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Lucem watched Ruby and Oscar spar. The past few days were a bit boring. Training here, food there, more training after letting the food settle, then more food! It was driving her crazy. She looked into the nearby trees and wondered what Tenebris was up to.


[Bandit camp]

When Tenebris returned he found out that Raven had captured Weiss Schnee, Heiress to the Schnee Dust Company. It was time to introduce himself.

Donning his mask, Tenebris entered the prisoner area and noticed two bandits stand at attention. Vernal stepped to his left and stood there, holding Weiss' rapier.

"You know, I never thought I'd see a Schnee in this camp, "Tenebris says, "Well, a living one anyways."

Weiss stands up, asking, "What do you want?"

"It's simple. Money. We don't normally deal with human trafficking but we'll make an exception this time." Tenebris responds.

"You're going to ransom me back to my father. Is that it?"

"Simply put, yes."

"Just keep calm and quiet and you'll be back in you mansion in no time. Don't make this complicated." Vernal interjects.

"What's going to make this complicated is when my sister finds out I never made it to Mistral. You know my sister don't you? Winter Schnee. Special Operative of the Atlas Military."

"Please Miss Schnee, I know who your sister is. It's unfortunate but...your sister, and all Atlas Military Personnel, have left Mistral. General Ironwood closed the borders and had called them all back. I'm truly sorry."

Weiss sat there in disbelief.

Tenebris grabbed a makeshift blanket from nearby and dropped it in front of her.

"A peace offering."

Weiss nods.

Tenebris nudges his head for Vernal to follow, and the two left. Since it was night, Tenebris walked until he found himself in front of Raven's tent. He looked behind him and saw Vernal enter his old tent. It was probably refurbished for her use. Taking a deep breath he entered the tent.

Inside the tent nothing looked too different. He did notice his cot was gone, good. He had meant to move it eventually and it looked like Raven had that task completed.

Speaking of which, the woman who had mentored him and raised him was sitting on a cushion, drinking some tea. Hearing him enter she stopped and turned her head around to see him. There was some sort of tension that had been growing between the two, which is the main reason why he left to visit Lucem.

"You're back."

Tenebris sits next to Raven on another cushion and pours himself a cup.

"I had my fill of Mistral for a while."

"Good. I need you here to make sure the Schnee makes it to Atlas."

"Of course."

The next day Tenebris was surprised to see a gorgeous teenager be escorted in by some bruised bandits. He was able to hide his surprise behind his mask and stood in front of Raven's tent, next to a large crate he was going to sort through. Vernal and the other bandits ran over to see what was happening.

Within moments she stood before him, and Raven exited the tent wearing her mask.

"Mom." She says.

"So THIS is Yang. I should have guessed as much." Tenebris thinks.

"Yang," Raven says, taking the mask off and handing it to Tenebris, "So, after all this time you finally decided to visit me."

"You know that I searched for you. I spent years searching for you."

Tenebris noticed how she grasped her left hand with the robotic one. If he had to guess, PTSD.

"And you found me. You were patient, determined, and strong enough to make your dream a reality. Well done Yang, but did you have to be so rough with my men?"

"I didn't want a fight. They started it."

"Well you certainly finished it."

A moment of silence passed between the two before Raven spoke up.

"Right, I'm sure this is all very overwhelming. I must admit that you've proven yourself. So any questions you have I'll be happy to answer. You can stay with us tonight. I'll even have the cooks whip something up for you."

"That's not why I'm here."

"What was that?"

Knowing Raven was agitated with her daughter, he took a single step forward. Raven noticed and raised her hand slightly, signalling she was calm. He then moved the foot back and stood in silence. Yang didn't question that little moment and continued to talk.

"I'm not here for you. Ruby is somewhere in Mistral. She's with Qrow and she's going to need my help. I just need you to take me to her."

"And why would I do that?"

"Because we're family."

Tenebris couldn't resist the tsk that came out of his mouth.

"Family. Only coming around when they need something. I have to say I'm disappointed. After all you found me, didn't you? Why not use that drive to find your little sister if she means that much to you?"

That was something Tenebris wanted to know as well.

"Because you're going to save me time.

"Ballsy girl."

"Ruby was heading to Mistral, but there's no guarantee that she's made it there. Looking for her in Anima would take ages. But, Dad told me how your semblance works."

"Tai..."

"You can bond to certain people, and when you do, you can create a portal that takes you straight to them. You have one for Dad, one for me, and you've got one for Qrow. He promised me that he'd watch after Ruby before she left. And I trust him. So, make a portal to my uncle and sister and I'll be on my way."

"You know, it takes real strength to walk in here and demand such a favor of me. I've got to say, I'm impressed. It's very noble to want to help out your sister, but if she's with Qrow then she's already a lost cause."

"What does that mean?"

