Harry looked around in amazement at all the shiny things in the room. He giggled and reached for them unable to reach them he looked towards Dust who flew over and grabbed the shiny thing before giving it to Harry who giggled and began to pet his creation who seemed to relish in the approval of his maker.
Summer walked into the tent with a smile on her face at seeing the little boy playing with a small object. "Hey there little guy." She said as the baby started chewing on the end of the object. "What do you there?" She asked and the baby pulled the object out of his mouth and she paled and snatched it away as she realized it was the remote for the proximity alarms. "How did you-?" she knew for a fact it was on top of the shelf on the other side of the room how could a baby get it from the-. She sighed Dust, the bird most likely grabbed it for him, it would make sense that the crow would be loyal and obedient to his maker.
She picked up the baby and waved a finger at him mockingly scolding the small toddler. "Now Harry don't play with that again understood Mister?" she said with a smile as she put the remote back not seeing that one of the lights on it had turned from green to red. The baby giggled and poked her nose.
"How is the twerp?" Qrow asked walking up to the young mother, only for him to raise his hands up in defense as Dust flew down and started to peck at him for the insult. "Ow! Get off me you stupid bird!" he said waving his arms trying to scare the crow off. After pecking the huntsman a few more times it seemed to have decided that he had learned his lesson and flew back over to his maker's new mother.
Summer smiled in victory. "It seems that Dust doesn't approve of your language either." she said giggling as she stroked the bird's feather for a job well done.
"Yeah well he can bite me."
"Again?" Summer asked with a far too innocent look on her face.
Qrow grumbled good naturedly. "So how is the kid?" he asked it had been Summer's job to make sure he was in good health as Qrow had no idea how to take care of a baby and Taiyang while better off was still fairly clueless.
"He is fine, but we're lucky." Summer said running a hand threw the baby's hair causing him to giggle. "If he'd been any younger he would not have as well off." he nodded made sense, most infants could not survive without their mothers. The he noticed something on his forehead.
"What's that on his forehead?"
Summer frowned at the mention of that scar on his forehead it was fairly new from what she could tell, but it reeked of a foul aura. It would not surprise her if that was why he was invisible to the Grimm. "I don't know but whatever it is I don't like it."
Harry let out a yawn and started to fidget in her grip. "Aww are you tired wittle guy." she asked her voice taking on a babyish tone. "Let's put you down for a nap. Okay?" she started to carry him back to the tent and Qrow looked on fondly who would have guessed Summer would have made such an excellent mother he saw it with Ruby and Yang as well. She was a natural, hell he remembered before Raven had disappeared that she had always gotten annoyed at how fast Summer could calm down Yang when she was crying.
Suddenly a roar resonated throughout the camp with a scream rang following a moment later. "SUMMER!" he exclaimed dashing after how had a Grimm gotten in with tripping the proximity alarm it should have warned them. He knew they were set up it was standard issue for any scouting mission lasting longer than a week.
Summer was just walk into the tent when Harry had started to fuss in her arms, wiggling in her arms as if he was trying to escape. Seconds after he began to struggle a Beowolf burst through the trees with a roar and charged straight at her. Not having time to think her motherly instinct kicked in and she used her body to shield Harry. It was a good thing too as even with her Aura the slash cut straight through cutting her across the back with such force it would most likely leave a scar or two. She let out a cry of pain as she fell but she did not let go of Harry holding him close to keep him safe. The Grimm roared and reared back for another strike with speed that belied its true size it stopped mere inches away.
Summer had closed her eyes not wanting to see her own death by the hands of the Grimm, however after a moment of no pain she opened her eyes expecting to see Qrow or her husband standing over the dead body of a Grimm instead the usual red eyed creature stood still not moving an inch it's eyes glowing an unusual green that seemed familiar with a gasp she turned her gaze down into the baby in her arms and her guess proved to be right as she saw his eyes glowing a bright green much like they had when he created Dust.
"What the hell?!" Qrow exclaimed at seeing the paralyzed Grimm, he had rushed her expecting to see Summer fending for her life instead he saw a Beowolf frozen in place not moving an inch. He would not deny that he was relieved that she was fine but he wanted to know what the hell was going on.
