New Challengers and It's Brawl in the Family.

Team JNPR readying themselves against their opponents in the Amity Colosseum, the mountains to their back and forest on the other side.

A large holographic screen counts down with Peter over the crowd's cheering "3... 2... 1...".

Jaune raised his sword "Come on guys!".

"BEGIN!" Port finished.

All four members of JNPR charge forward, but only three fighters from BRNZ do the same; the beanie-wearing May Zedong turns around and heads into the trees, cocking her weapon. In the center of the field, leader Brawnz Ni delivers a knee kick to Pyrrha Nikos' shield that sends her skidding back, right before she blocks the claws on his fists with her xiphos. She jerks her sword away and makes him leap back, just as the sniper jumps up into the branches of the forest with the bladed butt of her sniper rifle. Lie Ren readies his StormFlower to attack Nolan Porfirio, who almost gets blindsided by Nora Valkyries swing with Magnhild before he ducks under the attack and attempts to hit her with his cattle prod. The sniper girl finally takes aim from her spot and manages to fire off two rounds near Ren, destroying the rocks behind him. Jaune manages to block the buzzsaw gloves of Roy Stallion with his own shield before he notices the bullets flying and sees the glint of the gun in the leaves.

Jaune widened his eyes and began stumbling over his order "R-R-Retreat!".

Ren glances back at his leader as a shot hits the ground by his feet. He and Nora start running back into the mountains as Jaune and Pyrrha cover their escape by blocking the bullets with their shields. The four leap over a rocky outcropping for cover.

Pyrrha looked at Jaune as projectiles keep coming overhead "What do we do?".

Jaune looks over the edge to see the melee fighters closing in "Spread out! Try to keep moving!".

His team follows this just as Brawnz lands a punch on Jaune's shield. May gets even higher in the tree and smiles from behind her scope as she looks at the fight below. Brawnz and Pyrrha continue to duke it out while Nolan slowly advances on Ren when he slides into his path. The prod-wielding warrior looks back at the trees and nods to his hidden ally, who shoots at Ren's feet again and makes him jump around trying to dodge them. Just as he lands, Nolan hits him upside the head with his weapon and is able to easily dodge the retaliatory kick while landing another blow to Ren's knee and a final hit to the chest using the business end of his prod. Electricity shoots through Ren's body before he collapses to the ground beside his childhood friend.

"Ren!" Scowling, Nora takes a swing at Nolan, who promptly dodges it and again unleashes his weapon's power into her corset, though this causes a quite different reaction from the grinning redhead.

Port speaks from his spot on the giant hologram screen overhead with Oobleck beside him "Oh-ho! Looks like one of my favorite students, Nora Valkyrie, is charging up to use her Semblance!".

Nolan looks up at the screen with a panicked look "What?".

"Yes, Ms. Valkyrie's Semblance lets her produce, as well as channel, electrical energy straight to her muscles! This allows her to jump explosively into the air, wield her mighty hammer, or in this case, absorb Nolan's attacks and send the young man flying!" Oobleck explained.

Nolan turns back to his opponent "What?!".

Nolan finally takes his cattle prod away, but the damage is done: Nora flexes her arms as pink lightning is seen coursing through her body. Nolan attempts to lift his hands up in surrender, but thunder starts sparking from Nora's Aura as she rushes at him. There's a split-second where Nolan's horrified face and Nora's victorious smile are seen close-up on the sides of the screens before the hammer hits head-on and Nolan bounces back across the field, crashing through a rock and staying there when he's stopped moving.

Jaune looks back at the mountaintop on his team's side as a dark storm cloud appears over it, crackling with lightning. He looks over at his energized teammate "Nora! Get to the mountain!".

Nora saluts You got it!".

She sprints off to start her climb as Jaune looks at Ren "Ren! Try and distract the sniper!".

Ren ducks as another shot nearly misses his head, he slouches, sarcastically replying "Sure... Why not".

