(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-371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPp6zrT6zKG
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.371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOCCw8GoyD
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."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpFDnwugzc
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?371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzueunwmef
Maiden: -snaps- "No!"371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5BJHUzAFO
Raven: Got it, no peaking either.371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRbkAoB1UC
Yang: -jumps down, stands and approaches- "Raven, I'm glad to see you're alright."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ13sgJC5Bqu
Raven: -jumps and turns quickly, hand lowered- "Yang. What are you doing here? I told you to handle things with your father."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qJKrAMnDE
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."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWoDLYFIBTx
Raven: -shakes her head- "Well the deed is done here. We should return." -starts walking to Yang and towards the elevator-371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqyjZ0B2piy
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-371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5bYMXohdX
Raven: -turns- "It's nothing now let's go Yang."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjUovNqLuvB
Yang: "No, tell me what this is." -looks back to Raven- "You said no more secrets yet you're still keeping some."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHAY7rxZlr
Raven: "I guess I did..." -takes a breath- "It's made and sealed by magic, the same which turns me into a raven."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocv2OLVQjQ
Yang: "What's inside?"371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPajsEijIA
Raven: "An item that should stay there. Now, as I've said before, let us be going."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk36U70HL1u
Yang: "How do you know it should stay inside?" -puts hand on multi-fan door- "Or even what is inside?"371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt4vPmItIsU
Raven: -inhales, exhales- "I just do now-"371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TGiSA6nVL
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."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9C81gWWkcn
Raven: -motions to Yang's missing arm- "And you listened so well with that warning a year ago."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2P4xj4pQMu
Yang: -looks to her half limb then to Raven- "I had to protect my teammate. Now, tell me what's inside or show me."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hjz5PGJrU
Raven: -looks to the elevator then to the door- What do you think? Should I show her?371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQMKHqqcnO
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."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjtDi8Arib
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."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8FrTWzeKc
Yang: "Right, dad used to read it to me and Ruby, continuing the routine mom started when we were very little."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGs9MWREaGm
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-371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHtW8nZpKM
Yang: -shocked at the sight and slowly looks to Raven- "So you're..."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCJs7llB30
Raven: -eyes stop glowing as she lowers her hand- "The Spring Maiden."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUbH281enF
Yang: "Did you-?!"371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZkTGtGwDo
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."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3792XUN4ie
Yang: "Dandi?"371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuImLlkVw5k
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."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczcz7G5DE9
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-371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4lhPcBEDO
Raven: -looks back at the elevator then to Yang- "Don't take too long. Hurry up."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTaxIWSgCm
Yang: -waves- "I will." -she gets to the lamp and touches the side- "It's real. Whoa."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsz2TAmNtuQ
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."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhj2LXwoaG8
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."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFLdms1Psu
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."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvm2e8ecaKO
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?"371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkWywjN9sX
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?"371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlqMkClqxIz
Yang: "She had to go take care of something."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPKCCeq9LG
Ozpin: -his eyes land on the open door and his face falls- "Miss Long...who opened that door?"371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz31TfHE4EY
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."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSqNFrkIX7
Qrow: -eyes Yang suspiciously- "You said your mother had gone off. She was down here with you."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mFAHmEVuo
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."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37Hd4OrCsn
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."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3RGYW93AS4
Yang: -folds her arms- "What does it do?"371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQCxLXYDvW
Ozpin: "I'll explain later. For now, we need to get it."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvRDkHhsfv
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?"371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LPs4DkuQP
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-371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBX65i1U0R
Ozpin: "Is there a reason you don't want us here?" -looks her face over-371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM20KtBEq3p
Yang: -avoids eye contact- "It was just a question because I wanted to see if she might show back up."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYq2ScKUik
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-371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTL4sFqYEhA
Yang: -walks inside with Qrow who picks up the lamp- "Hey, how about I carry that for you?"371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeN02pmw7rj
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-371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy39Ct9u63u
Yang: "How's everyone else?"371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSYgMWFmJ0
Qrow: "Tired but fine overall."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGLl0CRneS
Yang: -sighs- "That's good."371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2Ed1qeTpL
-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-371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ27oRLKxnV6
