Dante was running down the hall, he was making his way to the training area. The commotion that the grim caused made the classes stop for the day, Dante was glad for that.

Dante open the door for one of the many small training areas they had. He sat down on one of the many benches. Apparently some had set a dummy on the bench. He punched the dummy in the side of the head and it flew off the bench.

Dante sighed, "Damn."

Dante heard someone open the gym door. It was Weiss.

"Dante are you ok?" She questioned more concerned than normal.

"Yea I'm just blowing off some steam." Dante replied.

"You don't look ok." She said in response gesturing to the dead training dummy, "And your leg opened back up."

Dante looked at his leg and noticed it did open back up, "Well more importantly are you ok?" Dante asked.

Weiss was beaten up pretty good in Port's class, "Yes I'm fine...thank you for saving me I thought I was a goner." Weiss eulogized.

"No problem Ice Queen," Dante said like he always saved damsels in distress.

"Not you too! Why does everyone call me that!" Weiss wined. "Have you noticed how many times Juane has asked you out...and you've shut him down? You shut him down like six times and you have know him for like two days," Dante explained.

"Have you seen him he is a complete dunce!" Weiss retorted.

"Am I a dunce?" Dante interrogated.

Weiss looked taken aback, "Wh- what do you mean are you a dunce!?" Weiss asked sternly.

"Me and Juane kind of act the same and What is a dunce anyway?" Dante deadpanned.

"What you are! A stupid person!" Weiss exclaimed obviously annoyed.

Dante looked back at her mockingly, "It's hard to call someone a dunce when they saved your life."

Weiss glared, "Excuse me I can call you how I please!" Weiss yelped.

Dante laughed.

"What's so funny!" She retorted.

"You're so triggered," Dante deadpanned, "So why you here Snowflake, to take me back?" Dante asked.

"Well I know you were upset so I wanted to ask why." Weiss switched to a serious expression.

"Well my nerves are kinda raw from Pyrrha I'm sure you could talk to her," Dante said slowly.

"I don't want to talk to her though, I doubt that she would even talk to me," Weiss responded.

"So you wanted to talk to me about it huh?" Dante stood up and said: "My dad passed, he has been gone for awhile. He was KIA."

Weiss looked more concerned.

"He was my best friend and he died on a mission." Dante started, "Pyrrha saying that...thinking that his sacrifice was for nothin... just made me mad," Dante looked at his dagger. "I can't stay mad at her forever though."

Weiss stood up. "I'm sorry about your dad," she said sadly.

"It's ok Weiss it happened a while ago. Thank you."

She seemed to brighten up a bit. She wanted to change the subject, "Do you think Ozpin made a mistake about Ruby?" Weiss inquired.

"What? About her being leader?" Dante asked.

"Yea, I don't think she is...qualified." She replies

"Well she does seem a bit young but she was chosen by the headmaster himself," Dante said slowly.

"I Don't think it was a smart decision," She said sternly.

"Maybe, maybe not. There is no changing it maybe you should give her a chance?" He offered

Weiss looked at him sternly, "I've studied hard and trained don't you think I deserve a better position!?"

Dante looked at her with a coy look. "Weiss...you...how do I put this. You can be difficult sometimes, especially when it comes to working together."

"And?!" She retorts

"And that's a major part of being a team leader, being willing to accept and offer help," Dante explains

"Well maybe..." She partially agrees

"Just give her a chance and make the best with what you got," Dante says

Weiss starts to walk toward Dante, "Maybe you're right. I need to give her a change and be the best teammate I can be," she stated. She starts to run toward the door and says, "Thanks Dante!"

After Weiss left Dante walked toward one of the many walls in the training room but his back to it and slides down it, he is now sitting in the floor.

"I still miss him," Dante said out loud.

He wants him to come back. He thinks back to when he was injured.

"I'm not trying to be a hero. I just wanna help people," he thought to himself.

He sat on that wall for about twenty minutes thinking about how he should handle his current situation.

