hey guys Church here, just a warning to anyone who hasn't finished watching volume 3, this story does contain spoilers as it follows the events of volume 3 and then follows on.

The picture for this story is Drake who was drawn by my friend Rhian.

Chapter one

Introductions

~Late night at beacon~

The room was quiet as team RWBY sat in there beds watching the news, they and others had been mentioned as the hunters and huntress's who had protected Vale from the Grimm attack orchestrated by Roman Torchwick, but other stories had been mentioned, one of which had tickled the groups ears.

"Here we are at one of the more intriguing investigations as the vale emergency services sweep the city for survivors and to assess damage, they have found what looks like a smaller battle had taken place away from the main entrance, bullet shells and a trail of blood have been found at the scene, the area also feels cold with patches of ice surrounding the blood and also ice footprints, authorities are asking whoever was injured to make contact with them to find out what happened" the news reporter stated before moving to another piece of news.

Ruby turned to Her team mates with a puzzled expression "you think they are ok? From the looks of it whoever they are they were hurt pretty bad"

"Oh I think he is just fine" Blake stated smiling slightly.

"He?" Yang asked causing Blake to look away slightly realising her mistake "you know who they are don't you?" Yang continued

"I could make an educated guess" Blake replied replied

"how so" Weiss asked more curious then normal

"just an old friend from the white fang, the scene fits his MO pretty well" Blake replied

"really, was he like you or did he hate humans like that psycho you were partnered with?" Yang asked

"he didn't hate humans in general, just a select few" Blake replied looking down

"what's wrong?" Ruby asked noticing Blake's discomfort

"I just haven't thought of him in a while, things were complicated" Blake stated

"complicated?" Weiss asked

"I thought he died, he went out with my partner for a supply run but when Adam returned he said Drake had been killed by Grimm, I didn't believe him, I couldn't Drake was too good of a fighter" Blake replied

"Drake?" Weiss asked

"Yes Weiss, his name was Drake" Blake retorted

"what was his last name" Weiss asked

"he liked to use the handle Drake Vetus lupus" Blake replied. "he lost his original name"

"what do you mean lost?" Yang asked

"he was a faunas and as soon as his family realised they locked him away from sight and burnt his birth certificates and paid off the doctors who helped with the birth so no one would ever know he existed" Blake replied glaring at Weiss

"who would do that!" Ruby asked in disbelief.

"well who would get backlash from having a faunas son the most? A family that is in the public eye, a family that has questionable labour forces and is targeted by faunas on a regular basis" Blake stated and both Yang and Ruby realised what Blake meant, the three team mates all looking at Weiss.

"Drake Schnee" Weiss stated

Yang and Ruby gasped "you have a brother?" Yang asked

"I did, I never saw him much, my parents said he was sick and was contagious so I only ever saw him on his birthday or family occasions, I never knew he was a faunas, I don't remember him having any features" Weiss replied

"he told me that once he was ten he managed to run away, we first met when he stumbled into our camp, dehydrated with scratches on his knees where he had crawled along the ground, we didn't know he was a Schnee until he told us, and his story only made us more sure of our cause" Blake stated

"but you said he died?" Yang asked

"that's what Adam told me but I never believed him, Drake and I grew up together, we learnt to fight and survive, there is no way a few Grimm took him down, he was better then that" Blake responded

"you were close weren't you" Ruby asked

Blake sighed as she rubbed a tear from her eye "Yes, we grew up together, we had each other's backs, Adam was jealous, I think that's why he chose me as his partner from the beginning" Blake replied

"well that scene made you think of him so maybe he is alive?" Weiss said hopefully

"I Searched but never did find his body" Blake reassured "and his semblance was ice, he was always cold like ice and he used dual katanas" Blake stated

"He always liked swords" Weiss smiled

"Well maybe tomorrow we should go check out the scene? Try to get some more info?" Yang suggested

"Got idea" Blake stated smiling at Weiss.

~The next day in vale~

"Drake check this out" Qrow stated the ever present flask in his hand as they walked past a shop

In the window was a news paper with an article titled the defenders of vale with a picture of teams Rwby and juniper plus the others who helped.

"You see the two at the front? The one with the red hood is Ruby and the one with gold hair is Yang" Qrow smiled as he bought the paper and they carried on walking

"oh your nieces?, they look nice" Drake replied his rough featured staring back at him in the shop windows, a long scare down across his face going over his left eye the colouring of the eye whitened and non functional.

