AN: I hope everyone like the last chapter! Bare with me as I know this chapter is going to be later. Life is still busy so bare with me. I have come to realize that I cannot keep up with the posting every Sunday because of how hectic my life has become. So with that said, I will post when I can. I do thank you all for being so patient with me. With that, lets get to the chapter!

Twins

Weiss could barely believe it. She was having twins. No, they were having twins. Ruby had said that she would stick by Weiss' side and help her raise the baby. The difference now was that it was two babies instead of one. Weiss was worried if they could handle one, let alone two little babies. The former heiress had just sat there staring at the images for hours, barely able to comprehend the fact that there were two lives depending on her. Was she really ready for this? Could she really do this? What made things worse was that she was going to have to go to Atlas, she was going to have to face her family. She knew Winter would be upset with their father and try to boot her husband out of the military. That was another factor, he was military, could she even escape him? Would General Ironwood even believe her claims that she never consented to the marriage? Would he believe her when she said that she was raped and abused by his officer? Often times, in Atlas, the man was believed over the woman. After all, most women married for the money and not for love. Most of them were just miserable and lived in despair. A life that Weiss had always feared she would be doomed to follow. It is part of the reason why she left for Beacon. Ever since she was born, her father had been looking for compatible suitors for her that would further his ambitions. Her happiness never did matter to her father, only what she could do for him. He had spent years turning her into his doll, molding her to bend to his every whim.

Now, she had two lives that depended on their mother keeping her freedom. If her father and husband got a hold of her again, she wasn't sure if she would come out the same. They would break her, cut her off from all those who truly loved her. They would turn her children into their puppets, turn them against her. Weiss could not bare the thought of losing herself and her children to those men. She just hoped that with Ruby by her side, she would not have to return to that hell. This time, things would be different. They were only going there because the mission called for it. They were only going there to ensure the safety of the relics. Weiss would cling to the hope that she would be safe with Ruby and their friends. She could not bare it if things were to go wrong.

The sound of knocking on the door pulled Weiss from her thoughts. Looking up she saw Kali walking in with a to-go box in hand. Weiss gave a small smile as the smell of chicken wafted towards her nose. Her stomach let out a loud growl, much to the girl's embarrassment.

"Seems like the little ones are hungry too." Kali laughed as she walked over and pulled the rolling tray over Weiss' bed. She sat the container down along with a cup of fresh tea. Weiss greedily opened the lid and almost drooled over the contents. Inside of the Styrofoam box was Parmesan chicken sat on a bed of spinach and cooked eggplant, covered with Alfredo sauce with a side of broccoli. It smelt amazing and it was something she had been craving for days. She had only told this to Blake so she could only imagine that her feline friend had told her mother before the indecent.

"Thank you, so much. I did not know you had gone out for food." Weiss quickly opened the plastic that held the cutlery and began to eat her food. She hummed in delight at just out tender the chicken was and how the tender the eggplant is. The spinach and broccoli still had a wonderful snap to them that just made her heart sing. It had been a while since she had this wonderful dish. Her father had begun to watch her diet as soon as her husband took her to bed. He claimed it was best for when she finally conceived to have what he considered a healthy diet. She hated how he controlled every aspect of her life, even down to what she ate and how often.

"Well, you are carrying twins honey and I knew you wouldn't want the hospital food. So, I remember what Blake had told me and we got you a far more acceptable meal. One that doesn't taste like cardboard." The two women laughed at that, both having memories of horrible plastic tasting eggs and overcooked bacon.

"Still, thank you. It means a lot that you went through all of this trouble."

"Think nothing of it, dear. You need some sort of mother figure around to help you through this." Kali placed a hand on Weiss' right hand, not knowing just how much those words could affect her. Weiss looked to see a smile on the older woman's face but could not bring herself to match it. The truth was, she had tried to talk to her own mother but got nothing in return.

"You'll find a way to cope." Cold, hollow and distant. That is how she would describe her mother's words to her. Willow Schnee had given up a long time ago and left her children to their fates. Weiss had begged her mother to think of what her future grandchildren would go through. How they would feel seeing their father abuse their mother. How they would never truly know his love, only his rule. The older woman just turned away from her daughter and drowned her sorrows in the red stained glass.

A soft sniffle made it's way past Weiss' defenses, a lone tear slipping down without it's owner's permission. Kali's smile faded to concern as she reached out to wipe away the offending liquid. Weiss looked to see Kali move closer to her with open arms and a caring smile. More tears fell as Weiss allowed herself to fall into the faunus' embrace, Kali gently smoothing the crying girl's hair. Just how much neglect and abuse had Weiss gone through? Jacques Schnee always made them seem like a happy family, spoiling the children with whatever they want and his wife walking around in the finest clothing. Just how much of that was actual love or just to keep up appearances?

