-Three Years Ago; Vale Apartment 3G-

"... Can't keep her in the dark forever. You have to tell her."

"She's still just a kid Neo! She can't know, about it, not just yet."

"And what happens if she does find out herself? What will happen than?"

"I'll figure out how deal with it…"

"You don't know when that will be! By than it's going to be too late!"

The sun leaked through the window of the small room, and had hit Destiny's face. She let out a groan as she slowly started to come to. The sound of familiar voices rang through her ears as she slowly sat up, and she found familiar surroundings around her, from the small desk to her room, to the IV drip stand that had been beside her bed. Her head hurt slightly and she still felt drowsy and strangely warm. She coughed slightly only having confirming her theory, that she had caught another cold. She rubbed her eyes, and yawned slightly, before turning to the door that had been slightly open. She saw her father and Neo, arguing about something, and she couldn't help but tilt her head curiously as she wondered what they were arguing about.

"... Daddy?... Neo…?" She said with a somewhat hoarse voice.

The two of them stopped their arguing and turned into the room. They both stepped inside, and saw Destiny had finally woken up. "Hey there Princess." Roman said going at her bedside, "How are you feeling?"

Destiny let out a couple of coughs before replying, "... I don't feel so good."

Roman placed his chin against Destiny's forehead, and felt how warm it was. "You're burning up with a fever."

"How do you feel?" Neo asked, "Do you have headaches or anything?"

Destiny shook her head drowsily, putting her head against the pillow, "... I feel really light headed. Why is the room spinning?" Destiny had coughed again, this time it sounded more horsely and Roman patted her on the back. "Don't worry with some rest, you'll be all better within a few days."

"I'll go look for some medicine to help out." Neo said.

"Yeah, I think their should be some left in the cupboard." Roman said to her. Neo nodded and went to go get the medicine that they needed. Destiny reached out to her father, and tugged on his sleeve getting his attention. "What is it?" He asked her, "Do you need something?"

Destiny had replied groaning slightly, "... Wha… What happened last night…?"

Roman gave a confused look at this, "Don't you remember?"

Destiny had soon replied, "... I remember… We were going out to eat… We ate dinner at a restaurant, and got ice cream on the way back… I think we were planning, on a movie… And I… I can't remember the rest… It's kind of a blur…"

Destiny groaned slightly when she felt her head hurt, trying to remember. She didn't notice that Roman had sighed with relief before giving her a hug. "Try not to think about too much alright?" Roman said to her, as he brushed her hair soothingly to comfort her; all she did was let out a groan in response to what he said.

They soon heard Neo down the hall, "Can you help me out? I can't find the medicine anywhere."

"Alright I'm coming." Roman said, before turning back to her, "Get some sleep alright?"

Destiny nodded her head slightly, as she moaned with agony; Roman soon went out of the room and shut the door behind him. Cristal herself had stood behind the door, leaning back against the wall. "Well…" Cristal said pushing herself off the wall, "... From what I can tell there must've been some kind of excitement last night."

Destiny let out a groan and turned on her side. Cristal gave a sort of a pouty look, and went over to sit at her bedside. "Geez, I take it that you have a pretty bad fever huh?"

All Destiny did was nod her head at this, and didn't even bother to say anything. Cristal pulled her knee close to her chest, "Well… Is there anything I can do for you? Like something to help you in anyway?"

Destiny turned her head slightly over to her before saying with a groan, "... Story…"

"Oh, a story? You want me to tell you a story?" She asked her.

Destiny nodded her head and said, "Help me, sleep…"

"Okay, what kind of a story do you want me to tell you? Something from your book perhaps?"

"... No… A story you know…"

"A story I know… Interesting request, but I'll give it a shot."

"Thank you…" Destiny said letting out another groan.

Cristal rubbed underneath her chin as to think about what exactly to tell to Destiny. She thought long and hard about a story until one came in her head. "I've got a legend that you might like to hear. Would you like me tell you?" Destiny simply nodded her head, and allowed her head to sink deeper into the pillows. Cristal placed her favorite bear beside Destiny and the child happily hugged it. She than made herself comfortable before putting her hands together.

She soon began the story after clearing her throat, "Long ago, before the Kingdoms, before there was Huntsman and Huntresses, there was a young girl, who wanted to become a warrior like her brothers; Her name being Amra Whitefeather. She had always idolized her brothers and father for how valiantly they fought, though, back in those days women weren't allowed to fight. Though despite her traditions, Amra had secretly trained outside in the forest near where she lived everyday, despite the pleas from her brothers on how dangerous it was. But one day while training in the forest she found a small butterfly in an unusual color, caught in a spiders web. She had looked to the butterfly curiously, having never seen the color of it before. She felt pity for the small creature and had decided to help it out of the tangles of its web, before the spider made it it's dinner; She watched as it took to the sky, happy and free from the webs clutches and letting the wind take it's wings to wherever it so desired. Suddenly Amra, heard a voice she did not recognize, echo through the trees and wind. She was soon quick to realize it had been from the small butterfly before her, which she found odd, yet extraordinary. The small butterfly had thanked the young girl for saving its life, and said it had sensed something special from her; Something that not even her parents didn't see when she was born. From just looking at the girl before it, it knew that Amara's fate was not to be a warrior, but an ally to the ones with Silver Eyes. In gratitude for saving the small butterflies life, it had given Amra a special gift that would benefit mankind and fanus alike. This power was said to be lost after the Great War, but some say the power still exists, and it waits for many centuries to come, till it…"

Cristal's words soon trailed off when she saw Destiny was sound asleep. Cristal let out a sigh and fixed up the covers pulling it over her small body. Cristal kneeled down on the floor still by her bedside, and patted her on the head. "... You really can't remember from what happened last night can't you?" She said knowing that she couldn't hear her, "I'll admit, I saw what happened, and even I'm not sure what it was you did exactly… This will be something worth looking into…"

When she heard Roman and Neo coming back, Cristal slowly and quietly made her way to the window and crawled out making her way down the fire escape. When she got onto the sidewalk, she glanced over to Destiny's room window, before she made her way out onto the streets of Vale.

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

-Present; Somewhere in Remnant-

Fire lit up a dimly lit room filled with dark stones and around the room there were candles all lit up providing the only light. Cinder had taken deep breaths after having turned to a Beowolf to ash with great difficulty due to her condition. At least four Beowolves surrounded her, ready to attack her. They jumped at her all at once but, with one swing from her arm, all four of the Beowolves turned to ash; once again, Cinder had caught her breath once more, trying to prevent herself from passing out. The sound of heavy footsteps were heard, and Cinder jumped slightly when she saw a Beringel coming towards her. As it charged at her, the fire appeared from hand and just attacked the Beringel head on, letting it disintegrate.

