Wow. I must say the amount of people that enjoyed the first chapter was far more than I had expected. I truly do appreciate all the people that left a review and even the people that just read it in passing. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to read my story.
Now then, to address some concerns.
*MIK23LIK - It only seems like they were weak so I could show off Yang's skills after her time in the wilderness. I can assure you that they will continue to play a large role as powerhouses, even if only to further my own purposes.
*Hina Birdie - You must understand that at the current point in the story, Yang feels betrayed by her friends and Ruby. When she was exiled, none of them tried to argue the order, all believing that she was legitimately guilty. Though I can not yet reveal how Yang will act with the rest of the cast, I can assure you that by the end, I will find a way to either satisfy everyone, or be a dick and create a major cliffhanger.
Now, with that out of the way, on to the story.
Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY or any of it's characters or locations.
Jaune's eyes flew open as he quickly sat forward in his bed. His breathing was ragged as he remembered what had happened. 'Yang...' He thought back to the fight and remembered seeing Yang defeat Pyrrha before everything went black. He felt someones hands on his chest and looked to the side. It was Pyrrha in a chair beside his bed.
"W-where are we? What happened" Jaune asked as he let himself be pushed back down onto the bed.
"Just rest, your in the infirmary. You, Weiss and, Nora got beaten pretty badly by Yang." Pyrrha said as she returned to her seat. "Nora was released about two hours ago and is at the cafeteria with Ren. Weiss was also released after a few short exams. You three were the only ones not to regain consciousness when the match was over."
Jaune thought back to the fight. He remembered them holding Yang at bay until they made a dust cloud, then everything went to hell. Yang brought down Pyrrha and threw the entire team into disarray. The last thing he remembered was hearing some one call him a fool and turning to see Yang's piercing red eyes starring into his own before he felt a sharp pain in his jaw.
"So Yang beat me huh." Jaune put on a depressed face. He had been training with Pyrrha everyday so that he could keep up with the students here, only to have Yang defeat him without breaking a sweat. Pyrrha saw his face and frowned.
"Jaune, don't feel bad. Yang was a force to be reckoned with even before she was exiled. We were just ill prepared to face her when she challenged us." Pyrrha said as she tried her best to boost his confidence.
"I guess... Say, how did she defeat you with only her gun? I've seen you take way more than just four blasts and keep fighting." Jaune asked as he propped himself up on his elbow.
Pyrrha let out a low sigh. "I was wondering that myself. I asked Professor Port about that and he said that she was using unstable dust in her shells. We just weren't using enough of our Aura to defend ourselves. I just don't understand why a brand of dust so powerful isn't being used against the Grimm." Pyrrha had been asking herself the same question over and over in her mind while she waited for Jaune to awaken.
Jaune looked out the window to see the shattered moon was low in the sky. "So what time is it? How long was I out for?" He asked removing the covers from the bed.
Pyrrha watched him stand and walk to the window and followed. "It's six P.M. You were out cold for about six hours after the fight." She gazed out from the window of the infirmary and saw the lights of the city of Vale below.
"I thought you said that Ren and Nora were in the cafeteria, the cafeteria wont open again until seven, how are they getting food?"
"Your headmaster had some of the cooks prepare some food for your team when they woke." Jaune and Pyrrha turned to see Nova walking towards them with a blank look on her face. Jaune smiled.
"Hey Nova. Guess you saw the fight huh? I'm getting better. I think I could even take Alice in a fight." Jaune said as he walked over to his sister.
Nova scoffed. "Please, Alice is top of her class at Atlas, she'd tear you apart." She grabbed him and pulled him into a hug. Jaune gave her a hug back then stepped back.
"I don't think that you were ever formally introduced. Nova, this is my partner Pyrrha. Pyrrha, this is the oldest Arc sibling, Nova Arc." Pyrrha and Nova bowed slightly to each other.
"Yes, I had heard you were paired with a strong fighter. A shame that your team was so utterly destroyed by that Yang girl. I had expected more from you Jaune." Nova gave him a disappointed glare before looking to Pyrrha. "I was sent to collect you. Headmaster Ozpin wishes to speak to us. Jaune, you can find the rest of your team with Professor Orion and Leo in the cafeteria." Nova then turned and began to walk to the door.
Jaune looked down to his feet. He felt extremely depressed and began to walk to the door. He turned when he felt a hand on his shoulder. Pyrrha smiled down at him.
