Crunch

The sound of fresh snow crunching beneath one's boots always seemed to set Lie at ease. Every step helped calm his wavering nerves. Of the trio of Arc Siblings he always came off as calm and collected while the other two were more spirited. Though the reality was that he was simply good at hiding his emotions, he always did his best to keep himself under control in order to control the other two.

"Ren! We're almost at Sis Saphron's place!" Nora's boisterous voice drew him out of his own musings. A small smile graced his lips as he stared at his two siblings.

"I can see that Nora." Despite his neutral tone he was rather excited, it had been quite some time since they'd seen their second eldest sister. While she had opted not to train like the rest of them she had given them all of her encouragement. She played a large part in helping the rest of her siblings progress, if Lie was being honest she was his favorite Arc of the original siblings. He'd never say that to any of his other siblings' faces, especially Rouge's

Nonetheless the trio followed their mother who had taken it upon herself to bring the three of them to Argus where they'd be staying with Saphron for the school year. The memory of the going away party still fresh in his mind, their sisters had cried and held onto them. Their father had almost refused to let them go, stating that he'd already lost enough children as it was. It took severe convincing from their mother to get him to lay off.

Lie couldn't help but chuckle at the memory, catching the attention of Jaune who had stayed further back than Nora who was currently running circles around their mother. "Remember something good?"

Turning to his brother's eyes he couldn't help but feel calmed by Jaune's clear sapphire eye's. Amongst their family his was the deepest of blues. "Just remembered how Father was acting before we left."

He noted the pause in Jaune's actions as he tried to remember the situation. It only took a few seconds for his elder brother to begin to chuckle as well. "Oh ya… it's a good thing mom brought us, otherwise I don't think we'd even make it to Argus."

Lie nodded in agreement, if their dad had brought them they probably would have gotten 'sidetracked'. "We're almost there!" Both brother's brought their attention towards Nora as she nearly tackled the two of them to the ground.

"Whoa there Nora!"

Thankfully Jaune was as sturdy as ever and managed to hold the little ball of lightning all up on her own.

"How can you two be so calm! Look look!" She pointed at what they knew to be Saphron's home, a quaint little two story building snuggled between two others. Though Lie couldn't help but notice the building to the right of hers, it seemed just a little fancier than the others. Though he felt uncomfortable with how close the two buildings were to one another.

"Alright kids, gather up!" All three of them snapped to attention as they filed in behind Jeanne. Their mother proceeded to knock onto the door, alerting the residents inside.

Soon the four of them were greeted by the warm smiling face of their elder sister. "Mom! Jaune, Lie, Nora!" Saph moved swiftly grabbing the four members of her family into a tight hug, causing them to drop their luggage. "I'm so happy to see you!"

"Hello Mrs. Arc." Another more timid voice came from inside the house, Saphron's girlfriend Terra Cotta stood there, unsure of how to properly greet the Arc Matriarch.

Jeanne for what it was worth simply rolled her eyes, "Sweety, you can just call me Jeanne, or Mom." Both Saph and Terra blushed at the implication, "You're basically my daughter at this point anyways. I already have eight of them, what's a ninth?" Jeanne chuckled to herself as Terra pulled closer, joining the hub pile.

"So! You three ready for tomorrow?"

Nora nodded furiously, her excitement apparent to anyone.

Lie himself nodded in response, "Yes, I think we have this."

Jaune though, he'd been less than enthusiastic, he was nervous about being away from his parents or his other sisters. He also wasn't sure how well he'd do, he knew he wasn't much of a fighter. "I… think so ya."

Lie placed his hand on Jaune's shoulder, "Everything is going to be okay Jaune. You got this, you're our fearless leader after all."

"Ya! You're our one and only leader Jauney!" Nora pulled both boys into a hug of her own. "You always come up with the best plans! And you're a giant wall!"

"I… thanks you two." Jaune couldn't help but smile as he stared at his siblings, returning Nora's hug.

The family filed into the house, dinner had been prepared. It was a time to relax and catch up, and for the trio it was a time for them to relax.

Nora had decided that having a pillow fight before bed was the right thing to do, so they all piled into Jaune's room. The night passed far quicker than Lie would have liked.

The next morning they woke up late, thanks to Nora breaking Jaune's alarm clock.

In a rush the trio made their way to the school, getting there last apparently. Lie did his best to ignore the looks they were receiving. Though, what caught his attention was where Nora and Jaune were looking. Nora had a scowl on her face while Jaune? Jaune seemed lost in his own world.