A/N: Time skip again to the White Fang Incident Part 1. Here... Let's just say there are a lot of dark moments, especially at the end. So then, enjoy.

More time had passed since the incident in Forever Fall. Natalie got a new mask to replace the one Yang destroyed and Team CRDL finally learned their lesson and never bullied anyone else again. At least, RDL tried to. Cardin was even more pissed off that he was ridiculed again and tried to take his anger out of faunus, only to be seen by Natalie and was even more ridiculed. Even though the teachers were there to see her practically torture him, Natalie didn't care if she had gotten into trouble. Especially since she never wanted to be in Beacon.

As a way to cool her head, Ozpin allowed Natalie to be off of campus for a a while. The secret-faunus was extremely happy to hear that she could go back to the city and away from the students.

'I wonder what happened here while I was gone,' she thought, as she traveled around the city from roof to roof. She saw everyone was preparing themselves for the upcoming Vytal Festival. Watching them prepare reminded her of the times when she would help prepare for festivals back home... before that day happened. As she looked at the crowd below her, she saw Team RWBY walking through Vale. Watching them caused her to be suspicious, especially since she knew that one of them is a White Fang member. Taking this one chance to find out where the group would be, she followed them from the shadows.

Of what she knew so far, Ruby and Weiss couldn't be members of the White Fang. When she... 'interacted' with Ruby the other day, she didn't smell anything that even defines her as a faunus, so she couldn't be a White Fang member, since they were all Faunus. As for Weiss, she's a Schnee; her family was one of the reason the White Fang was created, so she couldn't be a part of their group. That just left her with Blake and Yang.

She followed the group to the docks. From where she was, she couldn't hear their conversation and was about to shortened her distance from them, when she saw a Dust Shop have yellow tapes blocking the door, as well as having some shattered windows.

'A robbery? From who?' she wondered. Natalie saw Team RWBY approaching the crime scene and hid back in the shadows. Luckily for her, the group was close enough for her to hear their conversation.

"What happened here?" she heard Ruby asked a detective.

"Robbery. Second Dust Shop to hit this week," he answered.

'Second?! This was the second robbery? By who?' she wondered.

"They left all the money again," said another detective.

"Yeah. Just doesn't make a lick of sense. Who needs that much Dust?" asked detective 1.

'Dust?' Natalie then wondered.

"You thinking the White Fang?"

"I'm thinking we don't get paid enough."

The moment she heard the White Fang, Natalie's anger for them instantly came. Her left arm tightly gripped the trash can next to her and left a grip mark on it.

'The White Fang...' she mentally sneered. 'Once I find your spy, you will beg for mercy. Especially you, Adam Taurus. Your head... will be mine!' Natalie then looked up with a slight look of realization and confusion. 'Wait a second. Why would they want so much Dust? That doesn't sound like something they would do. Not unless if...' Her eyes widened in shock. 'They couldn't be! Are they planning on building a deadly weapon?! One that would destroy all of mankind, leaving only themselves?! Not on my watch!' She looked back to where Team RWBY was suppose to be, only to see them gone. 'Where'd they go?!'

"Quick we have to observe him!" she heard Weiss's voice. She looked and saw the group following someone. She jumped to the rooftops and saw the two detectives chasing after a monkey-tailed faunus. Seeing them chase him instantly made her assume he was a White Fang member and chased after him. Her semblance may not be speed, but that doesn't mean she wouldn't be able to catch up to him. Especially not when she knew Vale like the back of her hand.

Unknown to her, another Faunus jumped off the ship. He was a young man with tanned skin and short, denim-blue hair, with rabbit ears on top that arc backwards a bit. He has a physique similar to that of the monkey Faunus being chased, but he wore a blue, v-neck long-sleeved shirt, with a brown leather strap going diagonally across his chest from the right shoulder, with a leafy design on it. He had extra cartridges of ammo were attached to his belt at the bottom. He had black leather pants that were slightly ripped in parts, a blue cloth belt wrapped around at the waist, and brown sports boots with leather string knots.

"Thanks for the lift, guys!" he thanked as he tossed a pouch to the sailors.

"No problem!" one of them called back.

"You be careful!" another called.

"Thanks!" The young man turned and saw Natalie jump off the roof she was on. "Huh? Don't I know that guy?"

Natalie was reading the Faunus' movements so easily. She kept a close eye on his every move and predicted his next destination.

'You're mine now,' she thought as jumped off the rooftop into an alley. On cue, the Monkey Faunus appeared and Natalie slammed his head onto the ground as they skidded to a stop.

