RWBY: The Dragon's Rose

Rwby Vol. 5 Part 3

--William's POV--

We were inside Raven's tent,with the same Female Bandit who struck Jack with a lightning bolt pouring some tea for us,and yes,I know Raven,we sometimes bump each other on my missions.

Raven:You can wait outside,thank you.

Lightning Bolt Bandit then leave the tent.

Yang:So,what's the 'truth?' | Raven:You know,it's better when it's hot. | Weiss:You know,you're really obnoxious. | Raven:The truth is that the 'truth' is hard to come by,a story of victory for one person is a story of defeat for someone else. By now,your uncle has surely told Ruby and her friends plenty of stories. | Yang:Well,he's never given me a reason to doubt him before. | Raven:That doesn't mean those reasons don't exist.

Yang glared at her.

Raven:You know,you and your teammates might as well be the poster children for the Huntsman academies. Your motives vary,but you all enrolled to try and make the world a better place. I know this for a fact,and it's adorable.

I glared daggers at her,because I have said that once on one of our "meetings"

Yang:It's what Huntsman and Huntresses do. | Raven:Not all of them,some people are just in it for the money and the fame,but there's even more that are just looking to grow stronger. Your Uncle Qrow and I didn't attend to become Huntsmen,we did it to learn how to kill Huntsmen.

Jack,Weiss,and Yang gasped and looked at each other,while I looked away with a stern look on my face.

Raven:Daddy and Uncle left the part out,hm? Aside from the Grimm,Huntman were the only ones capable of ruining our raids and hunting us down,our tribe needed a counter-force. (she take a sip of her tea) And Qrow and I were the perfect age. The entrance exams were child's play compared to what we'd already been through. We were good,so good,that we caught the attention of Beacon's very own headmaster,Professor Ozpin. Even after we were put on a team,I could tell he was keeping his eye on us,back then. I thought it was because he knew,but it was Team STRQ that he was interested in. | Jack:What do you mean by that? | Raven:Constant attention,extra training missions,turning a blind eye whenever we happened to break the rules and get into more trouble than we should've,sound familiar?

Yang:...What's your point? | Raven:How much do you know about Professor Ozpin? About his past? | Weiss:He was...a prodigy,one of the youngest headmasters to be appointed to a school. | Raven:Because that's how he planned it,because the man you know as Ozpin designed those schools and has followers inside every academy on Remnant that are loyal to him and no one else. | Yang:That doesn't make any sense! How could he have-? No,why would someone even do that? | Raven:Because old man Oz has a great and terrible secret,one that could spread fear across the world. One that he eventually entrusted to our team,and once I knew,there was no going back. I needed to know more,but with every discovery I made,the more horrifying the world became. | Yang:Okay,then tell us,whats the big secret? What's so crazy that the rest of us don't know? | William:*sigh* The creatures of Grimm have a master named Salem. She can't be stopped,she can't be reasoned with,and she will not rest until humanity crumbles at her feet. | Jack:...What? You knew as well? | Raven:You know,you four haven't even touched your tea. | William:Y-- | Yang:--Why should we believe any of this? | Raven:Now you're catching on,so far you've done nothing but accept what others tell you,but you need to question everything.

Yang and Raven glared at each other,until Raven turn her back and continue talking.

Raven:Otherwise you'll end up just as blind as Qrow...and your fool of a father.

Yang shoot the coffee table without any hesitation,shocking Jack and Weiss. Honestly,I knew she was going to burst her composure.

Yang:Don't you dare talk about my family like that! | Lightning Bolt Bandit:You need to calm down. | Jack:Yang,please. | Raven:Listen to your loved one Yang,him and your teammates never let you down before. | Yang:You dont know the first thing about my teammates! Or Jack! Or even me! You were never there! You left us! .....Why? | Raven:I know more than you realize,not just about you,and not just what I've been told,but the things I've seen with my own eyes. I know the Grimm have a leader,I know people who can come back from the dead,I know that magic is real,and I can prove it. You said Tai told you all about my Semblance,well,I doubt he ever told you what Oz did to my brother and me.