Drako and Topaz were currently standing in the arena setting, waiting for their opponents from Haven. In the seating area, RWBY and JNPR were looking at the two twins as Drako looked around with a serious look while Topaz only hummed to herself with a smile. Drako looked over to where Ruby was seated as she smiled warmly at him, an expression wishing them both good luck. He smirked back at her while his sister looked around for their opponents with a large grin on her face.

"Oh, I hope our opponents are nice!" She said with a giggle and a small clap of her hands.

"They are gonna be fighting to win." Drako said, looking at his sister now.

"So, doesn't mean they can't be nice!" She said shrugging. He just shrugged in response. It wasn't like she was wrong, they could be nice, creepy, or egotistical. Their attention was brought back to the arena, where their opponents were coming onto it. One of them was Woodlin, the apprentice of Connor if he remembered correctly. The other one though, was a female combatant. She was a few feet higher than Woodlin, a lot more lean as well as she had green hair that reached to her shoulders, but it was spiked on the back. She had light dark tan skin, green slitted eyes, and a dark green scorpion tail hanging lifted to her side, like in a striking position. She wore black chest armor, followed by green reptilian like armor covering most of her body as she wore black boots that had green stripes on it.

The first thing on her expression was a rather creepy smirk, like a soldier with a thousand yard stare. It felt as if dramatically creepy music was playing as she continued to stare.

"...Hi bug lady!" Topaz said waving at the new combatant. Said bug faunas slowly looked at her as she continued her creepy smirk.

"...Hi." she said in a creepy feminine, yet raspy tone as she licked her lips. It cuts to Weiss shuddering a little bit, wincing at how she sounds and acts and she only said one word. Drako was on the same boat as he shuddered from her voice.

"What's your name?" Topaz asked again, unaffected by her creepy tone.

"Well sweet one, my name is Beetlerice...you can call me…Arachni…." she replied with a chuckle.

'Okay. What the fuck...' Drako thought as he stared at the female fighter with a disturbed expression. At the stands, RWBY and JNPR looked over to see Drago making it in time as he lightly panted.

"Where have you been?" Yang chuckled at the way he was acting.

"Busy...keep it at that." He answered after a few pants before looking at his kids opponents. "Woodlin, and Beetlerice, those are their opponents."

"Well, I know you know Woodlin...you got anything on this...Beetlerice?" Ruby asked with a head tilt. Drago pulled out his scroll and tapped on it a few times before scrolling down it.

"Well, from how the other students of Haven described her, she's and I quote, 'Creepy as shit', end quote." Drago said looking back up at his mate.

"...I think most of them saw that." Ruby said, looking at her team and JNPR's disturbed expressions. Drago nodded as he sat down next to her, his attention back to the arena where his kids and their opponents were.

"Oh, Who are you though?" Topaz asked towards Woodlin. Said person cleared his throat before standing straight.

"My name is Woodlin Mirkwood, apprentice of Freelancer Komodo." He said with a small bow of his head.

"Oh, the one our fa-cousin faced?" Drako corrected himself quickly. It amazes the Dragonheart family that they still manage to almost slip it out unintentionally, and they have been keeping up this cousin thing for up until the festival. Woodlin tilted his head at him in confusion, while "Arachni" only smirked at them with her scorpion tail shaking behind her as she chuckled.

"Well she seems nice." Topaz said with a smile, oblivious to her brother's creeped out expression. He looked straight at her with a confused expression before he facepalmed loudly, almost forgetting about her innocent obliviousness.

"Now now, no need to be disturbed...I'm only wishing to have…you inside me." Arachni said with a smile.

"Stop it…" Drako said in a bland tone now to her, hiding his creeped out shivers behind it. Jaune coughed in his hand, clearing his throat as it was a defense mechanism to hide his slight disturbed expression. Ren did the same thing, though he looked away in response as well while Nora only tilted her head in confusion. Ruby scratched her head as she gave a creeped out nervous chuckle, along with her sister Yang. Weiss and Blake shuddered in their seats along with Pyrrha as the arena chose the location, a forest biome. Arachni's smirk seemed to get wider at the location, her eyes having that small spark of crazy or creepiness in them as she chuckled.

