Players and pieces
“Is everyone ready to begin?” Naya asked.
“I dunno,” Beefy Bert said.
“I believe so,” Simon said.
The tv then continued playing.
“Ruby!” Starting with Weiss scolding the girl, “I told you this was a terrible idea!” Behind them seems to be a black material, though since they aren’t in a farther away view, it’s honestly hard to tell what it is.
“We’re fine, stop worrying!” “I am soo far beyond worrying!” Ruby raises a brow, “In a good way?” That was her stupid question. “In a bad way! In a very bad way!” Weiss clarifies, sounding more angry as the banter continues. “Well, why don’t we just jump!”
“What are you? Insane!?” Weiss yells in utter disbelief, only to find Ruby missing from where she once was. “Oh, you insufferable little red—”
“She told you to jump didn't she?/I told you to jump” Rude Ralph and Ruby both said.
Weiss just rolled her eyes playfully.
Yang is waving in Blake’s face as she tries to get her attention, who is seen still looking up at the sky. “Blake, did you hear that? What should we do-” She was cut off, Blake pointing up to the sky.
Yang finally looks up and sees Ruby free-falling. “Heads up!” But she is put into slow motion to show Jaune thrown directly into her, causing the two to crash right into a tree. Blake and Yang simply watching.
To show Ruby’s dizziness, above her head are circling stars and barking Beowulves. “What was that?”
“That looked like it hurt,are you okay?” Simon asked worriedly.
“I'm fine,it was long ago” Ruby replied.
She shakes her head to regain her focus. Jaune clears his throat, Ruby looking to see him upside down from a branch above. “Hey Ruby,” Was all the poor guy said.
“Did your sister just fall from the sky?” Blake asks Yang. The girl in question couldn’t get a word in as Nora came riding in on the alpha Ursa as if it were a pony. “Aww, it's broken.” She moans in sadness as if she were a three-year-old getting their candy taken away. Ren appears behind. “Nora,” Ren says, trying to gain the breath he so rightfully needs. “Please, don’t ever do that again.” Ren just looks up to see Nora gone. Pink dashes are in a silhouette of her body, blinking, indicating her missing form.
Nora stares at the golden rook with amazement. She grabs it in victory, a background of pink with gold stars and her symbol behind her.
“I’m queen of the castle, I’m queen of the castle!” She repeats in a sing-song voice. “Nora!” Ren calls for her in exasperation. Nora gives a salute pose, the rook falling off her head as she tilts it. “Coming Ren!”
Nora skips off in a cheerful skip. “Did that girl just ride in on an Ursa?” Blake asks.
“That surprisingly isn't the craziest thing she's done,” Weiss said.
“Really?” Prissy Polly asked.
“Yes,” Ruby replied.
“I-” Yang not getting a word in when a screech is heard. Turning out to be Pyrrha still running from the scorpion Grimm.
Two sights to behold. “Jaune!” “Pyrrha!” The both of them yell each other's names, granted, Jaune exclaimed dangling, still upside down. Ruby voices her amazement, making her way down the tree, leaving Jaune in the process as he calls out for her.
“Ruby?” “Yang!” “Nora!” Said the final girl cuts in between the sisters when they were just about to go in for a hug. Blake stands off to the side, awkwardly holding her right forearm.
“Did she just run all the way here with a deathstalker on her tail?” Yang has had enough of the questions, and interruptions as she bursts into flames. “I can’t take it anymore, can everyone just chill out for two seconds before something crazy happens again?”
The sound of a ticking clock is heard, only ticking for a literal two seconds with everyone around standing still. When the two seconds are up, the clock dings. Ruby gains Yang’s attention when slapping a hand on her arm, looking up, same as Blake. “Um, Yang.”
The blond sighs. In the air is Weiss holding on for dear life on the tip of a Nevermore talon. “How could you leave me?!”
“She told you to jump,” Rude Ralph said while Weiss rolled her eyes once again.
“You know,Yang was kinda right princess,” Ruby started, which confused Weiss.
“About what?” Weiss asked.
“You are an ice queen or more like an ice princess~” Ruby teased.
“Be glad that there's people here,” Weiss mumbled.
“I said jump.” For how it came out, it sounded as if it were basic common sense. “She’s gonna fall.” “She’ll be fine.” “She’s falling.”
