I'm pretty sure that from the stories you've read or heard of before mine. You should know who I am just about now.

If you don't, then let me introduce myself again.

My name is Shadis Forester.

I am the second eldest person in our team of misfits.

The eldest being her.

So, I guess you want to hear or read about how I met her.

Here's how it goes.

I was born in Atlas.

From that sentence alone, you should know that I lived a good life.

And from the previous stories, you should know that it was a lie.

My parents were friends with the most powerful family in Atlas. And you should know who they are.

The Schnee family.

From hearing their name, I guess you expected that I would be betrothed to one of their daughters since they were such good friends.

Read the sentence again: 'My parents were friends with the most powerful family in Atlas.'

My parents owned their own company that helped profit the Schnee Dust Company.

But then our company went bankrupt.

They asked help from the Schnees, but were denied by the head of the family.

And so the beautiful friendship with the Schnees was over.

…And what happened next was far worse.

They disappeared.

Who? My parents.

I woke up in the small apartment my family could afford and saw that all of their things were gone.

All I found was a note on the coffee table.

It was a note saying…

'We're sorry.'

Yeah right.

After a few days, I was evicted from the apartment for not paying the rent.

So I lived on the streets.

Where I was beat up and robbed.

Only one good thing happened to me there.

I met some guy, I think he was younger than me though, who helped me and had an idea to make some money.

He let me stay at his house, where his parents understood the situation I was in since the Schnee family wronged them too.

And the money making idea: we were going to play some music on the streets.

I could play guitar and he played a trumpet.

It was a good thing I took guitar lessons before the bankruptcy.

It worked out well and we earned enough money for myself and his family.

Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end.

Some goons decided to mess with us during one of our performances.

They interrupted the performance and beat us up.

I was fine with being beat up, but I got mad when they beat up the guy who helped me.

So I fought back.

Bad luck for me though, the guards arrived and took me and the goons.

The guy who helped me was safe.

Too bad I forgot his name.

He was really good at playing that trumpet.

Back to my situation, I got sent to jail.

A few hours later, I was bailed out by someone I didn't know that still remembered me.

Winter Schnee.

She wanted to be a part of the military, but her father hated the idea.

But I supported her decision.

I helped her train for it.

And that's how we became such good friends…until the bankruptcy, of course.

She told me to follow her and, having no choice whatsoever, just did as I was told.

Another hour later, we arrived at a prison.

The prison where they kept her.

At that prison, I met General Ironwood who knows about my experience on mechanics and combat skills.

He gave me a job to work for them.

To prevent the escape of the Shapeshifter.

At first, I didn't believe them until they showed me where they kept her.

That was their first mistake.

And if you're wondering how I officially met her.

Well…you'll find out soon enough.

This was actually longer than the previous two.

The final chapter has a similar idea to the prologue of the discontinued story 'PaCiFiC'.

Reminder: I do not own RWBY. Only the OCs in these stories and the story lines.

I hope you all enjoyed the stories given!

Please review.

~StardragonElementalist