The remaining three members of JNPR run forward as Nora hops up and rapidly ascends the mountain. Roy throws the saws from his gloves into Jaune's shield, which still manages to bend the metal and slam the leader's own defense in his face before the weapons return back to their master. Pyrrha gets up close to him, and he delivers a series of spinning swings with his arms into Akoúo̱ as Jaune shakes off his disorientation and charges into battle yet again.

"Yeah! Go get 'em, Jaune!" Ruby cheered.

"Well, he's certainly improved" Weiss noted.

"Yeah, but he ain't got nothing on Pyrrha!" Yang said.

"Well of course, few could ever match my cousin!" Severa said from beind Yang.

Back in the fight, Severa and Yang's statements is proven true with Pyrrha taking on both Brawnz and Roy, delivering a kick to one as she deftly dodges and blocks the discs of the other, throwing her javelin to distract the latter while she somersaults back to use both feet in landing a blow on Brawnz. May attempts to shoot Ren while he dashes his way toward her position, leaping out of the way of her shots, the flying saws, and even sliding under Pyrrha before he runs at Nolan, weapons blasting until he's close enough to start swinging his blades away. He ducks and deflects each of the cattle prod's attempted hits until he manages to hold it in the pistol's blades and double kicks his opponent, giving him the opportunity to catch Nolan's weapon in his own as the prod is forced behind Nolan's head and leaves him trapped. Ren hides behind the teammate of the sniper, who stops aiming at him and lifts her barrel up to another target.

Ren keeps the struggling Nolan in place "Nora!".

Jaune catches Brawnz's claws with his blade while Nora lifts herself higher and higher to the top "Pyrrha! Up!".

His partner rushes towards him, dodge rolling to avoid a launched saw until she bounds over Brawnz and lands on Jaune's shield. He manages to throw her into the air with her own shield raised to block the kill-shot aimed at Nora. This gives the redhead just enough time reach the peak, and she lifts her hammer up as a bolt of lightning hits the weapon directly. She changes it back into grenade-launching form and pops the front off to reveal six explosives that shoot out over the field in a heart-shaped formation onto the sniper. The poor girl barely has time to gawk before she leaps over to a nearby tree just as the one she was in goes up in pink flames, leaving only a giant scorch mark billowing smoke to block out the coughing sniper's view. She jumps down from the branches just as her three teammates look up and behind them at Nora coming down on them like a meteor, slamming her hammer into the ground and sending the enemies back at the feet of their disoriented teammate.

"This is it, guys! Let's finish 'em with team attacks!" Jaune said before he raises his sword as he calls out "Ren! Nora! Flower Power!".

"Wait, what?" Nora asked.

Jaune lowers his blade as he looks back at his befuddled team "F-Flower Power. That's your team attack name!".

"Since when?" Ren asked.

"Guys, we've been over this!" Jaune said as he gestures at his teammates, not noticing the other team getting up, ready to fight again "Flower Power is Ren and Nora! Ren brings the flower, Nora brings the power!".

Ren rubbs the back of his head with one of his guns "How do I bring a flower?".

"No, silly, not a flower! Flour, like in baking!" Nora said.

"Why would I bring that?" Ren asked.

"I- Uh- No, it's your symbol!" Jaune said.

"Sooo, what are we?" Pyrrha asked.

"Pyrrha!" Jaune said, not believing even the best member of their team didn't understand.

"Sorry! I just want to make sure it's clearly defined" Pyrrha said.

Jaune tries to be patient while Team BRNZ looks more confused than their opponents "Pyrrha, you and I are Arkos. It's that thing when we take our shields? Remember?".

"Arkos?" Pyrrha asked, confused by their team name.

"Yeah! It's our names put together!" Jaune explained like it was obvious.

"Right, no, I get it..." Pyrrha said.

"What, do you not like it?" Jaune asked.

"No, no! It's... good?" Pyrrha said, but didn't sound sure.

"Mmm, I sense hesitation" Nora said.

