POV Yang

"Qrow what the hell did you do! You come back here in the middle of the night carry Ruby in your arms and then she sleeps for almost two days straight. Then when she wakes up she as big as a mess as when she came back to us. So if you tell me nothing happened I'm going to kick you old ass through a FUCKING WALL."

I took a threatening step towards Qrow but he didn't flinch and continued to stare off like he had been since he brought back Ruby. "Qrow I swear."

I took another step towards Qrow and raised my hand and this time he finally looked up at me with tears in my eyes. "I...I told her Yang. I told her everything, the entire truth."

I stumbled back from Qrow and dropped into the chair behind and almost silently uttered "Oh shit." I'd learned the truth about Ruby and our entire family from Tai after I forced it out of him trying to learn more about Raven. I'd wanted to tell Ruby but both Tain and Qrow forced me to keep it a all the times she could have learned the truth this was possibly the worst. She had no structure to support her and without it, she was going to destroy herself.

"Qrow why the hell would you tell her, Ruby was...is in a very fragile state. What are we going to do? Ruby probably thinks her entire life is a lie right now and she doesn't know who to trust. What the fuck do we do!"

I yelled at Qrow but he still didn't move it seemed as if he was stuck in whatever state he was in. He had revealed the biggest lie in his entire life to the one person he never could hurt on purpose and it destroyed her. "Yang I...I don't know what to do. I've only ever played the part of the drunk Uncle I have no idea what it's like to be a father and right now I don't even deserve to be one. I want to try and fix this but I know I'll just make things worse and that's the very thing I'm trying not to do."

I let out a frustrated growl and jump out of the chair I was in and stormed out of the living room and ran right up to Ruby's door. I was lucky enough that Blake and Weiss had taken the kids out so that they could try and distract them from what their mother was going through. Ruby was the person who saved them and it was not right for them to see her in this state.

Once I was outside the door I reached down to the doorknob and tried to turn it but found it to be locked. With a growl, I grabbed the knob against and twisted as hard as I could breaking the lock with a loud snap. I forced the rest of the door open and stepped into the dark room and blindly reached out for the light switch

With a single flip of a switch the room was bathed in the soft light from the ceiling and I could finally make out the figure of Ruby hiding in the corner of the room. I walked over and grabbed the sheet and pulled it off over her with one solid pull. Ruby made no move to protect herself and slowly turned up to face me and I let out a surprised gasp.

Ruby was laying on the bed in only her underwear and bra her hair was a tangled mess she had even removed her eyepatch. The biggest surprise though was that she had also removed her prosthetics leaving just the metal connection point on her body. "Ruby what the hell are you doing you not supposed to disconnect you prosthetics."

I reached down and grabbed Ruby arm and slid it back into place causing ruby to let out a scream as it reconnected to her nervous system. When I grabbed her leg she started to fight against me but instead of fighting like an adult it was closer to that of a child. With one final connection, Ruby let out another scream and fell back onto the bed breathing heavily.

"What the hell Ruby this isn't you! I know you're upset because of everything that's happened but this is ridiculous. Yes you were lied too and I know it's upsetting but you have two little girls who need their mother are you going to abandon them? Are you going to take everything you've done for them and throw it out because if you do you'll have nothing and no one will ever help you."

With a rage-filled scream, Ruby shot of the bed and slammed a surprise kick into my chest knocking me to the ground. Before I could move Ruby stood over me and placed her robot foot on my throat applying enough pressure to make breathing hard. "You have no right to say anything about that to me. You and everyone else lied to me, everything I know is gone and I don't know what to do. CInder, You, Qrow, Tai, Salem, Ozpin even Summer lied. I can't believe anything I've been told."

Ruby reached up to wipe the tears from her eyes and I took that as my opportunity to grab her leg and pull it out from under her. The result was Ruby let out a cry as she fell hard to the ground and I let go of her leg and grabbed ahold of her arm twisting it behind her back shoving her face into the ground as I planed my knee in the small of her back. "Ruby this is getting ridiculous, I know you're upset and you have every right to be but you stop this. Be angry but don't hurt the people who didn't lie, Blake, Weiss, Kita, Ari and yourself. None of you had any idea about this so stop whatever this is."

Ruby let out a roar in anger and I pushed down hard trying to keeping her in place but it became in possible as she screamed. "Enough" Ruby activated her semblance and dispersed into rose petals before instantly reforming to my right. I held up my arm in defense as Ruby sent a kick into my side knocking me into the far wall of the room.

