Комната Историй / The Room of the Stories: Пролог

Prologue
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It was a very ordinary day for the novice Hunters and Huntresses of Beacon. On this day, there weren't many classes, so the students went about their business. Many were sitting in their scrolls, others were having fun with their friends and team, and still others were doing self-development.

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But even so, on such an ordinary and seemingly normal day, events were happening that could turn the very future of this world upside down.

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And in the center of it all were fourteen people. Twelve students, one professor, and the director of this institution. They were the ones who would learn many things that might not only give them a new perspective on their own actions, but also help them in their future actions.

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And maybe... maybe the tragic actions that will take place in the future can be changed to the better outcome they all were currently in.

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The RWBY team was moving towards their dormitories, but they didn't notice that they turned the other way, and then started walking down a completely unfamiliar corridor. At some point, they stopped at a door that didn't exactly lead to their room, but to their surprise, the door unknowingly opened.

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It was only after entering it the four girls woke up from their dreams and realized that they were not in their room.

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"What?” Weiss stopped, not understanding why they were in an unfamiliar room, and then she stared at her friends in surprise. "Where are we?"

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"I don't know,” the young team leader looked around the room. "We're supposed to be in our room..."

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"But we're obviously not in it!" Weiss raised her voice, then turned to Yang. "Did you do this?!"

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"Hey, Weiss Cream!" Yang raised her hands resentfully, not paying attention to the way Weiss wrinkled her nose at her nickname. "If I did anything, I certainly wouldn't have led us all into an unfamiliar room!"

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"She's right,” Blake interjected. "Yang couldn't resist giving us a few secrets about a future prank. Remember the shampoo?"

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Weiss wrinkled her nose and nodded turning her attention back to Ruby, who was already looking around the room.

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"Hey! What are you doing?!" Weiss walked over to Ruby, grabbed her arm, and started to lead her toward the door. "You can't just walk through someone else's room like that!"

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"But the door opened! Then there was no one here!" Ruby protested. "And look! It's not even a bedroom. it's some kind of ... I don't know, living room?"

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"Exactly!" Weiss grabbed the doorknob, continuing in her usual tone. "So we have to get out quickly, lest we be punished for trespassing."

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Ruby sighed.

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"All right, Weiss, then open the door."

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Silence was the answer for Ruby. Blinking, the RWBY team leader stared at Weiss, who continued to stand by the door without opening it. Blake and then Yang, also stared at the heiress as she continued to stand there doing nothing.

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"Weiss? Isn't it time to open the door?" Ruby patted her partner on the shoulder.

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"А? Yeah, you're right,” Weiss said in a weak tone, and then in the silence everyone could finally hear the heiress twirling the knob, apparently trying to open the door.

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And afterward, white as a sheet, Weiss stepped back from the door, staring at her team in horror.

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"It's not opening..."

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"What?” they all said in a dazed tone, and then Ruby walked quickly to the door and tried to open it as well. But like her partner, it didn't work. Ruby even tried pulling on and off, thinking the door was already open, but that didn't help either. "It's locked."

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"We are dead,” the heiress said in a weak voice. "We have trespassed, and now we are locked in! Oh God, oh God, what to do?!"

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Weiss was on the verge of hysterics when a heavy hand appeared on her shoulder. Turning her head, she stared at Yang, who was smiling at her confident and mischievous smile. Somehow, instead of confidence and hope, Weiss felt even more despair.

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"Don't worry, we'll get out soon, we just need to use a little bit of force,” Yang said the last thing as she stood near the door. Ruby was already behind Blake, and only Weiss was staring at Yang with horror, still standing in the same place.

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"No!” Weiss's shout was muffled by Yang's strike, which hit the door with all her might. Except that what everyone thought was going to happen didn't. The door continued to stand unharmed, and Yang, on the contrary, flew off the door straight at Weiss, who could only widen her eyes in horror as she watched and felt the yellow core hit her.

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And now both bodies flew off in the opposite direction of the door. Ruby and Blake could only clap their eyes, staring in surprise and incomprehension at the scene.

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"What just happened?" Blake asked her leader in a daze. She shrugged, and then Ruby rushed to her sister and partner's aid. Blake only shifted her gaze to the door, which had become much more interesting and mysterious. From the beginning of the day, she had sensed a strangeness in what was going on, and now, that strangeness was growing exponentially.

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As she got closer to the door, she slowly touched the knob and tried to open it. But as with the others, it didn't work. After thinking for a bit, the black-haired girl tried using her Aura. But Blake didn't use her Aura like Yang, but “more subtly and carefully” so that if she made a mistake, it wouldn't fly off the door like a cannonball.

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Even so, the door remained closed.

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"Oh, what was that?" At this time, Yang tried to stand up, but the dizziness made it impossible. She fell to the ground again while making a rough sound. "Did I get hit by a train?"

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"No,” Ruby tried to lift Yang, but she only groaned again. "You tried to open the door, but it wouldn't open."

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"How!!!" Yang raised her voice and then stared at the door. "What the?! How is this even possible?!"

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"Argh..."

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"Shut up Weiss, I need to process what I lost to the regular door,” Yang interrupted a groaning Weiss. The blonde blinked. Afterward, she stared beneath herself.

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" Weiss!" Ruby and Yang said in unison,

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"Kill me..."

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"No! Weiss, don't die!" Ruby fell to her knees and took her partner's hand. "Don't die! Don't die! Please! Yang didn't mean to kill you with her weight!"

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"Hey!” Yang shrieked.

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"I... I saw a light,” Weiss opened her eyes. After a moment, she stared into the void. "It was so yellow...and big...and it was moving toward me....."

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"Аh?" Ruby blinked. Afterward, she looked at her sister. "Yellow?"

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"I thought I was going to die... die before I knew what it was like to live...."

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"Uh, Weiss?"

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"I feel so bad, Ruby,” Weiss continued. "Please promise me that you'll avenge me..."

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" Um, girls," Blake piped up.

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What? You don't see Ice Angel dying here,” Yang said with a grin, sitting on the floor and watching the scene between Weiss and Ruby. Except that as soon as the last words were spoken, Weiss seemed to wake up. Blinking, she sat up abruptly and looked around.

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"What has just happened?" In her polite and impatient tone, the heiress said.

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