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Chapter 1: There's a Light that Shines

She was weak.

Deep down, Ruby knew she was weak compared to the evils of the world. She may be a master of the scythe trained by her Uncle Qrow, one of the strongest Huntsman in the world. But those skills have only earned her to be able to kill Grimm easily, and Ruby was ignorant that evil can manifest in humans as well. That there are people with darkness in their hearts that they would gladly watch the world burn by humanity's bane. She was fully overconfident to think that she can defeat all the evil in the world for everyone's happiness as if it was easy.

What good did her 'skills' do for her when stopping Torchwick and his robberies? What good was she really in a fight if she couldn't beat him or Neo on the ship? What good was she without Crescent Rose in her hands to defend herself? What good was her training if she wasn't even fast enough to save Penny? And now, the once proud city of Vale was burning and the once shining Beacon was being overrun by Grimm.

She was not the strong warrior.

At best, Ruby was above average, but she knew at some level that her skipping ahead two years to enter Beacon wasn't because of her skill. No, a paranoid part of her mind suspected there was some hidden agenda in it, but her blissful childish excitement long buried it away.

Her body was breakable.

However, in the wake of the calamity that will soon be known as the Fall of Beacon those doubts were climbing to the surface. The screams of pain that assaulted her ears all around her as people were dying were becoming muffled. Her breath was becoming ragged and labored, and her heart was beating loudly in her ears. The last clear words Ruby heard was Weiss saying that Pyrrha was alone on the tower facing Cinder, the one who caused all this.

Her body sprinted automatically scaling the tower with the application of Weiss' glyphs. Despite knowing her own glaring weakness, her body still went on to fulfill one of its core values: to save someone. That is why Ruby wasted the last of her Aura pushing her Semblance to the limit to get to the top. She didn't register the fact of the danger present, only that Pyrrha was hurt and she needed to get her out of there.

Even at that moment, Ruby could only do it half-right. She did in fact push Pyrrha out of the way, but at a grave cost of replacing the redhead. Cinder's arrow, previously aimed at Pyrrha's heart, instead struck Ruby's. She gave out in midair and felt herself and Pyrrha falling down. She heard Pyrrha shout something, but her senses were already dwindling from her pierced heart, but Ruby only spared a glance at the horrified redhead whose eyes were glued on the black arrow in Ruby's chest. Pyrrha wanted to save Ruby. The dying girl had different ideas for that.

With the last of her fading strength, Ruby pushed Pyrrha off the edge of the tower where Ruby knew Weiss will catch with her glyphs. In the end she managed to save someone only by having her own life in exchange. Ruby, in those moments where she felt her body going numb, finally realized just how small she was in the real world. It was heartless, merciless, and she deeply underestimated the evil of the world.

'Pathetic.' Ruby thought as her vision continued to blur. 'I wanted to be a hero, but I can't even save myself.'

Darkness took her vision. Or at least Ruby thought so. As soon as her blurry vision dimmed to nothingness, light exploded across her vision. Blinking momentarily, Ruby hitched a breath in her throat as she found herself... floating? This was either a lucid dream or she had gone to heaven because Ruby was currently standing in a very wispy white cloud that surrounded her like a fog. Below her was some sort of city she didn't recognize with high walls surrounding it and a great tower at one end that overlooked the city. In the distance was landscape untouched with high, snow-capped mountains and beyond that were forests.

Her gaze was drawn ahead and her eyed beheld what she can only describe as a planetoid that levitated just above the city. It resembled a shattered moon with a smooth, pure white surface. Shards of itself floated around it, converging on the mass of intense white light burning in the core.

It didn't pose danger to the city though, and in fact Ruby felt an odd sense of safety just looking at the... object. Indeed, the more Ruby looked at it, the more obscure and mysterious the entity was becoming to her. Words not of her usual control went through her head of trying to understand the anomaly. Was it a moon? Was it a machine? An existence? A life of some sort? A... god?

Whatever the case as soon as Ruby's eyes looked at the planetoid, she had no will to pry her eyes from it. She didn't even register the fact her body was pulled towards the embrace of the entity where the intense white light that was its core was exposed. Ruby's mind was basically going blank as an immense presence bore itself completely upon her. Something that was that was so high above her understanding and placement as an existence.

Somehow, Ruby could feel that the Light was judging her. No, the Light was gleaming through every pore of her being. Memory, beliefs, or character, nothing was hidden from the Light's investigation. The more Ruby floated there under the Light's scrutiny, tendrils of the Light reached out. Fear was clawing at Ruby's mind, fear that this being was going to kill her or destroy her very being. That it would discard her as a nuisance.

