A Daughters Story Chapter 1: Reunion, a rwby fanfic

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN RWBY AS IT BELONGS TO MONTY OUM AND ROOSTER TEETH REPECTIVFULLY

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Sup everyone, now before we begin I wish to tell that this idea has been in my head for a while (read: since winter break started) and after a bit of thinking I thought "Ehh, fuck it" and decided to create the story. So one of the things in this story is that unlike my other stories this story will be having few but LONG chapters so it may take a while for this story to update ... So, without further adu, enjoy the story.

* This is a updated version of this chapter

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"GASP" gasped a feminine as she bolted up form her bed as sweat slowly dripped down from her skin.

"Dammit, another one" muttered the person to herself as she brought up a hand to massage her temples as a headache began to form. "Why is this even happening" whispered the girl as she looked over her bed at the nearby clock.

"5:40 AM huh" said the person as she yet out a yawn before bringing her other hand to the other side of the bed where her personal scroll was. Picking it up she turned it on, only to flinch as she immediately closed her eyes from the flash of bright light.

"Dammit, note to self, turn down brightness of scroll" thought the girl as her eyes began to slowly adjust from the blinding light. Afterword's she scrolled through her scroll before finding what she was looking for, tapping the scroll a few more times the girl dropped the scroll on her bed as she saw her rooms windows slowly recede. Slowly the windows began to recede – giving the girl's eyes time to adjust to the incoming light. As the light began to pour through details about the girl's appearance began to show.

It seemed that the girl was wearing a purple hoodie with the hold drawn over her, hiding most of her facial features. But from judging the girl's body it seemed that the girl were no more than 10 years old.

The girl looked out of the window to a sight all too common for her. From the window the girls could see a sprawl of forestry as stretched far beyond what the eye could see. Dotted among the forest where tall white buildings that stick out of the rest of the scenery.

The girl gave a tired sigh as she pulled over her beds sheet before planting her feet onto the cold surface of the ground. Giving out a grunt the girl got up from her bed and headed towards her room's bathroom. Turning on the lights the girl grabbed her toothbrush as she pulled down her hood and began to daily morning rituals.

As the girl did her daily morning task her facial features were now able to be seen. The child had pale skin, dark red colored hair, and most noticeable … sliver eyes.

As the child finished the last of her morning rituals she went backed to her room before grabbing her scroll. While she could go downstairs and grab some breakfast she didn't, as she currently wasn't hungry as well as not wanting to run into her father at the immediate moment. Instead she decided to check the latest news, sadly it seemed that their wasn't much happening at the moment, just boring political stuff and all that nonsense.

Turning off her scroll the girl gave a sigh as she turned her head towards the scenery outside, seeing nothing else to do the girl went towards the window and stared out.

To anyone else the scenery here would have been best described as beautiful, and it was honestly. But, to someone like her who had seen this scenery for her whole life the best she felt about it was … lackluster. The girl peered down to see the more of the house as thick white slabs made up most of the house, and around the house she could easily see robotic guards take their usually route.

"Why dad has so many guards around the house I'll never know, I mean who would even want to attack this place anyway" thought the girl as she continued to stare at the robotic guards doing their daily task.

Deciding that there was nothing interesting going on the news and she was beginning to feel the boredom setting decided that maybe an early breakfast wasn't a bad choice.

"Ehh, if dads there hopefully he won't ask why I'm up so early" concluded the child as she made up her mind. Opening her rooms door the child stepped out of her room as she headed downstairs to the kitchen. As the girl was halfway down the stairs the smell of coffee soon filled her nose.

"Crude, looks like dad is awake already … well your already more than half-way their Lavender better go face the music" thought lavender as she pushed on went into the kitchen.

But as lavender entered the kitchen she immediately noticed that it wasn't her father that was in the kitchen, it was her aunt Penny. A tall woman with pale skin with multiple freckles dotted along her face, bright orange hair, and bright emerald eyes.

"Aunt Penny" asked lavender as she gave out a tired yawn.

"Lavender dear, why are you up so early are you sick or something" asked her aunt with worry evident in her voice.

Lavender could only give a mental sigh as out of all her aunts and uncles aunt penny was one of the more … over concern members when it came to her health.

"~sigh~ its nothing aunt penny just a bad dream" replied lavender.

"What as the dream about dear" asked penny.

"It was nothing aunt penny, you don't need to worry about it. But on another note, where's dad? He's usually here with his mug of coffee and his scroll?" asked lavender.

"Oh, your father went out to the mainland to grab a few things dear, he should be back later in the morning" replied penny.

"Oh, ok" muttered out lavender as her face had annoyed look by the answer before returning to it normal look. "Well, I'll guess I grab my breakfast and head back to my room" said lavender before her aunt butted in.

"Oh no young lady, you know the house rules dear. You eat here in the kitchen or you don't eat" replied penny leaving no room to argue.

Lavender growled in annoyance, but seeing how her aunt wasn't going to move on the issue at all gave a out a huff of frustration as went to pantry to grab something to eat.

"Cookies are not a healthy meal to eat in the morning lavender" chided penny as she saw her niece consume the cookies with gusto.

"yeah yeah I know auntie, but cut me some slack it's the weekend" argued lavender as she took a chug of milk from her cup.

"Very well, but you know your father will be upset lavender" replied penny

"mmm hmm" replied lavender resulting in a sigh from penny.

Finishing the last remains of her breakfast lavender quickly putted the dishes in the sink before heading to living room area, once there she snatched the remote before turning on the TV.

BREAKING NEWS

Welcome back everyone, I'm your host Lisa lavender and today we have some recent announcement. On the top of our list a team of scientist from the national college of archaeology have announced that they have uncovered an elder ruin on the planet Khyber, from immediate scans it seems the ruins may have once been kind of housing facility.

Up next, tensions rise between remnant federation and the faunus coalition as peace talks between councilor Blake Belladonna and the overseer of trade have currently broken down. Though we do have reports that trade talks will be renegotiated at later date

And finally, from our correspondents on Sanus we have news that there has been a recent surge of grimm in area surrounding vale as military officials state that any further reclamation of either vale or vaccuo would have to be put on hold until further notice.

Now for a quick word from our sponsors

"~Sigh~ Poor Blake, I heard the talks were dreadful" commented penny as entered the room.

"Where they really?" asked lavender.

"From what I heard form Blake, yes, and I quote {that man has to be one of the most insufferable people I have ever had to talk with}"

Lavender merely gave a grunt in response as she continued to watch ads. Silence filled the room for a few minutes before penny spoke up again. "So lavender, have you thought what you're going to do tomorrow dear, it is your birthday" said penny as she sat next to her niece.

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"Is leaving this island an option" replied lavender earning a sad look form her aunt.

"Lavender … you know we have been over this many times but-"said penny before her niece cut her off.

"But we can't since there are people out there that wanting to hurt me because of who I am … … … ~sigh~. Auntie penny … I've been on this island for as long as I can remember, and never once have I ever left it. My only window to the rest of the world is the TV and my scroll. And before you say it yes dad keeps telling {were going to leave the island just not right now dear}. But, I just don't understand, I look completely normal, what is it that is causing me to stay on this stupid island, is it because mom or dad did something" demanded lavender before crossing her arms in frustration.

"… ~sigh~ … Lavender, you really want to leave the island don't you" stated penny.

"Gee, what gave that idea" snarky replied Lavender. Only for moments later began to feel a bit guilty how she snapped at her aunt.

"17, 17 the age that your father said that you can leave the island … I know that isn't what you want to hear and I know you don't like the reasoning behind it. But, please, I promise you that once you do reach 17 all of us will be going all around the world" replied penny.

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"I … I just feel like a caged bird here aunt penny. It's nice here but … it's just that, a gilded cage. I'm just so tired of seeing the same stuff every day, just once can something different happen here" replied lavender after a few moments.

"Careful what you ask for dear, you may receive but it may be in that way that you didn't expect. Besides, while it may look dull to you dear you have to admit it is peaceful here dear and all your father wanted was to make sure that your childhood would be raised in a peaceful place because trust me lavender, the outside world can be a cruel place" calmly replied penny.

Silence consumed the room for a while before the sound of door opening was heard before a masculine voice spoke out.

"I'm back penny, can you help me with the supplies please" pleaded lavenders father.

"I'm coming Jaune just hold on a moment" replied penny before she turned back to her niece, "just think on what I've said dear and besides that, think about what you want to for your birthday for now" finished penny as she quickly went over to help Jaune with the groceries.

Lavender gave a tired sigh as she got up from the couch and headed into her room. Closing the door she leap onto her bed as she thought what next to do. While a part of her wanted to mull over what aunt penny had said another just wanted to push it away for later. Eventually she chose the latter as grabbed her scroll and turned on its tablet mode.

Deciding that there was nothing else to do at the moment lavender decided to start up one of the games on her tablet and decided to spend the next few hours playing.

WITH JAUNE

"… And there, that should be the last of the groceries" said Jaune as he and penny placed the last of groceries on the table. Jaune's overall physique was mostly the same, save for the muscles he had gained over the years since beacon as for current attire he still wore the same stuff he had during beacon with a few modifications (think volume 4 attire).

