Assalam alaykum, everybody! Here we go with part 3.
Ozpin rubbed his temples as he walked through his books, never thought I'd go through this thing again... This soon anyway
The wizard pulled out a tome of considerable size, emerald cover with golden trimmings in a language long since dead. He plopped it onto a nearby desk and blew on it, releasing a massive dust cloud.
Am I really that old...? He looked at the book, not even remembering when this language died out let alone where it was spoken. Erosion was weird like that, one day you go get lunch at your favorite locale and the next it's a bunch of ruins. Now that's going to bug me, eh, I'll ask Bartholemew later. Best I take care of this before my match decides to find me...
He turned the pages, eyes widening when he came across one of his first iterations. By the brothers hat was silly, thank god I lost that long ago.
The professor kept flipping through, coming across everything from when he was a tribal chieftain, a medieval queen, and a shopkeep. His eyes finally rested on his current form,
Wodanaz Ozpin... Native of Anima, was in the process of proposing to his girlfriend when we merged... Had to leave immediately, couldn't risk bringing innocents into this... She had red hair, pale skin, amber eyes...
"Damn it!" He shut the book, no other info than a picture of 'him' during his youth.
Ozpin put the book back, muttering to himself as he went to brew another cup.
Back in Team RWBY's dorm, Yang was making a call to Uncle Qrow with an excited Ruby jumping up and down beside her. The heiress and (former) terrorist were at their bed, getting ready to get Weiss' results.
"Hey, kiddo, to what do we owe the pleasure?"
"Do you have any kids?"
There were a few moments of silence on the other end, followed by a mechanical tone saying, "Call has ended."
"I'll take that as a yes?" Blake raised an eyebrow, "What makes you think they're related through Qrow?"
Ruby pulled out Yang's kit, showing a picture of a red-eyed girl with dark skin. "Duh, she has red eyes just like Uncle Qrow!"
"I'm not even going to argue with that... Anyway, how's your test going Weiss?" The faunus turned to her left and received a nod. "Almost done, it's already revealed the obvious with me being a Schnee and al-"
A loud "Match found" sounded, Weiss looking down with a surprised expression. "Um," she tapped on it, revealing a photo of Yang. "... No..."
"Who is it, Weiss-cream?"
She immediately shut the kit, "Nobody important, some random 2nd year. Soooo... maybe it's a good idea to invite your Uncle over to sort out that thing with Emerald?" The Schnee looked down at her kit, unable to look Yang in the face. Blake had a massive grin once she realized why Weiss was acting so different, Ruby was getting excited about Uncle Qrow visiting, and Yang was still just happy that they found new family. "Sure, why the hell not? Rubes, send a text or call dad to tell Qrow to visit, I'm gonna visit our new cuz."
She walked out the door, heading towards the transfer student's dorm.
Emerald was pacing her dorm, the more she thought about it the more she actually warmed up to the idea of family. Sure, she did have Cinder and Merc but at most she was a mentor to her and he... well he fit the bill of an annoying little brother. Oum, what if her dad was actually still around?
A knock on the door interrupted her thoughts, followed by a loud, "COUSIN!" from the other side of the door.
I change my mind, Sustrai sighed and opened it, revealing her 'cousin' Yang. "Hey, Yang, what brings you here?" She gave a smile, please don't have me pretend to be nice all day.
"Well, as you must know... We're related!" She brought the girl into a hug, "I can't believe here of all places I'll meet another Branwen!"
Sustrai coughed out, "Yo-...you're crushing me.."
Yang paused before letting go, scratching the back of her head. "Heh..heh, sorry, just a little excited is all. Always thought Uncle Qrow had some kids running around somewhere."
Emerald took a deep breath, "No problem... So... this Qrow's my dad, huh?"
The blonde nodded, taking a seat on Mercury's bed. "Either that or my mom had another kid... did she?" She looked up at Emerald, her eyes having a look that Emerald saw in herself a lot before she met Cinder.
Desperation
She sighed, taking a seat next to her. "I don't think so, mom had my complexion and my hair but her eyes were blue... Name was Berdea Sustrai.." Yang put an arm around the girl, eliciting a flinch. "I can tell that she's a touchy subject... Maybe I can tell you about your dad?"
Emerald looked up and smiled, "I'd like that."
Ozpin paced in his office, looking at all the files on students from Anima as he repeated their names in his head.
Pyrrha Nikos... Lie Ren... Nora Valkyrie... Scarlet David... Sage Ayana... Neptune Vasilias... Arslan Altan... Bolin Hori... Reese Chloris... Nadir Shiko... For the love of the Brothers why do I accept so many students?
He collapsed into his chair, his scroll starting to buzz. Ozpin pulled it out to see it was Glynda calling, he shrugged and answered, putting her on speaker.
"Yes, Glynda?" He got his mug and took a sip, not ready for what she was about to say.
"Your granddaughter is here to see you, she's already in the elevator." She stifled a bit of a laugh.
Ozpin spat out the contents of the cup, scorching his lips after doing so. "WHAT?!"
The doors opened, a pink and orange blur coming out of it and bringing the old man into a crushing hug. "GRANPA!"
The crushed wizard looked down, his specs having fallen off his face but he could still see clearly. Before him was Nora Valkyrie, giving him about 17 years worth of hugs in only a few seconds.
Oh you have to be fucking with me.
Sorry this didn't come out sooner, power has been going in and out in my neck of the woods. I'll do my best to get the next chapter out sooner, guys.