XICR Dorm, afternoon

The members of Team XICR had...strange hobbies to say the least. For example, Dominic and Gregory were currently playing a board game they called "Skystones". They found out about the game years ago and played on weekends at 8:30 like clockwork.

"Hood Sickle." Gregory said smugly as he placed his Stone. Right now, the score was D:3/G:4.

Dominic chuckled a bit as he placed his own Stone. "Blaster-Tron." he said with a smile as he won.

Gregory just stared at the board with disbelief as his fists started to gather frost. "You dirty HACKER!" Gregory yelled as he summoned Cocytus and swung it at Dominic's neck.

"Dominic, where do we keep the-" Ivy asked as she came through the door. Unfortunately for her, she came just as Gregory decapitated his brother. "AHHH!" she shrieked.

"Uh, would anyone mind helping me?" Dominic's dismembered head asked, scaring Ivy even further. "Fine, I'll do it myself." Dominic's head said as his body stood up and reattached it. After cracking his neck a few times, he finally regained feeling.

"What the hell was that?" Ivy asked, knees shaking.

Dominic and Gregory exchanged nervous glances before Dominic gave the lie they both agreed on. "You're hallucinating."

"Don't play coy with me, I know what I saw! The only thing I can think of that could grant you that kind of durability is...is..." Ivy saw it with her own eyes, but still couldn't believe it.

"Magic." Connor said as he walked through the door from behind Ivy.

"You have to be joking, right?" Ivy asked. But when she looked at their faces, there was no trace of deceit to be seen. "You...you're telling the truth." Ivy said, still in shock.

"Close the door, and we'll tell you everything." Dominic said, prompting Ivy to close the door. "It's probably best to start from the very beginning. Are you familiar with the concept of Elements?"

"Yeah. Earth, Air, Fire, etc." Ivy listed.

"Based on what I've seen, every person has an Elemental affinity of some sort. For example, mine is Fire, Gregory's is Water, and Connor's is Dark. However, a select few can harness their Element to perform extraordinary feats with or without Dust." Dominic explained. "But so far, the only people that have accomplished this are standing in front of you."

"Do your families know?" Ivy asked.

"I entrusted the secret to my family, but I'm not sure about Connor." Dominic said, turning to his partner.

"Only Weiss is aware of my abilities. She wouldn't tell our family even if her life was in danger." Connor said, eyes glowing a faint green when he said that.

"Huh. And here I thought only Maidens could use Magic." Ivy said before covering her mouth. 'CRAP!'

"Well, they may be able to use the Elements as well, but they lack the power and control we have." Gregory said, summoning a ball of water in his hand before freezing and shattering it.

'Wait, what?' Ivy thought as her brain tried to understand what Gregory just said.

"Welp, guess now's a good a time as any. We know about the Maidens as well." Dominic said, shocking Ivy.

"How?" Ivy asked. "How do you know about them? From what I was told, only people that were in charge of the Kingdoms knew."

"You're correct. Many years ago, our mother worked as Ozpin's most trusted soldier. Once me and Gregory started using Magic, she explained everything to us. Afterwards, I told Connor and he told Weiss." Dominic explained.

"Amazing." Ivy said, starstruck.

"Indeed." Dominic said, lighting a small flame in his palm.

Vale Outskirts, several nights ago

The sound of a train's engine rippled through the city, even though nobody could hear it. From one of the cabins, a man in a red suit exited.

"So, this is Vale?" the man asked himself. "Should be relatively easy for me to bring the White Fang down. Only thing that I need to do now is find them." The man walked through the city, looking for any hint of criminality. After a few hours of walking, he came across a warehouse with an evil Aura coming off it. 'No doubt the person he wanted me to find is in there.'

When the man opened the door, Roman looked behind him to see nothing but an open door. "Okay, what wise guy thought it'd be funny to prank me!?" Torchwick yelled.

"You should put more trust in your own minions."

Roman flinched as the man in the red suit spoke. Turning around, he finally saw him. With his red tuxedo, he also wore a gray fedora and black shoes. His skin was a pale pink and he had black eyes with green scleras. Finally, he had a black mustache and green hair.

"Who the hell are you?" Roman asked. Looking around, he saw that Neo was preparing an attack with her parasol.

"You can call me The Ghoulfather. I've been instructed to assist you with your endeavor. And don't bother having your pink little subordinate attack me, my powers render me invincible to her attacks." Ghoulfather said, shocking both Roman and Neo. Nobody had ever seen past her Semblance before.

'Whoever this guy is, it's clear he has some kind of Foresight Semblance. Otherwise, it'd be impossible for him to see Neo.' Torchwick went over in his head.

"So, will you allow me to join you? I promise I can grant you more than enough manpower to do whatever you're planning." Ghoulfather baited while holding out a gloved hand. Roman tried to activate Melodic Cudgel, but found himself unable to. It was like there were invisible arms holding him back. And the emerald gaze of The Ghoulfather became more hypnotic by the second.

That night, The Ghoulfamily infiltrated the White Fang.

The Ghoulfather

Age: Unknown

Gender: Male

Species: Faunus?

Powers: Indoctrination

Element: Magic

Battle Class: Quickshot

Neopolitan

Age: Unknown

Gender: Female

Species: Human

Semblance: Illusion

Element: Magic

Battle Class: Knight