It started to rain. Elm made her way through a deserted street, using the wall to support herself. She was exhausted after two back to back battles.

"I'm surprised she still has any energy left," Sun noted.

"Yeah, she just lost a three on one battle, and won a duel," Yang noted, "Even I'd be running out of juice at this point!"

"Hey…" Nora thought for a moment, "Didn't Pyrrha do that once? Except she won the three on one."

"Not quite," Pyrrha remembered, "Though Mercury threw that fight, I actually fought a four-on-one versus Team CRDL."

Mercury smirked as he remembered.

Nora laughed, "Yeah, but it's CRDL. They don't count as a full team anyway."

She looked up and sighed at what she saw. Across the intersection stood Clover, his arms crossed.

"Come to finish the job yourself, huh?" Roman sighed.

"I don't know," Clover thought out loud, "If it were me personally, I'd probably give Elm one more chance to stand down before going that far."

Clover looked over to her and she sighed again, "Come to finish me off? Then make it quick."

"And she's given up," Blake ducked in embarrassment, "I don't blame her, considering all of her friends gave up on her."

She slumped to the ground in defeat as Clover approached, "That's not what brought me here today."

"I wish to fulfill the role bestowed upon me, that's all. It isn't our place to try to change the events of the future; that is not our mission." Clover explained.

"We're here to make sure that light lives on. With only five lights," he extended his hand to Elm, "We can't afford to lose any."

"Well, you were right," Qrow noted, "You did give her another chance."

Clover nodded, "I'm glad that trait carried over."

"You," Elm questioned, "Still count me as one of the five lights?"

"Of course," Clover answered.

Elm scoffed, "Only you could be such a good guy after everything we've been through," She grabbed Clover's hand and stood up, "But hey, I guess that's one of the reasons I respect you so much."

"Maybe now we can put this all behind us," Harriet sighed.

Ren shook his head, "Unfortunately, it's not over. You told Elm about the Lost Page. Now she knows, and if she's made up with Clover…"

"Clover will find out about it," Weiss gasped, "And label Harriet the traitor!"

Harriet paled at the thought.

"However," she explained, "We still might only be four."

"There it is," Winter sighed, "Still being played against each other."

Clover pulled back in shock.

"I'm talking about Harriet," Elm explained, "She's using the knowledge of something called the Lost Page."

Clover's head snapped up as Elm continued, "She said that it contains events that are missing from all our Books. She's using it to discover and apprehend whoever is the traitor, claims that's her role."

"But it is!" Ruby protested, "If you would just talk to each other…"

"Then they'd know," Neo nodded, "But the Master built his plan so that they wouldn't."

Ruby grumbled in frustration.

Elm slumped against the wall, "But who knows what her real intentions are? What I do know is that I'll never forgive her for hiding the fact that she knew someone would betray us. That's the biggest betrayal of all."

"She's right," Harriet sighed, "I should have told someone. I should've trusted someone."

"Hare…" Clover looked at her softly.

Clover put a hand on Elm's shoulder, "I'd like to believe that Harriet was simply carrying out her role…"

He walked in front of Elm, "Elm, I'll deal with this matter. Please keep it to yourself for now."

"Understood," Elm stated as Clover walked away.

"Hey," Clover smiled, "Maybe I'll give you another chance too."

Clover stalked away, once he was out of earshot he stated, "I need to see that Lost Page."

"Or not," Emerald smirked, "Seems you're too obsessed with finding out the truth you'll do anything to see it."

"This is still not going to end well," Summer sighed.

The screen was black and the words 'A few days later' appeared.

Marrow and Vine were standing on a bridge over a river. They were arguing, with Marrow starting, "Why did you tell Clover? It had to be you because you were the only one who knew where we were hiding."

"He was hiding me?" Harriet asked with wide-eyes, "Why, though? I've done nothing to actually deserve that."

"Because he sees you as a friend," Velvet explained, "And friends do that sort of thing for each other."

"Didn't you think for a second that your actions could be making things worse than they already are?" he asked.

"And why should that even bother you?" Vine retorted, "Not only do you have your Union but you've also gathered the finest Keyblade wielders from other Unions and you're training them in a secret location, aren't you?"

