Heya, this is the author of RWBY: Silver Huntsmen, CyberGhost. This isn't another chapter, just something i wanted to make in respect for Monty Oum, RWBY's creator.

As I'm sure most of you are aware, it's the 10th anniversary of his death (or so I believe it is). I'm almost shocked that it's been a whole 10 years since the man's passed away. I've never been good with words when it comes to this stuff, so I'll say what brought me to make this fanfic.

Believe it or not, I've seen Monty's work before RWBY ever became an idea. I was VERY young and naive, when I saw how amazing the internet was. When I was scrolling through my reccommended videos on Youtube, I stumbled upon a video called Haloid; the animated crossover of Halo and Metroid combined. When I first saw it, i was like "Awesome! A combination of two my favorite games!" Without caring who made it or why. When I watched it, I was amazed with how badass the fight animations were and how fluid it felt. I still remembered my dumbfounded thoughts when i reached the end: "Wait, Master Chief was a GIRL???" Pfft, I still laughed at ever thinking that was Master Chief when it was just another spartan with the same armor.

I still didn't know who the creator was, mostly because I didn't care for the credits. Then at 2015, that's when I first discovered RWBY through the Red Trailer. At that time, I'd forgotten all about Haloid, so the fight animations didn't feel familiar to me. I kept seeing the name "Monty Oum" during the openings in Volumes 1 and 2. I never finished Volume 3, mostly because I've been busy with my own life. But after Volume 4 was released, i decided to start the series over and finish Volume 3...that was when it struck me emotionally. I will say this...NO show has EVER affected me the way RWBY has, and it allowed me to get attached to Monty for how much of a genius he is. Until i learned later after exploring who he is, that i learned he passed away the same year i discovered the show in the first place.

It didn't affect me the same way it affected everyone else at the time, but i know how awful it was, and it sucked that i may never get to meet him even if i had the chance. Around the time Volume 8 had been released, it gave me an idea to start writing fanfics, just for the fun of it. I first started writing in Wattpad, and my first fanfic was TERRIBLE, I wrote it in script form, very little narration with no context for what was going on and SO. MANY. TYPOS! The more i grew, the better I wanted to write. When i returned to watching RWBY, I began to see the flaws not just in Volumes 4,5,6 and so on, but also in the first three volumes as well. The show was still amazing, and it was thanks to Monty's fight animations. While I don't see my self as an amazing writer, I wanted to expand RWBY's story in my own way, and see if i could make it better. I started doing that on Wattpad, but it wasn't giving me much attention I was hoping for, that, and Wattpad began to make me feel more and more isolated. Then I remembered how held some of the most decent and popular fanfics I've had the pleasure of reading. So I decided to restart my Fanfic here, which is how RWBY: Silver Huntsmen was born.

You guys are probably getting bored and wondering where this story of mine is going. What I'm saying is...if Monty hadn't created RWBY, it wouldn't have given me the inspiration to write, it wouldn't have taught me that people like him, people like me, are capable of creating what we're passionate about. Sure, my fanfic here may not be popular now, but I love what I've made so far, and I have no regrets writing on this platform (Wattpad mostly had smut and awful self-inserts fanfics anyway).

Though he'll never see this, I have to say this to him anyway. Thank you so much, Monty. Thank you for such a wonderful show. Thank you for your amazing talents. Thank you, for my ability to keep moving forward for my passion.

We will always love and miss you, Monty Oum, Rest in Peace you wonderful man.

And thank you my fellow readers, for taking the time to read this and for your kind reviews. If not for you, it would've allowed my doubts to get the better of me.

Until next time!