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A pair of eyes slowly fluttered open as the last bits of unconsciousness faded. As she rose, Pyrrha saw that she had fell face down on top a stone floor, an unfamiliar stone floor. The floor, however, was nothing compared to what the huntress saw around her. Surrounding the floating circle of stone were massive waves of water, like a massive ocean. However, instead of flooding the space and washing Pyrrha away, the waves flowed back up and back onto itself as if held back by a powerful force. A force that put her semblance to shame. Sitting ominously over the water, Pyrrha could see a castle looming in darkness.

It was a lot to take in, but inside Pyrrha was ecstatic. Almost instinctually she knew that nothing like this existed in Remnant. The stone paths and the ocean around her were not held back by dust but by something much more powerful and more pure. The architecture wasn't in the styles of any of the four kingdoms or even from islands like Patch or Menagerie.

This is a new world, a world unlike Remnant, world where no one knew her as the Invincible Girl.

"We…we did it Jaune!" She celebrated with a large smile on her face. Until she noticed that her call wasn't answered.

"Jaune?" As she stared at her new surroundings more, Pyrrha found that she had landed there alone. No other person from Beacon, Nora, Blake, Ren, Yang, Weiss, Ruby, and much more importantly her partner; was there with her.

"NORA! REN! BLAKE! YANG! WEISS! RUBY! JAUNE!" Pyrrha continued to call out; hoping any one of them would answer.

She knew that they could take care of themselves; however this was still a new world. Pyrrha did not know any of the dangers that lurked in this world or if things like the creatures from behind the door were here as well. At this moment she wanted her friends to be with her right now…

But he wasn't.

'Where is he? He was right next to me when the path opened! Did he not make it?' That was her first thought and that frightened her the most; the thought of any of them being lost in that darkness.

It shouldn't be like this. He was supposed to be here! So why wasn't he?!

As more negative thoughts clouded her mind she didn't notice she was aimlessly walking around, as if searching for something. Until a metal clang reached her ears and she looked down.

"That's…" She didn't finish her thought as she picked up the fallen relics.

Crocea Mors. The signature weapon of her partner and leader, the sword and the shield now rested in her arms. Pyrrha sheathed the sword into the shield and stared at the Arc symbol above it. She held it gently and firmly. She knew it was a good sword, but she handled it with such care, that it was almost like holding a child...she must have been hanging out with Ruby too much to think of it like that. But, it was precious to her because it was Jaune's, and it gave her a bit of worry as now he was without his weapon.

(Traverse Town)

"So, this is Traverse Town?" Velvet commented as the four warriors strolled through the world gates an into Traverse Town's first district.

"Yep, this is our new home for the time being." Yang said as they had explained a little bit about the world to Velvet. "This little town is safe from those nasty Heartless especially since they have Leon and his crew living here too."

"Leon? As in the Leon from the Headmaster's message?" Velvet asked in confusion.

"Squall Leonheart, Aerith Gainsborough, Cid Highwind, and Yuffie Kisaragi" Weiss stated off more names. "We don't know if they're Huntsmen and Huntresses but they're all very powerful if what Jaune told us is true. They're the ones who help keep order and suppress the Heartless inside the two other districts as well as keeping District 1 safe and Heartless free." She finished her textbook answer.

"They also said that they came from another world too, actually most people who win up here are from other worlds, Worlds that have consumed just like Remnant." Jaune added on. "But enough about the negative stuff, we need to see about finding you a safe place to stay." The blond bounded back.

"Plus we do also need to gather more supplies while we're here." Weiss said while holding out a bag filled with munny.

"Where'd you get all that from Weiss, I thought no one here took Lien? Did you do an exchange somewhere?" Jaune asked.

"Nope, turns out when you pop Heartless they leave a few goodies behind. Kinda like some of Ruby's RPGs back home." Yang said as she showed off her bag filled with small miscellaneous things they had obtained from Traverse Town and Wonderland. She ruffled through and then pulled out a black and crimson horn. "Check it out this little thing. It's our trophy for beating the Trickmaster."

