After the Match, the two teams met up with Team RWBY, or, at least the two members present. It appeared that Weiss had something to do and had pulled Ruby off to who knows where.

Yang and Blake were sat in the stands idly chatting with Aurum until the other teams arrived. Upon seeing her daughter approaching, Aurum simply vanished in a poof of golden petals, and Neo found herself in a death squeeze, "Oooh my little girl, I'm so proud of you!"

Neo blushed in her mother's embrace, "Mooooom, you swore you wouldn't do thiiiss!"

Aurum completely ignored her, "Oh you were so great out there, We taught you so well. Oh I cant wait to see what Rumpole thinks."

The rest of Neo's team and JNPR looked on in amusement, with Pyrrha poking Aurum as she went on her Tirade, "Uh, miss Lazuli? Neo might need air."

Aurum blinked and looked down in her arms, where her daughter was turning blue. She released her grip on Neo but continued gushing about how proud she was. Neo continued changing hue, but more towards a bright red than blue, as she blushed furiously. The nearby crowd was all watching as arguably the most powerful huntress in the world praised her daughter relentlessly.

That is until she was cut off by her eternal companion, Ruby, you are quite thoroughly embarrassing your daughter, and I think she might be a bit annoyed

Aurum blinked once again, her eyes refocusing as she took in her surroundings, "He he, sorry, I might have gotten a bit caught up."

Neo, still blushing a furious red, slouched and blew her hair out of her face, "Ya think mom?"

Aurum scratched the back of her head, "Yeah, I might have gotten a bit carried away... But I'm so proud of you! My little girl all grown up and fighting her way to the top of the Vytal festival. And you even beat Pyrrha! She is literally known for being unbeatable... Actually, speaking of which, when were you planning on telling me about that?"

Neo's blush somehow intensified further, along with Pyrhha joining her, "Uh, I planned on telling you I got a Girlfriend I swear!"

Aurum gave Neo a look, "Why are you scared? Your love life is your own business, I just don't want to find out my daughter is dating someone by watching her make out with them on the stage of the biggest international tournament in existence."

Neo Shrugged and hugged her mother, "Sorry Mom, I meant to tell you before, but then we were called to fight and one thing led to another."

Meanwhile Neo's team spoke with JNPR and (RW)BY, "Wow Scar, you weren't lying, she really is a Mommy's girl." Dew said to Neo's partner,

"Well I think its cute." Pyrrha commented, grabbing everyone's attention, "You're dating her Pyr, everything she does is cute to you, even her kicking your ass apparently gets you hot and bothered" Scarlet said in return, making Pyrrha's face match her hair, "I-i-uh, T-that's not true!"

Everyone present in the conversation gave Pyrrha a deadpan stare, with Nebula saying, "Girl, you went up and smooched her on international television because she beat you."
Pyrrha's face grew in color, "I, Uh, That's..." Pyrrha looked down and sighed, defeated.

Suddenly, Aurum and Neo's conversation was cut short by a ping from Aurum's Scroll, requesting that she be there for a meeting of the Ozluminatiā„¢"

Sighing to herself Aurum showed her scroll to Neo with a saddened face, "Sorry kiddo, looks like duty calls, I'll talk to you tonight and you can tell me all about your new lady friend k?"

Neo gained a saddened look and hugged her mother, "See you later Mom... Actually... I wanna come with." Neo gained a look of conviction as she spoke, a familiar steel in her eyes.

Aurum sighed, she knew that one day Neo would want to join in, she had known since she had told her daughter her story that it was inevitable.

Resigning herself to her daughter's conviction, Aurum nodded, "Alright kiddo... just, let me do the talking okay? I've had way more practice than you have."


Entering the elevator to Ozpin's Office, Aurum and her daughter sat in quiet anticipation for the conversation to come, Neo was both exited and terrified, she was about to become part of something bigger, and she was going to speak with the most powerful people in the world.

As the elevator doors opened, she was met with a view of 6 people, one sat at a desk, and the rest either standing or leaning against the walls.

"Ah Aurum, Thank you for joining us... Though if I may ask, why have you brought young Miss Lazuli?"

Aurum looked around the room, Qrow was leaning on the wall on the right half of the room, a girl she recognized as the fall maiden standing next to him, On the left of Ozpin's desk was Glynda and Ironwood, along with Summer.

"Yes Aurum, Why did you bring a student to this meeting?" Ironwood added to Ozpin's question

Aurum held her hand up before anyone else could interrupt, "She already knows everything... She has since the start of the school year..." Aurum gave Summer a Very Meaningful look in the eyes, "I will never leave my daughter oblivious to the truth, I swore to her I'd always tell her if something might endanger her, and the moment she went to Shade as a student, Salem was a threat to her life."

Ironwood gained an angered expression, but before he could begin Ozpin cut him off, "You Shouldn't have done that Aurum, The fewer people know of Her the better, your trust may be misplaced, and you could have endangered us all."

Aurum gave Ozpin a glare the likes of which would make the average man wet themselves in fear, everyone else in the room flinched as they felt the sheer force of will in that look, accented by the flames coming up from the corners of Aurum's eyes, and the Silver light threatening to explode from her irises.

"Do Not, Attempt to tell me what is okay or not to tell my daughter Oz, you may be Immortal, but so help me gods, speak that way about my daughter again, or even entertain the thought that she is aligned with Salem, and you'll find yourself in the mind of another host faster than you can blink."

Ozpin stared wide eyed at the golden huntress, "I... I Apologize... for insinuating that your daughter could be an agent of Salem, Howe-"

Aurum's glare intensified, and she shot across the room, drawing her scythe in an instant and coming to a stop with the blade resting against his throat. The rest of the room instantly went on alert, With Amber attempting to activate her maiden powers, and every other member of the group drawing their weapons on Aurum.

Aurum simply spoke once more, "One more wrong word Oz, I told you exactly what would happen, now, are you going to tempt fate? Because I Will end your incarnation far before anyone can stop me."

Ozpin gulped, and worded his next sentence very carefully, "It appears I have crossed quite the line, everyone, please lower your weapons... Aurum, I sincerely apologize for questioning your daughter's standing, I would happily welcome her to our group, Please introduce everyone."

Aurum waited for a full second, before nodding and returning to her place next to her now starry eyed daughter, "Alrighty then!" She said with an unassuming smile, "Everyone this is Neo, My daughter, You should treat her just how you would treat me." Aurum accented that last statement with another death glare. "Neo already knows everything I know, including but not limited to, who all of you are, your semblances, Salem, her Minions, Relics, Gods, Maidens, Magic, and Reincarnating Wizards."

Neo gave a shy wave, and Aurum continued, "I've told Neo of every one of these meetings and their content, along with every move I've made against Salem, when I told her I was going to one, she decided she wanted to be a part of it in an Official capacity. And so here she is."

"Now, what was this meeting about?" Aurum finished with an innocent smile.