I'm sure you've all heard about Mr. Monty Oum being hospitalized, I extend my best wishes to him and hope he makes a full recovery, as this story would not be possible without his genius. Mr. Oum, I salute you.

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you're doing the impossible. –Francis of Assisi

Chapter 9: A Discovery

Silver's POV

We were on the highway leading away from Beacon, Ash and I were on our motor cycles, Blake and Weiss riding as passengers. My bike was black with silver racing stripes going down the sides. It was dubbed Silver Storm. Blake was my passenger, wearing the spare generic black helmet I always kept in the storage compartment and my helmet was black with a gold visor and a ring of silver going around the base. Ash's bike was a dark grey with white arched lines went down the sides and was named Winter's Shadow. His helmet was grey with a single white stripe going down the center and a black visor, while his passenger, Weiss, wore his spare white helmet, which had a grey stripe going down the center and a white visor.

We were on our way to investigate an energy signal similar to the one that indicated our arrival on Remnant, and Ozpin wanted us to make sure we got whoever, or whatever, it was before someone else did. He had told us we would have to present his certification upon arriving as he had contacted the police and asked them to set up a two-block radius perimeter around the signature. I was really hoping that no one actually came through, but I was also hoping that if anyone did, we actually knew the person.

Ozpin had said something about the rest of our team mates being sent on another mission later that day, and that we shouldn't worry about leaving them behind. I really hoped that they really could handle who ever it was they had been sent after. I had hacked Ozpin's Scroll to see what their mission was, and saw just how dangerous that guy was, so to say I wasn't a little worried would be a lie.

When we reached the perimeter line, we stopped our bikes a few yards away and dismounted. We walked over to a man wearing suspenders over a white shirt with a tie. He was wearing sunglasses and had brown hair and a beard. He looked strangely familiar, but I couldn't quite place him. Deciding to let it go, I showed him our credentials. He examined them thoroughly and looked at us over his glasses.

"You kids really think you can handle this?"

"Yes, yes we do. And judging from the credentials, Ozpin thinks so too," I said.

The officer sighed. He wasn't about to argue with what was quite possibly the greatest huntsman in the kingdom.

"Alright, go on through, best we can tell, the energy source is coming from an alley way."

"Thanks."

We started walking in the general direction of the energy signature while Ash pulled out a device to help zero in on the source.

We had been going in circles trying to find the source for hours trying to find the source when we finally got a clear reading and started to walk toward the identified location. When we saw that we were within 300 yards of the source, we told Blake and Weiss to stay back just in case we needed backup.

"And why would we do that?" Weiss asked.

"Because we asked nicely?" Ash suggested.

"But why do you need to go alone?" Blake asked.

"There are certain things that the energy could be releasing that Ozpin only wants us to see until they can be dealt with in a clean fashion."

Weiss and Blake exchanged a look.

"I know, but I promise that we'll tell you what we can at a later time," I said.

"Alright, but don't take too long!" Weiss said as we started back toward the energy source.

"So what do you think is there?" Ash asked me.

"Seeing as it hasn't moved in the past couple hours, I'd say it's not a person," I replied.

"What could have possibly been sent through?"

"I have no idea."

We kept walking cautiously toward the source of the energy signature until we were almost right on top of it. At that point, we took our eyes off the scanner and started searching everywhere for the source. At first, all we found were ordinary objects, but then we found a box that seemed out of place. When I say out of place, I mean that it was a lot fresher than the other cardboard boxes in the alley, plus it looked freshly taped.

We looked at each other and nodded. Ash proceeded to use a blade to cut the tape and moved so I could look at its contents. To say I was surprised at what was inside would be an understatement. Inside the box were a few items that were almost obviously meant for me. There were two 12-packs of Coca-Cola and a letter with my name on the envelope. There was another envelope, addressed to Ozpin, and a white cloak, similar to Ruby's and mine… oh shit.

"Ash, look at this," I said, "This was a care package."

