“I think Ruby and Yang’s place was so far the best at greeting us,” I said as the two guards pointed their guns at us.

At the desk stood a woman that looked a lot like Weiss, only her hair was done up into a bun and some of it covered her right eye. She wore a white and blue uniform and, most importantly, looks both surprised and angry at us.

“What the hell just happened?!” she yelled as she looked at everyone before landing her eyes on Weiss. Her expression turned into shock. “Weiss?”

“Hello… sister,” Weiss said with a nervous laugh. Winter opened her mouth before closing it after a few moments.

“Stand down,” she ordered, earning a look from the guards.

“You sure?” one of them asked.

“I… don’t know just as yet,” Winter said.

The guards pulled the guns back but held them at the ready. At this point, I got a good look of the room. It was a simple whitish gray colour with some bookcases and folders. Weiss’s sister sat down behind her desk as she stared at everyone before seeing Indigo, staring at him, then moving on.

“Apologies for the sudden appearance Miss Schnee,” Father said as the door behind us closed before vanishing. Winter looked at him, giving him a once over.

“Yeah… who are you?” she asked at Father. The latter nodded before speaking.

“I am Saanvodkiin Xiao Kun, and I, along with my friends and family, are here to accompany young Weiss during her visit here,” Father said as he gestured towards Weiss, who held Tak’s arm tightly.

Father glanced at the armed Guards before saying, “We mean you no harm.”

Winter looked at him for a good few moments before one of the guards spoke.

“What should we do?”

Winter didn’t say anything as she stared at Father. She looked like she was thinking.

“Stand down,” she said as she looked at Weiss before adding. “Everything said in this room, stays in this room. Got it?”

Both guards nodded as they returned to both sides of the door. When that was done, we sat down in the couches that were near us and didn’t say anything. Winter simply rubbed her head without saying anything.

As she did this, Father had summon some chairs for Yang and the kids to rest a bit. Winter saw this and simply looked at Father in confusion. Her gaze shifted around to all of us, as if she was trying to figure out why each of us were in her office.

“So-”

“Can it, you,” Winter snapped, cutting Indigo off. “I have some questions for you but right now you’re not on the top of my questioning list.”

Indigo kept quiet after that before rolling his eyes.

“Any questions you may have, I will be happy to answer them,” Father said to the agitated Schnee. Winter didn’t say anything as she raised her hand and pointed at Weiss.

“You… you made quite a scene back home,” Winter said, making her younger sister look down at the floor. “Father is pulling his hair out trying to find you after you up and left.”

“Wait, what?” Ruby asked, looking at Weiss, who in turn simply laughed as Winter continued.

“First the incident at the fundraiser, then getting disowned, all leading to you running away from home. That’s… quite bold of you,” Winter said to Weiss.

Tak looked at Weiss, wanting to ask what she meant but decided against it. Indigo rubbed the side of his head, while Blake looked at Weiss worryingly. Yang kept quiet while Father glanced the young Schnee. Winter stared at her sister before sighing.

“I should take you back to father…”

Weiss looked at her sister with a fearful look and was going to say something, but stopped when Winter put her hand up.

“But since father won’t even look at me, why should I say anything?”

Weiss smiled at her a little bit as she leaned back into the couch and into Tak’s arms.

Winter took note of this before saying, “As for right now, what in all of Remnant is going on?!”

With those words echoing in the large room, Father raised his hand at her, gaining the full attention of the guards before Father said.

“Please be still, Miss Schnee, otherwise this will be uncomfortable,” he said and without letting Winter question his words, her eyes widened and her pupils dilated similarly to how it happened to Taiyang.

“Hey!” one of the guards yelled at the both of them pointed their guns at him. “What are you doing?!”

Father shook his head before both guards dropped their weapons, shattering like glass as they hit the floor.

“You mortals and your guns,” Father said under his breath as the guards looked shocked at the remains of their weapons. The guards backed away from him after this.

“How in Oum did he do that?!” one of them yelled as the other stared at Father.

“All will be revealed in do time,” Father said as he lowered his hand, bringing Winter out of the trance. Winter shook her head as she frowned.

“Ma’am, you alright?” one of the guards asked Winter.

“Yes… I’m fine,” she looked up and looked at the guards. “Where are your weapons?”

“Uhh…”

They both stared at Father as he sat there.

Father simply raised a brow, as if silently telling them that they shouldn't have drawn their weapons. Before they knew it, the shards that were previously their weapons flew up to them and reformed in their hands.

“Now then, any questions?” Father asked turning to face Winter.

Winter did have questions, many of them in fact, with the majority of them regarding Father’s abilities. We sat there chatting to ourselves as the two of them talked.

“Alright then, Weiss, I believe it's time for you and your sister to catch up,” Father said after finishing the barrage of questions.

