And I wonder what kind of shit storm is going to happen

Chapter 46:

Taking a few deep breaths, Pyrrha stared down at the steering wheel. Her anger at the situation seemed to have finally been able to hit her. Balling her fists up Pyrrha started to swing them around her car.

She could feel some of her knuckles contact harder objects, but that pain seemed to be almost non-existent compared to the pain she was feeling inside. She wanted to cry and vent but it seemed like it was near impossible to her.

Everything was seeming harder and harder to her. She was just ready to cry and seriously debate if Ruby was going to be worth all this pain and suffering that she had put herself through. And then if it would be worth it to see her throw her life away like she had practically just done.

Drying her eyes a little, Pyrrha started to sit up a bit so she could grab her keys so she could get out of where she was. She wouldn't know where she'd go, but she just knew that someone would accept her to vent.

The question ultimately was going to be how much trouble did she want to put Ruby in. She knew if she went to Summer's then Ruby would possibly rue the day she was born. Especially with how Ruby had practically almost thrown away everything she has earned. All because of one item that she found.

Pyrrha knew though if she wanted to make Octavia suffer, she could once again go to Summer but with the few times she had caught glimpses of Summer earning the fearsome reputation she had, she didn't want to put her sister through that.

Then there was Nora. Someone who would gladly cut Octavia down to size. Which raised the question of how much property damage did she want to pay for.

Part of her wanted to go to Yang to try and vent about this situation, but knew that it would just fuel whatever sort of enmity that had started to wriggle its head between the duo and possibly end up with another trip to the hospital.

There was Blake but she knew that Blake would probably just go for Octavia's throat due to how Pyrrha still didn't fully buy the fact the Faunus was over Ruby. Hell Pyrrha knew that she wouldn't ever be able to get over Ruby. Especially after something like that.

Then finally Pyrrha knew there was the masochistic option. One that she knew would get at least some of the pressure off of Ruby. One that she didn't want to take ever. Namely from the danger that it put Octavia in. She knew that Ruby would hopefully make the right choice. And eventually bounce back. She doubted that Octavia would be able to bounce back from the borderline negligent attitude their mother had when it came to her.

Gripping the steering wheel to the point her white knuckles were pressing dangerously against the skin, Pyrrha took a deep breath as though she was ready to just scream. It wasn't long before she could see her vision starting to mist over, Pyrrha groaned as she was left feeling useless. Just driving for the sake of driving.

Deciding to just let her subconscious mind decide on who she would go to vent to, Pyrrha didn't like how the situation was going to go. She could already foresee some of the comments. Namely them being about how Pyrrha should file for an annulment or a divorce. Neither were options that she wanted, but she knew that she could at least vent to someone.


"Where are you bringing me?" Octavia asked the blonde Faunus who normally had been very animate with what they had talked about or even done before. But now for the nearly half an hour walk he had been silent leaving her to just follow.

It was at the point at times where she doubted that this was the same man, but any time that thought came into her head, she would spare a glance over and could see that it was. If Octavia was being honest, it was causing a little fear in her.

A fear that increased as they took a turn down an alleyway and Octavia could feel like she was almost hit by a wall of stench. Clamping a hand over her nose, Octavia prayed that this wasn't going to turn out like she feared it would. Namely what all the stories her mother had told her about gay men and how it was just an act to get closer to women.

Sparing a glance over her shoulder, Octavia gasped a little at the fact that she could see that the people that would be able to come by and stop anything Sun wanted to do where slim to non-existent.

The only reason Octavia hadn't entered a sprint, was because she felt like Sun wouldn't do something of that sort. Or at least she hoped that it was the case.

Glancing over, Octavia gasped lightly as she could see Sun taking a seat on the ground and stretching a little.

"I'm bringing you here." Sun said as he leaned back and rested his head against the wall as he opened his eyes and took in Octavia. "I find unlike Red who just accepts things told to her or things she reads, the best way to teach something to someone is make them experience it." Sun said as he could see an almost small amount of urge to run in the girl's features.

"This is what you'll get if you kept doing drugs. No matter how much you think you'll be the exception, you'll end up in an alleyway not much different compared to this. This is the alley actually that Red and I called home for years. We survived the elements, a few stabbings, and even a few homeless shootings. And from here, unless you are super lucky like Red, the best thing you can hope to do with drugs is overdose. Something that I've also seen a lot of."

