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Now then, several of you seem to want to sympathize with Winston, but just can't get past his cold exterior... or his cold interior. Now, I will not reveal how it will happen, but I can assure you that by the end of the first filler arc you will have a far better understanding of Winston than before.
Also, before I forget, Winston is honestly more OC than gender swap at this point as some of you have most likely noticed. A few of the things that changed from Weiss to Winston, are physical strength and height. Winston's full height is 6'5", and he can lift about a quarter what Yang can. (I'm gonna estimate that at about 500 lb)
DISCLAIMER: I do not own RWBY or any of it's affiliated characters.
White Castle Weiss's Room
"Where the fuck did she go!?" Winston roared as he threw a bed against the wall to check under it.
Several servants were cowering off to the side, praying that their masters rage wouldn't turn on them next.
"Come now master, Miss Weiss has done this before. She knows better than to leave the property without supervision." Sebastian said as he waved his hands around, trying to calm Winston down.
"You let this happen before?!" Winston shouted as he spun around to face Sebastian.
Sebastian nodded. "Miss Weiss is quite adept at sneaking around. She calls this game, 'hide and seek'. I do recall playing it with you several times when you were young."
Winston groaned and pinched the bridge of his nose, his butlers sarcasm wearing on his nerves. "The second I find her, she is grounded until I leave for Vale!" Winston declared as he stormed out of the room.
Sebastian sighed before turning to the group of cowering servants. "Back to work you louts!" He barked as they scrambled off of the floor, trampling each other to avoid the gaze of the head butler.
Sebastian watched as the group scurried out of the room, leaving a dazed and trampled maid in their wake. "Amarillo! On your feet!" Sebastian said as he clapped his hands.
The maid in question quickly shot to her feet with a hand on her forehead saluting. If the bruises she received from the rest of the staff bothered her, she didn't show it. "Yes sir!" She stated as she stared at Sebastian with a smile.
Sebastian adjusted his glasses before fixing Amarillo with a light glare. "Master Winston is out of sorts at the moment, and is very stressed over the present matter of Miss Weiss's disappearance." Sebastian started as he looked down at the smaller woman. "I want you to fix him some of your 'special Tea' so he will calm down."
Amarillo nodded her head with a large smile, before turning to the plant of Weiss's dresser. With a wave of her hand, the plant began to grow before a long vine snaked out from the plant and wrapped itself around her hand. "You can count on me sir!" She said as she saluted Sebastian. "The Master will be calmed down within the hour!"
Sebastian snapped his fingers in front of her face quickly. "Now Amarillo, this is important. Don't knock him out, just calm him down. I don't want him to fire you for drugging him." Sebastian said with a serious expression.
Atlas Merchants Square
"Whoa! Look at all the shops!" Yang shouted as she spun around, starring at the plethora of shops that were all around her.
Jean giggled at Yang as she ducked out of the way of the girls wings as she spun. "Welcome to the heart of the city of Atlas. This is merchants Square, a place where you can buy and sell almost everything on Remnant." She pointed down one of the streets. "Down there is food ave. There are coffee shops, fast food and even some five star restaurants."
Pointing to the north where they could see some larger buildings she spoke again. "That is Mall street, you can find general goods like clothes and household supplies there." Pointing again behind them she laughed as she noticed Jaune walking into one of the stores. "That is the electronics district. If it runs on electricity, then they sell it. Jaune especially like's that store over there in the center that sells video games."
"Your older brother still plays video games?" Yang asked with a grin.
"He's only 27 Yang. I don't think that video games have a limit for being too old." Jean said as she pointed to the last street. "That is the financial district. ATM, Bank, Government buildings, etc."
"Isn't that Professor Thorne?" Yang asked as she pointed at the hulking suit of armor that was walking down the sidewalk towards them.
"You'd think that people would be a bit unnerved when they see a ten foot suit of armor walking towards them." Blake said flatly as she scanned for people attempting to avoid the professor."
Jean shook her head. "I didn't know who he was until I learned he was Glynda's son, but he's famous here in Atlas. He and JDWL were the strongest team to ever come out of Atlas, with Winter's control of her Semblance, Jaune's infinite strength, Thorne's immunity to damage, and Diamond's... Uhh..." Jean paused as her face scrunched up and she placed a finger to her lips. "I actually don't know what Diamond did. She died before I really had much of a chance to meet her."
