That night Winter stood in front of her screen waiting for the screen to upload, after a moment a beep was heard and she straightened her posture before saying,
"General Ironwood" she said with a straight face as the stern general looked at Winter and said,
"At ease Ms. Schnee, now what do you have to report?" He said getting straight down to business. Winter thought about what she was going to say before finally she started to talk,
"Yes General, First our reports of Amber being healed by the one known as Acon are correct, I have confronted her and verified the truths of these statements. Secondly, I have also confirmed the odd energy and it seems to be the primary source of energy used for combat and even flight. General these people are to put simply amazing. They talk about destroying buildings and even a universe as though it's a common occurrence. General these three are nothing I could have possibly been prepared for. " And after that statement The general's eyes widened and he said,
"Three? Ozpin only showed me and told me about the one who healed Amber, are they recent additions?" Realizing what she said Winter clarified,
"Yes General two others known as Mira and Towa, They were the ones Acon was combatting and somehow during the clash they tore a hole open between universes and ended up here with Acon giving them sanctuary in his home. Now for the report on the people themselves from what I understand Mira is a man with blue skin and white hair but he is an android much like Penny Poletina, except his make up is a mix between machine and organic and was created by Towa from scratch. Towa is a woman with blue skin and white hair much like Mira but other than that is where the similarities end. She is honestly a certifiable genius and was able to wire in the funds they used in their home universe and convert them to usable funds here. She was also able to understand the basic makeup of our universe and how they would be affected and map out the planet in just a few days of being here." She finished before taking a a breath and continuing.
"As for Acon he is what is called a Saiyan and his powers seem the most unique. He looks similar to an average monkey faunus but apparently the tail is a part of his entire race. According to them at the moment he is the weakest of the three due to the circumstances of this universe's laws limiting their power." The general mused over this thought before saying,
"Much like the body treats foreign substances, I have many questions based off this report so far but the main question I have is are they a threat?" and that was a question Winter had to think about, common sense would dictate that yes, they are a threat, while her interactions with them spoke differently. They honestly seemed to be trying to make the best of their situation and even volunteered to help Amber with her problem. Thinking about that she made a decision,
"Honestly General I would be a fool to not say yes that they are a threat, but that would only apply if for some reason that they feel threatened by us. Individually I feel we would be hard pressed to stop them at their current state if they feel challenged or cornered but together I don't believe even all the kingdoms united could stop them from what I have heard from them."
"And what about Acon? Would he side with his former enemies?" And for some reason Winter found that question easier to answer,
"If they acted out with no reason no he wouldn't, actually he would probably put them down as quickly as possible if it came to that." And thinking the man had some sort of secret weapon to match the power difference the general prodded trying to find out what it was.
"It's not a weapon general, Acon is capable of transformations that have multiple levels and the 3rd level dwarfed even Amber's power and shook her to the core. And from what I can tell that's not even the strongest form he can take, I feel that utilizing these transformations he could match and even surpass the combined power of the two." Winter said noticing how the generals eyes widened at the news that not even Amber could match his power even fully healed.
"Winter- this, this news is insane, anybody else and I would call them a liar and have them seek mental help but you I can tell believe this. I am not calling you a liar but I need to think about this before making anymore decisions. For now stay with them and resume your role there. With the oncoming Vytal festival and these robberies going on I will be busy for the next few months so you may not hear from me. I will routinely send you your paperwork as usual and continue to submit written reports of any relevant events or information you find." And with that the general said goodbye before ending the call while Winter unceremoniously collapsed into her chair from the pressure of the report. Pinching the bridge of her nose she thought to herself.
'Well that was stressful but at least the mission itself isn't hard, honestly a little relaxing compared to some others I've had.' Before she got up to head to the kitchen and get some water before getting ready for bed. While she was in the kitchen she heard the balcony door slide open and saw Acon walk in hanging up his scroll.
"Man I cannot get used to calling people on these things" He said trying to figure out how to shut off the screen. Winter chuckled a bit before speaking up,
"Press the button on the side and it will shut off," and not paying attention to who was in the room caused Acon to jump a little bit before calming down once he saw Winter.
