Here's chapter 116, everyone.

"What are you doing here? How are you here?" Willow questioned, having just witnessed the raven haired woman walk through a red portal into her home. She didn't wait on an answer and began trying to push her away, surprising Raven. "Y-You can't be here right now. Jacques could-."

"Calm down, put on your coat and let's go. I'm not letting you stay here if this is what you're like fearing this man." Raven said in a serious tone, not at all being moved by Willow.

For a moment, Willow wanted to continue pushing her away, but the simple fact of her not wanting to be there was winning that fight. "Raven, I can't leave. My son is… He needs me here. If I leave him with his Father-."

"I get it, okay." Raven sighed and rubbed the back of her head. "Look, you wanted me here, and how I got here, well, I linked my semblance to you."

Willow was taken aback, but with how close they had gotten, she wasn't about to ask why, so she simply sat back down. "You should tell someone before doing that," She took a deep breath and surprisingly let out a smile. "Though I shouldn't complain. You are here after all."

"And from how late it is, dear old Jacques is more than likely asleep, so you shouldn't freak out over nothing. As for your son," Raven glanced over her shoulder for a moment. "The boy will need to figure out that his dad is scum."

Even if Jacques was scum, to Whitley, he was still his Father in the end, and Willow knew that would affect her son more than anything. "Going against his own Father isn't exactly what I see happening so easily, Raven. And without me here, it wouldn't be-."

"You're making him dependent on you. That won't help him." Raven said as she crossed her arms.

"Neither will leaving him with Jacques." Willow almost raised her voice, but kept it down, as she didn't want to risk waking Jacques, and Raven waited on her to continue, as she could tell how stressed Willow was. "I can't… Damn it." She got up again and walked over, grabbing her coat from where she threw it after getting back home that night. "Let's go…"

Raven was actually caught off guard, not expecting Willow to change her mind so easily. "Hold on, what about-."

"We can talk outside." Willow didn't waste any time and walked through the front entrance, knowing where each camera around the manor was, so she took specific routes to the garden, where a white table would stay. "Sit down please."

Once Willow took a seat on one of the chairs, Raven simply sat next to her. "Okay, obviously you have something you don't want anyone to hear, so-."

"When I told you about kissing him, and how I felt nothing… I kept wondering what he felt out of it. The look on his face was," She thought about what to say. "Clear. He wasn't angry, or annoyed by it. He was confused. And that made me wonder why."

"Why what?" Raven inquired.

"Why after all of the horrible things he's done to his own family, would he have some form of regret in those things. Should I just forgive it all because he feels guilty… Or continue down the path I've set on getting away from him and making sure he can't hurt my children anymore?" Willow questioned aloud, having an internal battle with herself.

Raven reached her hand over, placing it over Willow's. "You said it yourself already. The kiss didn't mean anything to you, so at this point, you can't stop now. It's your life, not his."

"Even so, I feel so selfish!" Willow tried to not shout, but it just came out. "My own children will have the pain of seeing their parents-."

"Split apart, yeah, I know how it feels to be the cause of that pain…" Raven interrupted, and Willow raised her head up, with a look of regret in her expression.

"Raven, I-."

The black haired huntress held her hand up. "Relax, I'm just saying that I get how you feel, and trust me, if I could go back in time, I'd at least try and not split up the way I did."

"W-Wait, wouldn't you go back to maybe fix things with you and-."

"No, because then he and Summer wouldn't have gotten together… They wouldn't have started their family by having Ruby." The wind blew past them. "I can't change that much, but to lessen the pain on both him and Yang, I would've at least done that much."

Willow felt Raven squeezing her hand, so she flipped her hand over to hold hers in return. "You're saying I still have time to make sure it goes over in a way that won't hurt my children."

"You're not as much of an idiot as I make you out to be." Raven smirked, and Willow glared in response, pulling her hand away.

"Hmph, keep calling me an idiot and I won't invite you out to dinner, Branwen." Willow fired back.

Raven shrugged. "Oh well, I guess us non rich peasants will just have to go ice fishing."

There was silence for a few moments, but then after a bit, Willow let out a smile and even laughed a bit, while Raven herself even chuckled lightly. "You really do know how to cheer me up… Thank you, Raven, for being here."

"Like I said, you wanted me here, so I'll be here." Raven said with sincerity. "I have to remember that for… Others as well."

Willow nodded, but suddenly felt her scroll vibrating in her coat pocket, so she grabbed it out and noticed it was Winter. "What is she doing calling at this time?" Raven raised an eyebrow, but Willow simply pressed accept on her scroll, to see that her eldest daughter had requested for a video call. "Winter? What's-."

"Mother, I can't stay quiet, even if we had only just spoken about this several hours ago. And… Wait, are you outside? Why are you outside at this hour?" Winter asked, more out of concern than anything.

Raven did wonder why Willow chose to only bring her coat outside too actually, seeing as she was still only wearing her slippers in the Atlas cold, but she stayed quiet for the time being, since she was out of sight of the video call.

