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The following story is going to take place during RWBY V4, but will be different or some slight differences. If you are not a fan, than I'd advise you not to read ahead.

Long ago in the land of Remnant, there was a Widow, that lived in a house in a forest by a river. The Widow rarely left her home, and she no companion by her side. The only thing she had to keep her company was a beautiful flower garden, to which she had treated with care. Watering the flowers everyday, and making sure not one was out of place.

Though she was lonely in the forest by the river, she was almost happy with what she got; however there was just one thing she wanted more than anything, that was worth more than every flower in her garden. She longed for someone to talk to. With her companion by her side no longer, she longed for only a person to talk to, and understand what she had gone through, and to stay by her side till her time.

She always doubted that she would ever find such a person.

One day, on a snowy night, she was perplexed to hear a knock at the front door, since she rarely had visitors especially so late at night. When she went to answer, she had found a young Mistress with her skin as pale as the snow itself and wearing a black cloak covering her face.

The Mistress had spoken to her, "Pardon me ma'am, I do not wish to intrude, but if it is not too much trouble, may I ask if I spend a single night to avoid this awful storm."

The Widow looked at the Mistress with curiousness, and at first turned her down.

The Mistress had said to the Widow, "I understand if you wish to turn me down. I have no money or anything of value. The only thing I offer you is this seed."

The Mistress reached into her pocket and pulled out just a single tiny seed, that was strangely coated with an unnatural black.

The Widow looked at it confused by this, "But this is a flower seed. I already have a garden of flowers." However the Mistress had told her, "Curb your tongue ma'am, for this is not an ordinary seed. This seed will eventually grow into a rare flower known as the Efah; when petals start to fall, it will grant you what you have longed for. If you take this as my offer, than will you allow me to stay for a night?"

The Widow had eventually agreed to take the Mistress's offer, and allowed her to stay the night. And just as she said, she was gone the next day. On that very same morning she planted the Efah seed within her flower garden and waited for the Efah to grow.

Days had passed and the Efah did not seem to have grown, but she continued to wait, and wait. On the eve of summer, the Efah finally grew. Though the flower that grew from the dirt and manure stood out from the rest. This flower that grew was a tulip, though it was different from the other tulips that grew in her garden; this had black and white petals, but only one had a strange shape that was covered in red.

Of course she found the flower quite odd, and yet she was intrigued by it. She studied the flower closely as she tended to the others as she had done in the past. As winter drew by once more, she noticed that the petals on the tulip had begun to fall though nothing had happened at first; the Widow figured, it was supposed to be it's time. Though just as she was ready to discard the petals, they began to take form before her very eyes while the steam disappeared into vapor.

The petals which had fallen had formed into a person...

-Three Years Ago; Vale's Apartments 3G-

It was late at night in the city of Vale. All throughout the streets was quiet, and mostly the sound of cars could be heard outside. In a small apartment, just downtown, there sat a man with familiar orange slanted hair, and green eye. He sat at a bedside, and beside him was a young girl. An ten year old girl to be exact. She had short magenta hair with two parts of her bangs colored orange. Her left eye was green, while her right eye was all coated with black and was of orange; black veins were all around her right eye. She was leaning against the man's arm as she listened to him read her the story; though she had taken noticed that his words had trailed off.

"Was this really mom's favorite story?" The little one asked with curiousness.

"Yeah." The man replied, "It was one of the few things she kept when she left home for good. She always took her time to read this every night before she went to sleep."

"Just like me with the Seasons Story."

"It's exactly like that."

The girl had started to let out a couple of raspy coughs; the girl's father placed the book nearby and started to pat her back.

"Are you alright Destiny?" He asked with concern.

"Ye-yeah."The girl named Destiny said, though she still coughed a bit.

The man felt her forehead, "You still have a fever."

"I'll be fine dad." Destiny reassured with her father, "Don't worry."

Destiny continued to cough; her father laid her back in the pillows and went to go get some cough medicine. After he had gotten it, he gave her only two spoonfuls. Though the coughs were still there her throat felt a little better.

