Things have been progressing quite well in all honesty. After the fight back in the forest, we were able to head back to the school without any other problems we may have incurred. Our excuses when we got there were believable, from what we can tell, and we were just told to be very careful for future references in our training sessions. The injury Weiss sustained wasn't too severe, just to ice and keep off it as much as possible for a few days until it properly heals. In that time, I made sure to be the one to help her whenever she needed it, especially when going to and fro classes, and carrying her books.

"Really, Ethan. This isn't necessary." Weiss comments as she moves along, using a single crutch to make up for the still recovering ankle as she walks next to me

"C'mon, Weiss. It's the least I could do to help you, you know?" I reply. While the real reason for her injury wasn't evading an attack from my Grimm but instead from a hostile Grimm, carrying her stuff is the least I could do to help her when the main reason we were in the forest in the first place was to train me. So its for that reason I still feel somewhat responsible for the injury.

"Mmm, fine. If you insist." She puts up a bravado front in not needing help but deep down, I think she appreciates the gesture nonetheless, if the small smile she has when I'm not looking is anything to go by.

"Hey you two love birds!"

"Ughhh, hello Yang." The two of us moan in despair at the same time as our blond hair brawler teammate comes out from the next hallway and wraps her arms around both of our shoulders, pulling us close. It may have only been a couple days since I've been helping Weiss get around but it was enough for Yang to go ahead and start playing with us at every opportunity. Like now, she hasn't let up in proclaiming the two of us as a couple.

It's getting old pretty quick. "Awww, why the long faces? Did you two get into a fight?" I'm not even looking at her but I can feel the grin Yang has as she talks. I roll my eyes.

"Nooo, nonononooo. It just so happens that as of a few seconds ago I suddenly feel very very annoyed." I feign ignorance of the source. I lean over a little and look at Weiss. "Pray tell Weiss, do you know the reason?" I sarcastically ask her.

"Why, any number of reasons Ethan. Most likely it might stem from our hair obsessed teammate who has just inserted herself into our midst's." Weiss replies as we start a sort of faux dignified conversation.

"Hmm, quite right."

"Kkh, you two are such nerds." Even through the jabs we through at her, she still has that grin on her face as she continues to have her arms draped around us while we walk.

"Whatever. So, any reason why you're here with us?" I ask bored.

"Not particularly. Classes are down so I was heading back to our room when I saw the two of you walking together… as usual."

"I have a sprained ankle!"

"She has a sprained ankle!" We both yell out annoyed at the continued insinuation that Yang has yet to let up on with us.

"Surrrre. That's the only reason." She sarcastically say. Thankfully we don't have to worry about her any longer as we come upon our room. "Whelp! We're here now!" She loudly states as she pushes herself off us.

"Indeed." I say and open the door before gesturing to Weiss. "Ladies first."

"Why thank you." Weiss replies as she walks in first. Yang is about to go in next but I but in and walk in next. I can feel the annoyed look she gives the back of my head at the move but moves in regardless.

*Slam*

Or she would if we didn't slam the door in her face.

*Click*

And Lock it.

"Wha-?! Oh yeah, very funny you two." We can hear her trying to open the door but finds it locked. "Seriously?! Come already! Open up!" As the thumps and taps of her banging on the door ring out, we simply lay back and catch up on our studying.

Yang was not happy that we left her out in the hallway for a few hours. It wasn't until the others got out of class and met her that we finally let her, and the others, in. The sheer angry glare that Yang was giving us was crazy. I swear I'm pretty sure I saw her eyes glow red but I can't be sure. In any case, Weiss made a full recovery soon after and things have quieted down a little for us.

Until now.

Apparently, the Vytal Festival has come this time of the year to Vale and as us, Team RWBEY, walk around the streets of the town, we see the different decorations signifying the festival proudly displayed all over where we go. Streamers with colors of red, yellow, and green adorn the place, balloons hung around on display. Even nearby I spot an elderly shopkeeper hanging a giant sign in bright red letters spelling out "WELCOME TO VALE!" out for everyone to see. No doubt it's for all the newcomers heading in from foreign lands and the different kingdoms to see when they get here.