"So penny, did anything happen while I was gone" asked Jaune as went to grab to drink. "Oh nothing much, lavender had woken up early, bad dreams she says" answered penny. "anything else besides that" further asked Jaune.

"Well, lavender asked that question again. She's getting restless Jaune, don't you think it would be good idea to at least show her around the mainland at least" said penny.

Jaune putted down his drink as he took a seat on one of the chairs, as he did his facial features took a turn as his face looked more tired than before. "~sigh~ Penny, you know I wish I could, but don't you remember what happened last time we did … we almost lost her penny, who almost lost her to the queen. I-I can't bear to see that happen again, not to my daughter … I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if that ever happened again."

"I didn't choose to stay here penny but we – no, all of us knew that this is probably the safest place to raise lavender. I know it isn't perfect and I can easily see it in her eyes but … but she doesn't who or what we have seen penny, we both know what's really out there and if she ever got a whiff of this place I—" said Jaune before penny butted in.

"I know Jaune … but still, she is your daughter Jaune and I know that you would give up to whole world to protect her at any cost. But, just for a single moment can you at least give her the chance to see the world even if it is for a moment. Do it for her Jaune, give your daughter a chance to see the world before things get ugly" pleaded penny before she continued again.

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"I think about, no promises" replied Jaune.

"Thank you, but on a different note, I talked to the rest and it seems that Yang will be the only one coming to the party, everyone else is either too busy or are helping with reclamation of vale and vaccuo" finished penny.

"Lavender is going to be real upset about that" commented Jaune as he could already image the disappointed look on her daughter's face.

"But, it doesn't mean that everyone isn't going to send presents though, I also heard that Yang is going to be bringing a rather big surprise to lavender as well" added penny.

"Oh boy, when Yang and surprise go to together you know something is going to be either broken, destroyed, or blown up … wouldn't be surprise if all three happen at the same time. Lucky that's why we have Weiss, so not our problem" replied Jaune.

"You know Weiss is going to kill you if she ever heard that from you" joked penny with a small smile on her face.

"Not sure on the killing part, most likely that she will just turn me into a block of ice. heh just like in our beacon days … yeah … just like those days" said Jaune as his voice grew distance as his mind replayed events long passed when the days were more innocence. "~sigh~ I'm going to miss those days penny, those days where we could do the craziest of things without the slightest worry, Oum those were probably the craziest days of our lives."

"Yeah, those days were crazy but that's just it, it's just the past … and as much as everyone wishes we all know those days are long gone. Come on Jaune, there's other things we got to do for lavenders birthday, and were on tight schedule so chop chop" replied penny as she grabbed Jaune's arm.

WITH LAVENDER

After finishing the last level on the game she was playing on her scroll as well as grabbing a light lunch lavender headed off towards the home pool, which was easily on a level that you would see in recreational pool.

As she dipped her legs into the pool she couldn't help but stare at the cloudy skies above her, from what she had heard there was a rather nasty storm passing through the island. While there might be a good chance that there soon could be rain, she honestly didn't care at the moment as she threw the rest of her body into the pool.

Swimming was easily in the top things she enjoyed doing here, personally she felt well … free, in a way, no need to worry about anything just focused on swimming. As she did her laps she couldn't help but think back on the worlds her aunt had told her. She knew that aunt penny meant well, especially for her dad.

Don't get the wrong impression, lavender loved her father greatly and knew he would do practically anything if it meant she wouldn't be upset. For example, one time when she was really down dad brought uncle Neptune and Sun to do a comedic sketch to raise her spirts … god was that one of the more embarrassing yet funny moments in her life, but it did do the job raising her sprit up.

She couldn't help but giggle at the old memory … ahh, those were such happy days just like when dad used to talk about … mom. Mom, a simple yet powerful word, but for lavender it was more complicated.

The truth was … lavender never knew her mother, she disappeared when she was born so she never got the chance to really know her mother or what having a mother felt like. Aunt Penny tried to fill that gap but … it just didn't help in the end sadly.

Whenever dad talked about mom he always showered her with stories about the great acts her mother did or how she always stood up for noble values, or if her father was feeling it told the more embarrassing stories about her mother. And her mother's old team also talked about the experience they had with her, the bad, the good, and the embarrassing.

But, even with all the tales her father and aunts showered her about her mother she couldn't help but feel a lot of feelings about her mother.

Pride; in that she at least knew her mother was a powerful warrior and a hero. So she defiantly felt proud of being her daughter.

Awe; on how her mother was such a kick ass fighter as well as how strong she was. Also knowing the acts her mother and her team did during their stay at beacon, like for example, stopping terrorist from using a dust filled train to blow a mountain … bad ass.

Confusion; lavender always wondered why her mother left her, was their some kind of reason for it, did she die on a mission … was she even alive.

And finally, … hatred; While lavender did respect her mother it didn't stop the resentment of her from festering. After all, how could you just abandon your own child like that. Her family did try to lessen the hatred to her mother and to some extent is worked but in the end the pain of a parent abandoning you is not one so easily forgiven.

Lavender tried to push such thoughts out of her mind and instead just try to enjoy her time in the pool. Yet … she couldn't help but ask to herself on simple question.

"Did … did you even love me mom or … was I mistake to you" whispered Lavender to herself as she closed her eyes knowing that no one was ever to going to respond to that question.

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"I've always loved you dear"

Said a voice that whispered into her ear as lavender felt some kind of hand on her shoulder. Turning around in flash she immediately looked around to see how that was … only to see no one else besides herself.

"W-What was that" asked lavender to herself as she continued to see who that was yet saw no one else besides herself.

"Must have been my imagination … yeah just my mind playing tricks on me …" explained lavender to herself as she continued "I mean why would she care … s-she left me" angrily said Lavender.

"I never left you … you were taken but don't worry, we WILL be reunited as it should be" replied the voice.

Shocked, lavender tried to see where the voice, key word being tried as she felt her body lock up. Lavender desperately forced her body to obey yet it refused to move no matter what. As she tried to regain control of her body she felt something crawling up her back before it stopped on her shoulder. She felt control of her neck return as she turned around, only to see a black clawed hand on her shoulder.

Her breath hitched as another hand came onto her other shoulder. Slowly the two slide down before the two wrapped around her and pulled her into a hug.

Lavender tried to from some kind of response, yet, every time she tried it got caught in her throat. While in the process of attempting to form a word she felt something warm near her ear.

"I coming, don't cry, I be to you soon."

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"MISTRESS LAVENDER, ARE YOU ALRIGHT, YOU SEEM DISTRACTED" said one of the islands robotic guards as it approached her. Taking one of its hands it gently placed it upon her shoulder. Braking Lavender out of her stupor.

"I-I'm fine, just … tired … say, did anyone come near here" replied lavender.

The robotic guard merely shook its head before replying "NO, BESIDES YOU NOBODY CAME NEAR THE POOL PERIMETER, DO WISH ME TO CONTACT YOUR FATHER OR AUNT MISTRESS LAVENDER" asked the robotic guard.

"No, I was just wondering, you can leave now" responded lavender.

The guard gave a nod before leaving off to its post, but before it did it turned around to face lavender before speaking "OH, AND HAPPY EALRY BIRTHDAY."

"Yeah … thanks" said lavender as quickly gather her belongings before heading back to the house.

LATER

Lavender entered the room before locking the door shut. She immediately looked under every nook and cranny for anything suspicious, after making sure everything was in the clear she jumped on her bed and wrapped the bed sheets around herself.

"What the hell was that" thought lavender as huddled herself on her bed, "Must have been some kind of trick of the mind … … oh who am I kidding, if that was an illusion then why did it feel so real."

"C-Could it really be her … but, why now … couldn't she have visited beforehand. No, wait, she said that I was taken … does that mean that she was searching me for the whole time … but why did dad take me away from her?"

"And what about those {hands} … those things barely looked like ones, they were like claws more than hands. Did something happen to her or something … was that why dad toke me away from her … or was their another reason" thought lavender before she gave out a growl of frustration.

"Oum, why did this have to be so confusing" thought lavender as she clutched her head in frustration.

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Seeing that no one would answer her she decided to bring something out that she hadn't looked at for a long time. Going under her bed she grabbed a large box underneath before pulling out. Wiping the top layer of dust off with her hand she slowly opened the box as she pulled out the content in the box.

A scrapbook, more pacifically a scrapbook about her mother, a gift from her auntie Yang from her 5th year birthday. Slowly cracking open the book she saw some oldest pictures about her mother just when she was still an infant, she could also see her grandmother, Summer Rose in their as well. Turning the page, she could see more pictures of her mother this time instead of her grandmother now it was her grandfather, Taiyang Xiao-long, and it was about him feeding or in this case attempting to feed her mother when she was baby.

"Heh, Oum, it has been sometime since I saw grandpa … I wonder how is he doing now, probably should call him later to check up on him" thought lavender as she gave herself a mental reminder.

Turning through more pages she could see her mother progress throughout the ages ranging from her first day on signal, to the creation of her own weapon, all the way up to her days at beacon. That is where she began to slowly come to a halt as she turned to the last page on the book with any pictures, on the last page there were only two pictures.

The first picture was her mother in her beacon years with in a group picture with aunt Wiess, aunt Yang, and aunt Blake. From what her father had told her they were one of the top first year teams during the stay at beacon, they went by the name of team RWBY … very, original.

