Hello, hello, hello! It feels like an eternity has passed since I last updated this story. That could be because I've had to pull some long hours at my job the past few days. It sucks! Anyway, I'm back now, so that's all that matters. Let's get it on!
RWBY © Rooster Teeth/Monty Oum (R.I.P)
*2 years after Cinder's defeat at Haven Academy*
*Povelitel's P.O.V*
Man, I can't believe it's been 2 years since Yang and I started dating. And it's been an awesome 2 years at that. I don't think I could have asked for better. With luck, we'll have many more years ahead of us.
I wonder where she is now, though. She said she wanted to go for a relaxing walk around Beacon today. What could be keeping her? Oh, there she is.
"Hey, what's up, hottie?"
"*Yawn* Hey, Pov. Ready to go?"
Jeez, she looks terrible. Her hair's a mess and her eyes are bloodshot and have bags under them. She looks like she hasn't slept in days.
"Yang, are you alright?"
"Y-yeah, I'm fine."
"Are you sure? You look like you got hit by a train."
"It's nothing. It's just… *dozes off, then gets back up* nothing!"
If she thinks that's gonna fool me, she has another thing coming. She is in no condition to be doing much of anything. Time to find out what's going on.
"It's obviously not 'nothing'. Come on, we leave for Vacuo and the next Vytal Festival in a week. You're no good to your team if you can't stay awake for the fights. Might as well just hand my team the trophy."
Not like Team MAPL won't take it anyway.
"Tell me what's happening, Yang."
"It's fine. It's nothing you'd understand, anyway."
"Well I can try. I'm no shrink, but I can still try to help. Now, tell Dr. Vremeni what the trouble is."
Please let her tell me what's going on. I really want to help her.
"Alright, Pov. For the past week, I've been having some weird recurring dreams."
Dreams? That's what keeping her up? Must be one hell of a dream. I'm not sure I'll be able to help her if this is her problem. She might be better off going to a real therapist.
"And they're all of my mother."
Well, this is a surprise.
"Your mother? I thought you said your mother abandoned you at birth. And ever since, you've been looking for answers."
"Yes, she did, and I have. But here's the thing, in my dreams, she keeps insisting that I come and meet her, that she has important information for me. She says she's been purposefully invading my dreams. This actually first happened 2 years ago, shortly before the Vytal Festival. But I ignored her, and she left me alone. Until now."
"Well, why haven't you gone to her? I would think you would jump all over this opportunity."
"I don't know. It's just, why now? Why after 19 years is she coming back to me? What is it about now that's so important? What is she going to tell me? What if I don't like it?"
Oh, there it is. I think I see the problem.
"It seems to me you're afraid she'll say something you don't want to hear, like 'I never wanted a child' or 'you were a mistake'."
"Yeah, I think that's it. What do I do?"
Time to give her an honest answer.
"If I were you, I'd go in anyways. I would also arm myself with the knowledge that even if she does say something awful like 'I never wanted you.' my boyfriend, Povelitel had said 'I don't care what she says, I want you, Yang. I love you'."
"*giggles* Thanks, Pov."
*hugs him*
"My pleasure, Yang."
"I'm still not sure, though. I feel like I'm still afraid of confronting her."
"Did she say anything else?"
"Only that I couldn't bring my teammates. This must be private."
Well, there's a problem. If she goes it alone, she's liable to get in trouble. Especially if her mother does something to rile her up. Knowing Yang, that will most likely happen. What should I do? She said 'no teammates'.
Hold on a sec…
"Your mother only said, 'no teammates' right?"
"Yeah, so?"
"Did she ever say you couldn't bring anyone from outside your team?"
"*pause* You would do that for me, Pov?"
"Sure, I care enough about you to do this with you, to be there for you should something go wrong. Besides, this will be a great chance to meet my future mother-in-law."
*Yang smacks him in the arm*
"Ahahaha. Getting a little feisty there?"
*Later, at night*
*Yang's P.O.V*
I really hope this works. Do not disappoint me, Raven. Like you have nearly my entire life.
*In the dream world, Beacon courtyard*
Alright, she brought me back to the courtyard. Great, now where is she?
"Hello again, Yang. Nice to see you again. I'm pleased to see you stopped drinking all that coffee."
There she is.
"You still won't leave me alone, will you Raven?"
"I am starting to get sick of your stubborn attitude Yang. You sadly got that from me. I told you, I must talk to you. The future of Remnant as we know it is at stake."