Here's the thing, I've never really heard about the festival myself but a quick lecture from the Heiress has given me all the information I needed. As a show of peace and symbolism to all the kingdoms coexisting, the Vytal Festival is something that happens everyone two years, where one kingdom will hold the event and people from all over from the different kingdoms and provinces can come together and sample, indulge in the various cultures. This time, Vale is holding this years festival and I have to admit, it seems like its going to be an interesting experience. I think I remember that apparently theirs going to be a tournament of some kind but I'm not too sure. I kind of zoned out when Weiss was going on about the whole thing and eventually delved into proposing where we are now, ergo, walking the streets and examining everything.

"The Vytal Festival! Oh, this is absolutely wonderful!" No offense to Weiss, but she hasn't shut up about the whole thing. She takes a moment to stop and admire the area around us as she waves her arms in amazement.

"I don't think I've ever seen you smile this much, Weiss. It's kinda weirding me out…" Ruby says and mentions the last part with a slight frown.

"I'm with you there Ruby. I've seen you smile but this… feels weird." I add.

Weiss turns towards us as she speaks. "How could you not smile? A festival dedicated to the cultures of the world! There will be dances! Parades! A tournament! Oh, the amount of planning and organization that goes into this event is simply breathtaking!" She goes off happily as she gives us the short version of what the festival is. 'Could have just told me this than turning it into a lecture.'

"You really know how to take a good thing and make it sound boring." Yang is not wrong there.

"Quiet, you!"

"Remind me again why we're spending our Friday afternoon visiting the stupid docks?" Yang asks out loud as the foghorns of the incoming ships come into view and range.

"Ugh, they smell like fish!" Ruby complains as she pinches her nose.

"It's the docks and the ocean. Of course it smells like fish." *Sniff* "Ohhhh, okay yeah that's… pretty strong." I agree with our leader as I cover my mouth and nose with my hand.

"I've heard that students visiting from Vacuo will be arriving by ship today. And, as a representative of Beacon, I feel as though it is my solemn duty to welcome them to this fine kingdom!" Weiss explains. Somehow I have a hard time believing that genuine.

"She wants to spy on them so she'll have the upper hand in the tournament." 'Sounds about right. Thank you Blake.'

"You can't prove that." Weiss replies and we chuckle a little. We stop at the railings again before looking at the ships as they come in.

"Huh, Vacuo huh? I wonder if its anyone I know." I comment. My family was pretty isolated but during my travels I did meet some people who were cool.

"You know? Wait, your from Vacuo?" Blake asks and I nod.

"Yeah… Didn't I mention that before?" I ask looking at my teammates, only to find them looking at me curiously. "Oh, right. Well, yeah. I'm from Vacuo. You remember when I told you how my family was somewhat isolated? You know because of the whole 'Grimm' thing?" I word my question carefully. While they know about me, I don't want a random civilian finding and doing… something I don't know. I'm paranoid okay!

"Yeah." Ruby says.

"So the rugged expansive terrain of that place allowed your family to be… cut off?" Yang surmises and I nod

"That's right. Place still has pockets of crime and the less than stellar individuals inhabiting it so no batted an eye at us being alone. Got pretty lonely… and annoying... being there." I comment the last part in an annoyed tone as I look out into the ocean. A hand on my shoulder shifts me to see Weiss and the others looking at me with sad expressions.

"We're sorry, again, for what happened." I smile at the words before patting her hand and pulling it off me as I smile back at them.

"Aaaaahh. What's done is done. I won't focus on the past. I'll focus on what the future brings, and the now… like the police over there?"

