It was a cloudy day, and RNJR and Azura were following a mossy stone tile path through the wilderness. While walking, Nora stretched her arms up wide.
Nora: Another day, another adventure!
Beside her, Jaune read a map while Ruby,Azura and Ren continued alongside them.
Ruby: What's on the agenda today?
Jaune: Walking!
Nora: With a side of...?
Ren: Walking.
Ruby: *sighs* Haven is a lot farther away than I thought.
Ren: Ruby? How long did you think this journey was going to take?
Ruby: I don't know! I grew up in a small area; I've never been this far away from home!
Jaune: Right but... how long?
Ruby: Maybe like, uh... two weeks?
Jaune: *looks up from the map* What?!
Ruby: Okay, fine! Three or something! *makes no eye contact* Look, whatever.
Azura: Have you ever seen the world map? Mistral is one of the largest territories of Remnant. I think it will take a month or longer.
Ruby groaned, looked up again after a beat and noticed something ahead.
Ruby: Hey, what's that?
Nora jumped onto a slightly fallen post of a fence to get a closer look at a wall and building ahead.
Jaune: That's... strange. *checks his map* I didn't think we'd be hitting another village for a few days.
Nora: Are those buildings... damaged?
Jaune: We should search for survivors!
Jaune dropped the map and all five went running into the village, with Nora leaping onto the wall and to a rooftop from there. They discovered the town to be empty. Ruby lifted a fallen plank of wood to find only plant outgrowth underneath.
Ruby: Anything?
Nora: Nothing over here!
Jaune: No one over here, either!
Ren: It almost seems like... the town was abandoned.
Azura: And from the looks of the buildings, they must have left before it was finished.
Ruby looked around while the others went offscreen, feeling unease in the wind.
Nora: Hey, I think I found something!
Ruby turned and rushed over. Nora, Jaune, Azura and Ren were looking at a town sign. Nora moved the ivy growing over it to the side to read what it says.
Nora: Oniyuri? Never heard of it.
Jaune: Me neither.
Ren: I have.
The other four looked at him, surprise on Nora and Ruby's faces.
Ren: You might think of it as Anima's Mountain Glenn, had it never been completed. Years ago, the richest members of Mistral were unhappy with how the Kingdom was being run.
As Ren spoke, there were wide shots showing the various unfinished buildings, disrepair and neglect of the village.
Ren: Frustrated with the council, they pooled their resources together to build their own city, with their own laws. They hoped that one day, it could maybe even become its own Kingdom. Many thought it would be the future.
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A new dawn in Remmant: Volume 4
FanfictionIt's been several months since the Fall of Beacon, and the world of Remnant is still recovering. Tensions are high, lives have been lost, and the members of Team RWBY... are divided. Each of our heroines now faces a journey of their own.