Finally, Cinder felt her legs give out, and she fell to the ground, panting heavily.

"Enough."

Salem had stepped forward having watched her as Cinder took out the creatures of Grimm; Cinder turned to her slightly.

"I thought you were the girl who wanted power." Salem said to Cinder, "Did you lie to me?"

Cinder turned to her and shook her head in reply, still not having the ability to speak.

"Than stop holding back." Salem said, "If you wish to master your new powers, you must-"

Salem had been cut off when the doors at the far end of the room opened suddenly causing their attention to be drawn towards it. The sound of footsteps were heard followed by the sound of someone sobbing. It was revealed to be Tyrian and Diamond who had returned from their assignment. Cinder soon took notice that the stinger at the end of his tail was missing and bandages were wrapped around Diamond's shoulder and a faded bruise was seen on her right cheek. Though Cinder was perplexed to see that the Pyrrha look alike, Elise was nowhere to be seen. She was sure she went with them, when they were given their task. Was she killed, Cinder thought.

Tyrian fell to his knees and Diamond quickly ran to his side, with a look of worry on her face; she placed her hand on his shoulder.

"I'm sorry…" Tyrian said before bowing his head, "She'll forgive me… Please… Forgive me…"

"Tyrian, Diamond." Salem said making the both of them flinch; Tyrian sat up, but was still on his knees.

"Your task." She said, "Were you successful?"

Tyrian looked over at Salem, but replied as he turned his head to the ground, "... N-no…"

Salem's eyes widened slightly but had said nothing to this. She than turned over to Diamond, "I can't help but notice that your sister Elise is not with the both of you. Where is she?"

Diamond immediately stood up and bowed her head to her, "She's resting in our room. She received most of the injuries out of the two of us. There's… There's something else… That happened while we were out there… She just…"

Salem gave a quizzical look but it didn't understand her words when she started to mumble her words as she played with her hair slightly. "Speak up child." Salem said in a calm, yet authoritative tone making Diamond flinch. She stopped playing with her hair and took a deep breath; she soon stood up straight.

She started to explain what had happened, "Elise… She attacked me and Tyrian without warning or reason. She used lighting, water, and weapons made from ice to do so. When I tried to get her to stop, she wasn't listening to me. She didn't even recognize me or Tyrian. We managed to subdue her with great difficulty, but she hasn't woken up since."

"Did she use Dust to do those things?" Salem asked her.

Diamond shook her head, "She had gotten the lighting and water from a storm she made herself, and she used the water to make the ice weapons." Diamond had gestured over to Cinder, "It was like how she uses fire but it seemed… Different. I'm afraid I don't know how else to describe what we witnessed. But that's not all my lady."

"... Go on."

"Elise keeps saying things in her sleep; things that don't make sense. She said she feels something burning, hears voices, and that she's in pain; She wants it all to stop. She even begged for someone to kill her since she claims she can no longer take it… It was like before when she first emerged, from the Abyss…"

Salem had once again say nothing to this; She put her hands behind her back and proceeded to make her way out of the room. Tyrian soon said, "Please my lady! Hope is not lost! My tail! My stinger! I poisoned them! Qrow! The girl's father, Roman! They will not be a nuisance to you any longer! No, no longer, I've done that! Have I done well? Have I pleased you?"

Salem stopped in her tracks before turning slightly over to Tyrian, "... The last eye is blinded… You disappoint me…"

With that being said Salem continued down the darkened hallway leaving Cinder, Diamond, and Tyrian the only ones in the room leaving silence between the three of them. The dead silence was soon broken, when Tyrian started to let out horrific wails, burying his face in his hands. This had soon drew the attention of a single Beowolf that had been left standing in the room; Cinder and Diamond noticed this as it had jumped towards him.

"TYRIAN! WAT-!"

Suddenly, Tyrian batted the Beowolf out of the air, with his dismembered tail cutting Diamond off and making her stop in her tracks when she was about to run over to him. The Beowolf landed on the other side of the room; as he wailed, he armed his weapons, and jumped on top of the creature of Grimm. With tears falling from his face, he started to stab the Beowolf, with brute and aggressive force, making the creature out in pain and agony. Despite the creature of Grimm having gone limp, Tyrian still attacked the creature of Grimm as he cried. At one point he smiled through his tears and even laughed psychotically, letting his tongue stick out from his mouth.

"Stop it…" Diamond said before yelling, "STOP IT!"

She ran over to Tyrian, and grabbed one of his arms; Tyrian didn't even register this as he continued to attacked the now dead Beowolf. Cinder watched as Diamond struggled to pull him off, but had no such luck; He just kept attacking it, blocking out everything around him.

"TYRIAN THAT'S ENOUGH!" Diamond yelled as she tried to pull him off, "IT'S ALREADY DEAD! PLEASE! YOU HAVE TO STOP BEFORE YOU-AAHH!"

Tyrian suddenly hit Diamond across the face, causing her to fly a short distance and hit the ground hard; Cinder cringed slightly when she hit the stone cold floor. Tyrian's laughter came to a sudden halt and dead silence filled the room once more. Diamond slowly sat up and blood showing a faint color of black in the red color ran down her cheek, staining the floor. There as Tyrian stood up, when the Beowolf disappeared, he saw a deep cut just across the cheek, nearly touching her the corner of her left eye. She pressed her hand against the wound in an attempt to stop the bleeding. Tyrian looked at his blade and saw a small amount of her blood drip from the tip of his blade.

"I'm-I'm sorry!" He started to say through his tears as he bowed his head again, "I-I'm sorry! Forgive me! Forgive me please!"

Tyrian just kept repeating the same words as he cried, his tail curling ever so slightly. Diamond looked to Tyrian, her eyes filled with sympathy and worry, before she stood up from the ground. She started to approach him, her feet treading softly as not to startle him. "H-Hey, it's okay. It doesn't hurt to bad, I'm fine, really." Diamond said to the Fanus with a gentle voice.

"No, no, no…" Tyrian said pushing himself off the ground avoiding eye contact, "It's not, it's not… I'm sorry Diamond, I'm sorry Elise… Forgive me… Please forgive me…"

The cries continued as his words started to trail off; he buried his face in his hands as his body shook back and forth slightly. Diamond slowly kneeled in front of him, and placed her arms around him. She brushed her fingers through his hair, as parent would to a crying child, in an attempt to comfort him. He didn't react nor did he attempt to return the hug, he just allowed himself to lean into the girl's embrace as she comforted him.

Diamond shushed him gently, "It's okay… It's okay… Just listen…"

Cinder stood there silently at the far end of the room, shocked and paralyzed with fear over what had just happened; nothing was said, all that was heard was the sound of Tyrian's sobs. She soon heard Diamond hum a soft melody in Tyrian's ear, a simple lullaby from what she could tell, and it had bounced off the walls filling the void once more.

