"we have to take the relic to Atlas?" Ruby asked. "Yup. It's what Ozpin said" I replied as I slouched in the chair as usual. "Hey at least we can get out of the house for a while" Nora said.
"Well trust me, I'm not crazy about it either. And without the Spring Maiden here to seal the Relic back in its Vault, it's our best option." Qrow replied.
"Atlas may be the safest kingdom we have at the moment, but their borders are closed. General Ironwood called everyone back." Ren said as he looked around at us.
"Not everyone" Qrow said. He activated his scroll as a hologram of a map showed up "The city of Argus is a ways north of us and it's the primary trading port between Anima and Solitas." Qrow said before I took over
"Basically, if we play nice then maybe they will escort us straight to Ironwood"
"Well. We do have the missing heiress in our company" Blake said "Ex-heiress Actually" weiss corrected. "Right" Blake said.
"True, true. But if there's a chance of reward money, I say we go for it." yang joked as Weiss rolled her eyes "ugh"
"Hopefully the first option will suffice" Ozpin said.
"Yo Ozpin. What exactly is this thing anyway? This relic?" I said as I picked it up and tossed it.
Ozpin caught it "well. The Relic of Knowledge has a wonderful, and incredibly dangerous ability. Its user can ask any question, and the Lamp will provide an answer."
"Oh! What should we ask first! Let's ask for more questions!!!!!" Nora said "it's not a genie" Ren said.
"Indeed. However, it's not without drawbacks. The Lamp cannot tell of events that have yet to happen, and it will only ever answer three questions every one hundred years." Ozpin said.
I smirked as I pointed at Ozpin. "Next you'll say "The questions were used before I sealed it away."
Ozpin looked at Ruby "The questions were used before I sealed it away." He shook his head and looked at me "how did you do that?" I chuckled "I watched it on an Anime once"
Ruby stood up "Well, at least now we know what it is. And we'll be sure to keep it safe!"
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Ruby scours through the train wreckage and picks up Dust bullets, before looking to see the Relic of Knowledge slightly buried in the snow nearby. Yang can be heard complaining as she struggles to get Bumblebee out of the snow.
"Great...just Great" yang complained. But then (y/n) walked over with Penelope "here" he said as he strapped bumblebee to her reins as he rubbed her head "Ready?"
Penelope made a noise of determination "Cmon girl! Heave!" Penelope flapped her wings and with one big Heave she yanked the bike out of the snow. (Y/n) cheered as he rubbed her head And she made a noise of Victory.
"See? She's not useless" (y/n) said to yang. "That's not the problem" yang said "the problem is we're stranded, we lost a third of our party, and we've gained a defenseless old lady!"
"My name is Maria Calavera, and I am not defenseless! I'm just a little hard of hearing. And blind without my eyes, that are in desperate need of repair." the old woman taps her eyes as they fuzz out "ok. I see your point"
Qrow sighed. "Yang calm down. If we lose our cool now we will attract more Grimm"
Blake joined in "What good is it? Apparently we've been attracting grimm since we left haven"
I untie bumblebee from Penelope as she flaps her wings "Hey look" they turn to me "So we've hit a road block. What's the deal? We just gotta-" yang got in my face "Your not a part of this conversation!" I push her back "Hey back off!"
"Yang!" Qrow says. She growls And turns to Oscar "And I'm getting real tired of Ozpin lying to us!" "I did not lie to you" Ozpin said as oscars eyes flashed.
"Well you certainly didn't tell us everything about the Relic" Weiss said. "please. Now is not the time" yang marched to him "no! We are past that! I want to know why your still not telling us everything!"
"It is true that the Grimm are attracted to the Relics. It's faint, but undeniable. I believe it has to do with their origin, but I'm not entirely sure. Regardless, I feared that making you all aware would only add anxiety and negativity. It seemed like the safer option" Ozpin said as he sighed.
"I'm tired of people deciding what's best for me" Weiss replied. "Is that why you lied to everyone about Lionheart too?!" Yang asked.
"Yes Actually. It was best to remember him for his years of service and not...the poor decisions he made"
"Poor decisions?!" Yang argued.
"What Professor Lionheart did was reprehensible. I am not here to argue differently, but does one lapse in judgment truly negate all of his good? Do we not all have regrets? You may have met Professor Lionheart, but you never met the man he was before Salem found him."