Topaz just simply smiled as she pulled out her bow, loading an arrow already as she positioned it into a "ready to fire" stance. Drako drew out his sword and held his shield out in front of him with a glare. Woodlin drew out his duel hooked blades and gave them a small twirl in his hands before crossing them over his chest. Arachni made a "heh" sound as she had her scorpion tail posed her hands balled up into fists as they were below her waist.

"Let's get this battle ready in 3…" Port counted down as both sides got tense, except for Arachni who never lost her smirk. "2…" It showed Anthony and the rest of Beacons teachers observing, Anthony watching Drago's kids with an observing eye. "1!" as soon as the horn went off, Arachni smirked widely as she dashed straight to Drako, surprising him with a spinning kick to his head. He backflipped out of the way but was already met with her to his side the moment he got back up.

'She's fast!' He thought as he jumped back to his feet while his sister fired arrows at Woodlin who deflecting them away with his hooked swords before he ran to her. Topaz never lost her smile as she seperated her bow into dual cutlass's now as she met him halfway, their blades clashing against each other.

[Play Light em up by Fallout Boy]

Drako moved forward to Arachni who never lost her smirk as he chased her into some trees. What happened next surprised him. One moment he was chasing her, next thing he knew a branch came into his view and she was gone in an instant. His eyes widen now as he stopped and looked around, looking for his opponent. He finally heard her chuckle, but it sounded like it was all around him. He couldn't pinpoint where she was, this was her terrain, her home field advantage.

"Looks like Drako is gonna be in quite the pickle here, for Beetlerice, or 'Arachni' is using her training wisely, stalking prey in her homeland terrain." Oobleck explained as Drako looked around some more. Before he could turn around, he was struck in the head by a swift kick, knocking him to the ground. He looked up with a shake of his head, barely getting a glimpse of his opponent disappearing into the trees again. Ruby looked a bit worried for Drako as she leaned in a bit, Drago looking over the fight with crossed arms as he observed.

"That can't be good."Jaune commented, looking over to where Drako is then glancing over to where Topaz was having a sword dance with Woodlin. Pyrrha nodded, not exactly fond in the situation herself. This 'Arachni' person might be uncomfortable to be around, but she seems to utilize the area around her, especially in forest terrains. Drako thought he found her and went for a shield bash, but Arachni attacked from the side instead with her stinger, knocking him back aways. Meanwhile, Woodlin seemed to be overwhelming Topaz a bit. What he was doing was feint attack, making her think that he is attacking a certain area, but attacks a different area entirely. He proved to be a better defensive fighter than expected, no matter where Topaz attacked, Woodlin easily and quickly countered or blocked her attacks.

"He is a student to Komodo right? He is one good blocker." Jaune said, a bit impressed despite how timid Woodlin started out as. Topaz jumped back and formed her bow and started to fire electrical arrows at him, unfortunately Woodlin just deflected them with his hooked blades. Drako managed to counter Arachni finally as she tried to ambush from above with a kick, the young Dragonheart jumping to the side as she stomped on the ground as it formed small cracks from the impact. He then moved forward with his sword held back until he was close, and swung his sword at her, but she just blocked it quickly with her tail. She gave a smirk as she gave a chuckle.

"I love it when prey fights back…." she licked her lips "It makes things more exciting…"

"Okay- will you not?" Drako said with a shudder before he twirled his sword and started swinging at her, but she kept using her tail to block or deflect them until she got hit in the face by his shield. She simply stood up as she wiped her jaw, giving a small breath.

"...Got any more in ya?" she asked.

"Stop it." Drako said with a disturbed glare before he threw his shield at her, surprising her again as she stumbled back from the hit before she was tackled to the ground by him.

"It seems Mr. Dragonheart has finally caught Arachni in her tracks! How will he make his next move?" Oobleck asked enthusiastically. The position that said fighters were in was a bit...compromising. Drako had Arachni pinned down with his arms on her shoulders, a small triumphant smirk on his face.

"Ha, got you now!" He said chuckling.

"Heh….Never thought you'd be a rough houser…" Arachni said in a creepy giggle. "Well, don't go too gentle with me big boy, I'm just as rough." Drako was confused for a minute before he noticed the position they were in. with a blush he jumped off of her with a loud "Nope!" before he raised his sword and shield up. She chuckled loudly as she got onto her feet quickly charged him, her scorpion tail raised to strike as well. Soon Drako started to actually have an actual battle, Arachni throwing hard punches and trying to strike him with her tail.

