It's been a few weeks since Yang arrived in Equestria and everything had been relatively quiet. The day after the party Rainbow and Pinkie had zoomed around Ponyville looking for Yang but couldn’t find him until he called out to Rainbow. Since then whenever he disappeared the first place they looked was his spot on the library’s branches. The day after the party Yang was introduced to Twilight’s assistant Spike. Everyone could tell Yang was feeling a little on edge but no one wanted to ask why, as time went by Yang seemed to get use to Spike and relax a little, but there were still times when he left the room with no explanations. A few days after Yang's arrival Twilight noticed small bags under his eyes as if he wasn’t getting much sleep but when she asked about it he just waved it off as if it was nothing but as time went on everyone could see that whenever Yang smiled it never reached his eyes and he had begun to draw into himself.
Currently Yang and the others were sitting in Twilight's privet study after Yang finally agreed to tell them more about Remnant. “When we first met, you mentioned something called a Semblance but what exactly is it?” Twilight asked.
“As you know every person has an Aura. A Semblance is another form of Aura but what it does differs from person to person and for some reason my Aura’s felt a little different since I got here. Maybe it’s just because this place is very different than Remnant.” Yang said with a small shrug, “My sister’s Semblance was a massive increase to her speed. Weiss’s was a little different since every member of who family is born with the same one, it’s called Glyphs. With her Glyphs and the right kind of Dust, she could make a shield, allow someone to run up a wall, and something called ‘Time Dilation’ which helps one move and react faster. Blake has one called Shadow. She can make clones that can take a hit giving her time to counter-attack or distract an opponent, but depending on the kind of Dust she loaded into her weapon she could change the elemental properties of her clones.”
“Fire for example made her clones explode on impact while Earth Dust makes her clones be made of solid rock. My Semblance makes it that I absorb the kinetic energy from the damage I take, and a side effect is I get more scales and my eyes turn red. Now this doesn’t mean I’m invincible, far from it. I feel all the damage I take and if I’m knocked out or fall asleep at the end of the day, all the energy I absorbed disappears. My dad once compared my Semblance to a temper tantrum,” Yang explained before chuckling at the end.
“I hope you don’t mind me asking this but what were your teammates like?” Rainbow asked as Twilight wrote down everything Yang said about Aura and Semblances.
“I don’t mind but you need to understand that what I’m about to say doesn’t even begin to fully describe them.” Yang said as everyone nodded. “At the beginning, Weiss was… a little difficult. She’s the heiress to the Schnee Dust Company which is one of the biggest Dust mining companies on Remnant and the only human member of team RWBY. She could be bossy, a bit of a know-it-all, a little high strung and didn’t have the best opinion of us Faunus in the beginning but despite all her faults she is still one of the best friends I ever had. Blake’s a cat Faunas but we didn’t learn that until she and Weiss had a… small argument. She can be kinda quiet and reserved at times, loves to read, can be a little too serious but that doesn’t mean she didn't have a sense of humor it just showed through her dry wit and sarcasm and once again is one of the best friends I ever had.”
“Sis well, she was a dork… actually now that I think about it most of our friends could be considered dorks to some degree. Anyway, Sis loved seeing other people weapons I remember she kept getting so exited seeing everyone’s weapon when we first got to Beacon.” As Yang spoke he got a far-away in his eyes as he remembered his team. “Even when we found out she had stopped one of the biggest crime lords on Remnant, Roman Torchwick from robbing a Dust store she never wanted to stand out. I was so proud of her when Professor Ozpin chose her to be the team’s captain. Sis was a very friendly person, always willing to help a friend and never one to back down from a fight.”
“Did you have any pets?” Fluttershy asked.
“Only the best dog ever!” Yang exclaimed. “Zwei always knew how to cheer Sis and I up. I can’t even remember the last time he was sad. Zwei's always cheerful and loved to play with others. When he first met Blake, he didn’t care she’s a cat Faunas and just wanted to be her friend. He’s smart too the little guy even knew how to work a can opener! Just leave some canned food and an opener where he can reach them and he would be fine. Not only that but Sis told me he once helped our history teacher Doctor Oobleck take on members of the White Fang when they were using stolen mech suits! Little guy never even got a scratch! I even saw the little guy even take down a Beowolf with one headbutt!”
“That does sound like a very impressive dog. What kind was he?” Applejack asked.
“A Pembroke Welsh Corgi.” Yang said.
“How many kinds of Grimm are there?” Rarity asked.
