If you read my latest chapter in my other fic (Team MAUV) ignore this.
So I'm late to this because I decided to attend RTX last minute. I never realized so much goes into a preparation to a weekend trip. Never been out of my home town. Things will go back to normal now. School will be starting but I don't think it should delay things too much. But I'll let you know. Enjoy.
Edit 8/08/2017: Just realized that the transition scenes from the pub to Haven to the pub again is because the (_) that should have separated them disappeared. Its fixed now. If you see any more mistakes please let me know.
Blake was itching to have a go at the pool table, playing chess with her father was great and all. But playing pool was one of the only good memories she had of the White Fang, and there was something about being surrounded by these people that truly warmed her heart. Perhaps she was reminiscing of the old days?
Pool would have to wait however, after figuring where everyone stood, it was now time to lay out a plan. The sooner they moved, the better. Time was spent talking, mainly on what their next move will be, and how they were going to approach the headmaster at Haven with their information of the White Fang. Ideas were thrown around, scratched out, rewritten and thrown out again. It's a done deal that showing up with a group of ex-white fang members was not a good impression for their introduction. This is where things got complicated. Sun and Blake were the only ones that attracted the least attention, being young and won't stand out at a hunter's academy. As a matter of fact, they blend in. Blake, however, had a price on her head, literally.
Sun caught her up with the information he gathered. Although she was not in a wanted poster, word was out that a high-ranking member of the White Fang was willing to pay a price for the capture of Blake Belladonna. These rumors were mainly only spread on the undergrounds; where rooks, low lives, assassins, and thieves where the main population. Although this didn't surprise Blake, what she heard next did.
"What do you mean Weiss is no longer the heiress?" Blake exclaimed.
Sun looked at her with a sympathetic expression, "There was a news poster up on one of the bulletins, or everywhere really. I don't know how recent the news is with communications down but the it has been up for a while."
Blake's expression darkened. She had seen a brief glance of Weiss' father when he all but dragged her into that expensive looking car, and damn did he look like an atrocious parent figure. Weiss must have done something to have been stripped of her heritage, something that Yang would most definitely approve of.
"There's something else you might want to hear," he continued. "There is this story going around about of group of huntsmen taking down this historic Nuckelavee Grimm. A supposedly strong and old Grimm that's been plaguing this certain area for decades."
Blakes eyebrows rose, "wow, that type of Grimm is pretty rare. I've heard about it in some history books I read a while back. But, why is that relevant?" Blake asked, still quite shocked at the news about her snow-haired friend.
Sun's expression then turned eager. "Well, that group of 'huntsmen'? I heard their descriptions; a loud redhead with a hammer, a reserved guy with a streak of pink in his hair, some young looking one with a red cape, and some blonde guy that apparently some people confused me with." He looked at Blake expectantly, awaiting her reaction.
The noirette blinked. Once. Then twice. "Oh, my Gods…" she alleged quietly, connecting the dots and realized who they were.
"Yup, that was pretty much my expression too." The blond laughed.
"… but, what are they doing here? Why is Ruby here of all people?"
The monkey faunus scratched the back of his head and took a glance around in thought. They were in the second floor of the tavern, inside one of the many rooms that this place offered. It wasn't big or fancy in any way. All it consisted of was two mattresses and a desk. No lighting of the sorts, all they had as a light source was the moonlight. It shone quite beautifully through the only window, broken and no curtains. Blake had though about covering it with one of the blankets, but given that they were in the second floor and no other buildings were more than one story, they weren't in danger of being shot from a higher point. Plus, there were only two blankets.
Both faunus were currently sitting on one of the mattresses, which made no difference to sitting on the floor really.
"Well, Ruby always stroke me as a very determined person, maybe she went after those responsible for Pyrrha? Makes sense that the rest of JNPR is with her too." Sun guessed.
He wasn't wrong, Ruby is the type of person who would help anyone in need and ask for nothing in return. She witnessed Pyrrha's downfall, one would think she'd need time to deal with the mental trauma that could cause. What if she's changed and left in look for revenge? Would… would Yang be with her?
"Did you hear anything about… Yang?" Blake asked tentatively.
Sun looked at her with understanding, "No, I didn't, I'm sorry."
No. Blake didn't know if to feel relieved or saddened by that answer. "Why are you sorry," she asked, confused at his response.
