It's time! Hello everybody! I am The Burning Ruler and I am back with the final chapter of RWBY: A Demon's Life. Sorry this chapter took so long, but I wanted to make sure it was one of my best. That and work has been hell, my girlfriend invited me to her place for a week and I enjoyed shooting lethal tears at anthropomorphic fecal matter (The Binding of Isaac Afterbirth is a weird game). Such a bittersweet feeling right now. Too many emotions to describe right now. Let's just get to the reviews.

Valkerix: Oh, Rainbow Six Siege. That's a fun game. But yeah, I honestly felt bad for Risa when I was writing that part, but it felt almost too good to kill CRDL. Should I be worried about this? Whatever. I also felt all the same emotions as you while I was writing that chapter, other than relief.

Alright. So that's out of the way. I only own the usual guys, as well as any other people you don't know from the regular story aside from Kannon who belongs to kannonballdude as well as Kami and Risa who belong to Valkerix. There will also be a little bit after the story, so make sure you read that. Let's finish this story.

Chapter 30: Love

"Velvet's pregnant? Like with babies?" asked Ruby.

"Question. What else could she be pregnant with?" asked Jaune.

"Oh, right." Said Ruby, realizing her mistake. "But when did it happen?" asked Ruby.

"It must have been on our wedding night. That is the only time." Said Velvet.

Ruby then realized something. "Is that why you were together that morning?" asked Ruby.

"Yeah. It was." Said Velvet.

Here was where the doctor interjected. "It would be advantageous if we could perform an ultrasound now. So we must ask you all to leave." Said the doctor, ushering everyone other than Velvet out of the room.

After the ultrasound, everyone was told that they could come back in.

"What are they?" asked Yang the second she got inside.

"We don't know yet. They are about the size of a peanut right now." Said Velvet.

"Really? Weird." Said Ruby.

"Not really. It's only been three weeks. I give birth after nine months of pregnancy. That's when they are full grown babies." Said Velvet.

"Alright. I guess that makes sense. But what are you going to do about school?" asked Weiss.

"I have an idea." Said a voice that had just entered the room.

"What might your idea be headmaster?" asked Velvet.

"In my opinion, the only class you can't participate in is combat class, and you have been more than exemplary in that, so I feel no need for you to continue training. So everything should be fine." Said Ozpin.

"That would work for now, but what about after I give birth?" asked Velvet.

"I'm sure you could stay in your dorm to take care of your children and just have your teammates help you out in your classes, and even if all else fails, I'm sure your friends would be more than happy to help you out until graduation. Right?" asked Ozpin.

"Of course we would. You don't have anything to worry about Velvet. If you ever need any help, you can always come to us." Said Ruby with a smile. Everyone agreed.

"Thanks guys. You are the best friends ever." Said Velvet.

"Now that I'm thinking about it, Shade is jackass. He married you, got you pregnant, and then left you alone." Said Kannon.

Velvet simply got up and slapped Kannon. "Never even think that again. Had he known I was pregnant he would've stayed. I know he would've." Said Velvet, sure of it.

"She's right. He only left to keep her safe." Said Coco.

"Yeah. I spoke before thinking. I'm sorry Velvet." Said Kannon.

"It's OK Kannon. I know you didn't mean it." Said Velvet.

"Anyways, let's focus on the positives. Velvet is going to be a mommy!" yelled Ruby.

"Congratulations Velvet! And wherever you are Shade, congratulations, because know it or not, you are going to be a daddy." Said Yang.

"True." Said Ren.

"Wow. In just under nine months I am going to have two babies. Unbelievable." Said Velvet.

"I know. Seriously. Congratulations though." Said Coco.

"Thank you Coco." Said Velvet, smiling with tears still in her eyes.

"You must be really happy." Said Jaune.

"I am. It's every girl's dream to be a mother. Maybe not at my age, but eventually." Said Velvet.

"That is true." Said Pyrrha.

"We need to start planning a baby shower!" yelled Nora.

"No sense in waiting huh Nora?" asked Blake.

"Of course not!" yelled Nora. Everyone then left the room to start panning for the baby shower.

Velvet was about to leave before Ozpin stopped her.

"You do know that Shade will return as soon as he can right?" asked Ozpin, making sure.

"Of course he will. He always does." Said Velvet.

Ozpin nodded and left.

Nine months later in the cafeteria

"Today's the day! Velvet's due today!" said Sarah, almost giddy.

"God you are even more excited that she was when she found out, Sarah!" said Ruby.

"Am I really?" asked Sarah.

"Maybe not more excited, but definitely close to it." Said Lilian, sitting next to Kami.

It was then that team CFVY showed up.

"Hey Velvet!" said Yang.

"Hey guys!" said Velvet sitting down.

"So, today's the day." Said Coco.

"Yeah. I have been expecting my water to break since I woke up." Said Velvet.

"We have been too." Said Coco.

"Why don't we take a walk into town?" asked Ruby.

"What if Velvet goes into labour when we are walking?" asked Weiss.

"Yeah. That makes sense. We probably shouldn't be going into town." Said Ruby.

"We can at least walk around the school though." Said Blake.

"OK let's do that." Said Ruby.

"Sure. Why don't we head to the training room?" asked Mercury.

"That sounds good. But we can't fight Velvet." said Sun.

"I know. I'm not an idiot." said Mercury.

"Well…" said Yang.

"Hey!" yelled Mercury.

"Come on. You know I love you Mercury." Said Yang.

This was when they all left for the training room. Team RWBY began against team JNPR and everyone else sat in the stands. Just before the fight ended, Velvet began holding her stomach.

"Velvet? Are you ok?" asked Kami.

Neo turned around and looked at the ground. "Velvet! Your water just broke! GUYS! VELVET'S WATER JUST BROKE!" yelled Neo.

"SREIOUSLY!?" asked Jaune, running into the stands.

"Yeah! Let's get her to the infirmary." Yelled Lilian, opening the door as everyone else helped Velvet out of the door.

Velvet got there and the doctors brought her into a room. Everyone else was just told to wait outside.

Twenty hours later

"Why is she still in there?" asked Yang.

"I imagine sometimes it takes a while." Said Weiss.

"I wonder if it really is as painful as people say it is." Said Ruby.

"Probably." Said Lilian.

"I would imagine." Said Weiss.

Not long after this, a doctor came out.

"Hello doctor. How is she?" asked Kannon.

"She is fine. There were no problems." Said the doctor.

"That's great. Can we see her?" asked Yang.

"Of course. Second room on your right." Said the doctor.

The group walked down to the room and entered to see Velvet holding her children.

"Hey Velvet. How're you feeling?" asked Sarah.

Velvet didn't respond. She just looked up at Sarah smiling, and then back down at her children.

"That's what I imagined." Said Sarah.

"Have you decided on names yet?" asked Yang.

"Not yet." Said Velvet.

"Do you have any ideas?" asked Weiss.

"Some. I'm thinking either Chris or Eric for the boy, and either Brittany or Audrey for the girl." Said Velvet.

"Audrey? Like my mom's name? And Brittany? Like Shade's ex-girlfriend's name?" asked Neo.

"Yeah. Why?" asked Velvet.

"In my opinion, it probably wouldn't be a good idea to name your daughter after your husband's ex-girlfriend. Especially since she killed herself." Said Weiss

"Good point. Audrey it is. Now for the boy's name. Chris or Eric." Said Velvet.

"Those sound good. Tough choice." Said Blake.

"My vote is going for Chris. Sounds like a strong name." said Coco.

Everyone agreed after a little discussion.

"Chris it is then." Said Velvet.

"Chris and Audrey Hill. I like it." Said Ruby.

"Yeah. The names seem to fit them." Said Yang.

At this point the babies smiled.

"I think they like their names too." Said Coco, noticing their smile.

"I'm sure they do." Said Velvet, smiling with her children in her arms.

"So does it really hurt as much as they say it does?" asked Ruby.

"Yeah it does. You won't be able to handle it." Said Velvet.

"Well, for Sun's sake, I hope she doesn't have to for a long time." Said Yang, glaring at Sun.

"Man. If looks could kill." Said Blake.

"You're telling me." Said Sun.

"Well, we'll just leave you alone Velvet. See you soon." Said Weiss.

"Yeah." Said Velvet as everyone else left.

Five years later. One week before Christmas.

Velvet woke up in her new house. She woke up alone in bed once again.

"Still not back huh?" Velvet asked herself. "I should probably get Audrey and Chris up now." Said Velvet.

Velvet got up and got dressed in a brown tank top and black pants. She left the room and went to get Chris and Audrey up.

Chris yawned as he opened his eyes. "Hi mom." Said Chris, lazily getting out of bed and rubbing his fire red eyes, his short brown hair messy enough to disguise his rabbit ears. Velvet then went to wake up Audrey.

Audrey woke up quickly and was already full of energy. Her long black hair was still neat allowing her wolf ears to be shown. She ran out of the room, Velvet barely getting a glimpse of her forest green eyes.

"Just as energetic as ever I see." Said Velvet, getting to the kitchen and making a plate of pancakes for breakfast.

Chris saw that she was making pancakes. "Are Aunt Nora and Uncle Ren coming over?" asked Chris.

Velvet smiled. "Not today, but Aunt Coco and Uncle Kannon are coming over after breakfast to visit." Said Velvet.

"Yay!" said Audrey.

"We haven't seen them in almost a week." Said Chris.

"Well they were busy getting your Christmas presents." Said Velvet, finishing the first batch of pancakes, and starting another one.

"That's right! "Chris"mas is in a week!" said Chris, putting emphasis on the part that sounded like his name. It was always his favourite holiday. Due to the "t" being silent, he thought it was named after him.

"It isn't named after you Chris." Said Audrey, shaking her head.

Chris just ignored her.

"Typical. I wonder what we're getting." Said Audrey, thinking.

"You'll have to wait to find out." Said Velvet, smiling and finishing another batch of pancakes before getting Audrey and Chris their plates and finally making one for herself.

"Of course we will." Said Chris, starting to eat.

"Oh come on Chris. The surprise is the best part!" said Audrey.