"Don't let her get to you Jaune. You did fine. Yang was just more than we could handle at the time."
Jaune gave her a sad smile and said, "Yeah, sure." Then walked out of the infirmary, heading towards the cafeteria. Pyrrha walked out and found Nova waiting for her by the elevator to Ozpin's room. She scowled.
"You made Jaune feel really bad about that match today. Why did you scold him like that?" Pyrrha asked as they boarded the elevator. Nova pressed one of the buttons and the room shook as it began to move upward.
Nova turned to Pyrrha. "I said it to him because he needs to hear it. After you went down he stopped focusing on the enemy and that cost his team two members and the victory. With your reputation and powers, I'm surprised that you were defeated."
Pyrrha looked ahead at the door, waiting for it to open. "I believe in training Jaune with a positive method. And the defeat came due to lack of preparation." Pyrrha heard Nova snort and turned to her with an annoyed face. "Did I say something funny?"
"The ones at the top always have an excuse for when they lose don't they. 'Lack of preparation.' I counted at least seven opportunity's missed to defeat the opponent that none of you took." Nova looked at Pyrrha's face. She was glaring at her with very red cheeks. Nova laughed. "Don't get mad at me for telling you the truth. You can't train Jaune without pointing out his faults, or he'll never work to improve them." As she finished her sentence the doors to the elevator parted, revealing the Headmasters room.
Glynda and Professor Tyme turned to greet the visitors while Ozpin sat in his chair typing away at the keys. Ozpin turned away from the screen and saw that his guests had arrived and pressed a button that revealed General James Ironwood's face on the big screen behind them. He greeted the people on the other end of the video feed and looked to Ozpin.
"Where is Qrow? He should be here for this." The General asked while scanning the room.
Ozpin waved his hand to dismiss the question. "Qrow has assured me that he will arrive when he can. From what I've heard he's helping Taiyang punish Yang for her behavior today." The General nodded and turned to Pyrrha.
"Hello Pyrrha, I saw the match earlier. Why didn't you activate your powers? You could have easily beaten Miss Xiao Long with your full power."
Pyrrha made to speak before she was interrupted by Glynda. "That is why you were called General. When Miss Nikos began to activate her powers, Miss Xiao Long quickly dispatched her. We need to assume that Yang has somehow learned of the existence of the Maidens." Pyrrha looked to Glynda in surprise.
"She saw me activating my powers?" Glynda nodded.
"I saw her attack the second your eye began to glow. It may have been a coincidence, and she may have merely been following up on her attack in order to defeat you faster, but we can't afford to take a chance that your powers have been discovered by someone that doesn't have your best interest's at heart. We don't want a repeat of what happened to Amber." Glynda walked swiftly to Ozpin's desk and stood beside him.
"Yes, well... We can not simply assault a student on the grounds that they may have learned the existence of the Maidens." Ozpin said as he rose to his feet and walked to the window. "Never the less, we need to keep a close watch on Miss Xiao Long. I don't know what happened to her out there, but it seems to have changed her."
"You don't know the half of it Ozpin" Everyone turned to the elevator as Qrow entered.
"Ah, Qrow, Glad that you could join us. Er, why are you wearing a suit and tie?" Glynda asked as he walked past her.
"I have a... Date? Yeah a date. Taiyang arranged it. Says I need to find a woman. Anyway, that's not why I came here. This is why I'm here." Qrow said as he held up a piece of folded and dusty paper.
Ozpin turned to him with a questioning stare. "And what pray tell is that?"
Qrow began to unfold the paper until it became a large map. He laid it out on Ozpin's desk and took a step back.
"What is that?" The General asked as he scanned over the map with the camera.
"Well this." Qrow pointed to the left center of the map. "Is Remnant. At least, its as much of the map that the civilian world is allowed to see. Our world is massive, and the Grimm inhabit so much of it, that large scale expeditions and expansions fail before they get too far. Aquatic Grimm and Nevermore's make traveling away from the continent that we have sectioned off near impossible." Qrow said as he traced a small eight by ten inch spot on the map that made up the world that Humans and Faunus inhabit.
"Yes, we know of the hidden world that the public cannot enter, but what does this have to do with the conversation?" Glynda asked as she looked over the dusty old map.
"Yang got this in the old Schnee Dust mine on the Island she was living on. The Schnee know about the True Remnant, and Yang has every intention to go there herself!"
