Here's chapter 70, everyone.
"Oh, hold on," Weiss said as she and Ruby were walking down the hall together. She pulled her scroll out and her mother was calling. "Go on ahead, Ruby. I… I'm honestly going to need to speak with my mom about this by myself."
Ruby understood and quickly pecked her cheek. "I'll just be down the hall. Take all the time you need."
Weiss was grateful for that, nodding back to her girlfriend as she answered the call and moved to the side, sighing a bit. "Mom, hi."
"Hi, sweetie." Willow caught the sigh. "I was going to call to ask how you were doing, and it seems like I called at a bad time."
"Honestly, I think you called at the best time, mom." Weiss said, looking over at Ruby, who was already down the hall waiting for her. "Something… Something's happened here, and I just… I don't know how to explain it, or even why it's happened in the first place."
"Okay, take it from the beginning." Willow suggesting, showing a hint of worry in her voice.
Weiss had to ask. "Is it possible for someone to have two semblances?"
Willow held back a gasp, and luckily they were not in a video call for Weiss to see how she reacted to the question. "T-Two semblances? Well, I don't… Believe so." Her worries began to increase. "Why do you ask?"
"Because, I made glyphs, mom." Weiss' confirmation shocked her mother, and she was silent for several seconds. "Mom? Are you still there?"
"Sweetie, that's… I mean, are you absolutely sure you-."
"Yes. I'm sorry for interrupting you, mom, but it happened. I made a glyph, more than just one." She sighed again. "I don't know how I did. It doesn't make any sense." Weiss almost wanted to yell, but she held back. Willow was at a loss for words, so Weiss continued. "Mother…"
Willow had to say something, knowing how distressed her daughter was. "Weiss, our family has always had glyphs as our semblance, so… You must have manifested it." She couldn't think of anything else, knowing that Lazuria had warned her that it could happen one day.
"I should have prepared better…"
"But how? I shouldn't be able to when I have a semblance already." Weiss stated, and her heart began to race, seeing as her mother wasn't able to really explain it to her.
"W-Well, no one on the planet really has a true grasp on aura and semblances. And our semblance is rare, sweetie." Willow chose the softer approach.
"It still doesn't explain this…" Weiss frowned. "Turning into a wolf has always been my semblance, and just because I'm a Schnee-."
Willow cut her off. "Weiss, this isn't something to be scared of. You have two semblances, Snowflake. Isn't that something you should be happy for?"
"Not when I can't control them properly!" Weiss gasped, not wanting to have raised her voice against her mother, and Ruby looked over, feeling bad for her partner as she was about to walk over, but she shook her head, knowing that talking to her mom was what she needed. "I-I'm sorry, but… I can't even get a real grip on using them both. And I already had problems with my normal semblance, now I have glyphs… And, and it's just too much."
Just hearing that her daughter was experiencing a hard time with it made Willow almost regret not telling her the truth. "Using two… I… I understand."
"Ruby's been helping me, but I just, I just want to know why. Why do I have two semblances when I should just have one?" Weiss leaned back against the wall. "I never knew if I wanted glyphs for years." She took a breath. "I even accepted that I couldn't have it, but now… Now that I do, I'm scared of it."
Willow bit her lip, almost tearing up since she had to continue a seventeen year lie. "No, you are a Schnee." She needed to keep going, no matter what. "So you rose above the standard, more so than any of our family. You inherited our semblance, just like those before you, and you were able to manifest your own as well."
Weiss was taken aback, not expecting that. "But-."
"Snowflake, you don't need to know why you have two. What you do with both your semblances is what matters, and I know you'll do great things, whether you use glyphs or not. So don't be afraid." Willow's voice was encouraging, as she kept her promise to Lazuria, but also to herself. "You're at Beacon Academy, so act like it."
"Mom…" Weiss let out a small smile, though deep inside she was still afraid of what could have given her the power to use glyphs. "Okay, okay. I'll try."
"Remember what I said, with or without glyphs. I know you're going to become a huntress no matter what." Willow sniffled, but Weiss didn't say anything about it. "All you have to do is continue training, just like I will."
Weiss was reminded of that, and felt bad for complaining, since her mother had it pretty tough too, seeing as Raven Branwen was her instructor. "Right. I will." She felt a tear fall, so she wiped her face of it just as it fell. "Thank you, mom."