Dante slowly walked to the exit and peaked out. He saw that Trixie was being pushed up against a wall by none other then Cardin.

Cardin was the leader of team CRDL. He was about as tall as Col having a manly facial structure, he had short military haircut, and had gray armor on with a phoenix on it.

The others were pretty generic and non defining by Dante's standers. Dante felt his heart start beating, he was getting angry. Trixie looked like she was on the verge of tears. Cardin and his team were getting a handsy. Dante barely knew Trixie but he couldn't sit there and do nothing. Dante had enough he started walking towards the group. He knew a fight would ensue. As Dante got closer a bitter look in his eyes, one of the members of CRDL, Russel, noticed and whispered to Cardin. Dante approached the team.

"I would like to know what you are doing to my teammate," Dante deadpanned slowly.

"None of your concern small fry! I would go and leave this to us!" Cardin threatened.

"Alright I'll rephrase...unhand my teammate, now!" Dante hissed slowly.

Dante could've sworn that everyone flinched except Cardin.

"Oh what are you gonna do about it numbnuts!" Cardin blustered

"What am I gonna do? I'm going to kick your ass!" Dante fired back.

"Why you little...you wanna get fucking killed?!" Cardin shouted, dropping Trixie too hard for Dante's liking.

Cardin saying that made Dante think about the events that took place earlier that day, he shook it of. He needed to focus.

"Get him!" Cardin gestured for his team to beat Dante.

"Come get me!" Dante snarled unsheathing his long dagger.

Col and Jaune were walking up and down the halls of Beacon, Jaune catching up to join the search to find Dante.

"Where do you think he could be?" Jaune asked already sounding defeated.

"We will find them; how is Pyrrha holding up?" Col asked.

"That argument messed her up, why did Dante react like that?" Jaune asked with no ill impression.

"It's not my place to tell you. I can tell you that something was taken from him at a young age," Col said while walking.

Jaune just gave a node and kept walking. After a while of searching Juane turned to Col, "Col do you think I'm weak?"

Col looked a Juane questionably, "Well...I'm gonna be honest with you. Yes and no." Jaune looked down at that and sighed. "You are not strong physically, but you have great leader traits. You have potential," Col said in the most sincere way possible. "But you know how you fix that?" Col asked already knowing the answer.

"How?" Jaune asked hopeless.

"You train, everyday as hard as you can. Be take the opportunity you have and get stronger." Col said.

Jaune looked at Col with determination, "I don't want to be weak. I don't want to watch as people protect me."

Col looked as if he was pleased to hear his response, "Me too Jaune. We have to become strong to protect the ones we love," Col said putting a hand on Jaune's shoulder, then they were interrupted by a wild Yang.

"Yo Col," Yang shouted from the end of the hallway.

"Oh no!" Jaune said running behind Col.

"Why are you hiding behind-," Col was cut off by Yang.

"Jaune why are you hiding behind Col for?" She inquired pointing at him.

Jaune's head peaked from behind Col's arm, "She used my shield as a jumping board!" He exclaimed, "I almost died!"

Yang grabbed Jaune from behind Col and put him into a headlock. "You're fine! You're a great diving board!" She obnoxiously states.

"And...that would be why," Col deadpanned with understanding in his tone.

"Help…need...air," Jaune choked under Yang's incredible grip. Yang let him go, "My life just flashed before my eyes. Grandma-ma?" Jaune joked as he spoke in a awful Italian accent.

"So Col were you heading?" Yang asked.

"We are still trying to find Dante," Col responded.

Yang when to a sad but still joyful mood, "Yea I wonder what got Dante so wound up," Yang said.

"Well I has something to do with his family life and-," Col was cut off by a loud thump and yelling.

"Was that Dante?" Yang asked.

"Very well could be; he gets into trouble a lot," Col answered

The three teammates ran toward Dante, not really expecting a fight, they thought he was weak.