Her mother looked so happy in the picture, that simile she gave practically screamed {Hey world, my time here is going to be the best and there is nothing going to stop that}.

Bringing her eyes from the first picture she moved them down to the second picture. This one showed her father and mother locked in passionate kiss as the moon's light showered their bodies. This was where her father and mother finally admitted their love for each other … and where aunt Yang found out, almost killing her father too.

fortunately for her and dad her mother was able to stop aunt yang from killing dad. Sadly, that didn't stop Yang from unleashing her rage upon the surrounding area, from what she had heard they say that there still are on the process of repairing the area and are not even halfway done.

But before lavender could continue her thought train a knock on her door immediately broke her thought bubble as her father's voice rang through. "Lavender, it's me, I heard from the guards that you looked pretty shaken … you want to talk about it" asked her father in a worried tone.

"Umm … … sure … that would be nice" replied lavender as got up and unlocked the door. Her father entered the room before sitting next to her on the bed.

"So, what's that your looking there" asked Jaune.

"This … just the scrapbook aunt yang gave to me for my fifth birthday" answered lavender.

"Oh yeah, I forgot about that old book … so any reason your looking at" asked Jaune.

"Yeah, just was thinking about … mom" whispered Lavender as her father's eyes soften at the mention about his wife.

"I see, lavender … I know that you don't have highest, respect, for your mother but I can see that whatever is bothering you is defiantly coming from your mother" said Jaune.

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"Why … why did she us, leave me. I know you have your reason why mom left but still you think that she left us … because of me" said Lavender before her father immediately answered back.

"NO, lavender I can you that your mother in fact loved you very much and would never blame you for the her departure. I can ensure you that your mother loved you to the point of going across worlds just to find you dear. NEVER think for a moment that you are the reason she left" replied Jaune.

"~sigh~ the reason your mother left was that, we had few … disagreements over raising you. After an … accident with you and your mother we came a conclusion that it would be better if I raised you instead of her" explained Jaune.

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"Come on lavender, let's go play some games downstairs as well as show that your old man still has a few moves up his shelve" said Jaune as tried to change the subject.

"Mmm … I don't know" replied Lavender before her father began tickling her, causing her to giggle uncontrollably. "H-Hey ~giggle~ stop ~giggle~ that" demanded lavender.

"Well if you want me to stop than you got to beat me on duo dungeon 6, fire edition" replied Jaune as his daughter gave him a smirk.

"Pssht, please, I could beat you in that game with half of a controller" said lavender as her father gave his own smirk.

"Well let's see if you back up that claim dear, first one down to the game room gets to pick controllers" said Jaune as he bolted out of the room with his daughter soon following him. "No fair, you got a head start" complained Lavender. "All is fair in war dear" replied Jaune.

THE NEXT DAY

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"Lavender, wake up honey" said Jaune as he gently shook her daughter.

"D-Dad, mmm, what time is it" ask lavender as she rubbed her eyes.

"Come on dear, don't you remember, it's your birthday today" whispered Jaune before continuing "besides, there's a special someone who wants to say hi as well."

"Who?" asked Lavender. "Well, if you want to know than come downstairs" replied Jaune.

Giving a loud yawn lavender quickly got up before getting herself ready. Once she was done with that she followed her father as the two descended down the stairs and into the living room where this special someone was.

"~YAWN~ So who is this {special someone} anyway" asked lavender before the two entered the living. When they did lavender's eye opened up in surprise when she realized who was there. Standing in the living room was women wearing a tan jacket with orange lining and gold edging, unzipped halfway to show an orange crop top. The coat has darker brown short sleeves, a thick collar that completely encircles her neck, and two long gold-trimmed rectangular tails. The women also wore two black and yellow bracelets on each arm. One distinct feature on the women was the cybernetic right arm.

"A-Auntie Yang" said Lavender in surprise.

"In the flesh" replied Yang she closed the distance between themselves and gave a bone crushing hug to her niece.

"~ACK~, Auntie Yang your crushing my back" wheezed Lavender as she could feel her spine slowly cracking from monstrous strength her aunt had.

"Ohh whoops sorry dear" apologized Yang before she let go of her niece as said niece took a large gulp of air from said bone crushing hug.

"Its fine just please don't do it again" replied Lavender earning a chuckle form Yang. "Well no promises on that" answered Yang.

"So auntie yang, where are the rest of them anyway" asked Lavender, referring to all the other aunts and uncles that should be here.

"Oh, about that, sadly they couldn't make to busy with work kiddo" replied Yang as she saw how her niece's face morph into one of sadness.

"Oh … well at least you're here" said Lavender as she tried to keep her disappointment out of her voice.

"Well, even though they rest of everyone couldn't come it doesn't mean they didn't bring you anything" said Yang as she gave a quick whistle. Moments later penny strode into the room, holding a mountain of presents in her arms and on the mountain was a note with the words HAPPY BIRTHAY LAVENDER on it with everyone's signatures in it.

"TA-DA" said penny as she slowly entered the room with all the presents, Jaune quickly came over to help penny put the presents down in front of lavender.

"Well, what are you waiting for, go open one of them" said Yang as she nudged her niece to open one of the boxes. Breaking out of her stupor lavender went over to the pile of presents before grabbing the closet one. She soon saw that it was from her aunt Weiss, opening it she soon saw what was inside.

"Aw man, books … again" said lavender as she brought out three large books from the box.

"Not any type of book dear, look closer" commented Yang.

Looking closer lavender immediately realized that the books were in fact about dust manipulation. In order the books were: Dust for novices and beginners, Intermediate Dust manipulation, and finally advanced Dust manipulation/ theory, each one written by auntie Weiss herself.

"Your aunt Weiss thought it would be wise for you to get an early start into you hunter training" explained Yang

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"Wait what" asked Lavender as she turned to her aunt, who now had a large grin on her face.

"Oh yeah I forgot to tell you … that I'm going to be staying her from now and I'm going to help you with your huntsmen training, surprise" declared yang, getting everyone's eyes to widen in surprise.

"WHAT" exclaimed everyone in the room from Yang's statement.

"Yang, you … ~groans~, you can't just stay that off the fly. Great, now I got to prepare a room for your aunt … god dammit Yang" groaned Jaune as he pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration.

"H-Hold on a moment, when did I ever say that I wanted to be a huntress anyway" replied Lavender.

"You didn't, but just because you may or may not be a huntsmen doesn't mean I'm not going to teach you how to defend your self as well as show how to throw a fist properly" explained Yang.

"Well … I guess that wouldn't be bad" muttered Lavender as Yang wrapped her arm around her neck.

"See, now your getting it" replied Yang.

"So I guess Yang will be staying with us than, lavender dear would you mind if me and your father could have a chat with yang, you can take your presents up to room if you like" said Penny as she motioned her niece to run along. Grabbing as many presents as she could lavender quickly ran up the stairs and to her room to open all these presents, leaving Yang with Penny/Jaune.

Minutes passed before Jaune broke the silence between the three, "So, I guess that was your special surprise than Yang" said Jaune.

"Yep" replied Yang with an emphasis on the "p". "But I'm also serious on the whole huntsmen training part as well, you know when she leaves the island the Queen is going to find her" explained Yang as her voice took a more serious tone.

"I know Yang I know, ~sigh~, I was thinking of starting her training after her birthday. But it would be a great help if you did stay with us both for lavenders training as well as her mood" said Jaune as his mouth formed a small simile.

"Heh, that's what's family is for Jaune. Besides if I was able to pull you out of your downward spiral before I think keeping my niece's mood up shouldn't be that hard" replied Yang.

"But on a different note, what are your going to be doing for lavenders birthday anyway vomit boy" asked Yang.

"Well … I was thinking of seeing if one of you bought any games for her that we could play with her or maybe tell stories about our beacon days and watch one those new blockbuster movies or two. However, after much thinking I think I'm going to do something a bit a different this time around" explained Jaune.

"Oh and what would that be than vomit boy" asked Yang.

"… I'm taking her to the mainland to grab lunch and head off to the local movie theater" explained Jaune.

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"Your Jaune right? Not some kind of alien disguised as him, because if you are than you made a pretty shitty mistake" replied Yang.

Jaune let out a chuckle before replying "No Yang, I'm all serious about … I think she deserves at least one look at the real world before she reaches 17."

As Jaune finished the last sentence Yang closed the distance between them in a flash as she brought her arm around his neck. "Well about god damm time vomit boy, I figured with you I had to smuggle Lavender out to give her a glimpse of the real world" said Yang.

"Wait, you mean you were going to kidnap my daughter just to let her see the rest of the world" said Jaune with shock.

"Kidnap is a strong word I prefer … temporary borrowing her instead" replied Yang.

"~sigh~, God damm it Yang" muttered Jaune as he pinched the bridge of his nose again. "Anyway, I should probably go upstairs and tell her of the news."

WITH LAVENDER

"Oh man I wonder what they got me" thought Lavender as she opened another present, this time it was from her uncle Sun. Opening the box lavender peered inside to see that uncle sun had brought her some of the latest albums from some of the top bands around remnant as well as a picture of him and his team on top of large goliath with shit eating grins on each of their faces.

