Greetings, huntresses and huntsmen from across the World, welcome to the next chapter of RWBYS: Heroes. So the Volume 5 has ended and Volume 6 doesn't have a release date yet... So when I catch up I have an idea what to do.

I was thinking of doing a prequel to this story with the adventures of Team STRQ and the Legendary Knights in their youth, let me know if that sounds interesting.

Anyways, I hope you will all enjoy it as much as I had writing it and now on to the review.

kyrogue23: Yeah, Ciaran most OP char who isn't a Morgenstern, Skywalker, Ragyo, Salem or a Primordial. So you figured it out, it's Neo! No not Neopolitan, but Keanu Reeves character from The Matrix.

On a side note: during the flashbacks sections the comments the character have on it are in Italic.

Anyways, now story time.


Inside The Winter, which was docket near Harmonic HQ, Avaro was sitting in the piloting chair, his face illuminated by a 3D representation of his personal computer, displaying a his portfolio on the Remnant Stock-Market.

"So you have been hold up in this hole."

"Hallo Winter.", Avaro said not looking away from his screen while continuing to type on his holographic keyboard as his girlfriend came to a stop next to him.

"You sound tired, have you been working too hard again?", Winter said, placing a hand on his chair, "How are you actually touching a hologram."

She saw her boyfriend gesturing to his ear, seeing that he was wearing one of his ear pieces. "Thanks to this.", Avaro said, "And I will sleep more easily when I know my biggest rival company isn't in the hands of 'pops' and his mini-me."

Winter looked from the black bags which had began to form under his blue eyes to his screen to see that Avaro was buying up every share of the Schnee Dust Company that he could get his hands on.

"There are currently three major shareholders, most of them are still owned by father.", Winter said, looking over the static's, "Then there is you, of course and the other... Who is B. Wayne?"

"I wish I knew, Winter. I wish I knew, because I doubt it's his real name.", he muttered, before he was jankend by his arm out of the chair by Winter, who began to drag him out of The Winter.

"You have been doing enough. Knowing you, you haven't been eating or sleeping, so first we are going to get something to eat and then you are going to bed for a well deserved sleep of eight hours.", Winter told him sternly, showing she would not take any back-talk from him.


The couple walked over the main square, pass the bowling alley and the statue of Skywalker. "Did you noticed how Ciaran was looking at Yang Xaio Long?", Winter said, as she and her boyfriend held each other's hand.

"That blonde girl from your sister's team? Yeah, I noticed.", Avaro said, "A bit sickening sweet if you ask me."

"Well, I think it's good for him.", Winter told him, "Maybe we should put them up on a blind date, Ciaran has been alone for far to long."

"Like hell we are!", the wolf Faunus said, "The building of Ciaran's wing at the Schnee-Drayce Estate has just finished."

"Schnee-Drayce?", Winter said amused.

"It's the place we will be raising our own little family.", Avaro told her, "I named it Schnee-Drayce because Schnee means white or something, and Drayce obviously means dragon, so it would translate a lot better."

"So... Does that mean you want to settle down and start a family?", Winter said, a faint pinkish color gracing her cheeks.

"I-I mean eventually... Not right now.", Avaro said, a bit embarrassed himself, "When we are older. A lot older. Like thirty."

They entered Sugercube Corner, where the two found a free table next to where McGrath, looking at his laptop and a cup of coffee and a twelve year old girl with pink and purple hair wearing a green dress, drinking from a soda.

"So, what are you having?", Winter said as the two were looking over the menu, "Don't worry, it's on me."

"I am not hungry...", Avaro began, his the growls from his stomach's didn't agree with him, "Fine. I'm going with the pancakes..."

"Your guilty pleasure.", Winter said amused.

After placing their order, they waited for their food when they picked up the conversation at the table next to them.

"So are we going to hold the Nightmare Night party at your place this year?", the girl asked.

"Yes, but don't change the subject... Your marks in History have dropped.", McGrath said, not looking from his screen, "Do you want me to hire a History tutor, Sweetie Belle?"

"No... No, it's okay...", the girl said.

"As long as you don't ask Kyle history questions.", the brunette said.

"Why not?", Sweetie asked, taking a sip from her soda.

"Because he thinks the videogame DOOM is an accurate representation of World War II.", McGrath told her, before looking at the younger girl across from him, "What's the matter?"

