Opens with a view of the golden sun in an orange sky over the tall grass and autumn trees. (Y/N) is seen to be standing at the Beacon cliff while staring at the distance. (Y/N) closes his eyes for a moment, and after he opens his eyes, he turns around and sees the woman. Who seems to be leaning against the tree, smiling at him.
(Y/N): You...
???: All alone up here, huh? *giggles* Kinda like what your father would do....
(Y/N): Who are you? How do you know my dad?
Summer: My name is Summer Rose. I attended Beacon Academy with your dad.
(Y/N): I see..... Wait! Rose?!
Summer: Summer Rose, yeah.
(Y/N): .....You're Ruby and Yang's mother....
Summer: *giggles* The one and only...
(Y/N): (pulls out scroll) I gotta go tell-
Summer: You might wanna stop there....
(Y/N): Why?!
Summer: Well, I don't know how, but..... You're the only one in reality who can see me.
(Y/N): What?...... How? Or maybe I'm going crazy!
Summer: To be honest; I don't know either, I've been wanting to ask you that.... What happened to you before you saw me?
(Y/N) thinks for a second.
(Y/N): The Apple!
Summer: The Apple of Eden?
(Y/N): I-It could be a hunch, but.... See, I somehow absorbed its energy, then after that; I saw you peeking in their room...
Summer: Why would it give you its energy?
(Y/N): ..... I don't know....
Summer giggles in response.
(Y/N): What?
Summer: Nothing. It's just; it's like I'm talking to (F/N).... You two are very similar.... *giggles* "Like father like son."
(Y/N): (looks down) Yeah....
Summer: I'm so sorry....
(Y/N): Yeah.... Me too....
Summer looks up for a moment then extends a hand on (Y/N).
Summer: I wanna show you something...
(Y/N) hesitantly grabs her hand as they teleported someplace else.
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They seem to have teleported to some other cliff where they see Summer's Gravestone and a young girl with a cloak billowing petals in the breeze. Hands clasped and hood up, Ruby Rose stands over the white stone memorial.
(Y/N): Ruby... Hey Ruby!
Summer: She can't hear you.
(Y/N): Huh?
Summer: You can only watch.
(Y/N): Wait, when is this?
Summer: Now.
(Y/N): Now?
Ruby: Hey, mom.
Looks down at the inscription:
(Y/N): Your tombstone...
Summer nods in response.
Ruby: Sorry I haven't come by in a while. Things have been... well, things have been, pretty busy. Oh, Dad's here, too! He's, uh, you know... Dad. (shrugs) He's still teaching at Signal. But he told me that he's going to be on some mission soon. I think he misses adventuring with you. (looks forlornly) I miss you too. (pause) Haven't gotten kicked out of Beacon yet! So that's cool. I think being on a team with Yang helps. Keep her in line... That was a joke. She's actually a really great fighter! You can tell she's learned a lot from Dad! Oh, so are Weiss and Blake. Oh! They're my teammates! Together, we form Team RWBY! And yes, before you ask, that does cause a lot of confusion. Anyways, I made a bunch of new friends, and then I met some... let's just say, uh, odd teachers. Oh! We've also stopped some bad guys, too! I guess it's like they say: "like mother, like daughter"! I still wonder why Ozpin let me into the school early. But uh, I guess he'll tell me one day. You know how he is. It's funny, the more I get to know him, the more he's starting to sound like Uncle Qrow. I met this guy. He's name is (Y/N).
(Y/N): Huh?
Ruby: He's very nice, very friendly. He's been helping me and my team out for quite awhile now. *sighs* I just wish there was something we could do for him. He's very strong. There's this one time where he fought a guy named Alex Mercer, and they almost destroyed the entire city, by beating the crap out of each other. Alex Mercer is very strong too. (pause) Almost got me killed.... *chuckles* But (Y/N) saved me. He saved us. (Y/N)..... is very special..... i-in a way.... *blush* Very special....
A bark alerts her to the ever-adorable Zwei and the sight of her father, Taiyang Xiao Long, in the trees behind her .
Ruby: Oh! Looks like Dad's back! I gotta go! He's dropping me off at Beacon for the tournament match before he goes on his next mission. Wish me luck!
She puts the hood back on and starts to walk away, but turns as (Y/N) walks closer to her, extends a hand only to go through her body.
(Y/N): What the...?
As Ruby delivers one final message to her mother:
Ruby: It was good to talk.
With that said, Ruby jogs back to her family.
(Y/N): She really misses you...
Summer: I know... I know...
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The two teleports back to the Beacon cliff.
Summer: (Y/N)...
(Y/N): Yeah?
Summer: Will you look out for my daughters?
(Y/N) and Summer stares at each other for a moment, then at the blink of (Y/N)'s eyes, Summer was nowhere to be found.
(Y/N): You have my word....
