Here's chapter 33, everyone.
Raven stopped when she saw her daughter had noticed her, but when she felt Willow holding her shoulder, she couldn't just run off. "She's already seen you, Raven. There's no reason to turn back now." She gave her an encouraging smile and patted her shoulder as she let go to walk back to the others.
As the white haired woman walked over though, she noticed Yang was getting up. She smiled at the sight as her slow walk changed into a run, going right passed the elder Schnee woman.
Yang made it to her mom, standing only ten feet away as she took a breath of air, looking at her like she was a dream. "Are you… Actually here right now?"
With a sigh, Raven nodded. "Yes. Blame your friend's mother for that."
"Do you… Not want to be here?" Yang asked, not sure how to feel exactly.
"You have more important things to worry about than me, Yang." Raven answered. "You're at Beacon now, and have no time for something like this."
"Something like this?" Yang repeated, looking hurt. "What? Wanting to talk to my own mother? How isn't that worth my time… Or is it not worth YOUR time?"
Raven felt that one. "This is exactly why I told that woman I didn't want to come." She muttered under her breath, watching as her daughter remained standing. "I'm not avoiding you because of anything I want, Yang. And you know that Summer is your mother."
"You're my birth mother." Yang reiterated, taking a step forward. "Why the hell are you so afraid to admit that? Well?" She started getting a bit angrier than expected.
"I'm not an idiot." Raven countered. "I gave birth to you, yes, but that woman," She pointed at Summer. "Is the one who raised you. Your father and I split up, Yang!"
Yang clenched her fists, hating how she yelled that out. "No shit you did! But that doesn't mean I don't want to see you!"
Some students began to look over, while others tried not to intrude. The others seemed to be worried about them, though Summer and Willow knew they needed to talk, even if it did resort to yelling.
"D-Did you even know I got accepted into Beacon… Or did you not even try to look into that?" Yang questioned, fighting back to urge to charge at her mother.
"I already knew you would… But yes, I asked your mother about it and she told me." Raven gave her the answer she really wanted.
"Why then…" Yang bit her lip. "Why ask her that and not show up to congratulate me, or even send a message? Not once did you try to reach out to me."
Raven sighed. "You're better off without me, Yang. I don't know how much I need to say that, but it's the truth." She saw her daughter take another step forward. "Look at the kind of people we are, Yang. I don't stay in one place for long. Survival is what I've grown accustomed to."
"And?!" Yang yelled. "Survival this, survival that, why the hell can't you visit your family if you move around so much like you say?!" Her lilac eyes changing into the blood red that her mother shared.
"Don't act like a child because you can't handle how different people are!" Raven ordered.
Yang challenged her by getting close enough with her flames now active. "Or what…"
Raven crossed her arms. "Why do you want me around… Why do you want this? I left your father alone with you…"
"You did," Yang couldn't forgive that, but she didn't want to hate her mother either. "But why can't I want you in my life? Tell me that. And don't just say I'd be better off."
"Because… Because you have a functional family with Summer and your father." Raven stated truthfully, looking away from her daughter as the conversation was starting to get to her. "Stepping in the way of that would do nothing but hurt you."
"That's a load of crap." Yang flared up, making her mother turn back to see the scarlet in her eyes were still there. "Dad never hated you, yet you try to play this off like you can't be around him."
"It's more than just your father." Raven stated as she stomped her foot on the grass. "Summer, your father, your sister, you… Even my drunk of a brother. That is a family. I add nothing to it but stress."
Yang took a deep breath, calming herself down a bit. "The only stress you've ever given me is the stress of not seeing you…"
Raven could hear the truth in her words, but it didn't make it easier to accept. "You'll get over it and learn to thank me later when you become a huntress-."
"Do you love me or not?" Yang got to the point after her red eyes changed back to lilac.
"W-What?" Raven was taken aback, and Yang simply turned around to walk back to the others, almost crying as she did, but Raven suddenly felt something and ran up to her. "H-Hey, don't just walk off from your mother!"
Yang let out a small smile and a tear fell. She turned to face Raven, showing her the smile she had and the tears she shed, uttering two words. "Or what…"
Raven wasn't sure what she felt at that moment, whether it be guilt, happiness, sadness, acceptance or a combination of all four, she felt it nonetheless. "I-I'm… I'm sorry…"
The blonde brawler knew her mother wouldn't make the first move, so she leaned in and hugged her as gently as she could. "I know…"
Summer watched as Raven began to slowly hug her daughter back, happy at how she was finally not punishing herself for past problems. "Thank goodness." The blacksmith whispered to herself.
