Sup y'all! Welcome back to a new chapter of ANW!
As you can tell I've started to head towards Beacon and all so only a few more chapters until initiation… probably.

But anyway enjoy the latest installation of my wonderfully, spiffingly marvellous fanfiction.

Disclaimer: RWBY is owned by RoosterTeeth and Monty Oum, I only own myself.

Chapter 4:

-Adam's POV-

I walked down the streets of downtown Vale, there wasn't really much to do apart from look through the windows of shops that I could buy from if I had any money. Though, getting money's difficult when you're a 15 year old who shouldn't exist. I eventually found myself standing outside a vaguely familiar Nightclub. I couldn't remember why it was familiar so I paid it no thought as I walked towards the entrance. As soon as I attempted to enter I was stopped by two henchmen. "Scram, kiddo, you're too young to enter" Lacky #1 said, with Lacky Dos nodding in agreement. I sent out a command into both of their heads.

"You will let me enter" I commanded, doing the little Jedi mind trick gesture for theatrics. I watched as their eyes glazed over and they waved me through, opening the doors for me. I walked in and was instantly greeted by the sounds of clubbers and dance music. I turned towards the bar and walked over to it. Out of the corner of my eye I saw the barman give me a look over. He then went to the backroom to get something. When he returned he slid a drink over to me. I looked at it.

Orange juice.

I glared at him. And he smirked back at me. I gave him a look signifying that I wasn't impressed and slid it back. "Get me a coke" I said, and his smirk widened. He pulled out a bottle from below the counter and poured me a glass. He slid it over. I glared at him, then took a sip. The fizz of it calmed me down and I let out a small burp. Strong stuff. The barman walked over to where I am.

"So, what are you doing here, short stuff?" He asked me. I glared at him again. "You're a little young to be in a bar, don't you think" he continued. I started contemplating several different ways to give him a shave in the most painful way possible, many of them included my rapier. I sent out a thought into his head, attempting to command him to ignore it. His aura blocked it. Balls. He gave me a surprised look, then a small smile etched onto his face. "Say, you don't have a job do you?" He asked, I looked up at him.

"Recently discarded, why do you ask?" I asked, sending an inquisitive look his way. He looked around for a bit before gesturing for me to lean closer, I did so.

"I can see you have some skill, and a semblance never hindered anyone, I could give you a job as one of the bouncers around here, free food and accommodation if you accept" he whispered to me, I contemplated it for a second before nodding. He smiled. "Well, new guy, I suppose introductions are in order" he finished, extending his hand out.

"Adam Jefferies" I said, grasping his hand in a firm handshake. He nodded.

"Name's Junior" he said, introducing himself.

-My POV-

I ran up to the gates of Schnee manor and looked for a way in. I'd knocked Weiss unconscious a few hours before to make it easier for myself. Fuck me, she bitches a lot more in person than in the show. I eventually found a route in via a small distortion in the fencing around the back. I slipped through, and hid in the shrubbery around the fence. Slowly, to make sure she remained uninjured, I pulled Weiss through and hid her in a bush nearby. I let myself rest as my illusion dissolved, revealing my cat ears. I felt my body go numb for a second. Unfortunate side effect of putting an illusion on yourself. I rolled my eyes at the thought. I felt my senses return to me, then attempted to stand up. I cast an illusion to make my clothes look like the servants', then felt my ears go numb as I made them invisible. I picked Weiss up in a princess carry and walked out of the bushes. I slowly walked towards the mansion that was Schnee manor, as I entered through the back entrance I was greeted by the grand white hallways that lead off to wherever.

I walked past countless doors as I searched for Weiss' bedroom. Many times I forgot where I was going and had to backtrack, only to get lost again. Fucking maze of a house. I thought as I passed an armoury. I froze, backtracked, and entered the room. I gasped. Hundreds of weapons and items of combat-wear lined the walls. I silently made a promise to myself to never let Ruby enter this place, ever. After I rested Weiss on a chair to the side of the room, I started looking through each of the cases. I found a few claymores, several rapiers, multiple katanas, even more broadswords. Seriously, what is with the Schnees and their swords? I kept looking through the cases. I almost fell over when my I moved my hands to rest on the next case, only to find out there wasn't one there. As I steadied myself I looked at what was there. A cloak? I took a good look at it. It seemed to be the only black thing in the whole building, and even then I could see faint bits of white where they'd weaved dust into the fabric. I told myself to take it on the way out. I continued looking through the cases anyway to see if there was anything else that peaked my interest. It took me several minutes, and many, many cases to find them. Some dust infused shurikens. I checked around to see if there was anyone who might… impede my progress, then picked the locked and took them. Hopefully no one would notice them missing. I walked back to where I left Weiss and picked her up.

