. Hates. YOU! [walks over to Ruby] Oh, and let’s not forget the reason we’re in the Ever After in the first place is because of your plan that didn’t work! What about you?! IT’S ALL ABOUT YOU! [Ruby looks up at him angrily, gritting her teeth and on the verge of tears]

Weiss: Jaune...

Jaune: [snaps out of his rage and realizes what he said] I’m sorry, I… I know I’m not okay. I- I’m not right, but... How am I supposed to be...? I’ve been alone… for SO... LONG! Here... On that bridge... I was the only one that could do it! I was the ONLY ONE! [Weiss, Blake, and Yang, look at him in pity] And I... [tears stream down his face] And now I have to live with that forever... In here or back home...

Blake: Guys, I know things are bad, but--

Ruby: [grimacing] Shut... Up... [the gang look at her wide-eyed] Don’t... do that... [tears begin to stream down her face] Just don’t...

[Little lowers their head in pity in Ruby’s hood. Ruby then turns around and picks up Crescent Rose, using her Semblance to fly away from her friends and sister into the forest. Weiss, Blake and Yang helplessly watch their leader go, while Jaune and Juniper over look the now submerged village of the Paper Pleasers.]

[Ruby walks through the forest. It begins to darken around her as she continues to walk. A glowing blue butterfly flutters past Ruby. As Ruby continues walking, a spotlight appears above her. Each spotlight shows Ruby walking slowly and much slower than the first two. She crosses the bridge between the Origami Acre and the Abandoned Acre. She arrives at a pink-colored extravagant manor that Neo created. Everything goes dark. Another spotlight appears above Ruby again, but this time, Ruby is somehow inside the mansion and in a room standing in front of a portrait of a family of three. The other portraits appear in few spotlights. The first two portraits depict Trivia Vanille--Neo's real name--both as a child and adolescent, with her parents Jimmy and Carmel Vanille. The other portrait depicts her with Cinder standing besides Salem’s throne. Ruby slowly walked towards the largest portrait, depicting Roman Torchwick and Neo with her parents lying on the ground, apparently dead.]

Ruby: What is this?

[As Ruby stares at the portrait, Roman’s left eye moves to gaze at her direction.]

Neo-Roman: Hello, Red! [Ruby gasps and brandishes Crescent Rose’s scythe form, backing away from the portrait. He stands up from his seat] Been a while. [jumps off from the trunk and casually walks] How’s the hero biz treatin’ ya? I gotta say, you’re not looking too good. [gives a kick at Jimmy's corpse]

Ruby: Where’s Neo?

Neo-Roman: Yeesh, no manners. And after everyone came out to see you! [echoes]

[The lights begin to turn on in the room Ruby was in. Ruby turns around and becomes astonished to see certain people at the table: Penny Polendina, Pyrrha Nikos, Leonardo Lionheart, Clover Ebi, Ozpin and General James Ironwood. Each of them has a cup of tea in front of them.]

Neo-Penny: [saluting] Salutations, Ruby!

Neo-Pyrrha: [waving] Hello again!

[Neo-Lionheart is seen fiddling with his lion tail before he looks at Ruby and sits up straight. Neo-Clover adjusts his clover badge.]

Neo-Ozpin: [adjusting his glasses] Miss Rose.

Neo-Ironwood: [smiling and gesturing] Why don’t you take a seat?

Ruby: [looks on at the sight of the dead people she knew with horror] How is she doing this? [everyone at the table laughs at her bewilderment] Stop it! This isn’t real!

Neo-Roman: [suddenly appears next to Ruby] Is it real? [Ruby becomes startled by his presence beside her and falls to the floor] You’re the one following a talking cat around a fairy tale. [walks away from Ruby, twirling Melodic Cudgel. He jumps onto the table. Everyone stops laughing and stares at Ruby] Reality’s gettin’ fuzzier by the minute, kid. [Ruby twirls Crescent Rose scythe and changes to sniper gun at Neo-him and the Neo-others. He twirls his cane and plants it back on the floor; Walks towards the otherside of the table then stops just as he was about to step on the tea cup. He hops over then turns around to face Ruby] Y’know once Neo realized where she was, everything changed. Always loved the idea of a place to run away from it all. Do whatever you want. [sits down cross-legged on the table between Neo-Lionheart and Neo-Clover] I offered that to her back on Remnant. [gives a frown] But we all remember how that ended.