"Wow I did not expect anybody else to be down here but thanks for that I was just on a call with Qrow, do you know him?" Acon asked when he saw her face sour slightly at the mention of Qrow,
"tall, unkempt, and drunk? Yes we are acquainted, why would you need to call him?" Acon just laughed at the description before answering,
"From what I can tell yep that's the guy, well I called him to update him on what we found out regarding the people who attacked Amber and he was a little sketchy on it before I told him about the castle and Amber didn't even know who they were or who they worked for. After that he sounded a little angry about it and told me not to go to Ozpin but to look for his sister Raven for answers." Winter's eyes grew wide at the fact that Qrow is sending them to Raven and said,
"Qrow never has us associate with Raven, it must be something important but I wonder why he didn't tell us himself?" She asked wondering about that while Acon said,
"Well looks like you can ask him yourself because he just sent me the coordinates on where we can find Raven and he'll meet us there in the morning" to which Winter just groaned out,
"Great and here I was hoping that I wouldn't have to hear him for just a little while longer," they both started laughing quietly at that before Winter seemed to think about something and asked,
"Acon, I've been meaning to ask, what kind of missions did you have to do working for the …Time Patrol was it? Is that some sort of government?" and she was honestly curious about it,
'What kind of work did you do that you met Mira and Towa' she thought to herself before Acon just smiled and walked over to the sink before grabbing his own water and started,
"Well the Time patrol was originally just a few people, first, the Supreme Kai of Time, and she was in charge of managing the whole timeline for years. Under her were the other Kais of time. The kais are essentially our gods or universal guardians" Winter was shocked that he knew actual gods and asked,
"How many Kais are there?"
"Well there used to be about 20 or so that I know of in our universe but fighting demons and pink magical pieces of gum, or gods of destruction turning them into swords well now there's only about 8 or 9 kais give or take a kai, it never really was my strong suit on the who's who, not even counting the other 11 universes out there."
"So this isn't your first time in a different universe?"
"No way that's why I'm taking being stuck here so well, or even why I understand the whole time flow difference to a certain level. I could be considered a universe 7 resident even though I was technically born outside of the time stream because of my tail you know?"
"Really? How does that signify what universe you're from?"
"Well in universe 7 the Saiyan's still have tails unlike universe 6, the only other universe with Saiyan's where they don't have tails because the race is more evolved there. But back to the original topic, the timeline is infinite so one person can't handle that on their own god or not so when she saw this one guy just time traveling and creating alternate timelines and more work for her she decided to step in and recruit him."
"So was he the first time patroller?"
"Nope, technically that's me but eh was the first enforcer. It wasn't until I came into the picture that we started the time patrol and recruiting people with potential who were about to die in their timelines and plucking them out or people that just had no real purpose and even some alternate timeline versions of others."
"We gave them the offer to join the time patrol and most of them all decided they wanted to help out. Our jobs were to protect timelines from being messed up unnaturally or intentionally like how Towa would cause." And after that statement Winter asked something that was bothering her from their first interaction.
"I know that it's only been a few days that we've known each other but if Mira and Towa were enemies, then why did you let them stay?" Taking a deep breath Acon had to really think about it,
"Honestly I don't really know, I mean sure in part it's because we're our only reminders of home but honestly if we're going to be here for the rest of our lives why not have a fresh start? Constant fighting was all I knew but from when I was first created I was immediately drawn into a fight by this guy that wanted to test me and I kind of just let my instinct take over, and then there were the missions and forcing myself to grow at insane rates to match the higher ones and now well, I think I'm just tired of fighting like that and threw out an olive branch to them to take that chance." Winter saw the sad look in his eyes like the first night but he immediately covered up by laughing,
"Well it's a good thing they took the offer right? It really could have gotten messy if they didn't or at least if they didn't leave peacefully" Winter suddenly had a vision in her mind of Beacon in flames with Towa cackling comically before shaking her head,
"So isn't what you're doing now counterproductive to not wanting to fight by helping Amber?" and that one didn't even need a thought before Acon said,
"Oh definitely, but I never said I was going to start right away right? And besides who knows? This could be a fun little adventure right? Now enough about hearing my stuff, if you're going to be living with us why don't you tell me about yourself?" Acon asked Winter honestly curious about one of the more private people he knew.
