"What is going on here!?!?" Diamond Tiara exclaimed.
I slowly pressed the same button I did before on Crescent Rose, closing it. "That's so cool…!!!!" I say ogling the scythe.
"Focus, Ruby!" Lexi exclaimed.
"Alright, alright!" I exclaimed before putting away Crescent Rose. I quickly jumped out of the bed and started to look around the room. "Let's see… hanging beds…" I turn around. "A ripped curtain…" My eyes widen again. "Oh… my…" I then just let out a high pitched scream. "Oh my gosh! We're in Beacon!!"
"Where!?" Silver Spoon asked.
"We must've gotten sucked into the RWBY comic and now we're part of the story…" Lexi said pushing one of the hanging beds a bit. "Yeah, dibs on top bunk."
"So wait… we're actually inside a comic book??" Diamond Tiara asked.
"If that's so then… where are the others?" Silver Spoon asked looking around. "If they were sucked in with us then… shouldn't they be here?"
"Well… if we're dressed up like Team RWBY and we ended up in their room, maybe they ended up on different teams." Lexi suggested.
"There's different teams??" Diamond Tiara asked.
"Yup!" I answered excitedly. "Oh! I wonder if they ended up in team JNPR!"
"Juniper…?" Diamond Tiara asked trying to grasp everything.
"JNPR! J-N-P-R!" I answered again.
"You are getting way too excited about this." Lexi laughed.
"Are you kidding me!?!?" I exclaimed. "This is a dream come true!" I continued as I grabbed Lexi's shoulders, shaking her. "I have wanted this more than anything in my entire life!!"
"C-chill!!" Lexi exclaimed pushing me away.
"S-sorry!" I exclaimed.
"Huh…" Silver Spoon said taking out her own weapon… it was Blake's. "So… do all of us have these??"
"It… looks like it." Diamond Tiara said looking back at her rapier.
"So… then what does this--" Silver Spoon said pressing a button… but when she did, she accidentally shot a bullet at the window, making a bullet hole in it. "...Do…" She said shakily holding the weapon.
"Uh oh…" I panicked a bit, looking at the bullet hole, slowly walking over to it. "You think anyone will notice…?" I ask as I touch the glass. Right when I do, the window completely shatters.
"...They will now." Lexi sighed.
"I'll just… put this away now." Silver Spoon said putting the weapon away.
"We should probably go." Lexi suggested.
"Yeah…" I said before quickly running out.
"Hey! Wait up!" Lexi exclaimed running after me.
"Wait!!" Diamond Tiara shouted. "We're not used to these bodies!!" Diamond Tiara exclaimed trying to keep her balance on two legs.
I stopped running and quickly went back to Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. "Sorry…"
"Just… give us a few minutes…" Silver Spoon said wobbling a bit.
Eventually the two were able to stand just fine and walk no problem. "Okay…" Diamond Tiara started. "Now we can go… but can we not run?"
"That's fine…" Lexi started. "But we should at least hurry a little bit before someone notices that there's a window missing."
"But… where are we even supposed to go?" I ask.
"Why don't we just walk around the halls and look for your other friends for now?" Lexi suggested. "Besides, it gives these two some more time to get used to walking on two legs."
"Yeah… good point." I agreed going with them.
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Back to the actual Team RWBY
Multiple students were already in the amphitheater as Ruby was walking in late with a bag. "Quiet! Quiet please." Coming from a female voice. "Professor Ozpin would like to share a few words before we begin."
Before the announcement was made, Ruby took notice of a certain pink girl who was standing next to Nora… who was dressed in the exact same clothes as her. "Huh…?" Ruby asked herself tilting her head. Ren took notice of Ruby's confusion and just shook his head basically saying that he's not sure either.
Just then a man who held a cane and had silver hair and glasses walked up to the microphone. "Today we stand together, united." Ozpin started. "Mistral. Atlas. Vacuo. Vale… The four Kingdoms of Remnant. On this day, nearly eighty years ago, the largest war in recorded history came to an end."
From the entrance of the amphitheater, someone else was walking inside. "Ugh… this is such a strange outfit… and why is the shirt sticking out like this?? Everyone else looks so neat!" She said which was enough to get Weiss's attention.
Weiss could see a purple haired girl tucking in her shirt, and fixing her tie. "What the…" Weiss started. "Has… anyone seen her before?" Weiss whispered to her other team members. The others just look at her kind of confused themselves.
"There." Twilight huffed a bit. "Maybe I can find someone here who can help me…" She whispered to herself.