This caused Chris to pause. "…I hate it when you're right Audrey…" said Chris.

"I know." Said Audrey.

They all finished eating at the same time and Velvet took the dishes out to the kitchen and put them in the dishwasher before starting it.

"Hey mom?" asked Audrey.

"Yes Audrey?" asked Velvet.

"Can you tell us another story about dad?" asked Audrey.

"Sure. What do you want to hear about?" asked Velvet sitting down on their couch.

"How about when you first realized you were in love with him?" asked Audrey.

"Of course you would pick a girly story like that." Said Chris.

"Well, what one would you pick?" asked Audrey.

"Probably one of the ones where dad beat up someone." Said Chris.

"Well it just so happens that in the story Audrey asked for also has dad beating someone up. So both of you get the story you want." Said Velvet.

"Yay!" yelled Audrey, running over to sit in front of Velvet. Chris simply smiled and sat next to Audrey.

"Alright. So it was a couple months into school. It was my second year. That whole year there were these four boys. Team CRDL. They had a big problem with Faunus. They really didn't like them. So of course, they decided to bully me. Of course, it wouldn't look good for me if I had beaten them up, so I had to just take it. Now that whole year, no one had bothered to step in and defend me. However one day, Ruby, Aunt Yang, Blake and Weiss brought in a new student. That was your dad. From the first time I saw him, I thought he was very handsome. It was a few minutes into that very lunch period that team CRDL began to bully me, just like every other day. As always, I was prepared to just take it. However, after a few minutes of that, I heard a loud sound. Like hands slamming down on a table. I looked over to where your dad was sitting, but I saw him standing up and walking towards the bullies with the most terrifying look I had ever seen on a person. It actually scared me at first. When he got to me, he pushed the leader, a boy by the name of Cardin Winchester, far away from me. At least a couple feet. They began yelling at each other, until Cardin had said something about your father's parents. At this point, something inside your dad seemed to snap. He started getting angry. After a few seconds, your dad began to laugh, but it sounded different. His voice sounded almost demonic. He then looked at the bullies, sending them all into a state of shock. They looked terrified. Cardin tried to punch your dad, but he just grabbed his hand by the wrist, crushed his wrist, then grabbed him by the ankles and put him through a table. Here was when I saw what scared the bullies. Your dad's eyes had turned black. No color, just pure black. This even scared me. After putting Cardin through the table, your dad turned back to the other three boys, who were even more scared. After your dad said that if they didn't leave they would meet the same fate as their leader, they picked up Cardin and ran away. Your dad then turned back to me and said they probably wouldn't bother me ever again, but if they did, just to tell him and he would take care of it. Even though we had never met, he was willing to fight four other guys to defend me. I couldn't believe it. No one else had even made an effort to help me once, but he was offering his help whenever I needed it. This was the point when I fell in love with him. Mind you it still took about another five months before we started dating, but that is how I fell in love with him." Finished Velvet.

"Wow! So dad was that strong?" asked Chris, impressed.

"If you think that was the strongest he could be, you'd be so very wrong." Said a new voice entering the room.

"Aunt Coco!" yelled Audrey.

Coco and Kannon walked into the room holding hands, both of them wearing their wedding rings.

"Hey kids! Another famous Shade story huh?" asked Kannon, picking up both the kids.

"Yeah. They really like them." Said Velvet.

"Understandable." Said Coco.

Coco and Kannon looked around the room.

"Still not back is he?" asked Kannon.

"No. Not yet. But he will be back. That is proof." Said Velvet, pointing to the sword that was hung up on the wall.

"Yeah. He will be." Said Kannon.

"By the way, how does that sword prove dad will come back? I've been meaning to ask that for a while now." Asked Chris, curious.

"Well, that sword originally belonged to your dad's dad." Explained Velvet.

"I get it. No way he would leave that somewhere and not come back to get it." Said Audrey.

"Exactly." Said Kannon.

"So, you guys want to take the kids into town?" asked Velvet.

"Sure. Give you a bit of a rest." Said Coco.

"Alright. Take care of them." Said Velvet.

"Of course. They're perfectly safe with us." Said Kannon.

"Thanks guys." Said Velvet.

"No problem. Let's go you two." Said Coco, leaving with Chris and Audrey.

"Alright. Now to get their gifts wrapped." Said Velvet as they left.

In town

"Where do you guys want to go first?" asked Kannon.

"Why don't we go to the mall?" asked Audrey.

"No let's go to the arcade!" said Chris.

This started an argument between Chris and Audrey.

"Why don't I take Chris to the arcade and Coco, you take Audrey to the mall?" asked Kannon.

"Sure, that works." Said Coco.

"Ok. Let's go." said Audrey, almost dragging Coco to the mall. Kannon also took Chris to the arcade.

With Kannon and Chris

"So what do you want to play first?" asked Kannon.

"How about some of the shooters?" asked Chris.

"Sure. Let's go." Said Kannon.

They started playing the game and were doing great.

"We might get the high score." Said Chris.

"Yeah we might." Said Kannon.

They kept going and eventually beat the high score. After they had finished the game said "New high score."

"I wonder who we beat." Said Chris.

They looked at the leaderboards. The last high score was under the initials "SRV".

"SRV huh?" asked Kannon.

"Any idea?" asked Chris.

"No clue." Said Kannon.

Chris then entered "CNK" into the game. "Chris and Kannon." Said Chris.

"Smart." Said Kannon. They kept playing games until Kannon was ready to leave and find Coco and Audrey to bring the kids back to Velvet.

"Alright Chris. I think it's time to bring you back home." Said Kannon.

There was no response.

"Chris?" asked Kannon.

Still nothing. Kannon looked all over the arcade, but couldn't find Chris anywhere.

"This is bad." Said Kannon freaking out and leaving the arcade. He had bumped into Coco.

"Coco have you seen Chris?" asked Kannon.

"YOU LOST CHRIS?!" yelled Coco.

"Yeah but…" Kannon paused when he realized that Audrey wasn't with Coco.

"Coco, where's Audrey?" asked Kannon.

"She's right…" Coco turned around to see that Audrey was missing too.

Kannon and Coco looked at each other.

"Oh shit." They said in unison.

With Chris and Audrey.

"Hey sis!" yelled Chris after finding his sister.

"Hi. Have you seen Coco or Kannon?" asked Audrey.

"You haven't?" asked Chris.

"I was hoping you had." Said Audrey.

"We lost Kannon and Coco. Oh no." said Chris.

Audrey and Chris wandered through the streets looking for Kannon and Coco until three men walked up to them.

"Are you two lost?" asked the first man.

"Yeah. We can't find our Aunt and Uncle." Said Chris.

"Maybe we can help you find them. What do they look like?" asked the second man.

"Well our uncle is really tall. He is a snake Faunus with long brown hair tied into a ponytail. He also has a large scar along his right eye." Said Audrey.

"I think we may have seen them over here. Follow us." Said the third man.

"Thank you." Said Chris following the three men.

After walking for about ten minutes, the kids started to get worried.

"Are you sure you saw them in this direction?" asked Audrey.

"Of course, just keep going." Said the first man.

Just as the kids were about to leave, a man came out of nowhere and punched the first man in the mouth, sending him backwards into a wall.

"KIDS! GET BEHIND ME!" yelled the man, in a very deep voice. He looked to be in his early twenties, he was wearing sunglasses, and his hair was parted down the middle of his head. Half of it was dark blue while the other half was blood red.

"Ok." Said Chris and Audrey, running behind the man.

"I finally found you three. You guys have been on the streets for too long." Said the man, getting into a fighting stance.

The two remaining men got ready for a fight, but the man had already knocked one down and jumped up to spin kick the third in the head. The three men got back up and began attacking him, slowly trying to wear him down. The man threw his cell phone to Chris and said, "Call 911!" as he fought back.

"Ok." Said Chris, calling 911 and telling the operator where they were.

Not long after he hung up, a whole police force showed up and arrested the three men.

"Thank you sir. We have been trying to capture these men for a long time." Said the police captain.

"All in a day's work." Said the man.

The police drove away and the kids ran up to the man.

"THAT WAS SO COOL! HOW DID YOU LEARN TO DO THAT?" asked the kids, excited.

"Just years of practice." Said the man.

"CHRIS! AUDREY!" yelled Kannon from behind them.

"UNCLE KANNON! AUNT COCO!" yelled Audrey.

"KIDS!" yelled Coco, running over with Kannon to get them. When she got there she hugged the kids as tight as she could.

"Thank god you're ok." Said Coco.

"I think we should be thanking our mystery man here." Said Kannon, looking at the man.

"Oh of course. Thank you so much, whoever you are." Said Coco.

"You may call me Vince. Vincent if you want to be formal." Said the man before jumping onto the roof of a building.

"We should probably get you two back home." Said Kannon.

"Sure. I can't wait to tell mom about that guy." Said Chris.

"Actually wait. Do you think you could not tell her that we lost you? We would really like for Velvet not to hate us." Said Coco.

"Good point. Sure. Well keep quiet." Said the two kids.

Kannon and Coco walked the kids back home and they walked in.

"We're home." Said Chris as they walked in.

"Hi kids. How was your day?" asked Velvet.

"Really fun. We also met this really cool guy that beat up a bunch of bad guys. Kannon and Coco were there too. It was so cool." Said Chris.

"Really? Did he say what his name was?" asked Velvet.

"Yeah. His said his name was Vince." Said Coco.

"Vince huh?" said Velvet.

"Yeah. He was so cool." Said Chris

"He really was pretty strong, but honestly, we should head home now. See you later Velvet. You too kids." Said Coco.

"Bye bye!" Said Audrey. Chris waved bye.

"We should probably get you two to bed as well." Said Velvet.

"Aw. Do we have to?" asked Audrey.

"Yeah. We are going somewhere tomorrow. Ruby and Sun want to see us." Said Velvet.

"Ok. Goodnight mom." Said Audrey, going to bed. Chris followed shortly after. Velvet kissed them both goodnight.

"Goodnight you two." Said Velvet turning off their bedroom light and closing their door. Velvet then returned to her bedroom.

