(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-526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2X0eh7zgc
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.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxRh35qEP1
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."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5e3VOML2B
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?526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsq7iIA7tn2
Maiden: -snaps- "No!"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTaXdccQNiZ
Raven: Got it, no peaking either.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7cTPJV62aB
Yang: -jumps down, stands and approaches- "Raven, I'm glad to see you're alright."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwWHbfvI6k
Raven: -jumps and turns quickly, hand lowered- "Yang. What are you doing here? I told you to handle things with your father."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqF3CV5xM1s
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."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPeN5KaFgX
Raven: -shakes her head- "Well the deed is done here. We should return." -starts walking to Yang and towards the elevator-526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzA9aWC0nj
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-526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHww5vQjoeo
Raven: -turns- "It's nothing now let's go Yang."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmEfgbdf7r
Yang: "No, tell me what this is." -looks back to Raven- "You said no more secrets yet you're still keeping some."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysaSPUlijN
Raven: "I guess I did..." -takes a breath- "It's made and sealed by magic, the same which turns me into a raven."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJf1o2pdcY
Yang: "What's inside?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHlGwya0NE
Raven: "An item that should stay there. Now, as I've said before, let us be going."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxkiXgijYg
Yang: "How do you know it should stay inside?" -puts hand on multi-fan door- "Or even what is inside?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLypoYLP3L
Raven: -inhales, exhales- "I just do now-"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpayWjnXsI
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."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrto3nkSf6q
Raven: -motions to Yang's missing arm- "And you listened so well with that warning a year ago."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYPNbgVPDl
Yang: -looks to her half limb then to Raven- "I had to protect my teammate. Now, tell me what's inside or show me."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslcAT0LIeA
Raven: -looks to the elevator then to the door- What do you think? Should I show her?526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtXGDTedd4
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."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMHeAAf0Rf
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."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItnKtEbXfO
Yang: "Right, dad used to read it to me and Ruby, continuing the routine mom started when we were very little."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcuvGdLhnX9
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-526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2FzjWuv2qE
Yang: -shocked at the sight and slowly looks to Raven- "So you're..."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUdoRja2dz
Raven: -eyes stop glowing as she lowers her hand- "The Spring Maiden."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo9yGz26Q6S
Yang: "Did you-?!"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqzbAjVdRe
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."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVmFLppEm8
Yang: "Dandi?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdRMv5Ty8It
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."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNsDR0dWm1
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-526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbM7PybotZ
Raven: -looks back at the elevator then to Yang- "Don't take too long. Hurry up."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVkZF6BgdZl
Yang: -waves- "I will." -she gets to the lamp and touches the side- "It's real. Whoa."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6qD03om64
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."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF5JgFokhae
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."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXeqzq97Tv6
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."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnyEiCjRQP
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?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5TQN6MYyS
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?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnORngyysO
Yang: "She had to go take care of something."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTdyXCb1aT
Ozpin: -his eyes land on the open door and his face falls- "Miss Long...who opened that door?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ68lX2uFOI
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."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pQWhAPEt2
Qrow: -eyes Yang suspiciously- "You said your mother had gone off. She was down here with you."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXqmmwWr0E
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."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXsiNlGfaWH
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."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLr27CSA9p
Yang: -folds her arms- "What does it do?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmqzEGrCkhe
Ozpin: "I'll explain later. For now, we need to get it."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5OP1EoHsn
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?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2rU1SaJB46
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-526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitOxOyz200
Ozpin: "Is there a reason you don't want us here?" -looks her face over-526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkcCUZzwYBG
Yang: -avoids eye contact- "It was just a question because I wanted to see if she might show back up."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdqzp9bywm
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-526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHW6ITMzwGp
Yang: -walks inside with Qrow who picks up the lamp- "Hey, how about I carry that for you?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPkAiijCSe
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-526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyNHqQ6TQXl
Yang: "How's everyone else?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywjqK8vYO1
Qrow: "Tired but fine overall."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDSXEAkxiE
Yang: -sighs- "That's good."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3CzvgXODx
-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-526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjr0FOkMgpY
