Royal Remnant

I looked up at the violet-colored sky covered with glyphs and then looked around the frozen tundra surrounding me and Ruby. A week after my and Blake's grand reveal, the Nightmare finally struck Weiss, and we are in her dreamscape now. The little cookie monster wanted me along for the ride because of how well I handled Pyrrha's situation. Ruby looked the same as in Ice Queendom. However, I am going to have a LONG talk with Weiss about how she views me.

I am currently wearing tight black leather pants with an odd circular-shaped zipper at my fly that suggests it's for easy access to my cock. Around my neck, wrists, and ankles were gray metal shackles that further implied how the snow princess viewed me, and that was ALL I was wearing. No shoes or shirts or even a coat, just pants and shackles. To say I was peeved was putting it mildly, but thankfully, Aura keeps me warm and unaffected by the cold. Ruby looks at me and asks.

" Silva, why are you dressed like that?"

"Ask Weiss."

I curtly answered, as I wanted nothing more than to find Negative Weiss and give her a piece of my mind. I sighed as I told the little red reaper.

" Let's just find the Nightmare and get this over with."

Ruby's weapon shifted into its snowboard form and went down the hill, and I followed close behind after knocking down a tree to use as a snowboard of my own. We soon found the confusing signpost and the nearby train tracks, like in the canon, and Ruby asked me.

" Can you make sense of this sign thing, Silva, because I can't?"

" Me neither, but I am willing to bet if we follow those train tracks, it will lead us to somewhere important."

Before the little cookie monster could say anything else, a train horn sounded, and it ran by us on the tracks. Unlike in Ice Queendom, the train was not attacked by Grimm-White Fang and safely left without issue. I wonder what other changes I will see in Weiss's dreamscape compared to Ice Queendom. Ruby and I followed the tracks and saw the towering city fortress. We made it past the maze and saw the factory district, and another change I noticed was instead of statues of Jacques, there were statues of Willow instead.

Ruby asked me after poking around the factory district.

" How do you think we reach the other parts of the town?"

" We explore and see if we can find anyone that might point us in the right direction, and if we can't get anywhere, let's give Shion a call for some advice."

" Okay then, Silva, let's split up and see what we can find."

Ruby ran off, leaving nothing but a trail of rose petals behind, and I shrugged as I went to see if the Seven Kleins were still a thing here, starting with Happy Klein. I went to the largest factory I could find and found Happy Klein there, like in the canon, so I went back to find the little cookie monster before she attracted any attention. I tested to see if Door To Darkness worked, and it did as I went through the portal to find Ruby trying to scale up the wall to the next district, only to be stopped by some speakers.

She landed back on the rooftops and noticed me, then called out.

" Hey, Silva, did you find anything!?"

" Yeah, I found someone we can talk to here, come on."

I opened a portal to Happy Klein, and I asked him after passing through.

" Can you point us to where we may enter the upper districts?"

" Oh, the upper districts? Certainly, just take that door there."

The little cookie monster and I went through the door and found ourselves in another part of town. We ran into one of the robot guards, and it greeted us.

" Big Nicholas."

I returned the greeting.

" Big Nicholas."

" How did you know to do that?"

Ruby asked as it went back on patrol, and we ran into Doppey Klein.

" Hey, you two, are you sillies? Why are you outside?"

" Just enjoying a nice walk."

I replied back, then answered the little cookie monster's question.

" Lucky guess."

" Oh, okay."

Ruby and I started to look around the upper district and kept running into robot guards, but thankfully, so long as you returned their greeting, they focused on their patrol and ignored you. So far, it's been easy to get around, and we haven't run into Negative Weiss yet, so the Nightmare should be unaware of our presence. The middle-class district has shadowy figures that represent the populace, but they are not saying anything useful so far. I went to see Dopey Klein with Ruby in tow and asked the talking door.

" Klein, can you point us to your other yous?"

" Now, why would you do that? Why not come inside with the rest of the sillies? It's warm and safe, with plenty of food."

" I have a message to deliver, but afterward, I will take up your offer, Dopey Klein."

I BS-ed my way around, and the talking door replied.

" Okay then, if you want Happy, you need to head to the factory district. I'm here; Grumby is usually on patrol with the young miss, along with Sneezy. Bashful is outside of Atlas at the forbidden mansion, while Doc and Sleepy are at the Schnee Manor."

" Thanks, Klein; I need to see Sleepy. Can you tell us how to get to the Schnee Manor?"

" Certainly, you just..."

After getting some directions from Dopey Klein, Ruby and I made our way through Dream Atlas. The little cookie monster thanked me out of the blue.

" Thanks, Silva."

" What for?"

" For being here, if we're not here, I would have likely been lost and confused about how to handle this whole situation."

I shrugged and said.

" It's just a matter of quick thinking and discretion, Ruby. You have plenty of time to learn what you need to know."

We navigated through Atlas until we finally reached the Schnee Manor in this dreamscape. Now that we've entered the Schnee Manor, we started to explore to find the Nightmare. Hopefully, things are not too different from the canon.

***

[ Raven Interlude]

After beating up a has-been martial artist turned bandit twice and a talking ninja dog with a young woman for trying to take the Dragon Balls, Raven saw a sight she never thought possible. A mountain of unending fire surrounds a castle where the Dragon Ball is supposed to be. It hit her that she really was in another world once more, and she stopped the car. Unlike in the canon, Bulma did not bring along Oolong as she felt confident with just Goku and Raven on her side. The former bandit chief told her companions.

" I'll see if I can get inside for the Dragon Ball."

Raven transformed into her bird form and flew to the castle, but the sheer heat of the flames stopped her from getting too close, so she turned back to find the Ox King with her companions. The giant greeted her.

" Hello there, you must be Raven. I'd personally like to thank you for looking out for Goku in Gohan's place since he is my disciple brother under Master Roshi."

" It was no big deal. He's a good kid."

" Regardless, I thank you in place of Gohan."

Bulma then asked the former bandit chief.

" Any luck with the Dragon Ball?"

" No, the flames are too intense for me to bypass them."

Raven shook her head and knew what was coming next as the Ox King told them.

" In order to put out the flames, we need the Bansho Fan in Master Roshi's possession. I sent my daughter Chi Chi to find him, but I don't know how far she has gotten."

" I can go get the Bansho Fan!"

Goku volunteered and called out his flying Nimbus, and Raven told the young Saiyan.

" I'll stay here with Bulma and the Ox King, but Goku, make sure to keep an eye out for the Ox King's daughter as you head to Master Roshi's place."

" Okay, see you later!"

Goku disappeared from the distance and came back after a few hours with Chi Chi in tow and Master Roshi not far behind on Baby Gamera. The former bandit chief then saw it as the old martial arts master unleashing his most powerful technique, the Kamehameha Wave. The sheer power she saw reaffirmed her desire for strength to surpass all limits. Raven was now more determined than ever before to Master Ki and became stronger than she ever thought possible.