RWBY: Lost and Forgotten

Chapter 30

Chrome

All of us stood in the living room as dad paced back and forth, reading the speech he held in his hands. Mom walked up to him and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Are you ready?"

"Yes. It won't be easy for the people to hear, but the truth often isn't. I know they'll do the right thing." Blake walked up and placed her hand on his arm. Sun decided to join in, placing his hand on dad's back.

"You got this."

Opening the doors, the five of us stepped outside, where a massive crowd waited. Dad stepped up to the podium and raised a hand, quieting the crowd. "Thank you all for assembling here." he started. "I wanted to take time to address some of the rumors that have been circulating around our island. I believe that it is important for the people of this territory to understand the truth. No matter how you feel about the human race, I think we can all agree that the event now known as the Fall of Beacon was a tragedy. A tragedy that will set both man and Faunus-kin back. While the main aggressor is still unknown, we do have official confirmation that Adam Taurus...the leader of a powerful splinter group working inside the White Fang, was partially responsible for these attacks. His actions not only tarnished the reputation of an organization originally created to bring peace and equality to all, but to our entire race. With each day that this man remains unpunished, it becomes increasingly difficult to condemn those that look down upon us."

I wasn't really listening as I kept an eye out for possible White Fang members blending in with the crowd. Corsac and Fennec were easily spotted, but I couldn't tell if anyone else here was a member.

Suddenly, the crowd fell silent. A bit confused, I looked over at dad to see what was going on. "Before we proceed any further, I'd like to invite my daughter to come and share her story. Not only as a former member of the White Fang but also as a survivor of the Fall of Beacon." he said, turning to Blake. "You can do this."

"TRAITORS!" perking my ears at the sudden shout, I turned back to the crowd as Ilia tore off her cloak. "Cowards... After everything the humans have done to us, everything they've put us through, you're asking us to help them?!"

"I know we haven't been treated fairly..."

"Where was their help when the Dust companies treated our people like slaves?!" Ilia continued. "Where was their help when Kingdoms hunted Faunus just for being who they are?! Where was my help when my parents were killed in a Dust mine?! WHERE?!"

"Young lady, progress takes patience and cooperation!"

"The Belladonnas are the worse kind of Faunus! They want us to work with the same people that are trying to hold us down! If you truly, truly want to help your people now is the time to support Adam, not the Belladonnas!" Ilia said. "He will bring about the future that you deserve. And if you are unwilling to fight, know that the White Fang will do it for you!"

Raising my weapon into the air, I shot a single round, silencing her. "That's enough."

"You're right." she said, her eyes glaring at me from behind her mask. "It is."

Turning around, she ran through the crowd. "After her!"

A group of Menagerie guards started chasing her. Glancing at my family, I saw the glares dad and Blake were giving Corsac and Fennec. Sighing, I placed my weapon on my back and headed inside, passing mom who gave me a worried look.

Heading up the stairs, I walked into my room, placed my weapons in the corner of the room, and fell into the bed.

The next day

Walking outside with Blake and Sun, I looked at my scroll. "You two ready?" Blake asked.

"I beat up on giant monsters and robots more than once, I think I can handle getting a few signatures." Sun replied.

Blake then turned to me. "Chrome?"

"Yeah..." I walked passed them and towards a small row of houses.

Walking up to the first door, I knocked gently. After a few seconds, the door opened to a woman with a striped tail. "Sorry to bother you, but we need volunteers to help Haven." I held my scroll out to her. "Would you-"

"Not interested." she said before closing the door.

I sighed as I walked off the steps. "It's gonna be a long day."

Hours later

It had gotten dark and I started heading back home. Letting out a sigh, I placed my scroll back in my pocket. Reaching the front door, I walked inside and up to my room. Falling into bed, I closed my eyes.

End of chapter 30