"Who was Diamond?" Ruby asked as she looked up at Jean.
"She was the professor's partner on JDWL. She died about six years ago while on a mission with him." Jean said as she looked over at Thorne who was still walking towards them. "Jaune and Winter were on a separate assignment in Vacuo at the time, so they didn't get the news until almost a month after it happened."
"Must be hard to lose someone and not be told right away." Pyrrhus said as the professor passed the group with a nod.
"How did she die?" Nora asked as she watched Thorne turn and walk into one of the stores.
Jean shrugged. "Nobody knows for certain. The only one with her at the time of her death was the professor, and he refuses to talk about it with anyone."
"That's not suspicious at all." Blake said sarcastically as she turned and began to walk towards Mall street. "I'm going to go see if Mall street has any good book stores, I'll catch up with you guys later."
Yang and Ruby watched Blake walk away with matching frowns.
"Well, there goes another member of our team." Yang said as she turned towards Jean. "Know of any good clothing stores?" She asked.
Jean smiled. "Yeah, there are a few on Mall street that have some nice designer brands. Lots of the stores in the kingdom like to give me discounts." She said as she turned and started off in the direction Blake had gone.
"Ya think it may have something to do with the fact that your the Princess?" Yang asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Even the royal family has to pay full price for the goods in our kingdom. My great great grandfather didn't want us to act too spoiled while we were in our own kingdom." Jean said as she turned to look back at her group.
Pyrrhus nodded and turned to Yang with a light smile. "It was similar for me back in Minstral. Because of my fame, people would give me discounts so I would shop at their store and raise their popularity."
Ruby put her hand on her chin as she looked up at Pyrrhus. "That makes sense, I think I saw Gavin Free from the Achieve Men talking about that in an interview once."
Pyrrhus nodded again as he turned to Ruby. "Having people of high status purchase things from you can boost your stores popularity by advertising that a specific person shops there. I myself have a sponsorship currently with the company that gave me the metal to make Milo and Akouo."
"Blah, blah, blah, all I heard is that Jean is going to buy us clothes! Lets go!" Nora shouted as she started to push Jean forwards.
"Easy Nora, easy!" Jean shouted as she tried to keep her balance. She looked back over her shoulder to see Ruby and Yang following them, but leaving Ren and Pyrrhus standing their looking mildly awkward. "You guys coming?" She called as Nora turned to look back at Ren.
Ren and Pyrrhus shared a look before turning back to the girls.
"I uh... I don't think there'd be any clothes there for us." Pyrrhus said as he rubbed the back of his neck.
Jean shook her head. "Nonsense, these stores cater to both genders." She said while she motioned for the two to follow them.
"Well I don't really have any money with me." Pyrrhus said as he waved his hands in front of him. "I wouldn't want to impose."
"Don't worry about it P." Yang said as she aimed a thumb at Jean. "You said it yourself, famous people get better prices, having you and Jean might get us free stuff."
"Well, yeah I did say that but-" Pyrrhus tried but was cut off by Ren.
"We don't want to go clothes shopping." He stated flatly as he looked at the group of girls.
"Er... Yeah, what he said." Pyrrhus stated as he looked at the ground by his feet.
Jean frowned. "I suppose I should have realized that. Winston never really wanted to go clothes shopping much when we were younger either."
Yang stepped forward and placed a hand on Jean's shoulder. "Ah don't worry about it. Guys don't really like to shop for clothes that much. I'm pretty sure my dad has like three different shirts in total."
"I guess." Jean said as she turned to Ren and Pyrrhus. "We'll meet you guys later then, feel free to go do what ever you want."
Ren and Pyrrhus shared a look before racing off to join Jaune in the video game store.
Jean and the others took off towards Mall street, none of them noticing the small girl in blue who had slipped into their group.
A Shadowy And Evil Looking Alley
"Did you guys find her?" The Large man asked as he looked down at the three men before him.
The portly man nodded. "Yeah boss, we found her." He said as he shoved the rest of his burger into his mouth.
"But?" The boss asked as he stared down at the man. "If you found her then where is she?"