Brawnz finally began calling out to them "Hey! What do you think you're doing!?".

"Trying to have a team meeting, thank you very little!" Jaune said as if it was extremely obvious.

"Yeah! Team ears only!" Nora said as she points to her own ears to demonstrate.

Brawnz looks at his shrugging teammates before he goes back to yelling "WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIGHT!".

Jaune turns back and screaming even louder "AND WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A CONVERSATION! WHAT DON'T YOU GET ABOUT THAT!?".

"Um, Jaune?" Pyrrha spoke.

Jaune closed his eyes annoyed "Yes, Pyrrha?".

"I think that he means that we're all in the middle of a fight" Pyrra explained.

The sound of the crowds around them come back in full volume as Jaune remembers the real situation. And Severa face palmed.

"Sometimes, I wonder what my cousin even sees in him" She said in annoyance.

"Well, some people have asked me the same about you" Blake said.

"What, who?" Severa asked, but Blake did not answer, she only smiled "No seriously! Who!?".

Back in the fight, Jaune had run out of patience "Ugh..." He puts his sword up to his forehead in exasperation "Nora, just... hit them with the hammer".

Nora gives one more evil smirk "Got it".

"Wait, what?!" Brawnz asked in fear.

Before anyone can react, Nora jumps over in front of Team BRNZ, then brings her hammer around to collide with all four screaming fighters as they soar straight into the forcefield surrounding the arena's rim, sliding down to the ground with arms and legs in bent positions they really shouldn't be.

"And with that, it appears Team JNPR wins by knockout, literally! ...Can someone go make sure they're okay?" Port asked.

"When it doubt, just hit your opponent really hard" Lyre said.

"That sure was an interesting match" Lucina commented.

"I really hope I never have to fight Nora" Bernadetta said in slight fear of ever being on the receiving end of Nora's wrath.

The next match was between Team SSSN vs. Team NDGO. Time to see what Sun and his team were made of.

Ah, well, Vacuo fans are sure to be hurting after that one, but this next one will have them on the edge of their seats!

Port spoke while displaying a picture of the four new challengers to his right "Team NDGO of Shade is certainly a crowd favorite, but these lovely ladies are going against some of the toughest, testosterone-filled teammates we've seen so far! I'm of course talking about... Team SSSN! Sun Wukong and his team are certainly a force to be reckoned with, and although he'll be representing the Mistral Academy of Haven, I'm sure his friends and family back in Vacuo will be cheering him along!".

Neptune waves at the crowd until he spots his four beautiful opponents, which causes him to develop a confident attitude as he addresses them "Ladies".

Weiss shakes her head "Of course he would flirt with them".

"Well can't say I blame him. They do look really good" Lyre purred before noticing Weiss giving her a glare "B-but not as beautiful as you!".

Weiss rolled her eyes and locked back at the arena.

The terrain for the match is half a sun-baked desert wasteland reminiscent of Vacuo's terrain, and half a tropical ocean biome centered round a large shipwreck - much to the horror of Neptune, who has a crippling fear of water.

"Oh, no" Blake said with her face is in her hand, unable to look.

"What's wrong?" Severa asked.

"Neptune's ... afraid of the water" Blake answered.

"Wait, seriously!?" Severa asked in disbelief.

As the match begins, Neptune scrambles to the top of the opposing team's terrain to get away from the water, to the confusion of both teams.

In the ensuing melee, Team NDGO quickly gains the advantage as Dew hurls Sage with her spear clear out of the ring by creating a huge gust of wind and dust devils while Octavia easily navigates the terrain thanks to her Sandskating Semblance. With help from Neptune, Sun manages to defeat Octavia using his nunchucks rather easily, evening out the match to a 3-on-3 fight.

