Okay, so I started writing this one RIGHT away the last chapter. Let's see how long it will take me to finish.

"AH! MY HEAD HURTS!" Jeremiah said as he was currently nursing a headache on the couch.

After they had gotten back into the house, Winter laid him on the couch in the living room and watched him sleep...not in a creepy way, just to make sure he was still alive. She had seen some people die in their sleep because of consuming too much alcohol, and she wanted to make sure he was okay! But luckily, this wasn't his first rodeo, and he slept peacefully. It was only after he woke up that it became a problem.

"Please, just calm down." Winter was trying to be quiet.

"Why are you yelling?" He said as this was the worst hangover he had ever had.

"I'm Whispering..." Wow, his hangover must have been bad.

Winter had never seen someone hungover, while Aura did allow you to get drunk, because it also acted as a healing factor, it usually helped reduce the risk of Nausea and headaches after a long night of drinking. Granted, Winter had no intention of testing that theory for herself because she was not much of a drinker. At most, a glass of wine every now and then, but not the huge drinking binges that Jeremiah seemed to go on. It was amazing that he wasn't an alcoholic. But then again in his words.

"Drinking Rum in the morning makes you a pirate! Not an alcoholic!" Granted, she had no idea why he was obsessed with Pirates all of a sudden. Honestly it was hard to tell.

"So, Winter, how did you meet my bro-" Jameson was cut off by Winter giving the cover story.

"At a bar." That was the most obvious answer.

"Come on Winny, give us some details!" He said as Winter froze. Ha ha, get it?

"Crap? What do I say? Jeremiah is nursing a hangover, and we never got past the story that we met at a bar!" She knew she had to come up with a story on the spot.

"Well, are you going to tell us?" Jameson wanted to know what he could use to pick on his little brother.

"Well, it started like this." Screw it, Winter was just going to wing it.

"We were both sitting at the bar, I had just gone through a rather stressful day." That was technically true, she did see her sister kiss a stranger after traveling to a different world.

"Your brother already had a drink or too, and he asked me what got me in such a bad mood, I tried to shoo him off as another wretched drunk, but as it turns out, he was sober enough to function properly, and even demonstrated it by taking sobriety tests for me to see." Winter was just pulling things out of thin air now.

"Damn, these advil are taking forever to kick in!" Jeremiah said as he was waiting for his headache to go away.

"So he scoots over and asks me what has been bothering me? At first I was hesitant to tell him, but...he seems to have that aura about him, he may seem clumsy and brash when you first meet him, and to be honest he can be at times, but at that moment, when I got to have a deep conversation with him about my life, job, and overall day, he was there to lend an ear to listen to me, and that was when we started spending more time together." Winter didn't know why she was saying any of this.

"We didn't go to the bar to meet up every now and then, mostly we would find a nice coffee place, and just sit and talk about life in general, believe it or not, he can be quite comforting when the situation calls for it." Which was also the truth. So Winter wasn't technically lying.

"I'll admit, I am guilty of keeping some emotions and feelings bottled inside, but lately, when I'm with him." Winter was actually speaking from the heart now.

"I feel free, like I can tell him anything, and he will be there to listen and help me as best as he can, and while he may be a drunk at times, he can be obnoxious, he can also be sweet and kind, and don't get me wrong, chasing him down because he wanted to be a pirate was insanity, but at the same time, it helps me feel alive, here I am going out of my comfort zone, and acting like a completely different person..." She trailed off at the end as she looked at him.

"All thanks to him..." It was true, back in Remnant, Winter had been very straight laced.

But here, she acted differently, she acted like a normal adult her age would act, but she also did some crazy things, never before in her life did she think she would chase a drunk guy down a street when he was dressed as a pirate, never did she think she would climb up a Mountain in Greece, that for some reason the locals thought the gods lived on. Never did she think that she would...feel anything for another human beings in terms of romantic love. And while she still wasn't sure if it was love yet, she definitely did like him.

"Wow, and to think I thought my brother could be a brash asshole, but he does have a sensitive side?" Jameson teased.

"Shut the hell up." Jeremiah said to Jameson as he felt another pang of pain going through his head.

"You know the rules, you bring wifey home with you, you must suffer." He said with a stupid grin on his face.

"Which must be why you don't bring your wife here anymore." Jeremiah shot back.

"Shut up." Jameson couldn't deny it, because it was kind of true.

That and his wife was busy since she was already a licensed surgeon, and he was still in medical school. So she didn't have a lot of time off.

"You really shouldn't drink so much." Winter said as she put a cool compress on Jeremiah's head.

