Yahallo! Kaage here with another chapter of Wolf Faunus goodness! This chapter marks the official tie-in to the cannon storyline! Now, there will be a few chapters not cannon to the plot and a few extra scenes added to the story, but don't worry, this follows the RWBY story, with a few altercations. So see you at the end!

~Kaage

Legends. Stories scattered through time. Mankind has grown quite fond of recounting the exploits of heroes and villains, forgetting so easily that we are remnants, byproducts, of a forgotten past.

Man, born from dust, was strong, wise, and resourceful, but he was born into an unforgiving world. An inevitable darkness, creatures of destruction: the creatures of Grimm, set their sights on man and all of his creations. These forces clashed, and it seemed the darkness was intent on returning man's brief existence to the void.

However, even the smallest spark of hope is enough to ignite change, and in time, man's passion, resourcefulness, and ingenuity led them to the tools that would help even the odds. This power was appropriately named "Dust".

Nature's wrath in hand, man lit their way through the darkness, and in the shadow's absence came strength, civilization, and most importantly, life.

But even the most brilliant lights eventually flicker and die. And when they are gone... darkness will return.

So you may prepare your guardians, build your monuments to a so-called "free world", but take heed... there will be no victory in strength.

But perhaps victory is in the simpler things that you've long forgotten. Things that require a smaller, more honest soul…

"Hey guys, I'm gonna go pick up some dust at Vale. You need anything?" A young Wolf Faunus shouted from the entrance, putting on his shoes.

"Oh, nice timing Rain! Could you pick up some cheese and bread? we're running low" A tanned, mint-green haired girl called out from the living room.

"Sure thing Em. Anything else?" Rain asked. Only to be met with silence.

"Right then..." Rain said, holding out a crystal. "Teleport, Vale!"

And after being enveloped in a bright light, he disappeared.

Rain walked through the back alleys, making his way onto the main streets of Vale. He enjoyed walking around Vale at night, taking in the serene atmosphere and the night life. Pulling his hood over his head, he started walking the streets. He spotted a grocery store and, remembering Emerald's request, went to buy food supplies first.

"Pretty big family, huh?" the cashier said, looking at my groceries. 7 loaves of wholemeal bread and 10 packets of sliced cheese. "Yep. REALLY big family" I said, flashing a smile.

After paying for the groceries and picking them up, he walked out of the store, only to bump into a girl.

"Hey! Watch where you're going!" the girl said. She had long white hair is pulled back in an off-center ponytail, at the base of which is a small tiara that resembles icicles. She has a pale complexion and wide, ice blue eyes and wore a pure white dress with black edging and two columns of four black buttons on the abdomen, with a pale blue snowflake emblem on the back. She was also wearing thigh-high, white high-heel boots with frilly black thigh-high stockings that come up slightly above the top of her boots. She would have looked more beautiful if not for that scowl on her face.

"Oh, sorry about that. Didn't see you" he said, which was true. He was a full head taller than the girl, so he literally overlooked her. He put his groceries down on the floor before he went to get her up. It was then when his hood fell off, revealing two wolf ears. Her eyes widened as she stood up.

"Oh, yes. I'm a Faunus. A Wolf Faunus, to be exact" Rain said, smiling before picking up his groceries, pulling up his hood, and walking away. "Sorry for bumping into you!" he said, walking in search of a Dust store.

"That was him..."

Rain was scanning his surroundings, looking for a Dust shop. He eventually found a Dust shop. "From Dust Till Dawn… Huh".

He entered the store and immediately went to the Dust Vials, filling various canisters with different types of Dust. He then placed the canisters on the counter. "Be back in a sec, I need to grab some stuff" he said, walking towards the magazine stands.

He began looking for magazines, picking the ones he liked as well as the ones his 'siblings' loved to read, before spotting a 'Weapons Weekly' magazine with a VERY interesting article. He then picked it up began reading it, noticing a short child in a red hood beside him, reading the same thing. Soon, he heard shouts from the entrance, which he winced at due to his increased hearing.

"Goddamn ruffians… Keep it down already" he grumbled, putting on his headphones and play 'Eye of the Storm' by Watt White.

Eventually, he felt something sharp poke his back, after which he had his hood yanked off. He than turned to see a man in a bowler hat and suit motioning him to take his headphones off. Looking at the child beside him, he shrugged and took off his headphones, to which the girl did the same.