"You can trust us! We arnt going to turn our backs in you" she said
"YOU THINK LEO WAS THE FIRST?!" Ozpin yelled. "YOU THINK HE DUDNT SAY THOSE EXACT WORDS TO ME?!"
Everyone went silent due to his yelling. Penelope shook her head as I crouched down to put her armor pieces on her legs.
"I'm sorry, but you have to understand that my behaviors are backed by experience. I'm not saying that I have reason to think you will betray me. I'm saying that I have reasons for the things that I do, the secrets I keep, the reason I..."
Ozpin stopped as he looked around. "Where the relic?"
Ruby held it up "it's here. It got scattered in the crash.
"Please hand it over" Ozpin held his hand out. I stood up and jogged over before Ruby handed it to him.
"Hold up." I said as I stepped between them "were all those times you talked about having faith in humanity fake?"
Ozpin sighed "that's not what I meant Mr. Copper. I feel the lamp is my burden to bear."
"We can't use it dude. What does it matter who has it?" I say as Ozpin replied "I need you to listen to me.
Suddey Ozpin stopped. "Ozpin?" I asked. Oscar spoke now "he's...trying to stop you..."
I geny pushed Ruby away for safety "stop us from what?" "From finding...out...what he's...hiding..."
Oscar fell to his knees as yang and blake stared at him as Ruby hugged the relic defensively.
"Her name...is jinn. Say her name...bring her out" Oscar was obviously fighting for control.
"Jinn?" Ruby said Suddenly, the snow stops, floating in midair. The wind stops blowing too.
"What?" Qrow said as he looked around.
I turned to ruby as she looked at me. Penelope made another noise of worry as she ran to me and rubbed against me. Putting my arm on her to calm her I looked over to Weiss.
The Relic floats a short distance away, cyan smoke emanates from it. Suddenly, the lamp is enveloped in the smoke, and from it, a giant, semi-nude feminine figure emerges. He skin and hair colored blue, and decorated with gold jewelry and ornaments.
The figure stretches and moans as she has been awakened once again. This is Jinn, the aforementioned being inhabiting the Relic of Knowledge.
"Woa..." I said "it's a sexy genie!" I said as I pointed to her.
"Well. That's certainly the first time I've been called that" Jinn says as she looked down at me. "Nice legs sweetheart" I say as I finger gun her.
Ruby scowls and punches me in the arm "Ow!" I look at her "what?" She sighed Jinn then looked around at all of us. "Tell me. What knowledge do you seek?"
---
Maria adjusts her eyes to get a better look at what's in front of her. Then Jinn spoke.
"I am Jinn, a being created by the God of Light to aid Humanity in its pursuit of knowledge. I've been graced with the ability to answer three questions every one hundred years. You're in luck, as I am still able to answer--"
Ozpin shook his head "that's enough!" "Two questions this era." Jinn looked over at him "It is good to see you again old man"
Ozpin said the relic wouldn't work. Another Lie.
"Ruby...please...don't..." Ozpin said to Ruby as she turned away from him as Qrow walked over to her "Do what you think is right kid"
"Jinn?" Ruby says as she turns back around to face the spirit. Jinn has a curious look on her face. "What is Ozpin hiding from us?" She asked "NOOOOOOO!!!!" Ozpin screamed as he ran to tackle her.
---
Ruby stepped back before as he reached for her..but she blinked and found herself all alone. In a blank white space.
"Wha- what? Weiss? Yang?" Ruby walked away as we next see Yang "Blake? Ru" she stops as it changes to show weiss walking around "by? (Y/n)"
The frame changes to show (y/n) spinning around. "Weiss! Ruby!" He called as the camera changed to show Qrow as the blank space changed into a long road. With a single tower sitting in the center.
Looking over his shower he turned to look at it. "Once upon a time, there stood a lonely tower..." Jinn disembodied voice spoke.
Smoke surrounded Qrow as it changed to show Blake. Looking around and we now see we are in the room at the top of the tower.
Camera spins around Blake to show weiss again as she looks at a beautiful woman "this tower sheltered a lonely woman..."
Weiss reached out to touch her but when the frame changes we see (y/n)'s arm pulling away. Nervously. He did one more spin. Looking for anyone. Even his Reptilian Companion
"Her name...was salem"
(Y/n) stopped as he turned back around. Looking at the woman.
*To Be Continued...*