"You don't want to get mixed up in all of that Yang. Ozpin is not the man you think he is, and Qrow is a fool for trusting him. I would know, I trusted him once too."

"I don't care what you think."

"Your choice is your own. All that I'm suggesting is that instead of getting wrapped up in something too big for you, too big for any of us, that maybe you take a moment to wonder if you're already where you belong."

"Save you breath. You can spout off whatever you want, but nothing is going to keep me from my sister."

Raven clutched the hilt of her sword, and Tenebris takes the step forwards. Raven doesn't even look at him as she responds to Yang.

"Well aren't you stubborn."

"I get it from my mom."

"Well if that's how you feel, then it sounds like we're done here. Take her away."

Raven turns around and starts to walk back to her tent. Tenebris follows.

"Did you not hear me?"

Raven stopped at the entrance and turned around to look at her daughter.

"I said, send me to Qrow damn it!"

Tenebris noted how her eyes went to red. A classic Branwen trait.

"You watch your mouth in front of out leader." A bandit says.

"Make me."

The bandit rushes forwards, and gets launched into a tent, knocking it down. This revealed the Schnee, and the two seemed to know each other.

"Yang?"

"Weiss?"

...

"Alright, well subtly is out."

A knight summon suddenly grew to an enormous size and broke the cage as the bandit Yang had punched ran away. Weiss and the Knight ran to Yang's side.

"What is that?" Yang asks.

"Don't worry about it. What are you doing here?"

"Well, that's my mom and she can take us to Ruby."

"Oh this is gonna be awkward." Tenebris thinks, holding his spear in one hand.

"Your mom kidnapped me?"

"You kidnapped her?"

A fight was about to break out, but a lightning bolt stops them.

"Enough!" Raven yells, Vernal nearby lowering her arm.

"Thank you. If you people don't keep it together this place will be crawling with Grimm. Give the girl her weapon back."

Vernal begrudgingly tosses Weiss her rapier.

"You two, in the tent. Now."

"Why?"

"If you're really going after your sister, then you need to know the truth."

Raven stepped into her tent, and Tenebris followed her in.

"You alright?" Tenebris asks tossing her mask on the bed and wrapping his arms around her waist.

"I'm fine, but now's not the time."

"Of course, just thought you might appreciate my support."

Raven turned her body so she was facing him and kissed the mask quickly, leaving no marks on it though.

"I always do. We don't need to let my daughter know though."

Tenebris nods and releases Raven, just in time to see Yang and Weiss enter. He stood behind Raven as the three talked.


[Mistral]

Back in Mistral Lucem sat on the roof of the house, the moon high in the sky, swinging her legs back and forth. Training was going fine, which also meant it was exhausting. She was just glad to get some Me Time. She runs her hand under her shirt and feels the faint bump of the scar where Tyrian stabbed her. She's extremely grateful for Team RNJR's help.

She then unsheathes her blades and looks at them. They were recently sharpened and glistened in the moonlight.

"You know, even if you have a good weapon, it means nothing without a good defense." Someone says from behind her.

Lucem jumps up and aims at weapons at the figure, and suddenly stopping after realizing who it was.

"Mom!? What are you doing here?"

"Well, after you left I was released from duty from the VPD. I decided to come help with whatever you're doing here. Qrow and Ozpin already filled me in."

"Wait, why did they fire you?"

"I wasn't fired. They thought that, due to my service record, I deserved the break. Chief said I could join them again whenever I wanted to, after a good while though."

Lucem nodded to herself. It kind of made sense to her.

"Anyways, I thought that might check up on my little girl. Did you take my advice and add armor to your outfit yet?"

"No, but I have some ideas that I think could be useful."

"Good. We'll work on it together now. It'll be fun."

It was moments like these that she was glad her mom was so upbeat and friendly. It was also where she got her own attitude from.

"Yeah, sounds good."

The two embrace, after Lucem sheathed the blades of course, and climbed back down into the house. To Lucem's dismay her mother started making out with Qrow when they bumped into him in the hallway.

"Ew ew ew! Get a room you two." Lucem says, smirking.

"Alright. Come on lover boy, let's make Lucem a sibling."

"GAH! I DID NOT HEAR THAT!" Lucem screams, running to her room.

Hanna laughed as her daughter ran and slammed the door shut.

"She's definitely got your spunk." Qrow says, rubbing the back of his head.

"Yeah, I guess that's a good thing. So, now that we're alone, does my daughter have any injures I need to worry about?"

"There was one incident. During our battle with Tyrian."

"Great. I'm guessing that was a long time ago though?"

Qrow nods.

"That crazy scorpion guy, right?"

Qrow nods again.

"Yup, that was him."

Hanna let out a sigh before grabbing Qrow by the front of his shirt.

"I wasn't joking when I said we were gonna make a sibling."

Qrow gulps before getting pulled into his room.


A.N. Alright that's the end of this chapter. I got nothing else so yeah

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