“Uhh, wait… why are there two dads?” Iilah asked looking back from Indigo and… the other Indigo.

“Beats me.” Our Indigo said, looking over to his Grimm like counterpart. “I look good in that good armour. Gives a sort of dark knight vibe to it.” He added jokingly. The other Indigo with Grimm like features simply growled as he dashed towards me with both blades in hand, Yang stood between me and him but a swift spin quick changed.

“I'll have your heads!” He yelled angrily. As Yang was knocked away his blade was coming at my head. I blocked it with my gauntlet and kicked him away. I looked at the dark...shadow… nega… the other Indigo with a sadden look.

“What happened to you?” I asked softly. He roared angrily and his blade grew to the size of greatswords before dashing swinging at me, only for our Indigo to hook both swords out of his hands while Iilah swept him off the ground. The Other Indigo was quick to land back on his feet before grabbing Iilah with her shadow and smacking against a tree. Iilah, despite the pain, freed herself from the clawed hand by cutting it open. While the other Indigo was distracted I ran over to Yang, seeing her in a daze.

“I'm… okay…” She said as she shook her head. Indigo battled his enraged counterpart, reminding me much of the mirror matches in Beacon Academy only this time it was for real. Our Indigo the incoming swipes of his counterpart’s clawed gauntlets and it wasn't until our Indigo let out a pained yell that he shoved back his counterpart and fired a beam from his mechanical arm. The Beam was strong enough to send the Grimmlike Indigo back a few feet.

“How can a welp like you possibly beat me?” The Other Indigo growled and elicited a chuckle from our Indigo.

“Easy, I'm you pal.” With that, the Fist rose up from the ground and grabbed evil Indigo before slamming him back and forth before dropping him. The other Indigo’s armour started to fall apart, revealing more of his body. As this went on I watched our Indigo fight his counterpart. It was that point that I saw the other Indigos arm… it was black and clawed.

“It looks just like… Cinders…” I whispered before I gritted my teeth as my rage started to boil over. Seeing him like this, I didn't know how to react. “Why…” I whispered, feeling tears brimming my eyes. I was too slow to realize that the other Indigo had the upper hand and regained his blade before making a mad dash towards me, his eyes had nothing but rage and hate. He readied to strike and I closed my eyes awaiting my end. I opened my eyes to see him holding his blade tight and noticed how he stopped mid strike. His red irises looking at me again but not with rage, it was… confliction. He took a step back, confused at what he was going to do and dropped his blades before grasping his head in agony. He fell to his knees with a clunk of his armor.

“Indigo…” I said to him. “This isn't you…” as he keeled in front of me I slowly got closer dispute the protests of the others. Dark clouds started to gather overhead. “Please… don't do this.” He growled threateningly but did nothing as a surge of pain elicited another yell of agony from him. He grabbed his blade shakingly and looked at me with glare but it softened and he closed his eyes and said.

“I can't… sense her anymore.” He struggled to say. He soon let out a ghostly sigh before fluttering his eyes open and looked at me. He slowly shook his head and looked down in guilt. “I'm sorry.” He dropped his blade and let his hand fall back beside him. Everyone stood ready in case it was a ruse but I knew it wasn't and I showed my belief when I wrapped my arms around his armoured body and hugged him. I felt him wrap his arms around me in return.

“I'm… a little confused.” Iilah said. Indigo didn't say anything as my sister sighed.

“Back in our version of Remnant, both me and RB knew Indigo quite well, a friend of the family. And like Blake, RB… well, she started to have feelings for our Indigo…” Yang explained as I pulled away and took Indigo’s face into my face. We could feel the breathing of another, his was that of exhaustion.

“Indigo… what happened to you… what did she do to you?” I asked him in both shock and sadness. He lifted his hand up and placed on my cheek, not believing this to be true. He soon shook his head and said.

“Please… don't make me remember.” Was all he could say to me. I placed a hand on his as he caressed my cheek.

“I… I should've been there...I could've done something…” I said to him. I stared at Indigo with tears in my eyes. “Indigo… I'm sorry…” Nothing was said as I cried, hugging the man I thought long dead close to me. Iilah and Yang watched us in silence, weapons ready just in case. Indigo, Iilah’s father, simply looked at the two of us curiously.