Taiyang rushed into the area having heard the scream. "Qrow what was that scream- there's a GRIMM!" Taiyang grabbed his weapon to attack before noticing like Qrow that it wasn't moving. Unlike Qrow he also noticed that his wife was lying on the ground bleeding. "Summer!" he rushed up to her checking her over quickly seeing the only injury was the scratches on her back. "We need to get her inside so I can treat her injuries now!" he ordered Grimm temporarily forgotten
After saying that the Grimm moved faster than either of them could react… and picked Summer up by the scruff of her neck much like a wolf did it's young. "The hell…" Qrow muttered before his gaze turned to the baby in Summer's arms whose eyes were still glowing green much like the Grimm's. That's when it hit him, Harry could control the Grimm, forget what he said about the government wanting to dissect him. The kingdoms would go to war over him. He turned to the rest of his team. "We tell nobody about this. Understood?" Taiyang nodded he knew exactly why he was saying that the kingdoms would stop at nothing to get their hands on him and honestly from a purely logical point of view it made some sense take in and study a young child's semblance so they can find a way to mimic it and save possible thousands of lives in the process. If it wasn't for that fact that politics would come into play as every kingdom would try and gain control of the boy and kill him if they could not, it probably work out fine. After all it was discovered many years ago that the body actually told you very little about semblances that were not physical. But that did not mean they would be kind.
After a moment tense silence Qrow started to chuckle. "What's so funny?" Taiyang asked.
"Look at Summer!" He said his chuckling turning into full blown laughter. Taiyang looked and saw what he meant her naturally small size and the large Grimm holding her by the scruff of her cloak, made her look ridiculous. Summer glared at them but all that did was make the two laugh harder.
"Just take me to tent!" She said and she did not pout when she did so, nope not at all.
After patching her they noticed that Harry started to yawn and seemed to be fighting off sleep. "Take the kid inside." Qrow said as he drew his blade. "We don't know what will happen when he falls asleep." most semblances deactivated on falling unconscious, he doubt this would be any different. His hunch was proven correct when mere minutes after they put the baby to sleep the Grimm's eyes turned red once more and with a roar it attacked. But Qrow was ready and it was child's play for him to kill a single Grimm.
Summer looked on as her children played together, Harry was sitting with Ruby who was entranced with Dust being amazed at every movement he made as she could not figure out how he was there if her uncle Qrow was over there, she was unable to tell the difference between the two. She remember the first time the two met, Summer placed Harry in the crib with Ruby while she went to go grab the two some food.
Ruby looked at the new baby strangely what was he doing in her crib. She saw him reach for one of her toys and she frowned and grabbed it before he could it was hers. He tried a few more times to grab a toy but every time he did Ruby would grab it. Soon Harry began to tear up yet before he could cry Dust flew over him and dropped a cookie into his lap.
Harry looked at the cookie strangely not knowing what to do with it, so like anything new a baby finds he put it into his mouth, that proved to be a great idea as it tasted amazing. Soon he was chewing on the end, halfway through the cookie he noticed Ruby's gaze on him or more specifically the cookie he looked down at the cookie for a moment before he broke off a small piece and held it out to her. Slowly grabbing it from his hand the baby girl looked at the cookie for a moment before deciding to copy Harry and placed it in her mouth. On getting her first taste of a cookie Ruby froze never before had she tasted something so sweet, within seconds the cookie was gone.
Summer had come back into see Ruby with a Jar of cookies in front of her and Harry happily playing with some toys. Dust had looked quite smug as well so she knew he had something to do with it.
"So what do you think?" Qrow asked Ozpin, as much as they hated it they had no choice, they had to go to someone find out if something was wrong with Harry his abilities were complex and confusing. The only person who they could trust and knew enough about semblances to help was their old Headmaster. He had taken Harry to a secret level of the school none of them had known about, there he placed Harry and Dust on what he called an Aura reader. Something that not only measured the amount of aura one had but the unique qualities they had as well after several hours of testing he sent the family home promising to come to them when the data had been sorted through.
"I think that boy is walking miracle but also a being of great pain." Ozpin said taking a sip of his coffee. "As for his abilities he is fine nothing off about his aura but I do recommend bringing him in for annual visits to make sure. His bird, Dust I believe you called him?" He asked turning to Summer who nodded. "Well if you hadn't told me about how he was born and shown me the Footage I would not have believed he was anything but a normal crow at first."
"At first?"
"Yes at first, further examination shows that he is connected to young Harry in way we cannot begin to understand." Ozpin said calmly. "It as almost as if Dust is a part of him."
"And the Grimm thing?" Summer asked worried.
Ozpin looked at them in way that made them feel as if they children in class all over again. "Well I have a theory or two about that."