"Yes," Marrow yelled, "Because that is my role!"

"And we knew that," Neptune nodded, "Not the specifics of it, but we do know that part."

"I'm glad Specialist Amin has that role," Penny smiled, "It's a good fit for him."

Vine gasped, "I had no idea, I apologize. I overstepped."

"No," Marrow shook his head, "I shouldn't have snapped at you either."

"Well, those two are an apologetic group," Tai chuckled.

"They're like Pyrrha!" Nora teased.

"Oh! I'm sorry!" Pyrrha gasped.

Nora rolled her eyes, "My point exactly."

They stood in silence for a few seconds before Vine asked, "What did Clover want?"

Marrow thought for a moment before responding, "I don't know exactly. He just asked me to give up Harriet."

"His eyes," he admitted, "They were… scary. I was worried he'd do something awful."

"Scary eyes?" Clover asked.

"I think that obsession has blinded you," Winter sighed, "It's become all you can think about. Marrow's just trying to keep all of you alive."

"I knew," he continued, "I couldn't tell him where Harriet was. Then he turned around and walked away."

"I see." Vine noted, "And Harriet? How is she doing?"

"Maybe he cares too," Jaune noted.

"Not likely," Ilia sighed, "That is more than likely a professional courtesy. I've seen it before with some of the Fang members."

"I don't know." Marrow admitted, "She's gone."

"What!" Harriet sat up, "What happened?!"

"I'm sure we'll find out," Blake noted, "It feels like we're reaching the climax of this part."

The screen changed to the same bridge, but with a Chirithy running across it.

It cutely hopped down the stairs and made its way under the bridge where Harriet and Marrow were hiding.

"That's faster than I expected," Ren noted, "With the pace so far, I figured it would be later."

"I'm just glad we're getting it," Oscar shrugged, "It's nice not to be in the dark all of the time."

It skidded to a stop and leaned on Marrow's knee. It spoke, but it was the God of Light's voice that came out, "Someone's coming! They're headed straight this way!"

Marrow stroked the creatures face and it giggled a little, "Take care of her," Marrow ordered. He walked up the stairs to meet this person.

Harriet raised an eyebrow as she thought. Why does he care so much? I just don't get it.

Clover was walking across the bridge. Marrow saw him and called out, "Clover!"

The two approached each other and Marrow asked, "Is something wrong?"

"I know Harriet's here," he answered.

"Well, he was right about one thing," Weiss shuddered, "His tone is scary right now."

Clover sighed, "I really hope I'd handle the situation better."

"What?!" Marrow pulled back.

"Tell me where she is." Clover ordered.

"But why?" Marrow asked, "What are you going to do?"

"None of your concern," Clover answered flatly. He stalked toward the stairs where Marrow had come up.

Cinder nodded, "That's how I would handle the situation. No Harriet, no one to stop you from getting the page."

"But then there's no Harriet!" Pyrrha yelled.

Winter sighed, "Sometimes we have to put our personal feelings aside for the greater good. Because he doesn't know about the manipulation, Clover will do what he has to."

Clover nodded, dejectedly.

Marrow ran in front of him and spread out his arms, "Don't."

"What?" Clover asked incredulously.

"I won't let you near her," Marrow declared defiantly.

"Why?" Harriet asked out loud this time, "Seriously, he's just going to get himself in trouble."

"Because he cares about all of you!" Jaune explained, "Can you still not see that? He feels like you're all friends and just need to stop fighting!"

"That's… not what I meant…" Harriet mumbled under her breath.

"So that's it," Clover hung his head, "All right. I'll go." He turned around and left.

"It looks like Wolf-Boy's the lynch pin that holds this operation together," Roman chuckled.

"Everyone does seem to stop fighting when he's around," Neo agreed.

Marrow ran back to Harriet. She was trying to stand herself up.

"Harriet, what are you doing?!" he asked.

Discreetly, Harriet blushed at the fuss Marrow was making over her. Just as quickly, she shook the thoughts out of her head.

He went to help her, but she stopped him, "Something happen?"

"Clover was here," he explained, "He wanted me to give you up."

"I knew it," Harriet stated, "It's finally come to this."

"Come to what?" Marrow asked.

