The lost fable
"Okay everyone get ready to be shocked and angry" zen said
"I'm already angry what could be worst" yang said
"Yeah but Salem was normal why does she look like this now" ruby asked
"It will show you" zen said
Ruby nodded at zen
"Okay let's start" zen said
A blue smoke appears, revealing Salem staring from her window of the tower, her arms crossed. A woman humming can be heard in the background.
Jinn: (narrating) Locked away by her cruel father, Salem was a girl who desired but one thing: freedom.
Salem walks away with sadness as Ruby Rose watches her do so when Salem passed by her.
"She was locked away by her father sound like my father" Weiss said
"That horrible" ruby said
Jinn: She lived in a time when kings and their kingdoms were plentiful, when men and women were capable of greatness, and magic was a gift from the gods that all could wield.
Salem sits down and leans against the vanity. She holds her left hand, using her magic; four magical spheres with a magic circle in six basic colors appear over her hand.
Jinn: And yet, there she sat within her tower.
"So everyone could use magic why can't we?"
ruby asked
"It will be explained" zen said
"Why did ozpin keep this a secret" Weiss asked
"Because of something that will be horrible to hear" zen said
"Yeah I kind of regret watching the future now" Blake said
As Salem looks down, the blue smoke reappears and envelops Salem to the next scene. It reforms the castle Salem resides in.
Jinn: Until one day, a legendary hero came to brave the challenges within the tower's walls.
A young man in armor and a cape wielding a scepter appears standing proudly in front of the tower. Qrow Branwen can be seen walking up to him.
Jinn: The people of the lands knew him as Ozma.
"What ozma that ozpin isn't it" ruby said
"Yes that is ozpin or rather his real name ozma" zen said
"He going to save Salem isn't he" Weiss said
Qrow waves his hand in front of Ozma's face, but the latter proceeds forward unfazed, simply phasing through Qrow's hand.
Jinn: Unlike those who had come before, this warrior was not driven by the prize of the young maiden's hand. He fought only for righteousness, and his pure heart and courageous soul prevailed.
As Ozma walks up to the tower, other warriors are shown falling in battle. Blue smoke reforms the scene once again, this time showing Ozma using his scepter to strike down a dark-armored figure. Ozma then opens up a door leading to Salem's room, where she stands up and offers a grateful smile to him. Blue smoke reforms the scene of them battling side by side with their magic powers.
"Wow he so powerful why isn't he as strong now" Weiss asked
"Well you remember the maidens and the story at them and the old man" zen said
"Yeah" yang said
"Well the old man as you can guess was ozpin and he gave his magic to the maidens and also weaken himself will doing so" zen said
Jinn: They escaped the wretched fortress, and yet something bound them together.
Smoke reforms the scene showing Ozma and Salem running away from the tower holding hands together. Once at a safe distance, the two stop to catch their breath before looking to each other.
Jinn: Ozma had been ready to give his life for justice countless times, but now saw a woman worth saving it for. And Salem, to her surprise, found her freedom not in the outside world she had yearned for, but in the eyes of the man that had saved her.
"Wait what did they fall in love" ruby said shocked
"That is shocking I definitely didn't expect that at all" weiss said shocked
"Oz why didn't you tell us why!" Ironwood shouted
"He says it because something else that will probably be shown" Oscar said
"That doesn't answer the question" ironwood said
"I'm sorry that all he told me" Oscar said
"Don't blame Oscar for a thing he doesn't know anything either" zen said
"Right I'm sorry Oscar" ironwood said
Salem: So, where should we go now?
Ozma: (offering his hand to her) Wherever you'd like.
Jinn: The two fell deeply in love, planned adventures around the world, and lived happily ever after.
Smoke envelops the environment around Ozma and Salem as the two hold hands. The two disappear into a bright light of white space.
Jinn: Or at least that's what should have been.
"So they fell in love but I'm feeling a but in there" yang said
"Yeah not everything is going to be a happy ending" Blake said
"Called it" yang said annoyed
Smoke then reforms the scene showing Salem kneeling at an unconscious Ozma's bedside. Salem holds Ozma's hand and can be heard sobbing.
Jinn: Ozma, the infallible hero of legend, fell ill. And where all the beasts and blades of the world had fallen short, a single sickness prevailed.
Ozma's body disappears in smoke as Salem continues sobbing, holding his scepter in her hands. Weiss Schnee can be seen behind her watching.
