Wow, the review! Thank you all and thanks to everyone that has followed and favorited as well.

Review:

Le Phoque Blanc - Pls make sirus a dog faunus...would be hillarious THE TRUE DOG FATHER

I can't say much about Sirius, I will say that when he appears it will be interesting.

White Rose

Lord Dragonic - The story looks good, keep up the good work and Whiterose for the pairing

Thanks, I'll try.

mischiefSorceress - I don't really do much pairings but if I had to pick a pairing it will have to be White Rose. I am enjoying the story and do plan to read more!

Thanks, I hope you continue to enjoy it.

Jlargent - White Rose hands down.

Okay

Timberw0lf - White rose for me plz

Okay.

IcyDoom - Definitely white rose, cause they are a really good fit

Noted.

Loki Sloth - White Rose!

Noted.

Rairi Valelira - Weiss. Jaune is cool but not I saw that pairing work out. Not in my opinion. Ignoring size, their personalities don't match, and its like summer and tai all over again. Oscar is simply creepy and I don't understand them well. Me likey Weiss and its the only other option there. Blake is mine. Nobody can have her.

Some would say that it would be the same as Harry going for Ginny and that it is just the Rose family keep ending up with blondes, like the Potters(James and Harry) going after redheads. Anyway, your vote is noted.

S1TH1S - White Rose pairing

Noted.

DALucifer13 - White rose.

Noted.

Mickeal101 - White Rose because there is no other pair more perfect than those two. Also a great chapter and story idea.

Thanks for your compliment on the chapter and your vote.

KrimsonRose - Pairing wise for Ruby I would love to see Whiterose as it has the best chemistry of the ones you listed. Lancaster is okay but Rosegarden is a big no for me as to how young Oscar is compared to Ruby. That's a 2 1/2 year age difference with him being 12 to barely 13 at the beginning of the show.

Okie Doke, though I will point out that, as the author, I would be changing his age if it was a pairing, if only for my peace of mind if I felt the need.

LMaltez - White Rose of course. Summer pairing is hard though...

Thankfully for you, my muse wants to be a pain, so that's my problem

TheFishKing - White Rose all other sucks.

If that is your opinion, you're entitled to it.

LoneWanderer823 - White Rose

Vote Counted.

Chronos the watcher - the Pairing should Definitely be White Rose. For Summer/rose I think you should pair her up with Glenda Goodwitch sense they can both use magic and you said in chapter 2 that summer/rose wanted to be a teacher. Great work with this story keep it up.

Voted counted. I'm just going to let the pairings happen as they happen. Also, Glynda doesn't use magic, just her telekinesis semblance. Thanks for the compliment on the chapter, though.

kuroneko200 - White Rose and another great chapter

Thanks for the vote and the compliment on the chapter.

Rose Garden

6747 - rose garden for the win... or Lancaster . nope rose garden as i would also like arkos to happen to

Okay, I can understand that.

Heiress-Taiga-Ryu-Taj - Ruby/Oscar

Your vote is counted

Remzal Von Enili - I vote rose garden. I hate Weiss. And I'm a hardcore Arkos shipper

Ok. To each, their own and Arkos is a pretty good pairing.

AnimeGamerGirl23 - Rose Garden pairing

Your vote is counted.

ShadowVaporeon - Rose Garden, they were both adorable and had that awkwardness. Also, they seem like a good paring in general, not counting ozpin reincarnation

Your vote is counted, I honestly believe that Rose Garden is interesting because Ruby and Oscar are actually similar in quite a few ways.

Lancaster

Za Warudo - Lancaster is the best choice. Oscar is too young and a really dumb character in the first place, Weiss probably won't get along as well at first with a Ruby raised by a spitfire mom, but I still think they would be good friends. One of the reasons Weiss and Ruby became so close so quickly was because Ruby was very passive and demure toward Weiss' angst/rich-girl/bullshit, so it would take longer for them to bond, I would think. While Jaune, if he met Summer/Rose, would probably think of him as similar to Nevil, someone in need of encouragement. While Ruby would have someone as an equal in Leading people but still understands a lot of her troubles and works with her moving forward to fix them together. Plus Dorks Together, Forever!

Cool, your vote is counted and I do agree that Summer would see quite a bit of Neville in Jaune because they are somewhat similar.

RiggyMinus - I'm interested to see where this will go! As for a Ruby pairing, as much as I love White Rose, it feels really overdone. I'd love to see Lancaster, though, it's fun watching them be dorks together.

Okay, I'll note your vote and I agree, they are both adorkable.

RainDancin - I like the direction that you're going with this story. Also, can we have Lancaster or Rosegarden for Ruby?

I'm going to say you're for Lancaster because that's first, just to be fair.

Chapter 1 (I'm going to try and focus on only reviews from newer chapters in these)

Dominus1389 - Shiping for Femslash! Summer with Raven cuz why not :)

Sounds good, but I've decided to just let my muse do what it wants since the chapters have gone the way they have.

