Probably the shortest chapter I've written up thus far, but just to give you all a heads up this is nothing but a flashback chapter between a few certain characters, hope you enjoy this chapter none the less! :D

(Opening Theme: Let's Just Live Performed By Casey Lee Williams)

-Years Ago; Patch-

On the small island of Patch, in a house made of wood, three young girls had ran along the grassy fields that had been provided; though the smallest one was being carried on another girl's back. They were playing a simple game of tag, as a young girl with golden hair tied back into pigtails, with lilac purple eyes, ran from a girl with black hair tied back in a small low ponytail with a white ribbon and having a pair of indian red eyes. The little girl with black hair had on a green long sleeved shirt under a pair of demeian jean overalls and had a pair of brown shoes. On her back she carried a small girl with short black hair, and the ends that had faded to red and had a pair of silver eyes. The little one with golden laughed as she ran from the two girls.

"You can't catch me! You can't catch me~!" The girl with golden hair said in a sing song voice.

"I can too!" The girl with the white ribbon said as she tried to keep up her pace.

"Face it! You won't be able to run fast enough when you've got Ruby on your back!" The golden hair said sticking her tongue out in a teasing way. "I can too Yang!" The girl with the white ribbon said.

The little one, named Ruby, tugged on the girl's shirt, and started to do signs. She flapped her arms back and forth indicating flight, and the girl seemed to have understood her. "Good idea." She said softly to Ruby with a smile. She allowed Ruby to climb off of her back, and the girl jumped into the air. In a split second, the girl's body had turned into a bird, with the white ribbon wrapped around it's neck. She flew high above the girl named Yang, who had just now noticed that she was nowhere to be seen with her sister.

"Hey, where did you go?" She heard Yang say.

The girl soon flew just behind her, and changed back. She tapped Yang on the shoulder, making her jump, "Tag you're it!" The girl said with a triumphant smile.

Yang flailed her arms as she said, "That's not fair Melody! You cheated!"

The little girl named Melody simply smiled innocently and said, "Nope, I caught you fair and square, right Ruby?"

"Yeah Yang! Fair and square!" Little Ruby had said.

"Oh yeah?" Yang said, "How about this?"

Yang playfully tackled Melody to the ground and started to tickle her, making her laugh. "Ahahaha! Ruby help! I need-HAHAHA! I need help!" Melody said through her laughter.

"I'll save you from tickle monster!" Ruby said. She ran over to Yang, and jumped on her back and Yang pretended to be hit. She rolled onto the grass along with Ruby. "Agh! Remember me how I was!" Yang said, as she pretended to play dead. Melody and Ruby laughed at the face she was making as she played dead. Just than they heard a voice come over them, "Lunchtime kids! Come and get it!"

The three of them got up, and ran back to the house, and onto the front porch, where they were met with Taiyang, or as many knew him, as Tai. He had a tray with three plates of sandwiches that were peanut butter and jelly. They sat up on the steps as Tai placed the tray down, and they started happily munch on it. Tai noticed their clothes had been covered in dirt. "What in the world were you girls doing out their?"

"We were playing tag, Uncle Tai!" Melody said, "Than it turned into a tickle fight!"

"Cousin Melody cheated again!" Yang said pointing to her.

"Oh is that so?" Tai said, "How did she?"

"She turned into a bird, and got her from behind!" Ruby said with her mouth full.

"To be fair, the rules don't say anything about changing into a bird." Melody said to her cousin, while nudging her with her shoulder.

"I still say it's cheating!"

"Is not!"

"Is too!"

"Alright, alright you two." Tai said to his daughter and niece, "Don't bicker Yang. We're all family remember? And Melody, I know you like showing off your semblance, but that doesn't mean you have to use all the time. Next time, play fair with your cousins, okay?"

"Yes dad." Yang said.

"Okay, Uncle Tai." Melody said. They both went back to eating their sandwiches.

Soon enough after they finished their plates, a young woman's had called out, "Melody! Melody sweetie!"