"... Big Bro...", Sweetie Belle began, sounding nervous, "There is this boy in my class, Nimble Force."

"Nimble Force?... Good grades, sustained a leg injury from a football game when he was eight, his parent's own a chain of restaurants in Canterlot.", McGrath said, looking from the laptop to the girl, "I hate him already."

"Big bro!", Sweetie Belle said insulted.

"I am your big brother, SB.", McGrath said with a surprisingly gentle smile, "I am going to hate all of them... I see that he has a great marks in History. I could arrange a few tutor sessions with him." earning him a smile from his little sister.

Avaro and Winter then turned from the conversation next to them to a table where a loud yell came from occupied by Ruby, Weiss, Sutakira and Twilight.

"You just activated my trap card!" Weiss shouted, raises a card and shows it, Ruby is visibly disturbed, "Giant Nevermore!" she slams the card down on the table, "If I roll a seven or higher, fatal feathers will slice your fleet in two!"

"But, if you roll a six or lower, the Nevermore will turn on your own forces.", Ruby noted.

Weiss give her a evil smirk, "Afraid of a little risk?", she said, turns her head at the purple haired girl, "Well, it's your turn, Twilight.",

"I have... absolutely no idea what's going on.", Twilight said, looking at her cards.

Winter turned from the teens to her boyfriend, but he already had disappeared.

"It's easy once you know it.", Avaro said, looking at her cards, "You're using a Vacuo Leader which means that all Vacuo-based cards come with a bonus."

"Avaro! I didn't knew you played Remnant TCG.", Weiss said surprised.

"Yeah! Maybe we can play it together sometimes.", Ruby said, cheerfully.

"Please, Ruby.", Avaro said, crossing his arms, "I would have more of a challenge playing solitaire.", until he noticed a particular card in Ruby's hand, his blue eyes widening.

Upon noticing it, Ruby proudly showed it to him, "Oh, I see you noticed my favorite card. This is the..."

But she was interrupted when Avaro suddenly shouted, "Azure-Eyes Alabaster Dragon!?... There has only been one play set of that card printed! But how?...", he slammed his hands on the table, "Ruby Rose, you wait right here... I'll be back.", quickly he walked away, nearly running over Phoenix, Sun and Neptune as he approached the table.

"He was in a hurry.", Phoenix said, looking over his shoulder, "What's his deal?"

"Avaro... Has an unhealthy obsession with a children's trading card game.", Winter muttered, just as Sun walk over to them.

"Wait... That was THE Avaro Drayce.", Neptune said with a fan girlish sparkle in his eyes.

"You know him?", Sun said.

"Of course I do!", Neptune shouted, "He is my personal hero! Did you know he had a hand in designing nearly every Paladin or robot Atlas has every invented."

"You mean the once that tried to kill us?", Sutakira pointed out.

"Oh hey, Kyle!", Ruby said.

"What's up, Lil Red?", he said.

"I have been meaning to ask... Can you tell anything about Jason and Toshi when they were younger?", Ruby said, "You have know them longer than most of us, and you sound like a guy who would talk about it."

"I could but...", Phoenix began, crossing his arms, "But our high school days are very surreal...",

"Just share it with the group.", Sutakira said, leaning back in his chair, "I'm here. I'll back the facts."

"Wellllll... If you insist.", Phoenix said, pulling up a chair and sitting down and he began to spin his tale.


Our tale starts three years ago, during our first class on Monday, Social Studies, where a girl with long sleek black hair and light grey eyes wearing simple jeans and a purple hoodie was doing a lecture on the Hindoe Religion.

But the entire time she was interrupted by their teacher, Miss Amy Squirrel, much to the irritation of the girl.

"...And that without the cow, the human never could have existed.", Tali finally managed to get out.

"Hey Tali! Do you know how they thank the cow?", Squirrel said, "By putting a punch of flowers up her arse! And do you know what else they do with that cow!..."

"Jesus Christ woman!", Sutakira shouted from the middle of the class, sitting next to Skywalker, "Can she finish a sentence for once!"

"Whoa, nice outfit, Toshi.", Ruby said to her boyfriend.

"It was in style back then!" Sutakira said.

"Lastering against god, Toshiyuki!", Miss Squirrel shouted, "Twenty!"

"Twenty!? Goddamn it...", the blunette muttered.

