Patriot-112: Hey Everyone! You're probably wondering what happened when I temporarily took down Aurea Mors earlier . Well the thing is, I couldn't see your reviews. Probably a glitch in the system. But the good news is I brought it back up. But if this problem persists, I advise PMing me your reviews. Remember, constructive criticism, no Trolling or your messages will be removed.

And yes to all you Ozpin haters, I know you see Ozpin is pulling a Dumbledore, but that doesn't excuse the fact that he still cares about his students, and regrets the sacrifices he has to make, like any smart commander and strategist does. In my point of view, he's neither Dark nor light, but more of a grey. Balance, is the key. Now enough about that, let's begin.

P.S. Dore's name is French, which means Golden, and is pronounced Doo-rey. Got it? Good.


Chapter 1:

Enemies and Family


One Hour after failed Heist.


Roman walked into the abandoned warehouse, grumbling after the colossal failure to steal the SDC Dust shipment at the docks. And it was all thanks to a bunch of brats, and that damned masked woman, who was making quite a vigilante-esque reputation as the Maiden Knight. It all started just shortly a week after he met Cinder. And every time he, and whoever was with him, went out to steal Dust, that bitch appeared and ruined it, making his success streak suffer terribly.

And this biggest possible score was yet another disaster added to the list.

He sighed as he put the Dust crystal case on the wooden table in front of him, and placed Melodic Cudgel next to it.

"Man, what night," he said, grudgingly, "Another score ruined by that blonde haired masked bitch,"

"Trouble on the job, Roman?," a seductive voice said, causing Roman to jump.

"WHOA!" he shouted as he quickly turned around and spotted the woman who hired him to steal as much Dust as possible, "H-Hey there Cinder, was not expecting to see you this evening."

"That was the point." Cinder Fall said, the seductive smirk still on her face, "And 'blonde haired bitch'?"

Roman rolled his eyes at that, "Remember that one masked vigilante I told you about that's been causing a little bit of trouble for us?" he said, and Cinder nodded.

"Yes," she said, "Let me guess, she struck again?,"

"Bingo," Roman said, "And those White Fang grunts you lent me, they got their collective asses creamed. And she showed me that she's not scared of shedding a little blood."

Cinder blinked at that, "They're dead?"

"Or wishing they were!" Roman shouted, "If I were any slower, I'd be a stain on the ground! Hell, YOU'D be a stain on the ground; this bitch fought like a Gear!"

The Fallen Maiden's eyes narrowed at that, "Like a Gear you say?" she said.

"Damn right! I witnessed enough times how those guys fight," the thief said, "But let me tell you something about that girl: She is NOT to be messed with! She may look like a Huntress, but I know that brutality anywhere."

Cinder hummed in thought at that, as she turned to the shadows.

"Emerald, add this masked woman to the list." she ordered, "If she has Gear training, she could prove quite the handful,"

"If you want a face..." Roman as he brought out his scroll, "...I got a photo of her, though like I said, she's wearing a mask."

Cinder looked at the image. Blonde hair, an...odd battledress, a sword and shield, the latter of which included a Gears Gorgon SMG, from the looks.

Cinder had faced the Gears once, and vowed never to face them again. They were ruthless, their armor was proof against all Dust-based weapons and their weapons were designed to punch through aura like a bullet through tinfoil. Not even a Maiden could face these monsters and hope to survive.

She also noticed the mask not only hid her identity, but also her eyes, and since she couldn't see her eyes, she will not be able to tell what type of person they were, for the eyes were the gateway to the soul of a person. A trait only a few share with her, including her mistress, and Ozpin... smart girl.

"She doesn't look that tough," she heard the grey haired assassin said, only to recieve a smack to the head courtesy of Emerald.

"She is trained by the Gears of War, Mercury." Cinder reminded with a glare, "A trainee Gear is worth five hunters, and they are nearly invulnerable in that accursed armor. A veteran is worth more, and the Allfathers...I fought Allfather Prime once. He nearly killed me."

Her two cohorts both winced that, since they heard of the old man. Ass he may be, but damn he was scary as hell!

"I also managed to get the recordings from the Dock's CCTV cameras." Roman said, "Through hacking of course. It will help you find a way to counter our little vigilante problem."

Cinder nodded at that, a grin on her face. "Of course." she said, and then pressed the play button.

The footage began to play, showing the entire battle and how the Maiden Knight fought. They then caught sight of the girl, though her back was to the cameras as she climbed out of the water, after swimming in freakin' armor. She paused, staring at something before fleeing.

