It is now nighttime at Beacon. Team RWBY are in their dorm. Weiss and Blake are still arguing while Yang and Ruby are still observing.
Weiss: I don't understand why this is causing such a problem!
Blake: That is the problem!
Weiss is getting up from her bed.
Weiss: You realize you are defending an organization that hates Humanity, don't you? The Faunus of the White Fang are pure evil!
Blake gets on her feet as well.
Blake: There's no such thing as pure evil! Why do you think they hate Humanity so much? It's because of people like Cardin, people like you, that force the White Fang to take such drastic measures!
Weiss: People like me?
Blake: You're discriminatory!
Weiss: I'm a victim!
Blake and Weiss stare each other down in silence, Weiss leans in close, leering as she speaks quietly.
Weiss: You want to know why I despise the White Fang? Why I don't particularly trust the Faunus?
Weiss is leaning against the bookshelf by the window.
Weiss: It's because they've been at war with my family for years. War, as in actual bloodshed. My grandfather's company has had a target painted across its back for as long as I can remember. And ever since I was a child, I've watched family friends disappear; board members executed; an entire train car full of Dust, stolen. And every day, my father would come home, furious. And that made for a very difficult childhood.
Weiss bangs her fist on the bookshelf.
Ruby is going over to comfort her.
Ruby: Weiss, I-
Weiss: No!
Weiss turns away and walks back over to Blake.
Weiss: You want to know why I despise the White Fang? It's because they're a bunch of liars, thieves, and murderers!
Blake: Well maybe we were just tired of being pushed around!
Silence drops down on the scene again. A surprised Weiss backs away slowly, and Blake realizes her mistake as she looks around at her teammates.
Blake: I... I...
Blake dashes out the door.
Ruby: Blake, wait! Come back!
Ruby runs over to the door and calls to her down the hallway as Yang sits herself down and Weiss looks down. Blake runs outside and arrives at a statue of an armored man with a sword and a hooded woman wielding an axe on an outcropping, staring at the Beowolf under the stone heroes in particular. She closes her eyes and slowly lifts her arms up to her bow and pulls the string to release the bow from her hair. She wipes away a tear away as the camera pulls up to reveal her Faunus ears. On the verge of crying, she becomes startled when she hears a voice above her.
Sun: I knew you would look better without the bow.
The next morning Ruby wakes up from her beauty sleep, yawning in the process. She looks over at Blake's empty bunk, and groans sadly. After a few hours Ruby, Weiss, and Yang are walking through the empty streets of Vale.
Ruby: She's been gone all weekend...
Weiss: Blake's a big girl, I'm sure she can handle herself!
Yang: Weiss, come on. She's one of our teammates.
Weiss: Is she? We all heard what she said!
Ruby: Weiss.
Yang: Maybe she is, maybe she isn't. Either way, she's missing, and we need to find her!
Weiss: A member of the White Fang! Right underneath our noses!
Ruby: I just hope she's okay...
Elsewhere, Blake is sipping a cup of tea and sighing. She looks up at Sun sitting across from her, who holds his drink with his tail as his hand props his head up. He takes a sip when Blake puts her cup down.
Blake: So, you want to know more about me...
Blake looks at sun intently .
Sun: Finally, she speaks! Nearly two days and you've given me nothing but small talk and weird looks!
Blake gives Sun a firm look.
Sun: Yeah, like that.
Blake rolls her eyes before closing them and looking at him sadly.
Blake: Sun... Are you familiar with the White Fang?
Sun: Of course! I don't think there's a Faunus on the planet who hasn't heard of them. Stupid, holier-than-thou creeps that use force to get whatever they want. Bunch of freaks, if you ask me!
Blake sips her drink while listening until she speaks up for the big reveal.
Blake: I was once a member of the White Fang.
Sun promptly goes cross-eyed and chokes on his drink, making him put it down and wipe his mouth as he holds up a hand to process this information.
Sun: Wait a minute, you were a member of the White Fang?!
Blake: That's right. I was a member for most of my life, actually. You could almost say I was born into it...
Flashback
Fallen weapons plunged into the ground - swords, guns, any number of combinations.
Blake: Back then, things were different. In the ashes of war, the White Fang was meant to be a symbol of peace and unity between Humans and the Faunus.
The audience is shown the dark outlines of two trios - animal-eared and tailed Faunus on one side, regular Humans on the other - shaking hands and making peace after their struggle. This does not last long, as seen by a white Faunus cowering in fear of the gray-and-black aggressors harassing the hybrid. Later, more Faunus are pushing the crowd away from their bullied brethren.
Blake: Of course, despite being promised equality, the Faunus were subjected to discrimination and hate. Humanity still thought of us as lesser beings. And so, the White Fang rose up as a voice of our people. And I was there.
Silhouettes of Faunus protestors are revealed, and emerging from the shadows is a young girl with dark hair and cat ears.
Blake: I was at the front of every rally. I took part in every boycott. I actually thought we were making a difference. But I was just a youthful optimist.
Cutting from the child version of Blake, the blue flag of a white wolf with sad eyes and a circle behind its head is lowered, and raised in its stead is a red monster with three bloody scratches and teeth bared at the world.
Blake: Then, five years ago, our leader stepped down, and a new one took his place. A new leader, with a new way of thinking.
A quick series of images are shown - Faunus replacing their picket signs with axes and blades, windows being broken, thieves leaping on trains to steal their cargo.
Blake: Suddenly, our peaceful protests were being replaced with organized attacks. We were setting fire to shops that refused to serve us, hijacking cargo from companies that used Faunus labor. And the worst part was, it was working. We were being treated like equals. But not out of respect... out of fear.
Flashback Ends
Blake puts down her teacup in front of a stunned Sun.
Blake: So, I left. I decided I no longer wanted to use my skills to aid in their violence, and instead, I would dedicate my life to becoming a Huntress. So here I am: a criminal hiding in plain view, all with the help of a little black bow.
Sun starts coming to terms with what Blake said.
Sun: So... have you told your friends any of this?
Blake merely looks down in shame and says nothing. Blake and Sun didn't notice that three people and an assassin android are behind them.
Habib: Well I wouldn't care that you used to be a member of the White Fang you are still our friend right Mando, Cara, IG?
Blake and Sun jumped from being surprised