[Discontinued] Darkness Within (RWBY Fanfiction)

Another Task

Cinder P.O.V (yeah new P.O.V start!!)

 "There you are Zelria....I was wondering why you weren't reporting in as of recent." I say calmly, noticing how distressed Zelria was about my presence. "There was nothing..important..to report in about aside from all the teams. I was planning to get some more info on things before reporting in again." She says, her body was shaking. "Emerald and Mercury have told me otherwise. About your meeting in the bookstore. Something..unusual happened. Can you explain the book you found? The nameless one. I'm rather curious of it." I say as I walk up to her, noticing how tense she is. 

 "If you cooperate, I'll even let you see Neo. She is here with us after all." I slight smirk forming on my face as her nervousness suddenly vanishes. "A-alright. Just not out in the open like this, come with me to my dorm, I'll answer what questions I can." She says, leading us back to her dorm room. "Such an innocent faunus. Wants whats best for her people, but won't kill. And always desiring to see Neo....I can't dispose of Neo while this girl is still a possible asset to us, she is the only way she will cooperate." I think to myself with a smirk as we enter the dorm room, Mercury closing the door on the way in. "Alright Cinder...ask whichever question you need." She says, a hint of impatience in her voice. 

 "Alright then. The most important question will be first then. That book of yours you received from Tukson. How did you know its name? How did you find it in there?" I ask, the look in my eyes must have made her nervous because she got tense again. "I don't know how I knew the name of it...when I grabbed it and looked at it I felt like I knew the name. As for how I found it...after Emerald and Mercury walked in I got a chill down my spine and I felt myself drawn in the direction of the book. " She was looking downward, so I looked towards my assistants for confirmation as they nod. "Alright then. What about a team? Did you happen to get one?" Asking my second question, her head shaking. 

 "No. I was not put into a team. During the formation of all the teams I was put into a one man team due to my performance and the relic I collected. The second one man team in seventeen years. I was dubbed The Dark Moon of Beacon Academy. " She answers calmly, though a look of uncertainty was on her face, as if she was trying to figure things out. "So the Dark Moon of Beacon and the Radiant Sun of Atlas. Interesting." I pretend to have let it slip out, just to get her interest. "Radiant Sun of Atlas?" she looked at me questioningly, I had gotten her interest with the mention of them. "That's right. Within Atlas Academy is another one person team, a semblance that may even be akin to yours, but instead of darkness likes yours is, their semblance is of light." Smirking as her ears twitch, she was glancing at something. Following the direction she was looking I spotted the book Emerald had described. It resembled a grimoire, no words on any part of the cover. 

 "Next question. The teams. Did you gather the data about every other team formed?" Looking at her as I lean in, resting my head on my hands. "If she really is that half...I must get her to stay on our side..I'll have to confirm it with her to see if she can confirm what Zelria is..." thinking to myself as she nods. "I got all the data on my scroll. I'll send it to yours now." I nod, after a few minutes every bit of data she got was passed to my scroll. "Thank you for your cooperation Zelria. You'll be able to see Neo shortly, but I have another task to assign you while your here. " explaining the task as she was glaring at me, she was getting impatient..she wants to see Neo now. "Is. That. All?" she asks, annoyance in her voice was clear. "That'll be all. Thank you Zelria. Emerald, Mercury, lets be on our way." I lead the two out, using the maiden power in my eye briefly...I could've sworn...I saw a second Zelria standing in the corner, one with braided hair and a smirk on her face..staring right at me as I walked out of her dorm room. 

 "You look happier than when you walked in there Cinder. " Emerald says questioningly. "Do not worry Emerald. I believe things will be quite interesting as long as we keep Zelria working with us." I say as we walk away from her dorm. 

Zelria P.O.V 

 Getting excited after I could confirm they were out of earshot as I jump up. "I get to see Neo again!!" I squeal in delight, the lookalike in the corner, I had decided to call her Nyx, after the greek goddess of night."Your like a little kid when it comes to her." Nyx says sarcastically, her smirk never leaving her face. "I can't help myself, I'm always happy whenever I get to see Neo.." I say timidly while blushing, touching my lips. "You mentioned to that other faunus you had a semblance added to your own that you didn't wanna talk about. It's Neo's semblance..isn't it?" she asks, my blush darkening. "Y-Yeah...It's Neo's.." I nod. "And just how did you get Neo's DNA in order to keep it?" she asks, my face was as red as a tomato at this point, ignoring that question. 

 "D-Doesn't matter! I need to get something nice to wear!!" I start freaking out as I rummage through my closest, trying to find something to wear for when I go see Neo. Thinking of my secondary assignment Cinder had given me. "The assignment can wait...I wanna see Neo!!" 

That's chapter 9 finished! I hope you all enjoyed it! Feedback is always appreciated! Hope you all have lovely days as always! <3