The morning sky was streaked with pink and orange as the sun came up. Raven had been out of bed since four because she found another letter on their windowsill of their dorm room. She hadn't opened the letter yet but she knew they must be growing impatient with her. She didn't seem to really care but more worried about Qrow.

If this keeps up, they might come after me. I can't really put everyone in danger. Even if I don't like anyone, innocent people don't need to die."Why do things need to be the way they are," she said aloud.

It wasn't like she expected anyone to answer her anyways.

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"Nice of you to finally show your face around us," Qrow said giving Summer a bored look.

He was not a morning person.

"I had things to worry about."

Raven raised her eyebrows at her but didn't question anything. The both of them had a lot to deal with on their own.

"Can we sit with you guys?"

Team STRQ looked up to see Glynda standing there with her teammates.

"Why not," Raven said giving them an approving nod.

Glynda, Neo, James and Bartholomew sat down quietly. They began eating quietly but it was obvious Glynda was still nervous around them.

"I forgot to tell you thank you," Summer said.

Glynda's lips turned into a smile, "It was nothing."

Raven gave Summer a weird look but once again said nothing. Once people got to know Summer, it was easy to be friends with her. She had once been backward and quiet but now she was a strong leader with a warm heart. Once everyone finished they headed to their classes in one big group, separating at the end to start their school day.

X

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It was close to dinner time when Qrow, Taiyang and Summer headed down stairs while Raven finished her shower. She climbed out and wiped of the mirror when her scroll started to go off. She looked down with a frown. There was no picture showing as to who was calling.

It started ringing and she just stood there waiting with her heart pounding in her chest. There is no way in hell they can call me... Half of them aren't even that smart. Maybe something is wrong and the signal isn't too strong. Maybe I'm being paranoid...The scroll started to ring again and there was no picture. She swallowed hard and reached out with her hand shaking. She hit the answer button and held her breath as she raised the phone to her ear. The one voice she didn't want to hear spoke with a deep static like voice.

"Raven."

"What?" she choked out.

She felt like she was going to faint.

"You haven't answered my letters."

"I figured it was quite obvious I didn't want anything to do with you."

"I figured so but I thought it would be nice to talk to an old friend. I heard you lost a baby."

Anger flared and Raven flung out a fiat breaking the bathroom door in half sending splinters everywhere.

"I take that as a yes. I never picked you for the motherly type. How wrong I was."

"WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!" she screamed into the scroll.

Marco must've been startled because it took a minute before he could speak. He cleared his throat as quietly as he could.

"When are you coming back Raven? We have missed you."

"I won't be."

"That's a shame... I guess I'll have to convince you in person."

The line went dead making Raven angrier and she kicked the other half of the door. It embedded into the wall, breaking a picture throwing glass onto the floor. Without thinking she crushed her scroll and threw on some clothes. She stomped all the way down to the courtyard forgetting about dinner.

After an hour the rest of team STRQ went back upstairs thinking Raven had fallen asleep until they saw the door wide open. Taiyang held his hand up and crept slowly to the doorway seeing the end result of Raven's angry fit. Qrow looked in and his eyes widened with surprise. Raven didn't have a big habit of destroying her things.

"What happened?" Summer asked seeing the mess.

"Her scroll is crushed... I wonder who called her because it wasn't us."

"Let's split up and look for her," Qrow said throwing her scroll into the trashcan.

"We can ask Glynda to come in here and fix everything."

Taiyang nodded in agreement, "Yea... She's been pretty nice lately."

Summer skipped to their room and knocked on the door. Bartholomew asked with a happy smile on his face.

"What can I help you with Summer?"

"Is Glynda here?" she asked quietly and he shook his head.

"She went to library and got some books. Want me to leave a message for her when she gets back?"

"Can you ask her to fix our bathroom door and the picture. Also Raven's scroll is in the trashcan. Someone we think called her and upset her. She crushed the thing pretty bad."

"Alright I'll be sure to ask her. If you need any help let us know," he said smiling.

"We will and thank you!"

An hour had passed and they found no sign of Raven anywhere. It was like she disappeared completely. Everyone met back in the courtyard when Summer's scroll went off.

"Hello?"

"It's Glynda. Put me on speaker."

"Ok, youre on speaker.

"It seems Raven was called by an unknown number. James tries to trace it but it bounced out in the middle of nowhere. More or less it was a hacked number. It's really hard to do apparently."

"It can only be Marco," Qrow said, "He's probably still pissed. I was hoping the stupid bastard had died."

"Who is Marco?" Summer and Taiyang asked together.

"He's after Raven for her stealthing ability... Its a long story..."

"We've heard of the Branwen family. Raven is quite famous actually but under another name. The Red Demon... She wore a red and black mask," James said matter-of-factly.

Summer looked at Qrow who looked ashamed but he had nothing to say.

"We already know all that," Summer said, "We've known for a while. We aren't the type of team to hide things."

"She's my girlfriend, of course I know."

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Raven was sitting on the ground pulling thorns out of her bare feet. It was quite dumb of her to run out into the woods. Without weapons. Without shoes. She rubbed her face.

"This isn't how I wanted to spend my night."

"Well I never expected you to come all the way out here already. I was just going to kidnap you from your bed but you made it easier for me."

Raven froze. Her blood began to boil with anger. She listened as leaves and sticks crunching and cracking under footsteps. She could fill the murderous intent in the air but it was coming off of her too. She needed Qrow... She wasnt sure if she would make it alive unscatched.

"The thing I want is a lot different from what you want and that is a big problem. I can tell you right now that you won't get away this time... I can tell you that you will do as I say or I'll kill your brother this time too."

"Marco, empty threats don't bother me. What bothers me is that you're dumb enough to come around here. I don't affiliate with you anymore."

"Regardless... I owe you back for the damage you did to me. Either you come back with me or I kill you."