I do wish to apologize for how long this chapter took to come out but here it is completed ready for your eyes. I do plan to get back into either a bi-weekly or weekly schedule but that depends on somethings. Lastly, I would like to thank those who messaged me about the story there were a good number of you and I really do appreciate it.

POV RUBY

"Now be careful and open your eye very slowly your brain hasn't had a connection with an eye for years and it may take some time to adjust especially to light. I've also prescribed you some eyedrops in case your eye gets dry. This should no longer happen after a few days but it may still get dry from time to time."

Slowly the doctor removed the gauze patch over my eye and allowed me to slowly open it. When my eyelid opened enough to let light in it felt like I was staring at the sun and quickly slammed it shut. "Remember to take it slow, the light will hurt for a moment but you need to let your eye adjust."

I did as the Doctor said and once again opened my eye just as slowly as before but this time I didn't close it but kept going. Once my eye was fully open I tried looking around but everything was still so bright. I slowly blinked and found my eye was extremely dry and it hurt slightly. The doctor handed me the bottle before I could even ask for them. I quickly pulled the cap off the bottle and let the drops land on my eye. I blinked a few time letting the liquid spread over my eye and the relief was almost instantaneous.

When I looked back around my eye had already adjusted to the light and I could now see clearly. I might sound crazy saying this but there is a huge difference between one and two eyes, the biggest being depth perception. "Wow, everything is...I can't really explain it but it feels so far away."

The doctor laughed and pulled up a chart on the wall before walking over to me with a small paddle in his hand. "Yes, that would be your depth perception having returned to you. It may seem strange but it is going to help you in the long run. Now if you would please read the line of words as far as you can, I will stop you when it's needed."

The doctor placed the paddle over my right eye and I looked and began reading off the rows of letters. It was fairly easy at first since the letter was so large, I kept going until I read off the last letter on the final line and was surprised when the Doctor didn't say anything. "So did I do ok?"

The doctor looked at me then the board then let out a sigh. Ms. Rose, I don't know what luck we had but somehow your eyesight is more than perfect. Most people who go through this procedure have 20/35 vision meaning what normal people see at 20 feet they see at 35. You, on the other hand, see things at twenty feet that people see at ten. Seeing the ease you had I wouldn't be surprised if was even better than that.

The Doctor walked over to a table and quickly jotted down something on his scroll before returning to me and gave me two slips of paper. "I've prescribed you a months worth of eye drops and a week of pain meds. Those are only to be used if you get a headache or any neck pain caused by your eye. If this does happen after a week I want you to come back so that I can make sure nothing is wrong. Other than that I believe that nice raven-haired woman is waiting for you outside."

The doctor held out his hand and I took it giving him a quick thanks before opening the door and walked into the waiting room. I quickly spotted Blake sitting in one of the far chairs with a book in hand. I slowed my pace and stopped a few feet in front of her trying to calm my nerves with a deep breath. "So how do I look?"

Blake's eyes locked with mine as a tear rolled down her cheek. The book in her hand hit the ground as she jumped out of her chair and wrapped her arms around my neck and planted a kiss on my lips. "You look as beautiful as the day I first met you!"

This time I was the one who kissed Blake before pulling back looking her in the eye. "Are you sure about that I mean I lost some parts and picked up some nasty scars. I don't really think I'm as good looking as I used too."

Blake let go of me and flicked me as hard as she could on the nose. "Hey what was that for?"

"That was for being an idiot. No matter what happens to you I will always think your beautiful, you may be different but to me, that changes nothing. Every mark on you is part of your story and you should never be afraid to show them to me. Plus in the past, I thought you were extremely cute and beautiful. I still think that but now those scars make you hella sexy!"

This time when Blake went in for the kiss it was filled with a spark that went through my entire body igniting the flame inside me. The kiss went on for a few seconds but Blake pulled back and gave me a smile. "I love you but I don't think it's ok if we make out in the middle of a waiting room, plus Yang and Weiss are currently at the park with Kita and Ari and I know they're waiting for you."

"Hm, I think your right but don't think you're getting off easy after that little interaction. I may just have to let Yang take the twins this weekend." Blake's eyes grew wide as I gave a little smirk then flicked her on the nose before heading to the door leaving her in a dazed state. By the time I made it to the elevator Blake had caught up but was a little flustered.