"So a single Sickness killed ozpin but what was the sickness" ruby asked
"Well I don't know it could have been anything" zen said
"It still hasn't explained why she looks like that an shay he keep it a secret" Nora said
"Nora be patient" ren said
Salem: How could the gods let this happen?
As Weiss continues to watch in pity, she looks up to notice two spheres - one bright yellow and the other a dark purple - circling above her head.
Jinn: The gods, brothers of light and darkness, creation and destruction. Salem prayed they would see the injustice that had befallen her love and make things right.
"This is so sad" ruby said
"I'm going say one thing that could probably get me killed and I'm terrified but can we all agree she looks hot" Roman said
Everyone looked at roman in shocked and neo looked at roman angrily
"What I'm just speaking the truth" roman said
"I got to agree with him" Mercury said shrugging
"Wow you two have got balls saying that in front of Salem" zen said
Mercury and roman looked to see Salem glaring at both of them in anger and both of them froze in fear
"Anyway lets begin again" zen said
The two orbs encircling above lower down, with Blake Belladonna watching the two conjoin in front of her. A bright light and blue smoke transitions the scene, this time showing a brightly lit place with a stairway leading up the mountain.
Jinn: The Domain of Light was a sacred place.
Salem approaches the stairway, offering flowers. She holds Ozma's scepter in her hand.
Jinn: It was here the elder brother dwelled beside his fountain of life and creation. It was here... where mankind would fall to ruin.
"Wait mankind will fall to ruin is that foreshadowing something" Blake asked
"Just watch" zen said
Weiss watches Salem walk up the stairs as smoke transitions the scene again, with Salem now at the top of the mountain as she looks upon the Domain of Light, valley filled with flowers with a pool of water and a tree at the center. Leaves blow from the tree and encircles above the water, and from it, the God of Light rises from the pool. He walks forward to Salem.
Salem: (falling to her knees) Please... Please, bring him back to me.
God of Light: I understand your pain, but you demand of me that which I cannot make so. Life and death are part of a delicate balance.
Salem: So... you won't do it then?
God of Light: To disrupt the cycle of--
Salem: But that's not fair... That's not fair!
Salem's voice echoes throughout the Domain from her last exclamation.
God of Light: (sternly) Let. Him. Rest.
"So that the god of light" ruby said
"So he doesn't bring him back but why is ozpin alive"Weiss said
"The god of light is in the right here it would disrupt the cycle of life but he a goddamn hypocrite" zen said
"Why?" Ruby asked curious
"You'll see" zen said annoyed
The wind picks up, causing leaves to blow around Salem. Suddenly, she finds herself back at the bottom of the stairway leading to the Domain of Light. She looks to Ozma's scepter in her hands before looking up angrily.
Salem: No.
Blue smoke transitions the scene again, this time showing a dark, foreboding environment with a stairway leading up the mountain, similarly mirroring that of the Domain of Light's.
Jinn: The God of Darkness...
Salem approaches some skeletal remains at the bottom of the stairs.
Jinn: None dare to enter his home, as men knew what monstrosities emerged from his blackened pools of annihilation.
"I understand Salem anger at the god of light" zen said
"So she went to the god of darkness" Blake said
"The monstrosities must be Grimm right" ruby asked
"Yep" zen said
Salem proceeds forward, approaching a blackened pool of tar-like liquid similar to that of which the Creatures of Grimm spawn from.
Jinn: And so you must understand the Dark Lord's surprise when he found a lone woman kneeling before him.
From the blackened pool, the God of Darkness emerges, his body twisted and contorted. Yang Xiao Long is seen standing a few feet away from Salem, gasping in fear at the sight. The God of Darkness crawls toward Salem in an unnatural position. Grimm can be seen inching closer to her.
"That terrifying" yang said
"How is Salem not scared" ruby said
"It the only options she thinks she has so if she acts scared he won't do what going to happen next" zen said
Jinn: Salem understood it well. She told him of her loss and professed that she knew only he could answer her prayers, all while careful to make no mention of his elder.
Salem is seen telling her story to the God of Darkness before offering Ozma's scepter to him.
God of Darkness: Rise, child, and let your faith in me be rewarded.
"She tricked the god of darkness that easily" Weiss said
"Yes because there both idiots" zen said
"I'm guessing you don't like the gods" Qrow said
"Yep" zen said
Salem does so. The God of Darkness then conjures a purple sphere, and from it, Ozma's body appears. Salem approaches him, and Ozma gasps back to life.