"Oh they're not just pretty, they can kick some serious ass, I taught Ruby myself, one day she will be even better then me with her scythe and Yang well she is as tough as they come, she literally beats her enemy to the ground" Qrow chuckled

"Oh Ruby's probably already better then you Qrow, it isn't that hard" Drake chuckled getting a smack on the back of the head which only caused more chuckling.

"Very funny mister loose an eye to a couple beowolves and maybe one or two Ursa's" Qrow retorted

"Hey that happened one time Qrow, one time" Drake chuckled back as they sat in a small cafe and ordered some food and drinks.

"Yeah well it's a good thing it hasn't happened again or you'd have been walking into lampposts and who knows what else for the past few years" Qrow stated laughing

"Oh haha very funny only one of my eyes works, we will see who has the last laugh when your hair starts falling out old man" Drake replied sipping a cup of coffee with a grin

"Hey let's leave age out of this, besides I've saved your sorry ass a few times over the years" Qrow chuckled

"Hey That whole Enya thing totally doesn't count" Drake retorted

"Ok one time" Qrow replied as they laughed as there food arrived.

"On a more serious note, I may have not recognised your nieces but I did notice they're team mates" Drake replied his tone taking a more serious and dark tone

"Well I guessed you'd remember your sister Weiss but who else?, have you been sneaking off again?" Qrow asked taking another sip from his flask

"No no nothing like that, it's the one in black, her name is Blake belladonna, when I ran away and ended up in the white fang, I grew up with her, I trained and even thought we could be more then friends before well you know" Drake stated

"Hmmm this complicates things, one of the main reasons your such a good undercover spy is because your on no data bases, no one knows you but having two people who know you so close by is a little unnerving" Qrow replied scratching his chin

"Well I'll just be extra careful and keep my hood up, I'm good at blending in after all"

"Hmm that's true, we must step lightly" Qrow agreed.

~At the scene~

"You feel that?" Ruby asked

"Yeah it's cold all of a sudden" Weiss replied

"Really? I feel fine" Yang stated

"That's only because you don't feel the cold, or the hot for that matter, you really need to turn the temperature down on the showers I'm getting tired of almost loosing my skin when I have my mourning shower" Blake stated

"To be honest after fifteen years iv gotten used to it" Ruby giggled

"Oh look here a bullet casing" Weiss stated as she picked up the casing which had fallen partly into a drain.

"No markings, home made" Weiss stated

"Does it have two indents on the side?" Blake inquired

"Umm yeah it does" Weiss replied

"It's his, so either he's alive or someone else is using his weapons and has some how replicated his abilities, personally I doubt the latter" Blake stated

"So what now?" Ruby asked

"I don't know, we can't use the casing to find his location, maybe we should just wait? I'm sure he will show himself again" Yang stated

"Yeah that's our only real option, let's head back, our match is on soon so we should prep" Blake agreed

~Drake 30 minuets later~

"You know I could have sworn that casing landed around here" Drake stated kneeling next to the drain

"Well maybe you should have picked it up when we were last here" Qrow smiled

"If you remember we were a little busy last time" Drake replied standing up and wiping his hands on his light blue jeans, "well you might as well go see Ozpin?"

"Nah I'll go see him tomorrow, besides I need a drink" Qrow state.

"a drink? Its like one pm" Drake replied chuckling

"listen kid one day you'll understand that its always five o'clock somewhere" Qrow replied

"what ever ya drunk" Drake chuckled "you go drink I'm going to check out the fights" Drake stated as they turned and walked away the ice in the location all melting away at Drakes command.

~The Arena~

Drake stood and smiled impressed at Team RWBY's fight, he remembered learning some of the moves Blake used from there time in the white fang, but more of all he was impressed with how much his younger sister had improved, when he left she was hopeless at fighting but now she was very confident and worked well in her team, Qrow's nieces also seemed like proficient fighters, Drake could see some of Qrow's Technique in Ruby's fighting style although most of it was original to her, Yang on the other hand was very head on, running right for her opponent and seemingly with the power to pull off the brute force fighting style she opted for.