Ozpin turned his attention to Qrow. "Why in the world would she want to got to the True World? The Grimm there are far more deadly than the Grimm here in the Human world."
Qrow growled slightly. "She found traces of her mother in the dust mine. All of the evidence suggest that she left for the True Remnant before disappearing."
Glynda turned to Qrow. "She found Ravens trail? She's been missing for years."
"No, not Raven. Her other mother. She found Summer's mission orders from when she disappeared." All eyes in the room turned to Qrow from his shocking news.
"Qrow, why would she need to go to True Remnant to find Summer? She is buried in Cliffside Forest." Ozpin stated as he turned the map to get a better view.
"We both know that she's not buried there Oz. They never found her body, we're not even sure if she's dead or not." Qrow said as he removed his flask from his belt and took a swig.
"Excuse me!" Everyone turned behind them to see Nova and Pyrrha were standing there with very confused looks on their faces. "I thought you need to tell us something Professor Ozpin."
Ozpin smiled and nodded. "Yes of course, my apology's, I got carried away discussing this new situation. Professor Tyme, I believe you have the information."
Professor Tyme nodded and opened his gloved hand. There was a marking on his palm that resembled a sapphire with a swirling shadow in the center that began to glow before it displayed the image of an elderly man calmly walking around a room, grabbing various bottles of spices and herbs before throwing them into a pot in the center of the room. The old man didn't seem to notice that he was being watched and began to stir the pot.
"So, Who's that?" Nova asked as she walked forward. "I've never heard you mention anyone like this before." She watched the man as he began to go into a coughing fit before a small bird brought him a vile of pink liquid.
"That, Nova, Is the source of all the Maidens power. That is the wise Wizard Merlin. Centuries ago when the four original Maidens came to visit him he was still a hermit, he had yet to do the things that cemented himself in the legends of time." Pyrrha walked closer and saw that the old man seemed to be sick.
"He's dying." She said as the bird brought him a gnarled staff to prop himself up with.
"Yes. I'm afraid he is indeed dying. He has lived for over a thousand years, and even with his great powers, he cannot hold on much longer." The old man in the image walked to his stew pot before waving his hand. A bowl from the counter flew over to his hand and a spoon began to fill the bowl.
"So just find out who will be that last one in his thoughts and safe guard them." Nova said as she watched the old man take a seat and begin to eat.
"I'm afraid it isn't that simple. Merlin has never passed on his power. The man you see before you is in fact, the same hermit that gave the power of the seasons to the Maidens." Ozpin said as he walked over to Tyme's side. "This man has never explained to us what will happen when he passes on."
"That's because I never needed to Ozpin." They looked to the image and saw that Merlin had begun to look toward them and speak. "You damn kids are always snooping!"
Pyrrha looked shocked. "He could hear us?!" Merlin turned towards Pyrrha.
"Not usually no. My projection only lets us hear and see. It doesn't let us talk back to the other side." Tyme said as he watched Merlin grab his staff and stand.
"Then how can he hear us?" Pyrrha asked.
"Because I'm a Wizard Dear Maiden. No, I suppose your not a full Maiden yet. Your powers have been split." Merlin said as he watched Pyrrha's reaction. Merlin suddenly vanished from sight before reappearing in the room with the rest of them. Professor Tyme closed his glove and exhaled before taking a step back. Merlin was an average sized man, with a long deep purple robe and a pointed hat that fell to the right about half way up. He had a long grey beard and had soft silver eyes. Under his robe you could see he wore grey pants with brown shoes and a undershirt.
Pyrrha jumped as the man suddenly appeared in front of her. He turned and bowed to the two Maidens then looked at Ozpin. "You and your secret society always meddling in the lives of my Maidens. How long has your society existed now? One, two centuries?" Merlin asked as he walked to the map.
"My personal involvement has only been for about forty-five years, but the society has existed now for one hundred and eighty years." Ozpin said as he walked to Merlin's side.
Merlin placed a pair of glasses over his eyes and scanned the map. "Where did you get this map?" He asked turning to Ozpin.
"A student of ours had it in her possession. Why? Do you recognize the map?"
Merlin waved his hand and the map flipped over. He ran his palm across the paper revealing a hidden signature. "I should hope I would recognize the map, I was the one who drew it." The golden letters on the back read 'Property of Merlin' and seemed to sparkle slightly.
