Halfway point, such a milestone ! I regularly look back on what I've written so far, and even though some chapters were just plain lame and some other nice but just not really satisfying… I'm pretty proud of what I've done so far. And as we're speaking of proud, what a sweet irony that it's today's theme ! When I first saw that the milestone would be 'Proud', I knew what I was going to write. So on with the story, and I hope you'll enjoy it !


The day was bright and the air vibrant, filled with the calm but joyous chatter of students, professor and headmasters alike. As the four main school joined together under the Amity Colosseum, their representant merged together, all rivalries pushed aside for the sake of this day. Of course not everyone was there, but for all the people chatting together, it was enough of a success.

As far as the eye could see in that quite dense crowd, coloured flags were proudly shown to the world. Whether waved around on a stick, sewn on the clothes or even painted on various body parts – cheeks, hands… - Everyone wore one of them.

Letting her eyes trail, Yang felt a smile creep to her face when she saw Scarlet parading around, his usual red cape replaced by a bright genderfluid flag, while Sun, Sage and Neptune cheered him, all four wearing a straight ally badge. Whoever saw him confidently walking from one end of the crowd to the other could not imagine how worried he had been just the day before, going so far as to lock himself in his room because "he'd never dare wear THAT!"… Except maybe the rest of his team.

A little further away, Ozpin was calmly taking a sip from his heat-changing mug, the cold part showing an agender flag while the other steamed with a pansexual flag. How did he get his hand on such object was a mystery, but it sure was fancy. Just to his side, Glynda was tenderly watching over the students surrounding them, a discreet smile on her lips and a sober, perhaps event lavish asexual flag on her shoulder.

Everywhere she posed her eyes, Yang saw other people happily participating in this Gay Pride.

Ironwood was to her left, patiently waiting while Ruby and Weiss painted a straight ally flag on each of his cheek. The entire team JNPR was in her back, distributing flags to everyone entering the crowd and asking for it, Ren even having tinted his usually pink lock into a multicolour bisexual flag. From the corner of her eyes, she even saw Mercury, Cinder and Emerald respectively wearing a gay, bisexual and lesbian flag. While the first two seemed to at best not care at worst be annoyed by all the manifestation, the latest seemed to have trouble getting rid of her blush.

She felt a nudge in her side, and it immediately brought her full attention back to the person standing with her. And as each time she looked at her, her heart sked a step, beating twice as harder the second after as if to make up for lost time. She loved this woman, to the moon and beyond… How she loved the playful twirl of her lips, the mischievous glint in her eyes, the subtle twitch of her ears under her ribbon… All those little details, invisible under her cool demeanour but so obvious to trained eyes, all those signs revealing that she was currently having a blast.

Which, in a crowded event, was very rare considering her shy habits. And it inexplicably brought a smile to her lips, and a joy to her heart, to know that her girlfriend was having fun despite the people cramming around. Well in fact, considering that she generally lived to see the people she cared about smile, it was only logical that she felt thrilled by the sheer sight of her happiness. Not to mention that Blake had the cutest of reactions when she felt truly comfortable, ranging from slightly nudging her side to purring. In mean of an answer, Yang simply tightened her grasp around Blake's waist, delicately planting soft kisses on her forehead and neck. No words were needed between them, as they both had voiced their love countless times before, and it filled those simple gestures with the meaning of a thousand words.

If there was anything to retain from this day, it was the vibrant and invigorating sound of joy, but mostly pride, beaming through the event.


Here we are, the milestone passed. Quite an adventure, ain't it? I hope this one wasn't too cliché, even if it will most certainly be regarding the theme. I'm glad I've managed to write on 50 themes, and I hope I'll hold on until all 100 (and perhaps even more) are written, tough and through.

SomeRandoFromTX: My my, quite the handful of compliment you made in your last review! I'm truly glad you liked it, I had a hella lot of fun writing it. Also yeah, the whole military thing was a bit unexpected, though it probably made one of my favourite AU kind for RWBY (that and medieval fantasy). Also yeah, some parts still feel rushed – and I had to cut down almost as much as I've written – but somehow it managed to feel okay. Definitely one of the chapters I'll be immensely proud of.

I'm also very flattered that you're considering revisiting the old ones :3

Anyhow, see you all for the next half ! And thank you for reading me through at least 51 073 words of mushy shipper fanboying over and over again on the same pair.