For some reason Winter felt surprised that he asked about her not used to that treatment due to her status before thinking,
'It's probably due to him not knowing the Schnee name and what it stands for and therefor to him it means nothing' before taking a chance and opening up just slightly,
"My name is Winter Schnee and I am a daughter of the Schnee family and a former heiress to the Schnee Dust Corporation. Currently I am the 2nd in command of Atlas's military as well."
"Huh Schnee Dust Corporation right? I remember you mentioning that before, also what do you mean former heiress? Something happen?" Acon asked knowing his questions could be taken as an insult if interpreted the wrong way but he decided to take a leap of faith anyways.
"Yes dust is the substance we use to power our machines or use in weapons for different elemental abilities to enhance ourselves during combat, the SDC has an essential monopoly on dust distribution and is what is equivalent to royalty in the business world here. As for being the former heiress well, I stepped down due to my work in the Atlas military and gave the position towards my sister Weiss, she has expressed a great interest in the company and taking it out of negative light it's viewed by many on due to the actions of our…father."
Hearing the tone that she said father with Acon decided not to press. For the rest of their time down there they talked a bit more with Acon learning more about what makes Winter, Winter while she asked about some missions he went on. As it was nearing 11:00 Acon was just finishing a story of the time he was stranded in an alternate time line and was on the Saiyan home world.
"…and then as soon as my time scroll was working again I went around a corner to go and get back to work but this one girl just followed me for some reason, though I found out later is because she was suspicious of me which I don't blame her but as I'm about to leave she jumps into the time portal and imagine my bosses shock when I come back and the first thing they see is a random Saiyan girl sitting on my back because I lost balance mid transport!" He finished causing Winter to laugh at the image of Acon face flat on the ground with someone else sitting on him.
She was about to answer before looking at the clock and saying,
"I did not realize how late it was getting, it's probably best if we get to bed if we're taking off in the morning to go find Qrow's sister." She said causing Acon to say,
"Oh wow same here we've been talking for a couple hours now… hey Winter, thanks. It was nice to be able to relax without worrying about anything for a little bit." He said softly while just as softly she looked back at the Saiyan before answering,
"It's no problem, I look forward to future conversations like this in the future Acon, it really helps take the mind off of things." Before they both heading upstairs into their rooms bidding each other goodnight with a smile on their faces at the spontaneous bonding moment.
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Meanwhile with Amber she slept and she dreamt. First, she saw a shattered city with two glowing beams in the sky. The beams clashed before separating and rounding back clashing again. As Amber's vision adjusted she finally recognized those beings as Mira and someone else, thought Mira looked slightly different covered in white fur and a strange marking on his chest while when paying attention to the other person she finally recognized him as Acon with a different style of hair that was tinted blue while he was covered in a dark blue aura. She watched Mira throw Acon into a building causing it to collapse as Acon flew through multiple buildings near instantly.
He took his time approaching Acon before she noticed Acon slip something into his mouth and bringing his hands forward then to his side yelling something indiscernible due to her distance before shooting his hands forward releasing a massive attack towards Mira who retaliated in kind before launching his own attack that began to overtake Acon's.
When it seemed like he was going to lose she noticed a slight twitch he gave before the attack increased in size causing a white light to blind Amber and then the worst part of the dreams came.
First she saw Beacon while she floated above Vail.
Then a flash and she saw Beacon burning while what she recognized as the tournament arena leaning towards it's side.
She blinked and found herself on the Beacons ground with Grimm running past her and students meeting the charge.
She saw three massive Grimm the size of towers coming towards the school before hearing a yell and seeing a massive shadow behind her while an equally massive roar shook the earth.
She was somewhere else above the mountains and saw a figure reach it's arm in the air before slamming it down and she turned around to see Atlas falling while Acon flew alone under it before he reached his arms out as if to catch it. As the two collided Atlas slowed down but steadily neared the ground and with a great explosion Amber jolted awake with a gasp.
'Wha-what was that? That's never happened to me before' She thought to herself before heading into the restroom in her room and washing her face. She looked into the mirror and thought of the dreams.
'It was to real to be a dream…could it be a vision of the future? But if that's the future how do I tell everyone this? Should I tell everyone?' She thought this to herself while she got ready for what she thought would be a meeting with Ozpin. As she was heading downstairs she thought again,
'And what was that fight in the beginning? Could that have been what forced them to come here?' While remembering the raw power she could see and the damage to the city caused by their clashes.