"There we go, that's better than before." He said.

Destiny nodded, but had a saddened look on her face.

"What is it?" He asked her.

"I'm sorry." She suddenly said. He was taken back at this; Why on Earth was his daughter apologising? "Why are you saying that?" He asked.

"I'm always costing you money, and I'm always bothersome." Destiny said, "I'm nothing but trouble for you aren't I?"

He let out a sigh, but pat her head; Destiny was a bit taken back by this. "Don't ever think that Princess." He said, "You've never been bothersome for me."

Destiny said, "But it's because of my condition, you always have to take dangerous jobs to get money to pay for the medicine. And you always get mad when you get the envelopes with red letters. Those envelopes cost money too don't they?"

"Hey… Don't worry about that." He said to her, "I always manage to keep balance on both of them."

"But…"

"No buts alright? Don't ever blame yourself. I'm not just doing it for you, I'm doing it for the both of us. One day, when we get enough money, we'll find a better home outside of Vale, in another kingdom. We'll live in a home just like the one your mother and I lived in before, but bigger."

"Really?"

"I promise you Destiny that one day we will. Though, it's going to take some time to get there, can you be patient for me?"

Destiny nodded her head, and smiled, "Of course I will. I'll wait for as long as it takes!"

They soon heard the door open and someone step down the hall. Though they were surprisingly calm at this, as it turned out to be the man's partner. It was a young girl with long brown and pink hair, that swirled like ice cream in the back.

"Neo!" Destiny said excitedly seeing her at the doorway.

"Good evening Destiny." Neo greeted with a smile, "How are you feeling?"

"I still have a fever, but I'm better than before." Destiny replied.

"That's good." Neo said to the little one with a friendly smile, "When you get better, I'll take you to the park so we can play, alright?"

Destiny smiled an nodded, "I'd like that very much."

Neo smiled back at her, before turning to the man, "Roman, Junior's got another job for you. He wants to talk to you over at his club."

The named Roman said, "Give me a minute."

Neo nodded in understanding and went to wait in the living room. He turned his attention back to Destiny, "I've got to go now Princess. In the meantime you get some sleep, alright?"

Destiny nodded, "Stay safe, okay dad?"

"Always." Was all he replied with a smile.

Without another word, he tucked Destiny in, and gave her a goodnight kiss before he exited the room, closing the door and turning off the light on his way out. He went into the living room and put on his gray scarf, white jacket, gloves and black bowler hat. Neo was holding his Melodic Cudgel; she handed it over to him.

"You'll look after her while I'm gone?" Roman asked.

"Of course I will." Neo said, "Just try not to die." All Roman did was smirk and fixed his gloves; he tipped his hat and said, "I'll be back." With that he left the apartment, leaving Neo and Destiny the only ones in the apartment.

-Present-

Eight months came and went since the fall of Vale and the school known as Beacon. It really had felt more like eight years to the people of Remnant. Much has changed since than, and the once known peace between kingdoms was now broken. Many of it's citizens lost trust in others and many others had become scared since they had seen what had happened before the CCT had fallen. All sorts of questions kept popping up here and there; though all were left unanswered by it.

A few certain people are determined to find those answers and discover the truth on the attack.

Smoke arose from the buildings a of a small village. Many of it's citizens have fled their homes and tried to run from the oncoming creatures of Grimm that laid waste among the streets. Beowolves ran amuck and attacked anyone that was in their way.

One woman and her children were cornered as a Beowolf towered over them. She held her weeping children close as the Beowolf was about to kill them. Just when the creature was about to take a single swing to finish them off, it's attention was drawn when a shot was fired and hit it's arm clean off.

The Beowolf turned to a man with a familiar weapon and his long hair in the shade of orange. The Beowolf roared and charged at the man. It swung its claws at the man and he ducked. He flipped his cane, and it had fired a grappling hook around it's leg causing the Beowolf to trip and lose its footing. When the grappling hook retracted he flipped the cane again and fired a shot in it's head killing the Beowolf instantly. The Beowolf disappeared into black vapor.