"You're safe now, honey. I promise, Ghira and I will never let you go back to that place." She then pulled back, brushing a strand of fair hair from her eyes. "And if you ever need a mother's advice then just give me a call and I will always answer. You girls mean more to us then you can think. You helped our Blake to learn and grow. To see the world isn't what Adam painted. You showed her that people can change. If a Schnee can befriend and love a faunus, then equality can be achieved without violence."

During all of the recent events, Ghira had decided to reform the White Fang to what it once was. A peaceful collection of faunus that advocated for equality for faunus and humans. Talking to Weiss, the Chieftain had learned that Jacques' cruelty was not exclusive to faunus only but extended to humans as well. He had learned that anyone that stood in his way vanished or was forced into the mines as well. Ghira was determined to not only fight for faunus but for all life that had been subjugated to this man's hate. He would help Weiss regain her place as heiress so true progress could be made. If truth be told, he regretted stepping down as leader of the White Fang. Sienna had not followed in his footsteps. Instead, she turned the organization from peace to bloodshed. Something Ghira was strictly against. Ghira Belladonna was determined to bring about change and this included getting Weiss her position back. After all, she would be the one to show the world that change was possible. Mated to a wolf and not just any, an alpha. Alphas could not be bought, they could not be tricked and they will not choose just any mate. So, to know that the wolf had chosen not only a Schnee but her unborn children as well, this was future he fought for. This was the future they had hoped their daughter would grow to see, to live freely. They had no idea, though, that their daughter would be one of the ones to usher in the new age. After all, they could tell their daughter had eyes for a certain wolf's sister. It was just only a matter of time before they both finally caved.

While everyone was settling down to eat, Qrow and Lavendal were making their way to the daycare. Qrow was glancing around, ensuring they were not followed. Slipping his hand into his jacket he took out his flask, taking a quick sip.

"So, your niece is an alpha?" Lavendal rasped out, causing Qrow to pause mid-sip. The older man sighed before closing the top and putting it away.

"You could tell, huh?" He asked while placing his hands back in his pockets.

"Her scent says as much. All alphas give off a certain scent. Hers is stronger because she is a wolf. Though, her species is rare. You don't see many wolves." She glanced to Qrow taking a sniff. "I assume it was her mother who was the faunus?"

Qrow raised an eyebrow at her, suddenly seeming uncomfortable. He gave a cough before finally responding.

"Yeah, Summer was an amazing woman and team leader. She was the only faunus on our team but that never mattered to us. I mean after all, she gave Tai a daughter and took care of Yang. She always did what was best for the kids." He grimaced then took out his flask again, knocking back another swig.

"Is that what you tell yourself?" The lynx frowned, earning a glare from the old bird. Shaking her head she made her way into the daycare. It was clear the place was only for faunus as the children running around had some sort of animal trait. As the two approached the front desk a woman looked up to Qrow with a stern stare.

"Lavendal, who is he?" She asked, looking the man over. Qrow shuffled in his spot, he wanted to say something but understood why she was so apprehensive. She was responsible for these children's safety and a random human showing up could mean danger.

"He brought me here to pick up my kids. His niece," she gave the older man a knowing and pointed look. "is a wolf faunus and her mother was the leader of his team. He understands our cause."

"I wanted to make sure she got here without any trouble from that Schnee girl in town. I know she can handle herself but you can never be too safe these days. I would have sent my niece but she her mate is sick." Qrow shrugged as though it was a daily thing. The woman glanced over at Lavendal with a raised brow. Lavendal gave a sigh and a tired grin, acting as though she had always known them.

"You know how insanely protective wolves can be when their mate is with child. And don't even get me started on how her and her mate had finally found a fox faunus donor so their child could at least look like their mother. They barely just got the positive pregnancy test when she got sick." It wasn't all lies. Weiss was indeed not doing good and she was indeed pregnant. The woman seemed to buy it as she paled the moment Lavendal mentioned a pregnant mate, the woman paled. No faunus would dare to cross a wolf with a downed and pregnant mate.

"The poor thing. Well, we wish for a quick recovery and many children." She then quickly got up and went to the back to retrieve her children. As she retreated they could see her tail that had clearly been docked. No doubt by a human. They stood there waiting as their air in the building seemed to change. It seemed the woman had explained to the other workers that Qrow was related to a wolf, the women glancing to him then away. After a bit, the woman came up front with two little boys with cheetah tails on either side of her and a Lavendal clone in her arms. Lavendal reached out, taking hold of the small little lynx. She was smaller than her brothers and also seemed a bit paler.

"I'm afraid she had an incident this morning. We were able to get her back but I suggest taking her to the hospital." The woman explained, worry clear on her face for the child.