"...We fought for countless reasons, one of which being the destruction of all forms of art and self-expression." Ozpin continued. "And as you are well aware, that was something many could not stand for. As a result, those who opposed this tyranny began naming their children after one of the core aspects of art itself: color. It was their way to demonstrate that not only would they refuse to tolerate this oppression, but neither were the generations to come. And it was a trend that is held to this very day. We encourage individuality, expressionism, and unity through diversity. As I have said, today we stand together, united. But this bond cannot exist without--"
"Twilight!?" exclaimed the pink human being, shocking everyone. She then just ran through the crowd and right up to Twilight. "You're here too!? Isn't this place crazy!?" Pinkie laughed.
"Wait… did she just call her Twilight??" Weiss asked.
"She must be the dog's owner then!" Yang exclaimed happily.
"P-Pinkie Pie!? What are you doing here!?!?" Twilight exclaimed. "Not that I'm not happy to see you here of course but--"
"What is the meaning of this!?" Shouted a woman who was storming her way over to the two strangers.
"W-well… you see the thing is… uh…" Twilight stammered.
"Pinkie Pie is my sister, Miss. Goodwitch!" exclaimed Nora who just zipped between the two, placing on arm on Pinkie's shoulder.
"...Your sister." Miss. Goodwitch said not buying it.
"Come on! Don't you see the resemblance??" Nora asked as her and Pinkie Pie shared an equally wide smile.
"Honestly, that's pretty uncanny…" Jaune commented.
Miss. Goodwitch just kept looking at Pinkie skeptically before turning to Twilight. "And what about you?"
"She's Professor Oobleck's unpaid assistant!" Yang exclaimed running over as well.
"What??" Twilight exclaimed and widened her eyes as soon as she realized what Yang was doing. "...What do you mean unpaid!?"
"Don't you remember? He said that knowledge is all the pay you'll need for a promising future." Yang smiled keeping the act going.
Ozpin just looked over at the two strangers curiously. "Well I'm surprised…" Miss. Goodwitch continued. "Professor Oobleck hasn't uttered a single word of this… assistant."
"T-that's because I just started today!" Twilight said smiling sheepishly.
Miss. Goowitch just stared at Twilight intently. "I'll be talking with Professor Oobleck about this… as soon as possible." She said before walking back to the stage with Ozpin. Ozpin just kept staring at the two before continuing his speech.
Twilight huffed in relief while Pinkie just kept a smile on her face. "Thank you so much for that…"
"No problem!" Yang winked. "So your name was Twilight, right?" Twilight just nodded. "Perfect! My name's Yang… you wouldn't happen to be missing a purple dog named Spike, would you?'
"You saw him!?" Twilight asked smiling widely.
"Sure did! He's actually back in our room right now." Yang said which made Ruby panic in the background. She sneakily tiptoed over to her bag, picked it up, and ran out of the amphitheater in a flurry of rose petals as quick as she could.
"Uh… Who was that?" Twilight asked.
"Oh. That was my little sister, Ruby." Yang answered.
Twilight just blinked for a moment. "Ruby… Rose?" she asked.
"Huh?"
"O-oh well--"
"So you do know our family!" Yang laughed a bit. "Dunno why Spike said you didn't… guess dogs don't have good memories."
"Eheheh… guess not." Twilight said nervously.
"Well, while this meeting is going on, why don't I bring you to our room so you can grab him?" Yang suggested.
"That would be great. Thank you, Yang!" Twilight smiled before turning to Pinkie. "Are you going to come too?"
"Nah." Pinkie smiled. "I wanna spend more time with my sister!" Pinkie exclaimed wrapping an arm around Nora's shoulder.
Nora just smiled widely in response. "You've got nothing to worry about Twilight!" Nora exclaimed squeezing Pinkie a bit. "I'll protect my sister with my life!"
"Well… if you say so." Twilight nodded before turning to Yang again. "So… to your room then?"
"Right this way!" Yang exclaimed leading the way.
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Back to a Speeding Ruby
"This was a bad idea! A really bad idea!!" Ruby exclaimed, running as fast as she could through the halls.
"Okay Ruby, don't panic. Leave Spike back in the room, keep Zwei, and leave! Easy!... Wait then Yang would notice Zwei was missing… Okay! Leave both Zwei and Spike! Wait for Twilight to pick up Spike, wait for them both to leave and come back for Zwei!" Ruby said nodding happily as she ran. "It's the perfect pla--!"
