Author's note: So eventhough it's Summer I'll still be busy with many other things. I'll keep on this story, however the second story I'm currently working on will take most of my time away from me. Now, anyway back to the story.

It had been a few days since the fall of Beacon for Weiss, she was sitting in a chair in her room looking out in the distance. Ever since her team had split at the Fall of Beacon, she had met many soldiers in the evacuation of the fallen city. Among them was the leader of the ground forces, although he had bizarre fighting styles he still proved to be fearless. And the soldiers who were his team were a little ruff on the edges but still had great qualities of honorable men. The one in lightish red armor (pink) was a cheerful and had a colorful personality, almost as if nothing could get him down. The one in brown surprised her, not only because he was speaking in a language nobody understood, but the fact was he was a highly advanced robot. The one that surprised her the most was the tall, lean one, he was wearing maroon armor and seemed to be the sophisticated and intelligent one. The thing that shocked her the most about him was his entire left arm down to his mid rib cage, and his left eye and the area around it was mechanical. She felt slightly uncomfortable around him for some reason she couldn't point out or name.

Weiss had snapped back to reality when she heard a knock at her door, "Yes?"

Her childhood friend, and favorite butler, Klein, came into the room, his mustache would move everytime he talked, "Pardon the interruption Ms. Schnee, but your father wishes to speak with you."

She sighed hearing the news, "Thank you, Klein." She had started to wander through the halls of the Schnee mansion to her father's office, passing by gigantic statues, grand paintings and other fancy luxuries.

She was nearing her destination when she heard another voice from her childhood, "Good afternoon, Sister." her younger brother, Whitley, "A pleasure to see you out of your room for a change."

"Hello, Whitley." They circled each other without even staring, "You're in a cheery mood today."

Whitley smiled, "Klein made crêpes for breakfast."

Weiss grew suspicious suddenly, "What do you want?"

Whitley went into a cheerful mood giving her the news, "I heard Father shouting with two people in his study."

"Mother and a friend?"

"No, she's already drinking in the garden. I think they were both men." He put on an almost concerned face, "I just wanted to warn you. I heard he had asked to speak with you."

"I'll be fine." She said shyly.

"I know you will," He stood proud, "You're strong, like Winter."

Weiss suddenly knew something was up, "You never liked Winter."

"True, but you can't deny her resolve." He pointed out.

Weiss tried to figure out what he was scheming, "You seem...different."

Whitley had a quick come back, "And you've been gone. I'll have you know that I haven't stop growing while you were away at Beacon." He turned and left, "Anyway, good luck with Father."

Weiss had her eyes trained on her brother for five seconds, until she turned around and bumped into something tall and hard. She fell backwards on the floor, rubbing her head in pain, "Ow, are you alright?" She looked up to find Simmons with some device next to him, along with Donut and Lopez behind her.

Simmons looked up to see who he bumped into and was instantly embarrassed by himself, "Oh, Miss Schnee, I'm so sorry, I didn't know where I was going and I wasn't paying attention so I bumped into you and..." He rambled on.

She stopped him mid thought, "Simmons, it's okay. I'm just...not really focused at the moment." She had then noticed the device he picked up. "What is that you're working on?"

Simmons shifted his glasses up, "Well, since Beacon tower fell, I have tried to make a replacement for the long wave feedback communications. So, far I've combined pieces from a scroll's link to a tower, to the link of one our replacement satellites we currently have up and running. And I..." He then realized he was speaking to a girl thinking he was a nerd, "Well, I don't think you'd want to hear me go on and on about how the different systems intertwine with one an-"

She had stopped him once again, "No, no, no, it's not that, I actually am quite interested in how you are able to do that, I just have to talk to my Father about something." She saw him nod in understanding, "But hey, can you teach me more about this later."

Simmons was surprised at how she was interested in his topic, "Wow, really?" This was the moment his voice cracked, "Uhhh, Yeah, sure, *Ahem* sounds good to me."

She then left the three in the hall as Donut grew a big smile looking at Simmons. Simmons himself was confused, "What? Did I miss something?"

Donut let out a silent fan girl screech, "Eeeeeeeee, you have a date!"

Simmons grew bright red at the mention of that, "What!? N-no, I I don't, I just respect for the beautiful independent woman she is."

Donut awed as if he was staring at a box full of kittens, "Awww, you think she's beautiful too."

