“Hey, what’s that white patch of fur on top of your head? Is it a hat?” Ruby asked me as both her and Weiss and I walked off to find the other two.

“No, it’s not a hat. It’s Sylph.” I told her.

“Sylph?” Weiss asked as she gave me an odd look. I chuckled as I reached up and scratched the top of Sylph’s head, making her look up out of her nap.

“A white Grimm!” Ruby said loudly, enough to draw the attention of both Yang and Blake as they rounded a corner.

“What about a white Grimm?” Yang asked. Ruby pointed at Sylph on top of my head as she waved.

“And it’s not attacking anyone, I guess it’s the same as Oni.” Blake pointed out. I blinked at her for a moment.

“You’re taking this a bit easy.” I said.

“When you spent a year in Indigo’s class, you get used to seeing friendly Grimm around. Mostly since there’s about a point two percent of them.” Blake explained.

“What’s the point two?” I asked.

“The Grimm on you’re head and Oni.” Yang answered. I chuckled as Sylph simply curled up on my head and the five of us headed off to explore. Ruby said that they were going to show me around since I only knew the school grounds but that’s about it other than that small section of the city I’ve been in. We continued on for some time talking to each other about anything. It seems that there’s this tournament going on that has students from three other schools participating in. I guessed that I couldn’t go in since I must’ve missed the entry of it or I’m not in a team. I didn’t really mind it though since I prefer not having a large number of people stare at me. It’s kinda creepy.

We've walked for quite a while, Ruby giving somewhat of an improv tour. Blake was kind of to fill on the informative holes that Ruby leaves within her wake. I chuckled at this as we walked along. I asked some questions to Ruby that I believe she could answer but most of them Blake had to fill in to help.

We walked by an apartment complex with a few nice looking cars parked out front. There must've been some sort of party, judging by the loud music and the number of cars parked. Sylph raised her head up at the building, flattening her ears as she did. I chuckled at this but soon noticed that the music had stopped. I could see that the others noticed as well but before any of us could mention it, the silence was shattered by the sound of gunfire. I looked up, not knowing what was going. The people in the area fled in panic, including those previously inside the building. The music soon returned to drown out the gunfire and once it kicked off, the sound of a window shattering was heard from above us before something landing atop one of the many parked cars.

Looking around I took Sylph off my head and ran over to a nearby wall alongside the others. I peeked around as the music and gunfire were still going off as I looked over to the smashed up cars.

“Hold on to Frosty!” I yelled, pushing Sylph into Ruby’s arms and ran over to one of the non-smashed cars and crouched down to keep low as I moved closer to the smashed car. As I got closer I saw there was someone there on top of the car and as I got close I peeked over to see who it was. I was shocked and horrified to see that it was Indigo, badly bleeding and shot. He groaned and weakly shook his head.

“P-Psy.” He managed to say before falling into unconsciousness. The fight above had ceased with an unknown victor. Glancing up I reached over and carefully pulled Indigo off of the car and onto my back.

“Oof, you’re heavy…” I said as I sniffed him. “And smell.” With that, I half walked and half crawled back to the others. I glanced back to see if anyone has seen us but with Indigo being a bit bigger than me it was hard.

When I got back to the group I saw them looked at me and Indigo horrified. I grunted as I shifted him on top of me.

“Yeah no, don’t bother calling help. I’m fine~.” I said with enough sarcasm that even Tak could see. Blake and Yang helped getting Indigo off of me, allowing me to catch my breath.

“What happened!?” Ruby asked with panic in her voice. Blake and Yang had gently sat Indigo down against the wall. I noticed Blake’s panicked expression was more severe than the others.

“I know as much as you do,” I said as I looked back at the direction where the whole scene happen. “Right now we need to get Indigo to a hospital or to the school.” Weiss nodded, taking her scroll as she did before quickly calling someone.

“P-psy… where…” Indigo muttered, his words barely coherent.

