I don't own RWBY. RWBY is owned by Rooster Teeth and was created by Monty Oum. I only own my OCs

Adam had been listening to Oobleck ramble on about Mt. Glenn and had been looking out the bullhead window. He, of course, could understand where the professor was coming from

But he personally didn't really care. He already knew the history behind this place. So he waited till they were on the ground

The door opened up and Adam along with the rest stepped out

"RUBY! I thought I told you to leave your bag at Beacon!" Oobleck shouted at Ruby

"Well, you hadn't told is to listen to yet. Soooo I didn't." Ruby protested

'Y'know, on one hand, she has a point. But on the other, that has got to be the dumbest excuse I have ever heard.' Adam thought

"She's not wrong." Oobleck said under his breath

"Very well, Ruby! Leave your bag here! We can pick it up upon our return." Oobleck instructed

"Well, I-I uh. Heh-"

"Young lady! What in that bag could possibly be so importa-" Oobleck stopped when Zwei popped his head out

Everyone stared for a few seconds

"Back in the bag." Ruby muttered to Zwei, who barked in response

"We are out here with deadly creatures and in a deadly environment and you bring... a dog?" Oobleck said to Ruby

"Uh."

"Genius! Canines are history known for their heightened sense of sound and great smelling, making them excellent companions for hunts such as ours!" Oobleck said, spinning with Zwei in his hands

"I'm a genius." Ruby said. Adam shook his head

"Doctor, focus. What are our orders?" Adam asked

"Ah, straight to the point! I like it!" Oobleck complimented

"As you have been informed, the southeast area has been marked as a recent hotspot for Grimm activity. Now, there are several possible explanations for this behavior. One of which being, Grimm." Oobleck said

Adam heard footsteps behind so unbelievably quiet that he probably only caught it because of his faunus hearing. He turned around and saw a Beowolf walking around

"Uhh, what?" Ruby asked

"Grimm. A creature of Grimm approximately 100 yards from us at this very moment." Oobleck explained

"What?!" Yang shouted

Everyone got their weapons ready except for Adam who only laid a hand on Wilt lazily

"Stop. There are a number of reasons why Grimm would congregate in this particular area. The most likely of which would be their attraction to negativity. Sadness, envy, loneliness, hatred, all qualities that are likley held by our hidden group harboring ill intent."

"So, what now?" Ruby asked

"We wait and track them. There is a chance they can lead us to their pack and their is a chance their pack can lead us to our enemy." Adam answered

"Precisely." Oobleck said to Adam

"So, how long do we wait?" Yang asked

"Minuets, hours, days, weeks, even months. Grimm have been known to stay separated for a year or two." Adam answered again

"And there's the whole pack." Oobleck added

"Huh... that was way faster than I thought it would be." Adam said in astonishment

"What?" Weiss said, confused

"And now they've seen us." Oobleck said

"What?!" Weiss shouted, still confused

"AND NOW THEY'VE SEEN US!" Oobleck shouted

"So, what's the plan?" Adam asked

Oobleck took a sip of coffee

"Show me what you can do."

Adam sped off with Yang and sliced a few Grimm before he flipped and cut one down the middle. He landed on his feet and sheathed Wilt. Adam shot Wilt at a Grimm before grabbing Wilt and using his semblance to spread his strike over a massive area

He jumped back just in time for a Beowolf to hit the ground. Adam cut it in half before he shooting Blush at a few. Adam looked around and saw one coming at him. He sprung backward and threw Wilt in a way that caused it to ricochet and kill it by cutting into its back

Wilt came back at Adam like a boomerang. Adam snatched out of the air before he sent an energy wave that cut a group of five in half

The fighting went on for several minutes and maybe a few hours. Adam saw everyone around, except Oobleck, get winded. Honestly, he couldn't blame them. He was starting to feel winded himself

Yang noticed this

"How aren't you winded yet?" Yang asked Adam

"Well Yang, let's just say stereotypes exist for a reason." Adam answered

Adam continued on and killed more Grimm. He was honestly getting more bored and tired each minute. He jumped back and shot Wilt out of Blush

Wilt hit an Ursa in the face. Adam ran up and grabbed out of the air in a abnormal grip before bringing the blade down on the Ursa

