(In Vol5 I thought Yang crying was a nice scene as it made sense as Raven just left her again but her speech at Raven, though nice, felt off. So here's an alternate idea that hit me for the vault. The baddies showed up thanks to Raven but instead of joining the fight before going down, Raven, Cinder, and I can't remember her name all go down. The group upstairs fight, I'm thinking more splitting up out of just the 1 room so can have more focused fights with the reason being to see if there's any alternative way down into the vault when Emerald is screwing with their heads and making it harder to judge if they are going in the right direction to dash down the open hole. The decoy dies right before touching the door to Cinder who finds no power only to just barely move out of the way of a lightning strike. The fight ends with Raven breaking Cinder's aura and uses freezing rain in the room, freezing Cinder who's having trouble focusing with the sharp pelting, falling over the edge. I'm thinking later after she's managed to recover while floating on the water, uses the maiden powers to get herself back up and blasts her way out before taking off when seeing the relic is gone)
(This is kind of long in a script-like format with a novel style version possible later on)
Raven: -catches her breath and approaches the door. She looks at her hand then the massive door before her- "Do you really want to do this?" -a voice inside her head asks gently-555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qhcvDs9lY
Raven: -sighs- How do I know he hasn't found someone, or she hasn't found someone to host your power that has a good heart? If they have or if she has given anyone else the power of absorption...they will end up with your powers and the item.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVb6PPV3JUO
Maiden: "I trust you won't fall that easily. You'll survive, as you've been doing. Please, leave the door sealed and the item inside. I don't want to risk a snowball effect and my power causing you madness."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaENcgMHLyg
Raven: -sighs and rests her hand on her forehead- Fine, I'll leave it sealed. Damn, squash my curiosity and possibly free knowledge on how to take them down. ...You sure I can't just take a peak and reclose it?555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfMAkVru8s
Maiden: -snaps- "No!"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTBgz5rJEc
Raven: Got it, no peaking either.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqbe3HRT4h
Yang: -jumps down, stands and approaches- "Raven, I'm glad to see you're alright."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxjDtkifPI
Raven: -jumps and turns quickly, hand lowered- "Yang. What are you doing here? I told you to handle things with your father."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOWFU5l3WuI
Yang: "I wanted to help out. I couldn't just stay back and play babysitter to people. Sure, a Huntress is to help people feel assured but our teachers had it under control."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVrqpu17Dr
Raven: -shakes her head- "Well the deed is done here. We should return." -starts walking to Yang and towards the elevator-555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdmJFwczv3
Yang: -eyes on the yellow swirly door, keeps walking- "This is amazing. How in the world is this thing so big and how are those trees blooming and glowing like that?" -asks with a whisper, in awe-555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAACqnjS9jS
Raven: -turns- "It's nothing now let's go Yang."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPN4wFcKezl
Yang: "No, tell me what this is." -looks back to Raven- "You said no more secrets yet you're still keeping some."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYrhAFIoeG
Raven: "I guess I did..." -takes a breath- "It's made and sealed by magic, the same which turns me into a raven."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bsL1DIcoD
Yang: "What's inside?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JGs3o6Zzc
Raven: "An item that should stay there. Now, as I've said before, let us be going."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2bem3P4a7
Yang: "How do you know it should stay inside?" -puts hand on multi-fan door- "Or even what is inside?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsoWBVMhC0Z
Raven: -inhales, exhales- "I just do now-"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOGvrReiZ6
Yang: "You're hiding when you said you wouldn't when you said we had to talk. You told me about a multi- century feud between Ozpin and Salem. You told me to watch out for those who carry a mark of the Grimm somewhere on their body as they tend to be the more obvious ones with Salem. You also told me to watch out for Adam."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRBHSetrq1
Raven: -motions to Yang's missing arm- "And you listened so well with that warning a year ago."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5tbQBqOBb
Yang: -looks to her half limb then to Raven- "I had to protect my teammate. Now, tell me what's inside or show me."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNTmy5pXXH
Raven: -looks to the elevator then to the door- What do you think? Should I show her?555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN72zltqoAw
Maiden: "Well I'm not much trusting of her but I can feel you trust her to not blab this out to others. You may tell her about me and my power as well as...see the item that lays beyond. Seal the door before we leave with the item left inside. That is all I request."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Oh7nYwweU
Raven: I will. "Alright." -walks up to Yang and the door- "There is an old story about an old man gifting four women seasonal magic and seemingly immortality to help humanity."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMoBVW5kYbF
Yang: "Right, dad used to read it to me and Ruby, continuing the routine mom started when we were very little."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxnBxKiTZA
Raven: "Well...it's more than a story for children." -Yang looks to Raven curious as Raven watches the door- "And I'll show you." -Raven holds a hand out and touches the door with her eyes glowing a green color. The door opens as we see in the show and there is a vast hot desert and past three impact zones floats a lamp of blue and gold-555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZuLM5RLdyb