"So what is it like now?" I looked at the wall and took a second to think before I gave Blake an answer. "Everything is clearer than before, I can truly see everything unlike before."

POV YANG

"Kita come on that's not fair how are you even doing that?" I ran after Kita and watched as she disappeared up one slide and came barreling down the other with a huge smile on her face. "Come on Aunty Yang try and catch us!"

I let out another frustrated growl as Kita ducked around the playground and this time appeared on top of the playground. I grabbed onto the ladder and quickly pulled myself up but was too late as Kita slid down the slide. Not even thinking I jumped off the top and landed a few feet from Kita and turned to her as she tried to run up a tree. Being so nimble she scaled the branches with ease before setting on a branch thirty feet off the ground.

"Ok, this game of tag is so unfair! How am I supposed to tag you if you're all the way up there? Plus that seems a little unsafe." Kita giggled and stuck out her tongue before flipping upside down on the branch holding onto the branch with her legs.

"You know I would love to see her go into the ring with you, I don't think you would stand a chance!" Weiss walked over to me Ari next to her holding her hand.

"Seeing that Ruby would kill me if there was so much as a mark on her I agree with what you said. Now the only question is how am I going to get her down?" I felt a tugging on my leg and looked down at Ari seeing that she was the cause of it."

"If you want I can help, Kita may be fast but so am I." I quickly crouched down and motioned for her to come closer and she did. "How about this if you get her down then I promise to bring you one of the big lollipops that you mom hates!"

I held up my pinky and Ari wrapped her on around it making the promise official. I watched as she let go and ran for the tree and began to climb up it with just as much ease as her sister. "How is Ari supposed to get Kita out of the tree. I mean it's not like she can drag her out!"

I kept watching as Ari was closing the distance between her and the Branch Kita was on. "Well you should never underestimate the power of an older sister, Me and Ruby used to do the same thing and it always worked out, well except for the time Ruby broke her arm or when I broke my leg then when both chipped a tooth."

By now both girls were hanging off the same branch which looked a little small to hold both of them. "Yang can ask you something." I gave a quick nod trying to let my eye go away from the twins. "How did you two usually get hurt?"

I took a second to think about all the time Ruby and I had hurt ourselves and most of them pointed to one thing. "Well, most of the time we were climbing stuff and screwing around until one or both of us fell!" I grew wide-eyed and both of us ran towards the tree knowing what was about to happen.

As if on cue the branch the twins were on began to crack and pull away from the tree. Kita and Ari were oblivious to this and when it finally broke they were both totally clueless of what happened until they were hurtling towards the ground. Just as the girls were about to hit the ground Yang and I snagged the girls out of the air stopping the inevitable bone from breaking. The girls were both wide-eyed but not as much as they were when a very angry woman began yelling.

"AKITA ELLIOTT AND ARIANA LYNN ROSE WHAT ARE YOU TWO DOING!" Walking towards the four of us was a very upset Ruby and an equally confused Blake behind her. "I've been gone for a few hours and I come back to the two of you falling 30 feet out a tree. Do you not remember what I said?"

Both of the girls looked at each other in shame with their eyes towards the ground, Kita and Ari both spoke at the same time doing their weird twin things. "You said to make sure our aura was active and to always be safe." Ruby gave a nod then walked over to the girls patting them on the head. "You should also remember to always land in a cool way that way you look like a superhero."

"Wait what the hell! You come barreling in here yelling and the next thing s your doing is giving the pointers on how to look cool when falling. This doesn't make any sense." I threw my hands up in defeat as Aria and Kita jumped down from our arms and ran back over the playground chasing each other.

"Well, Yang if you do remember Mom said something like that too. All that matters is that they're being smart about it. Those two are a hundred times more indestructible than either of us where and we survived some dumb things. If the least I have to worry about is them falling out of a tree then something is clearly wrong. Plus Blake said their natural instincts take over in those types of situations. Unlike most parents, I've learned to trust my kids."

"Well I don't know when you became such a wise parent but as long as I'm not in trouble it doesn't matter. Leaving that behind how did everything go, they give you a kickass new eye?" Ruby let out a sigh and pulled the band out of her face showing the long scar that traveled from the middle of her cheek all the way through her eye and up to her forehead. In place of the eyepatch, she used to wear was an eye identical to the other not a single thing about it was out of place." Damn Ruby if I never knew you lost your eye I would never know."

