"Why the need for such language young one?" The old woman says.

"I speak how I want woman" Raven says.

"Sheesh, you ever heard of respecting the elderly?" Qrow asks cracking his back.

"Ughh, great. We've lost 4 people from our group. We don't know where we are. AND we gained a defenseless old woman!" Ruby complains running her hands through her hair.

"Hey! I'm not defenseless! My name is Maria Calavera and I'm just a little hard of hearing and blind without this thing on my eyes… that are in desperate need of repair… ok I'm starting to see your point…" The old woman now known as Maria says.

"This isn't the time the time for this Ruby… we'll just be attracting more grimm." Roman says putting his hand on Ruby's shoulder.

"*Sigh* But that won't matter, will it? Since apparently, we've been attracting grimm since Haven!" Ruby shouts before turning to Oscar who's helping Maria.

"And what happened to no more lies and half-truths!?" She shouts.

Oscar turns to Ruby before Ozpin takes control, "I did not lie to you."

"Well you definitely didn't tell us everything about the relics." Weiss says.

"Please… Roman is right, this is not the time for this."

"No! I wanna know why you're still not telling us anything!" Ruby says.

"*Sigh* I see you will not let this go… fine then. It is true that the relics attract grimm, but I feared that informing you of this would only add to the already high amount of anxiety and negativity. It's the safer option." Ozpin argues.

"Well I for one am tired of people deciding what's best for me" Weiss says crossing her hands.

"And let's not forget about that grimm that helped Dominus on the train! What was that about before!?" Ruby yet again shouts.

"Hm? What grimm?" I ask trying to play stupid knowing it won't work.

"Cut the crap, you aren't fooling anyone with that!" Ruby shouts.

I jump down from the train and walk to a small clearing.

'I suppose you can come out now'

'Are you sure about this?'

'She isn't gonna stop asking me otherwise'

'Alright then, let's hope this doesn't end too badly'

After that short conversation Ker slowly comes out of my shadow besides me and the sheer size and appearance of him puts everyone except Raven on edge since she already knows about Ker before this.

"What is the meaning of this Dominus?" Ozpin asks.

"There's nothing wrong with getting some extra help, isn't it?" I ask.

"But getting help from grimm of all things?" Qrow asks.

"Good help's good help, what can I say. Besides we formed a pact, so if I die he dies and vice versa." I say.

"… I don't know what to think of this." Weiss says earning nods from most of the people here.

"Right, now- wait where's the relic?" Ozpin asks.

"Right here, it got scattered during the crash." Ruby says taking out the relic from her hip.

"Please… hand it over Ms. Rose." Ozpin says.

"… So all the times you talked about putting faith in humanity, was that just for everyone else?" Ruby asks.

"*Sigh* That's not what I meant to suggest. Ms. Rose, the relic is a powerful item and I feel that it's my burden to bear." He says.

"But you said it can't do anything right now, so why does it matter who holds it?" Blake asks.

"I need you to listen-*Now Oscar talking* Hurry, he's trying… to stop you. Her name's Jinn… say her name to summon her. He's afraid… that you'll find out what he's hiding." Ozpin now Oscar says struggling to keep control.

Ruby looks at the lamp and says, "Jinn."

As soon as she says the name, the snow stops falling and the winds stops blowing. The lamp floats out of Ruby's hand and a blue fog appears and it floats up and slowly a woman forms from the fog with blue skin and no clothes with golden chains around her arms and stomach with her long dark blue hair covering her breasts.

She stretches as if she has been asleep for a long time and looks at our group before asking, "Tell me, what knowledge do you seek?"

With everyone speechless she continues to speak.

"My name is Jinn, I am a spirit created by the God of light to help humanity in their pursuit of knowledge and I can answer any 3 questions every 100 years, so far one question has been used. So, I ask again. What knowledge do you seek?" She asks again.

"That's enough!" Ozpin shouts but still immobilized.

Jinn fixes her gaze onto Ozpin and smirks, "*Chuckle* It's been a while since I've seen you old man" She says mockingly.

Ozpin sighs in defeat before looking at Ruby, "Please Ruby, don't."

"Hey-" Qrow is about to say and almost everyone raises their weapons at him.

"Do whatever you think is right kiddo." He says raising his hands.

Ruby looks over to Jinn and asks, "Jinn, what is Ozpin hiding from us?"

"NO!" Ozpin shouts and regains control before dashing at Ruby but just as he's about to reach her everything turns white.

'Well this is something, I have a feeling this is going to take awhile'

'I have that same feeling as well'

Ker then sits down on all fours and I sit down next to him and lean on his side.

Suddenly a brick road in a vast field of grass leading to a tower that appears in the distance and suddenly Jinn starts narrating, "There stood a lonely tower…"

She starts and I ignore her because this seems to be the life story of Ozpin and Salem.

'Well instead of wasting time how about we do something productive, can you grow wings from the alpha sphinx you absorbed?'

'I think I can, let me try'

We both get up and Ker focuses before black mist starts flowing out from his back and into the shape of wings before it gets thicker and thicker and becomes solid wings with feathers.

'Well damn, it actually worked. How about a test flight? This place looks like it doesn't have a limit to how big it is.' I say getting on his back.