"So tell me Mr. Capra, or do you prefer Taurus?" Oobleck asked. Adam turned to him extremely fast

"You know?" Adam asked

"Why of course I knew! I knew from the moment you walked in my class your real name wasn't Adam Capra. Rather, that it was Adam Taurus." Oobleck answered like it was obvious

"Headmaster Ozpin confirmed it for me before we went on this mission. But that's not important. Why did you chose to give up your life in the White Fang and join Beacon instead?" Oobleck asked

"Well... I..." Adam struggled to say anything. Oobleck tilted his head

"So, you don't know? I have to say, I never took the Adam Taurus to not know why he gave up his goal." Oobleck said seemingly tauntingly

"Well, I don't know why I did myself. But I know that I at least left because of my friend. I guess it could have to do with how I was alone for most of my life. I grew up in the Schnee dust mines in Atlas. I only knew my mom and she was never able to see me, and my dad was killed in an accident roughly a month before I was born. I was also told that I had a sibling, but he was nowhere to be found. A few faunus and I broke out and ran away around my 11th birthday. I stowed away on a ship headed to Menagerie, where I would find the Belladonna family. Up to that point, I was alone. With no family. And I guess I didn't want to feel that again." Adam told him

(Was listening to Forever Fall when writing this paragraph. It made me cry)

"I'm sorry to hear that Mr. Taurus. But I'm sure your family would be proud to see you now." Oobleck said

"Hey doc. Just call me Adam." Adam said to Oobleck, who smiled

"You know, Adam. I supported your cause, just not your methods. Have you gave that up?" Oobleck asked

"Thanks doc, and no. I refuse to even think about letting go of equality for my race." Adam said

"When we are alone or I'm not teaching you, you may call me Oobleck." Oobleck said to Adam, who saw the rest of the team walk up to them

"Should we keep moving?" Adam heard Yang ask

"No, that's enough for today. Set up camp. I want to speak to Ruby." Oobleck ordered

Adam set up a campfire and laid down his gear. He just wanted to go to sleep. It was later in the night, and Adam couldn't sleep. No matter how hard he tried

"Hey Adam? You awake?" Adam heard Yang ask him

"Yeah. I can't seem to sleep." Adam said to her

"Yeah, me too. Hey Weiss? You awake?" Yang asked

"Of course I'm awake. You two are talking." Weiss said harshly

"Why do you think Oobleck asked why we wanted to be huntsman and huntresses?" Yang asked Adam and Weiss

"I wouldn't know, Yang." Adam answered

"I don't." Weiss also answered

"Well, I can tell you one thing." Adam said

"What's that?" Weiss asked

"I kinda hid the truth from Oobleck. See, being alone was one of the reasons I left. Yes, but I also wanted to redeem myself. How many Humans has the media said I've killed?" Adam asked

"The last time I saw, it was somewhere around 50." Weiss answered

"It's so much more than that. I killed possibly thousands of humans with absolutely no remorse. I didn't realize what I was doing was wrong. I didn't realize I was slaughtering innocent people. Once I finally realized, I couldn't get there voices out of my mind. I couldn't stop seeing their faces, screaming at me to stop. I've made children become orphans, people lose loved ones, and made so many peoples hearts break. I want to atone for those mistakes. I want to make sure I'm remembered as someone who actually fought for what they believed in. Not a monster who only knew how to kill and pillage." Adam said to them

"Sorry for asking, but what was the worst part?" Yang asked

"The worst part? Not being able to remember their names. Or something I refuse to even think about." Adam said

"What is that thing you refuse to talk about?" Weiss asked even though she knew

"It's something I'll never ever be proud of. You 2 can continue on. I'm gonna go to sleep." Adam left it at that

He fell asleep soon after

[Dream start]

Adam woke up in a bed. Not his cot at Mt. Glenn. But, rather an actual bed

"What?" He questioned. "How did I get here?" Adam asked himself

The door in the corner of the room opened and two small children walked through

One had his black and red hair and his symbol on his back. The child seemed to be a male. He also seemed to have his deep blue eyes

The other was female and had long black hair which was fading into a light blue at the end.

She had light blue eyes with had the Schnee family crest on her back

They both looked to him in excitement and turned away

"Mom! Dad's awake!" The boy shouted. Adam was utterly confused

He hasn't had sex. So, how could these children be his?

