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Chapter 07: Day One

"Oum's sake, we're gonna be unpacking all night aren't we" Diamond's somewhat husky voice grumbled as she took in the sight of their dorm while simultaneously rubbing sleep from her eyes. The dorm Team FADE had been assigned was currently sorely lacking in any touch of the teams' personalities and the four beds simply took up too much space

"Well we can make a start now but we'd probably have to skip our first lesson so it's up to you?" Felix shrugged as he shrugged in attempt to make the jacket of his school uniform fit more comfortably, he had been told that the Halo Academy of New Vale had emulated the uniform of Beacon Academy for the sake of tradition

"NO!" Eagle gasped, immediately covering her mouth when she realised that it had come out much more forcefully than she intended "I mean we can't skip our first lesson as Halo students, especially not when we've got a history class"

"You're excited for history?" Diamond asked with a raised eyebrow

"Yes because my Uncle Lie teaches it and he is amazing when he tells stories, I can't wait to hear him talk about some of the major battles of the war, Uncle Lie and Aunt Nora were actually AT the battle of Vale, the assault on Mistrals' capital, the White Fang attack on Atlas's food production facilities, the battle of Eisenstadt Siebte in Lower Atlas, the terrorist attacks on Vaccuo and the Battle of Menagerie"

"Well I'm sold" Felix couldn't help but grin at his partners' excited rambling "My Mums and Arctus's parents were at a few of those, they never talk about it much….I mean I get why but still, it's gonna be cool to here about it from an actual veteran of the Salem Campaign"

"Hey Diamond what about your parents?" Eagle asked brightly, Diamond shrugged and quickly looked away

"They were around for some of it. Anyway I'm gonna go and get some breakfast" Felix wondered what her sudden caginess was about for a moment before dismissing it, deciding that it wasn't his business

"Hey Eagle, go catch up with Diamond. I'll be down in a few minutes I just need to get him out of the shower and make sure he doesn't get lost" the Lion Faunus nodded towards the bathroom which the final member of Team FADE was currently occupying

"You got it" with that the taller blonde turned and made to leave before heading over to the corner of the room where Sentinel sat in its' droid from, slumped over and dormant while plugged into a wall socket

"See you later" with that she patted the machines' gleaming cranium and almost skipped out of the dorm leaving her team leader alone. Felix waited for a few seconds before banging on the bathroom door

"YO! STOP JACKING OFF AND HURRY UP!" that got the desired result, moments later the door was opened by a thoroughly disgruntled looking Arctus Slate

"You're a dick" he huffed

"What?" Felix shrugged with a smirk "You took one look at Diamond's short skirt and vanished into the bathroom never to be seen again"

"I wasn't jacking off, I just wanna look good on our first day" the Bear Faunus muttered, ignoring the way his cheeks coloured at the accusation

"Yeah yeah" Felix waved the retort aside "Look I don't suppose you've got any moisturiser I can borrow?"

"The sheer hypocrisy" Arctus dead-panned

"Dumb ass" Felix snorted "It's for my skin, it always dries out and flakes off for a couple day after I go Balrog" his cousin merely pulled his suitcase from under his bed and rummaged around before throwing a bottle of moisturiser to Felix, who deftly caught it

"Thanks" Felix cocked his head, something seemed off about Arctus. A moment later he realised what it was "You skipping out on doing your hair? You usually spend ages on it" the Bear Faunus fidgeted uncomfortably in a gesture that seemed out of place from someone of his stature

"Thought I'd give it a miss, Diamond mentioned that it looks good like this" the attempt at nonchalance fooled no-one and Felix merely shook his head while chuckling to himself as he made to leave the dorm

"What?" Arctus demanded, arms outstretched before following "What?"

Eagle had caught up with Diamond in the corridor and the pair had made it to the academies' cafeteria without incident, simply following the older students converging on the source of free food. The silver haired Huntress kept her eyes open for any of the acquaintances she'd made in the previous days' initiation. Eventually a crop of spiky red hair became visible in the crowd, beside it a pair of white furred feline ears

"Helios!" Diamond called, waiting for her fellow Mistrali to locate the source of the noise before continuing "There's room for Team NEON if you wanna join us?" Nyanza began making his way over to their table before the leader of Team NEON's hand clamped down on the Faunus's shoulder

"I assume your team leader will be joining you?"