"Yeah!" Ruby enthusiastically yells out in happiness at my willingness to not dwell on my past problems, before she gets a look of confusion, "Wait, what?" All of them turn at once down the road to see a broken shattered window down a side street with a door full of yellow caution tape of the Vale Police Force investigating the scene. Our curiosity peaked, we move to get a closer look at the scene. "Whoa, what happened here?" Ruby asks as we walk up to the police tape line and asks the detective writing on a pad.

"Robbery. Second Dust shop to be hit this week. This place is turning into a jungle." He informs us before he walks over to his partner.

"That's terrible." Yang comments and she's right. From what the detective said, this may be a common occurrence if this is the second one this week, and if it persists.

"They left all the money again." The second detective comments out loud.

"Yeah, just doesn't make a lick of sense. Who needs that much Dust?" The first detective that informed us before asks.

"I don't know, an army?"

"You thinking the uh, White Fang?"

"Yeah, I'm thinking we don't get paid enough." The detectives finish conversing before they go back to canvasing the area.

"Hmph! The White Fang." Weiss comments in disdain as she crosses her arms and pointing her nose in the air with her eyes closed. "What an awful bunch of degenerates!" As it stands, Weiss still shares no love for the White Fang who've been hounding her family's companies for awhile now.

"What's your problem?" Blake asks her slightly annoyed.

"My problem? I simply don't care for the criminally insane." Weiss bites back to Blake as she turns to her.

"The White Fang is hardly a bunch of psychopaths. They're a collection of misguided Faunus." Blakes tries to defend them. What also stands is that Blake has taken to defending the White Fang at times, as well as anything related to the Faunus. Normally I don't see many humans defending the Faunus as hardcore as Blake has been but its nothing I'm deterred with. More non-Faunus people can learn to sympathize with the Faunus rather than let stupid racial tensions continue to rise.

"Misguided? They want to wipe Humanity off the face of the planet!" 'Okay, I know for a fact that there are some Faunus people who are quite… zealous in that little mindset. Not really a good image.'

"So then they're very misguided. Either way, it doesn't explain why they would rob a Dust shop in the middle of downtown Vale!" Blake reasons.

"Hmm... Blake's got a point. Besides, the police never caught that Torchwick guy I ran into a few months ago... Maybe it was him." Ruby proposes an alternative to the culprit of the crime.

"I read the news report. Didn't that guy and his men only try to take Dust before you interrupted them?" I ask Ruby. After I became her teammate and I remembered her comment back when we first met about how she took on Torchwick, I looked up the incident a bit more and while it was pretty vague with barely anything from Ruby besides her intervention, the only witness did say how the goons were taking the Dust. The same MO as what we have here.

"I don't know. I wasn't really paying attention. I was just beating them up." She answers simply and sweetly. I smirk and shake my head. 'Why am I not surprised?'

"Regardless, that still doesn't change the fact that the White Fang are a bunch of scum. Those Faunus only know how to lie, cheat, and steal." Weiss goes off on a small tangent about the White Fang, much to the slowly growing anger I see Blake start to develop.

"That's not necessarily true…" Yang says and she is kind of right. I mean the White Fang did originally start off as peaceful protest group but as time progressed and fights broke out, the group delved into the fanatical almost terrorist like group that everyone is making them out to be. And the attacks they perpetrate are not helping still.

"C'mon Weiss, that's not fair." I decide to voice my own opinion. "The Faunus have been dealt a bad hand time and time again. Their fighting back the same way they've been treated so many times and while that's not the way to go, we can't demonize the Faunus as a whole for the actions of some."

"How can you say that?!" Weiss asks me incredulously.

"Because I've seen the demons of both sides, Weiss!" I lightly yell back at her, not wanting to argue her about this. "I've seen humans do both good and bad things, as well as the Faunus, personally. And it doesn't matter whether they're human or Faunus because anyone can do some pretty horrible and bad things. Don't blame the species as a whole for the actions of a few." Out of the corner of my eye I think I see Blake smile at that but I focus more on Weiss. "So please be careful with what you say. You really are starting to make it sound like all Faunus are no-good criminals."