"Well, don't you want to see her?"
"… I don't know." Blake was faced with an internal battle. She had told herself earlier that she needed to find her, explain herself to her. Where has all that fire gone?
She could only guess that the adrenaline of the excitement from her earlier speech and response much have given her a shred of confidence. Maybe, now that it died down she was less assured? Blake doesn't even know what to do or say if she finds her face to face. What if… what if she doesn't want anything to do with her?
…I guess I'd understand that, as much as it scares me. I'd understand if she hates me for leaving. Chuckling humorlessly to herself she thought, wasn't that what I wanted? I'm such a self-centered idiot.
"You're not." Sun spoke up suddenly.
The raven-haired woman looked up sharply. Did I say that out loud? "Huh?"
"You're not an idiot," he repeated.
Sun was probably the last person she'd consider pouring out her feelings to, hell she normally wouldn't pour out her feelings. Period. But, even if it was against her wishes, he was there for Blake. And then with the whole Ilia thing…
"Nothing's changed Sun. I might have made a decision to come here and take action, but I'm still scared," She admitted, looking away.
"Hey, that's perfectly normal. I'd be freaked out if you weren't. Nobody goes into a fight, into a war, without feeling scared for their lives," He placed his hand on Blake's, trying to get the introvert to look at him.
This frustrated Blake. Her situation, her actions, her way of thinking. Everything. "YOU DON'T GET IT! I –
At her sudden outburst, she stood up, yanking her hand from under Sun's and running them through her hair, catching on her ears almost painfully. That didn't matter to her right now though.
She stopped, took a big breath and let it out slowly. The next time she spoke was a lot more controlled. She realized this conversation was reminiscent to the one she had with him after the Ilia incident.
"When I think about what we are trying to do, what we are going to do, I'm scared. But not for me, for you. And now for Ruby and the rest of team JNPR, I…" Gosh, why was this so hard? "Knowing that the White Fang, a group of people I once considered family, is willing to hurt… to kill those who oppose them, us, frightens me. But knowing that the choices I made, that I am making right know by fighting back, might put those I care about in danger? That terrifies me."
Blake soon realized why. Back when she was in the White Fang, when she had become what Adam is now, she'd fight without fear. She wasn't afraid of getting killed, she wasn't afraid of seeing people get killed. She didn't have anything to lose at that point, she had lost her humanity, what else was there to lose?
But now, after getting partnered up with Yang, after becoming a team with Ruby and Weiss, after having friends, she realized what she had been missing. Love, friendship, and how could she have forgotten her family? It was new, feeling that way, but she liked it.
Until she didn't.
As she was laying on the floor with Adam hovering over her, she wasn't scared. She was conflicted, seeing him again, seeing the monstrosity of what she once was. She hoped, hoped that she could get through to him. But at that point she knew he was too far gone. I lost him. As she waited for him to strike, she heard him utter those words, "I will make it my mission, to destroy everything you love"
Those words. Those words made her shutter in fear. But hearing Yang call out her name, and seeing Adam's face shift to a sadistic smirk. Her heart stopped. She realized that she now had everything to lose. And that paralyzed her in fear.
"I couldn't lose her too. I made sure to leave a trail for the Fang to follow me, and leave everyone else alone while they heal." She muttered mostly to herself, but Sun was able to hear her.
"She means a lot to you huh?"
"She means everything to me," she whispered, looking out the window, her heart aching at how their reunion will come about. She though about her; her loud personality that rivaled Nora's, her obsession with her beautiful golden locks, her role of mama bear whenever someone from the team got hurt. And damn can she throw a good punch, she thought, her jaw slightly twitching at the memory of their sparring days.
Meanwhile, Sun was quietly observing her. A look of wondering turned into realization in a matter of seconds. He stared intently at her for a few more moments before giving her a sad smile.
"I never had a chance, did I?" he spoke softly, not entirely a question.
Blake's brows creased in confusion, turning away from the moon and facing him. "What do you mean?"
"Yang," he answered, "you care about her, don't you?"
This seemed to confuse the faunus even more. "Of course I do, she's my friend. And partner." Or we used to be anyway, she thought, hopefully we can still be.
Now Sun was the confused one. Does she not realize it herself? He thought. Pondering it for a moment, he was debating whether he should just go right out and say it, or just let things be.
