A/N: Hello, everyone. Just one small thing before starting. I just realized I never described what Saphyra is wearing. She wears a knee-length black dress with rings down the length of it that look like Pyrrha's crown/headpiece and detached sleeves that loop onto the middle finger of each hand. Sai later added a pink sweater, dagger necklace and pink and black Jordans to her outfit. Without further ado, let's get back to the story.


Oscare Pine sat on his bed in his room, reading a book by the light of a lantern.

"Oscar, supper's almost ready!" Oscar's aunt yelled from another room.

"What're we having?" Oscar asked.

"Doesn't matter! You're eating it!" His aunt called back.

"I never agreed to these terms!" Oscar called back jokingly.

"It's part of the 'living under my roof' contract! Read the fine print, then come wash up!" His aunt countered. (I feel like we need a little backstory here. Why's he live on a farm with his aunt and not with his parent.)

Oscar closes his book and stands up. He is walking toward the door when a voice resounds, causing him to pause.

"We have to leave." Ozpin's disembodied voice said. Oscar ignored this and continued forward. "Oscar. Oscar!" Ozpin called out.

Oscar was about to grasp the door handle, but held back. "I've decided you're not real, so you might as well give up." He said.

"I understand how you're feeling. I went through the same panic and confusion." Ozpin assured.

Oscar turned around and looked at an open book on the floor. He bent down and shut it, talking aloud as he put it and the one next to it away on a shelf. "It's not real. It's not real. It's not real." He said, standing up and his reflection was visible in the window.

"I can assure you, you are perfectly sane." Ozpin said.

"I'm talking to a voice in my head." Oscar countered.

"I didn't say you were normal. I said you were sane." Ozpin reassured. Oscar started to leave his room again. "There's quite a significant difference between-" Ozpin started again.

"Shut up! You think this is funny? It's not." Oscar snapped.

"We are in complete agreement on that matter, I promise you. Believe me, I wish this weren't the case. But as I've told you, our Aura, our souls are combined." Ozpin explained.

Oscar looked up at the ceiling without really focusing on anything but clearly showed his disgust. "I'm done listening to you." He said.

"Have you ever been to Haven?" Ozpin asked.

"I told you I'm not going, and I told you I'm done listening." Oscar countered.

"Do you think you could describe the headmaster's office?" Ozpin asked.

"No. Why would I know that? I've never seen-" Oscar started, confused.

"Try. Right now." Ozpin suggested.

"It's probably… It's…" Oscar starts. His eyes widened and his face slackened. The visual panned around his head in a circle as he continued to speak.

"It's autumn-colored… with a large mahogany desk. There's a small table with chairs in a corner for guests, with a tea set that… I… I gave him." He explained. The pan stopped when Oscar refered to himself in the first person. He put his hand to his head, disconcerted. "Why did I say that? Why did I know that? Why did I say that?" Oscar wondered, becoming increasingly bothered and he started backing up, dropping his hand.

"Because I helped build that school, and the tea set was a gift to the man running it now." Ozpin explained as Oscar sat on his bed and held his head, groaning. "If you don't believe me, you can look it up. If I recall, your aunt has several books on Mistral downstairs. I'm certain you could find a picture in one of them." Ozpin suggested.

Oscar straightened up and lowered his hands at this. "That… that's right, I must've seen it in a picture." He said, sighing.

"Oscar…" Ozpin started.

Oscar stood upright, tightening his fists at his sides. "Stop talking to me!" He shouted.

"I have a grave responsibility to uphold. We both do." Ozpin explained.

Oscar fell to his knees at this. "I never agreed to anything." He said overwhelmed, or possibly depressed.

"No, you didn't. And neither did I, at first. But you do have an opportunity." Ozpin said.

"For what?" Oscar asked.

"Greatness, hopefully. Greatness in knowing that, when the world needed help, you were the one to reach out your hand. It won't come without hardship, without sacrifice, but I know you don't want to live the rest of your life working as a farmhand in Mistral." Ozpin explained.

Oscar put his hands on his head again, eyes widened. "So you just decided to read my thoughts?" He asked.

"I…well. They're our thoughts, now." Ozpin explained.

"Get out of my head!" Oscar groaned.

"Oscar! Supper time! I better see clean hands!" Oscar's aunt called again.

Oscar looked toward the door, but remained silently on the floor.


Weiss sat on her bed in her room with her head bowed and her hands folded in her lap. Jacques paced in front of her.

"Unbelievable. Absolutely unbelievable." Jacques ranted, then suddenly stopped and turned, pointing at her. "Do you have any idea what your stunt cost us?" He demanded.

