It had already been a week since they started their third year and they were piled up with more homework than the year before. Every class had three or four tests just in that week to see if they still remembered things from last year. It was no surprise Taiyang failed half of them but it didn't count towards their grades thankfully. Qrow only did slightly better with Raven and Summer passing all of them without problems.

The voice in Summer's head had been really quiet through the whole week and she was pretty happy about it. She constantly felt on edge and she hoped they wouldn't have to return to the forest. She wasn't sure if she would end up running into it or the Geists instead but she wasn't willing to chance it. Sometimes she just wanted to ask Raven what she saw but then she knew things might change with every action she took.

She knew Ozpin was hiding something big from her but she wasn't sure what it was.

Summer dropped her books onto her bed and just stared at them. The lingering thought in her mind was whether or not she would live. Her teammates didn't have anything to do with it but they would interfere anyways. She honestly didn't want to die and a lot had to do with the fact she had her Aunt Claire now. She didn't want to disappear off of the planet after getting to know her some. She had no one before but now it was different.

She pulled her scroll and stared at it. Roman hadn't messaged her once. Perhaps he didn't want to be with her any more but how could she blame him? Once the truth about her and Lily came out… he would probably run. Normal people wanted to live… unlike her… she felt compelled to throw herself in harm's way to save others. It was a horrible flaw.

If he loves you he won't run. Eva knew the dangers of being with me and she stayed anyways. You mustn't think so low of yourself. You surprise me by how nice you really are. You are put together so well mentally and physically… You are a great warrior. Even if that strange man is holding back information, you will find out what you need.

"I guess that's true."

You picked out classes to help you right? I suggest reading those.

"Too bad you can't help."

The writing you have now is a lot different than I can remember but it is somewhat similar.

"You are old, aren't you?" Summer said with a smile.

I am but I don't look it.

"Can you remember everything from when you were alive?" she asked.

Some. I would just have to think about it. Why do you ask?

"Think of the enemies you had while you were alive in your own body. I know you probably had a lot but I think it would help and we can narrow them down."

I can do that no problem. Just work on school stuff and I'll let you know if I remember anything.

"Alright."

Summer plopped down on her bed and started going through her books. This is gonna kill me before any Grimm does.

X

X

Qrow was up in a tree asleep when Raven finally found him after an hour of searching. He was one class short of the others so he could sleep some. She picked up a rock from the ground and threw it into his side really hard. He jumped and yelled then fell onto the ground with a hard thud. He looked up at his sister with his eyes twitching annoyance.

"What the hell do you want?" he asked.

"Watch your mouth."

"My question still stands."

"I'm rusty… Want to practice?" she asked looking sincere.

"You never want to battle me," he said.

"Yea, well you never seemed any better in the last few years but now I can feel the difference just being around you. I want to see how great you really got," she said her eyes glowing red with excitement.

Qrow swallowed hard. The look on her face is so scary… She scares me but I'm too afraid to so no.

"S-sure! Anything you want but you have to promise you won't kill me…" he said laughing nervously.

Raven grinned deviously, "I promise to try not to."

That doesn't make it better Raven… he thought.

X

"Summer!"

Summer looked up to see Taiyang coming through the doorway.

"What?"

"Raven and Qrow are fighting."

"What?! What did he say?! Doesn't he know not to provoke her already-

"No, like she's testing him."

"Oh."

Summer looked down at her book and slammed it shut.

"I wanna watch!" she yelled sprinting out of the room with Taiyang behind her.

She whipped out her scroll and messaged Neo to come watch. They weren't outside yet and they could hear the sounds of the twins' fight going on. People had started to gather around and Summer pushed her way to watch the fight. She couldn't believe it- they were almost evenly matched at this point. Rock was being shattered everywhere. Metal clashing against metal, it was almost too hard to see they were moving so fast.

"Hey Summer!"

Taiyang and Summer turned around to see Neo and Bartholomew walking through the crowd to stand next to them. James and Glynda came through next. The two of them look unamused until the twins blew pass them almost knocking them down. Everyone was cheering for Raven or Qrow to win; it was a sight to see them going at it instead Raven just punching him.

[I can't believe how fast they are]

"I know! Qrow just came back from training over the summer."