It cuts to Topaz shooting three more arrows as Woodlin was closing in slowly, using his time wisely to close in on Topaz the more she shot arrows. When he got close, he hooked his blades under her arms and flipped her over his shoulders onto the ground. She grunted in slight pain from her back colliding harshly to the ground before she had to roll out of the way to avoid being hit by a downward slash by Woodlin. Topaz only made a small giggle, showing she was having a lot of fun.

"Your good! But not good enough!" She said as she sped forward to him and started to clash blades with Woodlin. One thing he noticed; was that she was suddenly a lot faster than before and was darting his eyes on her swords to block her increased speed. He gave a small battle cry as he collided the blades of his weapon into an X to block a downward strike before he pushed them upward, making Topaz go off balance slightly before he scissor kicked her away. She tumbled back a few feet before she jumped back to her feet and crossed her blades in front of her as she continued to smile.

"They seem pretty even so far." Ruby said with a smile, glad to see Drako and Topaz are doing well. Drago was watching with an arched eyebrow as the battle continued, he'll admit his kids are doing well, but it's not over yet. Drako seemed to have been getting the upper hand on Arachni as he got some good hits on her, making her stumble back with each bash from his shield. Her aura was going down too, now hitting the yellow area after a few slashes. Ruby was marveling over Drako who continued to lay on the pain before he spun around behind her and bashed the back of her head with his shield and followed up with a dropkick. She cheered with the crowd as Drago observed Arachni, something was coming up, and it wasn't gonna be good. Said person was getting up with a grunt as Drako charged at her, ready for another shield bash. Unaware to him, her expression changed to a grin as she side stepped from the shield back, and punched him right in the back, around his kidney area.

He grunted in pain as he stumbled a bit before he felt a very sharp pain in his side, making him look down to see Arachni's stinger stabbed into his side. Her arms hooked from underneath his arms, her tail actually sucking up the aura in his body.

"What's this!? Arachni's aura meter is slowly rising!" Port exclaimed. RWBY, JNPR, and Drago looked over to the board to see that Arachni's aura was slowly rising back up, Drako's slowly going down the more aura she sucked out of him.

"Ah yes, Arachni's semblance is that of absorption!" Oobleck said in his normal tone. "She can absorb her opponent's aura to replenish her own depleted aura, a quite crafty one at that."

"Oh boy." Yang said with widened eyes as Ruby looked very worried. Arachni chuckled as she tightened her grip.

"Don't worry...I'll use this aura for special purposes." she said as she had her head next to his. "And it will be pleasing for me." Drako shuddered as he looked up to see his aura slowly going down. With a loud growl, he slammed the back of his head into her face, making Arachni pull her stinger out of his side. "Ow my face!" she shouted as she clutched her nose in pain as she stumbled back. She then cracked her neck after the pain subdued a bit, some small blood going down the right side of her nostril as she wiped it off. "Such a tease…" Drako growled as he spun around, his grip on his sword tightening before he placed his shield on his back, now gripping his sword in both hands.

"Shut, the fuck, up!" He shouted as he charged forward with his sword at his side, a glare that could rival his father's present on his face.

"Oh, so feisty!" she said as she started to dodge his attacks. Drako growled louder as he started to swing at a faster rate, one of his slashes grazing her shoulder when she dodged to the right. She dodged another strike as she went to strike an open area of his stomach area. Much to her surprise, he blocked it with his arm, and then elbowed her in the face, followed by a punch to her stomach by the guard of his sword. She slid back as she looked forward, surprised that he was already inches away from her. She was blocking more attacks, the more he striked, the more pressure he was giving her. She gave a small annoyed growl as she dodged a downward strike as she kneed him in the stomach, then gave a harsh punch to his face, his head moved to the side, but his body stayed in place as she widened her eyes from him not being pushed back. The next thing he did was not what she expected, he quickly leaned forward, and chomped down on her still outstretched fist. She gave a small pained shout before using her other fist to punch him back, which worked this time.