"Sweet" whispered Lavender as she looked over the all the albums uncle sun bought for her "Hmm, I wonder which one I should check next … wait, what's that one."

Looking into the pile of presents she could see one present that sorely stood out among the rest. The present was wrapped in a pitch-black paper with a crimson ribbon attached to the top of the box. Grabbing the box she looked to see who it was from … only to see that there was no name tag.

"Odd, there's no name tag? Could this be a prank of sorts … doesn't look like it" thought lavender as she slowly opened the box. Looking into the book all she could see was sapphire. Confused lavender brought her hand down in which she realized that it was some kind of fabric, pulling on it she gently pulled the fabric upward to see what it was.

"A … cloak?" said Lavender to herself as looked at the cloak, "Well, at least they got my favorite color at least" said Lavender. On a side a note, even though her name may suggest that maybe her favorite color it was wasn't, in fact it was sapphire, which in turn caused much grief/shock to her father as he realized all the lavender colored items he bought were all for naught, sometime she can still hear the cries of anguish from that fateful, poor dad.

Looking closer to the cloak she could see that intricate runic designs discreetly placed along the cloak. As she held on to the fabric she couldn't help but feel how warm it was … not the type of warm like warmed food or something like that but more like a 'just got out of laundry machine' type of warm.

She also noticed the scent the cloak was giving off, it wasn't a bad or strong scent … more like a soft scent. It smelled sweet … kinda like the scent that you smell when your parents finish making some homemade sweets and just pulled it out of the oven.

Lavender stared at the cloak for a few moments before deciding to put on the cloak finally. As it wrapped around her body she could feel the warmness it brought, it was also snugged as well. She could help but feel … safe when she wore, it felt like … like …. Like someone was watching over you … looking over you and making sure your safe.

However, this feeling did not last long as she heard the door open as her father entered the room.

"Hey there sport, who's that cloak from" asked her father as he sat down next to her.

"Oh this, I'm not sure there wasn't any name on who brought me this" answered lavender.

"Hmm" hummed Jaune as he picked the box where the cloak came from after a few moments of examining it he spoke up again. "Must have been from Ren and Nora, I can definitely see Ren making this for you. They must have forgotten to out their names on it" reasoned Jaune.

"Anyway, that's not why I'm where" said Jaune. "Than what's the reason dad" asked Lavender.

"Well, you know how we usually celebrate your birthday Lavender?" asked Jaune.

"Yeah? All the aunts, uncles, and family members come over. Than we open the presents that you brought to me, after that you or the rest of the family usually tell stories from days back at beacon or something similar to that. In the end we spend the rest of day watching the latest movies or re-watching the classics" explained Lavender.

"Well, I thought for this one time I should change it up a bit for you" replied Jaune.

"How?" asked Lavender

"By going to the mainland of course" answered Jaune.

In response all he got was silence as his daughter did not respond back for a few minutes.

…

"Y-You mean were going to leave the island" quietly said Lavender.

"Yeah –"said Jaune before his daughter tackled her as she constantly thanked him over and over again.

"Woah, come down Lavender" said Jaune as gently put Lavender back onto the bed.

"Calm down? How could I calm down dad, I mean I'm literally going to see the rest of the outside world for the first time. Oh Oum, what should I wear, should I wear that or maybe this" said lavender as her speech descended into gibberish as she tired to prepare herself.

Her father chuckled at how she was reacting before speaking up again, "Heh, calm down lavender, I know your excited but you need to know that we aren't going till 1:00 PM dear so that will give you time to open your presents as well as thinking what you should wear" explained Jaune as he patted her daughter on the head.

"Ohh … than what are you doing here ,move, I need to think what I'm going to where" said Lavender as she pushed her father out of her room, ignoring his cries she quickly locked the door before placing her back against the door.

…

"Ok … what should I wear" said Lavender out loud.

LATER, NEAR THE MAIN LAND

"Are we there yet, Are we there yet, Are we there yet" practically chanted lavender as bounced up and down.

"~chuckle~ Don't worry dear were almost there, see, look" replied auntie Yang as she whisked her niece onto her shoulder and pointed at the emerging land mass.

"Whoa … so that is Menagerie" asked Lavender as the she saw the bustling metropolis slowly emerge right in front of her eyes.

"Yep, though you should have seen before it looked like this. Trust me, the difference between the two are ginormous" said Yang as she heard footsteps coming from the stairs.

"Well, we should be reaching menagerie in a few moments, so Lavender, how's the view" said Penny as she walked to Yang and her niece.

"Awesome" whispered Lavender as she marveled at the mere sight alone.

Minutes later the ship soon entered the city docks as the family departed from the docks and soon entered the to the rest of the city.

"So, what's the plan vomit boy" asked Yang as she held on to her niece as she continued to stare at all the sights around her.

"Well, I thought we should grab a late lunch and I think you might now the place, Blake recommended it to me a while ago. Its called Juniors bar & grill, ever heard of it" said Jaune.

"Pfft, Heard of it, vomit boy that's practically my go to spot after missions here. Come on, I'll show you quickest route" said Yang as she motioned Jaune and Penny to follow.

A few minutes later the family reached a small yet nice looking bar area near the local beaches here.

Entering the bar a tall man with black short cut hair and gruff beard looked at the incoming family before replying.

"~sigh~ Xiao-long what do you want here" demanded Junior.

"Aww, come on Junior can't I come here for a visit" asked Yang with a small grin on her face.

"Tch, half the time you're here you usually causing some kind of fight that I have to clean up" replied Junior.

"Oh? And where's your evidence for your accusation" asked Yang.

Junior looked at the blonde brawler before slowly pointing the camera behind her.

"Oh … ~awkward chuckle~ umm whoops" apologized Yang.

"~sigh~, Just what do want anyway Yang" asked Junior. "Oh nothing much, just want to bring my family to some lunch nothing else" explained Yang.

"Your family huh" said Junior as he peered down to see a small girl wearing a sapphire colored cloak hiding behind Yang's legs. "Whose she, your daughter or something."

"You wish, no, she's my niece and its her first time here so I thought I bring her here. So if it wouldn't be a problem you mind giving us some nice seats for us" asked Yang.

Junior merely stared at the girl who stared back at him with those innocent sliver eyes. "Umm, hi mister" said Lavender.

"Hmm … alright fine" said Junior as his eyes soften at the sight of the girl. Motioning one of his men to take the four to one of the seats with a good few the coast line.

Once the family got to their seat menus were soon handed to them as the family decided on what to have.

"So lavender, anything you want dear" asked Jaune.

"Umm, I guess the cheeseburger sounds nice" answered Lavender as she stared out to the coast line.

"Sorry if it's a bit cloudy, with that storm coming soon I thought it maybe wise to bring you here before than" apologized Jaune.

"It's ok dad, I'm just happy to be here" said Lavender as she watched the waves collide with the sand before pulling itself back into the ocean.

An hour passed as the family ordered their meals and soon headed off to the streets of menagerie. "So dad, what's next on the list" asked Lavender.

"Well now that were done with lunch and it is …" said Jaune before he checked his watch "… 2:50 PM, we should probably head to the movie theaters here, I placed a reservation for the latest x-ray and val movie" said Jaune.

"Really, x-ray and val movie" deadpanned Yang.

"Hey, it's a good series" defended Jaune and lavender.

"Well either way we should probably head to the theater everyone" said Penny as the family quickly headed off to the theater.

Once they were there the four of them split up with Jaune/Yang getting the tickets and Lavender/Penny getting the snacks.

"So anything that interest you Lavender" asked Penny.

"Umm, I think I'll have the jelly beans" answered Lavender.

"Alright, excuse me sir, three medium bags of popcorn and one box of jelly beans please" requested Penny as she paid the amount. Once they got they meet up with Jaune/Yang as the four headed off to their room.

Minutes later the four soon found their seats and where now waiting for the movie to start currently.

"So Lavender, how's the day been for you so far" asked Penny.

"It's amazing auntie penny it really is, also did you help make this happen" whispered Lavender.

"Weelll, maybe" replied Penny before her niece wrapped her arms around her and gave her a big hug.

"Thank you so much Auntie Penny, this is the best gift ever" said Lavender.

Instead of replying Penny gave her niece a warm smile as she gave her a hug in return.

After a few minutes the lights began to dim as the movie began to start. Moments later the entire family was now focused on the movie.

As the family was watching the movie Lavender couldn't help but think on how the day went and how amazing the city was as well.

"Oum. This has been a crazy day , I mean first I got plenty of new presents, than I learn that Aunt Yang is going to stay with us from now on, THAN dad brings us to the mainland, and now were here watching the latest x-ray and val movie. Man, I wonder if this day could get any better"

...

"thou, maybe knowing who gave me this cloak. Dad says it may have been made by uncle Ren and he may have forgotten to place the name tag on … but, the problem is that I already opened his present and I'm fairly certain it wasn't from aunt coco either because if it was than I would need a new closet … again."

"So who else could have given me the cloak? I pretty sure none of the other uncles or aunt would give me something like this, it's usually games, music, clothes, or money … unless your uncle Yatsuhashi which means bonsai trees or more meditation books. "

…

"Could be it her, I mean … maybe … but … ~sigh~. Dammit, why would she even give me this and how did she even do it."