But as soon as that fear came to mind, her heart spoke louder in... joy? Suddenly, the 'gaze' of the Light softened as it made its judgement, and though Ruby was never conveyed of what her soul and heart knew the answer. And through them, a myriad of emotions soared through her, and none were negative. Then she knew from the deepest parts of her very self that the Light has accepted her. No logical thought process bothered Ruby as she reached her right hand out towards the Light.

And in return the Traveler was reaching out its great gift as the light grew like a solid mass. Ruby was bathing in it, and the Light hugged around her promising to always protect her from harm and to assist her dream. For the Traveler has seen her heart and soul holding the same qualities all Guardians need and more. It has seen her desire for salvation and happiness of those around her. To be a hero that saves the day, not in glory but in the good of heart. An innocent soul of such dream of heroics that was about to fall, but the Traveler could not let that happen. After all, a world always needs more heroes.

As Ruby bathed in the Light of the Traveler, a god of Light that has sacrificed its existence solely for the safety of lower life-forms, her clothes began to change. Tears and damages wrought upon her leather corset and skirt not only mended that molded into a different shape.

No longer was she weak.

What was once a corset, stockings, and a black skirt changed into advanced dark grey armor. A belt with multiple holsters replaced her skirt while leggings of hardened black mesh that hid away any skin studded with red steel replaced her stockings yet not too much to restrict any movement. Most of the armor concentrated on her replaced top, but even that was considered light in its sleek appearance that made sure to map her curves.

No longer was her body breakable.

Her sleeves were replaced in gauntlets of body suit connected to her torso which was then light layered with red armor. Black gloves with a red steel hid away the rest of revealed skin, yet felt as though she had nothing on at all.

She was unbreakable.

A helmet materialized itself upon her head black in appearance with red sockets for visors and a slight hood above the forehead. Over the lip, a breathing mechanism was built with two points sticking out of the chin. The frame of the helmet was not bulky or cumbersome, but was instead smooth and sleek and the dark grey metal gleamed in the light.

Her spirit is indomitable.

And finally, Ruby's favored cloak received its blessing from the Light as its sleek appearance gained a paneled texture and a symbol of a top view blooming rose was etched in the center.

This power was hers.

Ruby did not register the transformation, but the power was suffusing through her and the knowledge flowing into her mind. Her right hand that was reaching out to the Light made to grasp something, and she felt a solid mass that she grabbed. She could tell there was another presence from the object she grasped. If she could see it, she would notice a small metal ball with a blue cybernetic eye. She held it out to the side with an open palm, and the black eye formed a prismatic white chasis with rose red accents around it.

And she will let her Light shine.

Ruby glanced back at the Traveler, the God of Light, the very first Guardian of humanity. An entity that has brought miracles and sacrificed itself for the same people. A silent message was spoken between them and Ruby nodded. Behind the visor sockets of her helmet, her silver eyes burned with the very same Light with a slight blue sparking of Arc Light. She returned her glance to the 'device' floating above her palm, and now her new life-time partner. A smirk was shared between them, or more for Ruby's case.

"Eyes up, Guardian."

No longer shall she fear the Darkness. She hunts the Darkness now. Be afraid, Darkness. Be very, very afraid of the Light's new Hunter.


(Remnant)

"Pyrrha, where's Ruby!?" Weiss exclaimed in a panic.

The Schnee heiress had just cleared the area around the tower of Beacon when she saw Pyrrha falling from the top. A quick use of her Semblance and she slowed Pyrrha's fall to a soft thud. She was unable to stand made obvious by the glass arrow in her heel. Once she had Pyrrha out of immediate harm, her concern went right to her partner.

Weiss however did not receive a word from the Mistralian champion. The silence could have been considered the worst possible answer. Pyrrha's face scrunched in a pained grimace as several emotions flashed over her now dim eyes. They were all for Weiss to see, including grief, guilt, and remorse. She felt as though her heart was being tugged ferociously in an iron grip as the worst came to mind. It couldn't be possibly true, right?

"Pyrrha." Weiss said in lower voice that was breaking, "Please tell me Ruby's okay. She can't. She... She..."

'She doesn't deserve to die.'

"... I'm sorry." Whimpered Pyrrha, sniffling as tears ran down her cheeks. "She took an arrow for me... If it weren't for Ruby I would be dead... but..."

Pyrrha broke down into low sobs, her hand held in her face. She believed Ruby taking the arrow to the heart was her fault. She, the supposed "Invincible Girl" failed and one of her friends paid the price. Survivor's guilt set in the redhead, wishing that Ruby was too late just so she herself could die instead of Ruby.