"That's a cheap excuse to give for wanting to talk to me, after all these years!"
"It's not an excuse! I do not exaggerate, Yang. That was always your father's style. Now my patience is running very thin. You will come to speak to me, in person. This would have been a whole lot easier if you had just come to me 2 years ago, when I originally asked."
Here it is, her whole, 'come to me' thing, I'm getting sick of it!
"I still don't see why you can't tell me everything in my dreams."
"I have too much information to give you, and I can only control your dreams for so long. You must come and see me in person. If you don't come before the next Vytal Festival, I will come for you in Vacuo. Don't think for a second that I won't. The choice is yours, either come to me willingly, or be taken from your friends and lose the Tournament, again."
How does she know about what happened 2 years ago? I'm guessing Qrow told her. Whatever, it's time to end this. Once and for all!
"Fine! I'll meet with you. Tomorrow night, at midnight. In the courtyard."
Let's hope she finally decides to leave me alone.
"Very good. And you'll come alone? No teammates?"
"No teammates."
She doesn't need to know about Pov. Not yet.
"All I ask for in return, Raven, is that you let me have a good nights sleep. I haven't had one in a week, thanks to you."
"You cannot blame me for your sleeping troubles, Yang. You're the one who has been drinking so much coffee and staying up all night to avoid me. I did nothing to keep you awake. However, I'm glad that you will finally meet with me. Sleep well, Yang. I'll see you tomorrow."
I wonder how she'll react when she finds out I have a boyfriend. If she tries to kill him, she can forget about me listening to her.
*The next night, midnight. Beacon courtyard*
*Raven's P.O.V*
Where is she? Where the hell is Yang? She promised to meet me here at midnight. If she was just lying to me just in order to get me to leave her alone, she will be in big trouble. Even more trouble than when I saved her from Torchwick's little pet on that train 2 years ago. I still remember having to talk to my brother about that.
*Flashback, shortly before "It's Brawl in the Family". A small bar in Mistral.*
"Hey, babe. You got a nice skirt length, Care to show me how short?"
"Perv!"
*Bartender dumps some alcohol on Qrow's head*
Qrow never did know anything about how to pick up girls. Whatever, I must talk to him.
"Hello, Qrow. What brings you to the swamps of Mistral?"
"Well, well. Look what the cat dragged in, a little Raven."
How dare he call me little! He's never been the patron saint of maturity.
"What right do you have to call me little? Just because you're 11 minutes older than me?"
"Yep. Anyway, you tracked me down for a reason, sis, so what do you want?"
"You know what I want, Qrow."
"I don't have any notes of either of them. Nothing interesting, anyway."
That's unlike Qrow, to not know anything on Yang or Salem.
"Are you sure, Qrow? Nothing?"
"C'mon. Why would I lie to you Rae?"
WHAT DID HE JUST CALL ME?!
"Really, Qrow? Really? What did mom and dad say about calling me 'Rae'?"
"Mom and dad ain't here, are they? I can give you one thing, though."
Now he decides to listen to me. At long last.
"Oh, and what's that?"
"Recently Yang and her team stopped a large invasion of Grimm and a White Fang operation in Vale."
That's it? I already knew that.
"Yes, I know. I was there. I saved Yang from one of Torchwick's little pets. But while we're on that subject, I want you to give Yang a message for me. When you get the chance."
"Oh? And what's that, Raven?"
"Tell her that I saved her once, but she shouldn't expect that kindness again."
"Of course you'd have something like that to say to her. Not like you ever cared enough about Yang to do her more than one favor."
What?! How dare he suggest that I don't love my own daughter. I ought to slap him across the face for that. As a matter of fact…
* Smack*
"Do not ever say anything like that again, Qrow! She's not a little girl anymore. She needs to learn how to defend herself. She can't constantly rely on the aid of others. She'll only get herself killed faster doing that."
* Sigh* That's not what killed Summer. And you know it."
Why does he suggest that I don't know what I'm talking about? Summer died because she always had me, Tai and Qrow at her side, so when she went it alone, she wound up dead.
"The fool who can't help themselves doesn't deserve the help of others. No matter who it is. That's the way the world works, Qrow."
"You and I always did have different world views, Raven."
"Whatever, Qrow. I have to go now. I'll be here in Mistral for the next year."
"Alright then. And I have a certain white haired 'specialist' to talk to in Vale."