"Because I love you"

Lavender's body straightened out as her eyes widen in surprise and fear. She looked behind, under, and above her seat in quick motion as her breathing hitched.

"W-Why are you here again" whispered Lavender to herself.

"Whose is here again?" asked Penny as she turned around to see how her niece had started to react oddly.

"Oh um, n-nothing aunt penny, just thought I drop something" answered Lavender before speaking again. "Hey Aunt Penny, can you move a bit, I think I need to go to the bathroom."

"Sure, let me show you where the bathroom is dear" replied Penny.

"You don't need to auntie, I think I can find it on my own" replied Lavender.

"If you say so, just don't take too long or you're going to miss the good parts" said Penny as she moved over to allow her niece to go through.

Moments later Lavender soon found the bathroom and quickly entered one of the stalls before shutting the door.

"All right, I'm pretty sure I'm alone now so here goes … why, why are you doing this to me" whispered Lavender to herself.

…

"Who are you and how are you even doing this."

…

"A-Are you even there?"

Moments pass as no response is given resulting in Lavender to give out a growl of annoyance before responding again.

"~growls~ Come on, speak to me dammit, you spoke to me more than once before so why not now when I'm talking … well talking-ish to you.

Silence was all she got, letting a huff she gave one last response as she went to towards the stall lock to open it.

"If you love me so much than speak … please" asked Lavender as her hand reached the lock, as it did she felt a … presence on her mind before the voice spoke again.

"You definitely take after Yang do you … wearing a face of bravado to hide your fears."

"So now you want to talk huh" whispered Lavender.

"I know your scared, terrified even … at me. You try to hide that fear with a sense of bravado but I easily see all the slips and cracks you are making."

Lavender wanted to argue with the voice that she wasn't scared at first but just barely stopped herself. Instead she calmed herself down as she took a deep breath, afterwards she took a few moments to from the question she wished to ask.

"Why … why did you give me this …" asked Lavender as she motioned her cloak "… what reason is there for this gift."

"Because is love you."

"But why? Why do you love me?"

"Because your special to me Lavender."

"How?!"

"You hold a very special place in my heart Lavender."

"~growls~ that's not even a response … why? Why am I special to, HOW am I special to you … why" asked Lavender as her voice grew quieter at the end. Lavender waited for a response, for what felt like an eternity for her, only to get nothing but silence.

Giving out a tired sigh she opened the stall before walking towards the exit and soon approach the door into the room where her family was watching the movie.

"You already know me dear, you just haven't accepted it yet" said the voice as lavender touched the doors handle.

She waited there for a few more moments before seeing that she would not get any response. As she went back to her seat she soon felt someone tapping her shoulder, looking over she saw that her aunt penny was the one who was tapping her and she could also see the concern look on her face.

"Is everything alright dear, you're not sick or anything are you" asked Penny as she placed her hand over her niece's forehead to check her temperature.

Gently pushing the hand Lavender gave her aunt a confused look before replying. "I'm ok auntie, why you ask?"

"Well, you were gone for more than half an hour for starter" replied Penny.

Lavender gave a surprised look before giving her answer. "Umm, well before I left the scene the movie was on looked really boring so after I was done I figured I finish a level of a game on my scroll. I guess the time flew over me" lied Lavender with a bit of awkwardness in it.

Her aunt gave her a specious look before opening her mouth. "Well anyway, once the movie is done were going back home" said Penny as she turned her attention back to the movie.

Lavender gave small gulp as she turned to face the movie. But her mind, instead of focusing on the movie, was focused on what the voice said.

"What the heck did she mean by {who know me already, you just haven't accepted it}, who could she be than. Alright, think lavender think, so I know that she is someone that I personally know judging by the voice's actions. Hmm, could it be umm what is the word that aunt Weiss used before s-s-semblance? … yeah, yeah, semblance that's what it was called. Well I know that the voice was female so definitely not any of my uncles … hopefully, and I've only seen a few of my aunts/uncle's semblances so maybe one of them. ~sigh~, all crud all of this thinking it starting to give me a headache, I'll just do this later instead" thought lavender as she refocused on the movie instead.

Once the movie was finished the lavender and her family proceeded to head back home, the boat ride back took far longer than expected as the storm had made the sea far rougher. Eventually the boat landed on the island as the family departed.

"Ahh, nothing like being back home after a long da— Lavender, are you okay?" asked Jaune as he turned around to see his daughter rubbing her forehead.

"Mmm, just tired dad" muttered lavender as she walked towards the stairs, "I'm going to my room."

"Alright dear "replied Jaune as he saw his daughter slowly walking towards her room, soon he turned his attention back to Yang and Penny.

"You think something is wrong with her" asked Jaune.

"Nah, she probably must have been really tired from our time at the mainland, just give her time to rest and she should be fine soon enough" replied Yang as took a seat on the one of the couches as well as propping her legs on the coffee table.

"I don't know about that Yang …" said Penny as she turned to where her niece was a minute ago as her face morphed into one of concern and worry. "… she was in the theater bathrooms for more than half and hour Yang. Not only that, when I asked why I could tell that she lying to me … I'm worried she may be sick or worse."

"Hmm, well either way I think I'll go check on her as well as grab all those empty presents she left on her room, knowing her there's going to be a load of them" said Jaune as went upstairs, leaving the two huntresses alone.

Once he got to his daughter's room he slowly opened the door to see that indeed his daughter had left a pile of empty presents all over her room. Giving a small chuckle Jaune slowly tiptoed into Lavenders room as he quickly picked all of the empty presents while his daughter was still in the bathroom.

As he picked up the last of the presents and was about to leave the room he noticed that he had missed one box. Near the bed's pillow was the black box, walking towards it he grabbed the box as he looked at it closely again.

"No name tag after all … and nothing else besides happy birthday written on the bottom of the box" muttered Jaune as he opened the box and examined it. Seeing nothing else Jaune took the box as he went back downstairs.

WITH LAVENDER

After finishing putting on the last piece of clothes lavender opened her bathrooms door to see her room, only this time present free. She gave smile before silently thanking dad for picking up all the empty presents, grabbing the cloak she quickly sat on her bed before she began to reminisce today and all that happened. More importantly what the voice said.

"Someone I know huh … hmm, who could it be. Someone female definitely, that doesn't cut down much put is a start … hmmm, who could it—" thought Lavender as she clutched as she felt another headache.

"Argh, Oum not again, I've been having these quick headaches ever since we left the mainland. Why does it have to appear now of all time" though lavender as she massaged her forehead.

"Maybe I should take a nap or something, yeah, maybe that wouldn't be a bad idea" whispered Lavender as turned the lights off in her room and closed her eyes.

"Heh vomit boy, what are you looking at" asked Yang as she entered the kitchen to see Jaune looking at some Lavender's opened presents.

Jaune however, did not give any response and instead was focused on a pitch-black box in his hand.

"Vomit boy, you ok there" asked Yang again as she tapped on his shoulder, causing him to jerk a little before turning to face yang.

"Oh, sorry for not answering you Yang, I guess you can say something was on my mind" answered Jaune.

"And what was that" asked Yang.

"This …" said Jaune as he gave the black box to Yang "… isn't from any of them Yang" said Jaune with a serious tone.

"Not from any of them?" said Yang in a confused tone as she looked at the box "You sure about that?"

"I'm absolutely positive because I just checked" replied Jaune as he placed his hand over his eyes.

"~sigh~ First I learn that lavender gets shaken up by something yesterday by the guard. Next, she gets a present from a mysterious person in the form of a blue cloak. Then I learn that my daughter stayed in the theater's bathroom for more than half an hour and now she has headache. None of this adds up Yang who could this even be" asked Jaune to himself as he stared at the pouring storm going on outside of the house.

Yang could only respond in silence as even she did not have an answer to Jaune's question.

For minutes the room was practically encased in silence with the only noise coming from the rain slamming into the windows.

…

"Who could it be Jaune, who could it be" mentally asked Jaune over and over again as tried to think who could. Slowly turning his head towards the window he could see a picture near the right hand corner of the window. The picture itself was placed there by Jaune himself when they first moved to the island. The picture itself, while may seem unimportant to most people was extremely special to Jaune … it reminded him of times that were softer and weren't so harsh as it was now.

…

"Wait …"

…

"No … NO,NO,NO,NO" thought Jaune as his eyes widen in horror as it dawned on him who it … or in this case who was she.

Jaune quickly stood up before pushing Yang , ignoring her protest, and entered into the living room where Penny was sitting and watching the latest news. Jaune closed the distance between the two in mere moments as he grabbed her shoulder to get her attention.

"Penny, contact the guards, tell them it is a level 5 emergency and tell them to also get the bullhead ready" ordered Jaune, shocking Penny a bit.

"W-Wait a sec Jaune, first off we can't use the bullhead the weather outside is to dangerous nor the boat as well. And … level 5, Jaune why that" asked Penny as she tried to calm down Jaune as Yang entered the room soon after.

"Don't you understand … it's her … she's here" said Jaune surprising Yang and Penny.

"Whoa, hold on there a minute Jaune, how do even know if its even her to begin with" asked Yang.

"Don't you see, Lavender has been acting strange for no reason and that box … it isn't from any of us so how did it get there. And not only that look out of the window, how could you not say it isn't the perfect time for an invasion or something of that nature" explained Jaune.

