Well. Here it is. The Epilogue to Protecting You. I love you guys all so much, for sticking with this story as well as An Eclipse Of The Heart. As you read this, I'm working on the Prologue of the next story. A Prequel to An Eclipse Of The Heart. It will be called Time After Time, and it will switch between Sun and Blake's lives as children and stuff. But it will most likely be about Blake. And I almost cried writing this. Not because it's sad, but, it just makes me happy knowing people enjoy my stories and stuff. And I love this story. Just as I love all of my stories. And I hope you guys do to.
Anyways! I love you all! Please enjoy this last chapter!
ALSO, I'M WORKING ON A MICHAEL X GAVIN ONESHOT, WOULD ANYONE LIKE ME TO POST IT WHEN IT'S DONE? AND I'M ALSO ABOUT TO START WORKING ON A SHORT BLACKSUN ONESHOT, ANYONE INTERESTED?
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"Luna Belladonna-Wukong! You get your butt down here right this instant young lady!" Sun yelled at the bottom of the stairs to the top. Meanwhile, the twins, who were playing a game with one another on their Scrolls, just looked at each other, and shrugged, then looked back at the TV where their game was being broadcasted onto. It was August 20th, aka, a week after Luna's seventeenth birthday, and the week that she and all of her friends were leaving for Beacon. But the girl seemed to forget all of these things as she sat in her room for most of the day. The twins were now turning fifteen at the start of fall.
"One second papa!" They heard their sister yell as something fell on the floor above them.
"Hurry up! I got a surprise for you!" Sun said as he reached out his arm and grabbed the fire engine red haired boy that was trying to escape the fathers grasp. He looked at the twins with pleading gray eyes, but they just shrugged.
"Okay! I'm coming! I'm-" She cut herself off as she was halfway down the stairs and saw her dad. "Papa! Oh my God! Put him down right now!" Sun had lifted the dog eared Faunus high above his head, even though he was older now, he was still strong. And this teenage boy was getting on his nerves.
"Is this Edan Ash?" She nodded as she jumped down from the middle of the stairs onto the floor in front of him, with ease. He was dressed in golden button down with nice jeans, obviously, he had been invited to the birthday dinner that they were all having at the Schnee Mansion.
"Yes! Now put my boyfriend down!" Sun shrugged then dropped the boy. Luna using her Semblance which was the same as her mothers, and quickly grabbed the boy.
"Jesus! I knew your dad would be surprised! But oh my God!" Edan said as his girlfriend set him down on the floor gently.
"Guys! I'm home-" Blake said as she walked into the house, and saw Edan. "Oh. Hello Edan, how are you?" She said with ease as she saw the familiar boy. Sun's mouth was gaped like a fish.
"Did you know that they're dating?!" He yelled gesturing at the boy. They both nodded.
"Yeah. It was kinda obvious. They've been dating for awhile now Sun." Sun just threw his arms in the air.
"Anything else I should know?!" He asked. They all just shook their heads. "Let's go." He said with a sigh. He walked over to the twins, grabbing them both by the collars of their shirts and dragging them out the door. As they yelled about not being able to finish their game.
"Your pleas are falling on deaf ears my children." Blake said as they all piled into their six seat truck. They had placed Edan right in the middle of Sun and Blake. This made him very nervous, since Sun was glaring at the boy whenever he could.
"That's not the point!" The twins said in unison. Blake just laughed at her kids as they continued their drive to Weiss and Neptune's home.
When they finally got there, Luna's face went red as she saw all of the decorations, all that screamed her name and what the occasion was.
"You didn't!" She yelled.
"Oh, but we did dearest daughter of mine, who lied to me about having a boyfriend!" Sun said with a fake smile. She and Edan just gulped, and then they all got out of the truck, and walked into the house.
Blake couldn't help but smile as the party went on when they got into the house and the party went on. Blake just couldn't wait for it to be time for cake. She knew that Luna wouldn't exactly know this, but they all had been filming important moments of Luna's life. It had from the moment Sun had first held her as a baby, to when he held her when she received her diploma from Signal, and her acceptance letter to Beacon.
"Quite the shin dig if I do say so myself!" Blake smiled and rolled her eyes as she looked to her side to see her friend Koda.