"I needed fresh air, but enough of that. About what we spoke of hours ago, I… Winter you have to understand the complications behind everything. There is so much I need to talk to you and your sister about." Willow tried reasoning.

"Mother, I," Winter took a moment to collect her thoughts. "I took it upon myself to try and understand things from your point of view, and while I cannot lie about being unhappy, I do understand the fears you had, and why you made the choices to keep her safe." Hearing how Winter was speaking began to make Willow nervous. "But right now, all of that needs to be put away… Weiss is here with me, and she knows… Everything."

Willow's heart shattered in that moment, as Raven herself was shocked by what she had just heard. The Schnee woman dropped her scroll on the table, as Winter was still in video call, seeing the frozen expression on her Mother's shocked face.

"Mother… Mother this is not the time to freeze up!" Winter yelled, startling Willow out of her trance, as she shakingly lifted her scroll back up, and Winter waited for just a moment before sighing. "Mom, whatever else you haven't told her, told us, needs to come out in the open, because right now, Weiss is learning about her… Heritage."

Raven slowly got up, not even getting a reaction from Willow, as she chose not to intrude on the conversation meant for their ears only, even if she did know a lot about it already. Once she walked off, she could see the same look of dread in Willow's face, and felt terrible for not being able to help her.

"No… No, no, no, she wasn't supposed to find out this way." Willow silently said to herself, as she set the scroll down and held her head in her hands, while her daughter sighed.

"Well, she has, and honestly, she's not as mad as you would think, but she also needs you, Mom." Winter had stuck to calling her Mom in that situation, to show she was serious. It was opposite for the Schnee sisters, and their Mother picked up on that.

Willow was holding back tears, as everything was crashing down on her. "How does she know then? Did you tell her?"

"I didn't have to. Whether you wish to be angry with her for this or not is your choice. I wasn't happy with it either, but apparently she snuck her way out to Kuroyuri, a small rundown town near Mistral. It was here that she met what I know now as, the Hidden." Winter explained.

"W-What? No, that can't be possible… Meeting others like that, in the open? I… More to tell you I suppose." Willow was fighting back so many thoughts, having to think of so many things at once was putting a strain on the poor woman.

Raven kept an eye on her, as Winter spoke again. "This isn't the time for a million questions. Weiss is… Happy, Mother."

Willow was taken aback. "H-Happy?"

"Yes, she told me how much it hurt to learn about… Not being born as a human, but after her talks with Ruby, it seems she has taken the steps to accept and move on with this information." Winter summarised, wishing her sister didn't have to go through so much at this point of her life, but was still happy she wasn't breaking down for it either.

"Is… Is she with you right now?" Willow asked.

"As I said, she's speaking with someone, another of her… Ugh, I hate saying her kind. Just, she's speaking with someone else with her abilities, so if you want to speak to her-."

Willow's eyes widened. "Wait, you said she snuck out to get to a town near Mistral, so someone had to fly her there."

"Y-Yes, it seems that Klein had taken part in this little venture, bringing Weiss, the team she's with, and another team from Beacon." Winter answered.

"K-Klein… So that's where he wanted to truly be." Willow shut her eyes for a moment, feeling guilty for having Klein be involved in the middle of everything, but another thought occurred. "Yang is with them…" Willow quickly looked to Raven, who looked back in confusion as she didn't expect the Schnee woman to look over.

"Uh, yes, she and Ruby are staying with Klein at the moment. In another airship." Winter stated.

Willow stood up and lifted her scroll up as well. "Winter, I'm going to make things right. I have to… Bring your sister to Yang. I'll be there soon."

"W-What? Mother, you are in Atlas." Winter reminded.

"And Yang's Mother is here in Atlas too. If you know enough about her, then you know her semblance can bring her right to people she's connected it with. I'm-."

"Stop." Winter demanded, and Willow wasn't sure why'd she say such a thing. "Mom, Weiss was very overwhelmed by the information. From what she's told me, and from how she broke down when I spoke to her… Right now, I need you not to just bring yourself here at this point. I need you to meet her at Beacon."

Willow didn't understand the reasoning behind that one bit. "I can be there right now, why shouldn't I?"

"Because you both need time," Winter stated and took a deep breath. "I yelled at you enough times during our arguments, and… I'm sorry for that, but from how you've reacted, and from how Weiss has reacted, you both need time to step away from this and speak with each other calmly. That's why I'll bring her back to Beacon myself, and you can bring yourself here without shortcuts from Ms. Branwen."

"It's not a shortcut! I need… I need to make things right." Willow cried out.

Winter let out a small reassuring smile. "I know you do, and that right there is enough for Weiss and I. To know you want to fix this, but we also don't want you to be hurt by this… Weiss helped me realize how much this must hurt you to hear your own daughter fighting with you, so that's why I want you to take some time, and just… Relax."

Willow slowly sat back down, laying the scroll on the table as she fixed up her bangs, sniffling a bit. "I'm not sure what to say…"

"You don't have to say anything for now, but soon, when you are both calm, that's when you can tell us, everything. Okay?" Winter tried to be much more reasonable and understanding at that point. "And if it helps, Weiss still sees herself as a human more than what she was born as."

