Old Soul ( RWBY Fanfic with my OC)

Chapter 20

Winter stepped back as the sea dragon charged onto the grimm. She thought for a moment, what is it doing? Another grimm came up from behind and as she was about to strike it down, the sea dragon leapt in front of her to kill it. Her attack hit it hard, the finishing blow to its already many scars. It roared in pain and slumped onto the cold snow, Veena saw it happen and dropped everything that she was doing. She ran to its side and held its head, it growled low and weakly as their eyes met. Then it evaporated as any grimm does after death.

" You did good," She said barely above a whisper as the smoke rose into the air. The only one left remaining was the Alpha and before anyone could make a move it charged at Veena. She dodged and landed on the ground next to it. " So you wanna come to me?"  She pulled out her sword and just as she was about to attack, a rain of gunfire took it down. " What the hell?" She never knew General Ironwood, so it surprised her to see him with an army.

" I hope I wasn't late," Ironwood said as he looked around.

" You...kind of are...Thanks a lot for coming, fight's over-" Qrow coughed and wiped the blood from his mouth. " Crap."

" Qrow," Winter went up to help him with a very concerned look. " What happened to you?"

" What happened to you?" She said inspecting the blood on his shirt. He didn't answer, looking far too exhausted for that. Jaune was pretty tired himself, a lot of damage was done to his body.

" I apologise," He signalled to his soldiers as medics arrived to get him help. " Be careful, the assailants could still be here."

" No need," Qrow managed to say. " That kid, she chased them off..." Ironwood couldn't tell if he was bluffing or serious, there was no way a child could take on the same people that got him. Veena approached them carefully, a bit wary of the number of soldiers surrounding them. " Kid," She put up a hand and asked him to stay quiet and save his strength. " Don't you dare put me to sleep."

" Bayang," She put the flute to her lips.

" Don't. I'm not- I don't need it." She put the flute down and got closer to him. Swiftly, she stole his flask.

" Then, you won't be needing this," He cursed as they carried him away. " Alcoholic, I wonder if his liver is still working. Uh, is there something you need, sir?" She said, noticing the analysing look on Ironwood's face. He drew his gun at the girl, feeling very much distrustful. It wouldn't be the first time children were the evil doers. The others couldn't believe what he was doing, Veena seemed a bit surprised. She stared at the gun, it'd be too late if she did anything, his hand was on the trigger. " What do you want to know?" She asked. " I'm not looiing forward to reliving my old memories again."

" Ironwood, now's not the time." Ozpin said in a clear voice. " We have much to discuss." Ironwood recognised the look in his eyes and lowered his gun. " My apologies, Veena. He's not familiar with you yet."

" It's fine. Jaune, I could use a little help here." Jaune went to work to heal her hands, the cuts were deep, it went right through her flesh.

" Veena, wait up." Ruby said approaching her as she walked down the long corridor to meet up with the rest. " Thanks for, well, everything." She said to her as they walked side by side. Veena lifted her binds a little to look at her for a moment before putting it back in place.

" What do you mean 'everything' ?" She asked the silver eyed girl. " I've barely done much."

" Barely? Thanks to you we got here. And I got to see Mom, talk to her and you even saved Uncle Qrow." Her tone slowed down as the cheerful smile turned into a sad one. " I- we couldn't lose anyone else. You even came back after we left you. I'm sorry-" Veena put a hand over her mouth and smiled.

" I should be the one in debt to you. If I hadn't met you, Little Rose, then I still wouldn't have known who or what I am. My memories started coming back ever since you and your friends showed up. I owe you my thanks. Now, we have a general to meet." She gave her a lovely smile. It reminded her how some of the older people would smile, knowingly and caring.

" Look who's here, could use a little help explaining here, kid." Qrow said to her. " Also, thanks for the save but don't ever call me old again." Veena shrugged and smiled.

" Fair enough. Then, you can call me old if you'd like. Soul wise, I'm very much older."