"Hey, stop that Faunus!"

'Why universe?' I mentally moan as our little session is interrupted by someone yelling. As one the entire team overhears the cry for help so we forgo the argument as we rush back to the docks to investigate what's going on. We spot a blond-haired monkey Faunus with a golden monkey running down the length of the boat and leaping onto the edge before speaking back to them and jumping off and running down the docks.

"You no-good stowaway!" One of the sailors yells at him.

Soon the monkey Faunus is hanging upside down by his tail on a light pole eating a banana. "Hey! A no-good stowaway would've been caught! I'm a great stowaway!" He replies and just barely misses a ston thrown at him. The detectives from before walk up to him.

"Hey! Get down from there this instant!"

The Faunus's reply is simply to drop the banana peel on the detective's face, who growls in anger. After climbing up and laughing in amusement, the Faunus leaps off and runs away from the detectives. His path takes him up to street level and right to us. Weird thing is though, just as he runs past us, I swear I see him he wink at Blake without and continues booking it, the detectives running right past us to chase him. 'Huh? Wha-What was that?' I look at Blake who is lost in thought at the guy that just ran past us. 'Okay, so I didn't imagine that. Would be weird if I did.'

"Well, Weiss, you wanted to see the competition, and there it goes…" Yang comments as we see the chase turn a corner.

"Quick! We have to observe him!" Weis demands and runs off.

Weiss, Yang, and Ruby give chase and I am about to go but I notice Blake just standing there. "Blake?" I gently shake her shoulder, which snaps her out of it. She shakes her head a second before staring at me. "I'm fine. Let's go." Not one to argue or question, I shrug my shoulders and we both take off after the others Weiss is very willing trying to catch up to the Faunus stowaway as she's the first one to round the corner out of our view.

"Oof!" We hear a small grunt around the corner and as we turn it, we see Weiss lying the ground and the chased Faunus having lost us when he jumps onto a building. "No, he got away!" "Weiss cries out at the lost opportunity. However there is something else we need to focus our attention on at the moment.

"Uhh… Weiss?" Yang is the first to point it out, literally, as she points strangely at the girl underneath our heiress her teammate.

Weiss finally sees that she fell on someone, who offers a smile at her but it comes off as somewhat creepy, which startles the heiress and she hastily gets up.

"Sal-u-ta-tions!" A smiling orange haired girl greets us with a small hand wave, from the ground.

"Um… hello." Ruby greets the girl.

"Are you... okay?" Yang asks.

"I'm wonderful! Thank you for asking." What's weird is the girl still hasn't gotten up as she replies.

At the odd scene, we as a team look at each other in bewilderment at how this stranger is acting. "Do you... wanna get up?" Yang asks the girl.

"… Yes!" The girl actually takes a moment to think before answering. She rolls back onto her arms before jumping up and landing on her feet. The team is weirded out about her as all of them take a step back a little. I look left and right to see everyone took a step back except me, putting me in the front with Ruby. "My name is Penny! It's a pleasure to meet you!" The girl finally introduces herself to us.

Seeing as she introduced herself, we decide to do the same back. "Hi Penny. I'm Ruby."

"I'm Weiss."

"Blake."

"Ethan. Good to meet you."

"Are you sure you didn't hit your head?" My elbow launches out and jabs her in the side. She looks at me annoyed before looking forward and remembering why I did that. "Oh, I'm Yang."

"It's a pleasure to meet you!" Penny greets back, again.

"You already said that." Weiss points out.

"… So I did!" 'Seriously, what's with the pausing?'

"Well, sorry for running into you!" Seeing as theirs not really anything else for us here, we start to turn around and begin walking away from with Weiss apologizing.

"Take care, friend!" Ruby replies with a arm wave.

