Chapter One - Ruby Rose

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*RWBY and its characters all belong to Roosterteeth and Mounty Oum. This is simply a fanfiction to honour their works. Thier will be some if not alot of lines taken from other fanfiction or scripts, such as tideofglory's 20-20: RWBY. So please check their stuff out*

Legends. Stories scattered through time. Mankind has grown quite fond of recounting the exploits of heroes and villains, forgetting so easily that we are remnants, byproducts, of a forgotten past.

Man was born into an unforgiving world. Creatures of destruction — the creatures of Grimm - set their sights on man from the moment of his creation, and so the Gods gave man four gifts to survive. Creation, Destruction, Knowledge, and Choice were the tools that gave man the ability to survive and eventually flourish.

In time, man discovered additional means to even the odds, Aura, Semblance, and Dust. With these powers in hand, man lit their way through the darkness, and in the shadow's absence came strength, civilization, and, most importantly, life.

But even the most brilliant lights eventually flicker and die. And when they are gone... darkness will return. So you may prepare your guardians, build your monuments to a so-called 'free world,' but take heed... there will be no victory in strength.

But perhaps victory is in the simpler things that you've long forgotten. Things that require a smaller, more honest soul.
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Roman Torchwick approached the Dust Shop with his four men trailing behind. Well, Junior's men. Roman would have rather had Neo by his side instead of these… to call them bouncers would've been giving them too much credit. Roman would've even taken one of the Malachite twins over 10 of these mooks any day, but Junior had refused, and Neo was in Mistral running errands for his employer.

Roman shook off the concerns. All he needed was for these men to look intimidating and carry the dust for him. There shouldn't be any reason for the men to fight.
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Ruby Rose. Was. Bored.

Her uncle was on a mission, so training had grown stale. She'd already finished her homework from Signal and even had Yang and her dad proofread it. Nobody wanted to spar with her, Crescent Rose didn't need any repairs or polishing, and there were no Grimm to fight in the area's she was allowed to explore around Patch. Even if there were, she was bored of Beowolves, or even the occasional Ursa.

Desperate for something to do, Ruby had wandered into Vale and entered the only dust shop she knew to be open at this time, hoping to find some manner of inspiration for her weapon. Unfortunately, even that had yet to yield results, much to Ruby's frustration as she rifled through the last magazine the shop had.

Ruby was suddenly pulled from her thoughts when a hand seized her shoulder and forced her to face a man in red sunglasses.

"Yes?"

"I said, put your hands in the air, now!"

"Waaaiit, are you the ones who've been robbing all the dust stores lately?"

"Yes!"

"Ooohhh…"

Despite her calm demeanor, Ruby was screaming for joy on the inside.

The thug suddenly found himself flying across the store.

"You jerks are the reason I can barely afford a magazine of gravity dust!" the small girl griped with righteous fury.

The man who had gone flying rose to his feet and pulled his gun on the girl. But he was too slow to stop her charge. He once again found himself airborne and flying out the window. This time his aura gave out, and he stayed down, unconscious.

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