The next day Yang had come up with what she called, Plan Meet the Niece. It involved multiple weeks of staking, infiltrating, stealth, and awesomeness. First they would dig under the house and get into the basement, then they would camp and set up large amounts of listening devices and cameras before hiding in a closet and keeping notes on all that happened for two weeks. Finally using all the information they had gathered they would get the jump on Ruby and tie her up while having a nice, happy chat with Jewel, afterward everyone would be happy and life would be good.

Weiss and Blake had stared at her before firmly saying, "No."

After Yang had pouted for a few moments they began planning for real.

They decided they were going to watch what Ruby did for the next week. Blake, being the most stealthy of the three, would be doing most of the work spying on Ruby at the house, but Weiss would be in charge whenever Ruby went into town. Yang's job was to stay out of the way, a job that Yang had fought against fiercely, until it was time to confront Ruby where it would be her job to deal with Ruby.

And so they began.

Because of the modifications had Ruby had made to the house Blake was mostly unable to spy on Ruby unless she was in the backyard. What she reported worried everyone. While Ruby seemed to be a good parent, if you don't count the isolation, Blake found that Jewel always had a mask on, and her entire body was covered at all times when she was outside. Blake thought she might be deformed, but Yang said Ruby wouldn't care about that and wouldn't try to hide it. She stated that there must be some other reason for the mask. Though she couldn't think of one.

They found that Ruby rarely left the house going out only once to get some groceries and a few other basic supplies.

And finally the week was up.

Their plan was to sneak over the wall to the backyard and go in the backdoor. If it was locked Blake would use her lock picking skills to unlock it. They wanted it to be dark, but not so late that Ruby and Jewel had gone to bed, so they decided to get started at 9.

They used Weiss's glyphs to scale the wall in a matter of minutes. However as they were crossing the yard Yang, of course, stept in a small hole nearly spraining her ankle and letting out a yell that Blake was barely able to cover in time. After a few minutes of quiet cursing and Weiss's stares they finally continued.

The door was another problem. It was locked, but the problem was the lock was very high grade. Blake had been working on it for almost 15 minutes, and Yang was getting ready to just knock the door down, when they finally heard the soft click. Opening the door they got a good look into the livingroom.

While it wasn't the fanciest place ever it had the charm of being homely and well lived in. The TV was large but not too large, the couches were comfortable looking and well used, The pictures on the walls showed images of Jewel's art and happy times Ruby had had with her daughter. The shelves were full of books and Jewel's creations, all placed carefully and with regard. From the door the kitchen could be partially seen as well, it had a wood flooring and a great amount of cooking utensils. It was also neat and without stacks of plates or dishes.

But all this was noticed for a second as Yang's, Blake's, and Weiss's eyes were all instantly drawn to the two inhabitants of the house. Ruby was sitting on one of the couches with Jewel on her lap as she helped her daughter sound out some of the harder words in a book.

But it was Jewel that stopped them.

It was obvious that Ruby was Jewel's mother. Her hair was the same black and red as her mother and she looked largely like a younger version of Ruby. That is, if you ignored the more unusual aspects of her appearance. On the top of her head were a pair of black wolf like ears, except they were more like a beowolf's ears than the ears of a wolf or wolf faunus. However that wasn't what drew their attention. Upon Jewel's face was a covering of grimm bone. It looked largely like the White Fang mask, but it was obvious at a glance that it was real. Nothing can compare to true grimm bone. But the bone wasn't only on Jewel's face. Like armor it covered her arms and legs as well.

Suddenly Jewel's ears perked and she turned her head to look at them. Her eyes were red but more like the red of Yang's eyes when she was angry than the red of that of a grimm, and in them they could see that no matter the similarities to a grimm in her appearance Jewel had a soul.

Ruby looked over to see what had caught Jewel's attention but the instant that she saw them she pulled Jewel out of her lap and stood up, putting herself in between Jewel and team (R)WBY.

"Jewel stay behind me," she said as she slowly made her way towards the front door.

Seeing this Yang stood up and walked towards Ruby. But when Ruby tensed she stopped.

"Ruby, is this what you have been hiding from us?" Yang asked softly.

"Stay away Yang," Ruby replied her eyes flashing from Yang to the others and back.

"Why didn't you tell us about this Ruby?" Yang said slowly moving forward again.

Ruby looked sadly at Yang, "I was worried that she would be hurt," she said.

Yang couldn't help but get angry at this, "What you thought I would hurt my niece just because she is a little different." She asked angrily.

"No," Ruby answered quickly glancing back to see how Jewel was doing. "I know you guys wouldn't hurt her, but other people might have, so I decided that it was best if I kept it a secret and disappeared."

Yang's anger deflated as fast as it had started, "Ruby, we would have protected her, I would personally beat up anyone who said something cruel about her."

Ruby just shook her head, "Yang, people wouldn't have understood. I wasn't going to take that risk."

Yang stopped right in front of Ruby, "Well like it or not we know now and we are going to help you rather you like it or not." Yang said, before looking back at Weiss and Blake, "Right guys?"

As Weiss and Blake both conformed what Yang had said Ruby finally broke down Yang catching her as she fell sobbing to her knees. She sat there hugging Yang as Yang whispered calming words and as Jewel clung onto her cloak trying to figure out what was going on.