A Gear-trained huntress, running? From what? It made no sense: their training crushed fear out of the minds of the trainees. However they soon saw, what it was, and it left them puzzled, four Hunters-in-training, including the 4 time tournament champion, Pyrrha Nikos.

"That is strange," Cinder said with a raised brow, "A Gear running from four Trainee Hunters? It goes against their training,"

"Yeah, but she's no Gear. She doesn't wear the armor. Lucky, too. We'd be kissing our asses goodbye."

Emerald shook her head. "Gears are just men in suits. I've seen them before; they're nothing."

"You've seen them at rest, Emerald, not in combat." Cinder admonished, "General Kylos is 60 years old, and he nearly killed me with that suit of his. Do not mistake their overuse of the armor for complacency."

The mint haired girl recoiled at the tone, Cinder used.

"Yes ma'am," she said, and the Fallen Maiden nodded.

"Good," she said, and looked back at the paused video, more specifically at the Trainee team, "I think our first bet at finding her is by following Miss Pyrrha Nikos' team. If we find nothing, then we'll leave them be for now, but, if they somehow lead us to our Maiden Knight..."

"We'll be able to get her out of our hair," said Mercury, "But, from what we saw, she's damn good with that sword of hers. We need someone who's equally or, most likely, more skilled,"

"Call in Adam." Cinder ordered, "The White Fang has a grudge against the Gears, and Taurus is overly prideful. Bastard probably believes he could kill an Allfather."

Cinder knew better. The Allfathers were an ancient lot, but their wits were kept intact and their skills only sharpened with age. Cases in point, Allfather Prime and his second-in-command, Allfather Goldsmith.

Still, pride goeth before the fall, and if Adam suffered a bruised ego because a human beat the crap out of him, so be it.

Of course, she had a little hope that the Bull Faunus will kill this Masked Maiden. In the meantime though, she decided she will watch how this girl fought, and study everything about her. If she ran out of research material, she would either bust a few knees, or just do a stealth mission to find out more.


Meanwhile, White Fang Base


"WHAT!? HER AGAIN!?" shouted one Adam Taurus as he just received the news of the failure of the SDC heist at the docks, and the loss of over half of the White Fang who went on that operation.

"Yes sir, it was that vigilante known as the Maiden Knight," said one Faunus, who had a full face mask, and had a chainsaw on his back.

"That bitch is almost as bad as that traitor Belladonna!" Growled another Faunus, who had a pair of glasses over his mask.

"At least we have more information this time." said a female Faunus, with a pair of calico cat ears, "Torchwick survived, barely, but we have confirmation that she was trained by the Gears."

"The fact that she kills our people with the same ease should say that!" Adam growled as his grip on his sword tightened.

The White Fang and the Gears were the only two organizations that treated Faunus fairly well. Difference was that the Gears didn't care who you were so long as you agreed with their precious Octus Canon while the White Fang was a faunus-only organization.

Not to mention Adam hated Sapiens' guts with a passion.

"Torchwick even managed to get some video for us, as well," said Mr. Chainsaw, "We'll be able to study how she moves, and find a way to counter her. Of course... Cinder wants to capture her alive if possible,"

Adam growled at the mention of that flame woman's name.

"Anything else?" He said, already on a short fuze. The glasses wearing faunus stepped forward.

"Our operations in Vale might be about to go down the drain: Sapiens is deploying a full battalion of Gears to deal with the Grimm in the general area."

"A full. FUCKING. BATTALION?!" Adam yelled, causing everyone to wince, "Do you realize how many Gears are IN A FULL BATTALION?!"

Enough to kill every single Hunter in Vale twice over, should Sapiens give the order. But they knew the Allfather Prime: he would wait until his chance came. Then and only then would he decapitate the Hunter's Guild.

"Yes sir, we do," said Chainsaw, "Apparently the Vale Council had made a contract with him, and the Gears flagship is anchored just outside the port,"

Adam only gritted his teeth even more. The hunters were bad enough, now they have to contend with a small, but powerful army of Gears. Plus their flagship.

"Sometimes, I question how we're going to beat the humans."


Beacon Academy -Emerald Forest


"You're positive then?" Sapiens said to the Gear Captain in front of him.

"Yes sir, when we flew over, we spotted them taking the girl to the tower," the man said, "We debated at first storming the tower, but then we decided that will bring the Vale Council down on us, and wait for further instructions,"

"Wise choice. We'll deal with the girl later." Sapiens said, before turning to the forest, "Begin operations in the forest: find every Grimm nest and kill it. Preferably with fire."

The captain pulled out his Scorcher flamethrower, as a grin formed.

"Oh, fuck yes, sir." the man said and went off with a dozen others to begin the work.

