[RWBY] The Great Temporal Step-Sibling War!

[AndrewJTalon]

A bit more on each child:


-Xander Arc-Nikos, son of Pyrrha Nikos. 17 year old human male, tanned skin. As tall as Jaune, with short red hair, and blue eyes. Roman-style armor with red cape, Roman-style shield and sword. Semblance: Magnetism (Like his mother but far more powerful). A very skilled young combatant and well learned, but not very confident standing in the shadow of his parents. He loves and respects them but is struggling to come into his own. His father has never seen him with his own eyes.

-Julian Arc-Rose. son of Ruby Rose. 16 year old human male, tanned skin. A little shorter than Jaune but taller than Ruby. Messy black hair with blonde fringes, and silver eyes. Red and Black coat and clothing. Sniper-scythe. Semblance: Golden Petal Burst (Super Speed). Genji, is energetic, brilliant at engineering, and a bit impulsive as well as melodramatic.

-Nicholas Arc-Schnee. son of Weiss Schnee. 17 year old human male, pale skin. Slightly shorter than Jaune, neatly coifed short white hair, blue eyes. Atlasian-style white and blue armor with a long blue coat. Sword and shield (Neo Crocea Mors). Semblance: Schnee Glyph Overdrive (Can make many Glyphs at once). Honorable, and practical, wants to be just like his father and can be exasperated with his mother. Good at making tea.

-Leander and Leandra Arc-Belladonna, son and daughter of Blake Belladonna,. 17 year old boy and girl Blonde Cat Faunus/human twins, pale skin. Leander is tall as Jaune, Leandra is as tall as Blake. Blonde hair and cat ears, blue eyes. Dark blue parka jackets with hoods, black pants, white undershirts (Leandra's is a tanktop) with black ninja sandal boots. Weapon: Matching Ninjato-pistols and various ninja tools. Semblance: Quantum Teleportation (They can teleport out from behind any object as long as no one is looking). They are devious ninja twins who enjoy deception and can be a bit impulsive, and aren't afraid to call out other's faults (like their mother).

-Xia Arc-Xiao-Long. daughter of Yang Xiao-Long. 17 year old human female, tanned skin. Slightly taller than her mother but shorter than Jaune. Wild blonde hair in a pigtail, with blue eyes. Black skirt, white tank top, boots, fighting gloves, and a blue and white jacket with the Arc symbol on the back. Weapon: Combat Gauntlets. Semblance: Super (Like her mother's but with an Aura boosting and energy retention feature. Can reach multiple levels of power by burning more Aura). A cocky martial artist with a heart of gold and who likes to fight. Very protective of younger children, and very enthusiastic about pushing her limits. Hates her grandmother Raven.

-Amethyst Arc-Sustrai, Daughter of Emerald Sustrai. 17 year old human female. Roughly the same height as her mother. Short blonde hair (dyed purple), blue eyes, dark skin. Knee height white dress, leather boots, dark blue jacket, jewelry. Weapon: None. Semblance: Unknown. A civilian jeweler who was just visiting Beacon to see her family friends and Moses. In way over her head, very unsure of herself.

-Ash and Ashley Arc-Fall, son and daughter of Cinder Fall. 17 year old human male and female twins, pale skin. Ash is the same height as Jaune, Ashley is a little shorter than her mother. Dark black hair, blue eyes, and burn scar marks over their left and right eyes. Ash wears dark blue jeans, black jacket, red T-shirt with woven Dust, and light black body armor with black combat boots. Ashley wears a black jacket, white tanktop, red combat skirt, tall combat boots with striped stockings. Both twins have a black messenger bag. Weapon: Dagger-machine pistols, anything else they can carry or grab. Semblance: Aura Drain/Leech. Combat pragmatists and dirty fighters, though with ironclad sets of rules. Traumatized by nearly being killed as children and having to kill with their Semblance to survive. Understand their mother's mindset all too well. Can be very cynical.