"Another day gone." Said Velvet, picking up a pen on her nightstand and putting another X on her calendar on December 18th before going to bed.

The next day

Velvet woke up and looked to her side. Once again, it was empty.

"As usual." Said Velvet getting up and dressed. After she got dressed she went to wake up the kids.

"Good morning mom!" said Chris as he went with Velvet to wake up Audrey.

"Wake up Audrey." Said Chris.

"Alright. I'm up." Said Audrey getting out of bed.

Velvet went into the kitchen to make breakfast. She made a quick and simple breakfast and sat on the couch as they all ate.

"Hey mom?" asked Audrey.

"Yes Audrey? What is it?" asked Velvet, smiling.

"Do you have any more stories about dad?" asked Audrey.

"Plenty. What do you want to know about?" asked Velvet.

"We'll let you pick this time mom. Tell us your favourite story." Said Chris.

"Alright let's see…" said Velvet thinking.

After a little while of thinking, Velvet remembered the day Shade proposed.

"How about the story about how your dad proposed to me?" asked Velvet.

"Sure. That sounds good." Said Audrey.

"Fine." Said Chris.

"Ok. So, here's the story." Said Velvet starting the story (I would type out the story, but you all know it).

"That was beautiful." Said Audrey as Velvet finished.

"It really was. My words didn't even do it justice." Said Velvet, remembering.

"Yeah. I was watching." Said a new voice.

"Hey Ruby." said Velvet.

"I'm here too!" said Sun, sadly.

"Hi Sun!" said Chris.

"Still aren't calling us Aunt and Uncle yet huh?" asked Sun.

"Not until you two get married." Said Audrey.

"Really?" asked Ruby.

"Yeah. That's what they decided." Said Velvet.

"Well in that case, they won't have to wait long." Said Sun, smiling. Ruby smiled as well.

Velvet was shocked. It didn't take long before Chris and Audrey caught on as well.

"So let's see it Ruby." said Velvet.

Ruby held out her hand to reveal a diamond ring, slightly smaller than Velvet's.

"Congratulations you two." Said Velvet.

"Thanks Velvet." Said Ruby, looking into the room with Sun.

"Still nothing huh?" asked Sun.

"Not yet. Not giving up anytime soon." Said Velvet.

"Wouldn't expect you to." Said Sun.

"Of course not. She still loves him more than life itself." Said Ruby.

"True." Said Velvet.

"Anyways. Do you three want to head into town with us?" asked Sun.

"Sure. Come on kids." Said Velvet, leaving.

Ruby and Sun brought them into town. They went to the cafe.

"Man. When was the last time we were here?" asked Velvet.

"I think it was the day before you and Shade got married." Said Ruby.

"That sounds about right. Nice to see the old place hasn't changed." Said Velvet.

As they five of them sat down the kids looked around and saw a familiar face.

"Hey Audrey, isn't that the guy from yesterday?" asked Chris, pointing to a man standing up at the counter.

Audrey looked over to where Chris pointed. "Yeah it is." Said Audrey.

Vince walked away from the counter with a drink. He sat down at a table, put his drink down, opened a computer and began searching for something. Every once in a while he would seem to be thinking about something, but always shook his head.

"Do you mind if we go over to see him mom?" asked Audrey.

"As long as one of us goes with you." Said Velvet.

"I'll go." Said Ruby, standing up.

"Alright. Let's go." said Chris standing up and walking over to Vince with Audrey and Ruby right behind.

Vince looked up from his computer to see Chris, Audrey and Ruby waling over to him.

"Hey there. How have you been?" asked Chris.

"I've been good. How about you two? Staying out of trouble?" asked Vince.

"Of course." Said Chris.

Vince looked over to Ruby.

"Hello." said Ruby.

Vince kept looking at her, as if trying to figure something out.

"What's up? Is there something on my face?" asked Ruby, wondering why he was staring at her.

"No. It's Ruby right? Ruby Rose." Said Vince.

Ruby was shocked. "How did you know my name?" asked Ruby.

"Trade secret. Sorry Little Red." Said Vince, looking back to his computer.

"Cool. You figured out her name without ever meeting her!" said Audrey, excited.

"Just a little party trick of mine." Said Vince, smirking.

"Do you maybe want to come over and meet everyone else?" asked Chris.

Vince thought before responding. "Yeah sure." Said Vince, standing up.

Vince followed the other three to their table. He sat at the end of the table.

"Here. Let me introduce you. This is my new fiancé-" Ruby was cut off.

"Sun Wukong right?" asked Vince.

Sun was shocked. "Pretty cool talent you have there." Said Sun.

Vince just shrugged. "You could say that." Vince then turned to Velvet and got a questioning look on his face.

"What is it?" asked Ruby, confused at his face.

"You look familiar." Said Vince, thinking.

"How so?" asked Velvet.

"I can't shake this feeling that I've seen you before." Said Vince, still thinking. Not long after he seemed to figure something out. "Are you married?" asked Vince.

"Yeah, but my husband-" Velvet was cut off.

"Shade Hill, right? That makes you Velvet Scarlatina." Said Vince.

"Well, technically Velvet Hill, but yes." said Velvet.

"Of course. I must say, Shade's description was spot on." Said Vince, smiling

"You met my husband?" asked Velvet, shocked.

"Yeah. I met him in Vacuo. He told me about you. In fact, he also gave me a couple messages for you if I got to Vale before he did." Said Vince.

"What are they?" asked Velvet.

"First off, he loves you." Said Vince.

"Of course. Classic Shade." said Sun.

"Second. He said that he found it. He said you would understand that." Said Vince.

"I do. The main base. He'll be back soon. How long ago did you meet him?" asked Velvet.

"About six months." Said Vince.

"He's going to be back really soon." Said Velvet.

"Really? It will be so good to see him again." Said Ruby.

"How long has he been gone?" asked Vince.

"Just over five years." Said Velvet.

"Long time." Said Vince.

"We're finally going to meet our dad?" asked Chris.

"Soon Chris." Said Velvet.

"So these are your children?" asked Vince.

"Yeah. We never introduced ourselves. I'm Audrey and this is Chris." Said Audrey.

"Nice to meet you. As you know, I am Vince." Said Vince.

The group talked with each other, asking Vince about his travels, until Sun got a call.

"Hang on a sec." said Sun, picking up his phone.

Everyone could hear someone talking on the other line, and then Sun said "Um. I actually forgot to find someone."

There was some more talking until Sun said "Do you have any ideas? I don't. Shade isn't back yet either."

"What seems to be the issue?" asked Vince.

"I'll have to get back to you Sarah. I'll find someone." Said Sun, before turning to Vince. "Well, me and my band mates were planning a concert on Christmas, but Shade was our lead singer, so we don't have anyone to sing. I was supposed to find someone, but I haven't." explained Sun.

"I could sing for you." Said Vince.

"Are you any good?" Asked Sun.

"Some people have said that I am." Said Vince.

"Care to demonstrate?" asked Sun.

"Sure." Said Vince, beginning to sing a verse of Angel with a Shotgun. He hit all the notes perfectly. "How was that?" asked Vince.

"That was almost as good as our actual lead singer. If you think you can memorize a couple songs by Christmas, you're in." said Sun, taking the list of songs that were going to be performed at the concert.

"Got it. I'll see you at the concert." Said Vince, leaving the café.

"We should probably get going to let everyone else know about our engagement." Said Sun.

"Yeah. See you later Velvet. Bye kids." Said Ruby.

"Bye Aunt Ruby!" said Audrey.

"Maybe we should head home too kids." Said Velvet.

"OK mom." Said Chris getting up.

Velvet and Audrey also got up to leave. As the left they noticed Vince outside fighting a group of thugs, taking them all down in a matter of minutes before leaving.

"He can fight." Said Velvet.

"We know. We saw him fight yesterday." Said Velvet.

"Who?" asked a voice from behind Velvet.

"Hello Blake." Said Velvet.

"Nice to see you again too Velvet. So who was it that you saw fighting yesterday?" asked Blake.

"That guy over there." Replied Chris, pointing to Vince.

"He seems to know what he's doing." Said Blake.

"He also met Shade in Vacuo." Said Velvet.

"What? Really? Any news?" asked Blake.

"Yeah, he apparently found the main base." Said Velvet.

"So he should be back soon then." Said Blake.

"Yeah. Hopefully." Said Velvet. "By the way, where is Weiss?" asked Velvet.

"She's sick. Just a little cold." Said Blake.

"The ice queen has a cold huh?" asked Yang from behind Velvet.

"Uncle Mercury! Aunt Yang!" yelled Audrey.

"Hey there Audrey. How've you been?" asked Yang.

"Good. Actually we found out something about dad!" said Audrey.

"Really? What's up?" asked Mercury.

"Apparently he found the main base." Said Velvet.

"Which means he's probably on his way back by now." Said Yang.

"We're finally going to meet our dad." Said Chris, excited.

"You seem excited." Said Mercury.

"Why wouldn't we be? We have never met our dad." Said Audrey.

"That's true." Said Yang.

"Yeah. Anyways, we should actually get home. It's getting kind of late." Said Velvet.

"Ok mom." Said Chris, upset.

Velvet's family went back home, stayed up for a little while talking about Shade before going to bed.

Velvet walked over to her calendar, smiled at it and crossed off December 19th.

"Soon Shade. Soon." Said Velvet.

Christmas Day

Chris and Audrey woke up earlier than Velvet, so they went in to wake her up.

"MOM! WAKE UP! IT'S CHRISTMAS!" yelled the two kids.

Velvet woke up and rubbed her eyes. "Good morning you two. Merry Christmas." Said Velvet.

"Merry Christmas mom! Let's go!" said Chris, running into the living room to get to the presents.

Velvet and Audrey showed up not long after to see Chris already sorting through the presents to find his.

Audrey and Chris got the typical presents, toys, games and lots of chocolate. After the kids had opened all of their presents, Chris looked at Audrey, and Audrey left the room and went to their bedroom.

"Where is your sister going?" asked Velvet.

"Well you see, me and Audrey actually got you a present. Well, Aunt Coco bought it for us, but it still is our present." Said Chris.

