It was a beautiful day outside but with Team FKAB it was anything but beautiful as the four of them were deep in war. Not the war involving kicking each other's asses but a war of cards, the infamous game of ruining friendships named One. Sol, Ky, Aria, and Baiken were silent with the tension in the room being so thick it could choke someone, Ky put down a yellow 5 having only 4 cards left, everyone looked towards Aria as she had a smug smirk on her face as she was down to only two cards. Was she gonna place a card? If she was, what would it be? Will someone be able to shout "One" before her? It was like a western style duel, who would fire first? The clock ticked as the clock hand ticked ever closer to twelve o clock, tick tick tick. The clock hit twelve and Aria slammed her card and shouted "One!" with everyone else too late to stop her and Baiken slamming the desk swearing. "HO HO HO! You fools stand no chance against the queen of cards Aria Belladonna! We all must succumb to the hands of fate and fate has chosen me to conquer this world!" Aria was too busy gassing herself up to notice that the others had put down cards and Ky told Aria "Draw 12 queen of cards." Aria looked down at the table to see everyone put down draw 4 cards adding up to a draw 12 and Aria had no such draw 4 to counter. All the joy in Aria's eyes had vanished and all that was left was a husk as Ky gave her 12 cards. She slammed her head on the desk and said muffled by the table "This game suuuuuuucks!". Baiken couldn't help but laugh at Aria's despair as they went back to playing One. Team ADMA was one table away from them as they were reading, Dizzy and Anji were reading from a large textbook to study while Axl was reading a comic. I-no meanwhile had fallen asleep with her head on the table as she was bored out of her mind being in this library.

We now come to Elphelt and Ramlethal who were traveling aside 2 faunus, one with white hair and the tail of an otter, dressed in a black vest and baggy white pants, the other had green copper hair and was wrapped in multiple bandages while wearing a white crop top, she had both the ears and tail of a raccoon but most noticeably had a giant key on her back. Elphelt skipped with every step as she was so excited to be at Beacon academy "Oh my gosh we're finally here, I'm so excited for you guys to see Aria, she is just the best person in the world!"

The otter faunus spoke up "Yeah finally, you talk about this girl like she's a superhero."

The Raccoon faunus spoke up in a low tone of voice "I hope she won't hate us for coming unannounced…"

Ramlethal spoke up and told the Raccoon faunus "There is no need to worry, Aria is one of the kindest souls in the universe and she loves surprises."

Elphelt and company entered the library to find Aria who had come back from her 12 card misfortune and yelled "ONE! HAHA YOU ALL SUCK! I'M THE QUEEN OF CARDS HA HA HA! Now pay up chumps!" Aria posed as the rest of team FKAB groaned with Baiken wanting to curse her out as they all placed money on the table which Aria took snickering at her victory.

"Hey Aria!" Elphelt and company walked up to FKAB's table as she turned around seeing her sisters and her eyes lit up with excitement "Oh my gosh you two are finally here!"

"Yeah finally, we almost ran out of money staying in a hotel all this time and Ramlethal just wouldn't let me ask you for money." Elphelt told Aria

"We can't rely on Aria to solve all our problems anymore. But I think I hate the taste of instant ramen now…" Ramlethal added.

"You dummies should have told me you were low on money, as your big sister it's my responsibility to make sure you're doing well. But that's not important, you haven't introduced me to your friends over here!" Aria said, referring to the two people with her sisters.

"You're right! Ahem, please welcome my team members Chipp David and Aba Ayana, along with Rammy we make team ERCA and just guess who the leader is." Elphelt pointed at herself very proud of her position in her team.

"Aria Belladonna, Elphelt told me tons about you, I swear this girl talks to you the same way priests do about their gods." Chipp told her and shook her hand.

"Well most of them are probably true." Aria joked around with Chipp. Aba meanwhile just hid behind Chipp and just stared at Aria not saying a word, it was a little creepy to say the least. Elphelt saw this and sighed and told Aba "Come on Aba we are not doing this again, introduce yourself." Chipp moved out of the way as Aba came up to Aria and quietly said "Aba… Aba Ayana…"

"So great to meet you Aba, so what's up with that large key? Is that your weapon? It looks so cool!" Aria tried to touch the key but Aba grabbed her hand like she was gonna rip it off and told her "Don't. Touch. Him."