"Son of a bitch!" she exclaimed as she gripped her fist, shaking it to numb the pain. Drako shook his head to shake the dizziness out of his head before glaring at the scorpion faunas. As she shook her hand to numb the pain, she was suddenly tackled by a charging Drako who started slamming her into many trees. After about three trees, she quickly positioned around, grabbing Drako's face as she harshly slammed him into the last tree, face first into it as it broke in half. Ruby winced at the impact while Drago never lost his stoic look as his son stumbled back before he charged forward and tackled Arachni again, slamming her into a few more trees as he carried her further and further. The scorpion faunas grabbed Drako's head as she pulled, rolling on her back and launching him with her feet towards the edge of the arena, but he quickly stabbed his sword into the ground before he could get ringed out.

"Ohoho that was a close one for Drako!" Port commented with a chuckle. Arachni gave a few pants as both her and Drakos aura's were in the yellow, Topaz and Woodlin still pretty even in the green area. Said fighters were clashing blades with each other before Topaz jumped back and spun around, landing a spinning kick to Woodlin's head. Said person tumbled a little bit but rolled back up as he was in a low defensive stance. Topaz quickly changed the type of arrows she used into explosive, electrical fire arrows as a barrage of all three came towards Woodlin. Said person widened his eyes in surprise before he quickly took a breather, his body starting to glow a dark yellow before creating a barrier around him as he crossed his hooks, the arrows not even making a dent, but it looked like the shield was absorbing the damage from said arrows.

"Remarkable!" Oobleck said excited again. "It seems Woodlin's semblance is Aura Barrier, the ability to form a nearly invulnerable barrier made from the controller's own aura!"

"Not only that, but he can absorb an attackers damage, allowing him to use it back towards the opponent that attacked!" Port added.

"Wait-but be seems more like an defensive type of person…" Weiss said confused.

"Not everyone is committed to a role." a voice was heard as it showed Drago looked over to see Komodo, Lilly, and Celtic. "Woodlin prefers to stay relaxed and not give the fighter any openings, but if he truly needs to, he will send back the damage he absorbed to break the outcome of a fight." Teams RWBY and JNPR were surprised that Haven's Freelancers were here, even more surprising that Connor of all people was here. Drago was unaffected that he was here, which was slightly surprising, but not as much.

"Well ye trained him well if he lastin' tis far." Celtic said with a chuckle. "He could barely bring force behind 'is swing when Connor, Lilly, an' I found him."

"Found him?" Blake asked curiously.

"He was only 14 when we found him alone in the woods when we were first year students." Lilly explained. "He only had an average worn out sword as he was trying to self teach himself…" she glanced away. "And he ran when Connor was the first to greet him…"

"And let me tell you, he was...well the kindest way to say this is that he was very amateurish." Connor said scratching his head.

"Why was he alone?" Weiss asked curiously.

"He was an orphan that lived in the forest." Lilly said rubbing the back of her neck. "For a few years in fact."

"And you guys took him in?" Pyrrha said, smiling at their kindheartedness.

"Yeah, Headmaster Lionheart seemed startled that we were just bringing a random kid in to the school, but he is too kind hearted to turn him away." Lilly giggled.

"After joining the school, he became a good kid to the students of Haven, and the teachers seemed to like him." Connor said shrugging.

"Though Connor was a bit….harsh." Celtic said, trying to use the kindest word he could think of as Connor sighed as as he looked away, obviously not his proudest moments.

"Yeah...I would sometimes degrade him on his skill when we spared…" He said rubbing the back of his neck.

"...Wow, sounds familiar." Yang joked as she looked at Drago and Jaune. Said people looked slightly confused before they glanced at each other, their eyes widening when they found out what she meant. Drago looked away with a small growl as he crossed his arms again. Jaune just rubbed the back of his head as he just looked away as well, an rather awkward atmosphere between the two.

"Well...I'll admit being his student was...rough." Jaune said as Drago only rolled his eyes.

Celtic chuckled. "You should've seen Connor making him do overly advanced moves on his first day."

"Celtic…" Connor said as he crossed his arms.