"Then maybe you can help us figure out what this old map was doing in a rundown old dust mine off the coast of Atlas." Qrow said as he placed his hands on the desk and starred at Merlin, awaiting his answer.
Merlin paused before speaking. "I haven't seen this map since I drew it three hundred years ago. I gave it to the Maiden of Winter before the four of them left."
Qrow sighed. 'Back to step one then.'
"What about explaining what a civilian was doing with knowledge of True Remnant to begin with Merlin." The General asked as he starred at him through the monitor.
"Now, now James, I don't live in any of your kingdoms, so having a map of True Remnant is not illegal for me. Remember, I drew this three hundred years ago. Back when you humans we still exploring the whole planet, before the wars and Grimm ripped your civilization apart and limited you to this small piece of land." Merlin said as he scolded the man on the screen.
"You live outside the kingdoms?" Pyrrha asked as she walked up to the map.
Merlin turned to her with a smile. "Yes, I live here." He pointed to a large continent far outside of Vale, in the middle of the map of True Remnant. "I have lived there for close to five hundred years."
Pyrrha looked at the place where the man had pointed. "How do you live outside the protection of the kingdoms without worry of Grimm attacks?"
Merlin chuckled. "When you have the power of magic, you can protect yourself from most anything." Merlin raised his hand and a glyph appeared and a small Grimm appeared in his palm. It looked around the room before disintegrating.
"Well, as fun as this has been, I need to go. Taiyang will kill me if he finds out I skipped out on this date." Qrow said as he said his goodbyes and walked to the elevator. They watched as the doors slid shut behind him before turning back to Merlin.
Nova was the first to speak. "So, when you die, how will your powers be transmitted?" Glynda pinched the bridge of her nose from the girls bluntness.
"Straight to the point then is it? Fine. Yes, it is true, I am dying. My power will not follow the same pattern that the Maidens do. My power will be given to what ever hero proves themselves worthy of attaining such great magical power." Merlin said as he turned to Nova.
Nova's face lit up. "So there will be a battle!?" She had a very excited tone to her voice. There was a loud thud as Nova fell to the floor clutching her head. Merlin retracted his staff and spoke.
"No you damned fool! My power will not be given to some stupid brute who can beat another into submission! My power will be given by myself personally when I find a hunter or huntress worthy of having the powers of Merlin!"
"Then how will you decide who the hero is?" Pyrrha asked as she glanced to Nova, still clutching her head.
Merlin grinned. "I'm glad you asked. I have left a powerful weapon on an island in True Remnant. Who so ever manages to retrieve the weapon, and can prove that they are worthy to wield it, shall be granted the powers of Merlin." He pointed to a small circular island in the bottom right corner of the map. "That is the location of the weapon. I will die in exactly six months. If by that time, no one has claimed the weapon, then my powers shall be dispersed throughout the world to all of its creatures."
The General was the first to speak. "Then it is simple. We send a Atlas military convoy to the island and-" But Ozpin Cut him off.
"James, you know that we can't do that. The Nevermore outside the Human world are far more powerful than those within our borders. The convoy would be destroyed before it ever got close to the island."
"Then what do you suggest we do Ozpin!?" Ironwood shouted.
Ozpin walked to the window and saw Qrow stepping into a small airship before it took off. Ozpin felt a smile creep onto his face. "Why not send Qrow."
"What." The General and Glynda both looked at Ozpin like he had gone mad.
"We send Qrow. He is a very skilled hunter, and has the means to reach the island within the required time frame." Ozpin turned to see that Merlin had vanished. He took a sip of his coffee and walked back to the group.
"And what will you do if Merlin deems him not worthy? We don't have any way to communicate with True Remnant and we don't have time for him to go and come back with nothing!" James shouted as Ozpin walked past the monitor.
"Then he will not go alone." He turned to Pyrrha and Nova. "I will send Teams RWBY and JNPR with him."
Glynda's mouth fell open. She trusted Ozpin with her life and the lives of every Human and Faunus in Vale, but now she felt like she had missed something in the previous conversation. "Ozpin, you can't really be suggesting that we send students into True Remnant can you!?"
Ozpin turned to her and nodded. "Very well, I shall send Winter with as well to safe guard her sister. But Ozpin, if by the fifth month, we haven't heard anything back, I'm sending the Atlesian Military into True Remnant to collect the weapon." With that the image on the screen vanished.