The man was revealed to have most of his hair covering his left eye and his right eye was green; his hair was shoulder lengthed but was tied back. He wore a white cape coat that was held up with a golden chain, and under it he wore a black collared shirt; with it he had on a gray scarf just wrapped around the collar of his shirt, and he wore a pair of brown pants. He also had on a black glove on his right hand and a fingerless glove on the other, and he had on a pair of black shoes. On top of his head he wore a black and red bowler cap with a gray feather on the side.

He looked to the woman and her two children.

"What the hell are you waiting for!?" The man said to them, "Get out of here! Get as far as you can!"

The woman wasted no time, she stood up and took the children's hands and quickly ran out of the village. Just as he saw them disappear in the distance he saw more Beowolves inbound. He mumbled a curse before he started to run from the whole group of Grimm that were coming towards him. Eventually he reached the village square and started to fire onto the oncoming Grimm. A few of them tried to get close and hit him on the side but he was quick to block them with the base of his cane.

Though he was quick to realize he was outnumbered.

"Damn it all!" He said as he reloaded before he started to fire again, "What in the world is taking her so long!?"

From the outside, a young girl wearing a red cloak that was partly shredded at the bottom made her way to a cliffside that was just outside of the forest. On her red cloak she had a silver rose that had held the red cloak in place, and her hood covered most of her face.

She stopped in her tracks when she had gotten to the cliffside. There her silver eyes fell upon a town up in flames. Grimm had invaded its streets, attacking anyone that had not yet evacuated.

The girl eyed the village; knowing she couldn't just let it go in ruined.

Her eyes looked to the sky when a screech came overhead. Nevermores flew just over her and towards the village. She turned around and armed her weapon, a scythe that had unfolded. With a leap she jumped high into the air and latched onto one of the Nevermores, and they both flew towards the village leave red rose petals in her wake.

When she was above the village she pulled the trigger and sliced off the Nevermores wing, causing it to fall right out of the sky.

The man took notice of the Nevermore falling when he saw the Beowolves attention was drawn to the sky.

The girl landed on top of one of the statues breaking it under her feet; the man smirked.

"I was wondering when you would show up to the party… Little Red."

The girl slowly stood and she removed her hood. Ruby stood on top of the now broken statue with her eyes closed shut. She wore a white high neck décolletage blouse with an black overbust corset. She had on a black and red skirt with a black belt bordered red with a magnetic clip for her to hold her weapon and ammunition. On her back she had on brown straps in case she had a small bag to carry. On her legs she had on leggings with a long stemmed rose that had gone up to her thigh. She also had on a pair of red-soled boots that had four straps and buckles making her slightly taller.

On her left wrist she had worn a bracelet, that consisted of red and black beads that was all connected to an insignia of a rose.

Some of the Beowolves approached Ruby, while some of their attention was drawn to the man, who was named, Roman.

Roman's attention was drawn to Ruby, he had not realized that a Beowolf came up behind him. He had only just now realized that it was going to attack when he noticed a giant shadow covered his body, giving him no time to react.

Ruby on the other hand was quick to act on this. Upon opening her eyes, she moved with incredible speed that made it seem like she teleported, thanks to her semblance. In a blink of an eye Ruby was in front of Roman with her weapon in hand just as the Grimm was about to take a swing. Before it could she had killed it in a single swing. Ruby flipped back and landed on her feet just as more Grimm jumped at them.

Roman shot some out of the air, while Ruby charged at them and swung her scythe, cutting them in half.

At one point Ruby had flipped the Beowolves in the air to gain momentum and knocked them back into the one of the buildings. Roman either fired or hit them out of the air, until his Melodic Cudgel was hit away by one of the Beowolves. He cursed under his breath as the Beowolf charged at him.

Though Roman wasn't unprepared in case something like that had happened. Just as a the Beowolf jumped at him, he clenched his fist and a small yet large blade emerged stabbing the beowolf through the head killing it instantly. He kicked the Beowolf off just as it had started to disappear into vapor.