Ruby laughed and dropped her bangs back in front of her face covering up her scar and eye in the process. Even if she had her eye back the scar was still there and she wasn't going to let it show. Ruby may be strong but she didn't want people looking at her scars since they reminded her of a dark time. "Well thank you for watching the girls but I'm tired and need to take them home plus I still have to cook dinner."

"Well we are going back to your house but it's not so you can cook dinner. We have a surprise and there is no way you're getting out of it especially since you have to go home." Ruby expression changed to that of someone who was very annoyed and it was clear why.

"Yang I don't really want to deal with this now, I have to be up early so I can get to the conference tomorrow. I've been waiting six months for this and nothing is even close to being as important. Hell if it was possible I would already be there waiting for it to start." Ruby's face was growing red as she waved her arms around in frustration not understanding anything that was going on. It wasn't Ruby's fault for being clueless that was because none of us wanted to inform her of our true intent.

"Ruby I don't care what's happening tomorrow, right now you're going home with all of us. Neither heaven or hell is going to stop me from dragging you back. Now get in Weiss's limo or I will force you into it right in front of your children."

The threat seemed to work as Ruby grumbled a curse under her breath and started walking towards the snow white limo that had just pulled up on the side of the road. Weiss grabbed the girls from the playground and all six of got in heading back towards their home.

POV RUBY

"I still don't understand what any of this is about, I can't think of one thing that calls for all this secrecy. Sure I got a new eye but it's not even that important." I continued to complain the entire way home and even as we pulled up into our driveway and I got out of the car. Blake tried to calm me down the entire way but it wasn't working, I hated it when I didn't know something and it was helping my anxiety about tomorrow.

"Mamma, can I hold your hand?" Ari jumped out of the limo and ran over to me holding out her hand so that I could take. "Sure you can sweety! I'm sorry about me being upset you know how much I don't like secrets."

Ari put her hand into mine and began to slightly swing her arm back and forth as we walked towards the front door while I fished the keys out of my pockets. I caught Blake doing the same as I was her own hand locked around Kita's. "It's ok Mommy, secrets can be mean and it's not nice to lie to people. You said it's always best, to tell the truth, right?"

"Yes that's definitely true but secrets can also be good things. Sometimes you have a good secret you hide until it's the right time to tell someone. Those are the only times that it's ok to keep a secret. It's hard but it's the right thing to do!"

Ari wrapped herself around my arm and gave it a hug while slightly rubbing her cheek on my arm as a sign of affection. "Ok Mommy, I promise only to keep good secrets."

Ari went back to just holding my hand when we reached the door and I placed the key in the lock and opened the door to what I thought was an empty house. My instincts were going crazy as I stepped into the house reaching for the light switch on the wall. Something was clearly off and I reached under my jacket and wrapped my hand around the revolver I had in my holster. Blake had thought it was over the top to constantly carry a weapon with me at all times but it paid to keep my kids safe.

I pulled the .375 revolver out of its holster slowly reaching for the light switch in the darkness. When my hand touched the little switch I quickly flipped it while squinting my eyes to keep the light from blinding me and scanned the room as quickly as I could. Something shifted near the kitchen and I pointed the gun towards it.

I put my finger on the trigger getting ready to fire but hesitated hearing a voice coming from behind the kitchen island. "Hey Ruby, do you mind not pointing a gun at me I really don't want to be shot today."

The second I heard the voice all the muscles in my body relaxed and I let the gun fall down to my side. "Qrow what the hell are you doing in my house with all the lights off. I thought somebody broke in. Dear Oum I was going to shoot you!"

Qrow slowly stood up from behind the island with a goofy grin on his face and one of those cheap party hats on his head. I walked towards Qrow and placed the revolver back in my holster securing it in place. "Qrow what the hell is that on your head. You look like an idiot!"

"I know he looks like an idiot but please ruby if you're going to shoot my husband try and make sure it's easy to clean up. We don't want to spend too much time cleaning up." Winter walked towards me through the hallway dressed in a snow white dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up the front opened up to show a grey t-shirt underneath and a pair of black skinny jeans.

"Thanks for reminding me Winter if you didn't mention it I would have made a pretty big mess." I stopped and looked back over Winter outfit and how casual it was. Qrow seemed to help Winter relax and unless she was on the job she no longer dressed to the nines in full uniform like she used to.

