After the the conversation with Twilight and Ozpin, the rest of us headed towards the library. Team RWBY simply bombarded Oz with questions which he answer. Some of them were a little vague as he went. Indigo didn’t seem to ask any to him which I walked up next to.

“So… a coin for your thoughts?” I asked him. He shrugged before answering.

“I'm not really sure how to react, some part of me feels like I already knew.” He said after a brief moment of silence. I stared at him before looking back at Oz.

“I’m not sure how to react to this either. It’s as if someone just… dropped him in a new body…” I said unsurely. He shrugged, looking at Team RWBY as he did.

“Could be possible.” He said, looking at me as he did. “Anything’s possible nowadays apparently.” He added.

“That’s… true.” I said with a shrug. “Guess it just ‘let’s watch and see what happens’?” I then frowned a bit. “Also… really, the shadowfist?” He chuckled at this before saying.

“Hasn't failed me yet.” He said with a smirk. I sighed and shook my head.

“At this point I might never beat you.” I grumbled, remembering the training Mother and my aunt put me through. We both looked at Ozpin and RWBY in silence, simply waiting for their flood of questions to subside. It only subside when we got to the door of the library.

“Ah, I believe this is the place?” Ozpin asked us. Indigo nodded before opening the door and letting Ozpin, RWBY and me to enter first. As we did I saw a glimpse of Iilah sitting at a desk in the corner near us. She saw us and simply and lazily waves before going back to her book, this caused Indigo to roll his eyes at the kid before continuing on.

“Take a seat anywhere, just keep in mind not to make a mess.” Indigo said, motioning towards the row of tables, some of which were occupied with studying students. Team RWBY went over to where Twilight and Skyler were sitting. Twilight glanced over and made an odd look at them before going back to Skyler. Ozpin took a moment to look around at the place.

“This brings back memories, good memories.” he said simply.

“It's got a homey vibe to it.” Indigo said, somewhat in agreement. “It's definitely not Beacon but it's a close second.”

Ozpin chuckles at this before the rest of us headed over to the table. We sat down with Indigo away from Twilight as I sat next to Ruby. Oz shifts a bit in his seat before looking at everyone.

“Well, I believe everyone here has something to say, but I believe miss Rose and her friends already exhausted their questions for the moment.” he said as he looked over at them. Indigo glanced at them before chuckling to himself.

“I just have one question.” Indigo said, gesturing at Ozpin as a whole. “How? I've seen your office, I saw you there… dead.” Indigo said. This drew the attention of everyone as Oz simply stared at Indigo.

“Indigo, I’ve seen what you can do and how you handle situations. What happened back there was… well there was more going on. Something that’s still going on and to explain it would take some time.” he said cryptically. “But let’s say that was… not really a fake since that did happen.”

I didn’t really get what’s going on as Ozpin looked at his hand and study it. “Not the first time but, interesting.”

“Vague but I'll take it as an answer for now.” Indigo said, leaning back onto his seat as he did. I simply stared at Ozpin, about to ask but he cut me off.

“Another time.” he said before looking at the purple unicorn. “I believe you have some questions?”

“Uh, oh uhh…” she pulled out a notebook and flipped through it. “Okay, the first one is for everyone.” she points at Indigo. “Why isn’t anyone here freaked out about the shadow magic he’s using?”

We all stared at her before looking at each other before coming up with the same answer. “Eh.” we all said. Twilight was taken aback at this.

“Not this again.” Indigo said under his breath.

“It’s not Shadow magic, it’s something called a Semblance.” Ozpin explained. Twilight frowned at him.

“Yeah, I heard that but what’s a Semblance?” she asks. Ozpin sighed before whispering something to Indigo, making him chuckle.

“Well, a semblance is the manifestation of one's innate and personal power.” he gestures to team RWBY. “Each and everyone has something called an aura, which a Semblance is a more tangible projection of one's Aura.” Oz leans back a bit before continuing. “What you see ask magic is just another's own power.”

“You mean… everyone has this power?” Twilight asks.

“In a way, for a unicorn like yourself you use your aura to cast spells and be more flexible with it. For beings like us, it just a power that we can use time after time, though through training we can unlock new potentials.”

Twilight spent the time listening and taking down notes, trying to write down everything Ozpin was telling her.

“So… that shadowy power, it’s your semblance?” Skyler asked Indigo. Indigo nodded, seeing that she finally understood somewhat. She then looked at the rest of us. “And what can you all do?”

“I can go really fast!” Ruby said happily, making Skyler snort.

“Oh yeah? Prove-” before she could finish Ruby disappears in a burst of rose petals and zoomed out of the room just to come back a moments later.

“Tada!” she said with a smile. Skyler blinks at this, turned to the door and back again.

