POV Winter

"Qrow you need to stop and listen to me what Ruby did wasn't...it wasn't right. We both know what it's like to kill and we've both grown numb to it but Ruby….it was just wrong." Qrow was sitting on the couch in the apartment staring down at the flask in his hand. After Ruby's accident, Qrow had gone out binge drinking for almost an entire week. Nobody knew what happened to him till he appeared at my doorstep with enough alcohol poisoning that it should have killed him days before if not for his aura.

After spending weeks in the hospital Qrow finally quit but he couldn't do it alone and I ended being his crutch for the first 6 months. Soon the two of became used to being around one another and without Qrow's drunken slurs and jokes I learned what he was truly like. Qrow was as fragile as people came and he struggled with almost everything he did, drinking had just been his way to deal with the pain of it all.

After moving in with me Qrow got rid of almost everything that tied him to his past including all contact with his own sister but the one thing he kept was his flask. He never used it except as a reminder of why he did everything he's done. He would slowly move his hand across the engraving on carved into the metal as he stared ahead absentmindedly.

"Qrow I know what she is to you but...but this isn't right she's a…" Qrow jumped up from the couch standing over me his red eyes intense with a flame they rarely had.

"She's what Winter...a criminal...killer...villain...an enemy?" Qrow said the last words with a rough his that made me take a step back.

"Qrow I know she's your daughter and I'm not saying we need to lock her up that's the last thing I want, but we need to watch her. She spent the last few years with the Queen of Grimm and we can't ignore it. I want to love her as much as you do, she's my daughter too even if not by blood. She's changed and we can't ignore it."

Qrow took a step back and picked up his flask from the ground where he dropped it and slid it back into his pocket. Qrow then looked out the window watching the blue sky that hung over all of Remnant. I slid up behind him and wrapped my arms around his waist and put my arm into the crook of his neck.

"I'm sorry and don't worry we'll watch her, right now she...she's just confused. She had everything stripped away from her but she made a new life and right now she's struggling to combine the two into her current life. I know she can't be the old her and I won't let her go back to what she was because of Salem, she's my daughter and I will stop the world if it makes her and my grandkids happy."

I let out a soft laugh and Qrow tilted his head slightly catching my eyes. "Sorry, it's just so weird that we can call ourselves parents let alone grandparents. I know you're older than me by more than a few years but I'm still young."

Qrow turned in my arms and wrapped his own arms around me pulling my head to his chest while he planted a kiss on the top of my head. "I know it's weird but so is this big ass family. I'm just happy everyone it keeps getting bigger. I can't ask for anything more than my daughter, grandkids and guardian angel."

Ruby POV

"Ozpin you promised me that she would have a full pardon, I've done everything you've asked and more. I help you take down Salem and give you all the information I have and I get my kids back and cinder has a full pardon. So why the hell is she in a cell."

Ozpin leaned forward in his chair his cup of coffee held in his hand as usual. "Ruby I know this isn't what you expected but it is a precaution I'm we are taking right now. Cinder has been in Salem's faction for a very long time and we know not what she could have done. For now, she is to be put in isolation while an array of mental and physical tests are taken to ensure the safety of everyone. We did the same thing in your situation so please be patient."

My hand's grip on the base of the chair tightened and I could feel the metal warp from the stress it was enduring but it was currently the only thing stopping me from lashing out in anger. "Ozpin do you know what it's like to do terrible things for a cause that is the only thing you know. That is what Cinder and I have been put through, Cinder more than I. She understands that what she did was terrible but it was all she could do to prove her existence in this unforgiving world."

"Ruby I do not lie to you when I say I've made many mistakes in my life but I know through my errors I learned and fought to not make them again. I've sent many people to their deaths over trivial things that looking back makes me look like a fool. If a person can accept their mistakes then we can all move forward. That is all cinder must do."

The chair finally gave out and cracked from the pressure sending shards all over the ground. "OZPIN WHAT WE DID IS DIFFERENT! You talk about the mistakes you made but none of the things we did where mistakes. Everything we did was a choice that we made on purpose. Every person killed was done by our own hands. So spare me your psychological bullshit. Finish those damn tests and let her out so that we can both prove our purpose to the world by ending Salem and the lies she made us believe!"

Ozpin for the first time I ever remember was startled. He had watched Beacon fall and Grimm run rampant on killing spree's and had kept his calm demeanor. But here I was calling him out on this farce and it shook him, its something I never expected.