Ozma: Where am I? What is this?! WHERE AM I?!!
Salem: (smiling) It's okay! Everything's going to be okay!
Suddenly, the God of Light appears with a sound of thunder at the top of the stairs leading into the God of Darkness' domain.
God of Light: (angered) What have you done?
"He bought ozpin back from the dead" Weiss said
"Yeah and it seems his brother isn't happy about it either" ruby said
God of Darkness: I have done what I please, brother. You may bask in the powers of creation, but you do not own them.
God of Light: This is not creation.
God of Darkness: Do not lecture me!
The Grimm can be seen slowly approaching the God of Light.
God of Light: I will do what I must to maintain order.
The God of Light puts his hand out, and an orange aura surrounds Ozma's body, before he disintegrates in Salem's arms.
Salem: No! No! What did you do?! BRING HIM BACK!
God of Darkness: You dare enter my domain and show such disrespect!
"She turn both of them against each other with ease" ruby said
"Isn't she being selfish about all of this why not let him rest" yang said
"Well she was locked in a tower for all of her life until ozpin saved her from that horrible life and showed her love and happiness wouldn't you want to bring that person back" zen said
"Okay I see your point" yang said
"Yeah but don't feel pity for her" zen said
The God of Darkness makes Ozma's body appear again.
Salem: Ozma!
God of Light: I am abiding by the rules we agreed upon!
God of Darkness: Rules that I now see are ever in your favor. And yet the day a mortal comes to pray at my feet before your own, so do you arrive to lay your judgment upon me!
The God of Darkness transforms into a nightmarish, dragon-like form that snarls at the God of Light. The Grimm proceed forward and attempt to attack him, but a bright light emanates from him, destroying all the Grimm in the area. He transforms into a bright, beautiful oriental-looking dragon.
"The god of light is not happy along with the god of darkness what would happen if they fight?" Ruby asks
"Well it could destroy the planet" zen said
"The god of darkness looks horrible while the flood of light looks amazing" Nora said
"One thing doesn't make sense why hasn't the god of light come here for bringing summer and roman back" Qrow asked
"Well they are gods but they aren't that powerful and as you know I can look at every multiverse and see into the future and in simply term I can kick there ass easily" zen said
"Really that awesome" yang said
"Yeah there other universe out there where you guys are just as powerful as the gods" zen said
"Awesome" Nora said
"I think were getting off track here" zen said
God of Light: I know we have our differences, but I have not come here with the aim to control you. The same, however, cannot said for her. This woman came to you only after I denied her pleas – pleas that would have disrupted the balance that you and I created. Together.
The younger brother ponders this revelation.
God of Darkness: Then it seems I owe you an apology. Allow me to correct my mistake.
Salem: No!
The God of Darkness fires a purple beam from his dragon form's mouth, disintegrating Ozma once again. Salem watches as Ozma's ashes blow away out of her hands.
Salem: You... You monsters! Give him back to me! GIVE HIM BACK!!
"Good thing the god of light explained because we probably wouldn't be alive today if they destroyed remnant" ruby said
Salem activates her magical abilities. Suddenly, the God of Light rushes forward and devours her.
Salem then wakes up falling from the sky. She is then submerged in the God of Light's pool, drowning as an aura-like shimmer covers her body. Suddenly, she finds herself on the surface of the water, catching her breath. She looks up and notices both of the God Brothers standing side by side.
God of Light: When you first came to me, I did pity you. But it is clear now that your selfishness and arrogance have led you astray.
Salem: (standing back up) What did you do to me?
The aura-like shimmer is seen on her hands.
God of Light: I have made you immortal.
"Wait she immortal what does that mean" ruby asked
Zen was about to answer but Salem said it before he could
"Well in other words I can't be killed or destroyed in anyway" Salem said
"Wait what she can't be killed or destroyed that a lie isn't it" yang said
Zen was silent
Salem: Immortal?
God of Darkness: You cannot die. You cannot be with your beloved.
Both Gods: So long as this world turns, you shall walk its face.
Salem stares back at them in disbelief.
God of Light: You must learn the importance of life and death. Only then may you rest.
"This is why I hate the gods none of this would of happened between Salem and ozpin if he didn't make her immortal she wouldn't have become who she is now" zen said
Salem tries to reach out to them, but then finds herself transported to a vast open field.
Jinn: Salem was a prisoner once again. Her fruitless attempts to reunite with Ozma eventually became nothing more than acts of spite and defiance against the gods.
