(Request) RWBY: Velvet X M!Reader Ch.1

Qrow rescued you from the nightmare your life had become and took you to meet his allies. He led you to a large air ship and introduced you to General Ironwood, Glynda Goodwitch and Ozpin.

“Hey guys, checkout the souvenir I picked up.” Qrow said bursting through the door and dragging you in.

“Qrow, what is this? Who is this child?” Ironwood asked, ready to blame Qrow for some mistake.

“Calm down General.” He said placing his hand on Ironwoods shoulder. “I can tell just by looking at him. This kids got some serious power.” Qrow flaunted as he took out his flask for a drink.

“He looks like he’s sick.” Glynda said taking a few steps towards you.

“He looks like a grimm.” Ozpin said from behind a desk.

“Yeah well, you’re not wrong. Maybe you should explain it to them, (___).” Qrow said looking over to you

You didn’t know what to say or do in this situation. For the last few years you were treated like an animal. Chained up, locked in a cage and taken out only to fight other captured children and entertain people. Qrow was the first person you had actually spoken to in years. You were afraid that if you said or did anything he didn’t like he would toss you away. They were all waiting for you to answer their questions. So you took a deep breath and started speaking.

“I’m (___), it’s nice to meet you all.” You said timidly.

“We know what kind of things that group was doing to people.” Ozpin started walking around the room first taking a look out the window to the Atlas troops guiding the scientists away and helping the other children. “Are they responsible for doing this to you?” gesturing at you face as he started walking to you.

“No, I did this to myself.” You turned away from them, thinking they were disgusted by the grimm features on your face. “My semblance lets me summon and control grmm. In exchange I turn into a grimm myself. Not completely, but enough that they see me as one of their own.” You explained seeing their eyes light up.

“Told you guys this kid had power.” Qrow laughed still holding his flask as he walked around Ironwood.

“So why are you in that form now?” Ironwood asked.

“This is as subtle as I can make myself look. I’ve had these eyes and bones on me ever since my power activated.” You told him.

“An ability that would allow us to control the grimm.” Ironwood started tapping his chin with his index finger.

“Oh great. You know the kid for two minutes and you already start thinking of ways to use him as a weapon.” Qrow moaned already tired of what Ironwood was thinking.

“Isn’t this why you brought him to us? So that we could add him to our forces.” Ironwood said defensively.

“No I brought him here because he looked like he needed help. Not to change who owns him. We just rescued him and you already want to turn him into a prisoner.” Qrow argued.

“You brought him here to meet us because you know his power can be an asset.” Ironwood closed in on Qrow.

You started to get anxious at hearing them decide your life for you. Taking a few steps away from them you started thinking if you should try running. You wanted to stay a bit longer with Qrow to repay him for saving you. But some part of you wanted to get as far away from Ironwood as possible. Just the thought of being someone else’s weapon again made you feel sick. You even got ready to cover your mouth from how unwell you were feeling.

“Enough!” Glynda pushed them both away from each other. “(___), is it all right if do some test on you? Just so we can see what your body is like. Then we can work out what you want after.” She offered reaching her hand out for you trying to calm you.

The three men were waiting to see how you would react to more tests. You followed them to the labs and they started examining you. For the most pat it was harmless, but you felt uncomfortable when they started tapping at the bones that covered parts of your body. They took your tattered clothes and gave you some new ones. When they were looking over your things they saw your weapons. A large skull from a grimm molded into a shield with an opening for you to slide your arm in and a whip that could close into a long sword made from a combination of metals and grimm bones. On them you had carved the names of your friends who died in front of your eyes. Orion on the hilt of the whip and Kain above the hollowed eye socket on the shield. After a few physical exams they gave you food to help you get your energy back. When you were done eating Ozpin sat down next to you.

“How are you feeling (___)? I hope you’ve calmed down. You seemed troubled before.” He asked in a concerned voice.

“Mm… I’m fine, thanks. I just thought things would be calmer here. I wasn’t expecting Qrow to start fighting his friend like that.” You answered swallowing your food and wiping your mouth to be polite.

“Heh, Yes Qrow does have a bad habit of picking fights, but I think it’s because he worries about people too much.” You raised an eyebrow at hearing Ozpin say that about Qrow. “Yeah, he might not look it, but he does have a good heart. And I’d trust him with my life. Even if he is a dusty old crow.” You laughed at the last part and he smiled reminding himself of how good a friend he had.