Scarlet is thrown onto the mast of the shipwreck by Dew's spear but manages to land to safety thanks to his Gliding Semblance and is pursued by Nebula. He bests her in a sword duel, however, atop the mast of the shipwreck, throwing her into the water, before immobilizing Gwen Darcy above him using a grappling shot from his flintlock pistol before landing on the ground under her. However, after doing so, Gwen's knives fall out of their pockets and onto Scarlet. Scarlet, noticing this, panics and poses in response, his pose luckily saving him from each and every one of the knives.

Sun attempts to take out Dew by throwing a pair of coconuts from a tree at her, but she deflects the attack towards Scarlet, hitting him in the face and groin and exhausting his Aura, eliminating him from the match.

As the remaining three members of NDGO, who are still undefeated, regroup in the ocean, Sun finally convinces Neptune to gingerly approach the water's edge. Using electricity from his trident, Neptune electrifies all three opponents in one powerful strike, ending the match.

"And with that, Team SSSN moves on to the doubles round! You know what I call that victory?" Port asked.

"Shocking?" Oobleck guessed.

"No, well earned. What you said is stupid" Port said and Oobleck turns away, frowning.

Ruby leans back in her seat and sighs "Aw, that was so close!".

"Looks like the dorks made it to the next round!" Yang said.

"Dorks indeed" Severa said.

"Well, you can be quite a dork yourself, Severa" Blake said teasingly, earning a pout from her girlfriend.

"That concludes the matches for today. Please leave the Coliseum IN A CALM AND ORDERLY FASHION!" Oobleck shouts which causes everyone to flinch.

"Come on, let's go congratulate 'em" Yang said.

The girls get up from their seats and start to head out just as the same ribbon-adorned craft passes over the Colosseum, causing Weiss to stop in her tracks and Ruby to bounce into her.

"Uh, what are you viewing?" Ruby asked.

Weiss looks up at the craft with a strange expression and strain in her voice "She's here!".

"Who?" Lyre asked.

"Someone you need to meet, while we still have the chance!" Weiss said as she grabbed Lyre's hand and pulled her along, much to a blushing Lyre's confusion and Ruby was quick to follow them.


At the Academy's courtyard Weiss, who was dragging Lyre and Ruby are running up the main avenue towards the docking bays.

Ruby was doing her best to catch up with her partner "Weiss! What is the big deal!? Who is it? Who is she!?".

Weiss stops, let's go of Lyre's hand and smiles "Winter".

The girls looks and sees a woman who looked like a older Weiss, escorted by crimson-colored Atlas Soldiers and Atlesian Knight-200's exit her airship. Lyre blushed a little, looks like beauty was a family trait for the female Schnee members.

"Wait... Your sister?" Ruby asked.

Weiss cups her mouth "Winter!" The three then run up to the elder Schnee as she turns to see them "Winter! I'm so happy to see you! Oh..." Weiss suddenly calmed down so she could be more polite "Your presence honors us".

Winter looks around as she approaches them "Beacon... It's been a long time. The air feels... different".

"I mean it is fall, so, eh, it's probably colder" Ruby said.

Weiss punches Ruby in the shoulder, causing her to gasp in pain before turning back to her sibling "So, what are you doing here?".

"Classified" Winter responded simply and direct.

"Oh, right. Well, how long are you staying?" Weiss asked.

"Classified" Winter repeated in the same tone.

"Of course" Weiss said as she nods and smiles in understanding.

Ruby looks pensively around in the silence "Well... this is nice... I think".

"Yeah... real nice" Lyre whispered, feeling intimidated by Winter's commanding presence.

Weiss began speaking excitedly "You're going to love it here! I know you travel a lot, but so much of Beacon is different from Atlas! Vale, too. The government and school are completely separate! Can you believe it!? I-".

"I'm more than familiar with how this kingdom handles its... bureaucracy. That is not why I came" Winter interrupted.

"Right! I'm sorry!" Weiss said.

"Nor did I come here to watch my own blood fail so miserably in battle. But it appears that I have no choice in the matter" Winter said.

Weiss looked puzzled "But, we won!".

"Only a novice would refer to that as a victory. I counted at least three strikes missed" Winter said, making Weiss flinch.

