Chapter 2

And so the new family life of the Xiao Long-Rose family had begun. It didn't take long for Weiss, and Blake to be officially adopted. The transition in the family from two daughters to four was certainly not an easy one. At least for all in the family apart from Ruby it was a trial for sure though this was because Ruby was still really young at the time. But eventually they found their way to fit in after a year had passed.

Weiss had a hard time adapting to having a Faunus mother, and two Faunus sisters. Especially with what her former father had taught her about the beings. But over time, she bonded well with them all thanks to spending time with Ruby. Though the little pup would sometimes refer to her new older sister as Ice Queen because she was from Atlas, and appeared rather pale.

Blake was more hesitant because she lost all of the people she initially trusted. And her feline instincts made her recoil around Summer, and Ruby frequently. Not to mention, some people in the White Fang taught her not to trust humans so she would sometimes cower away from Taiyang. She got better after spending more time with them. Though she didn't fully welcome them until one day, when she was six years old, all four children went to the park with their dad, and Uncle Qrow.

While Qrow seemed rather cool to Yang and Ruby, Weiss And Blake took a little more time warming up to him. Though they were young, the two figured that he wasn't really someone to be alone around children. This wasn't just because he would often smell like whiskey whenever they were in the same room. Whenever they were around him, they noticed some bad things happen around them all. Nothing too serious, but it was clear that bad luck followed him wherever he travelled.

Ruby And Weiss were playing on the jungle gym at the park of Patch. Thankfully Weiss had a new set of clothes that she was able to play in. After the girls were adopted, Summer wasted no time in buying new clothes for them since their old ones were too tattered. Thankfully it was easy to differentiate between the clothing because both girls stuck with clothing where the colors coincided with the colors of their names. Thus Weiss was wearing a white set of clothing which was almost like a dress, and Blake stuck with some basic black clothes similar to what Yang had.

Though while the younger siblings were playing in the jungle gym, Blake was sitting by herself on the swing set. She was feeling upset but to be honest she wasn't entirely sure why. Taiyang, And Qrow were talking over at a nearby bench so they didn't take notice. And the other two sisters weren't even in view of her so they couldn't see either. The only one that did notice was Yang who broke away from the other kids in the park to speak with her.

Yang sat on the swing next to her and said, "You want to play tag with us?"

Blake slowly shook her head, "No thanks."

Yang looked sadly at her younger sister, "Blake, what's wrong?"

Before the Faunus child could respond, she noticed a red headed kid walking towards the jungle gym. In fact, he was walking towards where Weiss and Ruby were currently standing. Eventually Yang followed where Blake was looking. Both girls knew what was going to happen when they saw the friends of the boy react with waiting amusement. As they made their way over to their younger sisters, the boy began to talk to them saying, "You know pets aren't allowed at the park."

Weiss, and Ruby didn't catch onto what the boy was saying so the older sister replied, "There aren't any pets around here."

"So this animal here is a stray?" the boy asked causing his friends behind him to laugh.

Now the girls caught onto what he meant. And needless to say, neither one of them were amused by the joke. This prompted Weiss to defend little Ruby, "Hey, that's my sister you jerk."

"She looks like an animal to me," the boy mocked again.

It didn't take long for Blake to jump to the defense of her sisters, "Hey leave them alone."

This time the boy turned his attention towards Blake and said, "Two strays? Maybe we should call pest control."

The friends behind the boy laughed at the remark and the two sisters notice Ruby beginning to cry. Weiss began to try and comfort her while Blake looked to her father and uncle. Both of whom had just noticed their child, and began walking over to see what was going on. However they began to hurry when they noticed something else. Blake turned to look back at the boy just in time to see Yang begin to hit him.

All the boy's friends did was watch in fear as Yang continued punching the boy. He fought back and managed to land a few hits on the blond child. But overall, it was clear that Yang was winning the fight. And Blake could've sworn she saw Yang's eyes turn red when she was swinging at the boy. It only stopped when they heard their dad call out, "Yang get off of him."

Taiyang came along and pulled Yang off of the boy as her sisters rallied around her. Meanwhile the friends all rallied to the boy who looked at Yang with a sense of betrayal. Rather than accepting help from his friends, the boy shoved them away. He looked like he was getting ready to fire more insults at the girls. But before he could, he was stopped by Qrow who gave him a fair warning, at least fair in his mind.

"I'll say this once so you know I'm being serious. You will leave my nieces alone and you won't make any attempt to bully them whatsoever. If I find out that you've been giving them trouble, you'll be dealing with me. And trust me when I say that you don't want to me to handle that situation. Now do us a favor, and piss off."

When he released the child, both he and his friends took off running out of fear. Even the four sisters were slightly startled by what their uncle just did. They never really saw him look and different from his usual 'cool guy' demeanor. Taiyang wasn't too happy with what Qrow did though, and gave him a chastising look. The dark haired man simply looked at his friend, and said, "Well someone had to teach him right from wrong."

Deciding not to argue, Taiyang simply shook his head disapprovingly, and took them all home. Needless to say it was an uncomfortable ride back since they all wanted to say something but instead chose silence. Thankfully the silence ended when they made it home. Of course it wasn't any of them that spoke first. As soon as Yang walked in the door, Summer noticed the marks on her, and asked, "What happened?"

Tai told the girls to wait upstairs in their room while he, and Qrow told the story. As they sat down on their beds, Blake turned to her and asked, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine. His punches were pretty pathetic," Yang said putting on a brave smile, "What about you three?"

"We're fine," Weiss answered with concern, "It's you we're worried about."

Slowly, the smile started to fade as Yang answered, "It wasn't right for him to insult you two like that."

That was when Ruby hugged her big sister, and said, "Thank you Yang."

The sisters all began hugging each other, but pulled away once someone opened their bedroom door. All four girls watched as their parents walked in the room to check on them. Qrow stood behind them with a flask in his hand already moving to his mouth. When Taiyang, and Summer glared at him, all he did was look back at them as if he wasn't understanding it as abnormal behavior. Summer decided to chastise him later and focus on the kids first. Shifting her attention to Yang, Summer asked, "Are you okay sweetie?"

"Don't worry mom. I taught him a lesson," Yang said smiling proudly.

Summer's look however made that smile disappear. However, the blond child simply continued, "I'm not sorry for what I did."

"We're not asking you to be," Taiyang replied, "In fact, we're proud that you stood up for your sisters."

All four girls looked at their father with surprise, and said, "You are?"

"We just want to make sure that no matter how bad things get, you'll always be there for each other," Summer said as she sat down on the bed next to the children, "Can you promise that?"

Yang smiles again, and said, "Yes mom."

"Good," Summer smiled with her, "Now go clean up. We're having dinner soon."

The girls all left to wash up after playing in the park. As they did, Blake felt something she never expected to since her parents died. She felt like she belonged with this family for once in her life. Even though three of the people were humans. Though that feeling subsided when she felt water splash on her face, and accidentally scratched Yang out of surprise. All she could do was look at her sister, and say, "Sorry."