Chapter 1

Summer Rose, did not want to be on a mission during her daughters second birthday.

Checking phase, Summer reviewed her connection with Ozpin.

'Check comms. Moving at 7th phase.' No response. Ozpin surely was an idiot.

The shattered moon rose into the air at an unbearable pace for the Huntress, as if an embodiment of time itself was toying with her.

The Grimm were scattered all across the wide plain of open land as if they were waiting for the appearance of something... Or someone?

Summer reached into her pocket, fingering out a picture of her beyond "interesting" family. The way they all seemed frozen in complete happiness and bliss, brought an ethereal feeling to Summer. Tai and Yang's fiery hair making even the sun seem dull in pigment, but their wide grins dwarfing their mane's of blonde hair in excellence.

'You thought you could sneak into my own domain, without drawing attention to yourself?', Summer whirled around, drawing Waning Rose, the moonlight reflecting off the blade as she activated her semblance, scattering into rose petals, and quickly launching into a flurry of attacks against her attacker, with all of them being blocked with ease.

A raspy cackle erupted all around her, causing her to cover her ears in pain from the sheer pitch of the sound. Still recovering, she took in her first good view of her assailant.

Pale-no, white-skin greeted black eyes with red irises. The woman's stature alone spelled out trouble in capital letters. Summer recognized her enemy, realizing this thing, might be the very bane of her existence.

Finally understanding how much trouble she truly was in, Summer couldn't help but mumble the name of the monster bestowed before her, 'Salem'.

'Oh? How intuitive of you child.'

'I'm 26 actually', Summer replied, feeling a sense of pride at talking back to the "Queen of Darkness". She would definitely tell Tai of this moment, and he would likely laugh at her childish antics. That was if she even returned

'Semantics. But tell me, why are you in my domain? This isn't exactly the place for a mother to be. How your child would weep if she were to find her mother had left her without even saying goodbye.'

Thinking of everything she truly had to lose, she thought of how Yang would be crippled when she was older to find not one, but two mothers had "left" her.

Finding a boost of confidence thinking about her family, Summer remarked, 'Why would she have a reason to weep? It's not like I'm anywhere dangerous for lil' old me. Besides, what could hurt me here? The overgrown dogs?'

Salem sneered and Summer felt she might have overstepped with her small rant.

But then Salem grinned. And it wasn't a classic Yang "I accidentally punched Dad in the face at the age of 1" grin, it was an evil grin, with hate and malice slowly spreading wider and wider across Salem's less than appealing face.

'But it's unsafe for a pregnant woman like yourself', Salem fired back.

Pregnant. The look on Summer's face expressed her complete confusion.

That wasn't possible.

Unless you could consider her and Tai's roll in the sheets the week prior to her mission a pregnancy inducing experience.

Summer swore in her head, 'Goddamnit Tai. You Xiao Long's really need to learn to not stick your cocks in everything with two legs.'

'It doesn't matter. Pregnant or not, I needed a hunter here to complete my plan, and here one is.', Salem crooned. Quicker then Summer could react- and summer could react rather quickly -Salem grabbed Summer by the throat and before she knew it she was out like a light. Salem mumbling something before she blacked out.

'Your child shall be my tool of destruction.'