Chapter 1
Darkness crept over the forest as a small child began lumbering through the forest. The child looked to be about four years old, and was rather small for her age. She wore a white, and blue dress which was now hanging on her as tattered rags of cloth covered in blood spots from the cuts on her arms and legs. Over her left eye was a deep scar still bleeding as a fresh wound would. Her snow white hair hung loosely in a mess. And the only thing she carried was a locket with a picture of her mother still inside.
The pale girl wandered on until she found an old shack in ruins. Not much of a shelter but it was better than waiting outside for something to kill her, or eat her, or Oum knows what else. So she made her way inside and crouched down a pile of wood. Thankfully she had some fire dust so she was able to get a fire going. When she felt the fire sustain itself, she looked at the picture in the locket in her hand, and began to feel tears run down her face.
However, it wasn't long before she noticed someone else behind her. When she turned around, she noticed another girl around her age just watching her. The stranger's clothes were in the same state as her own except with black and Violet colors rather than white and blue. The stranger's hair was long and black but she noticed something on the top of the other girl's head. There were two cat ears that indicated the girl in black was a Faunus.
"What are you doing in my home?" the Faunus questioned suspiciously.
"I'm sorry," the human girl replied, "I have nowhere else to go. Please don't kick me out."
She watched as the Faunus ran over to the fire and kicked it out. Once the flames were extinguished, she looked to the human and said, "Fires attract the Grimm. You just gave us away."
Suddenly, they heard a rustling in the bushes. Both girls felt overwhelmed with fear at the sound, expecting danger to strike. The human ran towards the Faunus, and kept close to her for security, trembling the whole time. They waited for several minutes for whatever caused the rustling to reveal itself. When it did, both girls felt slight relief at what they saw.
It appeared to be a pair of hunters that arrived. The one on the right was a rather tall man in a golden colored attire. The left was an average sized woman with a red hood over her head and shoulders. The woman approached both girls and pulled off her hood revealing two wolf ears on her head. She extended a hand to both girls, and softly said, "It's okay. You're safe now."
The Faunus child reached out first and grabbed the huntress's hand while the human girl looked frightened. After all, her father had taught her that Faunus were dangerous creatures that were never to be trusted for any reason. Her mother had told her otherwise but there was always that fear that something might happen to her. This also seemed to be a concern that the huntress recognized. Rather than act harshly towards the girl, she smiled and said, "Don't worry. I don't bite."
Hesitantly, the white haired child extended her hand towards the huntress. She only stopped when she was actually able to touch the huntress. However, she noticed that she was getting very tired and practically slumped into the Faunus lady's arms. And only then did the man notice all of the injuries on her. He turned his attention to the woman and said, "Summer we need to get these two to safety."
The woman identified as Summer nodded, and handed the girl in white to the man saying, "Tai, you take her. I'll carry the other girl back."
And with that, the man Tai took the human in his arms while Summer carried the Faunus. Not long after they took off, the human child had drifted into unconsciousness. She only woke up after she felt something small poking her cheek. When she opened her eyes, she saw that she was laying down in a bed of a fairly nice house. However the poking feeling only continued until she looked to find the source.
Her eyes landed on a small Faunus child around two years old. She appeared to be the daughter of Summer from what the human noticed. She wore a little red hood like her mother but her eyes were a bright silver. She continued poking the girl despite the obvious dislike for it until someone from behind her said, "Ruby, mommy told us to leave her alone."
Both children looked towards the doorway to find a small blond girl around the same age as the girl in white standing at the entrance. She looked almost like a tiny female version of that Tai guy. Her eyes looked to be a violet color which was the only thing separating the resemblance between her and Tai. She looked friendly from what the girl could gather, and seemed like the protective type despite being only four. She gave a friendly smile when addressing her guest, "Sorry. My sister likes being around people. My name is Yang."
"Your sister?" the girl in white replied, "She's your sister?"
"Yeah. I thought you knew," Yang continued, "After all, you met our parents."
The girl in white was shocked at hearing this. It didn't surprise her that a Faunus would marry a human but she didn't think that a mixed couple like that could have mixed children. She just naturally assumed that mixed couples would only have Faunus children. Though, going over the thought again, it sounded rather silly.
Before they could continue their discussion, all of the children in the room watched as Summer had entered the room with the cat Faunus child in her arms. She quickly noticed that the girl in white was now awake, and set the cat Faunus down on the other bed in the room. She made her way over to the girl, and asked, "How are you now child?"
The girl softly replied, "A little better."
Summer sighed with relief, and asked, "Do you have any idea where your parents might be?"
Suddenly the girl felt tears well up in her eyes as she answered, "My daddy…he disowned me when I left with my mommy. We were chased by those Grimm creatures, and she…she…"
By this time, the tears ran down the girl's face. This caused the two sisters to hug the girl comfortingly, with Yang saying, "I lost my mommy too. But everything is okay now."
A quick glance over at the cat Faunus child made them all realize that she was in a similar condition which Summer decided to explain. Apparently the cat Faunus was named Blake, and she was initially from Menagerie. Her parents were actually leaders of a Faunus group known as the White Fang which was determined to bring peace between humans and Faunus. However, her parents were killed by two people within her group, and she was smuggled to safety by a lady that she never met before. She had been living in the forest where they were found ever since.
"So she's an orphan like me?" The girl said after Summer had finished explaining.
"Yes," Summer sadly replied, "But we can change that."
The girl looked to the Faunus woman once more, "What do you mean?"
Summer smiled, "Well my husband and I had always thought of expanding our little family. So if you two so desire, we'd be happy to take you both in as our new daughters. But it's up to you whether you want to or not."
The two orphans looked to each other. Both were a little hesitant on the suggestion since the girl didn't always trust Faunus, and Blake didn't trust anyone. But their other choice was living at an orphanage where their chances of finding a family were slim. And here was a lovely couple that rescued them both, willing to adopt the girls into their family. So the decision became an easy one.
"It'd be nice to have a family like this," the girl said, answering for both of them as Blake simply smiled.
Summer's grin grew larger as she said, "In that case, welcome to the Xiao Long-Rose family Blake and…I'm sorry dear, what's your name?"
The girl smiled as she hugged her new mom, "Weiss. My name is Weiss. Thank you…mommy."