I looked up as the entire world spun around me and I saw Ruby walk over towards Blake's bed and reach under it pulling out a bottle of scotch I never knew even existed. Ruby ripped the top of and with one swift move took a long swing from it. With another breath, ruby continued drinking until she dropped the bottle to the ground with a thud.

Thanks to ruby semblance the effects of alcohol would be purged from her sister in little under a half an hour but the alternate effect was that it hit her harder and almost instantaneously. I jumped off the ground and ran over to Ruby and grabbed her by the shoulder keeping her from falling to the ground as she started swaying back and forth. "Ruby what the fuck are you doing."

Ruby eyes turned to mine both her milky white eye and now dull grey void of all emotion locking onto mine. "Like daughter like father like daughter, I guess."

Ruby started chuckling to her herself before pushing away from me and walking over to the window yanking the curtains back letting light pour into the room. She grabbed the window and pushed it open leaning slightly out the window as the wind flowed through her hair. "Do you know how many times I've sat on a roof and thought about jumping because the number would surprise you. I always feel so alive looking straight at the face of death even when I'm fighting. It seems like it would be so easy to just...let go?"

Ruby leaned even more out the window causing my heart to jump in my chest as I ran toward her grabbing her hand and pulling her back into the room. "Ruby what the hell are you doing this is insane! I understand you're upset but this doesn't make any sense."

Ruby let out a chuckle and flopped down on the bed her hair laying all around her in a mess. "Yang you will never know what I'm going through because no one ever will. My entire life has been one long lie and I don't know what to do. I could kill myself but then I would leave Kita and Ari all alone. But that wouldn't work because then I would break the promise I made to them. The best choice is to just take them and leave but I would be hunted down by both Ozpin and Salem. I don't know what to do and it terrifies me because I have no help me."

Ruby pulled her arm up over her eyes tears rolling down the side of her cheek. I slowly moved over to her and slowly and sat down on the side of the bed and slowly ran my hand through her hair. "Ruby none of us her ever meant to hurt you. We made a mistake by not telling you the truth but we didn't because we knew it would hurt you. Tai may not be your father but he raised you and I will always be your sister. All those times we spent together was not a lie. You will always be my sister and I will always love you."

I reached down and grabbed Ruby and pulled her up into my body as more tears began to flow freely and sobs overtook her. Ruby continued to cry for the next half an hour until sleep began to pull on her body and she fell asleep in my lap. It seemed that everything she had in her had been let out and it left her drained.

Not wanting to disturb her rest I remained still and ran my hand through her long red and black hair till a small knock on the door caught my attention. Slowly the door opened and I saw that it was Blake. "Hey, Qrow said something went down and said you might need my help."

I gave a nod and motioned for her to come closer but not enough to disturb Yang. "Ruby is not taking any of this well and it's not much of a surprise but I think the worst of it was she was holding a lot of things in. She said something that really makes me worry and it upset me that I'm part of the problem and can't fix it. Somebody else is going to have to help her."

"Yang do you remember after the fall how we all split up. I ran away and Weiss was forced to go home and you were going through the loss of your arm. Well, Ruby is going through all of those things at once. She's lost and she needs help to find her way and it's going to take all of us. Ruby needs us and more importantly, she needs her kids, they are everything to her and she is everything to them. We need have to because I don't think anyone can see her like this."

Blake sat down on the other side of Ruby and motioned for me to let go of her. I was hesitant at first but slowly shifted her till she was securely in Blake's arms. "You need rest and right now Ruby is going anywhere. Go to your room and sleep I'll be here with Ruby and I'll make sure you're the first to know if anything changes."

I slowly stood up and I couldn't help but hear Ruby let out a small whimper. It pained me to see her in so much pain and be part of cause for it. I wish I could be the sister she believed me to be but, in the end, I wasn't but that wasn't going to stop me from trying.

None of us in the past had paid much attention to it but the truth was Ruby was the very thing holding us all together. With her gone we all crumbled so quickly we had no grasp on what the hell happened. But now that she was back we needed to pick up all those pieces left lying around. Whatever we were will never come back 100% but it doesn't mean we can't be some a little different. Hell, things are completely different now and some of it is for the better.