'And people say Weiss is cold' Lyre tought, not liking Winter's coldness.

"Leave us" Ordered her AK-200s and they obeyed, walking two steps backwards into formation as she sighs and smiles a little more warmly at Weiss "How have you been?".

'Ah, there is the real sister' Lyre thought with a smile.

Weiss smiles again "Oh, splendid! Thank you for asking. I'm actually in the very top ranking of our sparring class! And the rest of my studies are going wonderfully, too! I'm-".

Winter smacks Weiss, leaving a massive bump on her head "Silence, you boob! I don't recall asking about your ranking, I'm asking how you've been. Are you eating properly? Have you taken up any hobbies? Are you making new friends?".

"Well, there's Ruby" Weiss said.

Ruby giggles as she pushes the lump back into Weiss' head "Heh, boob".

"And me" Lyre said shyly "Hi, I'm Lyre".

Winter eyed her for a moment before looking back at Ruby "I see. So this is the leader you wrote of. How appropriately... underwhelming".

"Uh... Thank you!" Ruby said cheerfully, seemingly not realizing what Winter said wasn't really a compliment.

"Greetings, Ruby Rose. I wish to thank you for taking an interest in my sister" Winter said, being as polite as she could.

"Oh! Uh, yes, of course! The honor is in my... court!" Ruby said as she attempts to salute and curtsy, nearly losing her balance with this gesture, waving her arms until she can get back up.

Winter looks back at Lyre "And you must be Lyre Laguz. Tell me, do you posses romantic feelings for my sister?".

Weiss blushed, but was also nervous. This was one of the main reasons she wanted Winter and Lyre to meet, she hoped things would work out.

"I... yes, I do" Lyre answered, trying to sound confident.

"That so? And are you prepared to treat her well?" Winter asked.

"Yes, ma'am. I may be rough around the edges, but I am willing to try" Lyre said.

Winter eyed her for several seconds before she nods "Good. Then you will have the chance to earn my blessing. That is, if Weiss feels the same for you?".

Everyone looked at Weiss who blushed but took a deep breath "Lyre has proven she is more than meets the eye. So yes, I am willing to give her a chance".

Lyre smiled in relief "Thank you Weiss".

"Very well then" Winter said before looking back at Weiss "I have business with the General and your Headmaster. But, seeing as I'm early, why don't you take me to your quarters?".

"Really?" Weiss asked happily.

Winter and Weiss begin walking towards the Academy, followed by the androids "Yes. I wish to inspect them and make sure that they are up to my personal standards".

"Of course. Just so you're aware, the bunk beds only look unstable" Weiss said.

Winter raised an eyebrow "Bunk beds?".

Ruby waves goodbye behind them "I'll catch up- I mean, I will... reconvene with you both... at a later... At a juncture. Yeah".

"Smooth Ruby, real smooth" Lyre said with an amused smiled.

as Weiss, Winter and the androids walking towards the courtyard, someone dizzily sneaks up behind the AK-200s and promptly decapitates one, before kicking its head towards the group.

"Hey!" The group turns around to see a man looking at them "Yeah, I'm talking to you, Ice Queen!".

Winter narrowed her eyes as one of her automated soldiers advances, rifle raised "Halt!".

Weiss angrily walks up to the offender's face "Excuse me! Do you have any idea who you are talking to!?".

The Man places hand on Weiss' face "Sssshhh. Not you".

He pushes her out of his way as he moves forward, much to her annoyance "Hey!".

The man looks at the irritated Winter as he clarifies "You. Saw that gaudy ship of yours in town. I guess you're here, too".

"I'm standing right before you" Winter said.

The man squints through his hazy state of mind before he smiles "So it would seem".

"You realize you just destroyed Atlas Military property" Winter said.

The man sarcastically apologizes as he looks at his surroundings "Oh, oh I'm sorry. See, I mistook this for some sort of... sentient garbage".

