Winter opened her eyes she didn't know how much time had passed but she was on vacation so she could afford to sleep in late.
She looked around and found her scroll she stared blankly at the screen.
"No messages," she said to herself as she laid on her bed
"I'm married," she said to herself, she tried to put up a strong front in front of Jaune - Glynda and even her mother, yet in one move her mother broke her resolve.
"What was she supposed to do? exactly asked herself as voiced her doubts, like it or not she is a Schnee, and Schnee's don't allow themselves to be seen when they are at their weakest or are having doubts.
People always saw them as cold or harsh individuals that never doubted their actions and were so strong-headed that they always led themselves and others into whatever battles were present.
"What exactly what does a wife do exactly?" she asked herself not expecting to hear anyone answer her, yet something not so deep inside her wished someone something did answer her.
She remembered her mothers' words and how the woman expected her to have a child but Winter knew she wasn't fit to be a mother after all her sister left for vale just to stay away from her.
Winter felt her scroll vibrate and she noticed that she suddenly had several messages all from an unknown number, normally she would have ignored these things but she needed something, anything to distract herself.
The moment she opened the first message Winter felt as if the entire world had suddenly dropped itself into an abyss and only she remained standing on a small square.
She felt trapped and completely lost.
Her inbox was filled with people congratulating her on her marriage, some were genuine others not so much.
Winter wanted to close her scroll but every time she was about to either turn it off or throw it away, two or perhaps a hundred more messages came in.
Winter stared at her scroll and she watched one message arrive after another, she continued to watch then someone saved her.
She watched as her brother took the scroll and turned it off.
"Mom told me you got married," Whitley said to her
Winter looked at her brother he had grown, he was now a younger version of their father, long gone was his baby fat and the innocent expression young children and infants have was almost gone taken away by the passage of time.
Winter sat on the side of her bed and felt how comfortable the bed itself felt along with the blankets, she signaled to her brother and dis something she hadn't bothered to do because of her pride.
As her brother walked up to her Winter instantly graved her brother's hands and hugged him, before she kissed him on the cheek.
"I'm still your sister," she said to him with the softest voice she could use
Her brother turned to look at her, ad yet as Winter looked into his blue eyes she could see that she wanted to say something to her.
"Say it," she said to him
"I want to meet him," Whitley said to her
"You can't," their mother said to them as she walked into the room
Winter watched as her mother walked up to the two of them and she could see that her mother was smiling and it wasn't a fake smile like the one she usually had no this one was real.
"I just spoke to the oldest of the Arc family," she said to them as she sat next to Winter and her brother
"We agreed that Jaune needs to complete his training and as such guess who gets to manage his assets," her mother said to her as she looked at Winter
"Well you will have to share with Glynda, but let's be honest here she is far too busy to challenge you, to challenge us," her mother said to her.
The three of them suddenly heard Willows's scroll ring and Willow smirked as she looked at the message.
"Speaking of the witch," Willow said as she looked at Winter and handing her her scroll
Winter turned to look at her mother as she looked at the images sent to her mother's scroll, they were nothing more than black cutouts of a sword and a wand.
"Well we can't let this challenge go unanswered," her mother said to her before she took the scroll away from winter and took a picture of a Glimph before sending it to whoever had sent the previous message.
"Mother, what's going on?" Winter sked her mother
"Nothing, just an old game we're playing" Willow answered her
Jaune walked into Beacon and if he was honest he was nervous he had never held hands with anyone before and here he was holding Pyrrhas hand from the hotel to beacon, they hadn't even dated before and yet they were now married.
"Pyrrha" Jaune struggled to say to Pyrrha but he gathered his courage and asked her
"Are you sure that you 're okay with me I mean we haven't even dated" Jaune said to Pyrrha
Yet he couldn't help but stop talking when he saw her green eyes looking into his, Pyrrha never stopped smiling at him.
"No, I don't have any regrets," Pyrrha said to him there wasn't any hint of doubt in her voice
Jaune couldn't help but smile as he looked at Pyrrha and the two of them entered walked past the main courtyard and entered the main building, neither of them noticed that Glynda was watching the two f them from a nearby window.
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[Elswewhere ]
"Ladies and gentlemen, three huntsmen have left their homes in search of a Red Bull," Jaune's Grandfather said to a group of people he had called with his scroll
"They have taken their maidens, each with similar but different semblances"
"Each has accomplished one or more impossible or near impossible feat, yet none have succeeded in finding the bull " Jaunes grandfather said to the people on the other end of the call
"Then the marriage is invalid" Winters Grandfather roared
"Now now, two out of three isn't bad, they just lack the last act," Glyndas mom said to Winters grandfather
"Excuse me I'm sorry to bother you but I was told to come here if I knew anything about a Red Bull," Pyrrha's mom said to everyone as she joined in the group call.
'I see so the Arc family is indeed the one making the move this time" Winters grandfather said as the tone of his voice quickly calmed.
"Nine maidens, three huntsmen, and one bull" Glyndas mom said before waiting for fo someone else to add to her words.
'So which one of us will be the bull, or will it be someone that is not present" Pyrrhas mom said to everyone.
No one answered after all the Red Bull needed to be someone something that was both dangerous and powerful enough that everyone present couldn't argue about the boy's power.
yet everyone present was far too old to be any true threat anymore and even if they were neither Glynda's mom or Winters Grandfather were willing to get in the way of their girl's marriage especially considering that this was the only way they would see both women finally married.
Jaunes grandpa was just happy Jaune had someone at his side, after all, Jaune was ar to dense to meet anyone anytime soon.
Pyrrahs mom would have preferred it if her daughter had married herself to a man by herself, but her daughter was always happy when she spoke about Jaune, so even if she opposed the marriage she wouldn't stand in her daughter's happiness.
"We still have time, but the bull has to be someone or something that we all would have considered dangerous in our prime" Jaunes grandpa said to everyone