A Week Later

Ruby woke up to feel the sun shine down on her so she kept her eyes closed before sitting up to see she was in her room in the cabin in Patch. The door opened and Summer came through. She sighed in relief before sitting down on Ruby's bed and hugged her daughter tightly "Oh thank the Brothers, you're awake!" Ruby looked at her "Mom? What happened?" Summer let go and sighed "Beacon is overrun with Grimm. Vale is trying to piece itself back together." Ruby looked down before asking "What about Vlad?"

Summer answered "He took his castle with him and moved to Atlas to console Willow. After-" "Weiss! Where is she!?" Summer had a look sadness and said "We haven't found her yet. But Atlas is working on trying to find her. We know the Blood Fang don't have her. If they did, they'd be broadcasting it." Ruby took a sigh of relief before asking "Black and Yang?" Summer lowered her head "Yang is a tough girl. She'll get through this." Ruby noticed that her mother avoided Blake so she asked "Can I see Yang?" Summer nodded and helped her up.

Ruby walked to Yang's room and asked "Yang?" The blonde fighter looked her left to look at Ruby who gasped at the state of her eyes. Yang's eyes were red. Not the kind when her semblance was activated. Instead, the red that happens when one is crying. She said "Hey Ruby..." Ruby looked down at her arms which were bandaged stumps and Yang followed her eyes to look at her arms before saying "It's just a flesh wound, Ruby." Yang laughed for a second before it turned into cries to which Ruby rushed over and hugged her bigger sister. Yang tried wrapping her arms around Ruby as she cried on her younger sister's shoulder. Ruby looked at Yang and asked "Yang, where's Blake?" Yang sniffles and answered "She was here... At least for the first three days. Then, she was gone... She left a note saying... She was going home to Menagerie." At that point, Yang's tears were dry but she still wanted to cry more. Ruby looked down before wrapping her arms around her sister to comfort her.

Summer and Taiyang watched the scene sadly before Taiyang went to grab the three boxes that were on the table. Summer opened the day more and asked "Hey girls, we have something for you two." Taiyang came upstairs and said "I know Christmas was a couple days ago, but we got some special deliveries from Atlas." Taiyang put down two long rectangular boxes down on Yang's bed and handed Ruby a small cube box. He opened the two long boxes to reveal two silver metal arms. Yang's eyes widen and asks "H-how?" Summer answered "We were afraid we would've had to work harder or pull some favors to get these for you but Old Jimmy gave us these in hopes you would continue the valiant effort you put into defending the people."

Ruby looked at the box before opening it and gasping at the sight. A metallic eyeball colored silver. Taiyang said "We got a surgeon in town willing to help put the eye in." Yang looked at her new arms before asking "Dad, can you... Help me put them on?" He smiled and grabbed one of her arms and said "Now, this is going to hurt a bit since it has to dig into your skeletal structure as well as nervous system to move properly, OK?" Yang took deep breaths before nodding and leaving herself for the pain.

A Couple Hours Later

Ruby stepped outside to look at her family. Her black eye patch was still on so she removed it and gasped. Everything was the same color. However, now she had a heads up display of the aura of her parents as well as hers and her heart rate. It was essentially a scroll in her brain. "I can see everything... I can see your aura levels. Your heart rates... Everything!" Ruby was excited as she hugged her mother, father, and sister. Yang was finally able to hug back as her arms felt like the real thing. Things were slowly but surely started to get better.

Pyrrha turned her head as another civilian threw a rock at her. She didn't even try to use her aura as the rock hit her cheek, cutting the skin and blood dripped down. The civilian shouted "MURDERER!!" She could only silently cry as she walked down the streets of Argus. Jaune, Nora and Ren took refuge with one of Jaune's sister who lived there. The only refuge Pyrrha could ever find was with her mother who knew her daughter wasn't capable of murder. She climbed up the steps of her mother's house and opened the door to see Jaune, Ren, and Nora packing up their backpacks. They looked up to see Pyrrha with her cheek cut. Jaune walked up to her "Pyrrha! What happened? Are you OK?" Pyrrha looked down and placed her head on his shoulder. He wrapped his arms around her to comfort her. "I'm sorry..."

Athena Nikos walked our from the kitchen to see Pyrrha crying again so she ran over and wrapped her arms around Jaune and Pyrrha. Nora stood up along with Ren and hugged Pyrrha as well. Pyrrha's cries slowly faded before she felt better. She sniffles and wiped her tears and asked "Thank you... What're you three doing packing?" Jaune answered "Ruby called us. Her uncle said that they lost Emerald and Mercury in Haven. We're going to meet her in Patch and start the journey to Mistral." Pyrrha's eyes darkened then walked upstairs to get her stuff. Athena followed her and watched as she started packing her bag "Pyrrha, you don't have to do this."

