Ruby the Demoness (Funner & Firestarter09)

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Super-Earth
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Feb 5, 2018
Ruby walked beside Yang as they followed her mother, Summer Rose, through the dark woods, her silver eyes flitting about as a gentle breeze rustled the leaves of the trees that often blocked some of the moonlight falling from the partially fractured moon above.

So far Summer hadn't run into anything too dangerous, but that worried her too. The sooner mission was over, the better.

"What do you think she'll be fighting?" the red hooded girl hissed softly, glancing up at her sister's amethyst eyes.
 
Yang looked to her baby sister, she didn't know what their mother would be fighting. "I dunno, maybe some Ursa's?" She kept her voice low, she didn't want her parental unit to find her. "Please don't hiss, if we're to loud she'll hear use." She quickly turned to look at their parent, watching as their mother seemed to go down a semi-clear path. "Quick she's starting to leave, we need to go." Yang grabbed her sisters hand, jerking and forcing her to follow.
 
"Sooorry..." Ruby covered her mouth as she spoke, which was helpful in suppressing the surprised gasp that escaped her lips when Yang dragged her along after their mom.

"Yang...Yaaang, it's so dark here...it feels like we're being watched." Ruby whispered, breath shaky as she spoke, though it was probably just her fear of getting caught, Summer would have every right to be upset, as would Taiyang, who would certainly not appreciate the girls taking advantage of his being asleep to wander after the huntress.
 
Yang didn't pay mind to Ruby pleas, nothing scary or big would stop her! "Don't worry Ruby, So long as we stay close to mom we'll be fine, besides who'd be watching a bunch of kids." Her amethyst eyes surveyed the area, *SQUWAK* Yang's heart raced as she snapped to her left, to the source of the noise. She quickly caught a glimpse of a Raven on a branch. "Stupid bird." Her heart beat lowered and she quickly tried to find their mother again, she caught the brief glimpse of their mothers cape. "C'mon Ruby, lets get moving." She dragged her sister once more with her, unbeknownst to the two, they had been watched. Eager eye's from walks of life seemed to take an interest in the girls, their forms hidden by shadow.
 
Ruby let out a shaky cry at the unexpected sound, muffled herself against her sister as she clung to her for dear life, "Yaaang..." she breathed, feeling a bit less stressed after getting that out of her system, and hurried her steps to match her big sister's, not wanting to lag behind and get her arm pulled, though she nearly tripped twice.

"Y-Yang...you can let go of my arm, I'll stay close!" she promised, daring to take her foot of the path for a moment to seek her sister's eyes, her voice as low as she could go without hissing, since she had--up until recently--always hissed when she tried to whisper. Yang had much to teach her about stealth.
 
Yang did seem to listen to her sister, as her hand did let go. "Don't worry Ruby, so long as mom doesn't catch we'll be fine." She assured her sister with a whisper, Summer was in view once more, stopped at the edge of the woods; it seemed she had to a large empty open plain area in the middle of the woods. If either were to look behind themselves at the moment, they would've seen dark, quick shadows slinking by or the vicious whispers they brought with them. Yang brows narrowed as she saw their mother walk forward, it was this time Yang noticed that an old wooden house was at the center of the plains now. "What the?" Yang seemed bewildered by what she saw.
 
"W-what? Grimm don't live in houses...Yang, you don't think there's something terrible hiding in there, do you?" Ruby blurted breathily, backing away from the house, "M-maybe we should go get Dad? Just in case there's a demon or something!"

As she stepped away, she tripped on a rock and felt herself start falling backwards, despite flailing her arms, she glanced behind her and saw the darkness at the bottom of the hill, which would be quite a tumble. She knew it'd give them away, but she couldn't hold back her cry for help, "Yaaang!"
 