"No cursing in my classroom!", Squirrel shouted, "That's double!"

"Thirty!? Jesus..."

"Make it fifty!"

"Fifty!? Are you out of your god...", Sutakira began but he was silence when Skywalker slapped his hand on his mouth.

For some reason thunder struck outside as Squirrel shouted, "That's homophilia! Fifty for the both of you!"

Taking out the whips, Skywalker and Sutakira began to half-hardheartedly slap them on their backs.

As they did, a first year, Kenneth Donnelly, wearing the uniform they wear in the Harry Potter movies, stood next to Skywalker's desk, "Jason, I need your help. Yeah, I Apparated to this classroom, but I need you and Kyle's help as my Student Mentor's. Principle Ryder wants to send me to Azkaban."

"Take it easy, Kenneth.", Skywalker said, "Me and Kyle will have a little talk with Alec."

"Really?", Kenneth said relieved, "You would vouch for me?"

"Of course, Kenneth.", Skywalker said, tapping him on the shoulder, "That's why we are your Student Mentor's, aren't we?"


After that Social Studies, we had everyone's favorite class of all, Gym Class. We all had to wear those sneakers, a white shirt and blue gym shorts.

Sutakira was sitting on the bench, writing down some of his last minute homework, not noticing that Tali had taken a seat next to him.

"Are you doing your homework?", Tali said, getting a nod from the blunette who didn't look up from his writing, "You don't have to do your homework for Angus."

"I know, but you do your homework for yourself, not for someone else.", Sutakira said, looking from his notebook to the girl.

"Last Friday you did great on that test, now this.", Tali said, scooting over closer to him, "You know, after class I got a few minutes... So if you are in the mood for it, then...", she than made movement with her hand indicating she wanted to please him, sexually.

"She wanted to do what!?", Ruby narrated, "I don't like her."

"You wanted the full story.", Sutakira pointed out.

It was then that a soccer ball hit Tali in the face, knocking her out as a surprised Sutakira looked on with wide eyes.

"The lesson has begun. Toshi, can you pick up that ball.", the gym teacher, Victor Spinetti, said, having been the one who kicked the ball, before turning to a group of girls who had been talking the entire time, "Miranda, quite now, what's going on?"

Miranda was this very, very, very attractive rich girl from Australia, with black haired and those grey eyes. She also had some fun interactions with Moody, but I will save that for another time.

"I had taken Cookie with me to school.", Miranda explained, "We had to take our pets with us for Biology, but Mr. Grubber saw it and he told me it wasn't allowed and took him from me and he put him in a filthy room filled with Jews and..."

"That's all very nice, Miranda. But your in class now. I am sure you get Cookie back at the end of the day.", Victor said, turning to the class, "I wanted to tell you all that we are getting a new student today, Jacob Taylor. I want to ask you guys to be nice to Jacob, it can't be easy in a new school."

It was then that a tall black boy with a buzz cut dressed in the gym uniform walked into the gym.

"Do we really need to know about all these people?", Sun cut in, "We wanted to know about Jason and Toshi."

"It's called world building! You filthy Saiyan!", Phoenix said offended.

"Oh, Miranda. That's very cute.", Victor began upon seeing the boy, "You put clothes on it. I thought with pet, you meant something like a hamster or a cat or something."

"Uhm... T-that isn't Cookie.", Sutakira said a little uncomfortable.

"Well goddammit!", Victor shouted before making hissing sounds, as if he was trying to scare an animal away or something.

"Hey Victor!", Phoenix shouted, as the class looked on what their gym teacher was doing, "That's Jacob."

Upon realizing this, the teacher stopped, a look of horror going over him, "Oh, your Jacob. I-I am so sorry.", Victory said, before gesturing to the ropes, "Hey, Jacob. Do you wanna swing, like back home?"

"Victor! You can't do that!", Sutakira shouted.

"What do you mean? Do you think he can't do that? I am disappointed in all of you! I had asked you all to be nice to Jacob, but I am not noticing any of it!", Victor said to the blunette, "He can swing from one side of the gym to the other and back! They went to the moon you know! Some of them have higher IQ's than some people!"

"Come on, Jacob.", Phoenix said, placing a hand on the new kids shoulder as all students left the gym.

"Yeah, walk away from it! If you can't handle that your not the only living thing on the planet!", Victor shouted after them.