“Easy there,” I said to him. “You got pretty banged up.” He opened his eyes, hissing at the light of the day. He looked down at himself disappointingly, seeing the still bleeding wounds. Blake placed a hand on one of his wounds to hold back the blood.

I saw her concern look for him and raised an eyebrow at them. I then looked over to Weiss to see if there's anything.

“There’ll be a group coming in a few minutes.” she informed. The sirens of the local police echoed from a distance and before we knew it, they had already set up a crime scene. We were brought into questioning but we didn't know who was responsible for the ruckus. Indigo was being treated on sight, deeming it too dangerous to move him in his current condition. Though as I watched the medic tend to Indigo, I wondered why his aura hadn't healed him yet.

When they were finished with him and looked like an annoyed mummy I walked over to him with Sylph on my head again.

“Hey, you okay?” I asked him. He frowned as he looked down at himself.

“They took my flask.” He grumbled in annoyance. It was true, they took it deeming it a lethal substance and evidence despite his countless protests. I rolled my eyes as Sylph hopped down to sniff Indigos hand. Seeing this he tried to shoo her away but to no avail. “They said that the material of the bullet that hit me was able to negate my aura. Which exactly what we needed.” Indigo said in sarcastic anger. Sylph’s ears flatten on her head as I picked her up.

“Why would anyone need aura negating ammo?” I asked him. His head leaned against the wall behind.

“Easy…” He said, pushing himself off the wall and causing something to slip out from his only vest pocket. It was a bullet, no doubt from the same material used against him. “To kill a Huntsman.” He said.

“That's not good.” I said as my ears flatten on top of my head. Indigo picked up the small bullet.

“These things have been around for years but not many know how to obtain them, a few select people do.” He said, handing me the bullet before adding. “Me included.” He said rather ominously. I raised an eyebrow at this.

“Right…” I then glanced off to the others and saw Blake looking over to where we were worried. “Someone is really worried about you.” He followed my gaze before sighing.

“It's not something I can say out in public.” He said with a sigh before looking for to the medics that were walking towards us with a gurney. “They'll be taking me to the Vale hospital to remove the bullets from my body. Don't think you'll be getting off without assignments.” He said jokingly as he stood up with pained grunt. The medics rushed over, telling him that he shouldn't move as they helped him onto the gurney. “Inform Ozpin that I won't be back for a bit.” He said as he was carried into the ambulance.

I gave him a nod as the others came over and we all watched the ambulance drove off with Indigo.

“Will… will he be alright?” Ruby asked. I gave her a small nod.

“Yeah, kinda ticked that they took his flask but he’ll be fine.” I looked over at the others before I continued. “I’m guessing this tour is over then.”

The others didn’t say anything as we made our way back to the school, well almost everyone. Blake seemed to disappear without anyone noticing but I didn’t question it.

When we got back I broke away from the others and headed towards Professor Ozpin office to inform him what’s going on. I soon made my way to the elevator and made my way up to Professor Ozpin’s office and as the door opened I saw that he had some people there along with Miss. Glinda Goodwitch.

One of them was a man with short black hair with some gray coming out from the sides that had been cut to a military haircut. He was a tall man wearing a white suit and one white glove over his right hand. Beside him was a woman that looked like Weiss but older and more… imposing. She wore a white uniform with a rapier at her side.

The last man looked like the opposite from the first man, wearing a gray shirt and black pants with a tattered cloak on his back. He had black hair and some hair coming out of his chin and red eyes. They all stared at me as I came in.

“What is the meaning of this? Ozpin, who is this?” Asked the man with short black hair. I frowned at him as the woman looked at me oddly, as if she has seen me before.

“General Ironwood, this is one of the students of Beacon, be it she came in a little late, Viri Mal Kun.” The Professor Ozpin introduced me. The woman eyes widen as he said my name, oh boy that’s not good.