"Everyone wants to know about the Lost Page," Harriet explained.

"Oh, so now I'm going to talk about it," Harriet rolled her eyes.

"Too little too late, I'm afraid," Ozpin sighed.

"The Lost Page?" Marrow was getting more questions than answers.

"Yeah," Harriet admitted, "It's a page the Master gave me. It doesn't exist in any of our Books. It contains a passage about an inevitable betrayal."

"It talks about 'the one who bears the sigil,'" she continued, "That's it. So, I don't know what to make of it to be honest. My role is to find out who it is."

"What's 'the sigil?'" Ruby asked.

"I don't think it's come up yet," Weiss thought, "I think we would've remembered if it had."

"I do wonder what it means," Adam wondered. For some reason, he instinctively ran his hand across his face.

"I suspected Elm and went to confront her," she chuckled lightly, "And look what happened."

"Why are you telling me this, Harriet?" Marrow asked, "I have enough to think about keeping with the Master's teachings and my role."

Harriet grabbed his hand in comfort, "Always walking the straight and narrow. I'm a fool for basing my actions on what is written on that Lost Page."

Harriet was mad at her on screen counterpart. She really should have thought of this sooner. She could've prevented all of it if she had just talked to somebody.

"Everything in the passage is ambiguous at best," she explained, "That's why I need to find out."

"But how?" Marrow asked.

"By asking the Master," Harriet explained.

"Didn't he vanish, dim, and fade?" Mercury asked, "I don't know how you expect to find him."

"I don't believe she does," Penny noted, "It would appear that Specialist Bree is about to do something drastic."

"But he's not here anymore," Marrow stated.

"I'm going to summon Kingdom Hearts," Harriet declared.

"I'm still not positive what Kingdom Hearts is," Neptune admitted.

"What we know so far," Ren explained, "Is that it is the light of all worlds and if it were snuffed out the world would be consumed by darkness."

"Then why is she going to summon it?" Nora asked, "Wouldn't summoning it cause it to be snuffed out quicker?"

"That's a good point," Pyrrha agreed.

"Maybe she'll explain," Ilia hoped.

"What!?" Marrow pulled back.

"Then he'll have no choice but to come back!" Harriet stated.

"Summoning Kingdom Hearts is forbidden!" Marrow countered.

"That's exactly why!" Harriet shifted onto her knees, "The only way to get him back is to break the rules!"

Harriet winced, "Why would I do that?"

"I mean," Qrow shrugged, "Following orders is what got you into this mess to begin with. Maybe breaking them is what gets you out."

"Never," Winter scoffed, "That can only lead to more chaos."

"If things don't change," she went on, "The entire world is doomed! But, in order to go through with it, I'll need Lux. I don't have nearly enough!"

"Lux?" Velvet asked.

"The power of Light," Gordeau explained, "They need it to summon Kingdom Hearts, but if one person has too much…"

"The universe balances itself by creating more Darkness," Ozpin sighed, "That's a cycle I know too well."

"You always do the right thing," she pleaded, "Help me with this."

Marrow sighed, "I'm sorry. I know you want the Master to return, but you don't know how summoning Kingdom Hearts will affect the rest of the world."

"The Master," he explained, "He forbid it for a reason. I'm afraid I can't help you."

"And that is the right way to follow orders," Tai nodded.

"Right," Summer nodded, "Seems he already thought about what we did. Summoning Kingdom Hearts makes it easier to snuff out."

"I see," Harriet sunk in defeat before standing up and limping away, "May your heart be your guiding key," she said to herself.

The screen changed back to Marrow and Vine.

"Harriet's on a mission to collect Lux," Marrow explained.

"Ah," Vine stated in comprehension, "That explains why Elm and Clover are as well. They're trying to maintain the balance."

"I don't think so," Neo shook her head, "They both consider Harriet the traitor, so they're likely collecting it to confront her."

Clover sighed, "I have to agree with you there. Harriet's given me no choice in it now."

"But," he continued, "That isn't the balance we were expected to keep. If everyone's collecting light solely for themselves, Keyblade wielders will soon turn against one another, which will lead to… the Keyblade War."