"See you. Don't be a stranger." Honestly I doubt we'll see her again anytime soon so I'm just being polite. Right now we're still following Weiss as I think she's still on that Faunus that escaped earlier.

After rounding the corner and walking a few feet, Yang speaks up. "She was… weird…" She comments and while that may be a bit rude, she's not wrong. That girl was all sorts of odd. I can't help but look back, along with my team, towards where Penny was before.

"Now, where did that Faunus riff-raff run off to?" Weiss questions as we look forward, only to be greeted by a surprising sight.

"What did you call me?" Penny, of all people, is now standing right in front of us and asks her question.

Weiss has the same thought as I as she whips her head back and forth from the front with Penny to where she just was, disbelief and confusion clear as day on her face. I too stare at how she was suddenly able to appear in front of us so quickly and quietly while Yang apologizes. "Oh, I'm really sorry, I definitely didn't think you heard me!"

"No, not you." Penny completely ignores us as she pushes past the others to Ruby right next to me, in which she proceeds to lean in incredibly uncomfortable towards our leader. "You!"

"Me? I-I don't know. I, what I, um, uh…" Ruby stutters our startled at the sudden attention and just what she might have down.

"You called me 'friend'! Am I really your friend?" Penny asks her almost expectantly.

"Uuuum…" Ruby moans confused and proceeds to look over Penny's shoulder to the others, who all make motions for Ruby to say now to the mysterious quirky girl. Finally, she glances to me slightly. I don't really know what to say so I simply shrug my shoulders. "Y-Yeah, sure! Why not?" She good heartedly tells Penny.

While our teammates decide faint at the ground, Penny however is overjoyed at the declaration and laughs. "Sen-sational! We can paint our nails, and try on clothes, and talk about cute boys!" I suddenly feel very very… very weird as she stares intently at me, and closely, before stepping back towards Ruby and leaning in. "There's a cute boy!"

She doesn't even try to be subtle! "What?! Noo! I don't- what?!" I stutter repeatedly as I feel my face heat up, which I'm sure is an indication that I'm blushing.

"Oh, is this what it was like when you met me?" Ruby groans and asks Weiss, referring to their second meeting back in initiation.

"No, she seems far more coordinated." She replies.

"So… what are you doing in Vale?" Yang asks Penny, a valid question.

"I'm here to fight in the tournament." Penny answers firmly but proudly.

'Wait, her? Fighting in the tournament?' I mentally question in disbelief. "Wait, you're fighting in the tournament?" Weiss is confused as well.

"I'm combat ready!" Penny gives us a salute as she answers.

"Combat ready?" I mutter slightly confused.

"Forgive me, but you hardly look the part." Weiss straight up doesn't believe that this nice, joyful and odd girl in front us is someone that can partake in the combat tournament.

"Says the girl wearing a dress." And just like that, Blake throws a jab at the heiress, and she's not wrong. A skirt is not really something that goes with fighting attire.

"It's a combat skirt!"

"Yeah!" Ruby joins her skirt sister in agreement of their clothing choices. Weiss holds out her hand and Ruby low-fives it. 'Wow that is something I never thought I would ever see in a million years.'

"Wait a minute." Weiss has a moment of realization and walks over to Penny before grabbing her by the shoulders, "If you're here for the tournament, does that mean you know that monkey-tailed… rapscallion?" A glance shows that Blake is still not too fond of Weiss's words for the Faunus we lost earlier.

"The who…?" Penny asks confused.

"The filthy Faunus from the boat!" She clarifies along with a crudely drawn and kind of bad drawing of the culprit.

"When did she draw that?" I can't help but ask Yang.

She shrugs, "Mm-mm."

"Why do you keep saying that?!" Blake yells at her frustrated.

"Huh?" Weiss mutters as she looks at our teammate.