“Uh, hi. Sorry to barge in but this is important.” I said as I walked into the room. Ozpin raised a questioning brow. I began to tell him what has happened some time ago with Indigo and the attack. I pulled the bullet out of my pocket and showed it to him. And I was glad that I did, it was starting to give me bad thoughts. “This thing is one of a few that stopped Professor Indigo’s aura from protecting him. I’ve seen some weird stuff but this just feels… wrong.”

“I've never heard of such thing, aura debation. Troubling indeed.” He said, giving the bullet a look. He then handed the bullet to Ironwood. The latter looked at it, questioning its existence. “But why would anyone need such a thing?” Ozpin questioned.

“I don’t know, maybe people that don’t like Huntsman?” I said with a shrug. “I don’t know anyone else that can shield themselves or heal themselves with aura then Huntsman.”

“Hmm.” Professor Ozpin hummed with his eyes closed before sighing. “I'll be sure to have his medical bill paid in full.” Ozpin said before looking at Ironwood.

“I'll have this analyzed, see if we can trace back to its manufacturer.” He said, pocketing the bullet and turning to the white haired woman. “Let's go, Winter.” He said to her before heading towards the elevator with Winter following behind.

“I'll work on getting his flask back.” Said the other raven haired man. Ozpin looked at him unamused. “It's obvious the guy needs it.” Was his excuse before walking to the elevator as well. This left me, Ozpin and Glinda. I shifted a bit before speaking.

“Well… if you don’t need me, I’ll just go.” I said as I started to make my way out.

“Wait.” Professor Ozpin said. I stopped and looked back at him. “As you know I look into the background of every staff member and student that comes into this academy. There are some that are… questionable, yours is most interesting Ms. Mal Kun.”

“Okay?” I said as I watch him get handed a folder from the blonde woman. He opened it and started to read.

“It says here you are the daughter of one Mavisath Mal Kun, the sister to Axycia Mal Kun, is this correct?” he asked me.

“Yeah… what’s this about?” I asked him.

“Oh nothing much,” he puts the folder down and gave me an even look. “I’ll be straight with you, this material seems to block out aura is most troubling, with that said I want to send a message to both heads of the SDC and MKC for an exception to see if they have come across this material before and are using it. More so your family’s since they also dive into research and development.”

He stands up and walks around his desk to stand in front of me. “I’m not pointing fingers at your family’s company, I just want to make sure there’s no shady business going on. I’ll will talk to Ms. Schnee about this as well, I just hope you both and corporate in this endeavor.”

I nodded at him, “Alright, I’ll send a message to my aunt about this.” He smiled at me and nodded for me to leave. I walked into the elevator and the last thing I saw was Ozpin sipping his coffee.

“A material that blocks out ones aura… why does that sound familiar?” My aunt said as I had both her and Mother on the line in my room. I told them everything that happened and Professor Ozpin’s message to auntie Axycia.

“Yeah, it put Professor Indigo in the hospital for some time because of it.” I told them. Mother had closed her eyes in deep thought.

“Were you able to speak with Indigo?” Mother asked.

“Just for a bit before he was taken away to the hospital, told me to give the bullet to Ozpin. Me and Blake are going to go over there later to see how he’s doing.” I told her. Mother nodded at this.

“Do be careful and do not let your guard down, whoever his attackers were can still be out there.” Mother said with a bit of a worried tone. I nodded at her with a reassuring smile.

“I will be, remember you both trained me and aunty had me fight against those tall thin Void beasts,” I turned to her with less of a smile. “They were a pain.”

“Ahhh the elite Shadow walkers, good times.” she said happily. “But do be careful.”

“I will.” I told them both.

“Good, for now I must get ready for this meeting that just came up…” she frowned before turning her head. “I swear I heard of something like this before… oh well maybe it’s something that I forgot. Anyway, toodles!” with that her side of the screen turned dark, leaving me with Mother.