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Ruby: -IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis anyone else starving? (suddenly hunched over)
Blake: (looking cool as ever, arms behind her head) I may have worked up an appetite.
The growling of an angry beast from her stomach proves her statement , much to its owner embarrassment.
Weiss: (sarcastically shrugging her arms) Gee, if only there was somewhere on campus to get food around here.
The view zooms out to show a myriad of tents and small shops wreathed in colorful flags in a large forest clearing as people mill about to experience it all.
Weiss: Oh, wait.
Ruby: (taking Weiss' shoulder) It's okay, Weiss, I forget about the fairgrounds, too.
Weiss: (knocking Ruby's arm away) I was being facetious?
Ruby: (freaks out) Gah! Well if you were hungry, why didn't you say so!?
(Y/N): (approaching) Go Team RWBY!
RWBY: Hey, (Y/N)!
(Y/N): I say; that was one hell of a fight! Congrats!
Ruby: (blushing and mumbling) Oh, well, it was, you know.....
Weiss: Why, thank you.
(Y/N): Anyways, I'm hungry! Wanna grab a bite?
Yang: Come on! I know just the place.
Team RWBY and (Y/N) starts to follow Yang, but Weiss suddenly stops as she hears a ringtone on her Scroll. Pulling it out, she sees the caller ID labeled...
And glares at the device, putting it back from where she got it, unanswered.
Emerald: (holding a red wallet filled with Lien) Hey! Might be hard to eat without this.
Ruby: (frantically patting around her outfit, panicking) No, no, no, no!
Emerald: (laughs) Good to see you, Ruby.
Ruby: (takes the wallet back from her "friend" and puts it away) Oh! Thanks, Emerald! Oh. Guess I dropped it. Girl pockets are the worst! (slouches as she says this)
Yang: What's up, Em?
Emerald: Just left the stadium after your amazing fight! You guys were awesome!
Ruby: (blushing and mumbling) Oh, shut your stupid little face...
Blake: (over Ruby's incoherent gushing) I heard your team progressed to the next round too.
Weiss: You know, I feel that we haven't seen your other teammates.
(Y/N): How'd they do in the fight?
Emerald tilts her head up in thought...
Emerald: (coming back to reality, nodding) Really well.
Ruby: That's great. Uh. Why don't we all go and get a victory food together.
Emerald: Oh, gosh, that's so nice of you, but my teammates are all kind of...
Looking back at Mercury as he sniffs the inside of a boot, looking perplexed after he does so.
Emerald: ..introverted. Really socially awkward.
Yang: (nodding) Ooh, yeah, I could see that.
Mercury: (to Y/N) Hey.
(Y/N): (to Mercury) Hey.
???: (coming up behind Mercury) Dude that's gross...
(Y/N): Who's the new guy?
Emerald: Oh that's Jeffrey, one of our teammates.
Ruby: I never saw him with you guys before.
Jeff: (Y/N) (L/N)!
(Y/N): Huh?
Jeff: I've heard wonderful things about you! (as he extends a hand) Jeffrey Woods! Friends call me Jeff!
(Y/N): (grabs his hand with a suspicious look) Pleased to meet you....
Emerald: Oh yeah, looks like Merc and I are going to move on to the doubles round. What about you guys?
Ruby: (looking pretty proud of herself) Well, as the leader of this team, I thought long and hard about this decision.
Weiss: (popping in to remind her, straight-faced:) We put it to a vote.
Ruby: (nervously tries to backtrack) Yes, so, but I decided that we should put it to a vote.
Blake: We voted for Weiss and Yang.
Weiss: (curtsying) I will happily represent Team RWBY.
Yang: (pounding her fists together) Yeah, we're going to kick some butt!
Emerald: *laughs* Well, if Mercury and I see you down the line, don't think we'll go easy on ya.
Yang: (she and Weiss return Emerald's confident smirk with their own) Wouldn't have it any other way.
Emerald: (she turns and walks away from them as they do the same) Alright, well we're going to catch some more fights.
Ruby: (waving her arm) Have fun!
Emerald: (cheerfully giving her own wave) See you later!
Team RWBY and (Y/N) walks away as (Y/N) is looking down, contemplating.
Weiss: Something wrong, (Y/N)?
(Y/N) looks back at Mercury, Jeff and Emerald then back to the team.
(Y/N): I'm.... Not quite sure....
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At one of the unassuming huts set up in the fairgrounds stringed with paper lanterns with a sign overhead saying A Simple Wok, Team RWBY and (Y/N) sits at the stools outside, ready to order.
Yang: I'll have a bowl of the regular, please. (a large bowl of noodles slides in front of her)
Ruby: (staring at Yang's meal) Oohhh... I'll take the same. (a large bowl of noodles slides in front of her, as she clasps her hands in excitement)
Weiss: (looking concerned) Do you have anything with a low-salt ...? (a large bowl of regular noodles instantly slides in front of her instead) Um... okay...