"Yes?" they both asked in unison.

"I said, put your hands up in the air, now!" the man said, pointing his sword at them.

"Are you… robbing me?" the girl asked, innocently.

"Yes!"

"Ooohhh..." She said, eyes narrowed. Then, in an instant, she kicked the consciousness out of the man. Then, two more men got into the aisle. Rain took out his weapon, Caliburn, and changed it into a War Scythe, before launching himself towards one of the assailents and sending him flying out of the window, with the young girl following suit, taking out a Scythe and knocking the other man outside, rendering him unconscious.

"Nice one, little red" Rain said, flashing her a smile.

"Thanks"

More henchmen head out of the shop and run at the two Scythe-Wielders, splitting into two groups. Rain broke away from his temporary partner, going to the opposite side of the intersection to face his opponents. "Armor of Great Kings of the past, give me protection against those who oppose my will. I call, Gaia!" and after being surrounded by circles of runic letters and being enveloped in a bright light, he appeared, wearing an odd piece of armor, with a black hooded trench-coat worn over it. Switching to Caliburn's sword form and splitting it in two, he rushed forward, cutting every bullet that got shot down. As soon as he got close, he got into a rapid spin, using the blunt edge, taking out 4 out of 5 of his opponents. He then turned towards the last opponent. In an instant, he was a few feet away of the henchman, sword glowing. "Rapid leap" he said, jumping forward and spinning, throwing his final assailant away and knocking him out.

Back on to the young girl's fight. She starts of with spinning around her scythe and kicking the first approaching criminal in the face. She gets her Scythe out of the ground and fires it off to hit another one with the butt of her weapon, sending him flying. She fires again and brings the side down on one attacker and dodges the next's gunfire with her rifle's speed, getting close enough to knock him into the air and follow him upwards so she can beat him away from her.

Then, one last person, presumably the leader, came out of the shop. Upon closer inspection, Rain identified the man as Roman Torchwick. "You were worth every cent. Truly, you were". Roman said, looking towards the young girl and Rain. "Well, Red, and Wolf, I think we can all say it's been an eventful evening, and as much as I'd love to stick around..." he said, raising his cane and revealing a rifle with a cross-grid. "...I'm afraid this is where we part ways". Roman unleashes a red blast at the duo, who dodge it with ease. When they landed and looked up, Roman wasn't there, and is climbing up a ladder on a nearby building.

"You okay if I go after him?" the girl asked the shopkeeper, to which he gives a short "Uh huh", and the two of them set off. Roman makes it to the roof, with the young girl high-flying and Rain teleporting, landing right behind him. "Hey!" she shouted, causing Roman tostop at the edge. "Persistent...". the duo gets ready to fight him, but a getaway Bullhead rises up and opens the hatch to allow Roman inside. He turns around and holds up a red Dust gem. "End of the line, children" he said, throwing it out at her feet and fires at her, resulting in a large explosion.

"Whoa-ho-ho-ho! Huh?"

A woman in a purple cape is now in front of the , casting a circle of protection over them with her wand. As Rain looks on, the caped purple-caped huntress waves her weapon and summons several streaks of purple at the craft. Roman is thrown around in the back until he goes to the cockpit, where a hooded woman, face unseen, is struggling with the controls. "We got a Huntress!". The woman gets up and heads toward the back as Roman takes the controls. The huntress glows purple for a moment and aims another blast above the craft, resulting in a dark storm-cloud right over the jet. "The hell...?" Roman said. With a flick of her wand, large jagged hail starts falling that pummels the jet and even breaks through the window, narrowly missing Roman's head.

The woman reaches the back and her arms and chest were surrounded in runic language, aiming a burst of energy at the purple Huntress. The Huntress blocks it, but the flame splatters behind her and glows hot with the enemy's raised hand. She back-flips out of the explosion, which destroys part of the roof, and magically gathers the shards to create a large arrow, which she throws at the craft. The hooded woman shatters the arrow with several blasts, but it reforms just in time to hit the side of the jet due to Roman's quick aerial lean. The wreckage separates and reshapes into more arrows that encircle the jet, but the woman summons several glowing rings around herself that expand and destroy the shards.