-Patch; Late at Night-

Yang at this point seemed to be hypnotized by Angel's silver eyes. She thought what she heard or at the very least seen was crazy before, but now this-Well she didn't know what to call this now. First she encounter a young girl who can talk to and calm Grimm, than he told her that she was speaking through the Grimm and now this. She could almost swear that she was still in a dream right now. There was silence between the two young teens, as Angel put back on his golden contacts.

Yang soon said breaking the silence, "... I thought…This whole time, I thought Ruby was the only one who had them…"

"I can see why you would think that." Angel said to her, "And I don't blame you at all for having that thought. My father told me, that it was rare for someone to be born with silver eyes."

Yang tilted her head slightly at this, "Rare? What do you mean rare?"

Angel looked to Yang before saying, "If I tell you, promise me, that you won't say this to anyone. Not even Tai."

Yang nodded her head to him, "Of course. I won't say a word. Now tell me, what do you mean by rare?"

Angel soon nodded, before replying, "Well, even I'm not sure about the Silver Eyes, all I know is the stories about them. Back when there wasn't kingdoms or Huntsman and Huntress, those that have silver eyes were said to follow the path of the warrior. I remember the stories that my father told me about them. They were the only known people to strike fear into the Grimm themselves."

"Okay, I find that hard to believe." Yang said, "A Grimm can't get scared, people get scared of them."

"True, but… The Silver Eyed warriors were the only ones that did." Angel said, "I remember how fascinated I was when I was a kid, and I always thought that I was lucky to inherit the silver eyes from them. But I was scared too."

"Scared?"

"You remember when I told you, that I was scared of something? So scared that I couldn't sleep?"

Yang nodded her head, recalling to that moment when Angel and her father were giving her the pep talk she needed, when she told them why she didn't put on her new arm. "It was my own eyes that I was afraid of." Angel said, surprising her.

"Your eyes?" Yang asked, "Why, were you afraid of them?"

"Because of my father's words." Angel said, "He said with every great thing in world, comes bad things too. He said, that there some people that know about the Silver Eyes, and it's because of that, they're scared of people like me. There were times where people were actually sent to kill me and if it hadn't been for my father, I wouldn't be standing here talking to you. Because of that I was afraid of my own eyes, and instead of learning more about them, I chose to ignore them and pretend they never existed to begin with. Most of my nights I stayed up so late, and at one point I drove myself crazy thinking about it. So when my father got fed up about it, he took me by the shoulders, looked me right in the eye and said, you can do two things-"

"You can either let your fear consume you, or you can learn to conquer it…" Yang finished for him, "That's the same you said to me."

Angel let out a small smirk, "... Yeah I guess so. After my father's passing, I searched for many things about the Silver Eyes, to learn more about it. It's why I wanted Ozpin in the first place after I heard he went missing. My father said he knew a lot of things, including the Silver Eyes. He said, if I ever wanted to ask him anything, I should go and talk to him in person."

"And I'm guessing that's why you wanted to talk to Ru-" Yang said before stopping herself when she realized something, "Wait a minute… You said that people tried to kill you because of your Silver Eyes. Since Ruby… My own sister has Silver Eyes like you… Could these people, that tried to kill you, are out to get her too?"

Angel rubbed underneath his chin, thinking to himself, "Well, I don't know about the same people. The most I can think of are the enemies of my father, that knew about my eyes from the story. But not to scare you or anything I suppose it could be, but, like I said, the ones that knew about were my father's old enemies, former bandits, Huntsman and Huntresses mostly."

Angel saw the look on her face, and saw the look in her eye; he saw that she was scared and worried for her sister at the same time. Angel placed his hand on her shoulder in a comforting matter, "But… It is very much impossible. Besides my father said that the many people in Remnant know about the Silver Eyes, so it's highly unlikely that anyone would target your sister for something like that."

"You really think so?" Yang asked.

Angel smiled reassuringly before replying, "I know so."

Zwei let a small bark and the two turn to him, before giving him an affectionate pat on the head. "We should head back inside." Angel said, "It's late and it's about time we hit the hay."

"Yeah, I guess your right." Yang said.

They both stood up from the front porch and headed inside and up the stairs of the house. Just when Angel was about to go to his guest room-

"Hey Angel?"

The young teen turned to her, "Hmm? What is it?"

Yang soon said, playing with the beaded bracelet that was around the wrist of her robotic arm, "I've been thinking lately, and now that I'm able to fight again… I'm planning on going away. And I know you have your own reasons for wanting to leave here right away once you've fully healed, but I'm just wondering… Do you want to come with me?"

"Go with you?" Angel asked, "To where?

"... I'm not sure yet. I know I promised myself that I would find Destiny, but there are somethings I want to figure out too," Yang said, "That and… You've been traveling most of your life, not to mention that you spent most of your days alone since your dad. I just figured… Well, you can use a friend on your travels."

Angels eyes widened slightly as he looked to her, surprised to hear this from her. Yang noticed and gave a quizzical look, "What? Why are you looking at me like that?"

Angel replied, "Nothing, it's just… A few weeks ago, you didn't even consider me a friend, when I first arrived here. I'm just, surprised really."

Yang shrugged and crossed her arms, smiling back to him, "You did something that I honestly think I needed. You helped me rebuild my confidence with what you said back than. My dad helped me too sure, but let's face it, you deserve some of the credit for helping me as well. Why wouldn't I consider you a friend after all that you've done?"

Angel smiled and laughed slightly running his hand through his hair, "An actual friend… Honestly I haven't had a friend in a long time, so…" Angel shrugged before saying, "... You know what? What the heck? I'll take you up on your offer. Wherever you decide to go, I'll follow, since that's what friends do right?"

Yang gave him a thumbs up, "You got that right. I'll even help you out in combat along the way, since your so rusty."

"Oh haha your hilarious." Angel said with sarcasm, before they both shared a laugh, "Anyway, good night." He said before walking down the hall.

"Good night." Yang said, going into her room. Both teens had gone to bed, both had been left completely unaware that Tai, who had been still awake had listened to their conversation.

-Atlas; Schnee Mansion-

Soon after Weiss had mastered her summoning, she had made plans to meet with her sister down in Mistral. She had be home for eight months, and sometime had passed since she had her conversation with her father and had been placed under house arrest, but she knew for a fact she couldn't live this life anymore. She refused to live it in fact! She had plans to leave her home that night with the help of the only person she could trust, Klein. She even planned to take her sisters with her, since, they were both still children, and she didn't want them to go through what she had gone through as a little girl.

After Weiss made sure, she had everything she needed, she picked up her weapon and closed the suitcase. She opened the door slightly and looked around the hall. When she was sure no one was around, she stepped out of her room and shut the door behind her. She silently made her way towards a room just down the hall, which belonged to the twins. She looked around again before knocking on the door.