Before she could think some more she was interrupted by Acon waving her over to the table where everybody gathered to discuss,
"So I called Qrow last night, I thought I should keep him updated on everything going on. Like I told Winter he was avoiding the topic until I brought up the whole castle and seeing that woman walking out. After that he still didn't tell me anything specifically but eh did send me the coordinates to find his sister who apparently has some answers for us. With that in mind instead of going to Ozpin I think we should go there today, Qrow said he would be there if we showed up but there's no guarantee we'll get answers either way."
After that statement everybody thought it over before Mira spoke up,
"Do we have a guarantee that Ozpin would give us answers as well?" he asked before Towa confirmed the statement by saying,
"That's true. If he didn't even tell Amber about anything either he doesn't know or he's playing his cards close to his chest."
"Yes, I could see Ozpin doing that, I've noticed he occasionally has secret meetings or conversations with General Ironwood and if Qrow knows as well it stands to reason that he is out looking for something or someone for them." Winter finished. After another moment Acon spoke up.
"Amber, This is up to you here. Towa, Mira and I already volunteered to help you out, and if you want answers then we'll follow whichever route you take. Just say the word" He said bringing everybody's attention to the silent maiden as she thought it over before clenching her fists.
"I think we should go find Raven, I've known Ozpin for awhile and if he hasn't told me anything now he won't anytime soon. Or at least he won't say the full story until it benefits him. But I trust Qrow and if he's telling us to find Raven then I think we should but How are we going to get there? Ozpin would notice us leaving Beacon through the docks."
"I have my personal ship here but while we could leave with it at any time, it is also easily recognizable and takes away the element of surprise or getting away unnoticed and it is located at the docks as well." Winter said while Towa was just thinking before looking over at Acon who caught onto her idea before he just asked.
"Do you want to be dramatic or practical?" Much to the confusion of everybody else in the room while Towa just gave a dramatic sigh and a smile before saying,
"When have you known me not to be dramatic?" Which Acon just grinned at giving a shiver to everybody but Mira who caught onto what was going on and he just sighed thinking,
'This is our life now… not bad'
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Branwen tribe's camp
At the Branwen camp it was business as usual. Raven was meditating in her tent before she heard a commotion and took a deep breath.
'So it's going to be one of those days is it?' She thought to herself before walking outside and asking Vernal what was going on. Vernal stood at attention seeing her leader and answered quickly,
"Lady Raven, our scouts reported in 5 objects approaching our camp from the air quickly. We aren't sure what they are so we are preparing for anything." She said which Raven's eyes grew wide slightly at the report before she steeled herself and said,
"Good carry on with preparations, what's the estimated time of arrival?" She asked and just as Vernal was about to answer, at the entrance of the campgrounds there was an impact quickly followed by four more causing a cloud of dust to surround the air.
The tribe prepared their weapons with Raven standing at the lead, one hand on her sword ready to go before they heard a hiss in the air and saw 5 silhouettes standing in the remaining dust in the air before a Raven felt a rush of energy causing her to nearly draw her sword before seeing the energy was just clearing the dust out of the way making her men shield their eyes for a moment before seeing what the commotion was.
Standing at the entrance of the camp were 5 people. Two of which she recognized as Winter Schnee and Amber the fall maiden but the other 3 were unknowns. Two of them had blue skin and white hair and given their ages Raven guessed they were siblings or close family of some sort due to the similarities. While she dismissed the 3rd as a simple Monkey faunus but what really set her off was the casual stances they took.
The three stood there without a care in the world while the woman had a staff that she was casually sitting on like a bench while the other two were as relaxed as can be. Yet they had the eyes of warriors that Raven was used to seeing in veterans or hardened soldiers.
'It's almost like they don't see us as a threat' she thought to herself and before anybody could say anything she was shocked once more hearing another voice she didn't expect.
"Man when I told you all to come here I didn't think you would wreck the entrance, seriously how did you even get here so fast, thought you wouldn't be here until this afternoon or at least the evening." Qrow said walking out of the woods.
