(Vale)
It was a bright Saturday morning in Vale. Alex was currently walking along side Team RWBY for the tour of Vale. the townsfolk were preparing for the upcoming Vytal Festival. Even the old man from dust till dawn from when he first arrived
"The Vytal festival" oh this is absolutely Wonderful!" Weiss said
"I dont think ive ever seen you smile this much, Weiss" Ruby said before she shuddered "Its weirding me out "
"your not the only one" Alex said taking a few steppes away from the chipper Weiss
"How could you 'not' smile a festival dedicated to the cultures of the world. There will be dances, parades, a tournament Oh the amount of planning and organisation that goes into this event is simply breath taking."
yang sighed "you really know how to take a good thing and make it sound boring"
"quiet you" Weiss snapped
arriving at the docks a boat horn sounded "Remind me again why were spending our Friday afternoon visiting the stupid docks" Yang said
Ruby grabbed her nose "Ugh, they smells like fish"
"I've heard that students visiting from Vacuo will be arriving by ship today." Weiss then spun around and continued "And as a representative of beacon, I feel as thought it is my solemn duty to welcome them to this fine kingdom"
"fifty lien says she just wants to spy on them for the tournament " Alex said
"ill take those odds" Yang said
" hey, you cant prove that" Weiss
"whoa" Ruby said getting the others attention it was a dust store the same one the old man owned
" poor guy cant get a brake can he" Alex said as the group walked up to the crime scene
"what happened here" Ruby asked
"Robbery. second dust shop to be hit this week. this place is turning into a jungle." the detective said
Yang scoughs"That's terrible"
Another detective spoke up "they left all the money again."
"Huh?" ruby said overhearing the conversation
"yeah just doesn't make a lick o' sense. who needs that much dust?" o
"I dunno you know what i mean?"
"You thinking the uh, White Fang"
"Ya im thinking we dont get paid enough."
Weiss crossed her arms "Hmph. the White Fang what an awful bunch of degenerates."
"Whats your problem?" Blake asked
"My problem? I simply dont care for the criminally insane" Weiss said
"The White Fang is hardly a bunch of psychopaths. They're a collection of misguided Faunus."
"Misguided!? They want to wipe humanity off the face of the planet!" Weiss said
"huh i wonder why?" Alex said his voice filled with sarcasm
"what are you talking about?" Weiss asked
"well with the Discrimination that humanity has constantly thrown at them. In fact, Its because of discriminators that the White Fang turned to violence in the first place " Alex said
Blake smiled at what he just said turning back to Weiss "see even Alex agrees there misguided plus he does have a point" Blake turned back towards the store "but even then that doesn't explain why the White Fang would rob a shop in downtown vale "
"Hmm Blake does have a point. Besides, the police never caught that Torchwick guy Alex and I ran into a couple of months ago" Ruby said
"He smoked a cigar right?" Alex asked
"yea why?" Ruby answered
"By the door a crushed cigar. Look at the burn patterns along the walls of the store and the glass"Alex indicated top some shards int the street" the edges are melted and some of them are blackened most likely fire dust. Look that pice still attached to the wall theirs a pice of white fabric probably from Torchwicks trench coat" Alex said
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"What?" Alex said
"Alex, thats incredible where did you learn to do that?"Weiss asked
"Experience" he answered
"Well this still doesn't change the fact that the White Fang are a bunch of scum!. Those Faunus only know how to lie, cheat and steal!"
"That's not necessarily true" Yang said
"Hey stop that Faunus!" a dock worker yelled
they ran back towards the dock and saw two guys chasing a stow away, who was reviled to be a monkey Faunus.
"Thanks for thew ride guys"
He then jumped of the ship into the dock and ran off "You no-good stow-away!"
The faunus hung by his tail from a lamppost " hey! a 'no-good' stow away would have been caught. I'm a great stow away"
"the same two detectives walked up and said "Hey, get down from there this instant"
The faunus threw his banana peel landing on the detectives face. Alex burst out laughing while the others just looked at him
"dont give me that look that was hilarious" Alex said
The faunus leapt into the air and ran off, being chased by the detectives. the faunus then ran by them and winked at Blake
"Well Weiss you wanted to see the competition and there it goes" Yang said
"Quick! we have to observe him!" Weiss shouted before dashing off with Yang and Ruby, Alex and Blake stared at each over for a moment before following
Weiss sprinted around the corner and directly into someone and falls over
The fleeing faunus jumped onto a roof and out of sight
"No! He got away!" Weiss said
"uhh, Weiss?" yang said pointing to he ginger haired girl she was still on top off
Weiss looks down and instantly shoots up with a "Euh"
Thew girl still lay there before greeting with a smile "salutations"
'ok thats a little weird' Alex thought
"umm...hello" Ruby said
"Are you..okay?" Yang asked
"I'm wonderful. Thank you for asking" She said
"Are you going to get up now" Alex asked
"Yes"she replied kicking he feet up and getting up Team RWBY instantly take a step back Alex stood there giving them a look
"My name is Penny. it's a pleasure to meet you!" Penny said
"Hi Penny im Ruby"
"I'm Weiss
"Blake"
"Alex Fissure pleased to meet you" Alex said
"Are you shore you didn't hit your head" Yang was elbowed by Blake "Oh im Yang"
"It's a pleasure to meet you"Penny said
"you already said that" Weiss said
"So I did" she replied
"well sorry for running into you" Weiss apologized
Ruby then waved "Take care friend"
the five began walking in silence for a moment "She was weird"
"I wouldn't say that she was kind of nice" Alex said
Then Weiss said "Now where did that Faunus riff-raff run off to?"
