Rude, Red, and Royal Team RWBY arrive at the royal birthday party and discover the King has been succeeded by the Red Prince as ruler, who throws away Penny’s sword for disliking its color. Though angered, Ruby suggests a game to cheer the Prince up and he elects a chess match where her friends are shrunk to serve as chess pieces, but they overpower the Prince’s forces with their Semblances - terrifying the Prince and his court upon revealing they are following Alyx's path. Forced to flee, Ruby and her still-shrunken friends are aided by the Curious Cat, who previously helped Alyx reach the Tree. Meanwhile, the injured Jabberwalker is cornered by a newly-arrived Neo, whose Semblance evolves to generate an army of clones.