Disclaimer: I do NOT own RWBY in any way at all.

A.N. Ruby and Neo will be nearly if not the same age because I don't know what neo's age is.

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The Burning Shortcake

Prologue

"*panting* Ahhh!" Summer yelled weakly trying to get up.

'How the hell?... I didn't even see him coming.' she thought.

*rustling* 'Damn I don't need to deal with grimm when I can barely move.' she thought worried about her daughter. Five Ursa came into the clearing and when they noticed Summer they started to make their way to her and her baby while growling.

'Damn, if I'm going to die I'll at least make sure Ruby survives.' she thought while curling herself around Ruby.

Just as the ursa were about to attack Summer they were disintegrated by a wave of fire thrown at them.

'What the?' she thought shocked as a woman was walking towards from the forest.

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Now Cinder wasn't having a very good day first Roman the ever flashy idiot got himself caught by some village that had dust they NEEDED, second was that Emerald and Mercury wouldn't stop fighting like the children they are and ended up damaging some equipment, something they also NEEDED, and the holy grail among things Arthur Watts had shown up and 'coincidentally' dust and equipment were destroyed and also some of their own men THEY were using 'disappeared', so now Cinder had decided to get some fresh air outside.

"Stupid Roman and his idiotic flashiness, stupid childish Emerald and Mercury, stupid Arthur and his fi-" Cinder would have continued had it now been for some grimm thinking they could kill her came out some bushes.

"Well I could always blow off some steam by killing these grimm." Cinder said with a smirk.

After two hours of killing grimm, Cinder came across a clearing and could see a woman on the ground with grimm making their way towards her.

'I don't need to help her' Cinder thought before noticing the baby the woman had with her. 'Damn, fine I'll help her.'

Cinder charged up some fire in her hands before throwing them apart towards the grimm making a wave of fire that disintegrated the grimm.

'Well that's taken care of.' she thought walking towards Summer.

"H-Help p-please." Summer said weakly.

"What happened?" Cinder asked.

"I-I was taking a walk with my daughter Ruby when I was attacked, I don't know who I was." Summer explained.

"Well I don't have a scroll on me, next town isn't close at all and by the look of that pile of parts over there I'd say your scroll is broken." Cinder said.

"P-please just take my daughter to her father his name is Taiyang, if he doesn't believe you tell him my daughter's name it's R-Ruby, Ruby Rose."

"I'll do it." Cinder lied already thinking of what she could do with the child if she raised her.

"T-Thank you, I love you Ruby don't ever forget that." She said while kissing her head then giving her to Cinder before dying.

Cinder walks away back to one of her bases. "Ruby Rose, huh? I guess it'll be Ruby Fall from now on." Cinder said while smirking.