"Don't you think taking pieces of monsters as spoils is above us?" Weiss asked her teammate.

"Then how else will anyone believe the things we saw? Even if they read Jiminy's journal they might not believe us unless I show them proof." Yang said as she stuffed her treasure back in her bag.

"Wait, that means...dammit." Jaune said as he hung his head down in shame. He had been defeating Heartless nonstop since he fell into Traverse Town, but he hadn't stop to pick up a thing! He had no items, besides a ring that fell from the armor Heartless, and no munny from the fact that he didn't know about the drops.

"Is something wrong?" Velvet asked as she noticed Jaune's disappointed slump after that curse.

"I'm pretty much broke, and I didn't know how to make munny. I thought of getting a job while we're here, but at least I know now." The four were feeling a little better before the barking of puppies got their attention. Leaning back Jaune reminded himself of the litter of Dalmatian pups he was carrying. "Right, better get these little guys back to the Dearly before thinking of our next move."

Weiss, Yang, and Velvet were confused at the statement, but they followed on. Wondering what Jaune was doing with the puppies and where they were going.

(Scene Break)

"Thank you for finding some of our puppies." Anita smiled as she was happy to see a few of the puppies back. Pongo and Perdita were also happy to see some of their children returned safe and sound.

"You're welcome, but we were surprised that these Dalmatian puppies were scattered about. OH they are just the cutest things!" Weiss commented before picking up one of the Dalmatian puppies, who had a collar on that said: 'Whizzer.' "Yes you are! Yes you..."

"Whizzer! Bad dog!" Anita and her husband, Roger, shouted as Weiss stopped complimenting the puppy as it started to unintentionally mark Weiss as his territory.

"Eew! Gross gross gross!" Weiss quickly but gently released the dog, barely hiding her outrage at the fact her dress was now ruined. The others had to hold back their laughs at the Schnee's misfortune.

"Yellow snow am I right?"

"Yang!"

"Come on Weiss; let's use some of our loot to get you some new clothes and supplies. We'll catch up with you two at the ship; give us a text if you need anything." Yang took pity on her teammate and led her out so that they could find her a change of clothes, laughing all the while. Hopefully she would take out take her anger out on the Heartless lurking around the Second District instead of their group.

"Oh Dear, she left before we could give her an apology." Anita said as she ushered Whizzer to join the rest of the puppies.

"We'll...tell Weiss for you. She loves dogs so I don't think this will bother her for too long." Jaune said, trying his best not to sound awkward. He couldn't speak for Weiss but a part of him knew she would be hesitant to step foot into the Dearly house for a while.

"Mishaps aside…are there anything we can do to reward you for finding more of our family?" Roger sincerely asked.

"A reward, for what? It's just the right thing to do." Jaune explained.

"And yet not many people would risk their lives traveling around the different worlds just to find 99 puppies for a pair of strangers. There has to be a way to repay you all for your kindness?" Anita said. Roger thought for a moment before a thought came to mind.

"Your blond friend said you that you have a ship. I do have a few blocks I was hoping to sell to Cid once the district was less dangerous but you could find use it more than us."

"No we couldn't..."

"And I bet you dearies don't even have a place to call your own yet here." Anita spoke again, cutting off Velvet.

"We did have a hotel..." Jaune trailed off remembering that he had no munny to buy a room, considering last time it was Leon who paid for the room. Cid did give him the option to stay with him but he didn't know if the old mechanic had room for him and his friends.

"How about you all stay with us for a while?" Anita suggested as she looked at the Rabbit Faunus and Key-Bearing Knight, "I'm sure you children would need a place until you can get on your feet, and we have more than enough room for people and puppies. I also find your ears adorable. Are they perhaps an accessory?"

Velvet wasn't sure how to answer. Part of her wanted to avoid being discriminated against for being a Faunus, but the Dearlys were being so kind and generous that it felt bad to lie to them.