Current Count on the pairings votes:

White Rose: 16

Lancaster: 3

Rose Garden: 5


Chapter 3

Ruby's POV

I couldn't help but stare in awe at the place around us, Menagerie, Mom called it. Everyone here was a Faunus, like the old man that lived near Signal.

"Mom, can I have one of those?" I asked pointing at a stand that was selling something on a stick.

My mom smiled, "Sure."

I followed her over and she smiled at the woman behind the stand, "Miss, may I buy one of these? My daughter is interested in trying one?"

She looked at Mom warily, for some reason, but retrieved one and handed it over. Mom, then took out some lien and handed it over, "Thank you."

"Thank you," I echoed, taking a bite of the interesting new food.

Mom led the way, as we made our way toward a larger house with ornate knockers like on tv. Mom picked me up and gestured to the door, "C'mon, you can knock."

I smiled and quickly grabbed thew knocker and knocked three times. Mom set me down and I had to force myself to sit in place as we heard footsteps behind the door. The door opened to reveal a woman with black hair topped with cat ears and yellow eyes, she had short hair and three gold piercings on her cat ears - two on her right, and one on her left. She wore a black hakama and sandals with white tabi socks. Over her outfit, she wore a black shrug with a long right sleeve and a short left sleeve, gold-leaf trim adorning the opening on the front. She wore long, black arm warmers that extend to the middle finger. The left warmer had a purple band tied around the top and a pair of gold bangles around the wrist. Around her waist was a black and gold sash that trails behind her, with a gold flower-shaped buckle at the end.

"Hello?" She asked.

"Madam Belladonna, I'm Summer Rose. Your husband called me for my aid," Mom introduced.

"Miss Rose, oh," She said, "Yes, yes, come with me."

Mom held out her hand to me and after I took it, we followed the cat woman.

Summer's POV

"So, who's this little one?" Kali Belladonna asked.

"My daughter, Ruby," I answered, "I thought she'd benefit from being around Menagerie. Seeing new people."

Kali seemed surprised by the way I phrased it and I gave a wink when she looked at me. She smiled, "You know, I have a daughter not much older than Ruby."

I nodded and turned to Ruby, "Would you like to meet her?"

"Yes," Ruby said excitedly.

"I'll send for her then," Kali said with a chuckle.

Timeskip

Kali's daughter was a fair-skinned girl with long, wavy black hair and amber eyes. Like her mother, she had a pair of black cat ears. She wore a grey-white shirt with cloth tied around her left arm, a black pair of pants, and some flats.

"Blake, this is Summer Rose and her daughter Ruby, they're here so Miss Rose can help your father," Kali informed.

"Hello," The cat faunus said looking at the two with suspicion and some shyness.

"Hello Blake, Ruby, why don't you go play? Kali, Ghira, and I have adult things to discuss," I said, "Or maybe they have fairy tales you haven't heard yet?"

"Okay, Mom," Ruby agreed, "Will you play with me, Blake? Or do you read fairy tales?"

"We can do both," The cat faunus offered.

As soon as they left, Kali spoke, "My husband requested you?"

"Yes, he called out for people to help with basic aura training and, of course, unlocking those auras," I explained.

"Ah," Was all she said in reply, it was well known that unlocking the auras of another person took a proportional amount of aura to the aura being unlocked.

"Miss Rose," I turned and saw Ghira as he came to sit at the table beside Kali.

He was a tall, muscular man with black hair, a beard, and yellow eyes. For his top, he wore an open dark-violet coat with white fur trim, exposing his hairy chest. Over his beige pants was a matching sash that wrapped around his waist and was secured with a large, silver metal buckle. On the shoulder of his coat was a silver metal spaulder, which through a pair of curved strips across the chest attached as a clasp on the opposite front panel of the coat. The white toes of his black leather boots had a shape reminiscent of paws with claws at the tips. His physique was in general quite hairy, as what little can be seen of his bare arms and the backs of his wrists were shown to be covered in thick, black fur.

"Chief Belladonna," I said with a respectful nod to the man.

"You arrived rather early," Ghira noted.

"Yes, my husband and I have had disagreements for a while and I decided we need a break from each other," I informed.

He nodded, "I'm sorry to hear that."

We spent a few hours after that talking about the job he was asking and discussing things like pay, time working, resting time, and things like that. Ruby and I spent the next two weeks with the Belladonnas and both children had a friendship of a sort. I was happy that Ruby didn't seem to think anything of the Faunus besides telling both Belladonna females that their cat ears were cool.

At the end of those two weeks, we were met with Taiyang and Yang being led in by Ghira.

"Ruby, take Yang and introduce her to Blake," I said, nudging Ruby up from her sitting position.

"Ghira, do you have somewhere I can speak to Taiyang in private?" I asked.

The panther faunus nodded, "Follow me."

As soon as we reached our destination and the door closed, I sighed, "Okay, do you have anything you want to say?"

"Summer, I'm sorry," Taiyang began, "I understand how overprotective I was being and I know you are stronger than I am giving you credit for."

"Tai, have you exchanged letters with Raven?" I asked.

