A/N: I was bored. Decided to type up a chapter as I watched my Discord channel deteriorate. Oh yeah, don't forget to join it! Info on my profile!
Also, I'll take some requests for what you want to see happen in Snowflake! Since this story is pretty random and just different scenarios that the family gets into, I'll do some that people suggest. No promises though! :)
It had happened so fast… One second Snowflake was right by her side, laughing and cheering then the next second she was simply just… gone.
'How… did this happen?!'
Weiss Xiao-Long, former Huntress, Vice-President to the SDC, and… a failure of a mother.
Feeling burning tears pool at her eyes, Weiss struggled to remain somewhat calm as she peered through the massive crowds of people all around her. No matter which way she turned and looked though, she didn't see her… she didn't see her Snowflake.
Reaching into her pocket and pulling out her scroll, Weiss stared at the home screen of the device, taking in the picture that she, Yang, and Snowflake had taken together as a family one night on the couch. She traced Snowflake's beaming face in the photo and felt her tears finally fall down her cheek, ruining her make-up for what was supposed to be a joyous event tonight.
"Weiss!"
Hearing her name, the white haired mother quickly wiped her eyes and turned around. She quickly spotted a bouncing head of long blonde hair pushing through the crowd towards her.
"A- Any luck?" Yang asked, out of breath with her lilac eyes full of worry.
But Weiss could no longer answer her wife with words. Instead she finally broke down, falling into Yang's arms as the latter quickly soothed the former Heiress.
"Don't worry Weiss," Yang muttered in her wife's ear. "We'll find Snow. She's probably off making another friend right now. You know how she is…"
But as the words left Yang's mouth, the ever stoic blonde couldn't help but feel her own tears fall at the hollow words. Looking up at the night sky, she spotted the first of the night's fireworks finally ignite, showing off a spectacular display of lights and sounds. Bright light-blue and white lights flickered all over the dark sky for but a moment before the life flickered away.
But as the crowd around her and Weiss cheered and clapped at the New Year's display of fireworks, all Yang could think of was how the colors of the fireworks mirrored her daughter perfectly.
"Where are you, Snow…?"
Walking through the mass crowd of people and trying not to bump into anyone's legs, Snowflake bounded quickly through the park as she hummed to herself quietly. Though she lost sight of both her mama and mommy, she didn't feel scared. She remembered seeing a toy cart being pushed around and ran towards it but her mommy wasn't behind her when she turned around.
And now, she couldn't find her at all. There were too many people she didn't know all around her.
"Oh!"
Spotting a park bench off to her left, Snow jogged towards it, making extra sure to not bump into anybody. She knew that to do so was rude as her mommy kept telling her.
Reaching it without trouble, Snow broke out into a wide smile as she quickly climbed on top of it and stood up. From here she was able to almost see past everyone's heads… but not quite. Jumping up and down on the bench now to see better, the small white haired girl grunted with her movements but she wasn't quite able to see much of anything.
"Mommy… mama… Where are you?" She mumbled to herself.
She could feel a slight burn at her eyes as tears welled up, but the fierce Xiao-Long blinked them away and wiped her face with her sweater's sleeve. She wouldn't cry! She wasn't a crybaby! Mama told her that she was brave, just like her!
But she didn't know what to do now.
Sighing and sitting down on the park bench, Snow idly watched countless people walk by her, some even giving her odd looks, but every time they did she'd smile brightly towards them. Sometimes she even got a smile back! She didn't want them to know she was scared. She wasn't!
"Well… maybe I'm a little bit scared."
"Scared of what?"
Swiveling her head around to look next to her, Snow spotted a tall man in a dark green suit. She didn't recognize him but she saw him smile at her before taking a seat next to her on the bench, pushing up his small glasses as he did so.
Eyeing him curiously, Snow tilted her head to the side as she watched him raise an eyebrow before breaking out into a small laugh.
"My mama told me not to talk to strangers." Snowflake stated as she folded her arms.
The white haired man only chuckled before leaning back on the bench.
"Your mama sounds like a smart person."
Snow perked up at that.
"She is smart! She and mommy are the smartest!" She cried aloud, feeling her lips curve into a smile as she did so.
"Oh? And where are they now?" The man asked quietly as he turned to look towards the ever growing crowd of people who walked around in front of them.
Snow felt her heart stop at that and her smile faded instantly.
"I… I don't know." She answered truthfully. "I got lost."
She looked down towards the floor, swinging her legs slowly as she pictured both her mama and mommy searching for her. She knew they'd be really mad once they found her and Snow didn't want that. She didn't like getting into trouble because then they'd tell aunty Rubbles and then she'd get mad at her too…
Just thinking of it caused Snow to tear up again as she sniffled at the thought of everyone getting mad at her. She didn't want that. She wanted to watch the fireworks with her family. She wanted to sleep in their bed tonight, she wanted to see aunty Rubbles tomorrow… She missed her everyone!
"It's quite alright, don't fret."
