Forever Falls;

Things at Beacon where a lot better then they were before. The tensions between humans and Faunus were lessoning to near none existence, the students were a lot more cheerful
during classes (very few students ever fell asleep in Ports class anymore), even team CRDL had improved greatly. They no longer bully others and Cardin even apologized to all
his victims. Jaune had decided to train to become better and made tremendous improvements thanks to Pyrrha's help. And it was all thanks to Cole. Ever sense his arrival
everything and everyone was a lot happier at Beacon academy. Word spread fast about the boy who beat Cardin and caused him to turn over a new leaf. Students came to him for advice
and he helped them with whatever problems they had. Cole became known as "The student Therapist." Cole was very happy to help so many people. Of course he didn't forget to help his team.

"So Cole. You all set for the trip to Forever Falls tomorrow?" Yang asked. Team RWBYC were hanging out in there dorm room. Blake was in her bed reading, Weiss was studying at her desk,
Ruby was playing a game on her scroll, and Cole was in the middle of the room meditating. Yang was standing over him.

"Yes." Cole answered looking up at the blonde brawler.

"I'm looking forward to visiting the Forever Falls. It should be ni-" Suddenly a knock interrupted what Cole was saying. Yang opened it to find a familiar pair of ears.

"Hi Yang." Velvet said. She looked in the room and saw the rest of Ruby, Blake, Weiss, and-

"H-hi Cole." Velvet stuttered blushing. Yang noticed this and couldn't help, but grin.

"Hello Velvet." Cole said standing up. "How have you been? Are you still being bullied?"

Velvet shook her head. "No. I'm fine. Thanks to you."

"That's good. I'm happy for you." Cole said smiling causing Velvet's heart to skip a beat. It's not like Cole didn't noticed Velvets 'strange' feelings towards him. He just

didn't know what to make of them.

"Is there anything you need Velvet?"

"Oh. Right!" Velvet said remembering why she came. She reached into her bag and brought out a bag. she handed it to Cole with an even redder blush. Cole took the bag and looked inside.

"Cookies?" He asked looking back at Velvet who was still blushing. The cookies were in the shape of rabbit ears with the ears covered in pink frosting and the face decorated
with chocolate eyes, nose, and mouth.

"There a thank you gift. F-for y-you." She said fidgeting. "W-well I b-better go by!" And before you can say 'fleet as a rabbit' she was gone. After a moment or two of silence
Yang spoke.

"Way to go lady killer." She said smacking Cole in the back rather hard. Blake sat quietly with her book covering her amused smile. Weiss didn't really care much as she turned back to her studies.
Ruby on the other hand-

"Um Ruby? Are you ok?" Cole asked noticing the very negative feeling coming off her. She smiled like she usually does, but the top half of her face was covered in shadow, and she gave off this ammonias aura.
When the other girls noticed this they smiled nervously. For the rest of the day the group was on guard.

(The next day, Forever Falls)

Teams RWBYC, JNPR, and CRDL where led Miss Goodwitch. The Forever Falls wasn't how he imagined. When he heard 'Forever Falls' he thought water falls. Not a forest.
Though he had to admit it was still beautiful.

"Alright everyone. Listen closely." Glynda said turning to face the group. "Professor Peach needs you to gather tree sap from the forest. Split up with your partners
and collect one jar per person." When she finished giving them there assignments the students found there partners and went to collect sap. Except for Cole.

"Mister Cole." Glynda said turning to the boy with the large hat. Cole looked at the teacher with a curious look." Seeing as you don't have a partner I will let you go with which ever group you wish."
Before Cole could get a word in he was whisked away by a rose petals.

"We're take him!" Ruby said to the teacher as she grabbed Cole and vanished into thin air. Glynda stood there pondering what happened.

If Cole had a humans stomach then he would have thrown it up. One moment he was talking to miss Goodwitch then next he was on the ground looking up at Weiss.

"You ok?" Weiss said extending her hand. Cole took it and got back. Ruby was rubbing the back of her head with a guilty smile.

"Sorry about that Cole." Ruby said. "I got a little carried away."

