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Let me start this by saying that I am in no way trying to insult or offend Monty Ohm's legacy. The man was amazing.
The Color Naming Rule is a real bitch to follow!
For those of you who don't know what the Color Naming Rule is, let me splain it to ya.
To be characters in the RWBY Universe, a characters name must be at least one of the following:
1: A color
2: Sound like a color
3: Mean a color
4: Make people think of a color
I had someone send me a rather scathing PM calling me out on not following the Color Naming Rule that Monty established for his world. Now, I could easily refute this by saying that their parents didn't support the rule, or that they existed before the war as many seem to think that Ozpin and Salem did.
BUT NO!
I did my goddamn research to name these guys, and I will not have it undermined because someone was having a shitty day, and decided to take it out on an author on FF! So, to put these to rest, I give you all the list of the OC's and the color they relate to.
Leoric (Leo) Thorne : Thorne - Thorn - Roses have thorns. - Roses are red. (Bit round-about, but I think red when I hear the word 'thorn')
Winston Schnee : I was lazy with him. I needed a 'W' for RWBY, and decided to piggy back the character off 'Schnee' which means snow in German.
Pyrrhus Nikos : Fan created name that I am beyond grateful for, I'll let them decide what it means. Until then, it is derived from 'pyrrhos' a Greek adjective that means 'flame-colored' like Pyrrha
Jean Arc : She didn't get a connection. Wasn't thinking of the Color Naming Rule when I was naming her, I just needed a 'J' name that wasn't in any other Gender Bend Fic's.
Gwyn Wolf : Welsh for 'White'
Silas Cromwell : Cromwell - Cromwell Tank - Tanks are green or a shade there of (Typically)
Each of the OC's criminals that will be introduced in the filler arc are nameless, but are part of a color named group that will be revealed later.
I feel like I'm forgetting someone... Never the less, I shall move on to the actual chapter, and conclude my rant.
One last thing I thought of while writing this. I don't actually know the full limits that come with being 'Mute', but I've decided that in this universe at least, Weiss can make quiet sounds, like grunts or cries, but no actual words.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own RWBY or any of it's affiliated characters.
Jean's Room In Arc Castle
JNPR and RBY were sitting around a table in the center of the room, quietly staring at Winston and Winter, who were standing on either side of Weiss at the head of the table. Weiss had her head hidden back inside her hood and had pulled it down to hide her face. The blue hood was pulled down enough that you could see the small bumps where her ears were concealed.
Winter and Winston held perfectly in sync glares as they scanned the occupants of the room. Winter had her right hand resting on the hilt of her sword, while Winston had his hands clasped tightly behind his back.
Weiss trembled slightly as her head turned in Winston's direction. 'D-did I do something bad?' She asked in a small voice.
Winter moved to speak, but was stopped when a cluster of Ice formed over her mouth. She turned to Winston with surprise as he placed a hand on Weiss's shoulder.
"That remains to be seen." He stated as he looked to his team, then to Jean's. As much as Ruby and Yang preach about trust, when you grow up in a family with a target on your back, you learn to be at least a little paranoid.
'Ruby and Yang might have trouble keeping it a secret that there is a Faunus in the Schnee family. Blake was a member of the White Fang, they could use this information as Blackmail. Ren doesn't seem to talk much, but I don't know enough to trust him. Jean already knew and has clearly not told her team. Nora may need to die. I know she can't keep a secret. Based on Pyrrhus's upbringing, he want's to keep the friends he has. He wont talk.' Winston thought as Winter shattered the Ice muzzle with the handle of her sword.
"Where did you get those?" Winter asked as she glanced down to Winston's hands.
Winston placed his hands out before him to reveal a pair of white gloves bearing the Schnee family Crest. "I took them from what was father's personal armory. They belonged to our great-great grandfather, back during the Great War. Seemed a shame to let something so pristine gather dust in the locked room of a dead man."
"You mean let something so powerful gather dust." Winter said as she glared down at the gloves. "There is a reason that father locked them away."
"Yes I'm sure there is." Winston said as he placed his hands back behind his back. "But I don't believe that man was sane in any of his choices." Winston continued as he walked up to the table and leaned forward, his hands still held tightly behind him. "Now then... I believe we all have something to talk about." He stated coldly as he glared at his classmates.
"Yeah, like how you neglected to tell us that you had a Faunus in your family." Yang growled as she glared at Winston.
Even Ruby looked a bit irritated. "I thought you didn't like us." She said with a pout.