A few more Beowolves charged at the man, though he was able to take them down with ease with the help of his blade. He charged onto the oncoming Grimm.

Ruby had continued to slice and dice to any Beowolf that tried to attack her on all sides, but was soon pushed back when a rock hit her across the face.

Quick to recover, she dodged a few more rocks heading in her direction, when she saw a Beowolf on the rooftop of the tallest building actually throwing the rocks in her direction. Ruby ran with great speed as the rocks just missed her. Just as the Beowolf was about to through one giant rock, Ruby activated her semblance. She moved so fast she had actually made a turbulence of red rose petals that split into three just as the rock was thrown before reappearing right behind the Grimm. In a single shot through the head, it was killed; the force of the shot flew her back into the sky.

She used a Nevermore to push herself back into the village, while at the same time, she knocked it out of the air.

Creating a crater in the ground, her and Roman stood back to back in the smoke, after Roman recovered his cane he unclenched his fist and the blade retracted itself.

They both felt the ground shake slightly; they stood armed and ready for what was about to come. Though neither had time to react when a fist came flying in Ruby's direction. Roman came in front of her to block the fist, but it was to no avail as both of them flew back into a building that just stood behind them, breaking down the door in the process.

They both stood up, recovering from the impact and looked to see what exactly had hit them. There they saw a Grimm creature that resembled a gorilla which was known as a Beringel, letting out a roar. It charged at them and Roman tried to fire at the Beringel, but it didn't even phase it. It knocked Roman to the side and he it a building; he screamed out in agony as he landed on his side.

The Beringel tried to attack Ruby, but she was able to flip over it, and went to attack it with her scythe. Though despite stabbing it in the leg, it didn't cry out in agony, it didn't even flinch. Ruby's eyes widened in horror before she was grabbed by the Beringel by the face. It punched her in the gut and she was sent flying into one of the buildings. Despite this, both, Ruby and Roman got up from the floor after they recovered from the attack.

Ruby jumped onto the building and ran along the rooftops while she fired at the Beringel and the Beowolves that now ran beside it. Roman did the same, but he was moving along the ground as he fired his weapon. They both stopped at one point to quickly reload before they started to fire again.

The Beringel grabbed ahold of a Beowolf nearby and literally threw it at Ruby. As the Beowolf flew towards the young teen she armed her scythe once again and sliced it in two. The Beringel than leaped into the air and tried to crush her with it's fists. Ruby quickly moved out of the away, and the roof had gotten damaged.

Both Ruby and the Beringel circled each other for awhile before the Beringel charged at her. Ruby charged at it to attack it but quickly dodged when the Beringel tried to crush her under it's fist. As she flew over the creature she fired at it several times, landing on the corner of the rooftop. She flew towards the Beringel arming her scythe she swung before launching herself into the air. She darted like a pinball before flying back to the Beringel attempting to stab it in the arm. Though it was quick to block it.

Leaving red rose petals in her wake she had gone behind the Beringel; when it tried to hit her, she moved to the side and tried to stab it in the leg again. Though she ended up flipping back when it slammed on the ground again. Right before she could land on the ground, the Beringel slammed near her feet, causing the ground to crumble. Ruby ended up losing her footing and she ended up falling into the building with a scream.

"RED!" Roman yelled, seeing Ruby had fallen into the building.

The Beringel had jumped off of the rooftop and back onto the ground. Roman fired at the Beringel but it dodged his shots and tried to hit him head on. Roman ducked and clenched his fist drawing out the blade and stabbed it in it's shoulder, but it didn't even phase him.

"Oh for f-GAH!"

Roman was punched to the ground hard and his face ended up making a crater. Roman recovered from but quickly flipped of the way when he saw it's fist coming down at him. He stood up from the ground and aimed his weapon at the Beringel preparing to fire at it again.

That's when he noticed rose petals fly right by his face.

From inside of the building several rose petals began to fly out of the building, and all around the surrounding area of the Beringel and Roman.