“I believe so, too… but alone,” Winter said as she stood up. “Sorry, but some questions are family related.”

Weiss nodded, giving Tak a quick kiss before standing up. Winter raised an eyebrow at this before the two of them left the room. Tak blushed as they left before shaking his head a bit. Qo hopped down from the couch and ran to the window.

“Whoa, look at all the snow!” she said.

This brought Kaida and Strun over to the window, as well, gazing in awe at the sight of the snow. Father and Yang chuckled at their children’s curious nature. I shifted uncomfortably as I looked out of the window where I stood. My frown deepened as I felt myself pushed away from the window and, in a sense, the snow. Ruby saw this with a worried frown.

“Are you alright, dear?” Father asked, noticing my expression.

Ruby and Father looked at me waiting for an answer. I looked at them, then back at the window, rubbing my arms as I felt chilly.

“Atlas… and snow…” I answered them.

Ruby was a little confused, but Father understood. Ruby glanced at Father to ask, but the latter shook his head even before she could utter the question.

Father then looked at me before saying, “Viri, you no longer have to be afraid… you know this.”

I looked down at the ground as I took some deep breaths.

“Yeah… I know… just a little shaky,” I told him as I took Ruby’s hand. Ruby smiled a little before I leaned over to whisper into her ear.

“Don’t let go, please.”

Ruby paused for a moment before nodding as I straighten out a bit. It took a bit, but Indigo was finally able to break the silence, sparking a conversation between us all. It was mostly us looking back at our time at Beacon. We even compared Indigo’s teaching before and his teaching now, and we all agreed that at some point it had gotten increasingly difficult, especially with his shadow fist ability he uses frequently. Most of us glared at Indigo about the shadow fist, which he simply gestured at with a handgun gesture before clicking his tongue a few times with a wink.

I rolled my eyes at this before the door opened and Winter and Weiss walked back in. Weiss was smiling a bit before sitting back down by Tak.

“Well, I do wish for you all to stick around and enjoy, but I have to ask you all to leave for two reasons,” Winter said as she put up one finger before continuing. “One, I’m working and I don’t want people walking around where they’re not supposed to be here. And two, more importantly, I’m worried that someone will see Weiss and send word to our father. If he finds out, he’ll flip.”

Father nodded at Winter’s words before glancing at Blake. Indigo sighed as he stood up, helping Blake up as well before Lilah stood up as well.

“So I guess we head to Blake’s parents place now?” Indigo asked, sounding a little nervous as he spoke.

Father glanced at Blake as she nodded. With that as an answer, the door from before appeared behind us.

“Thank you for your time, Miss Schnee, may we meet again,” Father said as he stood up.

“Yes… but next time do send word before appearing in my office,” Winter asked as there was a small twitch in her left eye.

Father chuckled and nodded before opening the door, revealing a small town by the ocean. We went through the doorway into the open area which was crowded with different Faunus people, lots of them were looking in our direction with bewilderment and fear. Mostly, we would travel through a doorway that appeared in the middle of the street.

“Why do you always go for the most crowded places?” I asked Father.

The latter simply chuckled and shook his head. Blake looked at our surroundings before looking at Indigo and nodding. Blake started to lead us forward into the city, passing the townsfolk who stared and whispered as we passed. We got up to a hill that overlooked the place.

“Well, isn’t this lovely,” Weiss said with a bit of a cheer. “I love the whole tropical setting.”

“Kinda a stark contrast from your home,” Blake chuckled at this. Indigo simply watched the town, marveling at it before shaking his head and looking at Blake.

“Well, where to?” Indigo said to Blake.

“Well, we should go see my parents, so this-” Blake was interrupted by Ruby who came up behind her.

“Oh oh! Is it that house over there? Or is it over there? Oooo, I think it’s that one right there,” she said, pointing at different buildings.

Blake sighed before taking Ruby’s arm and pointed at the large building down the hill and straight ahead.

“That one.”

Ruby and Weiss stared at it before Ruby pointed at Blake and then at the house, which Blake nodded.

“YOU LIVE THERE?!” both Weiss and Ruby yelled.

Indigo looked at the house, taking a deep breath as he did before letting the breath he held after a moment.

“Something wrong?” I asked him. Indigo glanced at me before looking back at the large house.

“Just… just nervous is all, nothing to worry about,” he said before looking at Blake. “I'm ready to meet your parents.”

He earned a nod from Blake before the two of them walked ahead and went up the concrete steps. We followed behind them just a few feet away before they stopped at the large doors. Blake took a deep breath before knocking on the door. It was a few moments before the door opened.

“I'm sorry, but we're not seeing- oh.” the woman said.

