Down in the arena, Lucy stood facing all four members of Team Cardinal. She wasn't wearing her bracelets, her hair was tied in a bun, and her blood was on fire as she prepared to deal with them, she already knew exactly how the first 30 seconds of the fight were going to go but the rest of that would be fun to find out. The countdown started.

Russell readied his daggers, Dove raised his sword, Cardin hefted his mace, Sky positioned his Halberd. Lucy grinned. Begin.

Lucy crouched and shielded her face with her gauntlet before springing into action. Dove was standing there shooting at her with his sword and she launched herself right at him. The bullets pinged off of her arm and she collided with the boy after he pulled his sword into a sloppy block. Pulling the sword from her hip she slashed diagonally across his chest in a smooth motion and dodged behind him bringing the sword down onto his un-armoured neck heavily. She grabbed his left arm and tossed the boy behind him, thwarting Cardin's attack as Russell dove into the fray. He twirled and kicked and was all around difficult to block. So she didn't.

She allowed Russell to get one good hit into her ribs before she trapped his dagger under her arm and grabbed his collar, twisting to smash him into the ground. Sky swung his halberd towards her so she stepped backwards, walking on Russell, and then got into Sky's guard. She swung her leg around her and jumped to bring it down on top of his head and then used him to launch herself back at Cardin. Cardin was no pushover though and his rigorous strength training allowed him to stay upright. So she stood on his shoulder and kicked him in the temple. He went down.

Lucy jumped from his falling body and clotheslined Russell with her leg, putting her hands down into a cartwheel, and flipped the boy across the arena. Dove came back at her so she parried his jab and disarmed him while the other boys circled her. Their mistake. She used their hesitation and knocked Dove's legs out from beneath him, he landed in a crouch and she swung her sword executioner-style at his neck. A buzzer sounded and Dove was out of the fight.

She jumped as the other boys all attacked in unison, using Cardin as a springboard again she launched herself away from that group. However during the jump Sky managed to hit her right boot with a solid hit from his blade, severing the laces; and Cardin attempted to grab onto her boot but only succeeded in gripping the handle that poked out of it. He pulled down and she jumped up, the dagger's blade severed the laces on that boot too.

Lucy landed gracefully away from the group of boys. Everyone stared at her. She had landed quietly without her boots, in fact it was completely silent. Because rather than what everybody had expected, she had landed on two black, white and orange striped paws. But that isn't what Lucy was focused on. Cardin was gripping a dagger, her dagger. Her dagger that had saved her life. Her dagger that her mother had given her. Her dagger that had a growling cat with three red claw marks down its face engraved into the handle. And the tiger roared.

Lucy ran with a roar and threw her sword to the side, deploying the metal claws of her gauntlet, Blake whimpered in the crowd as she leapt agilely at Cardin. The fight was over before it had even started. At the end of the fight the boys were strewn across the room, Sky was sitting against a wall unconscious, Russell was panting on the other side of the arena, and Cardin was beneath her foot with his arm twisted behind his back and a drop of blood on his cheek. Lucy picked up her dagger, sheathed it in her ankle holster, and walked away, collecting her boots as she went.

"So her knife was a gift from her mum before she died?" Ruby asked Drake. Team RWBY was back in their room after sparring class and had immediately jumped to asking questions while Lucy was in the shower.

"Yes, however there is more to it than that. She was gifted the dagger in a time of need and it saved her life that day and for a week afterwards." The lone male explained. "Lucy and I, we have had difficult pasts respectively. However Lucy has lived a life that I would not wish upon my worst enemy. Even just where she lived as a child forced her to grow up faster than anyone should ever have to."

Weiss spoke up "There is one thing you haven't explained. Don't you think it's a bit coincidental that she is a faunus and she has a dagger with a clear White Fang insignia on it? In fact if the blade is as old as you say it is, then why has the symbol not faded? It appears as though she takes very good care of it."

Drake glared at her. "Lucy and I despise the White Fang," he looked over at Blake "though that is a story for another time. If you still have suspicions then ask yourself this. If she was with the organisation, then why does she wear a pendant of your family around her neck? Don't you believe they contradict?"

Lucy stepped out of the bathroom in her school uniform but with one difference, she had no shoes on, leaving her feline appendages on full display. "I assume that Drake has you up to speed on everything? Now if you wouldn't mind, lunch period is almost over and Lucy needs her meat. I'm starved." She walked out of the room, putting her bracelets on. However this time everybody got a clear look at what they were.

Lucy was applying handcuffs to either arm.

Do you ever get that thing where you just completely forget about everything? Well I do and then I got drunk yesterday and remembered that this existed. Have a quick 30min chapter. PS: My spacebar is broken so if there is any strange spacing then you know why.