"Hey daddy?" the young six year old who was clad in a small white dress looked back at her father, an old war veteran, along with both of her mothers, who was brushing her emerald colored feathered wings. The wings were appropriate for her size,as she was short for her age, however, her wings were able to lift her weight short periods of time.
Her father smiled and she noticed the small crescent shaped scar on his bottom lip. "Yes Opal?"
"Were all of our family fighters in the Great War?" she asked, turning to look at him better.
He chuckled and nodded. "All of them."
"Even Auntie Weiss?"
"Especially Auntie Weiss." he brushed her feathers into place a few more times before ruffling her already messy pink hair.
She laughed and covered her head with her small hands. "Daddy! Stop it!" she giggled cutely.
"Are you two done up there!? We could use some help setting things up for the party!"
The girl's father chuckled. "Looks like mom wants us to get ready to help out." he laughed a bit as he gave her cheek a small kiss. "Let's get down there Opal sweetie."
The duo walked out of the girl's room and down the carpeted stairs, where the other three members of their family were waiting, preparing for their reunion party.
Ruby SilverRose: Mother of Opal SilverRose and currently setting up the confetti launchers around the house.
Maria SilverRose: Mother to Rayn-Bo SilverRose, the trio's eldest and only son. Currently, she was hacking through several different vegetables along with Rayn-Bo, who was tossing said vegetables to his mother.
"We're here~" Drake SilverRose called out, calling their attention to the two.
"Opal sweetie, can you help me put these poppers above the door?" Ruby giggled evilly "I wanna scare the living hell outta Weiss."
Opal nodded and spread her lavishly colored wings. She picked up the confetti launchers, tape, and strings and jumped up, hovering above the doorway, meticulously placing each on the doorway's arch. Taping length's of sting to the activation strings and tying them to the doorknob.
"Hey Rubes, you know we cant leave through the door now right?" Maria spoke up, not looking from the array of sandwiches that she was laying out.
Ruby stopped completely for a few moments. "We'll greet them... at the windows...?"
Opal came back down, folding her wings back up. "Mommy. Someone's coming. It's not Auntie Weiss though." which caused Ruby to leapt next to her daughter. "Ohgodohgodohgodohgod."
She opened the window and looked at the approaching people. "Oh um hi guys! Um Blake, Rory, Alex, Yang, children I haven't met yet. We cant open the door right now..."
The cat eared faunus, who was not wearing a bow, and hadn't since the Great War, smirked curiously and stroked her daughter's own cat ears, causing the young one to purr and rub against the hand that was pleasing her senses.
The sound of another car rolling up got everyones attention. The door to a large black limousine opened to reveal one snow white boot, and then another.
"It's the heiress." Blake chuckled
"It's owner actually, kitty litter." Weiss Schnee stepped out of the car and looked at her friends, smiling all the way up to the door, followed by her own family, Virgil, Silver, and kids. (and a dog.)
Yang grinned, the expression mirrored by her sister. "Awww the gang is back together! Come here!" Yang reached out and grabbed both faunus and company owner by the neck and pulled them in for a tight hug.
"Yang! At least wait till we're inside!"
"Stop it Blondie!"
"So its been about ten years or so? How have you all been?" Drake held an ice pack against the back of Ruby's head. (Weiss didn't take the whole confetti doorway that well as she gave Ruby a swift chop to the back of the head. All others who weren't there arrived soon after the event.)
Yang put her feet up on the table and leaned backwards. "Well as you can clearly see." the (still) busty blonde waved her hands around at the many kids that were crowding the few couches that the SilverRose family had.
Phyrra spoke up. "I think a bit of reintroduction is in order! Nearly twenty years since Beacon, and almost ten since the Great War. Im sure we've all got something new to share." she smiled.
"I do believe you are right." Drake agreed,standing. "Well, hello there friends, new and old. I am Drake SilverRose. Ruby and Maria are my lovely wives, and Rayn-Bo: my son, and my daughter: Opal. I happen to have taken ownership of From Dust till Dawn." he looked at his son and ruffled his multicolored hair. (cyan, maroon, cobalt, orange, and a very lemony yellow. Just in case you were wondering the specifics to his hair color)
The boy stood, knowing it was his turn. "Sup everyone? I'm Rayn-Bo. I'm ten, and dad has started me on combat training a bit over a year ago. I use mechanically powered hard steel power fists. I'm the oldest child, I watch out for my little sis Opal. That's pretty much all I can say." he looked up at his mother.
"Maria SilverRose. Mother of Rayn-Bo and Opal. I help out around the store with Drake." she sat down and pointed to Ruby. "Your go Rubes."
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"Ruby...?"
Everyone looked around, looking for the red cloaked woman, who was nowhere to be seen.