Finally having himself righted, he smiles at the situation, which is honestly pretty bad.
Propelling himself from the branch, his arms extended, Jaune caught Weiss in a bridal-like position. “Just dropping in?”
Weiss let out a groan at that.
The girl looks at him with slightly widened eyes. The beautiful music cuts as the two look down. Holding onto each other, their eyes looking at the screen with small pupils, they drop like an anchor. Both of their weapons are left in their wake before following them in their harsh descent to the ground.
Jaune falls face first, Weiss landing directly on his back.
Everyone in the theater winced at that since that had to hurt.
“Oh dear,is she alright?” Miss Lovely asked.
“He’s fine,” Ruby replied.
“My hero,” came a sarcastic response. The girl checked her nails in ignorance.
“That sounded sarcastic” Moody Margaret pointed out.
“It was at the time” Weiss told her.
Behind them, the deathstalker won’t let up Pyrrha’s tail. “My back,” the poor boy groans.
The deathstalker gives a screech and knocks Pyrrha in front of the others. “Great, the gang’s all here, now we can die together!” Yang says with a little too much enthusiasm.
“Why is he so enthusiastic about that!?” Henry's mum asked.
“She and that's just how Yang is” Ruby replied, putting emphasis on the word she.
“Not if I can help it,” charging, Ruby dives in head first to defeat the foes in front of her. With widened eyes, her sister calls for her. “Ruby, wait!”
I hope you know that you gave us a heart attack when you dove right in” Weiss scolded Ruby on how doing that was reckless.
Ruby faces the deathstalker but is knocked back on its first hit. Knowing this wasn’t a fight she could do alone, she retreats. With the deathstalker running after her, Yang calls for her sister in horror as she makes her way towards her. Above them, the Nevermore screeches, targeting a large number of feathers toward Ruby, one of them catching the end of her hood, preventing her from escaping.
Yang stops, and in time, the projectile of feathers just misses her. Ruby yanks on her cape, trying her hardest to get free.
“Ruby, get out of there!” Yang screams, praying to the Gods above she makes it out of this alive. “I’m trying!” She tugs and pulls, but her efforts are sadly futile.
Even though they knew Ruby had gotten out safe since she's in this room with them that doesn't mean that they won't worry.
A golden singer looms overhead of Ruby, ready to go in for the kill on its defenseless prey.
“Ruby!” Everyone except Ruby, Weiss and Henry's mum shouted in worry.
Ruby was kinda surprised that Miss Battle-Ax, Margaret, Susan and her family except Simon were worried for her.
“Ruby!” Screaming in horror, desperately reaching out a hand for her sister to take, in any hope of saving her. “You are so childish,” stinger being a mere inch from piercing the girl’s head, only to be frozen in place.
“Weiss?” Confusion was evident in her tone. Ruby lowers her arms as if that would have helped as a last resort. “And dimwitted and hyperactive and don’t even get me started on your fighting style and I suppose I can be a bit,” a wince is evident on the young huntress's face, “difficult, but if we’re going to do this, we’re going to have to do this together. So, if you quit trying to show off, I’ll be…nicer.”
“I’m not trying to show off, I want you to know I can do this.” She responds, dismissing the fact she almost died five seconds ago. But, to them, now seemed as good a time as any to let the truth out, letting each other know that they’re gonna have to learn to trust one another.
“You’re fine.” Leaving the girl who remained to sit in the grass. “Normal knees,” whispering to herself in success. Finally taking notice of the trapped Deathstalker. It shakes itself in an attempt to break the ice, the glacier doesn’t even react with a single crack or shatter. Ruby finds herself in a bone-crushing hug from her sister, groaning from the tight and unexpected squeeze. “I’m so happy you’re okay.”
“Ah, almost forgot how much of a death grip Yang's hugs can be,” Ruby said, completely forgetting the fact that she almost died.
Screeching above them, the Nevermore hovers above them. “Guys, that thing’s circling back, what are we gonna do?”
Taking charge at the moment, Weiss states the obvious. “Look, there’s no sense in dilly-dallying, the objective is right in front of us.” “She’s right, our mission is to grab an artifact and make it back to the cliffs.”
Already coming to terms with one another, partners Whiterose share an affirmative nod with each other. “There’s no point in fighting these things.”