"So you're a White Fang member," she spoke through her voice changer. She took out her sword and picked up the boy's head, placing the blade under his neck. "I have some questions for you. Depending on how you answer them, I might let you live."

"W-Wait a second! What are you talking about?! You must've mistaken me for someone else!" the Faunus tried to defend, only to feel the cold blade on his neck, showing that Natalie was serious.

"Don't try to lie your way out of this! Now tell me, White Fang, where is your hideout?! Why are you collecting so many Dust?! And where is Adam Taurus?!"

"Whoa, wait a second! You definitely got the wrong idea! Sure I'm a Faunus, but I'm not a White Fang member! I swear!"

"Hey! Drop your weapon!" Natalie heard from behind. She looked back and saw the two detectives from earlier pointing their guns at her.

"That should be my line. Can't you see I'm trying to gather information here?" she questioned.

"Information? On what?" one of the two detectives asked.

Not wanting to waste anymore time, Natalie kicked a trash can and had it hit the wall, which in turn blocked the two's view of the two Faunus. Natalie gave another hard kick on both it and the cover and knocked both men out. She looked back down on the Monkey Faunus.

"Now... Answer my question. Or was there another reason why you were chased by the police?"

The Faunus was sweating uncontrollably in great fear and explained, "I-I may have stowed away on a ship to get here... After that I dropped a banana peel on one of those two detectives' face and to punish me for that they tried to catch me. That is all, I swear."

Natalie tightened her grip on her weapon. "Is that the truth?" she asked.

"It is! I swear!"

She looked deep into his eyes and saw nothing but truth in them. Enraged that she had wasted her time on an innocent, yet foolish Faunus, she removed her sword from its spot and raised it high into the air. The Monkey Faunus below her instantly screamed in more fear.

"WAIT! I promise I won't steal anymore, I swear! I promise! I also won't stow on another ship! I'll be a purely good person form here on out, really! MERCY!" Natalie brought her blade down, and missed the boy's head by mere centimeters.

"What's your name, boy?" she asked.

"S-Sun Wukong..." he managed to answer.

"Let this be a warning: I find out you said nothing but lies, I will have you experience hell myself." She took her sword out from the ground it was deeply lodged into and sheathed it, releasing the boy as she did so. Natalie jumped back to the rooftops and ran away from the scene.

After she made her escape, she returned to Beacon and just trained herself for the rest of the day in Emerald Forest, just to get her mind off of what had happened.

'I can't believe I almost killed an innocent,' she thought as she avoided bullets from the armed dummies. 'No, he wasn't really innocent. Though he never killed, he is still a criminal. Stowing away on a ship, making fools out of detectives. I have a feeling that he also stole once in a while.' Once she got close enough to one of the dummies, she sliced it in half and destroyed it. As soon as she heard more gunshots, she spun her sword to deflect them all and ran closer to the rest of the dummies. 'And not only that. I also wasted my time. ON A FOOL!' She cut through all of them and destroyed each and every one of them.

She panted heavily at the intensity of her training and looked at the time. "It's already this late. I should head back to my quarters then." Natalie walked back to her dorm.

As she walked, she saw Blake running from the corner of her eyes. Curiosity and a bit of worried overtook her and she found herself following her.

'Why am I following her? Although, her scent... Is it possible?' she thought.

The two stopped in the front of the statue of an armored man with a sword and a hooded woman with an axe. Below them was a defeated Beowolf. Blake raised both her arms and removed her bow. Hidden within them, much to Natalie's shock, were a pair of cat ears.

'She's-!' Instantly her anger for a certain group rose as she attempted to attack the revealed Cat Faunus, only to be stopped in her place. She sniffed the air and looked to an unexpected guest. Before she could say anything, the guest covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief. As soon as she took a breath through it, she was starting to get drowsy and her vision blurred a bit.

"Glyn...da..." she managed to speak before passing out.

When Natalie came to, the first thing she saw was the ceiling of the hospital room. Memories of what happened last night came back to her and she jumped out of bed. Or at least tried to. She looked down and saw her mechanical limbs detached from her body while her remaining limbs were strapped down on the bed. Her cloak was also removed and she was in her tanktop and shorts. Seeing herself in the situation she was in made her furious as she struggled to get herself out of the situation she was in. Without her mechanical limbs or her weapons, it was quite difficult to escape.

"I see you're awake," came Ozpin's voice.

Natalie turned to see him walking into the room. Leaning against the doorway were her cloak and mechanical limbs.