He's seen that look on her face before, there's no doubt about it. Blake's caring of Yang went far beyond friendship. He would know, he's seen that look in the mirror many times.
"Never mind," he concluded out loud, "I'll let you figure it out."
It hurt him, to he honest. He really thought he had a shot. From the moment he first saw her out at the docks, he knew he wanted to get to know that dark-haired beauty that hid underneath a black bow. He took every chance he got to get to know her better, and when he found her out on the streets of Vale with this broken and defeated look on her face, he knew that there was more to her. He wanted to help, so he offered to listen. And boy was he surprised to learn more about her. The blonde's thoughts also wondered to other times, like the school dance and his silly moves for her at the tournament, after his team won. Boy did he have it bad for her.
His response however, made Blake's expression go from confusion, to a complete loss. And since he didn't seem to want to elaborate, she let it go.
"I just don't get you sometimes," she finally said. Ending that conversation.
"So," Sun started, helping her in changing the topic, "I'll go tomorrow to the academy, try to get a meeting in with the headmaster as soon as possible. And let Neptune, Sage, and Scarlet know I'm not dead."
Blake didn't like it, she didn't want Sun to go out alone. But it was the best course of action. Blake should avoid being in the public eye for as long as possible. With her face hanging under a good amount of lien, she risks outing herself and alerting the White Fang that she is here, if she hasn't done so already.
"How far is the tower from here?" she asked Sun.
"Pretty close, why?"
The introvert paused in thought. "Do you think our scrolls will work from this distance?"
"Huh, never thought about it," he answered in surprise. "Well, there's only one way to find out, right?" Sun didn't stand, he simply stretched out his right leg and fetched his scroll from his right pocket. Scrolling through his contacts, he finally found the one he was looking for and selected it.
It rang once. Twice. And then a click, followed by static sounds.
"H – llo? Sun?
"Neptune!" The blonde exclaimed in surprise and happiness.
"How in the world did – et – ing to work?" his voice kept cutting off, but it worked, so that's something. "Where – ou?"
Sun glanced towards Blake, who shook her head in warning. "I'm actually on my way there, should reach the school tomorrow.
"For fu –'s sake Sun, a letter wouldn't ha– killed you?!"
Sun rubbed the back of his neck, with a sheepish look on his face.
"Hehe, sorry. Well listen, I kinda have some stuff to fill you in on, where do you want to meet…"
The rest of the conversation then drifted. Sun made plans to leave tomorrow morning, schedule a meeting with the headmaster, and reunite with his teammates. Blake and the rest of the group will have to stay and keep in the dark.
For now.
ooooooooooooo
As Sun made his way into the academy, he stopped for a minute and stared at the front entrance. He remembered the first time he walked through those doors, the first time he met his team, he remembered how excited they were to attend the Vital Festival Tournament. He was so excited for that event he ended up stowing away on a ship earlier than his team. Now that all that youth and innocence was gone, light shined through their minds. There was more to being a hunter/tress than just protecting people.
This is a hunter's academy, meant to fight Grimm and protect humanity. Now, mislead faunus were fighting ruthlessly against humanity, along with something else that lurks in the shadows. Will this really be the start of a war?
Sun stepped inside his old home and made his way towards his dorm. He had agreed to meet his team for lunch at the dining hall but he needed a change of clothing, maybe a new outfit was on the horizon. Something new and upgraded.
Along the way he thought about what he was going to tell his friends. How was he going to break it to them that the fight is going to come here as well? They couldn't let the Fall of Beacon happen again, they would do everything in their power to stop them from succeeding. Whoever they are, because like Blake said, they aren't doing this alone.
As he turned a corner leading to the elevator that would take him to his floor, the fast pacing he was going in soon caused a collision against some girl.
"Oooofh –
"Sorry," Sun quickly grabbed the small girl and steadied her, "I didn't see y – Ruby!?"
"Sun?!" the red head exclaimed.
The reason Sun didn't recognize her was because she looked so different. Her outfit had also changed like that of Blake's and she seemed more… mature? He couldn't put his finger on it but it was almost as if her eyes reflected the dangerous world out there. Her signature cape is the only thing that remained unchanged, aside from some heavy weathering around the edges.
"What are you doing here! Last I heard you took down some legendary Grimm a few villages back!" The faunus asked in complete surprise. Man, Blake is either going to love the news or freak out, he thought.