Glynda and James were slightly shocked by the speed and power the twins had. They had heard that team STRQ was one of the strongest teams to ever grace the grounds of Beacon but they were scary. There was something about their leader too… she gave off a weird vibe even though she seemed the most normal of the four.

Raven and Qrow landed onto the ground when some of the teachers came to break the fight up.

"Stop it you two!"

Ozpin came through the crowd with a smile on his face.

"Destroying the court yard, I see."

Raven grinned and Qrow looked embarrassed.

"I see you are doing a lot better Mr. Branwen. I'm glad to see that. You two can help redo the court yard."

"I can fix it," Glynda said pulling out a riding crop.

Ozpin smiled at her as she raised it above her head and everything started to go back into place as she waved it around.

"Ok, everyone. Make sure you finish your homework and enjoy dinner ok?" the headmaster said and he disappeared.

"Qrow, I am impressed," Raven said, "I can't believe you got that much better. Did you almost die a few times?"

Qrow made a face, "No… we went after the spider type Grimm."

"Really."

"Yea… since they are one of the worse Grimm to exist, they wanted to diminish their numbers so that's what we did."

Raven smiled, "I like that."

X

X

It was dinner time and they were in the mess hall eating when the lights started to flicker. Summer and Raven looked at each other funny. The lights shouldn't be flickering like that mostly because it was Dust powered. The lights flickered again and Summer looked outside to maybe see if there was a lightning storm that would interfere with the Dust powering the electricity in the school.

"Something isn't right…" Taiyang said, "I sense something… sinister."

"Your Faunus senses are tingling?" Raven asked.

Taiyang smirked, "You could say that."

It's near.

"It's near?" Summer said aloud.

Not inside of Vale but close to it. He is scary…

"Is that why the lights are flickering?" Summer asked.

There's something else out there. I think it attracts other Grimm since it's so powerful. Summer… is you need to use my power… you're welcome to it.

"Your power?"

Raven looked over at her team leader.

Yes. It'll alert him but he won't be dumb enough to try here. There's too many skilled fighters here. Inside there's walls, you're ok to use it. Go outside.

Summer got up.

"Where do you think you're going?" Raven asked looking suspicious.

I remember a bird called the Electric Phoenix but it's actually a Grimm. He must know I'm here because I haven't heard of that thing attacking anywhere for over a hundred years.

"Outside."

Summer walked over to the doors and opened them up feeling the heat. She had no idea where it was coming from but it wasn't normal. The lights flickered off and a few people screamed in terror which was odd in her opinion since they hunted monsters. Raven and Neo joined her outside not saying anything as they looked up at the sky. There wasn't a cloud in sight.

"What is that?" Raven asked.

"Are you seeing it now or just seeing it?" Summer asked.

Neo gave them a weird look.

"It's bigger than the Nevermore. I didn't think Grimm could use Dust."

[Grimm that use Dust?]

"It's more like it was made with Dust. I can't explain it…"

"Can someone make Grimm?" Summer asked aloud.

I think I heard that the source of Grimm came from someone very evil but it could be a fairy tale.

"I think you ladies better get back inside."

Ozpin stepped up beside of her.

"It isn't something children can handle," he said.

Summer looked down at her hands. Lightning started brightening the sky.

"I don't think it'll attack us," Ozpin said.

"There's more than one."

He smiled, "I should know you would know."

"I can't see the other one but it won't come near here…" Raven said.

Something landed on the ground causing it to shake. Ozpin pushed them back like he was going to fight it himself. Lightning lit up the sky some more but it was coming from the ground several hundred feet from the school. The air around them cracked with enormous heat blasting them in the face. The students in the mess hall were evacuating and screaming. The presence of that Grimm was strong.

"I wonder why it's here anyways," Raven said flatly and looked over at Summer.

Summer smiled nervously but she didn't say anything.

"Headmaster! All the students are safe!"

"Miss Rose, your plants would die against the lightning power of that Grimm. I advise you to go inside."

"Let's go."

Raven, Neo and Raven headed into the mess hall and plastered themselves against the windows. They wanted to see what would happen even if Ozpin didn't like it. Just like they thought, the Grimm didn't come alone. There were other smaller Grimm coming near the mess hall. It was hard to see without lights. Summer's heart was pounding rapidly.

