Chapter 7: Blanc Robin
Robin had been trying to get to sleep for the past two hours, he couldn't. He was tired after the mission with Raven earlier, yet he couldn't get any sleep. Robin had been sleeping almost fully clothed, he pulled his blazer on and tied up his shoes.
"A walk might help." Robin mumbled to himself, he started by doing a round of the dorms. Robin proceeded to walk around the school, he eventually wound up in the courtyard.
There was a rustling sound nearby, no one should be outside this late. Robin walked towards where the rustling had come from, he was standing near a line of bushes when the rustling was at its loudest. Robin knelt down and noticed someone, a young girl in a simple plain white dress, a young girl with white hair and red eyes.
'Is she albino?' Robin thought. "Uh... hey there." Robin greeted, he was trying to sound friendly. "Are you okay?" Robin asked the girl. The girl looked Robin in the eyes, a bright smile spread across her face as she tackled Robin into a hug, a hug that knocked Robin to the floor.
"Daddy!" The girl exclaimed. Robin sat in silence as he processed what he had just heard.
"Huh?" Robin asked, he was confused, very confused.
"I found you daddy, I found you." The girl smiled.
"I'm sorry, I think you have the wrong person." Robin apologised. The girl pulled out a picture, she pointed at the man in the picture.
"Nuh-uh, they said this was daddy. You look just like him, so you're daddy." The girl explained in a fittingly childish way. The man in the picture was definitely Robin, it was a picture from a few months ago considering Robin looked the same as he does now.
"Okay then, how old are you by the way?" Robin asked.
"Nine!" The girl replied cheerfully. Robin would have been twelve when this girl was born then, but he would have been at Signal at the time. This girls existence was contradictory to Robins memory, there had to be more to this. Right now though, he would have to play the part and look after the girl.
"Do you have a name?" Robin asked, the girls smile turned to a frown.
"No, they never gave me a name." The girl replied. Robin gave the girl a pitiful look.
"Alright then, from now on your name is Blanc." Robin decided. The girls smile instantly returned as she gave Robin a big hug.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you." Blanc thanked repeatedly, Robin couldn't help but smile.
"All right, there's someone we need to go see." Robin explained as he got up, he held Blanc's hand as they walked.
"And you've come to me to ask if she can stay?" Ozpin questioned. Robin had decided to talk to Ozpin about what had happened tonight.
"That's the gist of it." Robin nodded.
"You do realise this isn't a safe place for children?" Ozpin asked.
"Yep." Robin nodded.
"And you won't let up on the matter will you?"
"Nope" Robin shook his head.
"Very well, I will let the staff know." Ozpin stated.
"Thank you Oz."
"You said that she mentioned 'they', who are they?" Ozpin asked.
"I don't know, I haven't asked." Robin admitted. "I will ask her, but for now I think she needs time." Robin added as he looked at Blanc, she was looking out the window.
"She looks like you." Ozpin pointed out.
"I know, I feel sorry for her in that regard." Robin joked. "In all seriousness though, the fact that she has a resemblance to me is worrying. I have a theory that she might have been created by mixing my DNA with someone else's." Robin explained, a serious and slightly worried look on his face. "But I am happy to have child though." He smiled.
"Blanc also looks like Winter." Ozpin commented as he casually took a sip of his coffee, the blush returned to Robins face.
"Oz... Stop... please, I thought the same and we don't need to talk about this further." Robin said, embarrassment spread across his face.
"Even though Winter would be a key part to your DNA theory." Ozpin had adopted a small smile.
"Yes, that and..." Robin started.
"And you love her." Ozpin stated as he casually took a sip of his coffee again, Robin shrank in his seat.
"Yes, I do." Robin whispered.
"I wish you luck." Ozpin smiled, Robin perked up after hearing this.
"Thank you sir." Robin stood up and headed towards the elevator. "Blanc, we're going now." Robin called in a soft voice, Blanc ran up to him and the two got on the elevator.
"Well, this is the room you'll be staying in from now on." Robin said as he entered his room. Blanc ran in and looked around, she seemed to grasp the layout of the room easily and already knew what everything was and what to and not to do.
'I know nine year olds can be smart, but has the intelligence of a pre-teen at least. Coupled with the childishness of a nine year old and it's obvious she's related to me, the knowledge of social rules and an already developing moral code would make her relatable to Winter.' Robin got lost in thought as he tried to figure out why Blanc would have been created, if his theory was correct. Robin began to think about a future with Winter, which led to him thinking about how he had to tell Winter that they, technically, had a child.
'I'll be making a trip to Atlas soon then.' Robin sighed mentally as he thought about his chances of surviving his trip to Atlas. 'Well I had a good run.'
"Daddy look!" Blanc called as she pointed at the closet, Robin looked at the closet and noticed that there was a bunch of clothes and pyjamas for Blanc.
"Wow, Oz earns more and more of my respect every day." Robin chuckled lightly. "Blanc, you get changed in here, I'll go get changed in the bathroom." Robin said as he entered the bathroom.
After they both got changed, Robin and Blanc got into bed. Blanc decided that she would stay close to Robin, Robin just smiled as the paternal instincts set in.
'I will protect you with all I have.' Robin silently promised as he softly kissed Blancs forehead.
Surprisingly, teams RWBY and JNPR handled the sudden appearance of Robins child well. Ruby, Yang and Weiss were shocked initially, Blake was indifferent, though the twitch from her bow said otherwise, Jaune asked how, and got the answer of 'I'm not telling', Pyrrha just seemed to accept the fact that there was a child on campus, Nora was much the same as Pyrrha although a 'bit' more excitable, and Ren congratulated Robin.
"Just don't tell anyone without my say so." Robin instructed. "Anyway, can you all keep her occupied for a bit?" Robin asked.
"Sure, but why?" Pyrrha questioned.
"I need to speak to Ozpin about taking leave to go to Atlas." Robin responded.
"What do you need to go to Atlas for?" Weiss inquired.
"I have a friend that I need to speak to, she just so happens to be your sister by the way." Robin smiled.
"You're going to see Winter? Can you give her a letter for me?" Weiss requested.
"Yeah sure, I'm going to try to take leave at the same time as the Forever Fall trip so give me the letter before then." Robin accepted the request.
One week later:
"Alright Cardin, that's enough!" Robin shouted as he stopped the match. Cardin had an easy victory against Jaune. "Jaune, I would recommend checking your aura during battle, it is what separates you from the Grimms dinner." Robin scolded. "Alright, as you all know, the Vytal festival is inching closer and closer. I would recommend that, if you plan to participate, you should train regularly. Remember, we are expecting great things from all of you." Robin reminded.
After the students left, Glynda walked up to Robin.
"You've improved." Glynda stated.
"Three lessons a week will do that." Robin smiled as he took a small sip from his flask.
"You're drinking and smoking has cut down slightly." Glynda pointed out.
"You can thank Blanc for that, I don't want her to pick up these habits." Robin explained with a smile.
"That girl is a godsend." Glynda joked.
"Well she is daddy's little snow angel." Robin laughed as he told Glynda Blanc's nickname.
"You really are a parent." Glynda laughed.
"Surprising, I know." Robin joked. "Anyway, I've got a trip to Atlas to prepare for. See ya." Robin waved goodbye as he jogged out of the room.
Yes, I have introduced a child to the plot, Robins child at that. Blanc will play a part in the story, but that's all your getting from me.