"You're welcome, sweetie." A moment passed, and Willow sighed. "I need to get going, but… Please, call me tonight, snowflake. I love you."
"I will, and I love you too, mom." Weiss ended the call and went to catch up with her partner.
Willow bit her lip, cursing under her breath as she knew that she'd have to find a way to get Weiss to believe her. "Lazuria… Maybe… Maybe if you were here things would be easier." She looked at the time and decided she wanted to train again.
"I hope Raven isn't too busy."
She sent her instructor the message and got dressed, knowing her son would ask her questions if he saw her leaving. Even so, she was still happy she was able to sit down with her son earlier that day, as it was the first time in awhile that she felt like she actually spoke to her son, and now the puppet Jacques was making him to be.
With that in mind, she was even more determined to do better in her training, and she made her way to the cabin she and Raven stayed at during training sessions.
It didn't take as long to get there, though the travel to where the cabin was, seeing as it was outside of the city was somewhat tedious. "She hasn't messaged me yet." Willow sighed and got into the cabin as she took her coat off.
The white haired woman thought more about her daughter in the alone time she now had, wondering why she was able to manifest a semblance at this time of her life.
"I… I can't be surprised. Lazuria told me that she could still have a semblance, but for it to be the power of glyphs? How?"
Before she could think more on that, she heard her scroll going off, so she looked over and saw that Raven was trying to call her. "Finally." She answered her scroll and spoke. "Raven, why didn't you answer my message?"
"Busy, and I wasn't expecting you to ask me to train you today." Raven explained. "Are you at the cabin already?"
"Yes. I thought that even if you didn't answer, I could do a bit of training by myself." Willow said, smiling a bit since she was getting a lot better at using her semblance because of Raven's help.
"Hmm, well I'll see if I can get there soon…" Raven trailed off, thinking about something specific. "How long are you planning to train for?"
"Huh? Oh, well I usually just wait till you tell me we're done." Willow answered, and as she did, Raven had more to think on. "Why do you ask?"
Raven didn't answer immediately, as something in the back of her mind was telling her to worry. "Look, just don't go to the cabin without me okay. I didn't think you'd even go until you told me."
Willow wasn't sure why Raven would tell her that, so she pressed on. "Why shouldn't I? I simply felt like training a bit, so-."
"My cabin, my rules, Willow. So just stay put and don't even try to argue." Raven ordered, and the white haired woman scoffed at that. "And don't complain either. I thought me training you would break you out of being a complaining housewife."
"Raven Branwen! I will not sit here and take this from you! I am not-." Before she continued, she heard a chuckle.
"I was screwing with you on the housewife thing, but seriously, just stay in the cabin till I get there… Please." Willow was taken aback by Raven's plea.
"W-What… I… Okay, fine." Willow sighed. "I'll wait till you get here, but you're going to explain to me why you wouldn't want me here without you."
Raven groaned, wishing that Willow would drop it, but she knew the woman wouldn't. "Fine, whatever. Just sit put and don't break anything while I'm not there, or you're paying to get it fixed. And no, you aren't allowed to use the company's money."
Willow rolled her eyes in response. "Like I would need to use that man's money. Besides, unlike you, I handle things with care."
"You're just giving me more ammunition to call you a housewife." Willow seethed as she could tell Raven was smirking.
"Get over here and I'll show you what a housewife can really do." Willow challenged, blushing slightly from the comment, not knowing why she was.
"Uh huh. We'll see what that amounts to when I get there." Raven's smirk didn't fade as she continued to tease the woman. "And if it doesn't, well I think I'll have something to refer to you as during training."
"You're not going to enjoy what I do to you, Branwen." Willow ended the call, not letting the woman come up with a response as she sighed and laid back on the bed. "Ugh… That woman gets on my nerves so much…" She was still blushing a bit, and shook her head.
"Either way, this isn't the time to think about Raven…"
She was referring to her daughter, and what she could do to help.
It had been a bit since Blake told Yang about her past. "I promise I'll tell Ruby and Weiss… Just-." Blake couldn't continue since Yang poked her on top of the head, right between where her ears were.
