A/N: People! Lots of announcements after the chapter most good news as well.

[...]

It was the day classes started at Beacon Academy. The early morning sun shone through the curtains of team RWBY's dorm. Three of the team members continued to slumber until a shrill sound blasted through everyone's ears.

"GAH!" Weiss cried out before jolting her body up and accidentally hitting her head hard on the bottom on Ruby's bed. She hissed in pain as she grabbed her head while crawling out of bed. "Ruby! Do you even know what time it is!? Also, where did you get another whistle!"

"Yeah Rubes, we kinda got rid of the last one." Yang said irritably as she remembered Blake using Gambol Shroud to slice up the last whistle, herself using Ember Celica to blow up the pieces and Weiss using Myrtenaster to burn what was left. Blake just groaned in her bed while trying to cover her entire head with her pillows.

"Come on Team! Today is the official first day of classes." Ruby said excitedly as she pulled out her scroll to show the class schedules. "First off we have Awakened studies at Nine. Oh! That's Teresa's class. Then we have Grimm studies at Ten. History at Eleven. We break for lunch at Noon. Extracurriculars at One. We are going to be choosing our own classes for that one. Combat 101 at Two. Science at Three. And Study Hall at Four."

"That sounds interesting," Weiss said holding back her rage "but I don't see why you had to wake us up this early in the morning!"

"Well, Yang does have a habit of taking an extra-long time cleaning her hair. It might take longer than usual today so I woke you guys up so we all can be able to use the shower before classes." Ruby explained.

"Fine, at least I…" Weiss was cut off by the sound of the bathroom door clicking shut. She looked around the room and noticed the blonde brawler was missing. "XIAO LONG!"

[...]

"Sounds like team RWBY's awake." Shade stated as he walked out of his team's bathroom wearing his new school uniform.

"I know it's time for everyone to get up and prepare for classes, but couldn't Weiss be a bit more quiet about it?" Petra asked as she grabbed her school uniform and a towel.

"I doubt it, but maybe her team will be able to prevent it from happening again." Rona said as she looked at her scroll. Both she and Hunter had taken turns using the shower and gotten dressed while Shade was out for his normal run.

"That may take a while." Hunter stated "It takes some time for some teams to get along. Other times it may not even happen at all."

"Where did you learn that?" Petra asked.

"From the guy who runs the military where my aunt works." Shade said answering Petra's question for Hunter. In all honesty, Shade was wondering what the Marshall was doing right now.

"Hopefully, it will be sooner rather than later. Scuse me." Petra said as she slipped past Shade and closed the bathroom door.

Shade's scroll beeped as a text appeared. He looked at the message and noticed that it was the team's class schedule. "Hey, guys. Class schedules are in." Shade announced.

"Anything good?" Petra's voice sounded through the door.

"If you count Awakened studies as our first-class then maybe," Shade responded. A loud thump was heard coming from the bathroom.

"Petra are you okay?" Hunter called out to his teammate.

"Yeah, I'm fine. The floor is a bit wet, that's all." She replied.

"If something worse happens let us know so we can send Rona in after you," Shade responded.

He turned back to the rest of his team and noticed Rona had stiffened up a bit. He knew what was going on. Both he and Hunter had training from the Jaeger program not to ever freeze up in any situation, but he doubted that either Rona or Petra had any of that kind of training. He just hoped that one of their classes would give them the skill. And maybe one day, no one would ever hear the word Awakened and be brought down by fear.

Shade cleared his throat to gain everyone's attention again. "Well, we also have a few other classes focused around Grimm and combat. Other than that, there are some usual school classes."

"Well, I doubt it will be as hard as the Academy." Hunter added.

"The only thing we have done that can compare how hard that place is when we did the initiation the day before. And that's without Banshee." Shade deadpanned.

"Yeah, if she was here we would have turned Rosemary into a paste." Hunter said while imagining Rosemary being blown up by Diamond Banshee's plasma cannon.