Winston glanced to his leader with an annoyed glare, before turning his full attention to Yang. "I had no obligation to share my family tree with you or anyone else." He stated calmly as he turned back to Ruby. "And I do hate Faunus."
Weiss tilted her head towards Winston, a quiet whimper escaping the confines of her hood.
"Weiss is a special case." Winston stated quickly as he glanced to his sisters form.
"What do you mean 'special case'?" Blake demanded. "I know for a fact that neither of your biological parents have even a trace of Faunus DNA, so there is no way that she is blood related."
"How is it that you know for certain that the people we have shown the media are our true parents?" Winter asked as she stepped froward with a raised eyebrow.
Blake froze.
"I gave her access to files from the SDC archives while we were tracking Dust shipments." Winston said. "She's the only person on my team that is the same species as me after all."
Winter nodded and backed away to where she had been, failing to notice Weiss's head dipping slightly lower as Winston spoke.
Weiss change in demeanor from earlier didn't go unnoticed by Blake however, as she turned to Winston with a glare. "How can you continue to insult the Faunus like that when your supposed sister is sitting right there!?" She demanded.
"There is nothing 'supposed' about our relations!" Winston snapped as he directed his glare at Blake. "I told you what happened all those months ago when the White Fang attacked my family!" He said as he pointed a finger across the table. "You know all you need to know about my family!"
"Sounds like we missed a good story." Nora said with a frown as she turned to Ren.
"Sorry, but I don't believe we know about what happened." Pyrrhus said as he motioned to the rest of JNPR.
Winston looked over to the other team with a scowl. "Jean knows the story. If you desire to know the facts then you can ask her on your own time." Winston said as he turned back to Weiss. "I'm taking you home. Mother will be worried if you stay out too long." He said as placed a hand on her back.
Weiss nodded her head and slid out of her chair before turning towards the door.
"Hiding your sister away from the world?" Blake asked with contempt in her voice.
Winston shot a glare over his shoulder as he usher Weiss forward. "I suppose you'd know all about hiding from the world, wouldn't you." He hissed as he pushed Weiss through the door.
'Bye everyone...' Weiss's voice said as it echoed through their heads.
Yang turned to see Blake glaring at the spot where they had last seen Winston. "Just let him go." She grumbled as she crossed her arms over her chest. "He clearly wasn't happy to see us here. I'll bet he was looking forward to spending two weeks away from us when he planned this trip."
Blake turned to her partner with a scowl. "How can he talk about the Faunus like that when he is related to one?!" She demanded as she slammed her hands down on the table.
Yang shrugged. "Hatred runs deep. Besides, you saw the way Winston and his sister reacted to Weiss pulling off her hood. They're ashamed of her." Yang said with a frown.
Blake turned to look at the now empty chair that Weiss once occupied. She frowned when she thought of the little girl. "She is being forced to hide her heritage because the Schnee's can't stand to admit that they have a Faunus in their bloodline." She hissed as she clenched her hands into fists.
"That's not completely accurate." Jean said, causing the room to look to her. "I don't know many details, as Winston refused to speak about it, but I do know that Weiss is not technically a Schnee."
"What do you mean?" Ruby asked as she tilted her head to the side.
"The SDC was formed after the Great War, with the promise that the grandson of Ajax Schnee, Winston's father, and the granddaughter of Montgomery Blanc, Winston's mother, would be married. Winter and Winston were born from the marriage, and when Winston and I were eight, there was a period of about a year where I never saw him, or his family." Jean said as she walked over to a large desk near the window.
Jean grabbed a photo off the desk that showed an image of herself and Winston as children playing in the garden. "After a year had passed, Winston returned to his home with Winter and his mother. Shortly after their return, about two weeks if I recall, Weiss was born." Jean said as she turned to show the photo to her friends.
"That still doesn't explain how she is only a Schnee by technicality." Pyrrhus said as he examine the photo before passing it to Blake.
"It does though." Blake said as she scowled at the image of Winston as a child.
Jean frowned. "Many people who are forced into an arranged marriage are unhappy with it. Based on Weiss, I'd say that Winston's parents were no exception." Jean stated as she sat down at the head of the table. "The official story is that Winston's mother took her children and abandoned Winston's father, before he caught her and brought her back to Atlas. At some point during the year she was on the run, she... uh, 'encountered', a Faunus that she had a child with." Jean finished as she looked to Ruby, patiently waiting for the moment of realization.
Ruby's brow furrowed as she went over the brief story that Jean had told them. Around the room the various teen's caught on to what Jean was implying one after the other, leaving only Ruby and Nora.