…

"You really think its her Jaune" asked Yang only this time in a quieter voice.

"I know its her Yang … I know it is" replied Jaune.

…

"Jaune, I just informed the guards to initiate level 5 protocols and I'm also monitoring our long range oceanic sensors as well" replied Penny with a serious, if not robotic, voice as her eyes began to give off a green glow.

"Good, try to see if you get Ironwood as well P—" asked Jaune before Penny cut her off.

"Jaune/Yang … sensors as starting to give me large grimm readings" said Penny.

"How large were talking Penny" asked Yang as Penny turned to face Yang with an emotionless stare.

"Gargantuan, and judging it current path it seems to be on course to reach the island in … 45-60 minutes" coolly replied Penny.

"Tell the guards to fortify area where the grimm will contact" ordered Jaune as he stared out of the window and into the storm above as he whispered a few words to himself.

"So … you finally have come huh."

50 MINUTES LATER

Large waves crashed onto the nearby beach clawing and grabbing all it could before taking its bounty back into the ocean. Along the far end of the beach were multiple foxholes littered through out the coast as mechanical guards occupied each one of them. Machine gun nest were dotted along the coast as well, with each machine fully autonomous. Farther back one could barely make out the shape of multiple tanks hidden under multiple layers of foliage.

The drones waited as the rain poured relentlessly on their chassis as they waited for their targets arrive. Moments turned into seconds which than turned into minutes which turned into hours as the drones waited for their targets.

However, the waiting soon stopped as all of them were quickly informed that the oceanic sensors were disabled via destruction, the drones aimed their weapons at the coast in preparation to face the enemy.

As they waited one drones saw how some of dirt in the foxhole began to shake a bit, slowly but surely the shaking began to become more intense as the drone informed the rest.

…

Than … it happened. The sand burst open as the mines hidden underneath triggered causing a large explosion to happen. As the debris began to settle and smoke dissipated the drones could see what was a heavily armored bud shaped object. The object began to open up as the moment it finished a black blur flew from the hole inside revealing itself to be an armored nevermore.

The grimm launched its feathers at the foxholes as it was torn into pieces from drone's firepower.

Soon more bud shaped object burst from the sand as hordes of grimm poured out. Forming a sea of black and hate as it collided against a combination of bullets, missiles, shells, and plasma, courtesy of the island guards.

WITH JAUNE & CO.

As this was happening Jaune, Yang, and Penny were watching the battle with grim looks on their faces.

"Hmm, it seems that the grimm are focusing on this beach side and nothing else" commented Penny as she watched the monitor.

"Well from the way there going it's the most direct and quickest way to reach the house, and from what I'm seeing it seems that their using the good old brute force method to get here" added Yang.

"Your right, Penny, tell all forces in the other areas to slowly converge back to manor, but don't take any action till they are in range of the tanks" ordered Jaune.

"Also, have you gotten in contact with Ironwood or Ozpin" added Jaune.

"I have, they said that there is force coming but will take time to reach here" replied Penny.

"How long" asked Jaune.

"Sadly I don't know at the moment, I'm sorry" answered Penny.

'Damm, I guess will have to wait and see what happens next" said Jaune as they could only watch from the screen.

BEACHHEAD

Back at the beach the decaying corpses of grimm and drone could be seen as the fighting became more intense. Eventually the grimm reached the foxholes as the claws of beowolfs clashed the cold dust infused blades of machines, a battle between the raw unrelenting rage of the grimm vs the cold logical program of the machine. The machines slew and pierced through the flesh/bone of the grimm in a cold methodical motion. The grimm shredded and tore at the steel chassis of the machines in gleeful rage.

As the battle got more and more intense some the grimm began to notice a … change in the machine, the lights on the machine began to glow ominously as so did their weapons. In single flash the dust infused blades of machines burst into their respective element and claws slamming into the machines were blocked by some kind of invisible force.

In response the grimm returned in greater force as they let their rage to reach new heights as their adrenaline flooded their bodies and the pain from the machines weapons became dull to them. Even though dozens of their kin's corpses littered the battle field they going, kept marching even at the face death, all for their Queen and nothing else.

As more and more bodies littered the battlefield the machines were forced to slowly retreat from the beach as the grimm continued their march towards the Arc's household but not without cost. The machines had taken a large number of their kin's lives as result tactics need to be changed as they felt the Queens new orders imprint themselves onto their minds.

The machines and hunters soon saw how less and less beowolfs charged at them and saw an increase of the amount of boarbatusk charging towards them.

WITH JAUNE & CO.

"They changed their tactics, Penny, tell them switch to long range and use gravity type dust round and armor piercing rounds. That will make the boarbatusk more heavier and less likely to use their spin attack and easier to pierce through their armor" ordered Jaune as Penny relayed his orders.

"Oi, Jaune, let me go help the bots down there" asked Yang as she the battle through the window.

"No, we need you here in case—" explained Jaune as a feminine scream came from upstairs.

"LAVENDER" cried Jaune as he quickly climbed up the stairs to his daughter's room, leaving Yang alone with Penny.

As Jaune reached his daughters room he slammed the door open as he turned on the lights. In her bed he could see his daughter shake like a leaf as she clutched her head in pain. Rushing over to his daughter he wrapped his arms around her as he check to see what was wrong with her.

"Lavender what's wrong" asked Jaune as he cradled his daughter in his arms.

"My head … hurts so much … daddy make it stop, please" whimpered Lavender as she clutched her head tighter as tears slowly came down.

"Jaune, what's wrong with her" asked Yang as she followed Jaune to her niece's room.

"She has some kind of headache…" answered Jaune as he turned to face her "… What are you waiting for, get her some medicine" ordered Jaune as Yang gave a quick nod before dashing towards his rooms medical cabinet.

"Come on Lavender dear, stay strong dear stay strong" whispered Jaune as he brushed her hair with his hand while rocking her back and forth in attempt to help soothe her headache.

Moments later Yang returned with some aspirin in her hand and a glass of water in the other.

"Alright dear take this, slowly" said Yang as she went near to her niece and began to administer the medicine to her.

Slowly, Lavender's whimpers died down as her tears began to stop flowing. She lessened the pressure her hands had on her headache as she opened her eyes to her dad and aunt.

"D-Daddy" whispered lavender.

"I'm here dear and so is your aunt. Buts that's nots what important, what I want to know is that are you ok" replied Jaune.

"D-Dad, I-I'm … … it hurts less dad" answered Lavender.

"Than that more than enough for me dear" said Jaune.

"But dad, I need to tell you … I-I-I heard voices dad. Yesterday I heard it and today I heard it again … but now all it says is one thing" said Lavender.

"What is it dear what?" asked Jaune.

"I-{I always will love dear}, that's what she keeps saying" said Lavender.

…

"D-Daddy" asked Lavender as she saw how here fathers face paled as she felt his hands begin to shake.

"Jaune, are you alright" asked Yang as she to saw the same thing happening to him.

To Jaune … none of their voices reached him. To him, gone was his daughter, Yang, Penny, the house and all else. Instead Jaune saw one thing horror, to him what he saw were the dead bodies of faunus and humans alike, those who were still alive were being torn apart by the grimm that flooded the camp. He could see the fire spread throughout the camp and in the middle of it she was there.

Slowly walking up to him he could do nothing as his body refused to move as it was filled with nothing but shock, hurt, confusion, and betrayal. As she moved towards him she brought one of her hands up as she cupped his check. As she did she said one thing … "I will always love you dear"

…

"Jaune"

"Dad"

Said Lavender and Yang as he broke out of his stupor.

"S-Sorry about that girls" said Jaune as he saw how Yang and his daughter gave concerning looks to him.

"What was that Jaune, you practically blacked out on us" said Yang with worry in her voice.

"It was just memories … memories of, darker times, very dark times" answered Jaune. "Let's just forget about for now alright."

His daughter gave him an uncertain look while Yang gave a look of understanding when she realized what he had just relapsed. For a few moments silence accompanied the room until minutes later Penny rushed in with a grimm look on her face.

"Jaune, you were right … she's here, personally" said Penny in a grim tone.

BEACHHEAD

Harsh rain poured onto the sea as tall waves sore into the sky before crashing back down into the cold depths of the sea. From the sea a jet-black fin burst upward as it moved closer to the beach side. As it did and as the water lessened the image of beast was now noticeable.

The beast, in layman term was huge. It was huge enough to easily fit three people in it and still have space. The grimm the was covered in white scales as one could see more than a couple of fins around its body, not only that, the beast also had four webbed limbs as well. The grimm had a standard bone white grimm mask over its face.

As the grimm finally reached the sands of the beach it opened it mouth, stretching it to inhuman level, easily high enough for a full-grown person to walk in and out with ease.

From the shadows of the grimm a lone figured came out of the grimm. From the beaches two beowolfs walked up to the figure before kneeling in front of the figure in reverence.

"My … Queen …" mentally spoke the beowolf on the right. In response the figure slowly grabbed the chin of the grimm and raised it to its eyes. "We … are … close … scent … strong" continued the grimm as it looked for any response from its master.

The figure released its hands from the grimm as she motioned the two to join up with the rest of the pack. The grimm obeyed and quickly dashed to regroup with the rest of their pack, leaving the queen alone.