Sapiens would deal with her in due time. He had...other things to deal with.


Unknown Room, Beacon Academy


Her head hurt...it hurt a lot. And that was an understatement.

She couldn't even keep her eyes open before she was forced to close them again in pain. Of course, that's the price of being a clone, where you inherit the memories of the people you were made from.

She tried to move, but she felt her arms held down, as well as her legs.

"My apologies, young lady, but we didn't want you running off." When she heard that voice she began to struggle, and then tried using her semblance to unfasten the straps, but she found that she couldn't, "Don't bother using your semblance: the fasteners are made of ceramics, and there is very little metal in this room."

Dore slammed her head against the bed. What was it the Gears were supposed to say if they were ever captured?

Oh, right, rank, name, serial number and nothing else. Military protocol.

"I have no reason harm you, Miss Dore Arkos," he said, causing the girl's eyes to widen, as the voice said her name, "Nor do I need information that your A.I. has already given me and my Deputy Headmistress, as well as a few of my students."

Dore's eyes began shaking in terror. They knew. They knew who she was, what she was, and where she came from.

"General Kylos will be making attempts to claim you for himself, young miss, so I would recommend helping me so I can help you." the voice said, as she then heard footfalls until coming into view was a white haired man. Her eyes widened a she recognized him, this person she was told about by Lady Blaze, and warned to be extremely cautious around, "We have a common goal, after all."

Ozpin, the man who was the opposite of Salem, and yet somewhat the same when it came to manipulation. Especially in order to protect a certain young Rose. Of course, unlike Salem who took great pleasure in it, he actually regrets the choices he makes.

Still, that didn't mean he was NOT on her personal shit list. Considering one person in particular.

After all, Pyrrha died because of his actions, indirect though they were. As least he didn't excuse himself, which actually put him rather low on the shitlist.

At the top were Cinder, her cronies, the White Fang, Sapiens and at the apex, Salem herself. Compared to them, Ozpin was a goddamned saint.

"This does not make us allies, Headmaster." she growled, making the man sigh.

"So I have noticed, being trained as a Gear." He said, "Sapiens has been trying to cause the destruction of the hunter's guild for over 50 years, and you seem to be his best chance at it."

Dore's eyes hardened at the mention of that man.

"I'd rather die than become that Extremist's tool!" she snapped, as she strained against the restraints. "He may have helped trained me into what I am, but I will NEVER consider myself one of his ilk!"

Ozpin nodded at that, "Anders was right, you really do hate him," he said with a soft smile.

"More than you know," she growled out.

"Very well." Ozpin said as he walked around before standing to the right, as he reached out his hand to touch hers, causing her to flinch, "The enemy of your enemy is your friend, and I only want to help you."

"The same way you 'helped' Pyrrha?" Dore rhetorically asked, "Your 'help' got her killed! And it drove Jaune so far into grief and self-loathing he believed death was the only way to achieve redemption!"

"A mistake my counterpart regretted." the Headmaster said with a regretful tone.

"Apparently not enough." the 'daughter' of the champion and knight ground out, "And trust me, when I deal with Cinder and Salem, there will be a reckoning between you and me,"

"It is rather difficult to defeat me, madam." Ozpin said, which caused the restrained girl to chuckle.

"You would be surprised." she said humorlessly, "After all, I'm the child of two philosophies."

The hunters and the gears. How could he forget.

After all, Sapiens nearly killed him once.

"I know you are duty bound to complete your mission," Ozpin said, "but I'm afraid that with you so dead-set on it, you will not only get yourself killed, but others as well, especially since Mister Arc, and Miss Nikos are now more than determined to keep you safe,"

"It is Cinder that will need the saving, after I'm done with her," Dore said, her voice holding venom for the woman who killed two important people who she admired, but never got the chance to know herself, and now feared due to the circumstances of her birth.

"Even so, you are not a living weapon." Ozpin said, said as he placed a hand on her shoulder, causing her tremble. Out of fear or anger, he didn't know, "You are a human being, with limits."

"That is where you are quite wrong, Professor," she said as she turned her head away, so he wouldn't see her sorrow filled eyes, "My sole purpose is to kill Cinder, her supporters, superior and everyone allied with her. I have no further use afterward."

Ozpin had to give the Gears credit: they knew how to brainwash a child.

"I doubt that wasn't what Blaze wanted for you, Miss Arkos," the Headmaster said as he removed his hand from her person, "I can only hope, that your parents will be able to convince you of that as well,"

Clone or not, this girl was the child of Jaune Arc and Pyrrha Nikos, and right now, those two will do everything in their power to protect her.