“I'm truly sorry to hear about your professor.” Mother said sympathetically. She chuckled just after saying this. With a knowing look, she gazed at me. “But I know that man well enough to know that he'll get back, it wouldn't be the first time nor the last.” She said.

“That sounds ominous…” I said to her. “Anyway, is there anything else or should I end the call?” Mother shook her head before waving goodbye. Soon afterwards her image faded, ending the conference call.

I leaned back and let out a long sigh as I saw Sylph was playing with a small ball that I got for her. She bounced around it and naw on it when she got it. I laughed at the sight of this and went over to play with her.

A few hours later I left my dorm room without Sylph, she was passed out when I left, and found Blake some time later. The two of us headed out towards the hospital where Indigo is at. Most of the walk was in silence as I glanced over to Blake, seeing her looking forward and moving at a brisk pace.

“You okay there Blake?” I asked her after moving out of the way of some people coming our way. Blake avoided eye contact before shakingly sighing.

“I'm just… I'm just worried.” She answered. I raised an eyebrow at her.

“Yeah, you're really worried.” I said. She didn't say anything to that so I decided to be blunt. “Do you like Indigo?” She didn't answer but her fair colored cheeks took a noticeable rosy tint.

“Hey, I'm trustworthy.” I said as I remember back to when I was talking to Indi. “And Who knows, maybe he likes you back.” Blake frowned and looked at me.

“It's not that simple.” She said with a bit of sadness in her tone. Blake stopped and crossed her arms. I stopped looked at her.

“Something up?” I asked her. She took a deep breath before shaking her head and resuming her walk.

I tilted my head in confusion before I followed her towards the hospital. Once we got there we had a nurse lead us to his room. As we walked in I saw Indigo in bed still looking like a mummy only with cords coming out of him.

“You look like hell.” I said out loud. He groaned and leaned back onto his pillow.

“Words cannot describe the immense pain that I'm currently suffering.” He said with a calm tone despite his current condition. “Supposedly the morphine is supposed to help.” He said, gesturing at the bag filled with liquid in question. I looked back at him and saw him shaking his head before saying. “It doesn't.”

“I'm glad you're alright.” Blake said, relieved to see that Indigo had been properly cared for. Indigo chuckled at this. “I was… I was worried.” She admitted, earning a small smile from the bedridden Indigo.

“Well I'm sorry for you making you worry.” He said, reaching out for a bottle of water beside his bed. The shadow of the bottle shifted and raised itself from the flat surface before pushing the bottle into his grasp. “They said that my aura will recover within a few hours, then I'm free to leave.” He said with an informative tone as he opened the bottle of water and drank from it. Blake walked over to the chair beside his bed and sat down, making it obvious that chooses to stay and wait through his recovery. Indigo looked at her questioningly. “Unexpected but certainly not unwelcomed.” He said, smiling at bit .

“Well I'm also happy you're getting better. The school doesn't feel the same without ya.” I told him. He chuckled at this in response. I moved a bit closer and leaned against a wall as I continued. “So I did what you said and told Ozpin and he said he’s going to pay you medical and look into this. He also told me to send word to my aunt to come see him.”

“Did he say anything else?” Indigo asked with a questioning look.

“Not really, other than the one guy with a white uniform will go and analyse the bullet with some woman named Winter. Oh! And one other guy is going to get your flask.” I told him.. He let out a sigh of relief, hearing that he would get his flask returned to him soon.

“Wait… Winter? She's in Vale?” Indigo asked with a bit of panic.

“Uhh, I think so… Also I don't think she likes me.” I said.

“Maybe… Winter is part of the Schnee family.” Blake informed me.

“Oh now that's just rude.” I said, crossing my arms.

“Anyway, you didn't tell where I was, right?” Indigo asked. I answered with a shake of my head. “Good, that's a relief.” He said.

“Why does this Winter person hate you Indigo? I get why for Viri but…” Blake trailed off a bit. Indigo chuckled nervously.