Weiss took it more dramatically and shockingly. Her pupils dilated so small and for a moment she couldn't breath. Mrytenaster shook in her hand before it fell to the floor. Her legs soon buckled, the strength of them lost from the shock. When she was on her knees, Weiss remembered to breath but it came out in gasps that were bordering on sobs.

"No..." Weiss griefed, tears streaming down her face in greater volume. "No... No, not Ruby... Please, please, please not Ruby."

Weiss didn't want to accept because she couldn't accept it. Ruby may have been a child of good talent, but Weiss admitted she was one of the best friends she had ever made. She was a ray of sunshine for all of Team RWBY and their guiding light in the battle. Then she thought back to her remaining teammates, Blake and Yang, and on that thought thinking about the latter made more tears pour down her eyes and hold her mouth to keep in sobs. Yang was going to be devastated that her sister is dead. No, the blonde sister of their team leader was going to breakdown on the emotional level, and will be considered dead inside.

A growl snapped Weiss back to attention and her head spun to the side to see Grimm return to the area. No, she could not let it slide. Weiss Schnee was not going to let her best friend's sacrifice go in vain. Grief was replaced with fury aimed at the soulless monsters that caused all of this to happen. Her hand went back to Myrtenaster, and a giant glyph glowed to life at her feet. Her sudden rise in anger attracted the Grimm's attention, but Weiss did not care. The only thing on Weiss' mind was to make them pay for every inch of ground, and on her honor as a Schnee she will avenge Ruby's death.

"Come and get it, you soulless fucks!" Weiss roared, and from her glyph a fully summoned knight appeared at her command, brought forward by the raging soul.

The knight looked more to be a terror of the darkness with its supposedly sleek plates studded with me intimidating spikes of black and a helm of crude make topped with dark circlet. Instead of the usual two-handed sword, it held a giant mace in its hands, and a black cape was draped down its back. Black slits were shown in the helm, yet even if the eyes were nonexistent the hated gaze shared from its creator could be physically felt by other fighters.

With a roar of rage came Weiss charging at the Grimm, followed shortly by the summoned knight. Grimm were cut ruthlessly down into ribbons by Weiss, whose swings were enhanced in her enraged state. The summoned knight proved to have far more destructive power than its creator, and with a single swing of its mace whole lines of Grimm were obliterated.

Back on the top, Cinder and the Grimm dragon reveled in the chaos that went below them. The carnage brought on by the White Fang and the Grimm brought a smile to the agent of Salem. Their suffering meant nothing to her as long as she had power. And power she was awarded bountifully with the Fall Maiden's magic.

The corpse of Ruby was left unattended. It was a confirmed kill since Cinder knew that her arrow struck cleanly to the girl's heart; it was still lodged in her in fact. But if she had looked back, Cinder would have noticed a little floating device with a singular blue eye with a white prismatic chasis decorated in red accents. She would have noticed the eye using a scan, and in response a white light shining behind Ruby's closed eyes. Only when the 'device' opened its chasis to reveal the mysterious Light of the Traveler did it catch the attention of the Grimm dragon.

Its alarmed screech soon drew Cinder's, but it was too late as their world erupted in blinding light. That wouldn't necessarily be a problem if an intense explosion of fire and heat did not assault them. Cinder's eyes widened as the explosion knocked off her feet, but she was more shocked by the heat of it all that was actually harming her. The Grimm dragon had it worse off as even being at the furthest reaches the mystical heat of whatever burning flame coming from Ruby's body was instantly scorching its dark flesh.

The light soon died down and the Grimm dragon regained vision to see what this new threat was. It only caught a glimpse of a 'new' figure standing over the previous spot of the dead human. This one was adorned in dark grey light armor with some red steel plating dotted across her torso, legs, arms, and shoulders, but little enough to not hinder movement. She was draped in a familiar red cloak, but the face was hidden by a helmet. The most eye-catching was what lay in the figure's hand, and it can only be described as the sun itself shaped into a magnum.

To the newly minted Hunter-class Guardian, she knew it perfectly as the Golden Gun of the Gunslingers.

BANG!

The magnum unleashed a ray of Solar Light, the very first, and the Grimm dragon's head was obliterated into ash. Its body lurched back from the loss of the head, and soon the giant mass slid off from its perch to fall back to the ground. A perfect shot as Gunslingers always look for.

"I'm alive..." The voice of Ruby spoke from behind the helmet.

Ruby Rose was dead a moment ago, but then she was revived. No, in a way she was given an entirely new purpose of life. The Traveler had judged her right, and blessed her with knowledge to help in her journey. She flexed her right hand, still wreathed in Solar Light of her Supercharged state. She could feel the Traveler's Light, her Light, empowering her to new heights that Ruby couldn't imagine. This is what she needed to succeed. To help the people around her.

