A few things to mention beforehand:

Jacques is a nice guy here, Blake's parents left a bit earlier here, And the Schnee children are not as snooty as canon. Summer was a wolf Faunus.

Chapter 1: Innocent beginnings

It was Fall, the hot summer of the previous year had finally subsided, landscapes that were sunny and green quickly transformed into red as the leaves changed colour. It was during this time that Taiyang Xiao Long, the bulwark of the legendary Team STRQ decided to pay a visit to some of his old friends with his daughters Ruby Rose and Yang Xiao Long.

Ruby, at age 5, was the definition of inquisitive, a wolf Faunus with a sharp nose and a tendency to search around and get herself stuck in almost every nook and cranny possible, being adorable every step of the way, with her black hair and ears that turned red at the tips and shiny silver eyes that could widen at her command. Fortunately, her sister Yang, a 7 year old with shimmering golden locks and lavender eyes, pale skin (not as pale as her sister's, but still pale) and above average height, a mirror image of her father, would reel her in before too much chaos would be surely caused by her sister, most of the time, if they were scheming together then Tai would know true terror.

The plan was to visit a close friend of Tai, who happens to be Hivern Schnee, wife to the patriarch of the Schnee Dust Company, a kind and caring man by the name of Jacques. The two had always been close friends, growing up together when they were small and often crossing paths, even after Tai had moved to Patch and married with Raven Branwen and Summer Rose. Recent times have been harsh on Tai, Raven had left Yang behind as soon as she had been born without a word, leaving her Brother Qrow, Tai and Summer to take care of the baby. Tai found solace in Summer, who had also left behind Ruby, except this time in death, through miscarriage. It was only through the coaxing of both Qrow and Hivern, who had birthed 2 happy girls and one boy, for him to get out of his depressed mindscape and continue being a proper father to his children.

Tai walked up to the front gate, the excited squealing of Ruby and Yang following his ears, he looked to the left and saw a crudely painted message on the wall of a nearby house: "Our lives are worth more than the sum of money you could ever earn!" it was signed by a red growling head of a tiger. Tai sighed, being Head of the SDC was a very tiring job: Jacques had spent a lot of money to improve the conditions for Faunus and human lives alike for his mines, but other companies did not have the money or the desire of upgrading their mines to being as efficient and safe, and some human miners still held contempt for their Faunus counterparts. The council of Atlas was also reluctant to provide funds to help other companies improve their conditions, and would rather focus their money on scientific and militaristic categories, which was the root of one of the largest political and social problems in Remnant.

Many of Atlas' upper society had not accepted their defeat at the hands of the Faunus during the Faunus Rights Revoluition, a revolution staged by the Faunus in retaliation against Humans trying to centralize their species in Menagerie. And when Faunus think of Atlesian upper society, they think of Jacques, and things spiral from that point on.

Ruby tugging at Tai's hands brought him back to reality, as the gates swung open, Hivern and Jacques coming out to greet them hand in hand with their children. Ruby, as usual, came running up to say her greetings to the Schnee matriarch with Yang in tow, Winter, Weiss and Whitley calmly greeting them in contrast to the cheerful and explosive greetings of the Xiao Long-Rose family. The two households gathered and caught up on recent events, unaware of how badly the day would turn out from this point forwards.

Adam looked on from the rented apartment, at the back of the beautiful Schnee Manor, with its beautiful gardens and spotless walls, walls that should be torn down. He reached out and touched his scar, the one that took his left eye and cruelly displayed the letters COAL on his once unblemished face. The media may represent the Schnees as benevolent people but in the end, they are still people who send his kind to the grave. It was HIS people who toiled and suffered while Jacques and his family stayed and owned this large estate, clean on the outside but not from the invisible blood of Faunus who had died from collapsing mines.

After Ghira and Kali Belladonna had left the White Fang, the organization had been in chaos, many who did not desire to take up arms had left the organization, but not all was lost. There were enough senior members to re-establish a chain of command, and Blake had stayed, she did not understand the true reason her parents left; just that they abandoned their cause, which is just what Adam needed. The current plan of action decided by the White Fang was simple, yet foolproof: The Belladonnas were known to be peaceful, so the plan was to have a package showed up at the Schnee Manor, delivered by none other than child of the Belladonnas, and then have it detonate when opened, no one would expect a package from a child to detonate. This would be the opening move of the new white fang movement, to show just how far the Faunus are willing to go to receive respect, and it would also teach the elder Belladonnas that no one should abandon the White Fang, even less so their own leaders.

"Blake, this package is for you to deliver, it's from your father and it is supposed to go to the Schnees."Blake did not know what was inside the fancy looking box, but she did know: 1. it was from her father and it was important, 2. it smelled faintly of dust, when she asked the other WF members they said there was an accident while it as being shipped from Menagerie (they looked a bit high strung when she asked, but it was probably her imagination), 3. It had something inside it that was attached to the box, 4. She was supposed to drop it off and come back as soon as possible, they were supposed to have a meeting later and she was not going to miss it.

As Blake neared the Entrance she heard laughing and talking, a few voices she recognized instantly as the Schnee family, and others she didn't quite know. As soon as she reached the gate entrance she laid the box, and was turning to leave only to hear loud "HI" behind her. A young wolf Faunus with silver eyes and black hair ending in red came and waved, only to see the box: "is this for us?" Blake nodded dumbly, surprised by the sudden appearance of a Faunus inside Schnee Manor, but the way she said "us" could only mean she had ties with the Schnees, and started walking away hearing a distant "OKAY BYE" in the distance, over the laughter and chatter.

Blake soon thought of her own parents as she walked home, she thought of how they looked when she rejected their requests to go to Menagerie with them, how they asked the other White Fang leaders to take care of her, even though it was their job. Blake shook her head, she was no longer to be with her parents, at least for a long while, though a small piece of her nagged her to apologize for some of the things she said on that night, Blake found a tear slipping out, and wiped it hastily. A large explosion suddenly rang out, causing Blake to turn, her eyes widening as she picked up the smell of burnt dust, and blood. Blake started running for the White Fang base with more questions than when she left.