Marrow hung his head, "Then what's written in the Book, all of it will happen…"

"Still think you can win?" Cinder taunted, "With how easily these fools were manipulated, I can't imagine the rest of you are any hard to fool."

The theater grumbled at her, but quite a few were beginning to lose hope.

"Light will expire," Vine nodded.

"Vine," Marrow started sadly, "What are you going to do?"

"I'll gather Lux, too," he admitted, "No matter what, the balance must be kept. Marrow, you do the same. We must… delay the inevitable."

"Right…" Marrow hung his head again as Vine walked away.

"I don't think Marrow's going to do that," Blake noted, "He still has his role."

"Preparing the best Keyblade wielders for the world after," Yang nodded, "Let's hope he succeeds."

Marrow made his way to the plaza. He kneeled in a grassy patch and looked at the dandelions. Suddenly, he was reminded of the day he got his role.

He was standing in the Master's office. On one of the bookcases the words 'Case of Marrow' are seen.

"Here we go," Weiss readied herself, "The last of the roles."

"Wait, aren't we missing one?" Ruby asked.

"We saw Luxu at the beginning," Weiss reminded, "I don't think we'll see much more of her in this viewing."

The Master closed the book and began, "What's written in the last page of the Book is gonna happen," he stood up and approached Marrow, "The entire world will be lost to darkness."

"Because you willed it to happen, asshole," Raven muttered.

"I hate him a little bit more every time we see him," Oscar grumbled.

"But Master," Marrow protested, "Isn't there anything we can do?"

"Well," he replied, "That's what brings me to your role. You might just be the only hope of keeping light from expiring."

He gasped and looked at the man, "Hope?"

"Master," he said with determination, "What is it that you need me to do?"

"It's a good thing he so quickly accepted," Sun nodded, "Means he got to work right away."

He placed a hand on his shoulder, "Don't get involved in any battles, forget the notion of Unions, find Keyblade wielders with potential, and create an entirely separate organization."

"Then," he finished, "Like the seeds of a dandelion, let them fly to another world."

"Dandelions," Pyrrha remembered, "That's why they're so important!"

"That's the group of wielders," Jaune nodded.

"They, will keep the light alive," he explained.

"You really think that…" Marrow started, "I'm the right person for this?"

"Marrow," the Master began calmly, "You're the only person for this."

He looked up in determination, "I understand."

"He's to only person for it because you've made everyone else into the tools of your destruction," Roman shook his head.

Back in the plaza, Marrow stood in front of an assembled group of Keyblade wielders. He was giving an inspired speech.

"Today," he began, "You're here to continue with your training for our mission. This session may seem like it's familiar to you, but in a world that is different, one made of dreams…"

He paused before continuing, "You are our hope."

"The final rallying cry," Jaune nodded.

Ruby smiled at her fellow leader, "Time for an inspirational speech!"

The assembled wielders gasped as Marrow continued, "A war will soon wage. Those who strive to protect the light will turn their weapons on their allies for the sake of loyalty to their own Unions."

"Do you see how this is bad?" Qrow asked, "How is this any different than what you do with Jimmy?"

"Because the General would never do anything like this," Winter retorted, "He'd never pit us against each other, or give up the greater good."

"To be honest," he admitted, "I don't know how far I can guide all of you."

"What you must remember," he continued, "Is that anyone can lose themselves to the darkness."

"That's a good thing to remember," Ozpin sighed as he remembered.

"But the same can be said of the other way too," Gordeau scowled at his father, "Anyone can still find the light as well."

"Can they?" Ozpin sighed to himself.

"Well, I sure did," Roman agreed, "Now, I may not be the darkest person, but I've found my way back to the light."

"However," he went on, "there will be no winners; everything will be lost."

"Except," he explained, "All of you who are the seeds of hope. When the time comes, and there is war, you mustn't fight, but instead you must fly away from here to the world outside."

"This training is to help you fulfill this crucial task," he explained, "The future is in all your hands, as is the world's light. May your hearts be your guiding key."

The screen went black.

"He's really good at that," Velvet smiled, "Now I want to go protect the Light even more."

"Maybe I should let him take over speech duties," Clover chuckled.

"So, what happened?" Ruby asked.