"Ozpin! What's the meaning of this?!" she demanded. "Let me go! That White Fang spy is my only way of finding Adam! For you to let her get away, you're practically betraying me!"

"I'm not betraying you," he calmly corrected.

"Then tell me why you're letting Belladonna get away!"

"Because she's not a White Fang member!" Ozpin shouted back. To hear his voice raised surprised Natalie and kept silent. "At least, not anymore. She left the group and became a free person. She no longer has any connection with the White Fang."

"How do you know? For all we know, she may have been lying!"

"Natalie. I know when someone is lying or telling the truth. You know that."

Natalie looked down in thought. Ozpin did know when someone was lying or speaking the truth. And likewise, he knew potential when he saw one. An example of that would be with Jaune. He knew from the beginning that his transcripts were all fake, but he didn't call him out and kept him in school, simply because he knew he would be a great Huntsman.

"As true as you are, there's one thing you're wrong about," she spoke.

"And what's that?" Ozpin asked.

Rather than answering, Natalie just ripped her bound arm and leg out of their place, ripping away part of the straps along with them. Seeing this shocked Ozpin.

"I didn't just train myself to be strong in combat." Natalie went for a kick at Ozpin, who blocked it with his cane. He didn't know that she expected him to block and just jumped over him, using his cane as support. She quickly attached her limbs in place, grabbed her cloak and ran out the halls.

As she ran, Ozpin just watched her and sighed in disappointment.

"Nathan. How can I bring your sister back to her normal self?" he questioned.

After she snuck onto a bullhead, undetected and unseen by anyone, Natalie was treating the fresh wounds she got from her escape trick.

"I need to steel my body more," she muttered as she wrapped bandages around her right wrist and left ankle. "I used too much aura for that little trick." As she waits for the ride to land, she polished her blade and thought back to what Ozpin had told her about Blake. Despite what he said, she still has her suspicions about Blake, especially after her experience against the White Fang. But...

'I'll only kill her, if she truly is a member,' she vowed. 'If she proved to still be one of them, I'll end her life.' She sheathed her weapon as she felt the bullhead descending.

"I really wonder where she is though," came a voice familiar to her.

"Me too, Rubes," came another familiar voice.

Natalie looked and saw Team RWY in the bullhead with her.

"Why even bother worrying about her?" Weiss asked.

"Because Weiss, like it or not, Blake's our friend and teammate," Ruby replied.

'Do they know? No, they couldn't have,' Natalie thought. 'If they did, Weiss and Blake would've been distant from the start.'

After getting off the bullhead, instead of interacting with Team RWY about their missing teammate, Natalie went to search for the Faunus alone. Being a wolf Faunus, she knew her scent and followed her nose. She found herself at a cafe and, with Blake, she also smelled the monkey Faunus from the other day.

"I was once a member of the White Fang," she heard Blake confessed.

'What?!'

She heard Sun choked on whatever he was drinking as he then asked, "Wait a minute, you were a member of the White Fang?!"

"That's right. I was a member for most of my life, actually. You could almost say I was born into it," Blake said. "Back then, things were different. In the ashes of war, the White Fang was meant to be a symbol of peace and unity between Humans and the Faunus. Of course, despite being promised equality, the Faunus were subjected to discrimination and hate. Humanity still thought of us as lesser beings. And so, the White Fang rose up as the voice of our people. And I was there. I was at the front of every rally. I took part in every boycott. I actually thought we were making a difference. But I was just a youthful optimist. Then, five years ago, our leader stepped down, and a new one took his place. A new leader, with a new way of thinking. Suddenly, our peaceful protests were being replaced with organized attacks. We were setting fire to shops that refused to serve us, hijacking cargo from companies that used Faunus labor. And the worst part was, it was working. We were being treated like equals. But not out of respect, out of , I left. I decided I no longer wanted to use my skills to aid in their violence, and instead, I would dedicate my life to becoming a Huntress. So here I am; a criminal hiding in plain view, all with the help of a little black bow."

As Blake told her story, Natalie heard how sad her voice sounded. Of course, being the stubborn Faunus she was, she didn't believe the sadness was true.

Sun, on the other hand, believed Blake's story. "So... have you told anyone any of this?"

Blake merely said nothing in response.

'Act all innocent, but I know what you White Fang are made of,' Natalie thought. Her mind went back to the time before the horrendous day happened, how Adam seemed quite happy with everything back in their village, only to turn against everyone there, especially her brother; his best friend. 'You White Fang don't feel anything; regrets, guilt, happiness, nothing. You said you'd dedicate your life to being a Huntress? That's exactly what he said before he betrayed us!' She tightened her right fist, drawing out a small amount of blood.