Blake's eyes were wide as she turned to Jean and opened her mouth to speak, only for Jean to hold up a finger and stare at Ruby. After allowing a few seconds to pass, and seeing Nora and Ruby making no progress towards the connection, she motioned for Blake to speak.
"Weiss is an illegitimate child..." She stated with a fair amount of shock, evident by her tone.
Jean nodded. "That much should have been obvious enough since Winston's parents are both Humans." She stated as she took her photo from Yang and stood to return it to the desk. "Winston's father was less than pleased, but after the news had gotten out that a third Schnee had been born, he couldn't kill the child, only hide her."
Ren stared at Jean in shock. "They would have killed the baby?!" He shouted.
"Yes." Jean stated as she turned to her team with a frown. "I've met Winston's father... The man is terrifying." She continued as she shivered slightly. "Winston's father was a businessman first, a human second. If he thought that it would benefit his company, he would give everything to do it. If word got out that the third Schnee child was a Faunus... Well, let's just say that Atlas is a bit less accepting of the Faunus than Vale is." Jean finished as she looked down to her lap.
Blake paused and looked down to the table. "The SDC would be ruined. Any of their business partners that didn't support inter-species breeding would cut all relations with them."
Jean nodded. "That's exactly why Winston and Winter go out of their way to hide her from the world. Make no mistake though, Winston would level Atlas if it meant keeping Weiss safe." She said as she looked back to Blake. "His comments on Faunus may be rude, and extremely bigoted, but he can be a good person when the situation calls for it."
"I think the situation has called and gotten his voicemail a few thousand times." Yang grumbled as she got out of her chair. "I'm going to go down to the city to take a look around. First time outside of Vale so I'd like to see what they have up here to do for fun." She finished as she started towards the open door. "Anyone else want to join me?" She asked as she glanced over her shoulder.
Each of the students around the table shared a look before rising from their seats and following Yang out the door. As the group exited the room, they heard shouting coming from the door across the hall.
"You ran away!"
"No, you chased me away!"
The group turned to look at each other before Yang began to inch closer to the door.
"Yang wait!" Jean whispered as she grabbed the other blonde by the shoulder. "That's Glynda's room! I don't even want to know what would happen if she caught us eavesdropping on her conversations!"
Yang turned to her with a raised eyebrow. "Aren't you the princess? What do you have to be afraid of?" She whispered back as she pointed at the door.
"Only in Atlas! That won't stop Glynda from giving us all detention when we get back to Beacon!" She hissed as she began to drag Yang away from the door.
"Fine." She sighed in defeat. "But your buying dinner for us when we get back."
Glynda's Room
Leo and General Ironwood were having a shouting match while Glynda sat on the sofa beside them.
"How did I chase you away!? I gave you everything you needed to become one of the strongest soldiers in the army! I stuck my neck out for you!" The General roared as he slammed his gloved fist down on one of the tables.
"I was locked in a laboratory and never allowed to leave! When you finally did decide to let me out, you forced me to go to a hunters academy!" Leo shouted back as he aimed a massive armored finger down at the General.
"An look where you are now." The General stated simply as he crossed his arms. "Your probably one of the strongest creatures on the face of the planet, and you waste your potential as a teacher!"
"I want to be a teacher! Like Mom!" Leo shouted as he pointed down at Glynda. "I never wanted to join the military!"
"You were born to be a soldier!" Ironwood countered. "When I learned that Glynda was pregnant, I made every preparation to allow for you to be groomed into one of the finest soldiers in the entire military! You never wanted for anything!"
"I wanted to be able to walk around outside the lab! I wanted to see what the world was like beyond my cage!" Leo shouted as he slammed an armored foot down on the floor. "When I finally was allowed to walk around outside, I was stuck in this!" He shouted as he slammed his fist into his chest plate. "I can't even leave my armor! Do you know what it's like to spend over a decade without being able to sleep in a bed?" Leo asked as his red eyes glared down at the General.
"It was necessary to contain your abilities. When you were born your semblance wreaked havoc across the entire camp." The General stated calmly as he met Leo's glare.
"Don't even give me that." Leo warned as he took a step forward. "Don't tell me that I was too dangerous to be around. You and Mom had no trouble being in the fog, and neither did anyone else with strong willpower!" He roared as he threw the table between them to the side. "Do you know what it's like to wake up from a nightmare as a child, and not be able to get to your mother, because there are armed guards keeping you in a small glass box?"
The General opened his mouth to respond before Leo cut him off.
"DO YOU, know what it's like to be poked and prodded with needles, before being thrown into rooms where they would freeze or burn me to test what I could do?" He snarled.