Suddenly, in a flash of rose petals, the red cloaked woman appeared, posing on the coffee table. "RUBY SILVERROSE REPORTING FOR PRESENTATION!"
Needless to say, all of the adults along with Rayn-Bo and Opal face palmed at her entrance, while the other kids stared at her in awe.
"Ruby..." Maria looked at the woman in red. "You know how much I hate feet on the table..."
Ruby laughed nervously as she hopped back into her seat. "Well, I'm Ruby. I help out around the shop. Im a fanatic for sweets, ummm I kinda want some cookies right now actually." she muttered, getting a few laughs.
Opal blushed as she realized that it was her turn. "ummm hi everyone." she spoke softly, but loud enough to be heard. "I'm Opal. I'm six years old and I love my daddy." she hugged Drake's arm as she said that. "And mommy and daddy say i'm special because I have these." she spread her emerald green wings, a few loose feathers fluttering outward.
"You guys definitely have a cute one over there." Yang stated, getting a few agreeing statements, causing Opal to blush a bit more.
"Wait, so those are real wings? They're not machines?" Juane asked, curiously.
Opal nodded. "Mhmm. I can fly a bit with them too." she flapped her wings a couple of times, and lifted herself off of the ground, hovering a few feet above the rest of them, her pink hair fluttering in the air.
"I guess it's our turn then?" Weiss asked as she stood, smoothing her silky white dress. Opal floated down, landing in her father's lap and cuddling with him as she watched.
Weiss cleared her throat. "Hello everyone. I am Weiss Schnee: owner of the Schnee Dust company, which has officially become the largest producer of energy propellant in the world." she smiled. "After the Great War, father realized that it was in his best interest to step down and give me the company. I'm glad to say that my first big step, nine years ago, was using my position, power, and influence to ensure that faunus gained equal rights. I made a lot of headway but without you guys backing me, we would have never gotten it through to the world. So thanks everyone."
"So thats why we don't hide our ears mom?" Blake's child looked up at her mother, who nodded. "Auntie Weiss helped us out lots sweetie."
"Even though we've been away from each other for nearly ten years, I was lucky enough to have Blake as the combat instructor of the faunus portion of my guards, which is an equal fifty/fifty. I thought that I couldn't really make the push if I didn't show that I see humans and faunus as equals so I recruited hundreds of capable fauna into my guard ranks. Now I have teams of humans and faunus protecting Dust shipments, patrolling the mines and the streets with military grade equipment. I actually do have specialized forces that go into alleys and hideaways and ,on more than one occasion, rescued a faunus that was being beaten or discriminated." she smiled at Blake and Maria, who's ears were perked up.
"You really have changed a lot. I remember the day's where you hated our kind." Maria commented. "Though growing up the way you did wasn't your choice so I can't blame you completely."
Weiss smiled, genuinely happy. "Thanks. I have two kids, a son and a daughter. My daughter is Helena Starr and my son is" the two kids stepped forward, along with a medium sized black dog.
The younger girl with two long white pigtails and a blue sweatshirt stood. "I'm Helena Starr. Eight years old and a biiiiiiig tech junkie. Mom and Dad want me and my brother to start combat school soon. This is our dog that I built, Grimmy." the dog barked, a few nuts and bolts coming from its mouth. "Aww poor guy, a loose jaw." she bent down and picked up the pieces Grimmy had spat out, pulling out a small screwdriver.
The taller, more preppy looking older sibling looked at his sister, then at everyone else. "Dante Grau.. it's a pleasure to meet you, parents, children. A true pleasure." he smiled.
"I am Virgil Grau, one of Weiss' two loving husbands. Some may know me as a politician, as I have helped with the faunus rights movement along with Weiss. I also manage the all of the paper work that goes in and out of the Schnee office."
"I am Silver Starr, Weiss' other husband and also General of her personal guard. The other nine are back at the office, five of which are the best that you recommended to us Blake." he nodded towards the brunette.
"Glad I could be of help Silver." She smiled. "Now its our turn?" She stood as the others sat. "I am Blake Belladonna-Orianni. I own Kitty's best bookshop in downtown Vale. I make sure to update our stock of books every month, and also, because we're all one big dysfunctional family, you guys can come buy and just pick up whatever books you want for the little ones."
Alex stood and held Blake's hand. "I'm Alex Belladonna-Orianni and I help my wife out with the bookstore." She blinked and then looked at Opal. "So your the little angel that stops in for books!"
Opal nodded silently, which cause all of her parents to look at her. "Big brother takes me sometimes but I get bored in the shop sometimes. I like to get books with the money you give me daddy." she looked up at him.