"Really? Thank you." Said Velvet.

"We couldn't really wrap it, but here it is mom." Said Audrey, walking in holding a beautiful red dress and handing it to Velvet.

"Thank you. I love it." Said Velvet, kissing her kids on the cheek.

"Mom!" said Chris, wiping off the kiss.

"Come on kid. One kiss won't kill you." Said Kami, walking in with everyone else.

"I guess Shade still hasn't shown up?" asked Neo.

"No such luck, but hopefully soon." Said Velvet.

"I'm sure he'll be back by the new year." Said Yang.

"I sure hope so." Said Neo.

"Worried about your brother?" asked Sarah.

"A little." Said Neo.

"You don't need to worry about Shade. He's tough. No chance he'll go down." Said Blake.

"Exactly." Said Velvet.

"Anyways, It's Christmas. Time for presents!" said Audrey.

(AN- I'm not going to put down what everyone got from everyone else because it will be way too tedious to type and frankly, boring to read except for one.)

After everyone but Kannon got their presents, Yang got a message.

"Ok, now it's time for you Kannon. Now we all chipped in for this because it was pretty expensive, but it's outside now." Said Yang.

"Alright. Let's go." Said Kannon, exiting the house.

As Kannon got out, he saw a car with a bow on the hood.

"Merry Christmas Kannon!" yelled everyone.

"You got me a car?" asked Kannon, bewildered.

"Actually it's a custom car. An armoured factory five GTM supercar. Only 2 seats, but it has a V8 engine and a top speed of 250 mph." said Mercury.

"Bit of a car buff are you Mercury?" asked Kannon.

"Maybe a bit… yeah." Said Mercury.

"Thought so. But seriously thanks guys. This is awesome." Said Kannon.

"You're welcome." Said everyone.

After everyone had opened their presents, it was getting close to the concert's starting time.

"We should probably get going. Concert starts in a little. Hope you guys show up." Said Sarah, leaving with Mercury and Sun.

"We should all go to the concert." Said Risa.

"Yeah. It's been a while since we all got together." Said Kannon.

"Yeah. It will be a little weird seeing a Fighting Faunus concert without Shade at the mic, but apparently this Vince guy is just as good as him." Said Weiss.

"Yeah, I'll believe it when I see it." Said Yang.

"When is the concert even starting?" asked Ruby.

Velvet looked at the clock. "Let's see, it starts at 3, and it's 2:30 now, so in a half an hour." Said Velvet.

"So what can we do that takes half an hour?" asked Coco.

"Velvet can tell a story about our dad." Said Chris.

"What do you think Velvet? You feel up for a story?" asked Blake.

"Sure. What do you guys want to hear about?" asked Velvet.

"Dad fought the White Fang by himself? That caused Aunt Neo to join beacon right? How about that story?" asked Chris.

"I actually don't know that story too well." Said Velvet.

"I do." said Weiss and Neo.

"How would you like for Weiss and Aunt Neo to tell you that story?" asked Velvet.

"Ok." Said Chris turning to face Weiss.

"Alright. So this was a few months after we had brought Shade to beacon. He had just broken up with Blake and me and him had gotten together." Said Weiss.

"Dad dated both of you too?" asked Audrey.

"Yeah he did, but he ultimately ended up with Velvet. Anyways, a few days after me and Shade had gotten together, I saw him do something I didn't like. You see, it happened like this. I was looking for him, when I saw him in the training room kissing Ruby. Now, I wasn't sure what to think. I had thought he was cheating on me with Ruby. That was when Sun showed up and also thought Ruby was cheating on him with Shade. Not knowing exactly how crazy your father was, we got mad at him, and I ended up telling him I never wanted to see him again, but I was just angry. However, Shade then left beacon, saying he was never going to come back." Said Weiss.

"I can take the story from here Weiss." Said Neo.

"Alright. Good point. You were actually there when he got to the base." Said Weiss.

The kids turned to Neo.

"Alright, so he showed up and started attacking like crazy. He took down at least half the base before one of the leaders got out. The main leader was a man named Felix. He got out and almost killed your dad. However, I was there. Now, you may need a bit of backstory to understand this part." Said Neo, and then told the story about her parents. "So I was pretty angry at him, obviously. When I saw that he was incapacitated, I told Felix to leave him for me. When I got out I wanted to break his spirit. It didn't take long for Weiss to show up. The White Fang captured her, but it didn't take long for everyone else to show up. Yang knocked me out, and they took me prisoner. Weeks later, Shade showed up to interrogate me, and when he finished Ozpin invited me to stay at beacon. That is how I got invited to stay at beacon." Said Neo.

"Wow. Our dad was totally insane." Said Audrey.

"Got that right." Said Velvet.

"And yet you still married him." Said Blake.

"I love him. Of course I married him." Said Velvet.

"She has a point." Said Kannon.

"Let's see. Five minutes until the concert starts. Let's go!" said Ruby.

"Alright. Let's get going." Said Velvet, leading everyone out.

They arrived in the middle of town just as the band was finishing setting up.

"Good to see you guys showed up." Said Sun.

"Is Vince here yet?" asked Velvet when she didn't see him anywhere.

"Yo!" said Vince from on top of one of the speakers. He was staring at a piece of paper.

"What's he doing?" asked Weiss.

"He's making sure he has the words down." Said Sarah, tuning her guitar.

"Got it." Said Vince, jumping off the speaker. "Hey kids." Said Vince.

"Hi Vince." Said Chris.

"Might not be the best idea for the kids to be here. One of the songs has somewhat… explicit lyrics." Said Vince.

"They'll hear them eventually. As long as they don't go around cursing all the time I don't see a problem." Said Velvet.

"That sounds a lot like what Shade would say." Said Vince.

"He's right. That sounds exactly like what Shade would say." Said Yang.

"It's true. At least from what I've seen of him." Said Lilian.

"Hey guys. Looks like everyone else in the town showed up for the concert." Said Sun, pointing into the distance.

The group turned around to see a horde of people heading straight for the concert area.

"Let's get set up quick then." Said Vince, setting up his mic.

After everyone arrived at the stage, the band was finished setting up and on the stage in their places ready to perform.

"Hello everybody! You may notice we don't have our normal lead singer. He is away on… vacation… but we were able to find a replacement that we believe is just as good as our regular singer. Now we do have some new songs, but let's start with one you all know. Hit it!" said Sun, starting the beat for Angel with a Shotgun.

(Note: I will not be including any lyrics to be safe from copyright)

(Cue Angel with a Shotgun by The Cab)

As they finished the song the crowd exploded in a chorus of cheers.

"He is just as good as Shade. Never thought I would say that." Said Yang.

"I know what you mean." Said Velvet.

"It isn't as weird as I thought it would be without Shade at the mic." Said Weiss.

"That's the reaction we were hoping for!" yelled Vince.

Sun then announced the next song. "Alright, this is new song. Now there are a few curse words, just as a warning, you may want to cover any young ears out there. Let's go!" yelled Sun starting the beat.

(Cue Reincarnate by Motionless in White)

The crowd again started cheering loudly.

"That was a lot more violent that I thought it would be." Said Blake.

"Really good song though." Said Lilian.

"Alright, that's a reaction! Next song is essentially something you may have wanted to say to an ex in the past, but honestly, it's probably a good thing you didn't." said Vince as Sun started the next beat.

(Cue Wolf in Sheep's Clothing by Set it Off)

"Well that was an angry song." Said Ruby, shocked.

"Definitely wasn't expecting something like that." Said Kami.

"Good songs so far." Said Kannon.

"Alright, now some of you may remember a Battle of the Bands that went on just over five years ago. If not, I'm not surprised. Now the three songs performed there that we wrote got a big reaction, so let's see how they do now." Said Sun starting the beat.

(Cue Demon's in my Head by B-Mike, Baby Don't Cut by B-Mike and Chara by Mandopony)

Just like at the Battle of Bands, all the songs got a major reaction, hyping up the crowd a large amount.

"That's exactly what we like to hear! Only four more songs today. First off, a new song called Gives you Hell!" said Sun.

(Cue Gives You Hell by The All American Rejects)

Once again, the crowd could've caused an earthquake with their cheers.

"Damn that was a good song." Said Coco.

"Yeah, it was." Said Velvet.

"You guys like that one?" yelled Vince, earning a loud cheer.

"Good to know. Next song is called Demons. Ready? Let's go!" yelled Sun.

(Cue Demons by Imagine Dragons)

The crowd was going ballistic. It almost shook the stage.

"It's just one hit after another with them isn't it?" asked Ren.

"Got that right." Said Nora.

"Alright! Now for a song you might know. You're So Creepy! Hit it!" yelled Vince.

(Cue You're So Creepy by Ghost Town)

"You guys remembered that one real quick. I almost didn't even have to sing. You guys could've taken that one on your own!" said Vince.

"Alright. Time for our last sing of the day. This song is for someone out there. It is called Whispers in the Dark!" said Sun.

(Cue Whispers in the Dark by Skillet)

"Now this was really fun. But unfortunately, the concert is now over. Hope you all enjoyed yourselves. Goodnight!" yelled Vince going backstage with the rest of the band.

Everyone eventually left from the backstage area and met up with their friends.

"Good job guys. That was an awesome concert." Said Kannon.

"Thanks guys." Said Sun.

"And you, Vince. You were amazing." Said Weiss.

"I know." Said Vince with a slight hint of arrogance.

"Well it's only about 3:30. Does anyone want to hang out in town for a little while?" asked Sarah.

Everyone, including Vince agreed.

"Even you Vince?" asked Blake.

"Yeah why not? But I need to stop by somewhere for a couple minutes." Said Vince.

"Ok. Lead the way." Said Velvet.

"Alright." Said Vince, beginning to walk towards his destination.

"So, how long have you been in Vale, Vince?" asked Sun.

"Let's see. I got here about nine days ago." Said Vince.

"Really. So you're relatively new to the area." Said Velvet.

"Actually no. I actually lived in Vale a while ago, so I'm relatively familiar to the area." Said Vince.