"I-" She started.

"And don't think I'm just talking about Lien here! Our reputation! Our… our…" He snapped, cutting her off.

Jacques sighed angrily and held his head, unable to come up with the words to finish expressing the gravity of her mistake. Weiss waited for a moment before speaking.

"I want to leave." Weiss said.

"I beg your pardon?" Jacques asked.

"I said I want to leave. I don't want to stay here anymore. I don't want to stay in Atlas anymore!" Weiss snapped.

"Young lady, I don't give a damn about what you want! This isn't about you. This is about the Schnee family name and your apparent insistence on dragging it through the mud!" He shouted.

"I have done nothing but fight to uphold the honor of my family name, a name that you married into!" Weiss snapped.

Jacques slapped Weiss hard on her left cheek, sending her head to the side as she gasped in reaction (KILL HIM!). She put her hand on her cheek and turned to face her father, looking at him a little incredulously as she lowered her hand. He looked right back at her, unrepentant. When he began speaking again, his voice suddenly sounded calm yet intimidating.

"This behavior of yours is incredibly disappointing. You couldn't possibly understand the lengths I've gone to in order to keep this family where it is. You think running off like your sister is going to make the Schnee name stronger? You're wrong. Siding with her only divides us." He said.

"I'm not siding with anyone. I'm doing what I feel is right, and that does not include wasting my time up here…" She explained. Jacques walked away, rolling his eyes as his daughter finished her rant. "...with these clueless people in Atlas. The Schnee family legacy isn't yours to leave. It's mine, and I'll do it as a Huntress." She said defiantly.

Jacques stopped and slowly turns to face her again. As he speaks, he moves to stand in front of his daughter, peering down upon her.

"No… you won't. You're not leaving Atlas. You're not to leave the manor grounds unless I specifically allow it. You are going to remain here, out of sight and out of trouble, until you and I come to an agreement on your future." He explained. (Uuuhhh... Hey dumbass, you realize there's literally nothing you can do to keep her there, right? If she wanted to, she could just break out, smash up some stuff, give you the finger and strut out. I HIGHLY doubt you have someone on the grounds who can stop her.)

"What?!" She demanded.

"Your presupposition that you can simply have whatever it is you want is a clear sign of our failure as parents. But from now on, I'll be giving you the full attention you require, starting by keeping you where I can see you." He said. And with that, Jacques turned once more and walked away.

"You can't just keep me from leaving!" She snapped.

Again, he stopped and turned to look at her. "I can, and the staff here will make sure of it." He said. (Uh-huh. Suuuure they will.. or CAN.)

"So now I'm just your prisoner?!" She demanded.

"You are my daughter. You're a child, and children are grounded when they misbehave." He said as he walked away, and this time, he continued walking even while his daughter spoke.

"This is only going to make things worse, Father. People will ask questions! They'll want to know why the heiress to the Schnee Dust Company is suddenly nowhere to be found!" She reasoned.

Her father stopped in front of the door and faced her. "Which is why you are no longer the heiress to the Schnee Dust Company." He said.

Weiss took a step back, stunned. "Excuse me?" She asked in disbelief.

"Clearly, the trauma you endured at the fall of Beacon was too much for you. Which is why you've generally revoked your claim to the company and its earnings and passed it on to your brother Whitley." He explained. (YouTube. RWBY Volume 4 crack #7 by Anny Gomez. 43 seconds in). Weiss stared at Jacques, breathing heavily as she digested the news. "It's time to wake up and face reality." He said.

Jacques turned and left. Through the open door, we see Whitley waiting and clearly having been eavesdropping. Jacques turned to the left without acknowledging his son. Weiss took a moment to deal with her emotions and then stepped out into the hall with her fists clenched, calling out to her brother who was moving down the hallway in the opposite direction his father had gone. "Whitley?!" She called out.

He turned around with a small smile. "Yes, sister?" He asked. (Douchebag Jr., everybody.)

Weiss walked to her brother and crossed her arms. "Did you know about this?" She demanded.

"About what?" He asked.

"You never liked Winter. You never liked me. But you've been nothing but supportive since the moment I came back." She said suspiciously.

"If being kind to my big sister is some sort of crime, then I suppose I'm guilty." He said, keeping up his facade.

Weiss' eyes widened with realization. "You wanted this to happen." She accused.

"It's foolish not to do as Father asks." He said, leaning forward, his feigned innocent smile changing into a threatening and angry expression. (It's foolish listening to anything that comes out of that douchebag's mouth, but since you're a douchebag, too, it makes sense... The little douchebag.)