"What kind of semblance does she have that can do that sort of damage?" Rona asked.

Hunter burst out laughing while Shade tried to keep it within himself. After a few moments, Shade got his emotions under control enough to answer Rona's question.

"Actually, Banshee is not a person. She's a mech that my aunt built for me and Hunter." he explained.

"Oh." Rona simply said while trying to hide the embarrassment on her face.

"That's okay Rona. Everyone asks who Diamond Banshee is whenever we bring her up." Hunter said.

"Hopefully in the future, we can show her to both of you." Shade said.

"Yeah! I definitely want to see her if she could take out that Awakened with ease." Petra called out from the shower.

Hunter tried to hold back a grin that Rona seemed to notice.

"What's so funny?" she asked.

"Oh, I'm just imagining the looks you both will have when you see her." Hunter responded.

"By all means, Diamond Banshee and her brothers and sisters are not normal mechs." Shade explained, "They are literally in a league of their own."

"Really?"

"Yeah, but we are not going to say what they look like. That will ruin the surprise." Shade said ending the conversation.

About fifteen minutes later, Petra walked out of the bathroom wearing her new school uniform and they all headed to the cafeteria to grab some breakfast.

[...]

After breakfast, team SPHR entered their first class where they saw Weiss berating Yang for taking too long to finish her shower. Yang just ignored her. Shade noticed Teresa's claymore being held in a silver and gold weapon display case near her teacher's desk. As they all sat down, Teresa began her first lesson as a professor.

"Please take your seats so we may begin." Teresa said as the few students who were still standing took their respective seats. She surveyed the class, then turned and wrote 'Yoma and Awakened Beings' on the whiteboard. Teams RWBY, JNPR and SPHR tensed while the rest of the class looked on with nervousness after hearing about what had happened in the initiation. "In this class, I will tell you all about these creatures, their entire history, how to recognize one and how to kill them. I will not tolerate any disturbances in this class. Are there any questions?"

A hand raised in the middle-lower right row. "Yes miss NIkos?" Teresa asked.

"I was wondering, the woman that we… fought, she was an Awakened being? And why did she look so human-like until she turned into that monster?"

"Yes miss Nikos. That woman was known as Rosemary, and yes, she was an Awakened. To answer why she looked human, was the fact that she once was human."

Murmurs sounded from the class at this information. A human that can turn into a monster? Some of the more racist students were angered by this, considering that they were living with not only Faunus but these things as well.

Another hand was raised. "Yes miss Belladonna?

"Professor, how can we tell if one is a Yoma or an Awakened, and how do we tell them apart from regular humans and Faunus?" Blake asked, hiding her suspicions and fear for the new professor.

"The difference is largely relevant as you can see." Teresa turned and drew a common Yoma on the board. Teresa wasn't a bit surprised she could draw so well. Her family taught her some art skills before they died and she became a claymore. She would often draw in the dirt or sand while resting between missions. "A Yoma is normally seen as a normal person. However, they will change when they are about to feast. Usually on unwary people, more commonly families. They can consume a loved one then disguise themselves as that person. If given the chance they will kill." as she finished drawing, the students saw a detailed sketch of a common Yoma. it was no different than a regular human or faunus but the eyes, ears, and teeth were a lot different. The body looked a bit distorted as well with longer arms and legs. The torso had a bit more muscle than there should be.

Shocked looks from the students appeared on their faces as they looked at the sketch. Many thoughts ran through their minds. Team CRDL, on the other hand, scoffed at this.

"Well teach. If they can disguise themselves, how can we know?"

"That is where I come in, mister Winchester. Here I will train all of you to know and how to fight them." Teresa announced it to the class. "A fair warning though. Unlike the Grimm, they do have an aura, and thus they have a soul." as she said this, shocked and angered cries sounded around the class.

"Enough!" Teresa shouted.

"What! Hell No! There's no way those things have souls!" a student called out followed by many affirmatives from a few others.