“I only know of twelve, but there’s probably many more different kinds. I might be able to draw what the ones you haven’t seen look like.” Yang offered.
“That would be a great help! Do you prefer pens or quills?” Twilight asked.
“Pens please, never had to use a quill before.” Yang said.
Twilight nodded and used her magic to summon a stack of paper, a few pencils and a couple of pens. “Sorry about not having many pens, I tend to prefer quills so I don’t get many pencils or pens, and can you include the ones we’ve seen before? I want to send copies to the Princesses.”
“No problem.” Yang said before he got to work. “Sorry if they’re not the best. Last time I had to do this was for a homework assignment for Professor Port.” After almost two hours of silence Yang had finished and had all the drawings laid out before him he even wrote the name of each kind of Grimm on the bottom of the page and what they could do on the back.
“What’s that one?” Spike asked pointing at one of the pictures that depicted a creature that stood on its hind legs, bat like wings where the arms should be, a long tail and had six eyes.
“That’s…the Dragon. I don’t know if that’s it’s official name but it’s one of the main reasons Beacon fell because it has the power to make more Grimm. Sis was the one who told me it had six eyes, she managed to get a good look before Cinder killed one of our friends.” Yang said while looking at the ceiling so he didn’t have to see anyone’s expression. “but why do you ask? I wrote the name of each Grimm at the bottom of the page.”
“I saw. I just… didn’t want to believe it. While I did meet some dragons, who were jerks when I went on the dragon migration. I… I’m sorry if I…” Spike began before Yang interrupted him.
“Spike listen to me. The Dragon that attacked Beacon was a Grimm! A soulless monster! You never need to apologies for who you are! If anything, I should be the one apologizing! I KNOW your different that the Grimm but part of me can’t help but remember that Grimm whenever anyone brings up dragons. Sometimes I remember it when I look in the mirror and see my scales. That’s something I need to work through. Did I ever ask you to leave if things got to uncomfortable? No I was the one who left but I kept trying!” Yang said as he looked directly at Spike. “and I won’t stop trying. If I did stop, I’d be as bad as the humans who hate Faunus just because they are Faunus.” Yang then slowly opened his arms offering Spike a hug only to have everyone in the room jumped onto him joining the hug.
“To… much… hugging.” Yang groaned before something came through the open window.
“What’s that?” Twilight said before she picked up a small brown cylinder with her magic. When she opened, it she turned it over and a grey thing fell out of the cylinder and landed on the table.
“What the heck?” Twilight asked before the grey thing uncurled to reveal it was a dog who wagged his tail.
“Zwei!” Yang exclaimed as he ran over and pick up Zwei “How on Remnant did you get here? Oh, who cares! I’m so happy to see you again!”
“But how did?” Twilight started.
“Didn’t I just say I don’t care how he’s here? Besides Dad did the same thing when I was at Beacon. Zwei I’m so glad you’re here!” Yang said before he sat down on a couch placed Zwei next to him. “If only Sis was here. She would have loved to see you again.” Zwei let out a few sad barks and leaned his head, on Yang’s leg. “Me too Zwei. Me too.”
Twilight was still a little confused about how Zwei was still alive after being in the tube so she looked inside. “There’s still something inside.” At this everyone looked at her as she turned the tube upside-down and began to shake it only to have a small pile of caned dog food and a can opener to fall out.
Yang looked up. “What is this a complete repeat of when Dad sent Zwei to me and Sis when we were at Beacon? If there is a note from my dad in there I am going to get a massive headache.”
“There is something else inside.” Twilight said she brought out a rolled-up piece of paper with her magic. “But it’s not a note. It’s a picture.” The photo showed Yang, and Ruby with two other people one with white hair tied into a pony tail on the left side of her head, and the other had two cat ears and long black hair. The four of them in school uniforms all four had smiling faces. “Are those…”
“Yeah my teammates. The one with the white hair is Weiss and the others Blake. We took this about a week before the Vytal Festival which is when everything went to hell.” Yang said as he looked at the photo. “This was the day after we completed our first real mission as Huntsmen.”
“What was the mission?” Spike asked.
“We had to shadow Doctor Oobleck as he went to the ruins of a city called Mountain Glenn to exterminate Grimm, even though we did most of the work while he just watched and asked us why we wanted to be Huntsmen. While we were there we learned that Roman and the White Fang were using the underground tunnels and train system. Turns out they had put bombs in a few of the cars to open tunnels so Grimm could get into Vale and invade. On the train, I lost against one of Romans minions, a woman named Neo.” Yang said.