"Pretty impressive huh" a Monkey faunas said standing up from the seat next to Drake

"Yeah" Drake replied lifting up his hood

"I'm Sun, Sun Wukong" Sun stated

"Drake Lupus" Drake replied

"I think the best one is the one in Black, her names Blake" Sun stated

"yeah she's pretty talented" Drake replied smiling slightly

Then over the speakers the announcers called team Juniper to the arena and Sun smiled.

"so you new around Vale?" he asked

"Yeah only got here recently" Drake replied

"oh well cool, you'll like it here, and if you liked that last match you'll like this one, keep and eye on the red head Pyrrha, I don't know how she pulls off some of her moves" Sun said smiling

"thanks I'll keep that in mind" Drake replied sitting back in his seat.

Drake took Sun's advice and watched Pyrrha, she was very skilled, her reputation not doing her justice, she was an athlete after all, Ren seemed reclusive and quiet but also very marshal arts focused, Nora was a power house which was all Drake needed to take in, but Jaune Jaune was a tricky one he almost seemed new to fighting, he didn't really have a lot of offensive moves, mostly defensive while he commanded his team, very well command too.

Drake found himself clapping as Team juniper stood victorious.

"told you" Sun stated smiling

"hey you were right" Drake agreed

"so where you from?" Sun asked

"well Atlas originally but then Patch and now here, what about you?" Drake replied

"originally Vacuo but then Mistral" Sun replied

The over the speakers again they asked for team SUNN to enter the arena and Sun stood.

"well looks like I'm up, wish me luck" Sun stated

"good luck" Drake replied

Sun's battle was good and Drake laughed at how someone with the name of Neptune would be afraid of water but the fight was soon over with Sun's team on top, Drake looked up and saw the ship flying over the arena and sighed with a smile, getting out of his seat to go and watch the next fight that was sure to start soon.

~Beacon courtyard~

Drakes ice/cobalt hair was all messed up and he wore a dark blue top with the sleeves rolled up and a brown trench coat with a brown hood over the top of his weapons on show, then light blue jeans and a pair of red converse high tops.

He was standing in a crowd of people watching a mad man who he knew as Qrow was attacking winter Schnee his older sister, he was hiding in plain sight his hood up and arms crossed, just another member of the crowd, he couldn't help but smile to see his sisters but he didn't really remember to well after being apart since he was 10 he had been away from them for nine years, but Qrows comments and fighting style also made him chuckle, he was ballsy and confident, cocky was the best word to define Qrow which was normally annoying but not for Qrow because Drake knew he could back it up.

As soon as Ironwood turned up the tone became more serious as Qrow followed Ozpin to his office, Drake made a snap decision to follow moving off to the side and keeping his distance but close enough to be within ear shot, but finally Qrow entered the elevator and Drake could no longer follow without being seen so he did the next best thing, he left it to Qrow, he knew how to handle himself besides he had someone to see as well.

Drake walked away from the elevator and back to where the fight had occurred, the group that had previously occupied the courtyard was slowly dissipating so it wasn't hard for Drake to pick out Weiss and Ruby from the crowd, Ruby's red cape also helped. He slowly followed them back to there room, he needed to see Blake, he knew that Qrow would be furious when he found out but it was worth it to speak to some one other then Qrow for a bit.

~Team RWBY~

"YANG! UNCLE Qrow IS HERE!" Ruby shouted as she bust into the dorm room

"WAIT REALLY!?" Yang asked with joy

"yeah! He just showed up and kicked Weiss's sisters butt" Ruby explained receiving a glare from Weiss "I mean drawed"

"Well let's go find him!" Yang shouted as the two rushed out the room

"Are we supposed to follow them?" Blake asked

"I'm going to the arena, I need to watch someone receive a beating" Weiss replied "you want to join me?"

"no I'm good" Blake replied going back to the book she had been reading.

"suit yourself" Weiss replied leaving the room.

Drake watched as his sister walked down the corridor from behind a potted plant, he slowly stood up and walked over to Team RWBY's room, he hadn't seen Blake in around three years, he had no idea what to say so he just went for it, he took in a big breath and opened the door before stepping in.

"your back quick?" Blake stated not looking up from her book

Suddenly all of Drakes nerves vanished "I think we both know that isn't true" Drake stated as Blake's head snapped up looking at him, his hood still covering his face in a shadow.

