Summer stood in front of the gates of Beacon staring at the school. It was like she was seeing things again for the very first time. She never thought she would make it to her third year in Beacon. She smiled- she was still alive and she hadn't lost any of her teammates. She stretched thinking of the words her Aunt Claire told her just before she left her village and returned here, "Go kick ass and be the best! Study hard and I'll visit when I can."

It was nice knowing she had family supporting her.

"SUMMER!"

She turned around to see Neo, Raven and Taiyang running towards her.

"Guys!" she yelled and Neo tackled her to the ground.

It was the best feeling in the world seeing her friends after so long.

"Did you miss me?" she asked and Neo nodded.

School had another two days to start so she could lay around and think about everything. She had decided on her classes the year before and unfortunately, she barely had any of them with her teammates. Most of them were about Grimm studies and fighting them. There was a class on the ancient history of Remnant. Those who got really good grades were able to get their hands on really old and restricted books or so she had heard.

"What should we do first?" Raven asked.

"I want to speak to Ozpin before anything."

Taiyang made a pained face.

"Why do you want to talk to him? He's always so vague about things."

Summer smiled sadly, "I have some stuff to talk about with you guys when Qrow gets back."

Raven ran a hand through her thick mane of black hair and sighed, "It's about that creature… isn't it?"

"You don't know?" she asked making a small evil grin.

Raven glared her, "That is so unfair."

"I know… I'll be back shortly."

Summer waved to her friends and ran inside the school. It took her ten minutes to run through the hallways and up the stair ways to reach the headmaster's office. She rode the elevator silently and it dinged, opening up to his office. She stepped in seeing he was at his desk drinking his coffee.

"Miss Rose."

"We need to talk."

"I see you have a new weapon and a new hair color."

Summer touched her hair and smiled, "Yea."

"Have a seat."

Summer sat down and looked into his eyes, "I don't need to go to the cave you had mentioned before. The one in the mountains."

He stared at her darkly, "You already went?"

"No. Do you know who Lily the witch doctor was? The one in love with Eva."

I am curious to know the answer to this. Maybe he could shed some light but you have already thought of that though…

"How do you know about them?" Ozpin asked leaning back in his chair, "That is a dark tale many people don't like talking about or know about."

"I know about it. I want to know why that man attacked her in the first place and used Eva against her."

"A long time ago man barely learned how to fight Grimm. When they used Dust for fighting it was ok. Then some people used the elements of nature in ways to experiment on people and a lot of them died turning into fearsome Grimm. Some humans had discovered how to treat incurable diseases and decided to help the world but only the ones who didn't fear them. Lily was the only one who treated everyone regardless of how they felt about her.

"A lot of people feared her thinking she was trained under an intelligent Grimm because her power was special… but she had lived for over two hundred years. She stayed alone a lot until she had fallen in love with one her patients. Eva was the first human being who wasn't afraid of her. The reason people were afraid of her was because she experimented on Grimm. She was able to cure them of their darkness."

Summer sat there stunned.

I never told you. I had my reasons. I am sorry.

"Then why would they be so afraid of someone who could help everyone?" she asked looking upset.

"They thought she was a devil or the daughter of the Devil himself. Very few people thought she was an angel but those who did, tried to carry out her work. They had discovered she left behind a case of documents showing the things she had done for people. She never did something on someone without trying it on herself first. She would make herself sick then find the cure. The only problem was she had a very weird aura. All of her medicine was activated by her aura."

He is right. I had hid myself away from help after that man killed Eva. I was more or less depressed I had lost the one person who meant the world to me.

"The man turned into a fearsome Grimm," Summer said.

Ozpin frowned, "How do you know?"

"Because I do. I'm looking for that man now."

"He's a Grimm."

"Though I am conflicted with something," Summer said, "If I kill him, then the curse is broken and I become blind returning to a normal human being."

"Blind?" he asked, "The man was blind?"

"Yea and he had an evil aura."