the five stopped as penny appeared in front of them "What did you call me?" she asked in a now serious tone
"Oh im sorry i definitely didn't think you heard me" Yang said while Weiss started pointing frantically back where Penny was not understanding how the girl could get in front of them without them knowing
"no not you" she paused and walked up to ruby "You"
"Me!?" Ruby panicked "I-I don't know, I-what um, uh-"
"you called me "friend". am i really your friend?" Penny asked
"ummmmm" Ruby looked towards the members of her team shaking there heads "no" before looking at Alex who gave a thumbs up
"Ya sure why not" Ruby said
Yang Weiss and Blake just collapsed as Penny gets excited
she cheers" Ahaha! Sen-sational!. We can paint our nail's, and try on cloths, and talk about cute boy!
"Ooh is this what it was like when you met me?" Ruby asked
"no she seem's 'far' more coordinated" Weiss said
"trust me ive seen worse" Alex said
"Soo, what are you doing in vale?" Yang asked
"I'm here to fight in the tournament." Penny said
"wait... you're fighting in the tournament?" Weiss asked
"I am combat ready" Penny said with a salute
"forgive me, but you hardly look the part" Weiss said
"your wearing a dress" Alex said
"It's a "combat skirt""Weiss said
Ruby zoomed next to her "yeah!" the two high-fived each other
"wait a minute. if your here for the tournament, does that mean you know that monkey-tailed rapscallion?"
"Oh, here we go again" Alex said rolling his eyes
"The who?" Penny asked
Weiss then pulls out a crude drawing of the Faunus "The filthy Faunus from the boat!"
"Why do you keep saying that?" Blake asks in anger
"oh boy" Alex thought pinching the bridge of his nose
"Huh?" Weiss asked
"stop calling him a rapscallion. stop calling him a degenerate. he's a person!" Blake yelled
"Oh im sorry would you like me to stop referring to the trashcan as a trashcan or this lamppost as a lamppost?" Weiss said
"Stop it!" Blake yelled
"Stop what? He clearly broke the law. Give him time, he'll probably join up with those other Faunus in the white Fang." Weiss said
Blake tightened up her fist while Alex shot Weiss a glare " You ignorant little Brat
"How dare you" Weiss yelled
as the shouting match began between the two enraged girls, the others just looked on in concern
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(back at beacon)
Alex stood in team RWBY dorm watching Weiss and Blake argue
"I don't understand why this is causing such a problem" Weiss said
"That 'is' the problem" Blake said
"you do realize your defending an organization that hates humanity, dont you? the Faunus of the white fang are pure evil"Weiss said
"There's no such thing as 'pure evil!' why do you think they hate humanity so much it's because of people like Cardin, people like 'you' that force the white fang to take such drastic measures!" Blake said
"People like me?"
"your discriminatory" Blake yelled
"im a victim" Weiss said
A moment of silence came "you want to know why i despise the white fang why i dont particularly trust the Faunus?"
Weiss walked towards the open window" they've been at war with my family for years. War. As in actual bloodshed. My grandfather's company has had a target painted across it's back for as long as i can remember. And ever since i was a child ive watched family friend's disappear, board members executed, an entire train car of dust...stolen. and every day my farther would come home furious, and that made a very difficult child hood."
Ruby walked up to console her partner " Weiss I-"
"No!" Weiss yelled
She then turned back to Blake "You want to know why i despise the White Fang?! It's because there a bunch of liars! Thieves and murderers!"
Blake lost what little temper remained "Well maybe we were just tired of being pushed around!"
The raven haired girls eye's widened in terror at what she had just said "..I-" she dashed out the room
"Blake wait!" Alex yelled chasing after her while the rest of team RWBY stood in shock
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Blake didn't stop running until she arrived at Beacons courtyard
although the usual stoic girl kept her emotions concealed she couldn't stop the tears from flowing
Slowly she reached up undoing the bow reviling what lied beneath
A Pair of Black cat ears that twitched slightly in the wind as if happy they finally felt fresh air after so long.
"so thats what that was" Blake froze still as a pillar before spinning around at a speed to mach ruby's to find Alex
taking a step back "n-no Blake im not here to hurt you I've know you were a Faunus for a while now" he said much to her shock
" Blake please, i just... i just want to know why" Alex said
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and done I know this chapter is a bit shorter then i usually do it but i have plans BIG plans for the next one as we take a little trip down memory lane along with the return of an old friend from Alex past until then I bid you my readers and any fellow authors fairwell