I looked back over my shoulder and watched as Blake slowly ran her hands through Ruby's hair then leaned down and planted a small kiss on her forehead. I swear right after she did it I heard her Whisper something in her ear instantly causing Ruby to relax in her arms. I wish I knew what it was but I didn't stay to figure it out. Ruby needed help right now and I was not the person to do it. I needed to trust others if this was going to work out.

POV QROW

I growl rumbled from my throat as I stepped into Ozpin's office as he just sat his desk typing away on his scroll. How did he have to audacity to call me to his office at a time like this? I needed to be with my daughter but he had something important to tell me. "Ah Qrow you're here, please sit down this is extremely important."

Ozpin motioned to the chairs in front of his office and I took him up on his offer due to the lack of sleep I've had over the past two and a half days. Winter was unhappy with me and my lack of personal care as I didn't do anything but wait for Ruby. I didn't deserve to do anything until I made it up to her. If I ever could.

"Now Qrow I know with everything that is going on between you and" Ozpin paused and looked at me and actually seemed scared of something. "Ruby, but we can not lay down and wait right now. Salem is probably planning her next move as we speak, with Cinder and Ruby with us and Tyrian dead she will grow desperate and attack us. Report are already coming in of large Grimm hoards forming and we believe she is even awakening some of her most ancient Grimm."

Ozpin clicked his screen and pulled up a picture of an aerial shot of a large black mass moving through the woods crushing everything in its path. "Ozpin when Salem attacked us last time it was planned out over years and it didn't work but she was trying to divide us against one another. If she wants to she can summon all of her Grimm and wipe us off of the face of only chance we stand is killing her but none of us can do it."

Ozpin thought for a second before he leaned back in his chair letting out a sigh. "Yes, I know this is the truth but we are not out of hope yet. We all know that there is one among us who can end Salem and we need her to be ready. We cannot wait for her Qrow we need to end this before it's too late."

Anger swelled inside me with a yell I lunged across the table grabbing Ozpin by his collar pulling up close to me. "Don't you dare try sending her any another one of your suicide missions. I will not let you send her to her death like you did to her mother. Ruby is not some pawn for you to play with, she already grew up without a mother and now you want to go and do the same thing all over again. Are you going to kill her and continue the process with her kids."

I pick up my sword while holding Ozpin still and leveled the blade up to his throat and pressed the tip to it. "I will kill you if you even mention this again. Ruby is not some pawn for you to do what you please with and neither is her kids or anyone for that fact. We will find a way to do this without sending someone to their death. Understood."

Ozpin slowly shook his head up and down and I released his collar letting him fall back into his chair. It didn't surprise me that Ozpin was not at all fazed by my actions, he was a man who could look death in the eye and not even blink. "Qrow I never planned to do for Summer to die, I warned her of the consequences and gave her the options. She was the one who made the final choice. The only fault on my part was not preparing her enough. Her death will always way the most in my mind but time is running out and we must act."

"Ozpin you are and always will be a selfish bastard, every time something happens you plan out everything but never do anything. If you want things to change then get out of your fucking chair and put down your coffee." I stood up from my chair and walked over to the door and stopped looked back at Ozpin. "We are hunters and our job is to bring hope to people while we fight back the darkness, but what about the hunter? Who do they look up to?"

I walked out of his office without another word leaving Ozpin to think about what I said. To others, Ozpin was not only the headmaster of Beacon but also the leader of all Hunters and people looked up to him. If we want to survive this war Ozpin is going to have to do more than just plan he is going to need to stand up and fight like the rest of his.

Once I was in the elevator I let out a long sigh as fatigue took over my body. In all the years I've spent hunting Grimm, rogue Hunter and Bandits it was nowhere near as exhausting as what was happening now and I deserved all of it. Every day I wished I could tell her the truth and be more than just her drunk Uncle but I was a coward. Instead of doing the right thing I hid and drank myself away and I, in the end, I thought I lost my daughter and I almost killed myself over it. If not for Winter I would be dead.

As if almost on cue the elevator dinged and the door slid open, I moved to get out of the elevator but in my fatigued state, my foot hit the gap between the elevator and floor sending me tumbling. A pair of arms caught me and I looked up to see that it was none other than my personal snow angel who caught me. "Qrow what the hell is wrong with you! Ozpin tells me he was meeting with you and that something happened. What is going on?"

"Winter now is not the time to talk about this."I tried to get to my feet but as I did my legs struggled to work and I was forced to accept help from Winter.