"Qrow! Why did you lead these people here! What's going on here!?" Raven snapped finally done before she started gritting her teeth seeing that they were pretty much ignoring her.
"Oh these are the pods Saiyan's use where I'm from. Extremely fast and durable. No offense Qrow but I still think your ships here are way to slow!" Acon laughed while Amber chimed in.
"You're telling me that you guys use those all the time!? That was terrifying going that fast!" While Winter nodded her head fervently adding in,
"Not including the landing, when I saw the ground coming in so quickly I was admittedly terrified seeing it while with the actual impact I barely felt anything." She said when she honestly expected to be knocked around or hit her head on the ceiling of the ship when it hit the ground. So she was pleasantly surprised that despite the speed she only felt a slight bump.
'Those are remarkably efficient… yet still terrifying' She thought with a shiver. Meanwhile Acon asked Towa,
"Towa… where did you get your staff from? It couldn't have fit in the pod?"
"Acon what did I tell you about those pesky things called questions?"
"Acon… I would listen to her on this… just trust me" Mira spoke up with a slight sweat drop, the staff confusing him as well but he just decided to go with it. He suddenly spun around and raised his palm up catching Raven's blade in his hand before immediately snapping it causing her to leap back and snap.
"ENOUGH OF THIS NONSENSE! Now you will explain just who you are and what you are doing here immediately" She said while flaring her aura a bit yet not activating her maiden powers due to Amber, Winter, and Qrow's presence here.
'Damn if I didn't know they would report back to Ozpin immediately I wouldn't hesitate in striking them down. But for now I just need information before anything escalates further." She thought to herself while also getting ready to strike just in case. Qrow decided to play mediator and walked forward,
"Alright Raven we don't want to make any more of a mess here but we need you to help us out with getting some information, about you know what."
Raven's eyes widened before she smirked thinking that she realized what was going on,
"I'm surprised Ozpin is allowing this many people to know about his little problem, what with his tendency to keep everything close to his chest." She said but was shocked when Amber interrupted,
"Ozpin didn't tell us to come, we found a black castle in the desert and the woman who stole my powers with them and I don't know about you but I. want. Answers, Whether or not Ozpin approves." She said as she took steps until she was face to face with Raven eyes blazing before she threw out the thing that really shocked Qrow and Winter but just confused the other three,
"Even if I have to take down the spring maiden to do it" She finished while they were just confused and Winter asked,
"Amber what are you talking about? What does the spring maiden have to do with anything?" Amber just glanced at Winter and said,
"The spring maiden is right in front of me," she mentioned much to the shock of the others and the fury of Raven before Qrow stepped up and said,
"Raven is this true?" He said with no small mount of betrayal in his voice that his sister couldn't trust him with knowing that secret about her. Raven's eyes darted towards her brother before softening a bit with a small amount of regret before she hardened them again and said,
"I was not going to take the risk to become Ozpin's pawn once again" She stated simply as though it was fact. Qrow just gritted his teeth before taking out his sword causing the everybody to brace for a fight but before anybody made a decision he stabbed it into the ground and shot forward punching his sister and knocking her back a step.
"Hngh" Raven grunted out before swinging back on Qrow causing him to grunt back and return the exchange,
A punch
A kick in return
A grapple
Another Punch
And this exchange continued with the both of them brawling it out with no weapons while everybody stood back knowing that this was something that they both needed. Finally Raven went forward for another punch but before it connected the ground beneath her feet shifted causing her to lean forward to much and giving Qrow a chance to grab her outstretched arm and flip then pin her to the ground with his knee in her back.
"OZPIN BE DAMNED RAVEN!" Qrow yelled out causing her eyes to grow wide at seeing her normally relaxed brother snap at her like that. Qrow took a deep breath before letting her get up and watched as she shook the dirt off her clothes before continuing.
