As the two of them stare at me, probably with a million questions about what I said the sound of flapping wings came up behind and Mother landed with Sylph bouncing over to me. She gave me a few licks before making some worried sounds as I wince a bit.

“I’m just… tender.” I told her. Mother walked up with a worried look before asking.

“What has happened to you? Who did this?” She asked, helping me up to my feet with a wave of her hand. The pain I felt vanished along with the wounds thanks to mother.

“Some guy who has a messed up arm and a number of really bad burns.” I told her.

“Hold on, backup.” Weiss said, standing up and marching over to us. “We were just in Beacon with everything burning and Indigo…” she didn’t finished what she was saying before moving on. “Now we’re here which is who knows where with Yang having her arm cut off… of jeez Yang!” she ran over to check on her. She let out a groan but seemed to be alright, for the most part. Flame bot stood up and away from everyone else, probably waiting for something. Blake was still crying about Indigo as she stayed were she was. I looked at her sadly and looked over to Mother.

“It’s… a long story.” I told her. Mother nodded before looking over to Yang, seeing her badly injured and bleeding. Closing her eyes, mother hummed and Yang soon shone in a familiar golden light. Once the light died down, I saw that Yang’s wound had closed and her injuries were gone. Her pained expression turned to a calmer one but as the light fade her arm was still cut off, leaving her with a stump.

“Uhh…” Weiss said, looking over at me with confusion.

“Just… magic.” I told her as I went over to Blake. She was still crying.

“It’s all my fault… if I didn’t come to Beacon… if I just stayed away…” she sobbed. I pulled her into a hug, rocking her slightly. I saw Flame-Bot turned it’s head before walking off in a direction. Mother watched as I comforted Blake as she held Sylph.

After calming Blake down the three of us… well both me and Weiss since Blake was still out of it, explained to Mother what has happened in Beacon, the White Fang and Grimm attacked, Adam and Indigo, then the White light. When we finished Yang finally started to wake up.

“Ugg, what hit me?” she asked as she pushed herself up with one hand. She looked around and saw her stump. “... Oh, that was real.”

Yang expression darkened as she stared at this. Blake saw this and went over to her to explain, and probably say sorry a half a million times to her. As this was going on I explained to Weiss who Mother was. Her jaw hit the floor when I told her what she was.

“She’s a god!?!” she yelled loudly. I blinked a few times and shook my head.

“Kinda… and ow.” I said as I tired to regain my hearing.

“But… I… she’s a… oh Oum…” she said as she puts her head into her hands as I saw some of her hair stand on end.

“Is something the matter, you two?” Mother asked from afar as she helped Yang to her feet.

“Just someone finding out you’re a powerful being that can create anything with a flick of your wrist.” I answered with a shrug. “You know, the usual.” Mother chuckled before looking over to Blake but they were too far for me to hear their conversation. Before long the sound of heavy footsteps could be heard. We all turned and saw Flame-Bot walking over towards us carrying Ruby in its arms.

“RUBY!” Yang yelled as she ran over to her to check on her younger sister. I patted Weiss before heading over to the other two. I saw Ruby was passed out and muttering something about cookies under her breath. This made Yang let out a sigh. “She alright.”

“Yeah…” I said with a smile.

“She is exhausted both physically and mentally. It might be long before she awakes.” Mother informed us after briefly looking over at the unconscious Ruby. Yang looks up at Mother before looking around us.

“Is there anywhere we could find a bed or… a house.” she said, as I looked at her and the others they were all tired now, the stress and adrenaline wearing off. With a nod, Mother closed her eyes and before we knew it, we were in a large room fitted with multiple beds. Once Mother opened her eyes, she saw the confusion of the group before picking up Ruby and gently placing down onto one of the beds. Weiss stood up, walked over to one of the beds and flopped onto it.