"Mrs. Rose we will finish the tests in two days and in which time if she passes she shall be released. If anything changes you shall be the first to be informed. When Cinder is released she will also require an escort as Qrow is currently your's. Those are the only requirements if she passes."

I let go of the piece of chair still in my hand and dropped it to the floor with the rest of its remains. "As long as you keep your word you will have no problem with me. I want to keep any bullshit that can possibly exist out of my way. I've said it before and will say it again, family is everything to me and I will not deal lightly with those that cause pain to them no matter how powerful that person may be."

Letting the sting of the last few words sink into Ozpin I spun around and walked out of Ozpin's office to where Blake was waiting with Kita, Ari, and Qrow. I held out my hands and the two girls quickly grabbed ahold of me and Blake followed close by. Qrow barely took notice of me and was trying to look towards Ozpin but gave up and stepped into the elevator with the rest of us.

When the elevator reached the atrium I quickly ushered the girls passed the rowdy group of students trying to get into the elevator before we exited. I flashed the group a look that caused them all to take a step back so that we could get by. Qrow and Blake took notice of this but Kita and Ari were too amazed by everything around them to care.

The one thing I'd always wished to give the girls was a normal life outside of Salem's castle where they could walk freely. Salem rules had kept the girls confined to our rooms and any thought of exploring was removed from existence. Free from her grasps Ari and Kita could explore and see the beauties the world had to offer and Beacon was a place to do that.

Every new site to the girls excited them and filled them with a joy that spread to everyone around them. Kita was usually shy but was constantly asking about each person she saw and became attached to the unique outfits they wore. Ari was always getting distracted by the nature around her especially the bright blue sky she rarely saw.

Before we knew it the travel to our destination was over but the excitement was not over as Kita tugged on my sleeve trying to get my attention. "Mommy where are we?"

Picking up Kita into my arms I pushed the door open and the heat inside the building brushed across my skin warming me. "Well, my little kitty we are at the forge so Mommy can make a new weapon."

Kita wriggled in my arms and I took it as the cue to put her down and the second I did she ran over to Ari and took her hand. I smiled at the cute display of sisterly love and stepped over to the counter. Sitting at the counter was a large burly man with a heavy black beard and leather apron. He looked up at me and was almost shocked like he was seeing a ghost. "Rose...is that you what the hell I thought you were dead."

The man reached out and I took his arm pulling ourselves into a one-armed hug even with the counter between us. "Well Marcus I'm not dead was just gone because of some things that happened. I'm back for good and need to use one of the forges, had a little accident with my weapon and need a new one."

Marcus looked almost shocked and took an actual step back away from me. "Ruby Rose the greatest weapon maker in all of Remnant. The very same person who created a revolutionary technique in dust forging broke her weapon and chose to come to my forge. I'm honored and excited to see what you'll come up with this time." Marcus pulled out a sheet and quickly filled it out before returning to me. "You can have your old forge everything should be running just as it did so nothing should be new. If you need anything just let me know."

I gave Marcus a quick thanks and followed the hallway next to the counter and walked to down to the end of the hallway to the very last room and opened the door. Kita and Ari were very hesitant to enter the room but I gave them each a pat on the head and they stepped inside and each instantly became excited.

One of the few rooms I'd been allowed to take the girls into was the castle forge and it was there I taught my girls about my own love for weapons. Since the girls were so young the work they did was mainly helping my grab different tools but they both loved it. Their favorite part was the forge because as they said it was like magic.

The girls immediately explored the room pointing tools they'd never seen or ones they had. I laughed watching Ari pick up a socket wrench by the socket and spin it causing it to twirl around while making a rattle noise. "Hey! Are either of you going to help me or are you just gonna play around."

Both of them perked up and Ari in a flash of movement put back the wrench and appeared by my side with Kita right on her heels. "Mommy, what we gonna make? A sword, how about an ax, maybe even a chainsaw?"

The girls went back in forth between the two of them shouting even more outrageous weapon ideas eventually even saying something about a disintegration ray that could turn into a baseball bat. Luckily I already had a plan and I reached into the bag on my back pulling out a diagram. Even as crazy as I was when I was younger I was a genius when it came to weapons. Thanks to the diary Blake returned to me I was able to turn one of my younger selves drawings into a reality.

Hey, Ruby is it really safe for those two to be in her, it really looks like they could get hurt." I turned to Blake having forgotten both her and Qrow's existence. Blake had a shadow of worry over her face watching the twins explore the forge and flinched every time they came near a sharp or dangerous object.

