20Author note
This is my first fic and English isn't my first language so please leave a comment if you have any idea of how I could improve this fic or my writing in general.
"You suck"= character speaking
He sucks = character thinking
End of author note
A young soul was alone, she was scared, there was only dark everywhere, a crawling black mass that covered the ground for as far as her eyes could see. The sun itself was hidden by a flock of twisted creatures so dense that no light could pass through, the only source of luminosity being the eyes, red eyes glowing in the dark, looking at her.
The soul started screaming, but no sound escaped her lips, there was only the sound of a thousand damned creatures slithering in her direction. In the back of her mind, she heard someone screaming "They are coming ! ", but they weren't coming, they were already here, touching her paralysed body, crawling up her legs, she could only watch in horror as her lower body disappeared.
The scream was heard again, louder, the darkness had already gone up to her neck, she closed her eyes in fear, but to her unending horror the nightmarish vison continued, even worse she now started to feel her body being consumed. And then the pain came.
An otherworldly, unimaginable pain, as if parts of her body were being ripped off only to be reattached and snatched away again but taking with them another piece of her body, it was as there was another half of her who tried to become whole again by stealing the rest. As she started to feel her head being taken away she heard the scream one last time.
In a place far away a young soul woke up with a gasp. "Finally awake, you surely took your time Griza." Said a distant voice. "You should hurry sweetie, the soldier are coming, if you don't get up soon they are going to leave before you can even see them"
Ah I remember now, yesterday I asked my mom to wake me up when the military convoy goes through our town.
Griza got up in a hurry, quickly dressing herself and rushing out of the house to meet with the soldiers, soon she saw the town's hall and in front of it a group of soldiers visibly arguing with the mayor. But before she could get to them she bumped in a massive man.
Ouch... Woah he's probably some sort of officer judging from his shiny equipment "Sorry mister..."
"I'm sorry too, I should have been paying attention, it looks like you want to meet my team. I would advise against it for the moment." Answered the man, while mumbling " They tend to get a little rowdy when collecting taxes." Proving his words, one of the man's colleague started yelling at the mayor.
But before anyone could act the ground started rumbling and someone suddenly yelled "GRIMM!", not a second later an alarm got off and people started understanding what was going on, in a confused mess the townsfolk started either taking a weapon and going on the wall, or barricading themselves in their houses.
In the middle of this one of the officier's men rushed up to him and said "A Grimm attack Sir, estimated threat level B". The officier visibly took a moment to think, before responding to his subordinate, "Prepare the convoy, we are evacuating, this isn't a battle we can win."
Meanwhile Griza had joined the guards on the wall, armed only with a rusty hunting rifle, then she saw it, the black tide, the ground that was swelling under the number of Grimm on their way to raze her hometown.
Before she could further contemplate her imminent doom a pair of arms seized her from behind and dragged her away. "What the fuck are you doing dumbass" Griza yelled at the one dragging her, wich she now recognized as the officer from before. "I'm saving you bratt so listen closely"
He stopped dragging her for them to be face to face."You are going to leave with the convoy wether you want it or not so I would appreciate if you could stop screaming and kicking for 2 seconds."
Slightly scared and confused she stopped talking and let herself be taken to the convoy mumbling to herself along the way.
As soon as she took place in the last military vehicle they started leaving, just on time for the gate on the opposite side of the town to get overrun by Grimms. The militiamen started falling one by one, some buildings were set on fire in a desperate attempt to slow the ongoing enemy onslaught.
Unfortunately the convoy was unable to carry more than a dozen of civilians. Griza watched helplessly as people she had know for all her life died one by one, she watched as her house burned, unsure if it was empty or not, she watched until tears blurred her view. As she wept on the back of the military truck a hand started patting her head, it was this officer again, contrasting with most of the crew he was calm, his face was grim, as if he had seen this scene a thousand time. With a heavy sigh he handed Griza a chocolate bar before sitting next to her, for a long time they just sat there silently, Griza munching on her chocolate while watching the horizon from wich the smokes of her hometown could still be seen. Finally she asked a simple question,"What's you're name ?".
He didn't answered immediately, seeming lost in his thoughts, but after a few moments he finally looked at her and said "Aldric, Aldric Ironwood"
Author note
So I've had this idea in mind for a very long time but now that I'm on holiday in the middle of nowhere I finally got time to write something. I guess I'm gonna start with some warnings and clarification, first there will probably be main character deaths, in a permanent way.
Second this fic will not follow canon, a good rule to have in mind about this fic is that the lattest a volume is made, the less I will care about what's said in it, so I will break canon rules, I probably won't take anything from volume 8 and after because I honestly stopped watching at this point.
Another important thing, this fic starts approximately 20 years before the start of rwby but will eventually get there. I guess I should end by saying things like please favorite, subscribe etc... But seriously I have no idea what I am doing please send help.