"What is it you want?" Dore asked, and Ozpin felt it right to oblige.

"To save all life on Remnant, Miss Arkos." he stated, "The General is right about one thing: we are losing this war against the Grimm. All I want is for humanity to live in peace, with itself and with the Faunus. Is that so wrong?"

Dore didn't answer right away, she understood the two, along with Ironwood of Atlas, wanted the same thing for Remnant, but unfortunately, their damn egos got in the way of working together. Sure, the Headmaster of Beacon and General Ironwood of Mantle had conflicting ideals with each other, but they never outright hated each other, Sapiens on the other hand hated both their guts just for being Hunters. But aside from that, the reason Beacon and Vale fell so easily, was that they were blinded by overinflated egos and couldn't face facts: Sapiens had his extremism, Ironwood his flare for the dramatic, and Ozpin, his over passiveness.

It could be worse. She sighed and looked at him.

"Fine." she said flatly, "But I want to be able to do what I have to do. We are allies of convenience, nothing more."

Ozpin nodded at that. It was better than nothing.

"Will you at least speak with Miss Nikos and Mister Arc?" He asked.

Dore shook her head. Violently. She couldn't deal with them. She wanted nothing to do with them.

She wanted to run. VERY, VERY far away.

Ozpin could see that the very idea of seeing the people who have the same blood as her, is NOT what she wanted. Still, he could at least give some advice on this subject.

"Let me give you some advice on this, Miss Arkos: if you don't face your fears, not only will you not be strong enough to achieve your goals, but you will also come to regret not being able to at least making a lasting bond with them." he said sagely, his voice taking on a somber tone, "Trust me, I know from experience."

Dore didn't want to. Her indoctrination was very strong. But she was also wanting to prove the bastard wrong. She wanted to know.

Would they...love her?

With great hesitance, she gave a stiff nod. Ozpin gave a small smile, and proceeded to leave the room, leaving her alone. And thus giving her time in trying to think of a way to get the hell out. Then she remembered when she unconsciously unlocked her aura, the result of which left a huge hole in the side of the Sovereign in her time, and which Lady Blaze believed it was possibly due to the memories of one of her parents.

She closed her eyes, and concentrated in order to search through them, and she found one in particular, the one where Pyrrha unlocked Jaune's aura, and thus as she heard the words, she began to speak them as well.


Ozpin stepped outside as he spotted the two students waiting anxiously. He couldn't blame them. I mean when you see that your child from the future having been brainwashed by a militarist extremist, you tend to get worried.

He spotted the two examining their 'daughter's' weapons with extreme care, Jaune with Aurea Mors, the sword, and Pyrrha, with the shield.

He had to give the Gears credit: for people inexperienced with hunter weaponry, they remade the weapons well.

The following explosion caught his attention, causing the two to worry while he simply sighed. Fear drove you to do stupid things. The two teens rushed into the room, and gaped at seeing a now freed Dore, as her aura, being a mixed mess of Pyrrha's red, and Jaune's white, glowed brightly, as she stood up.

Using her semblance, she snatched back her weapons and proceeded to jump through the hole in the wall.

Pyrrha screamed out as she reached for her, "DORE!"


Yang Xiao Long was fairly easy to get along with. A little confused by this time travel stuff, and that Pyrrha and Jaune had a kid (binary clone or not) from the future, where everything goes straight to hell.

But not now, as she heard the start of an engine.

Her bike's engine.

"...Huh?" was the only word she managed to utter before speeding right in front of her was none other than her precious Bumblebee. But the rider was the kid in question, as they sped off and took the main road to the city.

It took a few moments for Yang to figure out her bike was just jacked before she gave the appropriate response.

"BITCH TOOK MY RIDE!" And unlike Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace, Yang was not willing to lose her bike, as she ran after it.

RWB all looked in her general direction as the bike and its' owner rushed off into the distance.

"Should we...help her?" Weiss said, a little hesitantly.

"Might as well," said Ruby, "Besides, I always liked a good car chase,"

With that, the Red Reaper used her speed semblance to go after them. Leaving the W and B of Team RWBY behind, only for Ozpin and the two parents of said bikejacker came into view.

"Where is she!?" Jaune asked.

"She hijacked Yang's bike." Blake pointed in the general direction of the chase. "Yang and Ruby are after her."

"We will need to find her before Sapiens does." Ozpin said, a little worried, "If he does, it will not end well for anyone."

"And how can we catch up?" Weiss asked, "Bullheads aren't fast enough to keep up with Ruby when she's at full burn."

Ozpin smirked slightly as he held up his scroll.