-Dorothy Arc-Goodwitch, daughter of Glynda Goodwitch. 17 year old human female, pale skin. A head shorter than Jaune. Curly, short messy blonde hair with green eyes. Wears a red and white blouse, blue flight jacket, and purple pants with black boots. Has goggles with angel wing motifs on the sides. Weapon: None. Semblance: Touch Telekinesis which allows her to fly, simulate super strength, and steal others weapons. Definitely a more by the book kind of girl, she's the class representative in her universe and very intelligent. Can be a bit wild at times when she loses her patience. Can be very sarcastic to her mother. Has romantic feelings for Moses.

-Prince August Arc-Sarkara, son of May Zedong/Maia Sarkara. 17 year old human male, dark skin. A head Taller than Jaune. Short dark blond hair, blue eyes. Wears a hooded jacket in white, blue and black, with black pants and white boots. Weapon: Sniper-Monk's Spade. Semblance: Aura Vision/Sight. A bit awkward but a very sober, serious and caring young man who feels the weight of responsibility, being a crown prince and all. Deeply respects his parents and all they accomplished and sometimes is a little intimidated by them. Can't help talking too much when he's nervous.

-Petra Arc-Atlan, daughter of Arslan Atlan. 17 year old female Lion Faunus/human female, dark skin. Long blonde hair in a braid, blue eyes. Slightly shorter than her mother. Wears White and red Table-Breaker Nun Robes with a white hood and golden sash. Weapon: Short sword with chain that can be used as a sickle-chain, wooden hook swords. A very serious, well educated and religious young woman. Very caring, but also very reserved and formal. Can be a little stiff around strangers and enjoys fighting a bit more than she really should.

-Theodore Arc-Schnee, 18 year old human male, pale skin. Messy white hair, blue eyes, sunglasses. Slightly taller than his father. Wears dark blue and black long coat over light white Atlasian body armor and dark blue trousers with white and black boots. Weapon: None. Semblance: Schnee Glyph Evolution (Has Blue Glyph for Increasing Anything, Red Glyph for Decreasing Anything. Can use them to teleport anywhere he knows the coordinates to, though only one/two people at a time. Can combine them with Dust for various effects, or combine the Glyphs themselves to produce a Purple Glyph that allows him to "Delete" matter from the universe".) A very intelligent young man, a bit cocky and arrogant though capable of being serious. Has some issues with defying and running around his parents in a desire to prove himself.

 

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Of course the kids have some childhood traumas unrelated to their parents' sex lives...

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Arc Farm, Radian, North Sanus

Thirteen Years After Salem's Defeat

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Aura Sensing was not too hard for anyone to learn. Even people without a lot of Aura after unlock could figure out how to sense strong sources of it nearby. With enough practice, you could even sense certain things about the person: If they felt familiar or not. How strong they were. It wasn't as precise as Aunt Ruby's Silver Eyes or Aunt May's Aura Sight, but it did give advantages to those who knew how to use it.

Though at the moment, Ash Arc-Fall couldn't think of any. Not with this hulking brute of a man in the bedroom he shared with his sister. A man who was covered up in armor with a gasmask, and his gloved hand over Ash's mouth.

"Make a sound, and you die," the man husked, a gunsword in his other hand. Ash glanced over at his sister. She was waking up slowly. Her eyes locked onto the man and went wide. "Quiet! Or you both get it."

Ashley couldn't help a whimper, but obeyed. Ash's heart was racing, his eyes glancing all over the house. He tried to focus over his fear, tried to sense his family. His little sisters and brothers were still asleep nearby. Their parents were out-A meeting at the town hall. He forgot what it was for. Aunt Saphron, their babysitter... Aunt Saphron was downstairs-Her Aura was faint, but she was alive.

"Stand up," the man growled. Both twins glanced at eachother, a silent conversation held. They slowly stood up, sliding out of their beds. The man backed away, keeping his gun on them. He tossed them both jackets.

"Put them on," he growled.

