The Knights of Grimm - Act 3 - Shattered Memory

Chapter 34 - Aftermath

Ruby

So much has happened across the world...

And the leader of Team R.W.B.Y is completely unaware of the fact that two members of her team and two friends have been incapacitated by the Horridus Morbus Plague. No idea that the world has just descended into chaos after the Attack on Atlas and Vacuo, and the coup from Vir Nominis Umbra in Mistral. Only Vale remains that has not been broken yet, and Vir Nominis Umbra is ruthless.

He will not stop there.

He will never stop.

Although, being out of the loop on some things, Ruby is sat down on a stone step outside of the huge building where so many secrets are kept. She can hear the conversation inside between the other Silver Eyed Warriors and Serena, she is babbling on about some things that are of no interest to Ruby. Scientific theories being completely blown to pieces by the Knights of Grimm and Vir Nominis Umbra.

Ruby has her large silver eye gazing down at her Rose Badge; she has taken her caped hood off by unclipping the badge above her chest. The red velvet cape is wrapped up on her lap, but she gently slides her thumb across the metal rose that was made for her outfit. She sighs, thinking of her mother when she was alive. Ruby was very small when Summer was around, and sadly does not have many memories of her, especially the ones that surrounded what happened to her.

Ruby closes her eyes...letting her mind fall into the memory.

Ruby must have been around three to four years old at this point, absolutely tiny and adorable. She has a hood but no cape at this moment, wearing a fluffy puffer jacket due to it being in the middle of winter. Her short black and red hair blowing in the icy cold wind, playing with Yang happily. Yang only being five or six at the time, skating with her sister on a frozen lake. Taiyang sits there on a bench, watching over them as they play around together; they have always been a very close pair the two of them. He has his leg crossed over the other and a mug of coffee sat on his knee as he watches them, an open eye for any signs of Grimm.

His eyes then notice something in the trees.

A Crow...And a Raven.

It truly does surprise him, since the two siblings have always been at each other's throats for a while, not so much as they were after the death of Summer Rose, but more because their sibling relationship was not as cute as their daughters'. The Crow and the Raven both watch the little girls play, also keeping a watchful eye on them to make sure that they are safe and sound.

Although the presence of Qrow causes something to happen.

Ruby skates along, giggling to herself as she does...and then the ice begins to crack beneath her feet. Taiyang gasps, sitting forward with shock and just about to run out to her and his eldest daughter. Or perhaps his real daughter – but Ruby has always been a daughter to him, since he had to raise her. Especially after Summer passed away and Raven vanished again.

Yang gasps, skating towards her to try and save her. "Ruby!" Yang calls out with distress, wide lilac coloured eyes. Until a rock comes flying in from out of nowhere, they all believed it to be down to Qrow's semblance. Perhaps a rock came loose from the mountain and came tumbling towards the lake and happened to land there. But with everything happening – it is becoming far more possible that this may not be the case. She nearly slips into the water, but she regains her balance, seeing the ice crack beneath Ruby.

Taiyang springs up from his chair and sprints to help the two of them; Qrow takes off in his Crow form, whereas Raven does not even move. This must have been back when she was still a very cold person, one that wanted Yang to learn through experience, not through the help of others.