“For the longest time, I truly thought I was left to die…” Whispered the Indigo in my arms. I sobbed a bit as he said this, holding him close as he spoke. “Days turned to weeks and week turned to months. I was a hollow shell of my former self, wandering the halls of beacon… then she came, offering a chance of freedom from the ruins of Beacon and in the broken state I was in… I took it.” He said. I didn't say anything to him. I wanted to be angry, pissed at that bitch for what she’s done. But… I couldn't.

“E-everything is going to be alright now…” I choked out to him. He looked at as I held him close and said.

“If only that were true… she'll find a way to regain control over me and… and when that happens I'm not sure if I'll ever be free.” He said to me as he pulled away before grabbing one of his swords. “This our only chance…” He said, handing me the blade. I stared at the blade for a few moments before shaking my head.

“No… no I just got you back!” I cried, looking at him with tears. “I can't lose you again…”

“As long as I live you'll be in danger… Please, I don't want to hurt you.” He said, stilling holding the blade out for me. I shook my head before grabbing the sword and tossing it away, an action that spoke louder than words. “Why… why risk your own life for me?” He asked me.

“I… I can't… I can't…” I sobbed as my vision became blurry. “I lost too much… I don't want to lose even more…” as I said that I heard a noise coming from the trees. The same one that the Ghoul from before made.

“The Ghoul comeths once more.” The Grimm like Indigo said though he just sat there on his knees before looking at me. “Go… before the Ghoul thinks you are my accomplice.” He said to me. Everyone looked at the trees, looking for the Ghoul while I looked him. I shook my head as tears ran down my face. Before long I felt the others grab me and pull.

“No...NO! Let me go!” I yelled as I tried to pull away. I saw The Grimm Indigo smile sadly at me as I was pulled away. “Indigo, please! I don't want to be alone!”

As I yelled the Ghoul came out of the woods and towered over him. I screamed for it to stop as it reached down to grab Indigo. He simply smiled at me before closing his eyes, accepting his fate.

“INDIGO!!!” I screamed as I heard the Ghoul crushed him in its claw. I stared at this as the Ghoul carried the body away. I felt my heart shatter at the sight as I started to cry loudly. As I cried I didn't notice that it started to rain. I didn't care, the one that I love was killed in front of me again, I earned my time to cry. Through my tear filled vision, I could see a bright light engulfed us all and I soon found myself at the gates of Forever Free.

Before anyone could say anything I got up and ran away from them. I wanted to be alone.

I was sitting on my bed as I cradle the flask that was once belonged to Indigo, filled with apple flavoured rum. I’ve been pretty good at holding off my need to drink alcohol. But at the moment I didn’t care as I already refilled it with my stash of Rum and sat down on the bed in my underwear and an oversized shirt. I sniffled a bit as I hold the flask close to me.

“Oh~ flask, you’re my only friend!” I said sadly and drunkenly. Indigo once said that drowning out my sorrows wouldn't do me any good and by all means he's right but it sure as hell dulling the pain. I looked over to the one side of my room and saw the same blades that Indigo used to attack us, Iilah came by and said she grabbed them before we got teleported. I looked at them sadly before taking another swig of my flask. The burn went down my throat as I sighed at this. Again, one hell of a way to dull pain. I soon heard someone knocking on my door. “What~!”

“It's me, I merely wish to talk.” It was the voice of Mavisath that spoke through the door. Her tone was one of concern. I really wanted her to fuck off. It would be funny, it will be funny. Just thinking about it made me giggle at how funny it was.

“Ahhh… err, ah, sure it’s open.” I said before quickly degrading an incoherent mumble as I took another drink. The door opened and in came Mavisath in her white long dress. She walked into the room and noticed the mess I've made with flipped furniture and cracked mirrors, she saw it all but spoke nothing of it and looked at me, seeing my current state. I stared at her for a moment before saying. “I get why Yang married you… you’re hot!” She raised a curious brow before saying.

