Chapter 1: Prologue

Hello! My name is Tronmaster, and welcome, to Reading Remnant's Guardian Forces!

I was commissioned by the original author, Phoenix Champion, to do a reading of his Final Fantasy VIII and RWBY crossover. So, please forgive me, as not only is this my first reading, but, it's also my first story done on this site, period. So, I would ask that you please go easy on me. It's my first time doing this, and I would rather not disappoint.

Now, without further delay (as this author's note has dragged on quite a bit), let's get started!

A small yawn is heard as a girl, no older than fifteen awakens to see her friends, her sister, her uncle, one of her teachers, and two women that she's never see before, all lying down on a few sofas.

This young teenager is Ruby Rose, leader of Beacon Academy's Team RWBY. And she's curious about one thing:

"Where are we!?" She shouts in both utter confusion and terror, as she awakens everyone present. Especially her older half-sister, Yang Xiao Long.

Yang, in worry for her younger sister's safety, immediately rushes to her side. In the process, jolting awake her partner, Blake Belladonna. Who, in a quick scan of the room, notices the giant window right in front of them. And, the fact that they weren't in Beacon anymore.

"Ruby, what is it?" Yang asked, frightened for her younger sister.

"Yes Ruby, what could possibly have caused you to panic in the way that you did?" Said Ruby's partner, the Heiress to the Schnee Dust Company, Weiss Schnee.

"Perhaps, my dear sister, the fact that we are not in the same location as when we originally went to sleep." Spoke Weiss' older sister, Atlesian Specialist Winter Schnee.

"Yep, gotta agree with Ice Queen on this, sure as hell ain't Vale. Or, anywhere on Remnant that I'm familiar with." Said the gravely-voiced uncle of Ruby and Yang, Qrow Branwen.

Ruby, in her excitement, and forgetting her moment of fear, got up. And, promptly ran over to her uncle.

"UNCLE QROW!" Ruby shouted at the top of her lungs, causing Blake to cover her ears. Both her normal human ears, and her hidden cat ones. For Blake, is a Faunus.

Ruby, in a voice that can only be described as adorkable said: "Hi."

"Oh, it's so good to see you! Did you miss me? Huh? Did you miss me?' Ruby said, practically saying them at supersonic speed.

Qrow, with a smirk, said, knowing that Ruby wouldn't take it literally, "Nope." Needless to say, both Ruby and Yang were elated at seeing their uncle.

"Huh, what's going on?" Said the leader of team JNPR, Jaune Arc. Who wasn't wearing his footie pajamas (a blessing if you ask his friends and teammates) but rather, a normal t-shirt, and shorts.

"It would appear Mr. Arc, that we are no longer in Beacon Academy." Spoke the voice of Beacon's combat instructor, Glynda Goodwitch.

"Were we kidnapped?" spoke the always energetic Nora Valkyrie.

"Nora?" Said the resident ninja of team JNPR, Lie Ren to his more hyperactive friend.

"Yes Ren?" Nora said to her stoic best friend/crush.

"You might want to lower your voice. You're hurting Blake's ears." Warned Ren, who promptly looked over to see a highly agitated-looking Blake. Giving what could only be described as a death glare.

"Oops, sorry Blake!" Nora said apologetically to Blake.

"Um, guys?" Spoke Jaune's own partner Pyrrha Nikos.

"Pyrrha, what's wrong?' Jaune asked his partner. Concern evident in his voice.

"Why exactly do we have two Yangs?" Pyrrha said, confusion clearly in her voice.

"Oh, where the hell am I?" Said the supposed doppelganger of Yang, Raven Branwen. "And where's my weapon?"

"Mom?" Yang said, in complete disbelief at seeing her mother in front of her own eyes.

Raven, in response, said bluntly, "Well, crap."

Yang, deciding to beat some answers out of her mother, went to charge headfirst. If not for the fact that Pyrrha, Winter, Glynda, and Nora held her back.

"Miss Xiao Long, please contain your anger. We don't need to start an altercation." Glynda spoke quite sternly.

And just before Qrow could go over and give his twin sister an earful about abandoning her daughter, everyone was drawn to the sound of an elevator stopping. As soon as the doors opened, a young man, wearing intricate, almost futuristic armor stepped out from the elevator. His armor was primarily green in color. With three stripes of black, red, and navy blue running horizontally down the chestplate. Along with gauntlets, shoulder pads, and leg armor all of the same color. He was pushing a cart that has food, drinks (the non-alcoholic kind), and spare clothes. Also on the cart, was a strange book. His skin tone can only be described as a tad on the pale side. His hair is a slightly messed mop of dark brown, with two Hazel eyes. Both of which looked more green thanks in part to his armor color. He was also wearing sunglasses.

"Well now, look who's all finally awake!" Spoke the mysterious figure, with a tad bit of mirth in his voice.