"Blake the one thing you don't have to worry about is the girls when they are in a forge. I've taught them both how to use 80% of the tools and safety for all of them. I trust them in here more than I would Yang." The worry shadowing Blake lessened slightly but was still there and didn't seem to be leaving anytime soon. Qrow didn't seem to really care and walked over to me while I rolled out the diagram and he looked surprised by the design.

"Ruby, I know you're a great weaponsmith but how do you plan to be able to wield this. I could figure it out given some time but you aren't experienced as I am." I gave a scoff to Qrow and began to assemble the tools I would need for the weapon. Blake looked at the diagram taking more time to comprehend what it was I was crafting.

"Ruby, Qrow's not wrong. I have no idea how to even use this and what happens when you apply dust to it. I never remembered you being very good at it." Slamming down my collection of tools and materials I grabbed the diagram and showed it to the twins.

"Hey, do you two think Mommy can pull this off?" Both girls studied the blueprint with an eye that no child their age should have had but somehow the understood. Once it seemed they were done they both looked at each other and smiled doing their weird twin thing and spoke at the same time.

"Definitely!"

POV WEISS

"Yang I've already talked with Winter about this and she's talked to Qrow. we can't deny what we saw and we can't ignore it. Ruby shot Tyrian in cold blood without hesitation. I'm not saying it's a bad thing he did but she then threatened us if we hurt her family."

Yang slammed her fist on the table and got up from the chair leaning over me thanks to the extra 6 inches she had on me. "Weiss I know what happened and I know what she said, I was there. I hate seeing Ruby do things like that as much as you do but I've come to accept that she is no longer the sweet innocent Ruby she was. But I don't think we have anything to worry about."

Yang took a step back and grabbed her coffee mug she had on the table taking a sip from it. "Yang what about her threat? She said she would hurt everyone that hurt her family, how can we ignore this blatant death threat."

"Weiss she wasn't threatening you, winter or me she was threatening Salem. If there is one thing I know about Ruby that will never change is her love for family. The other thing I know is that all of us are considered family. You, Blake, Winter, Qrow, Me, Team JNR, Team CFVY, even...Cinder. We are all family to her."

Yang let out a huff and placed her mug on the counter clearly tired of the drink. I sat in silence thinking how much of an idiot I was not to see it. Yang was right anybody who got close to Ruby on a personal level immediately became family. That was one of the reason's why Ruby was such a good leader, she took the time to learn about each of us and not the fake facade we put up for others. Ruby tore down every wall we built up and pulled us out into the open no matter how hard we tried to fight it and in the end, it made us a better team and more importantly a family.

"I'm sorry Yang you're right, I was just so caught up in everything I...I didn't really think about it. I everything is just so screwed up right now, Ruby was dead now she's alive and she has kids. Not to mention all the other stuff that went on."

Yang let out a small laugh and I took a seat next to her at the counter sitting as close to her as I could without entering her personal space. "Ya a lot has happened to all of us, You became a CEO, I went on a streak of revenge, and Blake became really depressed for a while. But at least we all came back together and we added some new members along the way."

"To be truthful I think I've been happier these past few weeks than I have in the three years. I hate being a CEO it was what I was trained for but not what I wanted. Being here has revealed exactly what I want."

Yang's brilliant lilac eyes met mine and an almost undeniable force began to force us together. I let the distance between us lessen and I could smell Yang's sent come from her clothes. The intoxicating smell of lavender and gunpowder overpowering my senses. With mere centimeter separating us Yang spoke in little more than a whisper that made my heart beat harder in my chest. "What exactly is it that you want?"

No longer holding back I pushed my lips forward but froze as a pounding noise came from the door. Trying to ignore the pounding I looked back at Yang but whatever had been there was absolutely gone. "So uhm, I'm gonna go get the door."

Yang almost ran from her seat over to the door and quickly pulled it open to reveal Blake with two little bundles wrapped around her body. "Hi Yang, can you quickly grab Kita before she falls out of my hands!"

Yang reached out and grabbed the smaller of the twins pulling her up to her chest as Blake walked into the room with the other twin in her arms. Both girls were out cold and it didn't seem like they were gonna wake up anytime soon. "Hey, Blake can I ask why you came back holding my Nieces without the aid of Ruby."