"If you just told me I would have helped you. I respected that you didn't want anything to do with Ozpin after what you learned but I would never have put you in a position to be forced back damn it! Family comes first no matter what. I get it you know, whatever you learned after Summer died made you leave but I figured the kids were safe with Tai Yang so I forgave you but are you that afraid now that you won't even trust me anymore?" Incensed Raved snapped out,
"How dare you preach to me about family! About being afraid! After Summer died you ran from your responsibilities as a father just like I ran from mine as a mother. The only difference is Yang doesn't have a replacement mother unlike Ruby who had a replacement father while you just played the role of the drunk uncle" She gave a dark chuckle at the end While Amber leaned over to Acon and said,
"I knew it!" to which Acon just gave a small chuckle before bringing his attention back to Qrow who just clenched his fist before taking another deep breath and saying,
"You're right Ray, I was afraid I wouldn't be the dad Ruby needed and I trusted Tai Yang just like you did but damn it that's not the point! We need answers and I'm done listening to Ozpin Blindly and I want the answers for myself. The same answers you got all those years ago." Qrow said and after a few tense moments of silence Raven said,
"Fine… we leave to Haven at nightfall but watch out, it may not be what you expected." Raven said before walking off while the tribe followed and the others stayed by the pods before Acon just spoke up,
"Well that was easier then I thought" To which Towa gave an out of character snort before quickly masking it with a face of indifference.
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Haven hall… Night time
Raven walked towards the staircase towards the center of the empty hall. Not even Lionhart was present in the school this time of night and the group made quick work of the security cameras monitoring the hall.
"This is where you'll find your answers" Raven said as she stood in front of the staircase on a circular design into the ground.
"Everybody on the platform now if you want to keep going." She spoke shortly causing the others to join her on the platform and to their surprise it lowered as soon as the last person placed their foot on the circle.
After a few minutes of the elevator lowering Qrow asked,
"Raven what can we expect down here?" to which she just looked at him and replied,
"Nothing, Ozpin in his wisdom believes that the defenses here have been just fine and never saw fit to add or remove anything, I doubt he even realized I came here to find answers." Raven said smirking at the end thinking of how she got passed Ozpin.
As soon as she finished talking the platform was nearly finished with it's descent as shown by the large cavern with nothing but a single doorway inside of it. Raven made her way to the doorway and Winter snapped,
"Is this a joke? There's nobody here but a single doorway that leads to nowhere! What's the game here Branwen?" Which elicited a 'Hey!' from Qrow to which he was ignored except for Acon just chuckling and patting him on the back while he sulked. Once Raven walked towards the doorway she activated her Maiden Powers and given that it was the first time Acon, Mira, and Towa saw them they were intrigued by the feeling they gave off. Acon leaned over to Mira and said,
"Kind of reminds me of how the energy feels when it's forming a spirit bomb to be honest." He said referring to the pure energy feeling her powers were giving off but before Mira could respond the doors shined with a faint golden light before opening into a desert just as empty as the cavern before them while the only object was a lantern floating at the end of a walkway.
"You were saying Schnee?" Raven asked with a smirk before she got serious and said,
"Whoever holds the lantern must speak the name Jin and then you'll get your answers, if that's all, I'll be leaving now." She said before she started to walk off but before she could get very far Mira moved infront of her quickly stopping her causing her to give a small snarl.
"So this is it then? I'm your hostage now?" She said looking at Qrow but then Mira interrupted before Qrow could say anything.
"No. You are free to leave, but only after we get answers because for all we know this is a trick by you in order to give us false information." To which Towa agreed by saying,
"Trust me, none of us want to waste time and if you already had these answers there's no harm in hearing them again." She finished but while they were talking they were suddenly interrupted by Winter saying,
"Wait Acon what are you doing!?" and by that she was referring to how Acon decided to take a gamble and grabbed the lantern. Before turning to Raven who had wide eyes and saying,
"So how would saying jin-" but before he could finish talking time seemed to stop around the group causing him to narrow his eyes and let go of the lamp which was emitting a blue smoke which formed into a naked blue skinned woman. Towa who walked in between Mira and Acon just raised her hands covering their eyes saying,
"Avert your eyes you two, no need for you to be corrupted yet." Which Mira just sighed before gently moving her hand away while Acon said,
"Wait yet?" but before they could continue the woman let out a loud yawn and stretched before looking around at everyone.
"Well this is a large group now isn't it? And why is that Raven? I'm not surprised to see you again my dear, and what's this? What are two gods doing here? And gods from a different universe how intriguing!" She said with Surprise looking at Towa and Acon. Raven was honestly in shock at hearing that statement and thought to herself,
'Those two are gods? If the one called Mira was able to stop me effortlessly what are the other two capable of?!' But before her thoughts could grow farther Acon looked over at Towa and said,
"You're better at these kind of things than I am, so do you want to take this?" He asked referring to dealing with the Woman.