"If that would be all, I will explain why." Teresa turned and drew tears flowing down the face of the Yoma. "When a Yoma consumes a person to disguise as them, they consume the mind and take over the body of that person. By doing so they access to the aura of the body and soul that is not their own, though fortunately, they will not have access to the victim's semblance. When this happens the Yoma corrupts the body enough for transformation so they have to change bodies quite a few times. But inside the soul still fights. There have been many reports and my own eyes have seen that when a Yoma attacks and kills a family of their host. The host's souls make the Yoma release tears in a way of asking forgiveness. Most Yoma notice this and use it to taunt living loved ones."

The entire class fell silent.

Teresa turned back to the board and began drawing Rosemary's awakened form. "Awakened Beings are on a different scale altogether. They are more reclusive and rarer than Yoma, as you all have seen a few days ago that woman was one of them. They are resistant to most conventional means of firepower, and as such, it is wise not to fight them alone unless you can gage their power and have experience with taking down one yourself. Still, it would be foolish."

"Awakened Beings have a more different form. Each one is different from the last. While one can look like any creature you wish would not exist," Teresa said pointing at the sketch of Rosemary's Awakened form. "There are others that can look more humanoid in appearance." Teresa drew a rough sketch of Priscilla's Awakened form that she remembered before arriving in the void. After she finished she pointed directly at it and the tone in her voice turned very cold. "This one here is still alive, and if you ever see it, pray she hasn't caught your scent. if she has, and if you don't have a teleportation semblance, she will kill you before you have time to realize it. She is known as Priscilla, and holds the title of strongest and deadliest Awakened of them all."

The entire class fell deathly silent. Just one look at the sketch of Priscilla's Awakened form felt like death itself was grasping onto their souls. One student managed to get a few words out to ask a single and most important question.

"H…how d...does one detect them?"

"You feel an energy that is produced by them. The name for it is called Yoki."

"Yoki?" a third student asked.

"Yoki is, for a better term, a corrupted version of Aura," Teresa explained. "It cannot protect the user, but it can grant strength at an extremely terrible cost. Besides Yoma and Awakened Beings, what other creatures produce Yoki from their bodies?"

"The Grimm?" a random faunus student asked.

"That is correct. Like Yoma and Awakened Beings, Grimm produce yoki from their bodies. This can be beneficial and harmful in its own ways. Now, who here can tell me what those are exactly?"

"One way I see it is that the more Yoki a Grimm has the stronger they are." Petra answered.

"That is correct miss Brown. Can anyone tell me the positives of this is?"

The whole class fell silent as no one could come up with an answer. Ruby and Yang stayed silent even though they believed they knew the answer. Then Blake raised her hand.

"Yes miss Belladonna?"

"It makes Grimm visible to those who can sense Yoki." Blake answered.

"That is correct. Those that can sense Yoki in Grimm, Yoma, and Awakened Beings have a greater chance of survival. Yoki has a way of revealing itself in one form or another. Those that can normally sense it can feel attacks coming their way and how many opponents they are facing. Then there are those who have the acute Yoki sensing ability." Teresa explained.

"What do you mean by that professor Silver?" Ren asked.

"Those who have the acute sensing ability can read the energy in their opponents and will be able to dodge most attacks before they even happen."

Team CRDL scoffed at this. "Yeah right, there is no way anyone could do any of that." Cardin laughed.

"Believe it or not, Mister Winchester, right now in this very room, there are two people who can sense Yoki."

"Who are they then?" Cardin challenged.

"Myself for one can sense Yoki and I have trained this skill for a long time. I have relied upon it for most of my life, as my Aura had been sealed until recently. And yes, I have trained this skill to the point where I have the acute sensing ability."

"Who is the other person?" Nora asked looking at everyone in the class trying to find the person first.

"Umm, that would be me." Ruby said meekly raising her hand up a bit.

Nora's eyes went wide in surprise. "That explains so~ much." she said holding the sides of her head.

Teresa chuckled softly at this.