“You lost a fight?” Rainbow asked. “You can take out soulless monsters and you lost to some flunky?”
Yang looked at Rainbow. “Yes Rainbow I lost and I have no shame when I say Neo was a better fighter then me plus I had been fighting Grimm the day before for hours and didn’t get much sleep beforehand. Anyways Neo knocked me for a moment and when I came two Neo was gone but in her place, I saw… my mother. Raven. Standing in front of an ominous red portal. Later uncle Qrow told me a message Raven had told him to pass on, he said that she saved me once but not to expect that kindness again…” Yang paused looking away before continuing, “And if I wasn’t strong enough to live without the help of others I wasn’t worth her time.”
No one knew how to reply to that, how could anyone let alone someone’s mother say that. “I had been looking for her ever since I was a kid wanting to know why she left, only to have her say that. After the train crashed creating a way to the surface we fought the Grimm as best we could until team JNPR, team CFVY, Doctor Oobleck, Prof. Port, Prof. Goodwitch and the Atlas robotic army came and helped wipe out the rest of the Grimm. I think team CRDL was there but I really don’t like them.”
“Who’s on team Juniper and team Coffee, and why don’t you like team Cardinal?” Pinky asked.
“To summaries team CRDL in one word, bullies and that's putting it nicely. As for our friend’s team JNPR and CFVY. Team JNPR consists of Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie, Pyrrha Nikos who is no longer with us because of Cinder,” Yang clenched his fists when he said Cinder’s name before taking a breath to calm down. “And Lie Ren. Jaune wasn’t the best fighter when we started at Beacon but Pyrrha helped him get better but what he lacked in fighting skills he made up for with his strategies and quick thinking. Nora’s a blast to be around, imagine Pinkie but with less parties and more hitting people with a two-handed hammer that became a grenade launcher.” Everyone but Pinkie shivered at this thought, and even though they didn't know what a grenade launcher was it still sounded like something that Pinkie should never have. “Ren is Nora’s best friend, but in terms of personality he’s almost her polar opposite.”
“Where Nora’s energetic, Ren’s calm and collected, Nora’s loud and rash, where Ren’s quieter and patient. Pyrrha was the most mature out of the group and was definitely the best fighter of the team but she didn’t let it go to her head. Pyrrha was always a team player and while her main weapon was a spear that became a sword or rifle and a shield. She was still able to give us pointers on how to improve when we spared in our spare time. I really miss talking with them.” Yang said as he pet Zwei who had moved to lie on his lap.
“What about team Coffee? Rarity asked.
“Coco Adel, Fox Alistair, Velvet Scarlatina and Yatsuhashi Daichi. Before Beacon fell they were our upperclassmen. I first met Velvet after team CRDL bullied her, I was ready to smash them into the ground but Ruby, Weiss, and Blake convinced me not to so I went to talk to Velvet instead. Apart from Sis, Blake, and I, she was one of the few other Faunus’s at Beacon and out of the members of team CFVY she’s the one we were closets to but I still consider her team my friends. Coco’s very confident in her skills and likes fashion. When she saw, the Grimm destroyed her favorite clothing store she kicked one in the crotch before smashing it into the ground with her handbag before it transformed into a gatling gun and tear though a horde of Grimm. She even took down three Nevermore without even trying when it took a combination attack from my team to take town one. She always looks after her friends and Is not someone I want to piss off. I don’t really know what Fox’s personality is like since he didn’t speak that often but I always enjoy sparing with him because our fighting style is similar since we both focus on hand to hand combat.”
“Velvet’s an incredibly kind person, and always willing to lend an ear if someone needs to talk. She’s also a very capable fighter and can take down Grimm without her weapon. Yatsuhashi’s a gentle giant but will defend his friend with frightening force. Willing to stand in the way of an attack and he’ll likely brush it off like nothing happened. I often saw him meditating in our free time. I have photos of them if you want to see.” Yang said as he pulled out a white device with a yellow diamond on it.
“What’s that?” Applejack asked.
“My Scroll, it’s a common piece of tech on Remnant. You can use it to call friends, play games, take pictures and in battle it can display how much Aura someone has so you can check on how you’re doing in battle and if you need to change your strategy. I didn’t use before, because I want to save power until I find a way to get more Dust.” Yang explained as he scrolled through some files. “Here’s team CFVY, I took this after we got rid of the Grimm that came out of the train tunnel and here’s team JNPR, Sis took that just before heading out on the mission.” Yang showed everyone the two photos and pointed out who was who.