"Um, actually, they're my real ears. You see, I'm a Faunus." Velvet spoke shyly and was considering running off. Even if this is a new world, didn't mean the stigma of being a Faunus didn't follow. Before she could choose to Roger decided to speak.

"Well this is our first time meeting any Faunus, and if they're anything like you then you're welcome here. Please, just accept the room and the gifts. It might get a little crowded if you can help all our puppies get home, but our door is always open, right Pongo?" Pongo barked affirmatively at Roger's words as he walked up and gave Velvet a playful lick, and Perdita also did so to Anita who nodded and agreed with her husband.

"I do have one small request. You don't have to oblige, but may I touch your ears for a few moments?" Velvet wasn't sure about Anita's request, because she still remembered how some people, especially Cardin, pulled and yanked her ears. Anita noticed the girl shivering a bit, "I don't have to if you don't want me to."

"It, it's alright. Just, please be gentle." Jaune was glad that Yang wasn't around to hear Velvet's words, since she might have made a joke about how suggestive it sounded. Velvet clinched as the older woman's hand came, but there was no pulling or anything. Anita rubbed the ears gently and comfortingly that her initial discomfort and worry faded, even if Anita's brushed her hair a bit.

"Her hair feels almost like animal fur. It's very soft." Anita commented as she stopped rubbing. In all her time working in fashion she has felt nothing like it.

"Yeah, I know the feeling. I used to pet some of my sisters and rub their ears like that too. They'd let me know if it hurts though." That comment got Velvet's attention immediately as she lost her shyness.

"Your sisters'…Jaune does that mean…" Velvet looked at the boy in question. A part of her still stunned from what she just heard.

"Well, I don't have anything cool like you or Bl...ery good friend of ours, yeah, but I have a bit of it from my mom's side. It's kind of a coin flip whether or not an Arc is born extra fluffy or not. I would always get jealous, but we Arcs are just one big happy family." Jaune recalled his times back home. Inwardly he was also kicking himself for almost slipping with Blake's secret.

Usually Pyrrha was here to keep his mouth in check.

"Y-you have Faunus heritage. I-I never would have guessed." Velvet stammered in surprise.

"Well as much fun as it is talking about Faunus, you all are definitely staying with us for the night. Faunus aren't anything new around Traverse Town, I still see a lot of new people at the market that still blow my mind." Anita admitted.

"But, we don't want to intrude and we don't know if there is enough space...besides Yang and Weiss..." Jaune said.

"Your friends went to buy supplies, so they'll most likely run into old Cid by the accessories shop. Cid has a soft spot for newcomers so he'll definitely take good care of them." Roger reassured him. "Plus we have plenty of room, small issues when you're dealing with such a big family. People and pups."

"I-I suppose we could stay the night, but we really shouldn't intrude." Velvet said, and Jaune could already tell where this was going.

"I get the feeling you're not taking no for an answer?" The couple nodded, and he sighed, "Then I guess we'll be taking the offer. I'll go ahead and let Weiss and Yang know. You don't mind waiting here do you Velvet?"

The rabbit Faunus nodded as she didn't mind too much as he decided to go catch up with the girls and let them know. She had registered herself on their scrolls just so they could all keep in contact. As the knight he thought of maybe getting some extra practice with magic. He could feel that he could probably learn a new spell with the right inspiration soon.

(Scene Break)

Weiss was ready to get away from the blonde as after she was done being dragged around to look for new clothes; luckily she had an emergence spare outfit with her along with some dust. A Schnee always comes to battle prepared. The reason she was a second away from ditching Yang is because of Yang's puns and her deciding to gush over the blueprints and Gummi blocks to upgrade the ship in front of Cid.

"So, if I could get a Fira or Firaga Gummi and combine it with a Haste Gummi then that'll the Shining Beacon more kick?" Yang asked the older Gummi Ship engineer and her driving teacher for Gummi Ships.