"Don't act like any of that actually hurt you. Your actual body is impervious to physical damage. You were designed to be the strongest weapon that Atlas ever created."
"Who responds like that!?" Leo shouted. "'Your body is impervious to physical damage.' That's a cold comfort to a child who was locked away from the rest of his family!"
"But it's a fact Leoric. Your body under that armor can't be harmed by any form of physical attacks. Everything I've done was to strengthen you so that you could survive the horrors of this world!" Ironwood shouted as he pointed his finger at Leo's chest. "You were a part of the most successful team to ever graduate my academy! With Jaune as your leader your team has suppressed more evil than most of my military!"
"My 'team' as you call them, hasn't functioned for more than half a decade as a full group!" Leo growled as he pointed to the photo on his scroll. "Jaune and Winter have been suppressing evil, I've been hiding from you!"
"But why Leo? Why hide from your destiny?" The General asked as he strode towards Leo. "If you had joined the military when you got out of school like Winter, and not followed Jaune into the swamps of Minstral, you could have been a hero."
"I never wanted to be a hero dad, I just wanted to see the world. I never asked to be trapped in this stupid suit!" Leo said as he tried to remove his helmet. "I need the code word from Mom just to take it off."
"And it is that same suit that protects the people of Remnant. When you walk down the streets of Atlas, the people remember you. 'Leoric Thorne, The Black Knight of Atlas' they once called you." The General said with a hint of pride in his voice.
"But do you know what other people see when I walk around in the city? In Vale people see a man in a giant suit of armor with the Atlas logo on my back. They see me as a weapon that Atlas has put on patrol in their city." Leo said as he shifted the chain mail cloak that was welded to his shoulders. "I can't even get into most stores or shops with this thing on."
"That is also for the best. Why would you need to go into the cities? If you would just accept my offer and join the military, you could have people to run to the city for you." The Ironwood said as he walked closer to Leo.
"That's still not the point! When I walk down the street, be it in Atlas or Vale, people avoid me. My status as 'Hero' means nothing if the people are too scarred to rely on me. Just the other day I was helping prepare for the Vytal festival by hanging signs, and by simply looking at me, a little girl started to cry." Leo stated as he pointed to his mask. "This is not the face of a hero."
Ironwood closed the distance between them and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Then we shall make it one." He said as he looked up at Leo's mask. "Join me Leo. Be a part of the fight that is coming."
"James..." Glynda hissed as she looked up at the man.
"What Glynda? Why keep the truth from him? He is just as fitting to know that there are horrors out there as we are." Ironwood said as he turned to the blonde witch.
"Ozpin will judge who is fit to fight in the coming war. If he thinks that Leo is ready, then he shall tell him." She warned as she rose from her seat.
"Man, it's sure fun to be the only one who is out of the loop." Leo said sarcastically as he looked down at his parents.
"It's nothing Leo, forget James said anything." Glynda said as she patted him on the arm.
Ironwood sighed with a scowl. "Fine, if I can't tell him then so be it. But, you never did answer my question Leo. Will you join me?" He asked once again as he extended his hand.
Leo looked down at the hand for a moment before turning to it's owner. "No." He stated as he crossed his arms.
The tic on Ironwood's brow grew larger as he glared up at Leo. "Why?" He asked as his glare intensified. "Why do you continue to refuse my extremely generous offer!? I could make you into the hero you were meant to be!" He shouted.
Leo's eyes, the only part of his true body visible from within his armor glowed red as he countered with his own shouting. "I DON'T WANT TO BE A HERO!" He declared. "I will sellout to Atlas or it's military when my skills could be better used somewhere else!" He roared.
"You can use your skills the way they were meant to be used in the military!" Ironwood shouted back.
"NO!" He roared as he slammed his fist down on a nearby table, smashing it in the process. "I was not born to serve in the military!"
"Yes you were! That is the whole reason for your conception!" Ironwood shouted.
"I'm a man who can make his own decisions!" Leo shouted.
"YOU ARE AN EXPERIMENT! MADE IN A LAB!" Ironwood roared with a look for rage crossing his face.
"James!" Glynda shouted as she slapped Ironwood across the face. "How dare you..."
"I'm not wrong Glynda. Leo was just a part of Project: Thorne, nothing more." Ironwood stated as he rubbed his cheek.
Glynda slapped him across his other cheek with a look of anger on her face. "Don't ever say something like that to our son again!" She warned.
"Just because you carried him to term, doesn't make him our son." He said angrily as he glared up at Leo's hulking form.
"He comes from my egg and your genetic material James, he's the closest thing we have to a son." Glynda said as she turned to Leo.