"LOOK OUT!!" Shouted a female voice. Ruby then slammed into someone who was with a group of people, causing both of them to fall over.
"Ugh…" Ruby groaned.
"You just knocked her out!" exclaimed another female voice.
"Ugh… huh?" Ruby groaned as her vision was blurry for a minute. At first, all she could see a blurry white figure. "Weiss…?"
"H-hold up… isn't that…!?" exclaimed another voice.
"Huh…??" Ruby shook her head a bit as her vision cleared… she could see a girl with light purple hair… who was dressed like Weiss. "Wait… what?" Ruby asked as she looked at the other girls who were also dressed the same as her team members. "Who are all of you…??"
"Uh……." The one dressed as Yang let out with her mouth agape.
The three girls just looked down at the girl who was knocked out on the ground. Ruby slowly looked down as well to see another girl who was dressed up in her clothes. "...Did you steal clothes from our room!?"
"No we didn't steal from your room! For your information, we woke up like this!" The girl dressed like Weiss exclaimed. "And is that how you respond after just slamming into one of our friends!?"
"D-Diamond Tiara, please calm down… I'm sure she's fine." the girl dressed like Blake said.
"I won't calm down! I demand an apology!"
"O-okay Okay! I'm really sorry…!" Ruby said starting to feel bad… the way she shouted even reminded Ruby of Weiss. Ruby just got to her feet, dusted herself off a bit and looked back down at the girl on the ground. "Hey… you okay… girl dressed like me?"
"Her name is Crystal." Diamond Tiara mused.
"R-Right… pretty name! Uh… Crystal??" She said nudging Crystal a bit.
"Wait, Crystal!?!?" a voice exclaimed coming from Ruby's bag. Right away, Spike jumped out of it and ran over to Crystal, looking at her closely. "It really is her!" Spike exclaimed happily.
"Is that purple dog talking??" Diamond Tiara asked.
Spike just looked up at the three girls closely. "Wait… Diamond Tiara?? Silver Spoon?? Alexis!?" He shouted. "You're all here too!?"
"You know them, Spike??" Ruby asked.
"Spike!?" Two of the girls exclaimed… Silver Spoon kind of just kept her distance as soon as she saw the purple dog.
"Yeah! They're totally cool." Spike answered before turning back to Crystal who was starting to stir a bit. "Hey, it looks like she's starting to come to!"
Alexis just slowly started backing up a bit. "Huh?" Diamond Tiara started. "What are you--"
"Just wait for it." Alexis said.
"Nnng…" Crystal groaned slowly opening her eyes. Right away her eyes were met with Spike. "Huh…? Spike…?"
"You alright, Crystal?" Spike asked Crystal as she was coming to.
"Huh…?" She slowly looked around the room… but then quickly paused when her eyes met with Ruby.
"Hey… sorry about bumping into you like that." Ruby started. "Are you hurt or anything?" Crystal just stared at Ruby wide eyed for a moment. Her mouth was open, sounds were coming out, but they weren't words. "Uh… Crystal?"
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"And if you just follow me this way--" Yang said before getting interrupted by a high pitched scream.
"W-what was that!?!?" Twilight exclaimed.
"Come on!" Yang exclaimed as the two started running.
The two kept running through the hall… until they saw a group of girls and a dog gathered in one spot. One girl who was dressed up like Ruby… was dangling onto the real Ruby's arm. "Oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh!! It's really really you! I have so many questions!!" Crystal exclaimed as Ruby just kept a look of confusion on her face.
"Has… anyone ever seen Crystal like this?" Diamond Tiara asked.
"Nope." Silver Spoon commented… still keeping her distance from Spike.
"Can I have your autograph!?!?" Crystal exclaimed with a wide smile.
"Crystal!?!?" Twilight exclaimed which caught everyone in the hall by surprise.
"M-Mom??" Crystal exclaimed hopping off Ruby's arm.
"Mom!?" Both Yang and Ruby exclaimed.
"Okay… now I'm completely lost." Yang said looking at everyone in the room. "And… Why are they all dressed like us..?'
Crystal froze again when she looked at Yang. "Y-Y… Y-Y… YA--" She was about to scream out until Lexi covered her mouth.
"Eheh… sorry about that…" Lexi said blushing a bit at the sight of Yang and coughed a bit into her other hand. "N-nice to meet you by the way."
"Uhhh…" Yang let out.
"What's going on!?" Exclaimed Weiss as she and Blake ran over to the group as well. "We heard someone scre--" She paused looking wide eyed at the whole group.