Yang snorted at her sister pleas. "Oh please, like demons exist-" She turned around at just the right time, watching as her sister fell back called for her name. "Ruby!" Yang exclaimed as she quickly grabbed her sister arm before pulling her back. "Oh god, Ruby are you okay?" She pulled her sister close to her chest, pressing her face into the warm scarf she had on. Luckily the two didn't attract their mother attention, as she had made it to the house at the time. Yang turned her head quickly, catching a glance of their mother entering the house. "Ruby, I need you to toughen up. We made a promise to each other to watch our mom be awesome right?" Yang voice changed to a lighter one. "So we're going to have to keep moving more forward, okay." Reassurance would soon rush over Ruby form.
 
She let out a muffled hum as she nodded into the scarf, and swallowed her hesitation. Yang was right, they had to watch their mom, that was why they were here, if they would only go halfway, why go at all? She realized how hard she was holding onto Yang, and steadily made herself let go.

"Mm-hmm...let's...let's go..." Ruby took a deep breath and took a step towards the house, clutching Yang's hand for a few steps before gradually letting go, though she did check to see that Yang was still behind her, "She did go inside, right? Maybe we could see her from the window...she'd notice the door."
 
It was at this time the shadows that had been following them stopped, their vicious whispers cursing at the ward that had been placed to keep them out, luckily they were to far for the girls to hear. Yang looked at her sister and smiled, a confident smile to keep the girls courage up. "Nope." She popped the p slightly. "We're going in, besides we're small theirs no way we'll be spotted. Besides, we'll try to stay by the door."
 
"Well...I guess..." Ruby shrugged a little and grinned back at her older sister. She nodded and decided to trust her sister's plan, everything would be fine; the only problem is they couldn't bring snacks to eat while watching the awesomeness that was their mother.
 
Slowly but surely the two would enter the house, confident grins plastered on their faces. "Wow." Yang said quietly, taking a note of how everything looked. "Looked like a battle happened in here." The wall had what seemed to be jagged blade marks running through them, while the wallpaper was either faded or peeling off. Furniture all around seemed to destroyed, or on the brink of falling apart. Their seemed to be barely any lightening, and what was their were but flickers and provided really nothing. "Wonder why mom came here. Ruby do you think this... a secret training spot?" She asked her little sister.
 
"Maybe..." Ruby turned to her older sister after taking a quick look around, she didn't know where their mother was, and hoped she was alright, though she was sure there was nothing to worry about.

A part of her hoped it was only that, a secret playground for local hunters, but if it was, then they had to be especially on their guard since their mom didn't have to keep her's up, "Should we go deeper?"
 
*STEP! LUMBER! CREAK!* The sound of footsteps in a room off to the right became apparent. Yang turned to look at the archway to the kitchen, she looked to her sister and put a finger to lips. It was time for them to be quiet, little did they know about what their mother was here for. Suddenly the silence was broken as gun shots became apparent, then something of wood being broken with a slash of a blade. Yang grabbed her sister arm and quickly lead her into the kitchen, unaware of what their mother was fighting.

A large muscled man with cracked skin that seemed to glow, sung at Summer as what was fired at its face bounced off it's bone mask; which looked to be made from the remnants of a skull. It let out a loud grunt as its machete became stuck in the wall, momentarily stopping its heavy swings.
 
Ruby felt her breath catch in her throat and waited until she trusted herself to only whisper to speak.

"That...doesn't look like training, Yang..." she breathed, watching as the giant man inevitably pulled his blade out of the wall and charged at the mother again. Ruby had to struggle not to cheer Summer on, instead held Yang's hand and her own breath, wondering how long their mother had been fighting, how much longer it'd take for her to win--she had to win!
 
The thunderous man swung once more, bouncing a dust round off it's machete. Said round was then launched into the pipe that had been revealed, causing gas to leak from it. Yet the monstrous man didn't seem to notice, it let out a grunt as it swung again at Summer, who jumped back in turn and fired once more. A explosion rumbled through the house, catching the man a blaze and hopefully killing him. Yet the most likely answer was no. Yang gasped as she watched as the man was caught in the flames, she stumbled a bit and walked back into the counter; causing a thing of glass to fall. That would definitely catch their mothers attention. "Oh god, she killed a person." Yang said shocked, unaware that the man was beyond human.
 
