A/n It was requested, it was encouraged, and it was allowed the darkness of my mind. REMEMBER YOU ALL ASKED FOR THIS!!
Forewarning mentions and scenes of self harm, depression, and abuse.
When I was asleep I kept having the same dream. I watched as Qrow went on a killing spree murdering everyone in Vale only being stopped by me. I tossed and turned feeling the cold sweat drip down my face and neck. I shot up holding my eyes wiping the tears in my eyes as I startled Cinder.
Cinder: "Baby are you okay? Don't worry you wont be hurt anymore..." She said as I nodded looking at her kissing her head. Rubbing my eyes but heard metal colliding with metal. As I doubled checked my hand it was plated in my black armor I felt my body and realized my armor was on. I tried to turn off my semblance to take my armor off. But I couldn't then I heard her.
Winter: "What's wrong baby? Something bothering you?" She said as I slowly turned to the sound of her voice. I was mortified it was her severed head speaking to me. I backed up agaisnt the wall shaking my head. The head floated towards me slowly trying to talk to me. When it was inches from my face I was terrified. As my helmet shattered open and the head kissed my cheek before falling to the ground. It rolled away as I started hyperventilating feeling for Cinder or Weiss or my fucking sword. I found it and pulled it up staring at the blood dripping down the handle. I shook as I heard my brother speaking to me. I turned to his voice wide eyed in horror seeing his sliced up body moving towards me hand out reached.
Brother: "Why... Why did you... Do this little bro... I thought you... Loved me..." He said as I shook my head dropping my sword shaking violently. As he was staring right into my eyes slowly wiping three fingers down my face covered in blood. When he left my face like that he bursted into flames as I shouted holding my head. I fell to my knees screaming as my armor shattered to pieces catching on fire surrounding me in a circle of hell. I was feeling my arm starting to burn as the cuts re opened spewing blood. I cried beating the floor trying to stop this nightmare as I felt some lift my face up. I started at them smiling a little seeing it was Cinder.
(Y/n): "C-Cinder?" I asked as she nodded kissing my forehead.
Cinder: "I love you but this is good bye." She said as I watched her be sliced up into cubes of meet as I saw Qrow standing there holding all three of their heads. I stared at them shaking violently as he crushed them one at a time.
Qrow: "You call me the murderer but my weapon is clean yours is stained in blood why did you kill them all?" He said laughing hysterically as I glanced at his weapon seeing no blood and mine drenched in it. I curled up shaking violently in tears as the disembodied voices of Winter, Bro, and Cinder blaming me for their deaths. I cried in a mess surrounded in blood, fire, and figures closing in on me. I closed my eyes screaming for everything to stop or someone to help me as I felt someone shaking me. I opened my eyes in tears as I saw Cinder staring at me absolutely horrified with tears streaming down her face. I looked at her and then my arm. I felt everything trying to make sure I wasn't still dreaming. I curled up crying as she held me comforting me. When she made me look at her i explained everything. She looked even more mortified as I finished punching my walls. I was stopped by Cinder as she hugged me trying to make me calm down. But I couldn't I just cried remembering everything. Until I snapped looking at Cinder with a small smile.
(Y/n): "C-Cinder you love me right?" I asked as she nodded kissing my head softly. "W-What if I turned into what I was hunting?" I asked again as she nodded again holding me close. I smiled hugging back as I got up going outside pulling my sword out of my porch. She followed me worried as I smiled gently at her.
Cinder: "(Y/n)? Baby what are you thinking of doing?" She said as I laughed having been broken.
(Y/n): "I'm gonna kill him. I'm gonna kill Qrow before he takes anything else from me." I said activating my semblance as my armor appeared attaching itself to me.(your armor is from the picture) I held my sword up to her as she looked terrified. "Don't worry my love I'm not going to hurt you I would never dream of it. I just want you to set me ablaze along with my weapon." I said gently as she did so as I laughed a little deactivating my semblance placing my arms around Cinder kissing her cheek. I snuffed out the flames on my sword putting it on my couch holding her close. "I didn't mean to scare you babe I just need to be ready. If you dont love me anymore that's fine." I said as she kissed me softly clinging to me.