She had short black hair with cat ears that were pierced. Her eyes were the same yellow colour as Blake’s.

“Blake? I thought you left for Haven.”

“Hey, mom… there's a lot to talk about?” Blake explained. Blakes mom stared at her before narrowing her eyes a bit.

“Well, come on in, don't want to keep you all out here,” she said as she moved out of the way for us to come in. “If anyone is wondering, I'm Kali Belladonna.”

Blake and Indigo walked in first before we all entered. As soon as we entered we marveled at the interior entrance hall.

“I still can't believe that this is your house!” Weiss said as we looked around.

“It's nothing much really,” Blake said with a chuckle.

I smiled a bit as I looked around. I also started to see some things that were somewhat covered up, mostly bullet holes. We continued following Kali before coming up to a set of large doors.

“Wait right here please,” Kali said before entering the room. Lilah looked up at Blake and Indigo as they both fidgeted uncomfortably.

“You two really are nervous for this?” Lilah asked the two.

“I'm meeting my wife’s parents for the first time, I'm more than nervous… I'm freaking the flip out!” Indigo exclaimed, making sure not to swear with Kaida, Strun or Qo nearby.

Lilah soon turned to face Blake, who was very nervous just standing there.

“What about you?” Lilah asked. Blake looked down at her.

“I'm a bit nervous as well,” Blake answered. “I don't know what my dad will say.”

Lilah rolled her eyes.

“I don't think it will be that bad, “ she said as the doors opened.

There stood a tall muscular man wearing some black pants and a open navel blue robe. He had a bushy black beard and hair with the same yellow eyes. Lilah stared up at the man with wide eyes.

“Oh boy…” Indigo muttered under his breath.
The man's eyes looked at all of us before looking at Blake.

“Well, I didn't believe it until now,” he said as he looked at Blake. “I thought you and most of the others left for Haven.”

“Yeah… there's a lot to talk about,” Blake said. The man didn't say anything as he looked down at Blakes hand which has her wedding ring.

“Yes, we do,” he said before turning away. “Come on, there's seats in here.”

Blake entered with Indigo and Lilah in hand before following suit and awwing at the large study. A few large couches were at the center of the room. Blake's dad curiously watched as we all entered while thanking him for kindly letting us in. As we all sat down, Blake's father went around to sit by his wife. He let out a painful sigh as he sat. Kali gave him a worried look.

“I'm fine,” he said. He looked at all of us. “Now, I would like someone to explain to me why there's two Blakes.”

Hearing this, Father looked at them and nodded.

“Please be still,” Father said, raising his hand at them both.

Blake's parents looked at him in confusion before widening their eyes as their pupils dilated. While waiting for them to awaken from their trance, I've noted that, throughout our visits, the trance lasted only up to a minute for Taiyang and Winter. After a minute of waiting, Blake's father blinked before shaking his head. He looked at Father, then at Blake.

“Well… that explains a lot,” Blake's father said simply.

Father nodded at this before looking at Blake and Indigo. Blake’s father did the same, but mostly to Indigo, and frowned at him.

“Uhhh… Heyoo,” greeted Indigo with a nervous smile. The man frowned at him but didn't say anything.

“Honey, please, be nice,” Kali told her husband. He frowned at her before sighing.

“I know the two are different, but… it’s odd to see our daughter, who was here a few weeks ago, here again. Married.”

He then turned to Indigo with a stern look. “But if I find out you make Blake sad or hurt, you'll lose more than your arm.”

Indigo quickly raised his hand in defense.

“Sir, with all do respect, that's the last thing I'd ever think of doing,” Indigo said before gesturing at his stump and saying. “I lost an arm defending her during the attack at Beacon, I'd gladly lose the other if it meant she was safe.”

He said, leaving out the bit where he literally did die during the fall. Blake's father stared at Indigo for a few moments before sighing.

“Can't tell if I'm getting too old or not,” He said. He then looked down to Lilah and stared at her for a moment before smiling a little. “Well, it seems time goes differently where you are all at.”

“For us it's been at least two years since we last set foot on Remnant,” Indigo said with a shrug. Blake’s father looked at him then at Lilah for a moment, then a confused look formed on his face.

“Then… how?” Kali asked, pointing at Lilah then at Blake and Indigo.

“What…? Wait, no. No, no, no, no! I’m not their kid!” Lilah said, her face red in embarrassment. Indigo chuckled.

“You'd not believe how many people think that,” he said to Kali and Blake’s father, who quickly mentioned that his name was Ghira.

“Really?” Kali said as she looked at Indigo. “Well, it kinda makes sense, she does look a little like you both.”

Lilah crossed her arms at this, muttering to herself.

“While we may not be her actual parents, me and Blake… sorta act as her parental figures,” Indigo said, earning a side glance from Lilah. She grumbled a bit, and was going to say something but didn’t.