“How much have you been drinking?” She asked me. I shrugged and was about to take another swig but Mavis was quick to swipe it off my hands.

“Hey! That’s mine!” I said angrily as I tried to reach for it, only to fall forward. “Hey… why is the floor here?” Mavis sighed and waved her hand down at me, which soon caused me to be gently lifted of the floor and back onto the bed.

“You can't keep doing this to yourself, Ruby.” Mavisath told me, placing the flask on the stand next to my bed. “The pain you feel now is greater than anything else, I understand, but resorting to drinking will only bring more damage.” She said with another wave of her hand and as a result, the furniture of my room was flipped back, the shattered pieces of glass reformed onto the mirror as if it never shattered. I frowned at her as I stared at her.

“What I do is none of your business! I just saw the one that I loved die a second time!” I yelled angrily as I leaned back before my back touched the wall. “And I couldn't do anything about it! You gave me the wish to bring one person back and I used it on Yang. I love her too but again, I can’t do anything!” I glared at Mavis as I continued some more. “So don’t go telling me what I should do, I’m a mess right now and allow me to be a mess right now!” As I said this my anger turned to sadness I started to cry again. Mavisath was in deep thought after my outburst, she eventually hummed before asking.

“Will it be alright if you describe this person to me?” Mavis asked me out of the blue. I frowned at her as I wiped my face of tears and held my hand out.

“I want my flask back.” I said to her as I stared at her. “Also stop moving like that.”

“I only want to help any way I can.” Mavis said to me. I stared at her before putting my hand down. I gave her a sigh of defeat, knowing she won't give up.

“This person is a guy.” I blinked a few times before adding. “I wonder what it'd be like if he was a girl… still would be nice… wait focus, focus… he looks like Indigo since he was my version of Indigo but now he was all… Grimmy and…” I stopped as I started to tear up a bit at the memory of Grimm Indigo… Grimmdigo? Mavisath nodded and sat up without a word before snapping her fingers and with a flash I was fully dressed again and slightly less drunk.

“Follow me please.” Mavisath said as she headed out the door. I blinked in confusion not knowing what the hell was going on. “I will drag you if I have to.” Mavisath said, poking her head out from the doorway and looking at me. Not wanting to be dragged out of my room, I got up from my bed and followed Mavis but not before shutting the dorm room door behind me. The hall was fairly empty with the exception of a few passers by, some of them even gave Mavisath some looks which slightly annoyed the Dovah goddess. I simply walked behind her without saying anything. We finally stopped and entered the infirmary, a few of the beds were occupied by injured students but there was one blocked away from view. We headed over to the obscured bed and I really didn't know what to expect at this point, I just wanted to go back to my room. “Here we are.” Mavisath said before pulling the curtains open, revealing the person laying there on the bed. I frowned at Mavis as I gave the person a look. My eye’s widened at my sight.

“Indigo!” I said as I saw him lying there unconscious there, breathing. I was at his side as I looked at him. “But… I saw him… what?”

“It's quite difficult to explain, simply know that you have Tak, Weiss and my dear Yang to thank.” She said to me as I looked at the pale skin of Indigo, his chest rhythmically raising and lowering peacefully. “They happened upon him during their return to the Academy, he was found badly bleeding and near death.” She informed me. I looked at her for a moment before reaching for his hand and took it into my own.

“How… how is he alive?” I asked her as I stared at him. Mavis walked up to me with a little smile and said.

“Perhaps it was his lucky day.” She said with a quiet chuckle.

“Yes! A very lucky day!” Another voice said. We both looked and saw Axycia opening the curtains as she stepped in. She wore a doctors uniform and some glasses. “You have to thank the two of us, my sister was able to pull him back from Deaths door… Not the crazy one or that Mother wannabe.” Mavis chuckled at this and she was joined by her sister as well. I felt his hand lightly squeeze mine as if he was conscious enough to feel my hand holding his.

“What did you do?” I asked her.

“Well, as I was giving him a checkup, I found that there was some connection to whoever turned him into the half grimm being.” Axycia explained to me before looking at her sister. “I don’t know what happened when I cut it, either gave it a headache or simply blew up her head. But I don’t think we should care.” I looked at Mavisath, hoping to know that what Axycia said meant what I think it meant.