Ruby is seen back in Ozma's room, watching a shadow of Salem as she fatally stabs herself. Ruby covers her mouth with her hands in horror. Salem's suicide attempt fails due to her immortality.
Jinn: But perhaps the gods were not as powerful as they seemed...
"Oh really I'm going to see Salem try to kill
herself in the future" ruby said horrified
"Try not to think about it ruby" yang said
Ruby watches Salem walk to a window, who is still holding the sword she attempted to stab herself with.
Jinn: She had lied to them, turned them against one another, they... were fallible.
Salem sets her sights on a castle in the distance.
Jinn: If she were to turn humanity against light and darkness, she could rid herself of their curse, or at the very least... she could make them suffer.
Salem then throws the sword toward Ruby's way. Ruby yelps in panic as she disappears in a puff of smoke just as the sword was about to strike her. Smoke transitions the scene, showing a king standing up in surprise as a bloodied ax is thrown to the ground.
"Okay that would be scary if a sword come towards you" jaune said
Jinn: Salem traveled from one kingdom to another, telling tales of how she stole immortality from the gods, welcomed any swordsman to cut her down, and demonstrated her powers.
Salem is shown speaking to various leaders of kingdoms, including the aforementioned king from before, an oriental-looking empress and her subjects, and finally to a savage-looking warrior king.
"She rally people probably to go against the gods" Weiss said
Jinn: With the kings and queens in awe, she pulled them deeper into her scheme. She painted them pictures of a time when they would no longer have to watch their loved ones wither and die, when they could claim the powers of their creators for themselves, and in turn, perfect their own design.
As Salem finishes telling her story to the warrior king, she kneels before him. The warrior draws his weapon and let's out a proud battle cry, with his people cheering along with him. The combined forces of the kingdoms are then shown launching an all out assault on the Domain of Light.
"No I see why jinn said it was the place for the fall of mankind" ruby said
"One of the gods are going to kill all of humanity" Weiss said
Jinn: All they needed to do was destroy their old masters.
As the warriors run in, the God of Light emerges from the pool in his dragon form.
Jinn: The gods had hoped that Salem would learn from her eternal curse, and she did. She learned that the hearts of men are easily swayed.
The leaders of the kingdoms Salem had spoken to stand in front of their people approaching the God of Light. The God of Darkness, also in his dragon form, then appears alongside his elder brother.
God of Light: Who has led you down this path?
Salem is then seen walking through the crowds of warriors as she makes her way to the front of them. She glares at the gods.
God of Darkness: You... (roars at Salem)
"They don't stand a chance against the gods they will all die" ruby said
In response, Salem launches a magical attack, and the warriors follow suit. A barrage of attacks are launched at the God of Darkness, but he easily catches them all into his hand, absorbing them into a purple sphere of energy. Everyone looks in shock.
God of Darkness: My own gift to them... used against me.
The God of Light looks away in disappointment as the God of Darkness squeezes the sphere within his hand, creating a massive shockwave that envelops the world, smiting everything and everyone in its path. Humanity has been turned to dust, only Salem remains due to her immortality.
"He gave them magic and they used it against him" ruby said
"He just killed all of humanity so easily" Weiss said shocked
Salem: No... no...
Salem gets knocked back when the God of Darkness stomps his foot in the ground.
God of Darkness: You thought there was no greater punishment we could bestow upon you?
Salem: I'll come back. I'll tell the rest of the world of this massacre! Build a new army!
God of Darkness: You do not understand. There is no one left. You are all that remains of humanity.
Salem's expression turns shocked at this revelation.
God of Light: This planet was a beautiful experiment, but it is merely a remnant of what it once was. We will learn from this failure. I hope that you will learn from yours.
"He calls it a experiment that shows how little
He cared about the planet" zen said
"You really don't like him do you" ruby asked s
"That right the god of darkness is okay in my book but the god of light isn't" zen said
The God of Light disappears into a bright light of dust.
Salem: No! You can't leave! You can't leave!! COME BACK!
God of Darkness: Still demanding things of your creators...
The God of Darkness also disappears into a beam of purple light that shoots up into the sky and out of the atmosphere. In the process, the moon is shattered. Moon fragments rain down like meteors back onto the planet's surface. Salem falls to her knees and lets out a scream of despair that is muted out by the crashing meteors.
"So that how the moon was destroyed" Weiss said
Jinn: Once again, Salem was alone...
Salem is seen walking alone. She walks by a pair of deer eating grass, as well as abandoned villages that are now inhabited by Grimm.