Blake let out a huff and lightly laid Ari out on one of the chairs and placed a blanket on her. "Well Ruby has spent the past two days working around the forge and it seems that she has already taught Kita and Ari how to help her. Ruby, however, has gotten so caught up in her work she didn't seem to notice what time it was or that her kids had fallen asleep on the ground next to the forge. When she did finally notice she asked if I could take them back here so they could sleep."

"Well if I remember how much Ruby used to spend at the forge before it doesn't come as a surprise that she has already taught her kids how to use one. But what does surprise me is that she let you bring them back without her. Ruby hasn't let me or Yang be alone with them for more than two minutes but here she is just giving them to you. We all know about your interactions with Ruby during school but what is going on between you two now?"

Blake's face grew bright red and she stalked over to Yang and plucked Kita out of her hands and cradled her up to her body. "Whatever there was between me and Ruby is gone, we kinda talked about it and well...it's….we are just friends."

Blake laughed and pulled out her scroll before flashing her a picture that Blake clearly recognized as the what would your baby look like. "Blake look down at this then look at the little girl in your arms. If you think I'm oblivious to what you two are doing then you're very wrong. Ruby is my sister and it's my job to figure out what's going on."

Almost as if on cue Kita shifted in Blake's arms and snuggled deeper into her and let out a satisfying mew before saying "Mommy" in the quietest voice possible. Yang stepped forward and stroked one of Kita's cat ears while looking Blake dead in the eye. "Just try and deny it?"

"I...I...I'm taking them to bed." Blake held Kita tightly and lightly took hold of Ari being careful not to awaken her. Yang and I watched Blake carry the two girls with a practiced skill neither of us could figure out how she gained before disappearing into her and Ruby's room.

I looked at Yang as she walked over to the living room and plopped down onto the couch. I followed her and sat down on the opposite end letting our legs brush against each other. "Yang I'm kinda surprised you still have that picture you made that thing years ago!"

Yang broke into a fit of laughter making me grow extremely confused. "Weiss that was not the one I made during school. I made that when I saw them together the other day."

This time both of us broke into a fit of laughter and I could help but to pull myself closer to Yang until the two of us were practically laying on top of each other. Yang's natural warmth spread through my body making the already comfortable embrace even better. Yang began to turn trying to free herself before letting out a huff. "Weiss isn't this a little embarrassing."

I gripped Yang tighter and snuggled in closer like Kita had done to Blake feeling comfort in it. "Shut up you brute, you know you like it."

Yang stopped her struggle and finally gave up giving into the embrace between us.

Ruby POV

With one last twist of the screwdriver, I let out a relieved sigh having finally completed my brand new weapon. It took almost two days with only breaks for a quick nap and to eat before I collapsed but in the end, the work would be worth it.

Picking up the weapon I gave it a spin feeling the perfectly balanced weapon spin with a practiced ease from having used a scythe for years. I pivoted on my foot slashed forward with the blade stopping it just an inch from the man who had just awoken. "Damn Ruby watch where you point that thing!"

I gave a laugh and pulled the weapon back as the light reflected across its black metal. Qrow got up from his chair and let out a long yawn showing just how tired he was. I looked over at the clock and saw that it was currently 2:36 a.m. I placed my newly created weapon back onto the workbench and grabbed a socket wrench and adjusted a bolt that seemed too loose for my liking. Qrow stepped up behind me and looked at the weapon before giving a defeated sigh. "So what the hell does this thing do?"

Holding out the weapon I looked at it and I could feel drool slowly leaking out from my mouth. "This is my new baby Crimson Rose. She's a dual headed scythe that has two 8 shot revolver cylinders on in the shaft that can fire from each end and can be broken down and transformed into two four-foot revolvers."

Qrow raised his eyebrow at me as I looked at the weapon with a small amount of foam frothing from the corner of my mouth. The dual-headed scythe was about eight weet long and each had a crimson colored scythe head that was almost three and a half feet long. The rest of the weapon was colored a pitch Black that seemed to suck in the light around it. About three and a half feet from the head of each end of the shaft was a revolver cylinder that could hold a total of 8 .450 marlin rounds.

To say the gun was overkill kill was an understatement because it could blow through deathstalkers shell with only two shots. The importance of the round though was that it allowed for me to fire the gun and go into a fast spin thanks to the high recoil. Thanks to the fire dust I used in the bullets it would fire at almost three times the speed of sound, twice as fast as Crescent Rose's anti-material rounds. This seemed almost unbelievable but thanks to a lot of tinkering while in Salem's Castle and a new knowledge of dust I made it possible.

