It was a crisp autumn day atop the cliff that overlooked all of Vale. Across the bay from the gleaming city, the last bastion of humanity for hundreds of miles, stood the towering castle-like monolith that was Beacon Academy, the most prestigious training facility for upcoming protectors of the world from the forces of evil. Finally, in the sky above and between both the academy and the utopia that was Vale, floated a massive construct known as Amity Colosseum, where the young hooded girl would be within the hour to represent the school and the kingdom she was born, raised, and trained in along with her sister and her friends. But first, she had to check in with someone she hadn't seen in quite a while, standing in front of her.

"Hey, Mom." Ruby greeted as she pulled her hood down, staring down at the slate tombstone in front of her. "Sorry I haven't come by in a while. Things have been..." she paused as she tried to find the right words. "Well, things have been pretty busy. Oh, Dad's here too! He's, you know...Dad." she chuckled as she looked back to the path she took from where he dropped her off to speak with her mother. "He's still teaching at Signal, but he told me he's going on some missions soon!" She said with slight enthusiasm. She knew how long it had been since her father had went out on a job as a Huntsman. The fact he finally was going to get back into it was a welcomed surprise for her small family. The happy thought ended as she remembered why he stopped for a while. "I think he misses adventuring with you." she spoke up again, frowning. "I miss you too."

A silence followed that, as she tried to change the subject on something less depressing. "Haven't gotten kicked out of Beacon yet..." she said, settling on discussing how her time at the Huntsman school was going. "So that's cool. I think being on a team with Yang helps. I keep her in line." Ruby chuckled, at the thought of her shenanigans with Yang from the past. "That was a joke. She's actually a really great fighter!You can tell she's learned alot from Dad. Well, so are Weiss and Blake." she murmured to herself, before she began her next thought as if the tombstone in front of her asked about her other two comrades. "Oh! They're my teammates. Together, we form Team RWBY...And yes, before you ask, it does cause alot of confusion. Anyways...uh..." she trailed off, trying to figure out what else to say. "I made a bunch of new friends, and I met some...let's just say 'odd' teachers. Oh, and we stopped some bad guys too." she smiled. "I guess it's like they say, 'Like Mother, Like Daughter.'" It was almost like she was perfectly following in her mother's footsteps. Not only was she the leader of a Huntsman team, but she was stopping criminals and Grimm left and right. " I still wonder why Ozpin let me into the school early, but, uh, I guess he'll tell me one day. You know how he is. It's funny, the more I get to know him, the more he starts sounding like Uncle Qrow." she thought again, before a familiar bark caused her to turn to face her pet dog and her father waiting a few yards away, Zwei wagging his tail and Taiyang just keeping his distance with a smile on his face.

"Oh, looks like Dad's back." Ruby commented before turning back to her mother's grave. "I gotta go, he's dropping me off at Beacon for the tournament match before his next mission! Wish me luck!" she smiled before replacing her hood over her hair and starting to trot towards her father before looking back for a moment. "It was good to talk." she whispered before beginning to leave.

Once again, Summer was alone with her thoughts. She was proud what her daughter had accomplished so far, and could already tell she was on a path to being on the same level as she was at her prime. If only that prime was still going. It made her think back to that time, as well as she could remember anyway.

11 Years Ago

She had done many impossible feats before. Ranging from bringing an end to a corrupt police force to stopping one of the largest Boarbatusks ever recorded singlehandedly, there wasn't much that Summer Rose was incapable of. The one thing she couldn't do, at least this time, was rely on Taiyang to make sure the alarms were set. Her tired silver eyes shot open at the sight of the digital clock on her nightstand reading 8:15. She was due for her tutoring session in 45 minutes, and to her knowledge, not even the girls were up yet.

"Sonova-!" she cursed as she scrambled out of bed, falling to the floor and startling awake the blonde man that laid beside her. "Ow..." she groaned as she rubbed the side of her face that hit the hardwood floor of their cabin's bedroom.

"Huh, what, what time is it?" Taiyang groggily asked as he rubbed the sleep out of his eyes.

"It doesn't matter! I thought I told you to reset the clocks! We're way behind schedule!" Summer snapped as she walked briskly to her chifferobe and ran a brush through her dark red hair. Looking back at the queen-sized bed she shared with her husband of a couple years, to find him still under the covers. "What are you doing? Go get Yang and Ruby up!" she ordered.

"Good morning to you too, Glorious Team Leader." Taiyang joked as he climbed out of bed and left Summer to get back to getting ready. This day, she already had a feeling, was going to be a disaster.

On that note, I'll end it here.

While I still have work that needs doing on Broken Home, I had to get this idea out of the way. I've had this headcanon for what was the mission that Summer Rose lost her life on and wanted to get the start out of the way before I forget. That happened with a previous one-shot I wanted to do, but never got on paper in time and it sadly never came to be. I'm not having this take priority over Broken Home, but I will try to get it updated frequently. I want to try and get the next chapter for it out by the time my next semester for college picks back up at the end of the month. If you like what you've read so far, leave a follow or a comment; I read all of them, and I'll see you lads and lasses next time.