Second one that I mentioned being similar, again written while I was away on holiday once more, so again any mistakes I blame on horrible hotel beds.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

-George Washington

Chapter 1-

Ever since Beacon Academy was created in the middle of one of the most Grimm infested forests in Vale and became the best school for training Hunters and Huntresses in all of Remnant, it always had its own guardian protector for the students within its hallowed halls.

Throughout the four years that each student is within the school he or she has at least one encounter with the guardian who had saved them from Grimm in the forest.

Every student be it from the beginning of the academy to present day all said the same thing about the guardian.

They would hear a soft singing that lured them to sleep as they saw a woman in pure white clothing and a large sword shinning as fire, electricity or many other elements shooting out of it or swinging as it decapitated Grimm.

Those who were more strong willed that managed to stay awake longer also noted two wolves with the woman, which was odd in itself as wolves had not been seen since the rise of man when they beat back the Grimm.

There was some that say the woman was of an old species that ruled the planet before and she was the last of her kind, others say she is the spirit of the forest who protects the school, but no one knew exactly.

Almost fifty years ago there was a change in the story, no longer was it a woman in white with two wolves by her side protected the students, instead it was a woman in pure red with a single, white wolf by her side, the weapon remained the same but there were scattered stories of her using a large scythe instead of a sword.

Everything about the story stayed the same except for the colour and the weapon, they still heard a song that put the students to sleep in some language they never understood.

Present day Vale as a whole was peaceful, the Faunus were treated as equals in all regards and so the White Fang as a whole stopped operating except for a few hard-core elements that still tried to attack people, but this was few and far between.

With no White Fang or other issues Vale was a peaceful kingdom with only the Grimm to worry about but that was going to quickly change as a group of students wanted, like many others before them, to find this guardian and find out who they are but that went wrong, quickly.

Neo was breathing hard, she knew this was a bad idea from the start but her team convinced her otherwise, Cinder, Mercury and Emerald all wanted to go into the forests surrounding Beacon academy.

It had been going well at first, they hadn't found many Grimm and even then it was only a few Beowolves but as they were going further into the forest they found more and more Beowolves until finally they all just stopped coming.

That was because they had entered Deathstalker territory, which they were soon to realise as they disturbed one of the large creatures.

Now they were being chased back to the school but they were quickly cut off by a second Deathstalker coming from the other direction, with no other choice left to try and fight them the team of four readied themselves in a small clearing.

Then they all heard the soft yet loud musical voice echo around them, flowing into their ears as one by one Neo's team fell to the ground around her, fast asleep.

Neo did not know why she was still awake, she had heard the rumours around the school about this, they said that a beautiful song would lead you to sleep and then you would awake at the edge of the forest, but why wasn't she asleep? Neo asked herself.

Neo looked towards the two Deathstalkers as they seemed to freeze as they heard the song but then quickly started back towards Neo and her friends.

Next thing Neo saw was a flash and then lightning shot through the middle of the closest Deathstalker, breaking through its tough armour as if it was nothing as the lightning fried the large creature.

Neo followed the line of lightning and saw a figure dressed in a large, fluttering red cloak as the woman calmly walked with a long blue sword extended out, electricity arcing across the blade.

Next Neo saw a large pure white wolf sprinting towards the second Deathstalker, unafraid as it jumped up with its claws attacking the eyes of the Grimm.

Neo was quick to turn her attention back to the figure in red as the wolf leaped off the Deathstalker and into the air as another arc of lightning slammed into the creature, this time instead of breaking through the chest it tore the head clean off.

With the two Grimm dead in a matter of seconds after the woman showed up, Neo turned to watch the woman walk towards them in the clearing, deciding she wanted to confront the woman Neo walked into her path.

"Thank you for saving me and my friends, but who are you?" Neo asked quickly, her voice shaking slightly as the adrenaline wore off from the encounter.

The wolf who had now returned to its mistress's side started to growl and advance towards Neo, its legs poised to strike at a moment.

Neo held up her hands in surrender as she stared down at the wolf, but she didn't need to worry as the woman in red spoke.

The woman's voice was soft and held a musical note to it as she spoke in a language that Neo did not understand, but in her head when the woman gave the command she heard it in her head, 'Relax'

'Where was that from?' Neo asked herself as she heard what the woman said and then a meaning in her head, but she didn't have time to focus as the wolf relaxed but the woman came towards her.