"Light expired," Gordeau explained, "The Keyblade War happened and every wielder who participated was lost. But the Dandelions kept the world alive."

"So is that the end of this viewing?" Oscar asked.

"Not quite," Gordeau smirked.

The Master's office was shown with himself sitting and Luxu standing next to him. On the desk, papers that said 'Case of Luxu' are shown.

"I guess I was wrong," Weiss admitted, much to the fake shock of her team, "We are going to see more of her."

Luxu's Keyblade was shown up close, right on top of the eye.

"The Gazing Eye?" she asked.

"Uh, that's not what it's called," the Master corrected.

"Wait, they have names?!" Ruby squealed.

"I hope these things don't get any new features," Yang grumbled as she uncovered her ears, "There's only so much Ruby enthusiasm I can take in one day."

The sisters stuck their tongues out at each other.

"Oh, what then?" she asked.

"Hm," the Master hummed, "Actually, no name."

"No Name…" Luxu pondered.

"Now it has a name," Nora chuckled, "Sounds like something I'd do!"

Ren sighed, but smiled at the same time, "It certainly does."

"Well," the Master admitted, "'gazing' or not, that Keyblade does have an eye in it. My eye, to be exact."

"EW!" Luxu (and a good part of the audience) pulled back in disgust.

Cinder deadpanned the screen, before finally speaking the thought she'd been having, "Yeah, that´s definitely Tyrian. No other person is deranged enough to rip out their own eye for something they don´t even know would work."

Now Qrow deadpanned the screen, "Well, that explains a lot about that guy."

"Oh, you think that's 'gross,' do ya?" the Master asked dramatically.

"Yes, yes I do," Jaune gagged.

"Keep it together, Vomit Boy," Ruby teased.

"Shut it, Crater Face!" he retorted.

"N-No!" Luxu tried to defend herself. It didn't work.

"Yeah, sure." The Master waved it off.

"Now that you say it," Emerald sighed, "This all does seem like something that psycho would come up with."

"Can't believe we didn't see it sooner," Mercury nodded.

"Anyway," he continued, "About your role. You need to pass down that Keyblade to your apprentice, and then him to his, so that my eye can see the future."

"So the Book of Prophecies…" Luxu realized.

"That's how he did it," Raven sighed.

"And why we didn't know about Luxu's roll before," Tai nodded, "If we had known, it would have been obvious from the very beginning."

"Bingo!" The Master exclaimed with a point, "The fact that it exists is proof of your success! That means you've trained a worthy apprentice, passed down that handsome Keyblade, and fulfilled your role! CONGRATULATIONS!" He clapped excitedly for a minute.

Ruby sighed, "That DOES seem like Tyrian."

"That man has a few screws loose," Jaune shook his head.

"More than a few," Nora scoffed.

Luxu looked confused so the Master asked, "What's the matter? Come on, you did a fantastic job! At least smile a little!"

"But I haven't done anything yet," Luxu stated staring at her Keyblade.

"Good point," the Master admitted, "Guess you better get started then!"

"Unfortunately," he explained, "You'll have to go alone from here on out. No Book of Prophecies to keep you company, either. I can't have you causing any temporal paradoxes."

"Oh, good," Neptune let out a sigh of relief, "I was worried he'd forget about that."

"I can understand why," Sun nodded.

"But hey," he shrugged, "We both know you'll do just fine without it, right?"

"Do I really have to go alone?" Luxu asked, "What about the others?"

"Minor details," the Master chuckled, "so don't sweat it."

He stood up and approached a black box, "For now, you, that Keyblade, and this box need to stay out of sight."

"What's in the box?" Neo asked.

"Knowing Tyrian, it could be anything," Emerald sighed, "Even a severed head."

Gordeau had to double check to make sure they were still watching the same universe.

Luxu dismissed her Keyblade and helped the Master with the box.

"Just watch with your own eyes, and my eye, of course," the Master continued, "as things unfold between the others."

"Then," he explained, "When the time is right, go off and do your thing."

"Which explains why she disappeared," Adam nodded, "The whole of the plan is revealed."

"Except the box," Sun noted, "But I don't think we're going to get anything else on it."

Luxu looked at the box curiously, "What's in it?"