Both of them ran up to Adam and jumped on him, shouting in excitement

"Get off your father." He heard a feminine voice say. He looked over to see his mortal enemy, Winter Schnee, standing at the door

This added even more to Adam's confusion since he would never even marry her

"How you doing, hon?" Winter asked Adam

"What's going on?" Adam asked

"What do you mean?" Winter said, confused

"Why am I here? You are my greatest enemy. I wouldn't even consider marrying you." Adam stated

Winter smiled

"All in due time, everything will be revealed."

[Dream end]

Adam shot up like a bullet flying out of a gun. He looked around to see that he was still at Mt. Glenn. He put his gloved hand up to his forehead, which was sweating so much

'What the hell was that?!' Adam was mentally screaming

He got out of his cot and grabbed Wilt and Blush before walking out of the place they were staying. He needed to get his mind off of that

He walked around a bit before doing something he didn't do in a while

Stargaze

He laid down before looking at the stars. It brought him back to when he was in the mines. When he would always look for his place in the world

He sat there for what felt like hours before finally getting up to go back

He decided to perimeter patrol while he was at it. And so he did. He walked all around their campsite for something out of the norm. He didn't find anything, so he turned back toward their campsite

"Have you seen the person that Ace brought on board?" Adam barely heard. If he wasn't a faunus, he wouldn't have heard that

He began walking toward the voices

"Yeah, I did. I thought that Ace would be enough."

"Well, our position was comprised. So, I guess we would need extra protection in case huntsmen came here."

"You do make a point." Adam finally caught up with the guards and watched them walk into a metro system

'Fuck me! How did I not think of that?' Adam thought

He turned to walk back to the campsite, but the ground beneath him cracked

All that Adam was able to say before he fell through was

"...Fuck."

POV change, third person limited, Ruby

Ruby finally got off of her shift. So, she turned around to let Adam know it was his turn. She saw that he was gone

So, Ruby walked over to Yang and woke her up

"Yang, Yang."

"What, sis? I'm trying to sleep." Yang said to Ruby

"Adam's gone." Ruby said to Yang. Yang shot out of her cot

"What?!" Yang shouted in worry

"What's with the noise?" Weiss asked, sitting up

"Weiss, Adam's gone!" Ruby said to her

"Mr. Capra's gone?" Oobleck asked from the roof

POV change, third person limited, Adam

"Get off of me!" Adam shouted at the grunts dragging him. They had put a Schnee slave collar around him

It felt humiliating

"Ace! We found someone snooping around! What should we do?" A grunt to the right side if him said. Adam went still at the mention of Ace. He felt a chill go up his back as he walked around the corner

'Is this what it was like for other people when I was about to give my men orders for what they would do?' Adam thought

"Unless it can help us, execute... never mind." Ace said

"Ace." Adam greeted

"Adam. You know, you have some nerve to come to a White Fang base." Ace said to him. Adam was starting to wonder if he was really the shy boy he trained all those years ago

"Well, kinda have to now." Adam said to him

"Yeah, I know. I heard about that. About how you went to Beacon, and betrayed us." Ace said to Adam

"Ace, I'm sorry. But I cannot change the past. I can't." Adam said

"I know, which is why you will die for it." Ace said

"Ace, turn off this path."

"No Adam, I won't. You taught me to be loyal to what I thought was right in my eyes. You taught me to set off on a path and only stray from it when I thought it was unjust." Ace said harshly before chuckling

"I can see now that you are a hypocrite to that ideal." Ace said to Adam

"Ace, please. Listen to me. You are ordering innocent people to their deaths. You are separating families. You are denying people to be happy, faunus and human." Adam said. He saw Ace turn away. Adam went to activate his Aura only for the collar around his neck to tighten

'That's right. They threw a slave collar on me.' Adam thought. Adam had one idea to convert him over

"Ace, you'd be making orphans. Orphans like you." Ace turned around and hit Adam in the face as hard as he could. Adam heard something crack

"DON'T YOU EVEN SAY THAT!" Ace yelled at him. Adam felt something warm run over his lips. It tasted like copper. Adam was dazed. He could barely see and he felt dizzy

"Take him to Roman and have that fucking sidekick of his cut off his head!" Ace ordered