Yang: -shocked at the sight and slowly looks to Raven- "So you're..."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsIZqMZqGY
Raven: -eyes stop glowing as she lowers her hand- "The Spring Maiden."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Pw9gUxnrp
Yang: "Did you-?!"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtuwjomlVlc
Raven: "No!" -snaps, shaking her head- "She was killed by another. I was not expecting Dandi to approach me during the night a few years back."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCioHScIRe
Yang: "Dandi?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWL9HexFhYG
Raven: "Dandelion, nickname Dandi. The spirit. Remember, the maiden was once a person. Now then," -she looks at the lantern- "we've seen what's inside. Time to close it back up."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYyDXwI7RuF
Yang: "We will but I want to see if it's real. How is there a desert underground with sunlight?" -starts walking inside the demi-plane-555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmJn17M4Ay
Raven: -looks back at the elevator then to Yang- "Don't take too long. Hurry up."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zEIynTsuk
Yang: -waves- "I will." -she gets to the lamp and touches the side- "It's real. Whoa."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2gWJCdG74
Raven: -looked behind her hearing the flapping of wings- Damn it! -looks to Yang- "Get out of there so I can seal it. I don't want to deal with your uncle."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxlRwm6v9X
Yang: -turns and starts back to the door- "He's not that bad. I bet he might even enjoy seeing you for more than a moment, like upstairs."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5dj8gkxfsF
Raven: "He was ready to kill me up there and-" -the flapping gets closer and then the sound of fabric in wind. Quickly she drew her blade and sliced through the air, opening a portal- "Don't mess with that item. I'll be back in a few minutes if you hang out here when you get them gone. I don't need Ozpin on my back."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97slzGk9EM
Yang: "Wait!" -shouts and reaches out as she runs only for Raven to vanish through the portal that closes as Qrow lands and catches Ozpin in his early teen body (Oscar but Ozpin is able to regenerate himself a new body from training his focus, aura and semblance). Yang sighs defeated and turns to them in the doorway- "Hey guys. What's up?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Wukzgglui
Qrow: "We wanted to check on you. The others upstairs booked it and I was worried about you with my sister. Which...where is she?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepDY1HgNM6
Yang: "She had to go take care of something."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGbo8T7YITa
Ozpin: -his eyes land on the open door and his face falls- "Miss Long...who opened that door?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxrjIHYTLs
Yang: -puts her hands behind her head, doing a relaxed pose with one foot crossed over in front of the other while standing- "Dunno. Might'a been Cinder. Was open when I showed up."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBL9eWlqDm
Qrow: -eyes Yang suspiciously- "You said your mother had gone off. She was down here with you."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU22FyaCAkt
Yang: -rolls her eyes- "Yeah, she was keeping Cinder away from the open door. After that we talked about how our lives have been and then she left to go take care of things."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQj87pyCQE6
Ozpin: "In any case, we'll need to take the relic with us. We can't leave it here with the door open. Anyone can get it and we wouldn't know."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDBO0mnmP7P
Yang: -folds her arms- "What does it do?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6wEvNlCWm
Ozpin: "I'll explain later. For now, we need to get it."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1JTtoyKlG
Yang: -looks over to the side as Qrow starts walking inside- "You guys sure you can't just go up and send the elevator back down for me and I come back up later?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1snzEXW9ZG
Qrow: -stops just inside on the sand- "What would that change? Besides, just goes one way when it has people on it, and without Raven here with her portals, you would be stuck down here." -continues-555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRfcms8TSvl
Ozpin: "Is there a reason you don't want us here?" -looks her face over-555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OlDqTYpW0
Yang: -avoids eye contact- "It was just a question because I wanted to see if she might show back up."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡexvcx1OUAV
Ozpin: "You...said Cinder...had opened the door?" -Yang nods as Oz looks at the spring green trees- "...Interesting information. Seems she has somehow taken in two maiden powers somehow..." -he pondered, holding his chin with arms folded-555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuO36b061kq
Yang: -walks inside with Qrow who picks up the lamp- "Hey, how about I carry that for you?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUUgiaYI91
Qrow: -looks to Yang- "I got it. Now come on. We gotta get going. Oz wants to check in on Ironwood." -starts out with Yang following-555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGOgxHgWUo
Yang: "How's everyone else?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GU5YSAURK
Qrow: "Tired but fine overall."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvmmokwqhl
Yang: -sighs- "That's good."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxbWo1Z0M8
-They arrive and get on the platform, all three headed back up. Yang gives one last look back, turns her gaze down and rubs her upper arm. Oz turns his gaze carefully to the uncertain looking Yang but stays quiet and looks forward as the statue returns to the surface under the balcony-555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9OCk4zQUx