Later that day, after a quick shower and a change of clothes, we were now sitting in Math Class. Anyways, it was during Math class that McGrath was sitting behind Sutakira like usual, the teacher hadn't arrived yet, so McGrath decided to do one of his favorite hobbies, like usual.

Which was punching whomever sat in front of him, in this case, Sutakira.

"I punch you back...", Sutakira groaned, rubbing his side.

"Bring it. I'll punch you back twice as hard.", McGrath said, punching Sutakira against the shoulder, who complained that he didn't even punched him, "But you wanted to!"

It was then that the teacher Mr. Angus Nutsford...

"Wait, your Math teacher's name was Angus Nutsford?", Ruby narrated, trying to hold back her laughter.

"Yeah, good old Angus.", Phoenix said, "Wonder what happened to the guy."

"He's dead.", Sutakira muttered.

So anyway, Mr. Nutsford entered, greeting them good morning while carrying a homemade cake, "Okay, I say good morning, but it really isn't one. I checked your test from last week and they weren't all that well made.", the math teacher explained, "And I really blamed myself for it, so I decided to not count that one. So today we are going over it and then you all can do it over next week."

"I understand that's not fun for you all, so I baked a special apple crumble cake, based on my own mother's recipe.", he then handed it to the student in the front row, who was suppose to share a piece around the class, "So are there any questions?"

"Yeah, I have one.", Phoenix said, raising his hand, "During question one, you had X on one side, and the Y on the other, but what I don't get is... How long are you gay?"

The teacher was a little confused at this, "B-But I am not a...", Mr. Nutsford said.

"Sorry, Angus, that's a bit out of line. I do have a serious question.", Sutakira said, looking at his notes, "By seven A, there is something about linear growth, and that there also is exponential growth, but why do you like it so much to french kiss with other man?"

The teacher wasn't sure how to react to the question.

"Come on guys, don't act so childish. I do have a question.", Skywalker said from the back of the class, looking through his text book.

"Whoa, Jason Skywalker actually showed up...", Mr. Nutsford muttered.

"Yeah, it's on page three...", Skywalker said, finding the right page, "But... What do you enjoy most about sex with another man?"

Mr. Nutsford went quite for a moment, before laughing nervous, "Right... Let's just start at question one."

But he was interrupted by Miranda who had tried some of the apple cake, "Your cake is disgusting! Gross!", she said, and she threw her piece of pie straight into the face of the teacher.

In that same commotion, McGrath took the opportunity to punch Sutakira against the shoulder.

"Cut it out for once!", Sutakira shouted, and in a fit of rage, he grabbed McGrath's notebook and threw it out of the open window. Where with a loud splash and the sound of ducks, it landed in the water.

"Did you just threw my notebook in the lake?", the brunette muttered. In a rage, he stood up, kicking his desk away, "All my homework was in there! Your going to make it. All of it! At the end of the day it's finished, or you wake up dead tomorrow!"

And with that bit of insanity, the class began to leave, ignoring the teacher, who claimed it wasn't time yet.


During recess, while other students were enjoying the sun outside or eating their lunch, Skywalker and Phoenix were sitting in the Principle's office, right across Alec Ryder.

"We understand you play along with Kenneth, but he takes those books a bit too serious.", Skywalker tried to explain to the principle, "He's just a weird first year."

"You-Know-Who was also a weird first year, and look what happened.", Alec Ryder, a fifty something year old man with dark grey hair said, "All those deaths, and for what?"

"Right. But Kenneth Donnelly is kinda scared.", Phoenix said.

"Kenneth Donnelly is a murderer!", Alec said.

"The girl is alive.", Skywalker said, "Nothing happened when he tried to use the Killing Curse."

"Impossible.", Alec simply told them, "There is only one in the entire history who ever managed to survive the Curse of Death."

"Ryder, that is all made up!", Phoenix exclaimed.

"Muggle talk!", Alec said, before reaching into his drawer of his desk and taking out a pink fairy wand with a sparkling star on top, "I haven't been forced to use this bad boy, but don't make me."

"It's a book, Mr. Ryder.", Skywalker said, "Someone wrote it all down. You don't talk to the paintings of the previous principle's anymore right?"

An awkward silence followed, as Alec Ryder looked nervous, "No...", he said a bit uncertain, "A-Aren't you two suppose to be in class?"

