The opening ends to the view of General James Ironwood looking out from the landing docks of Beacon Academy to the city of Vale at night, a few airships hovering over the lit-up buildings. Walking up from behind him is Glynda Goodwitch.

Glynda: trouble sleeping

Ironwood (Looking back, gripping his shoulder with the other hand.) Arm was acting up.

Glynda Of course, so logically, you got out of bed, dressed yourself completely and decided to gaze menacingly out into the distance. (Approaches all the way to his side, then looks at him concerned.) What's wrong?

Ironwood:I've trusted him for years. We both have. I just… I can't help but feel like he's keeping us in the dark and with Mr rose its like he trusts a child more then us.

Glynda:Don't be ridiculous! You know very well that we are not the ones in the dark and Y/n is special.

Ironwood:(Laughs humorously.) That makes it worse! I refuse to believe that a man that I've trusted for so long would act so… passively.

Glynda:(Puts a reassuring hand on her friend's shoulder.) You're a good person, James. You've always done what you think is best for the people, even against strong protest. It's admirable. But it's high time you stopped talking about trust and started showing it. (Drops her hand as they stare into the distance together.) Ozpin and mr rose have experience that the rest of us lack. And I think that's something worth remembering.

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The full moon is shining over the ruined buildings of Mountain Glenn, and a lone Beowolf is searching through the rubble. It looks up briefly at the young girl who has it in her red crosshair scope, but Ruby Rose just lowers Crescent Rose and sighs in tiredness at she keeps lookout over the destruction. The rest of her team is lying down on their sleeping mats around the fire with weapons nearby, and Doctor Bartholomew Oobleck is higher up, slumped down against the wall next to the hole in the ceiling/floor. The three members of RWBY have their eyes closed, but Yang Xiao Long is the first to stop pretending.

Yang: Blake, are you awake?

Blake:Yeah.

Yang: Why do you think he asked us about being a Huntress? Like, what was he trying to say?

Blake: Maybe he was just curious.

Yang: You think?

Blake: No.

Yang: Weiss, are you awake?

Weiss : Of course I'm awake! You two are talking. And I think he... When I said I wanted to honor my family's name, I meant it. But, it's not what you think. I'm not stupid. I'm fully aware of what my father has done with the Schnee Dust Company. Since he took control, our business has operated in a… moral gray area.

Blake:That's putting it lightly.

Weiss : Which is why I feel the need to make things right. If I had taken a job in Atlas, it wouldn't have changed anything. My father was not the start of our name, and I refuse to let him be the end of it.

Blake: All my life, I fought for what I thought was right. I had a partner named Adam. More of a mentor, actually. He always assured me that what we were doing would make the world a better place. But of course, his idea of a perfect future turned out to be not perfect for everyone. I joined the Academy because I knew that Huntsmen and Huntresses were regarded as the most noble warriors in the world. Always fighting for good. But I never really thought past that. When I leave the Academy, what will I - how can I undo so many years of hate?

Yang: I'm sure you'd figure it out. You're not one to back down from a challenge, Blake.

Blake: But I am! I do it all the time! When you learned I was a Faunus, I didn't know what to do, so I ran! When I realized my oldest partner had become a monster, I ran! Even my Semblance! I was born with the ability to leave behind a shadow of myself; an empty copy that takes the hit while I run away!

Yang: At least you two have something that drives you. I've just kinda of always, gone with the flow, y'know? And that's fine, I mean, that's who I am. But how long can I really do that for? I wanna be a Huntress, not really because I want to be a hero, but because I want the adventure. I want a life where I won't know what tomorrow will bring. And that'll be a good thing. Being a Huntress just happens to line up with that. I'm not like Ruby or Y/n, she's always wanted to be a Huntress. It's like she said, ever since she was a kid, she'd dreamt about being the heroes in the books. Helping people and saving the day, and never asking for anything else in return. Even when she couldn't fight, she knew that's what she wanted to do and Y/n heh guess you could say as soon as he could walk he wanted to save others and fight back evil. That's why they've trained so hard to get where they are today.

Weiss : Well, she's still just a kid and Y/n is.......a different case he seems a lot more experienced then the rest of us even though he's younger then us

Blake: She's only two years younger and Y/n is one year younger. We're all kids

Yang:Well, not anymore. I mean, look where we are! In the middle of a warzone and armed to the teeth!

Blake: It's the life we chose.

Weiss :It's a job. We all had this romanticized vision of being a Huntress in our heads! But at the end of the day, it's a job to protect the people! And whatever we want, will have to come second.