“And Ironwood, can I trust him?” You asked looking up at him.

“Ironwood is a good man and friend. I trust him as much as I do Qrow, but he has power and he thinks he needs to use it to make a difference.” His smile faded as he looked down.

You and Ozpin kept talking for a while as he asked you about your past. He respected you and didn’t make you relive anything you didn’t want to. You were interrupted when Ironwood walked in with his hands behind his back.

“(___) we’re ready for the last test.” He said calling you and Ozpin.

“What’s the last test?” you asked standing up.

“Combat training.” Ozpin said walking towards Ironwood.

“You’re going to make me fight someone?” you stared to tremble afraid that this was going to be like the other times someone made you fight.

“Don’t worry (___), it’ll be a controlled fight. We won’t let it get out of hand. Besides your opponent volunteered.” Ironwood chuckled.

He led you down to the upper level of the airship where Glynda and Qrow were waiting.

“Here we are, is everything ready?” Ozpin asked looking around.

“Yes sir. All the soldiers are still inside, as you requested.” Glynda said bowing to Ozpin.

“So who am I fighting?” you asked stepping up from behind Ironwood as you looked around and didn’t see anyone, but the four of them.

“You’re looking at him.” Qrow said pointing his thumb at himself.

“Wait, what?” you were at a loss for words at hearing his words. “You want me to fight Qrow? You can’t be serious.” You looked at each of them hoping one of them would say something against it but they all just smiled.

“Come on kid, let’s give these guys a good show.” Qrow said leading you away from the others so you’d have room for your fight.

“I don’t know how I feel about fighting you Qrow. You’ve seen what I can do. I don’t want to hurt you by accident.” You said walking next to him.

“I like the attitude (___), but don’t go underestimating me.” He chuckled.

“Let’s see what you’ve got then, you dusty old crow.” You smirked as you looked up at him.

“Seriously Oz?” he looked back at Ozpin who looked away to avoid his gaze. “What kind of weird stories have you been saying about me?!” Qrow started barking like child. “Well, whatever. Guess I’ll just have to show you what I’m made of to get some respect.”

“A whip user versus a scythe user. This should be interesting.” Glynda said as she and the others took a seat on some supplies.

“Alright on my mark you may begin.” Ozpin said as sat down.

You reached behind your back with your left hand and fit your shield onto your arm and lashed out your whip to your side, you gave him a nod showing you were ready. Qrow reached behind his cape and took out his sword and grinned at you. Ozpin seeing you both ready tapped his cane loudly on the floor signaling you to start.

You were the first to strike by lashing your whip at him. He easily dodged your attack by lowering his body to the side as he started running up to you. You brought the whip back as strong as you could to hit from behind. He swung his sword and hit your whip into the air. Taking advantage of him turning his back to you, you vaulted at him using your shield as a gauntlet. He dodged you simply by twirling to the side. He grinned to provoke you. Reacting on instinct you brought your whip back down to your side and closed it into its long sword form. Every time you tried to strike him he took calmly took a few steps away to avoid your slashes. You grit your teeth from how angry you were getting at not landing a single attack and Qrow grinning at you only mad your red (e/c) eyes flare up. You gave him another strike, but this one was much stronger than the others. This time instead of dodging it he blocked it with his sword, crossing it with yours. You smiled at him and aimed your shield at him. His eyes dropped not sure of what you were up to. Three small canons came out of the top your shield and you opened fire on Qrow. He threw you back with his sword and started jumping back to dodge your shots. You swung your sword back into a whip and tried to hit him from both sides to get him into a trap. When he dodged your whip you fired your cannons to close his movements. What annoyed you was that this still wasn’t enough to hit him. You were finally able to trap him when you shot near his legs, forcing him dodge while in midair and then you wrapped your whip around his ankle. You tried to throw him, but he stopped you by striking his sword into the ground and trapping your whip in place. Adapting quickly you gave your whip another pull, but to launch yourself at him. You readied your shield to both punch him and blast him away. He lifted up his sword to knock your shield upwards as you shot it off by accident. To counter him you swung your whip now that it was free. He then shot you away with his swords hidden shotgun to knock you off balance while in the air. You rolled on your back when you landed and then started firing your cannons. When Qrow blocked the shots you tied your whip around his sword and forced it down. He followed his sword down to avoid your attacks. You stopped firing for a second and that’s all Qrow needed. With both hands on his sword he started swinging it around to bring you closer. When you were in reach he kicked you in the chest and sent you flying as your whip loosened around his weapon. You started coughing as you tried to get up, but your legs felt too weak from the hit. You looked back at Qrow who was grinning arrogantly at you. He started tapping his cheek to taunt you into hitting him. That was what sent you over the edge. You started growling as your teeth started turning into fangs and the bones that were covering your body grew out and pierced through your clothes. Your (e/c) eyes had turned completely red and let out a roar.