"I already got that part handled," he said.


Dore drove through the streets, turning sharply to avoid crashing into buildings or other cars on the road. Her mission was not going to be delayed: she knew where she had to go. Mountain Glenn was the only logical place to breach Vale, and she has a lot of people to kill to prevent it.

"Hey!" a voice shouted making her turn to the right, and saw the one person Lady Blaze warned to be wary of, "You just stole my sister's bike! And she's really angry at you!"

Dore mentally groaned, she forgot about her fellow blonde's fiery temper.

"Tell her that I'm giving it back as soon as I'm away from Vale!" she said as she continued to dodge the incoming traffic and trying to get the girl off her tail. Though one thing about Ruby Rose, she was persistent.

"Why are you running!?" the said Reaper shouted.

"You wouldn't understand!" was Dore's response, as she used her semblance to stop the bike, then used it to climb a building, using the metal to get to the roof. The sound of a Royal Raven, however, made her regret it, as the aircraft entered sight, the side hatches open, and both gatlings deployed.

"Shit!" she cursed, as she accelerated away, just as the gatlings opened up on her. She used the same trick to get as far away from the helicopter as possible.

The 16mm rounds narrowly missed her, impacting the street instead. Her earpiece intercepted radio calls from the Royal and General Kylos.

"RR-47, what the HELL are you doing?!" she heard the Gears Allfather shout.

"We have sight of the target, sir." she heard the pilot respond.

"Cease fire, you idiots: if you keep this up, you'll cause our contract to be rescinded!" Sapiens shouted angrily, "Return to Sovereign!"

"Y-Yes sir," The Royal Raven stopped firing as it broke off it's pursuit, giving Dore some needed breathing room, but knew that Sapiens will be after her like a bulldog.

She continued driving Bumblebee through the city until she found a spot to hide it, like a maintenance tunnel, till Yang came for it. She found one such spot and parked the vehicle there.

She then began to search her inlay pockets of her battle dress until she found her scroll, still there, even after Ozpin said he had it.

"Anders?" she said, and the image of the A.I. appeared.

"Yes, mistress?" the A.I. said.

"Access the Gears comms network: I want to know where the Ravens will be." Dore advised, as she looked around, "We need to get out of the city without being detected."

"Accessing...," Anders said and began scanning, "Five King Raven gunships and one Hunin EWAC are in the air."

Dore sighed at that, couldn't be any worse.

"Right...Anders, you told them everything, didn't you?" she asked firmly.

"Not everything, Dore," said Anders, "I never revealed to them Lady Blaze's final gift to you. But if should they find out, it could cause more problems for us. In the meantime, I advise heading to our hideout on the outskirts."

"That Hunin is going to make getting there difficult, there." Dore reminded.

"I am currently intercepting and altering their readings, but my work will be discovered soon. I suggest you move quickly." the A.I. advised, which caused the clone to smirk.

"And that's why I like Anders" she said and thus began the journey to their hideaway.


Ruby watched as the Hunin helicopter, an upgraded KR with electronic warfare and surveillance equipment installed on it, flew overhead.

"They REALLY want to find her." she said worriedly.

"They're not going to." Said Ozpin shaking his head, "She knows how the Gears operate: if anything, she'll evade them."

Yang recovered her bike, growling. "She ruined my paint job!"

"Complain at that later, Yang: we have to find her!" Weiss said, "If it makes you happy, I'll pay for the repairs,"

Yang grumbled, but accepted the Schnee's offer.

They and Team JNPR, along with Ozpin and Glynda, had located Bumblebee not too long ago, with the engine still warm, so she hadn't gotten far.

Ozpin looked at his scroll, as it showed a holographic map of the city.

The girl was heading out of the city proper.

And he knew where she was heading.


After dodging the Gears aerial hounds, Dore finally managed to reach her destination, the Old Royal Palace, the home of Vale's Royal family, until they were forced to abdicate by the Revolutionaries that oversaw the overthrow of the other monarchs. However, instead of becoming a republic or democracy, they remained a 'kingdom', which of course, makes them an oligarchy. A kingdom without a king.

The palace had been abandoned, and Dore took it as her main base of operations. The Gears ignored it: they didn't bother looking at it because it was empty, and no Grimm went near it. As such, she took control of it.

She entered the palace through a window on the bottom floor, and began walking through the magnificent halls of the grand building. Despite being abandoned, the council would occasionally send clean-up crews to take care of it, rather than just demolishing it like the other castles and palaces of the old monarchs, saying wanting to be reminded of their past. Specifically, the place was well taken care of.

She walked up the stairs to the third floor, and it was not long till she arrived at a specific room.