Winter walks over to face him "I don't have time for your immature games, Qrow".

"Wait, you two know each other?" Weiss asked.

The man named Qrow rolled his eyes "Geez, you Atlas Specialists think you're so special, don't you?".

"It's in the title" Winter said.

"Well, you know what you really are? A bunch of sellouts. Just like your boss" Qrow said, growing more hostile.

Winter glares "I'm not sure what you think you're implying, but I've heard enough".

"Oh I heard, too. I heard ol' Ironwood finally turned his back on Ozpin" Qrow said.

"Ozpin?" Weiss asked.

Winter shoves Weiss aside "Weiss, it's time for you to go".

Weiss looked worried "What-".

"Listen to big sister, Weiss. She'll protect you. Just like Atlas is going to protect all of us, huh?" Qrow asked.

"If you won't hold your tongue, then I will gladly remove it for you!" Winter said as she draws her sword.

"Alright then..." Qrow began as he slicks his back hair "Come take it".

The square clears before Winter charges at Qrow, making several quick, but futile thrusts at Qrow's head as he swiftly bobs away from the blade, teasing her with several faces until he mockingly bows towards her. A downward strike is blocked by the base of Harbinger, right before he tosses it in the air and points it towards Winter. The two openly clash blades as Qrow lands a downwards strike, and aggressively swipes at Winter, forcing her to do a series of back handsprings away from the greatsword and eventually block it. The camera then cuts to the two spinning and trading blows as Ruby enters the crowd next to her teammate.

Both Winter and Qrow parry each of their foe's strikes with rapid speed, as Winter dodges a two-handed swing before smacking Qrow's left cheek with the pommel of her saber. But Qrow grins as his left eye flashes brightly and Winter is forced to leap away with a glyph as Qrow slams his sword on the ground, shattering the pavement.

Winter then breaks away from the mid air crane stance as she lands near a lamppost, which is subsequently destroyed with a swipe from Qrow. Winter then leaps above him and dodging his swings, finally leaping on top of his sword, then giving him an excellent view of her foot as she kicks him in the face. Winter backflips onto the stump that used to be a lamppost, but then leaps off onto a railing high above, right as Qrow throws his sword at the stump. Qrow transforms his weapon, firing a cannon shot at Winter and forcing her to jump onto the side of a concrete, arched pillar. She uses her sword to stay on the vertical surface until Qrow runs forward and tries firing more blasts at her, which she dodges by scaling the pillar's face and eventually leaping onto the archway itself. Qrow follows suit on the opposite structure, firing off round after round at his opponent.

Qrow then searches for Winter as he sees a cloud of white steam consume her, narrowing his gaze. Suddenly, Winter flies towards him, separating her bifurcated saber into two, and Qrow blocks her attack. The arch collapses from the force, causing the two to crash back down to ground level, continuing their furious attacks towards each other. Qrow is forced backward and drags his sword in the ground to slow to a stop before holding it in a one-handed stance, to the cheer of the audience.

Winter then stabs the ground with one of her swords, summoning a glyph that creates a flock of small white Nevermores, which begin flying towards him. Qrow swings his sword at the flock, causing a few to burst into small clouds of steam. He then sends an Aura arc at Winter, causing her to jump back and putting an end to the birds. Winter angrily summons a second glyph behind her, and the blade of Qrow's sword begins to transform in a sequence initiated by its clockwork gears. But suddenly, his gaze travels elsewhere, and he suddenly sheaths his sword, instead beckoning his bewildered opponent to come at him with his right index finger. The glyph fades away, and there's a bright flash of light, followed by Winter speeding forward with light trailing behind her.

Just as the tip of Winter's blade closes in on Qrow's throat, the voice of Ironwood is loudly heard in the courtyard "SCHNEE!".

At the sound of his voice, Winter immediately stops and looks behind her to see Ironwood standing behind her, with Penny behind him. She lowers her blades as she addresses Ironwood at about face "General Ironwood, sir!".