"But we are tired...", Skywalker complained, "We just want to relax."

"Yeah, you can relax during your own time, or during the class of Nutsford.", Alec Ryder said.


It was then that it was time for the most dreaded subject taught at our school, not because it was difficult or something. But we had one of the most sadistic teachers ever, Mr. Hans Grubber.

"What did he teach?", Sun asked, "Chemistry? Biology? History?"

"German.", Sutakira said, "Yes, our school taught us German, do we actually speak it? No."

"Liebe, liebe class.", Mr. Grubber said, standing in front of his students, "I graded the test from last week and I have awesome news. You all passed!"

"Yes!", Griffifth shouted from in front of the class.

"Except for you!", Mr. Grubber said, pointing at the disappointed Griffifth, "Just kidding, you passed as well... No, wait, you didn't. Kidding, you passed and everybody else failed!"

"What.", a horrified Sutakira said.

"And so did you!", Mr. Grubber said, pointing at Griffifth, "The entire class failed! Everyone... failed!", he then put on some relaxing bongo music and began to do some sort of weird dance.


"So yeah, a pretty average Monday.", Phoenix said, leaning back into his chair.

"That... Didn't really happen, right?", Ruby said slowly, turning from the red head to her blue haired boyfriend, "Right!?"

"I am sad to say, all of it is true.", Sutakira said, with a small smile, "All of it."

"Do you really want to hear a weird story?", Skywalker said, walking in with Ethan, "Tell them about end of the year dance. Someone actually died during it."

"Hearing stories like that, I am glad I attend Summer Cove High.", Ethan said, hands in his pockets, "Despise the alien attacks every week...", just as Avaro came back carrying a steel briefcase.

Not even bothering to say hallo to the newcomers, he slammed the briefcase on the table, opening it and turning it around to show Ruby the contents.

"Listen, Ruby Rose. Give me your Azure-Eyes and I trade you all of these.", he said showing the briefcase to be full of rare and premium cards.

"Is he insane?", Neptune asked the others, looking over the rare contents of the briefcase.

"Uhm... No, thanks, Avaro.", Ruby said with a smile.

"Is she insane!?", Neptune asked.

"Neither seemed to be all there to be honest.", Skywalker said, crossing his arms, wondering how far the Faunus would be going.

"Fine, if your not trading it.", Avaro said, closing his briefcase, reaching into his inside pocket and taking out a checkbook, "Maybe your willing to sell it. Name your price, I can pay you any amount you want."

"Avaro, I know you can. But this card means more to me than any amount you can offer.", Ruby said, looking fondly at the piece of cardboard, "Not because of its power, or how rare it is. But it was the favorite card of my mom."

At hear this explanation, Avaro's scowl soften considerably, "I see...", he said before taking a seat across from Ruby, "Then maybe you are willing to show me if your worthy of her power."

"Your on Avaro!", Ruby said, placing the card in her deck and began to shuffle, "So you want to borrow one of the trial...", but the wolf Faunus had already taken a deck from his briefcase.

"Sometimes your such a nerd.", Winter told her boyfriend.

"Intellectual!", Avaro protested, placing his deck down.

"Thank you!", Neptune said, gesturing to the Faunus.


In the hills surrounding the main bandit camp, a black motorcycle came to a stop and off it stepped Yang and Ciaran. Taking a knee and his Fusion Blade off its holster, the white haired used its sniper setting to look into the camp.

"There are a lot of bandits, surprisingly.", Ciaran said, looking through the scope, "But between the two of us, I think our chances are pretty good. I can see us doing it in two ways. The practical boring sneaky way or we enter the camp guns blazing and with a Yang."

"I say we go in guns blazing.", Yang said, clenching her fist.

"Good answer.", Ciaran said with a smirk, placing his weapon back on his back, and they stepped back on the bike, "Let's rock baby... W-w-wait, did you remembered to stock up on ammo?"

"I am fully loaded, why?", she asked.

"I once forget to stock-up on ammo, and then I got in a shoot-out and had to kill fifteen guys with ten bullets.", Ciaran said as they began to drive towards the camp.

"Why didn't you just use their ammo?", Yang pointed out.

"Because...", the white haired youth began, but instead of answering he sped up, as if to avoid the question.