“No one wakes me up for the next few hours.” she said through the pillow. Blake simply got into one of them and simply hugged one of the pillows tightly and sat there, leaving me and Yang there with Mother. Yang stared at her stump and looked like she was close to having a freak out about it. Her breathing began to quicken as she closed her eyes tightly.

“Please stay calm, young one. I may have healed your wounds but I cannot heal the mind.” Mother said to Yang. The latter helped Yang into her own bed. “Rest. You’ve all been through much today.” She said. She looked over at mother… then promptly fall over in bed. The sound of her snoring signaled that she was fast asleep. As this is going on I looked back and saw Fire bot standing outside of the room. Seeing if anyone needs me I step out of the room. Fire bot turned to me and watched me walk around him and I simply stared at him, trying to figure out what going on with… it.

“What… are you?” I asked mostly at myself and to it. As it simply stand there the robot body burned away and was now back to it normal… fiery self. I shook my head at it. “That doesn’t answer my question.”

The fire elemental simply stared at me as Mother walked out of the room and looked at the both of us.

“I want to hear what happened.” She said once the door closed behind her. A look of seriousness replacing her worried one. I put my face into my hands again and let out a loud groan.

“What happened? What do you want to know?!” I began to pace around in the hallway as I continued. “You already know what happened at Beacon, the others can tell you that much. If you’re talking about this, fire guy, here oh that’s not the start of it. What’s the start of it is that before the fall I went to a warehouse to help Indigo and made a giant volcano!” at this point I didn’t know what’s going on with me. I tried to calm down but it didn’t really happen as I spoke again. “I don’t know what’s going on with me!” I felt her arms wrap around me before she pulled me into a calming embrace. I didn’t realized I was shaking and crying into her embrace, I simply hugged her back. After a few minutes of this we pulled away and Mother led me away from the room, for once the elemental didn’t follow as I was led outside to a table. We sat down as I was taking some deep breaths before I told her what happened at the warehouse. She listened to me as I explained what I remember until I got to the part of when I blacked out.

“I… I don’t know, the crates were very durable so I pushed myself to the point where I was when I made the second sun. Everything went white and… I heard something, a voice.” I told her. Mother raised a curious brow at the mention of the voice. When I saw that I thought back on what that voice said. “Heat, fire was around me and… something clicked inside me right as the voice said… ‘The Flames of Creation… this is the path you take…’.” I finished as looked at mother. “What does that mean?”

“That is something you must find out by yourself.” She said, closing her eyes as she did. “For now I suggest you rest a bit.” Mother said.

I simply nodded, now I’ve calmed down as well I started to feel tired as well. I pushed myself up and started to make my way to the others. I stopped and looked back at Mother.

“Talk to you later then?” I asked.

“I’ll come by to check on you and your friends.” Mother replied, standing up after opening her eyes. A small smile greeting as she did. I smiled back before trudging back to the room. Flame-Bot, to which I named the elemental now, stood out front of the room and watched me walk past and enter the room. I simply walked towards an open bed and, like Weiss, flopped onto the bed, passing out right then and there.

After a few hours of sleeping I woke up to see everyone, even Ruby, awake and talking. Ruby had so many questions to ask, mostly on what happened and where she was. At this point I started to explain to them what’s going on with Mother and my aunt.

“So… Everything you told us was a lie?” Yang asked me.

“No no, everything I told you at the sleepover was true. I just left out a few details.” I told her.

“Why though?” Weiss asked, to which I gave her a look of ‘’re you kidding me?’.

“Would you believe me if I have told you everything?” I asked her. She paused for a moment to think about it.

“Good point.” she said. I laughed lightly as I looked at Yang who seemed distracted.

“You okay?” I asked her. She seemed to snap out of it as she looked up at me.

“Huh, uh kinda.” she answered. “Just an odd dream I had.”

“What was it about?” I asked.

“Well I was laying in bed at home,” she pointed to Ruby to say that they were at their home. “I was thinking about what has happened at Beacon… feeling hurt that Blake left us and then I was talking to Ruby and-”

“You told me to leave you alone.” Ruby continued, making Yang stop talking.