“Well, I just hope you two are taking good care of her,” Ghira said.

As he said this he shifted a bit. He looked a little bit in pain. Kali gave him a worried look but he simply shook his head.

“Are you alright, Mister Belladonna?” Father asked him.

“I’m fine… just a little sore,” Ghira said with a smile. Kali frowned at him which he simply rolled his eyes. “We had some issues two weeks ago, nothing too bad.”

“Dad, the one side of the building was damaged and looks like there was a fire,” Blake pointed out.

“Again, nothing too bad,” he repeated. Blake frowned at this but didn’t say anything.

“Sorry to ask this. I see the rings, but… are you two really married?” Kali asked Indigo and Blake. Indigo took a deep breath and nodded, taking a gentle hold of Blake's hand.

“Yeah, close to two months now,” Indigo said with a smile. Kali perked up at this before speaking.

“Please, tell me someone took pictures,” Kali asked, looking at everyone before looking at Blake. “You better have taken pictures.”

Hearing this, Father chuckled before a brief flash of light had given Kali what she asked for, her daughter’s wedding pictures. Kali eyes brighten as she looked through them.

“Oh my, you look absolutely beautiful in that dress!” This earned a blush from Blake but she smiled nonetheless.

Kali looked through the pictures happily, seeing Blake’s big day through the taken pictures. Ghira took interest in them, too, and smiled at the picture of Blake showing off her wedding dress.

“You do look absolutely beautiful, Blake,” Ghira said with a smile.

Blake smiled at her father as the rest of us smiled at them. Soon enough, after they were done looking through the photos, Ghira began questioning Indigo. Actually, it was more of an interrogation than questioning. It was mostly to get to know his son-in-law. At the mention of alcohol consumption, Indigo decided to tell the truth and tell them that he used to be a raging alcoholic, though he did left out bit where his drink was lethal and at any moment could've killed him. Ghira was not pleased to hear this, but before he could say anything to Indigo, the latter said that it was thanks to Blake that he had stopped for good.

“I literally threatened that I’ll beat him with his flask if he continued,” Blake added.

Indigo slowly nodded at this. Lilah laughed, hearing this about Indigo had really brought her to tears of laughter.

Indigo grumbled, “Oh, don’t be like that. If I didn’t, you’ll drink yourself to death.”

“Yeah, yeah,” Indigo said before chuckling.

This earned a chuckle from Ghira. It wasn't until Kaida, Strun, and Qo let out simultaneous yawns that we were notified of the how long we've been here. Lilah was the last to yawn before she leaned back onto Blake and Indigo’s arms.

“I suppose that's our queue to head back home,” Father said as he stood up. He then looked at Kali and Ghira before nodding and said. “We thank you for your time but I'm afraid we must get going.”

Father picked up Kaida and Strun with ease. Yang stood up, as well, with the help of Father’s tail.

“Well, I do hope we’ll see you all again,” Ghira looked over at Indigo with a little frown. “Even you”.

Indigo kept quiet.

“Oh, don’t be like that,” Kali said to her husband with a frown.

“What? Isn't every father supposed to hate the one who’s daughter married to some guy?” he asked his wife.

“No, not really,” Kali deadpanned.

“Oh,” Ghira said after.

Father chuckled, before a key, similar to what he gave Taiyang, appeared in his hand. He then handed it to Ghira before saying.

“If either of you ever wish to come and visit, use this on any door,” Father said as the gears in the key turned and moved. Ghira looked at the key in interest.

“Thank you,” Ghira said as we all stood up.

Blake hugged her parents goodbye. Indigo picked up the tired Lilah, who lazily whined as she was picked up. Soon enough, the familiar doorway appeared behind him and, with a wave goodbye, Father and Yang were the first to leave, wanting to take their children to bed. Ruby, Qo, and I went through soon after before Indigo and Blake walked through the doorway. Ghira and Kali waved goodbye one last time before the door closed and vanished then and there.

“Now if you'll excuse us, Yang and I must put these sleepy little ones to bed,” Father said to us before he and Yang turned and left. I turned to look at Indigo.

“I have to take Lilah to bed before I get ready for tomorrow’s class,” Indigo said before walking off with Lilah in hand and Blake in tow, leaving me and Ruby alone with Qo. The latter denying her tiredness.

“I'm not tired,” Qo said as another yawn cane on. I raised an eyebrow.

“What's that, then?” I asked with a smirk.

“Uhh, extra air?” Qo answered. I rolled my eyes as I picked her up.

“Come on, you, time to sleep,” I said as I carried her off. I couldn't help but silently laugh when I heard her snore against my shoulder.

Author's Notes:

And that’s the end of the family meet up.