Simmons realized what he had just said, "Wait I...You...She...We...ugh. Shut up Donut." Lopez gave a whistle sounding like (Weewoo), making Simmons blush more, "Not you too Lopez!"

Weiss then slowly stepped into the office, careful not to attract the attention of her Father or of the other men in the room. Both of the men she identified as General Ironwood and Colonel Sarge from Church's stories of him. She heard her father shout at the men, "I'm not talking about the good of my company, I'm talking about the good of Atlas! Our entire kingdom!" it sounded like a heated discussion.

Suddenly a heavier voice entered the argument, much heavier than Ironwood's, "With all due respect, I believe that is complete bullshit, and you and I both know it."

She heard her Dad raise his voice, "I beg your Pardon!? Who are you in this discussion!?"

Ironwood stepped in to have Sarge's back, "He is the man who saved my life and many others out of the courage of his heart. So I suggest you show him some respect and hear us out, Jaques."

Jaques groaned in annoyance, "You are a trusted friend and ally to this family, James. But what you're suggesting is absurd."

Ironwood replied to his friend's anger, "You are blowing this out of proportion."

Jaques stood up in protest, "The council will never agree to it!"

Ironwood pointed out a factor in his favor, "You forget, I hold two seats on the council."

Jaques gritted his teeth, "Your Dust embargo act has already cost me millions. I promise you I have not forgotten."

Sarge reentered the conversation leaning against a bookcase, "So this, Was about you? I see now."

The door closed as Weiss had finally fully entered, Sarge stood up straight as if meeting a man of a high ranking position. Ironwood was the first to speak, "Miss Schnee, my apologies, we should have been gone by now."

Weiss accepted their apology, "It-It's okay."

James stood up and looked to Jaques, "We'll continue this at another time."

Jaques shared an icy glare at them, "Indeed, Klein will show you the way out."

"Hmph, don't worry, I know the way." Ironwood made his approach to the door when he stopped to turn at Jaques, "Until next time, Jaques." To which Jaques nodded, he turned to Weiss, "Please know, you'll always have a home at Atlas Academy, Miss Schnee. We'll be back in session before you know it."

Following Ironwood, Sarge stopped next to Weiss, "Miss Schnee, I would like to thank you for look after Church while I was not, Thank you." He saluted her, then left the room.

Weiss stared at the door they had left out of, until her Father remembered why she is there, "Did you forget your manners while you were away?" Jaques asked.

Weiss responded with a sigh, "No, Father, I'm sorry."

He began walking back to his desk, "Can you believe there are still people in the world that blame Atlas for what happened to Beacon? To Vale?"

"Well they weren't there." Weiss said defending the people who weren't there.

Her Father then blamed everyone else, "It's a wonder Ironwood wasn't stripped of his rank! I suppose the council trusts him, for better or worse."

Weiss stood up for Ironwood, who had just left, "I trust him."

Jaques sighed then grumbled at the fact his daughter preferred Ironwood over him, "Thanks to him, Atlas is forbidden from exporting Dust to other kingdoms. 'A precautionary measure' as he puts it, until we're certain no one is going to declare war. How anyone could possibly find that to be sound logic is beyond me. Which is why the Schnee Dust Company will be holding a charity concert in the coming weeks. We need to show the people of Remnant that we are on their side. That we are all victims of the Fall of Beacon."

Weiss grew a small smile at the news, "That's...wonderful news!"

Jaques even grew happy seeing his daughter like his plan, "I know. And I think it would make a lot of people happy if you preformed at the event."

Weiss then was confused at this lack of detail, "Excuse me?"

Jaques kept on explaining his plan, "Many forgot that you were there. My own daughter, a Schnee, on the grounds defending another kingdom. We need to remind them. And we need to show them that the Schnee family is just as strong as ever."

Weiss finally caught on, "Are you asking me if I'd like to sing or telling me?"

Jaques had to regain his daughter's trust, "I think it would make a lot of people happy."

Weiss sighed realizing she had no way out, "I'll go start practicing."

Jaques smiled realizing he had her hooked, "That's my girl."

Weiss left the study of her Father and went out into the hall where she met up with another friend of her past. An old friend, "Hot coffee, Miss Schnee? I always find he keeps his study dreadfully cold."

Weiss took the coffee off the tray he was holding, "Thank you, Klein." She smiled seeing a familiar loving face.

"You know what I think?" Klein asked before hiding his face behind the tray, reappearing with a different eye color, "I think it's to balance out all his hot air." Klein laughed at his joke.