"You should know. You helped plan it." He smirked.
"Touché my dear Blake." Blake looked into her friends blue eyes.
"Whatever you say Ko." She ruffled the boys brown hair. "How's Rouge?" She asked. Her friend had found himself a husband while the two friends were separated.
"Rouge is good, we're actually thinking about adopting this sixteen year old we found. His names Rain." Blake nodded.
"Yeah. I know him. He's a really sweet kid." Koda smiled.
"Yeah. We just have to wait for the papers to go through. We know it's kind of late to adopt the kid, but, even if it's for the last two years of his teenage life, at least he's got some parents. Plus, Rina would love to have a brother. Even if they're the same age." Rina had been a bear Faunus that Koda and Rouge would adopt after she turned eleven and was placed at Signal.
"It's nice that you two are doing that." Blake said as Koda nodded.
"Yeah. How's Blaise by the way?" Koda asked. She shrugged.
"He just got out of prison for good behaviour. And, on a count that... Well..." Blake took a deep breath. "He has about a year to live they said." Koda went silent as Blake tried to keep from crying. Her and Blaise had become somewhat close when he came back to Vale with them to go to prison. And they spent a little bit of time with one another. And they got to learn more about one another.
"Well, on a happier note, the video's about to start!" Koda said with a fake smile as him and his friend went over to all of the other kids and adults. There were so many of them. Just over forty people were at this party. But it was still a big deal. It was also a duel party with most of them going off to Beacon. So it was also a farewell party.
"Alright! Let's roll the tape!" Neptune and Sun said. Being embarrassing fathers and doing a dance then pointing at the screen where the tape had started to show.
"Hey Luna-girl." He looked over at Blake who was holding Luna tightly, smiling at the baby who was looking around curiously. "It's me, your papa. And that's your mama." He pointed at Blake, then at Luna. "And that's you. Let's say we're going to watch this seventeen years from now, and seventeen years ago, you were half the size of my forearm! Well, my forearm from when I was twenty-seven." He smiled. "I just want you to know, today was a very important day. For you, for your mama, and for me. Along with your aunts and uncles to." He then smiled. "Can't wait to take you home baby girl. Love you lots, can't wait to see the beautiful young women you're bound to become!" He made a kissy face to the camera, then pointed it at Blake. "Got anything to say mama?" She smiled.
"What is there to say that you haven't said already?" Sun shrugged. Blake sighed. "I can't wait to see you grow up either. Whether you become a Huntress like me or not, I can't wait to help you with your exams, and with boys. I can't wait to teach you. To give you the childhood I was denied. I love you baby." She then made Luna wave to the camera.
"Can't wait to see you in this video in seventeen years sweetie pie! Love you!" And with that, the camera switched off.
The next video was of Blake filming all of them men passed out with their first born children.
"I can't believe they all fell asleep here!" You could hear an off camera Weiss say. The camera turned to Weiss standing in front of a sleeping Neptune, and Neige. Then it turned to Ruby squealing as she stared at her sleeping husband and daughter, and Nora laughing as she took pictures of Ren and Noriko. Then the camera followed Blake over to where Sun and Luna were sleeping.
"I love you both. Sweet dreams!" Blake whispered as the camera showed her laying down beside Sun, and throwing her arm over her sleeping child and husband. Then, the camera shut off.
More videos were shown of her early life, then it was one of her when she was two. Holding the camera by herself and babbling quietly.
"Speak louder sweetie. So that mama and your little brother and sister can hear you when we show this in like, what, fifteen years?" You could hear Sun say.
"'Kay papa! Hoi goys. I'm you big sistah. I'm Luna. I love you goys. Boi!" The little girl waved at the camera. "Oh! And happy biwthday to futuah me!" Then the camera clicked off while Sun chuckled in the background.
One of the last ones was when Luna was sixteen. Laying on the couch crying. The camera, wasn't meant to be on, but it was.
"Luna, boys are just stupid. And immature." Blake said trying to comfort the teen.
"Why are boys so dumb?!" She cried into the pillow.
