RWBY: I'll Carve My Own Path In This World (RWBY X Male reader) [5]

Chapter 3: Fight And Flight

The sickening smell of smoke filled my lungs as I opened my eyes, the city was ablaze, Grimm run rampant through the streets, my weapon was nowhere to be found and I could feel that my Aura had depleted, I began to pelt down the streets, trying to find someone, a Beowolf suddenly leapt from nowhere, fangs bared, I didn't have time to dodge it. Suddenly. A person, draped in shadows ran before me, somehow blocking the Beowolfs attack, they gestured for me to go on ahead, without a word, I ran past them.

As I turned the corner, a flash of green alerted me to the presence of Emerald, she had her weapons drawn, smirking at me, she leapt at me, a second figure, also covered in shadows came out of nowhere, they blocked the strike like they saw it coming from a mile away, I could see a white jacket draped over them, blowing in the wind, a distorted voice called out

"Y/N! Go ahead! Me and _____ will handle this!" They said, I turned to see a third person, glowing green, I nodded, I ran, I ran and I ran until I couldn't anymore, everything went dark, the next thing I knew, I stood at the edge of Beacon tower, a searing pain in my chest, I looked down to see a shaft made of glass, I looked up to see Cinder emerge from the shadows, she reached out towards me, she spoke, everything around me slowly turning white

"You were right, Destiny, Fate, they are different, you chose to take the place of that other fool...

How pathetic."

I woke up in a cold sweat, I sat upright, I looked around to find myself in the Ballroom, What the hell!? What the fuck was that!? Who were those strange people? I was brought out of my thoughts when I heard a certain someone chanting

"It's morning! It's morning! It's morning!" Oum, I would give anything to wake up with that kind of energy, I looked to my side to see Jaune looking at me

"Hey, you okay?" He asked, I smiled

"I'm just fine Jaune, don't worry!" I said, Jaune still looked worried

"I-it's just, you kept tossing and turning last night, seemed like a nightmare." I chuckled

"Yeah, it was, but that's all it was, a bad dream." Jaune nodded, for the time being, I pushed the memories of the dream to the back of my mind, after Jaune got dressed, we headed for the cafeteria, where breakfast was being served, I felt relieved when I saw Pancakes, just the thing after a bad dream, Jaune spoke all of a sudden

"Sooo...Y/N, any idea what Initiation is like? What am I saying of course you know, but, I mean, can you tell me?" I swallowed my food, trying not to smile too much

"Nothing too complicated, just a retrieval." I said, cutting into my Pancakes, Jaune seemed to relax a little, once we had finished, we walked over to the lockers to retrieve our weapons, 417...418...419...here we go, I opened it up to see my sword, I clipped it to my belt, turning to Jaune I could see the internal panic

"What's wrong Jaune?" I said, I glanced into his locker, it was empty, something is wrong here, I made sure that Jaune put his weapon next to mine so it wouldn't get lost, I heard laughing and turned around to see Cardin, he was looking at Jaune as he opened his own locker, I grinned to myself, prepared for what was 'now' going to happen, you see, I decided to have a little fun with Cardin

Last night, I managed to sneak into the locker rooms, I already suspected it was Cardin who moved Jaunes weapon, I found Cardins locker and Jury-rigged a little something. Cardin opened up his locker, he watched as the door pulled a string, causing his mace to swing, right into some Ice Dust next to it, causing Cardin to be pelted with a small avalanche, serves him right, I suddenly heard two familiar voices to my side, I turned to see the Weiss Queen herself and Pyrrha chatting about something, Jaune had already gone off to find his weapon, I decided that now would be a good a time as any to introduce myself to Pyrrha