The silence in the camp was disturbed by the roars of a motorcycle who jumps over the gate, ramming into a group of bandits as Yang and Ciaran landed, ready for battle.

"I'm baaaack!", Ciaran shouted, much to the fright of the bandits, "And I brought a friend. She is an acquaintance of your boss."

He then gestured to a young woman with tan-colored skin, short brown hair and icy blue eyes. She had a tattoo of a bird rising from flowers on her left arm. She wore a brown vest over a torn white shirt, with a collar that appears to spike up behind her neck and she wore maroon-colored pants with the right side rolled up to her thigh. She also wore dark brown knee guards that go down to her brown boots.

"You there, girl with a boy's hair cut.", Ciaran said, gesturing to her, "Go fetch that smoking smexy boss of yours, she is expecting me for our date."

With a growl, the woman complied, the bandits parted to create a path when Raven appeared wearing her mask.

"Yang. So, after all this time you finally decided to visit me.", Raven said, taking her mask off, "And when you finally do, you take that psychopath with you."

"That's not a word!", Ciaran said, pointing with his free hand to her, "I can make up words too you know!",

"Ciaran is a friend, he brought me to you after I spend years looking for you.", Yang said, having to restrain herself.

"So disappointing.", Raven said, "You could have found me on your own. You were patient, determined, and strong enough to make your dream a reality... But you had to depend on others to turn your dream into reality."

"Friends aren't a weakness, a friend of mine thought me that.", Yang told her mother, "Your overconfidence is your weakness."

"Your faith in your friends is yours!", Raven said and an awkward silence followed between those gathered. "Right. I'm sure this is all very overwhelming. But I must admit that you've proven yourself. So any questions you have I'll be happy to answer. You and your... friend... Can stay with us tonight. I'll even have the cooks whip up something for you."

"That's not why I am here.", Yang told her, the bandits react to Yang's irreverence.

"Your choice is your own.", Raven said, "All I'm suggesting is that instead of getting wrapped up in something too big for you, for any of us that doesn't swing around an oversized key or a deadly glow stick, that maybe you take a moment to wonder if you're already where you belong."

"Save your breath.", Yang told her, "You can spout off whatever you want, but nothing is going to keep me from the truth.",

"Well, if that's how you feel.", the black haired woman began, "Then it sounds like we're done here. Take them away."

The bandits surround and begin to move in on Yang and Ciaran. The white haired youth sees this, before turning his head back to Raven.

"Whoa wait! I didn't came here to fight...", Ciara said quickly, holding up his hands, "Because we all know how it ended last time. With all of you in the dirt and you begging for mercy."

"I wasn't begging.", Raven told him hate seething through her tone of speaking, "Then why are you here, Aleron."

"Miss Raven Branwen, I actually came here to ask for your blessing.", Ciaran said, rubbing the back of his head.

Yang looked from her companion to her mother and back, who had a blank look on her face. "What.", Raven said flatly.

"I am here to ask for your blessing to court your daughter.", Ciaran said, looking from the black haired woman to Yang, "Because she is kind of the shit!"

"You can't be serious...", Raven said, not sure what to make of him.

"I have never been so serious in my life. I am more serious about this than Avaro about children's trading card games, and that is saying something!", Ciaran said, looking straight into her red eyes with his own red once's, "So can I have your daughter for the rest of my life? Say yes, say yes, cause I need to know."

"You'll never get my blessing till the day you die.", Raven told him, "Tough luck my friend but the answer is no!"

"Why you gotta be so rude?", Ciaran said angrily, waving his arms around, "Don't you know I'm human too? I know I am weird, I know that I am not normal, but in this crazy, crazy world, is normal so good!?"

"That's enough!", one of the bandits said, "You watch your mouth in front of our leader!", some of the bandits tense up behind him.

"This is not happening right now...", Yang said, slapping her face with the palm of her hand, but she couldn't help but smile under her hand.

The duo stood ready to engage the bandits but before they could engage, a lightning bolt appears, summoned by the young woman, stopping the fight before it starts.

"Thank you, Vernal.", Raven said before turning to everyone else, "If you people don't keep it together this place will be crawling with Grimm. You two. In my tent. Now. If you want to know the truth."

Raven enters her tent and the bandits go back to their own businesses.

"Well that could have gone more smoothly.", Ciaran said dryly.

Yang shook her head in amusement as they entered the tent.