"Yes, she's been replying and she explained things to me," Taiyang said with a nod.

"This might be your chance," I informed, "I'm not going to leave you to raise Yang alone, nor am I taking Ruby away, but I think we just aren't as compatible as you and Raven were, despite her leaving she does care for Yang and she does love you. She explained it to me when she gave me her contact information. She has her tribe to run, they raised her and she has to repay the favor."

"Yeah," He nodded, "She told me."

"I think you should try a long-distance relationship," I informed, "These past few months have told us that you and I, even though we love each other, we just don't have the same chemistry as you and Raven did."

"Roommates then?" Taiyang asked.

"Just like at Beacon," I agreed and then chuckled, "Though I guess you don't have to turn around when I change now, kinda useless at this point."

Taiyang soon joined in and those chuckles became full laughs.

"Summer, what are we telling Ruby and Yang?" Taiyang asked when they finished laughing.

"We'll explain it, they are children, but they aren't stupid. We can't act like we're staying a couple if we aren't going to," I said, "Yang would definitely figure it out."

Taiyang nodded.

"I also plan on treating Yang exactly as I have before," I added.

Taiyang nodded once more, "You're still her mother in the fact you've been raising her. "

"So long as Yang wants me to be, I will answer to 'Mom' from her," I agreed.

Timeskip

As it turns out, Yang didn't like it at first but Ruby seemed to take it in stride. Both seemed to understand that nothing had changed except how Taiyang and I would act toward each other. So with this knowledge and with things settled between Taiyang and me, we began to live as we agreed. It was no surprise that we would renovate the house to make it bigger and give me my own room.

So, I was immensely curious when a knock issued from the door. I set my cards down for Vacuo in Remnant: the Game and walked over to answer the door.

"Qrow, what brings you to our humble abode?" I asked, happy after not seeing the raven-haired man for months.

"Summer, just came to see you, Tai, and the girls before I head off on a job," The red-eyed man informed.

"How about I go with you?" I asked, "I haven't been on a job in a while myself."

Qrow's expression showed how unsure he was.

"Ruby, Yang, can you see if your dad will take my place? I need to talk to your uncle," I asked.

The two nodded and in unison said, "Okay, Mom."

When both girls were gone from the room, Qrow and I sat down in the kitchen and I handed him a cup of coffee.

He nodded but didn't immediately drink from it. I couldn't help but imagine how Neville used to get back at Hogwarts when he blamed himself for everything that went wrong around him.

"Qrow, have you ever thought that maybe the reason your semblance is the way it is because of the way you see things?" I asked.

He looked at me confused, "What?"

"Qrow, maybe the reason your semblance brings so much misfortune to everyone is that you believe that you bring bad luck to everyone," I offered, "Maybe if you tried changing things, you might lessen the backlash of your semblance, maybe you could even direct it more."

Qrow blinked, "Summer, do you honestly believe that would do anything?"

"Yes, your semblance is a part of you and is supposed to help you. Your semblance specifically is likely feeding on your mental state," I informed, "If you hate yourself, then your semblance tries to act against its main function and begins to hurt you in the only way it can, indiscriminate bad luck."

Qrow took a sip of the coffee, "Summer, do you honestly think I could change how my semblance works?"

I nodded with a determined look at the man before me, "Qrow, I promise you, if this doesn't change anything, I'll do whatever it takes to make it so you don't have to worry about hurting me, Ruby, Yang, or the others."

Qrow stared at me with an almost stern look, "You better not go so far as to get hurt for me."

'Maybe I can use magic to help somehow? It would definitely give me an excuse to talk to Ozpin about it,' I thought but to Qrow I said, "I won't, somebody needs to make the cookies to sate Ruby's appetite for the things."

Qrow chuckled, "Okay then, so you want to go on a mission as Black Rose again?"

Black Rose was the name we used to use for when I and Qrow teamed up, while Raven and Taiyang used Crimson Dragon as theirs.

I nodded, "I need some time on the battlefield again, besides, I want to use White Thorn more."

He nodded, "I still think Ozpin was laughing his ass off when he saw our team form and three out of four members used a sword in some way."

I nodded, "If so he knew putting us together would likely bring some amusing incidents and I can understand. After all, you DID look pretty good in a skirt."

He looked away when I said that and coughed, "Will any of you let me live that down?"

"Nope," I said popping the 'p,' "You'll forever be the guy who rocked the uniform's skirt better than his sister."

He groaned, "If I bring you with me, will you not talk about this while on the mission?"

"I can agree to those terms," I agreed, mentally adding, 'To the letter.'


That's a wrap for this chapter, White Rose is definitely in the lead, but there are a few chapters between now and the canon series start as I'm going now, so there's time. I'm surprised at the number of reviews I've received in a short time. So I hope this shows how well the chapters flow when I get a good amount of reviews.

Maybe I could make the Chapters longer, that would shorten the timeframe, but it would give you all more to read, however, I should inform you that if things slow down that could mean long breaks.

Maybe I should have a little Q&A type thing down in this area?