"That's the idea. You can travel safely towards the closer worlds with what you hav' already but farther out where the meaner Heartless are you gotta either be fast enough to avoid them or have enough firepower to send those Heartless back to hell." Cid looked at the set of Gummis Yang had brought from their last trip. "Have you tried experimenting with these parts you've found?"

"Not yet, I wanted to bring them to you so that you can look them over." Yang shrugged as she picked up an Aero-G. "I figured you would know what they could do."

"I do but where's the fun in that?" Cid relit his cigarette. "Part of the fun of building your own ship is tricking it out and seeing which part does what. I'm just here to keep you from blowing yourself and your friends up."

"So you mean...?"

"No one taught you how to build your bike right?" Cid asked, cutting her off.

"No way, Bumblebee is my baby! I built her from top to bottom!" Yang answered. That bike was to her like Crescent Rose was to Ruby.

"Then treat Shining Beacon the same way. Plan, experiment, hell the computer inside actually can simulate and show you wha' each part does." Cid said, surprising her. "Yeah, those castle chipmunks really know how to build a ship. Your headmaster must have had 'em mass-produced for you kids in case a crisis ever went down on your world."

"Where did Ozpin order these ships from?" Yang asked. "I mean, it seemed all too convenient that he just had a hangar full of space ships ready just in case the world was torn apart." Atlas maybe considering their technology and the Schnee Dust Company but Vale, especially Beacon doesn't seem the type to mass produce ships with interstellar travel.

"Probably was hoping he would never have to use them." Cid spoke solemnly as he came across the special gummi Yang brought him. "Now this piece right here is special. It's amazing you've found something like this on one of the worlds without gummi ships."

"What is it? It popped out of the keyhole Jaune sealed up." Yang asked as she too stared at the mysterious glowing part.

"This gem, is a Navi-G, it allows the ship to access differen' worlds or I should say it allows the ship's scanner to pick up worlds farther than where it could reach before." Cid then gave the piece back to Yang. "Problem is, that's only half of a whole Navi-G. You get me another piece and I'll install it into the Shining Beacon for free."

"So, if we find the partner Navigational Gummi, then we can search more worlds?" Weiss asked, as this part intrigued her. Maybe her friends and family managed to get off the planet, or wound up on another world much like Velvet did.

"Yeah, like I said. The Navi-Gs will let you scan farther to get to different worlds. If you find its mate, then I'll put it for ya." Cid answered as Jaune came in the door.

"Hey, just letting you know that the Dearlys are letting us stay with them for tonight at least. Next time we fight Heartless, I'm getting some Munny for the hotel." The blonde knight said as he looked at the girls.

"Well more good news, we just found out that we can pick up more worlds if we find the other half of this Navi-G piece." Yang said holding it out so that their temporary leader could see it.

"Well, I hadn't seen this before, but I'm not a Gummi ship expert. That was Chip and Dale's job at Disney Castle." Jiminy commented, but he got the gist of what Yang mentioned about the Navi-G piece. Of course, the mentioning of the castle did spark interest in the three students of Beacon.

"Disney Castle? Ever heard of it Weiss?" Yang asked, guessing that Disney may be the name of a rich company or something similar like that if they owned a castle.

"I've never heard of a place called Disney Castle. Contrary to us having Kingdoms in Remnant you don't see a lot of intact castles; they became obsolete thanks to modern technology and architecture." Weiss then took another second to ponder the name. "I've met with most of Remnant's upper class but the name Disney has never come up once."

"I reckon' you wouldn't." Cid caught the three's attention. "Disney Castle is another world entirely. It's run by the King himself and only the most important of people know who he is. This Ozpin you keep talkin' about must be rather close with him if he sen' Gummi Ships like this to your world before the major shit happened." As Cid finished taking a drag from his cigarette Jiminy hopped onto a nearby table to continue where he left off.

"As he said, Disney Castle is ruled by the King. He might not govern all the worlds but he uses his resources to help keep order and balance between them, whether they are knowledgeable of other worlds or not. That…was until the Heartless came."