Instead of saying anything, Blake and (Y/N) merely gives a nod and smile to the Shopkeep, who returns the gesture as he rushes through one door of his shop and comes out the other to leave a large bowl of noodles topped with fish for Blake and a large bowl of noodles topped with shredded chili peppers for (Y/N).
(Y/N): Ahem... (Shopkeep places a chili pepper on top of the noodles) Yeah, baby....
Blake's eyes light up as they drool over their order. While Weiss looks strangely at them, she gladly offers her credit card to the Shopkeep.
Yang: Aw, Weiss! What's the occasion!?
Weiss: Consider it thanks for sending me to the doubles round.
Her joy is ruined when the card is flung back at her, and the annoyed Shopkeep points to his register as it beeps...
Weiss: What?! How can my card be declined? I was barely into my monthly allowance!
Blake looking around panicked, she attempts to slowly slide her bowl closer to herself before the Shopkeep disappears with her food, causing the poor girl to slump over in defeat
Blake: Nooo!!
Pyrrha: Maybe I could help?
Team RWBY and (Y/N) look up to see Team JNPR – Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie, and Lie Ren – approach the stand.
Ruby: (flings her arms wide in delight) Pyrrha!
Yang: Aw, you don't have to ...
Blake and (Y/N): BUT SHE COULD!!!
Pyrrha: Well, I think you all earned it after that battle.
Jaune: Mind if we join you?
Later on, the bowls are empty, and each student is either content with their meal or holding their stomachs sickly.
Ren: (to Pyrrha:) Are you sure it's wise to have eaten before a fight?
Pyrrha: (as the Shopkeep quickly gathers the bowls and vanishes) Of course! It will give us energy!
Nora simply gives a hearty belch.
Jaune: (splaying himself over the counter, sickly saying:) If I barf, I'm blaming you.
Nora: Ooh! (grinning evilly) Aim at the enemy!
Ren: Nora, that's disgusting. But if you feel the urge ...
Jaune: (giving a weak thumbs-up) Got it.
Pyrrha: (standing up from her stool) Well, we should be off.
Ruby: So, you think you guys are ready?
Ren: (unperturbed) So, yeah, we're feeling pretty good.
Pyrrha: Don't fret. If anything, we should be looking forward to a fight with actual guidelines, and not, well, ...murderers.
Yang: Yeah, don't sweat it, we've all faced way worse before.
Blake: (counts off the threats on her fingers) Let's see. Grimm invasions, violent extremists, a destructive sociopath...
(Y/N): God complexed sociopaths....
Ruby: And that's all while were still in training! Oh, imagine what it would be like to graduate!
Weiss: (sarcastically mumbling to herself:) Maybe then I'll be able to pay for a meal.
Port: (crackling in over the intercom system:) Would Team JNPR please report to the battlegrounds immediately!
Oobleck: (adding in to Port's order:) Yes! Like they were scheduled to, several minutes ago!
Pyrrha: Well, it looks like this is it.
Ruby: (to Team JNPR as they walk away, Nora still depressed and Jaune looking queasy) Go get 'em!
Yang: That reminds me; what about you (Y/N)?
Blake: Oh yeah! You don't have a team. Are you participating alone?
(Y/N): Uncle Oz said that I'll be fighting someone that is as strong as me. Saying that I should wait until that "someone" arrives.
Weiss: There is someone in Remnant who is strong as you?!
Ruby: That sounds amazing!
Yang: And exciting!
(Y/N): Tell me about it! I've never been this pumped to fight a guy!
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Team RWBY and (Y/N) enter the Coliseum through one of its tunnels and head to their seats as Emerald, Jeff and Mercury are seen walking behind them to do the same. Down in the field below, the scorched ground and cold plains are no more, and only a layer of white mechanics is left, with a central stage on which the two teams gather.
Mercury: (having found his seat with Emerald and munching on a large tub of popcorn) I wonder who's gonna win.
Jeff: (grabs the tub of popcorn) Hey! Don't hug it all!
Mercury raises a middle finger at him in response.
Emerald: Tch. As if we didn't already know.
Cinder walking up behind them, showing off her new outfit of jeans, an orange jacket, and sarashi bandages over her chest....
As she takes an unpopped kernel from Jeff's bucket.
Cinder: Oh, come now. Even if you know how the story ends, that doesn't make it any less fun to watch.
Her eyes glow with her fingertips and the kernel finally pops, which she enjoys while sitting down as Mercury, Jeff and Emerald share a devious smirk.
Port: (announcing over the cheering crowds) Team JNPR of Beacon!
Port: Versus Team BRNZ of Shade!
A holographic roulettes start spinning frantically through various symbols and colors before finally landing on a green pine tree and gray thunderstruck mountain. With these random selections, half of the field opens to reveal a tree-filled forest, while the other raises a small rocky outcropping to fill in the circle.
Port: Three, two, one, begin!