Melody picked up her head and saw a young woman with black hair just like her's but her eyes were of blue. Her hair had been cut short to a bob style haircut, and she wore an outfit that consisted of a dark green tank top with a gray poncho with the sleeves cut up. She also had on dark blue pants and a pair of black boots. Melody's expression brightened as did Yang's and Ruby's. "Mom!" Melody said as she ran over to her, "Mommy's here!"

"Aunt Celia!" Yang and Ruby said as they ran behind Melody.

Melody jumped onto the woman named Celia's, wrapping her arms around her leg, and Yang and Ruby jumped afterwards. Tai approached Celia, "Well, you're out early." Tai said, genuinely shocked, "I didn't expect to see until later."

"My boss ended up taking early vacation." Celia said to Tai, "So we ended up closing up earlier than usual." She gently pushed, her daughter and two nieces out of the hug. She than gave Yang and Ruby a kiss on the forehead before turning to Melody, "Okay, it's time for us to go home sweetie."

The three girls couldn't help but say 'aww' at this, "Can't I stay a little longer mom?"

"You can play with your cousins, tomorrow at the park." Celia reassured her, "For now it's time for us to return home. I think your father might be coming back from his mission."

"Uncle Qrow is coming home?!" Ruby said with excitement

"I wanna see him!" Yang said.

"You girls can see him tomorrow." Tai said, "Like your aunt said, we'll all see each other at the park."

"Yay!" Yang and Ruby cheered.

"Let's play hide and seek tomorrow!" Melody said to her cousins.

The two of them nodded their heads and smiled. Melody said her goodbyes to her cousins and uncle and Celia had thanked Tai for taking care of her daughter. With mother and daughter hand in hand, they went down the road, as Melody waved goodbye to them.

-Kuroyuri-

The sun was high above the clouds, and the sky was clear as a crystal. All was lively throughout the village of Kuroyuri, and many people were walking around the small yet large village. People had talked to one another, children played games with each other, and many had been running stores, or some people were out hunting in the woods just on the outside of Kuroyuri. A young boy with big pale pink eyes wearing a green, magenta outfit with white pants and black shoes, had been walking by the river provided, and spotted a lilypad. His hair was black and tied back and a single strain of his hair was magenta. Intrigued by the small little flower he kneeled down to take a closer look at it. He couldn't help but be in awe by the flower as he watched it float across the water in the river. He was about reach for the flower until he heard, a light laughter from someone.

He turned to a woman who had pink eyes, and she had rose hair that was tied back in a bun. She wore a long green dress with cutout sleeves, revealing her shoulders. She wore black ballet flats with a pink sash; Many knew her as An. She gave the young boy a warm smile as she held a basket of bread. "Why hello little Lie." An said to her son, "Are we trying to catch a fish?"

The young boy by the name of Lie replied, "I've found a flower in the water!"

"Oh I see." An said still with a smile.

Lie stood up and went over to his mother, "Can we take it home and plant it in the garden?"

"Oh, no sweetheart, that flower stays here." An said to Lie.

Lie had a look of dejection about this. An patted him on the head, "But I'll tell you what you can do…" An said before taking out a lien card, "Take this Lien and go find something nice for your father's return. He's been hunting for quite some time. I bet the journey's been very tiring don't you think?"

"Yes." Lie said before taking the lien card from his mother.

"Do you think he know what he wants?" She asked.

Lie thought about it before replying, "I think… He wants a water flower in the garden!"

An laughed at this, "Why did you have to inherit my sass?"

With a playful nudge, and laughter from her son, she watched as he went towards the markets of the village as to look for a gift for his father.

Little Lie went through the markets of Kuroyuri trying to figure out what to get for his father when he had returned home. He approached one of the many stands, one having weapons. He looked at the many weapons in awe, just amazed of the many battle axes and swords seen. "Excuse me?" He said to the man running the stand; he held the lien card that his mother had given him, "What can I buy with this?"