As I walked through the excessively white corridors, I felt Weiss start moving in my arms. I realised she was starting to wake up and picked up my pace, checking rooms even more briefly than I was before. After countless more room checks, I finally found Weiss' room just as she started to stir in my arms. I hastily dumped her on the bed and ran out of the room. I'd much rather not face the wrath of a recently awakened Ice Queen. As I stumbled into the corridor I received confused stares from the other servants. "Weiss… home… how?" I pretended to gasp out, acting as if I was surprised by the reappearance of her. Instantly the mood changed, several servants ran into her room to aid her while others went to notify her father. I smirked to myself. Perfect. I started to walk towards the entrance, making a slight detour to the armoury on the way.

-Charlotte's POV-

My eyes were still wide as Goodwitch facepalmed. Ozpin was sitting in the chair with his hands clasped together infront of his face, his elbows resting on… air? I stared for another minute until I realised that the airship was about to take off. I stepped off and began to laugh. I laughed until my sides began to hurt. I saw Ozpin smile slightly before turning to Goodwitch, he must have said something which I didn't hear because she let out an exasperated sigh, then went over to assist me with walking. I walked up to Ozpin as he began to stand. Goodwitch walked to his side, leaving me to walk on my own. "Let us walk" he said, as he began heading towards Beacon's main entrance. I followed. "So, you wish to stay at my school until you are old enough to attend?" he asked me, I nodded, surprised at his guessing capabilities. "Glynda, would you kindly organise living arrangements for Ms. Holmes and allow her access to the training room floor" Ozpin ordered Goodwitch, who simply sighed in defeat and tapped a few buttons on her scroll.

"So… how did you know I was coming here?" I asked. It was odd, after all. He simply let out a small smirk as he walked ahead.

"You forget that your former affiliation with the Schnees gave you some… higher contacts" he started. I looked at him with one eyebrow raised, giving him the 'what the fuck' face. He let out a chuckle. "Ms. Winter Schnee foretold us of your travels to Vale. She said that this was one of the places you were more likely to visit upon your arrival" he finished, answering my question. I let out a small 'oh' of understanding. It went quiet for a few minutes. Not an awkward silence, just neither of us were talking. We walked on for a bit until we reached the grand entrance. It was then that I realised it was night. "I would recommend heading to the prearranged room and retire for the night, Ms. Holmes. We have sent a map of the school to your scroll. Have a good rest" he said, before entering the building. Goodwitch followed him through the doorway a second after.

I stood there for a couple of minutes in disbelief. My mind was constantly going over and over what had just happened. Ozpin was at the landing pad, he's letting me stay at Beacon for the next two years, I have my own dorm. But my god Ozpin was hot back there. I thought, letting out a small squee as I began walking in the direction of the dorms.

- TIMESKIP! - 4 months later-

-Adam's POV-

4 months have passed since I was… hired by Junior. Well, when I say hired I mean more of a 'you need a home, I can give it to you if you do this…' deal. So, I'm currently standing at the bar, waiting for customers to arrive and order a few drinks. Though, I haven't just been on the bar. I mean, that would get boring after a while. So, occasionally someone comes in and pays me to… assist them in combat. Basically, I'm a mercenary. Yes, I have killed, that was a while ago though, I'm fine now. Sort of… I occasionally get nightmares about it, okay? It's perfectly norma-

"Hey, barman, gimme a Strawberry Sunrise. No ice. Oh, and one of those little umbrellas" I heard someone call out, I nodded. The scene sounded vaguely familiar, though I didn't really think about that much, 'Just get the job done' as most of my clients, and Junior, say. I started on her drink. She called out to me again, "You wouldn't happen to know where I could find someone, would ya?" she asked. The sense of familiarity rose by a fraction, though it felt wrong. I paid it not thought again.

"I might know someone" I responded, still not having a look at who it was. "Who are you looking for?" I asked. I saw a scroll slide over to me, an image of a relatively young woman with black hair and crimson eyes stared back at me, her clothing was black and white, though I couldn't make out what it was from the image. I transferred it over to my scroll. "I'll give him a call" I stated with a brief glance towards her and turned around before remembering something. "Oh, your drink" I announced, putting it on the bar before turning back and walking into the store room to make the call. All I saw of her was a large mane of blonde hair.

"Thanks!" I heard her say before I closed the door behind me to minimise the noise coming from the club, though it was still pretty loud. As I walked further in, the sounds of the club faded behind me. I called my friend. After a few seconds of waiting I heard Archie's voice come through the speaker.

"Ugh, what?" he asked, I raised an eyebrow. He sounded rather irritated from the few words he said. I chuckled and could almost feel his glare through my scroll.