The young girl, finally acting, reverts her scythe into its rifle form to fire at the woman, who blocks each shot and creates several blazing circles around her two opponents. Rain acts quickly and pulls up a protective dome around them, negating the explosion. They then look up to see the hatch close and the craft fly away.

The young girl looks at the Huntress, putting on a pleading, awe-stricken face "you're a Huntress! Can I have your autograph?!"

Meanwhile, Rain was deep in thought "That was a Caster… did someone defect from the Order?"

Rain was brought in by the Huntress, who was pacing around the table he was sitting at.

"You should know how much trouble you're in Rain. You know you can't use your weapon outside of the academy. And you've not only put yourself, but the young girl, in trouble. What if your sister hears about this?" Glynda said, showing him a concerned look.

"I know Ms. Glynda… but what did you want me to do? If we didn't stop them, more people would've gotten hurt if we DIDN'T do anything. I know that, the girl knows that, and you know that. Now where is Mr. Ozpin? I need to speak with him. NOW"

"It must be very important if you're this impatient. Now what do you have to tell me?" Ozpin said, walking into the room, sipping his coffee.

"It's about the woman we fought. She's a Caster, like Arturia. Someone has defected from the Order. And judging from the power of her Fira spells, she's as strong as a King" Rain said, resisting the urge to shout. Immediately Ozpin stopped drinking. "Well, young Rain. We shall hunt her down. For now, let us discuss your actions. What you did today was… admirable. Dangerous, but admirable. Who thought you how to use that weapon?"

"Caliburn? I learned how to use her myself. Not many people wield a sword as big as me, let alone dual-wield two of them. And nobody in Sanctum uses a War-Scythe. So I naturally had to learn how to use it on my own" I said, holding my beloved weapon in my hands. I remembered all the times hurt myself trying to learn how to use it. It was painful, but eventually my efforts bore fruits.

"which leads me to my next question: Why would the wielder of one of the most powerful magical relics, the Excalibur, want to become a Huntsman? You could have easily become one of the Masters considering your skills" Ozpin asked, pouring another cup of coffee for himself.

"Well, I don't want to be a Master. Between sitting in a circle, discussing the usage of magic, and being out there, helping people with neither skill nor magic, I'd much rather choose the latter. And… I'm looking for someone"

"Oh? And who might this person be?"

"… its a private matter"

"I understand. Now, one last question..." Ozpin said, sitting down across me. "how would you like to join my academy?"

Rain stood outside the room, thinking about what Ozpin said.

"Beacon… should I though? We still have a year to go. Maybe we'll join Beacon then… but the way he said it. He wasn't asking me, he was telling me. And I know Ozpin's hardly ever wrong" I said to myself.

"Oh, hello!"

I was startled by the sudden voice. I looked around to find the same girl I fought with. Upon closer inspection, I finally noticed the severe height difference between us. If she was the normal height of a human, I was a giant. She was a young, silver-eyed girl dressed in a black blouse, a black waist cincher with red lacing and a skirt with red trimmings, completed by a red, hooded cloak with cross-shaped pins holding her cloak to her shirt. Around her waist is a belt, as well as a magazine pouch. The ends of her hair was tinted with a little red, just like mine. But her silver-eyes were what drew me in the most. They seemed so familiar, but I couldn't tell. "Hello little red. Do you need anything?" I asked, smiling at her.

"I'm not little! I. Drink. Milk." she said, pouting. "Anyway, name's Ruby Rose! What's yours?" She asked, looking at me curiously.

"Rain. Rain Gleave. Nice to meet you" I said, extending a handshake, which she accepted.

"Sooo… did Professor Ozpin ask you?"

"Huh?"

"You know, to join Beacon!" She said, waving her hands in the air.

"...Yeah"

"And?"

"And what?"

"Are you coming?"

"I'm not sure"

Inside him was a whirlpool of conflicting emotions. He wanted to join, but then he'd be leaving Cinder, Mercury and Emerald behind.

"Well why not?"

"Well, there are a few people who I'll leave behind if I accept"

"Then… why not ask them to follow you?"

If only he could- Wait, what? Why didn't he think of that?

"Ruby Rose, you are a genius" Rain said, flashing a wide smile.

Immediately he ran back into the room where the headmaster was residing.