You may need to help them. There's a lot of them out there. He's trying to flush out but I don't think he's sure you're there. Summer, go to your room. I don't want you putting everyone in danger.

"I can't do that-

The windows shattered as the area around the school turned bright like it was daylight. Summer and Raven gasped upon seeing the Phoenix. It was three times as big as a Nevermore and there were yellow streaks covering its body on top of its black feathers. Neo looked over at the two older girls but they looked stunned with fear. Neo grabbed their hands as the teachers of Beacon went at the Grimm.

They looked like they were struggling more than they thought. Summer squeezed Neo's hand almost to the point of breaking it but she the small girl didn't complain. Summer pulled out her scroll and typed in the number for her locker. Raven nodded and did the same. Then Neo did the same. The lockers crashed right outside the mess hall. They walked outside and opened the lockers.

"I told you ladies to stay inside!"

"We are here too!" Qrow yelled pulling out his scythe.

Taiyang had his Dust gloves on with a big smiled, "We couldn't miss the party, right?"

Summer grinned pulling out her sword, "Ready?"

"READY!" they yelled and they charged in.

Neo, Taiyang and Qrow went after the Phoenix. Summer and Raven took off for the smaller Grimm on the ground. The sword was wonderful and it cut through her enemies like butter. It was like the sword was destined to hers and nobody else's. Was it reacting to her aura? The giant bird screeched as the teachers and the students attacked it giving it's all but it jumped into the air knocking everyone off.

"We need it to land!" Ozpin yelled.

"Neo!" Summer yelled and the small girl came running towards her.

[Yes?]

"We are going into the air. You think you can create several illusions and teleport us onto the bird? If we can get it close to the ground then I can hold it down just for a few seconds?" Summer asked.

Neo nodded and Summer grabbed her head. They shot off into the air on the vines. Summer knew the higher the vines got, the thinner they were. Neo performed illusion after illusion creating repeated images of them as they got higher into the sky. It confused the Grimm just like Summer wanted and it started attacking the illusions with lightning attacks.

It went barreling towards the ground without knowing Summer and Neo was on its back now. It hit the ground and thorny vines shot out of the ground at an alarming rate, wrapping around the stunned Phoenix. It screeched as loud as it could in anger but it couldn't get loose. The yellow streaks its back started to glow but Qrow charged in taking its head off. The body jerked for a minute then it dropped onto the ground completely and started disappearing into black smoke.

Raven smiled and sheathed her weapon. The teachers gave them dirty looks but they smiled at them anyways. At least the school was safe for now.

X

X

Team STRQ got up the next morning early even though it was Saturday and they went to breakfast. They looked like crap and none of them smiled as they got their coffee, juice and food. Neo dragged herself out of bed with a smiling Bartholomew behind her. They joined them at the table and they grunted at them like it was greeting.

The headmaster joined them carrying a whole pot of coffee and his coffee cup.

"Morning," he said.

"Morning," they said grumbling.

He smiled and poured himself his first cup.

"It is Saturday, why didn't you sleep in?" Ozpin asked.

"Couldn't sleep anymore. Raven beat me up good and then taking care of that Grimm last night did me in," Qrow answered.

Raven grinned, "Not as bad. It could have been worse."

"I heard you guys were great last night!" Bartholomew said with a grin, "Especially Neo! She looked dead on her feet last night, she collapsed face first onto the bed."

Neo blushed slightly and drank some of her orange juice.

"We haven't done anything fighting wise like that in a while," Summer said, "It takes a lot."

You almost tapped into my power. You exhausted your aura fast as possible… You need to control it better.

"Ugh," Summer said groaning.

"Next time… go back inside," Ozpin said before taking a sip of his coffee.

They gave a short laugh but no… they would still fight anyways.

Oh yea. I remembered something by the way.

"Hm?" Summer said.

I remember someone named Queen of the Grimm, but I honestly can't remember her name. I think it started with an S or something. She's been around for a long time. I did have a run in with her at some point but she wasn't that powerful. I wonder if she's still alive after all this time?

"Queen of the Grimm?" Summer said aloud and Ozpin stared at her.

"Where did you hear that name?" he asked his expression turning dark.

Ironically, my nickname for a lot of things is grimmofthequeen or queenofthegrimm. I think the name is appropriate anyways but not for me but for her lol