"Thank you." Lavendal whispered as she gently rocked the young girl. Already she was falling back to sleep as her brothers joined them. Qrow knelt down to their level and gave them a smile.

"Hey, you two. I'm a friend of you mom's. Are you ready to go?" He asked and held out his arms to them. They both nodded and allowed him to pick them up. Some how managing to fish out a stack of lien from his pocket he sat it on the counter, to the shock of the worker.

"Thank you, for all that you do. Keep up the good work ladies." He gave a grin and then lead Lavendal out. They walked for a bit in silence, neither wanting to really wake the sleeping girl in Lavendal's arms. He glanced over to Lavendal, then to sleeping child and back to her bothers.

"So, I assume the boys are twins and your double is their little sister?" He guessed which earned him a small chuckle from the faunus. He raised an eyebrow but kept his eyes forward.

"You're partly right. The boys are identical twins but Lila is only one minute younger." She looked to him with a sparkle of humor. She nearly busted out laughing when he saw his eyes bug out. He looked to Lila, then the boys and back again.

"Triplets? Don't take this the wrong way please but, she seems smaller than her brothers. Its why I assumed."

"It's alright, I'm used to it. Lila was the smallest at birth but that is not what has stunted her growth." Lavendal took in a breath, almost like she was bracing herself for a bad storm. "She has Leukemia, which has caused her to be delayed in some of her development. She was also born with only one fully developed lung. She spent three months with a tube in her chest to help the other one grow. Its been hard, a lot of hospitals still won't treat faunus. So we have struggled to get her the proper care. I've heard of one in the underbelly of Atlas that is the best there is but its hard to get in the kingdom as it is."

Silence fell once again as Qrow let this information digest. A lot of the hospitals were still funded by Atlas elites that still saw faunus as nothing but mere animals. The only reason they even had a hospital in Atlas was because it was faunus owned and ran for the families working in the mines. As they came to the entrance, Qrow glanced to Lavendal.

"This hospital is faunus friendly. Go get her seen and we can talk about you traveling along to Atlas with us. Its the least we can do for saving our family. Go and I will take care of the boys."

"Are you sure?" She asked, still a scared of leaving her boys alone even though she felt like she could trust the man. When Qrow nodded she gave a small thank you and headed off to the ER. Qrow watched her leave, memories playing in his head of a younger Ruby.

"Sum, what would you do?" He asked, casting his eyes towards the ceiling. He chuckled, shaking his head. The boys looked to him confused and then to the ceiling as though the person he was talking to would be there.

"How about I get you boys some food?" This got their attention, both looking back to the strange man. "I really wish your mother would have told me your names." He sighed, deciding to ask her later, he took both boys to the cafeteria.

A light tune filled the air as Kali hummed. The older faunus was sitting behind Weiss on the bed brushing her long locks. At the time, Blake was not awake still so the older faunus had taken to caring for Weiss. In all truths, she wished her and Ghira would have had more children. She would have loved to give Blake a little brother or sister. To watch them run around the home and play growing up would have made her smile. Sadly, the two never got to have anymore children. Instead, Kali decided to treat all of team Ruby as her children and even what was left of team JNPR. When she had been told that Nora and Ren were orphans, her heart broke for them. She had told them if they ever needed her, she was there for them. A small sigh brought Kali out of her thoughts as she saw Weiss rubbing her stomach bringing a smile to her face.

During their time together, Weiss had asked so many questions. How did she know when the twins were hungry? When did she change them? What to feed them and so much more. She never knew what it was like to care for a child as such mundane tasks were beneath a Schnee. Her father had said that most of the work would be done by the maids while she was to prepare to bare another child and attend social events. She would be around to entertain them and over see their education. Once the girls became of age, it would be her job to take them shopping and teach them how to be a lady while the boys followed their father and learned the business. Weiss was appalled by the idea of not having any say in her children's lives. The fact that her children would be married off and not allowed to pursue their on interests. She refused to let that be the fate of her children. She would not let them go through life not knowing what it meant to be truly loved. She looked to her scroll and read through some articles about breastfeeding. She wasn't sure if she would have enough to feed both. She glanced down to her small bust, a frown crossing her soft features. As though she was reading her mind, Kali chuckled and spoke up.

"They will grow in time, dear. Give it time and then you can decide. No since in stressing about it now."

"I know, I just really want to give them the best. I want to be better than my own parents. I want them to know me and see how much I love them." She sighed as she sat her scroll down. Kali chuckled and moved to the chair, setting the brush to the side.

