RWBY: I'll Carve My Own Path In This World (RWBY X Male reader) [5]

Chapter 23: Reunions

A lone shadow, wandering endlessly, tormented by the dead, seeks out those who wronged them, they will pay dearly for taking away the one thing that changed their life for the better

I bolted upright, the sheets of the bed flying forward, what was that? The dead? Who was that?  And why did they seem so... angry?  I pushed these thought to the side as I looked down at my legs, Obsidian had curled up on them, I sighed and carefully removed myself from under her, I specifically told her to stay in her 'own' bed, dammit, I got up and started to sort out my equipment, we had decided to stay the night in one of the Inns below the floating island of Atlas and head up there in the morning, I walked back into the room after brushing my teeth to see Obsidian had woken and gotten herself dressed already, for you see, it turns out that her scaly armour was 'not' her clothes but part of her actual body, so we spent a bit of time shopping for an outfit for her, she had settled on a dark red T-shirt with a green skirt

"Morning Father." She said, yawning, I stretched as I replied

"Morning." I had decided to accept the whole 'Father' thing, it would be easier than trying to get her to stop

"Hey, can we go and get breakfast already?" She asked, a low rumble accompanied her, I sighed and passed her some of the Lien I had left

"Go on ahead I just need to sort some things okay?" She nodded and happily went out of the door, I walked over to the window and leant against the wall, looking out. It was all finally sinking in, properly now, that the people I once knew as 'Parents' were in fact the ones that took me away from my real ones, that Cinder, a person I once thought of as my enemy, was in fact my Older Sister and that the person I loved was gone, forever, a tear ran down my face as I remembered my old memories of her, how we met, her initial prank on me the morning after, our joint prank when team RWBY had tried to spy on me in the shower, the two of us dancing the night away. I was brought out of my reminiscence by the sound of clattering downstairs, I wiped my face and ran down the stairs, keeping a hand on the hilt of Half Rose 

"What do you think you are doing?" A familiar voice called out, I burst into the lobby to see Obsidian and Winter, Obsidian had one of her bracelets at Winters head while Winter had her sword at Obsidians throat

"Impersonating the dead, how low can you be?" Winter said

"Attacking innocent people 'again', how violent can you be?" I said grinning, Winter turned to me, her jaw dropped, Obsidian smiled and ran behind me

"Father! The mean Ice Queen attacked me for no reason!" I chuckled and patter her on the head, Winter just stared

"Y/N L/N, that can't be...you're dead!" She said, I smiled

"Well yes, but actually no." I replied, she raised an eyebrow

"How did you survive? Reports were you fell from the tower and shattered!" She said, walking closer and inspecting me

"Heh, rule number one about killing off a character, if there's no corpse, they're not dead." I said, ignoring the irony in my statement, Winter ignored this

"Well then, it's good to see you are doing okay, but I must ask, who is this with you?" She said, looking to Obsidian

"Do you remember the creature from the expedition match? That's her right there." I said, Winter wouldn't' have believed me if she wasn't already talking to someone who was meant to be dead

"I-i see, very well then, what's your business in Atlas?" She asked, trying to change the subject to something that wouldn't completely throw her off-guard

"I'm trying to find the other members of my team, starting with Noire, I suppose you'd know where she is?" I asked, Winter tensed

"Classified." I sighed