Cinder: "I love you so much. This can't deter me from you. I just don't want you to go down the same road as Qrow." She said as I laughed a little whistling softly. Suddenly a giant white and grey wolf sat before us in my living room with a large ultra greatsword in mouth as I petted his nose.
(Y/n): "Cinder I already lost too many people my best friend Artorias to the darkness that has consumed Qrow. I lost my brother to Qrow and even though I don't love her anymore I don't want Winter and Weiss's deaths on my conscious. And yours would be the heaviest on my mind so I'm going to stop everything at the source." I said as she stared at me worried before slowly smiling hugging me tighter. We went back to bed as I saw Siff shrink down to an average sized wolf sleeping at the foot of my bed as his weapon laid outside on my lawn. They both were asleep Cinder cuddling me but I refused. The images of my nightmare were burned into my mind. And I refused to relive that nightmare. So I laid there awake planning, plotting, waiting for dawn to crack. I stared at my ceiling in tears remembering how I found my brother. His arms with long large gashes trailing down to his hands. His chest cavity cleaved open entirely. His face sliced off, and his legs barely attached by the muscles. I used this as my source of power. I smiled looking at Cinder before seeing the first few streaks of light breaching my window signifying that dawn had begun. I slowly got up getting Siff awake. He stared at me confused tilting his head to the side. I smiled softly before mumbling "darkness..." With this he sat up getting off the bed growling lowly. We walked out as I looked back at Cinder for the last time before we left. I had my sword on me riding Siff in his true size wielding Artorias sword. We approached a park looking for him until we heard someone scream.
Weiss: "SOMEONE PLEASE HELP US PLEASE!!!" She cried out as I rushed over fearing the worst. And when we approached her I saw her arm covered in blood holding it as she was in tears. I looked past her seeing Winter laying against a tree coughing up blood holding her stomach. I shook my head rushing to her until I felt a sharp pain in my side. I looked over seeing Qrow covered in blood smiling psychotically with his scythe stabbing my side.
Qrow: "No no no your here for me not her." He said pulling the scythe out running up to me kneeing my stomach. I coughed falling down using my sword as a crutch. I stood up activating my semblance equipping my flaming armor as my sword was set ablaze as well. "OHOHO THE LITTLE BITCH IS GONNA FIGHT BACK?!?!!" He shouted laughing more as I stood up gripping my sword. I rushed at him swinging downward as he jumped back as the ground shook when my sword collided with the ground. I looked back at Siff telling him to protect Weiss and Winter as he nodded picking them up onto his back running off. I returned my attention back to Qrow with renewed determination. "Oh is that the little puppy that Artorias was protecting from me? Aww so cute too bad he is going to meet the same fate as his master!" He shouted rushing at me slashing repeadetly as I couldn't react using my sword as cover decreasing the damage he caused slightly. He pushed his scythe against my sword trying to knock it out of my hands as I pushed back slamming him into a tree. He coughed a little looking at me as I rushed at him slicing horizontally as hard as I could he barely dodged the brunt of the attack but his foot got nicked by the flame. As the tree he was up against fell bursting into flames. I followed him swinging and slashing at him as we exchanged blows. He was whittling down my armor as I was cutting and burning him. Until I felt a pulse of darkness shoot through my stomach as I coughed up blood through the helmet looking down. He had punched me in the stomach releasing darkness into my body then quickly while I was distracted he changed his scythe to range mode firing his entire clip into my stomach as I coughed up more blood. I slowly fell to my knees as he kicked me back with tremendous force as I ragdolled agaisnt a tree breaking it. I looked at him in pain as he walked over and laughed picking me up. I wobbled in place lifting my right hand with the sword to swing down. But halfway through the motion I watched him slice my right shoulder. I felt nothing there anymore as blood bursted out dropping the sword I fell to my side. He laughed more and more stomping on my arms cracking the armor. I felt everything going black and my death was near till I heard the voices in my head.
Cinder: "I love you (Y/n) please don't leave me so soon!"
Artorias: "I fell to the abyss and left Siff in your care don't leave him alone get back up black knight."
Weiss: "Please get back up your the only one who can help us. PLEASE!!!"