The small man stepped forward and spoke next. "There's been a... Complication."
"What kind of 'complication'?" The boss growled.
"Well you see sir... The Faunus is in the Princess's entourage. We couldn't get close if we tried." The small man said as he shrunk away from the boss.
"I don't care if the King himself is holding her hand! Do you know how much a Mythological class can be sold for!?" The boss shouted, causing the three men to flinch. "Never mind what those suit's will pay at the auction just to be able to say that they own one, my employer will give us 3.6 billion Lien to capture her alive!" He continued as he slammed his hand against the brick wall beside him.
The tall thin man exhaled a breath of smoke and looked over to the boss. "Have you even seen the kind of security that follows the royal family? The King and Queen are mostly unprotected, but they have an entire military that covertly watches each of their children while they're in the city!" He said with a frustrated growl. "It'd be easier to kidnap the King himself!" The thin man growled with frustration.
"You think that I don't know the risks!?" The boss shouted as he grabbed the thin man by the throat. "I've been in this game since you were still stealing lunch money back in school!" He continued as he pinned the man to a wall, ignoring the grunts of pain from the man as he attempted to pry the hand off his neck. "I'm speaking from experience here, and I'm telling you, this time, the rewards are MORE than worth the risks." The boss said as he released the man, who fell to his knees and began gasping for air.
"Any of you know the legal punishment behind harming a Faunus in Atlas? Any of you?" The boss asked as he scanned over his men. "No? Then I'll tell you. For harming a Faunus from another kingdom, it can be anywhere from a night in jail, to a year. For harming a free Faunus on the streets, it may be a week in jail or a slap on the wrists. Harming a slave can get you the most with up to ten years on property damage charges." He stated as he paced in front of his men.
"That annoying Faunus Rights War never made it to Atlas, and what little it did was snuffed out by the military and government, so we still get to have slaves here, same goes for Minstral." He said as he looked at the thin man. "If we attack a Faunus on the street, nothing will happen to us, because we can say that they started it, or we can bribe the cops to look the other way. Why do you think this will be any different?" He asked.
As the thin man made to answer, he was cut off by a shrill voice from below them.
"Boss!" The voice shouted. The small man crouched down and lifted the top of the storm drain below them, revealing a man in a brown hood and a red mask. "The target has just entered a designer clothing store a block north of here."
The boss turned to the thin man with a raised eyebrow. "Well? That's your territory, got any ideas?" He asked as he crossed his arms over his chest.
The thin man took a deep breath from his cigarette before exhaling and looking down at the man in the drain.
"What store did she go into?" He asked.
"The one with the really annoying name."
"Vetements, eh?" The thin man asked aloud as he took another puff of his cigarette. "Have the men make some knockout gas. Vetements has a private AC system, so sneaking the gas in should be a cake walk. Have some men go in before hand with masks to grab the girl when she drops, then have a few others waiting by the back door to get the girl out of the store." The thin man watched as the man in the hood vanished back into the pipe and the smaller man allowed the lid to drop closed.
The thin man took a final puff from his cigarette before he flicked it to the ground and crushed it. "If all goes according to plan, the girl will be in our hands within the hour." He said as he turned to the boss.
The boss nodded and looked down the alley to the street where the citizens were walking past, happily oblivious to the criminal world around them. "We'll see."
Vetements
Jean and her group walked through the door to the fancy shop and was immediately surrounded by the staff as they clamored to help Jean in anyway they could.
"Ah, Princess Jean! We haven't seen you for several months!" A tall man with a thin goatee said as he clapped his hands together.
"Indeed! We've gotten in several new designs since you last graced our shop with your presence!" Another said as he put on a smile that looked extremely forced.
"Yes, please come right this way. I can show you some of the new outfits that have arrived." The third said as he snapped his fingers, causing the other two to move forward and grab Jean in an attempt to escort Jean through the store, in the process however, they managed to push away Yang, Nora and Ruby.
"Gah! A Faunus!" The man with the thin goatee said with a startled cry.
"Get them out of the store before they get fleas all over the clothes!" The second said as he shielded his face and turned away from Yang.