“Yeah… it felt so… real.” Yang said. Blake looked a little sad at what Yang has said but she spoke up.

“I had the same kind of dream, but I was away from everyone in Vale, feeling bad and…” she didn’t continue what she was going on and changed topics. “It also felt real.”

“I dreamt that I heading back home with my dad…” Weiss added. “I… don’t want to talk about it.”

“Well at least everyone is okay right…” Ruby said, giving Yang a sorry look but everyone didn’t look in her direction. “Right?”

“No… Indigo…” Blake started to tear up a bit before started to cry in her hands. Weiss came over and tried to comfort her as Ruby’s eyes widen.

“No…,” she said before she started to tear up. I went over to comfort her. She was horrified to hear of Indigo’s fate and she really didn’t want to believe it.

“I don’t want to believe it either, sis.” Yang said in a solemn tone. I felt my arm getting damp from her tears. I squeezed her comfortably in hopes to help her feel better. After a while, the door opened and Fire-Bot moved out of the way for mother as if he was a bouncer or something.

“I see I have arrived at a bad time.” Mother said, looking at Ruby as she spoke. Ruby, in turn, wiped away what’s left of the tears she had.

“I’m fine… I’m fine…” she said with a smiled. “Thank you for the bed’s ma’am.” With a smile, Mother nodded and said.

“There’s no need to thank me, little one.” She said, smiling at Ruby calmly. She then looked at the group before saying. “I’m sure you all have questions and I’ll be happy to answer them.” She said.

“That’s an understatement.” Yang said. “Viri told us this but I want to hear it from you; who are you?” This gained a chuckle from Mother.

“To explain who I truly am is to explain existence as a whole. Currently, I am known as Mavisath or the All-Mother.” She said in an introductory manner. Yang blinked at this.

“Okay then…” Yang said. The others went off with their questions as Mother answered them. Most of their questions where that of where they were, how did they get there and so on. This went on for sometime until Weiss asked an interesting question.

“Does this place do something to one’s mind?” she asked. Mother arched a curios brow before giving it some thought.

“No, not unless I will it do so.” Was Mother’s answer. This left Weiss somewhat confused.

“Do you mean your dreams?” I asked her.

“Well yeah, my dream was just too… Realistic.” she commented. Mother heard this and said.

“Then they weren’t dreams but visions of what might be.” Mother said to Weiss. Weiss looked at her oddly as Mother looked at each of them for any other questions.

“So... Are we stuck in this room or can leave?” Yang asked.ed. Mother looked at her before glancing at the door behind her.

“You are allowed to leave the room and roam the halls if you so wish.” Mother said, looking back at Yang.

“Good, I don’t want to stay here,” she shifted a bit. “I would get stir crazy.”

“I wouldn’t mind wandering around and…” Blake stopped and looked at me and Mother. “How big is this place?”

“Big.” Was Mother’s answer, a chuckle following suit. I simply nodded at her.

“Oh…” was all Blake said.

“Well, I’m… going to stay here.” Weiss said. “I… need some time to myself.” Mother nodded in acknowledgment before looking at Ruby.

“What about you, little one?” Mother asked her. Ruby looked at her and everyone for a moment.

“Umm.” was all she said.

“If you want, I can give you all a small tour of the place.” I told her. Ruby, seeing an answer pointed at me.

“That, I’m going to be with this tour.” she said quickly. Mother looked at Ruby with an odd expression before smiling at her.

“Well then, if you need anything and I do mean anything, I will be happy to help.” She said to all of Team RWBY before her gaze landed at me. “In the meantime I will be constructing you another gem.” She informed me before looking at the Elemental, giving it a pat on the head with a smile. It watched Mother leave before looking at me, then back at her, then back at me as if to say ‘did that just happen?’

I simply snorted at it and looked at the others. “So, you three wanted to have a tour?”