"Where are we going?" Ash asked shakily. The man was masked, but he could feel the hatred burning behind those lenses.

"Where I say so," he growled. He gestured with the gun towards the door. "Go. Quiet. Slow."

The twins slowly came together. Ashley reached for his hand, and he took it. He opened the door and walked ahead, slowly, just as instructed. The man followed, his footsteps nearly silent on the carpet.

We have to warn Dad, Ash thought frantically, We have to get a message... An alarm... Something...!

Ashley clung to him, trying her hardest not to cry. Her mother had told them sometimes you had to be strong, you had to not cry, for people you loved. Ash swallowed hard as they made their way down the steps.

He looked into the living room. Aunt Sapron was sprawled on the floor, unconscious, but there was no blood. He swallowed hard.

"Is she okay?" He whispered. The man laughed unpleasantly.

"She'll be just fine, as long as you brats cooperate," he hissed. They headed for the door, opening it. They shuffled out onto the porch, down the steps to the ground. Their mother's flower beds were waving slightly in the summer breeze. Ashley tightened her grip on him.

"Why do you want us?" Ash tried.

"Your parents made plenty of enemies, brat," the man growled. He poked Ashley in the back, and she yelped. Ash held her tightly and turned, glaring at him.

"Don't touch her!"

The man laughed and backhanded Ash. The twins nearly went sprawling, but stayed up, stay together. The man shook his head.

"I'll do worse if you don't move. Go!"

They marched, into the Arcadia woods. Over the empty fields. The man never lost sight of them, never tripped up. They headed to the old Arc Manor Fort, deep in the woods near the tall CCT receiver tower. They walked the dirt road, some old bricks still there from when the great domed fortress was first built.

Now it was a ruin, the roof mostly gone, trees and flowers growing on the inside and out. The man kept them going, past the statues of Arc ancestors, towards the crypt. It was the only part of the ruin still used, marble stairs with two stalwart stone knights on either side, guarding it with real swords held in their stone grip.

"Stop," the man ordered, and the twins froze. They turned. The man walked up, thumbing a communications device that blinked green.

"Our ride is almost here," he sneered. "Don't try anything funny."

The man's Aura was strong. Not as strong as his mother or father's, but powerful. So powerful Ash discarded fighting him immediately, despite how his sister clung to him in fear. He took a breath.

Find an advantage, he thought, recalling his mother's words.

"Why us?" He whispered. "You could have taken our other siblings."

The man chortled behind his mask.

"Oh, they'll all join you soon enough," he growled.

The buzz of a stealthy airship registered overhead. The man looked up as a Bullhead appeared. He scoffed.

"About damn time," he muttered, as figures dropped out of the ship, "You sure took your sweet-!"

He leaped and dodged just before Jaune Arc's sword would have split him in two. He leaped out of the way of a fire blast from Cinder Arc-Fall, and scrambled to the children.

"MOM! DAD!" Ashley screamed. Ash tried to run, tried to pull her towards their parents-The masked man appeared like a shadow right behind them, and seized them with one large, muscular arm around their necks. He yanked them tight against them, and they slapped and beat on his armor to no avail.

"Let them go," Cinder snarled, red hot flames burning in her hands. Jaune's Aura burned like a small sun as he pointed his sword at the man.

"Now," Jaune added, cold and hard as steel.

The man laughed.

"I can end them both in an instant," he bragged.

Cinder sucked in a breath, her flames burning white even while her face was a stony mask of contempt.

"Hurt them, and there will be nowhere you can hide from me," she promised, death dripping from her voice.

"You think I care?! My goddess will revive me! My goddess will let me be born from the Shadows anew! You betrayed her for nothing."

Cinder's eyes narrowed. Jaune grit his teeth. The man's voice held a smirk as he tightened his grip.

"Yes... Even killing me after your brats are dead wouldn't soothe the pain, would it, traitor?"

The pain... The pain was so much! He was crushing them like an iron press! Their fists grew weak, their struggles slowed.

Aura... His life... Aura... We need...