After a few minutes the queen slowly walked forward till she stopped, in her sight she could see a lone drone with its lower torso ripped off slowly crawling towards a rifle a few feet from it. She continued to watch the drone as its finally grasped the rifle in its hand before weakly turning it around to her.

Pulling the trigger, the rifle flared to life as a single bullet burst form the barrel in straight towards her face. As the bullet reached the tip of her forehead a red crackle formed, absorbing the impact of the bullet as it bounced off her harmlessly.

The queen titled her head as she slowly waked towards the droid. The machine attempted to fire again, only to realized that the clip was empty, it searched around for any clips but found none nearby. The machine turned around to face the queen, who was now more than a few meters away from it. The machine unfolded its blades as it attempted to lunge at the Queen, in response the she simply moved to the side before it could reach her. In a flash she grabbed both arms of the machine before effortlessly tearing them apart.

She turned the machine to face her, she stared into the machines lifeless eyes as she opened her mouth.

"I'm coming for Lavender" said the Queen, but the voice she said it was not one of malice or any other emotion but one as if stating a fact, as she effortlessly crushed the drones head.

WITH JAUNE & CO.

"Dammit … so what now Jaune" asked Yang as she and Penny looked towards Jaune for the answer.

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"We fight. I know that wasn't what you wanted to hear but that's all we can do. We can't escape, the weather is too dangerous for the bullhead or the boat and even though help is coming we don't have any idea how long it would take to reach us. All we can do is hold out and hope help comes soon" answered Jaune.

"Tch, well if that's the case than let's give them one heck of a fight" replied Yang after a moment of silence.

"If that's the case than I'm combat ready Jaune" replied Penny as her eyes glowed an emerald green.

Jaune gave a nod of thanks to Yang and Penny but before he could respond her felt a tug on his sleeve as looked down to see that his daughter had a confused face on her.

"D-Dad, what did aunt penny mean by she is here" asked Lavender in confusion.

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"Dad?" asked Lavender again.

"~sigh~, Umm Lavender … what your aunt penny is trying to say is" said Jaune as he tried to form some kind of response for his daughter. Yet every attempt came out as gibberish for the child.

"Dad … who is this she you keep talking about" asked Lavender with a bit more force in her voice.

"I-I … lavender, who this is person is a person from m—no, from our past. She used to be a friend … a good friend. She was strong warrior, a powerful huntsman if I may boast … and she was a comrade that you could trust" said Jaune slowly.

"Dad, is there more you want to say … you look like you want to say more "said Lavender as she stared into her father's face.

"Lavender … this, person … a long time ago, she and I were on a team we were on a mission, when we had to escape she … she sacrificed herself to save us. For a while I had she had died but eventually we found she wasn't, yet, she had changed. I … I blindly believed that she was the same person that I knew before … but, I was wrong, she had changed and not in a good way. ~sigh~ Lavender … this person was … she was R—" said Jaune before a voice flooded the room.

"Your mother" spoke the voice as the sounds of heels clacking could be heard before they stopped.

Slowly turning their head all four of them turned to see a person that wish they didn't have to see again.

The figure was female. She was easily 6"2" just from immediately looks. Most of her skin was jet black save for her neck and head, a bone white carapace covered most of body and other vital areas. On her back were two bat like wings with blood red membrane, currently they were folded. Her face and neck, what was not covered in carapace, was chalk white with black veins, her sclera was jet black with her iris a crimson red that had an unearthly glow to it, and finally her hair, that flowed downward like a waterfall till it reached her shoulders, was an almost black color save for the red tips on the end of her hair. And in her hand was a large scythe with a black and red frame.

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"Y-You … your voice … you your that voice" whispered Lavender as she shakily pointed at the figure.

"Very astute Lavender" complemented the mysterious person as she turned to face the other three in the room.

"What, aren't you going to introduce lavender to me? Don't tell your dear s—" asked the mysterious person before Yang released a roar as she activated ember celiac and launched herself straight towards her.

She quickly brought up her scythe to block to attack as her body momentary shook against Yang's attack.

"Don't you EVER call yourself that, you are not her and you will NEVER be her, all you are is some kind of … abomination wearing her skin, Queen" growled out Yang as her eyes turned crimson.

"I see, so that's how its come to be than, my very own sister will strike at me hmm" commented Queen as Yang's eyes glowered with rage and her hair began to glow.

Raising her other arm, Yang brought it back before letting it loose onto the queen. In response the queen used the lower part of her scythe to block the attack, which in return Yang grabbed and began to use her strength to push the queen out of the room.

Yang roared as she pumped aura into her arms and legs as she forced the queen onto the guard railing.

In response the queen, using her scythe, brought Yang over her and onto the living room. Before she could gloat, she brought her scythe up to bear as she blocked two swords that were headed straight to her head. Before she could form another move Penny launched herself straight towards the queen and used the momentum to throw the queen off the guard railing and into the waiting hands of Yang.

Doing a quick mid-air black flip Yang landed on her feet as she looked up where the queen was struggling. Drawing her arms back she threw them upward when she saw the queen fall off the railing. Activating Ember Cecelia her gauntlets slammed into the back of the queen as aura enhanced dust rounds impacted point blank. She than threw the queen into the nearby coffee table, breaking the table in two.

"That's all you got queen? Don't tell me that the Queen of the grimm would be defeated by a coffee table of all things" taunted Yang as she moved herself into a defensive posture.

"You sure haven't lost your touch Yang nor has your strength faded during our time away. But on a different note, are really going to call me by my title and not the name our dear mother imparted on me, that seems quite rude you know" said the Queen as she got up from the wreckage with no sign of damage on her.

"That named belonged to my baby sister, who died as a hero sacrificing herself to save us" replied Yang as she glared the humanoid grimm in front of her.

"~Pfft~ Don't lie to yourself Yang, you know she survived … after all, she's standing right in front of you" replied the Queen with a raised voice so all could hear. As she spoke the last word she quickly moved to side as two more blades slammed into the ground where she was standing moments ago.

"Leave" said Penny as she jumped down to face the queen face to face. "I don't know if there's anything left of the friend I once knew in there. But, if love Lavender … than leave, please" said Penny as a few more swords appeared behind her as they circled around her in a menacing way.

The two huntresses could only stare at the Queen of the grimm as they waited for her next action. The two observed as the queen gripped her weapon tightly as they saw a slight crack on the cold impassive face of the Queen. For a single moment the two huntresses could see hints of desperation and … sadness in the queens eyes before they returned back to cold indifferent form.

"No, for 10 YEARS you've taken my Lavender from me and only a few days ago did I learn where her location was. All my life I've wondered and worried for Lavender … I never got to see her grow up, never saw her take her first step nor comfort her when she had her first nightmare, or see her first birthday party, and some much else.

I also know that if I leave I'll never have the chance to see her again … so no, I'm not leaving and I'm not going home alone. My name is Ruby Rose, Queen of the Grimm, wife of Jaune Arc, and most of importantly … mother of Lavender Arc Rose and I'm taking my daughter back" Roared Ruby as she activated her semblance and charged straight towards Yang/Penny.

A few moments ago

Lavender watched as aunt Yang battled before aunt Penny quickly left to assist her. Turning her head, she stared at her father who had a shocked look to his face.

"Dad, why did that women look like mom … why did she look like her" asked Lavender.

In response her father bolted up as he brought her close to his chest and bolted from the room, as they did she saw that the women was talking to auntie Yang and Penny.

Then … she said those words {My name is Ruby Rose, Queen of the Grimm, husband of Jaune Arc, and most of importantly … mother of Lavender Arc Rose and I'm taking my daughter back}.

As for lavender she was shocked … to say the least.

"W-What? T-That can't be her … that can't be my mom … my mom was human, not a grimm" thought Lavender in denial as she the person claiming to be her mother charge straight towards her aunts in a burst of speed that even she couldn't even see.

She did not have much time to think on what was happening as her father bolted to the end of the hallway and leaped down to the first floor. As he did he quickly bolted to the door before covering her and himself in aura as he bashed through the door.

Lavender felt the harsh cold rain on her skin as they bolted from the house. Her eyes widen as she saw the carnage in front of her very own house. The robotic guards that she had known for her life were torn to sherds, she could barely form any coherent words at the sight in front of her before her father moved again.

Minutes passed, but for Lavender it felt like an entirety, before she heard an explosion behind her. Looking over her father's shoulders as the best as she can her eyes were filled with horror as she saw her home explode as black plumes sprang up.

"AUNTIE YANG, AUNTIE PENNY" cried Lavender "DAD, WE HAVE TO GO BACK."

"We can't, we have to keep moving" solemnly replied Jaune.

"NO, WE HAVE TO" cried back Lavender as she struggled against her father hold on her in a desperate attempt to find her aunts.

However, her attempts were in vain as her father's grip was to strong for her to break as she could only weep at the lost of her aunts.

What felt like an entirety for Lavender her father finally began to slow down as the two found shelter under large forests that covered the island. She felt her father's grip loosen, gathering all the strength she was able to pry herself off her father and onto the cold ground.

"Lavender" cried Jaune in shock as he attempt to pick her up, only to receive an onslaught of kicks from his daughters.