"Yes I will, now then why we are here is because we are looking for answers on this world and the current situation going on and from what I can tell, you are the one with answers." Jinn just sighed before saying,
"Ah nobody ever comes to just visit me nowadays, but yes I hold all the answers of this world as that is my purpose. First off, my name is Jinn and every 100 years I am able to answer and 3 questions completely honestly with no lie whatsoever, as it stands I only have two questions left this century given that dear old Raven over there used one to find her answer a while back and ran away due to what she heard. So tell me…What is your question."
Now Towa was thinking this question over the entire time Jinn was talking and decided on the wording after a few moments,
"Tell us, what don't we know about the situation we found ourselves in?" Giving a smile at Towa's wording Jinn spoke up,
"Very clever, getting all the answers while leaving room for more facts. Well get comfortable because you'll be here for awhile. Don't worry time is stopped outside of us right now so nobody but us will be aware." And after she said that the surroundings around them began to fade away as though something was washing it away before being replaced with a different scenery all together and they heard it all.
Ozma's journey
Salem's former life
Ozma's disease and Salems fall from grace
The brothers wiping out the first humans and bringing Ozma back to life.
Their family.
Their separation
The constant life times of battles between the two to no end.
Ozpin being told that he couldn't defeat her.
They saw his current allies in General Ironwood and the other headmasters .
They found out the Lionheart was a traitor who secretly has been working for Salem for years.
They saw Summer's death
"And that was all the past but now let me tell you about the present, Ozpin brought your daughter Qrow to Beacon in order to use her and her silver eyes against Salem. Just like he made sure she was paired with the Schnee heiress and the daughter of the former White fang leader and Raven's daughter so that way he could have strong allies in the future. As for you Acon he saw you as a potential Weapon just like the maidens and these other two to be used but I can tell you knew that already. Now as for the real reason you all came here the woman who stole Amber's powers. Her name is Cinder Fall and she works for Salem, she has an obsession with power and getting it all for herself. Honestly if she meets you three she would probably try anything to get you on her side. Now as for the last part you need to know is that the secondary power inside of you Acon is truly Magic. And magic that is even above the gods, it's slowly rising to the level of your natural energy and the results…well not even I know what will happen when it does. But I will say this final part you didn't come here alone" She said causing their eyes to widen at that but before anybody could say anything she continued.
"There were at least 12 others that came with you during your arrival but one by one the energy of those are disappearing while one energy grows greater. I would tell you who they are but as you are from outside of this universe my knowledge does nothing but pull blanks regarding all of you. Now with that done I bid you all goodbye and good luck in whatever decision you make regarding what you do." After that she faded into smoke again and caused the lantern to drop into Towa's outstretched hand while everybody stood silent taking in the information that they heard. Towa looked over at Acon and said,
"Your team was dealing with Shroom and the others While you fought our fused form were they still there?" Acon was in shock and shaking with no slight amount of fear but when Winter put her hand on his shoulder he flinched before getting his nerves and said,
"I thought they all left… 21 was back in the city preparing their evac but when you guys fused she said the energy was fluctuating to much to get me out but I figured that meant she already got the others out of there. But if Jinn was right and 12 people showed up well… I don't know and knowing that they could be here is just mind numbing to me."
Everybody stood there with their thoughts before Amber said,
"Acon I understand that you're worried but there's nothing that we can do until you find them. But for now we have to get back to Beacon I doubt Ozpin hasn't noticed that we've been gone for a full day already and I still don't even know how to deal with THAT subject." She said while Acon just nodded saying thanks.
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Back at the Branwen's camp the two siblings were speaking to each other while the others stood by the ships waiting to leave. Qrow turned around and walked up to them and said,
"Alright I'll be seeing you, I gotta keep at my work for Ozpin so he doesn't get suspicious and this time Raven's coming with me to follow up on a lead but seriously, can you guys do me a favor and look after Ruby and Yang for us?" Winter stepped forward and said,
"I understand given I also have a vested interest in their team's safety and I can guarantee that I will do everything in my power to keep them all out of trouble."