"So can we talk to the King? Maybe he knows why the Heartless showed up and maybe he knows a way to stop them or restore the worlds that were lost?!" Jaune asked the cricket.

Jiminy could only shake his head. "When the Heartless first attacked, the King did his best to protect as many worlds as he could. When the worlds started disappearing, he left to try and stop the source of the Darkness. As far as anyone knows he's still out there searching for it now, the only hint anyone has on where he is..." Jiminy then pointed to Jaune. "Is the keyblade you hold now Jaune."

"The keyblade?" Jaune thought before he realized something. "Right, the key! So we just have to keep searching and the keyblade will bring us straight to the King."

"That's a tall order kid. The universe is a big place and if you three go off exploring at random that will do no one any good." Cid then finished off his cigarette. "Just stay along the nearby cluster of worlds. If you found that block as close by as Wonderland then the other half can't be that far away. Plus if you're too far away from a world and your ship breaks down you're shit out of luck." Cid then moved from behind his counter. "It's getting late, you kids better head on out."

"How can you tell? It's always night around here." Yang asked.

"A little something here we like to call clocks, now get out of here so I can close up shop." Cid said as he gestured them out.

(Scene Change)

Yang, Weiss, Velvet, and Jaune were now using a spare bedroom that Roger and Anita offered for them to stay that night. The couple definitely had a big house; even if District 2 wasn't the most secure the Dearlys had enough precautions so that no Heartless crept in while everyone was asleep. Even so, the team decided to sleep in a single room so that everyone would be together in case of a disaster.

"It was sure nice of them to let us stay here for the night." Yang said as one of the returned puppies, not Whizzer, had given her a lick. She was reminded of Zwei, but kept it to herself

."I agree, even if one of the puppies ruined my dress." Weiss added as she gave one last pet to her current favorite, Jewel, before Pongo and Perdita rushed in and started shooing the puppies out and to their own beds. Jaune felt something more from the Dalmatian parents, it was the look in their eyes that gave him the feeling that they were more human-like then meets the eye. Possibly from how overprotective they are of their returning children.

"I'm very glad that we can sleep in a bed, but I am terribly worried about Coco and the others." Velvet did bring up a point that the others didn't bring up at the moment. Where was everyone else? This caused a depressing air to fill the room.

"Now I feel like crap."

Jaune got everyone's attention with that statement before deciding to explain why. "I was with Blake…when it all started. And then I ditched her to look for Pyrrha and Ruby..." The blond said guilt heavy on his voice.

"Blake's probably fine; I bet it was her idea to split up when the world was coming apart." Yang said as she tried to ease the knight's feelings. "Don't kick yourself over this Jaune, I'm sure Blake is out there safe and sound." The blonde unconsciously made herself comfortable, it was the first time in sleeping somewhere else besides the ship. Hopefully her sister was resting on something just as comfortable.

"Yang is right; out of all of us Blake has the most survivable skills out of us four. She was a member of the White Fang and I will hardly believe Blake would fall victim to any of these Heartless attacks." The Scnee spoke confidently about their teammate. "She definitely would have been able to make it to another ship and is possibly out there looking for us." Weiss agreed with her teammate.

Each ship was built with a mini CTT installed within the computer. While not as powerful as the four kingdoms own towers it allowed for communications between Huntsmen on the same world and possible between ships if they were close enough. In Team R(W)B(Y)'s minds it was only a matter of time before they've heard from Blake.

"You two have a lot of confidence in Blake." Velvet commented.

"You guys feel the same way about your teams' right? Ren, Nora, and Pyrrha are probably kicking butt on some world by now and Velvet's team is a year above us. If they can take on real missions in Remnant then they can handle whatever crazy worlds they've ended up in." Yang said.

Velvet nodded with a smile on her face. "Coco, Fox, and Yatsuhashi are really strong even if they are separated. Even if they haven't arrived here or on Wonderland I just have to trust that they are doing fine and are together with the rest of the other Beacon students." She spoke with new confidence in her team and friends.