Willow thought about how much Raven beat herself up, and even wondered if she'd ever be able to forgive herself, but after seeing her hugging her daughter, she knew not to worry anymore.
"It's… Similar to Lazuria and I… One mother leaves, and the other wishes they could stay."
It made Willow tear up, as she only wanted Lazuria to have the right to live freely having a daughter. Weiss was the reason she kept on staying as a wolf for so long, even back then. She wanted her daughter to be born the way she was, but even after all that, she was still not allowed to keep her.
"I wish you were here now…"
"Mom?" Weiss' concerned voice snapped Willow out of her thoughts as the white wolf looked up at her. "You're crying. A-Are you okay? And… Isn't that-?"
Willow wiped away a tear. "Yes, sweetie. That's her birth mother, and I'm crying because I'm happy for them." Weiss did know of Raven, but not as much as Summer since Yang had ever only told her that Raven was her birth mother and left her father years ago.
Blake was overhearing the conversation, surprised by the news of Yang's birth mother not being Summer. It made sense to her though, since her question on why she and Ruby had different last names was answered.
"Oh." Weiss could understand why her mom was crying, given the reason, but to know the real reason wasn't allowed for her. "I've seen her a few times when you took me to Mrs. Rose's workshop."
"She's very hard to talk to at first." Willow chuckled a little, trying to calm down a bit.
Ruby sat up and folded her legs, smiling for her big sister as she leaned over and rested her head on her mom's arm. "I can't believe aunt Raven is here too."
Summer found it cute that Ruby would always refer to Raven as her aunt. "Had to drag her butt down here with Willow's help."
"Yang looks really happy." Ruby snuggled up on her mother, feeling her wrapping an arm around her as they rested.
Blake looked on as her partner was openly crying her eyes out. She didn't see that side of Yang yet. "I can't blame her for not telling me about this." Secrets were what she herself continued to keep, and in turn she hated herself for it.
Yang slowly pulled away from the embrace and wiped away a tear. "H-Haha, look at me, crying where Ruby and Weiss can see." She grinned a bit, still feeling tears fall. "I-I must look like a crybaby, huh?"
Raven ran her hand through her own hair, a few tears falling as well. "Don't start. My daughter shouldn't be such a crybaby…"
"Hehe… I take after my mom." Yang countered as she gently grabbed her mother's arm. "Come on, let me introduce you to my team."
"Well I know your sister and…" Raven's eyes widened when she looked over, seeing a white wolf laying on the grass next to Willow. "Yang… There's a wolf." Her thoughts went to Lazuria, the only other white wolf she had seen in recent time, but her size was much larger than the wolf she laid eyes upon at that moment.
"Oh, uh, haha, funny story about that." Yang rubbed the back of her mane. "Ya see, Weiss has a really cool semblance that lets her be a wolf, and it's crazy. I say that cause, well, her family is supposed to have glyphs and stuff, so this is kinda different, y'know?"
Raven couldn't think straight, but after a few moments, she simply shook her head and nodded. "Yes… Different." She allowed her daughter to lead her over to her team.
"Nice of you to finally show up," Summer grinned. "Did you and Glynda have a nice chat?"
"Shut it." Raven said immediately shut her down.
Summer chuckled and got up, beckoning her daughter to follow her, so Ruby got to her feet and looked a little nervous. "U-Um, hi, aunt Raven."
Raven crossed her arms and gave her an unamused look. "Why are you this shy? Your mother should have made you grow out of that."
Ruby yelped and hid behind Summer's arm, slightly intimidated by the raven haired huntress. "Uh, well… I mean, I'm not that shy… I'm team leader, so I need to be-."
"Ah, so you are the team's leader." Raven glanced at Summer. "Similar to your mother, both small enough to be considered children still, yet both of you were made leader."
Summer scoffed at that. "Ugh, you're still jealous about that, aren't you?"
"I don't see any reason to be. Training here was all I wanted." Raven shrugged her off, earning a groan from the white cloaked woman, but she focused her attention on Weiss. "And you… So, Willow didn't tell me her youngest daughter had a semblance like this."
Weiss sat up and nodded. "I'm just waiting to see how you'll really react."
Raven raised an eyebrow at that, so Yang spoke up. "Yeah, ya see, everyone who finds out at first is pretty shocked and asks her a ton of questions about it."
"Hmm, well I don't see a reason to." Raven said, not admitting her curiosity was in fact the strongest amongst everyone there at the moment. "If this is your semblance, there isn't much to it than that."
Weiss sighed in relief. "Thank you! Finally, someone who is able to understand what a semblance is."
Yang playfully rolled her eyes and sat on the grass. "Relax, ice wolf. It ain't like people can't be curious about it." She leaned her back against the tree. "Actually, I was wondering, ever thought about wearing armor?"