“She is longer in control, as of now he is a free man once more.” Mavis told me with a nod. I slowly smiled at her as tears started to well up in my eyes again.

“Yes well, there’s still the Grimm part of him to deal with.” Axycia said with a bit of a frown. “This woman integrated the Grimm into this man's DNA, taking it all out would be simply destroy his body alone.” I gave her a scared look at what she said.

“You can’t!” I yelled, fearing that I would lose him a third time. Mavis shook her head and quickly said.

“We never said we would.” Mavis said to me, calming my nerves a bit before she added. “But we can't leave him like this either, he'll be prone to a rage-induced outburst that will inevitably trigger a feral side of your Indigo.” She explained before a syringe with glowing yellow liquid in it.

“So… why not introduce some Dust and some Staubgrimm DNA to him.” Axycia said in a matter of fact tone. “It would change his looks a bit, but I’ll be overseeing that part.” Axycia then smirked a bit. “So… if you want him to look a bit different, or do some- Ow!” Axycia yelped as Mavis stomped on her foot.

“If Miss Branwen truly cares for the man, she wouldn't need to alter his appearance.” Mavisath said to her with a frown. I frowned at Axycia as well as she spoke.

“I was kidding! Jeez.” she said with a slight frown. Mavis soon turned to look at me and said.

“Anywho, the dust chosen to be infused with his blood is yellow dust and the DNA to allow his body to accept the dust is that of a Thundermore, now keep in mind there might be some side effects to this.” She explained with the syringe in hand.

“What side effects?” I asked them. The two of them looked at each other for a few moments.

“We… don't exactly know for sure.” Mavisath was the one that said this and Axycia nodded as her sister said this.

“For now, I would like him to stick in a room where I could keep an eye on.” Axycia said. I frowned at her.

“You mean him lock up?” I asked, only to see her shake her head.

“No, he can come and go whenever he wants when he has the wellbeing to do so but again, just want to keep an eye on him.” Axycia explained. I looked at Indigo as he muttered something incoherent, feeling his thumb caress my hand.

“I want to be with him.” I told them. I turned to them with a serious face. “I will fight both of you on this, I’m not leaving him.”

“Ha! I like you!” Axycia said with a laugh. Mavis laughed alongside her sister before walking up to the other side of Indigo.

“It is best to give him the injection now, doing so while he is conscious will bring only discomfort.” She said readying the syringe. She looked at me, waiting for me to give her the go ahead. I looked at the man lying in bed. I held his hand in mine as I looked back and nodded. With that Mavis stuck the needle into one of Indigo’s visible veins before proceeding to inject the contents of the syringe into his veins, eliciting a groan of discomfort from the unconscious Indigo. The glow of the yellow liquid traversed his veins before he was encompassed in an electric aura. The aura slowly vanished and the glow in his veins dimmed. Mavis retracted the needle and healed him soon after, she looked at me and nodded before looking at her sister. “I must get going, it is my turn to pick up the children today and I don't want to be late.” She said before vanishing with a flash. Axycia shook her head before melting into shadows, leaving me holding Indigo’s hand. I turned back to him and simply stayed there.

It has been two days since Mavisath brought me to Indigo, my Indigo and throughout this time he has been in a comatose-like state. I never left his side even for a second, even to go and eat so it was brought to me thanks to Mavis. Now, like the past two days, I simply sat beside the unconscious Indigo waiting for him to wake up but the lack of sleep was slowly getting to me, my eyelids slowly but surely gotten heavier by the minute. A yawn escaped out before I shook my head, trying to wake up a bit more. I still held his hand, something to ground me so I knew this isn't a dream.

Suddenly and to my surprise, a groan escaped from Indigo’s lips. This was enough to awaken me fully for sure. Another came from Indigo and I felt him tighten his grasp of my hand slightly, it didn't hurt but it did surprise me. Then it happened, slowly but surely his opened and the first thing I noticed was his irises. No longer were they red with hatred, they were an electric yellow similar to that of a Thundermore.