She entered the room, finding her additional ammunition and equipment, including a Lancer Mk 2 and a Longshot sniper rifle, which has been modified to accept dust rounds if necessary.

The Gears were assholes. She knew this. But their weapons were high-quality and lethal.

Aside from these, there was another weapon. One that had earned a place in her heart, her custom made bow. Made for her by Lady Blaze herself, who taught her how to take care of, and use it. It was mostly used for stealth missions, but the weapon was well constructed it could be used like a bo staff, which means she can use it to block dust rounds, melee strikes, and more specifically, Cinder's glass arrows.

"An impressive weapon." Dore whipped around, grabbing the Lancer, via polarity semblance, and pointing it at Ozpin, who had entered the palace a few minutes after her. "Who made it for you?"

"How did..." she said, before she shook her head, "never mind, I know how. You put a tracking device on me."

"Miss Arkos, what do I have to do to get you to accept the fact we are on the same side?" Ozpin said as he carefully approached her, "You do not have to work alone."

Her eyes narrowed at that, "With the exception of Lady Blaze, I've always been alone." she said, her voice void of emotion, "You have no idea what my future is like... my parents died before I was even born. The Gears never truly saw as one of their own, just the clone spawn of two Hunters who died miserably at the hands of a power-seeking bitch. My mother shot through the heart and her body burnt to ash, and my father, who realized his feelings for her too late, was torn by guilt and despair and died when he protected Ruby Rose from the same woman who killed her,"

"You don't need to fight alone anymore." Ozpin tried to reason, "You have allies. Your parents will not-"

"They're not my parents!" Dore shouted, "I wasn't born naturally!"

"They would tend to disagree." the Headmaster spoke, making the Arkos' eyes widen, "They want to talk to you. They want to know who you are."

Dore froze. They actually wanted to see her?

"Why?" she breathed out, "I'm just a clone."

"I learned from a wise man once, the body maybe made by man, but it never has the same soul," Ozpin quoted, "Your soul belongs to you, no matter the circumstances. Blame the creator, and not the creation."

She blinked. Her parents didn't see her as a freak. She still feared seeing them...

But... something in her told her... that she could try.

'You're a weapon, you stupid clone.' Sapiens' voice growled in her head, 'Never forget.'

Her eyes narrowed as her grip on the rifle tightened.

'Go to hell, General.' she growled mentally, 'I don't know what I am, but I am not your weapon.'

She lowered the Lancer and looked at Ozpin, still on guard, "Where are they?"

Her question was answered as she felt two hands on her shoulders, causing her to stiffen. She then slowly turned her head to one side and spotted similar eyes to her own along with her face, staring back at her. It was Pyrrha.

She still had the urge to flee. But the smile on her face stopped her from running. The motherly expression caused Dore to relax.

"I know it's awkward to call me mother." Pyrrha said, as she gave a comforting squeeze to her shoulder, "You don't have to! But we do want to get to know you."

She looked to the other side, and saw Jaune, the hair, almost the same as her own, sans the minor streaks of red.

"Yeah, we need to get used to it, but we..." Jaune said, as he scratched behind his head, "...would like to be your parents."

Dore was torn between her fears and breaking down.

They wanted her. They WANTED HER.

Blaze tried to raise her right. But she wasn't her mother. Mentor, perhaps.

But not mother.

She felt her grip on the Lancer become slack, and her knees weakened before she began to drop to the floor, luckily she was caught before she fully dropped, while the rifle was carefully taken out of her hands by Jaune. She saw her vision began to slightly blur as she felt something leaking from her eyes.

Tears.

She took Jaune and Pyrrha into her arms and began sobbing. Her parents accepted her.

All she needed now was to keep them alive. She would NOT lose her loved ones.


GNS Sovereign


"Define 'missing'." Sapiens glared at his ECOs, who were looking for the girl. "We had 5 KRs in the air, plus a Hunin. We should have FOUND her through her magnetic signature, if not visually. So how the FUCK did you miss finding a 16 year old clone?!"

The gathered group of officers flinched away from the currently irate man.

"S-Something was hampering our equipment, sir...," at the Allfather's glare which told him to explain or else, he gulped, "W-When we thought we had a lock on her, our screens blacked out for just a moment, and when they came back on, she was gone!"

Sapiens growled as he walked up to the line of men, who stood rigid straight.

"Do you idiots have any idea of how important that clone is?" he said flatly, "She has information on our organization, knows our training, knows how our technology works, and possibly knows the identity of a traitor within our ranks,"

"Sir-" One of them began to say only to be cut off.

