Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN RWBY, that honor goes to the creative geniuses at Rooster Teeth.

Prologue

It was a nice summer evening. The winds were just the right temperature and when combined with the orange hue of the sky and the deep purple clouds, one would think I live in a paradise. But at this moment, that is not the case.

"Keep moving. Don't stop running."

I said that to myself over and over. I was breathing heavily trying to outrun the Death Stalker. My chest was aching and my legs felt ready to give in at any moment but I had to keep moving. I could hear the trees being broken as the giant scorpion tore through them like they were nothing and I knew without looking that it was catching up. Suddenly I was cornered against a cliff. The Death Stalker came toward me and swung its claw. I managed to dodge it at the last possible moment but then a sharp pain shot through my back. I was too scared to look. What if I was caught in its claw? What if it got me with its tail? The pain was so bad and it didn't stop, it just pulsated in waves from my lower back.

I couldn't move. I'm not sure if it's from fear or from the pain that came from trying but I couldn't. I heard the Death Stalker move as it raised its tail for the kill and braced myself for the pain of being impaled against a wall, but that pain never came. There was a rumbling around me and a bright flash of light, I saw the shadow cast on the wall of a cloaked figure with a blade and the hellish creature being sliced into pieces.

"Hey kid, you alright there?"

I turned around and saw a man. I didn't know his name but he wore mostly black and grey and had two swords sprawled over his back. He examined me from where he stood and tilted his head in concern. "You stuck?" He asked, I almost forgot about the pain in my lower back keeping me where I stood. I looked behind me and saw that there were some large rocks that had fallen onto my tail and they were what kept me from moving. I looked back at the man and nodded. He drew one of his blades and it glowed intensely with a golden flame.

"Hold still."

With a single movement a wave of light came and shattered the rubble.

"Thank you." I said as I looked at this man. He sheathed his sword and started to walk away before he stopped and glanced at me.

"Hey kid, how old are you?"

"Um… I'm 8."

He turned and muttered something under his breath before he looked at me again.

"You look like you've got the makings of a great huntsman. It's getting late, go back to your family before they get too worried."

Before I could respond there was a bright flash of light and then the man was gone. I brushed the dust off of my clothes before I started to make my way back home. It was getting late and the forest was growing darker by the minute, but as a Faunus I have an inherent ability to see in the dark. I stayed high in the trees and snaked my way past the few groups of Grimm. It's rudimentary I know, but they don't look up.

When I got close to my house I heard crying. Familiar crying, ignoring the darkness of the woods and he potential danger I jumped across the branches. Moving faster than I knew I could. I came to the clearing at the edge of the inland beach where I found my sister crying by the lifeless body of our mother. I ran over to her and brushed her brown hair out of her face, I didn't know what to say to her. What do you say when this happens. I looked down at our mother and the sight was forever burned into my mind. She was wearing her favorite dress, but she also had her shield in her hand. There was blood staining her chest and a gaping hole where her heart should be. I glanced at the house and saw that someone wrote on it.

"WHITE FANG DESERVE TO DIE!"

This was a crime of hatred against Faunus, which explains why my sister wasn't hurt, she's human.

"Brother? Why? Why did they do this to mommy?" My sister's question was broken by her crying. I didn't have the heart to tell her the answer, but I couldn't let her see me cry. I held back my tears and my heart felt even heavier than it did when I first heard her crying. I felt a few drops of rain on my head and I took in deep breaths of the musty air as the let the rain cry for me.

"Kai, what are we going to do now?"

I looked at my sister. Her face had silvery trails where her tears fell and her hair became more matted by the second as the rain only intensified. I didn't know what to do, I couldn't think of anything. I put on a brave face and sighed before wiping a tear off of her face.

"I don't know Dee. We'll be okay, alright."

"What if you end up like mommy?" More tears welled up in her eyes and she tried to fight them back, ultimately failing at the thought of me dying like mom did.

"I won't, I'm here with you the whole okay."

Dee wiped her face with her sleeve and looked back at me. Her eyes were stained red from the crying but she managed to smile.

"Pinkie Promise."

I nodded and at that we made the promise to be there for each other no matter what.