'Alright, hold on'

I grab a hold of him before he flaps his wings and slowly get off the ground. With one strong flap he flies around the things being shown by Jinn. After a few laps and evasive maneuvers around the images he lands and I get off him.

'So how was it?'

'I'll get used to it eventually but it's easy enough for me to control myself'

'Alright, now how about I give you some of my mana, that should power you up right?'

'Well there's only one way we can find out'

'Indeed there is'

I say before putting my hand on him and start transferring my mana after I finish he grows to 10 times his normal size.

'Wow, that's more than I could have hoped for.'

'Same here, I can feel a new ability I can do'

'Well don't let me stop you'

After I said that shadow tentacles come out of Ker's shadow.

'Wrap it around my hand and pull me down with as much force as you can. I want to see how strong this is.'

He nods before a shadow tentacle appears under my hand and wraps around it before it starts pulling hard. It takes a decent amount of strength for me to resist it and break out of it.

'So how is it'

'It will definitely be strong enough for most things since I used a decent amount of my strength to break out of that'

'That's good to know, should I shrink back down now? I have a good amount of your mana still left in me'

'Yes, you should shrink down so I don't waste my mana. And it looks like we're going to have to wait for this narration to finish, however long this will take.'

He nods before we get in the position before this where we sit down and I lean on his side. I finally refocus and see Salem arguing with a black dragon. I lean my head back and just zone out waiting for this to finish because I could care less about two people's life stories. I'll just focus on the important parts of it.

(Small Timeskip because the explanation is the same)

"-But not all of them were to his liking. *To the fake(?) Ozpin* You can't." Jinn says.

After those words were said I slowly feel snow around my feet and falling on me and the cold wind starting to blow. I slowly open my eyes and see everyone except Raven -who's standing beside me- and Maria stand in front of Ozpin who's on his knees.

"He had this coming." Raven says.

"That he did Raven, that he did." I say.

"I see you're grimm has wings now." She says interested as Qrow punches Ozpin in the background.

"Yeah, he absorbed the alpha sphinx after he killed it and its essence was strong enough for him to grow wings." I say.

"Interesting, now that we're on the same side are you going to tell me how you became 'partners' as you called it?" She asks.

"Well I made a pact which I doubt you can do since one, you need to find an elder grimm, and if you're lucky it'll speak english. You'll have to prove yourself likely by beating it. Then you have to say a certain chant and infuse mana into the grimm. And from what I can see, you don't have an ounce of mana in you." I explain to her.

"*Sigh* I see, and how do you have mana?"

"That, is something I'll keep to myself."

"Understandable, can you give some mana to me?"

"Perhaps, but not now because this is certainly not a good time." I say as I look at the group bickering with Roman and Neo trying to calm Ruby down.

'Kratos, the negative energy in the air right now is attracting a lot of grimm and I'm itching for a slaughter. So would you mind if I go on a bit of a rampage?'

'Sure, go wild. The less grimm the better and stronger you get.'

'Alright, I'll be back soon'

We both stand up and he runs off into the forest and not long after growls and roars erupt in the distance.

"What is he doing?" Raven asks.

"Going on a rampage because the negative feelings those lot are generating are attracting a lot of grimm and he's itching for some carnage because of it." I say.

"I see… then that seems that it's the sign we should stop their bickering before they get themselves killed." Raven says.

"I'll handle it." Maria says walking to the group.

"Enough! It'll be dark soon and you lot are spewing so much negativity that you'll get yourself killed! Look, I know your upset. But if we don't move, we die! And I'll be damned if I've lived this long to die in the middle of nowhere just to die out here in the cold! There's a trail over there, and trails usually lead somewhere, so we move, now." She says firmly.

"... She's got a point, come on we have to move." Ruby says getting some of her luggage as the others take their own.

We start walking but not even a few steps after we started Maria interrupted, "Are you all really going to leave an old lady to walk for herself?" She asks.

"*Sigh* I'll do it." Qrow says before putting Maria on her shoulder.

"Where's your grimm anyway Dominus?" Torchwick asks.

"Off on a rampage killing grimm that would've killed you with all the negative energy that's coming out of all of you." I say.

"Can you blame us!? Did you not hear what Jinn said? Salem can't be killed!" Ruby shouts.

"By anything in the world at that time, but now you have me." I say.

"Are you suggesting that you can kill an immortal being?" She asks suspicious.

"That is exactly what I'm suggesting. Because people said the same thing about the last 'immortal' beings I killed." I say.

"… Sure Dominus… sure." Ruby says doubtful.

Me and Raven walk at the back and she walk closer to me and talks in a low voice, "In all seriousness, can you kill Salem though?" She asks.

"Yes, yes I can. And I have what I need right here." I say taking out my claws.

"What's so special about those?" She asks.

"Won't say, maybe you'll see me use it when there's a need for it." I say.

"Fine, I'm looking forward to see how these things will kill an immortal." She says.

After that Ker arrived from his rampage and when the group see him they still tense up.

"Hey Dominus, would your grimm mind if I put Maria on it?" Qrow asks.

'I would rather not'

'Fair enough'

He slowly disappears into my shadow and I look at Qrow, "Well now you know that he does mind." I say.

He sighs before looking straight ahead and we continue the walk in silence.