He felt Ashley's hand in his. He felt power... Something spark between them...

We need... His strength, he thought woozily, we need it... Take it from him... Don't wanna... Die...!

"Though I suppose you can always make m-" The man staggered in the middle of his insult. He shook his head. He looked up in shock.

"What-What are you-?!"

MORE! Ash heard in his head. A thought he echoed. TAKE MORE!

"Y-You... No... NO-AAAUUGGHHH-!"

His Aura fell, faster, faster... Gone. He crumpled behind them, falling to the ground like a puppet whose strings had been cut. Ashley and Ash still held onto eachother tightly, the flow of Aura fading.

They saw Aunt Saphron, awakened, run into the citadel ruins. She was panting hard. She saw them, saw the downed man, saw their parents, and ran towards them. Their mother Cinder followed almost immediately, dousing her flames.

"ASH! ASHLEY!" Cinder cried. Her arms were outstretched. She wrapped them both in a tight hug, one Saphron joined.

"No, wait!" Jaune cried. Ash and Ashley were confused for a moment-Why was their father holding back-?

They felt Aura flow into them. Aunt Saphron collapsed, her face pale. Cinder gaped in shock, her own face paling, her Aura dying-

"MOM!" Ash and Ashley screamed in horror, as Cinder Fall-Arc fell to the stony floor.

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Their father healed Saphron and their mother, as the twins sat nearby the entrance to the crypt on a fallen piece of marble. They relaxed a little as both Saphron and Cinder stood back up, none the worse for wear. Jaune smiled reassuring at the twins, walking over slowly.

"It's okay, kids, it's okay," he said. "I think... You need to calm down, all right? Can you do that? Deep breaths, for me, both of you, you're safe..."

The twins breathed in and out, slowly. Ash recalled some meditation exercises Uncle Ren did, and his heartrate slowed. He felt Ashley's slow as well. Only then did their father reach out to hug them. They were slow to return it. Waited...

They felt no Aura flowing. They wrapped their arms around their father and cried. Jaune sighed, stroking their heads. He turned back to his wife and sister, smiling gently.

"Their Semblance?" Cinder guessed, sounding amazed but also worried. Jaune nodded.

"Stressful situations do tend to activate them," he said. "It's safe now."

Cinder and Saphron joined the hug, their warmth reassuring. Still, Ash looked up and sniffled.

"M-Mom... Auntie... I'm sorry... We're so sorry..."

"We didn't mean to," Ashley whimpered. Cinder Fall-Arc smiled lovingly, tears in her own eyes.

"No... No, you were very brave," she whispered, "Mom... Mom is very proud... And very happy..."

"It's all right," Saphron said gently, with a kiss to the foreheads of both children, "What matters is you're safe."

They stood there, silent in the tomb, the corpse momentarily forgotten.

But they never did fully escape that night.

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[FinalFormer]

Cross-posted From the SpaceBattles Thread

Childhood Memories: Burn Bright

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Arc-Fall Household , Radian, Vale. Ash and Ashley Arc-Fall. Ages: 16.

"No. Absolutely not."

That was the harsh response Ash and Ashley Arc-Fall got from their mother Cinder Arc. The twins had told their mother that they have decided to go to Beacon Academy to become Hunters. They both had given it some thought. They were sure of it. This is what they wanted to do!

"But Mom--!!"

"We're not having this discussion again." Cinder immediately cut off Ashley. The talk of the twins future was always a touchy subject. Her and Jaune certainly had a few fights about it.

"We've already been accepted," Ash boldly stated. Cinder turned to her son, her eyes wide with shock. Him and Ashley walked over to the door to the patio. "We signed up a few weeks ago. There's nothing you can do about it."

The door slammed shut. Cinder stood there silently, unsure what to do.

"Oh, I know that look," Her husband, Jaune Arc, had entered the room. "Are you plotting or are you brooding?"

Cinder let out a small laugh. In the many years they've been together, she had gotten used to Jaune's terrible sense of humor. He hugged her from behind.