"Qrow I'm not gonna stand here and watch as you drop to the ground from exhaustion. Something is wrong and I need to know what it is. I tried asking Weiss but she wouldn't say anything, hell no one will say anything."

I started walking forward with Winter being the only thing holding me up as I left the CCT tower. Winter tried to ask where we were going but I raised my finger up silencing her and simply pointed to keep going forward. The walk should only have taken five minutes but by the time we reached the cliff edge looking over Vale it had been almost three times that.

Letting go of Winter I dropped to the ground with a grunt and patted the spot next to me. Winter took the offer and sat down next to me both of our legs dangling over the edge. "Qrow what is this about?

"Winter I told you when I asked you to marry me that you were not the first woman I loved, the only thing I ever told her was that she was no longer with us." I took in a deep breath and looked over to Winter who had a troubled look on her face. "I've also told you that she and I have a daughter and the time I told you she was also...she was the same as her mother."

I looked away from Winter and looked out over Vale watching the sun slowly set casting the horizon in a glowing fire. It was always my favorite place to come when I was here at Beacon. It always calmed me to look at everything and to remind myself not everything was falling apart and right now that is what I needed.

"Qrow I know all of this and just as I said when you asked to marry me. As long as you love me and never betray me I will always love you and all that comes with you." Winter reached out and took my hand sending a calm radiance through my skin that caused my heart to skip a beat. These were those moments that reminded me why I loved her so much.

"I've never told who the person I loved was because it hurt too much to talk about it especially after what happened to both of them, but thing have changed and...my daughter is no longer gone. I was so happy she was back but...who she thought I was wasn't the truth. She asked and I told her and it's torn us apart. It's killing me that I cased so much pain to her and I don't know what to do. I want to hug and hold her but I'm afraid of what she'll do. I...I"

Winter grabbed my head and turned me towards her and planted a soft kiss on my lips and slowly backed up her ice blue eyes locked onto mine. "Qrow before I can help you I need to know who this person is. If not I cannot tell you how to correctly approach them. Ok?"

I gave a slow nod and Winter reached out resting her hand on the side of my cheek again sending a warm feeling through my entire body that relaxed me. "Winter my daughter...it..it's Ruby."

Winter slowly backed up from me and slightly giggled before looking back. "You know that doesn't surprise me at all. Other than the fact that you two look and fight alike you both tend to act the same. This makes things a lot easier to figure out, all you need to do is be forward with her. Tell her what she needs to hear not what she wants. She's going to try to push you away but you have to push back and make things right. Show her you still love her and be there for her, that's how you make it up."

Winter leaned in and pulled me into a hug and we both looked out over the sunset as it started to dip beyond the horizon sending darkness over the land. Almost at once through the city came alive bright lights lit up in shops and store and apartment building. Even without the darkness that came with light we still figured out how to live in the light.

"So Qrow if Ruby's her daughter that makes me her stepmother, and since she has kids that means I'm also a grandmother. Who knew that at the age of 27 I would become both a mom and grandmother." Winter started laughing and so did I, it was one thing to see you kid grow up but it would always be a shock when the realization of these things came to you.

We spent the next half an hour in each other arms and I couldn't have been happier with everything that was going on. The moment ended though when Winter stood up from the ground and offered me her hand. I took it and stood up with her help the fatigue still fighting my body but no longer as much. "Qrow I would love to sit here with you the rest of the night but your..no our daughter is waiting for you."

I looked at Winter and couldn't help but to smile at how quickly Winter accepted her new position. Though she was never there to raise Ruby she was still going to do everything to act as a mother to her and I loved her for that. "Thank you, Winter, for this...I needed help and you did just that."

I leaned in and planted a kiss on my wife's lips then quickly pulled apart and turned towards the apartment. Ruby was waiting for me and I needed to fix thing now!"

POV RUBY

The world slowly began to form around me as the darkness slid back and light filled its gaps. Then in an instant, everything came hurtling back to me causing my head to be racked with pain. I curled my body up tighter as the pain of everything radiated through and I let out a sob. The memory of everything that happened was too much and I couldn't handle it, I wanted the pain to go away. I wanted to…"

The thought stopped in my head as a hand settle on top of my head and started to stroke my hair calming me. The sobs settled down and I pulled myself closer to the warmth that was laying on me. The smell of books and tea filled my senses and I could hear the faint hum of a song above me.