The apparently-sleeping Oobleck has a small smile when she finishes.

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The scene changes to show Y/n walking threw a large forest as he approaches a waterfall with a circle of earth in the middle

Y/n: what is this

???: this is the waterfall of truth

Y/n then turns around to be met with a woman with red hair

Y/n: who are are you

Kushina: I am kushina Uzumaki a previous 9 tail jinchuriki

Y/n: so how do I conquer the darkness inside me

Kushina: well In order to defeat darkness you must except darkness

Y/n:.........................what....

Kushina: just go and you'll see

Y/n then leaps onto the center and enters a meditative state as Kushina has dissapeared

Y/n: kushina where did you go

???: thats the least of your worries fox boy

Y/n: what the hell

Dark Y/n: hello Y/n rose

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Yang has taken up watch, allowing for Ruby and Zwei to sleep on the sleeping bag Yang had been lying on. Zwei suddenly wakes and stands up, causing Ruby to wake up.

Ruby: Huh? Zwei, it's late. Go back to bed. (Zwei runs off.) Zwei! Zwei! Ugh! (Ruby wanders out of the building, looking for Zwei.) Zwei! Zwei, where are you? Zwei! Huh? (Ruby spots Zwei urinating on some ruins.) Zwei, this is a wasteland! You literally could have done that anywhere!

Zwei: Bark! (Over there)

WF Guard 1: What was that?

Having heard the WF Guard, Ruby hides behind some ruins.

WF Guard 2: What was what?

WF Guard 1: I thought I heard a Beowolf or something.

WF Guard 2: Hmph. Let's just finish our patrol and get back to base. This place gives me the creeps.

As the WF Guards walk away, Ruby and Zwei sneak around in the background, following them. They eventually reach a ruined building with a pair of metal doors, and Ruby hides behind a corner, holding Zwei out to watch them.

Ruby:Did they go in yet? One bark means yes.

The sound of the door closing echoes out.

Zwei: Bark!

Ruby Oh! This is it! This is it! (She brings out a small scroll and tries to call her teammates. However, the screen says "Low Signal") Aw man! Come on, we gotta get the others!

Ruby and Zwei hurry off down the street. However, the asphalt beneath them suddenly sinks before caving in. Ruby grabs onto a ledge and catches Zwei. She tosses him up out of the hole and begins to attempt to pull herself up. However, the ledge she is holding onto breaks off, and she plummets into a huge cave filled with ruined buildings, far below the surface. She lands on a building up against a cavern wall, and as she gets up, a nearby door bursts open to reveal two other WF Guards, one of whom is Perry.

WF Guard Freeze!

WF Guard:Where did she come from?

As the WF Guards walk forward, Ruby backs away only to end up on the very edge of the platform.

WF Guard:You're a long way from home, little girl.

Ruby reaches back for her scythe, only to realize that she doesn't have it. Both guards approach her, and one of them grabs her arm.

Ruby: Hey! Hands off!

Ruby jerks her arm out of the guard's hand and starts punching him. It has very little effect, and he punches her in the face hard enough to knock her down.

WF Guard: The boss is gonna want to see this one…

The guard kicks her in the head hard enough to knock her out.

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The scene returns to the waterfall as Y/n is staring down his dark counterpart

Y/n: who are you

Dark Y/n: im your hatred your weakness your fears your insecurities

Y/n: well I guess ill just have to defeat you to control the bijuu power

Dark Y/n: ahahahahahaha

Dark Y/n then lunges towards Y/n as he redirects the attack and locks hands with his dark counterpart

Y/n then kicks dark away as dark stares at Y/n with a menacing glare

Y/n: shut up

Y/n then punches dark into the wall as its cracks from his impact as he spits saliva

Y/n: I have to beat you so that I can keep everyone safe

Y/n: urgh your.....wrong....ill do whatever it takes to keep everyone safe and beat you

Dark Y/n then walks back into the waterfall as the world around Y/n crumbles and he falls into the darkness as he awakes back in Beacons infirmary

Y/n: damn it i failed

Kurama: [don't beat yourself up kid you'll just have to try again at a later date for now let's just relax]

Suddenly cloud tifa and Ada burst into the room in a panic

Ada: OH GOOD YOUR AWAKE

Y/n: what's going on

Cloud: WE HAVE TO HURRY TO VALE

Tifa: THERES BEEN A BREACH GRIMM ARE INVADING THE CITY AND TEAM RWBY IN THE MIDDLE OF IT

Y/n: so much for relaxing lets go team C(Y)AT

To be continued