"Sorry Honey, I may cut down on my drinking for you, but I do enjoy it, although if you must know" He said as he put his hand on her cheek.

"No alcohol compares to you." He said as he fell asleep.

"Woah, that may not sound like much of a compliment, but you should take that as a marriage proposal, I don't think he has EVER said that to a woman." Jameson joked lightly as Winter chuckled.

"So where is your father?" Winter asked as Momma spoke up.

"Oh, he went with Mr. Torchwick to go up little Neo from school." Momma said as Winter whipped her head to face Momma.

"What did you just say?" She didn't know if she heard her right.

"Yeah, he went with Mr...Roman Torchwick I think is his full name? He showed up in our house along with his daughter, so we took them in while he gets back on his feet." Momma said as Winter froze yet again.

"It can't be! Roman Torchwick, the famous criminal is here?! But how did he get her? The only one who knows that dust recipe is Professor Goodwitch, Ozpin, and General Ironwood, how did they get here?" Winter asked herself.

"Unless...Unless they came by accident, but what are the odds of that happening? How could someone get so lucky that they end up miracously mixing the right amount of dust to transport them here? No that can't be possible..." Either way, Winter was ready to defend.

Roman Torchwick was dangerous, along with his associate, she wouldn't let ANYONE harm this family...and she wouldn't let Roman harm Jeremiah.

"Weiss! We have things to discuss!" Winter said as she ran upstairs.

"Owwww, no yelling!" Jeremiah yelled which only hurt his head.

"Sorry!" Winter yelled out, suddenly she knew how Pyrrha felt.

AT THE SCHOOL

Well, Neo had more fun than she thought she would. After she knocked out Esperanza, the girl tried to tell on her and say what she did, but there was just one problem. The WHOLE class came to Neo's defense, and when they checked the security camera footage, it was revealed what was actually going on. And while they did agree Neo did throw the first punch, or kick as it was, Esperanza was the instigator of the fight, and was bullying other children beforehand. When her parents found out, they came and took her home immediately. Last they heard, she was currently cleaning out the garage as punishment.

"Here's your other pudding cup Miss Neo!" Little Susie said as Neo smiled and took the pudding cup.

"Well I must admit, its actually nice having your own underlings." Neo had fulfilled her end of the bargain, and she had taught some basic punches and footwork skills at recess, and in return she kept getting pudding cup after pudding cup! Some were vanilla, some chocolate, and some strawberry, and some were even all three mixed together, it was absolutely wonderful!

"Miss Neo, why do you dye your hair like that?" A kid pointed out as he saw Neo's rather interesting hair style.

"I didn't. This is my natural hair." She tried to sign, but none of the kids knew sign language.

Well some did, but they were out sick today.

"Well it looks nice!" Little Susie pointed out as Neo continued to eat her pudding cups.

"Miss Neo, your father is here to pick you up." A teacher said as Neo stood up.

"Miss Neo! Will you teach us more tomorrow! We'll bring more pudding cups!" Little Timmy said as Neo put a hand to her chin.

"Eh, why the hell not, I'm going to be stuck here for awhile, and the food makes it less irritating." She just nodded her head and walked out the door.

"Now there is my little girl!" Roman said as he pinched her cheeks.

"Did you learn anything new today?" Dale asked as Roman led them to the car.

"Besides how much I want to mount Roman's Testicles on my fireplace mantle, and that I have a new army of underlings, we did get to dissect a frog, amazing how the kids felt uncomfortable doing that." Neo thought to herself.

Then again, she had stabbed people before, so dissecting a frog wasn't a big deal. Still though, she wasn't expecting those kids to be THAT squeamish. It was just a frog, and there wasn't even any blood, it wasn't that big of a deal!

"Anyways, we'll have to move your room out of my sons, he just got back from New York, and my other son and his friends just got back from Italy, so the house will be pretty full." That made Neo go pale again.

"ROMAN!" She signed in the back seat as Roman looked back.

Roman sighed, it was a good thing he learned sign language so he could communicate with her directly without anyone knowing what was going on.

"Calm Down Neo! Look, we have no idea where we are, and as much as I hate to say this...I'm sure we can make a deal with Little Red." Roman was given an incredelous look by Neo.

"Are you nuts?! They have a Atlas Specilist there with the, she would rather kill us or send us to prison!" Neo signed back as she was worried.

"Look Neo, whatever happens, I'm sure we'll be fine, just remember we have protection under Dale and...Momma." Seriously what was her real name? He had never heard it used.

"Ha you called her Momma too!" Neo was currently trying not to laugh in the backseat.

