Author's Note: Hey, so this is my first fanfiction, Torchwick's Little Rose, which despite the name, is not a Roman X Ruby story but rather Torchwick adopted Ruby as his own daughter. As such, Ruby will be mostly the same as she is in the actual show, except for a few facts and quirks, such as why she wants to go to Beacon, how she gets in early etc. This story also won't be changing anything in the way of teams; RWBY is the team that is formed and other teams like JNPR will still be the same but there will be reason to explain some things. Helpful advice and Criticism is appreciated, and hate will be used for marshmallows. I'd also like to point out that this is my original idea and so if it happens to be similar to another person's story, I didn't know about it and thus was an accident.
Be warned, This story does contain violence, offensive language, death and other mature themes. DO NOT READ IF YOUR SENSITIVE TO THESE THEMES. You have been warned now on with the show.

"Summer Rose didn't know what she was thinking at the time. Why did she think it would be a good idea to bring her youngest daughter with her this time, she was only 3 years old! These were the thoughts going through Summer's head as she desperately ran down the narrow alleyways of Vale late at night, chased by two men. One was a large, almost brutish looking man with dark hair and a very muscular body, the other a faunus with a scorpion tail and long black hair. She didn't know why they were chasing her as they followed her down an alley next to a small appliance store. As Summer turned around a corner, she continued to run as fast as she could in her tired and injured state.

Summer had just arrived back in Vale after tracking down some Grimm south of Vale for some money so that she and Tai could afford to get some clothes and toys for her youngest, Ruby. She had taken Ruby and some money that they had so she could kill two birds with one stone and get anything they needed in Vale after she'd killed the Grimm. Everything had gone fine and Summer tracked them down and killed them easily enough before returning to Vale to collect the bounty for the Beowolf pack. After arriving via Bullhead later that night, a tall, muscular man asked Summer to follow him, claiming he was sent by Ozpin. Ozpin was a dear friend to her and Tai, with him being their headmaster at Beacon so it wasn't uncommon for him to occasionally ask to meet with them.

The man led Summer to the small bookstore that she and Oz liked to meet at, however when they got there, no one had been there and when she turned to ask where Ozpin was, she was backhanded across the room by the man. Crashing into the counter, she had barely managed to draw her weapon, a long sword with a gun made into the hilt, before a faunus appeared with bladed gauntlets. Blocking the blades, she swiped at him, trying to make room so that she could assess the situation...when she realised that the small, handheld basket she used to carry Ruby was missing. She gasped suddenly when she saw it across the room being held by the large man, looking down at the child inside it.

"Hmm, is this your child silver eyes?" the man said in a deep, low voice. Summer could only nod at his question, her voice failing her as she prayed to Oum that he wouldn't try and hurt her little Ruby. The faunus, standing left of her suddenly let out a crazed laugh before saying, "Well well isn't this unexpected! The goddess sends us to kill the woman with silver eyes and we find her with her kiddie too!" It seems that the brutish man doesn't seem too pleased about his compatriot's obvious pleasure in the situation. "Please, just don't hurt my daughter!" Summer says to the man desperately. Before he can reply, the mad faunus leaps at her, swinging his weapons at her so suddenly she doesn't have time to fully brace her Aura against it and screams as the blades bite into her upper right thigh. Summer quickly swings her sword at the his arms, which move back just in time for him to block her swipe with his gauntlets.

Summer engages him in combat, swiping her sword at him with the speed of a leopard in a series of complex sword techniques as she tried to get closer to her daughter, which the man had taking out of the basket and left sitting on a bench as he too moved forward to engage her. Turning to face this new threat, she kicks at the faunus and swings her sword diagonally at the brutish man, who somehow manages to block her with his bare arms. Summer starts to swing her sword in such a way that she can fire her gun at them as well and use its momentum to land harder hits and move her sword-arm faster while also using her legs and heavy boots as weapons too.