"Van? Nilla?" Weiss whispered, "Are you both ready?"

The door soon opened, and the twins peeked out the door; they stepped outside revealing bags on their backs and having a bag of marbles attached to their sides with pins. "We're ready sister." Van said.

"I can't believe we're actually doing this." Nilla said.

"Me too." Weiss said, "Are you sure you two want to do this? We might not be able to come back home if we leave."

Van and Nilla turned to one another, and took each others hands before turning to Weiss. "We've always been sure." Van said.

"We'll always follow sister." Nilla said.

Weiss smiled and turned to lead the way but was startled and gasped slightly when Klein and Azure were suddenly in front of them. He put a finger between his lips and shushed them. "Let's go." He whispered. He lead the three of them down the hallway, towards their destination of the mansion. While going through the various hallways and such, Weiss turned to Azure.

"I'm actually surprised that you wanted to come with us." Weiss whispered, "Is it alright if I ask why?"

"... My job is already done here." Azure replied without even turning to her, "And one of my sisters is with an associate of my mothers in Mistral. I've been away long enough and it's about time I return to her."

"No offense but couldn't you leave here through an airship you came on?"

"I'm afraid not. The business I was on was actually not with your father, but something else. That and I didn't come here on an airship."

Weiss gave a questiongy look to her, "Something else?" Weiss asked her, "What do you mean?"

Azure had given an immediate answer, "I'm afraid I can't say. It's classified. I was never meant to stay here long anyway."

"So wait… Are you some kind of an agent?" Weiss asked her.

Azure finally turned to her and let out a small smile, "...Something like that."

The small group stopped in there tracks when they heard a faint ringing sound. It wasn't from any of the girl's scroll but from the butler, Klein's. He took the scroll out of his pocket and they caught a glimpse of the caller ID and saw that it was Whitely.

Klein took the call from Whitely while the girls stood there silently.

"Master Whitely I-" Klein said before pausing for a moment, when Whitley spoke, "... I um… Yes of course. I'll just be a moment."

Klein hung up before turning to Weiss; he whispered, "Head to the first floor library, I'll meet you there."

Weiss nodded and Klein went down the hall to do whatever Whitely needed him to do. She turned to her sisters, "Stay close to me and stay quiet. We don't want anyone hearing us."

"Okay." The twins whispered.

Weiss started to lead the way; the twins and Azure followed behind her. Just when they entered the next hallway-

"You need to control yourself!"

"You're talking to me about control?! Do you even hear what you're saying!?"

They heard yelling from Jacques office, no doubt being Jacques and Ironwood themselves. She coaxed the twins to the right side of the door with her, and Azure went to the opposite side of the door. The three of them stood perfectly still and stayed quiet; They overheard the conversation between them.

"I am basing everything on my report from YOUR daughter!" They heard Ironwood say.

"A daughter you stole!" They heard Jacques yell back.

"Oh we're not getting into that again!"

"Oh yes, we have far more pressing manners to discuss, starting with you're apparent lunacy!"

"Jacques!"

They heard Ironwood let out a sigh, in an attempt to gather his thoughts. Unbeknownst to Weiss or the twins, Azure and removed a scroll colored in black from her skirt pocket and placed it against the door, using her hand to cover it. The captions read on the scroll, "Recording begin." It started to record the conversation between Ironwood and Jacques.

They soon heard Ironwood speak again, "Winter is one of my best. If she's telling me there's a threat in Mistral then I'm not going to take that news lightly. She's been there for weeks, people are mobilizing, sudden spikes in weapons and Dust trades. Someone is about to make a play and I do not trust Leo to stop them."

"You never trusted anyone but yourself!" Jacques said.

"AND FOR GOOD REASON!" Ironwood yelled. What was heard afterwards was a sudden bang. Weiss placed her hand over mouth prevent herself from gasping, Azure flinched at the sound, and Van and Nilla covered each others mouths, to prevent one another from letting out a gasp like their sister.

"If Oz had just listened to me from the start…" Ironwood said, the sound of guilt being heard in his voice.

"You need to get a grip." They heard Jacques say to Ironwood.

"That's exactly what I'm doing." Ironwood said, "Our people need protection. By this time next week… Atlas will be officially closing its borders. No one in. No one out. Not without the council's permission."

The silently gasped at this, Weiss especially was surprised. Seal off the kingdom from the rest of the world? It was definitely the best idea to do, and for Ironwood to decide that, right on the spot. Now there really was no turning back for herself and her sisters.

"You mean without YOUR permission." Jacques said.

"And if that's the case…" Ironwood said, "... I would think you'd want to stay on my good side."

As Azure stopped the recording, took her scroll and put it back in her pocket, they heard footsteps coming towards the door. "Oh no!" Nilla whispered, "If Ironwood sees us, we'll get caught!"

"What do we do!?" Van whispered.

"We'll be caught either way." Azure whispered before saying to Weiss, "We have to buy time."

Weiss nodded to Azure; She acted fast and moved away from the door. Using her Myrtenaster she casted a black glyph around the doorknob; They heard Ironwood attempting to open the door but had no such luck since the glyph was around the doorknob. It wasn't before they heard Ironwood shoulder charging the door.

"It won't hold for long." Weiss said to them, "Let's go!"

They nodded their heads and they followed Weiss again, this time they picked up the pace as they hurried to the library. In a short time they managed to get there without running into any trouble, but when they arrived, they saw that a certain someone was nowhere to be seen.

"Where's Klein?" Van asked worriedly, "Didn't he say he'd be here?"

"Perhaps he's late?" Azure asked.

"No, Klein is never late for anything." Nilla said.

Weiss looked around the library, "Klein!" She called out with a low voice, "Klein, where are you?"

The three of them looked around the library for the butler, but no matter where they looked, he was nowhere to be found. They all jumped slightly when they heard something open nearby; they turned around and saw a bookcase had moved from where it stood and there revealed to be a passage of some kind. Klein stepped out of the doorway, his eyes were red instead of it's usual color.

"Keep your voices down." Klein said with a gruff accent, "I told you I'd be here."

"Klein!" The twins exclaimed happily. They ran to him and hugged him; Weiss smiled and dropped her weapon and suitcase, before throwing her arms around him. Klein froze at the sudden gesture but hugged them back, his eyes had turned to black.

"Are you sure Mistral is safe?" Klein asked Weiss.

Weiss, and the twins broke out of the hug. She had than replied, "No… But, that's where we're going to find Winter."

"I can't to see her again!" Van said.

"Wait till we show her our dancing figures!" Nilla said with a smile.

Klein looked at three sisters for a moment before saying, "I suppose she'd be the only family you girls will have after you leave here tonight."