Pyrrha looked at her mother "No. I have to. One of them mind-fucked me. People are calling me a murderer because of what I did to Penny. I need this. I need to avenge her." Athena lowered her head then nodded "Be careful, baby. I can't lose you." Athena hugged her daughter who hugged back and said. "I love you mom." "I love you too, baby."

Dracula stared out the window to see Atlas with their ships flying all around. He sighed and sat down in his chair when he heard a knock. "Enter." The door opened and Klein bowed his head and spoke "Miss Schnee has requested your presence, Master Tepes." He nodded and stood up. "Thank you, Klein." The Butler asked "Would you care for a drink, sir?" Dracula simply shook his head "No, but thank you Klein." Dracula exited the Study and towards Willow's room. He opened the door to see her back to him and the smell of alcohol. "Oh no..." He whispered to himself then stepped inside "Willow. You wanted to see me?" She turned around to see her eyes bloodshot and puffy from crying. She held a bottle in her hand and she sighed

"I wanted to see you because..." Before more could be said, tears dripped down her cheeks as she became a crying mess. Dracula immediately wrapped his arms around her as she cried into his shoulder. She dropped the bottle and hugged him back. She then cried out "I want my baby back!" Dracula felt blood drip down his cheeks as he replied "I want her back too." This went on for several minutes before Willow started to calm down. She took deep breaths before looking up at him and asking "What're we going to do?" Dracula looked out the window to see a Bullhead carrying the SDC emblem. He then answered "Changing things"

"I am Lisa Lavender, reporting to you live from the Schnee Mansion where the new Head of the Schnee Dust Company will shed light on the recent attack at Beacon Academy and his first official order of business." Dracula walked to the podium where the newscasts and reporters took pictures and recorded him as he spoke "Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for coming. I am Vladimir Dracula Tepes. Professor at Beacon and... Winner of the Teacher's Round in the Vytal Festival Tournament. I called this press conference to A. Prove that Pyrrha Nikos is innocent and that Penny Polendina was killed because of outside interference. And B. To reveal my plans for the Schnee Dust Company."

Dracula took a deep breath before speaking "In the terms of Pyrrha Nikos and the brutal massacre of Penny Polendina. Pyrrha Nikos is innocent." Murmurs went around and Dracula continued "Pyrrha Nikos was framed by one Emerald Sustrai. A member of the group that sabotaged the Arena. Known for having the semblance to create illusions. We know this because the leader of the group, Cinder Fall. Emerald Sustrai and her partner Mercury Black are still at large, but Cinder was killed at the Fall of Beacon." More murmurs went across the conference.

"As for my second thing. The Schnee Dust Company has had a period of darkness where they were seen as primary targets for the Blood Fang. As the reason why so many Faunus lives were ruined, but that was from the decision of one man. Jacques Drakov. Former CEO of the Schnee Dust Company. Since his arrest, Willow Schnee eliminated all of the shady business practices and made the conditions for the Faunus better. However, it seemed to not be enough for the White Fang which now seem to be even more bloodthirsty than ever. Being renamed to the Blood Fang. No more. No more will the Schnee Dust Company be a reminder of the Faunus suffering, or dust shops running out of business."

"As of right now, The Schnee Dust Company is shut down and rebranded to Tepes Industries!" This announcement caused everyone to start flashing their cameras and clamor for more information. Dracula continued "Tepes Industries will be the forefront for Engineering, Medicine, Science, Weaponry, Intelligence, Dust. With that, I thank you all for coming." Dracula walked off the stage.

Mistral

Groaning could be heard as a man with brown hair and chin whiskers stood up and clutched his head. "Fuck... I don't remember drinking last night." a woman's moan could be heard to his right as a woman with short strawberry blonde hair in blue robes stood up and clutched her head as well "I couldn't have drinked." Her accent had an allure as her Rs rolled. Finally, a man with long platinum hair in a black coat and yellow trim stood up and stretched himself "I'm not even capable of being drunk" He opened his eyes to reveal yellow eyes and looked around. "Where are we?" He gazed upon his two companions "Trevor... Sypha?" They both looked at one another before Trevor spoke "Where the hell are we? This is like no forest I've seen."

Alucard, Son of Dracula looked at the lush green forest and humid air before feeling a faint but familiar presence. He gasped as his eyes widen as he learned the truth. "Father... You're still alive."

End of Book One

/Managed to complete it on time for New Year's! I hope you guys enjoyed my story! Book Two will begin soon!