RWBY: Rule of One - Volume 1

RWBY: Rule of One - Title Sequence

This is what the opening sequence for my book would be if it were animated. And, obviously, this is the full song cover instead of the shorter version it would be for each episode's intro.

The scene opens up to a monochromatic shot of Beacon Academy. Leaves of black and white float in the air as Beacon Tower comes into view. Soon, red begins to appear in the form of rose petals scattered in the air. The camera pans in the tower in the central courtyard of a Huntsman and Huntress standing vigilant over a slain Beowolf. The logo of "RWBY" appears mid screen before the music swells as the bottom blazes in fire consuming the background entirely. Below it now is a golden "Rule of One" ablaze in flame.

Can we make amends, do we just pretend that we're over all the violence? Are we done with this, put it all to rest. Turn the screams now into silence.

The camera focuses on Nox Caine as he walks through the hallways of Beacon. He passes by pillars which constantly bathe him in light and then shroud him in darkness as he walks along. A resolute look in his eye as he walks with a hidden power in his stride. A flash of a scene where Beacon is burning, screams filling the air, before being cut as it changes back to Nox.

Will you be a man, can you make a stand? Will you own up or deny it?

As he walks by, some other characters in the book come into view if only for brief moments. A timid Jaune Arc, a solemn Pyrrha Nikos, a lonely Yang Xiao Long, a scared Blake Belladonna, and a frustrated Weiss Schnee.

All the time we lost, was it worth the cost of breaking a family in two?

The camera changes to Ruby Rose who is standing over her mother's grave. The ghostly figure of her mother clad in a white hooded cape standing there before she flashes causing the tombstone to crack in two and her ghostly form to disappear in a flurry of rose petals.

Destroyed all we knew.

Nox Caine stands over a desk located in a laboratory. No longer was he doning the clothing he wore when walking through the halls of Beacon Academy. Around him were tanks full of liquid suspending all manner of creatures from animals to even a human for a frame. He turns his head before the camera cuts to black as his eyes shine with a menacing yellow glow.

A tyrant, so defiant. Lonely as your heart is sinking.

The camera cuts back to now Darth Terricus engaged in a fight. He effortlessly cuts down all his opponents with his crimson bladed lightsaber as he doned his full Sith appearance. His face was covered with a helm where the visor glowed a menacing red color. There, admist the dead bodies scattered around him, stood the forms of Darth Draconian and Sienna Khan flanking behind him.

Consequences, no defenses. If only you had been thinking.

In his tower stood Ozpin. Cane in hand, he stood looking out the window to the city of Vale below. Behind him were his inner circle consisting of Glynda Goodwitch, General Ironwood, and Qrow Branwen. Behind them were the forms of a three individuals concealed in shadow. Except for the leader who had burning orange eyes.