Chapter 1: Heartwarming Reunion

(3rd person)

It was another day at Beacon. In fact, it was actually the 2nd year for students who had arrived last year, and it was near the end of the first semester, and it was the weekend, which meant relaxation from classes. In one dorm on the 3rd floor was a certain team of red, white, black, and yellow. These four girls were all good friends with each other, but they still did their own thing, just like last year.

The girl with red hair wore a red cape around her usual clothing, which changed quite a bit. It was still a combat skirt, but now her bullet belts wrapped around her chest, and the sleeves were quite shorter. She also had red gloves with black trimmings on it, each bearing her symbol, a rose. Other than that, everything else was the same besides her hair that was slightly longer.

The girl with white hair hadn't changed much with her appearance. Her shirt still bore her family's crest, but the sleeves were rolled up, black on the inside, and the collar neatly folded back. Her skirt now had a big snowflake printed on it, something that she liked.

The girl with black hair still wore her bow to hide her small violet cat ears. Her team and other friends were the only ones who still knew of her secret. She wore a black leather jacket with her symbol printed onto it, with the sleeves rolled up. She had a small chain on her left leg, and her pants were completely black. She also wore boots that went slightly above her ankle. She had black bandages wrapped around her arms with huge gaps between each strand.

The blonde still wore her signature orange scarf, only now it was wrapped around her right arm. She wore a light brown leather vest that wasn't zipped up, and her shirt was now reversed in color, black being it's primary color with her symbol being yellow. She still wore her black short shorts, but was covered on the back by a purple handkerchief with blue waves on the bottom. She still wore her light brown boots with the uneven orange socks and the grey scarf around her left knee.

The red and white-haired girls were busy with studying for an upcoming test. The one with black hair was busy reading a book she just recently bought while the blonde girl was just looking out the window, sighing to herself with a bit of a sad look on her face. Her mind was on a certain guy she met on her first day at Beacon, a day she remembers quite well, as it was the day she realized she was in love.

"Grey…" She sighed to herself.

The last time she saw Grey was the day before he left with his team to go on a mission given by Ozpin, and that was almost at the beginning of the semester. She missed him, a lot. Every day, she thought about him. He was the only thing on her mind. She wished he was back already.

"Yang… You still thinking about Grey?" Ruby said, concerned for her sister.

"Yeah, I just wish he was back, you know? I miss him…" Yang replied, not looking away from the window.

"Don't worry, I'm sure he'll be back soon. He did say that the mission Ozpin gave him and his team would take a good amount of time to complete." Blake said, looking up from her book at the golden-haired blonde.

"Yang, we know you miss him a lot, but cheer up, okay? How about we go down into the city and walk around for a while? You know, browse at different shops and buy some stuff." Weiss said as she and Ruby closed their books, finished with studying.

"I guess we can do that. Shall we get going?" Yang replied, and the four of them went and got on an airship for the city.

The girls were all walking around, looking at the many different shops. They stopped by the From Dust 'Til Dawn shop first since Weiss mentioned that she needed to pick some dust up for her weapon. They stopped by a weapon store and Ruby, Blake and Yang went in to get some ammunition, along with some stuff to help keep their weapons in good shape. Soon they all walked down the street, some memories showing up.

"Walking around the city always gets me to remember the awesome times we had. Like the Vytal Festival, when we became the champions!" Ruby commented.

"Yeah, those were good times. This is also where we saw Sun for the first time." Blake added, remembering her lover as she blushed.

"Too bad he's always busy. He never really gets any spare time to visit us, especially Neptune." Weiss said, remembering the first time she met Neptune, and chuckling at how he was practically a flirt, calling her 'Snow Angel.' Unfortunately for him, Weiss had taken an interest in Ruby by then.

"Yeah. Those were good times. Wish we could relive them!" Yang finally said, a huge smile on her face.

"Hey, guys, it's time to get going. We have classes tomorrow, along with an assembly at the end of the day." Blake said as she looked at the time, which read '6:55.'

Soon, they all got back to Beacon, and went to dinner. They were all sitting with their good friends from Team JNPR, who still pretty much looked the same, with some slightly minor differences.

Jaune wore a normal jacket (without a hood) with rolled up sleeves and wore black jeans instead of blue ones. Pyrrha still looked like an Amazonian-woman with her armor, but she showed a bit more of her body. Nora wore a long sleeve gray shirt that had her symbol on the back. Ren looked the same as ever.

"How was your day, guys?" Ruby asked.

"Pretty good. Spent most of the day training with Jaune. He's gotten a lot better!" Pyrrha replied, Jaune slightly blushing.

"Ren and I went out to the forest to look for some Grimm to kill!" Nora said excitedly, with Ren simply smiling.

"Nice. Do you guys know what the assembly's about tomorrow? So far, I've heard nothing." Blake asked, and the others shook their heads.

"Either it's going to be one of those that waste time, or it's going to be something that is actually important for once.'' Weiss commented.

"I say a 90% chance of the former." Yang said, giggling.

Soon, they all headed back to their dorms. Like last year, JNPR's dorm was across from theirs. They said good night to each other and all went to sleep.

The next day, classes went by as slow as usual. As the last class ended, all the students went to the auditorium for the assembly. Everyone simply talked until Ozpin came up to the mic, signaling the students to quiet down. He then began to speak.

"Thank you all for coming to this assembly today. The reason I have called you all here is because there is a certain team that has finally come back after being away from us for a long time. I'd like to take this opportunity to have us all congratulate them on coming back safe and successful from their mission, and that they say they are happy to be back." Ozpin said, as everyone started whispering to each other.

"I wonder what team it is. They have gotta be special for Ozpin to do something like this." Yang commented, with the others all wondering the same thing. However, what they all saw next shocked everyone, especially Yang.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome back Grey Storm, Magnarus Ragnarok, Flora Howl, and Nela Tempestrina, also known as Team GRFN!" Ozpin said as the curtains opened up, revealing said team.

All four of them looked different from the last time they were seen. Grey had a gray muscle shirt, with a silvery zip-up overcoat that had one short sleeve on the right, with no sleeves on the left. He also had a black bandana with his symbol on it, which was a wolf. His pants were black, but had silver knee caps, and the end of the pants was tucked into his shoes, which were a silver color with black markings on it. He had a diagonal scar on his face between his eyes, and his hair was spiked up. Magnarus wore a full black hoodie with an orange eagle on the back, sleeves rolled up, fully showing the fierce scars he had. His pants had some small rips in them. Flora wore a white shirt with a red tiger on the right sleeve, with a small scar on her left arm. She wore red pants with white stripes on the side. Nela had shorter hair, wore a green shirt with a hood on it, and had black pants with a green leaf chain hanging on the side. She also had a small scar under her lip.

Back in the stands, before anyone could stop her, Yang got up and ran as fast as she could, tears welling up in her eyes.

Before the crowd could cheer, Grey was caught off guard as he was tackled by Yang, and they slid back a good 10 feet. Yang then started to cry as the two got up and embraced each other, with everyone cheering, happy for GRFN returning home, and also happy for the two lovers finally reuniting.

"Welcome back, Grey…. I missed you…. We got some catching up to do, you know." Yang whispered to him, as she calmed down.

"I know we do…. Thanks… I missed you too. " He replied, the two still holding each other.

Soon enough, the rest of RWBY and all of JNPR joined them on the stage, all cheering "WELCOME HOME!"