I swear I'm alive I swear

Anyways, I've become (not surprisingly) obsessed with another series, and its RWBY of course. I just really love the characters and world building so naturally I came up with an AU. Labeled the Brave Hearts AU, it centers mostly around team RWBY, but more importantly, their relationship and children. Yes, I'm that person that ships all four of them together minus Ruby and Yang because incest is bad kiddos.

So just as a heads up, this series of oneshots has implied pollination, because all its their children. This is mostly about family related things involving the 9 kids and their mothers.

If you're curious about what the Brave Hearts AU is and the characters involved, replace the commas with periods: theneonflower,tumblr,com/tagged/brave%20hearts%20au and theneonflower,tumblr,com/tagged/fanchildren;%the%RWBY%family

Anyways, hope y'all enjoy this mess

The first time WangWei ended up sleeping in the bed with his mothers, he was two; he had scared himself awake from a nightmare about thunderstorms. He hated thunderstorms, feared them even. Even then, he had spooked himself so bad that he was still in the form of a small lion cub. After some small squeaks at the end of the bed, Yang finally agreed for him to sleep with her. The tiny cub fit snuggly under her arm, even hearing the faint purrs from within his throat as he settled himself to sleep.

She didn't expect this to become a routine thing. Once, even twice or three times a week, the four women would find a little faunus boy at the end of the bed late in the night. They tried to stop him, they really did. But the mere sight of the big eyes and ears drooping, they felt the guilt eat at them.

Eventually, the other three got word of this 'cuddle with moms' time and the nights would turn into a big family pile of four exhausted mothers with contempt little ones. Blake explained one morning that WangWei was a lion, and lions were a family animal. He depended on his mothers for protection and comfort at his age. It was instinct driving him. When asked about Penelope and Whisper, Blake simply shrugged; they were probably jealous of WangWei getting the attention and wanted in on the fun.

Soleil, while a human child, also must've wanted the attention that she had to gain from her mothers. Her three faunus siblings were the focus a lot of times in the house because of how much trouble they caused, while she was the one trying to make the trouble just so one of her mothers would so much as look at her.

Yang, Ruby, and Weiss felt horrible. They hadn't even realized what Soleil was going through because of her siblings. The next night, when the three faunus children joined their mothers for bed, Soleil wasn't there. They could only assume she had enough trying to gain something that wasn't in her favor. All four of them were two years old, and the terrible twos was nothing short of true. Weiss volunteered to go talk to the toddler, despite her own fatigue. But family was first, and more important.

Weiss found her lying in her own bed, back facing the door. She could hear sniffling and immediately knew the child was awake. Walking in quietly, she braced herself for a tantrum.

"Soleil? Why don't you come to bed with us?" Weiss murmured, and the toddler froze before hiding her head under the blanket.

"No," A small voice came out, though it sounded shaky. Weiss sat on the bed, and felt the child flinch and try to shift herself into a small bundle. Weiss sighed.

"Come on, sweetheart, you know you want to," Weiss spoke more and a sob broke out.

"No," Again, the same. Weiss inwardly groaned. No was a toddlers favorite word at this age, and Soleil wasn't backing down so easily.

Stubborn.

But Weiss was stubborn too.

"Well fine then, if you don't want to go, then I'll stay," Weiss replied, moving to lay next to her. A gasp and then the blankets flew back. Soleil with her long, curly, messy black hair was a crying mess. But the toddler had learned to keep it quiet. Cheeks puffy, eyes red, and fresh tears gliding down her face, she was very upset about this entire situation. Weiss' heart broke right then and there.

"Soleil, why are you crying?" Weiss asked, and a huff escaped the small child as her lips quivered and she held back from bursting.

"You don' love me!" She exclaimed, and she couldn't hold it in anymore. Large tears rolled down her face as she broke out into fit of sobs and wails. Acting out of motherly instinct, Weiss wrapped her arms around the toddler, holding her close as the child continued to break down. Weiss hummed a small tune, running a hand through Soleil's tangled hair. She could feel tears soaking the front of her nightgown but she didn't care, Soleil was hurting and needed her.

"Sweetheart, we do love you though," Weiss hummed softly.

"No!" Again, another no. Weiss loosened her grip and leaned down, holding the child's face while wiping away tears with her thumbs. Weiss knew, understood the little one's pain. But this time, she was going to fix the damage that had been done. She would never let it continue to fester.

"Soleil, listen to me," Another sniffle, the toddler's face wet from tears and snot.

"No matter what is happening with your brother and sisters, we aren't ignoring you. In fact, we love the fact that you don't cause trouble like they do. You don't like time out, right?" Weiss asked and a shake of the head was all she needed. Weiss was trying really hard not to make this sound confusing to the tiny girl. Soleil was smart for her age, but a two year old still didn't understand many things.

"Soleil, baby, we love you with all our heart. Don't forget that, okay?" Weiss spoke softly, and the tears had stopped by now. The child nodded just a little, and Weiss leaned forward and peppered the girl's face in kisses. Giggles broke out as Soleil tried to push her mother away.

"Mama! Stop!" The girl laughed out, and just seconds later, Weiss scooped her up into her arms. The toddler shrieked in another fit of giggles, clutching onto her mother's shoulder as they walked back to the bedroom. Not a minute later, and the toddler was already falling asleep.

Upon entering, Weiss halted as she saw the scene before her. Poor Yang had a small lion cub practically sleeping on her head, entangled in golden hair. Ruby was sleeping on her side, a small ocelot cub stretched out in her arms. Blake… well Blake was in her panther form, a small snow leopard cub sleeping among the thick fur of her shoulders.

"I see you've convinced her," Yang whispered out, wincing as one of WangWei's paws fell and almost nicked her face with one of his sharp claws.

"I'm surprised you can see at all," Weiss laughed under her breath, sitting on the bed and placing the drowsy Soleil next to her birth mother. The girl mumbled something before nuzzling her face into Yang's arm, and was asleep moments later. Weiss was soon after, joining her weird and quirky family.

"And how'd it go?" Yang asked as she side-eyed her, Weiss settling herself into what space there was on the bed.

"She'll be fine,"

I have more oneshots planned, stay tuned~