Tyme looked to Ozpin and spoke. "I shall inform Orion and Leo of our departure." With that said he turned and walked to the elevator.
"Wait!" Nova shouted. "What the hell's going on?!"
Tyme turned back to Nova and said. "We're going on an adventure! Pack your things, we'll be gone for a good while." And entered the elevator. Nova sprinted over to join him and the doors slid shut behind them.
Glynda and Pyrrha turned to Ozpin and starred. He took another sip of his coffee and frowned. He looked down and sighed. "I'm going to need to brew another pot." He then turned and walked to a table in the corner before pressing a button and beginning to brew another pot.
Glynda sighed and turned to Pyrrha. "Inform your team and team RWBY that they should be prepared to leave in one week." Pyrrha nodded before walking to the elevator and waiting for the cart to return.
She turned to see Ozpin poring more coffee into his cup before offering some to Glynda. She sighed. 'He doesn't seem to be all that worried.' She turned and enter the elevator and watched Glynda talking with Ozpin as the doors slid shut.
Undisclosed Location in Minstral
Cinder walked down the hall of the Inn that her team was staying in, watching as random bits of data flew by on the screen she was holding. She sighed and opened the door to their room. Inside she found Mercury laying on the bed reading a comic book while Emerald was sitting in a chair on her scroll. Cinder smiled as she strode over to the window.
"So, Blondie's back in Vale. Heh, I figured she'd have died in the wild." Mercury said as he turned the page.
"Hell of a welcome back party they threw for her too. Nearly all of beacon was waiting for her on the landing pad and in the court yard." Emerald said as she lowered her scroll.
Cinder nodded then turned to her team. "And how does she show her thanks? She thrashes two of the top second year teams single-handedly. Sounds like she's gotten stronger."
"Well she couldn't get much weaker." Mercury said as he closed his comic.
Emerald snorted. "That's why she handed you your ass five months ago?"
Mercury glared at his partner. "I let her win and you know it."
Emerald giggled. "I don't know Merc, it looked to me like you got beaten pretty badly."
Cinder rolled her eyes at her teams ongoing argument and turned back to the window. She looked down and saw Neo sitting on the tree branch below the window twirling her umbrella. She knocked on the window and guestured for her to come back into the room.
*Knock Knock Knock*
The rooms occupants turned to the door before Emerald walked over and looked out the peephole. She looked back to Cinder and whispered. "It's Adam." Cinder waved for her to let the Bull Faunus into the room. Adam entered the room and walked over to stand before Cinder.
"The plan went smoothly. The White Fang have successfully infiltrated the government of Minstral."
Cinder smiled. "And what of your partner?"
"Oh things are going smoothly over here too!" A staticky voice came over the speakers on her scroll. "You Idiot! Quick, engage the thrusters! I know they're shooting at us Perry I can see the holes!" Cinder flipped on her scrolls screen and saw Roman Torchwick standing in front of a control panel for an airship.
"Ah Roman, glad you could join us." Mercury said with no attempt to cover his sarcasm.
Cinder shot him a look to be quiet and looked back to her scroll. "Roman, I trust that your escape is going well."
"How the hell do you think it's going?! You sent two of the most incompetent members of the White Fang to break me out, and now we have the entire Atlesian military chasing us. Lieutenant! Get these two on the guns!" Roman barked orders to his comrades on his side as Cinder glared back at him.
"Roman, I can't stress enough how important the cargo that ship is carrying is to our plan." Cinder said as she watched the blurry man on the other end scrambling to use the ships controls.
"Yeah? Then maybe you should have sent more than three members to break me out! And another thing, you still haven't told me what this big plan is!" Roman slammed his cane down on the console and the picture cleared up enough for the group to see what his side was dealing with. Roman was standing at the helm of the Nautilus. The prized flagship of the Atlesian military, and was trying to steer the ship away from Atlas airspace before the surface to air cannons tore it to shreds. Perry and Deery were scrambling to make use of the ships guns and return fire, while the Lieutenant was guarding the door to the bridge.
"As long as the cargo reaches us, I have no need of the ship." Cinder said as she reached for the power button on the side, but Adams hand shot out and caught her.
"Actually, we may have a use for that ship." Cinder's eye brow rose slightly and she looked to Adam.
"Do tell?"
