A/N: For those who haven't read Frozen Remnants and those who have but forgot this chapter doesn't require you to and more about that at the end. That was a long hiatus, I know I said this would be continued in Summer and technically it is. The reason this wasn't started was the stress of trying to find a job and not getting any along with the wait for results, I just couldn't sit down and write. A little happy I didn't start until now because even though I wasn't writing I have spent a while planning this and it has changed quite a lot from the original plan. Anyway, enjoy.

4 asterisks in a row means a change of perspective

"The line between good and evil can easily be blurred by the need for survival…. or revenge"

-Another call in for a grimm attack in one of the outer villages, it started last year, the grimm have become more active and aggressive, hunters and huntresses are spread thin to try and protect as many as we can- Ruby thought to herself as she waiting in her bullhead along with team RWBY, they had just graduated an hour ago and were already being sent out on a mission. She had been looking out at the landscape below her, barely paying attention to the conversation between her teammates.

"This is the third time this village has been attacked in a week, what is causing the grimm to be so active?" Weiss asked

"It could be something to do with the way aura has been changing, anyone can sense it now" Blake answered calmly

"But even the older grimm are joining in on these attacks, they were passive because they knew that we would keep fighting them" Ruby joined in

"They must know something we don't, something making us weaker than we were before" Yang said with a serious expression on her face.

The recent attacks had been a cause of great distress for many hunters and huntresses, atlesian robots were no match for the creatures of grimm anymore so only those who had graduated from academies such as Beacon were allowed near the things, but there wasn't enough space within the four kingdoms to take in the outer villages without causing great poverty.

The creatures had torn apart half of the village already, those brave enough attempted to fight them off but merely served as a sacrifice so that anyone else had a little more time to live. A group of retired huntresses had gathered as many children and took refuge in the basement of an undamaged house in the hopes that the beasts would simply pass by, however they could already hear the stomps around the roof.

The group of huntresses prepared themselves to fend off the stragglers that had found them. They could hear clawing at the entrance to the basement and knew it wouldn't be long. A loud bang busted the door open, a beowulf flew to the wall opposite the door, falling close to where the children were huddling, they screamed and ran away from it.

"Don't worry, that one won't be getting up" The voice drew the attention of everyone in the basement away from the decaying beowulf and towards the figure standing at the entrance

"Thank dust the cavalry are finally here" said one of the ex-huntresses

"Just passing by"

"Either way, you have our thanks, but the other villagers?"

"Don't know, didn't see anyone outside"

"We have to go help them, we can handle ourselves out there"

"Stay here, my team will search"

"Team, I thought you said you weren't a hunter?"

"I'm not"

"But-"

"No time, huntresses should arrive soon to help you further"

"Okay…."

The figure took out a white crystal and replaced the door he destroyed with a thick layer of ice, while doing so he said to those inside "This will keep grimm out until help arrives"

The figure left the house to meet up with his brightly coloured teammate

"Anyone else alive?"

"There are a few that hid in the village hall, but other than that no sign, too many were stupid to think they could fight these creatures" Neo replied

"We have to be gone, huntresses here soon"

"Alright, are you okay?"

He looked down at her and grunted before giving a reassuring nod. While they were talking a ursa had caught up with them and lunged itself at the figure, he swiftly turned around and grabbed it's throat before slamming it against the ground.

"You two nearly done?"

"We had thought you forgot us, but yes, we are done"

Two other people made their way towards the duo before they exited through the forest

The bullhead stopped and let the huntresses jump down directly into the village, the pilate left to collect another team as if he stayed a nevermore would take him down. As soon as they touched down Ruby snapped out of her daydream and got to work, dishing out orders.

"Me and Weiss will keep the grimm away from villages houses, you two search every house for any survivors" The team nodded at each other before splitting off into their groups.

It wasn't long before Blake and Yang found the remaining survivors as there was less than 50 left. After making sure no one else had survived they set up a fire at one of the fields south of the village hall so they could see anything coming at them. Shortly after a fire had started Ruby and Weiss joined them, having checked that they cleared the area they knew they couldn't do much else when it was this dark. Blake took up a spot on top of one of the houses, putting her faunus night vision to use. Meanwhile Ruby checked their supplies, Yang kept the children happy, it came natural to her after having been there for Ruby after her mother died. Weiss walked over to the ex-huntresses

"I had heard that you were encased in ice, where did you get the dust to do that?"

"We didn't, there was someone here before you arrived, he encased us to keep us safe" Weiss' eyes widened at the mention of someone

"Was this person hooded?"

"It was pretty dark but I think he was, why?"

"We've heard of stories about a strange man helping towns, though he doesn't get any information about the attacks from any of the kingdoms"

"Maybe he knows why the grimm are attacking places frequently, if he knew why he could react faster"

"In that case it would be worth it to track him down"

Weiss walked over to Ruby to get her scroll from the supplies.

"We have to save their battery, what do you need it for?" Ruby asked

"The hooded man was here as well, if he's responding faster than us it would be worth it to find out what he knows, I'm getting permission for us to hunt him"

"But we need to be ready to protect any village that gets attacked"

"With what he knows we would be able to be at the village before the grimm"

Ruby reluctantly handed Weiss her scroll and left to check the perimeter. Weiss turned on her scroll, looking through her contacts until she reached Ozpin. It took him a while to answer his scroll, he didn't sound too happy that someone was calling him this early.

"What do you need this early in the morning" Weiss had completely forgot that it was night

"I'm sorry, I can call back later"

"I'm already awake, what is it?"

"Permission for team RWBY to hunt down the hooded man who keeps appearing in villages"

"You want me to send you out to find a myth"

"With so many sightings it's hard to believe that he's a myth"

"Even if he was real, did it ever occur to you that he's lucky to get there"

"But what if he does know something, right now we're blind and people are dying because of that. Any chance we have to learn more about this situation should be worth it"

"I will have to talk to the rest of the council, though I doubt they'll agree with our forces being spread thin as it is" Ozpin decided

Weiss closed her scroll and brought it back to the bag Ruby kept all their supplies in, when she handed her scroll to Ruby she received a questioning look.

"He's going to talk to the council about it, but it doesn't sound likely" Weiss responded solemnly

"We can't let them go and find him"

"But I don't feel as if they'll listen to us if we deny them this"

"If they do go then we can take away their status and publicly announce their abandonment at this crucial time"

"It won't matter, if they find him then it could all be over and they'd be brought in as saviours, I'd rather we were associated with them when they do"

A man entered the boardroom, everyone attending the meeting went silent and stared at the man, his blood-red cane in hand. He walked around the room, sending chills down each council member until he reached Ozpin.

"We will say no to this mission, you however Ozpin" He started, taking a pause to look around the room, he already knew what he wanted to say but he was always one to make things more dramatic

"Will give them your recommendation to go, we will publicly denounce them… They will never find the boy as he doesn't want them to. Those who were once viewed as humanity's saviours shall become their downfall" The man walked towards the exit but paused and looked around at the council members

"And their downfall shall become their saviour" He made his exit, swinging his cane around

A/N: Since this has been a long time and I am releasing it as a new fic rather than a continuation I was thinking of making a recap of the last one as it's a big ask for you to read through it all