"Farewell, brother."
*End Flashback*
Should I really have told Qrow that I planned to stay in Mistral? No matter, I haven't spoken to him since.
Oh, at long last, here comes Yang. Wait, why does she have a boy with her? I told her to come alone!
"Hello, Raven."
"Yang. I'm glad you finally decided to come and talk to me after all this time. We have much to discuss. First off, who is this boy?"
"Hey, name's Povelitel Vremeni. Nice to meet ya. So, you're Yang's mom, huh? I can see the resemblance. What's with the Grimm mask? You White Fang or something?"
*Povelitel grabs the mask with his semblance*
What? How did this boy get my mask? Who in the name of Monty Oum is he?
"Nah, too elegant to be White Fang. Wouldn't you say, Yang?"
"Yang, who is this boy? I specifically said to come alone!"
"No Raven, you only said to come without my teammates."
Always a way to weasel out of a situation. Yang truly is her father's daughter.
"You never said I couldn't bring anyone from outside my team."
"That's right, like me, the obnoxious boy she just so happens to be dating."
This boy certainly has the 'obnoxious' part down.
Wait a minute. Dating? Dating!? My daughter is dating this obnoxious boy?! How dare he get close to her! He is nowhere near good enough to be dating Yang Xiao Long. He seems to be the type to be dating several girls at once. Does Yang know this? Why would she stoop to dating a pimp? Once I have her with me, I must make sure to raise her self esteem, get her to be with men who won't mistreat her like I know this boy will.
"What makes you think you're even remotely worthy of dating my daughter, boy?"
"Uh, maybe because I love her, and she loves me too."
"That's true, I love you very much, Pov."
*They share a quick kiss*
HOW DARE HE KISS MY DAUGHTER! I must make sure that this boy is out of Yang's life, and soon.
"Listen Raven, if you want me to listen to a single word you say, I suggest you leave him alone. Otherwise I will never cooperate with you."
I know I might not have done anything to deserve it, but would it kill Yang to refer to me as 'mother' or even 'mom'? And why does she dare to suggest that I tolerate this boy's presence?
"Yang's right. This has been interesting and all, but I'm assuming you called Yang here for a reason other than discussing her love life."
Impatient, too? And rude. I think I hate this boy even more. I also hate to admit that he has a point. Not like he'll be around Yang for much longer, if all goes as I plan.
"Very well. Yang, do you recall when Cinder Fall was defeated at Haven Academy?"
"Yeah. We were the ones who brought her down, and her little lackeys."
"What if I told you she wasn't the one who almost destroyed Vale all those years ago?"
"The hell are you talking about, Raven? She is. Cinder's the one who came up with the plan to frame me, and Beacon. She's the one my sister says killed our friend Pyrrha Nikos."
Sister? What is Yang talking about? She has no sister. Oh, she must mean Summer's girl. 'Half-sister' she should have said.
"Perhaps, but what I'm trying to tell you is that Cinder was in the employ of someone else, someone far worse."
"Oh really? And who's that?"
"Quiet, boy! This doesn't concern you!"
How dare he speak to me in that fashion! He has no respect!
"As I was saying, the true mastermind is someone who goes by the name Salem. Others call her the queen. Whoever she is, she plans to bring about the destruction of all life on Remnant as we know it."
"Ok, so why tell me? What does this have to do with me? Answer me that, Raven."
"I have been trying to track her for some time, Yang. And during one of my scouts, I learned that she is planning to target you for death, since you defeated one of her major pawns. I came to extend a warning, you must be cautious. Salem has many more pawns in play, some are still here in Vale. Yang, I need you to be on guard from now on. Never let it down, not even for a moment. You have much more power than you realize. It's time for me to go. Farewell."
"That's it? You brought me out here just to give me a warning about this Salem person? Not to tell me why you left me?"
"That time has not yet come. But I assure you, one day, it will. We shall meet again. Goodbye, Yang."
*opens a portal and walks into it*
Finito! What did you guys think about this chapter? A review would be greatly appreciated.
When it came to Raven's flashback with Qrow, I tried to incorporate everything Qrow said about Raven in Vol. 3 Ch. 8. About her giving Yang a message, having a different worldview, and letting some information slip. This is how i saw that meeting going down, anyway.
Anyway, this is the part when I tell you when the next update will be. It will be tomorrow. So I guess I'll see you then. Adieu!