"I had heard a lot of families with strong hereditary semblances would fight. Maybe he found out his family fought with hers at one point and wanted revenge."

That makes no sense… I lived a lot longer than two hundred years. I was the only one left after 175 years. My parents died of disease before I could cure them myself. I was no murderer… Unless someone who lived just as long as me had it out for me… Then manipulated people to get what they want.

"Who would be a live longer than her? Or just as long?" Summer asked.

Ozpin shifted uncomfortably in his seat, "I can't say."

Summer stood up, "If I come across him again, I will leave Beacon whether you expel me or not."

"Breaking the curse would leave you with no sight. Is this something you want to do? I know a lot of silver eyed people would love to be free from their curse but to lose sight and power?"

Power?

"It's not about power."

Summer left for the elevator and the doors closed behind her.

I only ever wanted the power to keep people safe. To keep my friends safe. People feared me forever and now… I have to hunt someone down…

I will have the cure to make him human and so we can get to the bottom of everything. I cannot guarantee that you will be safe even after you send his soul to the afterlife. He was human but now he's a possessed soul looking for me. I am really old but I can't die until I know why he did it.

"I understand."

X

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"HELL YEA!" Taiyang screamed. It was officially the first day of their third year.

"So! What do you think we'll be fighting this year?" Raven asked, "No more spiders I hope."

[Spiders? You fought those horrible things? The murderous intent coming off of them is unbearable for a lot of people…]

"I know but we did it… twice."

Neo looked surprised.

[You are the oddest bunch of people I have ever met.]

"You better run! Ozpin will start speaking to the first years soon!" Summer said with a smile.

Neo grinned and ran joining the other new people, disappearing into the crowd. Summer, Raven and Taiyang stood there watching the new students go into the school while a lot of the older one stayed outside talking to their friends and teammates. Something made a weird sound behind them making the three of them jump. All of their eyes widened in shock.

"Qrow?" Raven said.

Much to their surprise Summer tackled him and he fell to the ground. The poor guy was covered in bruises, cuts and dirt already. He gave her a weak smile mostly because he was unsure as to why she would jump on him after everything he had done. She grabbed the front of his shirt and slapped him a few times on the cheek as humanly possible, crying as she did so.

"Summer! Why the hell are you hitting me?!" he yelled.

He looked up to see her eyes were full of tears.

"We are going to graduate together and stay together! I don't want us to go our separate ways and never talk again! You guys are my friends until the end and I don't want you leaving us ever again!" she yelled angrily.

Qrow flinched but he smiled, "I have no intentions of leaving you guys as long as you're still around Summer."

She smiled and hugged his head to her chest turning his face bright red.

"Alright! We want a hug from him too!" Taiyang said grabbing Summer's hood lifting her up.

"Sorry," she said grinning.

Taiyang helped his friend up.

"Hey, there."

They hugged quickly.

"So, brother…" Raven said stepping up to him.

She grabbed his hand and squeezed it.

"I see you kept your promise. You're a lot stronger."

Qrow grinned, "I told you, didn't I?"

"You did."

He pulled her into a hug, "I don't want to see you cry like that ever again… Ok?"

She nodded.

"Let's get through this year alive because I have a feeling that it's going to be rough."

Qrow made a face and gave her nervous laugh. Why does she have to say something like that?

X

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Summer had told Neo were their dorm was so that when she got her team, they could come visit. The four of them laid around in their beds waiting on word when the classes would start but it more than likely be tomorrow.

Neo had told them she had to convince Ozpin to let her in even though she couldn't speak. She didn't need to be team leader and she didn't need to speak to receive directions. He was very impressed with her fighting skills and told her they exceeded what he thought possible so he was more than happy to let her in. She had a feeling her teammates wouldn't be so happy since she couldn't talk but she had to overcome her silence regardless.

