Red Wolf Saga
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Chapter 1: Blood Red
Moonlight. There was always something calming about moonlight. As Ruby looked up at the perpetually crumbling moon, it always comforted her but also made her remember her mother. How they used to go out on walks in the moonlight together and being carried back in her arms. What she would do to have those days back. Instead of now…
'Breathe Ruby. You have to keep yourself together. People at Beacon can't know. For their safety.' Ruby thought, as she tried to keep her emotions in check.
All of that was for naught however, when she heard the ethereal howl of a wolf. Cold shivers went down her spine. She knew that was not a normal wolf. Grimm were after her. Soon red orbs began to appear in the tree line, transfixed on the red caped huntress to be. Grabbing Crescent Rose, she took her trademark stance and readied against the coming tide.
'Uncle Qrow, if you don't hear from me… thank you for everything.' Ruby thought as the first Beowolves came into the moonlight.
The Beowolves then began to rush at her. The first three to reach her tried to pounce at Ruby only for the red-hooded reaper to disappear in a burst of speed and red rose petals. The Beowolves all looked up to see Ruby's sideways flipped silhouette against the light of the broken moon, rose petals from her Semblance drifting on the gentle wind. Transforming Crescent Rose into its gun form as she flipped in midair, Ruby fired and blew off the side of the first Beowolf's head.
The other Beowolves rushed at her as Ruby landed on the ground. The next Beowolf rushed at her only for the red-hooded Huntress-hopeful to front flip over it and shoot it in the back of the head, killing it instantly. Flipping through the air, Ruby aimed Crescent Rose's gun form at another Beowolf and fired, blowing out the entire left side of the beast at close range. Rolling along the ground, Ruby got up on one knee and fired another shot at an approaching Beowolf, blowing it back with a death blow as she rolled backwards.
'Just my luck. The one-time Yang gives me a night to myself, I just have to attract every Beowolf on Patch. If she wasn't going to some seedy nightclub, I might have joined her.' Ruby thought with a scowl as she could sense she was not out of this neck of the woods just yet.
Rolling to her feet, Ruby transformed Crescent Rose into its scythe form as she spun it, dropping back into a ready stance as she felt the hum of the metal as it transformed. Crescent Rose at the ready, Ruby watched as the Beowolves charged at her. As soon as one got close, she swung the blade of Crescent rose to rest against its back. She then smiled for a moment before adopting a serious look and, with practiced precision, pulled the trigger on Crescent Rose to make the gun fire, slicing the Beowolf in half from shoulder to hip as she swung her scythe.
As the Beowolf disappeared, the rest of its pack closed in on Ruby. Glaring back at them, she ejected a shell from Crescent Rose as she spun and aimed her weapon at the beasts. Firing shot after shot, she shot down one Beowolf. Then two. Then three. Gunning down the pack one by one.
Finally, one Beowolf got in close and slashed low at Ruby. Jumping over the clawed hand, Ruby fired a point-blank range shot at its head, killing it, and launching herself back. Sticking the blade of her scythe in the ground, Ruby slowed herself to a stop before twisting and standing on the pole of the weapon. As she turned to look, she saw more Beowolves rushing into the clearing from within the forest.
'How did I attract all the Grimm on Patch tonight?' Ruby thought in confusion as the Beowolves began to tighten their encirclement.
Twisting on the pole of her scythe to evade a slash from a Beowolf, Ruby landed sideways on the pole of her weapon and pulled the trigger, launching herself at the Beowolf and slicing it in half. Twisting through the air, she was propelled at another Beowolf and kicked it in midair, sending it tumbling to the ground and stopping her movement. Landing on the ground, she slashed low at another incoming Beowolf and fired at it, destroying its shoulder. She then, in one fluid motion, slashed her scythe blade through another one coming up behind her, cutting it in half as she slashed through the Beowolf in front of her.
Extending her scythe outward by the pole, Ruby hooked it around another incoming Beowolf and pulled, decapitating the beast. Twisting around a slash from another Beowolf, Ruby dodged another slash and spun Crescent Rose to hook the blade on the beast's waist as another approached from behind it. Firing Crescent Rose, Ruby sliced the first Beowolf in half while hitting the second with the gunshot, taking it down as the first Beowolf's upper half went soaring through the air to collide into another approaching Grimm. Ruby then began to backflip away from the Grimm before rushing back in and slashing at it, cutting off its arm.
Spinning her scythe, Ruby slashed low and cut off the Beowolf's leg before hooking the blade of her scythe around another Grimm's neck as she rolled forward. Flipping through the air while twisting her scythe, Ruby landed on the Beowolf's back and fired, decapitating the beast as she launched herself through the air. Flipping, Ruby glanced down at the remaining Beowolves as they rushed in towards her before jumping up at her. Spinning with her scythe blade, Ruby slashed and hooked her scythe's blade around the first Beowolf's waist before firing, cutting the beast in half. She then fired a shot from Crescent Rose to propel herself through the air before turning in the air just in time to block a slash from another approaching Grimm.