"Sure looks like it. Who do you think it's from?"

"No idea, but the cloak gives me a feeling that I'm not liking."

"Read the letter."

I read:

Dear Silver,

I send this to you knowing exactly where you are and having an idea of the people you have met and what you're doing. I do worry about you at night. I worry even though what you're doing was inevitable. It's in your blood. I'm sure that by now both you and Ozpin have started draw conclusions on why you were sent to Remnant. I have the answer, partially. It's my fault you were sent there. There had to be a trade, I was sent to this world a year or so before you were born. Your father helped set up an identity for me. I should have told you the moment you got hooked on the show that you now know is real. I send this cloak to you so that you may understand who I truly am. I send the coke to you because I know there isn't much of an equivalent to it on Remnant. I also send to you the blueprints for a cross-dimensional communication device. I hope you and Bai are able to get it working! In Ozpin's letter is an explanation on who you really are and your relation to me. If you want the information, simply ask him and he will tell you, my orders. I'm sorry I had to tell you about your heritage this way, but do not tell Ruby or Yang until you are sure they are ready. If they aren't, I don't want to think about it. If you happen to see Qrow or Tai-Yang, please tell them what really happened to me. They deserve to know.

With Love,

Summer Rose Aurelius

P.S.

Indigo and two others disappeared about a month after you four, so keep an eye out!

I couldn't move. This was a lot to take in. I had always theorized on Summer Rose not being dead, but to find out that I was right was something that had me highly on edge. That said, my senses were on overdrive and I was able to sense at least two more present in the shadows.

"Come on out, I know you're there," I said as calmly as possible.

Two people stepped out of the shadows at the other end of the alley. One was a male with long black hair and emerald green eyes. He wore a black trench coat along with black pants and shoes. He had a white shirt with a black suit vest and a purple tie. His belt was purple with a silver buckle. On the lower left of his coat there appeared to be an image of a purple, loosely coiled whip that almost looked like a spiral. I could see a sword hilt sticking out from his open coat.

The other person was a female. She had storm-grey eyes and blond hair tied back in a pony tail save for one strand that went down the left side of her face and what looked like grey eagle feathers in her hair. That one was weird but I let it pass for the moment. She wore a black shirt with a moonlight-silver jacket and dark jeans with combat boots. She had a red scarf covering her lower face and a black sash on her right hip with what looked like a white Greek delta with a spear running up the middle of it.

They looked familiar but I couldn't place them. Then it hit me. Long black hair, Blonde hair in a ponytail with one strand loose, not to mention the red scarf, I knew exactly who they were.

The boy was a little younger than me. His name was Davin Eminence. The girl was younger than me by a month, so she was the same age. Her name was Gwyn Athene.

"How's it going Gwyn? Davin?" I asked casually.

I saw a flicker of shock play across their faces before Gwyn lowered her scarf, revealing the rest of her face.

"How did you know?" she asked.

"Do you even remember who gave you that scarf?" I shot back.

She looked down at the scarf and a look of realization came to her. I smiled.

"Wow, that really was obvious."

"What about me though? How did you figure me out?" Davin asked.

"You're the only guy I know with long black hair and such bright green eyes dude."

He didn't seem all that pleased with that deduction.

Ash decided to speak up at that moment. "So how did you guys get here? And what's with the feathers Gwyn?"

Gwyn scowled; I guessed it was a touchy subject for her.

"We got sent here about a month after you guys did. And just so you know, the torch at school burned for like a week and a half after you guys disappeared," Davin said.

"Wow, thanks. I really wanted to hear about my supposed death today," Ash said.

I nodded in agreement. "What happened with Gwyn?"

"Apparently a small glitch happened during transportation between our world and Remnant, causing her to become some sort of bird Faunus."

"I think they're eagle feathers. Strange, my father always loved eagles. I would have preferred to have the wing feathers of an owl though. They're much smarter," Gwyn said.