"Shut up, the point is, I'll do the talking." Roman didn't miss the wince on Neo's face.

"In that case, what kind of wood do you want for your coffin?" Roman gave a insulted look.

"What is that supposed to mean?!" He had never felt so insulted in his life.

"You may be a great thief, but your social skills could use improvement, did you ever meet anyone you didn't steal from within five minutes of meeting them?" Neo was asking for real, since she couldn't remember a time when he didn't.

"Big words coming from the mute." He signed as Neo narrowed her eyes.

"Jerk." She signed as he signed back.

"Bitch." And then they turned around and stopped signing.

"We're almost home!" Dale said as Roman played with the collar around his neck.

"Sir, when can I get this thing off? I mean, I thought you trusted me more now?" Roman asked as Dale hadn't beaten him up in days.

"I trust you a little more, but not enough, that and I lost the key to the lock on the back of the collar." Dale said as Roman felt the back of his neck.

"Wait a second! You put a lock on the back of the collar?!" What kind of person does that.

"Well I figured I needed a little bit of insurance in case you tried to take it off." Dale said as he wanted to make sure it only came off, when he said it came off.

"And here we go, home sweet home!" Dale pulled into the driveway.

And much to Roman's fear, he saw Team JNPR, Team RWBY and Winter Schnee standing out in front waiting to greet them.

"Huh, thats odd, why do they look like they're ready for a fight?" Dale asked as he pulled in and got out of the car.

"Hey kids! Whats going on?" He said as he noticed Winter had a sword on her hip.

"Oh, just waiting to meet the new tenants." Ruby said as she didn't believe that Torchwick was here.

"Well sure!" Dale was oblivious to what was going on.

"GET OUT OF THE CAR TORCHWICK! Little Neo, you stay right there and finish your drawing." Apparently Neo was currently drawing with a set of crayons in the back seat.

In her defense, Crayons were fun. And she had nothing else to do in the back seat.

"I'll leave you all to get acquainted, I need to go talk to Jameson." Dale proceeded to walk inside.

"Soooo, Uhm, Truce?" Roman said as Winter drew her sword.

"What are you doing here Torchwick?" She said with narrowed eyes as Roman held up his hands.

"Woah! Woah! I'm unarmed! Relax! Look, I don't know how I got here! One minute I'm robbing a warehouse! The next thing I know, a huge explosion goes off, and somehow I end up here!" He saw no sense in lying.

"Why should I believe you?" Winter asked as Ruby was preparing a weapon.

"Yeah! You're up to no good aren't you?!" She said as she had managed to make a replacement for Crescent Rose because it was still back at Beacon.

"What would I gain from coming here? I don't know anybody! I don't know the currency! And I got my ass kicked by a crazy guy and locked in a cage while my partner lived the high life!" That still honestly irritated the hell out of him.

"Partner?" Yang had a bad feeling about this.

"Oh yeah, you might know her as the girl with the parasol." Roman said as Yang's eyes went red.

"Oh really? Well, I have been meaning to get some payback." She said as she cracked her knuckles.

"Okay, maybe Neo was right and I really do suck at talking to people." Roman honestly didn't know what to do.

"AH! My head's feeling better!" A bald bearded man came out of the house just as the car door to the chevelle opened again.

"Hey whats going o-" He was cut off as he saw a strange sight.

He saw a little girl hop out of his dad's Chevelle in a pink and baby blue dress with an innocent look on her face, holding up a drawing that showed her taking a knife to what appeared to be Roman Torchwicks crotch with a smile on her face, but because it was drawn so cartoony, it looked funny.

"Oh...MY...GOD..." Jeremiah froze in place.

"Jerry! Get back, they are dan-" Nora was cut off by Jeremiah gaining a smile.

"SHE'S SO FREAKING TINY!" He yelled as he ran up and picked up Neo.

Neo grunted as she was picked up and hugged tightly by the bearded man. She was not expecting this.

"You're just so freaking cute! Oh my god! Do you want a snack? Oh lets go get Momma to feed you!" Okay, Neo could live with that.

"Jerry! She's a criminal!" Yang honestly wanted payback, but she couldn't do that when Jeremiah was hugging that little midget of death.

"Daaaww, but she's adorable!" Jeremiah said as he took her inside to go get her some ice cream.

"..." Winter face palmed.

"I told myself I was going to protect him...and that idiot takes a dangerous criminal into his home..." Winter couldn't believe it.

"So uh? Parlay?" Roman said as he really didn't want to fight them alone.

Especially since his partner had been hijacked AGAIN by a crazy person who thought she was adorable AGAIN, and was being taken to be fed various snacks...AGAIN!