"I need some help, someone asked about someone and where they could find them, I said I knew someone, which I do, and called you. I'll send you the image they gave me so you have a better idea" I sent him the image. I heard a few thumps as I assume he struggled to stand up. I guess I woke him… oops? Anyway, he replied after s few seconds of clattering. "You got it?" I asked.

"Where did you get this image?" he asked back, I was taken aback, he seemed almost completely different from what he was like a few seconds ago, almost shocked. He cut me off before I could reply. "This is an image of Raven Branwen. You remember who that is, right?" he asked me, my eyes widened.

"You don't think..." I started, he cut me off again.

"If I said the word 'Yellow' what do you think I would mean?" He interrupted, I glared at the phone screen. Always so freaking cryptic. I put it back to my ear and spoke into the microphone again.

"It's a colour" I responded, a heavy sigh was all I received in response. Seriously, I answered what he asked honestly! Apparently that's not good enough for him. "What? I told you what it means" I exclaimed, I – once again – could almost feel his head shake as I finished.

"Yellow trailer" he stated. My stomach dropped. The call ended.

"Oh god" I let out as I heard glass smashing from the main room.

-My POV-

I shook my head as I cut the call. "Good luck, mate" I said to myself, then retrieved my cloak from the back of my door. As soon as I exited the room I quite literally walked into my current best friend, Blake. "Ow" I muttered as I fell over onto my back. I sat up and gave a half-arsed glare to Blake, who in turn glared back, though I could see a tiny glint of playfulness in her eyes. "Morning" I greeted as I stood up, she gave a slight nod in response, "is there a reason I walked into you as soon as I walked out my door?" I asked as I assisted her standing up, "I guess it isn't just because you wanted to see me."

"There's a briefing at 10, Adam told me to tell you" she sighed, I noticed her shift in mood. Evidently she noticed my observations, "What?" she asked, as she looked at me I noticed an emotional something in her eyes.

"What's wrong, Blake?" I asked. Of course, due to my knowledge of later events, I knew mostly what was wrong. I just played along for now. Blake looked around before pulling me into my room and locking the door. I raised an eyebrow. She moved away from the door and sat on my bed, then sighed again. "Blake" I quietly demanded. She seemed to compose herself.

"Is what we're doing… right?" she asked. I let out a breath and closed my eyes. When I opened them I noticed Blake looking at me expectantly. I grimaced, I didn't expect that question. She watched me as I stayed silent for a minute, trying to think of an answer.

"So, it's doubt, huh" I muttered, I saw her nod slightly as I sighed, "I can see where you're coming from. The violence… it isn't what we used to stand for" I let out. Again, she nodded. "Thinking of leaving?" I asked, she looked away.

"It's not that simple, we both know that" she chuckled miserably, this time it was my turn to look away. Of course, the punishment for defection. I noticed Blake staring at me sadly from the corner of my eye.

"We'll find a way" I tried reassuring her, she gave me the 'Blake-look' as I have called it. You know, the one from season 1 episode 7 when Yang asks whether what they arrived at was the temple. Or a similar look, anyway. She stopped glaring at me after a while and sighed.

"We should get moving, the briefing's starting in 15 minutes" she muttered, stretching as she stood up. I nodded and started walking towards the door before she stopped me by grabbing my arm. I looked back. She opened her mouth to say something but I cut her off with a raised hand and a nod.

"Partners stick together, don't forget that" I stated. She gave me a small smile at my words before seemingly remembering something. I tilted my head in curiosity as she walked closer to me. I felt a small amount of heat rise to my face at the sudden close proximity.

"In the 7 years we've stuck together I haven't even thought to check for this" she muttered as she reached up to the top of my head. My right eyebrow rose in curiosity. She stopped and looked at me to make sure I was okay with it. I shrugged, but smiled slightly. A familiar wave rushed over me as her hand stroked my left ear. After a few minutes she nodded, seemingly satisfied before moving her hand to touch the right. She stopped as her hand seemed to run over an irregularity. Her hand ran over the same spot again and she grimaced. "But you would have told me…" she muttered. I looked at her quizzically as her hand slid back down to rest at her side.

"Uh… Blake..?" I questioned, she didn't respond. "Blake" I repeated, she looked up at me with a scrutinizing glare. I froze. That was not a look I'd seen on Blake personally before. After a few seconds of seconds I rediscovered my voice, "What did I do wrong?" I squeaked out.

"Why do you have tag marks?"

Ay, wassup y'all. I'm not dead! Or in a Coma or some shit like that.

But anyway, thank you for reading this latest chapter, hope y'all enjoyed it. In all honesty, I am glad I got this chapter finished, writer's block's been a bitch on this on.

Hopefully the next chapter will be out soon, sorry for taking so long on this one.

Either way, review and stay legendary!

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