“Run and live, that is an idea I can get behind.”
“Something anybody can get behind really” Al said.
Ruby grabs hold of the golden knight, Jaune, who’s by her side, takes the golden rook.
The Deathstalker makes more headway with its escape, cracks on the ice becoming visible to the two teams. “Time we left.” “Right, let’s go.” The teams follow the young girl, who quickly stops on a rock, gesturing them all to follow.
Yang holds a smile as everyone runs past her. Confused, Blake asks if something is amiss. “What is it?” Yang relieves the girl of her worries, smiling with pride at her sister “Nothing.”
Giving a smile once figuring out what it was. Yang is just being a proud sister.
‘At least they're relationship is okay now’ Simon thought.
The eight rush to the cliff, Nevermore looming and flying overhead, watching their every move. Each of the pair hides behind a stone pillar, staying out of sight of the beast’s view.
It makes its perch on the highest stone tower, screeching down to the students below, preventing them from finishing their objective to reach the north cliff. “Well, that’s great,” having no problem in voicing her displeasure. The Deathstalker makes its grand entrance, having broken free from its cold prison. “Aw man, run!”
Everyone proceeds closer to the winged beast, “Nora, distract it!” Doing as told by her partner, dodging feathers in the process, and bringing out her weapon. Opening firing, a bullet bomb causes it to come down from its tower.
Making itself known, the deathstalker appears behind her but is given time to escape, Weiss helping her, as Blake and Ren combo slash it.
Everyone cheered at how the two teams are handling it.
Ren and Blake make little distance as the deathstalker isn’t that far behind. Pyrrha stops at the start of the bridge, along with Ren, telling them to keep going. Ren and Pyrrha repeatedly shoot, retreating when the large Grimm comes to a close for comfort.
The Nevermore crashes into the stone bridge, ultimately destroying it, and splitting the teams in two. Blake, Ren, and Pyrrha are stuck dealing with the deathstalker, having nowhere to escape while everyone else is on the opposite side. “Man, we gotta get over there, they need help.”
“Let’s do this”, not looking very confident, Jaune looks over the edge. A small piece of it fell down the foggy abyss. “Yeah, but, uh, I can’t make that jump.”
Giving an evil smile, Nora knocks Jaune back, spinning her gun that transforms into a large hammer. Directly hitting the edge of the stone platform, much to Jaune’s dismay, launches him to the other side. Leaving a small explosion on where she hit.
Standing on her hammer, she blasts herself along with him.
Slamming the head of the hammer on the Grimm’s skull makes it give out a screech. Seeing its stinger head towards her, she propels herself backward, avoiding the incoming attack, but the impact from her avoidance causes her to slam into Blake, leaving her to fall off the edge.
“I-is she?” Anxious Andrew stuttered scared of the answer.
“She's okay,” Ruby replied.
Saving herself by attaching Gambol Shroud to a part of the stone structure. Swinging herself up, and using the momentum to slash the Nevermore. “It’s tougher than it looks.” “Then let's hit it with everything we’ve got”, was her response to the analysis, reloading her gauntlets.
Team RWBY prepares their weapons. Blake and Ruby change theirs to sniper mode.
“Does everyone in your school weapons turn into guns?” Sour Susan asked.
“Yes…. except maybe Jaune” Weiss replied.
Enduring all their advances, the Nevermore crashes into the stone, chunks of it flying everywhere. Team Rwby uses it to their advantage and uses them as leverage, bringing themselves to solid ground.
“None of this is working”, stating the obvious. Thinking it over, Ruby turns her gaze to all her friends. “I have a plan, cover me.”
“We got to move”, Jaune suggests, seeing the Deathstalker unfree its stinger. Running directly towards it, Pyrrha avoids an attack from its pincers, Jaune covering her from the other. Team Arkos holding off the Deathstalker pretty well. The deathstalker screeches in pain, getting a spear to the eye. The cause and effect left Ren being swung into a stone wall.
Observing the swinging stinger, Jaune calls to his partner. “Done!” Swiftly reacting, she throws her shield similar to a frisbee, effectively detaching the golden stinger from its tail.