Jinn: She cursed the gods. She cursed the universe. She cursed everything, everything but herself. She wandered the face of the planet, awaiting a death that would never come...
Salem then stands on the edge of an overhanging cliff in the land once inhabited by the God of Darkness. She looks down at the blackened pool below her.
"That does seem really lonely" ruby said in Pity
Jinn: Until fate led her back to the Land of Darkness. This was it. This had to be it, the brother's Grimm, the pools of black that continued to give rise to horrific nightmares. If the fountain of life granted her immortality, then surely, the pools of Grimm will finally take it away.
Without hesitation, Salem falls forward and is submerged into the blackened pool.
Jinn: She was wrong. This force of pure destruction could not destroy a being of infinite life.
Salem is thrashed around by an unseen force.
"So that why she look like she does right know" weiss said
"Wow that must hurt a lot" ruby said
Jinn: Instead, it created a being of infinite life with a desire for pure destruction.
Salem crawls out of the pool, this time, her skin deathly white as well as her hair. She opens her eyes, irises red with black sclerae.
Jinn: And in time, she would find her adversary...
Ozma is shown awakening in a white space. He takes a look at his surroundings. Team RWBY all watch him walk around aimlessly, before a voice can be heard.
God of Light: Ozma.
"So the Grimm is making her want to destroy everything" ruby said
"Well you could say but I don't know" zen said
"This is another thing I hated about the god of light" zen said
Ozma turns around seeing the God of Light in his dragon form, before turning back into his regular form.
Ozma: Where am I?
God of Light: We are between realms. I'm afraid a tragedy has befallen your home at the hands of my brother. We have chosen to depart this world, but in our absence, I would like to offer you the chance to return to it.
Ozma: I... don't understand.
God of Light: 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.
Suddenly, the God of Light conjures four objects: a staff, a sword, a crown, and a lamp.
"They must be the relics" ruby said
"What are the crown, sword and the staff" Weiss asked
"You'll find out" zen said
God of Light: 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.
God of Light: 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.
Ozma falls to his knees as he comes to terms with this ultimatum. Oscar Pine watches him.
"So the god of light put all that pressure on oz and expects him to do that it is Impossible" Qrow said
Someone agreed with him will the others didn't
Ozma: I'm sorry, but... that world just isn't as dear to me without her. If I may, I'd rather return to the afterlife to see Salem.
God of Light: You will not find her there.
Ozma: (eyes widening) You mean she isn't gone?
God of Light: Salem lives, but the woman you hold dear in your memories is gone. Heed this warning... where you seek comfort, you will only find pain. So, will you--
Ozma: I'll do it.
"What he isn't doing it for the planet but for Salem he really does love her" ruby said
"Everyone is selfish in their own way take yang for example if you had the chance you get your arm back to normal would you?" Zen said
"Well I would like it back to normal but I can't and I have to accept that" yang said
"See that the different between you guys and Salem you accept what happened to you but you still want things to be normal for you" zen said
"Like ruby she want her mother back.
Weiss wants to have a normal loving family, Blake want equality for Faunus and yang wants her normal arm back and her mother to be there for her everyone is selfish in their own way" zen said
"What about you?" Ruby asked
"I'm selfish for one thing only and that to have a good sleeping schedule" zen said
Everyone was shocked
"That such a dumb thing to selfish about" Blake said
"Well I'm sorry that it doesn't meet your standards okay" zen said annoyed
The God of Light looks in surprise at Ozma's immediate answer.
God of Light: Very well. Our creation rests within your hands.
The God of Light then disappears.
Jinn: And so Ozma was reborn.
Ozma reincarnates into a man with a tanned complexion and pale blonde hair, who had just stabbed a Beowolf with a pitchfork, causing it to disintegrate. Ozma takes the time to come to terms in his new body and surroundings. He looks up and sees people screaming and running into the forest he is in away from a burning village in the distance.
Ozma: Where am I?
Ozma hears a man scream, and looks over to see him flailing a sword at a Beowolf, which swipes at him to the ground, disarming him. Ozma's pevious soul takes over and runs forward, grabbing the man's sword and slaying the Beowolf. The man gets back up.
"Oh no that poor person has no idea what going to happen to him" ruby said
"Yeah it must be terrifying" yang said
"It is trust me" Oscar said
Man: (relieved) Thank you. Please, tell me your name. Who are you?