"Now where is everybody else I believe our sister and significant other are also supposed to be here not just the two little munchkins hiding behind the couch!" Kita and Ari squealed from behind the couch and tried to run away as Winter stalked over towards them. When they tried to jump out of her way she scooped them up into a big hug, which was nothing you would expect to see from a Schnee.

"You know every time I see her play with the twins Winter seems to release a side of her that nobody else sees. I would never have guessed how well she fit into the role." Qrow used his natural height to lean on to me but it was no longer as easy as when I was short. Since I'd grown surprisingly late in life Qrow was now only two to three inches taller. The distance was clear but it made it easier for me to push him off because it was hard to lean on something slightly shorter.

I grabbed Qrow's arm and lifted it off my shoulder and walked over to the front door when it opened as Weiss, Yang and Blake entered the house. "Where the hell did you three go and disappear to? I thought somebody broke into the house and almost blew Qrow's brains out. How do you explain to the cops how you blew your dad's brains out!"

"Well, I think it would be pretty hard." I shook my head at the remark but froze when the voice played back over in my head. It was a comment that Qrow would make but the problem was the voice that said it wasn't his.

My head began to hurt like it had months before when my memories first came back. The only time the pain ever came back was when something triggered the memories in my brain even though that I'd already remembered.

The pain hits it peak sending electricity through my head and down my spine making me cringe. Right after that, it was a complete shock to me when the pain faded as if it had never been there. It hadn't lasted more than a second but it was enough to remind me there were still things I needed to do and one of them was standing a few feet away.

I turned slowly and took a step back at the sight of the blonde man standing in the doorway of my home. My heart began racing as the man stepped inside making me move backward again.

"Ruby I...I'm...I really don't know what to say...I...I'm sorry that I let this happen. I'm sorry that I'm not the man you thought I was but...I loved your mother and I loved you...and...you will always be my daughter."

Those final few words made my head swim as I felt every inch of my body telling me to run even though I knew I was in no danger. Even though I knew this I followed my instincts and activated my semblance knowing that it was the easiest and quickest way to get away. By the time anybody realized what happened I was already at the door to the master bedroom upstairs locking it behind me.

Once everyone realized what happened footsteps echoed up the stairway as my name was called and someone banged on the door. I scrambled back across the floor until my back rested on the edge of my bed. I pulled my legs up to my chest but the second my hand felt the cold metal of my prosthetic everything began to flood back to me of the day IT happened.

The phantom pains began to return and I could feel the incurable itch of my lost limbs trying return to me. Fear flooded every sense of my body as the pain continued to build till it felt like fire was crawling through my veins. I reached out with my hand and tried to pry the prosthetic off, my finger reached one of the clasps on my leg and when I flipped it a new pain ran through my leg as one of the nerve connectors was released.

The pain was different from the other chasing the phantom one away and replaced it with real genuine pain. Reaching out again I grabbed the connector and pushed it back into place crying out from the pain but that was what I needed. I could feel the fear being driven away and my mind began to clear leaving me a sweat-soaked mess on my bedroom floor.

This was not the first time I had a panic attack and it wasn't going to be the last. Every time I remembered that night my mind would collapse on itself and the pain would come flooding back, things I never wanted to experience again. Every time it was the same feeling that closeness to death that terrified me.

As I continued to lay on the floor my breathing still raspy and erratic the pounding on the door continued to grow louder. It seemed as though no matter how they hit the door it didn't budge at all until the sound of a key slipping into the lock made me look up. The door slowly opened until there was just enough room and Blake slipped in closing the door behind her.

Once Blake saw me on the ground she ran over and scooped me up in her arms carry me over to the bed. My vision wavered as she placed me on the bed and ran to our bathroom grabbing a towel before coming back trying to rid my body of a large amount of sweat on it.

"Dear Oum Ruby I'm sorry I let this happen Yang...she..she wanted you to see him but she knew you wouldn't agree to it. I'm sorry I went behind your back and now your in pain because of me!"

I reached up with my hand and grabbed Blake's arm stopping her from freaking out like she was. "Blake it's not your fault it never was or will be...I just...I have so much trouble with those memories and...seeing him...they all came back...and I panicked. Please right now I just want to be with you...please!"