Weiss stared with a look of hurt and betrayal. "I can't believe you." She said.

"Don't worry, Weiss. The Schnee family name is in good hands." He said, turning and walking away while Weiss stared after him. (Him and Jacques need like A THOUSAND kicks in the dick. Where are the Meta Coolers? Line 'em up!)


Weiss returned to her room, collapsed face down across her bed and cried. Two airships flew past the window. A second or two later Weiss lifted her head and tightened her fist, a determined look in her eyes.

She walked to the window and pulled the curtains shut. She moved her bed over several feet, pushed a desk and kicked aside a low glass bench at the foot of her bed. A wide shot showed the furniture askew. A cushioned stool was on its side on the floor, and a long white box marked with the Schnee snowflake symbol rested on her vanity. She approached the box and opened it to reveal Myrtenaster and Dust vials inside. She lifted her weapon and posed with the blade held vertically in front of her face.


Ruby, Jaune, Ren and Nora looked on in shock as they witnessed the Faunus/angel hybrid face off against me in my devil form. "So that guy's got the blood of a god in him?!" Jaune said in shock.

"That's crazy. He looks like he might even be a match for Sai now! Maybe even a serious threat!" Ruby said.

"Sai..." Nora said worriedly.

Ren let out an angry, annoyed groan at this. "Why would Sai not want us to help him! He's in danger!" He said.

"And you'd be in more danger if you went out there." Saphyra explained, watching closely through the viewing hatch of the bunker, everyone looking to her. "He's trying to protect you. He could sense that even as a normal Faunus, this man was more than a match for the 4 of you, even working as a team. He's only after Daddy, so he wouldn't come after you unless you got in the way. So Daddy wanted to fight him on his own so we wouldn't be in danger. And if you stepped in now, you'd only be in danger, creating a liability Daddy can't focus on." She explained.

Jaune huffed at this, before realizing she was right. "Sai... Be careful..." He said.

"Ruby!" A new voice called out as Qrow and Draco ran up to them.

"Draco! Uncle Qrow!" Ruby said.

"That guy's working with Salem! He's after Sai!" Draco explained.

"Yeah, we've been informed." Nora explained.

"Then why aren't you doing anything?! We need to stop him! You're friends in danger!" Qrow said.

"He threatened to kill us if we stepped in." Ruby explained.

"He'll thank us when he's not about to be killed!" Draco said, him and Qrow about to rush in, before a new pair appeared in front of them. They were a man and woman in their 20's, looking like twins. They were also faunus, having snake fangs and cobra hoods on their necks, dressed in Arabian assassin-like clothes, each wielding a pair of scimitar combined with flintlock pistols (like what pirates use).

"He will be killed here, today. As will you, Draco Bloodgrave and Qrow Branwen!" The male assassin said, the two of them rushing in at Qrow.

"Prepare to die!" The girl said, rushing in at Draco. Their blades colliding sounded off like a bell, sending Tyrian and I into action.

Background Music: "Monster" by Skillet (with the growl)

The two of us rushed in at each other, striking at blinding speeds, demonic claws clashing with angelically powered blades as our tails battled for supremacy. Eventually, I wrapped my tail around his, immobilizing it, before I smacked away his right blade and deflected his left as well, leaving him open, at which point I grabbed his head and shoulder, moving his head to the side to make his neck more vulnerable, before I bit down, shaking and chomping to tear and pierce more flesh and make him bleed more. He shouted in pain, grabbing my right side with his left hand and repeatedly stabbed me in the left side with his right blade, just below my ribs. I toughed it out and began tearing away a chunk of his neck/shoulder, but he brought his left wing down into my right eye, which forced me to let go and back up, I used the spears on my own wings, the right one slashing across his chest and the other one slashing upward from his stomach to his chin, causing him to stagger back as well, before breathing a stream of fire into his face. He screamed at this, pulling his face from the flames and kicking me in the face, forcing our tails to come undone, both of us staggering away from each other, before turning back and glaring. He suddenly began laughing, though as the gaping wounds on the chunk of flesh on his neck I'd all but torn off began to shrink and seal as the burns faded as well, before completely sealing, as if he never had the injuries to begin with. "Marvelous! My goddess has truly granted me a most wonderful gift! Even aura can't heal wounds like those! It's not quite as good as yours, being able to regrow limbs or organs, but it will be more than enough to deal with you!" He laughed.

