"No and that's final!" Taiyang shouted. "It's not fair! Why does yang get to go! I wanna go too!"

"Ruby, I've said this a million times by now, you aren't really for the kind of commitment this requires!" Taiyang replied harshly. "And Yang is!?"

"Ruby! We've been over this!" Tai yang replied. "And every single time you say 'Well, she'll be ready when the time comes.' You never think about me!"

"That's not the point Ruby! She's trying to find a path in life. I had my doubts but she showed me she could! What have you done?"

Ruby's shoulders rose as her hair became frazzled. "It's your fault for not letting me even try! I want just want to be a huntress too! I-"

"No. I will not let you go and play with dangerous weapons! They can hurt you and I don't want to see you hurt. You're my little baby girl… I can't-"

"I'm the BABY?! Yang is two years older than me but she can be the huntress?"

"YES!" Taiyang lashed.

"Yes. She was teaching herself; reading books about how to do this or how to handle that! She trained herself almost every day. She took time off from her training to be with you just so you could play around."

"Well-"

"Nothing! Don't want to hear a word. I had to protect your mother and I failed. I won't fail again. Not again." Taiyang promised. "But I don't care, dad! I just want to-"

"Life isn't a fairy tale where you can go around and slay the dragon, kiss the princess, and go home. You'll fight and fight and fight and the only thing you'll get is a bit of money to fill your pockets. It's why I quit… there was no honor, no fame… just a hope that maybe that you might be one of those greats."

Silence permeated from the room for only a second.

"... And the white fang attacked yet another home on the outskirts of vale. Some officers believe that they're only kidnapping children from ages 7-14. Other believe that this is only a terror attack on the citizens to get the officials to come on of hiding. If you can, lockdown your home just in case. This is Kelly Swearingen, signing off…. Thank you Kelly! I would like to-"

"That's enough of that. You girls should go to bed. It's past your bedtimes" "Bu-" "Go to bed."

Ruby grumbled under her breath. What did he know? He kept preventing her from doing anything the would even put a scratch on her. Ever since her mother died, he'd been overprotective over her. Acting like she was younger then she was. She wished to just leave. Nothing could be worse than here.

Nothing could be worse than this.

What did he know? Sure he was a hunter but he never acted like it. He would talk to someone for a little on the phone and that was it. But she knew. She knew that the stories weren't all untrue. If it never happened, why would they write about it? And she would have trained with Yang if he wasn't so against her being a huntress. Every time he would see her outside with yang, he would freak out and pull her back in only to lecture her about the dangers of weapons. Again.

Ruby walked up the steps to her room placing as much of a stomp as she could. Why couldn't her father just understand? Her mother was a huntress. Her mother's mother was a huntress. And now yang get to be one. But her? No. Too young, too weak, too much like Summer.

I just want to leave this place.

"Hey, dad?" Taiyang sat in the living room looking out the window. "What am I going to do with her?" Yang gave an uncomfortable look. "You could just let her train. What's the worst that could happen?" Taiyang grimaced. "If I let her do that, then she'll think that she could grow up to be a huntress. I'm not going to let her ruin her life like this."

"Do you think I'm going to ruin my life?" yang asked. Taiyang smiled. "No. You want to save other and protect them. You've tried your hardest during training. That's all the persuasion I need. She just wants to be huntress for selfish reasons."

"But… Like you said. It could be dangerous and… I'm a little scared. They said on the news that the white fang has been attacking people on the outskirts of town and… I don't want to be next. They were targeting girls my age, right? I just feel like they're… like we're next."

Taiyang hugged yang. "I promise that I'll do everything in my power to keep you safe. Now please, go to bed yang." yang nodded and went upstairs. She had to believe in the power of her father.

Ruby woke up to a loud noise. Almost like if you knocked on the door really, really loud. She glanced at her alarm clock that read 3:37am. Who would be here at this time? She forced herself to sit up in bed.

And then it all happened in a couple of seconds. Ruby heard the sounds of the door being forced open and a voice she didn't recognise yell something. She heard her dad yell before a thud hit the ground. Ruby got out of bed and walked to the door. She was beginning to panic. What was going on? She heard more yelling before her door slammed open as people with white masks swarmed in. Ruby stared at the people in the masks. No… they were faunus. White fang. The last thing she felt was pain as the man in the front knocked her in the head with the butt of his weapon.

When the first signs of danger started, Yang had already jumped from her bed. She knew this would happen! She just knew! With tears in her eyes yang look around for a place to hide, her head vigorously moving side to side. She ran to her closet and threw open her pirate chest full of her clothes. She closed the closet as she heard them barge into the room next door.

She had to hurry. She dived into the mass of clothes, trying to get herself at the bottom. Her arm reached out to close the chest. When she was finally confident of being at the bottom, they broke into her room next. She heard their muffled shouting as they probably looked for her.

Yang covered her own mouth. If she uttered a single sound, it would all be for nothing. She had to stay silent.

The closet door slammed open. The grip on her mouth tightened.

Please don't open the chest Please don't open the chest Please don't open the chest...

The chest opened up and she closed her eyes. This was it. It was stay down or be found. Yang didn't know how long she laid there, but the chest eventually closed back up. She wasn't open of the woods yet. They shouted some more and left the room. Yang let out a breath she didn't know she was holding.

Dust her body burned from the lack of oxygen. She had to get out, she had to see how father and Ruby were-

Ruby… They got Ruby didn't they?

Yang jumped up to get out of the chest only to hit the top of the wood.

NONONONONONONONONO!

They lock it! They locked the freaking chest! Why would they just lock a freaking chest? She had to get out, she had to call someone.

Yang raised her fist. Fist met wood at the top. They were leaving, they wouldn't be able to hear her knocking into the wood. Fist met wood again… and again...and again…

Blood. Blood ran down her knuckles until yang heard a splintering Crack as her fist went threw the wood. She quickly made the small hole big enough for her body to fit threw and crawled out.

She made it! Wait… No time for celebration. Yang ran to her father. He sat face down in the living room.

"Dad! Dad! Come on, wake up! You got to help me! I-I-I Don't know what to do!" She shook and shook but he wouldn't respond. She got the phone and typed in 9-1-1.

The moment they answered, yang bombarded them with information about what happened. "Wow wow wow, slow down there. You said the house has been under assault?" A distinctively male voice said.

"YES! Bring an ambulance! My dad… my dad isn't waking up." Yang replied. "Ok. Give me your address again and tell me what happened. I'm sending people to your location." Yang complied.

She fell to the floor next to her dad. She knew this would happen.

She knew this would happen…