"Um yeah?"

"Then we'll find our own seats" without another word Helios turned and walked away, silently demanding his team to follow

"Dude, the fuck?" Diamond mouthed to herself as a crushed expression crossed her face

"What's up with him?" Eagle asked as she swallowed a mouth full of scrambled egg "He seemed cool yesterday"

"I spent a whole summer hanging out with him" Diamond mumbled, eyes following Team NEON "He is cool. I don't get what his problem is"

"What whose problem is?" the girls attention was drawn to the sound of Felix's voice as he and Arctus arrived, taking up seat opposite them

"Helios was being weird" Diamond shrugged

"I've known his partner for years, I'll talk to him if I get chance" the Lion Faunus assured her before turning his attention to the well stacked plate of food before him

"Is he gonna eat all that?" Eagle whispered in a tone somewhere between mortified and begrundgingly impressed

"Eating implies that he's gonna chew" Arctus sighed "He's gonna inhale that" before the conversation could go any further they were interrupted by a deafening shout

"FLUFFY!" before Felix could turn around a pair of arms wrapped his shoulders and squeezed him in a vice-like grip. The Lion Faunus knew without a shadow of a doubt who was behind him when he caught sight of Arctus trying his best not to laugh

"Hey Corey. This is my sister" he explained to his team-mates before shaking her free and turning in his chair. Corvid was currently clad in her combat gear which resembled an all black flight suit with a fur lined collar and leather boots and gloves, hair tied back and her computerised gauntlet firmly attached to her left forearm

"My baby bro made team lead" she gushed as she ruffled his shaggy hair "I'd be Lion if I said I wasn't impressed"

"And sadly yes, that was the best pun she had" Felix added in a stage whisper while rolling his eyes

"You Pun-derestimate my Pun-derstanding of the Pun-damentals" Eagle broke down in a fit of giggles at this

"Don't encourage her" Felix and Arctus groaned in unison which only added to the taller blondes' hysterics

"Okay, lemme see your timetable" Corvid held out her hand, Arctus fished his own copy out faster and handed it to his cousin then watched a grin form across her face

"Double history, break then double combat before lunch and Grimm studies after….not a bad Monday at all….Grimm studies with professor Bronzewing drags sometimes though"

"How come you're not in uniform?" Felix asked, his brain suddenly making the connection

"Second years are all getting sent out on minor mission, Goodwitch wants to make sure we're all up to standard since we spent so much of our first year away" Corvid let out a soft sigh "We're getting lumbered with Team CAMO….really regretting that pity date I went on with their leader right now"

"Wait" Felix looked thoroughly appalled "Pity date?"

"Yeah" his sister shrugged casually "Both our teams went out in the same round and I'd been giving him shit about the fact he's a rabbit Faunus named Carat for months…..seriously, I like puns but that's just cruel" Felix still wore the same affronted expression

"Okay but, pity date? Really sis?"

"Wait….Team CAMO?" Eagle asked with a curious expression "I'm sure I've heard of them"

"Oh yeah, their heavy hitter Maroon made one hell of an impression" Corvid sniggered, Felix joining in as she began quoting the line that had become infamous among the competing students

"THE NAME'S MAROON!

"IT RHYMES WITH DOOM!"

"AND YOU'RE GONNA BE HURTING!

"ALL!

"TOO!"

"SOON!"

"And then he proceeded to get knocked out of the ring in the first ninety seconds" Corvid managed to gasp out while tears of laughter streamed down her face

"COREY! TIME TO GO!" a voice called from the entrance of the cafeteria, the students turned to see a young man in a particularly sharp tuxedo with a gleaming rapier hanging from each hip, stood on either side of him was a dark skinned young woman with flowing white hair whose entire left arm had been replaced with a cybernetic limb and a young man carrying a high calibre revolver and wearing a Stetson hat low over his face

"I give the orders Lux!" Corvid called back before ruffling her brothers' head again "Anyway I've got asses to kick. Bye Fur-licia" with that she sauntered off, leaving Felix grumbling under his breath at the parting shot