The first challenger, Russel, charged Dante. He had two daggers, he held them both over his head and performed a sloped overhead slash. Dante parried the attack and head butting him. Dante could hear Russel's nose crunch, and he retreated in pain.

"Didn't expect that huh!" Dante taunted.

The second being Dove and third being Sky came at Dante at the same time. Sky had a halberg which made Dante's life easy, the haldberg was a ranged weapon so basically useless against Dante in the tight hallway they were in. Dove just had a sword, that would be no problem.

Sky raised his haldberg in the air preparing to rain down on Dante. Sky started making his way behind Dante, being in a hallway this was a bit of a challenge.

Dante looked at what they were planning, "Two on one eh," Dante sighed.

He got into fighting stance, Sky rushed first. He tried to thrust his sword into Dante. Dante rolled to the side and back stepped instantly, dogging both attacks.

"You're going to have to try a little harder that that," Dante sneered.

"Screw you!" They both retorted, they continued the assault. Sky went back in no coordination with Dove. Dante reached right under the blade gripping the shaft of the weapon. Dante yanked the halberd out of his hands and threw it at Dove in one swift motion. The flying weapon took Dove by surprise, he was even more surprised when he was pinned up against the wall. A defenceless Sky stepped back and Dante kicked him in his torso, knocking the breath out of him. Dante grabbed Sky's face and connected it with his knee. Dove finally able to get unpinned from the wall, was shocked to see Sky out cold on the floor.

"You're gonna pay for that!" Dove shouted.

"Let's see about that," Dante barked.

Dove charged again and used the same attack as before, but something caught his attention. Cardin was running his hand up Trixie's stomach.

"That bast-" Dante started and was not harmed from Dove slashing Dante's torso, thanks to aura. Dove followed up by kicking Dante's wound, opening it wide open.

Aura protects a user so much before breaking, but even if it protects you from obtaining wounds, the force is still applied. Dante yelled in pain, his blood started to feel hot again. Dante pulled back his fist and punched Dove full power. In slow motion it would of appeared as if his face caved in for a split second. Dove flew back into the wall creating a huge Dove shaped dent.

Cardin then looked towards the fight not paying attention until now, "You have some nerve small fry taking my team out, now I'm going to put you into the dirt," Cardin Shouted.

"Come get me then," Dante sneered smiling.

Cardin charged yelling, he wielded a mace. "Can't let him hit me with that," Dante thought as he dodged the oversized mace.

The two combatants both heard familiar voices, "Dante! Trixie!" Col shouted. Yang and Jaune following right behind him. Cardin hit a distracted Dante in the body. Col then shoulder charged Cardin. When it connected he was knocked to the ground. Cardin looked up and realized he was out numbered so he decided to run. "I'm going to get you for this!" Cardin threatened as he ran off picking up Dove and Russel picking Sky up. Dante stared at Cardin running away and smiled.

"You ok?" Dante asked putting his hand on her shoulder.

"Yea thanks to you. You really kicked their asses!" Trixie gave a smile.

"What happened?" Col asked concerned.

"Yea we heard a huge thud." Jaune added.

"Cardin decided he wanted some of Trixie," Dante said bitterly.

"So he was harassing her," Yang said angrily.

A very angry Miss Goodwitch approached the group.

"Explain yourselves!" Professor Goodwitch hissed at the group. Dante turned to respond but Trixie did it for him.

"Team CRDL were harassing me," Trixie hissed back, "I had to deal with them trying to touch me for twenty minutes! Until Dante saved me from being groped!" Trixie explained.

Miss GoodWitch seemed disgusted but the boys behavior. "I see . I'm sorry about that, I will take care of immediately and Dante...next time contact a professor."

Dante sighed at Miss Goodwitch's words. She left after repairing the damages that Dante caused.

"Well Dante, that was intense," Col said quietly making sure that Goodwitch didn't send them to the moon.

Dante looked at Col, "Yea I'm beat let's get to the dorm."