“Well, kinda. I wouldn’t mind swinging by the open field place again.” she shifted a bit as she glanced at her stump. “I need some time to think.”

I gave her a somber nod as I led them out of the room. We walked down the halls where only had a large carpet that went on forever and large Dova statues

“I… not really comfortable with all these statues.” Ruby said worriedly.

“Don’t worry, they’re just statues.” I informed her. She gave me a small smile as we continued on. We came to a door that leads to the Valley. I opened the door and let Yang walk out.

“Stay close to the door if you need to run back in.” I told her.

“Yeah, wait why did you say ‘run’?” she asked me.

“Oh for no real reason.” I said as I remembered the giant Non-Dova that’s around. She gave me an odd look as I walked off with the R and the B of Team RWBY. The tour wasn’t anything special since it was one long hallway with occacally a few circular rooms. It was funny to see them stare at some jumpers that walk past. Some looked human but others not so much.

“It’s rude to stare.” I told them.

“Sorry but… the last guy looked like a hulking demon.” Blake said.

“Yeah and before there were two others with snake tales for legs!” Ruby added.

“Well I could tell you the full reason of that but it would take forever.” I giggled at them. “Let’s just say that some beings from far, far away worlds come through here.”

“W-worlds?” Blake asked as we continue on. After a few minutes we came to a long hallway where I could see ghostly shapes ahead. A chill went up my spine as my hairs stood on end.

“O-okay time to go the other way and-”

“Wait what’s down here.” Blake asked as she looked down the one hallway.

“That’s the Hall of the Dead…” I said shakingly. “It’s a place w-where lost s-soul go to get judged f-for their a-actions.”

“You okay?” Ruby asked. I shook my head a bit.

“I don’t like this hallway and I make sure to not go down it and-” I started to say but when I turned I saw a Ghost walk past us and looked at me. The hollow eyes stared at me for a moment before moving on.

But it gave me enough time to have me scream like a little girl and bolt down the hallway away from ghosts.

It may not be cool but at the moment I was hiding under my bed in hopes that the ghosts don’t find me. Zombies, ghouls, skeletons, and whatever I’m fine with but… I can’t stand ghosts. I was curled up in a ball as I heard the door to my room open.

The loud thumps of footsteps greeted my ears. I looked up to only be greeted with bare feet. When the owner of the feet bent down to look under the bed, it turned out that it was Father dressed in his attire for the dead. He must’ve been in the Hall of the Dead when I ran away.

“Come here, Viri. The Ghosts can’t hurt you.” He said with a soothing tone, reaching a hand out to me. I looked at his hand before taking it, letting him pull me up.

“I know it’s childish but…” I didn’t say as the memory of the first time I saw a Ghost. Father’s dark garbs soon vanished, leaving him in his usual simple baggy pants. He chuckled at my words before saying.

“The Spirits have not harmed you before and they certainly will not harm you now. I will make sure of that.” He said in a tone a parent would use to soothe their child. I smiled a little at this.

“I know, but still… creepy looking.” I said before realizing something. “And I left Ruby and Blake alone in the middle of the halls. I’m the worst tour guide.” Father chuckled before walking ahead.

“Then let us head back to your friends.” He said, looking back at me. I followed behind him as we went to find the others. Luckily, or luckily for me is that we found Blake at the Hall of the Dead looking like she was deep in thought. She turned to see me and saw Father with me.

“Guess you found her.” she said to him. Father nodded before saying.

“She avoids this hall on account of her fear of the spirits.” Father said with an informative tone. I didn’t say anything as Blake raised an eyebrow.

“I didn’t think you were one to be scared of spirits Viri.” Blake asked with the rare smirk from her.

“They’re just creepy okay!” I said crossing my arms and muttered a little. I looked around and saw that Ruby wasn’t here. “Hey, where’s Ruby?”

Blake took a moment to look around. “I don’t really know, I think she went off exploring or ran off to find you.”

“Perhaps she’s just exploring. The little one reminds me of Viri with her adventurous spirit.” Father said with a small smile.