"Stop calling him a rapscallion! Stop calling him a degenerate! He's a person!" She angrily states to her.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Weiss sarcastically apologizes as she looks to Blake now full on. "Would you like me to stop referring to the trash can as a trash can? Or this lamppost as a lamppost?" She says as she gestures to the various items.

"Stop it!"

"Stop what? He clearly broke the law. Give him time; he'll probably join up with those other Faunus in the White Fang!" Weiss makes the assumption but its still not to Blakes pleasure or joy. Far from it.

"You ignorant little brat!" Blake yells at her before walking away.

"Whoa." I quietly mutter at the out right insult Blake just gave her. The arguments was simply them arguing but it never transpired to them openly insulting each other.

"How dare you talk to me like that! I am your teammate!" Weiss yells back and follows her.

"You are a judgmental little girl." They stop several feet away where they continue to argue what's right an wrong with Faunus.

"What in the world makes you say that?"

"The mere fact that…"

Yang slides up next to Ruby and I, a clear look of discomfort on her face as is the rest of us. "Um, I think we should probably go…" She proposes and I can't help but nod.

"Where are we going?" Penny suddenly asks as she pops up between Ruby and I, a smile on her face.

We look at Penny before I lean in close to her. "Sorry Penny. This is a personal team matter and we need to get back to our room."

"Oh." She moans sadly at not being included but I pat her shoulder comfortingly. It does a little to lift her spirits.

"…as you believe him to be!" Their argument continues on, refocusing our attention.

"So you admit it! The White Fang is just a radical group of terrorists!"

"That's not what I meant, and you know it!"

I nudge both Ruby and Yang. "We better get back to the room already. Don't want to make a scene. Besides, its not like they can keep this argument going on the way there." I propose quietly so our bickering teammates won't hear. Regardless Ruby and Yang nod to me.

'Oh how wrong I was.'

We are now back in our room with it being night outside. Unfortunately, I assumed wrong the argument would end on the way and as we stand in our room, the girls are still arguing just as intensely as when it started.

"I don't understand why this is causing such a problem!" Weiss asks.

"That is the problem!"

"You realize you are defending an organization that hates Humanity, don't you? The Faunus of the White Fang are pure evil!" Weiss shouts once she stands up from sitting on the bed.

"There's no such thing as pure evil! Why do you think they hate Humanity so much? If people acted more decently like Ethan then the White Fang wouldn't need to be what they are now." From what I remember, I guess its my opinions and not jumping to conclusions about most Faunus that she thinks that, not to mention I still remember helping Velvet with Cardin. "It's because of people like Cardin though, people like you, that force the White Fang to take such drastic measures!" Blake continues to yell.

"People like me?"

"You're discriminatory!"

"I'm a victim!" Weiss yells out. The statement and outburst finally brings some quiet to the longwinded argument they've been having. I get worried though when Weiss leans in close to Blake and speaks in a quieter tone compared to before. "You want to know why I despise the White Fang? Why I don't particularly trust the Faunus?" She says as she walks over to the bookshelf against the window and leans on it. "It's because they've been at war with my family for years. War, as in actual bloodshed. My grandfather's company has had a target painted across its back for as long as I can remember. And ever since I was a child, I've watched family friends disappear; board members executed; an entire train car full of Dust, stolen. And every day, my father would come home, furious. And that made for a very difficult childhood." She recounts her past dealings with the White Fang. Honestly, I'm not really surprised now that she's explained everything. Growing up with a target painted on your back isn't exactly a childhood one can properly live with. When those gunning for the target on your family that will in turn make them angry, just as she said.

"Weiss, I—" Ruby attempts to comfort her.

"No!" Weiss won't have any of it as she stalks back over to Blake, still angry. "You want to know why I despise the White Fang? It's because they're a bunch of liars, thieves, and murderers!"

"Weiss you can't—"

"Well maybe we were just tired of being pushed around!"

Silence drops down on the scene again. What I was going to say gone as we take in what Blake just said. A surprised Weiss backs away slowly, and only now does Blake realizes her mistake as she looks around at us. "We?"