I turned be head and slowly cracked open my eye and found the source of comfort to be none other than Blake. She was looking down at me with a somber look on her face, it was filled with such sadness and regret but something else as well.

I continued to look up at Blake entranced by her beauty unable to look away. Her long raven hair flowing down her back to her amber eyes that were filled with such emotion and her flawless skin. The most beautiful thing of all was the radiance she emitted, it was so calm and warm giving me a sense of comfort that felt so familiar.

Blake continued to pet my hair and eventually she looked down at me and smiled as she saw I was awake. Blake never stopped running her hands through my hair but she did increase the sound of her humming. The soft melodic tune was no longer dampened but instead radiated with a soft sound. Blake continued to hum and then stopped taking in a deep breath before softly singing the words to the song she was humming.

"Out on the road, there are fireflies circling

Deep in the woods, where the lost souls hide

Over the hill, there are men returning

Trying to find some peace of mind"

"Sleep, my child"

"Under the fog, there are shadows moving

Don't be afraid, hold my hand

Into the dark, there are eyelids closing

Buried alive in the shifting sands"

"Sleep, my child"

"Speak to me now and the world will crumble

Open a door and the moon will fall

All of your life, all your memories

Go to your dreams, forget it all"

"Sleep, my child"

As Blake finished she looked down at me and stopped running her hand through my hair but what made up for it was the soft glowing smile on her face. Neither Blake or I moved for the next few minutes instead we both looked into each other's eyes taking in all we each had to offer. Everything felt so right and I knew this moment wouldn't last forever, nothing ever lasted in my life and now more than ever it would end terribly. "Blake I'm sor..."

Blake placed a finger up to my lips silencing me. "Ruby you have nothing to be sorry for, nothing you've done that causes you pain is your fault. Please don't blame yourself I can't stand to watch you be in so much pain. I want to be back with the woman I fell in love with, I know she's still there even if she's changed. I still love her...I still love you."

Those four words were one of the few things I'd missed hearing in the entire world. I loved my daughters and everything they did gave me new life but there was always something missing and it had just been found. Blake was the thing I'd been missing and I hated myself for all the things I'd done to her. Tears started falling out of my eyes and Blake cradled me closer to her again humming to try and soothe me.

"Blake, why would you love me? I've hurt people including everyone I've loved. How can you just continue loving me when I can't even be the person you love? I don't deserve anyone like you, I don't deserve to be alive. I should have died in that tunnel, I should have killed myself so I wouldn't cause so much pain to everyone."

I felt something land down on my cheek and looked up to see Blake with her own tears pouring from her eyes. Then Blake did the one thing I least expected, she reached down and with softly placed her lips on mine and kissed me.

Then just as quickly as it happened Blake backed up and threw her hand across my face turning my cheek bright red from the slap before she started yelling at me. "Don't you ever talk like that 't you ever say you should be dead or that you should kill yourself? I would never forgive you for such a thing. I love you and seeing you die has already hurt me enough that I almost joined you." Blake reached down and grabbed her pant and pulled them off and I began to cry harder seeing the red line s running across her inner thigh.

"You dying was the worst pain I ever felt. You were the one thing I loved most in this world and I thought I say you die right in front of me. You pushed me out of the way so I could live but I couldn't not without you. I tried so many times to join you but I couldn't, every time by some unknown fate I would get caught and I am so thankful for that. If not I would never be able to see you again."

Blake reached down to my neck and grabbed the silver chain and slipped it over my head and pulled the silver ring from the chain before sliding it onto her finger. "The thing regretted the most was never telling you my answer. I regret it more than the people I hurt while in the White Fang. I'm sorry I never I do. I love you and nothing would have made me happier than to have married you."

I couldn't pull my eyes away from the ring that was now wrapped around Blake's finger. I never got to ask Blake if she would marry me and I too regretted it. But here she was wearing the very ring I made for her and she was also saying she would have said I do and have become my wife. Here I was the most undeserving person hearing the two words they'd been waiting to hear their entire life. I didn't deserve this.

"Blake please stop, I don't deserve you. I don't deserve to be happy and have people that love me. I should be placed in a cage and locked away." Blake grabbed me by my neck and pulled me into another kiss this one more intense than the other. I could feel Blake put everything thing she had into it and it was overwhelming.