Weiss smiled, and placed her hand on his shoulder, "We'll always have you."

Klein placed his hand on top of Weiss's and smiled back, "You most certainly will."

The twins couldn't help but hug Klein again, and he patted them both on the head. "I guess we won't see each other for awhile." Nilla said.

"We'll miss you Klein." Van said.

"I'll miss the both of you as well." Klein said.

They soon heard a loud crash sound from nearby; They knew it was from Jacques's study. "They've broken out." Azure said.

"KLEIN!" They heard Jacques shout, "KLEIN, GET DOWN HERE NOW!"

Pushing the twins out of the hug, he gestured the four of them into the passage, "You all must go. Now." He said. Van and Nilla took each others hands and had gone ahead first, followed by Azure. Weiss picked up her weapon and suitcase, and followed them inside; she took a moment to look back to her trusted servant and friend.

"... Thank you Klein. For everything." She said.

Klein simply nodded his head, and smiled, before closing the passage. She looked to the beaded bracelet around her wrist, before she proceeded down the passage, catching up with her sisters and Azure.

-That Morning in Patch-

After some training between the two teens, Yang had started to make a few adjustments on her new arm. She found a piece of cardboard and placed her Ember Celica on it and started to paint it up. Of course she had painted it her favorite color which was yellow; Angel sat by her side as she spray painted her arm. "So, the color yellow huh?" Angel said, "That really makes it pop."

"Well I have to have this matching my persona, don't I?" Yang said.

"Yeah but yellow?" Angel asked, "I was expecting that you would keep it's color."

"Nah, not really my style." Yang said to him with a smile.

Yang finally managed to finish it up the painting it and looked over her work. "There, now it's perfect." Yang said, admiring her work and she started to dry up the paint. Angel looked over it as well and whistled, "I'll admit, it doesn't look half bad."

"If you really think that…" Yang said, before she put the robotic arm back in it's place after it had dried up quickly, "... Wait till you see Bumblebee." Yang got up and headed for the garage that was just behind her house. Angel just sat there for a moment, wondering what she meant, and he quickly stood up and followed her. "I'm sorry, Bumblebee?" Angel said catching up to her, "What's a Bumblebee?"

They stood right in front of the door to the garage. Yang opened it and they were met with something covered with a brown; Yang went over to it and removed it swiftly, revealing her motorcycle, still looking brand new.

"Holy-" Angel said going to it, kneeling beside it, feeling the bikes engine, "You actually have a motorcycle! I've heard about this model, I even begged for my dad to get me one of these, but he wouldn't let me have one."

"This oughta get us to where we're going faster." Yang said, "I'm hoping that she'll still ride. I haven't touched this bike since… Beacon."

"You really know how to drive one of these?"

"What? You didn't think I would have it just for show didn't you?"

"No why would you think that? Can I drive it?"

"Sorry, my ride, so I'm driving."

Soon enough, a voice had come over the two of them. "I don't remember saying that you were ready." Of course they knew that this voice had belonged to none other than Tai who had been leaning against the doorframe. "Oh yeah?" Yang said smiling, not turning to him, "You're gonna try and stop me?"

Tai simply chuckled, "Nah, I think I'm still too sore after our last fight. I just wanted a better goodbye than a letter. And I wanted to ask you a question…"

Yang turned to him, and Angel stood up.

"... Where are you going?"

Yang gave a quizzical look to Tai's question, and Angel gave a curious look as he wondered what Yang's answer was exactly.

"What do you mean?" Yang asked.

Tai pushed himself from the doorframe before replying, "Well… Despite asking him numerous times not to… I know that Qrow told you where your mother's been these days. I know how much you and your cousin wanna see her. I've stopped you in the past before, but I won't now. Not anymore. And we both read the note, we know that your sister is heading to Mistral to find that little girl. So… Where are you going?"

Yang looked away from her dad, and avoided eye contact with Angel. That really was a good question, where was she going to go? Of course she wanted to see her mom; she wanted to ever since she was a child. Ever since she was a kid all she did was search for answers, though many times in the past, she was told to stop by her father Tai. She remembered the promise that Melody made to her the day she left home; she promised her she would find her mother, and keep her updated on every chance she got. Though due to the fact the CCT was destroyed all contact with her had been lost, and she didn't even know if she was okay.

She soon looked to her bracelet and thought about her sister. Now that she knew that Destiny was alive than she could have a chance to find that little girl with the warm smile, and possibly find out why she was taken, if she was at all. Her chances of finding her would increase if she had reunited with Ruby. Yang wouldn't lie if she said aloud that she was worried about Ruby as much as she was when Beacon fell. She knew how dangerous Remnant got after what had happened. She knew that she went with Jaune, Nora and Ren. She even caught a glimpse of Roman and Neo going with her as well. She had to be honest with herself, she was worried about them, even the people she once considered enemies.

Yang let out a sigh and turned back to her father, giving a determined smile.

She soon gave him an answer that satisfied both Tai and Angel.

-Menagerie-

Sun let out a groan as he felt himself slowly come too. The first thing he felt was his body hurting slightly; mostly the pain was in his shoulder. He found himself in a familiar surroundings, and he even found himself laying down on the couch, with his shirt removed; he was quick to realize that he was in the study of Blake and Kobi's father Ghira. He turned his head and soon realized as to why his shoulder was hurting so much. He saw that it was bandaged up, though it was stained with blood slightly.

He looked up and saw a familiar young boy with a chipped ear, was sitting on the coffee table with his hands buried in his head. "... Kobi…?" Sun said, getting his attention. Kobi's ears perked up a and he picked up his head; Sun noticed a faded darkened circle under his eyes. Kobi rubbed his eyes slightly before saying, "Hey Monkey Boy, you're awake finally."

"Were you up all-?" Sun said before getting cut off when he saw a familiar girl sitting on a chair nearby, with her ears down, "... Blake…?"

"We were both up all night after Illia got you." Kobi said, "... I guess I couldn't sleep after I thought you were dead. After what I went through at Beacon and Vale; how many innocent lives I saw lost well… I guess I couldn't go through with watching someone die again."

Sun laughed slightly and said jokingly, "... I didn't know you cared."

"I do alright? But this doesn't change the fact that you have a thing for my sister." Kobi said.

Sun turned red, slightly from embarrassment, "What makes you think I have a-"

"This is why." Blake soon said cutting off Sun, and getting the attention of both him and her brother, "... This is why… I left them all behind."

"Sis?" Kobi asked looking at her with concern, "What are you saying?"