"You tell them when you're ready, just like how you told me when you felt it was time." The blonde brawler gave her partner the kindest smile she could, while Zwei barked after, basically agreeing with Yang.
Blake blushed when she saw the smile, so she sighed and nodded. "R-Right. Thank you."
"Don't mention it." Yang patted her shoulder a few times and stretched a bit. "That sparring match took a bit outta me, but I think I'm still good to do whatever for the rest of the day. What about you?"
"I don't really have a lot to do to be honest…" Blake admitted, and before she could continue, she heard the door opening.
"We're back!" Ruby declared as she and Weiss walked in, and her sister instantly walked over to the white haired teen, who looked concerned for her ever since they left the training room.
Yang reached out to Weiss to pull her into a hug, something the team knew would happen with how protective Yang was of her team. "Hey… Ya feeling okay, Ice Wolf?"
"Y-Yes… I suppose." She buried her head into Yang's shoulder, needing all the help she could get. "I don't know why I have this… I don't know how it happened, but," She pulled away from the hug and showed Yang she was feeling better. "It's what I do with it that matters."
The blonde brawler was glad to hear that, so she helped Weiss over to her bed. "Gotta say, that sounds like something mom would say." She was referring to Summer.
Weiss smiled, since it was actually her mom that told her those words. "Mom was actually the one to tell me that." She sighed still, taking a moment to gather her thoughts. "I'm still nervous. No one can have two semblances, but I'll try to figure things out as best I can."
Blake spoke up. "What did happen though? I mean-."
Weiss already knew what she'd ask, so she interrupted her. "I don't know how, but I do have a second semblance. No other person was around, and only when I focused on using either semblance did it show up."
"I-I'm sorry." Blake felt a little bad, having asked the question, but Weiss shook her head and even managed to smile.
"Don't be. I'm sure Jaune and his team will have questions too, but for now, the only real answer is that I somehow manifested my family's semblance… I don't know if I can summon like my sister, but-."
"Oh! I forgot about that part!" Ruby exclaimed, rushing over to her partner, who in turn yelped and scooted away from the overly excited girl she called a partner and girlfriend. "You gotta try it at one point!"
Weiss felt one of her eyes twitch, since Ruby was a hassle for her at times. "Ruby, I literally started using it today. Summoning takes years of practice. Don't expect me to even during our fourth year." Ruby mumbled a bit, and Weiss crossed her arms. "Would you like to share what you mumbled, you little dork?"
Ruby crossed her arms in a mocked fashion, which resulted in Weiss rolling her eyes. "You don't need to ruin my excitement, Wolfy."
"I swear, you are such a child at times." Weiss retorted, and Yang snorted, almost looking like she could burst out laughing any moment. "And what's so funny, Xiao Long?"
"Just that," A chuckled managed to escape Yang's lips. "You and Ruby are the biggest dorks in Beacon."
Both Ruby and Weiss blushed in return, but instead of staying quiet, Weiss decided to try something and held her hand out, thinking about using a glyph. Yang looked a little confused, but her eyes widened when she realized what Weiss was trying to do.
Before she could do anything, she felt her leg was stuck because a glyph appeared around it, keeping her in place. "H-Hey! What happened to what you do with your semblance is what matters?!"
Weiss got up from her bed and walked over, smiling as she didn't feel like messing with Yang any further, so instead she hugged the blonde, surprising her, while Ruby and Blake looked happy for how Weiss responded. "You're starting to make things too easy for me on the teasing department, Xiao Long… Thank you." She closed her eyes and the glyph disappeared.
"Ice Wolf…" Yang hugged her back and rubbed the back of her head, but she glanced over at Blake and nodded to her, which the cat Faunus simply smiled back, feeling at home with her team even more than ever, all because of Yang.
Not much to say here, so I guess I can ask a question. For how the story is going, the characters in them, specifically the main four girls. Do they seem to be written well? As in their speech, and ways they express emotion.
To JJ- Yup. Weiss is able to use both, but not to the fullest yet. Can't speed that up just so easily. With Yang, she's been very supportive of Blake this story, and will continue to be that supportive person Blake needs. For Lazuria, the smack was what she needed. Gotta know people are willing to help.
I hoped you all enjoyed chapter 70. Remember, reviews are welcomed, but not required. See you all in chapter 71.