The Blacksmith chuckled, "Well, something just your size." The Blacksmith picked up a couple of weapons made of wood, a sword and hammer to be exact. Though Ren couldn't help but slump over in disappointment. He moved onto the next stand which had belonged to that of a liquor merchant. He went next in line after a man, "Sake please!" He said to the man. The wine merchant looked to Lie, with an amused look, and shook his head to Lie, making him even more disappointed. Seeing as how he was unable to get the sake for his father's return. He walked along the street, passing the various stores within Kuroyuri as he thought about what to get for his father, though nothing came to mind.

He soon stopped in front of a bakery, that contained many sweets and such, containing even bread that was of a cat, and water lilies that was made with icing and dough. Lie figured that his father, wouldn't having a sweet or two-

"HEY! GET BACK HERE!"

Lie's attention was drawn to the sound of yelling from other children. He followed the laughter over to the alleyway, and saw what was going on. Three older boys were picking on a girl around the same age as her. She was covered in dirt and her hair was a short orange color, wearing a shirt that was white and had a heart in the middle. She had on a hoodie, short pants and shoes, and she was covered in dirt from the neck down and eyes were of turquoise. The three boy's were mocking her as she held a loaf of bread close to her chest.

"Where did you get that bread? I didn't see you pay for it you little thief!"

"No look it's all moldy!"

"I think she got it from the trash!"

"Lemme see that!"

One of the boy's reached out to grab the loaf of bread that was in her hand. Though she retaliated by biting the boy's finger when he had gotten close to her. The boy cried out in agony, as he pulled his hand back, "AH! SHE BIT ME!" The three boy's jumped back slightly when this happened, and the tall boy, had shoved the girl to the ground, making her drop the loaf of the bread. She got up and grabbed the bread holding it close to her again as she crouched again. The boy's mocked her again.

"Where did she come from?"

"She's dressed all weird!"

"I bet she's abandoned! Like a dog or something!"

"Does that mean I have rabies?"

The three boy's laughed at the young girl, and it wasn't long before the little girl looked in Lie's direction. The three boy's noticed this, and turned over to him as well. Lie shrunk when they had looked to him; panicked filled his body as he turned to run. As soon as he did he ran into something and fell on his back letting out a surprised scream. He looked up to see a tall man having black hair tied back in a ponytail with a gray streak and a black moustache and goatee. He wore a sleeveless green tailcoat over a long sleeved white shirt and he wore black pants tucked into open-toe sandals with a black sash around his waist. He had his bows and arrows on his back, and a single sheathed dagger; On his right hand he wore an archer's glove. Many of the people knew him in the village as Li.

"Father…?" Little Lie had said looking to the man.

Li looked to the scene before him, "What is happening here?"

The three boy's looked scared when Li looked to him. The girl however saw this as her opportunity to run. She stood up and went with her loaf of bread in hand. Soon enough the three boy's stood up and ran away too; Lie stood up from the ground as Li looked to him.

"Do you wish to run with the rest of them?" Li asked him.

Lie didn't say anything; he just looked to the ground in response. Li kneeled down to his son, and placed his hand on his shoulder, "Sometimes the worst action to take… Is to take no action at all. Go home. I need to speak with the mayor."

Li stood up and took his leave, and Lie watched as he went to see the mayor.

-Later that Night-

Though Celia had put Melody to bed, she was still to excited to go to sleep. She had told her, that her father wasn't coming back until later, she just couldn't shut her eyes, despite it being so late at night. She passed the time by playing a video game, though she had in on mute so her mother wouldn't hear her, since she didn't want to get in trouble and grounded like last time. She finally heard the door open and heard her mother say welcome home to someone.

From that Melody had immediately jumped right out of bed, and opened the door. She quickly and quietly made her way down the stairs. There she saw a familiar man with dark spiked hair talking to her mother; it was none other than the Huntsman Qrow. Her expression brightened at the sight of the man, though she decided to be sneaky. She activated her semblance and turned into a small dog, with the ribbon tied in around her neck like when she turned into a bird. She went down the stairs and towards the dining room, treading softly so that she wasn't heard. Finally when she was under the table, just by their feet, she let out a small bark. Celia jumped at the sound, but Qrow didn't seem phased. Just as Melody changed back as she giggled, Qrow looked under the table.