"So, you're sister seems pretty chill" Diamond noted before giving Team CLIR a second glance as they retreated from view "Pretty sure you don't dual wield rapiers though"

"You don't" Arctus confirmed having actually trained with the Schnee family sword, Myrtenaster before finally deciding to make his own weapon

"The girl with the white hair is really pretty" Eagle breathed out from behind hands that were currently covering her mouth. Felix gave his team-mates a disgusted look

"So we're all wilfully ignoring the actual fucking cowboy with BAMF written on his belt-buckle then?" hearing this the other members of Team FADE broke down in hysterics

"We were trying to" Diamond managed to inform him. Felix merely snorted and rose from his seat, taking his plate which was still stacked with enough breakfast to feed several teams

"Come on, we still need to actually find our classroom. Let's see if Eagles' uncle is as cool as she says he is"

"Nah but that was all kinds of bad-ass though" Felix gushed "I mean, how did he even get footage from the helmet cameras of an Atlesian tanks' gunner?" break had almost ended and the Lion Faunus was still espousing Professor Ren's awesomeness, much to Eagle's delight. Arctus and Diamond merely listened with bemused smiles, they could hardly disagree and Felix was far from the only first year student whom the raven haired professor had left an impression on, Diamond was sure he'd heard a passing student utter something that sounded suspiciously like 'Rensexual'

"He told me once he saved the gunners' life in the battle of Menagerie and asked for it as a favour when he started teaching" Eagle informed them, her smile broadening to comical proportions as they reached their destination, the entrance to the combat classroom

"This is going to be so awesome" she almost squeaked with enthusiasm as Team FADE entered, taking in the several rows of gradually raising seats arranged in a semicircle to face what appeared to be a small arena on a raised platform. The whole thing put them in mind of a colosseum and they promptly made their way towards seats that would afford them a good view of the lesson; so far only Team AQUA had already arrived and their professor was yet to make an appearance. Teams PSTL and NEON filed into the classroom soon after, three members of the latter silently greeting them while Helios merely glowered as soon as he caught sight of Felix

"The fuck is your problem?" the Lion Faunus mouthed silently, receiving no reply.

"Knock it off man" Arctus muttered as he nudged his cousin and gave him a warning glare

"Okay so is nobody concerned that our teacher isn't-"

BOOM!

Diamond found herself interrupted by the cacophony of several mid-air explosions which filled the entirety of the raised platform with clouds of thick smoke, vibrant pink in colour. As the smoke began to clear a mischievous laughter could be heard and a single figure could be seen striding towards the front of the stage. The figure stepped through the smoke and the students realised that they had seen this woman before during their initiation, roughly five feet tall, curvaceous with ginger hair a broad smile and bright turquoise eyes that seemed to shine with glee as she twirled the grenade launcher she wielded in one hand, transforming it into an oversized hammer which she handled with equal ease as she did so

"Holy shit" Arctus gasped in realisation "She was in the recovered footage Professor Ren showed us….she can turn a Beringrel into smoke with one hit from that thing"

"She just shot grenades at as!" Felix hissed with a combination of outrage and sheer awed disbelief, the woman before them finally decided to speak

"I'm Professor Nora. It says Professor Ren on your timetable but professor Ren is my husband, welcome to combat class. Legs will be broken, meat will be grindered? Grinded? Ground? Grundled?….one of those. Either way you will learn and it will be an awesome mess of explosions, knowledge and pain….also pancakes if I get hungry"

"Eagle" Diamond whispered "Be honest with us, we're all gonna die here aren't we?"

"We'll be fine, she's just enthusiastic" the blonde Huntress assured her team-mates

"So for our first lesson" Nora continued brightly, her grin turning feral "You're gonna fight to the death!….Or at least until your Aura is in the red"

"Really enthusiastic" Eagle added without missing a beat

"Also it is my sincerely held belief that homework is a sin against Oum" the Professor, whose class was beginning to understand that this may not have been what they signed up for added

