The Prompt – Parent's Day at Beacon can yield interesting results, like featuring the return of a fan favorite comedy duo.

The Characters – Yang Xiao Long, Raven Branwen, Jaune Arc and Sun Wukong.


"GODS DAMNIT NOT AGAAAAAAIIIIIIN!"

"Nice to see you too, mom."

"What the hell am I doing here? Don't tell me we're being forced to do another inane 'Prompt.'"

"I think we'd both know I was lying if I did."

"Damn it all to hell. Fine. Whatever. Let's just get this over with. What sort of bullshit are we being subjected to this time?"

"It's Parents Day today here at Beacon. And unfortunately for the both of us, you were in fact the one who birthed me."

"And don't I regret it every day of my life."

"My god you're such a bitch. Aren't you supposed to have some tragic backstory where you're broken up about leaving me behind?"

"That's what everyone thinks, but the show fucked up my one volume to shine so who really knows?"

"Whatever. Just follow me, there's supposed to be some kind of ceremony we're doing in the main hall for all the parents with their kids."

"You follow me, brat. Don't forget I went to this school too, I know where to go."

"That must've been a pretty long time ago, huh?"

"…you are so fucking lucky I didn't get to bring my swords with me."

"Wow this author is such a hack. We've been walking for over two minutes now, but the readers would never know if I hadn't said anything."

"There's different limitations to different writing styles. But hey, at least the author's writing is consistent, right?"

Yang pushed open a set of doors to let them into the main building. As she and Raven traversed through the halls of Beacon, other students with their families wisely chose to give the pair a wide berth, terrified as they were of Raven Branwen and how her scowl deepened with each word typed.

"My hatred for this author knows no bounds," the much older woman seethed. "And I saw that, asshole!"

"Could you not be so antagonistic?" Yang lamented. "Be a little more anti-hero or something. You know, gruff on the outside but with a heart of gold inside."

Raven rolled her eyes. "I've had enough 'gold' in my life, thank you very little. Speaking of which, where is your father?" A distressed look befell Raven's face as she realized just how much she tempted both fate and the author's hand. "No wait I didn't mean-"

Just then a man rounded the corner Yang and her mother were approaching. He was a tall fellow with shaggy blonde hair, bright blue eyes and donned in a facsimile of knight's armor.

"Oh hey, Yang," he greeted when he caught sight of the main characters. "Is this your-"

"Now look here you bastard, I've got some words to share with you!" Raven exploded, causing both Yang and the man to jump. She crossed the distance between them quickly, and being stunned from the outburst Yang and the man were powerless to stop Raven from grabbing him by the scruff of the neck and slamming him into a set of nearby lockers.

"W-what?" the man blathered.

"Don't you 'what are you doing here?' or 'where have you been for so long?' me, Tai!" Raven rebuked. "I'm Raven Goddamn Branwen, and that means I ain't tied down to no man!"

"Mooooooom!" Yang wailed, futilely grabbing Raven's arm and trying to shake her off the shell shocked man. "Stop it, you're making a scene!"

Completely oblivious to her daughter, Raven charged on. "Don't think just because you seduced me into your bed means I'm your property now! I have the right to do whatever I want with my life! I don't need your well-toned arms to wrap around my shoulders comfortingly, or your chiseled abs to lay my head upon like a pillow! No matter how much you might say you love me, you don't control me!"

"I-I don't know if I'm being threatened or hit on!" cried the man.

"And just because I let you knock me up with a child doesn't mean I ever had feelings for you!" Raven shouted in full on tsundere.

"RAVEN!" Yang finally had enough and grabbed the older woman around the waist, using all of her strength to pull Raven off the man and shunt her aside.

Staggering as she regained her footing, Raven set her bewildered sights on her daughter. "Yang, this doesn't have anything do with you, aside from the fact we both helped make you-"

"This isn't Dad!"

Raven's mouth clicked shut, at a loss for words.

"This!" Yang pointed to the trembling boy behind her. "Is Jaune Arc! He is my classmate, he's the same age as me, and he is in no way related to us."

"H-h-h-hello," Jaune waved to the woman who put him in the state of fearection.

With narrowed eyes Raven properly inspected the boy before her. "Well shit," she said, bopping herself on the head. "I guess he isn't. But I'll be damned if the resemblance isn't uncanny."

"It's a little weird how much he looks like Dad," Yang acquiesced. "But unless Jaune becomes a part of some convoluted time travel plotline sometime after this, he's not the guy you met in Beacon all those years ago."

"Your mom is really intense," Jaune whispered to Yang.

"Some say it's one of my better qualities," Raven stated proudly. Yang rolled her eyes, knowing full well no one actually said that. "Though I guess I stepped out of line a bit, mistaking you for someone else and then unloading all that on you. I apologize if you were stunned into awe by my majesty."

"As you can no doubt see," Yang said to Jaune, "my family has a shit ton of issues."

"That's putting it mildly," Raven agreed. "I'm surprised Summer's corpse isn't walking around too, given the occasion."

"I heard the idea was thrown out there but the author decided it would trail too much on the side of morbidity rather than humor." Yang sighed and ran a hand through hair. "Look, can we just get this over with? I'd really like to finish this day with a minimum of crazy-"

And then Sun Wukong rounded the corner. "Hey, I heard a commotion. Is everything alright?"

"Now look here you bastard, I've got some words to share with you!"

"Goddamnit," Yang groaned.