"Well, well, if it isn't our usual culprit?" Qrow said amusingly, reaching out to the little girl.

"Hi daddy!" Melody said jumping into the man's arms. Qrow got her out from under tha table and sat her on his lap. "Melody Wren Branwen." Celia said sounding crossed, "What are you doing up at this hour?"

"I wanted to see daddy." Melody said.

"You know it's past your bedtime. It's not good for you to stay up this late." Celia said to her.

"Celia, come on you had to see this coming." Qrow said, "Our little bird has always been like an owl anyway. Isn't that right?"

Melody simply smiled and nodded at this; Celia couldn't help but sigh, "I swear Qrow, you're a bad influence on her."

"Whatever gave you that idea?" Qrow asked with an innocent look that made Melody giggle.

"How was your mission daddy? Did you get all the bad guys?" Melody asked.

Qrow ruffled her hair a bit, "Of course I got the bad guys. Did you think I'd be here if I didn't?"

"I bet they were scared when they saw you!"

"Well, I wouldn't say scared but they certainly-"

Celia cleared her throat stopping Qrow in mid-sentence. He turned to her and gave a shrug, as if to say, "What?" Celia than turned to their daughter, "Why don't you tell your father about today?"

"Oh yeah!" Melody said, "Yang, Ruby and I were playing tag today. Yang almost got away from me, but I turned into a bird and got her!" Qrow merely scoffed at this, "Seriously? You've only just gotten your semblance last week and already your using it to cheat."

"To be fair, they're aren't any rules to tag." Melody said.

"Melody, remember what your uncle said playing fair." Celia said.

"I know, I know but I can't help it!" Melody said, "It's just so cool to have a shape-shifting semblance!"

Qrow couldn't help but shake his head. Why did she have to inherit some of my traits, he couldn't help but think. He sighed and said to her, "Wren listen, I know it's exciting to when your first get your semblance, but you gotta understand, sometimes having a semblance is not all that it's cracked up to be. Remember you only got this recently, so you have to be careful."

"But I-"

"Come on, don't argue. Just don't use it as much as you do, until you learn more about it, okay?"

Melody looked dejected as she looked up to her dad, "Okay, I won't." Qrow patted her on the head, "Atta girl."

"Okay, now it's time to put you to bed." Celia said as she picked up the little one, "And this time you better stay there."

Melody simply nodded her head, and waved to Qrow, "Goodnight daddy." She said.

"See you in the morning Wren." Qrow said to her as he waved back.

All had been quiet throughout the night of Kuroyuri. Everyone had either had been sound asleep or were enjoying the night; enjoying each others company. Lie sleeping in his room enjoying whatever dreams he was having, every now and than, he would turn to his side to get more comfortable, and he would nuzzle his pillow.

However, his eyes had soon shot open, when he he heard a faint roar in the distance; The roar belonging to a Grimm, and the sound of warning bells were heard just outside.

His mother An, soon came into the room. "Lie get up!" She said, "We have to go!"

"Mother?" He said, slowly sitting up, still feeling a little tired, "What's-"

"No, right now, okay!" An said taking his hand, and pulling him out the door, "Let's go!"

They both ran into the dining area, about to head out the door, but they were soon met with Li. He came staggering into the house trying to catch his breath.

"Li!" An called out, seeing her husband in his current state.

"An!" Li said, "What are you doing!? We need to hurry!"

"We can go to the safe house."

"No… I saw the beast… We need a Huntsman… And you two need to leave…"

"What!?"

The three of them jumped at the sound something getting demolished; their attention was drawn to the sound of it. Lie held his mother's hand tightly, as fear overtook his body. "Mother…" He said fearfully. An kneeled to her son, and shushed him gently.