Aba let go and Aria got the message and nodded as this woman was clearly not in the right headspace and the last thing she would want to do is piss off Aba. "I'm sorry about her, she's just very possessive over her key, trust me she's really nice when you get to know her." Elphelt apologized to Aria while Aba looked at her with the eyes of a killer.

"Aria, Elphelt, if we may have a moment in private. There is something we need to discuss." Ramlethal spoke out.

"Yeah sure, just one second. Yo chumps bring my stuff up to my room okay, and Sol we're going out to dinner later and you're paying!" Aria told her team as Baiken flipped her off and Sol's head hit the desk as he knew Aria was anything but cheap which made Aria laugh as she left with Elphelt and Ramlethal.

Ky stood up and bowed before the two other members of team ERCA "My name is Ky Schnee, and these two are Fredrick Rose but just refer to him as Sol and Bai-"

Chipp interrupted him and went up to Baiken "Baiken Branwen, long time to see!"

Baiken looked annoyed just being in his presence "Of all fucking people… what do you want Chipp?"

"I just wanted to see how my old training buddy's been, I bet you've gotten so much stronger since last time we met! When can we fight?!"

"Chipp, do you want to embarrass yourself again?"

"Nuh uh! I'm much stronger and faster than the last time we met!"

"Chipp you have a 0-199 win loss record and I'm not in the mood to make it 200."

"Whatever, I'll fight you again later."

Ky cleared his throat and began to talk again "Well it seems you two are well acquainted, if there aren't any more interruptions I would personally like to give you two a tour of Beacon academy as a representative."

Chipp looked at Ky with a disgusted look and Aba going back behind Chipp "Yeah, look nothing personal Schnee but I don't exactly trust any of your type. I don't want people getting the wrong idea walking around with a Schnee of all people, we can find our own way around. Let's get out of here Aba." Chipp walked away with Aba following suit, Ky didn't have a response to the faunus and just looked disheartened.

"Sorry about the guy Ky, mom died in a dust mine accident a long time ago when he was little, doesn't trust any rich guys." Baiken told Ky

"Yeah… he has no reason to like me…" Ky walked off and Sol could tell something was up so he went to go chase the man.

We come back to Aria with her sisters as they sit down on a bench together in a little discreet part of Beacon where no one really goes. They were sitting around for a bit not saying anything to each other as Aria knew exactly what Ramlethal wanted to talk about. "Aria, we have reason to believe that the White Fang are planning more than stealing dust. Adam Tarus is on his way with that Torchwick human, the presence of Adam alone signals the worst to come but we don't have a clue on what they'll even be doing."

"Of course he would be here… what are we supposed to do then? No info other than them being here doesn't lead to anything." Aria responded to Ramlethal.

"Well there are faction meetings to hand out orders and recruit members, maybe we can find one and bust up the place?" Elphelt said as she was sitting upside down not taking things too seriously.

"I agree with that but we can't be seen because what if Adam shows up?" Aria inputted.

"Come on Aria, were tough and in a three on one we can take him!" Elphelt said as she was quickly shot down.

"Elphelt such a plan is too risky, you know how powerful the man is, even the three of us together can't handle him. Plus there are bound to be guards there so the little chance we do have to beat him goes even lower. Even then that doesn't help us with the question of what are the White Fang planning?" Ramlethal told Elphelt.

"You're no fun Rammy… how about we get your team to help us Aria? Isn't the cute blonde guy a Schnee? They must have some records on the dust robberies we can use!" Elphelt suggested to Aria.

"Elphelt I don't want to get my team involved in our mess." Aria said.

"Elphelt has a point Aria, The Schnee's records could prove valuable and maybe your teammates have connections that could prove useful." Ramlethal agreed with Elphelt as they looked at Aria for her answer.

"Fine… I'll see what I can do but no promises they'll help us out." Aria said to her sisters before she stood up to go find her teammates.

Meanwhile with Ky he was walking back to the FKAB dorm room with his head down and Sol was able to catch up with him not too long after he left the library. "Yo, Ky what's up man?"

"Nothing, it's nothing Sol." Ky responded.

"Ky don't try to hide crap from me, I'm your damn leader tell me what's wrong."