"Then my mistake was simply biting and burning your head and neck. This time, I'll just rip them off!" I snapped.

"You're second mistake is assuming you'll get that chance again!" He said, giggling giddily, before rushing at me again.

Meanwhile, Draco and Qrow held off against these two new assassins. "We have to hold off against these two new assassins!" Draco said. He masterfully trapped her blades in his claws and prepared to slice her, but she fired both guns into his stomach, doubling him over and allowing her to pull her blades from his claws, spin and hit him in the face with a rear kick to his face, staggering him..

Meanwhile, the male assassin had slammed his blades down against Qrow's sword as he blocked, trying to push Qrow down. "Who are you guys and what do you want?!" Qrow demanded as he pushed back.

"I am Taipan and she is Viper! As for what we want? You should know, Qrow Branwen! With Ozpin dead, you and your little rag tag group are the next biggest pain in Salem's ass that needs to be removed!" He said.

"Who?" Ruby asked, before the assassin lifted his tongue and fired venom into Qrow's eyes, staggering him and forcing him to pull back, holding his free arm over his eyes in pain, leaving him open for a side kick that knocked him back. "Uncle Qrow!" Ruby shouted, rushing in. She swung her scythe at him, but he leaned back and deflected Crescent Rose to pass over him with his left blade, then slashed her side, then kicked her away.

"Stay back!" Qrow said, rushing in and locking blades with Taipan once again, although with slight difficulty as his vision blurred from the poison. He changed his sword into a scythe, turned it and slashed the faunus back, aiming the shotgun of the sword at him and blasting him back.

Back with us, Tyrian did an outside crescent kick to knock aside a right slash from my claws, at which point he jumped on my back, repeatedly stabbing me in the back with his now double-stinger tail. I struggled to get him off, slamming into the side of the building and smashing my tail into the center of his back, stunning him and allowing me to grab his hair and yank him off my back, slamming him into the ground. I then slashed his face twice and smashed my tail into his stomach, repeatedly slashing at his face as he wrapped his tail around my neck.

On the other side, Draco was still holding his own against Viper while Qrow appeared to be slowing down. He matched her blades with his claws blow for blow, blocking her bullets as she shot her guns at him, then unloading his own guns on her. Qrow blocked a few more hits before Taipain sunk his teeth into his sword arm, but Qrow used this opportunity to land a powerful haymaker to Taipan's face, then kicked him back into a wall, before falling to the ground, barely holding himself up with his sword, then collapsing.

"Uncle Qrow!" Ruby said, but Jaune held her back.

"Yes! Now you die, Branwen!" Taipan said, rushing in at the downed Huntsman.

"Uh-oh." Draco said, unsure of what to do, before grabbing Viper and throwing her into Taipan, knocking them both down. He prepared to re-engage, before noticing Tyrian's tail around my throat, attempting to strangle me. "Sai!" He shouted, about to rush in.

But before he could move, Viper was on him in an instant. "Salem even had something for you, blood demon!" She said, pulling out another syringe and injecting him.

"Agh!" He shouted, instantly falling to the ground, unable to move. "How?" He asked.

"Angel's blood. Not as strong as Jubileus', but it's enough to end you." She said.

As I prepared to deal the final blow to Tyrian, I looked up to see my allies either injured, fallen or frozen with fear. "Draco?! Qrow?!" I said in disbelief, before Tyrian stabbed his blades into my chest and unloaded his guns into it, causing me to fall to my side and revert back to my human form, struggling to move or breathe.

End Music

Tyrian laughed at this while the other two assassins circled the others while Ruby held Qrow close and Jaune held Draco. "Magnificent! Now do you see? This is the will of our benevolent goddess! And anyone who dares defy her will perish! She is going to rule this world as our graceful and just ruler!" He laughed.

"Too bad you won't live to see it." Taipan said, sticking out his forked tongue menacingly.

"She will not rule as you say." Saphyra said angrily.

"What was that?!" Tyrian demanded, looking towards the bunker she peeked out of while the two assassins looked towards her as well.

"Saphyra..." I said weakly, lifting myself up a bit.

"Who the hell is that?" Draco asked.

"You claim this goddess of yours is kind and benevolent, yet from all the things you've described, such as those not bending to her will shall perish, she appears to be an evil tyrant." She said defiantly, earning a growl from the assassins.

"Oh, does she really have to try a mic drop again?" Ruby said worriedly as Ren and Nora moved in to defend the bunker.

Tyrian screeched into the air furiously at this. "How dare you defile the name of our beloved Queen! She is the most ingenious, graceful, loving person I've ever known in my life!" He snapped.