"Hehe yeah well we ran into some trouble and – wait. How'd you know that?"
"What do you mean how I know," Sun asked incredulously. "People everywhere are talking about it!"
"Oh. Really?"
"Yeah! Where are Nora, Ren and Jaune? I heard they were with you too."
"Oh, they're not far. Nora ran out the door as soon as she heard they were serving pancakes today. Ren ran after her with Jaune not far behind. I told them I'd catch up in a bit after seeing how my uncle Qrow was doing."
"Your uncle?"
"Yeah! We ran into him after, umm. Well. It's a long story," Ruby laughed half-heartedly, "you can catch the whole story once we meet with the headmaster."
"Wait, is that why you're here?"
"Part of it, yeah. We know some stuff that I think you'd want to know. About all that's going on out there."
"Actually, I have some stuff you should know too. I literally just got back right now, and the things we discovered out there are worse than it seems."
"We?"
"Uhh, yeah I…." Sun paused, wondering if he should mention Blake or not. "I was with a friend, a friend that can probably explain this better than I can, which is why I also need to set a meeting with the headmaster."
"Hmm, in that case don't you think we should all go - WEISS?!" was all he heard before the red head disappeared, leaving rose petals in her wake.
Turning around he confirmed Ruby's statements of the heiress, err, ex-heiress, walking towards them. Ruby's sudden appearance seemed to have shocked the beautiful girl. That and suddenly having a small girl clinging to you like a monkey (ironically) tended to do that to people.
"Ruby?"
"Weiss?" Sun asked in confusion. Now Blake was really going to freak.
She locked eyes with the blonde.
"Sun." She stated with much less enthusiasm.
"Weiss' sister!" Ruby then did something Sun never saw her do before. She got off Weiss and curtsied, gripping the sides of her skirt and bowing her head while adding, "Uh, I mean. Hello, Miss Winter."
On either side of her stood the most poised stance woman he had ever seen. Winter Schnee, accompanied by General Ironwood. What were they doing here? Last he heard, the Atlas Military was stationed in, well, Atlas. Was it possible they knew of the incoming attack?
"Ruby," the silver haired girl responded. "What are you doing here?"
"Uhhh, long story short? I came here on a lead that Uncle Qrow suspiciously gave me which lead to Mistral. Damn was it a long trip, I've never seen so many different Grimm that what we've read about in class. Did you know Nuckelavee Grimm are so noisy? I felt like my eardrums were about to burst!" Ruby continued rambling.
At the mention of Qrow however, seemed to have interested the two Military officials.
"Qrow is here?" the general asked.
"Oh yeah, he got hurt trying to save me from some crazy scorpion guy that was into poetry who wanted to kidnap me for this 'queen' person. He then got poisoned and we had to hurry to get here." At the widened pair of eyes, she quickly added, "he's okay though!"
The two militaries shared a look. Something passed between them before Winter stepped forward and asked, "where is he? We have some matters that appears needs to be discussed."
Ruby's once enthusiastic face was now marred in a frown. "Can't it wait? He's resting right now, he really did almost die, can't you wait until tomorrow?"
Winter seemed to want to press further, but Ironwood's hand stopped her. "Of course, it must have also been quite a trip for you. Please, do let him know to meet with us," he paused, considering something and then made a decision. "I also think you should come as well, seems he entrusted you with some very… valuable information."
Ruby realized what he was talking about and seemed to understand, her face taking a more serious expression. "Of course, we had originally planned to talk to the headmaster but…"
"I would recommend you wait. Qrow seemed to have mixed you up in this, and I highly suggest we gather before seeing Leo. There are some important things he needs to know, about the situation at hand and other matters."
"If you all are talking about what's going on out there, there is some stuff me and a friend found out. Things are getting very seriously crazy, and are about to get worse." Sun interrupted.
Ironwood pondered this for a moment, he didn't know what the hell Qrow was thinking getting kids mixed up in this, but these same kids have seen some horrible things. Things they still shouldn't have seen at their age, and knowing that there are worse things out there, he was hesitant in letting them in. But it appears that Branwen made that decision for him.
"Very well, then that settles it. I will wait for you tomorrow morning in room 3.212 at the main tower. Now, if you'll excuse me."