She couldn't see the woman's face because it was hidden behind a hood and something else blurring her vision as she tried to look at the face.

Then the woman spoke, softly that Neo strained to her but the voice was still musical even as they spoke in English with an accent that she couldn't place.

"How are you still awake?" The woman asked, but simply shook her head as she raised a gloved hand to her head.

Next thing Neo knew she was falling back towards the ground, only to be caught in the soft embrace of the woman in red as her eyes started to close and she felt tiredness fall upon her, her last thought as she went into sleep was, 'This embrace is so soft, so nice, it feels like home.' Neo thought as she relented to her bodies need to sleep.

Neo didn't know how long she had been asleep but when she felt herself waking she started to remember what happened, jumping up from the bed she was laid in she shouted out, "Wait!"

As her senses started to come back to her she realised she was in her dorm room, her teammates not to be seen but as she climbed out of the bed she found a note from her team.

'Gone to get some food, seems we did run into the red woman but she put her spell on us. Anyway we've gone to get some food and study at the library, so don't worry about catching up. C.'

Neo smiled lightly at the note, at least she hadn't dreamed it she thought to herself but she wanted to know more about this woman and who she really was and she could think of only one person who might know.

Grabbing her parasol from the bed next to her Neo left the dorm room walking towards the headmaster's office.

Once she arrived at the large tower that was Ozpin's office, she headed up to the top only to find the outer door to the reception area locked, finding that odd Neo crouched down and pulled out a set of tools.

It didn't take her long to pick the lock and enter the reception area, being careful Neo entered the office space only to find Ozpin's receptionist sound asleep at her desk, pen in hand as if she just fell asleep suddenly.

Confused Neo went to the door leading into Ozpin's office and using her semblance she carefully teleported a small section of the door so she could listen into the office.

"You should have told me!" A voice that Neo recognised from earlier, the same musical voice now speaking English, but even though the woman was angry Neo could only think how beautiful the voice sounded.

"Miss Rose, I did not know until just now, I assure you that I never meant to deceive you." Ozpin's calm voice replied.

"Fine, but I need to investigate this." Miss Rose, said once more her voice calmer but no less beautiful to Neo.

There was a pause as a growl emitted from the room and Neo heard the woman's wolf move around the room, near the door.

She heard the same command from earlier come from the woman, Miss Rose and she heard the wolf move away from the door and become quiet once more.

"How do you plan on investigating Miss Rose?" Ozpin asked, not worried about the wolf.

"Is the post you offered my mother those years ago still available?" The woman asked.

"Of course, there is always room for new combat instructors. Is there anything in particular you wish to teach?" Ozpin asked.

"Not really, weaponry for the most part and perhaps advance combat techniques but it'll be hard to keep Skye hidden." The woman said, sounding slightly worried.

"I would have to leave that up to you, it would surely give you away but I am sure you'll find a way." Ozpin said, "You can start within the next couple days, I can also set up a room for you if you wish."

"I may have a way, and that would be great, if you don't mind can I hand around the school until you've got it set up?" The woman asked.

"Of course, I share contact you with a schedule, is there anything else?" Ozpin asked.

"That will be all, but I would advise getting better locks." The woman said, the smile in her voice obvious in her tone, as all sound vanished from the room.

Waiting a minute to try and find out what was going on Neo jumped back when the door opened up, causing her to fall back onto the ground.

"Ah Miss Neo, what can I do for you?" Ozpin asked as he looked down at the young woman.

"Oh um, sorry sir I was just wondering about what happened earlier today?" Neo asked softly, unsure at what to do at being caught out.

"Ah well it seems you and your team had a lucky break, a freak lightning storm happened earlier today and killed the Grimm chasing you but sadly you were rendered unconscious from the explosion." Ozpin expertly lied.

Confused but hearing his tone Neo knew she couldn't argue, "Ah ok sir, thank you." Neo said as she started to leave.

"Oh and Miss Neo, I would be careful about the sort of conversations you listen in on, especially when you do not know the whole story." Ozpin said as the young woman left.

Neo blushed as she realised she was caught out and hurried out of the tower to get some food and meet up with the rest of her team.