"So we don't need to show you around." Said Coco.

"Nope." Said Vince.

"Hey Vince. Do you think you could try out that party trick of yours on everyone else?" asked Chris.

"Sure. Who should I try it out on first?" asked Vince.

"What party trick?" asked Yang.

"How about her?" asked Audrey.

"Alright sure. Full name, Yang Xiao Long. Sister of Ruby Rose. Wife of Mercury Black, the drummer of The Fighting Faunus." Said Vince, smirking.

Everyone looked shocked.

"How did you do that?" asked Weiss.

"Just a trick I picked up a while ago. Weiss Schnee. Heiress to the Schnee Dust company. In a relationship with Blake Belladonna, formerly high ranking member of The White Fang." Said Vince, intensifying the look of shock on everyone's face.

"This is unreal." Said Neo.

"Neo Politan. Shade's adoptive sister. Daughter of James and Audrey Politan. In a relationship with Sarah Adams, the bass guitarist of The Fighting Faunus and third successfully created Grim hybrid." Said Vince.

"How did you know about The Blood Brothers?" asked Sarah, shocked.

However, before Vince could answer, Kannon did for him. "It isn't a party trick. He knows who we are personally." Said Kannon.

"Oh he caught me." Said Vince, smirking.

"But, how could we have met if we don't know who he is?" asked Velvet.

"You see, the interesting thing is, you have met me. You know who I am, you just don't realize it yet." Said Vince, still smiling.

"Well then who are you Vince?" asked Ruby.

"Come on Ruby. Where would the fun be if I just told you who I was?" asked Vince.

"What are you going to do?" asked Velvet.

"Alright how about this? We keep walking around town. Every time I say or do something, it will be a hint as to who I am, as you know me. If you have an idea and you need something of mine to make sure, just let me know, and I might give it to you, as long as it doesn't give it away to too many people. When you think you have it, whisper it to me. I will let you know if you are right or not. You need to whisper it though to keep the game fair. How's that sound?" asked Vince.

"Sounds like fun." Said Ruby.

"Yeah, let's do that." Said Velvet.

"Alright. First hint, right off the bat. Neo, I feel really bad about what happened to your parents, but it was an accident." Said Vince.

Neo's face turned to an expression of shock. "You bastard." Said Neo, walking over to Vince, and whispering something in his ear.

Vince smirked and chuckled. "One down, seventeen to go seeing as Fox and Yatsu aren't here." Said Vince.

"Oh my god." Said Coco, walking over and whispering to Vince.

"Nice. Sixteen left." Said Vince.

"Do we actually know Vince?" asked Yang.

"Yeah we do." Said Neo.

"Alright. Let's keep going. Sarah. I assume your treating Neo as she deserves to be treated." Said Vince.

"You've got to be kidding me." Said Sarah, approaching Vince. She also whispered something in his ear.

"Make that fifteen to go." Said Vince, letting out another chuckle, and grabbing something out of his belt holder. It was a flask. Upon seeing the flask, Yang let out a gasp.

"What is it Yang?" asked Vince.

"Um, do you mind if I borrow that flask?" asked Yang.

Vince smirked. "Sure thing Yang." Said Vince, handing her the flask.

Yang was about to take a swig of what was in it. "Wait a sec Yang. Do you need to take a swig?" asked Vince.

"Not if you can tell me what's in it." Said Yang.

"Sure. Whiskey. My favourite drink." Said Vince, getting his flask back from Yang. Yang, Blake and Lilian's jaws all dropped to the floor. They all walked over to Vince and whispered in his ear.

"Twelve to go." Said Vince.

"Um actually, I have an idea, but I need a swig to make sure." Said Sun.

Vince's face fell. "Fine. But only one swig Sun." said Vince, handing Sun his flask.

Sun took a quick sip and swallowed. He gave the flask back to Vince smirking. "Cinnamon whiskey. You son of a bitch." Said Sun.

"And don't you forget it." Said Vince.

"But, I haven't made my guess yet." Said Sun.

"Alright, get over here then." Said Vince. Sun walked over and whispered to Vince.

"Bingo." Said Vince.

"By the way, I won't forget it." Said Sun.

"Wouldn't expect you to." Said Vince. "By the way, I just feel the need to point out something. Look at who hasn't gotten it yet." Said Vince. Everyone looked over, and nodded.

"Shocker huh?" asked Vince. "Anyways. Weiss, I see you and Blake are still together. Good to know that favour is being put to good use." Said Vince.

"You little-" said Weiss, walking over and whispering to Vince.

"There's another one." Said Vince.

"I can't believe you." Said Weiss.

"Did you honestly expect anything else from me?" asked Vince with a look of "Really?" on his face.

"No. I suppose not." Said Weiss.

"Ok. We're here. I'll be back out in a sec." said Vince, walking into a house. He exited with a sword.

"Vince, can I borrow that sword for a sec?" asked Ruby.

"Sure thing Ruby." Said Vince. Ruby took the sword out of the sheath, looked at it for a few seconds, and walked over to Vince, whispering something in his ear.

"Got it Ruby." Said Vince.

"I should cut you with this right now." Said Ruby, holding up his sword.

"Give me back my sword Ruby." Said Vince, getting his sword back.

"So Ren. Good to see Nora hasn't put you back in the Friendzone again." Said Vince.

Nora ran over to Vince with Ren not far behind. They both whispered in his ear at the same time.

"Double bingo." Said Vince. "So let's see. Mercury, Kannon, Velvet, Jaune, Pyrrha and the other siblings, Kami and Risa." Said Vince, causing Kami and Risa to make a guess.

Vince chuckled. "Five left. By the way, check this out." Said Vince, forcing two faunus ears to pop up on his head, before putting them back down and the bringing them back up again.

Kannon just shook his head, and walked over to Vince.

"You got it. Don't even bother saying anything. I know you have it Kannon." Said Vince.

"Good to know you have that much faith in me." Said Kannon.

"Yeah. You know, I actually miss my black hair." Said Vince.

"DUDE!" yelled Mercury.

"Keep it down Mercury." Said Vince as Mercury whispered to him.

"Ding Ding." Said Vince.

"You suck, Ok." Said Mercury.

"Yeah I know. So Pyrrha, you still worried that your relationship with Jaune won't go anywhere?" asked Vince.

"I ought to kill you." Said Pyrrha, along with Jaune, whispering into Vince's ear.

"Both of you got it. I am just beyond shocked Velvet hasn't gotten it yet." Said Vince.

"I know what you mean." Said Yang.

"Should I have it by now?" asked Velvet, confused.

"Honestly, yeah." Said Vince.

"Well, keep going then Vince." Said Velvet, paying extra attention to him.

"Alright. Doesn't look like the sun is too strong right now. Guess I can take these off now." Said Vince, taking off his sunglasses, causing his hair in to fall front of his face, covering his right eye and turning to Velvet.

"Hey there." Said Vince.

"Hey Vince." Said Velvet confused.

"Wow. That should've made it obvious." Said Yang.

"I know." said Vince turning away from Velvet.

"Hang on Vince. Did you say your hair used to be black?" asked a voice from Velvet's direction, but not her voice.

"Chris?" asked Vince.

"Me too." Said Audrey.

"Right. But yeah. My hair used to be black." Said Vince, causing Chris and Audrey to whisper in his ear.

"Well, that was unexpected. They got it." Said Vince, turning to everyone who had already got it.

"And Velvet still hasn't." said Kannon.

"Unreal." Said Coco.

"There's only one thing left for me to do. If she doesn't get it after this, I may need to rethink some things." Said Vince, brushing the hair out of his eye, turning to Velvet and opening his eyes.

"Now do you have it?" asked Vince.

"Oh my god. Your eye. It's… it looks exactly like… is it possible?" asked Velvet, reaching out to touch Vince's face, but accidently poking him in the eye.

Vince closed his eye. "Ok, that's just poking me in the eye." Said Vince, laughing it off while brushing his hair back in front of his eye.

Velvet was in shock. She couldn't even move.

"Is Velvet broken?" asked Jaune.

"Just a sec." said Vince, holding up one hand, and counting down from five.

When he reached one, Velvet jumped into his arms, wrapped her arms around him and kissed him passionately. Shade wasted no time in kissing her back.

It was at least a minute before they finally separated. Velvet just buried her face in Shade's shoulder. They stayed like that for another minute before Velvet let go.

"Now, I'm sure you all have a lot of questions. Let's get those out of the way right now." Said Shade.

"Will you be my best man?" asked Sun.

"OK, not my prediction for the first question, but whatever. Of course I'll be your best man." said Shade.

"Thanks Shade." said Sun.

"No problem. Any other questions?" asked Shade.

"I got one. What's with the whole Vince thing?" asked Kannon.

"Right. You see, I found out a couple things on the journey. For example, my real first name. Vincent." Said Shade.

"Ok. Can we still call you Shade though?" asked Ruby.

"Of course. I'm still not used to calling myself Vince. Shade is fine." Said Shade.

"Alright. Did you learn anything else?" asked Neo.

"Yeah. I can tell you about my birth parents. I found them on my journey." Said Shade.

"Really? Yeah. That." Said Velvet.

"Alright. I have to tell you the whole story. Let me take you back six months to when I had found the main base. This will also bring in another surprise." Said Shade.

Six months prior

"This is where the base should be, but there isn't anything here." Said Shade, looking around. "Maybe I'm in the wrong spot?" Shade asked himself, pulling out the map. He checked over and over again, but every time he looked at it, it showed that he was in the right spot.

"I must be missing something here." Said Shade, beginning to think. He then remembered the first hidden base in Vale. "All those puzzles. This is just another puzzle." Shade began looking at the map backwards, until he noticed something. When the map was folded into quarters and a line was drawn through all the previously found bases, it looked like an unfinished B. "I just need to finish it." Said Shade. Finding the spot where the last dot would go to finish the B, he noticed it was where he was.

"Damn. I really thought I was onto something there. Maybe I should head back to town and ask around." Said Shade, but as he turned around he saw what looked like a ripple in the distance.