"Who are you?" Ruby said, in awe of his armor.

"And where have you taken us?" Weiss just about ordered.

"Well, I figured you may have questions, so I'll take the liberty of-" the mysterious stranger said, only to be cut off abruptly as Raven had punched him in the side of the face.

"RAVEN, WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT ABOUT?!" Qrow shouted to his sister.

"Ah, damn. That's going to hurt." The figure spoke.

"Are you ok?' Pyrrha asked. Concern clearly visible in her voice.

"Yeah, I'm alright. just took me by surprise as all." The Stranger said, with slight irritation in his voice.

"How do I get out of here?" Raven asked. Anger seething into her voice.

"Okay, first off, ow. Second, you don't leave until I say so. And third, to answer your questions Ruby and Weiss, you may call me Tronmaster, or Tron for short. And, all of you are aboard my vessel. The Serenity-class starship Swift Retribution." The now named Tronmaster spoke, with pride radiating from his voice.

"And to what purpose have you brought all of us together Mr. Tronmaster?" Winter said, attempting to gain any information as possible from this mysterious stranger.

"Either Tronmaster, or just Tron is good. Although, I prefer the latter." Tron said, trying to put everyone's minds at ease. "And, to answer your own question, one I assume is also shared by everyone present, I have brought you here to read this." He said, as he held up the book.

"So, let me get this straight, you abducted me, my sister, our team, Jaune's team, my uncle, my mother, whom I assume to be Weiss' sister, and one of the teachers at Beacon, JUST TO READ A BOOK!?" Yang shouted.

"Ah, my dearest blonde brawler, this isn't just any old book. Blake, seeing as you have yet to grab some food, would you go ahead and read the title out loud please?" Tronmaster said, handing Blake the book as everyone else had gone for their food. Nora in particular grabbing a massive stack of pancakes.

"Remnant's Guardian Forces?" Blake said, quizzically.

"What's a Guardian Force?" Ruby asked, clearly confused by the whole thing.

"That, is a bit hard to explain. I will attempt my best to explain, but don't expect a miracle." Tron said, in between bites of his own breakfast. "But first, you all need a shower. Especially you Qrow, you reek of alcohol." He continued, pointing his fork at Qrow to emphasize the last part. Qrow took a quick whiff of himself, noting that perhaps he needs a shower.

Tronmaster turned to a device on his wrist, "Reading room to transmat bay, do you copy, over?"

"Copy that reading room, we read you loud ad clear. What's up sir?" Said someone on the other line.

"Ensign, I need you to warp our guests to the showers. And no Jenkins, you can't look in the female showers." Tronmaster said, authority clear in his voice.

"Right away sir!" Spoke the now-named Jenkins.

"Tronmaster, what does 'transmat' mean?" Weiss said, eyebrow raised in confusion.

"It's short for particle matter transmission. Don't worry, it's completely harmless." Tronmaster said nonchalantly.

"Wait, what?" Jaune asked, before he, and all of the readers were teleported to their respective showers.

"Well, looks like it's time to set this shindig up." Tronmaster spoke to himself, amusement evident in his voice.

After he had gotten everything set up, including a massive plasma-screen TV, the guests from Remnant were teleported back into the room. All of them were now wearing fresh, clean clothes. Weiss and Winter in particular were elated to see each other again.

"Now, before we begin, I just need to clarify a few things. First, what was the most recent event to happen in Vale before I picked you up?" Tronmaster asked, a serious expression on his face.

"Let's see, it was after we stopped Torchwick and the White Fang from letting a whole bunch of Grimm loose in the middle of Vale." Ruby said.

"Okay, good. I got the timeframe right. Second, here's the order of who's going to be reading." Tronmaster said, wanting to start.

"With the first trailer, I'll start. From there, the order will go team RWBY, then team JNPR, then Qrow's next, followed by Raven, then, Glynda, and finally, Winter. With it eventually going back to Ruby. The person, not the whole team. In case you needed clarification." Tronmaster said, with everyone nodding in response.

"Um, Tronmaster, can I ask you something?" Ren said, confusion clear in his voice.

"Sure thing Ren, what's on your mind?" Tronmaster responded with his own question.

"What's with the TV?" Ren asked, pointing to the massive plasma widescreen.

"Oh, that? That's just some visual aid. Now, how's about we get this ball rolling?" Tronmaster said, excitement dripping from his voice. As he cracked open the book, turned on the TV, and began to read.

Good lord, that was a lot. Anyway, I hope that I did alright. And Phoenix, I hope that I won't disappoint. Now, I will say, that I have a ton of different ideas for stories. And yes, they will primarily be crossovers between RWBY and other franchises. But, for now, this is where all my focus will be. Updates will be a tad sporadic. But, I will try and upload a new chapter of this every Tuesday, or every other Tuesday.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy! Until next time, this is the Tronmaster, signing off!