Qrow Branwen, self-proclaimed defeater of evil and hugger of good children, was drinking in Crow Bar when his scroll rang. Pulling it out, he looked at the caller ID. Blinking as he saw it was Ozpin, he stood up unsteadily and walked a ways away from the bar. "Hey Oz, what's this call for?" he slurred drunkenly.

"Qrow, there's been a slight change of plans," Ozpin's neutral voice came over the scroll.

". . .Huh?"

"The meeting today with Ironwood and Glynda, there's going to be another person there."

"Oh, so that's it?"

"Yes. And please, when Miss Schnee comes, do not antagonize her. Glynda doesn't want to clean up the walkway again."

"When Winter comes, it's inevitable, Oz. It always is."

Qrow heard Ozpin sigh over the scroll, "Just try to keep the damage minimal."

"I'll try," Qrow slurred, then hung up. Going back to the bar, he ordered another shot and continued watching the Vytal Festival that was playing on the screens in there.

"So, Blake. Kira's your Sister, right?" Yang asked, leaning over to whisper it to Blake.

"Twin sister, yes." Blake replied, watching Team SSSN's match. And totally not watching Sun.

"Why didn't you tell us about her?" Yang asked, turning in her seat to fully see Blake.

Blake grimaced slightly, not that anyone who didn't know her well could see it, but Yang could see it clearly. "I-when she left the White Fang, I thought she had betrayed us, but it seemed like she was actually right."

"How many years ago did she leave?" Yang asked, trying to be as quiet as possible. She knew the meaning of subtlety, thank you very much!

"Two years ago."

Yang was going to reply, but Ruby's delighted shout cut her off, "Jade! Silver! Kira! Hi!"

"Heya, Ruby. Weiss. Blake. Yang. How ya hangin'?" Silver asked, waving an arm up in the air as both Jade and Kira greeted Ruby.

"By a double knot," Blake replied instantly.

Silver stopped in his stride, blinking. "I did not expect that answer, yet I'm pleased by it."

Kira flicked Blake in the forehead, "Bad Kitty. No making suicide jokes."

"Spoilsport," Blake fired back.

"So!" Ruby said, bringing their attention back to her, "Where'd you go? Tried messaging you, but you didn't respond."

"Oh." Jade blinked, then pulled out her Scroll, "I didn't hear it go off. Well," she said, "Professor Ozpin wanted to talk to us privately so we were away for a bit."

Weiss couldn't take it anymore. "How'd you two get in here? I thought this was a student-only area."

"Oh! It is. We just used Jade here," Silver wrapped his arm around her. "to get us into the section. Apparently you can take visitors into this section if they're related."

"But, you're not. . ."

"They don't know that." Weiss deflated, unable to find a valid argument against it. Silver patted Weiss' head, "Don't worry, little snowflake, soon you'll understand the power of knowing things people don't."

Huffing, Weiss turned away from him and focused back on the match, only keeping an ear on their conversation. Smiling, Ruby said, "Don't worry about Weiff, she's just sad 'cause Neptune's cheating on her." Silver closed his eyes and bit his upper lip, waiting until Ruby realized her mistake. Meanwhile, Weiss could feel a blush creeping up her cheeks. Ruby blinked, "Wait, did I say 'Wife'? I meant Weiss!"

The rest of Team RWBY and Kira and Jade burst out laughing, while Silver patted her head- just barely holding back from laughing- and said, "It's okay Ruby. I know what you meant."

Ruby knocked Silver's hand from her head, now blushing as deep as Weiss was. They all settled down and the new arrivals found places to sit around Team RWBY. Yang frowned as she watched Neptune and Sun argue down on the battlefield below. Turning in her seat, she faced both Kira and Blake, "Say, you're twins, right?"

Kira nodded, "That's right."

"Then why don't you look the same? I mean, your human features look the same, but your faunus traits aren't the same."

Kira snorted in amusement, "Oh, we're fraternal twins. I'm taller than Blake, but you can't tell by her wearing heels all the time, and Blake got mom's ear's while I got dad's claws." She flicked Blake's bow, making it twitch in annoyance.

"But I'm older," Blake put in, glaring at her.

"Actually, I'm older," Kira disagreed.

"Not true, they said the one with the cat ears came first."

"You sure about that? Even with two sets of ears, you might not've heard them correctly. They said I came first."

"I beg to differ, Kira."

"Then beg."

Yang's eyes were wide, watching as Kira just annihilated Blake with words. Very few words, at that. An amused snort came from Silver, who was watching in amusement. "Now, if you'd shown that type of ferocity when I first met you, then you could've handled those idiots all by yourself."

"Well, excuse me if I was badly written when I first came in," Kira said, looking over at him.

Everybody else was confused by her words, but Silver just raised an eyebrow. "Oh? We going that route now? Breaking the fourth wall? Fair enough. But if it truly is me who's writing this, why'd you have to ruin my plans?" Silver paused, waiting for an answer. None came. "See? I don't say anything because I don't want to. As an aside, thanks for making me extremely coherent to people."

"Who's he talking to?" Ruby asked in a loud whisper.

Silver's eyes focused onto her own silver eyes, "Myself. Also, if you get the chance, tell Nora about the fourth wall."

"The. . . fourth. . .wall?"

"It's a term that's used when a character in a book, movie, or show talks directly to the audience or reader," Jade explained, "It's not all that common, but hey, I'm not one to judge. Sometimes it's fun to see or read."

"I haven't read much that has that in it," Blake piped up.

"You just haven't read the right books. If you read the Leven Thumps series, then there's a bit where the author talks to the readers."

"They have the Leven Thumps series here?" Silver asked.

"Er, yeah? They've had it since before I arrived."

"Damn, I'm really missing out on things here," Silver realized.

"Language," Three people automatically said.

"English," Silver replied absently, thinking about. . . something.

His musings and the confusion of Team RWBY about his language was cut off by the sound of a buzzer. They all looked down at where Neptune had electrocuted the remaining members of Team ABRN, and were now bumping chests. Neptune and Sun danced away, waving towards the crowd. Sun made finger guns up a Blake, making her blush.

"Looks like the dorks made it to the next round," Yang commented.

"Emphasis on dork," Blake said, trying to fight her blush.

"C'mon, let's go congratulate them." Yang hopped out of her seat and started walking towards the exit.

Kira leaned forward, over the seats, "Oh? Does someone have a crush?"

"Shut it, Kira."

"No, I don't think I will, Blake. C'mon, who is he? Sun?"

"Don't you have a crush?"

"No, I have a boyfriend. There's a difference."

"And what's that?"

"With crushes, you can tease people with them."

"Yeah, and you can't do that with couples," Silver added in, coming up to them.

"This concludes the Four-on-Four matches for today. The duels will start in two hours. Please leave the Coliseum in a CALM AND ORDERLEY FASHION while we set up for the duels!" Oobleck shouted over the intercom, making everyone stop and cringe at the loudness.

Silver looked up at the announcer's booth, "Someone certainly spiked his coffee."

"He's always like that, Silver," Jade said, walking past him and following Yang.

"Really? I mean, I guess. Never really met the guy, but okay. I'll take your word for it."

They followed Yang out of the Student Section and into the regular seats, when Weiss slowed to a stop, staring up at the ship that was passing overhead. A mix of apprehension and joy blossomed onto her face as she said, "She's here."

Ruby looked at her strange, "Who?"

Silver blinked and looked up at the obnoxious ship. "Oh hey, Winter's here."

"That still doesn't answer anything."

aaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Hek.

Bai.