"Now, those who will have this talent usually learn it in their early to mid-teens." Teresa continued. "Is there anyone here that knows of any others who has this ability?"

Blake slowly raised her hand. "I have a family member who can sense Yoki in Grimm."

"And who in your family has that skill?" Teresa asked.

"My younger brother." Blake responded.

"And how would you rate his ability from what you know?"

"Very sensitive to it."

Teresa nodded then turned back to the rest of the class. "Now would anyone else like to add in their own knowledge or opinions about this?"

"This class is complete and utter crap," Dove said with the rest of his team agreeing with him. "Where's the proof that someone can do any of that?"

Half of the entire class stared at team CRDL with a few of them giving them disappointing looks or just outright glared at them.

Teresa remembered professor Goodwitch's warning about troublemakers with new teachers. But she didn't expect it to be this soon. She thought for a moment and decided a bit of humility would be the best form of punishment. That and report them to professor Goodwitch that they may be a future problem.

"Team CRDL, I believe you want proof to go with this lesson. Am I correct?"

All four of them nodded confidently with smug looks on their faces.

"This is going to be good." Yang whispered to her team.

Teresa pulled up the class projector and dimmed the lights to the classroom. She was glad that the day before, Ozpin had shown her how to use the entire classroom to teach her lessons.

"This was recording was taken one week ago. Miss Rose, before you ask, yes it is that recording. This was three months of training after discovering the ability to sense Yoki in Grimm."

Teresa pulled up a video and pressed play. It was a recording of Ruby's final test that Teresa gave her before Beacon. The entire class watched as the video showed Ruby take down the entire pack of Beowolves without her sight and hearing. Only relying on her new sixth sense.

Ruby watched carefully as she watched herself take out the pack trying to figure out what she did wrong and what she could improve upon. Near the end of the video she noticed that when she was about to shoot the last Beowolf, it had noticed her take aim and tried to move out of the way. Ruby adjusted her aim and tracked it for a few seconds before shooting it in the arm. When she got close it tried to move its head out of the way and again Ruby adjusted her aim, tracking the Beowolf's movement and then killing it with the final shot. After that, the video ended and everyone except Yang, Shade, and Hunter stared in shock at Ruby.

Teresa cleared her throat to gather everyone's attention.

"As you can see, Miss Rose here relied on only her new sixth sense as her hearing and sight were completely sealed up. Even making minor to major adjustments to make sure she could defeat the Grimm despite the handicap," she explained. "Are there any more questions?"

A hand rose amongst the student. "Yes, Miss Ebony?"

"How are we able to find out if a Yoma or Awakened is in the area if we can't sense Yoki?" Rona asked.

Teresa sighed for a moment then continued her lesson. "Normally if you can't detect Yoki, there are only two other known ways to find out if there is a Yoma or Awakened in an area. The first is usually found out by accident. When either a Yoma or Awakened gets injured and starts to bleed, they will try to hide the fact their blood is not the normal crimson in color but a deep amethyst purple. If they are trying to hide the color of their blood and look normally healthy in any way else, most of the time they will be a Yoma or an Awakened in disguise. The other way is to know the telltale signs that always gives them away."

"Telltale signs?" Weiss asked.

"We will use a normal sized village for an example. Anything bigger will make it harder to see the signs." Teresa explained. "If a villager is suddenly found dead with their body mauled by what looks like a Grimm attack, then it would be just a normal Grimm unless the person's entire organs were consumed and the rest was just left. That's when you can start looking for a Yoma. If a second body turns up in a similar state to the first, then that's when you start checking others. This will always happen until the Yoma or Awakened is killed. Once it feasts, it will feast again. Another telltale sign is when someone's normal healthy appetite suddenly stops out of nowhere and the bodies start appearing. An Awakened or a Yoma won't normally eat regular food and will at periods stop eating altogether while in disguise."

A few of the students muttered to each other while Teresa let the information sink in. After a few moments she began again.

