"I don't know about you guys." Blake laughed "But I could get used to having Neo around."
The mute smiled and gave a bow.
"Maybe if we get a bell on her." Yang snarked.
Neo blinked a few times, smiled. Singed "Okay." and then dragged Jaune into the pet shop.
"I was kidding!" Yang called out.
"Ooh a Pet shop," Ruby said following them in.
"Ruby no," Yang said as she chased her, Weiss and Blake both shrugged and followed them.
Inside Jaune and Neo were browsing the collars she had her hood down. Ruby was looking at a large grey macaw.
"Help I've been turned into a parrot." She kept saying to the bird.
"Seriously, you are such a child." Weiss remarked, then she saw the display to her right "Puppies!"
"Looks like I'm going to have to get over my fear of dogs," Blake said with a smile "We all make sacrifices I suppose."
"This is the huntress who will lead us into battle with Salem." Jaune chucked. Neo gave a silent laugh.
"Okay, now I believe it." Neo singed.
"Ruby stop trying to freak out future customers and look," Weiss said pointing at Neo. Ruby stopped her silliness and looked up.
"You have cute ears," Ruby said.
"She was hiding it with her semblance all this time." Jaune answered for her "Whoever found her after her mom died told her to."
"His name was Torchwick," Ruby replied. "I saw him get eaten that day."
"He wasn't nice but, he was all I had then." Neo singed and then held up a pink and brown collar with a white bell.
"You know I was kidding about the bell," Yang said.
"No, you weren't," Neo replied.
Yang rolled her eyes. "Still you don't have to."
Neo singed back "It's okay, if this will help you trust me it's a small price to pay."
"Let's just agree to start over," Ruby said, Yang just nodded.
"A fresh slate sounds good to me." Neo singed. "But I actually like this collar." She then rang the bell.
"Besides it's Weiss's money," Jaune added.
"Excuse me?" Weiss asked.
"Well, you gave us some spending money." Jaune reminded her.
"When Cardin hurt her he also stole her shoes. We took her to get new ones and she also decided she wanted the hoodie. Nora ended up buying a few things from that store and finally we got ice cream."
"She is an alien." Neo singed.
"Somehow I'm not surprised." Weiss Chuckled.
"Alien," Jaune said. "That reminds me, don't you have something else from your mother?"
Neo gave a sigh and signed "It's not much but." She pulled a necklace from a hidden pocket. It was silver heart-shaped and well worn.
"Neo, do you realize that's a locket?" Ruby asked. The mute shook her head no. "There might be a picture inside.
Jaune asked, "You really think so?"
Ruby took a better look at the piece. "It looks like the lock is damaged, probably can't open it without tools and a skilled Jeweler, like me."
Neo's ears perked up. "You would help me like that?"
"It's the least I could do," Ruby replied.
"Thank you." Neo signed with tears of joy welling up in her eyes.
"Hey don't drop it!" Jaune said. Neo nodded and put it back in it's hiding spot.
On route to home, Weiss saw that the other three Faunus where walking next to each other and got a cold chill down her spine her tail went straight and poofed out.
"Something wrong Weiss?" Blake asked.
Weiss reluctantly replied "Just remembered a nightmare I had. Neo was in it, along with every Faunus I've ever seen. They all hated me for some reason, Illia was in a graveyard for every faunus that lost their lives due to my company. Sienna made me join the White Flange and kill Taurus. The masks where parasitic, and all of you were wearing them."
"There's a metaphor or two in there somewhere," Ruby commented.
"How do you know about Sienna?" Blake asked.
"Ohh the relic of a webpage I stumbled on." Weiss replied, "It hasn't been updated since the day after she was made High Leader."
Hearing that Blake turned ghost white. "No." She whimpered. But it was too late everyone had there scroll out. "Ete to Ruby."
"Make sure your safe search is cranked up to the max!" Weiss warned.
"I can't believe what he used to talk me into," Blake said with dread.
"He talked you out of a few things also." Yang snarked causing Blake to blush.
Everyone else was laughing at the ancient website but Neo was standing there still, she was staring intently at whatever she found. She tapped her bell and pointed to Weiss. She walked over, Neo was deep into the archives. "I'm assuming you scrolled away for dramatic effect." Neo nodded and scrolled down, Weiss saw the photograph and gasped. "This can't be."
"What did she find?" Blake asked.
Weiss's answer was a single word that held a lot of weight "Me!"
Everyone did their best to gather around the short mute and her scroll. There they saw four-year-old Weiss along with her mother. They were at a picnic, Lady Schnee was even wearing a shirt with the original White Fang logo reading "Proud Faunus Lover." Little Weiss was holding up her tail with a big smile on her face.
"Unbelievable," Blake muttered.
"Send me that picture alright," Weiss said Neo responded with a nod.