Adam could barely keep his eyes open and he could barely register what happened. He felt himself being dragged. He heard explosions and felt hands touch his neck before feeling a weight get removed

Suddenly, his Aura burst into life and healed him nearly instantaneously. He felt everything come back to him

"Adam! Are you ok?" He heard Ruby ask

"Ech, I'll live." Adam answered. Ruby hugged him. Adam tensed before hugging back

"Sorry to interrupt, but the trains leaving!" Yang said to them. Adam and Ruby split before getting up

"You have Wilt and Blush?" Adam asked them. Ruby unhooked them from behind his back and gave them to Adam

"Thank you. Now, let's stop that train!" Adam said before he grabbed a hold of the ladder on the back. The rest followed him

Weiss lifted up a trapdoor to go in only to see a bomb

"Now, we need to get to the front and stop this train!" Oobleck said

"Uh, professor?" Weiss called out

"Doctor." Oobleck said sternly

"What's that?" Weiss asked, pointing to the bomb

"That, my friends-" Oobleck was cut off by Adam

"Is a bomb." Adam said

"Precisely." Oobleck said

"... are we gonna do anything?" Yang asked

"Yeah, you, Ruby, Oobleck, and Weiss will head to the next cart! I'll detach the caboose!" Adam ordered

Adam went down to detach the caboose. Adam raised Wilt over his head, only for it to detach itself. He jumped back up

"Good work, Mr. Capra!" Oobleck said

"I didn't detach it! It detached itself!" Adam yelled over the noise of the wind

"What?!" Oobleck said in complete confusion

"Doctor, take a look at this!" Weiss called out. She found another bomb

"No, no, no!" Oobleck said when he was running over to the next train cart. He opened it to find another bomb

"They all have bombs!" He yelled back. Adam saw grunts come out of the train

"Grunts!" He yelled out

Everyone got their weapons ready. Adam fired Wilt out of Blush. The pommel hit a grunt right in the face. Adam ran up and grabbed it out of the air before using his semblance to make an energy wave and knock more off. Adam hit the ground and started to absorb bullets. He deflected a few blades and kicked the people holding them off

Soon, everyone was dealt with. But a few paladins activated

"Mr. Capra! Take Weiss and Yang and go shut off the train!" Oobleck ordered

Adam dropped down a hatch along with Yang and Weiss. Weiss handed him a dust clip for him

"Here! This should help you." Weiss told him. Adam nodded his head before loading it in

They started to run until Neo dropped down

"You two go on ahead. This one's mine." Yang said harshly

Adam and Weiss ran forward into the next room with Yang covering them. Adam saw Ace standing there along with someone else who looked a lot like Neo, just vanilla where the pink and brown was and with much shorter hair

"You go on ahead, Adam! I'll handle them!" Weiss said before she charged forward. Well, she would have if Adam hadn't stopped him

"No Weiss. This, I must do. Do not deny me that." Adam said to Weiss who nodded. Weiss ran forward

"ACE! YOU AND YOUR COMPANION'S FIGHT IS WITH ME!" He yelled at them

"Why, yes it is. And I cannot wait to ground you into dust." Ace snapped at him, letting Weiss pass

"Ace! It doesn't have to be this way! We can fix our inequality through other methods!" Adam said

"Don't give me that bullshit, Adam! You brought this upon yourself! You knew this would happen when you left! SO YOU DON'T GET TO SPEAK TO ME!" Ace snapped and rushed Adam

Adam sprung back and swung Wilt at Ace only for him to dodge and kick Adam in the back. Adam was then kicked in face by the unknown assailant

Adam heard Ace chuckle

"I have to admit, I loathe working with humans. But I get along with this one and his sister! They're like me you know? They're orphans! And, in case you're wondering, his name's Vanilla. And he's going to help me rip you to shreds!" Ace said before rushing Adam with Vanilla

Adam ducked underneath Ace and swung at Vanilla who flipped backward and unsheathing the blade in his umbrella and used the rifle option to get closer. Adam jumped back before throwing Wilt in an upward arc at Vanilla, who deflected it back at Adam

"You know, Adam." Vanilla said. "I love your style of fighting. It's why I copied your weapon."