"Huh?" Weiss' ears perked up.
"Armor. For when you're a wolf." Yang reiterated.
"That seems like a lot of work, Yang." Weiss expressed the concern. "I don't really know-."
Ruby cut in. "I-I think it would be a good idea, Weiss." The white wolf looked over at her partner. "Y-You got cut during initiation cause your semblance took a lot of your aura to use, remember?"
Willow's eyes widened at that. "What?! Weiss, why didn't you tell me you were injured?!"
Weiss sighed and Raven rolled her eyes. "Because of how you're acting now, idiot." The raven haired huntress defended. "Seriously, she's a huntress in training. Injuries are to be expected."
"Mom, I don't know if the blunt approach is the best way to handle this here." Yang spoke up.
Raven shook her head and looked down at Willow. "No I think it is. This one here is one of the reasons why I'm here, so if she can't get over her own daughter getting injured-."
The black haired huntress was met with Willow standing up and pulling Raven's arm to get her away from the others. Weiss however was tired of sitting back and got on her paws to chase after them.
"Uh… Should we get involved?" Yang asked.
Summer sighed and shrugged. "Honestly, I don't know. Today has been really, really tiring, so mom wants to get some rest. Can you show me to your dorm?"
Yang got up and stretched. "Yeah I can do that." She offered her hand to Blake. "Come on, partner. Let's give mom the grand tour."
Blake didn't hesitate anymore to take Yang's hand, feeling comfortable to the point where she didn't need to question it. "Sure." She let out a small smile and Summer got up to follow.
"Are you coming with us, little rose?" Summer asked her daughter.
"Hmm, nah, remember that I promised to be Weiss' lookout for her so she can change back without being worried." Ruby reminded. "Just hoping Weiss' mom isn't gonna be too upset… I feel like I may have messed up for bringing up that she got hurt."
"You were expressing concern for your partner, little rose. I'm sure Willow won't be too hung up on it for long." Summer assured and yawned a bit. "I'll be in your dorm for a nice nap, sweetie." She leaned down and kissed her forehead.
Ruby smiled and watched as her mom, sister and teammate head back into Beacon. She turned her attention over to her partner, Willow and Raven, hoping they weren't arguing too much.
"Mom, I'm not a child anymore." Weiss tried to defend, but Willow was still in mother mode.
"I'm still upset that you chose to not let me know that you were injured during initiation, young lady." Willow said with her arms crossed.
Raven was annoyed at how she was acting. "Seriously? You told me a few times that your kid here wants to be a huntress and now you're getting all worried about it?"
"I'm her mother!" Willow yelled.
"And I'm right here!" Weiss shouted back, surprising Willow since she didn't yell at her like that before. "Mom… I've had this talk with so many people, please don't let me have it again with you after how much you've told me I can become a huntress."
Willow wasn't a fool, and she knew exactly what Weiss was requesting. "I… I'm not trying to stop you from doing this, or getting overly worried. I would have just liked to know about what happened."
"My aura healed it, mom. There wasn't really much of a point to bring it up." Weiss stated, still in her wolf form as she got some looks from other students.
"There is a reason…" Willow muttered. "Snowflake, I just want you to tell me these things okay."
"Only if you promise not to overreact about it." Weiss pleaded.
Willow sighed and Raven cut in. "Look, she's obviously tired of having this talk, and she can handle herself in a fight if initiation has told you anything, so just get over it already."
"Ugh." She hated how Raven was right, so Willow knelt down by her daughter and nodded. "Okay, I promise that I won't overreact again, sweetie."
Weiss was glad to hear that and leaned in to nuzzle her mother a bit. "Thank you."
So with altered history for characters, people like Raven will be different, and even though at this point I don't really have to say that, I still felt it was good to remind people that with how she is in this chapter. Even in the show she felt bad in the end, and even cried, so here she has her own guilt to deal with.
To JJ- Yeah, there will be times where she nuzzles people she loves/cares about, so that's something. Zwei will show up, just not immediately, but I can promise that he will. I still can't wait to get more of what Glynda has to do in this story, as it's more than just bickering with her. And yeah, Yang finally got to speak with her mom after awhile. Hope ya liked it.
To GoldElite245- Haha, yeah that fits. What did you think of that talk they had? And I believe I watched it too, but I may be thinking of something else. Not sure, but yes, talking and seeing her mouth moving is better in my opinion for this. And I'm glad you're liking my wolf Weiss story. It's been a fun one to write.
I hoped you all enjoyed chapter 33. Remember, reviews are welcomed, but not required. See you all in chapter 34.