"There are a few ways to flush a Yoma or Awakened out. The first method has not been used for some time and I would rather that no one here ever does so. The method is to gather a family and board them up in a home for three days."

"But that's…"

"Yes Miss Rose, doing this would sacrifice a family or two. But this method has been abandoned long ago for the results have caused more harm than good. For instance, the Yoma could kill the entire family. There can be survivors, but they will be either injured and bleed to death or be treated as they were a Yoma themselves. Causing said survivors to be either killed or to be thrown out into the wilderness with no means of survival. Most times this happens to children of the sacrificed families."

"Why would anyone do that?" a student asked.

"Mostly out of fear and lack of knowledge." Teresa said sadly then remained quiet for a few moments.

"Is there something wrong professor?" Weiss asked.

"I'm sorry. I was remembering an unpleasant memory from my childhood. Now, after that method was abandoned, the second way to find a Yoma in hiding is for everyone in a village to have a small sample of their own blood to be drawn. For this to work, it must be held in public and no one can be absent. Those that fail this test are a Yoma and the town will kill them on the spot. As I have mentioned before, Yoma and Awakened beings can't hide or change their true blood color. Any questions?"

A few students asked a few questions here and there. As the class came to a close, Teresa finished her lesson by explaining the different types of Yoma and her theory that Faunus could be able to sense Awakened beings due to their natural instincts are greater than an average humans.

[...]

The next class was not as eventful as either Shade or Hunter had hoped. Most of the first year students that were in Teresa's first class had Grimm studies next and the teacher, professor Port, was simply rambling on about his heroic acts as a young man.

"...despite smelling of cabbages…" Shade only caught bits and pieces of the lecture, most of his attention was spent trying to find the logic in the weapon mounted on the wall.

A blunderbuss ax?! How does one aim with that thing?! Shade thought.

His train of thought was suddenly interrupted when Weiss shouted, "I Do Sir!"

"What just happened? Shade asked.

He turned to see Hunter asleep on his desk.

"I'll figure it out later." Shade said to himself as he watched Weiss leave to change into her combat attire and retrieve her weapon. A few minutes later Weiss returned ready for a fight.

"How did he get that thing in here?!" Hunter asked as he apparently woke up while Weiss was changing.

Shade looked to the left side of the class to see a cage of some kind. "Ok, what?!"

"Oh! It's a Boarbatusk." Ruby said gleefully. "Weiss! Go for its belly, there's no armor-"

"Stop telling me what to do and let me concentrate!" Weiss snapped.

Ouch. Shade thought. Granted he had argued with Hunter if he ever interfered with his training program or tried to mess with their Jaeger, but Weiss was just being rude!

Before anything else could happen, professor Port grabbed his blunderbuss ax and hacked off the lock to the cage. A Boarbatusk slammed into the door and rushed out towards Weiss, only for her to fend it off. After a few minutes of fighting, with Weiss yelling at Ruby even as she was trying to give her decent advice and encouragement, she finally stabbed the Boarbatusk in the belly and killed it.

"Haha! Well done miss Schnee. Well class, it seems we are indeed in the presence of a true huntress in training." professor Port stated.

[...]

History was next, and it was being taught by Dr. Oobleck, who was talking so fast that barely anyone could even understand him.

"Asyoucanseestudentshistoryisextremelyimportantinoursosciety! Any questions?" he asked as he took a sip from his thermos

Hunter slowly raised his hand.

"Yes! Mr. Green! What do you ask?"

What kind of coffee are you drinking?"

The room was dead silent.

"Decaffeinated. Moving on!"

[...]

After history class was over everyone gathered in the cafeteria to grab their lunch and discussed the day so far and wondered what their future classes are going to be like.

"So Ruby have you decided on what your extra curricular class is going to be?" Shade asked.

"Some sort of engineering class," Ruby said. "I have a bit of a quirk when it comes to designing and making weapons."

"Well I want to see if they have any culinary courses here." Hunter said as he finished off his lunch.