It was late afternoon when their dorm room door flew open and Neo came skipping in with three people behind her. One was blonde and she had bright neon green eyes. She wore glasses and she had a really serious look on her face like her face was frozen. The second one was a guy with black hair and blue eyes. He looked just as serious at the blonde girl and he was taller than the rest of them. Last was a guy a few inches shorter than the other male, with wild grass green hair and bright blue eyes that sparkled. At least he was smiling.

[This is Glynda Goodwitch, James Ironwood and Bartholomew Oobleck. Glynda is the leader though. We are G-N-B-J for gunnbjorn]

"That's a really neat team name!" Summer said jumping up to meet them all.

"My name is Summer Rose! This is Raven and Qrow Branwen and Taiyang Xiao Long."

The two serious ones looked at each then gave Summer a weird look.

"We've heard of you," Glynda said with a mean look on her face, "Apparently you're a monster, that's one evil, that one brings bad luck and the other one can't fight."

Neo's mouth hung open in shock and anger. She signed furiously but it wasn't going to help.

"We can't understand you," James said looking annoyed.

"She said you can't judge people by what you think you know and heard. They're all good fighters and she has personally taken on Summer herself and that she is her rival," Bartholomew said giving Neo a thumb's up.

Her eyes sparkled with excitement.

"I have heard about you guys too," he said with a smile, "I heard you rescued a village and created a barrier to keep all the Grimm out and you were attacked by spider Grimm in your first year. They say team STRQ is the best in Beacon."

Glynda looked at him funny, "I heard other things."

"Everyone has different semblances and that you should respect that," Bartholomew said looking disappointed his teammates were so judging.

"You know… If Summer can like me for me, then you idiots should be able to too. Even Neo likes me and I can tell she's afraid of me," Raven hissed with her eyes glowing.

[Don't worry about the other two. I'm sure after time things will get better. James is from Atlas and he transferred to get more experience.]

"I heard people in Atlas were stuck up," Qrow said giving James an evil grin.

"Excuse me?"

Taiyang laughed nervously, "Let's not start this ok?"

"Who knew the new ones would be judgmental assholes?" Raven said standing up and she walked towards them. She knew her aura would make them feel uncomfortable and she was right, they backed up a bit.

"I hope we meet in a few classes! I would love to battle!" Summer said excitedly.

Neo nodded.

"I never met a girl who liked to fight until I met Neo and now you," the green haired boy said.

Summer blushed, "I love the thrill."

"Well, we need to go to our dorm room. Bye," Glynda said and she turned to leave with James behind her.

"Bye!" Bartholomew said waving to them and they were gone down the hallway.

"They seemed… nice," Taiyang said.

"I hate kids," Raven murmured.

"What a wonderful start of the year already," Qrow muttered and crawled under the covers, "I'm going to nap while I can."

The other three looked at each other, "Same."

They weren't going to be sleeping a lot anymore. They all heard the third and fourth year students didn't have a lot of paperwork but more hands-on experience to prepare them for their lives outside of Beacon. The only thing they wished for was that all of the students survived this year unlike the year before. Though, the nap before sleepless nights is what mattered at that moment.

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Neo sat on her bed which was the one in the corner because everyone wanted their space except Bartholomew only because he didn't want to make her feel uncomfortable. She smiled anyways, reminding her of sharing a room with her siblings when they were younger. Even though James and Glynda were kind of distance, as she knew they were serious and she always had Bartholomew to talk too. At least someone knew what she was saying.

"I can't believe your friends with them," Glynda said.

Neo looked at Bartholomew and started signing.

"Well, they are a lot nicer than you and at least they have respect for me. If you ever have trouble, they are the ones you want on your side. That's why Summer is my rival."

"They can't be that great."

Neo grinned and looked at James.

"She says, 'I know you think the same as me… but just you wait because I will be kicking your ass.'"

I thought it would be nice to have some other characters added to the story and Neo needed to be part of a team. Gunnbjorn is Greenland's highest mountain by the way (I had to google words containing GNBJ and it took twenty minutes to decide on one lol It means 'whiteskirt'. I had this chapter done the other day but I couldn't post it until today.