Lurking Darkness

Beginning of the End

You and team RWBY run with Maria and Pietro to the bullhead, you look at RWBY and say. You, Ruby and Weiss hop on along with everyone else.

"Guys? What's that?" You point to the glowing pillar in the sky.

"Not good, c'mon!" Ruby leads the way.
You and Weiss follow.

"Y/n. Be safe. I can't barely handle angry Yang, angry Blake would be a nightmare."

"Don't worry so much, I'll be fine." As you all run to the light, you see a woman fly to it.

"Cinder..."

"That's the woman who..."

"Yea. It's her Pyrrha. She's different now to say the least. She's a monster now."

"I thought we should've thought that anyway." You smile at Pyrrha's joke. You see a figure jump into the light, it was shaped like...

"Penny...?"

"Penny? She's okay?"

"Kind of, they rebuilt her when Amity Colosseum returned. She's great now."

"That's good to hear." As you approach the Winter Maiden's chamber, you feel an incredibly cold wind pass you by.

"It's too cold! We can't get through!" Weiss says.

"How are we supposed to help?" Ruby asks.

"It may be too cold for you two..." You heat up to 1000 degrees.

"But not for me."

"Y/n.. that's a fully aged and trained Winter Maiden, are you sure you can heat up enough?"

"One way to find out.. you two find another way in." You walk toward the pillar of icy cold wind. As you walk up to it, you begin to see the pillar form a hole, almost as if it is evaporating.

"Wow."

"Well? Are we going down?" Pyrrha asks.

"Let's." You reply to her. As you jump down the hole, you notice Penny holding a woman.

"Penny!" You scream to her.

"Y/n? How'd you get down here?" Just then...
Cinder breaks through the walls of ice.

"SHE'S MINE!!" She screams to you and Penny. But Winter cuts her off. Literally.
Removing her Grimm arm causes immense pain to the Maiden. You look at Winter and notice her Aura is gone.

"Winter, your Aura."

"I know." Cinder is screaming in pain, her arm regrows quickly. She begins breathing erratically. Attacking Winter ferociously, you attempt to step in, but her Maiden powers are still too powerful.

"OUT OF MY WAY!" She slashes at you multiple times with a sword she conjured, you thought you were fast, she completely outclassed you in speed. Your Aura breaks and she slices at your arm...

"ARRGHHHHHHH!!!" You go to grip your arm only to see that it's no longer there.

"Pathetic..." she goes in for the killing blow.

"WINTER!" Weiss yells as her and Ruby arrive.

"YOU." Cinder looks at Ruby.

"..." Her silver eyes glimmer. Then activate.
As the glow disappears, Cinder has gone away.

"Y/n!" Weiss says running to you.

"Blake's gonna kill us.." Ruby says. You pass out from the loss of blood.

Ruby's P.O.V

"Oh no.. Y/n..." You run to Penny, you ask her what happened.

"Penny! What happened?"

"She's... gone."

"No..." Winter announces.

"She's a part of you now.." Did she just call Penny... The Winter Maiden?

"Weiss! How's Y/n?"

"Ruby this is bad, worse than last time. Even Time Dilation is barely slowing down the blood loss." A bullhead appears, Yang walks to the door.

"Guys! You're..." She sees the Winter Maiden, Winter, and Y/n missing an arm.

"Get in.." She says quickly.

"We'll be back Winter."

"Please don't come back here.." Winter tells her sister.

"We all have to make our own way." You pick Y/n up and Weiss and Penny run into the bullhead.

"Are you guys...?" Blake sees Y/n. She begins to break down. You and Yang attempt to comfort her.

"Y/N!!!" Tears are flooding from her eyes.

"Blake.. Weiss is doing everything she can. We need to focus." Yang tells her partner.

"EASY FOR YOU TO SAY! MY FIANCÉ IS DYING!" She screams at Yang with rage.

"Blake. We need to focus on Atlas. We're going to save him. I promise." You tell her. She begins crying loudly into your shoulder. You look at Weiss, who also has tears in her eyes, she looks at you and words with her lips.

"He might not make it.." She tears up even more.

Y/n's P.O.V

"Where am I? Pyrrha?"

"Hello Y/n."

"Who are you!? Answer me! Where am I!?"

"I cannot tell you who I am for I do not know who I am. You are in the space between life and death. You are between realms, the one of the living, and the one of the passed." The figure says to you.

"So am I going to die?"

"That is up to you."  He simply says to you.

"I want—." You can't say the words.

"I want to—!" Something is stopping you from speaking.

"The reason you cannot speak your desire, is because I have not finished."

"Then finish."

"I will child."

"If you return to the living world, know that you will bring terrible pain to yourself and loved ones, you will live on. You also, will be one arm short. At least for a time being.
You continue to stay silent.

"However, if you pass, you will bring more pain to your loved ones, temporarily, in time, their wounds will heal, you will also be able to see your mother."

"My mother...?"

"Yes child." You're shocked.

"I will give you some time to think about your decision. I will need an answer soon." He fades away.

WOO. Sorry it took so long for a chapter! Writers block is a bitch, not to mention I've been supppeer busy. Again thanks for reading! -P