Hey guys, RWBYBlackFlames here and welcome to a new story. Welcome to 'Dark Knight'! Before we begin, I'll just say this is my only active project as of now, since I'm busy with many other things, including making a ROM hack of Pokemon Ruby, to make it Pokemon RWBY. That's all I want to say, so until Chapter 2, I bid you farewell. Black Flames out!

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ARC 1

A Prelude to Despair

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Chapter 1

The Company of Risks

"Regard your soldiers as your children and they will follow you into the deepest valleys and look on them as your beloved children and they will stand by you until death." ~ Sun Tzu

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Seven Years Prior to Beacon

"So General, do we have a deal?" asked a blue haired man. In front of him was a screen, and on it was a man with orange hair.

"I will give it some thought, but I think that we may have a deal. Let's wait until tomorrow before we set anything into stone. I don't want to be hasty after all. We know how quickly things can change. However, I will send you some of our new Atlesian Knight-130's in good will. I have to go for now. Goodbye Mr. Majorelle." said the General as the line died. As it went out, he heard footsteps and saw a man with blonde hair walk in.

"Why Miles, I didn't see you there. I was talking to our old teammate, Eleanor. He's sending us some Atlesian Knights, so you guys won't have to break your backs defending us from the Grimm." said the blue haired man. In front of him was a man with a blonde mess of hair, wearing armor plating over simple clothes with a two handed sword on his back. There was various scar over him, signaling his profession as a hunter and fighter.

"Great, with some robots we can have some breathing room and we may even be able to expand. Thank him for me when you get the chance." said Miles with a happy look on his face. He took a good look at his friend and former teammate. Courant Majorelle, just looking at him and you know you don't want to mess with him. At a mean 6'5" when standing and his build just showed that he could crush anyone, but rather than being a hunter, he decided that his skills were better suited to business. It's amazing how much flexing your muscles can do to speed up a meeting. The mane he had also helped, signaling his lion faunus heritage. He had the look of a sophisticated business man, while the build of a beast.

"Don't get lazy on me Miles, you know what happened to us the last time we relied on machines." said Mr. Majorelle with a warning. The reason for the warning was because this was the Majorelle Dust Company, and it was located deep in the Forever Falls, very far past the safe line that was set by the Remnant Council. The reason they were so deep in? The Dust. The Dust that was out here was of extremely high quality and quantity, where they could make a month's worth of profit in one day if they got lucky enough. Unfortunately, that meant that the Grimm attacks were very often, usually five to ten a day. This meant that the huntsmen and huntresses were needed, which was why they were here.

"Hey, we managed to get out of the Deathstalker pit in one piece. I don't understand why you never thanked me Courant." said Miles.

"You were the one who put auto pilot on the Bullhead and told us not to worry and that 'This machine could drive better than us anyway.'" said Courant with an annoyed expression. Let it be known that Miles did not have a good track record with vehicles.

"It's not my fault that the auto pilot wasn't programmed correctly..." grumbled Miles with a hurt look on his face.

"Anyways, I assume this isn't just a social visit, what brings you here?" asked Courant.

"The monthly status report, I guess the first thing to say is happy five year anniversary of not dying out here." said Miles.

"Has it been that long already? I guess I won that bet Miles, we did survive. You owe me 20 lien then!" said Courant with a smile as Miles begrudgingly gave his boss the money.

"I should really stop betting… Oh yeah, the report. Let's see, first off, Jaune and Beryl's training is starting to reach the end of the first part, they're naturals. Pyros is training them right now. Perhaps they could go to Beacon when they are of age. Anyways, Jeanne and the others are guarding the wall, and everything has been peaceful. We've haven't had any attacks recently from the Grimm, hopefully the Grimm learned that we mean business. It's a shame that Atalanta took her kid and left a few weeks back, everything is turning out better than expected..." said Miles.

"I respect her decision, and I'm actually surprised that Jeanne wants Jaune to stay… Alright Miles, is that all?" asked Courant.

"The miners found a big dust patch." said Miles.

"Miles, we find big dust patches every day." said Courant blatantly.

"I'm not sure you heard me correctly. What you heard was that they found a big dust patch. What I'm saying is they found a big dust patch." said Miles, using his arms as emphasis.

"How big are we talking?" asked Courant with his eyebrow raised.