We all looked at her, surprised. She just shrugged and said, "If I'm going to be a Faunus, I can at least wish I was a Faunus of my favorite animal."

We all laughed at that. It felt good to laugh with the friends I had known for a long time again.

"So what have you guys been up to?" I asked.

"We've been keeping tabs on White Fang movements to make sure they stay at least somewhat constant with the show," Davin said.

"What about you?" Gwyn asked.

"We've been at Beacon, training and doing different missions such as this one for Ozpin," Ash said.

"Where are Bai and Rowan?" Davin asked.

"They got assigned to a different mission from us. They're working with half of Team RWBY while we work with the other two," I said.

"Anything gone wrong on your end yet?" Gwyn asked.

"Not yet, but I'm sure it'll happen at some point. Speaking of which," I said, drawing a revolver, "it looks like someone's curious over there." I fired close to the corner of the alley, hearing a small yelp of surprise.

"Come on out Weiss. You too Blake." I said.

Blake hopped down from the rooftop while Weiss came from around the corner.

"How did you know?" Weiss asked.

"You're not exactly the master of stealth Ice Queen," I said, earning a laugh from Davin and Gwyn, and a smile from Blake.

"Anyways," Ash said, trying to keep Weiss calm, "allow us to introduce you guys to some friends of ours. Weiss, Blake, meet Davin Eminence and Gwyn Athene."

The two parties approached each other and shook hands, smiling.

"So what do you guys do?" Weiss asked.

"Mostly reconnaissance stuff. The occasional sabotage or skirmish will break out on mission, but we can handle ourselves," Gwyn said.

Davin grinned and drew his sword. At first glance, it looked like it simply had a double serrated edge. Then he hit a button and the pieces came apart, forming a chain of small blades, a chain-sword then. Then he clicked another button and a cold mist could be seen emanating from the sword. After a few seconds, he reformed it and sheathed it and looked expectantly at Gwyn.

Gwyn first unsheathed a dagger from her boot and showed it to us and sheathed it. She then reached back and pulled out a gold poled spear with a silver tip, she then twirled it around before turning it into an assault rifle and putting it away. The last thing she did was hold up her wrist, which had some sort of bracelet on it, and tapped it. It instantly unfolded into a shield that looked like it had the impression of a face sticking out… wait, was that Medusa? When did she have the time to make that?

Everyone looking at the shield unconsciously took a few steps back at the sight of it.

Gwyn laughed a little bit at our reactions and put away the shield, visibly putting everyone back at ease.

"Sorry, forgot about the effect of my shield, it causes those who see it to at least hesitate before attacking, giving me an edge in battle," she said.

Weiss looked appalled and Blake just looked mildly surprised.

"That's a nice trick you've got there," I said.

"I aim to please," she said.

I raised an eyebrow at this comment. She just smirked right back.

Ash finally got over his shock and said, "It was nice seeing you, but we have to get this stuff back to Beacon. Ozpin needs to see this."

"We'll call you if we have any info for you," Davin said.

"Thanks, we'll call you if we ever need back up," I said.

"We'll be there," Gwyn said.

With that, we parted ways, going on our way to do the various things we had to do. We headed back to our motorcycles, where we put everything except Summer's cloak in the storage compartments. (I had stashed the cloak in my bag to keep Weiss and Blake from seeing it, as they would no doubt tell Ruby and Yang.)

We then got ready for the drive back to Beacon by doing various stretches and checking our helmets before finally heading out.

It was late by the time we arrived back at Beacon and we were on our way back up to Professor Ozpin's office when we saw a Bullhead quickly land with a medical team getting out with two stretchers. Before we could get a closer look at who was being rushed to the infirmary, we saw two more motorcycles, Bai and Rowan's, pull up, but it wasn't them riding.

Both riders quickly dismounted, revealing themselves to be Ruby and Yang. Ruby looked extremely distraught, almost on the verge of tears, and Yang just looked shell-shocked. Realizing what that meant, I dropped the box I was carrying, and Ash and I sprinted over to the stretchers that were being rushed away.