"N-no...you're being silly, he's just...knocked out..." Ruby ran over to her sister and took her hands, she was shaking at the thought of their mother killing a human, but they couldn't stay, their mother's inquisitive hum broke the silence and alerted Ruby to Summer's curiosity, "M-maybe i-it was an accident, it had to have been, she protects people, she doesn't hurt them..." Ruby turned to the surprised woman in the kitchen and cried out for her to agree, though with her sister's shock, it was hard for her to believe her own words, "Right, Mom? You keep people safe, and not just me and Yang and Dad! Right? Mom?"
 
Summer looked at her two children, her face had one of worry and anger. "What are you two doing! Get out of here! Leave quickly! This isn't safe!" The man in the fire grumbled as he slowly walked from the flames. Its skin crackled as it overall seemed to be a bit burnt, its heavy boots stomped on the floor as the fire spread. Summer looked to monster of a man, she stepped back to her children. It was at this time an explosion from a gas-line from behind happened, it sent wooden shrapnel everywhere. Some just barely grazing Yang and Ruby back, though it was a bit more deep for Yang. This caused the blonde to cry out in pain. The large man monster stood silently as the house was coming down on them, fire spreading all around.
 
"Yang, Yang, come on, let's go!" Ruby shrieked, more from terror than pain as she scrambled for the exit, crying as hot flames and smoke filled the hallway. She was scared and confused by the man who didn't seem dead at all.

Ruby just wanted to wake up from the worst nightmare she'd ever had, but it was so hot, Yang's cry so real, that she knew she wouldn't wake up from this. She was actually looking forward to their parents scolding them tonight, she was counting on it, praying for it, there were way worse things--like dying right then and there.

She reached the door and panted as she jiggled the doorknob, after she shakily pulled the door open, she turned around to see what was happening in the house.
 
Ruby had been cut off, as the archway crumbled before her eyes. It left her all alone while her sister and mother were trapped on the other side, another explosion happened causing the house to shake. The fire began to spread, outside of the house a Woman clothed in a fine silk dress watched as the house caught a blaze. She watched waiting for someone to leave the house. "Poor humans." She said to herself. Yang watched in fear and pain as her mother fought the beast of a man, she seemed so focus on it that she didn't noticed her sister trapped.
 
"Mom! Yang! Help them, please, they're stuck, they're gonna die!" Ruby cried, falling to her knees in front of the woman. She didn't know why she was here, but she dressed to well to be here, so out of place in the woods that she had to be a very powerful huntress--maybe she was even here to help her mom and was just a little late, "Please, save them!"
 
The woman looked at the human groveling at her feet. "Oh, you poor thing, if your so worried about them, why don't you save them." The woman said softly, she didn't seem to care about the situation that much. "I have no need to save your mother."
 
"Don't say that, she helps people! She probably saved you once and you don't even know it!" Ruby cried standing on her shaking knees and grabbing the woman's shoulder, staring up pleading as tears streamed down her face, "Please...I'm too weak to clear the hallway, so save my mom and big sis for me! I'll repay you somehow when I'm stronger, anything you ask!"
 
The woman was surprised at the sudden strength, as she was forcibly lowered. "I won't now please sleep." She placed a hand on Ruby head, magic flowing in and messing with her head. "I will assure you that they will survive, but not by my hand." She said in a soothing voice, her lilac eyes looking down at Ruby silver as she buried the child's face in her red dress.
 
Ruby whimpered softly, happy that her mother and sister would survive, but she felt angry that the woman didn't seem to care one way or another. She would've pushed away and ran back inside to see who saved them, but her mind grew foggy as she stared up at eyes that reminded her of Yang's, though hers were paler than her sister's.

As she was pressed into the dress and heard the gentle voice of the mysterious woman, she felt her mind and body grow numb and weary, and strangely comfortable. It wasn't but a few seconds before she fell asleep like the woman in the red dress had ordered her to.
 
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