Blake and Echo were sitting in Beacons library exchanging sad glances with each other.

"You survived," Blake started, "All of that."

Echo took his hand and lowered his hood. He kind of wanted to stay in the safety in his hood, "Yup I did...I didn't come out unscaved," Echo said pulling down his scarf.

Blake just stared, she never got to see the magnitude of the injury that the lieutenant gave him all those years ago. Echo had injuries physically and mentally that no seventeen year old boy should have. Pulling down his hood and scarf revealed a tired face. He had a scar that went across his forehead and a small burn on the left side of his neck and of course his left ear was torn.

Blake used to be a part of the White Fang she didn't even know about the traitor death camps.

Fanus take pride in their animalistic features, even though they are discriminated for it; and the Lutineut took that pride away from Echo.

"Your ear," Blake pointed.

"Yea he took it and he paid." Echo retorted toward the luteniut that Fate killed years ago.

"He did, and I bet he is burning in hell for it! But I need to ask how did you do it?" Blake asked.

Echo looked at Blake with sad eyes, "I had a friend help me, she helped me through it...every bit if it," Echo said slowly.

Blake saw the sorrow in his eyes, but before she could ask anything about her he spoke up.

"Her name was Fate," Echo choked on her name, "I loved her. She died taking the final step to our freedom. The worst part about it is I never got to tell her I loved her." Echo sadly said, he had already cried for her...for his comrades. It still hurt.

"I'm so sorry Echo," Blake said wistfully. There was nothing she could say to comfort this pain even if it was long ago. She wanted to say something or change the subject, but Echo did it for her.

"That's where I met my mentor the father I never had. That fateful day, the day I lost everything," Echo said happily.

Echo met his mentor on the day of the uprising. He took Echo in and trained him.

"He was awesome Blake, a true Huntsman," Echo exclaimed.

Suddenly but slowly the lights in the library turned off, one by one. The library was closing up.

"It's getting late I should head to my dorm," Echo said tiredly putting his scarf and hood back on.

Blake stood up, "I can come with."

He got up and started walking, "Sure sounds good," Echo said. With that they left the library and Echo escorted Blake back to the dorms. One they entered the building it was already pretty late, they started up the stairs then they were met with Dante putting his head on JNPR's Door.

"Why did I react like that." Dante said regretfully.

Dante was cursing himself he wouldn't be surprised if she didn't even want to talk to him. Dante was closing in on the dorm room of team JNPR; which is the team Pyrrha is on.

Dante was still thinking on how he was going to apologize. He was standing right infront of the door, it seemed quiet. Dante put his head on the door pondering what to say. Then Echo and Blake appeared at the end of the hallway.

"Hey Dante...this isn't our room," Echo whispered.

Dante facepalmed, "I'm apologizing."

Echo face was confused then it shifted to understanding, "Oh good luck with that Dante," Echo said then he turned to Blake. "Good night to you, and Dante I'll see you at the dorms.

Dante waited for Blake to enter her room and for Echo to be out of sight. Dante put his hand in a fist and knocked quietly. At first he heard nothing in the room, then he heard rustling, then footsteps, then the sound on the door knob turning. The door slowly swung open. Pyrrha stood in the doorway of the pitch black room.

"Oh...it's you," Pyrrha said sniffly.

Dante held his breath, "I'm sorry for what I said sis. It wasn't right, I shouldnt of snapped on you like that." Pyrrha looked confused and surprised,

"You're saying sorry to me?" She asked.

"Of course I am. I was spouting compete garbage in that classroom."

She just started to tear up, "I should be the one that's sorry!"

"What do you mean Pyrrha?" He asked.

"I shouldn't of brought father up like I did," She answered softly, "I just don't want to lose you too."

Dante hugged Pyrrha on brotherly instinct, "You aren't gonna lose me Pyrrha. We look out for each other right?" The two siblings just embraced like siblings should.