"What was that?" asked Shade, going to investigate it. As he approached, he started to hear a faint buzzing. As he continued to stand directly in front of the ripple, the buzzing became louder. He took a step into the ripple and saw his foot disappear. Continuing forward, more of his body vanished. As his head passed the ripple, a lush forest came into view.

"This must be how it remained hidden for so long." Said Shade, taking out his sword, and starting to creep through the forest, making no noise at all. Continuing on, he saw what looked like a man-made structure. Ducking into the shadows, he saw a group of people on what seemed to be a patrol.

"Maybe he hasn't figured it out yet?" asked one.

"No way. Reese doesn't make mistakes. He knows where he is at all times. I mean, he has that tracker in his head after all." Said another.

"That's how he knew where I was at all times. I must have found the base. But first, take out the patrol." said Shade, jumping for the patrol and taking them down in a matter of seconds. He began walking towards the structure. When he got to it, it was strangely quiet. But not long after, an alarm started blaring, and a large group of Blood Brothers came out, already in grim form.

"Well, didn't expect this to be mandatory right off the bat." Said Shade, turning into his grim form.

The Blood Brothers were wearing him down quickly, until a deep voice stopped them. A man stepped into view. He was tall and wore glasses. He had brown hair and red eyes. He wore a white shirt and pants. Shade got up just as the man got to him.

"Hello Shade. It is nice to see you again." Said the man.

Shade reverted back into his normal form. "Who the hell are you?" asked Shade.

"Of course. How rude of me. I am the man you know as Reese Mars. I am the one who made you what you are." Said the man.

"How kind of you to introduce yourself." Said Shade, sarcastic.

"Come now. I don't see why you needed to be sarcastic." Said Reese.

"Whatever. I want to know things. That is why I came this far." Said Shade.

"You want knowledge. Then you must fight." Said Reese, receiving a staff from one of his Blood Brothers.

"This doesn't seem fair." Said Shade.

"They will not intervene. This will be one on one. No interference." Said Reese.

"Alright. Let's go then." Said Shade, drawing his sword.

Reese pulled out a pair of swords, but connected them together into a dual edged sword and spun it around skillfully.

"Impressive. But enough with the flashy moves. It's time to fight." Said Shade, charging at Reese, swinging his sword inwards at Reese, barely catching him. Shade continued on the offensive, keeping Reese on the defensive. After blocking one of Shade's slashes, Reese jumped back.

"Well done." Said Reese, disconnecting his swords and swinging one at Shade. Shade blocked it, but Reese caught him with his other sword, slashing him on the arm. Shade reeled back and jumped into the air. As he came back down, he swung his sword downwards at Reese, who rolled backwards to dodge. Shade got back up and ran at Reese, who was just able to move to the side. Shade spun around fast, slashing Reese's back. Shade jumped over him, and switched to a fire dust, lighting his sword and slashing down at him, leaving him with a burn mark on his arm, causing him to drop one of his swords. Shade landed just in front of him, flipped backwards, kicking Reese in the jaw, and sending him into the air. Shade activated his semblance, leaving a fire copy with its sword straight up. Shade deactivated his semblance and jumped into the air. He switched to an ice dust, and left a copy above Reese, accelerating his fall, sending him stomach first into the fire copy's sword. Shade the switched to an electricity dust and fired a few rounds at his copy, causing it to explode, creating a thick cloud of steam around the battle field, causing the electricity to chain around the field, hitting Reese. As the steam cleared, Shade saw Reese, lying on the ground, his swords gone. Thinking it was over, Shade began walking away, until he heard a slight laugh coming from Reese.

"What's so funny?" asked Shade.

"You know Shade, your good. Really good. Something you should know. I'm sure you learned from those files that any adults injected with grim genetics died. While that was true to an extent, it wasn't instantaneous. They had a couple hours of pure unrivaled strength." Said Reese.

"Why are you telling me this?" asked Shade.

In answer, Reese opened his jacket and pulled out a strange device. As he pressed a red button on it, he became surrounded with a black aura, similar to Shade's. His injuries were healed. His voice became deeper, and he began to transform.

Upon observing this, Shade knew what Reese had done. Whatever that device was had given him the power of grim. Reese crushed the device, and Shade felt power leave his body. Shade was confused, but Shade knew he needed to transform as well. As Shade tried to go grim, he found he couldn't. Reese began chuckling.

"That device was the source of the Blood Brother's power. With it destroyed, I am the only one left. You cannot access your grim blood. Without it to give you strength, you will die. However, I am a reasonable man. I will spare your life if you join my army." Said Reese.

"I would sooner die where I stand than side with you." Said Shade.

"That can be easily arranged." said Reese, dashing forward and slashing at Shade with extended claws. Shade slashed at Reese's back, but his sword just bounced off. Reese laughed again.

"Dammit." Said Shade, firing a few fire rounds at Reese, but seemingly not doing anything to Reese.

Reese turned around to face Shade, and attacked him with his claws, causing multiple severe wounds on Shade's chest, arms and legs, causing him to drop his sword and fall to his knees. Reese jumped forward and kicked Shade in the face, knocking him into the ground. As Shade bounced back up, Reese came from behind him and drove Shade's head into the ground in a head scissor, causing Shade to fall on his back, lacking the energy to even move. Reese walked over to him.

"I thought you had more in you. Guess I was wrong. This is the end for you Shade. Any last words?" asked Reese.

Shade stayed silent, refusing to give Reese the satisfaction.

"Very well." Said Reese, preparing plunge his claws into Shade's chest. However, before he was able to, a blast of fire knocked him backwards.

Shade looked back, confused. He saw someone emerge from the woods around the base. As the person stepped into the light, he recognised the person as Cinder Fall.

"What?" whispered Shade.

"I can't let this happen Reese. I may have supported your dreams back then, but that was when we were married. I won't allow you to harm him any more than you already have." Yelled Cinder.

'Married?' thought Shade, confused.

"Did you not see what Vincent did to me? He is an ungrateful son." Said Reese.

Shade then became confused.

"You brought that upon yourself Mars. Did he ever say he wanted to be a hybrid? Is that how he wanted to cure his sickness?" asked Cinder.

"I did that for him. He would've died without it. It is because of me he has lived this long." Said Reese.

Shade began to recover and grabbed his sword.

"Do you think that excuses it? Well?" asked Cinder, with Reese not responding.

Shade then stood up and charged at Reese, catching him off guard and plunging his sword into Reese's chest.

Reese chuckled. "I knew you could do it. Well done. You stopped me. You saved many people." Said Reese, and the life began to drain from his eyes. "Thank you Vincent." said Reese, falling off Shade's sword and falling to the ground. As he died, the Blood Brothers seemed to snap out of some sort of trance.

"Vincent?" asked Shade.

"Yes Shade. Vincent." Said Cinder.

"I thought that was the name of Reese's son?" asked Shade.

"Yes. It was." Said Cinder.

"I don't underst-" Shade stopped mid-sentence. "You mean?" asked Shade.

"Yes. Reese Mars was your father." Said Cinder. "Your birth name is Vincent Mars." Said Cinder.

"You seem to know a great deal about my past." Said Shade.

"Yes, I suppose I do." Said Cinder.

"In that case, do you happen to know my mother's maiden name? I plan on taking it over Mars. I would prefer not to be reminded of him." said Shade.

"I see. Yes I do. Your mother's maiden name was Fall." Said Cinder.

"I see. Then my name shall be Vincent Fa-" Shade stopped mid- sentence once again. "Fall." Whispered Shade, turning to face Cinder. "I really hope I'm not wrong about this because if I am, this is going to be very awkward, but fuck it. Mom?" asked Shade, shaking.

Cinder smiled. "Yes my son?" asked Cinder back.

Shade continued shaking, unable to speak. He wanted to say something, but resorted to hugging Cinder, who hugged him back.

After Shade was able to speak again, he released Cinder from the hug. "I have a question." Said Shade.

"Understandable. Ask away." Said Cinder.

"While you were talking about me, you mentioned something about sickness. What was that about?" asked Shade.

"Of course. You don't remember this, but you were quite sickly as a child. We were told there was a chance you wouldn't live past the age of ten. Your father, being the genius he was, formed a plan to incorporate grim genetics into your DNA in hopes of curing you, as it seems that grim have never been reported to be ill. After extensive study, your father determined that it may be due to a much stronger immune system, meaning that if he could create you into a hybrid, you would survive. It took many attempts, but eventually he succeeded, curing your illness and saving your life." explained Cinder.

Shade just nodded, unable to respond in any other way. As he prepared to leave, he heard a quiet voice call his name.

Shade turned around to see a young girl who looked to be around four years old approach him. She had red hair and blue eyes. She was wearing all black.

"Hello young girl. What is it?" asked Shade.

Beginning to rant, the young girl explained that she was brought here by Reese after her parents had abandoned her. Knowing that her family wouldn't want her back, she explained that she had nowhere to go. Knowing what she was going to ask, Shade stopped her.

"Are you asking me to adopt you?" asked Shade.

"Well, simply put, yes." Said the girl.

"Alright. If that's what you want, I will adopt you, however, I need to know your name." said Shade.

"Right. My name is Olivia." Said the young girl.

"Nice to meet you Olivia. As I'm sure you know, I am-" Olivia cut him off.

"Dad. You are dad." Said Olivia.

"Feels strange being called that. But not bad." Said Shade.

"I guess that gives me three grandchildren." Said Cinder.

"Three?" asked Shade.

"Oh right. You don't know yet. Velvet was pregnant with twins when you left. She knows you would've stayed had you known, so there is no need to feel bad." Said Cinder.

"I've been a dad for nearly five years?" asked Shade, perplexed.

"Yes. You have." Said Cinder.

"So that means I have siblings?" asked Olivia.

"Yes. It does." Said Cinder.

"Then I guess it's time to head home. Back to Vale." Said Shade, leaving the base behind with his daughter and mother.

Back to the present day

"So hold on. We have three kids?" asked Velvet.

"I couldn't just turn her away could I?" asked Shade.

"I'm not mad, I'm just confused. I mean, none of us have seen this Olivia." Said Velvet.

"Um, actually we have." said Sun, Sarah and Mercury.