I saw Bai and Rowan, both with bandages all over, though Bai looked in way better shape than Rowan did. Rowan was battered and bruised and looked like he had taken quite the beating. His glasses were cracked and there were some particularly large injuries on his back and chest.

Team RWBY appeared behind me, I turned to look at them and they all backed up a few feet, nervous looks on their faces. I then realized that my eyes were switching between a brilliant gold color and a shining blue. I willed my semblance to come back under my control and then reopened my eyes, getting looks of relief from them.

I put my hand on the frozen form of Ash and said, "Let's leave this to the medics. We need to go see Ozpin"

He nodded and followed me with Team RWBY to Ozpin's office.

As we walked, I looked at Yang and Ruby and said, "What happened?"

Yang responded for them both, Ruby still seeming to be out of it. "We don't really know exactly how they got all those injuries, they told us to get out of there before the battle started."

"Do you know who it was?" Ash asked.

"Based on the Intel, it would have to be someone extremely skilled," I said, "Did you ever get a name?"

"Yeah, yeah he gave us his name shortly before Bai and Rowan started getting really tense. He said he was a friend of yours. Indigo Cole, I think he said?"

I suddenly felt very cold.

"Did you just say 'Indigo Cole'?" I asked.

"Yeah, we thought we would be okay since it was just him, but then Rowan started yelling at us to get back to the bikes and get Ozpin as fast as possible."

"So Ozpin already knows then?" Ash asked.

Yang nodded, and Ruby still wasn't responding to anything. I stopped and gripped Ruby by the shoulder, snapping her out of her trance. She looked at me with her sad eyes and I instantly knew what was troubling her.

"It wasn't your fault Ruby," I said.

She looked at me, shocked. "How can you say that? Of course it was my fault! If I had stayed, Rowan wouldn't have gotten hurt as bad!"

"Ruby, Rowan knew exactly what he was doing when he told you to go. If you and Yang hadn't left, would they still be alive? Would Ozpin have the information he has now? No to both of those things, so you need to stop blaming yourself, and start thinking about helping Rowan through this."

She stared at me for a good 30 seconds before finally saying, "Thanks, Silver, you're right. I need to stay positive for Rowan!"

I nodded. "Of course I'm right, now let's go catch up with the others."

When we finally arrived at Ozpin's office, we found the others waiting for us.

Ozpin started as soon as we arrived. "Now that you're all here, it's time we went over today's events. I'm sure you're all aware by now of the events that transpired at the 'abandoned' warehouse. I was able to get the footage of the entire battle before the footage was mysteriously wiped. Here it is." He turned his screen for us to see.

I watched as Ruby, Yang, Rowan, and Bai entered the warehouse and were confronted by Indigo. I saw Ruby and Yang leave, albeit reluctantly. I watched in horror at the power that Indigo displayed, and how he was quick to capitalize on Bai's momentary weakness and how he and Rowan were trading blows for such a long time before Rowan was finally thrown into the wall and then pinned to the ground. I thought that had to be the end until I saw Rowan open his eyes and push Indigo back. I watched in awe as Rowan tested out his newly found power by conjuring flames to cover his fist and then his entire body. I then watched proudly as Rowan took the fight back to Indigo and was able to subdue him. The clip ended with Indigo disappearing in a whirl of shadows, and Rowan hitting the ground with Ruby running towards him.

Everyone was staring at Ozpin, hoping for an explanation.

"I do not know how you four from SABR know this boy, but I am glad you aren't with him."

"Of course we're not with him. He's not the same guy we used to know," Ash said, "At least, not if he's doing stuff like that."

Ozpin nodded, while Yang spoke up. "Sir, I thought Rowan's semblance was invisibility. Where did the fire come from?"

Everyone nodded in agreement; we were confused about that as well.

