Chapter 1
When Ambrosuis told them not to fall, he meant it, in fact, only a fool and a dunce would fall into what seemed like infinite nothingness, the pit of the earth, a bottomless pit.
and there she was
Plummeting right after her sister and friend
And her nemesis, gliding like a glorious flying squirrel with her fucking Mary Poppins-style umbrella. How he hated her, if he saw her again this time it would be different, completely
But she could hardly do anything, the basic darkness and those orange orbs faded to a warm mix of yellow and orange like the late afternoon sun.
Without Cresent Rose there was no way to fall safely to the ground, just like Beacon's initiation from her. Ironically, he went from stopping a Dust shop robbery to fighting for humanity's survival against an immortal monster in three years.
She fought tirelessly during those three years, protecting and saving people just the way she wanted, like a hero. But she did not get results from her good deeds or her incessant struggle, of course not, any small victory came with a great and bitter defeat, she saw it in Beacon, learned it with Mantle and lamented for it. Atlas
She convinced herself that she deserved this, an explicit portrayal of her constant downfall and failure, and again, ironic for her fate.
When she thought she was going to fall to whatever was below her, she just walked past it and the darkness began again with orange orbs, followed by yellow light and so on, like a cycle, an eternal fall.
Until she abruptly landed on an unknown plane resembling an island with a large tree in the center and leaves glowing with rainbow colors.
"Am I...dead?..." She said in a low whisper, her brain still processing that she survived a fall of only god knows how many meters and is still alive, was it a miracle or a curse, she decided that they were probably both
She slowly got up stunned by the blow, sitting on her behind with her legs outstretched, while she looked at the strange landscape she was in, it seems almost heavenly, divine and blessed.
"A mortal...a human"
She heard a calm voice, with some surprise and disgust mixed together, especially after saying 'human'. Ruby got up as fast as she could, she staggered dizzy almost falling to the ground again, but that natural fear of her unknown voice won over the dizziness.
When she saw him, her eyes widened so much that they could pop out of her sockets with ease. She immediately recognized her tall figure, bright and slender, with 2 deer antlers on her head and without any facial features. The god of light, exactly as she saw him in Jinn's vision
No, this can't be happening, she went crazy or hit herself so hard that she is hallucinating "The god of light..." her voice came out shaky, now that she had the idea that this place was the sanctuary where she resided
"You know me...descendant of light"
'You have silver eyes' the memory flashed in her mind, everything always returned to them and they were the center of her misfortune
"My eyes..."
"It would be silly to ask a question that I already know the answer to, Ruby Rose."
If she couldn't be more afraid, now the scale had broken "how do you know my name..."
"I have seen you, all the silver-eyed people of this reality and infinity are connected to me, this is their final resting place"
'final rest', those words rumbled in her mind, she indeed, she died, it doesn't matter how but she did
"There must be a mistake..." Her voice broke like a fragile branch that supports a harsh storm, which although it didn't fall at the first drizzle, a downpour knocked it down "I'm not dead yet, I must return to Remnant and stop Salem and save my friends and" I cry hysterically
He grabbed his head with both hands, a lot of effort wasted, the sleepless night protecting Mantle, the hatred of the people he believed to be his companions, the loss of his friends, the message from Amity, the fight for Atlas...everything in vain
'All for nothing' deep down she knew, she was not...
"Raise your head, descendant of light, you have served your reason in this life, you can move on to the next without remorse"
"My reason...I only made things worse..."
"Idealism helps us as much as little. Without that idealism, who are you?"
"I am nobody"
"No one?
"......" She couldn't speak anymore, her crying was barely over while her head began to think and analyze different options. Always working to exhaustion, because that's how she is, a hyperactive young woman with the dream of saving everyone
"Who are you?"
"I...I...I don't know...I thought that saving everyone was special, that I was special because of my eyes, my strength, my family and friends...I thought I could save them all... .just like a hero"
"Your mother was a hero, you you are not"
She felt it like a bucket of cold water, the icy drops sliding down her spine, generating annoying little chills.
'i a cheap copy...an imitation of what my mother once was'
"And still I fail, heroes are not perfect, they have strengths and weaknesses like any other human, they are not omnipotent and they share the same fate as all living beings...death"
Ruby was now looking at him where her eyes should be, attentive to her words that stuck in her mind.
"A life worth living does not have a written manual. Nobody is completely good or completely bad, every coin has another side" A lot of mirrors appeared around the god of light, so many that the place was completely covered, they all reflected Ruby from different angles "in this case there are an infinity of coins with an infinity of heads"
The mirrors that reflected Ruby were broken, but they still held their shape, only now they reflected different versions of Ruby. Some hunters, other magicians, lady knight, heroines like comics or an average girl and even in the far corners, criminals, assassins and villains.
Ruby looked all amazed, but no words came out of her mouth, waiting for the god of light to finish speaking, she supposed that she did not teach him all this just to show off her power
"Would your banshee be willing to save others?"
"Others?" She looked really confused, like she wasn't confused anymore after the existential question raised.
"Save 7 different realities from yourself, complete a soul test and you will have enough power to save your doomed world, isn't that what you want, descendant of light?"
"I... will do it, if I can help my friends this way, no matter how much I suffer, I will keep moving forward until I end the evil"
The god of light clasped his hands, the applause resounded throughout the place, and even formed small ripples in the pond "Good luck Ruby Rose"
She barely heard him as she was passing out, a dazed convention from the applause of the god, sickness in her stomach, and days without sleep made her quite prone to falling over fatigued at any moment, but hopefully not the worst possible, as she still has a lots of questions about exactly how i would do it