“Wha…” Was all he could utter, no doubt suffering from a dry throat. I sat there as tears well up in my eyes again, feeling I've cried more these past few days the I have in months. His gaze then noticed me and even if he could speak, he’d just be left speechless. I was a mess, there was no arguing about that but I don't think he was looking at how messy I was. He let go of my hand but I refused to let go as he raised it up to cheeks before wiping away the tears. “I can't stand watching you cry.” He managed to say with a dry throat. I let out a shaky sob as I smiled a bit. I reached up and held his hand next to my cheek as I stared at him.

“It something new, being a little more emotional…” I said with a sad smile. I don't know how long we stayed like this but I didn't care much to know either, just seeing him awake was enough to bring me to tears, tears that lasted for quite some time. Indigo just kept silent and let me have this moment as he wiped the tears away. After some time I helped him sit up in the bed and handed him some water which he drank all of in one go. “I've missed you.” I whispered to him.

“I've… I've missed you too.” He said to me, smiling at me as he did before finally taking notice of his surroundings. “How did I… I thought…” He muttered confusingly.

“You were brought here and patched up.” I told him with a smile. “You're not going to die.”

“But Salem-”

“Isn't going to take you again.” I said, cutting him off. I pulled his hand closer and kissed it. “I'm not losing you again, twice is enough and I'll kill anyone who tries.” He was silent at this, a look of doubt on him as he closed his eyes for a moment.

“I can't feel her presence… not even a trace, its as if she was never there.” He said opening his eyes again. “I'm… free?” He said this in a way that the concept of freedom was a foreign thing for him.

“Yes… you're free…” I said as I leaned forward to kiss him. He was surprised at this and it made me worry that I might've jumped the gun a little too early but he was quick to relieve me of my worry when he pulled me closer, returning the kiss in full. When I pulled back I stared at him with a blush on my face, not sure what to say next. He didn't utter a word, only giving me a loving smile.

“I recommend to not jump him right away… and maybe go on a few dates.” a voice said. We both turned to see Axycia there with a clipboard in hand. I blushed even more at the thought as I sat back down. Indigo blinked with a blush of his own, though his was more noticeable through his pale white cheeks. “I see you awake, and a bit younger as it seems… your welcome by the way.” She said as I looked at Indigo and saw he was a little younger but not as much. Axycia stood by the bed as she started to run tests. Indigo looked at me oddly as she this before saying. “Looks like the injection did its work, the Grimm was replaced and slowly healing up to a healthy state.”

“What?” Indigo managed to say through his confusion. Axycia gave him a look before explaining.

“Whoever did this to you gave you the power of the Grimm, it doesn't control you anymore but you had a high chance to go feral and start attacking anyone you can see. But we administered something to replace the Grimm in you with something sorta like it.” Axycia explained. Indigo nodded at the explanation, understand most of it but at the mention of having injected him with something similar to Grimm DNA but different with yellow dust added to the mixture.

“So… I won't turn into a grotesque Grimm?” He asked Axycia, gaining a confused look from the both of us. He rubbed his grimm like arm as he added. “It's complicated.” He said. Axycia then shook her head and spoke to him in an informative tone.

“No, no grotesque transformation.” Axycia said as she looked down at her clipboard. “From now on you're no longer half Grimm, you're now a half StaubGrimm man or a staubgrimm Faunus.” She informed him. Indigo wasn't sure how to react to this, on one hand, he is no longer a Grimm but to him being a staubgrimm is no better, no doubt due to his lack of knowledge of the peaceful creatures. I placed my hand onto his Grimm like clawed hand, reassuring him that it was fine. He looked a little surprised that I held his grimm hand but he soon grasped my hand as well. “Unfortunately, we couldn't do anything to heal your skin but we did make sure you wouldn't suffer the effects of being ghoulishly pale.” Indigo nodded at this in understanding, being grateful that at the very least he has his freedom.

“Thank you, ma'am… for everything.” He said, giving her a bow of his head. In doing this, I was able to notice the streaks of yellow on his hair, they shone as if they had electrical currents running through the streaks.

“No need to thank me, I still have to keep an eye on you just in case so be mindful.” She said before turning to leave. “I'll be back a few minutes, need to check on something.”

