Qrow & Ruby

Last time on Qrow & Ruby...

Fieval became a monster, the girls received the Penny Polendina Box, and our story closed on an anti-climactic note.

Stage 7: Enabler pt3

Act 1

Her grace was displeased.

She was very displeased, and disappointed, but mostly displeased. Tyrian Callows knew her so well, for she was his goddess, and he lived to serve her and only her.

He knew very well why she was so displeased.

The brat was dead.

Thankfully Watts had acted fast and, proving that his titles of doctor and scientist were no mere exaggeration, managed to salvage what he could of the plan from the brat's chunky remains. Tyrian had contributed too, and the queen was currently enjoying a delicious martini. What was left of the half dead mutt served as an exotic type of ice that heightened its flavor.

He understood why her majesty favored the girl, yes, but he couldn't help but feel peeved that his gender was the only thing preventing him from serving his queen further.

"How's the doctor's little project coming along?" she asked out of the blue. She was calmer now, she'd been so angry when she had received the news of the brat's death that she'd killed the puppies he'd purchased without a second thought (He'd bought them as sacrifices for her later, but still, such a waste), Tyrian thanked his lucky stars that both he and Watts had managed to calm her down.

"It's coming along well your grace; the good docter is confident that it'll be completed soon"

"How soon."

"By the next full moon!"

"A week then, good." The monster wearing human skin muttered "and what of the back-up?"

"She seems to be developing nicely, when I last spoke with Watts he was confident that there would be no issues"

"Good, but just in case, hasten your search for the spring maiden."

"Understood your grace" he bowed, and took his leave.

The monster finished the drink she'd been prepared. In all her years, she'd never tasted something that had left her so disappointed. Suddenly, a thought occurred.

"Oh Tyrian! If you happen to find an emerald while out on your search be sure to prioritize that instead." The man looked confused for a moment, but his confused expression was quickly replaced with one of resolve. She smiled. Blind as he may be, she knew he wouldn't question her.

Salem, the personification of lust, had a plan.

A plan that hadn't been derailed just because the main player had been taken out of the game early.

Act 2

Ruby had asked the Penny's to clean up the mess that had been left over from the last chapter. Being Penny's, and therefore incapable of rational thought, they complied without complaint. Afterword, Ruby was led inside by Yang. Ruby for her part knew the girl would crash. It had happened with Weiss and Jaune, strangely enough only phyrra had taken the shenanigans that happened in Ruby's life well, it was weird. Even still, Ruby hadn't expected the older girl to crash so quickly or take it out on her.

"This is actually pretty normal…" Ruby had said trying to calm the, now red eyed, girl down.

"Oh shut up you silver eyes gremlin!" Red eyes were upon her in seconds and Ruby couldn't stop herself from freezing up in fear. Were her eyes playing tricks on her or was Yangs hair really on fire?!

Fire…

Suddenly, Ruby's world stopped.

"Was that comment supposed to make me feel better?! Because it didn't! Fuck!" The blonde grabbed bundles of her own hair in frustration and began to pace around the room. "First I get expelled from my dream school because I decided to play hero, then everyone I know gives me the cold shoulder, and then I suddenly find out I have a half-sister because my dad never learned how to pull out! But am I in the clear after being forced to move to the boonies? No! Because, as it turns out, my only uncle is a drunk who shouldn't in any way, shape, or form be responsible for another human's well being and I almost die from his bullshit!" Yang then proceeded to unleash all her anger, all her frustrations and pent up rage on!

A chair.

It had been a marvelous chair, a chair that had loyally served its master for over sixteen years, a chair that, if broken, could never be replaced.

A chair Yang had reduced to cinders in seconds.

Turning her attention back to Ruby, who she'd kind of ignored by the end there, Yang's eyes widened. The girl was pale, her eye sight was unfocused, and she was shaking. Had she really scared her that much? Shit, was she hyperventilating?! Yang began to panic. She had no idea what to do! Where was Blake when you needed her?!

[Try splashing her with cold water.] A muffled voice commanded. Yang decided to do just that and began filling a bowl she'd found lying around. This too was a special bowl. It was his first, the first bowl Qrow had ever owned, and like the chair it was irreplaceable.

Yang dumped the ice cold water on Ruby's head, causing the girl to stumble, and Ruby fell flat on her behind with a shriek. "It's cold!" she cried as she began to register her surroundings. There was no fire? Wait…

"um…" Ruby awkwardly began "You didn't see that right?"

Yang narrowed her eyes.

"Right, I didn't think so…"

[Excellent, now quickly you blonde bimbo, dry me off!] Yang jumped upon hearing the strange muffled voice again (she hadn't really registered it earlier, to busy panicking over Ruby), causing the bowl she'd been holding to fall to the floor and shatter, she also realized the voice had come from her pocket.

Her phone was magical?!

[It's not!]

Act 3

Ruby took a long sip of her hot coco, prepared for her courtesy of Yang, and let herself relax on her chair. This was her special chair. There were many others like it, but this chair was hers and hers alone.

Yang was sitting on Ruby's bed.

It was all very awkward.

"So… Do you wanna talk about it?"

"Not really no."

"Are you sure?"

"I just really dislike fire okay!"

"No, no, it's fine, that's cool, lots of people don't like fire. Fire kills thousands each year!"

[Oh my, you two truly are hopeless!]

"Okay, seriously, what the hell is that?!"

Ruby held up the Penny Polendina Box. "It's this, the box is handled by an A.I. that's a lot smarter than the Penny's it can summon. It has a nice little feature that lets it interact with compatible devices nearby"

"Oh."

"Yeah."

"That's kinda cool..."

"Not really..."

"Oh."

The awkward silence returned.

"…"

"…"

"Do you want to know why I was expelled in the first place?"

"I'm not telling you why I don't like fire Yang."

"That's fine, just let me do this! Anyway, it all started when…"

To Be Continued...