"It's just the way they are sweetie." Blake said softly as she rubbed circles on her daughters back. This video showed turning points in her life, and this was one of them. When she had finally realised, that most boys were dumb. This, was when her first boyfriend dumped her. All because she wouldn't do what he wanted her to. Next thing you know, Edan was in the house, red faced and trying to catch his breath. Blake just rolled her eyes.
"Luna!" He ran into the living room. That's when Blake noticed the slight cuts on Edan's face, and his bleeding and bruising knuckles. "Is she okay?! I beat the crap outta that punk!" Blake chuckled.
"She will be okay. Now that you're here." Blake stood up. "I have to go get the twins and Achilles from Signal. I'll be back soon." Blake left.
"Bye mama..." Luna whispered.
"Bye Mrs. Belladonna-Wukong." Edan waved goodbye as Blake left the house, closing the door and locking it. Sun had been away on a mission with Team JNPR and SSSN during this time. So he had clue what was happening. "Want some ice cream?" Edan asked, holding up the bag that was in his hand. She only sat up with his help, and he went and got two spoons for them. One for him, and one for her.
Then, it was her graduation reel. She had been one of the top students in her year, and one of the fifteen students to get into Beacon that year. And Blake and Sun couldn't of been prouder as they watched this video go by. Showing her life up to this point.
Blake had looked over at her daughter, who was lying her head against Edan's shoulder. He had asked Blake to include the video with him and Blake. It was to show memorable things in Luna's life, and Blake had agreed, it had been an important moment in her daughters life, and she couldn't be happier to include it. She walked over to her daughter, and handed her a photo album. Pictures were placed all through out it, and a video was at the end, one that she could also add things on to. So she could continue putting memories down for her life.
Two years later…
After another two years, it was the same setting. Just watching the twin's video. They were now ready to go off to Beacon, and they sat with their friends and graduating class. The twins were able to graduate a year early, at sixteen, due to their fall birthday. Which means they wouldn't be able to come home for their October birthday. Which was Halloween. So they had decided to hold their party before they went to school.
Blake was asleep in the hospital bed, the twins asleep, one in each arm, and Luna curled up beside her. You could hear a faint whisper, telling how the would look after their family. No matter what.
A short video was next, it was of Luna telling her siblings happy birthday.
The next was the twins birthday, and Sun laughing as the twins shoved cake into Weiss' face, and Neptune was on the floor crying. Neige and Flake sat silently. Eager to see what Weiss' reaction would be. The white haired Heiress just sighed and excused herself to the bathroom where she cleaned up.
When the video came to when they were thirteen, you could see a blushing Dusk as he sat beside Rina Talis, Koda and Rouge's adoptive son, and a red faced Fall as he sat with Dawn. A laugh sounded over the video as you could see Luna dancing with Edan. And then slowly, Fall reached his hand out while red faced and rubbing the back of his neck, Luna blushed slightly, but smiled and took the boys hand. The two then got onto the floor and danced carefully. Fall had been leading the dance, not to anyone's surprise as him and his siblings had all inherited their fathers rhythm and ability to dance. But no one knew where all of their ability to walk in heels came from. Slowly, Dusk also lead Rina to the dancefloor, and the four young kids danced with one another. This was at a wedding, a wedding in Vacuo. It was for Sun's little cousin Carter. And the black haired and mismatched eye Faunus had found love shortly after the attack that Blaise had set out upon the town. And They all looked so cute, Luna, Dusk, and Dawn had been apart of the wedding with everyone else that was related to the boy and his wife, and along with that, Carter had invited everyone, with his wife's approval, that had helped Vacuo during the siege.
The last one was also at the graduation ceremony of them. They had also been among the twenty students chosen to go to Beacon to be able to graduate, and just like at Luna's graduation, Blaise sat in the very back, with guards around him. But he was smiling and clapping. But the camera was only on him for a second as the twins were called to get their Signal diplomas. And you could tell by the way that the camera was shaking slightly that Blake was filming. She had cried at both of the graduations her kids were apart of. She couldn't be prouder.
When the video ended, Blake did the same thing she did with her oldest. Giving both kids an album. She could only smile as she looked at her kids full of happiness.
The party had went without a hitch, and just like before, she went to the bus station with her kids, and all of the other kids as well, minus Klar and Arlen Schnee-Vasillias, and the kids all boarded the bus, on their way to Beacon. And Blake and couldn't help but cry. She had succeeded. She had been able to protect her family.
