Today was a perfect day in Vale. The sun was shining, the smells of dandelions wafted from one of the many parks, and there was a steady warm breeze caressing my rabbit ears.

"Hey bun, hop too it or we are going to be late." Coco said. Coco was the big sister that I never had. After we had been put on a team together there was no awkward time where you start to get to know someone before you get comfortable around them. Seconds after we got into our dorm for the first time she initiated a pillow/tickle fight. She never even asked me if I was okay with my nickname or her rabbit based jokes. There was no question that she meant no harm when she used them.

Fox was blind so he really never knew the difference between Faunus and Humans unless he was close enough to touch or smell them. It was a little awkward when he asked to feel my ears the first day of classes but he has treated me like he has treated everyone else since then.

Yatsuhashi was the definition of a 'gentile giant'. Tallest on the team and still taller than me if you count my ears. When I met him in the Emerald Forest during our initiation I was very scared of him. However, as I got to know him I found out that he was a big softy. He would cook for the whole team often and was always ready to support one of his teammates.

I was very lucky and grateful to have teammates such as them. There are several people in this world, and even some at Beacon, that would not have treated me so kindly and fairly.

We came to a stop outside of a movie theater where the new movie 'Laser Team' was playing.

"Four tickets." Coco asked the booth attendant.

"What movie?" the attendant asked not paying us any attention and reading a comic under the counter.

"What movie do you think? Dose it look like we are here to see 'Slow mo Love'?" Coco chastised the attendant.

"So wha-" the attendant started, finally looking up at us.

"Laser Team!" Coco interrupted. The attendant took a second to look us over. I could tell he realized that we were all Huntsmen but his eyes lingered on me.

"I can sell you three tickets. Pets aren't allowed in the theatre." the attendant said with venom in his voice. The tells Coco were giving off were all to obvious to me now that I had known her for two years. I could see her get a half an inch taller as her toes curled, her face deformed slightly as she bit her cheek, and, oh no, she adjusted her beret. Everyone, even Fox, took a step back as we realized what was likely going to happen.

"Four tickets." Coco said in a monotone voice, tapping her nails on the counter.

"N-" the attendant only had time to utter a single syllable before Coco reached across the counter and dragged him over.

"Then you can't work here anymore because I just decided your my pet! Now be a good boy and beg ... beg for your master to take you on a walk!" Coco screamed at the shaking and scared attendant on his knees in front of her.

"Coco ..." I said softly while daring to touch her arm. Her gaze shifted to me and I silently shook my head.

"Stay!" Coco yelled at the attendant. A command that, I think, was physically impossible for him to disobey. I dragged her a few feet away to have a private conversation with her.

"I know what your going to say Velvet and I am doing you a favor." Coco said.

"How? I told everyone explicitly during our first year that I don't want you guys dealing with these ... situations for me." I replied.

"But you don't deal with it!" Coco yelled at me making me cower away a little. Coco flashed an apologetic look on her face an brought her voice down several decibels. "You can't just let people think they can get away with stuff like that Velvet." Coco stated in a more measured tone.

"I ... we don't deal with it like this. Violence and threats? That's how the White Fang deals with things and they only make things worse for Faunus." I stated.

"This isn't about all of the Faunus it's just about what happened. I wouldn't have done that if he didn't ..." Coco stated. It was rare when I dared to interrupt her but this was one of those times.

"It doesn't matter who did what first. What you did made things worse for me and others. I would have rather you go into the movie without me." I said.

"That will never happen Velvet!" Coco said in a surprisingly angry tone of voice. "We are a team and we stick together." Coco affirmed. I took a second to let what she said warm my heart before responding.

"I understand that you want to see us as one unit and I do too but when people discriminate against me it is my choice on how I want to deal with it. If you cant act in a way that I would, please stay out of it." I requested. Coco sighed.

"When we were put into a team together I thought you would be the easiest to get along with. I had no idea you would be such a pain in the ass." Coco said in a defeated tone. "Come on. We are hugging it out. Team leaders orders." Coco stated, squeezing my body so hard I felt like I was going to pop.

"So ... do you promise to let me deal with things like this." I asked.

"No. We will deal with every problem as a team ... but in this particular issue you can take the lead. I need a break from being the leader sometimes anyways." Coco responded. I smiled at her as she addressed the whole team "Come on, lets find a different theater. There doesn't seem to be an attendant manning the booth here.".

We then left the petrified man on the ground in front of the ticket booth in search of another theater.