Winter: "I'm sorry for what I did I was controlled by the darkness in Qrow please end his suffering." They repeated in my head as I pushed Qrow off balance knocking him over as I stood up slowly. My right arm hung limp as I picked up the sword in my left. I stared blindly at the monster before me. He rushed at me as I blocked his attacks with my sword then proceeding to shoulder check him in the chest. He gasped jumping back as I went on the offensive swinging with anger and rage nicking him with the ever growing flame and blade sometimes. As he cried out in pain jumping back into a tree as I lifted my sword up then proceeded to rapidly spin at a high velocity severing his ankle as he jumped out of the way. The trees surrounding me fell over starting a fire that spread fast. Soon we fought engulfed in flames as I kicked him back before jumping up doing a flip and slamming down with tremendous force crushing his arm and severing it. He cried in pain as I leaned over him still unable to properly see. I drove my sword through his stomach.
(Y/n): "THIS IS FOR ARTORIAS!!" I shouted doing it again. "THIS IS FOR MY BROTHER!!" Again I rammed my sword through his stomach slowly going higher with each time. "THIS IS FOR WEISS!!" I said ramming through his kidneys as he spat up more blood laughing still. "WINTER!!!" I cried ramming it into his lungs as he gasped in a bloody coughing fit.
Qrow: "You...fool...the darkness... Resides within you... Now and it will... Spread far..." He laughed in pain as I shook my head.
(Y/n): "You foolish monster who says I walk out of here alive." I said before ramming my sword through his heart crying out Cinders name as I fell to the ground coughing up more blood. I stared beside me watching the pool of crimson surround me as I my semblance deactivated shattering my armor around me forming the circle of fire. But I didn't cry, I didn't fight back, I accepted it as I had accomplished my vengeance. I slowly closed my eyes welcoming the sweet embrace of death.
Cinder pov
When Siff had barked I was shocked as I saw him carrying both Winter and Weiss who were badly injured. I quickly sealed Weiss's wounded but slowly did Winter still angry with her. But once I did that Siff picked us all up running to the park that was set ablaze. I felt both of them clinging to me in tears telling me everything that happened. I was tearing myself as we approached the charred remains of the park. In the middle laid a dead Qrow with (Y/n)s sword shoved through his heart and a lifeless (Y/n) oozing blood and dark sludge from his wounds. We all wanted to help him but Siff wouldn't let us no matter how much we begged. He knew something we didn't as we all cried as Siff howled loud into the morning but we all stopped seeing a white being crouching beside (Y/n) he wore steel armor that was covered in tattered blue cloth. We noticed his right arm was limp as he shook (Y/n). Siff slowly approached the figure with his tail wagging furiously as the figure laughed softly petting Siff.
Artorias: "I'm sorry Siff but I can't stay long this is using my last bit of power left in the world." He said before reaching into (Y/n) pulling out a large black seed pulsating with black sludge pouring out. "I will take his piece of the abyss and destroy it so me may be free of this curse..." He said crushing it as we three watched in shock. "You three im sorry but he isn't breathing and hes lost too much blood so he isn't coming back. Im sorry but he is dead and joining me Siffs previous owner and (Y/n) Artorias. I'm sorry for your lose." He says as we started crying again hugging Siff as he howls with tears falling down. We stared at (Y/n) slowly approaching him hoping he would pull through but he laid there lifeless as the crimson liquid continues pouring out of his body. I jumped down and held him close crying loudly burying my face into his chest. I stopped when I felt his hand softly cup my cheek. I stared at him in tears but smiled as he stared at me. But I could tell he wasn't able to see me and he was weakly breathing.
(Y/n): "W...who's t...there?" He asked weakly as I held his hand pressing it against my cheek.
Cinder: "Its me baby. Its me Cinder I'm here with Weiss, Winter, Siff, and Artorias please hold in there. We can get you help." I cried holding him tightly.
(Y/n): "I'm...I'm...I'm sorry.... I l...love you Cinder... But this... Is good bye... Weiss...stay at Bea...Beacon...study and train...hard...keep your...friends closer... A...and winter...f...find some...someone...nice...S...S...Siff your such a g...good boy...keep all three...of...of...of...them safe..." He said struggling to get every word out as I cried more holding him. He made me look at him as he softly kissed my head before everything fell limp. I shook him wanting another kiss and kept shaking him screaming his name wanting him to come back. Winter and Weiss dragged me away in tears trying to comfort me as I watched the spirit of Artorias and (Y/n) vanish waving slowly with their left hands as they completely disappeared.