"Sweet" Felix grinned, sharing Nora's sentiment

"Now I've only ever met one person in my life who made it this far into their education without knowing what Aura is and how it works" Nora's smile flickered for a moment, a sad and distant expression taking its' place for a split second before she continued "The various hidden cameras scattered in the initiation area let me see a little of how you function as teams, today I'm going to get a feel for some of you as individual fighters and adjust my lesson plans based on that. Tournament rules, weapons and Semblances are allowed the match goes on until one person is either knocked into the red or forfeits. Ring-outs will not be possible due to the protective shielding around the ring….So, you and you team leaders first" the professor pointed at a Frog and Skunk Faunus whose names Felix learned as they made their way down towards the stage-cum-arena were Aqua Tsuyu and Pepe Le Puce, leaders of Teams AQUA and PSTL respectively. Felix began to tune out as Nora signalled the beginning of the sparring match, he quickly surmised after the initial exchanges of blows that the Frog Faunus would mostly likely take the victory in the long run due to her superior manoeuvrability but that the bout overall would be uneventful.

"So I'm thinking" he murmured to Eagle who was currently sat to his immediate left "Our dorm. Bunk-beds, give ourselves some space….also dibs on top bunk"

"Dibs on the other top bunk" Diamond answered with a shrug

"Oum Damn it" Arctus sighed

"You're clearly too big for the top bunk" Felix snorted

"Shut up Fluffy"

"Oh my Oum you're missing the fight, her Semblance is cool it's like she can leech power from the force field" Eagle informed her friends while watching the match with rapt attention

"Twenty Lien says she takes it" Felix added with a bored shrug as he turned to face her "I'm not seeing any guns on Pepe and she's dodged every punch he's thrown so-"

"And Aqua Tsuyu is the winner!" Nora's voice informed them, sounding as though she were about to burst out laughing

"Okay what did I miss?" Felix asked looking down at the arena below where the professor was helping the beaten Skunk Faunus to his feet

"One of her Faunus attributes is an extendable tongue" Eagle informed him "She hit him in the throat with it and pulled him into a drop kick….so cool" the other members of Team FADE shared bemused smiles, they may not have known each other long but they could all sense that Eagle being utterly overwhelmed by her female classmates was going to be a running theme

"OKAY" Nora bellowed, demanding the attention of students who had begun gossiping about the first match amongst themselves "NEXT TWO TEAM LEADERS GET DOWN HERE….FELIX XIAO LONG VERSUS HELIOS NIKOS"

Felix set his jaw and drew hack and slash while trying to gauge just how difficult of a time he was going to have, standing across from him Helios drew Olympus Enforcer and shifted it into its' sword and shield form

"Today is the day that the Xiao Long family learns to show respect" the crimson haired teen growled

"Talk shit about my family with no teeth jackass!"

"Hey!" Nora gave them both a stern glare "No trash-talk….okay maybe a little, but keep it civil and fair. Begin!" as soon as the instruction was given Helios rushed forwards, vibrant green eyes almost shining with malevolence. Felix rushed to meet him and was forced to cross his swords and block as Helios leapt into the air and stabbed downwards, failing to notice the faint darkness that seemed to coalesced around his opponent signifying the use of his Semblance; gravity was amplified to an obscene degree as Helios fell, forcing Felix to one knee as their blades clashed

"Not bad-" the Lion Faunus found himself silenced as Helios swung the edge of his shield into Felix's ribs before delivering a punishing knee strike to his face that sent him rolling back. Felix leapt back to his feet and rushed forwards once more, shifting Hack and Slash into their machine pistol form and opening fire as he did so. As Helios took cover behind his shield Felix returned his weapons to their place on his back, anticipating his opponents' next move. As he drew close Helios stabbed at his chest, turning at the waist and moving his shield enough for Felix to barrel into his chest and grab his arm, using his momentum to hurl the armoured fighter to the ground

"GO FELIX!" the blonde grinned at the sound of his partners' cheer only for the grin to be removed by Helios's legs wrapping around his right arm. Felix hastily brought one of his swords to bare in an overhand slash which Helios easily blocked with his own

"You're nothing without your Semblance" the golden armoured Hunter taunted before striking Felix in the knee with the edge of his shield and hurling him to the ground. Felix's hurried attempt to return to his his feet was ended prematurely by a crushing pressure holding him in place while simultaneously forcing his breathing to nothing more than short laboured gasps; he'd fallen play to Helios's manipulation of gravity and was currently helpless. A fact that Helios capitalised moments later when Felix felt the barrage of bullets from Olympus Enforcers' Tommy-Gun form impact against his Aura

"And Helios Nikos is the winner!" Nora announced, Felix took a deep gulp of air as the pressure on his body subsided. Before he could stand the armoured feet of his opponent came into view

"Consider this feud settled" before Felix could demand an explanation he was rendered unconscious by Helios Nikos stamping his face into the floor.

