AN: Today is a special day. This chapter was created through a prompt given by ColdPlayFan12. I do have more prompts for the fic set for later dates, so do look forward to those as well.

Year 1: Broken Bonds

Haley's POV

Rex, Azure, Jason, and I were sitting in the cafeteria. Azure was joking around, trying to get Rex to smile, to no avail. Rex was reading a book on Aura techniques in an effort to improve his fighting while responding to Azure's jokes. Jason was talking with me and Azure while ignoring Rex. I asked Azure about it earlier, and she said they made an 'gentleman's agreement' to keep things civil as long as we were with them. Too proud for their own good, more like.

I glance over to Rex. "Are you going to join the Mistral Regional tournament next month? You'd rank pretty high if you didn't claim the top spot."

He shakes his head. "Too many people."

I turn to Azure, who is already translating. "Rex is uncomfortable around large groups of people. After about 50 people, he gets really anxious. There will be hundreds at the tournament, so for him it would be torture."

I laugh. "So that's why Rex hates people."

"I don't hate people, I just prefer to keep to myself. Too much of a headache. Besides, Azure isn't competing either."

Jason looks puzzled. "Why aren't you joining?"

She sighs. "I may like fighting, but in sparring class, I'm one fighter in a large group; I blend in. The tournament would make me the center of attention, which was a bad thing when I was growing up and I'm still a little wary about... Quit laughing Rex!" Azure punches him in the shoulder.

I look at her. "He wasn't laughing. He wasn't even smiling."

"With Rex, its all subtle. You have to learn to read his body language. Believe me, he was having the time of his life there."

Rex shrugs. "I'm used to it. She is very physical with her love." He raises his hand, catching Azure's next swing. "...See? Azure, calm down. I was talking about platonic love."

I'm not so certain about that. They act like a couple sometimes.

Rex continues on, "Since you were asking, Onyx, you're planning on competing? I can spar a round or two with you if you want some practice."

Before I can answer, a couple of people walk over. "Wait, Onyx, as in, Alexander Onyx?"

I give a half-felt smile. "You're from Atlas?"

"Can we get your autograph?!"

After handing over a few autographs, they leave. Everybody was looking at me.

Azure breaks the silence. "Well, that was something. What makes you a celebrity?"

I sigh. "Its not me, its the name. The Onyx family is one of the big ones in Atlas. We have a bloodline Semblance that draws upon the strength of dragons. As such, we acted as bodyguards of the Schnee family for generations. The strongest creatures of legend to guard the greatest weapon against the Grimm. My father was the first to break the tradition, when he was enrolled into Beacon as a Huntsman instead of becoming Daniel Schnee's bodyguard. After that, Onyx is a hit-or-miss name with Atlesians, I either get fans or some serious detractors."

"Well that's interesting. What about your mom?"

"She doesn't have quite the weight of my dad. They met at Beacon. Her name was Elizabeth Lupus-"

Azure stops me. "Wait a second. Lupus? Isn't that a Faunus name?"

"Yeah, I'm half-Faunus. I actually identify myself as Faunus, even though I never developed the traits due to my mixed blood."

Azure looks furious. "Well thank you for finally revealing that sort of information now after knowing us for months!"

As she starts standing up, Rex places his hand on his forehead. "Please calm down."

However Azure vanishes. Did she just use her Semblance to run from us?

I turn to Rex. "You're not going to run off as well?"

Rex shakes his head. "I'm a Faunus with a human sister. I am the last person to comment on your racial identity. Besides, I already figured out you were a Wolf Faunus."

I stare at him. "How could you guess what my race is? How did you get it right?"

He gives a look that screams I am so disappointed in you. "On the Faunus account, I was suspicious from the point you dodged Azure's bullet. No pure human could have done that. Then there was the incident on the roof. The way you looked was of someone who just revealed too much information. The final nail in the coffin was that, during the power outage last week, you looked up, before going back to reading... in the dark."

Okay; the night-vision was probably a dead giveaway.