"I do not want EXCUSES. Find her. Dismissed!" The ECOs saluted before leaving.

"They aren't to blame, Sapiens." said another of the Allfathers, which made Sapiens sigh in slight irritation.

"Allfather Phillips, I didn't ask for your opinion." he ground out, while Allfather Giorgio Phillips shrugged.

"Sapiens, the bitch had help from within somehow." he said, while Sapiens glared at him.

"I doubt our people would betray us, Phillips." Sapiens said, and began rubbing his head to try to rid of the headache he had, "How do I find a traitor in an organization of brothers?"

However, a set of footsteps got their attention as the head technician, a man of 30 years entered.

"Pardon me Allfathers, but... while I was running maintenance on the KR's as you instructed, I found something," the man said, and Sapiens and the others looked at him.

"Yes?" he demanded and the man nodded with a serious look on his face.

"Our EW systems were infiltrated, sir," he answered, but then his face became more puzzled, "but it was at 0124 hours."

Sapiens and the Allfather Council all blinked at that

"Midflight?" Susan said, surprise coloring her tone, "How?"

"It was done wirelessly, Ma'am," The tech elaborated, "And was done by what looks like a Class-J AI, but it was too clean to be a standard Class-J."

Sapiens groaned at that.

"She has access to one of our AIs." he said in frustration, "GodDAMN it, how badly have we been compromised?"

"There is good news to this sir," the expert said, "By some miracle, I was able to get a piece of coding the A.I. left behind. Once I have it thoroughly scanned, we just may be able to get some light shed on this"

"Get me the data as soon as possible." he ordered and the man nodded and left, "Now, for the less pressing matters: the Grimm."

"Reports indicate that the Grimm are being pushed towards caves in the region, sir: we'll burn them out." said one of two Gear Colonels in the room.

"Burn them in." Sapiens firmly stated, "I want them dead, not driven off. Any escapees, you chainsaw. Clear?"

Two Gear Colonels saluted before they left.

"And what about our...little bird?" the Allfather Prime inquired, as a barely noticeable smirk appeared on her face.

"The conditioning we have her under is still holding, Sapiens," said another of the Allfathers, one Frederick Aiden, "Of course there are signs of her fighting it. I highly request a re-con procedure the time she returns."

"Of course...," Sapiens said, while chuckling, "...another reason I picked her, she's definitely strong spirited."

"The incentive seems to be the only thing keeping her from trying to off herself."

Sapiens chuckled this, "She knows that if she attempts to commit suicide, her family dies. She rebels, they die. She has one choice: obey or suffer. Now, I believe we have to prepare for security for the Vytal Festival, Allfathers."


Her father was wimpy, Dore decided, but he was trying. But she knew after the death of Pyrrha in her time, Jaune became a badass to be feared. He even paid back Emerald and Mercury for their part for sullying Pyrrha's image, which she noted to herself to personally maim the two.

"So...this thing is actually Crocea and Milo remade?" Jaune said as he looked at the sword, along with Ruby and her team, which the Y of the team kept giving her glares, for stealing her bike. The Red Reaper was in awe of the craftsmanship of the sword and wanted to hold it herself.

"The Gears reforged the sword, with Lady Blaze giving some aid. I've fought their Lancer's chainsaw bayonets using this thing." She smiled. "I always won."

"I've seen Gears using those things." Blake said as she shuddered, "They were...ruthless."

"The Gears are not known for sympathy. But I know one thing." She twirled the blade around. "I will shove this thing through Sapiens' head once Salem is dealt with."

"Yeesh, easy there girl," said Yang, even though she was mad at the clone, didn't mean she want her to get killed, "One thing at a time here,"

"I know that Miss Xiao Long," Dore said as she placed her sword back into it's sheath, "I know I need to be patient and bide my time. But...with the Vytal Festival just a few months away, I can't help but feel...nervous,"

"Like-Oh." Weiss began to ask then stopped, "OH."

Cinder killing Pyrrha.

She wanted to kill the bitch before she could kill her mother. Yang was sorta glad to see she wasn't the only one with mommy issues.

Still didn't excuse the bike theft.

"I presume that enrolling you at Beacon is out of the question?" Pyrrha asked as she was inspecting the SMG Akouo shield, specifically Dore's personal emblem, which is a combination of both hers and Jaune's.

The said girl then spoke, "I'm at the right age," she said, before a sad smile formed, "My...birthday is coming up in a couple weeks."

Everyone's eyes widen at that.

"Really?" Nora said, getting excited, "We need to get you a cake! Oh, and presents!"

"I don't think she's ever had a birthday party, Nora." Ren said, sighing at his best friend's over eagerness.