The rose petals flew up to the top of the tower just behind the circular glass.

Ruby came jumping out of the tower, shattering the glass into a thousand pieces. She landed on the ground with the help of her scythe and pulled the trigger to allow to her to jump over the Beringel just as it had tried to grab her. Ruby caught the creature by it's feet with her weapon, and fired it causing the Beringel to trip. Before it could fall face first, Ruby had activated her semblance and ran around making a tornado of rose petals causing the Beringel to fly high into the air.

Ruby flew into the air as well and armed her blade; she flew towards the Grimm stabbing it in the chest. They both hurdled to the ground, Ruby standing on top of the enormous creature and with a single shot, it was as dead as a doornail; it had disappeared into vapor.

Ruby stood up and looked to Roman.

"You were cutting it a bit close there Red." Roman said to her.

"Well I did pass out for a second there when I fell into the roof." Ruby said to the man, "Plus I think it's a win win since I did just save your life, twice."

"Alright don't be a show-off." Roman said while waving his hand, "Most of the people have evacuated and there's still a matter of cleaning up the trash we gotta deal with. Though it would be easier if the others were here to help us out, where are they anyway?"

Just as Roman asked this, there scrolls had started to ring. They both picked up and saw it was there friends. Neo was calling Roman, while what remained of team JNPR had called Ruby.

"Neo!" Roman said picking up the call, "It's about time, where are you?"

"I'm close by." Neo replied, "I'll be there as fast as I can."

"You better make it fast, seems like the Grimm are multiplying here." Roman said to Neo.

Ruby picked up the call from team JNPR.

"Ruby!" Jaune said, "We saw smoke!"

"We're heading your way!" Ren had said.

"Don't start without us." Nora said in her usual cheerful way.

Ruby picked up her head, and looked to the Grimm "You'd better hurry." She said with a smile.

Roman fixed up his hat, "Well Red? Shall we?"

Ruby put her scroll away and said, "No need to tell me twice. Let's g-"

Ruby had soon gotten caught off when she heard the sound of gunshots and fighting in the distance, which both her and Roman were befuddled to hear. They both knew that there were no Huntsmen or Huntresses in the vicinity of the village, well that they knew of anyway.

"Who the hell could be out here?" Roman said.

"Come on!" Ruby said to Roman, "We gotta go check it out!"

Ruby ran to where the sounds were coming from and Roman followed behind her. As they ran through the horde of Grimm, they attacked any one of the creatures that had tried to attack them, killing them instantly.

Finally they had gotten to where the sounds were coming from Ruby stopped in her tracks as her eyes widened. "Red? What is it?" Roman asked, seeing how she stopped running.

Roman looked and saw two teenage girls, one with shoulder length black hair that had rested on her shoulders with a green hoodie, and having a single arm blade, and the other who had a pair of fox ears and a tail with hand blades that was enhanced with dust fighting off some beowolves. Though he had noticed that Ruby was eyeing the girl with the single arm blade in particular almost as if she was put into a trance, he couldn't help but wonder why though.

Ruby's eyes watched carefully at the girl that was currently fighting, and… She just couldn't believe who was standing right in front of her. She'd know that arm-blade anywhere! She knew it had to be her! Though… She had to know for sure.

The two girls fired on the oncoming beowolves until finally every single beowolf disappeared into black vapor.

The girl with black hair picked up her scroll.

"This area is all cleared out." She said to whoever was on the phone.

"Got it. We'll meet you there." A girl said to her via scroll.

"Man… That was dozy." The girl with fox ears had said.

Ruby had her Crescent Rose stand on the ground as she walked over to the girl. Finally Ruby had spoken up.

"... Melody?"

The girl, named Melody turned around to look at Ruby with her Indian red eyes. Though when she looked at Ruby she couldn't help but have a quizzical look on her face; The girl with fox ears had noticed her too.

"Melody…?" Ruby said again, "Is… Is that really you?"

Melody had said to her, "I'm sorry… Do I know you?"

Ruby had replied, "Melody? How do you not recognize me? It's me! Ruby!"