"Mr. Ozpin. I'll accept your invitation on ONE condition…"

Cinder, Rain, Mercury, and Emerald were bringing their luggage out of their house. Somehow, Rain had managed to convince Ozpin to let Cinder, Mercury and Emerald join him in Beacon.

"We'll miss you a lot, big sis" Laura, the young redhead sniffled, letting Emerald hug her. The mint-haired girl had grown really close to the children and was the most nervous to leave.

"Don't worry, I'll send you guys lots of letters and pictures, and visit when I can" Emrald said, petting the girls head.

"Be careful out there Rain. And don't kill yourself, ok?" Arturia said, hugging her surrogate brother.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine. And I've got the guys with me. I'll be safe, I promise"

Over the years, their family had grown. Here were a lot more teenagers in the house now, which meant smoother days. The four of them knew their family was safe. As the Faunus turned to his friends, he smirked, asking,

"So, who's up for an adventure?"

Elsewhere, a heated discussion was happening between two individuals.

"Do you know who she is? She stole the Fall Maiden's powers! You cannot let her study here"

"I assure you James, she isn't who she was before"

"And how can you be so sure?"

"Because one of her closest friends is the son of Luna Gleave"

The name stunned him. Luna Gleave, one of Beacon's best examples of a successful Faunus Huntress.

"He's just like his mother, you know"

"Ok… But it'd still be best we keep an eye on her… So will you tell the boy? About you and Luna?"

"… In time, James. In time"

On another Bullhead, young Ruby Rose was being enveloped in a bone crushing hug from her sister, Yang Xiao Long.

"Oh, I can't believe my baby sister is going to Beacon with me! This is the best day ever!"

"Please stop" the young girl gasped.

"But I'm so proud of you!"

"Really Sis, it was nothing"

"What do you mean? It was incredible! Everyone at Beacon is going to think you're the bee's knees" Yang said, trying to encourage her.

"I don't want to be the 'bee's knees', okay? I don't want to be any kind of knees! I just want to be a normal girl with normal knees" the young brunette nervously said.

"What's with you? Aren't you excited?" the older sister asked.

"Of course I'm excited... I just… I got moved ahead two years. I don't want people to think I'm special or anything" Ruby sighed.

Yang goes over and gives her sister a one-armed hug. "But you are special!"

"Well, not really. Some other guy got invited to! I think his name was Rain. He's a Wolf Faunus, with. a. Scythe!" Ruby squealed.

"Rain? Wolf Faunus? He sounds famili-" Yang stopped, her eyes wide with shock. Rain's… alive?

Her train of thought was interrupted as a hologram of Glynda appears.

"Hello, and welcome to Beacon!"

"Who's that?" Yang asked.

"My name is Glynda Goodwitch"

"Oh"

"You are among a privileged few who have received the honor of being selected to attend this prestigious academy! Our world is experiencing an incredible time of peace, and as future Huntsmen and Huntresses, it is your duty to uphold it. You have demonstrated the courage needed for such a task, and now it is our turn to provide you with the knowledge and the training to protect our world."

Ruby' face was then plastered to the glass window. "Oh, wow! Look, you can see Signal from up here! I guess home isn't too far after all!"

"Beacon's our home, now" Yang answered, standing beside her sister

But then the moment was broken when the two hear a passenger groaning and hunched over nearby, running to the back of the ship.

"Well... I guess the view isn't for everyone" Yang said, rolling her eyes at the boy's reaction to flying.

"It was a nice moment while it lasted" Ruby added, beaming

"I wonder who we're gonna meet! I just hope they're better than Vomit Boy" Ruby said, softly.

So Rain's alive. Why didn't he tell me?! That jerk. When I find him I'm gonna- Yang's train of thought was interrupted by her sister's screeching

"Oh, Yang, gross! You have puke on your shoe!"

"Gross, gross, gross, gross, gross, gross, gross, gross!"

"Get-Get away! Get away from me! Get away from me! Get away from me! Get away from me!"

Oh ho ho! It looks like two of our dear heroines know who Rain is! But what is his relationship with them? What will happen when they reunite? Will I get enough sleep? stay tuned for the next chapter.

Again, thanks for the follows and favorites and if you have any ideas and such, feel free to review or message me. Till next time!

~Kaage