In another timeline and universe, Ruby may have just been knocked back, Crescent Rose in hand. However, in this one. Ruby was knocked away with Crescent Rose being knocked out of her hands, the scythe skidding away across the ground. Looking at it, Ruby wondered if she could use her Semblance to rush at it fast enough to grab it. However, soon the Grimm began to close in and crowd the area in front of her, cutting her off from her scythe.
'No way out, horde of Grimm closing in, and no way to get to Crescent Rose. Sorry mom, but I have to do what I have to do…' Ruby thought as she closed her eyes, and instinctively in unison all the Grimm halted.
With this, her body began to change. Wolf ears sprouted from the top of her head as a wolf tail sprouted from her rear, ripping a hole in her underwear. Her hands and feet gained patches of fur on them as her nails transformed into meat hook-like claws. Opening her eyes, Ruby growled at the Grimm as they rushed in at her. Rushing back in at them, Ruby slashed at the first Beowolf, slicing off its head with her claws.
Dodging a slash from another Grimm, Ruby stabbed her claws into the beast before ripping it in half with her bare hands. Glaring at the other Beowolves, she growled and got down on all fours before rushing headfirst at the beasts. The Beowolves howled and charged, rushing in at her. The two sides charged at each other as Ruby slashed at another Grimm, ripping out its throat as it collapsed to the ground.
Jumping over a slash from another beast, Ruby landed on its head, hooked her claws into the top of its head, and pulled, ripping off the monster's head. Black ooze poured out from the stump where the Beowolf's head once was as Ruby dropped the head and kicked it at another Beowolf. The beast was hit by its comrade's head, dazing it as Ruby rushed in and slashed its head off. Grabbing another Beowolf by the leg, Ruby swung it like a bat and smashed it into another Beowolf, killing both beasts.
Ruby dodged a slash from another Beowolf as a second one closed in. She grabbed both Beowolves by the head and smashed their heads together, destroying their heads in a shower of black gore and bone-like armor. Howling in rage, Ruby rushed at the Grimm like a mad beast as she stabbed her claws into one before ripping it in half from shoulder to hip. Grabbing another one by the head, she smashed its head into the ground once. Then twice. Then three times.
Ruby smashed its head into the ground repeatedly until there was nothing left of the beast's skull but an oozing black pulp. Rearing her head back and howling, Ruby rushed in and tore a Beowolf's arm before beginning to beat it over the head with it. Soon, the beast's armored head was caved in as the arm disappeared. Turning to look at the Grimm, Ruby charged in with a snarl.
Soon, Ruby heard a howl in the distance as she and the other Beowolves turned to face the source. Stomping out of the woods came another Beowolf. Only this one was much larger and more well armored than the others, battle scars crisscrossing across its body. An Alpha Beowolf had arrived.
Howling at each other in challenge, Ruby and the Beowolves rush at each other. Ruby slashed out one Beowolf's throat, then slashed another one in half at the waist. She dodged a slash from one, then grabbed it by the arm and tore it in half. Grabbing another one by the leg, she used it as a weapon and smashed another Beowolf, then another and another.
Dropping the Grimm's leg, she stabbed her claws into the next beast and tore it in half. She grabbed another Beowolf by the throat and punched its face in until its head was turned to pulp. The only one left standing was the Alpha Beowolf. Ruby and the Grimm began to circle each other like sharks, keeping their eyes on each other as they snarled at each other, trying to find an opening.
Soon, the Alpha Beowolf saw one and rushed in at Ruby. Ruby rushed in right back, prepared to kill this thing. Dodging a slash from the Alpha, Ruby slashed at it with her own claws. However, unlike the previous Beowolves, her claws did not fully penetrate its hide.
Ripping her claws out of it, Ruby kicked the Alpha Beowolf away. Jumping on it, Ruby began slashing and stabbing at the beast's head with her claws as it roared in pain and tried to throw her off. Swatting at her with its clawed hand, the monster knocked Ruby away. Skidding to a halt on the ground on all fours, Ruby glared up at the Grimm and snarled viciously.
Charging back in at the Alpha Beowolf, Ruby slashed at it while dodging its slashes. Her meat hook-like claws digging into the Grimm's hide as she slashed it. Finally, Ruby jumped over a slash from the beast and landed on its back. Grabbing onto its head and digging her claws as deep into its neck as she could, Ruby pulled with all her might.
The monster tried to throw her off and swat at her, but Ruby refused to let go as she continued pulling and ripping. Finally, with a sickening tear, Ruby was flung off the Alpha Beowolf. Rolling across the ground, Ruby came to a stop, the Grimm's head in her clawed hands. The beast's body fell to the ground as the head and body began to disappear. As the body began to disappear, Ruby began to slowly calm down.
Sweat poured down her body with each pant, soaking what was left of her clothes. Her body began purging the surge in adrenaline that kept her going. As her mind gained clarity, she slowly realized what she did. Bathed in moonlight that has comforted her for so long, Ruby's silver eyes began to let out tears. She then looked up at the moon, longing for her mother in her time of need.
To Be Continued...