Once retrieving her shield, Jaune calls Nora. Jumping on Pyrrha’s shield, she’s launched into the air as she sits on her weapon. Laughing childishly, she fires herself back towards the ground, spinning and slamming her hammer on the Deathstalker’s head.
Being launched back to safety, the Grimm fell to its death with the rest of the bridge. The team regrouped, all with an awesome pose. Except for Ren, he landed flat on his face.
Facing the final threat, Yang lands a direct hit on the eye. Nevermore screeching in pain, it loops back around, heading straight for the girl. In slow motion, it seems as if Yang will be swallowed whole, but no, she stands in the jaw of the beast, repeatedly blasting bullets inside and to its stomach. “I. Hope. You’re. Hun. Gry!” Every word is punctuated with a fire from her gauntlet.
Yang backflips from its mouth, just in time for the Nevermore to hardly impact the cliffside. Heading back to her team, it was Weiss’s turn to play. Creating a barrier of ice on the tip of the bird's tail, preventing it from escaping. She retreats to her team, Blake launching Gambol Shroud for Yang to take the other end. Ruby’s scythe gives it pressure, pulling it back. Weiss uses a gravitational pull, holding Ruby next to her.
The whole thing fabricating their own slingshot. “Of course, you would come up with this idea.” “Think you can make the shot?” Humming with a smile, “Can I?” To a confused Ruby asks again, though Weiss yells at her, assuring Ruby she can.
“Yeah…..I don't really get sarcasm” Ruby said nervously.
Launching herself, the Nevermore has a scythe to its throat. Weiss keeps Ruby grounded on the cliff using her glyphs.
Ruby screams as she drags the Nevermore, finishing the final blow by decapitating its head once she reaches the top.
Everyone except Weiss and Ruby's eyes widened at that, not expecting Ruby to do that.
The camera recedes, showing the body of the dead Grimm, falling into the abyss.
“Woah…”
Ruby walks to the edge of the cliff, looking down on its terrain. “Well, that was a thing.”
“That's your reaction?” Miss Battle-Ax asked, raising an eyebrow while Ruby just looked away nervously.
Going back to Ruby, the sound of applause was heard in the background. “Russel Thrush, Cardin Winchester,”
Ruby and Weiss groaned at Cardin on screen.
“Any reason you guys don't like him?” Brian asked.
“He’s a big jerk and a bully along with his team,” Ruby explained.
“Dove Bronzewing, Sky Lark.” Ozpin introduces one of Beacon’s newest teams. “The four of you retrieved the black bishop pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team CRDL [Cardinal]. Lead by, Cardin Winchester.”
Ruby and Weiss just rolled their eyes at the team on screen.
Everyone in the audience claps. Jaune and his friends are the next ones to make their way onto the stage.
“Jaune Arc, Lie Ren, Pyrrha Nikos, Nora Valkyrie. The four of you retrieved the white rook pieces.”
Ruby and Weiss smiled at their friends on screen.
“From this day forward, you will work together as Team JNPR [Juniper].”
“Lead by, Jaune Arc.” “Huh?” Flabbergasted that he was chosen to be leader.
“L-Lead by…?” Nodding his head in affirmation, “Congratulations, young man.”
Pyrrha gives him a friendly punch, not expecting it as Jaune falls on his butt. Laughs erupted in the background.
“And finally, Blake Belladonna, Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, and Yang Xiao Long. The four of you retrieved the white knight pieces, and from this day forward, you will work together as Team RWBY [Ruby]. Lead by, Ruby Rose.”
There was silence in the theater,so quiet that you could hear crickets.
“H-how?” Henry's mum asked.
Ruby’s surprise, as well as Weiss’s, are clearly shown. “I’m so proud of you!” Bringing her sister into a large bear hug.
“Looks like things are shaping up to be an…interesting year.”
The screen rises into the sky to show their shattered moon. But it then presents the inside of a warehouse. Roman is observing the map in front of him plastered on the wall, in a current conversation with someone. He hangs up with a groan before lighting a cigar.
A grunt brings over a sum of money and a large suitcase. The grunt tells him to open it. When doing so, he is met with a grand amount of crystals. Picking up an ice crystal, he whispers to no one in particular, “We’re gonna need more men.”
The camera zooms in on the map, and on it are a bunch of marks, describing each section of Vale.
The camera fades to black, showing the end credits of the episode.