"Well tis true." Conner only glared at him with a hiss before he looked away. Lilly giggled at the two as it went back to the fight, Woodlin actually making a move now as he charged at Topaz. Said girl kept on firing more arrows at the elk faunas, all just bouncing off his aura barrier. Woodlin eventually got close as Topaz went back to her swords, charging back as both went to collide their weapons. However, the moment their weapons collided, a bit of aura from the barrier bounced off, making Topaz hop on one foot as she was surprised at how powerful the force was as Woodlin took advantage of this, hacking and slashing with his hooks. Topaz resorted to dodging now as she tried to find an opening in Woodlin's attacks. Topaz was unaware of a faint attack as she tried to dodge, but Woodlin took a step forward as he X slashed her, making her get pushed back and tumbled to the ground. Woodlin pressed the attack and started to swing his hooked blades down at her, but she kept blocking on the ground before she rolled to the side and jumped back to her feet, running to the trees now.

It cuts to Arachni going back and forth until Drako shield bashed her back, making her grunt. With his speed, he made it behind her as he had his shield up when Arachni looked to where he was as she was wide eyed, like the scene went frozen for a brief moment.

'...He's gonna shield bash me again, isn't he?' Her face was then hit harshly with his shield as she predicted, knocking her into a tree. She got off from the tree as she cracked her neck as she looked at Drako with a small glare.

"Alright, I'm gonna need you to do me a solid and not shield bash me." she said in annoyance.

"Start with stopping with your creepy tone, jump out the arena, and I might consider it." Drako said cracking his neck and rolling his shoulders.

"Only if it was that easy huh?" she chuckled. Drako growled as he stalked around her with his shield up, his sword placed in it scarab. "I will say kid, not bad. But constantly hitting my face with a metal circle pan won't do much for ya in the long run."

"Maybe not, but it's fun bashing this into your face though." Drako said with a smirk. "It atleast keeps your mouth shut."

"Funny one aren't ya? Well, I'm not getting eliminated any time soon...you on the other hands...I'll end this now." to Drako's surprise, she actually transitioned to in front of him, bringing a fist down on his face, making him stumble back. Arachni went to stab her stinger into him again, but was caught in his hands and then spun around into the ground with a slam. She used her feet to kick him away, before charging again, both of their auras close to the red area as Drako panted. As Arachni got close Drako growled. He refused to lose, but he was running out of juice. It came to a point his aura around his body started to form as Arachni charged at him with a large grin and glare. However when she threw her punch to his face, she went straight through him, like he was a mirage.

"What the dev-" she tried to comprehend what even happened before she was suddenly tackled from behind, sending both her and Drako out of bounds.

"Oh my! I'm not even sure what happened, but he somehow appeared behind Arachni when he was just in front of her!" Port said in surprise.

"It must be an semblance based off of afterimages! Allowing the user to trick their opponent with an image of their last location!" Oobleck stated. Ruby smiled at Drako for eliminating Arachni, but at the cost of eliminating himself. "Drako and Arachni have been eliminated, now it's down to Topaz and Woodlin."

Topaz gave a small shout before catching herself, sliding on her feet as she panted, Woodlin twirling his hooks. She was close to her own aura level to the red area as she glanced over, Woodlin still fairly in the yellow.

"You are a persistent one, I'll give you that." Woodlin said as he positioned one hook in a reverse grip behind him, the other in a normal grip in front of one. "This will end quickly, however." Topaz knew she had to do something as she saw her brother and Arachni were already eliminated. She right now did the one thing she could do, run. She quickly jumped into a tree Woodlin looking in that direction with a small glare as his aura barrier was still on him. He made an 180 turn and blocked an arrow that was aiming for his back as he looked in that direction but didn't see anyone. It showed Topaz on a tree branch, having a small conflicted look on what to do. She looked at her bow for a brief moment...then inhaled and exhaled quietly. Taking out an arrow as she aimed down sights. Unaware to her, the eye that she was using to aim down started to glow a pink stream from her eye as she aimed at Woodlin.

Oddly enough, she was surprised at what she was seeing: vital points. She scanned Woodlin's body until she saw one part faintly glowing on his body.

'There!' She then fired a black arrow from her bow, her aim true as it made a direct hit to the back of Woodlin's leg, in the joint. Woodlin gave a pained shout as he fell to one knee, the arrow sticking in his leg slightly as his aura barrier flickered.