"It's okay darling." An said, "Everything's oka-"

BAM!

The roof suddenly came crashing down causing the world around Lie turn abruptly to darkness. The only thing he heard was the sound of something roaring and someone screaming. Moments later he heard the sounds of screams of terror and Grimm roaring in the distance. He felt himself being moved at the breeze of the wind hit his face. He slowly opened his eyes and found himself being carried by his father Li. He looked around and saw many of its citizens of Kuroyuri fleeing in terror from the Grimm and even saw sparks of fire and ash fell like snowflakes.

He groaned as he looked around the area again, "... Father… Where's… Where's mother…?"

Lie's eyes widened in horror when he looked up to his father. He saw that he was bleeding from the head, and it went over his left eye; panic soon coursed through his body.

"What's going on!?" He said fearfully, "Where's mother!?"

Soon enough the ground shook beneath, and Li fell to the ground, dropping Lie. The people that passed Li and Lie, didn't even stop to help them; they just kept running from the Grimm that had invaded. Lie crawled over to his father, seeing that he was bleeding from his side. "Father! Please get up!" He cried as he shook him. Li pushed himself up, as he groaned with agony.

"Lie…" Li said, "... You have to run…"

"No!" Lie said, "No don't! Please get up!" Lie heard the roars again, and turned behind him. There he saw a shadowy figure of what looked like a large horseman in the cover of smoke. "Listen to me son." Li said, getting Lie's attention, "You have to be brave now… Do you understand?"

Lie said to him as he shook his head, "No please! I can't! I can't!"

Li took the knife in his holster and unsheathed it. He gave it to his son, "Yes you can!" He said, pushing Lie away from him; Lie looked to the knife that was now in his hand.

"... Take action son…" Li said to him; He stood up from the ground, grasping his side, "... Your mother and I love you…"

"... Father…"

The ground shook again, and the Grimm horseman toward over them. Li got in front of son, arming bow and arrow. "RUN! NOW!" Li yelled. Without any hesitation, Lie got up and did what his father told and just ran without turning back.

As planned, Celia, Qrow and Melody met up with Tai and his two daughters in the park that resided in Patch. As the parents talked to one another, the kids played on the slides and swings, playing another game of tag like yesterday. Melody chased Ruby and Yang around the playground, trying to catch them both, though they proved to be a challenge. Though there was temptation, to use her semblance she had decided to lay off her shape-shifting abilities for now and play fair. Finally she had playfully tackled them to the ground, and the three of them laughed.

"That's two to one!" Melody said triumphantly.

"Let's play again!" Ruby said.

Before they could play again, they heard the sounds of mocking laughter. They drew their attention towards a couple of bullies picking smaller children around Ruby's age. They were holding a toy that belonged that of a child, and dangled them like a carrot. She was a Fanus, with a scorpion's tail, "Give it back!" One of the little ons said.

"No, this toy isn't yours to play with you little roach!" One of the older children said.

"It is too!" The small child said, "Please give it back!"

"What are you going to do, cry?" The older said mockingly.

"HEY!" Melody called out to the bullies. They turned to her as she stepped forward, "You heard her. Give it back."

"Yeah! Give the toy back!" Yang said.

"Just what are you two going to about it?" The second bully said, "We're bigger than you two!"

Melody held out her hand to the bullies, "Kindly return what belongs to her."

"Don't tell us what to do little girl." The bully said.

"You won't be able to do anything against us!" The other bully said.

The bullies merely laughed at this, before they were taken by surprise when Melody suddenly pushed him to the ground roughly; Yang and Ruby couldn't help but snicker at the look on their faces. The doll had been dropped by the bully and Melody picked it up, before handing it back to the child. "Here you go." Melody said with a smile, "Make sure you don't lose it okay?"

The child nodded and said with a smile, "Thank you."

"Eliza! Come now, we're going home!" They heard her mother shout.

"Coming mom!" The child named Eliza said. She waved goodbye to Melody before she left with her mother. "That was amazing Melody!" Little Ruby said.

