Red Roses:Mistral Saga(Ruby Rose x Reader/OC)

Vol. 4 Episode 8:A Much Needed Talk

Location:Mistral Wilderness
Time of Day:Night

Ruby pov:

Me, Qrow, and the rest of RNJR sat around the campfire. He told us a story about "Maidens". After he finished the story. All of us were silent.

Qrow:Really? No questions?

Jaune:Of course we have questions. This is just... a lot to take in.

Qrow:*sigh* Sure, of course.

Ruby:So these... Maidens... They're powerful fighters that don't need Dust to use magic.

Qrow:Yeah.

Nora:And there are four of them?

Qrow:Yup. Always.

Ren:Which means that, whenever one of them dies, the power transfers to someone - a female - that they cared about?

Qrow:Whoever was in their thoughts last. Important distinction. Best option is someone we can trust. Regardless, their souls become combined, in a way.

Jaune:And that's what you were trying to do to Pyrrha... the night the tower fell. You were trying to turn her into one of them.

Qrow:The previous Fall Maiden, Amber, had been attacked. She was young, inexperienced. And her assailant, who we now know is Cinder, somehow managed to steal some of her power, but not all of it. We were afraid that if we didn't do something, the rest would go to her as well.

Jaune:So you forced it on Pyrrha.

Qrow:We didn't force anything. We explained the situation and gave her the choice, and she chose. You were there, you heard her.

We watched Jaune get up and walk away a little bit.

Ruby:Those guys, Tyrian and the Huntsman Killer- why was they after me?

Qrow:*sigh* Well, you definitely painted a target on your back with what you did at Beacon. I told you having silver eyes is a rare trait. And the fact that you were able to use them seems to have upset some very powerful people. Not many people know about the silver eyes. Those that do aren't very happy that one has surfaced. That's why I've been keeping an eye on you in order to make sure you were safe. All of you.

Ruby:Well, then, why not just travel with us? It seems like that would've been way easier.

Jaune:He was using you as bait.

Qrow:Look, I wouldn't put it like that - it's complicated.

Jaune:What is all of this? Ruby's being hunted, the schools are being attacked, all for what?! What is the point of all of this?! Will you just tell us what's going on?!

Qrow:*sigh* Would you sit down? You're stressin' me out, 'kid.

Jaune sat back down at the campfire.

Qrow:Not many people are super religious these days. This world's been around for a long time, long enough that people have created dozens of gods. But if you believe Ozpin, two of them are actually real. They were two brothers. The older sibling, the God of Light, found joy in creating forces of life. Meanwhile, the younger brother, the God of Darkness, spent his time creating forces of destruction. As you can imagine, they both had pretty different ideas about how things should go. The older one would spend his days creating water, plants, wildlife. And at night, his brother would wake to see all the things that the elder had made and become disgusted. To counteract his brother's creations, the God of Darkness brought drought, fire, famine, all he could do to rid Remnant of life. Life always returned. So one night, the younger brother went and made something - something that shared his innate desire to destroy anything and everything.