"Helios get out here we need to talk!" Diamond demanded as her fist thundered against the door of Team NEON's dormitory, Team FADE had taken Felix to the campus's medical facilities and the last she'd seen of her fellow Mistrali was him being dragged out of the arena and into a back room which she supposed contained Professor Nora's office by the combat instructor who had looked utterly livid at the time

"Come on dude" she added in a pleading whisper, seemingly in answer the door swung open revealing not Helios but rather his partner Nyanza

"How is he?" the Feline Faunus asked without preamble

"He's fine. He's already back in Team FADE's dorm" Diamond assured him as she ran a hand through her silvery hair in stress "Broken nose is all, his Aura's healed that but they kept him out of lessons for the rest of the day"

"Yeah probably they know he's gonna kick your friends ass next time he sees him" Nyanza snorted

"Look I don't want trouble with you, with anyone really….Is Helios here? I'm just trying figure out what the hell that was earlier" Nyanza shook his head

"Nah, Ether and Olivine asked around. The Professors decided to put him in isolation for the rest of the day and he's got detentions for the whole damn week….Oh sweet Oum Corey's gonna find out, this is not gonna end well for anyone"

"His sister? But she seemed cool?" Diamond's questioning tone earned her a derisive laugh

"Yeah she's cool, she's also a total psycho. Seriously, first rule at Signal is do not piss off the Xiao Longs" Diamond inwardly groaned

"Great….Look if he's not here then tell him to talk to me when he gets back, I'm heading back to my dorm" with that she turned and made her way along the corridor eventually reaching her destination and entering the dorm just in time to see Arctus and Eagle hurling her bed on top of Arctus's

"So you want me on top of you?" she asked, allowing herself a small smirk at the way her partner sputtered and struggled to find words. She'd seen the furtive glances he'd been giving her when he thought she wouldn't notice and while not currently looking for any sort of relationship the Bear Faunus seemed nice enough, besides it was fun to tease sometimes. Seeing Arctus blush scarlet she turned her attention to Felix who was currently surreptitiously hiding what appeared to be a bottle of liquor and large bag of weed in his pillowcase

"That's not gonna help the headache, you okay though?"

"Yeah I'm good" the Lion Faunus turned to face her his face almost fully healed, the only sign of the early incident being some bruising that reached from the bridge of his nose under both eyes "Not the worst beating I've taken" an irritated huff from Eagle caught everyone's attention. The taller blonde had already unpacked her belongings in a display of efficiency that seemed an odd contrast to the collection of stuffed Grimm adorning her bed and the attentive almost loving way she was polishing Sentinel while the droid chirped happily

"I think your friend is a total jerk, how do you do even know that guy?" Diamond allowed a small sigh to escape her as she snatched her rucksack from the floor and began transferring her belongings to their new places

"I'm originally from Doupeng-He Bishou, one of the nastiest cities in Mistral….well on Remnant actually but when I was fourteen my parents moved to the capital Anquan-Jia so I could go to Sanctum and still live with them. Travel in Mistral is tricky because there aren't many roads between cities and it's not exactly safe. The Nikos tribe are one of the more powerful tribes on Anima and they rent their services out as guides and security for people making the journey. I spent most of that summer with Helios, he was cool….it's a shame he's changed, it would have been nice to have had a friend here"

"You still have got friends here" Felix answered with a snort "Nobody's blaming you for his attitude problem"

"Exactly" Arctus gave her shoulder a reassuring squeeze

"Thanks dude" Diamond beamed as she opened her top drawer, the Bear Faunus instinctively looking away as he realised that she was about to unpack her underwear

"Holy Oum why do you have that many condoms?" Eagle gasped as she caught sight of the myriad small packages Diamond was stuffing into the drawer.