With that she left us alone. I looked at Indigo and saw him looking at his Grimm arm with a frown. I reached over and placed my hand on top of his, giving him a smile as he looked over at me. Slowly but surely he grasped my hand with Grimm-like claw hand, being careful to not hurt with his sharp claws. I moved closer to him and brought my lips onto his, giving him another kiss that he returned in kind. When we pulled away, we both let out happy sighs.

“You have no idea how long I've wanted to do that.” I whispered to him with a smile. I placed my forehead on his, keeping our faces close to one another. He raised his arm pale white hand to brush a lock of hair away from my left eye, making sure it doesn't obscure my eye again. His saw the scar that ran down to my cheek and simply caressed it lovingly.

“You have no idea how lucky I feel right now…” He whispered to me. His smile soon faltered before saying. “But why love a monster such as me?” He asked me. I smiled at him as I held his clawed hand in mine.

“I've seen monsters after the Fall… you are no monster.” I said before blushing a bit. “You were also one of the few that didn't think of me as a kid that got all they wanted.” He smiled a little at my words before pecking my lips with his. I stifled a giggle before kissing him for the third time. He held me closer, eliciting a blissful moan from me as a result. I pulled away and smiled at him. “What about me? I've been through a lot since the Fall.”

“Well for one, your smile… it makes you shine brighter than any dust crystals and it gives me a reason to make you smile more.” He said with a smile of his own, caressing my cheek as he spoke. “You brought out the good in me back in Beacon. You helped me out of a dark place, one I never thought I'd ever escape.” He said. I smiled at him as I pulled myself onto his bed and laid next to him. “So I guess we're a couple now, huh.” He said, draping an arm around me. I hummed in response, my head resting on his chest, feeling it go up and down rhythmically with each breath he took. “I kinda hate myself for making you wait for you so long…” He muttered under his breath. As I laid there with him, he soon began to gently brush my hair with his fingers though it was then he noticed my grown out hair. He didn't say anything about it, simply brushing it silently much to my delight.

“Like my hair?” I asked him as he did this.

“It looks good on you.” He said with a quiet chuckle and another brush of my hair. I smiled at him before snuggling up to him. “This feels nice.” He said with a blissful sigh.

“Yeah… it does.” I whispered as I laid there in his arms. It was at this moment when Axycia came back.

“Don’t get up, I’m only here for a few moments.” she said before glancing at us. “In a few hours you can leave this bed, I want to see you once a week to see how you are faring and if something happens that’s out of the ordinary, come find me. I have a shop in the town nearby.” she then turned to us with a frown. “And do change your name. Having two Indigos with the same name will give me a headache.” With that she left, leaving us to ourselves and Indigo to think on what she said of the name change.

“There's another me?” He suddenly asked. I looked up at him oddly.

“Don’t you remember what happened two days ago?” I asked him. He thought on this for a minute or two before finally saying.

“Hazily, bits and pieces are there but not a whole lot.” He answered, looking down at me as he did. I sighed as I spent the next hour or so explaining where we are and everything. Things got interesting when it came to the second Indigo, the second Ruby, and Anthro Ponies. He listened intently at my explanation, intrigued by it all but was confused at the mention of anthropomorphic ponies, even more so when I mentioned that there were three subraces. Pegasi, Unicorns and Earth Ponies.

“Oh yeah and then there's Celestia and Luna, both of them rule over the land. Celestia is what's known as an Alicorn, another subrace of Pony with her being the only one to my knowledge.” I told him in an informative tone. Indigo blinked once, then twice before finally sighing with a smile.

“Such a strange place this is.” He said, smiling at me as he spoke. “So you've mentioned that this place is an Academy?” He asked me with a curious tone. I nodded at his question, refusing to lift my head up from the comfortable position, I was able to hear his heart beating. “Well, won't the students… you know… attack me?” He asked me, gesturing at his appearance. Before I could say anything I heard a tapping sound from outside the certun. We both look until a hand holding a mug was seen.