Inside Raven's tent, the woman named, Vernal pours cups of tea for Raven, Yang, and Ciaran, with the latter three seated around a table.

"You can wait outside.", Raven said to Vernal, and she does so.

"If you hear moaning, don't be afraid to join in!", Ciaran said, taunting Vernal, before turning to Raven to hear the truth.

"You know, it's better when it's hot.", Raven said, taking a sip from her cup.

"Yeah, mine is probably poisoned or something.", Ciaran said, suspiciously eyeing his cup, "Besides I don't drink tea. Do I look like a pussy or Gabriel?"

"The truth is that 'truth' is hard to come by. A story of victory for one person is a story of defeat for someone else.", Raven said, "By now, your uncle has surely told Ruby and her friends plenty of stories."

"Well, he's never given me a reason to doubt him before.", Yang said.

"That doesn't mean those reasons don't exist.", Raven said back, earning a glare from her daughter, "You know, you and your teammates might as well be the poster children for the Huntsman academies. Your motives vary, but you all enrolled to try and make the world a better place. It's adorable."

"Even the alien?", Ciaran said surprised, "Yeah, from the few moments I have seen of him, he looks like the type. But he also looks like the type who would dress in a blue jumpsuit with a red cape."

"Not all of them are as noble. Some people are just in it for the money and the fame, but there's even more that are just looking to grow stronger.", Raven said, "Your Uncle Qrow and I didn't attend Beacon to become Huntsmen, we did it to learn how to kill Huntsmen."

Yang and Ciaran gasp at this, exchanging a brief look with each other.

"Daddy and Uncle left that part out?", Raven said, beginning to pour more tea for herself, "Aside from the Grimm, Huntsmen were the only ones capable of ruining our raids and hunting us down... Until the skies were torn and it rained angels and demons down on us."

"The entrance exams were child's play compared to what we'd already been through.", Raven said standing up, "We were good. So good, that we caught the attention of Beacon's very own headmaster, Professor Ozpin. Even after we were put on a team, I could tell he was keeping his eye on us. Back then, I thought it was because he knew, but it was Team STRQ he was interested in."

"What do you mean by that?", Yang asked.

"Constant attention, extra training missions, turning a blind eye whenever we happened to break the rules and get into more trouble than we should've... Being allowed to serve with the Legendary Knights. Sound familiar?"

"Yeah! Sounds like what Ironwood did with Team CAWG.", Ciaran interjected, "There was this one incident with a car, an armadillo and five gallons of green jello... We still aren't allowed back into the Teacher's Dorm... Even though the armadillo was never connected to us, it's still running around there somewhere."

Yang and Raven share a glance at each other.

"Because that's how he planned it. Because the man you know as Ozpin designed those schools and has followers inside every academy on Remnant that are loyal to him and no one else.", Raven said, "Because old man Oz has a great and terrible secret. One that could spread fear across this World. One that he eventually entrusted to our team, and once I knew, there was no going back. I needed to know more, but with every new discovery I made, the more horrifying this World became."

"What's the big secret?", Yang demanded to know, "What's so crazy that the rest of us don't know?"

"The Creatures of Grimm... Have a master named Salem.", Raven explained, "She can't be stopped, she can't be reasoned with, and she will not rest until humanity crumbles at her feet."

"How is that news? We have seen Salem attack another World. We saw the Knight of the Wind fight her and winning!", Ciaran said, "No one is invincible, not even dear old Salem."

"How do you know of Salem?", Raven said surprised.

"Oh, we went on a blind date once.", Ciaran explained, "She never returned my calls, said I was too weird."

"There is one thing... I want to know.", Yang said, "One question that had been burning inside of me ever since I was little... Why did you left us!?"

"I know more than you realize. Not just about you, and not just what I've been told, but things I've seen with my own eyes.", Raven said, "I know the Grimm have a leader. I have seen what gods like her and Morgenstern can do. I was there when Morgenstern singlehandedly wiped out the city of Arclight, killing 8,175,133 people, to bully us into non-action, I know that magic is real, and I can prove it."

"Tai must have told you all about my Semblance.", Raven continued to talk, while she heads toward the back exit of her tent, "Well, I doubt he ever told you what Oz did to my brother and me.", she exits her tent.

Yang and Ciaran take exit the tent to see that no one was there.