"What the hell?!" Yang yelled as a fourth man, this one much larger then the first three and wearing a fancy suit, grabbed her by the arms and unceremoniously threw her out the door and onto the street.
The large man moved towards Ruby to do the same, only to be blasted against the back wall of the store by an explosive round from Ember Celica.
"Hands off my sister!" She shouted as she stalked back into the store, fists raised in an offensive manner.
"Call the police! This Faunus just assaulted our guard!" The one with the goatee shouted as he raced for the corded scroll on the desk. He quickly snatched up the scroll and began to type in the number for the police, before a hand came down on the receiver. The man turned with an infuriated expression, before noticing that it was Jean who had stopped him.
"Ah Princess! Our apologies, we neglected to show you around due to some trash that followed you in off the street. Worry not though, I shall have the police remove them post haste! No Faunus shall bother our princess!" He said as he attempted to dial again, only for Jean to stop him again. He turned to Jean with a questioning stare. "Princess?" He asked.
"These are my friends. I expect them to be treated with the utmost respect while we are shopping here." Jean stated as she turned to the rest of her group, ignoring the way the mans mouth hung open.
"But princess! What would your father say if he saw you slumming around with their kind?!" The man with the goatee asked in a panic as he ran around the counter to stand beside her.
"I don't care what my father will say. He is only the King for a few more days, then my brother will rule Atlas. When that happens, I expect things will begin to change around here quite quickly." Jean stated confidently as she strode over to Yang and Ruby. "Sorry about that guys. Faunus aren't exactly treated the same here that they are in Vale." Jean said as she shook her head.
"We don't exactly get the best treatment there either." Yang grumbled as she crossed her arms over her chest.
Jean gave her a sympathetic smile, before scanning around them with a worried expression. "Have you two seen Nora?" She asked, causing all three of them to begin to look in all directions in hopes of spotting the hyperactive girl.
"WHOA! LOOK AT THIS ONE! IT'S PINK!" A voice shouted from the back of the store.
Yang, Ruby and Jean turned to see Nora spinning around while she held a dark pink skirt in her hands.
"It's so pretty!" Another and more eerily familiar voice said from the same direction.
The three watched as Weiss walked out of the changing room beside Nora, he hood up, but the cloak was pulled back, showing off a shin length summer dress with a light blue color, and white and gold embroideries.
(I'm going to take a quick second here to say that my IRL preference of clothes is mostly Denim and Flannel, so don't be offended if I don't seem like I have much in the way of high fashion sense.)
"Weiss!?" Jean shouted as she and the other two ran over to where Nora was spinning. "What are you doing here?! Is Winston with you?!" Jean asked frantically as she knelled down and began to examine Weiss for any injuries.
Weiss shook her head. "Big brother was being mean, so I decided to come hang out with you!" She said happily as she spoke directly into their minds.
"Oh dear..." Jean said as she scanned over Weiss.
"What's the problem?" Yang asked as she looked over to see Nora had stopped spinning, only to fall over onto a shelf of expensive clothes.
"Winston is extremely protective of Weiss, even when we were children he wouldn't let her out of his sight unless Winter was around." She said as she let Weiss run over to another part of the store to look at some other clothes.
"So whats that mean?" Ruby asked as she watched Jean dial Winston's number.
"It means that if she's down here with us and he doesn't know, he's tearing the estate apart looking for her." Jean said as she put the scroll to her ear.
"Didn't you say he was just ashamed of her? Why not just let her play out here for a while then bring her back to him?" Yang asked.
"Because she is nine, doesn't have an Aura, and I don't want to get back to the mountain and see the White Castle leveled." She put up a finger, signaling that she had gotten through. "Winston? Yes, yes I know your very busy, but I need to tell you something."
"What is it!?" Ruby and Yang could hear him shout through the scroll.
"I found Weiss. She's with me, Yang, Ruby and Nora at Vetements. You know, that fashion store on Mall street?"
Yang and Ruby could hear him yelling on the other side of the scroll before he spoke to Jean again.
"What!? You'll be here in two minutes? Were you already heading towards the city?" She asked with a confused expression. "Eh? H-hello?" She called into her scroll before she pulled it away from her ear with an angry look on her face. "Only that man has the nerve to hang up on a princess." She said with a pout.