Melody's eyes widened at this when Ruby had told her her name. Roman had said, "Wait, you know this girl?"

"Melody?" The girl with fox ears said, "You know her?"

"... Ruby?" Melody said taking a quick glance over at her outfit; she took her weapon off of her arm and placed it on the ground, "Are you really Ruby?"

All Ruby did was nod her head and smile at her. Melody's jaw dropped as she walked over to her. For a moment there was silence, until Melody let out a squeal and threw her arms around Ruby, and in turn she did the same thing. Roman and the Fanus girl on the other hand were left befuddled as they watched the two of them jump in place as they were in still in an embrace.

"Oh my God Ruby!" Melody said finally pushing herself out of the hug, "You're really here! You're really okay!"

"It's so good to see you again Melody!" Ruby said with a smile, "I haven't seen you in so long! It's been ages since you left!"

"What are you even doing here?"

"What do you mean what I'm doing here, why are you here!?"

Roman finally said to stop the girls, "Red, who is this girl anyway?"

Ruby turned to Roman, "Oh right, I've never mentioned her to you guys." Ruby said before introducing her, "This is my cousin Melody. She's my uncle's daughter!"

"Your cousin?" Roman said befuddled.

"Your cousin?" The Fanus girl said, "You never told me you have a cousin Melody."

Melody turned to Scout, "You never asked Scout, so I didn't tell."

Ruby's eyes widened slightly at the name Scout. "Wait, did you just say her name is Scout?" Ruby asked Melody.

"Yeah." Melody said, "Why, something the matter?"

Ruby shook her head and said, "Oh no, it's nothing."

"Hold on a second here." Roman said to Ruby getting her attention again, "I know you have a sister, and I know you have an uncle. But you never mentioned a cousin."

Melody looked over to Roman, "Who's that supposed to be?"

"Okay, don't freak out or anything. But…" Ruby said to her cousin, "This, is Roman Torchwick."

Melody and Scout's eyes widened at this, shocked to hear the name. A criminal! Ruby is with a criminal! Melody could swear that she was dreaming.

"Roman Torchwick? As in the Gentleman Thief?" Melody said trying to wrap her head around it.

"As in, one of the most wanted?" Scout asked.

"Yeah." Roman said to them, "Hard to believe I know."

Melody gave a questiongy look over in Ruby's direction. Ruby said to her, "I know it's hard to believe, but to make the long story short, certain things happened at Beacon and Vale, and he's on our side."

All Roman did was tip his hat as he said, "Ladies."

Both teens were still befuddled by this, and looked over in Ruby's direction. "I'll be sure to go into detail later. Trust me when I say it's a really long story."

Melody than said to Ruby, "Still… It's so good to see you. After I saw the news about what was happening in Vale and Beacon, I had gotten real worried about you and Yang. I didn't even know if you guys made it out alright."

"Well here I am." Ruby said to Melody, "Alive and perfectly fine, so you don't have to worry."

"So… If your out here than am I expected to see Yang and the rest of your team coming behind you?" Melody asked.

It was at this point Ruby had become silent at the mentioning of her team. She couldn't help but think back to them, about the events that had transpired and about what Yang had told her what had happened exactly after she had passed out.

It was one of the few reasons why she was out here in the first place.

Melody noticed the look on her cousin's face. "Ruby…?" Melody said, "What is it? What's wrong?"

Ruby replied hesitantly, "A few… Certain things happened when Beacon and Vale fell. My team, just… Broke apart. And Yang's…"

Melody's eyes widened at the mention of Yang, "What about Yang?" Melody said, "Did something happen to her!?"

Ruby looked into Melody's eyes, and saw that look of worry that she hadn't seen in a long time. "She's not dead if that's what you're thinking." Ruby said to her hesitantly, "But… She went to get her partner Blake. She saw her in trouble and Yang tried to… And her arm…"

Melody had put two and two together, "She lost her arm…?" She said stunned.

