Just looking at this BEAUTIFUL piece of art (which by the way it also looks fucking badass!!) and I just can't help but...kinda make up a backstory for this thing. So anyway!



(Taking place sometime after Team RWBY eventually reunites in Volume 5)



Team RWBY has been sent to investigate a local settlement in Mistral gone dark. They were told that the settlement had some valuable assets that must not fall into the wrong hands. Their mission is to determine the status of the settlement and collect all available assets if needed.



When the team finally arrived, they found that the settlement had been overrun by a pretty formidable amount of Grimm. The team then went to work in clearing it out.



When the area was eventually secured, the team split up to search for survivors and those "assets" they were told to get. Ruby and Weiss went off to one end while Yang and Blake went off to another.



Ruby and Weiss walked through most of the buildings, searching their interiors for anyone alive or any of those "assets". This went on for at least an hour before Ruby started to get complacent.



"Gaaah. We're not even finding anything! I don't think there was anything here!" Ruby whined as she trudged along the streets with Weiss.



"Ugh. Just quit your whining already, Ruby, it's not helping." Weiss groaned. "Besides, we're almost done covering this area. We might find something eventually."



The pair continued down the street until they came across a building that seemed more fortified than the rest of the buildings. Taking in some interest, the went inside.



Inside, after passing a few dead guards along the way, they find what seems to be a library of sorts, with old books and everything. The books themselves seem to be ancient magical tomes from the appearance of their text. However, whilst looking around the library, Ruby spots a certain area that she took quite the interest in.



"Hey, Weiss! Come check this out." Ruby called. Weiss arrived a few moments later to see what has gotten Ruby's attention.



The area in question featured a lone pedestal with open book resting upon it. The pedestal is surrounded by a chalk circle... that happens to be of a similar pattern to Weiss' glyphs. In the area adjacent to the pedestal was a workplace scattered with loose paper and notes. The notes seem to detail a researcher's attempts to decipher the contents of the book on the pedestal, which bore little fruit.



However, Ruby and Weiss found that they were able to read it's contents clearly, for some strange reason. They didn't dwell on that thought for long though, because as they turned a few pages of the book, it began to glow. Then, somehow wind begins blow throughout the room, letting all that loose paper fly around the pair. The chalk circle below them began to glow as well as started spinning in the same manner as Weiss' glyphs.



Eventually, Ruby and Weiss looked at each other and decided that now was the time to get out. They were about to make a break for it when suddenly, a large orb of light appeared above the book. The orb began to pull Ruby and Weiss towards itself. They attempted to hold themselves in place by planting their weapons into the ground and hold on for dear life. This proved to be futile as the orb's gravity quickly grew stronger and stronger until finally their weapons lost their grip in the ground and they were engulfed by the light.



After a few moments, the orb started to fluctuate erratically, flickering faster and faster until it finally into an upwards pillar of light.



Not far off, Yang and Blake were having no luck with their search, when suddenly they saw the pillar of light explode into the air. Without a second thought, they both rushed to the scene.



They arrive at the pillar of light, surprised at not seeing Ruby or Weiss at the scene. The pillar then started to recede back into an orb. Yang and Blake stood before the orb in curiosity. Yang gave the orb a little poke, causing it to explode once more into a blinding flash of light. When the light finally diminished, it revealed a young girl collapsing to the ground unconscious. The girl seemed to be just around the age of Ruby and Weiss, but something was strange. The girl was wearing kind of the same outfit that Ruby would wear.... but also like Weiss. Then to the hair, Weiss' scar...



"Wait a minute...is that...?" Yang said, putting two and two together, when suddenly, the girl started to wake up.



(Just gonna recap this next part, I need to go to sleep, it's 1:02 AM as I'm writing this.)



The girl immediately recognizes both Yang and Blake and explains that she's pretty much the fusion between Ruby and Weiss. The girl calls later herself White Rose. White Rose's weapon seems to have also have been created by fusing Ruby's and Weiss' weapon together, utilizing Myrtenaster's dust cylinder and retaining Crescent Rose's sniper scythe capabilities.



In mind however, while White Rose retains the memories of both Ruby and Weiss individually, she's kind of a different person. She does however act and behaves like either Ruby or Weiss. From Weiss' "passive-aggressive-ness", to Ruby's free spirit, and everything else in between. White Rose's Semblance abilities have changed as well, utilizing the rose petal effect that Ruby usually has, and Weiss' glyph powers.



Later, to the relief of the girls, they find out that the fusion does not have to be permanent and that they can defuse at any time...or at least the spell wears off in at least 5 days. The spell can be activated at any time as well by...some...process, I don't know.





AAAAAAANYWAY!!! That's kinda...my thing on this! I uh....I hope you like it! Now I need to go the fuck to sleep.