"Ooh! We should do that too Ren!" Nora said excitedly.

Ren simply smiled and nodded.

"That sounds interesting, I might join you guys as well," Yang added. "What about you Shade?"

"I was thinking of some sort of literary class."

"Mind if I join you?" Blake asked.

"Not at all."

"Hey Weiss? What class are you taking?" Ruby asked.

"I'm going to be in the Beacon choir. Knowing how good I am, I know their going to give me a lead singing role." Weiss said confidently with a smug grin on her face. Shade noticed the grin and for some reason it irritated him a lot.

"Jaune? Pyrrha? What are you two going to choose?" Yang asked.

"Well umm… I was thinking of taking some parenting classes." Pyrrha said a bit embarrassed.

"Oh? Come on! Tell us why you're taking that class! Do you have some secret love child we don't know about?" Nora feverishly asked her teammate.

About half the group did a spit take while Ren just facepalmed.

"Nora!? Seriously!?" Yang asked.

"I could think of a hundred reasons to take that class and that was not one of them." Blake responded.

"Actually, I want to retire from my celebrity status when I graduate. Because of that I developed very few life skills and I don't want that to hold me back when I plan on raising a family in the future." Pyrrha calmly tried to explain as she covered her face with her hands.

"Ohh," Ruby said.

"I think I'll join you Pyrrha." Jaune said as he placed his hand on her shoulder trying to help her ease out of her embarrassment.

After a few moments, Pyrrha finally calmed down and faced Rona and Petra. "So, what classes are you two taking?"

"I was thinking of joining Ruby in an engineering class." Petra responded. "It's good to have a skill if I'm forced to take an early retirement from being a Huntress."

"I was thinking of some sort of arts and crafts class but I'm not entirely sure." Rona said as she finished her lunch.

A few moments later the bell rang and everyone separated to head to their classes.

[...]

An hour later they all met back up in professor Goodwitch's class and things were going a bit differently.

Yang and Petra were selected to face each other in a one on one match and they seemed to be enjoying themselves.

Petra activated her semblance and slammed her fist into Yang's abdomen, sending her flying back a few feet. When Yang landed, she had a grin on her face as her own semblance activated. Yang's changed from their normal lilac color to a deep crimson and her hair ignited with flame like aura. Yang reached back and fired Ember Celica, launching herself forward. She slammed her fist into Petra's stomach and sent her flying into the back wall. When Petra landed her Aura dropped into the red.

"Peta Brown's aura has entered the red zone, Yang Xaio Long takes the match." professor Goodwitch announced.

Yang walked over and helped Petra off the ground.

"Not bad. You almost had me there." Yang said with a smile.

"Not bad yourself," Petra said with a smirk as she dusted herself off.

After that they shook hands and walked back to their teams.

"Good job Petra, you almost had her." Hunter complimented.

"Thanks, you're right, I almost beat her at the end but…" she paused "She just seemed to get stronger with that last hit."

"That may be due to her semblance," Hunter stated "kinetic energy absorption and transfer. The harder you hit, the harder she hits back."

"How did you know that?" Petra asked.

"That's… kind of a long story." Hunter said avoiding the question.

"Did you two… date?" Petra asked with a smirk on her face.

"What?! No!" Hunter exclaimed.

"I can back him up on that one, him and Yang were never a thing." Shade said. "She's too good for him"

"Thanks buddy." Hunter said feeling a bit dejected.

Shade let out a bit of a chuckle.

[...]

After classes were over, Shade was walking down one of the many halls in Beacon when he noticed Weiss walking towards one of the balconies outside.

"Hey Weiss! Wait up!" He shouted trying to get her attention.

She turned to see Shade catching up to her.

"Hello Shade, what do you want?" she asked.

"I was wondering, why were you yelling at Ruby durring professor Port's class?" he asked.

"Why do you care? You don't look like you're related to her." Weiss stated.

"True enough, but she, Yang, their dad, and professor Silver helped me and my partner out when we didn't know where else to turn," he said. He wasn't lying, the four of them had helped them both out.

