(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-397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9267gEefN6
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.397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUsVtkfzvP
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."397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTB0Fv8HAh
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?397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2M30a5nn5P
Maiden: -snaps- "No!"397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡncu3PdRWJd
Raven: Got it, no peaking either.397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQcjOqkEY8
Yang: -jumps down, stands and approaches- "Raven, I'm glad to see you're alright."397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSoexEGfFCV
Raven: -jumps and turns quickly, hand lowered- "Yang. What are you doing here? I told you to handle things with your father."397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZB3Z3lhqF
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."397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0VxZm5kPGS
Raven: -shakes her head- "Well the deed is done here. We should return." -starts walking to Yang and towards the elevator-397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDDqemVnnZb
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-397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXs7A2m1p9F
Raven: -turns- "It's nothing now let's go Yang."397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGseWDhW1Z0
Yang: "No, tell me what this is." -looks back to Raven- "You said no more secrets yet you're still keeping some."397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GKPF0ajyJ
Raven: "I guess I did..." -takes a breath- "It's made and sealed by magic, the same which turns me into a raven."397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcHSxmkxNB
Yang: "What's inside?"397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZfMJpRQQJ
Raven: "An item that should stay there. Now, as I've said before, let us be going."397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTk59BMNmq
Yang: "How do you know it should stay inside?" -puts hand on multi-fan door- "Or even what is inside?"397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNsafkPSFw
Raven: -inhales, exhales- "I just do now-"397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdOMeQusE6
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."397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17RMZp7Abg
Raven: -motions to Yang's missing arm- "And you listened so well with that warning a year ago."397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡceZ1HQmsk7
Yang: -looks to her half limb then to Raven- "I had to protect my teammate. Now, tell me what's inside or show me."397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpPfntJ5D0
Raven: -looks to the elevator then to the door- What do you think? Should I show her?397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29hwMHiaGL
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."397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0vq6NmwB1
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."397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjSmYQMo3g
Yang: "Right, dad used to read it to me and Ruby, continuing the routine mom started when we were very little."397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeScN3OqLh6
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-397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqhEBex3yF
Yang: -shocked at the sight and slowly looks to Raven- "So you're..."397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLeZJAmomFs
Raven: -eyes stop glowing as she lowers her hand- "The Spring Maiden."397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJvYPcyTKo
Yang: "Did you-?!"397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7om2wPd7O
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."397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCPeXGebBZ
Yang: "Dandi?"397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9OnFkr3vIX
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."397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxAMd33SIP
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-397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJuNbMGX216
Raven: -looks back at the elevator then to Yang- "Don't take too long. Hurry up."397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5w4ZVSs6g
Yang: -waves- "I will." -she gets to the lamp and touches the side- "It's real. Whoa."397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3RWwH91Fzo
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."397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYUafaZrue
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."397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2dbaIsdbU
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."397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmgr6e3pZ9
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?"397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LpYTAABlO
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?"397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0WQBOCKwu
Yang: "She had to go take care of something."397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnMvuF7kO9
Ozpin: -his eyes land on the open door and his face falls- "Miss Long...who opened that door?"397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPz6rpgDEZ
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."397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLG8stUBlY7
Qrow: -eyes Yang suspiciously- "You said your mother had gone off. She was down here with you."397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6oyVAJBZgh
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."397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGByy0l90K
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."397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjJ4eZvZt1
Yang: -folds her arms- "What does it do?"397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbqWXHYWUN
Ozpin: "I'll explain later. For now, we need to get it."397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMN339PdVWm
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?"397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVr9nhMTke
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-397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEinjUihfg
Ozpin: "Is there a reason you don't want us here?" -looks her face over-397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkyrGO35V6
Yang: -avoids eye contact- "It was just a question because I wanted to see if she might show back up."397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOM8LKsIiSR
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-397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrChPNR46Bz
Yang: -walks inside with Qrow who picks up the lamp- "Hey, how about I carry that for you?"397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxefmgAFTEv
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-397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEKvVTGpuAC
Yang: "How's everyone else?"397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIv9K3rrDZO
Qrow: "Tired but fine overall."397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeu3J90qOYZ
Yang: -sighs- "That's good."397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0aejIakQ1n
-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-397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOV9xs7G71S