“Okay~...” she said, dragging the word out.

“Don’t mind her.” Blake answered before continue. “For me, I can make after images of myself, or shadows for short, when I fight.”

“I can use glyphs with my semblance and dust.” Weiss explains.

“If someone hits me I can redirect it and hit harder.” Yang said simply. Skyler nodded before looking at me.

“I uh… control fire.” I told her.

“That’s cool.” Skyler said before leaning back, deep in thought before she turned to look at something.

The rest of the time went on as most of the questions came from Twilight and Ozpin, like with the others asked him questions, answered them truthfully or vaguely. Indigo had gotten up from his seat and went to talk to Iilah, for what though is unknown to me. Soon Twilight stood up.

“Thank you for answering my questions Mr. Ozpin.” Twilight said with a smile.

“Anytime Miss. Sparkle.” he said before looking at Skyler. “I do hope I can see the two of you again.”

“Yeah, maybe.” Skyler said with a grin. Twilight smile falter a bit before taking her leave. Skyler soon followed behind her while Team RWBY was simply minding their own business. Indigo soon returned but Iilah followed behind him, though Indigo didn't seem to mind.

“Did I miss anything?” He asked, taking a seat on the chair he sat on earlier. He soon noticed that both Twilight and Skyler had left. “Right.” He muttered before looking at Ozpin

“Who’s he?” Iilah asked Indigo as she points at Ozpin. Ozpin looked at her, then at Indigo, then at Blake.

“Hmm, seems that you two took things to the next level?” Ozpin asked Indigo. The latter blinked at Ozpin before looking down at Ilah and then at Blake. He really must've not expected such a question as it took him a bit to put two and two together.

“Oh nonono, she's not our kid.” Indigo quickly said, a bit embarrassed as he did. Ozpin laughs which drew the attention of the others. Blake seems confused at what going on as Iilah seemed to be making gagging sounds.

“I know, she’s a bit old to me yours.” Oz said before looking at me. “You seem to have change from the last time we met.”

“Yes… I have.” I told him, remembering the talks I had with others. He simply smiles at me before looking over at the others. After a while of sitting there and letting my mind wonder I stood up and said I was going to my dorm room. Was it called that? I don’t know.

I made my way there and went inside. I kick off my shoes, changed into something more comfy and laid down in my bed. I pulled the Crimson Huntress book from under my pillow and began to read it. I already know what happens in it after a hundred times I read it but it was also my only connection to my mom. I smiled everytime I read it, a warm feeling of familiarity fills me as I do. I was soon interrupted with a knock from my door. I jumped up at me before looking at the door as there was another knock. I soon walked over and opened the door. “Hello?” Standing there was Mother. I looked at her for a moment before speaking again. “Oh… did I miss a message?” She smiled before shaking her head.

“I just thought I'd stop for a surprise visit.” Mother said. I looked back at her for a moment before speaking.

“Well this is a surprise.” I said as I opened my door to see if she wants to come in. She walked inside, scanning the room as she did before spotting Sylph laying on the bed.

“You've been so busy with school lately, you've barely ever called. So I has though why not go out for a little visit.” Mother said, sitting down on the bed as she did. Sylph looked up from where she was laying to see Mother there. Her tail waged a little to show that she was happy to see her.

“Sorry, a certain professor is getting a reputation of handing out way too much homework.” I said as I closed the door. “And I don’t mean Indigo.” Mother chuckled at this.

“Ah, so another has taken his place then. A teacher who hands out more homework than any other?” She asked in a joking manner. I rolled my eyes as I walked over to her and moved the book off the bed so I could sit next to mother.

“I should be laughing but… it kinda not that funny towards me.” I said with an arch brow. Mother shook her head at this with a smile, scratching Sylph in her sweet spot as she did.

“I've heard throughout the school that a stranger had interrupted one of your classes, is that true?” She asked curiously. I stared at her for a moment before I spoke.

“Yeah… Professor Ozpin came.” I told her as I sat down next to her. “And oddly it looks just like him, other than looking a little younger and a lizard Faunus… I think?” She glanced at me after saying this.

“Younger, you say?” She asked, to which I nodded. “His body may be younger but his mind will always be the same.” She soon said.

“Okay…” I said, trying to process the new information. I gripped down at the book I held as I thought about it. “So… something like reincarnation or something?”

“In a way, yes.” Mother answered with a nod. She closed her eyes before saying. “It's a little more complicated than the act of reincarnation but similar in most aspects.” She said.

I nodded at this, not really wanting to go into the fundamentals of reincarnation. I realized that my hands were fidgeting with book in my hand, a number of dog-eared pages marked the ones that I enjoyed the most out of the book. I pulled my hands away and gave Mother an apologetic look.