Suddenly, Ozma's newest reincarnate has trouble speaking, and throws the sword to the ground in horror. Oscar watches the scene before him.
Oscar: He didn't know...
As Jinn continues to narrate, Ozma walks down a street, seeing along the way Faunus locked up in cages, and a pile of Dust crystals on top of a table.
Jinn: Ozma had found himself in a world completely unfamiliar to him. Cities looked different. Creatures known as the Faunus bore fangs and claws and were locked away in cages. And without the blessing of the gods, no one could perform magic like mankind was once capable of, no one but himself and a woman known as... the witch.
Blake looked at down at seeing the Faunus being treated like they were
"That horrible but good thing it isn't as bad as it was then" ruby said
"You alright Blake"yang said worried
"Yeah just hated being treated different from others" Blake said
"Don't worry Blake if anyone treats you differently we deal with them" ruby said
"Yeah will break there legs" Nora said
"You don't have to do that" Blake said smiling
"You know I actually want to be a Faunus because they have better hearing, eyesight, agility, strength and other things arhat are useful for every day life" zen said
"You want to be a Faunus?" Blake asked
"Well they better than humans in a lot of ways and that why they treat you differently they scared of the unknown if the gods did come back they will try to catch them or attack them it just how they are" zen said
The environment around Ozma changes from the city to a forest as he comes upon a lonely, dilapidated cottage in the woods.
Jinn: During his years of travel, he heard the same frightened whispers that spoke of a terrifying sorceress who commanded dark powers in the wilds among the beasts and monsters. Ozma was convinced that this witch was Salem, and decided he needed to see what she had become.
Ozma stands at a distance from the cottage. The front door opens, and from the darkness beyond, Salem emerges, wearing black robes this time. She gives an angry glare while exiting the cottage, but suddenly, her expression softens upon seeing her visitor. Ozma likewise smiles back at her.
Jinn: Call it magic or call it something stronger, but in that moment, the two knew exactly who it was that stood before them.
"Wow they must have been truly in love with each other to know" ruby said
"But it hasn't explained why there enemy" Weiss said
"Have you heard a thing called being patient" zen said sarcastically
Ozma and Salem walk towards each other, the two hold each other's hands, interlocking their fingers affectionately.
Ozma: What do we do now?
Salem: Whatever we like.
As time passes, the scene shows the cottage changing from its dilapidated state to a much better condition, following with Salem and Ozma conversing with one another at a table on the front porch.
Jinn: As Salem and Ozma recounted the events which had brought them back together, each withheld parts of their story. Salem, fearing Ozma would reject her, blamed the end of the world on the gods. Ozma, still unsure of where the truth lay, kept his task and the Relics a secret. Though time passed and all seemed well, Ozma's conversation with the God of Light still lingered in his mind. He had found happiness, but humanity seemed more divided than ever before.
"They lied to each other about what happened" ruby said
"Yeah and that what going to be there downfall" zen said
Salem and Ozma head back inside the cottage, still talking to each other.
Salem: Are you surprised? This world is quite literally godless. These humans have no one to guide them. Perhaps that's all they need.
Ozma: What are you saying?
Salem: We could become the gods of this world. Our powers surpass all others. Our souls transcend death. We can mold these lands into whatever we want, what you want, create the paradise that the old gods could not.
Ozma is troubled at first, but then smiles in agreement with Salem. The two of them look each other in the eyes as Salem places an affectionate hand on Ozma's shoulder.
"She tricked him" ruby said
"Yes but she truly did love ozpin" zen said
"Does she still love him" weiss asked
"Well I don't know but you can ask her your self" zen aid
Everyone looked at Salem waiting for her answer but she didn't answer the question
Jinn: The hearts of men... are easily swayed.
A village is shown under attack by a Nevermore. Suddenly, a purple energy surrounds the Nevermore, causing it to be bent and folded into unnatural positions. The Nevermore disintegrates, and the villagers watch as Ozma, once again wielding his scepter and wearing regal robes, and Salem levitate into the air side-by-side above them. They all bow down to the couple in reverence. Weiss and Yang are shown walking up to two statues of Ozma and Salem that are then erected.
Jinn: The two amassed a following. That following grew into a prosperous kingdom.
A castle then appears, the camera pans into a large room with a painting of Ozma and Salem together.
Jinn: And at the head of that kingdom blossomed... (four little girls then appear in the painting) ...a family.