“I would like give you two a heads up that I’m right here.” A voice said that I was all too familiar with. Ozpin stepped in with a green jacket and pants that matched his scales. He took a sip from his drink before saying. “Sorry for the interruption but from what I heard I had to see for myself.”

“Ozpin? You're alive… and a faunus?” Indigo asked with surprise, he truly wasn't expecting Ozpin’s appearance nor knew of his reincarnation. Ozpin simply chuckles at this.

“Never gets old.” he said with a smile before walking over to us. “Yes I’m Ozpin, but not the same Ozpin that you may know… and yes, I’m a Faunus.” Indigo nodded at this, though a little confused still.

“What… What brings you here?” Indigo asked him.

“Well, other than miss Branwen here, I believe you would want to see a friendly face.” Ozpin explained, gaining a nod from the pale Indigo.

“It helps, thanks.” Indigo said with a nod. With that said I saw some movement from the curtains and saw Sylph put her front paws up onto the bed too look at the two of us.

“What are you doing here Sylph?” I asked the Dust Grimm. She made a sound as her ears flicked a few times.

“Aww, aren't you just a little cutey.” Indigo cooed at the sight of Sylph. Sylph looked at pale Indigo for a moment before sniffing him and then she sneezed out a puff of frosty air. “Huh, is she allergic to me?” He asked though I couldn't tell if he was joking or not. Ozpin chuckled, finding his question amusing despite not knowing if Indigo was joking or not.

“Anyway, I'd hate to suddenly leave but I'm having lunch with Zecora today and I'd rather not be late.” Ozpin said before giving us a wave and headed over to the door. At the mention of lunch, Indigo’s stomach let out an audible growl. He placed a hand onto his stomach and said.

“Food sounds good right about now.” He said with a sheepish smile. Ozpin chuckled again before leaving me with Indigo and Sylph. I got out of the bed and helped Indigo to his feet. Sylph sat by and watched us do this.

“You think you’ll be alright?” I asked him. Though when I got a good look at him, I couldn't help but blush at the sight his topless form. I heard a snort from Sylph as she stared at me. “Oh come on, what’s wrong with me staring?”

Sylph tilted her head before leaving the two of us alone. Indigo looked over to his discarded armor on the floor next to the bed before frowning and shaking his head. He soon looked at me and smiled.

“Lead the way, beautiful.” He said in a flirtatious tone before chuckling soon after he said it. I smiled at him before helping him out of the infirmary.

“Are you going to take her idea? The whole name thing?” I asked him as we both walked out through the infirmary door. He thought about it for a moment.

“Yeah… I think it'd be best if I did.” He said before crossing his arms with a look of thought. With his arms crossed he was able to see his ghoulishly pale arm with a few noticeable yellow veins running up it. “Gol.” He suddenly said.

“Gol?” I asked him. He nodded and said.

“Yeah, it used to be the name of my best friend. He was the G in INDG.” He said smiling fondly at the mention of his old friend before frowning a little. “I want to use his name in memory of him.” He said, looking at me as he did. His eyes showed determination, he wanted to do this. I smiled as I leaned up and kissed him again.

“Alright… Gol.” I said with a smile. We headed down the long hall that led to the cafeteria, on the way we passed by a few onlookers that stared at Gol as we walked by. It was until one of them, a female with dog ears came up to us.

“Hey… are you okay?” she asked Gol in a worried tone. “You look a little pale.” Gol nodded at her, signifying that he was fine. She gave him an odd look before nodding as she ran off to see to her other classmates. I looked up to see Gol looking back.

“Hey, I’m over here.” I said with a small chuckle. This got a chuckle from Gol before we continued on and finally making it to the cafeteria. It was full of students chatting and eating their given meals. The line was fairly short, we were lucky to be spared from the initial rush and were given our meals. The big thing about our meals were the sizeable Ursa steaks. We were quick to find a seat to finally have our eats. Gol was quick to begin his devouring of the steak and I could help but laugh at the sight though I did notice, through my laughter, that Gol had some sharp fangs no doubt from the Grimm infusion that was forced upon him.

I pushed that thought to the back of my mind as I ate, believing that for today, today was a good day.

Author's Notes:

A Thundermore Faunus... Sure why not xD