This fic is based on two post by /u/h0m3st4r on /r/RWBY
Here is a link to his original posts, I recommend you read them first for context:
(r/RWBY/comments/4f0e7p/whose_line_is_it_saturday_april_16_2016/d24x4f6)Neon: "Hey. Look who decided to show up!"
Weiss visits faunus-sensitivity training:
Weiss: "Excuse me. Aren't you that girl from Team FNKI?"
Neon: "That's right. I'm Neon, by the way."
Weiss: "..."
Neon: "Come on. Sit down." [pulls out a chair next to her]
Weiss: [sits down beside Neon and listens to the teacher drone on] "So, if you don't mind my asking, why are you here? You're a faunus."
Neon: "I know. I just wanted to see what they teach here. Why are you here?"
Weiss: "Pretty much the same reason. That and I'm going to tour the company next week."
Neon: "...I've heard of the faunus labor in your father's company. All the horror stories, I mean."
Weiss: "So, your family has issues with my father too. Why am I not surprised?"
Neon: "Yeah. Specifically my brother, Ebon."
Weiss: "Ebon?"
Neon: "Yeah." [holds her hand above her head] "He's about yay tall, has dirty orange hair, and he's missing an eye." [lowers her hand] "He (ahem) 'works' in the mines."
Weiss: "When was the last time you saw him?"
Neon: "I don't know. It's been too long for me to remember."
Weiss: [frowns in pity] "What should I do if I see him?"
Neon: "Listen to his story. It's what I'd do."
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The night was young, and Weiss had finished touring what was soon to be her company. The recent Grimm attack on Atlas had taken its toll on many, including her and her sister, Winter.
Just when she had finally started mending fences with her father, she had learned that he died defending the city he called home. Then came the news of Dr. Polendina added to the list of casualties, the discovery of the spying Grimm parasite embedded in Penny 2.0's head, and whispers of the ghost of Pyrrha Nikos haunting the unified teams RWBY, JNPR, and SSSN. And on top of all of this, seeing just how far the Schnee Dust Company had fallen with her own eyes, from her chance meeting with Neon's one-eyed brother, Ebon, in the Schnee dust quarry, to reading the archives of business deals with anti-faunus groups and others in Atlas' criminal underworld, she didn't know if she could do as she promised. She didn't know if she could restore the Schnee family name.
And here she was, leaning on the railing of the balcony of her family's mansion and staring into the starlit sky.
"Ms. Schnee," said the butler behind her. "You have a visitor."
"Let them in," said Weiss over her shoulder.
The butler stepped aside, and along came Neptune, leaning on the balcony railing and staring into the same sky as Weiss, who took only passing notice of his presence.
"You miss your dad, don't you?" asked Neptune.
"How could you tell?" said Weiss.
"I heard you screaming 'No,' over and over again, for starters."
"I was that loud, huh?"
The two of them backed away from the railing and stood to face each other.
"You don't know if you can do it, do you?" asked Neptune.
"Do what?" said Weiss.
"Take over the company? Restore your family's name? Free the faunus 'laborers'? Make Penny cry any more? Take your pick."
Weiss couldn't help but crack an amused smile. "What? Am I that predictable?"
"Nah. I just see a lot of you in..." Neptune's shoulders began to sag. "...well, myself."
"How so?"
"Remember what I told you about my family back on the boat?"
"You mean before or after we were attacked?"
"Let's go with before."
Weiss cupped her hands behind her back and gently swirled her eyes inside their sockets. "...Are you telling me that you wanted to become a huntsman because you don't want anything to do with your family's name?"
Neptune sighed. "That was my initial reason. At first, I just wanted a chance to be myself. Somewhere along the line, I started enjoying being a hero. Seeing smiles on other people's faces, helping those who couldn't help themselves, and...and just...making a difference."
"But I take it that you couldn't shake the feeling that in the end, you're still Neptune Vasilias, right?"
"Pretty much."
"So, you made up that cool self image of yourself to hide from that?"
Neptune snickered. "Don't tell me you see some of me in yourself."
"How else would I figure it out? I mean, for the longest time, I didn't want anything to do with my father, but before I left for Mistral-"
"I know. I know. He apologized to you, you didn't believe him until Flynt talked with you, and then, Yang showed up, robo arm, Penny 2.0, and...you know the rest."
They both stared at the floor for a moment, and then looked back into each other's eyes.
"You do know that this means you'll eventually have to face your family again, right?" asked Weiss.
"Yeah, I know," said Neptune. "And knowing that, let me be the first to tell you this: you can do it."
Weiss paused to think over his words, and then waved them off. "You're just saying that."
"I'm serious. Whatever you've got on your plate with being the new president of the company, you can do it. And if you can face your flaws like that, then I can face mine too."
They shared a warm smile as they leaned together on the railing. There, Neptune's hand crept to Weiss'.
"But for now," asked Neptune, "you want to dance?"
Only then did Weiss notice Neptune's hand on hers. "I thought you said you couldn't dance," she softly objected.
"I've been taking lessons from Sun and Jaune."
"Then come on. Show me what you've got."
"With pleasure," Neptune replied, dragging her away from the railing.
Before either of them knew it, they were dancing the night away. For one brief moment, it seemed, they could be happy to just be their true selves. Happy to be free from the pains of the past. Happy to move on to a brighter future for the both of them and the world they lived in. Happy to just be alive.
"Neptune?" said Weiss, leaking a smile.
"Yeah?" asked Neptune.
"You're still bad at this."
These were used with permission from the original author /u/h0m3st4r as a jumping point for this story