"... I'm done with it." Blake said, "I'm done with seeing my friends… The people I love and care about get hurt because of me…"

Sun sat up, groaning slightly as he reached out to Blake, "Blake it's-"

"JUST SHUT UP!" Blake yelled making Sun and Kobi jump at this. Blake started to say Sun, "Do you think I like being alone? Everyday… Everyday I think about them! Ruby, Weiss, Yang, Destiny… They were my friends! I loved them, like I never thought I could love anybody! And Destiny… She was like a little sister to me! Despite everything she went through with the White Fang… She didn't care the fact that I was a Fanus. She wasn't even scared of me even after I told her I worked with them… They all accepted me for who I was, despite me being a part of the White Fang… And I hope they hate me for leaving."

Kobi's eyes widened in shock about this as did Sun's. "Blake…" Sun said, "... You don't mean that."

"YES I DO!" Blake shouted making Kobi and Sun jump again. "Everyone thinks they can help me but they can't." Blake said, before taking a seat on the couch where Sun was, "You saw Illia last night and she's not even the worst! I don't want anymore of this… They're better off without me. I made my choices and I'll deal with the consequences because they belong to me…"

"... How could you…?" Kobi said, catching Blake by surprise; She looked at him with shock. "What?" She said with a quizzical look.

"Sis… You just said, how great they were, how great your own team is, and yet you just turned the other way and ran!?" Kobi said, standing up and looking at her with a mad face, "How could you do that to them without even talking to them or even saying goodbye!? Do you know how cruel that sounds!?"

"Kobi wait." Blake said trying to calm him down, "What are you saying?"

"I think I know what he's saying." Sun said, making Blake turn to him, "You think you're being selfless… But you're not." Blake looked at him, this time she was put into shock; she looked at him questioningly. Sun finally sat up fully leaning back against the couch, "I'll tell you one thing, your chameleon friend got me good, but I'd do it all again if it meant protecting you… I could promise you Yang would say the same thing too."

Blake lightly gasped at this at the thought of Yang; she couldn't but have a look of guilt at this at the thought of what happened to her.

"You can make your own choices sure… But you don't make them for us." Sun said to her, "When your friends, or your family fight for you, it's because we want to. So stop pushing us out! That hurts more than any of the bad guys could do to us." Blake looked to Sun once again shocked by what he was saying.

Kobi soon said to his sister, "You know something Blake, even though I love you as a sister, this is the one thing I couldn't stand when we were growing up. You always thought you had this responsibility to protect people to protect me from dangerous things that you think you can handle on your own, but you know what? YOU DON'T GET TO DECIDE AND JUST AUTOMATICALLY ASSUME IT'S OKAY FOR US. I'm not a little kid anymore, and your friends aren't little kids! You have no idea how much that affects people when you just up and leave them? Do you have any idea how that makes them feel? How it makes them REALLY feel? They wouldn't even feel mad, they would feel hurt and betrayed! Hell that feeling is even worse than being pissed off at someone."

"I just… I was doing what was right for them." Blake said.

"Right for them… Or right for you?" Kobi said crossing his arms around his chest and he turned away, "Like I said, it's just cruel what you did to them. And I hope when you find them you beg them to forgive you about what you did, since you want them to be mad at you, like you hope for."

The words struck her like lighting at what Kobi said. He didn't know what he was saying! She had to leave to protect them. Her friends, Yang, they had gotten hurt because of her, and her involvement of the White Fang. She didn't want to see them get hurt or worse because of her. She just… Couldn't deal with that kind of pain, not anymore.

"Running way again?... Is that what you've become my love? A coward?"

The words of Adam just echoed through the back of her head. Had she become a coward? She was trained as both as a survivor and as a Huntresses, and they were trained to never run from a fight! She didn't run, she told Adam she was done running… Right? Who was she even fooling? Why was she even fooling herself? Deep down she knew the real answer to why she left; she was running because she was afraid, afraid of what they might say to her. Afraid that they would hate her, afraid they would never forgive of her because of what happened to Yang.

She hated to admit it, but Adam was right… She really did become a coward, and she hated it.

Blake let out a sigh, and stood up. "Fine, I'll admit it…" She said, "... I may have been wrong about-"

"May have been wrong?!" Kobi said.

"Okay, I WAS wrong about my decision!" Blake said, "And what I did was horrible, and they didn't deserve it, not after I called them my friends… And maybe I might've-"

Kobi cleared his throat and raised an eyebrow turning slightly to Blake, as if to say, really to her. Blake sighed again before saying, "Alright, alright, I do carry the weight on my shoulders more often than I do and I don't ask for help or consult with anyone, not even our parents. And I'm sorry. I didn't mean to. I was-No, I thought I was doing the right thing, for them, for you when we were kids. I was stupid into thinking that it was even the right thing, and I should've talked to them about it instead of just running. I was wrong and stupid, and I'm sorry."

Kobi's face changed into a smile, and he hugged Blake. "There's the sister I know and love." Kobi said, before pushing himself out of the hug, "But frankly, I'm not the one who you should apologize too."

"Yeah, yeah, I get it." Blake said, giving him a noogie, "Stop trying to get me more down than I'm already am."

"I'm your little brother, it kind of comes with the resume." Kobi said jokingly. Blake couldn't help but laugh at this as did Sun.

"And hey, for what it's worth…" Sun said before flexing his muscles, "... The next time we face off chameleon girl, it won't be for, it'll be for payback."

Sun couldn't help but groan when he felt pain in his shoulder; Kobi heard Blake giggle which he had never heard Blake do before.

"My hero…" She said with a smile.

Kobi couldn't help but stick his tongue out and gag a bit earning a look from his sister. Right when he was about to say something-

"OW!"

The three teens turned to see the door once again broken and they saw Kali flat on her face and Ghira just standing outside in his usual posture. There was an awkward silence for a few moments, before Kali stood up from the floor and brushed herself off.

"Oh dear!" She said as if nothing happened, "Would you look at that? He's awake! Thank goodness!"

Ghira rolled his eyes and put his hand to his face, "Kali… Please…"

"MOM!?" Blake and Kobi exclaimed.

"Hi there Mrs. B." Sun said awkwardly.

Blake stood up and went over to her parents, "What are you guys doing here!?"

Kali cleared her throat before replying, "Well sweetheart, your father needed to speak with all three of you." The three teens just tilted there heads at this, just left confused and wondered what exactly Ghira wanted to talk about. Ghira and Kali stepped into the room and put the door back in it's place. Blake went back over to her brother and Sun, and herself and her brother took their seats on the couch.

"I'm afraid you were both right to be suspicious of the White Fang." Ghira said, putting the scroll that was recovered from Illia on the table.

"What do you mean?" Blake asked her father.

"What did you find?" Kobi asked soon after.

