AN: Eeehee! Getting all these follows and favourites fills me with YOUTH! You know, small chapters are good because then I can make more, faster. I've also taken some creative liberties with certain things as a result of being under informed and too lazy to double check.

"The past tells us many things, take a look and see"

"You sure you can take him? Perhaps you should grow more before taking on a Beowolf." I say sarcastically to the 14 year old girl to my right.

"I've grown plenty! I drink milk!" She shouts indignantly before charging the small Grimm with her Scythe; Crescent Rose. It roars and starts running towards her ready to slash her. When they meet in the middle the Grimm goes for a side swipe but she flips over it blasting its head as she does so, killing it instantly.

I clap, though no noise comes out, she sees it and rolls her eyes. "Good work Ruby, you have proven yourself worthy and so I shall leave the protecting to yourself. I leave in 1 minute and I swear I will do my best to at the very least find out her fate…" I say while I walk over to Ruby.

She nods and says "Thank you, Henry, for all that you've done for me in these past years. I know you're a ghost but please, be careful? I…" Before trailing off.

"No worries, as I always say-" he begins before she cuts him off "Heroes never die, they merely travel to the next world that needs their help I know."

"Good, tell you what, be good while I'm gone and when you go to beacon in three years I'll sneak my way in there, sounds good eh?" I ask.

She nods happily and says "Goodbye! Have a nice trip! I hope you find my mom!" While she waves.

I turn and leave while raising my right fist in the air in an imitation of the Dark Souls trailer. "I'll do my best!" I reply.

I walk through the forest thinking about all the events that led up to this point, setting up the perfect scene for a flashback. Smart, huh? Let's start with how I peeved Yang. Though she still denies my existence and claims I'm an excuse Ruby made up.

"So, what are we going to do now Henry?" Ruby asked she walked with me through the backyard in the morning.

I smile and say, "well, since you are such a good little girl I suppose we could play a prank on Yang…" She perks up at the mention of pranks and asks "What're we going to do?"

I laugh maniacally and say "we're going to cut her hair!" Ruby gasps "but she'll get mad… I don't like it when she's mad, she forgets who she's mad at and takes it too far." She says dejectedly.

"Aah, but that's just it! I'm a ghost so ill posses the room and lock her in til the anger subsides, at which point she'll walk around grumbling about it. Waddy a say?" I ask mischeviously.

"Okay, but how?" She asks.

"Well, I just thought of something, lead Tai up to her room, when you get there, I'll have already cut the bit off, at which point we'll loudly lock him in there with her waking her up and leaving him to her wrath." I explain.

She nods excitedly and runs off to her dad.

I turn and go into Yangs room and posses a pair of scissors. I float up to her hair and snip some off the side. I then possess the room and wait.

Ruby and Tai walk into her room and he whispers "So Ruby what did you want me to see." As he leans against the table with the scissors.

"Close your eyes" she says and he does so. She runs out of the room and slams the door shut waking Yang up.

Yang lifts her head and looks at her dad, then the scissors, then her missing hair, then her dad again. She is engulfed in a fiery aura and her eyes go red as she stands. Taiyang realizes the situation and tries to placate her only to be knocked into the now immovable door.

On the other side Ruby and I giggle at his misfortune.

Ah, good times. Though there were bad too.

I only left her for 20 minutes! I hope I'm not too late.

I phase into a room where three older boys are picking on Ruby and insulting her mother, and that, certainly, won't, do.

I posses one of the lackeys causing him to slump over for a brief moment ending with him straightening. Unfortunately the boys didn't notice it, their funeral.

I send a full power right hook into the leaders face knocking him out cold. The other lackey simply sputters saying "Wha- What?" And I reply with "Henry J Geist says hello, dirtbag" before socking him right in the jaw K. him. I finish by ramming the one I have possessed's head into the wall, sending him right into unconsciousness.

I emerge from his body and walk over to Ruby.

"Are you okay?" I ask only for her to hug me crying.

Though it surprised me only briefly, I was impressed as I hadn't thought her capable of interacting with me.

We sat there in sadness until she fell asleep. I carried her home and gently lay her in her bed. I swore to protect her and my word is worth a helluva lot.

But all of it led up to here. She doesn't believe Summer is alive, but when she was younger…

"Henry, since you're so awesome and heroic can you find my mom. She hasn't been back for a while and I'm scared." She asked me while we sat alone in her living room.

I replied with "I can't in good conscience leave you here without me unless you're strong enough to protect yourself. So I promise you, when I personally witness you slay a Beowolf in a single attack I will go look for her."

She gives me a look of determination and says "Alright! From now on, it's my goal to do that!" While standing up with a fist raised.

I chuckle and nod "That sounds great."

All in all it's been quite the ride so far. One more year til the dust til dawn incident. Let's hope I haven't messed the timeline up too much. I shouldn't have, she never told anyone but Yang about me and she just dismissed my existence.

I look forward to what awaits me yonder.

It's been three months and I'm finally here, this is supposedly where the mission took place, time to get to work.

I possess a nearby Beowolf and survey the area for a few hours until something catches my eye and I approach it.

Something I wasn't expecting in this condition.

Something white, yet dyed with red, probably blood.

And it's fresh.

I look towards where my senses are telling me the trail went.

And I think logically, how she couldn't have survived out here for this long.

I don't know what to believe, but I know what I want to believe.

Summer, I hope it's you, and I hope you yet live.