"What about you Jaune, don't you have confidence in your Team?" Weiss asked.

"I don't doubt they didn't make it. Ren and Nora are possibly together somewhere out there but I was with Pyrrha right when that giant Heartless appeared, the one right under the hole in the sky. Just before Remnant got torn apart she vanished into the darkness. And before her, Ruby vanished through some weird door near the school." Jaune admitted, surprising Yang.

"And I'm not just worried about Ruby and Pyrrha, but about the rest of Beacon, our families on Remnant...it's just a lot to think about so far." Jaune slumped down on the bed.

"All the more reason for us to use that key of yours to wipe out the darkness." Yang said in confidence with the others nodding in agreement.

"Yeah, but I guess I just wonder what happened to the rest. I wonder what they're doing right now." Jaune wondered, and it was a good question.

"I am curious myself, but we should get some rest. Unless we're told otherwise we can assume they're fine and were evacuated with the other Kingdoms. We'll need our full rest and strength if we want to take back our home." Weiss' suggestion was a good one, and they decided to get some sleep. Even if Yang was trying to cheer him up, Jaune still felt bad about leaving Blake.

'I hope they're right, you were pretty close to the darkness too Blake. I'll just have to believe you were able to get to safety.' Jaune thought as he left the room so that the girls could get changed into their sleepwear.

"Oh man! I left my pajamas back in the dorm!"

(Scene Break)

Blake Belladonna, former member of the White Fang, infiltration specialist, and Huntress in training, was meeting with a man that Ozpin had sent. How that man knew Ozpin wasn't the question she had, because this man had been able to tell what happened to her and her world without a second guess. Before she could take out her weapon and try to interrogate her, the man only laughed and led her to where she is now.

The room was filled with books, and in the middle was the desk had books and human skulls with a candle placed on top of them to light the room. Primitive, but it wasn't like the candles she has seen or use. The light they cast was almost magical and eerie at the same time to her. Despite the creepy atmosphere of the room, that was only minor compared to the elderly man in front of her.

This man was garbed in azure blue robes that cloaked his body and wore pointed blue hat decorated with stars across it. Any other time she may had held back a laugh at his appearance but the aura around him gave off experience and power. A feeling she has only ever felt from ones like her father and Ozpin, and another individual if she was honest with herself. The man sitting across from her at the desk, stroking his long and silvery beard was the one who claim to know of Ozpin and her world's fate.

A man who only introduced himself as Sorcerer Yen Sid.

"We have much to discuss Miss Belladonna." Yen Sid spoke as Blake simply nodded, still a bit intimidated by the man.

"Yes, if Ozpin sent me to you to find this…Ansem." Blake said as she reminded herself of the orders she had received on her scroll from the Headmaster.

'Locate Ansem, start your search with Master Yen Sid.'

"As you must have guessed this is not an easy task. Ansem the Wise was a brilliant researching who has been studying the Heartless; however, since the Heartless have started invading the worlds his location has remained a mystery." The Sorcerer's eyes never left the young Faunus. "Many believe that he had perished along with his world after the Heartless' first invasion. Others say he is lost to darkness himself."

As menacing as those sounded, Blake knew this was not the case. There was no reason Ozpin would send her on a useless mission. Especially when she could be hijacking a ship an looking for her friends.

"We have reason to believe that these are not the case. Ansem is still amongst us and we are not the only ones looking for him."

"Do you perhaps mean ones like the The White Fang?" Blake asked hesitantly.

"I speak not of any of your 'local' groups of enemies. Rather, I refer to someone much more...dangerous, someone who would use his knowledge to pull the worlds further into the darkness and has the power to make that goal a reality." Yen Sid explained.

'As cryptic as obvious, maybe this is where the Headmaster gets it.' Blake thought with a scowl on her face. This mission was sounding direr by the second.

