(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-560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizMqBZkBhv
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.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwFIYkfTmpL
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."560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTIRZatkGXZ
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?560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGD8tCZapcZ
Maiden: -snaps- "No!"560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcG3F8RV19O
Raven: Got it, no peaking either.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzWwsaBG1SO
Yang: -jumps down, stands and approaches- "Raven, I'm glad to see you're alright."560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAOMKgdtcS
Raven: -jumps and turns quickly, hand lowered- "Yang. What are you doing here? I told you to handle things with your father."560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRjSwSiNAT
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."560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKsdBWC6I6m
Raven: -shakes her head- "Well the deed is done here. We should return." -starts walking to Yang and towards the elevator-560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGY5A3aAk5S
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-560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0BVmt2Easa
Raven: -turns- "It's nothing now let's go Yang."560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fBqPCgfNS
Yang: "No, tell me what this is." -looks back to Raven- "You said no more secrets yet you're still keeping some."560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhV4w6lSile
Raven: "I guess I did..." -takes a breath- "It's made and sealed by magic, the same which turns me into a raven."560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlcAOCONFZ
Yang: "What's inside?"560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡilWYo4vbct
Raven: "An item that should stay there. Now, as I've said before, let us be going."560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQfeZo3xuX
Yang: "How do you know it should stay inside?" -puts hand on multi-fan door- "Or even what is inside?"560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmytQgxejLn
Raven: -inhales, exhales- "I just do now-"560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrEoPV3PnR9
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."560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAH1WogiEy
Raven: -motions to Yang's missing arm- "And you listened so well with that warning a year ago."560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPbb9M3DhOh
Yang: -looks to her half limb then to Raven- "I had to protect my teammate. Now, tell me what's inside or show me."560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡioWgsHaxpC
Raven: -looks to the elevator then to the door- What do you think? Should I show her?560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEu7VToYNl
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."560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcouxfLEZBm
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."560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ21DXziVy9h
Yang: "Right, dad used to read it to me and Ruby, continuing the routine mom started when we were very little."560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yL9c3xsNV
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-560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCJcWEDLES
Yang: -shocked at the sight and slowly looks to Raven- "So you're..."560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTucMFkMnx6
Raven: -eyes stop glowing as she lowers her hand- "The Spring Maiden."560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl52VoM3kUh
Yang: "Did you-?!"560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6Vek6y0CU
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."560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhd2ojogmz
Yang: "Dandi?"560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3yb0eitrE
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."560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK9VYYFPXoe
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-560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQF69odpJQ
Raven: -looks back at the elevator then to Yang- "Don't take too long. Hurry up."560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOdJBZ4y6E
Yang: -waves- "I will." -she gets to the lamp and touches the side- "It's real. Whoa."560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSXWAxEvnh
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."560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhLD6ixnFF
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."560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaRIDRknuz
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."560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccm0qu6jUU
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?"560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzcNgJehbh
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?"560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgSgg3w84w
Yang: "She had to go take care of something."560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIhonGINk1
Ozpin: -his eyes land on the open door and his face falls- "Miss Long...who opened that door?"560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyjcWW1un8x
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."560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjYe8TbWEGU
Qrow: -eyes Yang suspiciously- "You said your mother had gone off. She was down here with you."560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXKk6MvO20
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."560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnwavWj4zb
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."560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVN8aq3s0Q
Yang: -folds her arms- "What does it do?"560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjh1GxHD9gg
Ozpin: "I'll explain later. For now, we need to get it."560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2aLfeCef9
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?"560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvq0uKdiUky
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-560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8QaEdaqGo
Ozpin: "Is there a reason you don't want us here?" -looks her face over-560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bJmRv2TGv
Yang: -avoids eye contact- "It was just a question because I wanted to see if she might show back up."560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdsk5YdIp2
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-560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gAZnDlRvN
Yang: -walks inside with Qrow who picks up the lamp- "Hey, how about I carry that for you?"560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxyR6SSmqqH
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-560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7oAGE33Q9q
Yang: "How's everyone else?"560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5s5HBpMq2W
Qrow: "Tired but fine overall."560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvC3iz7zSed
Yang: -sighs- "That's good."560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCgwMoxYYjy
-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-560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIF3nkaxor