"So Winston's coming here?" Ruby asked as she watched Jean place the scroll in her pocket.
"Yeah, sounded pretty relived too. Wonder how long he's been looking for her."
"Couldn't have been that long." Yang said as she pulled a yellow and black shirt out of the pile that had fallen on top of Nora. "It's only been a few hours since we saw them together in your room."
Jean nodded as she put out a hand to let Nora pull herself up. "I suppose. Still, after having known Winston for a few month, surely you know that he tends to take things to the extreme on only a moments notice."
Ruby and Yang shared a look before turning back to Jean with a nod.
"Even if she was only missing for a few minutes, Winston would have the entire army scouring the country to find her." Jean said as Nora managed to dig herself out and grab the hand that was offered.
"Jean! Look at this one! It's so pretty!" Weiss's voice echoed through their heads as she raced over to them with a shirt that had a Beowolf mask design on the back.
"Pretty?" Yang asked as she knelled down to look at the shirt. "I didn't think a girl your age would consider a Grimm pretty."
Weiss began to nod frantically. "They look so cool! I saw big sis fighting one once!" She said as she looked at Jean. "Can I get it? Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease?" She asked, her voice droning on into infinity.
"Fine! I'll get it for you, but we'd better see if there's one in your size." Jean said as she grabbed the shirt and took Weiss over to the counter.
"So what's going on? When did Weiss get here?" Nora asked as she watched the man behind the counter begin to measure Weiss to find the correct size, which would no doubt be a challenge, given that the store catered to a more mature demographic.
"Not sure when she got here, but Winston's on his way to pick her up." Ruby said as she looked at the clothes before her, her ears twitching in annoyance as she looked around the store.
"Winston's on his way, huh? Ooh! Maybe he'll go shopping with us!" Nora said with a big smile as she grabbed the pink skirt and dove into the closest changing room.
Yang watched Nora vanish with an amused smirk before she turned to Ruby, who was still looking around at the air vents.
"What're ya doing?" She asked as Ruby held up a hand to her face.
"Shhhh! Don't you hear that?" She asked.
Yang raised her ear into the air and cupped a hand around it. After a few moments she brought her hand back down and shook her head. "I don't hear anything."
Ruby scanned the room again before a wave of exhaustion hit her and she slammed her hand onto the table for support. "It's like hissing noise! Like air being let out of a tire!" She said before her head hit the ground.
Yang quickly brought a hand to her face in a vain attempt to cover her mouth and nose before she too began to feel faint. Looking around she could see three men moving towards her, and she could see Jean and Weiss on the ground by the counter. Offering one final glare, she collapsed to the floor and allowed the darkness to take her.
Two of the men grabbed Yang and lifted her into the air before walking towards the counter, while the third looked over Ruby.
"Bah, a Lynx Base, useless." He said as he kicked her to the side and began to follow his comrades. As he walked, his eyes fell upon Jean and Weiss, the later of which was now missing her hood, exposing her ears to the man.
"Well now what have we here?" He said with a grin behind his mask. He grabbed Weiss and threw her over his shoulder before exiting the store and scanning the alley. Once it was clear he walked over to the truck and greeted his fellow kidnappers.
"Hey Inky, what took so long?" The one in the drivers seat asked as he watched Inky lay Weiss down on the floor behind him.
Look what I found boys." He said as he took Weiss cloak off and threw it onto the ground outside the truck. "We got ourselves a White Wolf Base. Boss is going to be pleased with this one. And look at this." He said as he rolled her onto her side, exposing a tail hiding under her skirt. "This one's got two traits."
The other men in the truck looked down at Yang and Weiss as though they had just struck gold.
The man in the drivers seat grinned as he slammed his foot onto the pedal, causing the truck to jump forward. "We're eating good tonight boys!"
This chapter was shamefully short, and I am so sorry for it.
With my new job at the amusement park, I find less and less time to write, so I try to get out what I can when it's possible. I was going to make this longer, but I needed to get this out so I could at least tell everyone that this hasn't been abandoned, only delayed.
Once the summer gets into full swing and more people start working at the park, I'l have a bit more time to write.
Leave me a review telling me what you did and didn't like, and I'll try to answer any questions in the next chapter.