“About that… back when I was a fourth year at Beacon, the Vytal Festival was being held in Atlas… which is where I met Winter.” He said before shifting in his bed. “My team decided to set us up on a Blind Date with one another, I've still yet haven't figured out how they convinced her.” He added. I blinked at him.

“You went on a blind date? You?” I said, not really used to seeing Indigo dating. Sure he's young and stuff but still.

“Yeah.” Indigo simply said with a chuckle. “You sound surprised.” He said jokingly. I didn’t know what to say so Blake continued.

“Okay, so you’re team set up a blind date…” she paused for a moment after saying that. “What happened next?”

“After the date, we hit it off somehow. We dated for the next few months up until the Vytal Tournament or more specifically the match between my team and hers.” He said, smiling a bit before saying. “Turns out she agreed to go out with me only to find out our weaknesses and learn our every move to use against us during the match. Yeah I was furious but I wasn't afraid to admit it, she was smart but she didn't really count the one thing that made my team the best of the best in Beacon. Our unpredictability.” He said.

“Wow… that’s… huh.” I said. I wanted to say say that was a jerk move on Winter but I didn’t say it. Blake didn’t seem to show any emotion from this as she listen. “I guessed she broke up with you after the fight?”

“It was more the other way around. I broke up with her as soon as I finished mopping the floor with her entire team.” He answered with a smirk before adding. “We haven't talked since the break up but every now and again I'd receive an apology letter written by her. She did text me a day later but I had to block her, mostly because she was flooding my scroll with messages.” He added.

“So you’re worried that if she finds out where you are she’ll be coming to find you?” I asked. He nodded before saying.

“That and be awkward.” He admitted with a chuckle. I couldn’t help but smile at that. I pushed myself off the wall and stretched a bit.

“Well I don’t know about you but I believe that I should be going.” I looked over at Blake. “I’ll see you when I see you?”

She gave me an odd look but nodded as I looked over at Indi.

“I'll see you in a bit.” He said, smiling a bit. With a wave I turned and headed out of the room and out of the hospital. I made my way around the city until I bump into someone.

“Oh hell, sorry about… that.” I squeak at the end as I realized I bumped into the person I was talking to Indigo about… along with two robotic guards.

“It’s… fine,” Winter said as she brushed the front of her as as looked towards me. “You’re that Mal Kun girl that came in Ozpin’s office.”

“Uhhh, yeah…” I said as Winter slowly leaned into me.

“Do you know who I am?” she asked me.

“Um… kinda? Your name is Winter and you’re a Schnee…” I answered.

“Yes, but I’m also part of Atlesian Military from Atlas and… are you alright?” she asked me in a drone tone. I realized that I was shaking a bit.

“Sorry, just something about me that’s… odd.” I told her. She gave me an odd look before continuing to talk.

“Well, just to quickly get this over with, you don’t have to deal with me have issues of you being a Mal Kun.” she informed. I tilted my head and decided to not press it as she got more closer. “But if you ever do something that puts my sister in harm's way, I swear that I’ll hunt you down and make your life a living hell.”

“Right got it, crystal clear!” I said quickly. She pulled away as I was now sweating like mad.

“One more thing, do you… know where one of your teachers would be? Professor Indigo to be in-”

“Nope!” I shouted, catching her surprised. She opened her mouth before I continue. “Look I have to go, I have to feed my… dog! Yes, dog. My nice friendly dog and… bye!”

With that I bolted away from her as fast as I can. After a good ten minutes I got to my dorm room and closed my door. I took a deep breath as I slid down to the floor tired. I looked into my room and say Sylph sitting on the floor looking at me, wagging her tail. I smiled as I got up and, well, did what I told Winter; feed Sylph.

After doing that I found out that she likes eating leftover pizza. Who knew!

Author's Notes:

I kinda wished Winter got a little more screen time in the show, I have high hopes to see her next Vol~