January 5th…
Blake walked around her kitchen with her nineteen year old daughter as they made dinner.
"How's Team lesson doing?" Blake asked. Luna had been the leader of her team. Team LSNN, which was comprised of Luna, Silver, Neige, and Noriko.
"Good. And has Dawn and Dusk wrote to you about their team?" Blake nodded at her daughters words.
"Yes. She was put on a team with Dusk, Cyan and Fall. Don't know what they're called though. Only know the letters. F, C, D, and D." Luna chuckled.
"It's Ozpin. How do you think it's said?" Luna asked. Blake laughed.
"Faced." The two said in unison. Than started to laugh.
"So Fall's the leader?" Blake asked and Luna nodded.
"They said it was a tough decision. They said they left it up to the kids and they pulled straws." Blake laughed at what Luna said. Luna was known to tell stories.
"Are you serious?" Blake asked. And Luna nodded.
"She is. It was quite funny actually. When Fall pulled the shortest straw he groaned and started hitting his head off the wall. Called for a redo-" Dawn started.
"Then he got the smallest again. So he just gave up and took the job as leader." Dusk finished. And then Sun came down the stairs. A bit groggy. But he had caught the story and laughed.
"That's Fall for you." He said.
They had all been sitting around in the comfort of their home when Blake's Scroll started going off.
"Hello?" She asked as she held the Scroll to her Human ears.
"Is this Mrs. Belladonna-Wukong?" The person on the other side asked. And her eyes furrowed together, then looked over at Sun.
"Yes. Can I help you?" She asked. Her voice on edge, this made the others quickly finish their food and then walk over and put their dishes in the dishwasher.
"It's your father, you need to come in, quickly." Blake's eyes widened as she detected worry and sadness in the voice of the person over the Scroll.
"I'll be there within the hour." She replied then turned off her phone. She ran to the front door with everyone else, and they quickly scrambled to get their coats and boots on.
"Is this about Blaise?" Was all that was said in the car, coming from Dusk. Sun nodded as he called up their friends. Telling them they would most likely be late for the dinner at Weiss and Neptune's house. But they were only met with them telling them that they would all be at the hospital soon to be with the family.
When they had gotten to the hospital, Blake ran right in, and right to her fathers room. The nurses and doctors all already knew who she was, and only marked the time she and everyone else came in on the list.
"Blaise!" Was all Blake said as she ran into the room. Blaise was in obvious pain, and it wasn't hard to see that he was dying.
"Hey Blake." He said. "Guess the bullets finally reached it's-" He took a gasp of air from the pain. "-destination!" Blake's eyes only watered as everyone else slowly piled into the room.
"I'm sorry.…it's been eight years… but I'll always regret this… I'm fifty years old… and still have a long way to go… but I will always regret this… I am so sorry dad…" She said through tears. Blaise only smiled weakly and lifted a hand to her cheek.
"I am the one that should be apologizing… After all I've done to you… all I need to hear is you say you forgive me… not even entirely… just enough that I can pass peacefully…" Blaise said with pain. Blake only nodded.
"I forgive you. But only by a small amount…you've done a lot of awful things that I will never be able to forget. But I do forgive you for leaving. That's all I can forgive you for." Blaise only nodded at Blake.
"That's good enough Kitten…" He said.
When night had fallen, and only Blake was left awake, that was when the heart monitors lines flat lined. Blake knew what was happening, but was still incredibly scared. She called for the nurses and doctors, and was pushed out of the room with everyone else.
"Dad!" Was all she could say. But it was only a whisper.
Five days later, he was being laid in the ground. Words had been spoken, and many agreed that if he had never been corrupted by that horrible thing, he would've been a great man.
But time has passed, and wounds heal, every anniversary, every birthday, they go and visit him. And he had words engraved on his tombstone, words that he had said to her before he passed. Words that Blake had also placed on the tombstone she had gotten for her mother beside his, and she made sure they were on her stone as well when she passed. And the words read;
All I wanted to do was Protect you… that's why I left… I was Protecting You… I love you. With all of my heart. All of you. You are all my family.