Ghira soon replied, "Adam Tarrus is planning to overthrow the leader of the White Fang, and stage a full-scale attack on Haven Academy. It would be the Fall of Beacon all over again…"

The three teens cringed at the thought of another academy getting destroyed. They couldn't let history, that awful event repeat itself. "Not if we destroy the White Fang once and for all…" Sun said. Blake looked to the beaded bracelet around her wrist. She held her own wrist in with her other hand and pulled her hand close to her chest. A familiar faint voice of a child had said to her, "... Do what you think is right…No matter what you decide, I'll wait for you, as long as it takes."

Blake than picked up her head and said with a determined look on her face, "No… We're not going to destroy the White Fang… We're going to take it back."

-Three Years Ago; Vale Uptown Area-

Cristal had to had to admit, comparing to where Destiny and her dad lived in Vale, the uptown part of the city looked almost as if there was no kind of crime whatsoever. That and it was so much different than looking at the city at night, and actually on the ground. Many people were seen hanging out in cafes and restaurants, and she even ran into children that were either doodling on the sidewalk with chalk, or playing hopscotch.

She couldn't help but window shop at the various stores she passed by; one of them being a store filled with various outfits for Huntsman and Huntresses alike. She admired most of the outfits especially the ones that were steamed punk. Though as much as she wanted to check out the clothing stores, she had a more pressing matter to deal with.

Late last night she followed Destiny and her dad since she wanted to make sure they were both safe. She saw the whole fight between him and the lowly bandits that roamed the city. Just when she thought she was going to have to step in, she saw Destiny do something. She didn't know what exactly, but whatever she did, nearly tore up the whole block and alerted the police. She know what she saw out there, but… Why couldn't she recall it?

Cristal heard the conversation between them and she found it strange that she couldn't remember, and even more strange because of the way she is now. Destiny did say to her she would often get sick, but she didn't think she would be that sick. If Destiny really couldn't remember the events prior to last night, than maybe she could find out about what exactly she did.

After asking for directions she got to where she needed to be. A small bookstore called Tukson's Book Trade. When she entered the store she saw how packed it was. Most people there were looking through the various books, while others bought the book they wanted; She bumped into a few people that were on their way out the door. Cristal went up to the counter, where she had met the owner assuming to be the man himself, Tukson.

Tukson took notice of the girl's presence, "Hello there. Welcome to Tukson's Book Trade, home to every book under the sun, how may I help you?"

"I'm just here to browse but maybe you can help me." Cristal said to Tukson, "Do you have any books on cultures? Specifically ancient cultures?"

Tukson replied pointing to an aisle of books, "Just over there, top and middle shelf."

"Great, thanks." Cristal said, before going over to the aisle where he had pointed over to. She started to take every book that stood out to her, and she sat up against the wall, with a small tower of books by her side. She remembered seeing the butterfly on the middle of Destiny's forehead and had used that as reference to herself as she looked through the various books she laid out for herself.

She spent a long time looking through the various books on ancient cultures but she couldn't anything related to the butterfly. This had only frustrated her more, as she ran her hands through her hair. Despite this she pushed onward with searching for-

"OW!"

A book landed on Cristal's head making her groan slightly at the pain. She looked up to a teen that had gotten a book from a shelf taller than he was. He awkwardly took the book he found and said, "Sorry." before he hurried over to the counter.

"Uh… It's no problem?" Cristal said despite the teen gone from her sight. She picked the book off of her head, and was about to put it back to where it fell, when she took notice of the title of the book. "Whitefeather…?" She read aloud to herself, remembering back to the story she told Destiny before she left.

She slowly sat herself back down and opened up the book. Inside the book, she saw the logo of a butterfly, being the same color as the one she saw on the girl's forehead. "... Huh." Cristal said to herself with a shrug, "... That's pretty convenient."

Cristal turned another page and read through the passage. "In the beginnings of Remnant the Whitefeathers had been known to have the roles of pacifists. They were the only known people to ever find peace, even in darkened times of Remnant, though if they were ever threatened by anyone on the outside they would fight with the help of there trained soldiers, their Knights. Many of it's members of the Whitefeather family, were unique in there own way, but the only one with such power greater than any other of the family members and said to be as powerful as the ones with Silver Eyes, was the head of the Family. Some say the Head had possessed a semblance unlike the world had ever seen, others say the Head possessed something that wasn't even a semblance at all. No ones for certain."

Cristal raised an eyebrow at this as she reread it again. "Hmmm…" Cristal said to herself, "... The Head Family… The only one possessing a power that can match up to a Silver Eyed warrior, does sound both incredible and ridiculous but… What does this have to do with that insignia I saw, and to what she did last night?"

She flipped through the page and read on, "With each passing of the Head, whatever he or she had possessed, will pass it to only to someone by blood. Sometimes it can be the offspring of the Head, or the offspring of the Heads family or their children's children. The cycle is never clear, but it only remains with the Whitefeathers. No one outside of the family can ever possess it. Once it has been given to the chosen family member they will be given the title as a new head of the family the Scion, meaning descendant."

Cristal had remembered hearing that name once before. The Scion. Though it was definitely known for its legend and rumors. That's all she heard about the Scion, just legend and rumors. She had no idea if it was even true herself. This was ancient history, and if she knew the people of Remnant nowadays, they didn't exactly care for ancient history. Cristal groaned with annoyance as she rubbed her head.

"Damn it, this is just leaving more questions in my head than it does answer!" Cristal complained.

"There are some things in this world that are meant to stay forgotten…"

Cristal jumped slightly a voice that echoed through her head. Though she wasn't scared by it, she just couldn't help but have a sneer of some sort when she heard the voice. "Oh great…" She said. She looked to the window and saw black and red barn owl with eyes glowing slightly, just staring at her.

"A Messenger."

The owl, known as a Messenger flew away from the view of the window, before anyone noticed. Cristal stood up and placed the books back where she had gotten them. She than headed out the door and saw the Messenger up on a lamppost nearby, waiting for her. The Messenger than took flight flying into a darkened alleyway, just across from where she stood. Cristal had followed the Messenger towards where it flew and went into the darkened alley. She saw the Messenger fly into an old abandoned building and stepped inside. She found herself staring upward to a broken spiral staircase. She sighed as she looked to the Messenger that had been perched on a broken railing.

"What…? She decide to take a raincheck?"

She soon heard soft footsteps echo through the darkness, before stopping. Cristal turned and saw a familiar woman, her face and appearance covered with a black cloak. She removed her hood revealing her pale face with black veins around her glowing red eyes.

"Hello child." She said, her voice sounding calm.

"Salem." Cristal said as she crossed her arms around her chest, "I was wondering when you were going to come out and say hi. Your a little late, but, as they say nowadays, it's better late than never,"

"So, the face you have now is the face of that girl." Salem said, putting her hands behind her back, "... Once again the Efah's properties prove to be… For a lack of better word, incredible."

"Well you know all about how the rules work with us Efahs don't you?"