"From my Mum, in case I start dating anyone" Diamond's expression remained neutral despite the way her face coloured as she fished a butterfly knife out of her rucksack and threw it into the drawer "From my Dad, in case I start dating anyone"

"….Okay then" Arctus gave an audible gulp before his Scroll vibrated in his pocket. Pulling the device out he saw he had a message from his mother

'She fell asleep waiting for her brother to call' the brief pang of guilt he felt was immediately overshadowed by the urge to 'Awww' at the attached image, that of his sister Athena-Jade asleep with her arms wrapped loosely around the neck of an ageing mastiff that was larger than herself

"Oh my Oum that is the cutest thing I've ever seen, is that your sister?" Diamond gushed as she caught sight of the picture

"Yeah it is" Arctus paused for a moment "Okay selfie time, I'm gonna send my sister a pic of our team"

"Sweet, I'll send it to my Mums as well" Felix sidled over, Eagle joining them. The picture was taken and the four of them gave it a brief glance, Felix letting out an annoyed huff

"Oum's sake why am I so short?"

Yang made her way from the kitchen of the Xiao Long family home into the living room where Blake was currently curled up on the sofa reading. Making her way over to her wife Yang wrapped her arms around Blake's shoulders and kissed the top of her head at the point where her feline ears met her skull

"How was work?" she murmured, drawing a muted groan from Blake

"Some idiot foreman at the docks thinks employing Faunus with prehensile tails is an excuse to cheap out on safety harnesses for people working on cranes….It's like we're always gonna be dealing with this- sorry" Blake trailed off realising she was getting irate, Yang merely kissed her neck

"Don't worry, you know I love it when your feisty….besides it's quiet here anyway without the kids" Blake placed her book on the coffee table and turned to face Yang, cupping her cheeks and pulling her into a slow kiss and taking the blondes' lower lip between her teeth. As she pulled away she gave Yang a sultry smile and whispered

"Well since we're alone we could-" she was interrupted by the sound of her scroll

"Please ignore that" Yang murmured

"It's Felix" Blake answered as she opened the message "He sent a picture of his team, Team FADE" Yang's mood instantly changed

"Oh my gosh let me see….Oh my Oum our baby boy is leading his own team, just like his sister" Blake simply wrapped an arm around Yang and smiled as she leaned into her; her partners' maternal instincts were always fun to watch, taking another look at the photograph her eyes widened

"Hey the girl stood next to Arctus….is it just me or does she look a lot like Emerald Sustrai"

"With Merc's hair" Yang added with a nod "I haven't seen either of them in years; we'll have to tell the kids to bring their teams over sometime….That blonde girl looks really familiar for some reason" Blake examined the photograph closely

"Blonde hair and if you look in the background you can see some pieces of white armour; she might be one of the Arcs"

"Maybe" Yang conceded though she sounded unconvinced, her eyes widened in shock as she looked at the Huntresses crimson eyes and the bone structure of her face; her stomach lurched as the realisation hit her.

In a secluded yet otherwise unremarkable suburb of New Vale, a single house sat between others that appeared identical from the outside. The locals knew who the sole occupant of the house was and greeted him cheerfully on the rare occasions they saw him whilst at the same time warning their children that this particular house should never be pranked in any way; not that those children ever needed such lectures after seeing the monstrous scythe that the man used as a cane.

The inside of the house seemed ordinary enough, a well stocked liquor cabinet, pictures of old friends and family lining the walls and spare bedrooms always prepared for the not infrequent times that a particular niece and nephew were left in his care while their parents attended to a mission. It was when one entered the basement that the illusion of normalcy shattered.

No such basement appeared in the houses plans, it had been added covertly and contained a gargantuan computer system with several screens displaying different points of interest around Remnant. On one a Faunus woman whose eyes and palms glowed with icy blue light could be seen using the powers of the Winter Maiden to create popsicles for children in Vaccuo, on another the current deployment of Hunters and military forces around New Vale was visible to him, on another a young woman could be seen growing crops from ground that could only be described as a wasteland. Qrow Branwen swigged his drink as he watched over those he had sworn to protect.

