Updated Chapter one on 25/10/2016
So her mother, Raven Branwen was a bird faunus. And now the abandonment of her only child made sense. Let her daughter pass as entirely human. In fact Raven even suggested that Weiss wasn't the first Schnee to get on with a faunus. Oh, they hate each other now. But they had dated until the strong opinions of their relatives pulled them apart. Of course while Yang found her mother being a faunus a surprise, her being White Fang was more so, and being so high ranking a near impossibility.
"Why do you think me so high ranking is impossible?"
"Because I'm human. And before you dare say it's my bigotry: I'm friends with an ex-fang, remember?" Yang pointed out. "This is her opinion of how it is now. And she was blind to the Fang's faults until too late. So I lean a little more to the Schnee's here."
Raven only manages to stop herself steaming because that is exactly the reaction her daughter wants. "Now, if we were as bad as she said Jaune would have had to have cheated to enter and would be nowhere near ready." Raven sees her daughter's face. "Fuck. I didn't want to just change the face of oppression. But we need to show faunus alone are a viable force, before we let others in. Cinder I do not trust at all, but she's useful."
"And she feels the same about you. And Adam is is insane."
"Blake was the only one who could really control him. And he's fatally jealous of you."
"So he's gone full Yangdere then?"
"Please take the threat Adam poses seriously." Raven sighs before being wistful."You really do have Summer's habit of using awful puns to deflect serious issues. Still the temper is definitely mine."
"Hey I like wordplay. I'd use it just for pun."
Raven glares at Yang. But she also knows that Yang isn't likely to let things out even if she truly needs to. Raven did after all abandon her only daughter even if it was for the best reasons. Things shouldn't go wrong but if it does, and it might because of her actions, Raven will do her best to make sure Yang always has a place with her.
Yang had finally managed to get out She was still missing her sister. But when she got mad, her auras took the shape of feathered wings where her arms should have been.
"So you are that animal's daughter. Explains a lot about you and why you survived the 'attacks' despite being at such a disadvantage both times. You should have died."
"I lost my arm, and my future. That is barely surviving."
Yang grimaced. She was not happy at all. Raven was why she lived both times but at that the person serving took it as guilt. "We don't serve Fang sympathisers here." Yang knew it was an excuse but people would use it and come to believe. She couldn't head that way because she was human.
"Yang's seen Raven." Qrow stated.
"She'd have told us if she had, Qrow." her Dad argued back.
"Yang isn't at all surprised that semblance change includes fiery feathers. So ho long has my sister been in contact with you?"
"On and off since the train incident. Why are they treating me like this now?"
"People need someone to blame. And it can't be hidden any longer. This is how changeling legends occurred. Two people with faunus ancestors deep in the tree. And her semblance it seems like echoes of mine as well as Tai's"
Once again in the dream Raven visited Yang. "Hiding you as a dragon made sense, but it seems you're true nature as a fire-bird has been revealed. And I need your help. Adam has got far too involved with the very people I did not want him to. I am going to need to show an alternative, and that means admitting something I have tried very hard to hide."
"What's that?"
"You. I need something to counter his propaganda. Blake had been my best chance until she ran away, but without her I have only one resource. We need to split the Fang. And show them, that there is hope for the crossbreeds."
Yang nodded. As much as they had tried there was no way she could be protected. If she could not help from outside, helping from inside could work. The future she wanted was not here. She doubted Raven's plan would work, but it would give her adventure or a quick death, and either way she would no longer be attracting the Grimm to Patch. "We have to meet in secret. People think I've already joined the Fang, since I survived fighting a high rank both times" Yang sighed. "Never mind they only just drove me it to it, and the only reason a crossbreed like me got in was nepotism."
"And I told you to take Adam seriously. You'd have been dead if it wasn't for me. Besides this will work well. Adam is so determined to take everything from his obsession, Blake, he'll see you joining as a bonus never realising you're a viper he clutched to his bosom."
(Later in a hidden place)
"I am a member of the Fang and have been for a long time. I was one of those who voted to go down the path of violence. I campaigned for it vigorously and pushed that agenda. People believe that means I approve of all Adam's actions when the truth is I do not. Allying with humans is sometimes necessary but he has made a deal with the devil without truly considering what the consequences will be. How many of you have left children behind because it was best for them, or hid human lovers? You are ashamed and fear my disapproval. It is hypocritical of me to do so. I chose you because you understand we want equality rather than continual war. And we all abandoned our children to give them a better life. This gathering is secret not to punish you but so you can see I was always on your side. May I introduce my daughter and someone who will be much happier on our side than opposing us. Yang Xiao-Long."
The gathered faunus are taken aback. This person who had nearly thwarted them several times over was Raven Branwen's daughter. It was Yang's turn to speak. "I fought against the Fang because all the information I had, including from a high ranking member, remember, said that it had lost sight of the original aims and had become a vehicle for nothing but violence. It is hard to start letting half-breeds who look human in and yes, dangerous. But opportunity is all to easily missed without this. Just because a half-breed gets human privilege does not mean they keep it when the truth is discovered. And the eight people descended from two potent lines who should have been our first family have become implacable enemies instead because of how the White Fang appears to them. Caution is required certainly, but not allowing any of my kind in is foolish. Yes, to start it was necessary for us to be excluded, but now to show we are truly a faunus rights organisation rather than a band of racist thugs, we must allow some half-breeds in. Cautiously and with proper vetting, but our ranks must be opened."