"No... Dad was right." Leo said as he lifted his arms to look down at them. "Atlas wanted the ultimate weapon, so you two made me. They just didn't count on me having freewill." He continued as he looked towards Ironwood with dead eyes. "Oobleck was right. This was a bad idea." He finished as he turned and walked towards the door.
"Leo wait!" Glynda called as she turned to stop him.
"Let him go!" Ironwood shouted with a scowl. "That's all he's good at!"
"I'll deal with you later James!" Glynda hissed as she reached out for Leo's arm.
Leo saw his mother to the side and pulled his arm away as he slammed the door in Glynda's face. He held the door knob for a few seconds as she tried to escape, before crushing it in his palm and turning away, ignoring the rattling sounds it made while his mother tried to open it.
As Leo turned the corner, he walked into the last person he had expected to see.
"Hello Leo." Winter said as she scowled.
"Er... Hey Winter, I figured you'd be with Jaune." Leo said as he rubbed the back of his head.
"I was. He sent me to find you." She stated before turning back towards Jaune's room. "He want's to speak with you about some plans that Ozpin and Ironwood may be keeping from us." She finished as she walked around a corner.
Leo frowned under his helmet and sighed. "Oh this ought to be good." He muttered as he followed Winter around the corner.
White Castle
Winston scowled as he walked with an entourage of servants behind him.
"My sister is about to become the queen of Atlas, and this castle is a mess!" He shouted as he ran his white glove across a surface, pulling off a VERY thin layer of dust. "I want this place cleaned from top to bottom by the day of the wedding, or I'll have you all replaced!" He shouted, causing the swarm of people behind him to nod and quickly disperse to clean their various charges.
Sebastian followed Winston as he continued walking, a clipboard in hand.
"And another thing, I want that piano in the theater room restrung. It was making a weird noise the last time I had a chance to play it." Winston stated as he rounded the corner, Sebastian in tow.
"I can have the piano repaired by this Friday sir." Sebastian spoke calmly as he scribbled another note down on his clipboard.
"Make sure that no one saw Weiss, and see to it that any and all pictures of her without her hood are destroyed." Winston commanded as he rounded a corner towards his new study.
"Of course sir. The young madam's identity shall remain a closely guarded secret." Sebastian stated as he bowed to Winston.
As Winston reached the door to his office he turned to look at his head butler. "One last thing. Once the wedding is over, I want you to take a vacation. You work too hard." Winston said with a frown.
Sebastian bowed again. "Thank you sir, but I do not require a vacation. There is far too much to do up here for me to worry about taking a personal day."
"I'm not joking Sebastian. I'm booking you a flight to a tropic beach somewhere for the day after the wedding. I'll be here for the next two weeks, so I can keep the staff in line while your away." Winston said as he gave his butler a stern look.
"But sir! I must protest! I am one of the only staff members that knows of Miss Weiss's true identity, if I am gone, who will take care of the young Miss?" Sebastian asked as he attempted to prevent his vacation.
"This matter is not up for debate. You will leave the day after the wedding." Winston stated firmly as he opened the door to the study, revealing a large room with a desk in the back center, and book shelves lining each of the side walls.
Sebastian opened his mouth to object, before closing it and adopting a blank look. "Of course sir. I shall have my bags packed and be ready to depart."
"MASTER WINSTON!" A voice shouted from down the hall.
Sebastian and Winston turned to see one of the maids running down the hall in their direction. She slowed as she approached the two men and took a deep breath.
"Miss Weiss is gone!" She shouted.
"What!?" Winston growled. "Where did she go?!" He demanded as he walked towards the poor woman.
"We don't know sir! We escorted her to her room as you instructed, but when the chef arrived to bring her lunch, her room was empty!" The maid shouted frantically.
Winston spun around to face Sebastian, his face bearing his usual scowl. "Search this castle top to bottom! I want her found by dinner!" He shouted before storming off down one of the nearby halls.
Sebastian turned to the maid with a serious face. "You heard the master, go!" He shouted as he pointed to where she had come from. With a startled squeak, the woman turned and raced off back to where she had come from.
Sebastian turned and closed the door to the study before walking off down one of the empty corridors to search for Weiss, failing to notice the small blue blur that slipped out the window in the study.
Not gonna lie, got some serious writers block this chapter, sorry if it shows through quality wise.
I think that my rant in the beginning of this chapter was sufficient. No need to try to give some new information down here.
Leave me a review telling me what you did or didn't like in this chapter, and I'll try to answer any questions that arise in the next chapter.