Ruby silently but hesitantly nodded her head; that's when she saw a hint of anger in Melody's eyes. "Who did it?" Melody said with anger, "Who's the bastard that took her arm?"

Ruby couldn't say anything about it, Roman on the other hand answered for her. "It was a White Fang member that did it." He said, "A member of the White Fang took her arm."

"Which member did it? Was it their leader?" Melody said demanding an answer from him.

"I'm not sure." Roman replied, "By the time Red and I got back to her sister, the damage was already done."

Melody clenched her fist feeling all the rage in her body. Whoever did it was gonna be in hell when they come across her. Though Melody had just now realized something.

"Wait, if your not out here with your team, than who else are you out here with?" Melody asked her, "Besides one of Remnants most wanted criminal? No offense to you."

"None taken." Roman said taking out a cigar. He took out his lighter and lit up the cigar.

Ruby had replied, "Other than me and Roman, there's his partner Neo and three members from team JNPR. We're actually heading to Mistral's academy."

Both Melody and Scout were surprised to hear this from her. "You guys are heading to Mistral too?" Scout asked, "Our team is heading there as well!"

"Your team?" Ruby and Roman said at the same time.

"Yeah Ruby, I meant to tell you over the scroll, but you know, the CCT tower fell and I lost contact, but…" Melody said, "I got a team. Downside though, I'm not the leader, but I'm cool with it."

Ruby couldn't help but squeal, "Oh my gosh you have your own team!? Melody that's amazing!"

Scout than said, "Speaking of which, I'm actually your cousin's partner." Scout held out her hand to have Ruby shake it, "It's very nice to meet you Ruby. I'm Scout Lapis."

Ruby shook her hand, "Nice to meet you too."

Just than Ruby noticed a small little head pop out from Melody's hood. Ruby was befuddled to see that it was a little white fox with a gray collar. Melody noticed that Ruby had seen her little friend. "Oh right. I made a friend on my travels. Ruby, I'd like you to meet Frosty."

Ruby reached her hand out to the little fox, and he sniffed her hand; though he just made himself comfortable again in Melody's hood.

"Don't worry. He'll get used to you. Just give it time." Melody said.

Just than a voice had come over them.

"Melody! Scout! Are you two over here?"

They all turned at the sound of the voice and saw that it was a girl with gray pigtails with gray eyes. She appeared to have a single prosthetic leg. Roman's eyes widened slightly while Scout said while she waved her over, "Oh hey Rosario! Over here!"

The girl named Rosario came over to the group and she said, "Who's this?"

"Rosario this is Melody's cousin, Ruby Rose." Scout replied.

"Hi there, nice to meet you." Ruby said to Rosario.

Rosario looked over at Ruby, "Your the leader of RWBY right?"

Ruby nodded her head in reply. Rosario said to her with a small smile, "I've watched your fights on television. Your pretty good in combat."

"Oh, thank you." Ruby said to her.

"Rosario here worked as a bounty hunter." Melody said, "She's pretty good at what she does."

"Where's Cristal?" Scout asked.

"She and Senka are busy driving out the rest of the Grimm." Rosario replied, "Don't worry she'll be with us shortly." Rosario soon noticed the man with a bowler cap and feather currently smoking from his cigar. Roman noticed that she was looking over in his direction.

"Well, well, long time no see Rosa." Roman said to her in his usual tone, "Didn't expect to see you again."

Rosario cracked a smile, "Roman Torchwick, the Gentleman Thief. Last I heard you and your partner were in Vale. Honestly I didn't think you'd still be alive."

"I'd say the same for you." Roman said.

"You guys… Know each other?" Ruby asked.

"Of sorts." Roman and Rosario said at the same time.

Rosario notice Melody and Scout giving her a questioning look. Rosario sighed and said, "I'll explain later."

"We only met once." Roman said to Ruby, "Just once. That's all you need to know."

"Oookay." Ruby couldn't help but say awkwardly. She turned back to the three girls, "I'm guessing that Cristal is your leader."

"Pretty much." Melody replied, "She's actually the one that bought us all together, after she revealed information to us."

