Author's Note

Okay, sorry I haven't updated in a while. My work schedule's been wonky lately.

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Night had fallen over them as they neared the town of Gossamer. The small shacks of Deytere were dwarfed by the grand multi-story buildings of the much larger town. Much like Deytere, Faunus walked the streets proudly displaying their heritage. The major difference however was how they looked at Weiss and Ozpin. It was like they had committed a crime just by being in the town.

"Daddy, why are they looking at us like that?" Weiss asked, gripping his hand tighter.

"I would imagine humans have treated most of them with similar disdain." Ozpin told her, looking down at her. He turned his head to look at Blake, whom held is other hand, and saw she too was uncomfortable.

"But aren't they humans too?" Weiss asked innocently. Any Faunus around that heard her had mixed reactions; ranging from endeared to angry.

"Technically yes, but they have gifts that we don't." Ozpin chuckled. He was watching the Faunus around react to their quiet conversation.

"Like Blake's kitty ears?" Weiss asked, smiling. Blake looked at Weiss and grinned at her.

"That's one, yes." Ozpin gently laughed. "However most, in not all, Faunus have much keener eyesight in the dark." He continued to explain the differences and similarities to Weiss as the trio seemed to wander Gossamer. Faunus around them seemed to eavesdrop on their conversation, enjoying the fact that the new generation will be more accepting than the previous. Ozpin seemed to also pick up his pace while they walked, getting faster and faster, taking more and more turns. Soon he had brought the girls to a light jog behind him, then more sudden than when he began to speed up, he stopped.

He turned to face a building, "This is where we will be staying while we're in Gossamer. Remember it well." He said. The building was wide with three floors. Each floor above ground had a balcony, the railing was made to look like vines with various flowers on it, the largest being the many roses atop each vertical rail. All the windows had a stylized flower as well, the largest being a large circular rose window above the entry.

"It'd be hard to forget something so beautiful." Weiss said, Blake nodding in agreement. The two girls gawking at the wondrous building before them, didn't notice the woman with a white cloak exit the front door.

"Thank you, girls. My family and I take great care of our home." She said. The wind suddenly picked up, and blew her cloak gracefully around her as she descended the stairs from the patio to street level.

"Summer, it's great to see you!" Ozpin called as he walked up to and hugged the new woman. They embraced like old friends that hadn't seen each other in so long. After a moment, they separated, Summer looking expectantly at Weiss and Blake. Ozpin noticed, "Ah, where are my manners? Summer this is my daughter, Weiss," he walked behind the girls, placing his left hand on Weiss's right shoulder. "And this is her dear friend, Blake." he placed his right hand on her left shoulder. He chuckled, "My family has grown since last we spoke."

"Indeed." Smiled as she walked up to the girls, kneeling to their eye level, "It's a pleasure to meet such beautiful young ladies." she said, "My name is Summer Rose." she extended her hand to Weiss.

"A pleasure, Mrs. Rose." Weiss said as she took her hand. Blake simply smiled and nodded as she took Summer's hand in turn.

"Now, I haven't the foggiest where my girls went, but they should be home eventually." she said as she departed. "Front doors open if you want to show yourselves to your rooms." she called over her shoulder as she went on her way.


"Now girls, before I set you to the crowd, some ground rules are in order." Ozpin said as he walked before the girls, putting his hands on their shoulders, and stooped down to look them in the eye. "First, don't spend all your Lien in one place. Second, don't get separated. Third, Don't trust people, regardless of their race. Fourth, be home before the sun drops behind the buildings. Fifth, have fun!" he said as he released them unto the streets.

"First thing's first, lets get a feel for the city!" Blake said as she and Weiss ran down the stairs, and bolted right, the same path Summer took on her departure. Blake lead the way, brushing past people, ducking under people carrying last minute supplies, rolling under carts. They carried on like that for more hours than they care to remember. The two had even found a place to sit. On the roof of a building. They had explored the entire city of Gossamer. They know shortcuts to and from anywhere to anywhere. They discovered where the tournaments will take place, where the food stalls are, and most importantly, where the candy shoppes are.

"Blake, I'm getting a hungry. And thirsty. Lets go find something to eat." Weiss complained, her hand on her tummy. Her throat was dry, and her tummy was grumbling.

Blake laughed at her friend, "Okay Weiss, lets go." Blake got up and helped her friend up. As her friend stood, Blake looked out over the city, enjoying the breeze that had once again picked up. Something caught her eye, so she looked down. A large cart, full of hay, had pulled to a stop just below the building. Growing a devious grin, she looked at Weiss.

"Blake..." Weiss looked into the yellow eyes of her friend, knowing the look. Blake was going to do something incredibly stupid. Her friend walked backward a few paces, to get a good start, then began running strait to the edge of the roof. "Blake, no!" Weiss screamed as her friend jumped off the building. Blake heard the whistle of something in the distance, it sounded like a bird call; then she hit the hay. Weiss looked off the edge, and saw a large cloud of hay falling back into the hay pile, and Blake climbing out with a huge grin on her face.

"C'mon!" she called up to her friend. Weiss looked frightfully down to her friend, shaking her head. "Come on!" Blake repeated, almost pleading. Weiss again shook her head. "Fine, find a faster way down, chicken!" she teased. Weiss adopted an indignant look, and disappeared back behind the edge of the building. Blake began to walk to the back of their perch, to wait for her friend, but as she took a final look up, she saw Weiss flying off the roof.

Weiss was wailing with laughter as she climbed out of the hay, "That was so much fun!" she called to the sky above them, her arms held up in triumph.