Pyrrha stopped the embrace and exclaimed, "Right, I will always look out for you Dante! Just don't do anything stupid!"

Dante cesed the hug, "Now you should get some sleep."

Pyrrha nodded. "Goodnight," She said and she closed the door when Dante waved goodbye.

He let out a huge sigh, "I'm glad I got that sorted out."

Dante was walking in the endless halls of Beacon again, this time on a happier note. Team DTEC's Dorm was relatively close to RWBY's and JNPR's dorm, lucky for Dante. He noticed that it was getting a little too close to curfew, so he quickened his pace.

"Oum I'm tired,"Dante thought to himself.

He finally got to his dorm and Dante was exhausted. The door of Dante's dorm was already opened.

"Guess the team is already making them self at home," He said to himself.

Due to his injury to his leg during initiation he hasn't been to the team's room yet, so he was pretty excited to see the room. Dante walked in and everyone was slouching like a bunch of lazy drunks.

Dante knocked on the door obnoxiously, "Anybody home?" Dante asked, everyone was definitely there. Col gave a tired thumbs up, Trixy held up a peace sign, and Echo being the spass he is sat up too quickly and fell off the bed.

"Yo Dante wazzup," Col said getting up from his bed.

"Yea I made up with Pyrrha so I'm Good. Wait you guys haven't unpacked yet?" Dante asked.

"Yea we were going to wait for you!" Trixie exclaimed, "Yea we couldn't do anything with the dorm unless you were present O'Great leader," Echo said still sprawled on the floor.

"I don't think I have that much authority ," Dante said laughing.

"I'm beat, I don't know about you guys but I'm gonna sleep better than I ever have in my life!" Trixie yelped.

"I agree with Trixie we should get some sleep; Miss Goodwitch will send us into the shadow realm!" Col said smally trying to act scared.

"I would be careful Col, Miss Goodwitch is a force to be trifled with. Wait what if she has cameras in the dorm!? Col Why did you say that our asses are gonna be on a silver platter now!" Echo exclaimed while running up and down the walls checking everything for spy cameras.

"Echo I don't think that's legal for them to do anyways," Trixie conveyed trying not to giggle.

"Well team DTEC I would call this first day a success and we should go to sleep before Miss Goodwitch actually comes to de-butt us," Dante chipped in on the conversation.

"YE," they all shout in unison. They all laugh out loud and loud it was.

"Hey we are trying to sleep!" A voice from the otherside of the wall called. The group let out one more snicker and then Dante shut out the lights.

"Professor Ozpin," a feminine voice says from behind him, "Yes Glynda," he deadpanned.

"We need to talk about the incident today...in Port's class," Glinda Goodwitch stated in a quiet but stern voice.

"Yes we do but we need to also talk about Dante," Ozpin said still deadpanning.

"What about him?" Miss Goodwitch asked curious to how this student has caught the headmasters attention.

"He was the one who saved Miss Schnee and Professor Porter from that grim that mutated mid fight," He started, " That boy went head first into a fight with a mutated grim that's three times their size."

Miss Goodwitch looked at Ozpin, "He was the only one that brought his weapon to class," She replied.

"Yes and he held held it off...by himself. He held this grimm off until his support arrived. When it did they even had trouble killing it," Ozpin stated. "You think there's something unusual about him?" Glynda asked the headmaster.

"Possibly, keep montering him he could be very helpful in the war against Salem," Ozpin said as he sipped his coffee.

"Yes sir," Glenda responded attententivly.

"Also keep an eye on Ruby as well we must keep the silver eyed warrior safe," Ozpin stated, "And Glenda you don't have to be so formal," Ozpin said smirking.

"Yes si- I mean Ozpin," Glynda stuttered, "I need to go check on the students now it's getting close to curfew," Glynda stated sounding more relaxed than before. Ozpin herd Glynda scoff.

"Glynda what's wrong," Ozpin said smirking seeing what's on her scroll. "A kid just said I was going to send them into the shadow realm!" She exclaimed