Ruby: Is that seriously what this is all about!? You still blame me for what happened to Torchwick!? [Neo-Roman growls] If you’re looking for an apology, you’ve wasted your time!

[On atop of the tea party room, Little arrives and watches, having not heeded Ruby's words from earlier.]

Neo-Roman: They say everyone thinks they’re the hero of their own story. [everyone at the table gives a wry grin; their eyes change to Neo’s eye colors] But... [stands up] I knew what I was. And deep down, I think you know you are too. [steps onto the teacup containing multi-colored liquid, breaking it with his shoe, as he walks towards Ruby. He takes out a multi-colored leaf in his hand]

Ruby: The leaves from the Tree?

Neo-Roman: Oh, you’re familiar? How about a little reset?

Ruby: Is that what you want? Well, if you want me dead, then come get me!

Neo-Roman: [chuckles] You don’t deserve to die, Red. You deserve to be broken down... [casually releases the leaf] Torn apart... wiped from existence.

[The multi-colored leaf falls into the teacup. Ruby hears the sound behind her and turns around, aiming Crescent Rose at Neo. Neo jumps over Ruby as she blocks the potshots with Hush. As Neo flies over Ruby, Neo-Roman shoots at Ruby with Melodic Cudgel. Ruby is sent backwards away from the table. Neo-Roman catches Neo with a chuckle as everyone at the table applauds. Neo smiles at Neo-Roman before they both look down on Ruby. Neo-Roman places Neo to the ground.]

Neo-Roman: I’m gonna enjoy...

Neo-Everyone: [stand up from their seats] ...Watching you break. [they have their eyes closed with eerie smiles. Neo-Roman kneels behind Neo, who gives a closed-eye smile]

---

[Last lines of the series]

[Back at the tea party room, Ruby uses her Semblance to dodge the attacks from Neo-Penny, Neo-Pyrrha, Neo-Lionheart and Neo-Ironwood with their weapons while Roman, Neo, Neo-Ozpin and Neo-Clover are watching.]

Neo-Ironwood: Who were you to think you knew what was best for Atlas?

Neo-Pyrrha: I was the best and brightest Beacon had to offer. [Ruby gets shot down and clings onto the chandelier] But I traded my life so my friends could live!

[Neo-Pyrrha throws Miló javelin at the chain of the chandelier. Ruby falls to the floor, the impact breaking her Aura. She gets up to try and reach for Crescent Rose, but is stopped by Neo-Penny’s Maiden powered Floating Array. Ruby looks back at her.]

Neo-Penny: Just like you were too late to save me at the Vytal Festival... I died in Atlas too, didn’t I? [walks towards Ruby] Can you imagine what that's like? To be completely and utterly failed... time and again... [kneels down to Ruby] by someone who meant the world to you...

[Ruby reaches her hand towards Neo-Penny with her eyes on the verge of tears, but Neo-Roman uses the curved end of Melodic Cudgel to choke her from behind.]

Neo-Roman: You ready for that drink yet? [Ruby manages to break free from his choking grip and runs but gets attacked by Neo-Pyrrha]

Neo-Pyrrha: How many more people are going to die because of you?! [swings her body around Miló javelin and delivers a kick at Ruby, sending her to the wall. She struggles to walk along it]

Ruby: I’m trying to save everyone! [gets punched in the gut by Neo-Ironwood, who then pins her to the wall]

Neo-Ironwood: And yet with all your best intentions... [Little gasps in shock, watching Ruby getting overwhelmed] Have you ever stopped to wonder if you’d done more harm than good!? [throws Ruby to the floor]

Ruby: It’s not my fault...! [attempts to reach Crescent Rose, only to get beaten up by Neo-Ozpin with The Long Memory]

Neo-Ozpin: How many more lives do you have to ruin before you realize you’re not cut out to save anyone!?

Ruby: [grabs Crescent Rose and slashes at Neo-Ozpin] NO!!!

[The Long Memory falls to the floor. Ruby becomes horrified to see that she slashes Neo-Oscar in Neo-Ozpin’s place.]

Neo-Oscar: [stares at his hand tainted with his own blood] Ruby...