"From what I've seen about our my daughter and niece I highly doubt you'll be able to keep them out of trouble very much. They to much after my brother and I to not poke their noses in any business that doesn't have anything to do with their own. But having the almighty Schnee looking out for them is a worry that I is a little alleviated now." Raven smirked seeing Winter start to scowl but before she could say anything Raven slashed open a portal with a new sword that she kept far away from Mira dragging Qrow by the collar through it quickly.
"Ugh I swear those Branwen's are all the same… let's just go back and maybe we can avoid any questions tomorrow." Winter said marching back towards the pods.
"ACON! Let's go, you know how to teleport correct?" She shouted out causing Acon to shoot up out of habit and he just nodded mumbling.
"Trained to destroy galaxies in a heartbeat but being reduced to transportation"
"I'm sorry was that sass I sense?" She asked rhetorically while Acon just threw his hands up and followed after her.
"Well we should probably go with them now, I'm glad that we were able to get answers and until we figure out what to do. I'm thankful for all of your help so far. In just a day I've learned more about what's going on than years for fighting for Ozpin." Amber said turning over to Mira and Towa.
"It's fine. We have caused more trouble for Acon and his allies for no other reasons than orders on our end and the least we can do is help him and his new friends in their endeavors including yourself, I can promise you that until this is all settled and you can live safely, Both Mira and myself will stand by your side in this silent war." Towa responded making Amber give her a smile as Mira nodded as well confirming her statement.
After that they walked over to Acon and Winter while Winter was making Acon gather everything together and get ready to go, they looked over at them and Acon said,
"Right so we can either take the pods or I can teleport us back instantly so we can get some sleep, how does that sound?"
At the thought of not having to be jetted across the continent the two Remnant natives immediately agreed and after a moment of capsulizing everything and with a 'Kai kai' the group was off to the amazement of the remaining Branwen tribe.
"Ok I think it's safe to say none of us expected any of this to happen so we can just act like nothing changed right?" Vernal said to the resounding agreement of the rest of the tribe.
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After getting back to their home the group stood there taking a moment to actually take a deep breath before Acon turned towards Mira and Towa and said,
"Well I don't know about you two but I'm skipping class tomorrow morning so I have time to fully process this. But I'm going to bed you guys later" And before anybody could stop him he left up the stairs while Mira just muttered,
"He's grieving" To which Amber turned towards and said,
"What do you mean? I know that his team is probably here to along with whoever they were fighting but that doesn't mean they're dead right? I thought he would be happy about this?" While Towa was silent for a moment before saying,
"Those energy signals that are disappearing one by one are most likely his team and he knows it, not to give them a downgrade of skills or anything but the laws of this universe have crippled them in a much different way than compared to the demons they are fighting. Each one is like me in a sense and within them they hold natural God ki rather than converting their energy to god ki like how Acon does. Given how close we landed due to our proximity in combat it only makes sense that they landed with the ones they were fighting as well."
And leaving off at that statement everybody grew somber at the implication. Winter spoke up,
"And he knows that he's not in a position to do anything given the state of his own energy, correct?" She asked looking towards Towa who just gave a solemn nod in return.
"The best we can hope for is for either A, his energy settles and he can improve on that or B, his team pulls through against the odds. And the Guru's wouldn't have found them because I was just doing mapping and if they were fighting above them there's nothing we can do about it damn it." She said frustrated at her own oversight and no less afraid than she used to be of the demon clan.
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After a couple hours Winter walked downstairs to get a drink before she saw Acon on the balcony again and decided to go out and talk to him.
"So I'm guessing these late night talks are going to be a thing now?" Acon asked turning around to look at Winter.
"I see no problem with it if you don't?" She asked back with a smile.
"Yea I don't see a problem at all…. Thanks"
"Anytime"
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ALRIGHT DONE WITH THIS CHAPTER! So I know the progression is going a little quickly but remember these guys aren't students but trained professionals who know how to do their jobs right. I'm still going to include the students soon but they aren't the main characters I have future plans for them. Also I'm still trying to figure out a weapon to use for Acon so suggestions are appreciated please R and R! I will try to update again ASAP!