"It appears that Mr. Chase has unlocked an incredibly rare technique known as a sub-semblance," Ozpin said, "This technique has varying difficulties in being unlocked, depending on the person. It usually manifests itself in a particularly life threatening situation where a particular emotion may be running high. Anger, sadness… love," he said, looking at Ruby, who blushed. "It seems that Mr. Chase had fulfilled the requirements to unlock his sub-semblance, and was able to defeat Indigo and survive the battle, at a great cost to his aura however."

We all nodded at his explanation, it made sense, and I had a feeling that once Rowan was fully recovered, Yang was going to have a long 'talk' about his emotions during the battle.

"Team RWBY, you are dismissed, you need to get some rest, Mr. Aurelius, Mr. Winters, we have some things to discuss," Ozpin said.

Team RWBY left, although it looked like Weiss and Blake wanted to stay behind. I shook my head at them, and they nodded, respecting our privacy.

"So, what do you want to know?" Ash asked.

"You could tell me what you found at the source of the energy signature," Ozpin said.

"Sure, here's the first part you should see," I said, handing him the envelope with his name on it. He looked at me in confusion, but I just smiled. He took the letter and read.

As he read, his demeanor grew more of a mix of surprise and seriousness. I knew he was really surprised because of his widened eyes behind his glasses, and his absolute look of surprise and a bit of sadness when he looked directly at me.

When he had finished, he said, "This is real?"

"One hundred percent," I said, "If you still have doubts, here's the letter she wrote to me."

He read the letter, and once he was finished, he pulled a small metal flask out from under his desk and poured a small amount of amber liquid into his coffee.

"Where are the rest of the items you picked up?" he asked, taking a sip of his now spiked coffee.

"Right here," Ash said, hefting the box.

"There wasn't much, professor, just the letters, two drink packages, and my mother's cloak," I said, pulling out one of the said drinks and popping the tab.

"May I see it?" he asked.

I nodded, put my drink down, and reached into my bag. I watched Ozpin let out an involuntary gasp as I withdrew the white and red cloak. I handed it to him and he seemed to be fighting to keep his emotions under control. He examined it for a little bit before handing it back to me.

"How is this possible? You're older than Ruby, and yet you were born after her supposed death. How?" he asked.

Ash shrugged, he was smart, but he didn't do physics. "Maybe she was flung not only across space, but time as well," I said, "Meaning that while in this world, I should be younger than Ruby, I'm older because Summer was transported a couple years into the past as well."

Ozpin nodded. "Qrow is on a long-term assignment at the moment, but will you visit Tai-Yang?" he asked.

"Give me an address and I'll pay him a visit, but not for a few weeks, I need this to sink in myself before I explain it to the man I suppose I could call my step-father," I said.

Ozpin smiled at that, and handed me a slip of paper. "Here's his contact info, I'll tell him to expect some form of contact from a Beacon student within the next few weeks."

I nodded and turned to leave, until I remembered something. "Oh, and we met two more friends while on mission. Don't worry, they're no threat, they'll be calling us if there's any unusual movement from the White Fang or Torchwick."

Ozpin nodded and excused us.

"If you need us, we'll be in the infirmary, visiting Bai and Rowan," Ash said.

And with that, we left his office, leaving him to his thoughts and his alcohol. It was going to be a sleepless night for a few people, more than likely including us.

This took me a while to finish and I'm glad that it's over. Next order of business:

How do you like the new characters? Can you guess who they are based on?

How about that nice little shot of Ruby worried about Rowan? I think he might like it and just not be telling me so.

I'm thinking about adding ONE more OC, and since I'm pretty much out of ideas, I turn to you, the readers to help me out. Give me as much information as possible on your OC, including whether they are originally from Remnant or not, the weapon and appearance, and a theme song so I can get a vibe for the character and we're in business.

Oathkeeper0317, you are not allowed to participate in this for the reasons we discussed a couple weeks ago. Also, your OCs are too OP for my tastes, sorry.

See you next time!