Off he walked with Winter at his side. Wiess didn't move and said, "I'll will meet up with you later Winter, I have some catching up to do."
Her sister gave her one glance, something seemed to pass between them just as it had with Ironwood earlier, but this time it seemed more… personal.
"Of course, you remember what room I'm at."
Silence passed between the three friends but soon Ruby's enthusiasm couldn't be contained. The two reunited friends talked as much as they could, the ex-heiress looking at Sun as if her seemed to be in the way of her telling Ruby something important.
"So, of you were with them, where are they now?" Weiss asked about the rest of Ruby's companions.
"Oh, they're at the dining hall… which I don't know the directions to… hey Sun, you're from around here right?" Ruby asked with a question in her voice.
Sun simply smiled, "eh clothes can wait, follow me ladies."
Exiting the building they were in, they made their way to the Dining Hall, all three of them finally calming down from meeting one unexpected person after another.
As they were nearing the building, they saw Nora, Ren, and Jaune talking to some girl. Nora currently drooling over something in the girl's hand. A weapon if Ruby were to guess. The girl's back was to them, so all they saw was a tan coat with twin tails with a pair of knee high brown boots. A familiar purple scarf was tied around one leg, and an even more familiar blonde hair was drifting along with the breeze. Jaune spotted the incoming group of newfound friends and called out.
"Ruby!" he shouted a bit enthusiastically. As soon as he did the blonde girl swiftly turned around.
"Ruby?" Yang spoke.
Ruby Rose, the fastest girl alive, froze. "Yang?" she whispered.
"Yang?" both Wiess and Sun exclaimed in surprise of another unexpected friend.
"Screw what I said earlier, she isn't going to freak out, her soul is going to leave her body. I'm sure of it." The monkey faunus muttered out loud.
Ruby's face shifted from surprised, to shock, to joy all at once. She took one step and then another. For the love of the Gods, she walked towards the one person Sun would think she'd be the first to burst into petals to.
The two sisters met in the middle in a fierce hug, and what first seemed to be a beautiful sister reunion, soon started to look like attempted murder.
"Uhhh, Yang? I don't think your sister can breathe…"
Ruby's hands and feet were dangling dangerously still. It seemed though as Yang had heard Sun's comment and put her sister down, but kept her hands on her shoulders.
"Rubes, gosh I was so worried," her happy expressions then turned stern, "what were you thinking going off on your own! You're gonna get an earful from me young lady! And don't even get me started on what dad is gonna have to say."
The red head looked torn, "I know, I know, I shouldn't have left the way I did. I'm sorry! But it was something I had to do and I knew I couldn't ask you to come with me at the time because you needed time to heal and – wait. Your arm!" The weapons geek soon realized that Nora hadn't been drooling at something in her hand, but at her hand. Arm.
Ruby then produced a high enough watts smile, to blind. Her inner weapons geek came out. "No. Way…"
Yang flexed her bionic arm and responded with, "Oh, yeah. I got back into shape with dads help. I guess you could say I'm… armed and ready to go…" she smirked shamelessly.
This however seemed to brighten the girl in the red cape even more. Jumping up and nearly strangling her sister, "You're back, I'm so glad you're okay!"
"Yes, it is very good to know your well." Wiess finally spoke up.
Yang's head turned and met ice blue in surprise. The last she heard from Weiss, her father had taken her back to Atlas. And from the was Sun had spoken, it wasn't by choice. She was delighted to know she found her sister and another of her teammates, a feeling of warmth started to fill her chest in happiness. She never though a few months back that she'd see all her team again. Well, almost all of them.
"Wiess!" Yang let go of her sister and strode up towards the heiress, immediately embracing her in a hug. The smaller girl seemed taken aback at first, but soon proceeded to wrap her arms around the taller and bustier teammate.
"Hi Yang, I'm so happy to know your back to your old self." She tightened her embrace, surprising the blonde, but she gladly returned the squeeze.
I can't ever go back to my old self, she thought. But I'm okay.
"Okay, too tight. Enough! I didn't miss you that much to merge with you"
Yang chuckled, "Well, didn't know you rolled that way."
Weiss frowned for a bit, processing what she said and what Yang had responded, and soon her cheeks got a tinted color. "You brute! You know very well that's not what I meant! I swear to the Gods…"
The small group of people laughed, Yang placed her hands in front of her to try and appease the flustered girl while Ruby kept saying "What? I don't get it! I want in on the funny!"