"But what can I do? I can gather information and follow leads better than most I know at Beacon. I've been trained in stealth and infiltration but how will I be able find one man in a sea of worlds?" Blake asked in worry. "Without magic like what you used to get me here? Without anything to fight those Heartless…how can I find something you or even Professor Ozpin can't find?"

"Child...like a pair of precocious brats I have trained a long time ago…you worry too much. You worry too much about the destination instead of the journey." Yen Sid stopped her rant, giving her a second to calm down. "Ozpin has much of his resources spent on finding Ansem as well as securing all the wayward souls from Remnant. We have eliminated a majority of unnecessary worlds from your journey." Yen Sid then stood up from his desk. "Rather, I'm sure if you follow your instincts and follow the key's path then you will have no problems finding Ansem."

"You and Glynda both spoke of this Key when I woke up in this world but what exactly is it?" Blake asked.

"Not what, but whom..." With a wave of his hand a large mirror floated from the wall to in front of the two. Blake watched as the reflection changed from the two speakers in the tower to a bedroom with four familiar faces to the Faunus.

"Jaune, Yang, Weiss...and Velvet! They all made it out!" Blake smiled, glad her some of her friends made it out of the disaster that befell Beacon as well.

"They are well and have begun a journey of their own. Jaune Arc now holds the Keyblade, the key that will decide the fate of the worlds around him. Weiss Schnee and Yang Xiao-Long have been tasked by Ozpin to locate the key and they have decided to pursue finding our lost king." Yen Sid explained as he returned the mirror and looked to Blake. "They too have with them samples of Ansem's work, which acts as a trail. He is within their area, possibly still studying the darkness."

"So if I stick close by, I'll find Ansem." Blake reasoned. "Why not have me join them if they have the key?"

"Yes and no, where the Keyblade goes, opportunities follow and not always good opportunities." Yen Sid explained. "Much like your world, protectors must have eyes in the shadows as well as in the light. We need a few individuals to trail them as well as search for Ansem and you are on of the best candidates."

"But…"

"Enough. The paths you two have set before you are different yes, but that does not mean they do not intertwine." He then conjured up a ticket to give to Blake. "Take this to return back to your ship. I have word your friends will be arriving at Olympus. If you are fast enough you may catch them."

Blake accepted the ticket and bowed her head. "Thank you, Master Yen Sid." The Faunus then turned to leave his office.

The bearded sorcerer made sure she left the tower before pulling out a cup of tea for him to drink. "If only a certain mouse had just as much patience as you kitten."

(Twilight Town)

As Blake left the train station to return to her ship she felt that she was not alone. Her "caretaker", the one that found her in this world and informed her of what was going on, the one who led her to Yen Sid after her call with Glynda was abruptly cut off.

From the fading darkness, a red robe flew over his shoulders to reveal black robe. Stylized with a few pouches that contained what Oum knows, blue light flickering across his chest rhythmically like a heartbeat. Even more mysterious were the red bandages that covered his face and the golden eyes that stared back at her own. DiZ, Darkness in Zero, walked out of the fading Corridor of Darkness towards the young Faunus.

"I suppose your talk with the Master was...enlightening." DiZ spoke.

"Yes, It was." Blake said, as she also felt a familiarity with the darkness. Its pull wasn't as strong on her or maybe because of her Semblance of Shadow that the power of Darkness never bothered her. Yet, she could still tell it was an unnerving power, and it came with a smell that she didn't find particularly pleasant. It didn't help that DiZ smelt like he bathed in the stuff, as if the darkness was clinging to him

"So, what do you plan to do now Miss Belladonna?" DiZ asked spoke with little difficulty, despite the fact that his face was bandaged. At this point Blake assumed it was because of magic.

"Master Yen-Sid gave me a lead on some of my friends. I'm going to use the Gummi Ship to meet up with them, and hopefully find Ansem. If he can help us, then we need to find him." The answer was very straightforward and simple enough. DiZ could respect the resolution in her eyes.