"When?" asked Velvet.

"Well, you see…" said Sun, starting a story.

Earlier, before the concert

Sun, Sarah and Mercury all showed up to see Vince sitting on top of one of the stereos. He waved to them as they walked in.

"Hey Vince. Good to see you're ready." Said Sun.

"Yeah. These are some good songs." Said Vince.

"Thanks. Usually Shade writes our lyrics. He is much better at thinking of lyrics on the spot than we are." Said Sun, as everyone started to set up for the concert.

"Good to know." Said Vince with a smirk.

"Dad!" yelled a high pitched voice.

Vince looked up to see a girl enter the concert hall.

"Hello Olivia. Why are you here?" asked Vince.

"I asked Matt if I could come to see you perform." Said Olivia.

"I assume he came with you." Said Vince.

"Hey Vince!" yelled Matt from the doors.

Vince waved back.

"By the way, when can I meet my mom and siblings?" asked Olivia.

"Soon Olivia. Probably later today." Said Vince.

"Mom and Siblings?" asked Sun.

Vince was about to make something up, but Olivia started talking. "Yeah. You see, dad had to leave behind his wife to go on a journey. While he was gone, his wife had kids. He adopted me a few months ago in Vacuo after he saved me from a man named Reese Mars." Said Olivia.

Vince face palmed and sighed.

Sun looked at Vince and crossed his arms.

"So you've figured it out huh Sun?" said Vince.

"Good to see you again Shade." said Sun.

"You too Sun. Listen can you keep this quiet until everyone else figures it out?" asked Vince.

"Of course." said Sun.

Sarah and Mercury then came out from backstage.

"Hey Sun, can you give us a hand with one of the amps?" asked Mercury until he saw Olivia.

"Hello little girl." Said Mercury.

"That's Olivia. Vince's daughter." Said Sun.

"Really? I thought it was Shade's daughter Olivia." Said Sarah.

"You heard that huh?" asked Vince.

"Yeah. Well keep it quiet too." Said Mercury.

"Thanks guys." Said Vince.

"Hey Sun. You know we could play that other song. The one we saved for when Shade got back." Said Mercury.

"Yeah. Hey Shade? Try out this song." Said Sun, handing him another page of lyrics.

"Alright. And remember, Vince." Said Shade.

"Right. You got it Vince." Said Sun.

Back to present

"We would've told you, but we promised." Said Sun.

"Does that mean that I can bring her over now?" asked a new voice from behind them.

Everyone except Shade turned around to see Matt behind them, carrying Olivia on his shoulders.

"Yeah go ahead Matt." Said Shade.

Matt put Olivia down, and she ran over to meet everyone.

"Everyone, this is Olivia." Said Shade, picking her up on his shoulders.

"Hello Olivia." Said everyone.

"Hi! Quick question, which one of you is mom?" asked Olivia.

"That'd be me." Said Velvet.

"Hi mom!" said Olivia, getting off Shade's shoulders and running over to hug Velvet.

"You are very energetic." said Velvet.

"That would make us your siblings. I'm Chris." said Chris, walking up to Olivia with Audrey.

"And I'm Audrey." Said Audrey.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Olivia." said Olivia.

"Vince, maybe you don't forget about your mom next time." Said a female voice.

"Alright mom. Everyone, this is my mom. Cinder Fall." Said Shade, introducing her.

"Hello everyone." Said Cinder.

"Hello Cinder." Said everyone except Velvet, Chris, Audrey and Olivia.

"I assume this is my new Daughter-in-Law." Said Cinder.

"Yes. Velvet. And these two are Chris and Audrey." Said Velvet, introducing herself and the two kids.

"Well, I must say you are much prettier than Shade described." Said Cinder.

"I told you my words couldn't do her justice." Said Shade.

"That is true. Anyways, I need to go somewhere, I'll see you all on some other date." Said Cinder.

"Your mom seems nice." Said Yang.

"She is." Said Shade.

"Hello Shade." said a voice that Shade hadn't heard in a long while.

Shade turned around to see Ozpin behind him.

"Hello headmaster. How have you been?" asked Shade.

"I have been well. How have you been?" asked Ozpin.

"I have been well as well." Said Shade.

"Have you returned to Vale permanently?" asked Ozpin.

"Yes. I have." Said Shade.

"Good. I have a proposition for you." Said Ozpin.

"What might that be?" asked Shade.

"Well, I heard that all Blood Brothers have lost their abilities of Grim." Said Ozpin.

"Yes. Reese destroyed the device." Said Shade.

"I assumed he would. However, I am sure you knew that I worked with him briefly. While I was there, I actually grab the blueprints for the device. With some help, I would be able to create a second device, allowing you to re-access your Grim abilities." Said Ozpin.

"I would gladly help, but I feel as if there was more to this conversation than this." Said Shade.

"Intuitive as ever I see." Said Ozpin.

"What might be your other proposition?" asked Shade.

"As I am sure you noticed, I am not exactly as young as I once was. Though I still can, I believe it may be time to assign a new headmaster of beacon academy. Even though you never officially graduated, I believe you are the one person most suited to take over my position. It would also be beneficial if you could teach combat class along with Professor Goodwitch." Explained Ozpin.

"I would gladly accept, the only issue is my band." Said Shade.

"While you would be the acting Headmaster, I would still be able to act as an interim Headmaster. I could take over on days you needed me too, and Professor Goodwitch is more than capable of teaching on her own, as I am sure you know." Said Ozpin.

"In that case, I accept." Said Shade.

"Very well. You will start at the start of the next school year." Said Ozpin.

"Thank you Ozpin." Said Shade.

"You're welcome, Headmaster." Said Ozpin, leaving.

"Congratulations Shade!" said Sun.

"Thanks guys. Are there any more questions about my journey, or can we just hang out as friends again?" asked Shade.

"Actually yeah. Why'd you dye your hair?" asked Pyrrha.

"I was trying to disguise myself so Reese wouldn't see me coming. Didn't know about the tracker." Said Shade. "Anything else?" asked Shade.

No one came with any questions.

"Alright then." Said Shade.

"Actually dad, you are a hunter right?" asked Chris.

"I suppose. Why?" asked Shade.

"Well, your other sword is at our house. Do you want to come with me and get it?" asked Chris.

"Sure. Lead the way Chris." said Shade, following Chris.

"I can't believe he's back." Said Yang.

"I know. It's been five years." Said Ruby.

"It is good to have him back." Said Kannon.

"Just nice to see him again." Said Coco.

"I know what you mean." Said Sarah.

"Good to see he hasn't changed too much." Said Blake.

"I know what you mean. He's just as insane as ever, and I still love him just as much." Said Velvet.

"We're back." Said Shade as he returned.

"We forgot something! We had another present for you two!" said Pyrrha, pointing to the kids.

"Really? What is it?" asked Chris, excited about the present.

"You wanted to be hunters right?" asked Pyrrha.

"Of course." Said Audrey.

"We were going to unlock your aura for you." said Pyrrha.

Pyrrha approached Audrey while Jaune approached Chris. At this point, the two started talking.

"For it is in passing that we achieve immortality. Through this we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all. Infinite in distance and unbound by death. I release your soul, and by my shoulder protect thee." Repeated the two, as Chris started to glow red, and Audrey started to glow purple.

"Woah." Said Chris.

"This is so cool." Said Audrey.

"So? What do you think?" asked Shade.

"This is awesome!" said Chris.

"Well, I guess since you had your aura unlocked it's Ok to give you your other gifts." Said Kannon.

"Really? More?" asked Audrey.

"Yeah. Can you get them Matt?" asked Kannon.

"Sure. I'll go get them." Said Matt.

"What did you get us?" asked Chris.

"You'll see." Said Coco.

"Why didn't I see any gifts there?" asked Shade.

"Well we asked Matt to hide them well." Said Coco.

"Oh, alright." Said Shade as Matt returned with two large boxes, neither of which were wrapped.

Matt knocked the boxes over and weapons spilled out of them.

"We decided that we should let you pick out your weapons, and depending on which one you chose, one of us can help you practice with it. Just pick whichever one you want. Olivia, there should be enough for you too." Said Kannon.

The three kids went over to the pile of weapons on the ground and began searching through them.

Chris found what he wanted quickly. A pair of black gauntlets that could shot dust rounds. Similar to Ember Celica in design.

"I knew you were a smart one." Said Yang.

Olivia continued looking through the pile and found a battle axe with a red blade and a blue handle that could transform into a machine gun. "Looks like you get Lilian." Said Kannon.

Audrey was having trouble deciding. Looking through the weapons, she found one that looked interesting. A black scythe.

"Nice choice. There's a button on the handle. Could you press it for everyone?" asked Coco.

Audrey found it, causing another curved scythe blade to come out of the other end, forming a dual bladed scythe. "This is awesome. Who's training me?" asked Audrey.

"Ruby and Kami. Ruby will teach you how to use a scythe safely, and Kami will teach you about using a dual bladed weapon." Said Kannon.

"Cool." Said Audrey.

"Only one thing remains." Said Shade.

"Names." Said Chris.

"Yeah. Any ideas for anyone yet?" asked Shade.

"Black Lotus." said Audrey.

"Well, that didn't take long." Said Ruby.

"I got one. Chevalier Noir (French for Black Knight)." Said Chris.

"That's a good one." Said Shade.

"What about you Olivia?" asked Lilian.

"Heavy Carnival." Said Olivia.

"That fits." Said Velvet.

"Thanks mom!" said Olivia.

"You're welcome honey." Said Velvet.

"It's getting late. Maybe we should all head home." Said Kami.

"Yeah. The sun is starting to set. See you guys tomorrow." Said Shade.

"You got it." Said Kannon.

With that, Shade, Velvet, Chris, Audrey and Olivia all went home. The whole family went to the living room. Shade sat down and Velvet sat next to him and rested her head on his shoulder.

"Hey dad?" asked Chris.

"Yes?" asked Shade.

"Can you tell us a story?" asked Chris.

"Sure. About what?" asked Shade.