Hazel starts to punch at the silver eyed warrior in a boxing stance while Tyrian continues to do that mad and seemingly random method of how he swings his weapons in almost a dancing way. The woman is quite the challenge as she manages to keep both of them at bay without taking much in the way of a hit, but it was obvious that she was tiring as her strokes with her sword slowed and her kicks had less power behind them. It was clear she had already been tired when she arrived and having to fight two Huntsmen level opponents simultaneously didn't help her case. Soon the tide turns against her, which allows to the two servants of darkness to landing more hits on her, weakening her Aura quickly.

Summer knew that she was low on Aura, dangerously low, and realised that she had no chance of besting the two of them in her current condition. With no other choice, she manages to make grab Ruby and swipes her sword wildly, so she can make some distance between her and her assailants. They move back as to avoid her random swings and the second they stop directly attacking her, she grabs Ruby and uses her semblance, which allows her to throw objects which explode in blinding light. With the only things she has at her disposal being her sword and her daughter, Summer throws her sword at the men who, not expecting her to give up her weapon, try and move out of its way when it explodes, blinding them momentarily. Using this opportunity, Summer sprints past them and out the door as fast as she can.

Summer continued to run as long and far as she can past the appliance store, trying escape her attackers and keep Ruby safe. She jumps a fence and runs into a small, out of the way alley behind a newer looking nightclub. As soon as she turns into this alley however, she sees something come out of the darkness and stab her in the shoulder and break through what remains of her Aura. She screams and collapses in pain. When she looks up, all she can see is the crazed grin of the scorpion faunus looking down at her. "Hahahahaahha you have put on quite the chase dearie now, do us a favour and die please." She realises that without medical attention, all the wounds she has suffered will cause her to bleed to death in this forsaken alleyway. The faunus looks down at the dying woman before grabbing Ruby from her arms, unable to stop him. "Now what should I do with YOU? Hmm... what do you think mummy dearest? Kill the little tyke in front of your very eyes? Or maybe I should poison it and let it die from that with you, hahahahahaa" The faunus cackles like a mad hatter as he contemplates on how to kill the child. Summer cries quietly as she watches the mad man put his gauntlet to the infant's throat and whisper quietly to the too crying child "Nighty Night". Summer looks away when she hears a deep voice say "Tyrian...".

She looks and sees that the large man arrived and has grabbed the faunus "Tyrian" by the shoulder. "She told us only to kill the woman, leave the child alone." "Aw but the little kiddie has silver eyes too, the Goddess would want her dead too, you know that Hazel." Hazel sighs "Leave the child here, it will either die to the cold or hunger before anyone finds it." Tyrian moans before putting Ruby back in Summer's arms and says "Fine then, but if you ever keep me from killing someone again I'...". Summer fails to hear the rest of what is said as the two men walk away. She manages to hold Ruby in an embrace as the light leaves her eyes and her heart beats its last.

20 year old Vale citizen Roman Torchwick walks out the back of this new nightclub, newly owned by a guy called 'Junior', who just had around 5000-7000 lien stolen by the upcoming criminal, when he came across a scene straight out of a movie. A woman, dressed in a dark top and skirt, with stockings and, oddly enough, a white cloak. Walking up to the still women, Roman can't tell if she is unconscious or just passed out and when he takes the hood of the woman's cloak of check if she is alright, he notices that she has red hair that's almost black at the roots. Roman check to see if the woman is alright by pulling out his scroll to see if she has any injuries since it's so dark. Roman clicks his scroll on and swears loudly "Holy shit!" as he sees that the woman is covered in cuts and injuries.

He falls backwards, feeling a little dizzy at the sight of the dead woman's body, when he hears a baby crying. Looking around the woman, he notices that she is holding a small bundle of red cloth. Roman picks up the red cloth and sees whats inside it. What he sees changes his life forever. Taking the dead woman's scroll, Roman grabs the young Ruby Rose and leaves the alley with her in a decision that will change everything.