I wish I didn't say that.

"I… I…" Blake stutters before she dashes out the door.

"Blake!" I call out to her as she's gone in an instant.

"Blake, wait! Come back!" Ruby calls out to her but its not enough as she's already gone. I step up next to her as we look out the door before ee turn back to our teammates. Yang and Weiss are quite shocked to hear the news we just heard but none more so than Weiss. Ruby and I look at each other. I don't know if she can see what I want through my eyes, but when she jerks her head towards the door, I waste no time in nodding and bolting.

The dead of night, the cool air permeates the air what some may find relaxing, that is not the case whatsoever for Blake as she runs outside of the building, down the stone pathway until she arrives at the statue. The statue depicts that of an armored man with a sword and a hooded woman wielding an axe on an outcropping while stand atop a defeated Grimm Beowolf. She stands there for several tense seconds, her mind swirling with a mix of thoughts and emotions, as well as chastising herself for revealing a deep dark secret of her past to her would be teammates. She stares at the Beowolf under the stone heroes in particular until she lets out a tense sigh.

She closes her eyes and slowly lifts her arms up to her bow before with careful ease, she begins to pull the string on her bow. With agonizing slowness, her bow continues to become undone until with one final pull, it comes undone, revealing the other secret that she has been keeping for fear of being judged. A simple pair of cat ears adorn the top of her head, signifying her status and lineage as a Faunus. A tear has formed under her eye as she gently wipes it away. Her teammates were some of the closest people she has come to trust here at the academy but now, having revealed her status as having been a part of an infamous organization, not to mention a Faunus, a subject of great scrutiny by many people…

"I knew you would look better without the bow."

She gasps, her moment of being on the verge of crying completely gone at the new voice. Turning around, she sees the same monkey Faunus that had escaped capture and winked at her smiling down at her.

"Huh." I comment as I stare at the tree I'm using as a hiding spot. After following Blake, I was able to find her standing in front of the statue in the courtyard and instead of catching up to her, I watched as she just revealed herself to be a Faunus. In hindsight as I think about it, things are starting to make a bit more sense. "Well, that explains why she doesn't like you." I say as I turn back to my Grimm. Shadow lets out a low whine as he lays on the ground. I shake my head before looking back to see her starting to walk off with the monkey Faunus from before. I turn back to Raven next to Shadow still on the ground. "Tail her. Stay out of sight but do not lose her." She nods before with a flare of her wings, takes into the sky high above before heading off in the direction they left.

All the while though, I can't help but sigh at how bad things went so quickly. Not to mention what this may mean for our team as a whole. 'Weiss… a member of the Schnee family, and Blake… a former member of the White Fang, hopefully.' I groan and rub my forehead. "I can't think of a worse combo of people to be in a team than that." Sulking at the situation at hand, I look down at Shadow, who looks up at me in concern, having picked up on my emotions. Offering a comforting smile, I pet his head before gesturing for us to go. "C'mon Shadow, there's nothing more we can do right now. I don't think she wants to see her team right now." I sadly state before walking back to our room, Shadow stepping behind me.

Another idea hits me in the head of what might happen, much to my dismay. "If we'll even have a team after." Needless to say, I didn't sleep well tonight. Just when things were starting be good around here.

Hello all. I have officially finished my time in college and am no longer taking anymore classes. I will be graduating soon and from there is simply getting started on my career. Until then though, my time is completely open, minus some new games coming out or some improvements made to old ones (I'm talking about State of Decay 2 and season 6 of For Honor). Still, I want to apologize for a slight delay in the progress of this chapter since my writing drive has taken a hit lately but that just may be from finishing up my classes and preparing for Graduation.

Even so, their wasn't a whole lot to this chapter that I could have improved on to give Ethan a more impactful role in what happened in the episode. Regardless I'm comfortable with what I wrote and I hope you all liked it too.

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