"Exactly!" the girl exclaimed.

Dore blinked. Sapiens never did anything for her, and Blaze was never there for her birthdays, as Sapiens took over her training.

And he made the Spartans look good.

"I-I don-" she was about to say, when she felt two fingers on her lips.

"Tututu, I, for once, agree with Nora," Weiss said, all of them shocked she agreed.

"Eh, Weiss?" Ruby said, with a surprised expression, "YOU agreeing with Nora?"

"She has been abused by a military organization for Oum knows how long, has had zero contact with people outside that organization and to be frank, must learn how to interact with people. We should hold a birthday party for her; we could use some...normalcy. As little we get." Weiss laid out, and the others all agreed she had a point.

"A-are you...sure about that?" Dore said, a little unsure. She then felt a hand on her shoulder and saw it was Pyrrha.

"We'll... try not to make it too flashy for you...," she looked at her female teammate and the heiress, and gave the most innocent grin, which somehow sent cold dread down everyone's spines, there was even a dangerous glint in her emerald eyes, "...right?"

They chuckled nervously. "R-Right..."

Over protective mom. On the other hand, Jaune was her father.

Oh, fuck, they were screwed if they didn't get this right: Jaune was a wimp, but if his aura were used offensively, they would not survive.

"Well, I wouldn't mind putting you on the school roster as a... special case," Ozpin said, as he took a sip of coffee which made the girl and everyone else curious where that came from, "Things like this happened before at Beacon, where the Odd number student is allowed to work with whatever team she chooses,"

"I...I'm not sure I should be at...Beacon...I'm not exactly comfortable being around my...parents." The clone girl said nervously, "They're my age."

"Only in body." the Headmaster said, making her blink, "I think everyone here has noticed that your parents act more mature and protective of you. Natural instinct, I suppose. Either way, I don't think they would mind."

Dore had to admit, Ozpin was right. While she was still...nervous, she was relaxing.

She then gave a slight nod, making everyone smile that she was coming to Beacon.

Ozpin gave a small smile and nodded, "Good, now, I believe we should all get back now," he said, "Glynda is waiting with the Bullhead, and if any of you wish to help Miss Arkos move her-"

He stopped as he saw that everyone had already gathered up all the gear.

"Hmm."

At least this year would be interesting.


The next day


"While it is actually late in the semester, I would like to introduce you to a new student." Dore winced as she entered Professor Port's classroom, dressed in the Beacon school uniform. Her hair back in it's original bun, "This is Dore Arkos. She's a student from Vacuo who decided to transfer to Beacon."

Dore looked at the other students, Ruby waving at her while she focused on Team CRDL.

While 60% of the Gear's Octus Canon was bullshit, the rest were true: all are equal, be they Faunus or human. So she'd make them bleed until they learned better.

"The Headmaster himself has given instructions that you are to make her feel at home here at Beacon," Port said, "If they're any incidents in regards to any mistreatment of her, there WILL be consequences. Now! Even though I already said your name already, why don't you introduce yourself, Miss Arkos."

She took in a breath. "Hello. My name is Dore Arkos. It is a pleasure to meet you." 'More like a pleasure to meet my family and kill Team Retard.'

Yeah, Sapiens was a dick, but he WAS right more then he was wrong.

Though about her...he was always wrong.

And for that, she was glad as she took her seat, between Pyrrha and Jaune, Port starting his tall tales as she slightly nodded off, ignoring every word.


Patriot-112: And another done!

Ron the True Fan: I'm a sucker for romance. Sue me.

Patriot-112: Yes, we all know that Ron. Now I know there have been a few out who gave given me some criticism, which are good criticism. Unfortunately there is the bad criticism which are mostly guest reviews, which unfortunately I can't delete because FF is having a damn glitch problem. And it sucks! And yes (Rubs temples as headache comes on) I know Ron made the Gear too OP...

Ron the True Fan: They'll suffer, just give it time. Besides, they're the bad guys. Bad guys are supposed to be OP, that way it's more satisfying when they fall. Don't deny it: you KNOW I'm right.

Patriot-112: Of course. Also, since Dore will entering Beacon, she'll be needing a new attire in order to stave off those who have seen her Maiden Knight alter ego. Ron suggests the female Gear armor, while I was thinking another Fate series armor worn by Saber/Arturia...like say, Saber Alter, or Saber Lily. Of course, I plan for Dore to move away from Gear thinking, even though she still fights like them and uses their equipment. So, we'll need your honest opinions. PM me what you think. Be nice about it though. And don't do it all at once, give me a day or two to type up what you think. Until then, Later!