"How about one with team CRDL? Mom told us that you protected her from them, but we actually never met them. My guess is that you don't hang out with them because they were mean to mom, but maybe not." Said Chris.

"Well, that isn't why you haven't met them. You haven't met them because they are dead." Said Shade, not sugar coating it at all.

"Still as blunt as ever I see." Said Velvet.

Shade simply smiled.

"How did they die?" asked Audrey.

"Well, Sky hurt Coco so Kannon killed him, Russel hurt Lilian so Kami killed him, Dove hurt Neo so Sarah killed him, and Cardin hurt Velvet so I killed him." said Shade.

"Cool." Said Olivia.

"Not the reaction I expected, but a better reaction." Said Shade.

Shade then told the story of the fight between his friends and Torchwick with the betrayal of team CRDL.

"Wow. They were jerks." Said Olivia.

Chris was about to agree, but he yawned along with Audrey.

"Ok guys. I think it's time to go to bed." said Shade.

"Alright. Goodnight mom. Goodnight dad." Said the three kids, going into the bedroom.

Shade and Velvet stayed up just sitting with each other, not saying anything, just enjoying each other's company, until Velvet spoke.

"Wait, we only have two beds, but we have three kids." Said Velvet.

"Don't worry about Olivia honey. She doesn't need a bed." Said Shade.

"What do you mean?" asked Velvet.

"Follow me." Said Shade.

Velvet and Shade went to the bedroom, to see Olivia sleeping, pressed up against the ceiling.

"Um, what?" asked Velvet.

"Olivia can alter gravity around her slightly. If she wanted to, she could sleep in mid-air. I know. I've seen it." Said Shade.

"I guess she doesn't need a bed if she can just hover." Said Velvet.

"Nope. I don't need a bed." Said Olivia, showing she was still awake.

"Good to know." Said Velvet as she and Shade left to their bedroom. They changed into their sleepwear and got in bed.

"Goodnight honey." Said Shade.

"Goodnight sweetie. Welcome home." Said Velvet as they closed their eyes and fell asleep.

Two days later

Velvet woke up before Shade and she went to the kitchen to make breakfast. A few minutes after she started everyone else got up and met her in the kitchen. Shade snuck up behind her and hugged her.

"Hey honey. Good morning." said Shade kissing Velvet on the cheek.

"Good morning sweetie." replied Velvet kissing Shade back.

After breakfast was ready and everyone was finished, there was a knock on the door. Shade got off the couch to get the door. When he opened it, he saw a lot of his friends holding presents.

"Merry late Christmas Shade!" yelled everyone as they started to walk in.

"Woah thanks guys. I actually managed to find some gifts for some of you." Said Shade.

"Thanks Shade. Now some of us aren't here, but the only reason for that is because they couldn't find a gift. I mean we had like two days to find something." Said Yang.

"No problem." Said Shade, sitting back down on the couch.

The majority of Shade's gifts were along the lines of weapon mods or just basic gifts. Shade was grateful for all of them, but hesitated when he got to Yang's gift.

"This is the one I was worried about." Said Shade, holding the small box.

"Why would you be worried?" asked Yang.

"I know what kind of person you are Yang." Said Shade.

"Just open it Shade." said Yang.

Reluctantly, Shade opened the box. The second he saw what was in it he looked up at Yang, unamused.

"What is it Shade?" asked Yang, smiling.

"You must think this is really funny Yang." Said Shade.

"No. I find it absolutely hilarious." Said Yang, still smiling.

Shade took out the gift. It was chew toy in the shape of a bone. He put it in his mouth and bit down on it a couple times as a joke. "Really funny Yang." Said Shade, putting it back in the box.

"I thought it was." Said Blake.

"Yeah, me too." Said Kannon.

"I think we all found it funny." Said Velvet.

Everyone agreed.

"Alright. Maybe it was kind of funny. But now I got gifts for you." Said Shade, going back to the bedroom, where he hid the presents.

"I wasn't able to find presents for a lot of you, but I got some." Said Shade, coming out with a few presents.

"We don't need presents. You are enough of a present. For me at least." Said Velvet.

"That's sweet." Said Ruby.

"Yeah, it is." Said Coco.

"Anyways, you first Ruby." Said Shade, handing her a box.

Ruby tore her gift open to see a brand new pair of head phones.

"Figured that you love music. Head phones sounded like a sensible choice." Said Shade.

"Thanks Shade. I actually lost my old headphones." Said Ruby.

"Guess I made the right choice then." Said Shade.

Shade handed out his presents one by one, getting Sun a new guitar and getting Yang what looked like a business card.

"You see, my friend owns a spa, thought I give you her card in case you're looking for a day to relax." Said Shade.

"Wow thanks Shade." said Yang.

Shade continued giving out his gifts, getting Neo and Sarah a date night. A free dinner at a fancy restaurant and a free movie. The last gift was for Blake.

"Now Blake, you may want to open this gift in private." Said Shade.

"Why?" asked Blake.

"Trust me." Said Shade.

"Alright." said Blake, going into another room, followed by Shade.

Blake opened the gift, revealing a copy of Ninjas of Love, volume two.

"How did you know?" asked Blake, her face red.

"You didn't hide it as well as you thought. I saw the first volume on the bookshelf in the room. The second volume came out recently, so I thought I'd get it for you." Said Shade.

"I see why I should've opened it in private. Thank you Shade." said Blake.

"I assume no one else knows yet? Not really an easy way to say that you like those books huh?" asked Shade.

"No there isn't." said Blake.

With that, Shade and Blake walked back in with everyone else.

"This seemed like a good Christmas." Said Yang.

"Best Christmas ever. At least the best in the past five years. I got my husband back." said Velvet.

"Hang on, Dad is part Grim right?" asked Chris.

"Yeah why?" asked Shade.

"Wouldn't that make me and Audrey part grim as well?" asked Chris.

"I guess it would. No way to check it yet, but when Ozpin finishes the device we can check. I can teach you how to transform." Said Shade.

The beginning of the next school year

"Today's the first day." Said Shade.

"Yeah. Good luck." Said Velvet.

"Alright. I'm off. See you tonight." Said Shade, taking off for Beacon.

Shade boarded the first airship to beacon. Upon landing, Ozpin was already there waiting for him.

"Hello Shade. Are you ready for your fist day and headmaster?" asked Ozpin.

"Of course." Said Shade.

"By the way Shade, this may look familiar." Said Ozpin, taking out a device.

"Is that?" asked Shade.

"Yes. It is a replica of the device that will allow you to regain your grim form. Would you care to test it out?" asked Ozpin.

"Of course I would." Said Shade, attempting to transform. After a few minutes, he felt that he was starting to change. Not long after, he was in his grim form. Seeing that he had his abilities back, he changed back.

"It seems that it works." Said Ozpin, handing the device to Shade for safekeeping.

Shade took the device and put it in his pocket. "Thank you Ozpin." Said Shade.

Ozpin then led him to the gym, to prepare for the speech that he would have to give when the students got there.

A few hours later, the students began to pile into the gym. After Glynda had finished her speech and introduced Shade and Ozpin, as they were both acting as the headmaster.

Shade and Ozpin both walked on the stage and began speaking. They both gave the speech that was given every year, about how they had trained to get where they were, and how they would be tested tomorrow, so they needed to get a good night's rest to be prepared before getting off the stage.

After the first day, Shade left beacon. When he landed in town, he went back home. Once he arrived, he transformed into his grim form and knocked on the door.

"Coming." Said Velvet. When she opened the door she was shocked to see Shade in his grim form. "I assume the device is finished." Said Velvet.

"Who is it mom?" Chris asked from inside before coming to the door.

"Hey there son." said Shade, startling Chris.

"Dad? You look so cool!" said Chris.

"What are you talking abou-" Audrey was cut off when she saw Shade. Olivia then came around the corner and was shocked as well.

"Hey there Audrey. Hello Olivia." Said Shade.

"You got your grim form back!" said Olivia.

"So did you." Said Shade.

Shade then spent the rest of the day teaching his kids how to access their grim genetics and change into their grim form and then back to their normal forms.

"Alright. Now that you know how to do it, you should be able to do it easier from now on." Said Shade.

"Thanks dad." Said Chris.

They all went back into the house and ate dinner together. After dinner, the kids decided to go to bed while Shade and Velvet stayed up.

"Did you enjoy your first day?" asked Velvet.

"Yes. I did." said Shade.

Velvet and Shade stayed up talking for few hours before turning in. Velvet fell asleep quickly, and Shade made a pledge.

"I love you Velvet, and I swear, that from now on, I will never leave you alone again. I will stay with you until the day I die." Said Shade, kissing his wife and going to sleep.

Velvet smiled. "I love you too Shade." said Velvet, closing her eyes and going back to sleep.

There we go. Wow. I did not expect this chapter to take so long, but I think that it turned out really well. Now I was planning to do this from the start. I am going to say a couple things. I am going to say what I think I did well on, and what I did, not so well on. Two for each. First, what I did not so well on.

Consistency. I looked back on some of my older chapters, and noticed that in some, I was not very consistent. To list one, in the chapter where Blake and Weiss were talking about Weiss having a crush on Shade, I said that Coco found the song for Velvet, but in team CFVY's interaction, it said that fox found the song.

Clichés. Yes I know. I had SO many clichés in this story. A reader by the name of Writen left a review about this, so if you want to find some of them, just check out the reviews and you should find it.

Now what I feel I did well on.

My OC. I feel that while Shade was a very cliché character, I feel good about how he turned out. He seemed like a character that while it may have been difficult to relate to him, he seemed like a character you could grow to care about.

Relationships. You may not agree with me, but I feel that I did actually pretty well on the relationships I grew to care how they turned out. While they may not actually happen in RWBY, I think that I did well on making the characters fall in love, and hopefully you think the same.

Now, I know that there are probably more things I did well on and didn't do well on, but that's what I want you guys to leave reviews about, so I can hopefully improve on them in my other stories. But now, unfortunately, this story is over. I hope you enjoyed it, make sure you leave a review, and if you want more of my writing, make sure you check out my other stories. Goodbye.

PS. This may not be the last you see of Shade. See you later. ;)