“Is something wrong, dear?” She asked in a worried tone.

“No no, nothings wrong.” I said, looking down at the book and chuckled. “I just… got really attached to this book.” I rubbed the back of my head and laughed nervously. “That kinda makes me sound weird doesn't it?” Mother chuckled at this, calming my nerves a bit.

“I see.” She said between chuckles. She then noticed how tightly I held onto the book. “Dear, I understand that this book means a lot to you but I don't want to see you dedicating so much time for just one book.” She said to me, her soothing voice calming my nerves even more. “I'm not telling you to stop reading it, just to simply read it less and enjoy your time here.” She added. I frowned a little before thinking about it. I really read this book from cover to cover and then some.

“Yeah…” I said as I sent the book down beside me, then push a little away. I stared at it before realizing something. “The ending was a cliffhanger! I don’t know if there’s other books?!” I saw Mother looked at me with a frown and an arch brow. “It’s more of a readers view thing, you can’t just leave a story off like that!” Mother chuckled at this, her frown vanishing within an instant. She shook her head as she chuckled before saying.

“If it'll make you feel any better, I can search for any possible continuations of your book.” She said, smiling as she did. I smiled brightly at her and gave Mother a hug.

“Thanks.” I told her. She soon returned the hug and after a minute or two like this, she pulled back and stood up.

“I suppose I should get going, your headmistress has requested my presence upon my arrival.” She said, walking up to the door as it opened by itself. “I will be sure to greet your friends while I'm here.” She said, finally heading out through the open doorway. I chuckled a bit as I got up from the bed. I picked the book and looked at it. After a few minutes I cleared some space on one of my shelves and put the book on it. Stepping back I smiled as I saw that it was the first of many books I may have. As I turned away something caught my eye, something that seemed, off about the book. Taking a closer look I noticed that there was something peeling away from the cover.

“The book has a secret? Cool~.” I said as I carefully peeled it away. It was a rectangular piece of paper with the words ‘Team RUST, best Huntsman team of Vacuo!’ on the back. Confused I turned it over and I saw that it was a photo. It was a team photo of what I guess is Team RUST, two of them was Faunus and the other two were human. One of them was a female Faunus with black wings on her back, guessing she was some Crow or Raven Faunus? She had a small smile and wore a breastplate with some Norse symbols on it. On her back was a large steel gray greatsword. Over her head was the name Ube Westergaard and another name pointing at her weapon says Valkery’s Cry.

Another was a brown skin human man that looks like he was some kind of DJ man, wearing sunglasses and a fedora. He wore a pinstripe vest and some black pants and near him was… a bazooka. A blue rocket launcher that looks like it was part of some kind of speaker. Over his head was the name Tealle Turner and his weapon was the Basszooka.

The last two were the most surprising to me, one of them was a male human with short black hair and blue eyes. He wore simple clothes and have two blades at his side. Over his head was the name Ray Warren with a drawing of a heart next to it. His weapons were also called Sunrise and Sunset.

The last one was a Fox Faunus that looked almost like me, silver-white hair, white skin and red eyes. She was smiling as she held two weapons in her hands, both axes with chains connecting them to her bracers. Over her head was only the word ‘Me!’ over her head, along the names ‘Volcanic Wrath, and Volcanic Fury’ for the names of her weapons.

“Mom…” I whispered as I stared at the picture before shaking my head. I put on some more clothes on before folding the picture and putting it in my pocket. I ran out of my room in search of Indigo.

Luckily my search wasn't long, I had managed to find him exiting Team RWBY’s dorm. He closed the door behind him before noticing me.

“Oh, hey Viri.” He greeted. I stopped right up in front of him as I took some breaths.

“Hey, quick question; what do you know about Vacuo and maybe a group called Team RUST?” I asked him. He hummed a bit in thought before saying.

“Well, my grandfather was from Vacuo, even served in the Great War.” He said with a bit of pride in his tone. A brief flash of his midnight purple eye hinting that it was added by the man he spoke of. He then looked puzzled and said. “But I haven't really heard of a team RUST, haven't been to Vacuo in a really long time.” He said. Before I could say anything, his indigo eye dilated while the midnight purple one shone brightly.

“He hasn't, but I have.” Said Theodore, having taken control of Indigo’s body. “I can't be out for long so ask quickly.” He said. I blinked at this before continuing.

“What do you know about them?” I asked. Theodore thought about it before chuckles.

“They were… interesting to say the least. They were similar to Indigo’s group but more… wild. They didn’t have many plans, to the chagrin of their leader, but they were a great team together.” He tilted his head a bit in amusement.“I remember a rumor about them and it’s ‘don’t tick off the Silver-haired Fox Faunus.’ I saw one man did and, well, her temper was explosive.”