"A little?" Weiss said annoyed. The three of them walked to for a bit before they stopped at the nearest trees and began to gather the sap. Cole put his hand to his tree and closed his eyes. Weiss and Ruby
stared at him with curiosity.

"I'm sorry." He said before cutting a hole in the tree and pouring the sap into the jar. Ruby and Weiss looked at each other then back to Cole.

"Cole?" Ruby asked walking up to him slowly. Cole looked up at her. "Who were you saying sorry to?" Cole looked turned to the tree and Ruby followed his gaze.

"The tree. I was apologizing for hurting it."

"The tree?" Weiss scoffed. Ruby gave her a glare for her rude remark. Cole didn't notice it and continued talking.

"Yes. The tree. Don't you remember me telling you I know what people are feeling?"

"You mean you can feel what the trees are feeling too?" Ruby asked surprised.

"Not just trees. " Said Cole. "Any living creature." Ruby walked up to the tree looking at it. Then she looked at Cole.

"How do you 'feel' them?" She asked. Cole took her hand causing her to blush. Then he placed her hand onto the tree with his hand over it.

"Concentrate." He told her. "Focus on the tree. Feel for the tree's heart."

It's heart?"

"Yes Ruby. Every liven thing has a heart and soul. When you can feel it you can tell what it thinks, and what it feels." Ruby closed her eyes and concentrated.
As she concentrated she felt a cool breeze. It felt nice. As she was focusing on the tree Cole was focusing on 'something' else. He stared at Ruby's smiling face and thought
how beautiful it was. The cool breeze blowing through her hair. For awhile now he had these feelings that he's been trying to figure out. A feeling of happiness. He felt nervous when she smiled at him.
And her eyes. There was a strange power in her eyes. He could feel it. It was terrifying yet also beautiful at the same time. He wanted to just look at her forever.

"Uh, do you guys want to be left alone or something?" Weiss said ruining the mood. Cole and Ruby snapped back into reality. They looked at there hands that were still together then at each other. They jumped back at the same time
blushing like crazy. Weiss rolled her eyes and picked up her jar of sap.

"We've got the sap so lets head back."

"R-right l-lets!" Ruby said still blushing. She picked up her jar and jogged to catch up with her partner. Cole bent down to pick up his jar. Suddenly a strong ominous
wind blew by. Cole froze. He turned to were the wind came from. He felt something...dark. Something...evil. Something...powerful. He began to shake. Ruby turned to notice Cole standing there looking at something.

"Cole?" She asked. Cole didn't turn around. She was starting to worry. She took a step towards him until he spoke.

"Ruby Weiss. You two go ahead. I'm going to check something real quick."

"What?" Weiss said. "What are you talking abo-"

"WEISS PLEASE!" Cole yelled. Ruby and Weiss were taken aback.

"Cole?" Ruby asked worried. Cole didn't mean to yell at Weiss like thst, but he didn't want them to get involved by whatever was out there.

"Don't worry Ruby." Cole said looking back at them with a smile. "It'll be alright." Before she could say anymore Cole had already vanished. She looked around, but
he was gone.

"Ruby lets go." Weiss finally said. Ruby turned to face her partner. "Whatever's bothering him is his own buisness. We should just trust that he knows what he's doing."
Ruby was still reluctant to leave him, but she saw how Cole fights. She knew he could protect himself. She still had a terrible feeling though. She turned and began walking back to the group with Weiss.

(Forever Falls; clearing)

Cole teleported into the open clearing. He sensed the terrifying energy coming from around here. He looked around, but found nothing. He knew there was something here though.

'No, not something.' Cole thought. 'This energy. It's almost...human.' Suddenly he heard a loud roar. He turned and saw a large ursa emerge from the forest. It gave another
Roar. Cole prepared draw his daggers, but before could a large slashing sound. The large ursa stood there motionless a few seconds before the upper part of it's body
fell sideways. As soon as it collapsed. A man appeared. He had a leather jacket which was opened at the top reveling his chest. He had long silver, and blue eyes.
In his left hand he was holding a long sword.

"So your the boy Corypheus sent here by accident." Sephiroth said with a small smile. When he heard Corypheus's name Cole practically froze. "It's a pleasure to finally meet you."

Sephiroth has confronted Cole. What will happen? Find out next time.