A/N: This is what I spent a year away doing. Planning for this.

Everything that's a part of this story is a part of the main story as well, just another angle.

Hope you enjoy.

Chapter 1

I suppose I should start with why I am recording this as if we have died. That's because in a few minutes, we will have. They finally found us. Right now it's just Andy and I left and he's sworn to protect me until the end. Something that we won't have to wait too much longer for.

It's a shame, really, that we lost our lives so young; yet if you asked any one of us, I think you'd find that we were all content and satisfied. I for one know that I died with no regrets.

While it saddens me to say it, I do not know for certain that any of our efforts made a difference in this fight. I just pray that, in the end, we were able to be of some use to you all.

The time that we knew you was short and our meetings were few and far between, but I know that you loved us like a family; I know that's how we viewed you guys.

I know we said that we would help you till the end, but it looks like we won't be able to hold up our end of the bargain. This is where our journey ends.

I just watched Andy die on one of the feeds. It's only me now.

I know you remember the day we first met in that forest surrounded by Grimm. You were supposed to hunt and kill the exiles, us; instead you offered us a chance to live. That was the day we vowed to support you guys however we could from the shadows. I now know that we held true to that portion of the bargain.

We, even through all the craziness, managed to avoid the spotlight, however, as I am recording this the light is becoming ever brighter; soon even my shadow will no longer have a place to hide.

I don't know how long you can avoid war but when it comes, be sure to take care of RWBY, DUSC, SLVR, and the rest of them.

It seems that that light has finally become bright enough for even me to be found; however, it seems that my killers are kind enough to let me finish this.

Since you were the only person who was able to ever meet us in person without going insane from our curse, I would like to ask you a favor Soap.

Before you yourself expire, I ask that you make our story known to the ones we protected for so long.

Attached to this file is a detailed copy of our adventures since the day we met you. I am attaching these files to make sure that you don't forget any detail of our story, though I have a feeling that you know this story well.

After all, it's a story you helped make. It's the story of the forgotten team and their fight against the night.

Thank you Soap.

Signed,

Daliah Black of team DA-

Computer, after sending this file, set the self-destruct timer to 5 seconds.

Alright, I'm finished.

~Soap

After she finished talking, a gunshot could be heard on the other end of the recording.

I cried for a little after receiving Daliah's message, but once I was able to recompose myself I called everybody to the sanctuary.

"Hey Soap."

"Hey guys." I said.

"Whatcha need? We're supposed to be getting ready for the next mission a few days from now and I have a lot of weapon maintenance to do." Ruby said.

"That can wait." I said. "This is more important."

"What is?" Weiss asked.

I sighed before I began.

"Sit down guys. We are going to be here for a while. A long time ago, an unnamed team was exiled from Beacon academy...

A/N: First things first. This will not be a regular thing. While I have planned a year ahead, I still want to space these chapters out quite a bit.

Things that will differ from the main story:

Chapters will not be named, at least not yet.

I will not be telling you where everything happens in this timeline compared to the main story.

For now, this fic will be rated T until it needs to be changed for any reason.

These chapters will not be as long.

And, the most obvious, this will not be told from the view point of Soap, Sarah, Blake, or Sam.

Other than that, everything will be the same.

Let me know what you think.