He reached into his pocket and retrieved his scroll. He opened it and revealed the access code for Ozpin's desk. He opened a file and showed Cinder the recent conversation concerning Merlin and his powers.
Cinder's lips curled up into a wicked smile. "Strike that, Roman. If that ship is not in working order by the time you get here, I'm going to send Mercury and Emerald after you." Before he could respond she closed the scroll and looked up to Adam. "Now then, I believe you said your mission was completed. Do you have what we need?"
Adam reached into his coat and removed a bright glowing crystal in a jar and handed it to Cinder. "The power source of Penny Polendina. Without this, she can't access any of her higher functions. She's nothing more than a regular robot now."
"A regular robot with a lazer capable of cutting airships in half." Mercury said sarcastically as he walked over to the crystal.
"Without this she can't activate her weapons, emotions or her memories. She is no longer a threat to us. Once Roman gets here with the ship, we can begin the hunt."
Winter walked down the streets of Vale with a formal dress on. She was trying to find her way to a rather extravagant restaurant that her mother had booked her a joint reservation at. As Weiss was the Heiress to the company, Winters job was simple. Marry a powerful family so they could increase the Schnee dust company's presence in Remnant. Tonight, she was doing just that. Her mother had set her up on a blind date with a man from a powerful huntsman family, and the son of a very prominent weapon distributor.
While she had not been told the mans name, her mother had assured her that she would get along very well with the man, as she put it, 'You both have a very confrontational personalities.'"
Turning a corner she saw the restaurant and made for the door. She had left her weapon back on her airship and had gotten lost in Vale half an hour ago.
'Damn this city and its lack of maps.' She thought as she walked into the restaurant. 'I hope that this my being late doesn't negatively effect his impression of the Schnee family.' She quickly walked to the host and said. "Joint reservation under Schnee." The host looked up with surprise and smiled.
"Ah yes! Right this way please. We've reserved the finest table we have for you." They walked into the elevator and rode it up several stories until they arrive at the Sky Lobby above Vale. The finest and most expensive restaurant in Vale, it boasts a five star rating and professional cooks from all four kingdoms. The dining area for the restaurant was in a circular lobby high above the city of Vale. The host lead Winter to a table by the window, starring out over the east portion of Vale, with beacon academy in the distance on top of the cliff.
Winter took her seat and thanked the host before he left. Winter turned to the view of the city before her scroll began to ring. She reached into her purse and pulled out the small device before answering.
"Hello? This is Winter Schnee."
"Schnee! Where the hell are you?!" It was General Ironwoods shouting through the speakers.
"Sir! My apology's, I thought that I had told you I was away on family business in Vale." Winter replied with as much respect as she could muster on the short notice.
"In Vale? Why the hell are you in- Are you wearing Make Up?" The surprise in the Generals voice was evident.
Winter blushed slightly out of embarrassment. "Er, yes sir, I am. My mother arranged a... Date, for me."
The General was stunned. "A date? For you."
"Yes sir."
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The General quickly regained his composure and spoke with great haste. "Well I called you so you could help but seeing that you are not even in the kingdom, I'll just have you stay there and wait for your orders."
"Forgive me for prying General, but why the sudden urgency?" Winter asked as she starred back down at the device in her hands.
"The White Fang staged a prison break and freed Roman Torchwick. He escaped by stealing the Nautilus."
Winter was shocked. "The Nautilus sir? You mean our Flagship!?"
"Yes. No matter, you are currently out of range to help us at the moment. Tomorrow I will send you your orders. Until then, I'll make arrangements for you to stay at Beacon. Out." And the Generals face vanished.
Winter lowered the scroll back into her purse and shook slightly. 'The Nautilus is a warship capable of leveling half a kingdom. How did Torchwick manage to steal it, and what is he planning to do with it?' She asked herself in her head.
The host returned moments later and placed a menu in front of her and another across from her. "Here you are mister Xiao Long."
"No, that's who the reservation is under, its my brother, I'm Branwen"
Winter felt a cold shiver race up her spine as she turned in the direction of the familiar voice.
"No!" She said in shock.
The man turned to Winter and his eyes widened. "Ice queen!"
Qrow and Winter starred at each other for a moment before a furious look came over Qrow's face and he yelled. "TAIYANG!"
And thus ends chapter two. Leave a review if you enjoyed the chapter and stick around if you want to see what happens with the rest of the cast.