"Huge. I heard that there's more dust in this one patch than we've mined up for the past month. Crystals? One is bigger than three men standing on top of each other and just as wide. If we can get this mined, we're set." said Miles.

"Are you sure? I know that this area of the Forever Falls is pretty rich in Dust, but are you sure that it's that much?" asked Courant skeptically.

"Take a look at this and tell me this isn't beautiful." said Miles cockily as he showed Courant his scroll, with the dig site pictures on it.

"So you're saying that all this dust is under us…" said Courant with an impressed look.

"Yeah… Wait a second… Courant, you see that in the bottom left corner of the picture?" said Miles.

"Yeah, it's a few workers goofing off, what about it?" asked Courant.

"No, next to it… I think that's a patch of Clear Dust Crystals!" said Miles with shock.

"Excellent! I bet Alibaster would get on his hands and knees for this!" said Courant happily.

"Who wouldn't? They have the ability to mimic any dust type, and they don't disappear when they're used. Even Alibaster Schnee himself barely has any Clear Dust, let alone in Crystal form." said Courant with a smug smile.

"What are your orders then, for the miners?" asked Miles.

"You know what, I'm feeling generous today, excuse me for a moment." said Mr. Majorelle as he pulled out his scroll, turning on a microphone function that connected to the various speakers across the camp.

[Good morning everyone, I'm glad to say 'Happy Anniversary'. In response, I would like to gift everyone a day off, to relax and enjoy this wondrous occasion. Have a good day, and remember. We're the Future.] said Courant as he turned off the scroll and looked back to Miles, who had a hopeful look in his eyes.

"Yes Miles, this means you too. Just make sure we have someone monitoring the walls at all time. We don't want a Grimm Attack right now, do we?" said Courant.

"Of course, now if you could excuse me I'll be off." said Miles as he made for the door.

"Miles, do wait a moment. I think it's time for the kids to start their next level of training. They can only smack each other with wooden weapons for so long before they need an actual weapon. Do you have Jaune's weapon?" said Courant.

"Of course, I assume you have your daughter's weapon as well." said Miles.

"You would assume correctly. I think it's time for us to give our children a present." said Courant as the two walked out of the office.

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"Is this all you got Jaune, I thought you said that today was the day you would beat me." said Beryl with a smug smile as she continued her offense onto Jaune with her wooden sword with strong hits, easily getting through Jaune as he tried to put up a defense.

"I didn't think you'd take sneak attacks!" said Jaune as he dodged jab after jab.

"Jaune, didn't you know? The Lioness will use all her strength, even when fighting a rabbit. And if that rabbit is you, then I'm definitely not holding back!" said Beryl as she kept hitting Jaune's defenses, slowly crushing it.

"I'm not giving up!" said Jaune as he kept blocking the blows.

"Jeez Jaune, I'm starting to get bored. Don't you have anything interesting to show me?" said Beryl with a mock yawn as she kept attacking.

"Depends, is this interesting?!" replied Jaune as he pushed Beryl back momentarily, before coming in with a crushing swing. Beryl put up her sword to block the hit, and to the shock of both of them the swords split in two, leaving them with only splinters in their hands.

"So… is that a tie?" asked Jaune as the two looked down onto the broken swords.

"I'll tell you what it is, it's a sign that you've finally succeeded in part one of training." said Pyros as he walked towards the two.

"What's part two?" asked Jaune curiously.

"I'm glad you asked, part two is when we start with real weapons. We can only train you with wooden swords for so long before we can begin. That's why I would like to award you two with your weapons. Jaune, unfortunately your father is-" said Pyros before he was interrupted.

"Is right here. Hey Pyros, is it finally time for their next level of training?" asked Miles as he walked over to the training area, before he laid his eyes upon the broken swords.

"Yep, it's time for level two. Jaune, I'm glad to give you this. This is your mother's old sword, Crocea Mors. Treat her well and she'll treat you well. This sword served her well for many years, until she got Aureus Mors. Don't worry about being light on it, it's stood through it's fair share of Grimm and came out unharmed. Use her well." said Miles as he unclipped the sheath and sword from his belt and handed them to Jaune, who looked at it in awe. Next came Beryl.

"I'm sorry Beyrl, but your father is busy right-" started Pyros before he was interrupted yet again.

