I've seen loads of these, but this idea got into my head and would not leave.

Premises- ten years into the future finds Ruby Rose alone to face her battle with Salem; however she is too late and Salem has the relics all together. The Gods come in and decide to pull the reaper to the Gates of Time and Space to give her a chance at a do-over.

Sorry for the lame summary, I have a slight idea where to take this story…it's just all jumbled in my 'fragile little mind'.

New Divide

Prologue

An eternity. That's what it felt like before she opened her eyes; but as she looked around, her friends and family were nowhere to be seen. Pulling herself into a sitting position, her hand flies to her head, her breathing running rampant. Closing her eyes again, she tries to recall what exactly happened to her, everything coming in tattered fragments:

White snow was spattered red and black as she stood with her red hood up and the weapon at her side seemed to give off an unearthly glow thanks to the shattered moon. Her long black and red hair blowing in the eerie wind that gathered around her. Bright light, receiving a mortal wound, a maniacal laugh; another pure white energy mixed with black energy shooting towards the sky from the four relics erupting the atmosphere in a vibrant array of colors before all that energy pulsed down in a mushroom like wave sending her flying backwards towards the cliff where her final battle took place, and eliminating everything in its path.

Then eerie silence as she felt the molten heat as she fell off that cliff-side, no aura or energy left in her to save her. She expected the frozen waters to engulf her. In all honesty she was hoping she would have been dead before she hit those icy waters.

Reopening her eyes, she pats herself down. She is not wet, Crescent Rose was attached to her just like always, and there was no mortal wound. She was alright…but then…

She now takes in her surroundings, and gets up slowly. Taking Crescent Rose out, she places it in sniper mode, and slowly starts to move about the area. However the more she takes in, the more alarmed she feels. To her it looked like the Cliff-side Forest located on Patch, her home, the place where her mother had once rested, before it was completely destroyed nearly five years ago, "What the hell is this?" She asks out loud.

"What isn't the question you should be asking;" a voice calls out. Ruby spins around with the ingrained agility that she had built up to face the voice, Crescent Rose ready to fire, "but where."

Ruby lowers her weapon in shock as a flash of both dark and light energy appear in front of her in the form of two dragons. Dragons she had not seen since that horrible day in the forest with her team and Oscar, "It can't be…" She trails off looking at them.

"Why can't it?" The purplish/black dragon asks, amused.

"Because that would mean-" Ruby starts out slowly, putting the pieces together of what happened to her.

The golden dragon nods solemnly, "I am afraid so. The relics really were brought together. They fell into Salem's hands. She brought us back…"

Ruby's eyes widen as a foggy memory came to her, Jinn's vision an echoing ghost in her head as she stared at the God of Light. He just nodded and motioned to a small pool for her to look into and reluctantly, she did so as the horrible memory played out before her once more:

"Mankind is no more, yet your world remains. And in time, your kind will grow to walk its face once again. However, without our presence, they will be but a fraction of what they once were." The four objects that had brought her an unbearable living hell were once again shining brightly before her: a staff, a sword, a crown, and a lamp,"Creation, destruction, choice, and knowledge were the ideals upon which humanity was made. Now I leave them behind with the hope that you will learn to remake yourselves." The four objects are conjoined together into a yellow sphere of energy.

The God of Light watches Ozma closely as he continues the explanation that had brought Ruby down this path to begin with, "If brought together, these four Relics will summon my brother and I back to your world, and humanity will be judged. If your kind has learned to live in harmony with one another and set aside their differences, then we shall once again live among you, and humanity will be made whole again. But if your kind is unchanged, if you demand our blessings while still fighting amongst yourselves, then man will be found irredeemable and your world will be wiped from existence. Until your task is complete, you will reincarnate, but in a manner that ensures you are never alone."

The vision fades and Ruby shakes her head, "So you did it. You destroyed the world."

The God of Darkness nods and answers, "Yes, we saw immediately what had occurred, so we kept up our end of the ultimatum."

"Then why am I not dead? Why am I not reunited with my family?" She asked as she paced before them, "What the hell else are you expecting of me?"

The golden dragon transformed into his humanoid form along with his brother. He held up his hands, and says, "We are doing something unprecedented. We are going to offer you a choice, just like Ozma was given."

The God of Darkness looks at her as well, "We may have been gone, but we still knew what was happening here. We know all about you Ruby Rose…"

"You inherited some of my powers, and have used them gallantly. Even with your recent fall…" The older brother stated knowingly.

Ruby just stared at them, "You are going to have me be reincarnated? Like Ozpin was? No, no I am sorry but-"

"Not like that." The younger states, "We learned from our mistake. Or rather he did."

The older brother sighs, "It wouldn't really work well anyway. You have some of my powers, any other body would not be able to handle what you have been able to accomplish with it in these ten years since unlocking them." Ruby didn't want to think about that day. The day that had been the end of her innocence. However she waited for the God of Light to continue, "The reason why you are not with your loved ones is because we have brought you outside the Gates of Time and Space…just before you entered the afterlife."

"Your body died, but we saved your soul. That is why you have no injury to your body now." The God of Darkness stated as he watched her silver eyes widen, "What we are proposing is that you return to the time of your existence, taking over a version of your younger self."

Ruby waved her hands, "Whoa hold up. So you want me to go back in time, and place house like Ozpin and Oscar were doing?"

"Not exactly. Your young self's soul would be gone, completely merged with you. Essentially you would be you in a younger body." The God of Light explained.

"And everyone you love will be alive." The God of Darkness said, practically dangling her loved ones in front of her eyes.

Ruby looked at them and saw that they were being serious and she turned from them. Yang, Weiss, Blake, and Qrow…all of them would be alive, "How far back?" Ruby asked slowly.

"That would be up to you; just as long as you are in a time period in which you exist." The God of Light said watching her, taking a step towards her.

The God of Darkness waved his hand and a large silver door appeared, "Through this door you will be in whatever time you think and concentrate on. You will have all your memories intact; this will be an opportunity for you to change the outcome of things."

"And if I fail?" Ruby asks as she slowly turns to look back at them.

The brothers looked at each other and the God of Light responded, "There will be no third chances. Ozma was the first chance, and you are the second and last chance. We've seen you Ruby Rose…we know what you are capable of, the good…and the bad."

Ruby walks towards the door slowly and hesitantly, "Are there any rules? Am I allowed to tell my…friends…any of this?"

"Up to you." Darkness responded, almost amused at this situation that Ruby begins to wonder if this was some sort of entertainment for them.

"And if I do die in the process...?"

"Then you die." Light stated as a matter of fact, "There are no do-overs; you are not like Ozma."

Ruby nodded and took a deep breath, "Alright." She went over to the door and placed her hand on the golden handle. Taking another deep breath, she closed her eyes. She wanted her team, but she also didn't want to be too far ahead of the timeline. If she was going back to whenever she wanted then maybe…, "Ok I've made my choice."

"Very well. Just one more thing, some things you cannot change. They are meant to happen." The God of Light said gently, "We cannot say what events are not allowed to change, you will have to come to terms with that yourself."

Ruby didn't know what to make of that remark, but she nodded, "Ok. I am ready." Her hand gripped the handle tighter and she tugged the door open to see a large swirling vortex. Swallowing hard, she turned to look at the brothers, but they were gone. Turning back to the vortex, she steps through and once again experiences the sensation of eternal falling.