Hearing that did bring some hope to Willow, as she didn't want her daughter to feel she had to change because of the information. "Tonight has been… So much… I only hope, wait, you said everything, does she know of… Her Mother too?"

Winter slowly nodded. "Maybe not everything about her, but she at least knows by simply connecting the dots."

Willow looked up at the moon, wishing Lazuria was standing next to her then and there. "I see… Winter, I'll do what you asked of me, and relax… As best I could. Thank you for letting me know. I love you, sweetie."

"I love you too, Mother, and I'll let Weiss know that you and her need some time." Winter assured.

"If she needs to talk to me, don't say no. Please," Willow begged. "Promise me you will let her call me the moment she needs to speak to me. I refuse to wait any longer on telling her what she wants to know."

Winter wasn't sure she wanted to promise that, but with how things were, she nodded. "Okay, but only if she wants to speak to you directly."

"So with transformation, it wasn't just about exerting aura, it was about the want. To be human." Olivia smiled while explaining more about the Hidden. "I don't know everything there is, but I do know how much we wanted to be part of society. And with our gifts, the want overcame the simple idea of needing aura."

Weiss was fascinated by what she was learning. "You're saying I can control it well enough to not need to expend aura?"

"That is, partially correct. While I do wish the transitions between forms took no energy at all, there is still a small source of aura needed, but it can be so minuscule that it wouldn't be a bother." Olivia reiterated. "It takes time though, and a lot of practice."

"Honestly I've already had practice before all of this." Weiss said, surprising Olivia. "I've had a lot of help, from my partner." She smiled, thinking back to all the times Ruby helped her train the use of what she had thought was her semblance. "I managed to cut down my aura use."

"That's good. You should continue working on that." Olivia recommended, happy to see a fellow Hidden learning to use her abilities. "Who is this partner of yours by the way? They seem to show enough interest to help you that much."

Weiss let out a light blush. "W-Well, her name is Ruby, and she's more than just a team partner." The blush said enough.

"Ah, you two are close…" Olivia was reminded of her husband. "You're only kids still, and while I doubt you'd want to hear this from someone like me, but always keep her close. The moment you become… Separated… Is the hardest."

Knowing a bit of her situation made Weiss feel sorry for the woman. "I'm sorry for whatever happened, but I trust Ruby more than anything, so even when we become separated, I know she's okay wherever she may be."

Olivia raised her head back up, seeing how sincere Weiss was being in her words, and it gave her some hope as well. "I see," She let out a small smile. "Maybe I should try learning from you now."

"Whatever it is that happened, I'm sure my sister will be able to help you." Weiss smiled back, showing she had a lot of faith in her big sister.

"Thank you, I-."

"Ruby Rose you cannot just waltz in here! Do not go in there!" Winter's voice rang out, and Weiss turned to see the door to the small cabin room open, revealing Ruby, and Yang holding her sister back.

Weiss was taken aback, seeing her partner taking a few breaths, seeing as she had to rush past a bunch of soldiers and Winter Schnee herself. "R-Ruby, what in the world are you doing?"

After a few moments of catching her breath, Ruby walked over and hugged her girlfriend. "I was worried…"

"Worried?" Weiss looked down at her, but returned the embrace as she looked confused. "Ruby, I'm fine."

"Hmm," Ruby hummed and let go, as Winter pushed past Yang, who groaned since the Atlas Specialist had used her semblance to push her back.

"I'm not apologizing." Winter said as she glanced back at Yang, looking annoyed with both the blonde girl and her younger sister. "You two were not given permission to board my airship." Her voice had a bit of venom in it.

Weiss pulled away from her partner, sighing a bit. "Winter, I'll deal with them. Please don't make such a big deal out of this."

Her older sister was a bit reluctant, but seeing as it was Ruby and Yang, two people she knew long enough to know they wouldn't cause too many problems, she sighed and crossed her arms, choosing to walk out, but said one thing before leaving. "Make sure they don't blow anything up."

Yang grinned and rubbed the back of her head, looking over at Weiss. "Heh, well… That was a thing. Soooo, who's that?" The blonde asked of Olivia, and Weiss glanced over, smiling a bit.

"This is Olivia, and she's a Hidden, like me." Weiss answered, respectfully accepting her heritage.

Long story short, I just need time here and there. Sorry for taking so long on posting this. Anyways, there's gonna be two more chapters before we get out of this night in the story. It's been a long arc in terms of a night, and I think I'm ready to work on the next part. Hope you all enjoy it.

To JJ- Thank you for understanding, and as for Willow and Raven, they definitely still have complications here and there. Namely with how Willow isn't sure yet on how to handle her relationship with Jacques. Yes, she felt nothing, but that doesn't mean she wants to cause pain to her children, even if at this point, Weiss doesn't consider Jacques her dad, and Winter knows of how their Father is a horrible man.

I hoped you all enjoyed chapter 116. Remember, reviews are welcomed, but not required. See you all in chapter 117.