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AN/ I'm back and holy hell I barely have any time to do anything. Between work, class and being told to do shit around the house I don't even have time to do my homework. But for once I have some time! Anyways, onto the chapter!

"What did you see?" Cinder asked, clearly annoyed.

"The Branwens." Was all Mercury responded.

"This will change nothing. We will proceed as planned, they can't stop us."

"Got it boss."

* Dorms *

"So uncle Qrow, Ruby told me something you said while mom and I were fighting, care to explain?" Yang asked, sitting on her bed.

"Qrow, I thought we agreed not to say anything until they were older." Raven glared pointedly at her brother.

"Hey, Schnee asked how far over her head she was, so I responded as such." Qrow defended himself.

"Well if you must know, the Branwen ability is something that all people of our bloodline have. It started as a curse but in recent generations we've been able to use it to our advantage. Essentially it cursed us to take the forms of birds, but we've been able to control it and turn at will." Raven finished by turning into a pure black raven.

"That is so cool!" Ruby "Can you teach me how to do that? Please!"

"When your fully healed Ruby. You could probably turn now, but you wouldn't be able to fly, which is crucial." Qrow warned.

"I tell you what, after we get Ruby's stuff moved, then you can all go running off and do your little bird thing." Tai joked.

"What, get tired of us pecking you while we were in school?" Raven asked, showing a rare smile.

"At first I thought it was because birds just didn't like me or I disturbed a nest. When I found out it was you two then it annoyed me." Tai grumbled.

"We're hilarious and you know it." Qrow turned and shot Ruby a toothy smile.

"Yeah yeah. Well I need to get back to Signal, and you may want to as well Qrow." Tai stood up from one of the chairs.

"We'll see what Ozpin needs then I will. Honestly I've been thinking of turning in my teaching job and just pulling more missions for Ozpin." Qrow reached for his flask, only to find it missing. "What the hell, where is my flask?"

"Did you lose it while you were drunk?" Raven asked.

"No, I haven't been drunk in the last three days." Qrow grumbled.

"I think you should ask the little joker laying down next to you." Tai joked.

"You won't get it back until you promise to cut back." Ruby held the flask away from Qrow.

"And why did you take it?" Qrow asked.

"I know mom would be slapping you for being an alcoholic. So now I'm going to in her place." Ruby said, pulling the flask away from a prying hand.

"Alright, anything for you Ruby." Qrow agreed as Ruby quickly surrendered the flask. Taking his flask back, he put it away instead of taking a drink.

"Well thats a first. We tried for years to make him stop drinking and yet here you are, already making him put down the flask. You are very much Summer's child." Raven remarked.

"Well, I was thinking about it, and I figured this would at least help him do his job better." Ruby grinned at Qrow's deadpan look.

"Very funny, you've still got another three years until you're at my drunken level, and thats being generous." Qrow shot back, ruffling Ruby's hair.

"Well, we should be going. Raven, do you still have your house key?" Tai asked as he stood up.

"Yes I do, kept them with me for the entire time. Don't know if I'll go back just yet, I might have some things to do still." Raven explained.

"Alright, just come home when you're ready." Tai finished before pulling Raven into a hug. Waiting for Tai to step out of the room, Qrow stood from the bed.

"Well, I think I'm going to go see Ozpin, you staying here for a bit or do wanna come with Raven?" Qrow asked, hand on the door knob.

"I'll stay here for a bit longer. I know that you'll call me if I'm needed." Raven responded.

"That I will. Stay out of trouble you three." Qrow joked before stepping out.

"Now that the guys are gone, let's talk." Raven suggested.

"What about?" Ruby asked.

"I understand you both have relationships. With your teammates." Raven started, unsure how to finish.

"And? You don't have a problem with who we're dating, do you?" Yang asked, trying to understand just what she was saying.

"What? Oh, no! Not like that! I could care less whether or not my family decides to date the same gender, not like I've been around enough to truly have a say or not. Though I have to say, a Schnee Yang?" Raven joked.

"If you're asking if she's like her family, then no, she isn't. Though I've heard that her siblings aren't that bad." Yang quipped.

"Yeah. In all honestly it's harder being her partner than it is dating her, Yang and I both agree on that." Ruby spoke up.

"She's not wrong." Yang added.

"And Ruby, I know I've seen, whats her name, Blake? Well, I know I've seen her somewhere before." Raven stated. Ruby gulped, knowing exactly where.

"Well, she used to be White Fang, and Adam's partner." Ruby and Yang both swore that if Raven had been drinking something, it would have been sprayed on the floor.

"Excuse me?" Raven asked, hoping she misheard that.

"She left when they started getting violent, if that's what you're worried about, not like they let her go easily though." Ruby muttered the last part to herself.

"As long as she is done with them, then I don't care. The only one who wouldn't care at all would be Summer. If she were still alive I'm sure you could elope with Torchwick and destroy half the city, and her only worry is how she would get cookies to you." Raven joked.

"Okay, please never mention anything like that ever again, I'm sure I need brain bleach." Ruby shook her head, disgusted at the idea.

"Same here, let's change the subject, please." Yang asked, sharing Ruby's disgust.

"Honestly though, for what it's worth, Summer would approve. Well, I need to go make sure Qrow is holding up without his alcohol, take care you two." Raven excused herself.

"Well, that was a thing."

AN/ Holy hell this chapter took way too long to write and I am so sorry about that! Work is screwing me over big time and I barely have time to work on my one college class, let alone something I do in my free time. I am very sorry about this, I will try to be better about this. On a lighter note, I have a question for you all, who should be paired with Ruby, Ren or Arslan? Leave your thoughts in a review or PM me, but I need to know what you guys want. Anyways, have a great day!