Rex continues on. "After that, I just looked back to figure out your species. You prefer overly rare meat and eat the bare minimum of greens, which led me to believe you are a carnivorous breed. You have a slight habit of responding to smells more than other senses; that implied you were Lupine. Then I remembered my parents' scents, which were very similar to yours. I was almost certain you were a wolf until you just confirmed it, though the specific type escapes me and I am somewhat curious about. I'm a timber wolf."

"That is... certainly an impressive analysis. Since you are asking, tundra wolf."

Rex tilts his head. "And with that, I now know why your scroll's screensaver is of snowfall. Although I'll admit to curiosity. Could you please continue the story about your mother?"

"Like I said earlier, my mom doesn't have the same weight behind her name like dad did. The only real thing to stand out was that she used to be a part of the White Fang an-" My instincts surge, and I am pulling a knife out and deflecting Rex's pistol before I processed that he had even pulled it on me, his eyes shining with a savage anger. Some part of my mind files away the fact Rex apparently carries a loaded gun everywhere.

"What the Hell, Rex?"

Rex voice comes out as a faint growl. "You're a fucking Fang? Give me one good reason why I shouldn't pull the Dust damned trigger right here and now!"

Fear and adrenaline are pumping through my veins. Is he actually threatening to kill me? If that's the case I need to take him down first!

Jason gets between us. "Seriously, you two are making a scene in the middle of the cafeteria. Can we please put the weapons away and talk this out like civilized people?"

I look around, and notice the looks of confusion and fear of everyone in the room. Rex slowly lowers his gun. "Sparring room... now." He turns and walks away.

Jason looks at me. "You don't have to do this, you know."

Part of me does, but the other... "No, if I don't clear this with Rex now, we'll be at each others throats until graduation. I need to reason with him."

"I don't think you can reason with a bloodthirsty beast like that. He threatened to execute you, in front of an audience. There won't be anything to stop him if you do this."

Rex's accusation rings through my head. 'You're a fucking Fang?'

He thinks I am part of the White Fang. That is what has him angry. That means I can calm him down if he's willing to listen.

I walk to the sparring room and gather my stuff, Jason following me. Rex is standing in the middle of the arena, still in his school uniform and without his sword. Holding Ebony and Ivory at the ready, I approach him. "Rex let me explain. I have no pa-"

Rex charges me, unleashing a flurry of kicks. I dodge backwards trying to create ground between us. I swing at his leg when he throws it out, but he retracts it and turns it into a snap-kick that strikes my wrist. He quickly fires at my head, and kicks me in the temple when I reflexively duck to avoid it. A faint black glow envelopes Rex's fist and I catch the punch with the blades of my scythes, but I was unprepared for how much harder it struck then his kicks.

He can lace his blows with Aura? Damn it. Azure was wrong; Rex holds back a lot in class.

Rex growls again. "Once word of your death reach your handlers, they will understand that I am not playing around!"

Fear causes my instincts to take over again, and I start swinging my scythes on reflex, finally pushing Rex back and on the defensive. Seizing the moment, I speak out. "Rex, I am not part of the White Fang! My mother left it once it started going psycho!"

I swing Ebony downward, but he moves in, catching my wrist and halting the strike. He quickly wraps his arm around mine, and with a twist of his body, tears the weapon out of my hand. He casually tosses it to the edge of the arena, leaving me down to Ivory.

However, his eyes have lost their rage. He had started to calm down. "You hold no loyalty to them?"

"I never did."

Rex puts his gun away. "I'm sorry; the Fang are a very sore part of my life."

Jason glares down Rex. "So no more trying to murdering her?"

"Jason, it was a misunderstanding. Lay off him."

Rex looks down. "Still, I can't apologize enough. I should have controlled myself."

I smile. "Lets just agree not to do this again."

"Agreed."

WN: Due to the nature of this idea, I will be splitting it into two chapters.

Yes, we have subspecies of Faunus. Rex is Canis lupus lycaon; Haley is Canis lupus albus.

Aura laced strikes are a double edge sword based on what we've seen canon wise. Everyone remember what Ren did? He blew up a King Taijitu's head off, and was weak for the rest of the initiation. Not to mention, Aura is meant to be a Hunter's shield, not a sword.

The disarming technique Rex used is actually known as 'snaking' in the real world art Escrima.