Finished finally
Getting in to shade academy a year earlier than normal was not all that it was cracked up to be. Saphron scribbled a few notes from her textbook "nothing like having to cram a years worth of knowledge in the span of a few days to make you feel special" she muttered angrily. So focused on her work that she didn't even notice a black and red portal open up behind her, a hand reached out of the portal and grabbed Saphron's shoulder. Before she could react, the hand pulled her back into the portal and threw her into Ravens living room.
Saphron was tossed to the ground with a loud thud "you know a simple scroll call would have been easier" Saphron said as she pulled herself from the floor. Raven paid her no mind as she focused on the portal, the portal shifted slightly before it stabilized once more. Raven reached through and pulled crocea mors, before closing the portal Raven tossed something through but what she threw was anyone's guess. Crocea mors was tossed to Saphron "I'm gonna make this short so listen up" Saphron caught her sword and fastened it to her belt "we found your brother and he's stayin at Summer and Qrow's place".
Wow, just wow, that was short but there was so much to take in that it left her speechless. Saphron took a seat in the nearby couch "Your sure he's here" she asked and Ravens lack of response was the only answer she really needed. Hundreds of thoughts swirled in her mind "does he know yet" Raven shook her head "we wanted to wait until we got you here" Saphron looked around the room but no one else was around. "Where is everyone anyway"?
"There at signal for now, Tai thought it best to give you some time to collect yourself before we tell the kid".
Saphron took a deep breath to calm her nerves "I'll have to thank Tai when I see him". Raven nodded in agreement "I'd say they'll be back in about ten minutes or so" Saphron stared at Raven "TEN MINUTES"! Saphron shot to her feet "that's barely any time at all" Raven shrugged "I would have came sooner but I slept longer than expected".
For some reason that didn't surprise her as much as she thought it would but then again it was raven so she kinda already expected it. "I'm gonna go make some food for when everyone gets here" Saphron said as she left for the kitchen.
As soon as Saphron entered the kitchen, the front door flew opened with yang announcing their arrival "WE'RE BACK MOM"! Raven rolled her eyes "I'm right here brat" she said as she ruffled her daughter's hair. Yang struggled to get away but to no avail and it didn't help that everyone else that came with her laughed at her expense. Once Raven let her go, yang tried her best to fix her hair once more.
Jaune, Coco, neo and velvet filed into Yangs home, Ravens eyes quickly scanned over them "great, more brats". Tai passed the kids and wrapped an arm around Ravens waist "I'm home hun" before Tai could kiss her, Raven grabbed his face with one hand and stopped him. "Get cleaned up first, you know I don't like it when your stinking" Tai sighed and released her "you didn't think that way last night" Raven blushed slightly.
Jaune was confused about what he meant but it seemed everyone else knew since the looks on their faces turned to one's of disgust. "You do know we have children here, who are at the age to know what your talking about" saphron yelled from the kitchen. Yang rushed out of the room and into the kitchen "saph your here" she cheered happily. The girl that emerged from the kitchen with yang had short blonde hair that reached her shoulders and blue eyes that matched jaunes.
Saphron froze for a few seconds at the site of her little brother, he looked just like their father. A few more seconds of staring had jaune shuffling his feet nervously. "Hi I'm jaune" he said in a attempt to break the uncomfortable silence that went on for to long. Saphron opened her mouth to say something but no words came out. Tai stepped behind Saphron and placed his hands on her shoulders "this is Saphron Arc, she's a huntsmen in training over at shade academy".
Everyone gave there greetings before deciding to disperse to do their own thing, all except Saphron and Tai. "You ok" Saphron sighed loudly "my first impression and I couldn't even say my own name, how do you think I feel"? Tai patted her shoulder gently "your gonna be fine, besides how do you think he's gonna feel when he finds out he has a long lost sister"? Saphron could only imagine how shocked he'd be at the news "we gonna tell him soon" she asked hopefully. Tai nodded to her "Ray went to get everyone else but before that, I'm gonna take a quick shower and get ready".
Now that Tai was gone and she was all alone in the living room her nerves began to act up "gotta do something, oh the food I started, better go check on it".
Jaune chose to leave the rest of the group in order to collect himself "Arc, that's what he said but...mother said I was supposed to be the last Arc". The forest close to the house was the perfect place for him to clear his mind "if she's an Arc like me, does that mean there could be others? If so does that mean that they're related to me in someway? Wait does that mean Saphron is related to me"? So many questions yet no answers and that only gave him a migraine "I suppose I should ask her". Although he made up his mind, his feet were reluctant to move.
If Saphron was related to him then why was he all alone and where were his family all this time? Did he really want to know he was abandoned when he was a child, did it even matter at this point when he loved and considered Salem to be his real mother? His decision was made, the walk back to Yangs house was short but enough for him to gain his nerve.
A few knocks on the door and yang came to answer "what's up"? "Is Saphron here, I need to talk to her" yang raised a brow "yeah she's here but she's cooking right now, why, what you need"? "It's important, please I need to speak with her" jaune insisted, yang stepped away to allow him passage "fine but don't get in the way ok". Once he entered the house he headed straight to the kitchen with yang trailing behind him.
"Alright just gotta let the stew simmer for a bit and then we'll be ready" Saphron said. Now that cooking was nearly complete she could focus on more important things. Jaune and yang entered the kitchen before Saphron could leave "hey saph, jaune wanted to ask you something, he said it was really important". Saphron turned to jaune "I wanted to know if we're related cause I'm an Arc too and I was told that I was the last"?
Saphron froze once more but this time it wasn't only her, yangs jaw hung open from the shock. "Wh-what are you saying there's no way, saph's family died a long time ago" yang said as she turned to Saphron "right tell him". She didn't expect this and quite frankly she didn't know how to respond, a chance, that's what this was. "Saph" yang prodded "yeah we are related" she took a deep breath and exhaled to calm herself "your my little brother". Yangs eye's nearly popped out at the confirmation while jaunes response was a little more tamed with his eye twitching slightly.
Jaune had a feeling that they were related in someway but he just thought that they might have been cousins or something, not brother and sister. His body felt numb, if they were siblings then that ment his family, his real family was gone just like yang said.
"I know it's hard to accept but that is the truth".
Jaune didn't know what to say or what to do but a few question did come to mind, why didn't Salem know about this? Jaune leaned against the counter "How did are family die" Saphron closed her eyes "they and everyone else who lived in Ansel were killed by Grimm. From what I heard from Qrow. There was practically an entire army of them" jaune nodded along "where was I when this happened"? "In Ansel, which is why I'm shocked that you survived at all" her eyes narrowed " how did you survive anyways"?
Yang watched as question were fired back and forth between the two but for her,she still couldn't wrap her head around the fact that they were siblings. "Well my master said he found me in a abandoned house" he lied "I've lived with him my whole life until we were separated near Atlas. It wasn't till I found his weapon and a large puddle of blood that I knew he was dead" jaune let out a sigh "this is more than I thought I would find out from you" he said truthfully.
Pushing himself up so he could stand straight, jaune went to leave the kitchen but stopped "I need to think about this a bit but-" he smiled at Saphron "- I think I'm kinda glad I still have a family member sticking around". Out of all the ways that could have gone wrong, she was glad that it didn't. Yang grabbed her by the arm and shook her back and forth with enough force to give her whiplash "I can't believe you never told me your brother was still alive"!
Definitely need to crash, my jobs been forcing overtime for nearly three months straight.