“I can see why you compared Nora to Pinkie, I can almost feel the compressed energy just waiting to be released.” Spike said. “Do you have a pic of the rest of your family?”
“Yeah one moment.” Yang said searching through more files. “Here we go team STRQ. The one with the white hood is Mom, the blond guy is Dad, the one with the red outfit's… Raven, and the last guy’s uncle Qrow. This was taken long before I was born, when they were at Beacon.”
“I thought you said Qrow and Ruby used the same kind of weapon. How come Qrow has a sword?” Pinkie asked.
“It can become a scythe.” Yang deadpanned.
“What kind of weapon did you mom and dad use?” Fluttershy asked.
“I completely forgot, every time Dad and I spared it was hand to hand, and I don’t even remember the last time I saw Mom’s weapon.” Yang said shrugging as he turned off the Scroll as Zwei walked over to the window and barked. “What’s wrong Zwei?” When Yang looked outside he saw three tall figures with wings and tails walking through town’s shopping district as if they owned the place, when the one in the center used their breath to set a fruit stand on fire, Yang got a serious look on his face.
When Twilight looked out she gasped, “What’s Garble and his two cronies doing here?”
“They the jerks you met before?” Yang asked.
“Yes, but what do you plan to do?” Spike asked.
“Teach them a lesson, and don’t worry I don’t plan on killing them, just knocking them down a few pegs. Zwei stay here.” Yang said before jumping out the window.
“Did he just…?” Rarity asked.
“Yup. Spike can you let the princesses know that Garble and his friends are going to need some really good doctors?” Twilight asked.
“If I have to.” Spike sighed before writing the letter.
*With Yang*
After Yang jumped out of the window he quickly made his way to the shopping center and said. “I hear that the three of you picked on my friend Spike. Tell you what, since I’m a fair guy I’ll give you the first shot just make it...” Yang said before the red dragon in the middle hit Yang with his tail sending Yang through the wall of a nearby house. The three dragons laughed thinking the fight was already over until Yang walked out of the house dusting himself off and said. “Count.”
“What the? Who are you?” The one on the right asked, he was shorter than his companions had black scales, and blue horns.
“Names Yang, which one of you is Garble?” Yang asked.
The tall dragon in the center with red scales took a step forward. “I’m Garble. What, Spike can’t fight his own battles so he sent you?”
“Let me put it this way, I…hate...bullies!” Yang said as he moved forwards and kicked Garble into the third dragon who was slightly taller and lankier than his friends and had blond hair like spines that covered his eyes. Yang then snapped his fingers with a bored look on his face before it changed to surprise as music began to play. “Well what do you know. I guess I know why my Aura feels different now.” Yang said before a small grin appeared on his face. “Let’s see just how strong you are.”
*twenty minutes later*
Celestia watched as the paramedics carried Garble and his friends away on stretchers. The three unconscious dragons were covered head to two in bandages. “Are you sure this was necessary Yang?”
“They’re not dead, besides I’m sure they’ll think twice before picking on people from now on.” Yang said shrugging. “And it’s not like I permanently injured them, they just have a few broken bones, lots of bruises and they might see me in their nightmares from now on.”
Celestia sighed, “True but that’s not what I was talking about.” As Yang looked around he saw that a lot of the food stalls had been smashed in the fight and most of the produce wasn’t scattered was smashed and littered around the area.
“Celestia, no matter how hard we Hunters try there will always be collateral damage. Believe me this is TAME compared to some of the fights I’ve been in, including the food fight that was between team RWBY and team JNPR, that got crazy but man was it fun!” Yang said before he noticed something shining in the grass. “What’s that?” Yang walked over and picked up a small silver necklace.
“Is something wrong Yang?” Rarity asked as she walked up to stand next to him.
“This… This belongs to Weiss.” Yang said slowly causing everyone to gasp.
“Are you sure?” Twilight asked.
“Positive, Weiss always wore this. It even has her initials.” Yang said as he pointed to the back.
“Then we know that she’s somewhere in Equestria!” Pinkie said happily. “Which means that Blake might be with her.”
“I hope your right Pinkie, and if they’re in trouble then whoever is messing with them is going to wish they never did.” Yang said as he put on the necklace. “After all. You mess with one of us, you mess with all of us!”
