RWBY: Son of Qrow Branwen

Liam's POV

Me and the others walked with my dad to the meet up with Leonardo. We walked inside the building and saw Lionheart standing on a balcony.

"Thank you for...coming." Leo greeted. "There...seems to be more of you than last time."

"Eh, you know what they say, 'the more, the merrier'." my dad said. "So what's going on with the council?"

"Why...did you bring your weapons?" Leo asked.

"What?" my dad asked. "Leo, we're huntsmen. You okay?"

"Of course!" Leo replied. "Of course, sorry. Just haven't had my evening coffee."

"Look, it's nice to see you, but we got work to do. Are we getting support from the council or not?" my dad asked him.

"Mom?" Yang said.

I looked to my cousin before following her gaze, seeing a bird perched on a beam. A shot rang out as the bird flew towards Leo, flying behind him and turning into Raven.

"Raven?!" I stared at my aunt.

"If you're going to shoot me, shoot me." she growled at my father. "That was insulting."

"What are you doing here?!" my dad growled back at her.

"I could ask you the same thing. You've been scheming, little brother." Raven said as she walked down the stairs. "Planning to attack your own sister."

"Leo...what have you done?!" Qrow asked the headmaster.

"Leo did what any sane person would in his position - he looked at all the information he had in front of him, assessed the situation, and made a choice." Raven answered for him. "And it seems you all have to."

"You have the Spring maiden." my dad said.

"I do."

"Then hand her over and let's work together!" my dad placed his weapon on his back. "We can beat Salem!"

"All that time spent spying for Ozpin and you still have no idea what you're dealing with." Raven said. "There is no beating Salem!"

"You're wrong." Ruby said. "We've done things that most people would call impossible, and I know the only reason we were able to do it is because we didn't do it alone! We had people to teach us, people to help us, we had each other. Work with us. At least I know we'll have a better chance if we try it together." she held her hand out to Raven. "Please."

"You sound just like your mother." Raven growled. She created a portal and a fireball immediately flew out of it towards Ruby, hitting her directly in her chest and knocking her back.

"Ruby!" Yang ran to her side.

I looked back to Raven to see Vernal, Emerald, Mercury and Cinder walk out of the portal.

I gripped the hilt of my katana and ripped it out of its sheath, holding it at the ready. "Cinder!" I barred my teeth.

"C'mon guys," Mercury said, placing a hand on his hip. "is that any way to greet your old friends?"

I growled at Mercury. "You never know when to shut the fuck up!"

"Everybody, stay calm." my father said.

"Fuck that!" I gripped the hilt of my katana harder. "This bitch is the reason I lost my arm!" I pointed the tip of my weapon at Cinder. I glanced back at her, seeing her left eye covered.

"Aww." she mocked. "Is the little birdie still upset about what happened?"

"RRGH!" I barred my teeth.

The door behind us opened as some big guy walked in. "Glad you could join us Hazel." Mercury mocked.

"The White Fang is prepping demolition and securing the school grounds." he said as he closed the doors. "No one's getting in, and no one's getting out."

"This was all just a trap?" Weiss asked.

"Raven, tell me...how long have you been with them?" my father asked.

"Aww, don't-"

"He wasn't talking to you, bitch!" I cut Cinder off. "So shut your goddamn mouth!"

She glared at me. "You should make sure to watch your tone in the presence of a maiden."

"You should make sure to shut the fuck up!" I gripped my katana harder, feeling the hilt start to cut my hand.

"Aww, it's cute, seeing a bird ruffle its feathers when it gets angry." Cinder said.

"After everything you've done," I twirled my katana so I was holding it backwards. "killed innocents, destroyed Beacon, tried to kill Pyrrha then ME! Then come here just to mock us!" I rushed her and swung my katana. She created a glass sword to block my attack. "I'll enjoy killing you! Every. Second. Of it!" the room exploded into a giant fight.

"Very well." she smirked.

She pushed me back but I quickly rushed her again, giving no room for her to recover from anything I threw at her. I picked up speed with each swing, causing sparks to go flying as our swords collided.

We locked blades. I pushed against her strength as she smirked at me. "You really think you're ready to take on a maiden."

I didn't answer as I dropped down and kicked her feet out from under her. With a loud thud, she landed on her back.

I quickly tried to stab her but she rolled out of the way, swinging her sword at me. I blocked it with my left arm and swung at her while she tried to push me back. She created a second sword and blocked my swing.

"RRGH!" I pushed her sword away with my left arm and threw a right cross, knocking her onto her back.

I tried to finish her off but was met with a ball of fire hitting my face, blocking my vision for a few seconds. I rubbed my eyes as I felt something hit my back, knocking me onto my stomach.

"NOOO!" the room flashed white.

I rolled onto my back to see Cinder, on her knees and holding onto her left arm. I got to my feet and rushed her, lunging forward with my katana. I barely missed her as I fell onto my side.

Cinder got to her feet, her one eye glowing with the power of the maiden. "You thought you could defeat me?!" she growled as she placed her foot on my chest. "You're just a broken man with a death wish."

I heard a loud yell of pain and looked over to see Weiss just as her aura broke. "Weiss!"

Cinder looked back and forth between me and Weiss. "You..." she chuckled. "You have a thing for the Heiress!"

I looked back up at her.

"This is going to be fun." she took her foot off of me and started to walk towards Weiss.

"No." I tried to get to my feet but felt a fireball hit my chest, knocking me back down. Sitting up, I saw Cinder create a spear out of glass before throwing it at Weiss. "NOO!"

I watched as the spear pierced her side. "Weiss."

End of chapter 35