“What happened to not turning completely into a grimm?” Qrow chuckled.

“Qrow!” Ironwood shouted as he stood up.

“I know. I know. I’m not some amateur. So don’t think I need you to tell me what to do. Though I admit that I’ve never seen anything like this.” Qrow held his sword out ready for you to attack.

You started lashing your whip around in a rage, there was no skill to you attacks anymore. Qrow ran in between each strike dodging each of them with little to no effort. When he was finally in front of you he collapsed his sword and just punched you in the chest as you roared at him. In your rage you tied his arm with your whip and knocked his arm off your chest with your shield. You open the mouth of your shield to show the forth and largest cannon. When you went to fire Qrow turned to dodge the blast and took you down with his tied up arm. You tried to break free, but couldn’t. After a few minutes of being held down by Qrow you started to calm down and turned back to normal.  He let you back up and started lecturing you of how dangerous that kind of power was.

“Well (___), sorry to say this, but you failed your test.” Qrow said taking out his flask and started drinking.

“I’ll take him with me to Atlas. There he’ll get the training and discipline he needs.” Ironwood said.

“What, so you can turn him into one of your specialists? I don’t think so.” Qrow said walking over to him in a lazy way.

“He’s too dangerous for Ozpin to take back to Beacon. What else are we supposed to do with him?” Ironwood looked down at Qrow

“How about, you take him Qrow?” Ozpin said walking to the two of them.

“I haven’t taught anyone in a long time. And (___) needs to be around people. Take him back to Beacon with you.” Qrow hunched towards Ozpin.

“He needs to understand the gravity of his power he’d be better going with you on your missions.” Ozpin told him.

“What do you think (___)? Think you can keep up with me?” Qrow asked looking over at you.

“That sounds good. Where are we going?” you asked walking over to the three of them.

The next few months you spent following Qrow on some of his missions. For the most part he was a drunk who tried to pick up women. But you saw his true self when he fought and trained you. He made you learn to control your powers and how to fight. After a few months of training and missions he took you to Vale for the Vytle festival. He told you it was time to for you to learn what he and the others were doing.

When you got to Vale he let you walk around by yourself until it was time for the meeting. You saw a bright flash to your side and looked to what it was. It was young rabbit Faunus girl holding a camera and taking pictures of people. You looked at her confused as to why she had taken your picture.

“Excuse me, but why did you take my picture?” You asked walking over to her.

“Oh I’m sorry. It’s just a hobby of mine, see.” She held her camera up for you to see and showed your picture. “If you don’t like it I can delete it.” She offered.

“No it’s fine actually. People tend to look away when they see me. Either that or they call me a freak.” You said waving your hand around the grimm features on you face.

“I know what that’s like. I used to be teased a lot for being a Faunus, but my friends helped me through all of it.” She smiled.

“That sounds nice.” You started remembering how you and your friends used to protect Maylin and Amber when they were teased or bullied. You started to tear up a bit remembering your past life and everything you lost.

“Are you okay?” she asked.

“I’m fine.” You wiped the tears away. “My name’s (___) by the way.”

“I’m Velvet.”

It was nice meeting you Velvet, but I have some people I need to meet.” You waved as you started to walk away.

“Wait, (___).” She called out. “Here, if you ever need help around Vale you can call me.” She said holding out her scroll with her number on it.

“Thanks. I might just take you up on that. It’s been a while since I’ve been in a city this big. Bye Velvet.” You looked back to see her waving at you as you walked towards the city.