Blake simply stared at the figure, before standing up and walking up to him until she was only a few inches from him, suddenly she pulled him into the tightest hug she could muster ignoring the cold of his body "Your alive" was all she could muster

"you don't look too shabby yourself" Drake replied as Blake pulled down his hood

"Drake what happened to your eye!" Blake cried as she ran a finger over his eye

"oh I have Adam to thank for that, took a cheap shot at me and left me half blind to fend off against Grimm" Drake replied, "but lets not dwell on that, how have you been, I watched your fight, pretty impressive I must say"

"iv been good, really good actually, I've found a team I can trust and they didn't even judge me after finding out my past" Blake replied

"well I would of expected that of Qrows relatives but my sister, well colour me surprised" Drake replied

"she took some convincing" Blake replied but then paused for a moment. "wait Qrow? Yang and Ruby's uncle? You know him?"

"yeah he uh helped me out, he found me after I was attacked by the Grimm, iv sort of been hanging with him since then" Drake replied

"small world I guess" Blake replied

"you can say that again oh and don't let Weiss know I'm here" Drake stated

"what why?" Blake asked

A knock on the door as the door opened ended the conversation as Blake looked to see Ren standing there, when Blake looked back to Drake she realized he was gone and that ice was surrounding the open window frame.

~Drake and Qrow~

"So how did it go?" Drake asked

"Well I think it's safe to say your the only Schnee who likes me and that Ironwood is still an idiot so I'd say it went pretty well" Qrow replied sipping his flask

"Wow wow wow, like is a pretty strong word Qrow" Drake stated

"Hey watch it kid" Qrow chuckled as they walked through the beacon courtyard "So how much did you over hear before we got to the elevator?"

"Not much, despite everyone here wearing semi casual clothes and having there weapons on show it's still pretty easy to see I'm not from around here" Drake stated

"Yeah vale sure is a one of a kind place" Qrow smiled

"Yeah your telling me, but it's kinda nice to be somewhere different, I was getting tired of the snow forests of Patch" Drake stated

"I'd have though you would have been in your element there, quite literally" Qrow asked

"Yeah well I may be cold on the inside and out but some heat doesn't hurt" Drake chuckled

"Speaking of heat here comes my nieces" Qrow stated looking behind them "you better make yourself scarce, go explore the academy, I'll catch up"

"Ok, have fun" Drake replied before pulling up his hood and walking off in a different direction like he was always going that way, confidence giving him a cloak of invisibility, if you act like your supposed to be doing something then people are more likely to believe you.

"UNCLE Qrow!" Yang shouted and she hugged him both there eyes turning red for a moment

"Wow yang someone has had a growth spurt, last time I saw you zwei could beat you in a fight" Qrow teased

"That's big talk, you got anything to back it up with" Yang stated putting her fists up

"Iv already destroyed part of this courtyard, I think iv hit my quota for today" Qrow chuckled taking a sip from his flask

"Qrow?" Ruby asked

"Yes kiddo?" Qrow asked

"Who were you walking with before we caught up to you?" Ruby asked impressing Qrow

"Oh him, just an old friend, we bumped into each other on our way here" Qrow replied flawlessly

"Oh cool is he one of you old badass huntsmen buddies?" Yang asked

"Something like that" Qrow replied smiling. "So how have you been? You enjoying school?" Qrow asked

"Umm YES!" The two replied in unison as they both began to spew info at Qrow both saying how much fun they've had so far and all the adventures they've had.

"Well it certainly seems your getting the full experience" Qrow smiled

"Defiantly" Yang replied putting her fists up her eyes flickering red and hair sparking

"Good" Qrow stated as the three embraced "now who's up for some ninja fighter?"

~Ozpin~

"Glenda take a look at this" Ozpin stated as he watched some surveillance footage of the courtyard "you see this man? Brown hood, he never shows his face and as soon as we show up and take Qrow away he disappears and then he pops up again near the elevator to this office"

"He followed us?" Glenda asked

"It seems that way" Ozpin replied

"How is that possible, I didn't sense or see anything even Ironwoods project that penny girl didn't pick up anything" Glenda stated

"He's good then, but why is he here, perhaps he is one of the enemy close to home Qrow spoke of ?" Ozpin suggested

"Perhaps, either way we need to find out, according to our cameras he is currently still on the premises" Glenda replied

"What do you suggest?" Ozpin asked

"We introduce ourselves" Glenda stated as the pair exited the office.