Crimson Rose could also be split in half so that instead of wielding a double-headed scythe it could be used as a sickle in each hand. While in sickle form I could also transform it down in a revolver almost identical to Emeralds other than the fact that it was a foot longer and would break almost anybody else's arm.

"Ruby I know I've said this to you in the past but how the hell do you come up with something like this?" Qrow reached out to grab the head of Crimson Rose but before he could I clicked a button and the head of each scythe flattened lining up with the rest of the weapon turning it into a double-headed spear.

The edge of Crimson Rose nicked Qrow's aura and he let out a yelp as a small spark of fire leaped out at the rest of his hand. "What the hell Ruby! What was that?"

I smiled at Qrow and pulled Crimson Rose back and transformed it into its compact form and placed it onto the magnetic holster just like I would have with Crescent Rose. "Oh, that! That was the effect of the dust crystal hidden by the head of the blade. It adds some fun little effect when I'm fighting, I was hoping to try out some different types but for now, I chose to stick with fire dust."

Qrow reached out and forcibly grabbed me pulling me up to the side of his body and gave me a rub on my head with his free arm. "Damn Ruby you're always gonna be a little tinkerer aren't you!" Pushing hard against him I stumbled away and he let out a laugh and I joined in. "It's late and I'm guessing your own little ones are gonna be missing you if you aren't back soon."

Quickly throwing a punch into Qrow's arm I gave him a quick smirk and walked out the door and he quickly followed. The night air was cool against my skin and I chose to pull my hair out of my braid letting it flow freely behind me. "I know you've been told this your entire life but you look so much like your mother."

I turned around facing Qrow who had a solemn look on his face one that constantly flashed across his face when he drank. I pulled the glove off my hand and rolled the sleeve up letting the black and crimson metal glitter under the moonlit night. "I may look like her but I'm not her. Whenever people talked about her it was always about how much of a hero she was and how she inspired everybody. As a mom she was the best, she was perfect. I'm nothing like her I destroyed the legacy she left behind and turned it into something warped and twisted."

Qrow stepped forward and grabbed my hand not my real one but my robotic one and pulled me into a hug that felt warmer than any I'd ever felt. "Summer was not perfect and neither are, hell neither is anyone. Summer had so many things she regretted but she never let that stop her. Summer used to wear that same face of worry you had all the time, then you came along. She was never happier when she was with you. Now you have your own kids so you have to put on the same smile she did for you and everyone else. Fight for what you love just like she did and you will always make her proud!"

Qrow held me a little longer as I wept into his chest hearing more about my mother than I had in years. Everyone always made her out to be so perfect but she wasn't, she messed up. If I wanted to make her proud then I needed to follow in her footsteps. "Thank you Qrow that means a lot to me."

Qrow released his embrace on me we continued our walk in silence back towards the apartment until a thought crossed my mind. "Qrow since you married Winter have either of you two thought about having kids?"

Qrow instantly froze in shock his expression unmoving as his eyes went wide. "Ruby I...I love Winter but kids I don't know...we've never talked about it...I mean…" Qrow looked down at me and his face shifted to a mix between his serious and solemn expression. "Ruby things happened between me and somebody else I love….I...I don't know if I can have...If I want….I just don't know. All that matters is I have the person I love most back so please no more about this."

I looked at Qrow and tried to meet his eyes but he wouldn't let me as hard as I tried. Qrow was trying to say something but he couldn't or at least wouldn't. What he said didn't make since Winter was his wife but he just said the person he loved most in the world was back with him.

Who could have come back that he loved more than his wife? I thought hard for a second but couldn't come up with an answer but then it clicked. The person who came back was me but why would he love me more than Winter. Sure I was his niece but we had no blood relation. Yang was the one related to him, not me, and who was it he loved before who could it have been…

"You loved my mom...didn't you!"

Qrow froze even more than he had before and his expression was filled with fear more this time than it was before. "I'm right aren't I….but why she had my dad after Raven left. Did she know...Did she know you loved her."

I pushed Qrow hard in the arm and he seemed to unfreeze but it still held the look of fear it had from before. "Ruby I can't say anymore!"

I let out a yell of anger and kicked him hard in the leg just as I would have done when I was little and began yelling at him. "Fuck you Qrow you can't keep this from me. Summer was my mom and you loved her. So tell me DID SHE KNOW!"

"Yes, she did." Qrow looked down at me with a defeated look before dropping down and sitting on the edge of the fountain in the courtyard we had ended up in. "She loved me and I loved her. Ruby do you know the story of what happened between Tai and Raven." I quickly shook my head no and Qrow let out a sigh before continuing on.