Time skip 3 weeks Cinder pov (Y/n) funeral
I refuse to believe it to this day as me and Winter got dressed for (Y/n)s funeral. We lived together in a support system of sorts cause this hurt us the most alongside his parents. When we walked out of his house we were greeted by Siff who was another way for us to remember. As we arrived at the funeral home 20 minutes later we were greeted by the crestfallen faces of Ciaran, Gough, his parents, Weiss, Ruby, Blake, Yang, Taiyang, Neo, Emerald, Mercury, Roman, and Adam. Slowly and painfully everyone stood up sharing their fondest memories of him in tears. When it was Winters turn I went up with her as well as Weiss did as she choked back sobs regaling how she met (Y/n) and fell in love with him. But she also mentioned how she hurt him cause of Qrows darkness and couldnt forgive herself. Then it was my turn I was silent for a few moments before clearing my throat.
Cinder: "When I first met (Y/n) we were enemies and fought constantly. But the more I saw him the more I wanted to talk and get to know him. And I slowly fell for him and admitted my feelings to him the night before his death. I cared for him and was happy he shared my love with me. The few hours I was with him were the best of my life and I miss him terribly. I comforted him through his heart break and his night terror and was going to spend all the time I could with him. But he left me when dawn came and went with Siff to fight the darkness. I regret not waking up at that moment to help..." I said breaking into tears as Weiss and Winter stroked my back calming me. "I remember his face clearly and everything he said before his last breath. I can't get over it and only hope this is a nightmare but every morning I wake up to him not beside me I knew it was reality. No matter how much I wanted him back hr will never come back. He gave his life to avenge his best friend and brother. And to protect us from the last bit of darkness from the abyss. So I live everyday for him in remembrance of his sacrifice. Now let us proceed to the burying..." I said in tears as we walked out Siff carrying (Y/n)s casket on his back as we approached the graveyard. When they started lowering his casket Gough, Yang, and Taiyang had to pull me, Ciaran, Winter and Weiss from his casket as they buried him. We all cried wanting him back calling out his name. But we were calmed as we watched Siff howl loudly towards the sky. We watched him lay in between (Y/n) grave and the one beside it. We read the epitaph on his tombstone.
The Black Knight of the Abyss (f/n) (l/n)
Defender, Protecter, Knight, Friend, Lover, Hero.
He who gives his life for all will be given a place in everyone's heart.
We cried slowly leaving his grave as Siff followed whimpering. I looked back one last time seeing the barren grave then seeing something on the ground. I rushed back after rubbing my eyes and in tears rushing to his grave. There laid agaisnt his tombstone was his sword and blood covered helmet and beside him I realized was Artorias grave with his helmet and sword as well.
Cinder: "Thank you for everything my love (Y/n) and thank you Artorias for easing his pain." I said closing my eyes cradling (Y/n) helmet holding it close to my chest. Then I felt someone touch my shoulder I turned around seeing no one then turned back to the grave seeing his white feet. I looked up in tears as there was my loves ghost crouching down to hug me. He didn't say anything but kiss me on my lips before giving me a letter vanishing completely. I looked at the letter walking back to the group as we walked home sobbing and whimpering. When we got back we opened his door and sat on the couch as I placed the helmet in between us as I opened the letter reading it.
Cinder: "Dear Cinder, Winter, and Siff
I'm sorry I left you all in pain but dont worry. I did what I could if it wasn't for everyone I would have died in vain. So I'm leaving this letter for you all don't mourn my death. It was for the best as I fulfilled my mission of stopping the Abyss dark corruption from spreading. I want Winter to know I didn't mean all those mean things I said I knew you were being controlled by the darkness. And I care for you so please don't blame yourself for what happened. And you Cinder I'm sorry I left you heart broken and lamenting but please stop. I love you too much to rest in peace knowing you were in pain. So I am leaving Siff to you both I want you two to stay your strong beautiful selves. Good bye for the final time... Love (Y/n)..." I said in tears hugging Winter as we cried loudly, lamenting the love of our lives.
Sniff... Damn that went from creepy and dark to action pack and furious then finally heart breaking and tear jerking. Remember you guess asked for this so I hope you enjoy it...