"C'mon, let's go get something to eat." Blake chuckled at her friend. She led her friend to the nearest food stall, ordering what they desired. Blake had a fresh tuna sandwich, and plenty of sugar water. Weiss bought some fruit and some sugar water.

They calmly walked through the crowd as they enjoyed their 'meal.' The sights of the city were really something. They found this shop that had extremely interesting weapons that could change form. The same shop had these strange crystals. They were going to walk in, but the owner told them to leave.

Weiss and Blake continued to wonder Gossamer. Eventually they re-discovered the center of the town, the place where all the merchants' stalls were located. Everything from weapons to combat Grimm, to those strange crystals, Dust they heard it called, to power pretty much anything, to toys for any age. The town center was truly a place of wonder during the fair.

Though wonderful and sensational, the area wasn't the cleanest of places. Piles of various animal dung and litter cluttered the ground, paper and fliers blowing in the breeze, along with the occasional loose poster. Cautiously,not wanting to touch anything that may be stuck to it, Weiss picked up a poster that had blown into her leg. 'Welcome one and all, to the single greatest tournament this side of Vale!', the flier announced. Drawings of different types of competitions were displayed on the flier. Weiss' eyes were drawn to graceful looking competition they called Fencing, while Blake was drawn to a more brutal competition simply called Glatoria. "This looks fun, lets go show daddy!" Weiss said excitedly.

"Yeah, c'mon! Race ya!" Blake agreed, racing off toward the Rose Manor. The raven haired girl had the lead most of the way, but had missed a shortcut through an alley. Weiss took the alley, and emerged from the other side just as Blake emerged around a corner. Her yellow eyes showed shock. Weiss will now not only beat her home, but had also, momentarally, broken one of Ozpin's rules. Blake smiled, her normally rule-following friend had loosened up.

Weiss laughed as she came to a stop at the door of the Rose Manor, "Ha, I finally won!" she exclaimed gleefully through gasps for air.

"Great job. I never expected you to take that shortcut, Weiss. Way to change it up." Blake said after catching her breath. Still smiling, she pat her white haired friend on the back.

"Heh, I had a good teacher." Weiss smiled at Blake. They stood in companionable silence, hands on their knees, catching their breath. After a moment, the front door jolted open, and they saw two blurs flash past them, one yellow and the other red and black.

"Girls! H-hey!" The woman from earlier that day, Summer, had walked out of the still-open front door, sighing. "Stay safe." she mumbled as she turned to see her guests. "Oh, h-hello girls. How has your day been?" Her smile was more beautiful than either of their mothers.

"It's been fun! Look what we found!" Weiss wildly showed Summer the poster she had picked up. Summer gently took it from Weiss, and laughed gently.

"It seems you found where you want to spend your time." she observed. "Fencing and Glatoria... Hmm, swordsmanship at both its most brutal, and most elegant. You girls have wonderful taste." she smiled, rolling the poster up, and handing it back to Weiss.

"Thanks." Weiss and Blake beamed. "Oh, who were those people you were calling after?" Blake asked.

"My daughters." she sighed, "They just love to run around the city, finding new ways to cause a ruckus." Summer crossed her arms under her modest bust, "They may try to seem like troublemakers, but they are both really sweet girls. My Ruby and Yang..." she gazed into the sky, the look of a concerned mother took over her face.

"I hope we can meet them soon." Weiss said, "They seem like fun!" she said, looking in the direction they bolted, hoping to catch a glimpse of them. Blake was also peering that way, squinting, trying to make out some flash of red or yellow.

"They're just a giggle a minute." Summer chuckled, smiling at Weiss.

"Oh, have you seen Daddy? We want to show him this too." Weiss asked.

"Oz should be in the library, just opposite the main room." Summer answered, stepping out of their way. They girls ran in, calling thank you over their shoulders. Summer's smile faded when they turned the corner, thinking of what Ozpin told her of Blake's parents. Summer is a well known herbologist and alchemist, Oz thought it would be best to stay with her in hopes of finding some kind of remedy for the Belladonna's sudden illness. "I'm sorry, Blake." Summer felt pure sorrow for the little girl.


"Daddy, daddy! Look what we found!" Weiss ran into the library, holding the poster as tight as being gentle would allow, calling for Ozpin.

Oz looked up from the book he was reading, and saw how disheavled the girls look. Hay poking out from their hair and clothes, a good layer of dirt on their shoes. "What'd you find Weiss?" he chuckled. His daughter thrust the poster into his hands. Gently Ozpin unrolled the paper, reading the headlines for this years fair. "So you girls want to go watch the swordplay, hmm?"

"More than anything!" Weiss and Blake said in unison, huddling closer to Ozpin, trying to look as cute as possible.

Ozpin smiled at their show, "Mmm..." he hummed, rolling his eyes as if thinking for a moment. He looked back to the girls, who had sparkles around their eyes. "Well, okay." he said, as if sighing. "We'll go on opening day. Which seems to be tomorrow. Go get ready for dinner, and we'll talk more about it then." Both Weiss and Blake bolt out of the library, up the stairs and into their room. Ozpin could hear the excited chatter and every step the two took. Ozpin smiled, shaking his head before returning to his book. He's looking for something to save his oldest friends. "Please, stay alive until I get back..." he quietly prayed to any deity willing to listen.


Author's Note

Okay, so that was that. So get this, the past two chapters were'nt even in my original plans for this fic, haha. Tell me how did I do? I'm not all that great when it comes to interaction, but I personally think I'm getting better.

Anyway, I hope you're enjoying this story so far, because after this it will definately take off. My plan for this story is like 11 front-and-back notebook pages, and I'm still working with stuff from page 1! Haha, this will be good I promise!