Scoffing a little, Octavia rolled her eyes to look at the Faunus looking at her. "Why does everyone say that? I could quit whenever I want. And even if I couldn't, I make more than enough in a week to keep me in heroin for a month." Octavia said as she felt a small twitch in her eyebrow at Sun's turn to scoff.

"Quitting is next to impossible for a reason. And it is because it rewires your brain after a certain point. Something I forced myself to look into. Between my brother who sells just about any drug you can think of, to my best friend who did nearly a brick a day. I wanted to know why it was hard for her." Sun said as he gestured the girl to take a seat as he frowned at her shaking her head in a disgust that Sun recognised from Pyrrha whenever she was in an alleyway like this.

"You won't get the full experience of what drugs cause unless you have a seat. Plus the smell isn't that bad down here. Red's explained it to me a few times but I never cared to listen." Sun stated as Octavia continued to look around for something that Sun could just assume was to act as a barrier between her and the ground. Something that Sun often forgot as a thing people looked for the first few times they were in a place like this. Almost like they still maintained their dignity.

Once Octavia smiled at the sight of a relatively clean looking crate, she placed it down and took a seat on it causing Sun to just smirk and shake his head again. "As I was saying, you can't just quit drugs. They are tricky like that. You think you could stop using, but no one can just stop. And I shockingly enjoy spending some time with you. You are like a mixture of Red and your sister. Just not as smart as Red which is actually a benefit." Sun stated as the red haired woman sitting across from him developed an almost hurt expression that Sun recognised pretty well.

"I keep reminding you, you are only really mad at Red because she is forcing you to get clean. Be glad you haven't ODed yet. Something by the time Red had quit had happened a few dozen times, and the only person who would have known she died or wept at her funeral is me. Her family already thought she was dead, Weiss, who is causing such an uproar did unspeakable things to Red. I mean really terrible thing ranging from forced bestiality for warmth or pimping Red out to her own father for shits and giggles." Sun continued in the hope that he'd be able to reason with the woman who he felt at least close enough to that he hoped that she wouldn't mind being called his friend.

"Why wouldn't she be in jail because of that? That just sounds evil." Octavia stated as Sun smiled as he could see that he had finally seemingly been able to break through to her at least a little bit.

"Firstly, it would be next to impossible to get any charges to stick to someone who at the time had the support of her family when that family is the Schnee. But besides that... who is going to believe a drug addict that was never seen once with the person who is accused? The cops don't believe addicts. Even if what they say is true." Sun stated as he started to stand up stretching as he could see Octavia raise an eyebrow. "I'm a bit hungry. And we still have a few more stops on the tour of what you doing drugs will get you. It just so happens that the next stop is the food selection." Sun stated as Octavia smiled at the fact that she'd be given a chance to eat.

Even if she wasn't that hungry, just because the strange combinations Sun had given her in the past had filled any sort of spot that she had. Something that she would be a little thankful for just because she would really have liked to have snatched up the cookies they brought over for Sun and this might be enough to finally snap her out of her near lust for the delicious cookies.


Walking into the Menagerie, Ruby felt a small amount of calmness overtake her. She felt like she was going to at least get some of the parts that she would need. She just hoped that she didn't run into Sun.

Not yet.

He would just get in the way and possibly ruin everything. Something that Ruby couldn't let. This was the only real way out that she could see. Something that Sun and so many others wouldn't see the way she did.

At the very least she knew that she could at least solve seemingly all her problems as she walked up a the few steps to the out of place house in the entire Menagerie, Ruby just smiled as she started to pound on the door. She knew that it was going to be hard, but she also knew that everyone would eventually see her reasoning.

It didn't take long for the small rabbit eared girl to smile at the sight of Ruby standing on the stairs. "Hey Velvet, I don't really have much time. Can you get Adam?" Ruby asked as the brunette quickly stuck her head out of the door and quickly looked around as though she was trying to see who was with Ruby.

"Okay. One minute." Velvet stated as she quickly closed the door a little.

'I just hope Adam at least sees some reason. I don't really want to tell him the real reason at least.' Ruby thought as she walked a few steps so he might get the idea. Something that he clearly did as he came to the door and closed it and walked down the steps.

"What do you want Red?" Adam asked slightly peeved that Ruby knew, not that she really cared. Not for the reason she knew Adam might think at the minute.

"I need a brick of your purest stuff Adam, and a kit to shoot up."

Author's Note:

le Gasp. Welp, I'm going to go enjoy watching how this might blow up.