"They saved people and that looks like in the trailer when the people bowed down" ruby said
"They have a family together why do they hate each other" ruby said
"Let's hope you never change ruby" zen said
Ozma and Salem watch their four daughters playing together, the little girls all wearing colors on their dresses similar to that of the Four Maidens. One of their daughters comes up to the two of them, playfully tugging on Salem's robe. The two parents smile at her before smiling at each other.
Blue smoke transitions the scene, showing a massive conflict between people that is being observed inside a crystal ball by a smirking Salem. Ozma stands a short distance away from her looking outside the window.
Ozma: (troubled) Are we sure this is right?
Salem: (looking over to Ozma) You said we needed to bring humanity together. In order to do that, we have to spread our word, and destroy those who will deny it.
"They look really cute and adorable" yang and Weiss said looking at the children
"He realising what he doing is wrong" ruby said
"She really would kill them all because they denied her" Weiss said
"It does should like your father but he would get someone else to do it"zen said
"I can't disagree there" Weiss said
Ozma gains a shocked expression on his face upon hearing these words. He turns to see his reflection on the window, which suddenly talks to him.
Ozma: What are we doing?
Ozma reels back in horror seeing his reflection ask him that question, briefly becoming his original incarnation, before looking over to Salem.
Ozma: This isn't what he asked of me...
Salem: What did you say?
The two then hear a door open, and their eldest daughter enters the room excitedly.
"It a good thing he going to try and change what happening " ruby said
"Yeah but I'm feeling like something bad is going to happen" weiss said with other agreeing
Eldest Daughter: Mother, father, look!
Their daughter then conjures multicolored wisps that fly in circles in front of her. Salem has a proud expression on her face, while Ozma looks on in surprise, before looking down with his troubled expression again.
Jinn: It was a miracle, their children could perform magic. But what should have been a joyous occasion was short-lived.
Smoke transitions the scene again, this time showing Ozma telling what he knows to Salem in his study.
Jinn: Ozma told Salem everything, the true reason the God of Light had brought him back, the Relics that they scattered around the world, and the day of judgement he had been told to prepare for.
"They can use magic that is cool" Nora said
"Great of course it going to be shorted lived isn't it" weiss said
"He told her everything what is she going to do" ruby said
Ozma finishes his explanation to Salem.
Salem: Don't you see? None of that matters anymore. Why spend our lives trying to redeem these humans when we can replace them with what they could never be?
Salem offers her hand out, but Ozma hesitates to take it, backing away in disgust. Smoke transitions the scene again showing Ozma quietly escorting his daughters through the quiet halls. The youngest daughter looks down the hallway, noticing something.
Youngest Daughter: Mommy?
"Did she really just call them human" ruby said shocked
"Well technically Salem isn't human she can be seen as part Grimm" zen said
"He trying to get the children away from her" Weiss said
"Well I look like he been caught in the act" Blake said
Salem stands at the end of the hall menacingly. Ozma protectively stands in front of his daughters. Salem, realizing what he is doing, angrily conjures a red beam from her hand. Ozma uses his scepter to counter Salem's attack, launching a green beam. Their attacks clash, engulfing the area into a bright white flash. Ruby and Weiss watch in horror as Ozma and Salem fight throughout the castle. Their battle causes the castle to collapse and be destroyed in the process. A charred plush toy is shown, implying the daughters were killed in the fearsome battle. Ozma weakly crawls on the ground, blood dragging from behind him. Salem then reappears behind him undamaged thanks to her immortality, and angrily walks over to Ozma. She kicks him over onto his back and holds him down with her foot.
"They killed their own children how could they do that" ruby said in shock with others looking in shock at what they saw
Salem: We finally had freedom...
Ozma weakly looks up at her.
Ozma: I--
A blast of fire from Salem engulfs Ozma, killing him once again.
Jinn: Thus began a long and painful cycle of death and rebirth for Ozma.
A montage of Ozma's various reincarnates are shown, including a frail man weakly walking by many gravestones, followed by a despondent man walking in the rain, who would rather drink his problems away.
Jinn: Some lives were spent in mourning, many were spent attempting to forget it all.
"He really hated himself after that because he loved Salem and lost all his children" zen
said
"Wow he like me with the drinks" Qrow said
"Oh yeah no more drinking for you" zen said as he got rid of Qrow flask
"What why did you do that" Qrow said angry
"Because what going to happen and you need to witness how the drinking affects you and another person in the room" zen said
"Fine" Qrow said
"But hey I can give you a never sending drink of anything you want that doesn't involve alcohol" zen said
"No thanks" Qrow said
"Okay so that other let's continue" zen said
Finally, Ozma reincarnates to a dark-skinned man with glasses who starts off slouching, but then eventually stands straight up and determinedly walks forward.