"The looks on their faces was priceless!" Yang said in between laughs.

The bully got up from the ground, "Let's see how you like it!" The bully said. He charged over at them, but shoved Yang and Ruby to the ground, taking Melody by surprise. Yang merely groaned from the pain, but Ruby on the other hand started crying. "Eat dirt you babies!" The bully said, and the others started laughing.

Melody looked to her cousin Ruby who was still crying. Yang went to comfort her; she picked up Ruby and took her over to Tai. Melody just stood there frozen, just stunned by what they did. Though seeing the way Ruby cried, she felt something inside her just click. The world become blocked out to her, and she felt her blood go cold, and her hand shaking slightly.

The bullies laughed and mocked at her, "What's wrong, got nothing to say now little girl?"

"Shut up…" She said softly.

"What was that?" The second bully said.

"... I said…" Melody said softly before turning to the bullies, "SHUT UP."

The minute she turned to them, the bullies suddenly flinched out of fear; Her eyes were black and her pupils were narrow, and she bared fangs, sharp fangs. "You WILL pay…" Melody said, glaring at them; the bullies backed up and shook out of fear, "... YOU'LL PAY FOR MAKING HER CRY!" Baring her fangs she rushed at the bullies, letting out a piercing shriek, and the bullies and other children screamed out of fear at what Melody did next; The ground was soon painted with red before anyone knew what happened.

Lie ran through the streets far from the Grimm, and far from the beast that his father had stayed behind and fought. He soon reached the bridge, and jumped below on the sideways, and took the time to catch his breath. He looked to the skies and saw several Nevermores fly up in the sky through the night; he looked to them fearfully. He soon heard the sound of someone crying nearby. Underneath a building nearby he saw it was that same little girl covered in dirt, that was getting picked on was cowering beneath. She had her arms around herself and shook with fear, as tears rolled down her cheeks.

Lie saw the Nevermore land on top of the building just where the little girl was, and let out a shriek. Lie had soon heard the sound of a familiar roar. It was the beast that his father had seen. His eyes widened in realization when he came to the conclusion about what became of his father. He started to cry when he came to realize, that he was all alone.

He lost everything, and everyone he loved, all gone within a single night. All the memories of him and his parents replayed in his head, as the thought and realization replayed in his head that they were really gone. He couldn't do this on his own. He couldn't be strong, he couldn't be like his father, no, he couldn't be.

"Sometimes the worst action, is to take no action at all…"

Lie suddenly felt all his fear, all of his sadness get swept away, as a light shimmer gone around his body. The color on his body for a moment, seemed to have just disappeared. He felt calmer, more relaxed than he was before; he looked to the sky and saw that despite him feeling scared earlier, the Grimm weren't coming to attack him. After taking a deep breath, he climbed up from the sideway and ran to where the girl was. He slid beneath the building and approached the young girl.

"Hey." He said, getting the girl's attention, "We have to be brave."

The Nevermore started to crawl down the building, following the fear it felt from the girl next to Lie. The girl turned Lie, still shaking with fear. Lie froze up slightly when the girl threw her arms around him, though he hugged back. The shimmer went through his body again but this time it had extended to her, turning their bodies gray. The cries and shivers from the girl just seemed to have vanished when this happened. The Nevermore hung from the building, tilting it's head slightly as if it was confused by something. After a moment, the Nevermore stood up and let out screech before flying away.

As they had gotten their color back, the beast like creature stepped nearby where they were; stopping for a moment. The two children looked to the strange beast, before it had simply walked away, disappearing into the night.

"... I'm scared…" The little girl said to Lie.

"... Me too." Lie said to her.

Lie turned back to the road and saw a wooden hammer just nearby. He was about to go and retrieve it but the little girl tugged on his arm. He turned to look at her, and saw that she was still afraid.

"It's okay…" He reassured her.

