Of course, they threw us a feast.
When the power of Day, Night, and Friendship connected with Chaos, I was thrust into a white void. Nothing existed except me and Chaos, and he was out of it. I walked (more like ‘floated’, that’s all you can do in a void), I worked at finding Discord, and forcibly ripping him from the clutches of Chaos. I know that’s probably not how it worked, but that’s what I saw. Saw, and participated in. He was a fighter; never gave up, even when he only had a finger hold on Discord’s horn.
As I was holding a wriggling, screaming mass of shadow, Luna and Celestia alighted into the void, and relieved me of my duties. They took Chaos, and put him I don’t know (or rightly care) where. I was pulled out of the void, and as the blinding light faded, I behold the castle not being here anymore. It’s turned back into Ozpin’s office, with Discord unconscious in the Headmaster’s seat.
When Team RWBY got back in order, the twelve of us purged the city of the last of Chaos’ influence and the Grimm. After that, we were going to go home, and take whatever punishment the Princesses had in store for us going against their word, but Ruby and Pinkie, not to mention the entirety of Vale, would have none of it. So, we ended up in a massive “Hooray-We-Saved-the-World” party at Beacon.
It was an absolute blast, after the apologies were handed out. Us apologizing to RWBY for the fight, Rarity apologizing to the blue-haired guy, Neptune, Pinkie apologizing to Nora, which was funny as there were still streamers stuck in Nora’s breastplate. We feasted, we laughed, Nora challenged Pinkie to the infamous Pancake Challenge, and we had a great time.
I was going to get some more food, when I bumped into a guy, kinda hard. I got knocked on my butt, and was offered a hand by the guy. I take it, and he pulls me up. He’s tall, handsome, with silvery hair and a Prench-style moustache, like a waiter would usually have at a fancy-shmancy restaurant.
“Oh, I’m terribly sorry, miss! I’m afraid I wasn’t watching where I was going.”
“Nah, it’s cool. So,” I say lamely, “you enjoying the party?”
“Very much so. Ah, I see my compatriots over there. Pleasure meeting you!” He wanders off.
I shake it off, and make my way back to the tables. I go to Ruby, and motion to the guy. “Hey, do you know who that is?”
She looks, then frowns. “Nope, can’t say I do. He seems to be friends with Emerald and Mercury though, so I’m betting he’s alright. Oh yeah, Twilight wants to see your datapad.” I hand it over to an eager Twi. She does some kind of magic, then hands it back.
“Okay, what did you do this time?”
“Well, with the Princess’ permission, this device will now remain intact when we go back to Equestria, and be able to breach the dimensional fold to answer calls from any of Team RWBY, and vice versa.”
“OH COME ON!” Pinkie shouts from across the table. “That’s totally a Deus-Ex-Machina! Author guy, are you even trying anymore?”
Ignoring Pinkie’s nonsensical cry, we enjoy the rest of the party.
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Meanwhile, the mustachioed gentleman sits down at a table with his ‘friends’.
“Ugh, can I drop this disguise yet? I know I’m a Chameleon Faunus, but this is just crazy!”
Mercury puts his boots on the table. “Come on, Oberon. You know this is the only time we could pull this off. Remember the power you promised the White Fang?”
“Yeah, I only hope the probe I slipped into that… thing’s pocket will do the job.”
“OH COME ON!” All three jump at the pink one’s shout.
“Well, this is interesting,” Emerald remarks.
“What?”
“I think the purple-haired one, the mage? She just did something to the target’s datapad. I’m thinking…”
Mercury finishes her sentence, for once right on track. “… She made it so it can go back to their world. Oberon, could the probe work off of her datapad’s energy source?”
“It could. The Fang scientists are a bright bunch. However, there’s nothing to be done about it now; they’re opening the portal.”
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Celestia shares a look with Luna; I slump. It’s time.
We all stand, and make for the center of the room, which has been cleared for this exact purpose. Ozpin stands, and gives a short speech on how this will always be remembered as the day that eight strangers to their world rose up and defeated the Grimmfather. Really moving.
Ruby and the others step up, and we share hugs, one last time. Ruby holds onto me extra-long.
“Please don’t let this be the last time.”
“I don’t think it will be, Ruby. Remember the datapad? I think the Princesses want Twi to keep finding worlds. We just gotta make sure nothing uses it without their permission.”
She sniffs, nods, and let’s go. Twilight activates her D-Relay, and we all return to Equestria.
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Several hours’ later, undisclosed location
“Did you get the data?”
“Yes, sir, and it is astounding. And before you ask, yes, the probe is hijacking the datapad’s signal to get us this information.”
“Very good. Ms. Dash, you may have eluded us before, but we’ve got your home address now. Prepare for my wrath.”