Later, Blake and Sun were walking down an alley, Natalie following them.

"So, what's the plan now?" Sun asked.

"I still don't believe the White Fang are behind those robberies," Blake said. "They never needed so much Dust before."

"What if they did? I mean, the only way to prove they didn't do it is to go to the place where they would most likely go to if they were to do it and not find them there! Right?" Natalie narrowed her eyes at Sun's idea.

"The only thing is, I have no idea where that would be."

"Well, while I was on the ship, I heard some guys talking about offloading a huge shipment of Dust coming in from Atlas."

"How huge?"

"Huge. Big Schnee Company freighter."

"You're sure?"

"Then I guess this is the day you two will leave this world," both heard. Before either of them, or rather Blake, can turn, she felt something sharp against the back of her head. "Looks like I was right to follow you, White Fang."

Sun recognized the person behind Blake. "Hey! You're the guy who almost killed me yesterday!"

Blake's eyes widened her eyes in shock. "Nathan did what?!"

"Don't move or speak unless given permission to!" Natalie threatened as she poked Blake's head with her arrow. The feel of it caused Blake to tense, especially since she was aware of Natalie's Aura Breaker semblance. "That goes for you too, monkey-boy. Unless if you want to be the reason why she's dead." Sun just stayed in his spot. "Now, I have questions. And depending on your answers, I might let you go. Now tell me... Where is Adam Taurus?"

Blake's eyes widened in shock at the name. "What... did you say?"

"Don't play dumb with me!"

Taking advantage of the distraction, Sun took out his weapon, which were nunchucks, and knocked the arrow into the air. This forced Natalie to release it as it soars into the sky. The wolf Faunus' instincts kicked in and she backflipped away to avoid getting hit by Sun.

"You will not escape from me this time, spies!" she declared.

"What spies?! We're not spies!" Blake tried to defend.

"Save the innocent act for those who are actually gullible enough!" She released another arrow at the two Faunus, who jumped to avoid it. Once it hit the ground, lots of smoke came out and blocked their vision.

"Where is he?" Sun asked.

"Right here." Before the male Faunus can react, she felt something hit his head hard and got knocked out.

"Sun?" Blake called. She felt something got her in a chokehold and saw a blade right at her face.

"Let's try this again. Where is Adam Taurus?! Leader of the White Fang!" Natalie demanded.

"I... I don't know. I swear! The day I left the White Fang was the last day I saw him! Look, whatever he did to you, I'm sorry! But I promise you, I am really not one of them anymore!"

"Tell my family that when you see them." Natalie cut Blake's head with her weapon, only for the Cat Faunus to disappear.

'A clone?!' She looked around through the smoke and saw Blake trying to escape, carrying the unconscious Sun on her back. She shot an arrow at her, which released a net that wrapped themselves around her legs, causing her to fall.

"You really wish to die, don't you?" she questioned as she approached the two.

Blake dared to look up at her soon-to-be killer. "Why do you hate the White Fang? What did they do to you?"

"You said it yourself: you were there for most of your life, including when the big change happened. Now do tell me something: have you heard of a small village called Harmonia?"

"Isn't that the peaceful village that was destroyed by a Grimm Attack? A group went there to stop the horde, but only a couple came back."

"Is that what you were told? Well let me tell you a little secret; Harmonia was my home, eradicated by the White Fang."

She saw Blake's eyes widened in great shock at the revelation. "What...? No, that can't be true! Adam said-!"

"-nothing but lies!" Natalie interrupted as she grabbed Blake's head. "He was the one who led the Grimm into my home! He was the one who ordered the attack! Your leader was the one who killed everyone!" Despite picking her up with her fake arm, Natalie could somewhat feel the tears coming out of Blake's eyes. This only confused her as she saw the cat Faunus was in complete shock at what was revealed to her.

"He... He didn't... Adam wouldn't..." she heard. Her faunus ears twitched at the sound of light sobbing. Hearing that proved that Ozpin was right about Blake. With that, Natalie let Blake down.

"It seems you really were telling the truth," she muttered. "I apologize that you had to find out this way. But now you understand my rage for your former group. I know this was normally your idea, but you and monkey-boy are welcome to join me on a stakeout tonight. If I recall he said the White Fang may arrive at the docks tonight. I'll definitely be there, but if I see you helping the White Fang in any way, I won't hesitate to kill you." Natalie left the two to themselves and head to the docks.