"Am I a bad mother for not wanting my kids to follow in either of our footsteps?" She turned to hug Jaune.

"No. Unless you want them to commit a terrorist attack, then we're gonna need to have a family meeting," Jaune jested. Cinder lightly slaps his arm, looking up at him with a pout. "Let's give them a couple of minutes to cool off. We'll talk it out like a family, ok? Something tells me they made up their minds a long time ago."

Cinder sighed in defeat. He was right.

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It was the dark of night. No sounds but the crickets chirping and the crackling of the fire pit. Ash and Ashley sat next to each other outside their house. They were looking up to see all the stars twinkle in the blackened sky. The cold breeze brushed past them. It was nice to enjoy nights like these.

"Are you two ok?" Jaune asked, concern in his voice.

"Is she still mad?" Ashley asked.

"No. I don't think so," Jaune scratches his head. "You guys really caught her by surprise with that announcement."

"I don't understand why. I thought she'd be happy." Ash lowered his head.

"It's not like we don't understand where she's coming from," Ashley lamented. "But can't she see that we're ready? We've been training with you and Mom and Grandpa!"

"What happened to us... We don't want it to happen to anyone else." Ash spoke up. When they were eight years old, a man broke into their home and held them hostage. Cinder believed he was someone she might've wronged long ago. The day had caused the twins to see what evils hid in the shadows of the real world.

"What if they try something like that happens again? What if another kooky cult guy comes to our house and takes Ember or Dawn? What if they attack Aunt Ruby? Or Aunt Nora and Uncle Ren?" Ashley clenched her fists.

A proud smile formed on his face. Jaune had seen the look in their eyes before. It was the look he had when he told his mother that he wasn't going to be a doctor.

"There's no stopping them, hon. There's nothing we can do." Jaune looked over at the patio door. It was slightly ajar. Cinder had been listening to them from the other side. Her arms were crossed. Her face was unreadable. It was kinda scary.

"If I find out that Ozpin is behind this, I'm pulling you both out. Is that understood?" Her tone was even, but the threat was clear.

"Wait, you're letting us go to Beacon? Seriously?" Ashley asked, excitedly. She couldn't hide her excitement.

"No matter what I say or do, I know I can't change your minds," Cinder sighed. She walked towards her children and placed a hand on their shoulders. Her left on Ash andher right on Ashley. "But as your mother i can still ask you to make me a few promises for me."

"Sure. Whatever you want, we'll do it." Ash said, hoping that she wasn't going to ask for something ridiculous.

"Promise to call us whenever you have any spare time. And promise me that the two of you will increase the lengths of your sessions with your therapist." She was also going to ask Ashley to make sure Ash didn't get into any girl trouble, but this was a serious moment. Plus, knowing her husband, Jaune was probably going to ask the same thing.

"Yeah." "Ok." Both twins answered. Before they knew it, Cinder pulled them into a hug. She poured every ounce of affection she could into it. These two wonderful kids had been the culmin of her and Jaune's love and happiness and she wanted them to know that.

"And promise me... Promise me that you'll both keep each other safe. That's all I'll ask of you." Cinder hugged her children tighter, tears rolled down her face. The twins leaned into the hug.

"We will, Mom." Ash and Ashley said at the same time.

"And, Ash, if you could do me a favor and make sure Ashley doesn't get into any boy trouble, I'd really appreciate it." Jaune cut the tender moment swiftly. Ashley's face turned a deep red.

"WHAT!?" Ashley stamped her foot.

"Yes, sir. I won't let you down." Ash jokingly saluted. Ashley began hitting his arm.

Cinder wiped the tears from her face. She watched as her family squabble between themselves. She would cherish moments like these for the rest of her life.

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I feel like, after all the stuff the twins went through, Cinder would be a bit overprotective of her kids. But unlike Isabel, she would have a little bit of faith in her kids. Also, I meant to get this out on Monday but got a bit of Writer's block.