The girl was hesitant but had let go of his arm. He crawled out from their hiding place to retrieve the wooden hammer, before returning to the girl's side. "We'll keep each other safe." He said handing the hammer over to her. The little girl looked at the hammer with awe, before taking it from him, holding it close to her chest.

"What's your name?" He asked.

The girl turned to him and smiled, "... Nora…"

Lie smiled back to the girl named Nora, "... My name is Lie Ren."

Qrow nor Tai didn't know what happened exactly. One minute Yang was telling them about the bullies that had pushed Ruby, the next minute they heard Celia scream in terror as did the other parents at what had happened to the bullies. Just as it was quick to end, they saw Melody run in tears, and one of the children on the ground bleeding like crazy. As Tai went to see what happened exactly, with Celia watching the kids, Qrow ran through the forest to see exactly where Melody ran off too.

He pushed through the branches and looked in the various bushes that he came across. When he finally looked in one of the other many bushes, he found a familiar white ribbon caught in one of the branches and twigs. He recognized the white ribbon as a gift from her mother, and that it must've have been torn off when Melody was running. He stood up holding the ribbon in his hand.

"MELODY!" Qrow called out, "MELODY! WHERE ARE YOU!?"

Soon enough he noticed a trail of blood in the grass; he could tell from the looks of it, it was a fresh trail. "Wren…" He said softly. He soon heard the sound of a small scream in the distance soon after he heard a voice.

"MOMMY! DADDY!"

"MELODY!" Qrow yelled, before running in the direction of the sounds. He pushed through the branches and jumped over the bushes following the trail of blood. Soon enough he came to a rock wall, where he found a familiar girl with raven black hair cornered by three beowolves; one of them being an alpha.

"GO AWAY! LEAVE ME ALONE PLEASE!" The child said fearfully, as the beowolves towered over the poor girl.

Qrow immediately drew his weapon and charged at the beowolves, "GET AWAY FROM HER!" He yelled as he swung his blade at them. He sliced a beowolf in two, drawing the attention of the other two. They went after Qrow, trying to attack him; he was able to dodge with ease despite the beowolves swinging their claws at him. With swiftness he was able to defeat the two beowolves, slicing their bodies up in two. They soon vanished without a trace, like all Grimm do; he caught his breath and placed his sword back in it's holster. He soon turned to the crying child.

"Melody… Wren!" He said going over to her, "Are you okay?"

Melody looked to her father, and Qrow's eyes widened slightly. Blood was seen on her mouth and face and red had been stained on her shirt. Most of the blood had washed off due to the tears she had shed. "I'm sorry…" Melody said crying; her teeth was stained with red as well, "I'm sorry daddy… I didn't mean too… I didn't mean to hurt him… I'm sorry… I'm sorry…"

Qrow looked over at her appearance and even noticed that her nails and fingers had been stained with blood as well. He knew for certain that the blood didn't belong to her, since he didn't see her hurt anywhere. The blood… Could it be…?

"I'm sorry daddy… I'm so sorry… I didn't want to hurt him… I didn't want to but I did… Please, please believe me…" Melody said to him, taking his sleeve, staining it with blood. Qrow looked to Melody, but soon let out a sigh; slowly not wanting to scare her he put the arms around her, holding her close. He shushed her as he brushed her hair.

"Don't cry Wren…" He said to her softly, "... It's alright… It's alright…"

"... You're not…" Melody said as she wiped her tears, "... You're not mad…?"

Qrow simply shook his head and said, "... You had me worried sick, when you ran off like that… And I know, that whatever you did, you didn't mean it…" Melody just leaned into her dad's embrace, as she continued to cry and kept saying that she was sorry, they both stayed like this for awhile. Soon after everything had calmed down, Melody had grown tired and fallen asleep in his arms. He soon had gotten a text from Tai, asking about Melody. He of course replied saying that he had found her; he placed the scroll in his pocket before looking down to the little girl again.

"Let's get you home kid…"

He picked up Melody and made his way back home, on the small island of Patch.

(Ending Theme: I'm Waiting For the Rain TV Sized Performed by Maaya Sakamoto)