"If a father doesn't have any time for their own daughter, then he's hardly a good father at all." said Courant Majorelle as he walked to the group, with something behind his back.

"I even prepared a speech and everything… If only Pyrrha was here..." said Pyros as he sulked from being ignored.

"Father, does that mean?" asked Beryl in suspense.

"Yes Beryl, this is your new weapon. These were your mother's swords, Lapis and Lazuli. Your mother used this as a weapon when she was… alive. Now that you're of age, I think it's time that they fell into the right hands. They use Clear Dust Crystals, so load in the dust type you wish to use and as long as you have aura, it'll keep that state. Use them well." said Courant as he handed a box to Beryl. She delicately began to unwrap it, and inside was a pair of short swords, each with a clear dust crystal in it's hilt.

"Thank you father!" said Beryl as she held the swords in awe, as the beloved swords once again saw the light of day. Since it primarily spent aura, and dust was only for selecting type, there was only one thing left to do.

"Father, Mr. Pyros, Mr. Miles, when will we begin our aura training?" asked Beryl.

"I'm glad you asked, we begin now."

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"Interesting, so this is where you've been hiding..." said a woman as a wall opened up in front of her. It was quite hard to find this place, as she had suspected. It was on the far reaches of Remnant, where the last battle of the Light War had ended, deep into Grimm territory. Ironically, all it took to open up such a hidden temple was for her to step in front of a wall, with her symbol on it. Almost like it was waiting for her…

"Hmm… where could you be?" said the dark haired woman as she tore through the web and overgrown moss that was in her way with a few fireballs. As she looked around, she found the reason for her travels. On an altar in front of her was a red simple dress, with dust covering it, showing how long it had been there. Some would think it as a useless trinket and through it away, or perhaps give it to a friend, but the woman saw it's true value. She picked it up delicately, as if holding a newborn, dusting it off as she got a good look at the dress.

"Finally, it took long enough to find you, I hope you're worth the trouble..." said the woman as she quickly stripped and put on the new dress. Immediately she could feel it's power surging within her, as if she could do anything. She could feel the dress overflow with power, as if it had been waiting for her to find it. This easily dwarfed her own power, and her own power wasn't anything to sneeze at. As she marveled in it's power, she heard something coming out from behind her.

"Hmm? Who do we have here?" said the woman as she turned around to see that a lone Beowolf had entered the clearing next to the altar. It may have been curious why a wall had disappeared, or maybe it had caught her scent. Either way, it seems that the gods have given her the perfect guinea pig for her new powers. As she said the words, the Beowolf looked at her, before it started to circle around the small clearing next to the moss covered altar. She prepared herself for her first fight with her new weapon as the Beowolf prepared itself. After a moment, the Beowolf broke the silence and sprinted forward, only to be met with a giant fireball, with the ashes on the floor the only proof of it's existence. The fireball continued after hitting the Grimm before hitting a wall, breaking it as it hit.

"To think that I only put a little Aura into that… I'll need to be careful… Hmm? What do we have here?" said the woman as the dust cleared and from the rubble of the destroyed wall a new room had appeared. If she hadn't broken it down, she may have never found it, how lucky. On the wall was some writing, strangely enough it was in Vytalian.

"Let's see what we have here..." The woman took a quick survey of the room to deem that nothing would interrupt her anytime soon, before she started her reading.

"Where ever there is Light, there will be Darkness. When the Seventh Heir to the Knight of Light meets the Seventh Heir to the Dark Reaper, Darkness shall once again try to … the world for it's own. However, … shall take an apprentice in the …. The … will conquer the world and send it into eternal despair unless … … … … … … … the power of the original … of Light shall … … … … … … … unlock their true powers and … … … … … … …" After that, all it was was unintelligible writing that she couldn't make out.

"So the Knight of Light huh… I guess it's time for me to pay a visit to the Arcs..." said the woman as she walked out of the temple, with the door sealing itself behind her. This was going to be interesting...

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Hey guys, RWBYBlackFlames here and I'm glad to show you the Beta Version of this Chapter 1. I guess all that needs explaining is the Majorelle Dust Company. Pretty much, I doubted that the Schnee's always had a monopoly on dust, so I created them as competition. Do not worry, Weiss will still be cocky during Beacon. Use that as you will. Please give me some good feedback. Black Flames out!