"I don't give a damn." Adam said to him

"Hmm. That's a shame. You know, your friend Yang is probably going to die right?" Vanilla said, trying to taunt him

"I know. But I have more time than you think." Adam said before flipping over Ace, who was sneaking up on him

Adam fired Wilt out if Blush and hit Ace in the back if the head. Adam grabbed it in an abnormal grip and sliced down on his back

Ace stumble back before he rushed again, using his semblance to match Adam's speed

Adam was deflecting Ace's claw gauntlets and deflected Vanilla's blade away and kicked him in face. Adam sprung back and fired Blush at Ace, who sliced the bullets with no difficulty

Vanilla used his own rifle fire at Adam, who absorbed a few before flipping over Ace, who rushed Adam

Adam absorbed bullets before releasing an energy wave at Ace. Ace only barely managed to dodge it, but he got a cut on his arm. The energy wave hit the wall and cut the metal, leaving a gash

Adam threw Wilt in an upward arc again at Vanilla, who blocked it. Adam ran up and grabbed Wilt before swinging it upward, across Vanilla's chest

Vanilla was sent flying backward into the wall

"Just give up!" Adam yelled out

"NO!" Ace yelled before pushing his semblance to it's limits to be faster and stronger than Adam

Adam went to stab him, but Ace parried it and swung his arm around to catch Adam in the head

Adam only barely dodged

Adam deflected Vanilla's blade into the ground and kicked him back. Adam spun around Ace and struck his back, causing him to fall over. Adam went to stab him, only to be tripped onto his back. Adam flipped back and dodged

Ace began to speed up more and more.

Adam was still able to dodge, but Vanilla joined in and knocked him off balance. That allowed Ace to hit Adam all he liked. He kept hitting Adam and wouldn't stop until Adam kicked him back

Adam didn't need to look at his scroll to know that he was very low on Aura

"I'm warning both of you! Get out if here while you can!" Adam shouted at them while activating the fire dust in his clip

"We won't leave! No! We'll kill you!" Ace said before rushing yet again with Vanilla

Adam used his semblance mixed with dust and swung with all the energy he stored up with the blunt side of his blade. The wave knocked both back with such force that the metal bent around them when they hit the wall

Adam saw that Vanilla still had his Aura intact. But that Ace's broke on impact and was knocked unconscious

'Probably only to where he can use his semblance once or fight for a minute or two.' Adam thought

"You know, you should reconsider surrendering! I'll let you go if you do!" Adam shouted at Vanilla

He looked at Adam and scowled

"This won't be the last time you see me, Taurus!" Vanilla said before warping off

"And that must be his semblance." Adam said to himself

BONK*

Adam heard something hit the roof of the cart above him, hard. Adam burst open to see Neo about to kill Yang. Adam ran her and swung only for her to flip backward and hit him, shattering his Aura

Adam saw a red portal open and his old mentor came flying out of it. Neo seemed to teleport away

Adam sat up and looked at her, and Raven looked at Adam

"Adam." Raven said to him

"Master." Adam said back. He saw Raven turn around and walk away

"Master! Whe- Argh! Where are you going?" Adam asked

"This was your last save, Adam. I won't help you anymore and tell my daughter that she did well." Raven said before going away. Adam looked to Yang in astonishment before the portal Raven made

Adam looked at the portal before it disappeared, leaving him to his thoughts. He saw Yang start to sit up after a while

"Ugh. What happened?" Asked Yang

"I'm not really sure. I saw Neo here ready to kill you. So I fought her. She broke my Aura, but I chased her away." Adam lied

"Oh... well thank you." Yang said to Adam

"You're welcome. Now, let's get back to the surface of the train." Adam told Yang

He and Yang jumped up and reunited with the rest to see that they were going full speed into a barrier

Weiss formed an ice cage around them before they crashed

Adam blacked out

[Timeskip]

Adam awoke to the sounds of sirens and snarling Grimm. He looked around to see that there were tons of Grimm

Thankfully, Adam's Aura regenerates so fast that it was nearly full by now

RWPY all settled in the middle. They looked around and got into their poses. They looked to each other before nodding

Adam ran at a group of Creeps and sliced through them all in a second before cutting an Alpha Beowolf in half and shooting and Ursa in the head

Adam turned and threw Wilt into the chest of a Beowolf. Adam ripped it out and threw an energy strike, which cut a massive group in half