More greetings and names were passed around, with Nora's "Nora!" soon bringing in old memories for the three members of team RWBY and JNPR. As they kept talking and catching up they soon started walking towards their original destination, meanwhile, Sun kept staring at the brawler in mild shock.
Boy, I don't know how Blake is going to react to this. I just hope she's ready.
ooooooooooooooooooooo
Blake didn't know how to take the news. Yang was here. She's here. What do I … what will I …
She had been pacing back and forth on the hard-wooden floor near the bar part of the pub. They were all currently down stairs talking about the details, mainly Sun mentioning some somethings with Van while Blake had a mini freak out. At his return, he explained to them what had happened with Ironwood and Ruby's uncle. They had agreed to attend the meeting, knowing this was their opportunity.
Blake was going to have to risk showing herself, this was too important for her to miss. Van Dyke, however, seemed insistent in going as well.
Blake's mind was currently preoccupied to care at the moment, however. Her body froze at Sun's earlier statement:
"Oh, by the way, I saw Yang. She was there." He spoke softly.
"WhAt!? I thought you said you didn't hear any news about her!" At that point, Blake had risen from the seat she had been in, her second pair of ears nearly flattened in nervousness. "Is she going to be at the meeting? Oh, who am I kidding of course she is. Sun, what am I -
She was rambling, the cold breeze that came from the open window caused a cold sweat to run down her neck.
Sun, at seeing his usually level-headed friend's sudden frantic outburst, he grabbed her arm without moving from his seat.
"Hey, calm down. I didn't know. She literally had just gotten there after I did. I witnessed the whole team reunion, it was interesting to see the ice queen's frostbite turn into warm hugs." He attempted at calming her.
The dark-haired girl closer her eyes, breathing deeply, then out. She expected to meet up with her team at some point, she just didn't expect that to happen the very next day. She cursed her lack of social communication to make her so nervous at seeing them again. Should she hug them? Wave?
Oh Gods, I'm a mess. Blake thought, her mind was going through the many possible scenarios that could happen at her team's reunion, most didn't do favors to her self-esteem.
" – ake? Hellooo?" Sun's voice cut through the feline's treacherous thoughts.
"Sorry, what?"
"What do you think? About Van Dyke coming with us? He seems to be very adamant about it."
Turning to the older man she finally focused her thoughts to the task at hand, even as her heart fluttered and her face felt sweaty from her nerves getting the best of her. Gosh, I'm already a wreck and I haven't even seen them yet.
"Is there a particular reasoning on why you want to tag along? You don't exactly fit in to the environment, and your presence might… alter the situation." She asked.
"I just have a gut feeling. They tend to be right, I made the mistake of not listening to it once, it cost me dearly. I won't let that happen again." He responded vaguely.
Blake pondered what he said for a moment, her thoughts going to what he had said about her daughter. She then she asked, "did my father get in contact with you somehow?"
He didn't respond immediately, but that alone answered her question. "You're more observant than I give you credit for. But yes, he asked me to look out for you." Blake face shifted at the confirmation. That's why he came along the ride even though he thought this whole ordeal was a waste of time. At seeing Blake's expression shift, Van added "just a father waning to look out for his daughter, can you blame him?"
Blakes lips had been pressed to form a straight line, but one side tilted slightly upward. "I was going to have you come anyway," seeing Sun's confused face, she added, "the General won't have much confidence on a bunch of nineteen-year olds. They'll be hesitant in entrusting us with this kind of situation. Having someone like Van will help back us up, show them that they have others to rely on."
"Okay, I see your point. Sooo…tomorrow bright and early?"
"Yes," Blake answered quite hesitantly.
Wrapping everything up they all headed for some rest. And as the cat faunus ascended the stairs all that passed through her mind was, I just hope me running around in the daylight won't attract any unwanted attention. I need as much energy as possible to face the friend I failed.
RTX was the bomb! Loved it! Totally going next year! I cosplayed for the first time as Blake and met some great people like MurderofBirds (a youtube reactor that concentrates heavily on RWBY), some cosplayers like Kisses Cosplay who cosplayed as Yang and, get this. When I took a picture with her she asked be if I was into Bumbleby. When I said yes, she proceeded to sing me the song BMBLB. Best. Day. Ever.