Ironwood approaches Winter with Penny by his side "What in the world do you think you're doing?".

"He started the altercation, sir!" Winter said, defending her actions.

Qrow puts his hands behind his head in a relaxed stance "That's actually not true. She attacked first".

"Is that right?" Ironwood asked and Winter searches for words, only to realize Qrow is right. She looks down in shame "And you" Qrow points to himself in mock confusion "What are you doing here?".

"I could be asking you the same thing" Qrow shot back.

"I-" Ironwood began but the sound of Beacon's heatmaster stopped him

"Now, now, everyone" Ozpin said as he arrives with Glynda "There is a sanctioned fight happening just around the corner at the Colosseum, that I can assure you has better seats... and popcorn".

"Break it up, everyone! We will take care of this mess" Glynda said as she glares at the trouble makers.

"Let's go" Ironwood said as he and Winter leave, Penny notices Ruby and quietly waves to her, while Ruby waves back. Ruby then leaps giddily onto Qrow's arm, shaking her legs in delight.

"Uncle Qrow!" She cheers as she hangs on Qrow's outstretched arm "Hi. It's so good to see you! Did you miss me? Did you miss me!?".

"Nope" Qrow said simply before they share a grin as he pats his niece's head.

"Qrow!" The Huntsman turns to look at the Headmaster as Ruby gets dropped "A word, please".

"I think I'm in trouble" Qrow whispered.

Ruby shrugs "You did kinda tear up our courtyard".

"Yeah, I did" Qrow said as winks and gives Ruby a fist bump "Catch ya later, kid".

As Qrow leaves Weiss walks up beside Ruby, arms crossed "And suddenly, your recklessness makes sense".

Ruby nudges Weiss' shoulder "You're just mad because he whooped butt".

"That was a draw, at best!" Weiss said but Ruby's grin says otherwise.

"Looks like we all have crazy family members" Lyre said as she showed up next to them.


A while later, Qrow sighs as he walks down a hallway, having finally gotten out of a rather heated discussion with his fellow members of the inner circle. He was really annoyed by Ironwood's blind devotion to showing of his military toys, which he knew would not hold back the real threat. As he was rounded a corner he suddenly bumped in to someone, knocking them over.

"Oh pardon me..." He said until he noticed who he had bumped in to. It was Severa "Sorry about that, kid. You alright?".

He offered a hand, and despite looking annoyed, Severa accepted it "I'm fine. Been drinking a little to much I see".

"Maybe..." Qrow said, though he looked distracted.

"Something wrong?" Severa asked.

"Oh no, nothing wrong. You just look very familiar" Qrow answered.

Severa sighed "Of course I do. I am Cordelia's daughter".

"Oh, yeah that's it. You look a lot like her when she was your age" Qrow said, almost sounding like he was simply going with what Severa said.

"You know my mom?" Severa asked.

"Who doesn't? Kidding. We went to this very academy together. She was a genius, even back then. Though she always hated being called that" Qrow explained.

"I see... You also look familiar. But I can't quite put my finger on it" Severa said as she looked him over.

"Maybe you know my nieces, Ruby and Yang?" Qrow suggested.

"Wait, you are Qrow Brawen? The uncle Ruby and Yang have been bragging about? I was expecting someone more... Sober, and less smelly" Severa said.

"Ouch, you have a sharp tongue. Clearly didn't get that from your mom" Qrow said.

"I take that as a compliment. Well, nice seeing you Qrow, but I gotta go" Severa said as she began walking away.

"Sure, take care kid..." Qrow said as he watched Severa walk away.

Red hair... and her eyes... No doubt about it, she was the girl Qrow saved from the beast years ago... And the feeling he had back then was even stronger now... It was hard to ignore... Could she really be...?

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Well this was a really long chapter since I combined two episodes. Sorry if the fights felt rushed, but I have things planned for this Volume, and I am a little excited to get to them, so I didn't want to spend a whole chapter on just having our heroes react to other's fights.

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