Adam sliced a boarbatusk

Adam shot Wilt out of Blush, which hit an Ursa in the face. Adam ran up and grabbed his sword in an abnormal grip. He cut off it's head and shot it before slicing it's body in half. Adam turned and shot a few creeps coming at him

Adam flipped and shot a Beowolf in the head before using his semblance to make a deathstalker disintegrate into wilted rose petals

He saw Cardin out of the corner of his eye about to killed by a King Taijitu. Adam used his semblance to cut off both heads. Adam landed in a crouched position

Adam saw Cardin looking at him

"You're a faunus?" Cardin asked. Adam thought his trilby must be off

"Not now! I need you to gather up as many combatants as you can! Can you do that?" Adam asked Cardin

"I can try." Cardin said

"No! Do or do not! there is no try! Now, go do it!" Adam yelled at him

Adam kept killing Grimm and was waiting fir Cardin to come back. Adam saw him out of the corners of his eyes with what looked to be an army

"Is this all?!" Adam asked over all the gunshots and screaming

"Yes! What are you planning to do?!" Cardin asked him. Adam just turned to them

"EVERYONE! LISTEN TO ME! WE NEED TO STOP THIS! WE CAN ONLY DO THAT IF WE UNITE!" Adam yelled at them

"We're not following a faunus!" Someone yelled

"THERE'S NO TIME FOR THAT! YOUR CITY IS GETTING TORN APART AND PEOPLE ARE BEING KILLED! WE NEED TO RISE OR WE WILL LOSE VALE! SO, YOU NEED TO FOLLOW ME!" Adam yelled

"We're with you!" A different person yelled that a lot of people echoed

"EVERYONE WHO'S WITH ME SAY 'HOO RAH!'" Adam yelled

"*In unison* HOO RAH!" They yelled back

"FIRE!" Adam yelled out

Everyone fired at once and nearly every Grimm was dying

"KEEP GOING!" Adam yelled

Every Grimm was dying and disintegrating. Eventually, Glynda was able to seal the entrance

Adam took a deep breath in and out

"THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT!"

[Timeskip]

Adam was sitting on the docks with Ruby, Yang, and Weiss. He was ultimately happy with how today turned out

Ace and Roman are in jail, they stopped a potential catastrophe, and Adam finally felt like he made progress in redeeming himself

"If they don't give us extra credit for that, I'm gonna be seriously disappointed." Adam heard Weiss say. Adam chuckled

"I wouldn't count on it." Adam responded

"Yeah, a two headed snake literally crushed a bakery." Yang added

"We got a 100% though. That's for sure." Adam said

"It feels almost..." Ruby was trying to come up with the right word

"Surreal? I think this whole year can be described like that as of right now." Adam said

"Yeah, that's exactly how it feels." Ruby said

"Well, remember this. There are things that we face everyday that could seem surreal to someone, normal to someone else. And, to be honest, we need to have empathy for them. But that's not all. There are those who can be going through the worst things ever, and we wouldn't know a thing. Sometimes, we can lose those close to use. Or even something close to us. It's at these points that one should consider that we should accept the change, should it happen. Today can be viewed as such an example. We had a Grimm invasion. That can be considered as normal to people living outside the kingdoms. But to us, it's different to us. But, I guess that's just normal." Adam said

"Yeah, I guess it can." Yang said

"I agree 100%." Weiss said

"Yeah, I guess." Ruby chimed

Adam smiled before he laughed

"You know, I first hated the thought of going to Beacon. Then I met 3 lovely friends and had a great time. What I'm saying is, that I love you. And that I can never leave you." Adam said, smiling

"Now, how about sleep?" Adam asked

"Oh, yeah!"

"Sleep would be wonderful."

"I'm gonna sleep like a rock."

Adam watched them walk off

"I love them like my family. And I will always protect my family." Adam said to himself before walking of

As Adam was walking off, a rose petal fell to the ground. He saw it and smiled

He had actually did what he wanted

Adam finally accepted this as his life

HOLY FUCK! This chapter was 5000 words! But, in all seriousness, I love y'all and I'll do Vanilla's bio sometime later. I have just spent 7 fucking hours writing this chapter. It's 3am

For right now, all I'm gonna say about Vanilla is that he's Before_hours_Writing Oc on Wattpad

But other than that, I bid you farewell

And see ya later!