"Statistically speaking, that says more about you than it does about her." She countered.

Viper and Taipan barged forward, throwing Ren and Nora out of the way as they did so, closing in on the bunker as Tyrian rushed in, practically shoving his face right in the hatch to try and get to her. "You want to come out here and say that to my face, kid?! I'll throw down with an 8 year old!" He snapped, before letting out a shriek of pain as clawed, demonic fingers sunk into his right shoulder.

Restart Music (at the growl)

"Would you care to repeat that, you son of a bitch?!" I demanded, wheeling him around to face me and slamming my fist into his stomach, knocking the wind out of him before I bashed my tail into his head, sending him flying into another tall building which came tumbling down after he crashed into it. From there, I grabbed Viper by the hood and pulled her down to bash her face into my knee, throwing her to the ground.

"SISTER!" He shouted in concern and anger, before rushing at me, but I simply swung my tail around and smashed it right between his legs. His eyes widened as he gasped in pain and horror picturing the images of nuts being broken open with nutcrackers, tennis balls being crushed by a car grapes getting squished between someone's fingers. I then punched him in the face, sending him skidding across the ground 20 feet away.

"Brother!" Viper said from the ground, disappearing in a cloud of smoke, appearing beside her brother and pulling him up with one of his arms over her shoulder, holding onto that arm and his side. "We must retreat!" She said, another cloud of smoke going off and the two vanishing.

Tyrian flew at me, readying his claws, but I grabbed and stopped them, spinning him around and now held him above my head, facing the air. I brought him down twice, smashing my head into his back both times before throwing him to the ground as hard as I could, crashing down on his stomach, at which point I stepped on his back and grabbed his wings while tightly wrapping my tail around his, beginning to pull. "N-now I know what you're thinking: 'Should I rip off his wings and tail'? And the answer MIGHT surprise you-" He started nervously, before with one final, massive pull, I ripped off both his wing and snapped his tail off right at the base, causing him to scream in pain as I threw them away and stepped back, reverting to my base form.

"Y-you... bastard!" He snapped as he struggled back to his feet.

"I've been called worse." I said, uncaringly. "You know, you wondered why Cinder had trouble with me, well now you should be wondering how she's still even alive? And the answer is, because she had help from a massive dragon. Kind of like this." I said, doing a few hand signals. "Kamereon!" I announced, a portal opening up behind the mutilated half-angel. Suddenly, the chameleon demon Damascus (See Saiyonetta, Chapter 5) rose from the portal and locked its eyes on the petrified faunus, before launching its tongue at his feet and yanking him in, repeatedly chomping down on his waist until he was completely broken in half. "Something like that is the only reason she's still alive. And it's not around to save her anymore." I said darkly.

"Y-you can't leave me like this..." He said, the angelic properties beginning to disappear.

"Do you really think Sai will let him die like that?" Jaune asked worriedly.

"No. Even lost in anger as he is, Sai wouldn't let a man die a death so cruel." Ren said, dramatically.

I walked up to Tyrian, pulled out a knife and tossed it into the ground, point first right in front. "Here's a knife... Kill yourself... Bye..." I said bluntly, walking back up to the group. "Draco... Qrow..." I said, looking at them in horror at their defeated conditions.

"Hey, buddy... It's been a while..." Draco laughed weakly.

"Save your strength..." I told him in a gentler, concerned tone. I reached out towards him, before my vision suddenly blurred and I dropped to one knee, panting heavily, before falling to my side, falling unconscious.

"Sai!" Nora said worriedly, holding me.

"Daddy..." Saphyra said worriedly, glaring at Tyrian.

"Uncle Qrow! Are you okay?" Ruby asked worriedly.

"I'll be fine. He just bit me a little." He assured as he pulled his shaking hand away from his neck to show the blood on it. The others arrived at his side.

Meanwhile, none of the realized the fact Saphyra was walking up to Tyrian, who became too weak to even grip the knife, his hand going limp on top of it. He looked up at her as she glared down at him. "Please... Finish me..." He said. Then a knife was thrown into his head, but this was a new knife, not the one I had given him. And it was a bright yellowish-orange, as if it had just come out of a forge.

"Who was that guy?" Nora asked.

"How did you get here?" Ren asked.

"Why are people after Ruby?" Jaune asked.

"Uncle Qrow? What's going on?" Ruby asked.

Qrow breathed heavily and clutched his neck again. "What's your favorite fairy tale?" He asked, before the scene cut to black, while Qrow groaned.