The Spring Maiden, the remaining members of Team CFVY had contacted him and informed him of their suspicions that they may have inadvertently located a Maiden when dispatching a group of raiders on Menagerie; he had sent one of his most trusted confidants and his most reliable agent in the field to handle the situation personally, Ruby Rose. She had returned with a bloody gash torn in her face that her Aura, Semblance and additional powers would no doubt heal in days and assured him that their was nothing to worry about, yet he worried nevertheless. Any opponent that could score such a grievous injury on Ruby was no simple raider, there was something else going on here

"I'd ask how you did it Oz" the now grey haired and bearded Qrow murmured to himself "But we both know what the answer is" the self appointed guardian of Maidens often grumbled that he needed to find the new Wizard and teach them to harness their mastery of time, if for no reason than to give himself enough hours in his day; alas he had to make do with the best surveillance system Poly-Tech and the Atlesian military could collaborate on. Eventually he was brought from his musings by the sound of his Scroll, looking at the device and seeing that it was a video call from his eldest niece he answered it

"Hey firecracker"

"Don't 'Hey firecracker' me old man" Yang near-roared, eyes flashing red as she held up a second scroll on showed him an image of a team of students "WHAT THE HELL HAVE YOU DONE?"

Authors Notes:

Sorry about how long it takes me to update lately, granted the chapters feel a bit longer on average than they were in The Downward Spiral but a lot of it is just due to me feeling drained right now.

Anyway, no morbid shit. Let's summarise:
"Well we can make a start now but we'd probably have to skip our first lesson so it's up to you?" Team FADE has learned from the mistakes of Team RWBY.
Imagine 'Uncle Lie' telling bedtime stories to a younger Eagle and any of the other honorary nieces and nephews he has via the Arc family; is it not adorable?
"They were around for some of it" I think Merc and Em probably told their daughter the truth about their involvement in the war and the fact that they started on the wrong side of it.
Arctus wasn't jacking off, let's just clear that up now shall we.
Also, Arctus changing his hairstyle just because Diamond made an off-hand comment about liking it messy….yeah he's crushing hard.
More Corvid, yes she makes puns….she is Yang's daughter. Also a quick look at Team CLIR (More of them next chapter)
Maroon from Team CAMO is a reference to Dragon-ball Z Abridged.
"Bye Fur-licia" may be the single greatest thing I've ever written.
Yes one of Team CLIR is basically Mc Cree.
Rensexuality will never die.
I had fun writing Nora, a lot of fun.
Pepe Le Puce needs no explanation, surely?
Aqua Tsuyu, a Frog Faunus….She's Froppy.
Eagle is the most useless of useless lesbians; her internal monologue consists of a the mantra "Why is everyone here perfect?" and a lot of internal screaming.
Yeah, scumbag move from Helios there….we'll get into what his problem is next chapter.
Just how bad ass is Corvid Xiao Long….stay tuned.
The condoms and butterfly knife, Merc and Em as parents everyone.
I will sell my….Someone's soul for fan art of that Team FADE photo.
Yang taking one look at Eagle and trying to figure out why she recognises her….I imagine her as looking like a young Gwendoline Christie but Yang basically saw Qrow's eyes and blonde hair; who else has blonde hair and sometimes has red eyes….
Qrow's taken up Ozpins job of watching after the Maidens while Goodwitch runs the Academy.
Qrow now has a Bat-Cave.
Also that mission that Ruby came back from, not as unimportant as she was saying.
So yeah, that's who Eagle's Dad is. She doesn't know yet.

Thank you to Shadowalex2000, Ferrous, MarianTheLibrarian22 and FleetOfWarships for their reviews on the last chapter.
Eagle is Jaune's niece; Helios's Mum was Pyrrha's cousin on her Dads' side.
Also they're not gonna bang, 'cos well neither of them is straight.
Oh no I have at least three ships planned for this story, I mean there's only one I'm actively doing things with at this point.
Yeah the RWBY JNPR initiation team up homage was intentional, especially Felix decapitating the Grimm; it's tradition.
Bad-ass and Nerdy….yes.
Oh yeah, Yang most likely gushed for a week the first time Felix went Balrog, funnily enough it was actually Blake that helped him name that trick.
The Botfly Grimm won't show up for a long time….but sweet fuck when it does it'll be nasty.

As always thank you to everyone that reads this, with a special thanks to those of you that follow, favourite and review.