"W-what…?" he said in confusion as Topaz jumped off into the open. "How did…"

"I noticed that the barrier was connected to joints and vital areas...one hit to any of them in a row and your barrier falters." Topaz said giggling as she jumped to the next tree, woodlin snapping the arrow on his knee as he stood up, firing another black arrow to his elbow. He stumbled back as he dropped his hook blade in slight pain. Topaz then jumped right over him, firing a smaller red arrow to the black arrow, the result was a small explosion like a small bomb. Woodlin's aura shield flickered violently, almost intagenable before the female archer started firing arrows at him while jumping from tree to tree. He would block his joints desperately, quickly, slicing some in half, until one hit him in the shoulder, making him falter back before he looked up to see Topaz coming at him with a flying drop kick. Just as she does it, his aura barrier dissipates as he grunts in pain, tumbling to the ground. Before he could get up, he was pinned to the ground by Topaz's foot, an arrow pointed down at his face as she smiled. He widened his eyes to see it was an electrical arrow that sparked violently.

"Do you surrender?" She asked in her normal cheerful tone and head tilt. Woodlin looked at the arrow for a moment as he tried to get her off, by pulling up her foot, but didn't realize those shots to his joints weakened him. "Nope, no moving or you'll feel the shock of my arrow." She said readying her arrow. Woodlin darted his eyes in panic as he looked over to his aura level. It was almost close to defeat now as the arrow was still aimed for him. His look of panic slowly turned to a small glare.

"...Shoot the arrow. If anything is said here, I surrender to no one." he said as his answer. Topaz stared down at him with a head tilt before she pulled her arrow back, placing it back in her scarab. This confused him a bit before he was knocked out by a swift kick to his head.

"I win~!" She said in a singy voice as she skipped out of the trees. Woodlin felt dizzy as he laid there having stars around his head from the unexpected kick to his head.

"It seems the winners of this fight is Drako and Topaz Dragonheart!" Port exclaimed as the crowd cheered, especially Ruby who was overjoyed about them winning. Celtic snapped his fingers, a look that was hoping he would win, but did give an expression that he did his best. Lilly clapped politely, along with even Connor who was smirking. Woodlin sat up as he gave a small groan, rubbing the part he was kicked in. He suddenly saw a hand in front of him as it seemed Topaz walked back towards him as he looked up to see her, her usual sweet innocent smile. After getting over his dizziness, he took her hand and was helped up as the archer continued to smile at him. As all of this was happening, the crowd was cheering from the fight, some clapping for Woodlin at his efforts. Over with Drako, he was smiling at his sister and at her victory. Including Woodlin's skills, he proved to be a good fighter. However his smile went away when Arachni came over and wrapped her arm around his shoulder, making him growl like his father.

"Relax, buddy, just wanted to say it was a good fight." she said, surprisingly, in a normal tone. "Pretty ballsy to knock us both out, not gonna lie."

"Well, had to do something, right?" Drako said glancing at her with a calmer tone now.

"Yeah I guess." she chuckled as she put a fist. "We cool?" she asked, seeing how she was annoying him earlier when they did fight. He kept looking at her for a few minutes before he sighed nodding.

"Yeah...we're cool I guess." He said as he fist bumped her. Drago formed a small smile himself as he watched his kids. Their opponents did fine against them, although the scorpion one almost reminded him of the other scorpion Faunas he had the displeasure of meeting. Hopefully they weren't related, that would've been worse.

"And that ends the tag team matches, onto the singular rounds!" Oobleck announced. Anthony was leaning on the rail from above as he looked forward as he saw the singular fighters, seeing that Yang and Pyrrha where picked to represent their teams. Rodriguez was having a chat with Glynda, talking about the last match. It cuts to Ozpin sitting at his desk, watching the math via screen as he took a sip of his coffee.

The random selection was spinning fast until it stopped on the first match up: Yang Xio Long and Mercury Black.

Drago looked at his mate's sister, and then to Mercury who was sitting next to Emerald and Cinder, they seemed to be discussing something. For some strange reason, his instincts felt something bad in the air, and it made him slightly worried. Anthony was staring up with a stoic look, the other professors unaware as he gave a small suspicious, and concerned look as his eyes set on where Cinder, Mercury, and Emerald. Said people, when they noticed his stare, decided to move somewhere else, much to Drago's and Anthony's suspicion, well mostly the gunslinger's.

It cuts to the three walking away as it showed Cinder's neutral expression...before it slowly turn to a half lidded wide smirk as it closed in on her left amber eye, freezing on frame as it looked like it formed flames.