Turning to look at the man once again, Snowflake could only sniffle as she cried openly now.
"Your parents won't be mad at you dear, no, they'll be much too happy to have found you again to be too angry." He spoke, his voice carrying a calming tone which Snowflake found that she liked.
"H- How d- do you k- k- know?" She stammered out, wiping her nose and eyes on her sleeve once again as she looked up towards the man.
"Call it an intuition." He answered, pushing up the spectacles on his nose as he reached into his coat pocket.
"A- An… intooation?"
Laughing again, The man pulled out what looked like a lollipop to Snow which made her sit up just a little straighter as she eyed it with her sharp lilac eyes.
"I have a feeling." He replied back, holding the small candy out for Snow. "Intuition means that I have a strong feeling."
Snow reached up for the lollipop with both her hands before tearing off the wrapper. She noticed the candy was blue, her favorite! About to put it in her mouth, she stopped and turned towards the man who was smiling down at her.
"T- Thank you Mr…" She started before perking up again. "Hey! I don't know your name! My name's Snowflake!" She greeted quickly.
The man nodded his head before taking another lollipop out of his jacket pocket, quickly unwrapping it and exposing its green color.
"Ozpin." He answered before plopping the candy into his mouth.
Snow twirled the lollipop in her mouth, savoring the blueberry taste on her tongue. She quickly felt the sadness drift away as her tears dried up before a loud boom sounded above her. Turning her eyes to the night sky, she watched as countless fireworks lit up the air. Countless colors and shapes exploded above her as her eyes twinkled in marvel.
"Beautiful, isn't it?" Ozpin asked as he watched the explosions above as well.
Snowflake only nodded her head slowly, her mouth hung agape as she watched on. They were more than beautiful, they were amazing! She had only seen them on t.v. before, but her parents finally took her out to see them today since it was New Year's Eve.
"I wish both my mama and mommy could see them with me though." She mumbled, barely audible over the crowd and explosions above her.
"Oh I think you'll be getting your wish very shortly." Ozpin replied with a smile.
But when Snow turned to ask him how he knew that, she heard her name be called out from somewhere near her.
Turning her head to look around her, she felt a mixture of hope and joy rise in her chest as she stood up on the bench again and glanced around.
"Snow!"
Seeing her mommy's white hair that bounced up and down as she ran towards her, Snow felt herself leap off the bench towards the figure, arms spread wide and eyes full of happiness.
"Mommy!" She screamed.
She leapt right into her mom's arms as Weiss caught the girl just as she jumped off the park bench. Her arms instinctively wrapped themselves around her small daughter's body as she buried her head into the girl's hair, holding her tightly.
"Snow…!" She cried.
There was so much she wanted to say as she held her daughter but couldn't. She fell to her knees though as she shut her eyes tightly, relishing this moment as it almost felt like the end of a horrible nightmare.
Pulling away from Snow, Weiss stared into the girl's reddened lilac eyes and she could feel her heart literally break in half. Snowflake looked almost as relieved as she felt as the girl stared back at her with a small smile on her face.
"I- I'm sorry, mommy." Snow started before going into a sniffling fit.
Weiss hushed the girl softly before gently rocking her in her arms. She couldn't feel any anger towards her daughter. Only love and relief. She had feared the worst, but… she was just glad to have the girl back where she belonged… back in her arms.
"Just… please don't disappear on us again, Snow baby…" Weiss whispered into the girl's ear.
"I- I won't." Snow answered quickly before planting a wet kiss at her cheek causing Weiss to feel her lips curve into a smile.
"But Mr. Ozpin said you'd find me so I wasn't too scared!"
Weiss pulled herself away from Snow and looked at her oddly.
"Ozpin…?" She asked to which her daughter nodded her head quickly.
"Yeah…" Snow replied. He's right there, on the bench!" She turned around, pointing to an empty park bench.
Weiss glanced at the empty seat before looking back towards her daughter precariously.
"Baby…" Weiss started. "There's no one over there."
She watched Snowflake as the girl squinted her eyes and tilt her head before looking back towards her mom with a frown.
"H- He was! He wore a green suit and gave me a lollipop!"
Searching around her now, Snowflake turned her eyes towards the ground. "Well… I had one before I dropped it somewhere…"
Weiss only picked the girl back up into her arms and stood up. She had no idea how Snow knew Ozpin's name as she only met him when she was still a baby… but she didn't care. She was just glad she was safe and back with her.
"Come on, baby. We still have to find your momma. She's still out looking for you!"
Snow wrapped her arms around her mommy and silently nodded her head. Though she couldn't see her new friend Ozpin anymore as he vanished, Snow knew that she'd see him again.
"I have an intuition that I will." She giggled out as she looked towards the park bench one last time in her mother's arms.
"Where did you learn that word, Snowy?" Weiss asked curiously.
But her daughter smiled brightly before answering quietly just as the sounds of fireworks erupted in the sky once more, shining a bright green light down on her.
"My new friend taught me it."