"Information? What do you mean?" Ruby asked.

"Maybe it's best if she tells you herself." Melody replied.

Just than they all heard a screech; they looked up and saw that it was Grimm Griffon flying just above them. Roman armed his weapon prepared to shoot it out of the sky, but Rosario stopped him. "Don't worry. He's a friend actually." Rosario said to Roman.

The Griffon landed on the ground, resting on it's stomach. A person, a young teenage girl had jumped off of it's back and walked over to the group. Roman was left stunned while Ruby's eyes widened in shock when she felt as though that the girl before them gave off a familiar aura.

The girl, that they assumed to be Cristal said to her team, "I see you guys made some new friends."

"Cristal, this is Melody's cousin Ruby." Scout said, "And I take it your familiar with Roman Torchwick."

Cristal turned to them, and Ruby was taken back when she saw her face. She'd know it anywhere but it couldn't be possible… Right?

"Nice to meet you Ruby." Cristal said to her snapping her out of it, "And you too Roman."

"Y… Yeah…" Roman said, doing his best not to sound off, "It's a pleasure."

"It can't be…" Cristal heard Ruby whispered which left her befuddled.

"Can't be what?" Cristal asked.

Ruby looked over to the Griffon and that back to Cristal.

"You look so much like her…" Was all Ruby could say.

-Three Years Ago-

A few hours had passed since Roman left the apartment, and all was quiet. Neo slept on one of the chairs in the living room while the television was on. Destiny however was still awake; she was used to things like this by now. She would normally stay awake either if it was a nightmare or if she hadn't heard her dad come walking through the door. "Dad's gone out on a job again…" Destiny said to herself, "But he hasn't come back yet… I know he does it for our own good, but it does get lonely without him. Even with Neo here watching me, it gets lonesome…"

Destiny looked over to the book her father was reading to her earlier off of the dresser; she turned on a small flashlight and took the book and re-read through it.

"The Widow in this story wished for someone to talk too because she was lonely like I am… Maybe..." Destiny shook her head and closed the book, "What am I thinking? It's only a fairytale…"

Destiny laid back in her pillow, holding the book and her mother's bear close to her. She looked up to the ceiling clenching both of the items. She hated to admit it, but honestly she wanted the story to be real. A flower that could give what a person desired; She wanted the story to be true.

If it the flower, the Efah was real, she would wish for a friend.

She didn't have any friends that were around her age, or a teenager, or anyone really. Sometimes, other kids in the park would catch a glimpse of her right eye, and they would end up running in another direction. Or even, if she had told them who her father is, they would say awful things about him and her, despite what she had told them about him. She just wanted a friend, even if it was just the one. A friend that would accept her for what her father is, or the way she looked. A friend to talk to, a friend to play with when her father, or Neo were away, a friend that would always-

SLAM!

Destiny jumped when she heard her window clatter and slam from a sudden harsh wind just outside, causing her attention to turn to it. That's when she saw it in the moonlight; there was a flower just outside of the window, which she found strange. There was no dirt, no soil for the flower to grow outside her window; the only thing out there was a fire escape. Destiny climbed out of bed, throwing a blanket over her shoulders; she walked towards the window holding her bag of medicine in her hand.

She placed the medicine on the window sill and turned the lock on the window, before sliding it open. There it was, a single tulip with unnatural petals and stem, similar to the story. Though she found it odd for it to be there, considering the fact that there was nothing for the flower to grow on. Without hesitation, Destiny took the flower from the platform and quickly closed the window as the cold air came in. She looked at the flower with curious eyes, still wondering what it was doing out there, or for that matter how it was growing. All these questions came up in her head, but she couldn't find an answer to it. Still she couldn't help but find it odd.

To tired to think about it, she decided to go to sleep; she went to place the tulip into a small vase of roses that sat on the dresser next to her bed. With the tulip in place, she climbed up onto bed, and went to sleep, as she had decided to think about this manner when morning came.

(Opening Theme: Just Live Performed by Casey Lee Williams)