Blake just looked over at Silver Spoon. "Why is she dressed like me?" She asked a little creeped out.
"And… she's dressed like me…" Weiss said referring to Diamond Tiara. "And is that my rapier??"
Meanwhile, Crystal was letting out another scream. However it was muffled by Lexi's hand.
Diamond Tiara finally took notice of her best friend keeping her distance from them and walked over to her. "What's gotten into you, Silver Spoon?"
"I-I don't know…! For some reason my body is telling me to stay away from Spike!" Silver Spoon responded.
"What??" Spike asked feeling hurt. "Why would you try to stay away from me??"
"I'm not doing it on purpose!" Blake slowly walked over to Silver Spoon and looked at her bow. "U-Um… look I really don't--" But before Silver Spoon was able to finish her sentence, Blake simply removed the bow that was on Silver Spoon's head… revealing cat ears which shocked everyone.
"She's… a faunus…" Blake let out a little surprised. "Not just that… she's the exact same kind of faunus as me." She gently touched Silver Spoon's cat ears, making them twitch a bit.
"Um…" Silver Spoon started. "What's a faunus…?"
"What…??" Blake asked. "How could you not know what you are??"
Ruby just looked at the people dressed like her team in confusion. "Can… someone tell me what's going on??"
"Maybe we should all just calm down first…" Twilight sighed holding her own head. "Sorry if my daughter went a little crazy on you." Twilight said looking at Ruby.
"That's… your daughter?" Weiss asked looking at Crystal.
"How come she's dressed like me?" Ruby asked. "And… hey, wait a second!" She exclaimed going over to Crystal. "Is that my Crescent Rose??"
"Okay…" Crystal started. "This is gonna sound weird but ALL of us woke up like this… and with these weapons."
The whole team just looked at Crystal for a moment. "That… doesn't make any sense." Weiss commented.
"Would Team RWBY please return to the amphitheater immediately?" Said Miss. Goodwitch, coming from the intercom.
"Maybe we should just tell Professor Ozpin about this." Weiss suggested.
"You think he'll know why they're here?" Ruby asked.
"I… don't think he'd know either." Crystal said chuckling nervously.
"Why's that?" Ruby asked.
"Because… we're not from this world." Crystal answered… leaving the whole team speechless for a moment.
"I'm sorry… what?" Weiss asked.
"It's true." Lexi added. "We were sent here from our world to help you girls with something."
"W-wait, help us?" Ruby asked. "With what?"
Crystal and Lexi just looked at each other for a moment. "Maybe we should just head back to the amphitheater for now…" Twilight suggested.
"With people dressed up like us??" Weiss asked. "Literally every first year is in there right now!"
"Maybe they can just stay outside the theater?" Ruby suggested. "Then we can tell Professor Ozpin about them.
The other team members just looked at each other. "I don't think we really have much of a choice…" Blake Commented.
Twilight picked up Spike, petting him a bit. "You think Ozpin will at least understand?"
"Only one way to find out." Yang shrugged leading the way. "Come on, let's get going."
The whole group followed team RWBY mostly silently… all except for a couple of people behind. Crystal looked up at Twilight and snickered. "What?" Twilight asked.
"You… you're dressed like Professor Oobleck." Crystal said giggling a bit.
"You know about Professor Oobleck too?" Yang asked from ahead of the group.
"Yup!" Crystal smiled.
"What… else do you know?" Weiss asked.
"Well… basically the future." Crystal said, making Lexi facepalm.
"The future??" Ruby asked excitedly. "How far into the future?" She asked running up to Crystal. "Are all of us famous huntresses? Is that how you know us and why you're dressed like us??"
"Uhh… n-not that far into the future…" Crystal stammered. "I'm only up to the 3rd volume."
"Wait." Blake started.
"Volume?" Weiss continued. Everyone just stopped moving.
Crystal just sighed. "Mom was right, I really am too honest."
"What do you mean volume?" Weiss asked.
"Team RWBY! Please report to the amphitheater!" Miss. Goodwitch's voice could be heard again.
"...We'll continue talking about this later." Weiss said in a serious tone. The other team members just looked at each other in confusion before continuing on. Eventually they got to the entrance of the amphitheater. "All of you just wait here." Weiss said as her whole team went inside. Ruby just looked back at the group for a moment before going in herself.
"How are you going to tell them?" Lexi asked Crystal.