"Hey, Yang, you alright?", Ciaran said gently, but she didn't say anything as she continues to look around, "I think there is some truth to what she said. We have Dust and Semblance, then we have Keyblade Wielders and Superiors Knights who have their own abilities... I think there is a kernel of truth."

Just then, the two hear a bird caw, they watch it fly in front of them.

"I've... Seen that bird before.", Yang mumbled.

The two continue to watch the raven fly in the dusk-colored sky. It descends, flying and weaving between the trees, before shapeshifting into Raven herself.

Raven lands back on the ground on her feet, while Yang and Ciaran have shocked expressions as she stands back up.

"Neat trick!", Ciaran said, clapping his hands.

"Neat? You just saw me shapeshift from a raven back to a human, and all you got to say is... neat?", Raven said, irritated at the young man.

"Can you teach me that trick? Can you change into other animals? Can you turn into something bigger?", Ciaran continued, "A dragon maybe? Oh, I want to be a dragon."

Raven growled, drawing her sword and slash behind her, creating a portal with her Semblance.

"You're letting us go?", Yang said.

"I'm giving you a choice.", Raven said, sheating her sword, "Stay here, with me, and I'll answer all your questions and more. We can have a fresh start. Or you can go back to Qrow and join Ozpin's impossible war against Salem and Morgenstern, and meet the same fate as so many others. But can you really go back to trusting someone that's kept so much from you?"

"All I care about is making sure my sister and my friends are safe.", Yang said much to the dissatisfaction of Raven.

The two were ready to depart. However, before they can enter the portal, Raven addresses her daughter one more time.

"Yang. If you side with your uncle, I may not be as kind the next time we meet...", Raven said, but Ciaran rolled his eyes and looked ahead.

"You weren't kind this time either.", Yang simply told her, before they proceed through the portal, it disappearing behind them.

"I know...", Raven bemoaned as she watched her daughter go.

"Teenagers are so troublesome to talk to."

Turning around, Raven saw that she was being approached by Marc, who held a sympathetic look on his face.

"She is too much like me...", Raven mumbled, a hint of pride in her voice, "How do you do it Marc? How do you talk with Jason and Toshiyuki?"

"With words.", Marc said dryly, "We don't actually talk all that much. We mostly cross swords when we meet."


Stepping out of the portal, Yang and Ciaran found themselves standing in a normal living room.

"Your uncle is here right?", Ciaran said looking around for a sign of the old crow.

"Yeah, he should.", Yang said, realizing where they are, "But what I don't understand is why we are in Toshi's house..."

A surprised yelp came from behind them, in the open arc leading to the kitchen they saw Qrow Branwen, wearing nothing but his underwear and holding a bottle of amber colored whisky.

"Uncle Qrow, what are you doing?...", Yang began, but was interrupted when quick steps from the stairs where heard.

In seconds there stood Aqua, bare feet and covered in a short light blue night gown, keyblade in hand. "Qrow, I heard a little girl scream!", Aqua said, before realizing that she and Qrow weren't alone in the house.

"Oh, hello...", Ciaran said approvingly upon seeing the attractive older woman.

Aqua's face became bright warm, order them out of her house, which they did under loud giggling.

"...Think they are going to talk?", Qrow said when the front door close as the woman disconjured her weapon.

"I am certain of it... Boy, will I have some explaining to do to Toshi...", Aqua mumbled, rubbing her forehead.


Sitting on a bench near the park, Ciaran and Yang were sitting there, letting the craziness of what jus happened set in.

"I am not trying to sound weird our anything. But your uncle looks kinda hot for an old guy.", Ciaran said, going over what he said in his head, "Yeah... That sounded weird."

Yang chuckled at his remark, "Your funny, Ciaran... Seriously though, thank you for taking me to my mom.", she said honestly, "If there is anything I can do for you..."

"It's no big deal.", Ciaran said, slouching down the bench, before getting a smirk on his face, "There is something you can do for me.", as he scooted closer to Yang.

"And what could I do for such a pretty boy.", Yang said, as they leaned closer to each other.

"You could go on a date with me.", he whispered, the two were sitting close enough that their nose tips were brushing.

"Pick me up at seven at Jason's place.", Yang said, pulling away from him as she stood up and walked away.

She turned to look at him, giving a wink before continuing her way.


There ya go, hope you enjoyed it.

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