He smiled at her and looked at Maria and Ruby. "I guess we can't be mad if she's doing something productive and safe with her time right? Especially now that we know where she gets the books from."
The two mothers nodded. "I'm just surprised we never actually went or knew who owned it." Maria said.
Alex laughed. "Small world isn't it?"
Blake nudged her child forward a bit. "Hiya! The name's Allyson Belladonna-Orianni. I'm eight years old. And I love working on projects with my mommy Alex." she smiled cutely.
Yang looked around. "Us now? Sweet." she took a stand. "Well everyone. Remember that bar all those years ago? I officially am the owner." she stated proudly. "But because my darling Rory works as a cop, he normally swings by to grab some escapee that managed to wiggle in there. And to close it down." she grumbled.
Rory shot up. "One time!" he stated, defensively. "and it was three years ago! Your still holding it over me!?" he sighed and turned to everyone. "Sup? Im Rory Brent and i'm second lieutenant at the Vale precinct. And this is our darling daughter Seraphina J. Brent."
The ten year old who spoke looked more like a clone, who would have been able to pass by the name of Little Yang. "Im Sera and I too have started combat training. My weapons are a better take of mom's little pea shooters and I like to call them Aurum Incendia."
Yang frowned. "Don't forget who helped you make them and gave you the strength to use them."
Sera waved her mom off. "Yeah yeah blondie, I know dad was a big help." both Rory and Sera snickered, and then burst into full laughter while Yang pouted, quite miffed.
"Oh mom you know I love you." to prove the fact, Sera leapt up and hugged her mother.
Yang however wanted none of it. "Nerrrr. Off ya brat." she placed a hand against her daughter's forehead and tried to push the small child away, with no lasting results. She sighed and let Sera hug her. "Fine go ahead." she chuckled as she hugged her daughter, running her hand through the clone's matted mop of hair. "Weiss, you don't happen to have a personal stylist on speed dial do you?" the blonde mother asked.
Weiss looked at Yang. "I do, but why do you need her?"
Yang lifted her hand, Sera's hair tangled up on her fingers. "I combed her hair for three hours, getting all of the knots out for today and look at this. I give up!" she carefully extracted her hand from the mess of golden locks.
"I'll see what I can do." Weiss chuckled.
Phyrra stood up next. "Phyrra Ark Nikos. I own the gym in the residential section of Vale. I am the mother of one beautiful daughter and wife to Juane." she looked down and yanked him to a standing position by his arm, making him yelp in pain. "I'm sorry."
The blonde looked around the room. "Juane Ark Nikos. I just get the stuff that Phyrra needs for the gym to run smoothly. Now the little one. Where is she?" he looked around, not noticing the tiny child clinging to his back.
Phyrra picked her up and set her on the floor. "Here she is Juane."
"Little devil." Juane joked, poking the little one's nose. "Hi hi. My name is Annabelle and... and and I like cake and cookies and guns and pointy things and explodies and doggies and and and I like the stories mommy and daddy tell me about you all and.. and I like you people and thats it." the miniature of her mother looked around the room, emanating cute.
"Our turn!" Nora shouted. "I'm Nora Valkyrie and I run the Bigger,Better,Sweeter sweetshop in uptown Vale! Ren is my amazing husband and our amazing son over here is James Makarov!"
Ren sighed. "Lie Ren, I go by Ren, and I help out the at candy store."
"Same here." James replied in the same deadpanned voice as his father.
Zayna, Penny, and their son stood. "Zayna Sirus, Penny Sirus, and Rusty Sirus. Mechanics of downtown Vale's mechana shop."
The boy looked around until his eyes rested on Opal. "Here Pinkie. Catch." he tosses a black case to her, which Drake caught. "Oh ho. What's in the box gear head?"
Rusty grinned. "A present from all the metal heads here. My moms, Alex, and me. Plus a little help from the Dust trio over there."
Opal opened the case, pulling out what appeared to be a grip with a trigger, a foregrip with a large scope on it, and a barrel, along with several vials of differently colored Dust.
"W-whats this?" The pinkette asked
"An ultra high tech sniper rifle!" Ruby screamed!
"Push that blue button on the grip sweetheart." Drake coaxed, and Opal did, a glowing purple skeleton flickering slightly, pulling the pieces of the together. A vial ejected itself from the bottom of the grip, showing a full vial of gray dust. Opal pushed it back in and held up the rifle, a perfect fit for her size.
"So I just pull the trigger and..." her finger slipped, pulling the trigger. The shot fired blurred past Weiss' head, punching a massive hole into wall behind them.
Opal screamed, the recoil of the shot pulling the floating gun parts into the air.
Seconds passed, then everyone burst into laughter.
"Works like a fucking charm!" Zayna shouted triumphantly.