Ruby Rose, Huntress-in-training of Beacon academy has died on top of Beacon tower. From there, Ruby Rose, Hunter-class Guardian and the first of Remnant, was born.

Her new partner, the Ghost that found and revived Ruby, was oddly silent. He was in fact surprised by his new partner. It was risky he would admit finding a partner in this new world during some sort of crisis, yet he was oddly drawn to this specific person. She wasn't even dead yet when he began the reviving process. But now he knew why. The Traveler itself guided him to her because Ruby's Light was one of the greatest the Ghost had ever seen in a Guardian. So much Light in fact that upon revival she had instantly went into her Supercharged state with the Gunslinger subclass.

'Incredible.' Thought the Ghost. 'I made a good choice in a partner if she has this much Light.'

"You," Ruby turned her head to the side to find a recovering Cinder, "Who are you to interfere with me?"

A cliche person would have let the villain kept on monologuing till the very end where she pulls out some bull crap. A Hunter, however, thought differently than other people do, especially compared to their Warlock and Titan cousins. They were free spirits, and usually don't give a crap of what they do.

As Ruby remembered, she still had five shots left in the Golden Gun to put to good use. She whipped up the manifestation of Solar Light to aim from the hip and fired off while fanning it. The last five shots landed with pinpoint accuracy upon the pyromaniac bitch. The first two she survived, but no matter how big her Aura even it could not withstand against the onslaught of the bullets of the Golden Gun. The last three did the desired damage as the third blew off her left arm, the fourth shot followed to blowing out her left eye, and one final one aimed at her kidney.

All of this went down in the span of only one second. Cinder stood there, still trying to process what just happened before she unceremoniously collapsed to the floor face first.

"That was for Penny." Ruby spat, the Golden Gun and the Solar Light aura fading as her Supercharged state ran out.

Ruby held out her right palm, and her Ghost appeared in a flash of light.

"Hi." The Ghost spoke, his voice though digital held a child-like tone to it and was quite nervous.

"Hi." Ruby greeted with her own awkwardness. "So who are you?"

"I'm your Ghost." He answered. "I mean, not that kind of ghost. I mean a Ghost created by the Traveler. We go around to find Guardians that we revive and partner up with. So that means I am your Ghost. Uhm, I already said that..."

"It's alright." Ruby assured with a smile behind her helmet. "I am fine being your partner, though I don't know about just calling you Ghost. How about... Pine?"

The Ghost seemed to think about it before nodding. "I think I like that name. Thank you, Guardian."

"Please, call me Ruby." The newly made Hunter replied as she picked up her loved Crescent Rose.

"Okay... Ruby." Said Pine, testing the name out.

"Now then," Ruby mused as she looked over the edge at the Grimm still terrorizing the city, "I still have some more thing to kill."

"That's a lot of enemies." Pine said with a mental grimace. "I don't think we have enough guns. Or ammo for that matter"

"Well, where am I supposed to get them then?" Ruby asked, knowing her combat effectiveness was decreased despite her new powers and she sheathed away Crescent Rose.

"I believe I have that covered." Pine answered. "Good thing the Guardian Warlock around here allowed me access to his inventory."

Before Ruby could ask, she felt a sensation on her back and hand. In her once free right hand was now a handcannon, her Energy Firearm to be precise. Holding it in her hands gave Ruby a sense of right with the gun, and she could feel the Solar Light that charged the ammo it contained. She holstered the weapon to bring out her primary, which turned out to be a Scout Rifle. Its specifications however provided more stability at the heavy cost of range. She could live with that.

"Would you like to play a soundtrack?" Pine asked. "A hero should always come in with some sort of awesome soundtrack."

Ruby could only smile back as she cocked back her Scout Rifle. "Surprise me."


This is what I've been working on for this weekend. A Guardian Ruby was just too irresistible. In the coming future, I plan for Crescent Rose to be made into an Exotic Weapon as her Power Firearm. It kinda fits doesn't it? And what sort of bonuses would an Exotic Crescent Rose have?

I want to do the same for her cloak, so what is the good name for an Exotic Hunter's Cloak like Ruby's? Maybe Red Like Roses? And what bonuses would Ruby's cloak have?

For now, Ruby's main subclass will be Gunslinger until she learns Arcstrider. In hindsight, she will avoid the Void subclass since I don't see Ruby using a bow or twin blades as a Hunter.

One last little thing: Summer will make her appearance in the story as the new Hunter Vanguard to replace Cayde. Rest in peace, Cayde-6. We still love you, ro-bro :(. I hope Bungie does a celebration for you in the Festival of the Lost.

Up next is Chapter 2: And It's Power is Mine

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