[Neo-Oscar falls backwards and dies. Ruby drops Crescent Rose and collapses on her knees. Neo-Penny and Neo-Clover approach Neo-Oscar’s corpse. Neo-Penny, covering her mouth in shock, then changes to Neo-Yang. Neo-Clover changes to Neo-Qrow, now horrified over Neo-Oscar’s "death". Neo-Lionheart changes to Neo-Blake looking at Ruby in disbelief. Neo-Ironwood changes to Neo-Weiss looking down at Ruby.]

Neo-Roman: Do you really think you can stand to watch more of your friends fall?

Ruby: Please... stop...

Neo-Roman: Or are you ready to admit the truth? That the world would just be better off without you?

[Neo-Jaune appears in Neo-Pyrrha’s place with Neo-Nora and Neo-Ren, mourning over Neo-Oscar. Ruby begins to hyperventilate in fear and panic as Neo-Jaune, Neo-Ren and Neo-Nora join the others. Ruby breaks down in broken sobs, placing her head and hands to the floor. Neo carries the teacup and approaches Ruby. She places down the teacup and moves it with her boot towards Ruby. Ruby lifts her head slowly, staring at the teacup filled with a multi-colored liquid. Neo kneels down before Ruby. Ruby stares at the teacup before she looks at Neo, who stands up and looks down on her with a smirk. Neo turns and gets attacked by a beam. She is sent flying backwards to outside of the manor. Her Semblance suddenly dispels over the manor. Ruby, in her perspective of view, slowly opens her eyes. A hole of the manor is shown with the Great Tree in the background. She then blinks and opens to multi-colored leaf brewing in the teacup. She later blinks to see the Cat.]

Curious Cat: It’s all right, Ruby. It’s over now.

Ruby: What? I’m sorry… [moves her body over] I don’t want to be me anymore... [softly sobs, the Cat rubs his paw on her shoulder]

Curious Cat: It’s okay, little Huntress... [jumps onto Ruby’s torso] I can be you instead... [Ruby opens her eyes in realization; he chuckles] I have been trying to wear you down for so long! [phases his paws through Ruby’s chest, causing her to scream in pain and agony]

Ruby: What are you... doing?! [gasps]

Curious Cat: My purpose. When a poor little heart is broken, I can fill it with mine. I’m afraid I haven’t been entirely honest with you, Ruby. [bares their fangs]

Ruby: NO!

Curious Cat: I’m not like the other Afterans here, I’m cursed with curiosity. I need to know everything! [their eyes turn black] But more than anything, I need to know why my makers left me here… [hisses] Only to leave and make all of-- OW!! [turns around to find Little biting his tail]

Little: You’re not a friend! Friends don’t--!

[The Cat swats Little away from his tail, sending the mouse to the floor. Little slowly recovers. Neo runs back inside the manor. The Cat hisses at Neo. He tries to fire another beam, but Neo turns out to be another glass copy. The real Neo is behind him and she swats away the Cat with Hush.]

Little: Ruby! [pulls Ruby by her finger] You have to get up. We have to go!

[As Little tries to drag Ruby, Neo stomps on Little with her boot, apparently killing them ruthlessly. Neo sneers down on Ruby with Neo-Roman standing behind her. Ruby becomes utterly horrified after Little was killed in front of her, the light in her eyes is gone. The teacup is slided to Ruby.]

Neo-Roman: Hmph. I think it’s about time we all got what we deserve. [Ruby slowly moves her body. Weiss, Blake, Yang, Jaune and Juniper finally arrive only to see Neo looking down on the wounded Ruby] Are you ready to admit the truth? That the world would just be better off without you?

[Ruby, having had up to hear with "evil all along" characters, her plans to help people being ruined and what Jaune yelled to her earlier, stares at her teammates, Jaune and Juniper, thinking that they're another one of Neo's clones. She then slowly picks up the teacup in her hands. She gives them one last look. Yang watches in shock as Ruby drinks the entire tea, to Neo's satisfaction. Ruby drops the teacup and lies there, completely helpless and hopeless.]

Yang: [muted] ...Ruby?

[A hole appears below Ruby and she falls into it along with Little, Crescent Rose, the tea cup and the tea plate engulfed in a bright light. R.I.P. Ruby Rose]

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