"I told you that it's nothing! Are you dense!?"

"Dense enough to know that when anyone says it's nothing, it's usually bullshit so spit it out Schnee."

"Don't you call me that name ever again!" Ky punched Sol right in the face as he finally snapped after the amount of pestering Sol has been doing. It definitely hurt Sol but Ky he's not much of a puncher in the first place. Ky stepped back for a second as he accidentally let his anger out on his teammate and he looked as if he immediately regretted it. "Oh no… Sol I didn't hurt you did I i'm so sorry I don't know what came over me I-"

"You done Ky? Ready to talk?" Sol interrupted Ky.

He let out a sigh and the two began to walk together again "Sol… has anyone ever judged you just for where you came from?"

"Can't say it's happened a lot, so no not really."

"I despise the name Schnee… My family has done nothing but cause problems just so they could be at the top of the dust market. My entire family legacy has been built on a mountain of corpses, lies, and cheaters. The only reason I was born is because my father wanted to marry my mother for the company, I wasn't made out of love, I was made to keep this wretched corporation alive! That man never cared for my mother one bit and he turned her into a drunk… the only comfort I knew was my sister winter but after she turned 18 she left the family and never came home dumping the responsibilities of heir to the company onto me. It's everyday I'm reminded of the fact that no matter how hard I try I'm tied down to this name, the high expectations, and the terrible assumptions. My family has done terrible things to Faunus kind but I never had a choice in the matter. I'm sorry for everything my family has done, I never wanted this name, why couldn't I just live a normal life like you were able to Sol? I never wanted all this money, I never wanted the company, I never wanted my name…"

The two stayed silent for a moment as Sol tried to think of the words to say. "You can't change the past Ky, you can only look towards the future. You can't change who you're from but that doesn't matter, the only thing that matters is you. Embrace the part of you that wants to be more than just a name, because I don't see Ky the Schnee, I see Ky Schnee the member of team FKAB who's gonna be a part of the greatest team of huntsmen to ever exist."

"Thanks Sol but it's gonna take a lot more than that for people to see me as more than a heir."

"Change doesn't happen overnight unfortunately."

The two came back to their dorm to find Aria sitting on the top bunk of her bunk bed. She looked up at the two guys and said "Finally, hey you know where Baiken is? We need to have a talk, it's important."

Meanwhile with Baiken she was on a stroll through the academy with no real direction of where she was headed. Her team left her alone so she just took the time to get her steps in. She wore the straw hat Anji gave to her a while back to block out the Sun as it was hitting her eye in the wrong way which annoyed her. Just as she had enough of her stroll and was going to head back to the FKAB dorm room, the one person she didn't want to see had to show up. She had come face to face with I-no and she appeared to be showing around some transfer students which unbeknownst to Baiken were really Cinder, Mercury, and Emerald , I-no saw Baiken and rushed towards her saying her name, Baiken had a little flashback to the sparring match and reached for her katana out of instinct but she snapped back to reality fast enough to keep fer blade sheathed. "Heyyy Baiken! How have you been, I didn't hurt you too bad last time did I?"

"What? No I'm cool, it's whatever…" Baiken responded not really wanting to talk to I-no

"Hey so my bad on the team fight we had, I kinda went a bit over the line didn't I? I was just so into it y'know? Promise not to make you cough up blood next time!" I-no said apologizing to Baiken

"Did Anji tell you to apologize?"

"What, no he didn't tell me to apologize."

"Whatever, I don't need your damn pity."

"Whoa now where did this come from? Are you looking for a round 2 then samurai? Maybe next time you'll be spitting up more than some blood." I-no friendly demeanor turned to one of sadism as Baiken was clearly ready to go again with the rockstar witch but Cinder put her hand on I-no's shoulder. "I-no I hate to disrupt whatever you have going on here but we are in quite a hurry so let's not waste anymore time here."

"Fine, you're lucky I'm busy samurai."

"Next time I'm cutting you down, witch." Baiken and I-no walked past each other now officially on bad terms as Baiken now has a new resolve to surpass the rockstar witch. Doesn't matter what power up made her as tough as she is, she's not gonna lose to anyone ever again.

"What's her problem?" Emerald asked I-no.

"Not sure but the next time I see her she's fucking dead." I-no stated as they walked off.