"What could have been so bad that you didn't have anywhere else to turn?" she asked skeptically.

"Well, when you wake up on the beach with no aura, enough wounds to kill someone and your still alive…" he trailed off realizing he was treading into dangerous territory.

Weiss blinked as she processed the information. Had her leader really helped someone from the brink of death?

"Look, don't get me wrong, Ruby is anything but mature, but you should still show some respect." Shade said.

"I still don't get why I wasn't considered an option as the team leader instead of her." Weiss stated.

"Well, I can think of multiple reasons, for one your team name wouldn't make any sense if it was spelled W-R-B-Y would it?" he asked. "Another reason is the plan she came up with during the initiation and delivered the final blow to that Awakened. And then, from what I've seen, your a spoiled brat who's gotten everything she's ever wanted, without fail, until now."

Weiss blinked, again, before going slack-jawed, "That's not at all true!... Mostly…" She trailed off.

"Look, I don't know what it was like for you. But I never had it easy, my parents died when I was five and I was raised by my adoptive aunt." he said "Being the leader isn't easy, and I doubt Ruby knows what she's doing. I know someone who was a leader in the military and he hates his job, but he has to do it."

In all honesty, Shade was wondering what everyone back on earth was doing now.

"I may not seem like it, but I might have grown up to be like you had my parents not died when I was so young." he said "My point is, the biggest reason Ozpin didn't make you leader was so that you could be humbled, you have no idea what it's like to follow."

The two of them stood there quietly for several seconds before Weiss finally spoke up.

"How are you so good at this?" she asked.

"At what?" Shade asked back.

"You just single handedly convinced me to put trust into an immature dolt, while at the same time made it make sense," she stated, "and I still have one other question."

"And that would be?"

"Why are you defending Ruby? Granted you said she saved your life, but the way you defended her seems like you know her more personally than that," she asked.

Shade paused, He had no idea why he was defending her. She wasn't even on his team and they only knew each other for a few weeks.

"I don't know," he answered.

"Hm… I suppose that's a fair answer." Weiss said.

"Just like that? You're just going to accept my answer like that?" he asked.

"Well, I am going to try and get the other end of the story." she stated before walking off.

Shade sighed as he looked passed the balcony towards the center of Beacon.

I wonder what other surprises this year will bring. He thought.

[...]

Meanwhile, in the land of Lautrec, A young claymore faced her handler. As she pulled out a Black Card and handed it to him.

"Please give this to her and only her. She's the only one who can do it." the woman said with sorrow in her voice.

"Very well." Rubel said holding the Black card "where do you want her to meet you?"

"Mount Shire. That is where I will meet her." the young woman said.

Rubel nodded and turned to leave. "Try to hold on till she gets there." he said before disappearing into the woods.

The young woman turned and headed towards her final destination unknowingly that her future was about to change forever.

[...]

A/N: Ok ok. I know that I'm late with this chapter but multiple things have distracted me as of late. A lot of good stuff.

First off I will say this. Earlier this month the doctors officially ruled that I am now in remission after 19 months and 1 day after being diagnosed with leukemia. Which i'm happy about.

Second, on runescape they announced the upcoming new skill archaeology and i've been trying to max my skills before the new skill is released in january. Very close as well.

On another game im playing right now, Ark survival evolved, the Halloween event is live and lots of stuff is happening there.

Lastly, with this new chapter, the part where LordMesirix's story has stopped and he has yet to continue his story, so from this point forward all parts involving elements from the claymore universe are all my own design and again special THANK YOU to LordMesirix for allowing me to use his story in my own and having it start off this timeline.

Also the next two chapters are of my own design and after that the third crossover will finally appear in the story.

Looking forward to writing this next part. Hope you all enjoyed.

BN: Did a bunch of editing and grammar clean up. A lot of this chapter brings me back to when I was writing JAG, and I'm happy to keep working on this one!