Blake seemed to calm down just as I had and her expression softened as she crawled into bed wrapping her arms around me. My body was drawn to Blake's and she cradled me as close to her body as possible. Blake slowly ran her hand through my hair just as she always did and began humming a song as she always did to comfort me. Fatigue began to build up in my body until I could no longer stand in its path and everything around me halted except for the comforting sound of Blake's voice.

When I next woke up hours had passed and the sun had fallen beneath the horizon leaving only the remnant of the moon to light the sky. I was still cradled in Blake's arms but not as tightly as before allowing me to slip out from the embrace without waking her.

Once I was free I stood up and tried to walk but stumbled when I put weight on my prosthetic. When I had tried to remove it earlier then reconnected it I had aggravated the nerves making my leg sensitive. I braced myself on the edge of the bed and used it to steady myself on both of my feet before trying to walk again. This time I had more success but walked with a limp making my movement speed significantly slower, hopefully, within an hour or two the problem would resolve itself like it usually did. I quietly slipped outside into the hallway and began to descend the stairs but froze hearing two voices in an intensive argument.

"Qrow I know what you're trying to say but how was I supposed to know any of this was going to happen. First I lose her then I get a call three months ago saying that she's back from the dead. I tried to see her as soon as possible but Yang and Ozpin refused to let me saying the time wasn't right. I've waited and I'm trying to be as calm as possible about this and your acting like I'm trying to hurt her for some reason!"

"Tai I'm not trying to blame for what happened that was Ruby's PTSD causing a panic attack caused by when she saw you. This isn't the first time it's happened but from how things went it wasn't as bad as the others. Ruby's the strongest woman I know but she's still fragile and you can't just come running back into her life know that she knows the truth. Summer and I may have done something stupid but Ruby is the best thing that has ever happened to me. If I could have I would have been there for her but I couldn't, by semblance would have killed her and everyone else around me. But we also can't forget how all this happened and not accept the blame."

I slowly began to limp down the rest of the stairs trying to keep my footsteps as quiet as possible so as to not alert them of my presence just yet.

"Qrow that may be true but even if she's yours I was the one who raised her after Summer died. I was the father and you were the Uncle. No matter what happens I will always see her as my daughter even though I have no blood relation. I may not have loved Summe as much as you did but I still loved her. I...I just want to see my daughter."

"Well then here I am!" Both men jumped in surprise as I stepped into the kitchen where they were having their conversation. I stopped in front of the fridge and pulled a beer before sitting down at the island and cracking it open.

"Ruby I...I'm sorry for before...I didn'...I didn't mean for that to happen. This was all supposed to go differently. Without anyone getting hurt." I leaned back in my chair and took a drink from my beer feeling the relief the cool liquid brought to my dry mouth.

"Tai..er Dad or whatever the hell I'm supposed to call you. What happened was and wasn't your fault. I've had a hard time with well dying and I panic every time I remember it happening. You showing up just triggered the memory and well...I panicked. I'm not upset with you for that reason but.."

"You're mad at me because I've been lying to you about who you were and the truth about everything. I knew this day would become and I was...am a fool for not planning for it. Ruby I always loved you just as if you were mine because you were my own."

"Yes you may see it that way but you forget that you didn't exactly raise me like you think you did. After Mom died you became a mess just like you always have and left Yang to raise me. It was cruel and unfair to put that responsibility on her, sure you eventually came back around but it should never have happened."

Tai was clearly taken back by this but the truth was he should have been. Tai still clearly saw me as the same child I was years ago but I've changed. I may still be that little girl but I'm also a mother, an assassin, a huntress and a full-grown woman.

"Ruby I know I screwed up and I'm sorry but I can't change the past, I just want to be here for you. I missed you and I just want to see you. Summer saved me once, then she was gone but I still had you and then you were gone too. It...it killed me inside just like it did Yang and Qrow. We are a pretty screwed up family...but I want to show you that you being my daughter is no lie."

"Yes well, you have nothing to prove to me the person you should apologize to is Yang. You stole her childhood from her when she was forced to take care of me. I don't care if you stay or go the person to decide that is Yang."

I quickly took another drink from my beer downing what was left of it before turning to go back upstairs but stopped to say one last thing. "To make it easy you're not going to be referred to as Uncle Tai so as not to confuse the twins. It was hard enough with trying to explain Winter being Grandpa's wife and Aunties sister. Those two girls are my world and trust me if something happens to them you will not just feel my wrath but also every heart those girls have touched."