Two months after Team RWBY disbanded, Ruby and her new team have been taking out Grimms wherever they found them.
"Jaune, watch your back!" said Ruby as she shot an Ursa that was heading his way.
"Thanks," said Jaune as he cut the head off the last one.
"I can't believe how many groups of these things we keep running into; I mean, that's the third one in only two weeks," said Nora.
"Salem must have gotten stronger because of the recent chaos," said a male voice from nowhere.
"Whose there?!" asked Ren as they looked around with their weapons ready.
"That was me," said the voice as a light came out of Ruby. It then turned into a short man with silver hair, mustache, and eyes.
"Who are you, and how did you do that?" asked Ruby who was creeped out by what just happened.
"His name is William Jaison," said Qrow who was standing in a tall tree nearby.
"It's been a while, Qrow," said William.
"You two know each other?" asked Jaune.
"I knew him, he died ten years ago during a mission," said Qrow as he jumped from the tree, landing right in front of William.
"Wait, that would make him a ghost now!" said Ruby as she ran behind Qrow.
"Actually, I'm the remains of the aura left after my death," said William.
"But why did you appear from a light that came from Ruby?" asked Ren.
"My aura fused with her aura upon my death ten years ago when she was only a little girl," said William.
"How is that possible?" asked Jaune.
"William was a Silver Eye when he was alive, just like Ruby is now," said Qrow as he took out his flask.
"And when a Silver Eye dies, their aura fuses with that of a living member," said William while he looked at Ruby.
"But I'm the last one," said Ruby who was no longer hiding behind Qrow.
"That's why you're the strongest Silver Eye ever, you even took down the Dragon I died to seal," said William.
"You sealed that thing away?" asked Jaune.
"With the help of three others, but with how strong Salem is becoming, it won't be long until she frees it again," said William.
"Who is Salem?" asked Ren.
"She's the mother and queen of the Grimms," said Qrow.
"They have a mother?" asked Nora.
"That's right, and you're going to need more people to fight her if you want to win this war," said William.
"The only problem with that is we don't even know where to start looking," said Ruby.
"What about your sister and the rest of team RWBY?" asked William.
"Yang is to hurt, and I don't just mean her arm, she not even mentally ready to fight," said Ruby.
"I have a way to fix both her problems," said William.
"But we're months from their home, it would take us to long to get back there," said Jaune.
"Put your hands on her back as she taps her scythe on the ground," said Qrow as he touched Ruby's shoulder. The others did as he had said, and when Ruby touched the scythe to the ground, they were engulfed by light.
"What, the?" asked Ruby as she opened her eyes to find them in front of her house.