"I see...I will warn you now to be warry of the Ansem that you seek." Blake wasn't sure what DiZ meant with his words as she made her way through the streets towards the Gummi Ship, but she was stopped when he spoke once more, "If you happen to find Ruby Rose, I have a message to her from her grandfather: live as your heart chooses, and be happy."

While initially confused, the Huntress nodded her head. "I'll tell her then." Blake was already gone. Ready to meet up with Jaune and the others to tell what happened and let them know she was fine. DiZ simply started to walk away. Knowing that there was more to what was going on then met the eyes.

"The young are easily led by their hearts. I shall let her wonder a bit before setting her on the right track." DiZ spoke as he pulled out a black scroll. "An agent in shadows…you seem to be daring than usual Ozpin." Opening another corridor the masked man vanished, awaiting the next meeting with Blake.

(Scene Break)

"Are you sure you want to do this Velvet?" Jaune asked her as he stood near the world gate. Yang and Weiss were finishing up the rest of the preparations so this the knight alone with Velvet near the gate.

"I'm sure, without my weapon I can only do so much. And I want to stay here in case any more students from Beacon arrive. It will be my way of helping you three with gathering information on the King." Velvet answered. "Plus I can't just leave those three ducks alone in a shop with all that's going on."

"Cid looks out for them, but I bet he'll feel better knowing a trained warrior is staying with Huey, Dewey and Louie." Jaune reassured himself.

Despite the few levels safety in Traverse Town, Velvet couldn't bring herself to leave the ducklings or the Dearlys alone. After speaking with Leon it was decided Velvet could stay behind and help with protecting the people from the Heartless. Since she did not have her weapon it was decided she would be stationed in District 1 so she would only had to deal with the occasional Heartless until she found a replacement weapon. Velvet also manage to talk Huey, Dewey, and Louie into giving her a job at the item shop which made it easier for her to help her friends learn how to use the new tools they found.

"This way I can be somewhat helpful to you all until I fully join you on the frontlines. Maybe if we send a message out we can have more Beacon students regroup here." Velvet gave the blonde knight a sincere smile. Before Jaune could argue anymore Yang called out to the Huntsman.

"Jaune, hurry up, we're ready to ship out already!"

Hearing that reminder, Jaune gave Velvet a final wave good bye before running back to the rest of his team. The Rabbit Faunus looked on to her three departing friends and gave a silent prayer for their safety. Her ears twitched a bit as she noticed Aerith walking up to her after she finished.

"Those three are going to be just fine. All we can do is keeping this world safe so that they have a place to rest." Aerith gave her some advice.

"I still wish I haven't left my weapon at the forge. I'd be able to go with them." Velvet admitted. A frown starting to form on her face as more negative thoughts went through her head. It was only when Aerith tapped her head that she snapped out her trance.

"None of that, I went through the same thing you did when two of my friends left here too." Aerith then presented Velvet a book with a green cover. "And what I learned is that instead of focusing on what you can't so to help, let's focus on what you can do to help. Weiss wasn't ready for this spell yet, but I think this one's a good starting point for you."

(A.N.)

Hello and Happy January, mostly because it's too late to talk about the new year but I hope everyone had a safe and happy last months of 2016 and are having a great start to 2017.

So I'm writing this for mainly two reason. One, this story is not dead, the delays are mostly do to me as work and other obligations keep me from writing or put me in much mood to write. However, after reading all the reviews and the PM's some of you sent me it reminded me of why I love writing on this site and I will just make time to continue stories like this and others that I need to continue or rewrite.

The second reason is obviously about the RWBY show. Vol 4 dropped and Wolf and I know more about the characters, the lore, and more about the show than we did when the first chapter came up. It gives us a couple of more ideas and twists that we can add to this story. This is an AU and while it may mostly follow the KH route we have decided it will slightly deviate from it to make it a more interesting story.

With all of that said, thank you everyone for all the support, enjoy this chapter and expect more from us in the future.

-Shadowlight0982