“Right… did, any of them got together with another?” I asked him. He raised an eyebrow before speaking.

“I believe so, the leader and Fox Faunus did, I believe their names were… Ray and Sara.” he then chuckles. “Only Ray can make the volcanic fox calm down.” I couldn’t help but smile at this.

“Thanks Theodore, this means a lot.” I told him. With a smile and a nod, the shining midnight purple iris slowly stopped and the dilated indigo iris returned to normal. With a groan, Indigo placed a hand on his head.

“Oum dammit, I must've blacked a bit.” He said just above a whisper before looking back at me. “Sorry about that, I guess I must've been exhausted. Thanks to Ozpin, I had to have a long discussion about having kids with Blake.” He said, rubbing the side of his head.

“Ohh… that must’ve went well…” I said before looking around. “Hey, you want to see something that I found?”

“Sure, I suppose.” He said with a shrug of his shoulder. I pulled out the photo I had in my pocket before speaking.

“Well, this is the reason I asked about Team RUST.” I said as I handed him the photo. He looked at the photo, shaking his head as he did.

“I might've heard them from somewhere but I'm not sure.” He said, looking back up from the photo. “Sorry.” He said before looking back down at the photo. “Whoa, check it out. She looks almost like you.” He said, pointing at my birth mother.

“Yeah… that’s my mom…” I thought about it. “My actual mother, the one that… oh you know what I mean.” I said. He nodded in understanding before saying.

“Sorry I can't help. I've honestly never heard of them.” He said with an apologetic look.

“I understand.” I said as I took the photo back. “It’s just other then Mother, I haven’t really told anyone about my real mother. Which might be due to most of her that I know about her is stuff from a book about her which could go one of two ways.” He blinked at this before shaking his head.

“A book?” He asked. I nodded.

“Yeah, it’s really a good read.” I said with a smile. “Anyway I guess I should stop talking about this for the moment.” He nodded, still somewhat confused.

“I'll see you later, Iilah wanted me to come by the library.” He said, walking off towards the direction of the library. I chuckled before I headed off to simply wander a bit. After sometime of doing that I caught a glimpse of my aunt sitting on a bench reading. She was wearing some simple traveling clothes. She looks up at me and smiles. Soon she was right in front of me, making me jump.

“Hi there.” she greeted with the same smile as before. I looked back at the bench and back at her.

“Did you have to do that?” I asked.

“Yes I did.” she said cheekily. I rolled my eyes before speaking.

“So, what do you want?” I asked her. Her smile grew bigger as she spoke.

“Well, it just so happens that after months of no new missions for you, I've finally found one that may very require your all.” She said, a little too excited.

“Okay? What is it and why are you getting excited about this?” I asked.

“Because it's been a while since I've last tested your skill fighting skill and survivability.” She quickly responded without missing a beat. I slowly nodded before I spoke.

“Right, what’s this mission or test you got me in?” I asked. After calming her excitement down a little, Aunty pulled out a folded picture from her pocket and handed it to me.

“I've taken an interest in one of the countless words your mother and I have created. The habitants while mostly varying types dinosaurs, a small portion of the inhabitants consist of humans.” She said informatively as I unfolded a the photo, seeing that it was an aerial shot of a burning village. Several dead armored men and women littered the ground. A single figure standing in the middle of it all, simply watching the fires. I wasn't able to tell what the figure was from the picture, it being the only blur on what could only be described as a flawless photo. “One of which has gone… rogue to say the least.” She then handed me another photo, this one being with a closer look and a different scene. The picture was taken just in time to see a bullet impact upon an armored man, whom by the look on his face was begging for mercy. The person responsible, an armored woman in a gas mask, held the pistol that fired the bullet. The scene behind her was nothing short of a massacre. I frowned at this, feeling a bit sick.

“Gone rogue? It looks like this woman went on a killing spree.” I told my aunt.

“One of many, if what I've heard is true.” Aunty said with an informative tone once again. “Your mission is simple, defeat her and find out why she's doing this.” She added. I looked at my aunt and then at the photos.

“You… want me to defeat her?” I asked her. She nodded before crossing her arms and saying.

“Yes, and I will accompany you in case things get too difficult.” She said.

“Oh…” I looked at her for a moment before nodding. “Alright, when should we go?”

“Hmmm, now!” she said as she raised her hand up to teleport us. As she did this I heard the sound and felt someone run into me.

“Hey Viri! What’s up?” Ruby asked as soon as my aunt snapped her fingers, then everything went dark. Then there was a voice from my aunt speaking.

“Whoops.”

Author's Notes:

Well this is going to be interesting.

Next up, Dinos! xD