“Yeah, those two are quite the same.” Blake said with a chuckle.

“Oi! I’m right here!” I said annoyed. The two of them laughed at my expense. I turned on my heel and started walking off down the hall. “I’m going to go find Ruby now.”

I didn’t hear what either one had to say as I turned the corner. After some more walking and turns I soon started to hear Ruby’s voice.

“Did I come this way before or… Ooo this place is way too big~!” she said. I turned to see her on the ground with a piece of paper and a pen. She looked at the paper before looking up at me. It took me a moment until she dashed forward and tacked me in a hug. “Viri~!”

“Ah!” I yelped as she hugged me.

“I got lost looking for you and this place is so big and I tried to make a map but got more lost~!” she cried as she held on to me. I simply patted her on the head as I pulled her off.

“It’s okay, I appreciate you coming to find me after… freak out.” I said grimly. I turn to where I came from. “Come on, let’s go find the door to the Valley, I need some sun.”

She nodded happily before we headed down the hallway. After many twists and turns we came up to the door to the Valley. When I open the door I saw Yang there sitting on a large rock. She looked back at the two of us.

“Hey you two, I saw a large dragon!” she said.

“What?! There’s a large dragon here!?” Ruby asked, looking over at me. I chuckled a little.

“Well, I did say run if you can but that’s the reason.” I said rubbing the back of my head. After Yang and Ruby stare at me for a moment I heard some footsteps coming from the hallway. I leaned out to see Father and Blake coming this way. I noticed that Blake seemed more somber at the moment. “You okay?”

“Yeah… I’m fine.” she answered. I stared at her before looking at Father. He said nothing as he watched Blake as she walked towards the two sisters.

“You okay?” Ruby asked her sister. Yang looked at her before looking at the stump.

“I… don’t think I’ll be okay.” she said as she turned away from Ruby. Ruby looked at her with sadness and a little shock as Father came over to them.

“You may think that now but soon, you will overcome your pain. You will become stronger than ever before.” Father said, placing a hand on Yang stump. Yang gasped in surprise as her pupils grew. This was something I have rarely seen Father do. He gave Yang a brief glimpse into her future. Once her eyes returned to normal, Father moved his hand away and said. “As you mortal say; what doesn’t kill you, only makes you stronger. So be strong, Xiao Long, be strong not for yourself but for your friends and your family.” He said. Yang took a moment to catch her breath and looked up at him.

“You’re… kinda odd.” she said before giving him a smile. “But… thanks.”

“You’re not the first to have said that.” Father replied with a chuckle. Yang looked at him before looking over at me.

“Let me guess, he’s your mother’s right-hand man or something?” she asked. I shook my head.

“No no, Mother and him are one and the same.” I tilted my head a bit as the three of them started at me wide eye. “Did I mention that?”

“I’m… I’m not going to say anything. I don’t have anything to say.” Yang said as she turned away. Blake didn’t say anything, didn’t blame her too. Ruby simply stared at Father.

“How?” she asked.

“To put it simply, I am not bound to a single gender and am able to change when I see fit.” Father said, somewhat answering Ruby’s question. “I’ve also taken it upon myself to fill in the roles as Mother figure and a Father figure for Viri.” He added. Ruby looked over at me as I nodded.

“It was odd at first but I got used to it when I was young since… you know.” I said. Ruby nodded before looking back.

“That’s… kinda cool, I think.” she looked back at Yang. “Is it?”

“Not talking about it!” Yang said. We all laughed as I noticed Weiss coming around the corner.

“There you all are, I’ve been looking everywhere for you four.” she said, marching in. She glanced over at Father and stopped. “Who are you?” with that we all looked at each other for a moment.

“So… who wants to tell her?”

Author's Notes:

Well things just got odd with Viri. Her semblance has evolved to something greater and Team RWBY is with her. What’s in store for them all?!

I don’t know, this is fun. :3