"I don't know…" Crystal sighed. "I've always wanted to meet Team RWBY so badly when I watched the show… I just didn't think about telling them the part that… they aren't real…"
"Well… maybe we don't have to tell them that part!" Twilight started.
"Huh?"
"Well you already told them that we're from a different world… Remember when Princess Celestia said she was watching over you in your world from Equestria?"
"Yeah…?"
"Well maybe we can just tell them that we know them because it's our job to protect other worlds!"
"And… the reason we're dressed like them?" Diamond Tiara asked.
"Hm…" Twilight started then quickly smiled. "We tell them that we take on the appearance of the people in this world, based on what we thought would be more helpful!"
"That's… actually a really good idea." Lexi smiled.
"Just let me do all the talking." Twilight started. "This time, I got this."
Eventually team RWBY came out of the amphitheater and were followed by Professor Ozpin… who simply looked at the whole group with curiosity. "So… there are more of you." Ozpin started.
"Y-yes sir." Twilight answered.
"The girls mentioned something about all of you being from a different world… is that correct?"
"That's correct." Twilight nodded.
"Which means that you're not a hired assistant for Professor Oobleck then." Ozpin said looking at Twilight.
"T-that's correct sir…" Twilight gulped a bit.
"Would you all care to take a walk then and explain your situation with me?" Ozpin asked politely.
"We'd be happy to." Twilight answered smiling nervously.
This time Twilight was the one who lead everyone as she stood next to Ozpin. First she started by telling Ozpin everyone's names. She then started explaining that it was their job to protect other worlds and she also explained the reason why everyone was dressed the way they were. "So the reason you came to this school in the first place… was to assist the students?"
"That's correct." Twilight nodded.
"This seems a bit hard to believe if I'm going to be perfectly honest." Ozpin started.
"Yeah… and what was that you said before?" Ruby asked Crystal. "About a volume…?"
"W-Well… we pretty much see what happens already… but for us we see it in chapters…" Crystal answered.
"And… what does happen that requires your assistance?" Ozpin asks.
Crystal looked down and sighed. "Beacon… Beacon falls…"
"What…?"
"A bunch of grim attack beacon… and I think they're being controlled by someone named Cinder."
"Anything else?" Ozpin asked.
Crystal looked to the side and then at everyone else before walking up to Ozpin to whisper something. "I know about the fall maiden." Ozpin was stunned. He just stared at Crystal for a moment. "All we want to do is help stop more bad things from happening…"
Ozpin looked back at the team and sighed. "Girls… they will be accompanying you on your trip."
"Huh??" Weiss asked.
"You have nothing to fear from them… they will continue to accompany until their job is done." Ozpin said before turning to Twilight. "By the way… that pink one that was next to Miss. Valkyrie… I believe you said her name was Pinkie Pie…?"
"Also with us." Twilight answered.
"Pinkie Pie is here!?" Crystal exclaimed.
"Indeed." Ozpin nodded. "She was also dressed as one of the students in this school… Miss. Nora Valkyrie."
Crystal just went wide eyed. "She's Nora!?"
"Should I have her accompany you as well?" Ozpin asked.
"Eh… I'm sure she'll be fine with team JNPR." Crystal commented. "W-wait! Before we forget! There's supposed to be three other people here with us… we just have no idea where they are."
"I'll make sure the rest of the staff keep an eye out for them then." Ozpin nodded. "Now I suggest you head outside…" he said before turning to the team. "The Huntsman you will be shadowing will be waiting for you." he said before heading off.
"Isn't this awesome??" Yang started. "Who knew there were people watching over us!"
"Beacon… actually falls?" Blake asks.
"Yeah… but we won't let that happen!" Crystal exclaimed.
"I… don't know what to say…" Weiss started.
"How about 'Thank you!'?" Ruby asked. "I mean come on! All of them are here to make sure we win, right?" The other girls on the team smiled a bit realizing she was right. "Now come on! Let's go meet with our huntsman!" Ruby announced.
"Yeah!" Yang nodded as Ruby lead the way.
Meanwhile Crystal was giggling a bit. "Hm?" Blake asked noticing this. "What's so funny?" She whispered.
"You'll find out in a few minutes." Crystal answered.
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Outside the School
Seven girls just stood in front of the Huntsman waiting for them, all with shocked and confused looks on their faces… while both Lexi and Crystal were doing their best to hold back their laughter. "Why, hello girls!" Professor Oobleck started. "Professor Ozpin has informed me of the additional guests and to that I say, the more the merrier! Now who's ready to fight for their lives?"