Weiss tried not to laugh knowing her Father might hear, "Klein." She eventually gave in.

Klein was now sneezing, "Heh, apologies, Madame." He sneezed again bringing slight joy to Weiss. His eyes changed to a friendly blue, "Ah, there's my happy little snowflake."

Weiss wasn't going to lie she needed a laugh, "Thank you, Klein."

She then turned to head towards her room, where she met with a cyborg friend who was still working on his contraption. He had left hand on the bottom of it, and he was concentrating, "Okay, if I can just get this I can..." He was shocked, "Ow son of a bitch." He heard Weiss laugh behind him, "Oh, uh, Miss Schnee, I didn't see you there."

Weiss looked at Simmons with a smile, "It's quite alright. Having trouble?"

Simmons rubbed the back of his head, "Yeah just a little shock," He hummed to himself thinking of a different approach, "What if I try entering this with my left hand?" He then used his robotic hand to poke through the bits and pieces there was. However he didn't know Weiss was staring at his arm, she was shocked seeing it. She was wondering if that was how far his robotic hand went and if that, plus the left eye was all that was mechanic. He finally gotta the pieces in place, "Yes, now all I need to do is calibrate the-"

Weiss had interrupted him in the middle of his science thing, "Simmons? What happened to you that gave you the um..." She said gesturing to his arm. She immediately thought she was being rude and turned away, "I'm sorry, you don't have to explain I was just curious and..."

"Blood Gulch." Simmons started off.

Weiss looked at him in confusion, "What?"

Simmons took a long sigh before continuing, "Back in Blood Gulch, the place where I met Church, Sarge, and everyone else, we had some ruff times. Back then we tried to kill each other, but we mainly just stood around and talked to one another. One day me and Grif were pinned down behind a jeep, he said to book it on three, I booked it on 1. He got ran over by the jeep and was seriously injured, so he needed a few organs to be donated. I didn't want to but I wanted to impress Sarge, I gave him a few organs, and Sarge gave me a major upgrade. In the end, I have a whole new left arm, mechanical parts for parts of my cardiovascular, respiratory, and digestive system, and a highly advanced eyeball." Simmons was finished when he looked up at Weiss with her hands covering her mouth in horror. He was wondering why she was like this, "Um, Miss Schnee, you there?"

She shed a tear as she asked him question, "Does it hurt, having those machines instead of organs? How can you walk away from that as if nothing had happened?"

Simmons shrugged his shoulders, and offered Weiss a cloth he had in his casual suit. He smiled a little and gave a perfect answer, "Shit happens, and when you can't do anything about it, what's the point of getting pissed about it. I walked away from that because I knew that day could have gone worse."

Weiss held Simmon's robotic hand and put her forehead on his chest, "You have to be honestly be one of the strongest people I know to look back on something like that and come out smiling." She stifled back tears.

Simmons took a few seconds before processing what was happening at this moment. 1. he never had anyone say he was strong 2. he had a cute girl's holding his hand. When the second fact rushed to his head, he became really flustered, "Well, you know, some people cope with pain differently and uh...I think I heard someone call me." he pretended, as he walked he never had been more embarrassed.

When he got a few feet Weiss stopped him again, "Wait, Simmons." Weiss was able to stop him before he left, "So, my father is hosting a charity event for the Fall of Beacon, and I was wondering if you and the Reds would like to come along and watch me perform."

Simmons was surprised, "Really? No one has ever invited me to anything like that in a while." Simmons took a second to think it over, "I would be delighted." Simmons then walked away to talk to Sarge and the others about the concert, to which Donut grew happy, Lopez said something they didn't understand, and Sarge just nodded and grunted.

[End of Chapter]

Author's note: So by Monday I'll be in school so had to get this Chapter posted to get this off my mind. I can't believe I have over 50 favorites and followers, I can't take all credit, it goes to you guys, also thanks for the reviews you all left.

Also, to the guy who said that in order for Church to be a wolf faunus, Ruby would need to be one then Taiyang or Summer and all that confusing stuff. Ruby and no one else needs to be a faunus because, Oum, the God of Remnant has so much power that he's giving Grif, Caboose, Donut, and Church some power for the battle against Salem. Also some future song references will be from JT Machinima, given that they would be the perfect song choices. Also to the fans, I may have made Church slightly OP but compared to the bad guys they will face, I think the nerf is necessary. Next Chapter will hopefully have The Red team getting their semblances, including Lopez. I'll explain later, til then see you later.