RWBY (Weiss x Reader) The Knight and His Beautiful Princess

Gravity

Y/N POV

Me, Emily, Amber, Team RWBY, Team JNR, Mom, Altoria' Elm, and Harriet were on board a Manta heading to Atlas.

Weiss: Why would the general call us back without giving a reason?

Ren: Especially with evacuations still going on in Mantle.

Elm: You don't have to understand orders, kids. You just have to follow them.

Harriet: Civvy transports won't be stopping anytime soon. If the general says he needs us now, he needs us now.

Jaune: You all get to the general and find out what's happening. We'll bring Oscar and see you soon.

We arrived in Ironwood's office, along with Harriet, Elm, Marrow Amin and Vine Zeki. Ironwood is sitting behind his desk with his back turned to them. Large military airships are visible through the window.

Harriet: General Ironwood.

Ironwood turns his chair to face us.

Ironwood: We have made a critical error.

He places a queen chess piece made of black glass on his desk.

Ironwood: The Black Queen was the symbol Salem showed us before we lost everything. Her way of telling us she was inside. That it was too late. We stopped Watts. We stopped Callows, but someone was here. They put this in my office to tell me that--

A look of realization crosses his face.

Ironwood: (panicking) What if Mantle was just a distraction? What if it was just to draw us away from the academy to, to--

Weiss: Sir. I-it's going to be okay. We've got Mantle on our side now, and--

Ironwood: How do we know that wasn't part of their plan?

He brings his hand down on his desk and stands up. Ruby, Weiss and I look at him with concern, while Blake Belladonna, Emily, Amber, and Yang Xiao Long look at him tensely.

Ironwood: How do we know they didn't want us to bring people into Atlas by the thousands?

Vine: In trying to save everyone, we left ourselves most vulnerable.
Ironwood: Salem has been one step ahead of us this entire time!

He angrily slams his fist down on his desk, denting it. The impact bounces Watts' bag and the chess piece, and the latter falls over and rolls across the desk, emitting the characteristic noises of glass. I stepped forward, staring at the chess piece.

Y/N: Glass...?

Vine, Marrow, Elm and Harriet look at me, uncertain.

Y/N: Black glass. Cinder.

Yang: She's alive? And she's here?!

Ironwood: (sighs) If Cinder's here, then, for all we know, Hazel's here, too!

Blake walks forward a few steps.

Blake: Sir, this isn't over yet. We're with you.

She places her hand to her chest and gives him an encouraging look. He looks at her and straightens up, his voice gaining an ominously serious tone.

Ironwood: Are you with me?

Blake's cat ears fold over, and Ironwood walks around to stand next to his desk where Watts' bag is, while Vine and Marrow look confused.

Vine: Sir?

Blake backs up to stand in line with her teammates again, her ears still folded over.