"I worried when I was pregnant with Blake. Your body knows how much it needs and will prepare you for it. So, how about we worry about that a little later down the road? Hm?" She gave a reassuring smile and patted Weiss on her hand. Weiss opened her mouth to speak but was cut off when someone knocked on the door. The door opened and two wolf ears poked through. Kali gave a nod to herself, standing up and going to the door as Ruby fully entered the room. She placed a hand on the young alpha's shoulder in passing before closing the door behind her. Once they were alone, the wolf's ears went flat and her eyes didn't meet her mate's.

"What's wrong, Ruby?"

"I ran into Uncle Qrow in the cafeteria. He had to boys with him. He said they were the kids of the faunus that saved you and Blake. He said that she has a daughter as well and she is really sick." The wolf then made her way over to the former heiress, sitting on the bed and placing a hand on her stomach.

"What if one of the twins get sick? What if its something they will have for life? What will we do? How will we handle it? What if I mess up? What if I miss something? What happens when they start walking? What if-"

"Ruby!" Weiss interjected, startling the poor wolf. Silver met blue as the fear showed clear in Ruby's face.

"I am scared too. I already thought of all of these but like Kali said, we have to just take it one day at a time." She smiled then held out her arms to the wolf. Ruby gave a hint of a smile, pulling Weiss close and nuzzling into her neck. Weiss rubbed her back to calm her girlfriend.

"It will be okay, my little wolf."

Yang stood there watching as the nurse injected another drug into Blake's IV. They were going to wake up Blake earlier but at the same time one of the other patients had coded. They had tried everything they could to save them but it wasn't enough. The air had become tense when the doctors had called the time. It had made Yang thankful that her friends would live. Yang couldn't handle losing anyone else. Even though the two of them had their problems she would never want to actually live her life without the cat. Yang looked behind her to see her uncle playing with the two boys. They seemed so care free, not a worry in the world. She wished she could go back to those days. The days where Summer was alive and the only thing they had to worry about was stomach aches from eating too many cookies.

Her uncle had come in to check on her a while ago, deciding to stay there while he waited on Lavendal. He had spoken to the nurses and had been informed that they would be moving Weiss and Blake to the recovery ward today. They still had a heart monitor on Weiss' stomach to monitor the twins and had said both girls would make a full recovery. The aura boosters had helped to heal the hair line fractures in their facial bones and the bruises would diminish with time.

The whole situation still had her head spinning. The brawler had never expected that her life would take such a drastic turn in such a short amount of time. When she first started at Beacon, she thought things would be great. She would graduate with her little sister and their teammates. They would on missions, Ruby would ware down the ice queen and Blake would finally take off that, damn, bow.

Instead, she found herself watching as the nurses checked all of the vitals on her friend as they waited for her to wake up. She walked up to the faunus' side and ran her fingers through her black hair. This wasn't how it was suppose to be. They were suppose to be in their second year at Beacon. They were suppose to be hanging out after class, discussing their futures and growing as a team. Maybe finally get Blake to open up and tell her about her past. She had hoped to graduate alongside team JNPR and stand as the top teams to come out of Beacon.

She glanced back to her uncle again. He was trying to keep them distracted, not wanting them to ask where their father was. They had not told the children yet, that their father would not return home. It was sad, seeing such young kids go through this kind of life. Yang felt sorry for them and Lavendal. The poor faunus had lost her mate to save their friends. Yang could tell Lavendal was around their age which meant she had her children young. Qrow was worried about the young girl becoming a target now that she had left the White Fang and about her daughter's health. So, it had been decided that she would follow them to Atlas and from there, she would be sent to patch where she would be safe. A letter to TaiYang would be sent with her to inform him of what was going on. They knew the man would never turn away someone needing help. Even though her sister had made her opinion pretty clear, Ozpin and Qrow still wanted to send Weiss to Patch with Lavendal. The former heiress was pregnant with twins after all. They were worried about he health and that of the children. Everyone felt it was best to hide her but Ruby was fighting it every step of the way.

A soft groan pulled Yang from her thoughts. Yang picked up one of the faunus' hands, gently holding it as gold eyes blinked open. The faunus let out a small hiss as the light came streaming into her eyes. She struggled with the fog that still clung to her mind as she heard a voice calling to her. She looked to her side to see a curtain of yellow and could not help the smile that crossed her lips.

"Hey." She rasped out, desperate for water at this point. How long had she been out?

"Hey." Yang laughed, trying to hold back her tears. "Welcome back. Blake I-"

"Yang, Qrow!" The door swung open, slamming into the wall as Jaune and Oscar stood in the doorway. Oscar looking panicked as he looked to a now awake Blake. He was going to say something when Jaune cut him off.

"We have to move now! The White Fang is on its way to finish the job!" Yang looked to Jaune then to her Uncle who was already handing the boys over to Oscar. She then looked to Blake who was already struggling to get back up.

"Get me Gambol Shroud."