"That I do. It's a shame they're so few of you left now. But than again, we all know who's responsible for that, now don't we?"

Cristal turned away from the cloaked woman as she rolled her eyes. "I wonder now…?" Salem said, "... Should I call you by your previous name, or are you being called something different?"

"Don't start playing games with me." Cristal said glaring at her, "I know you wouldn't risk coming out in the open, risking someone seeing you just to chat, so why don't we just cut to the chase and tell me what you want."

"Must you feel the need to ask that?" Salem said, "We both know your not a fool."

Cristal went over to the wall and leaned against it, "… Your after the Relic I know. And wait, let me guess, you want me to help you in taking down Beacon?"

"No." Salem said, which had surprised her honestly, "I already have someone taking care of that. I have a different task in mind, involving the face that your based on."

Cristal's eyes widened slightly at this, "... Destiny? That little girl? What do you want with her? You want to kill her?"

Salem had replied, "It's simple. I want you to bring her to me."

"Why?"

"You've seen what she did to those lowly thieves last night. That alone only proves how powerful that girl is."

"How do you know about that?"

"I had paid a little visit to them. They were more than happy to tell me what she did, how she nearly destroyed the whole block with just a wave of her hand. Of course, I couldn't let them walk away after they told me what happened."

Cristal pushed herself off from the wall, "You had them killed, didn't you?"

"They had seen too much of what the girl was capable of doing, and given to what they were going to do to her, they didn't deserve to live."

Cristal couldn't help but scoff at this, "That certainly is surprising coming from your mouth, since well you don't give a damn about someone else's life. Why do you need her?"

"That's none of your concern." Salem said to her, "I just need you to bring her to me."

Cristal shook her head made small hand motions as she for a moment turned away running her hands through her face and hair. "Do you really think I'll do what you say just like that?" Cristal said turning back to her, "Because your what, the Queen of all Grimm? Well guess what? You don't have control over me, not anymore."

Salem raised her eyebrow at this, "... And yet you took the Contract, when you attained a body."

"True I did, but it doesn't mean I'll listen to you." Cristal said, "I think I remember what I said to you before, the next time you and I saw one another, we would be enemies. This, is that time."

"You truly wish to go against me?"

"The girl that you want, Destiny, is under my protection. And she stays where she belongs, with her family."

Salem's expression seemed to have changed, almost to an amused look, which the young Shadow couldn't help but find sickening. "I have met many fools in my time who have said the same things you have, and they've all met the same fate. You think you can protect her?"

"I can and I will." Cristal said, "I don't care about the rule, and I don't care about the Contract, I'll keep her safe from you, and your followers. And than someday… I'll do this world a favor and erase you from existence."

"... Many others have used those words, when they decided to turn there backs on me, but I can promise that it proved to be futile in the end."

"Do I look like I give a damn? No matter what you say, you won't terrify me like you did back than, and you won't see me crawling back to you."

Cristal soon walked over to her, so that their faces were close, though Salem didn't even flinch when she did this, "... So you can try to take her, try to hurt her father, frighten me with your words, break me down all you want, but it won't matter in the end to me because I WILL stop you and I WILL put an end to you."

Salem let out a small smile and said, "... I look forward to that day when YOU finally learn your place." Salem placed the hood back over her head covering her face, "Until than…" She turned around and walked back the way she came the Messenger not far behind her, leaving the Grimm Hybrid standing in the building alone.

"It's Cristal by the way!" She called out as she watched Salem disappear in the darkness, "That's the name I'm going by now! Don't you dare forget it! You hear me, Salem?!"

Eventually the sound of her footsteps that echoed through the halls, had soon disappeared.

-Present; Kuroyuri-

They all knew the sound of that roar, they all heard the sounds of it going towards the village where the others were. The very moment they heard the sounds, they made their way out of the cave, down the mountain and towards the once known village. The group with Ren running ahead of them had soon saw the village in the distance and picked up their pace.

"Not again… Not again!" Ren said as he ran.

"We have to hurry and catch up with them!" Rosario said

"They couldn't have gotten too far in the village! Hopefully they didn't!" Roman said with slight panic in his voice.

"Please, please let us get there in time!" Neo said looking up to the sky for a moment.

In a few short moments they all reached the center of the town with the dead tree standing in the middle of it. they all stopped in there tracks catching their breath; Roman clutching his side as he groaned with agony. Ren picked up his head and sighed with relief. Ruby, Scout and Jaune stood their shocked at the fact that they were just standing there right in front of them; Qrow and Cristal were still resting against the tree, breathing hoarsely with Senka sitting beside the Hybrid's side.

"Rosario?" Scout said, shocked to see them.

"Scout…" Rosario said with relief in her voice when she saw both her and Cristal still there.

"Oh thank God, you're all okay…" Neo said.

"What are you guys doing here!?" Ruby said.

"Did you hear that noise!?" Jaune said, "What was that!?"

"There's no time to explain!" Roman said as he groaned again when he stood up, "We have to leave this place!"

Ruby lightly gasped when she saw a faint color of red on his hand, "Roman, your wound-!" Ruby said.

"Don't worry about that!" Roman said to her, Ruby jumping by his sudden outburst, "We have to go, now!"

Rosario looked around and saw that a certain someone wasn't with them. "Where the hell are Melody, and Frosty!?" Rosario asked.

"I don't know!" Scout replied, "She left to look around a while ago and she hasn't come back!"

"Jaune and I were just about to go and look for her!" Ruby added.

"What in the hell is she doing at a time like this!?" Neo exclaimed.

"Look it doesn't matter, we have to get her back here and get going!" Nora said.

The group's attention was soon drawn over to Ren, when they saw him fall to his knees. They saw that he looked alarmed and fearful of something. "No…" They heard Ren say.

"Ren?" Ruby said, "What is it? What's-!"

Roman soon shushed Ruby getting her stop in mid sentence. "Listen." He said with a low voice. Suddenly they heard a noise come over them.

CLIP, CLOP, CLIP, CLOP…

They jumped at the sudden sounds that had somewhat echoed throughout the abandoned village. They all had a look of alarm as they looked around as to find out where it came from exactly. "You guys hear that too… Right…?" Jaune said preparing to draw his sword. It wasn't long before they noticed a fearful look appear on Nora's face.

"Ren…" She said fearfully.

"No…" They heard Ren say again.

The sounds soon came to a stop, and they all looked to where the sounds came from. Their eyes soon widened in horror at the sight of what stopped nearby.

"... Oh my God…" Ruby said fearfully.

A bone horse with it's eyes glowing red, stood nearby where the group had stood but that wasn't what they were terrified of. The thing they terrified most was the humanoid creature that had been connected to it's back. It twitched its head in a creepy way, before letting out a piercing roar.

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