Blake broke the kiss and grabbed my hand slipping the gold ring onto my ring finger. "Ruby out of all the people in the world you deserve this the most. You were almost killed taken away from everything you knew and loved but you found your way back. You fought for tooth and nail not only to save yourself but two beautiful girls who now have someone they can call family. You deserve to be happy after having everything taken from you. I love you and I never want to be apart from you ever again. You are my soulmate and it makes me the happiest person alive to become Blake Rose. I want to marry you and be together forever, I want to help you raise those two beautiful girls. All you have to do is answer one simple question. "Will you marry me?"

With every word, Blake spoke my heart skipped a beat and when she asked me the question I wish 'I could have asked her it stopped entirely. I tried in all my power to say no but it would never happen. I loved Blake and she loved me, she even loved my kids that had no relation to either of us. She was everything I wanted and somehow I was the same for her. The only thing that I could say was. "I do."

This time I reached forward and kissed Blake as she let out a cry of joy as tear fell down her face. I will never stop believing that I don't deserve her but other than my kids Blake was my world and nothing was going to stop me from living for her.

The single kiss I enacted turned into multiple kisses with each of us trying to make up more than three years of lost time. Quickly our tongues began exploring each other mouth until we both had to break apart or risk passing out. Blake started kissing my cheek and slowly moved down my neck and I couldn't help but moan "I love you" as she bit down on my neck.

Blake worked her way back up my neck before softly kissing me on the lips. She let out a sigh and flopped down next to me on the bed. I slid down next to Blake and cuddle into her warmth feeling as if our bodies were designed to be with one another.

We both stayed like this in each other's arms and I could feel my body begin to drift off to sleep but just as all goods things end so was this. A knock echoed from the door and Blake sighed as she got up from bed but not before kissing me once more. I turned over and watch ed as Blake pulled on the pants she had taken off before and opened the door to the room.

Blake held the door open just enough so that only she could see who was at the door. Blake tried to close the door while shouting "She doesn't' want or need to see you right now." I shot up in bed as the door was forced open and Blake was pushed out of the way. Qrow walked through the open door and moved straight for me. I froze solid as Qrow picked me up and pulled me into a hug.

"Ruby I know you hate me and I deserve every drop of it but please hear me out. I never meant to hurt you, I wanted you to have a family that loved you and could give you something stable. I was everything but stable but I was also a fool to never tell you the truth. I have made a lot of mistakes in my life and never being able to tell my daughter I loved her will always be the biggest. I will never be able to make those long years but I will not stand by as my daughter is in pain. I have loved you and will always love you just as I loved your mother. You are my world and I will always love you, Ruby."

Qrow's grip on me never faltered as I fought against him. How could he be sorry for what he did? He abandoned me and lied about who he was, about who I was. I hated him for it and he was sorry. I lifted my arm to throw another punch but stopped as I noticed a tattoo on his shoulder. One that I never knew existed, I used all the force I had and pushed Qrow back from me and grabbed the collar of his shirt and ripped it open and stared blankly at the five dates tattooed into his shoulder. Each tattoo was of varying age and I knew each of them by heart. "Qrow why do you have those?"

I yelled at Qrow and he looked down at his shoulder and then back at me with tears in his eyes. "These are the five most important dates in my entire life. The first was the day I met your mother and the two of us became partners. The second is the day you were born. The third is the day I lost your mother and the fourth is the day I lost you. The fifth is the day I got my daughter back. These are the days that I will never forget because they are both the worst and the happiest days of my life. Ruby when I said you were my world I meant it, I've wanted to say to my daughter that I loved her my entire life. I tried to stay away but you mean too much to me. I just want my daughter to be happy."

Qrow was the person I should be hating the most right now but with everything, he said I could find nothing to hate. I may have never known him as my father but he never abandoned me. Qrow was always there for me when I needed him and I couldn't hate him. I ran up to him as if I was a little kid and wrapped my arms around him.

Qrow returned the hug and I cried into his shoulder just as I'd done before with Blake. A warmth filled my chest that was so unfamiliar but comforting at the same time. I cried harder as Qrow softly whispered. "I love you my little rose into my ear."

In a matter of a half an hour, everything around me seemed to change. The woman I loved the most in this world was once again mine and I'd made up with my father. Everything felt so out of place but I was happy for the first time in a long time.

The stress of everything finally began to takes its toll on me and my consciousness began to slip until the blackness around the edges of my eyes filled my vision and sleep took me away from the world of the living.