"No, stay away" demanded Lavender as she got up and bolted towards back to the house, only for her fathers quickly grab her, preventing her from leaving.

"Let me go!" growled Lavender as she tried to pry her father off her shoulder.

"Only if you calm down" ordered her father as he gave her the look that demanded that she listen.

Lavender eventually submitted and proceeded to calm herself the best she could.

"Thank you, look, I know that you want to go back and trust me I want to go back as well but we can't. As long as Ruby is there we would only bring danger to ourselves" answered Jaune.

Jaune had expected that his daughter would burst at him saying that his reasoning was a weak one or something like that … yet that didn't happen. Instead of saying anything he saw how his daughter was dead silent as her blue cloak and hair covered her rather well. After a few minutes his daughter spoke again only this time in her best indifferent voice.

"Was what she said true … what that women said … was it true, was she my mother" asked Lavender in a indifferent voice.

"Lavender—" began Jaune before she cut him off.

"DON'T lie to me dad, I don't want you to but it off. I want to know NOW, was what she said true … was it" asked Lavender.

Jaune could only stare at his daughter as he stayed quiet, formulating a explanation for his daughter.

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"Yes … and no simultaneously" replied Jaune making his daughter look at him with confusion.

Jaune let out a tired sigh as he sat down on a nearby tree branch before he spoke again. "Technically, yes, that person was your biological mother … but that did not mean she was the one that raised and loved you. Remember about the she person we were talking about? Well that person was her … that person was your mother."

"like I said, me and her friends had believed her to be dead for while after she sacrificed herself. But eventually we learned that she was alive, we were filled with hope and joy we believed that with her return things will go back to normal. Except, when we saw her we were horrified, the grimm … they got her and they … they changed her, the turned her into something that barely resembled the old ruby."

"After our encounter with her she soon disappeared, we only heard rumors of her from there on, about a feminine grimm terrorizing everything in its way. Then after a while she vanished, the rumors stopped, as if she just disappeared. It was only five years later that we heard from her again."

"~sigh~ I won't bore into the details on what happened in those day, for personal reasons mind you … only bitter memories remain of those days. But before she turned I used to love her … when she returned a second time I guess you can say me and her made love and in turn made you dear."

"Mind you that I didn't know of this for a few months, but after a few … hints I finally realized that Ruby was care m—our child. When I got there your mother was … she was … ~sigh~ she was going to turn you into her, one of the grimm. She would have denied you the chance to experience your humanity and turn into one of her. I couldn't allow that, so I stopped it and took you away from her. After a few times of relocating we found this island and decided to live here to protect you from Ruby" explained Jaune.

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"You know you could really work on your details dear, it isn't good for the long not to work on it" commented Ruby as she slowly appeared form the nearby foliage and smirked at husband and child.

"Ruby" said Jaune as he brought Lavender behind her, much to Ruby's displeasure.

"What do you want" demanded Jaune as he glared at Ruby. In return Ruby gave a small smile in return.

"Oh come on dear no need to play that game, you know no is coming to save and if they were it would be to late" commented Ruby as she let out a small giggle.

"So let's not play games here Jaune, you know who I'm after" said Ruby as her voice turned cold and serious.

"So you can turn her into a grimm, or maybe a pawn to some game of yours" growled Jaune in which Ruby gave a glare in response.

"No … I, admit that I had should have not forced her to become something else …" admitted Ruby as her face soften a bit "But that does not mean I'm not going to let her experience and offer the power of grimm."

Jaune instead remained silent before sheathing his blade, but before Ruby could comment Jaune pulled the sheathed blade out as it transformed into a great sword before her and Lavender's eyes.

Ruby could only tighten her grip on crescent rose and grit her teeth at her husband's action. Her eyes held only frustration as she spoke to Jaune again.

"Dammit Jaune, Lavender is my daughter too, you can't take her from me. I refuse to not be a part of her life" demanded Ruby.

"And what? Deny her the chance to have a normal life, if you take her than how is she suppose to make friends and have good times" asked Jaune.

"Hmph, as if your one to talk you kept Lavender away from any social interactions for her life" argued Ruby.

"Your wrong there Ruby, while true I never allowed Lavender to physical interact with society that does not mean she does not have friends in different ways like through social media, and not only that she has plethora of aunts/uncles with her" countered Jaune.

"And who says that I couldn't give her friends as well" demanded Ruby.

"Friends? You mean cultist who would obey Lavenders every command, those aren't friends Ruby those are servants" argued Jaune.

"~growls~ Jaune, Lavenders is my daughter, I am the one who brought her into the world, I am the one who went through the pain of bringing her here, and I am the one who had to suffer for losing her" said Ruby each time as her aura became more and more potent as well as visible.

Jaune took a deep breath as he inhaled the cool air of the forest as he faced against the one he once loved. Moving his thumb Jaune activated a button on the side of the hilt. Pressing on it the blades internal dust chamber came to life as gravity dust began to coat the edges of the blade.

Not waiting for a response Jaune leaped into the air with a burst of aura before slamming his blade onto Ruby. Which in response lifted crescent rose up to block the attack, only for her knees to buckle as cracks formed under her feet.

"Lavender, GO" ordered Jaune as his and Ruby's weapons were locked together in a struggle to overpower each other.

In response Lavender could stand there as she watched how her father was currently fighting her very own mother. She tired to move but found herself unable as her body refused to follow her commands.

"LAVENDER" roared Jaune as his feet was slowly pushed as Ruby used more and more of her strength to slowly overpower him.

Shocking herself out of her stupor, she suddenly felt her body began to move on it own, as she turned around and ran as fast as she could, far away from the battle behind her.

LATER

"Got to run, got to run, got to run" chanted Lavender to herself as she pushed her body to it very limit. Eventually she began to feel the strain of non-stop running as she began to slow down to a stop. When she did she proceeded to take multiple gulps of air as the pain from non-stop sprinting began to creep upon her.

She looked around the area she was at as she felt her body thirsting for water and her mouth began to dry up a bit. Looking around Lavender did not recognize any of the surrounds, and while she had explored the island multiple time there were few places that she had ever visited.

While rain was pouring down upon the forest and in turn herself, yet when she opened her mouth upwards hoping to catch some water she found herself sorely disappointed as few droplets reached her mouth.

Seeing how futile it was Lavender slowly walked around, hoping to find some place to rest for the moment. Eventually she found shelter in the form of a large tree with large roots that wrapped around itself, forming a small cot more big enough for her. Using a bit of force she was able to slide into the cot where she found it to luckily dry for her and proceeded to sit herself on the cold dirt floor.

Lavender watched the rain pour down outside as she wrapped herself and her body began to shake itself to provide some manner of warmth. The young child said silent for what felt like hours for the girl before she felt something.

Lavender felt something … warm and wet. Tentatively bringing a hand up to her cheek, she touched what was causing this when after a few moments she realized it was tears … more importantly it was her own tear. Lavender could do nothing as she felt her eyes release more tears, with no clear sign of stopping, and as more time passed she started to also realize that her body was not shaking itself for warmth, no, it was shaking because she was scared … no, terrified.

More time passed before she slowly began to let out sobs of her own as her mind finally began the process of everything that has happened today.

"Oh God … Aunt Yang, Aunt Penny, Dad … there gone … why … why, why, why" thought Lavender as she curled herself up and let more tears/sobs out of her as she mourned for their lost. "Why … why did she kill them … why mom why … please … why?"

"Please mom … why, why mommy … why" begged Lavender as she continued her mourning.

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"My child" spoke Ruby.

Looking up Lavender could widen in horror as she saw the sight of her mother outside of the tree. Fear shot through her body as she scampered to very back of the small cot, begging that somehow she could merge with the tree to escape her.

"S-S-Stay away from me" cried out Lavender as her breathing became more erratic.

In response Ruby slowly closed the distance between her and her daughter. Eventually she stopped at the front of opening of the tree, she saw how her daughter's eyes were locked on her but was filled with fear and anger.

She raised crescent rose above as she felt the increase of fear from her daughter but instead of using it she instead collapsed it and placed on her back. Slowly she brought her hand up to the tree before moving through the opening and into the small cot where her daughter was.

She could hear the whimpers from her daughter as she saw Lavender curl up tighter begging her not to hurt her.

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Bringing her arms up she quickly closed the distance between them before slowly embracing her daughter in a tight hug.

"Sssshhh, I'm here Lavender, no one is going to hurt you dear. No need to hold your tears dear, mommy's here now" whispered Ruby as she held her daughter in her embrace.

Maybe it was the stress or maybe it was completely something else but once Ruby had finished the last word a dam inside lavender finally broke as she subconsciously hugged her mother in return as more and more tears flowed from her.

And there, mother and daughter were reunited as the mother lulled heartfelt words to her daughter as she released the grief she had kept inside of her. Eventually the stress finally took its toll and lavender fell into a deep slumber as Ruby carefully held her child in her arms before the two left the island to somewhere else … to home.

OH GOD, that was one of the longest chapters I have ever written in my life, so yeah … this was the first chapter … don't think the others will be this long( could be wrong and we may in fact see similar or even longer chapters … oh boy *slowly cries in the corner*). Anyway peace out this has been robotgod1234, and hey, if like it than give review or something see yah later.

P.S. I get an old power chapter out later.