Jinn: But no matter what, his mind would eventually turn back to the task he had been burdened with.
Ozma's newest reincarnate is shown serving a meal to his wife and two children, both of whom interestingly have silver eyes.
"Wow they both have sliver eyes" ruby said
"Hey maybe your relays to them ruby" yang said jokingly
"Well actually it could be possible" zen said
Everyone was a shocked to hear that
"Wait really" yang said shocked
"Well yeah the only sliver eyes warriors I seen are ozpin children, ruby, summer and another person you will see in the future and there father but that about it so it could be possible" zen said
"Well that shocking to hear" ruby said
Jinn: And as the centuries went on, Ozma began to learn the importance of living with the souls with which he had been paired.
Ozma then hears screaming outside. He opens the door and sees villagers running around in panic as Grimm attack.
Jinn: But no matter where or how he lived, her presence was always felt.
Ozma looks back to his wife, who nods in understanding, before going out with The Long Memory into battle.
Jinn: If humanity were ever to stand a chance at being united, one thing was clear...
Ruby: (knowing the answer already) He had to destroy Salem...
"That right he has to destroy Salem but how" ruby asked
"Maybe the relics know how to destroy Salem" Weiss said
Smoke then transitions showing Ozma's reincarnation many years older now, tinkering with his cane in his workshop.
Jinn: Knowing he could never rid the world of her through any mortal means, Ozma sought out the power of the Relics.
The elderly tinkerer then places his cane inside a metal cabinet, closing the door on it. The door opens again showing Ozma's newest reincarnation, a well-dressed man, picking up the cane where he last left it in his previous life.
Jinn: Armed with my knowledge, he believed he could fulfill his promise to the God of Light.
Ozma is next shown holding the Relic of Knowledge, summoning Jinn for the first time. All of Team RWBY can be seen with him as they walk towards Jinn.
"So he got the relic of knowledge in one of his previous life's but what does he ask her" ruby said
"Well lets find out" weiss said with other agreeing
Ozma: Where are the other Relics?
Jinn: He asked me his questions.
Ozma: What powers do they possess?
Jinn: And though I gave him my answers...
Ozma: How do I destroy Salem?
Jinn: ...not all of them were to his liking.
Team RWBY watches as Jinn gives her answer to Ozma.
Jinn: You can't.
Upon hearing this, Ozma falls to his knees in despair, Ruby, Weiss and Blake all have shocked expressions, and Yang closes her eyes in anger. Ozma remains on his knees as Jinn disappears before him. The camera pans out, transitioning Ozma to his current reincarnation, Oscar, who lowers his head in sadness as the snow falls once again.
"So he asks at the others the other relics but what wasn't to his liking" ruby asked
"You'll see" zen said
"What so Salem really is can't be destroyed what the point in fighting them" yang said
"Yang we can find a way to stop her" ruby said
"She right you know she might be immortal but that doesn't mean she can't be defeated" zen sis
"Wait really there a way to stop her" ruby asks hopeful with other wanting to know as well
Everyone that trusted ozpin was shocked and angry at ozpin and at themselves for trusting him while Qrow was thinking it was his worst luck he could of had in his life
"I see why you didn't let me have the booze now" Qrow said
"Yep you need to be sober to actually watch the future" zen said
"Anyway back to the point to stop a immortal is by trapping her in single place for eternity like the vaults or getting them to realise there mistakes and make them change to understand what they done wrong" zen said
"Anyway that the end of that episode well this is awkward" zen said
The atmosphere was so thick of dread for the good guys while everyone else was happy to see them like that the only one on them that it didn't affect as much was ruby who did give up
"Okay all of you, you heard from zen there can be a way to stop Salem so stop being like this that just letting them win but we can't give up come guys you agree right" ruby said
"Yeah your right ruby we can't stop now we'll fight until the end" yang said
"Yeah" everyone else said
"Anyway zen do we give up in the future" ruby asked
"Well what do you guys think because the person who going to lead is ruby do you think you given up yet" zen said
"Please as ruby as the leader she won't let us give up" yang said with other agreeing
"Yep she just like summer will keep moving forward" Qrow said
"I'm so proud of you ruby" summer said
"Thanks mum" ruby said while hugging summer
"Okay let's go watch the next episode of your future" zen said