"Tai was just like your sister is now extremely energetic, filled with life and confidence to rival any other. Raven was almost the opposite and she hid from everyone else until she ended up as his partner. The two of them became inseparable as Raven helped to cool him down but Tai helped her be her true self. The two of them fell in love but it was never meant to last. Raven and I come from a tribe of wanderers who live in the wilds outside the kingdoms."

Qrow reached out and grabbed his sleeve pulling it up to reveal a long scar then ran from his forearm all the way up to his shoulder in a long jagged path. "My father was a cruel man and the leader of the tribe and he boasted about how one must be strong to live. Our entire village followed him without thought and anybody who didn't was outcasted. Raven and I were allowed to leave and learn about the rest of the world and for years we did. But after Raven had Yang our father grew sick and he called both of us back. I hated the tribe and refused to return but Raven did without a second thought."

Qrow rolled his sleeve down and his shirt revealing a tattoo displaying a bird with its wings cut off. "I was outcasted by the tribe for my defiance in my father's dying breath. Raven was then voted in as the next leader and she could do nothing. Her life was to the tribe and she left both Tai and Yang. Raven forgot everything she learned from Tai and became just like my father."

Qrow dropped his shirt down and looked up into the night sky staring at the stars. He stayed like that as I grew impatient and plopped down next to him. "Qrow that can't be it what else happened. What does this have to do with you and Summer?"

Qrow dropped his gaze back to me his eyes refilling with the sadness they had before. "It has everything to do with it. After Raven left both Tai and I become a mess, he lost a wife and I lost my sister and family. Both of us turned to the bottle and at first it helped but eventually, it became an addiction to me I couldn't stop. Tai begged Summer for help and your mother left to help Tai with Yang. He recovered but I never did it only grew worse."

Qrow reached into his coat and pulled out the flask he always carried and held it out in his hands staring at it like I saw him always do. "Out of all the times I've been drunk it was never as bad as those days. I couldn't stop and it came to the point that when Yang was around one I showed up at Tai's house throwing up blood. Summer spent the next month with me trying to help me and she did. I stopped drinking and things got better, I loved Summer and she still loved me but it wasn't going to last."

"Tai couldn't live without Summer helping him he was just as big a mess as I was so Summer asked if we could both help him. I was so happy but I knew it couldn't happen, my semblance was bad luck and being around a kid would have been disastrous. I said no and left, I turned to Ozpin and spent the next three years working for him with almost no contact with the outside world. To this day that choice is the dumbest I've ever made. Do you know why?"

I looked at Qrow as tears welled up in his eyes and he dropped his flask to the ground. I quickly shook my head and he continued on with a shakiness that couldn't be dismissed. "I came back to find Summer holding a little girl a who was a few months over the age of two. A girl who was going to grow up and look just like the woman I loved so much. I left without even learning of your existence and I realized just how big the mistake I made was."

Qrow turned and grabbed my shoulders and pulled me close to his chest rest his lips on my forehead and planted a soft kiss on me. "I screwed up so badly I was pushed away by the woman I loved and started drinking again, in the end, I sealed my fate. I not only missed the birth of my daughter but also made it so I could never be her father. I'm sorry for everything I've done but I can't change the path. All I can do is ask for forgiveness!"

The world around me began to swim as my brain started to go into overload. Everything I knew was a lie, Tai wasn't my dad and Yang wasn't my sister. Qrow was my dad and he knew the entire time. If this was a lie then what else was, what else had they been lying to me about?

I let out a scream as my head filled with an unbearable pain causing my voice to grow strained from the sheer force. I flailed wildly trying to break out of Qrow's grasp but he held on tight not letting me go even as I smashed my fists into him. In a matter seconds I turned into a mess of emotions I couldn't control and I didn't know what to do but to let them run wild.

Qrow held onto me for what felt like an eternity until I grew too tired to fight anymore. Both my mind and body had hit a wall it never reached and the resulting effect was that I drained myself of everything I had. Qrow never let go and when I was done he scooped me up in his arm and carried me like a small child all while I just stared up into the night sky.

As sleep pulled onto my body Qrow leaned down and laid one final kiss on my head before laying me down on something soft. "I'm sorry my little rose I never meant to hurt you and I hope that you can find it in your heart to forgive me one day. No matter how long it takes I will not run and will always be there for you."