Remnants of a World I Once Knew: Volume 2

Chapter 14

"Load those crates and be careful, you animals! The last time one of you fleebags dropped a crate, you almost gave away our position!," Roman barked. The White Faunus, though grumbling, went to work to take extra care with the crates. "How did I end up working with these animals?," Roman sighed. "Oh come now, Roman. Do you truly believe in achieving this task all by yourself?," a woman apporached him with the sound of clattering heels and two kids. One with an emerald green color and another with a bluish grayish look. "Oh look, you're here. A sight for sore eyes," Roman sarcastically spoke. "Well, I don't reveal myself to please the weary and the weak," the woman continued. She was wearing a red dress coated with yellow stripes coming down her arm.

"Oh yeah, you like big entrance. All melodrama and all that nonsense," Roman sighed. "Speaking of which, that was quite the drama you stirred at the docks. Why wasn't the heist done sooner?," the woman scolded. "What?! Excuse me! I've been running rampant over Vale, gathering dust!," Roman replied. "You're an inspiration to every black market thief," the boy rolls his eyes. "How impressive," the green haired girl sarcastically replied. "Emerald! Mercury! Quiet," the woman replied. "Eh...yes Cinder," Emerald nodded. "Got it, boss," Mercury also nodded. "So yeah! Excuse me for not being able to rob at your impossible pace! Perhaps my jobs would go a lot smoother if you tell me what your grand plans are!," Roman replied.

"Move all the Dusts to our friends. We're moving to Phase 2," Cinder ordered. "Phase 2?," Roman asked. "Yes. And we will need your little friend," Cinder replied. "Oooh I'd be careful about the term little," Roman replied as a girl no taller than 6 foot, revealed herself, showing a mix of pink and brown. "Amusing," Cinder sarcastically replied. "And what do you need Neopolitan for?," Roman asked. "Oh.....all according to plan," Cinder smirked. "Which is?," Roman asked. "You will know what you need when you need to know," Cinder stroked his cheek before she and her disciples began to leave. Neo looked at Roman. Roman moans at what Cinder said. "Go with them," he shook his head. Neo nodded and followed Cinder, Mercury and Emerald. Roman looks at the nearest White Fang. "Get these Dust lots to your friends," he grunted.

Weeks went by without much activity. October and November seemed to fly by like a bat out of hell. December came upon them and seemed to begin to zoom by. In the school cafeteria, Blake was looking at her notebook, containing a drawing of the White Fang symbol and a man with a sword. The latest event of the White Fang had stirred up troubled memories of her past. She continued to stare down at the drawing when Yang purposely bumps into her in her usual happy-go-lucky attitude. "Whatcha doin?," Yang asked, snapping Blake's attention away from the book. "O..Oh n..nothing. Just going over recent notes," Blake replied and closed the book. She was lucky Yang shifted her attention to a grape thrown at her. Yang saw it and caught it with her mouth, wasting no time in munching down. "Boring!," Yang told Blake. Ruby slowly came over with a binder a foot tall and slammed it on the table. "Sisters! Friends!.....Ice Queen..," Ruby began. "Dolt!," Weiss hissed back. "I have a dream! 4 scores and 7 minutes ago, the for of us come together and will have the best fun...ever!," Ruby squealed. "You stole my binder!," Weiss replied. "I am not a crook," Ruby clarified. "Well...I do a agree with Ruby," Weiss agreed. "Say again?," Blake asked. "I think we should do something fun. Besides! It's nearly Christmas," Weiss nodded. "Yeah! And between that and transfer students, I think we should do something!," Ruby jeered on. "Oooh we should host a party!," she continued. "Hey! Yeah! Great idea!," Yang nodded. "Oooh a party. Sounds lovely!," Velvet replied. "Yeah! A Christmas party," Ruby nodded. "I'm in," Coco agreed. "I too wish to attend," Yatsu replied. Fox nodded in agreement. "Yay! That makes three teams! Including Team JNPR and us!," Ruby smiled. "Yeah! The more the merrier!," Yang agreed. "Oooh how about some of the professors?," Jaune asked. "Yeah! Wait. I think Ozpin's meeting with the council and Glynda's meeting with a relative," Ruby replied. "What about Professor Port or Oobleck?," Velvet asked. "Professors Port and Professor Oobleck are in attendance," Lie Ren nodded. "Hmmm who we missing?," Yang muttered. "Oh! Professor Fives!," she realized. "Yeah come to think of it, he didn't say anything about Christmas plans," Ruby agreed. "Doesn't he have relatives?," Weiss asked. "He....he said all of his brothers are dead," Blake spoke in a rather sad tone. "Yeah! Maybe we can cheer him up!," Yang nodded.

"Yeah! Let's kick off this semester with a bang!," Ruby nodded. "I always kick off my semester with a Yang," Yang smirked. "Eh! Get it?," she asked. Her reaction was a pie thrown at her but instead, it smacked Weiss's face. Nora snickered while, Ren, Jaune and Pyyrha started agape. Weiss began to speak but her mouth was muffled. "Huh?," Ruby asked. Weiss removed the pie from her face. "Here's what I said," Weiss began. "This means war,"