"It's a secret," the Master stated, "And, well, you see, the thing is," he chuckled briefly before stopping and dramatically posing, "You can never, ever open it."

"Great," Luxu scoffed, "Now I really wanna know."

Ruby and Nora suddenly felt eyes fall upon them.

"Okay," Ruby sighed, "But if you tell me not to push a button, I'm going to want to know what it does!"

"I hear you Ruby!" Nora agreed.

"Ah, all right," the Master conceded, "I'll indulge you. But this secret stays between the two of us, and you have to promise never to open the box."

"I promise," Luxu nodded.

The Master leaned down and whispered softly to Luxu. When he finished Luxu recoiled in surprise.

"But why?" she asked.

"You'll see," the Master said ominously.

"That doesn't bode well," Winter sighed.

The screen changed to Luxu standing in a desert with No Name and the box. She put her hand on her chest and stated, "May my heart be my guiding key." The screen faded to black.

"And that's the end," Gordeau noted.

"But I didn't learn anything about Light and Darkness!" Penny complained, "Just that I shouldn't always follow orders just because I'm told to."

"Don't worry," Gordeau chuckled, "That was just a prequel. Let's take a short break and then we'll get right back to it."


AN: And thus ends Back Cover. As previously stated, we'll be going straight into Kingdom Hearts 1 after a quick break chapter.

Thanks to all the reviewers who said they loved this. It always makes me smile when I see that. As for a few other points.

Carre: Back Cover is a companion movie that ties into the events of Kingdom Hearts: X (Chi). It shows up in the bundle 2.8 Final Chapter-Prologue as a movie.

As for, your other point (and someone elses too) she will be coming. I mean, how can I have good old family drama between Gordeau, Ozpin, and her if I didn't? I actually have a plan on when to bring her in though, so keep an eye on that.

Seating chart (with a new addition)

Laps:Ruby: Jinn; Weiss: Zwei;-;Roman: XXXX;-;Pyrrha: XXXXXX;-

Row one: Penny; Ruby; Weiss; Winter; Blake; Yang; Velvet; XXXX; Jaune; Pyrrha; Nora; Ren

Row two: XXX; XXXXXXXXXX; Neptune; Sun; Ilia; Neo; XXXXXX; XXXXX; XXXXXX; XXXXXX; XXXXXXX; XXXXX

Row three: Taiyang; Summer; Raven; Qrow; Roman; XXXXX; XXXXXXXX; XXXXXX; Ozpin; Oscar; XXXXX; Gordeau

Row four: XXXXXX; XXXXXXX; XXXXX; XXXXXXX; XXXX; XXXX; XX; XX; XXXXX; XXXXXXX; XXXXXX; XXX

Row Five: Clover; Harriet; XXXXXX; XXX; XXXX; XXXXXXXX; XXXXX; XXXXXX; XXXXX; XXXXX; XXXX; XXXX

Row Six: XXXX; XXXXXX; Adam; XXXXX; XXXXX; XXXXXX; XXXXXX; XXXXX; XXXXX; Cinder; Emerald; Mercury

And the poll:

Tied for 10th: Amber, Caroline Cordovin, Dew Gayl, Harriet Bree, Lisa Lavender, Melanie Malachite, Neon Katt, Octavia Ember, Penny Polendina, Saphron Cotta-Arc, Tock, and Winter Schnee with 1.

Tied for 9th: Jinn, Miltia Malachite, Salem (Grimm), and Willow Schnee all with 2

Tied for 8th: Coco Adel, Nora Valkyrie, Salem (Blonde), Summer Rose and Velvet Scarlatina all with 3

Tied for 7th: Emerald Sustrai, Raven Branwen, and Weiss Schnee all with 4

Tied for 6th: Blake Belladonna, Cinder Fall, and Sienna Kahn with 5

5th: Glynda Goodwitch with 6

4th: Kali Belladonna with 5

3rd: Neo Politan with 8

2nd: Ruby Rose with 10

Tied for 1st: Pyrrha Nikos and Yang Xiao-Long with 12.

I want to thank everyone again. During the last chapter, this story passed the 300 follower mark, and I couldn't be happier! See you all later for the break chapter!