Later that day, team RWBY was sitting around, watching the news on their scroll. Just a normal day, nothing out of the ordinary, until something extraordinary happened.
"...And today, yet another dust shop has been robbed. It is suspected that this string of dust robberies has been spearheaded by the White Fang. If you have any information regarding these robberies, please contact the Vale police department..."
Weiss crossed her arms. "I simply don't know how those Faunus violent extremists can get away with this!"
Blake scowled at her. "They are not extremists. They are just MISGUIDED!"
Weiss stopped, turning her whole body to face Blake. "Misguided? Do you know how much trouble the White Fang, this group of pure evil, have caused my family!" Weiss screamed. "Executives, Vice Presidents, people close to my family, murdered by this gang of unruly mutts! Misguided? I think not."
"No one is pure evil," Blake argued.
"Don't tell me you sympathize with those degenerates!" Weiss said.
Blake looked furious. "STOP CALLING US DEGENERATES, YOU SPOILED LITTLE PETULANT CHILD!"
Weiss's face went from angry to shocked, and then back to angry in the span of a couple of seconds. "What did you just say?"
Blake suddenly looked like a fish out of water. "I... Uh," Blake stuttered, looking desperate. Suddenly, she ran off. The rest of team RWBY just stared at the door.
Weiss seemed to build up anger, finally bursting out, "CAN YOU BELIEVE SHE WOULD HIDE SUCH A THING?!"
Ruby did not look mad, but looked more concerned. "I hope she is okay. Come on, we need to find her. We need to hear what she has to say."
Blake raced off into the distance, thoughts chaotically spinning through her head. I am such an IDIOT! Why did I have to make such a stupid mistake? Blake tired taking a breath, only finding her thoughts disobeying her command, flooding in like a flood. Adam's face flashed before her eyes. I try to keep my past a secret, but it sneaks up on me and the truth comes out.
"Hello beautiful," a man said.
Blake turned around and saw him standing there. He had blond hair, and an unbuttoned white button up shirt and blue jeans. Then, Blake noticed the tail.
"You're a Faunus?" he asked.
Blake nodded. "How did you know?"
The man winked at Blake and said, "The bow."
Blake looked at her feet, abashed. "My name is B-Blake"
The young man looked her in the eyes, smiling. "My name is Sun," he said, offering his hand. "Now, the question is, why are you running?"
Blake shook it and began to tell the monkey Faunus how she slipped up.
The next morning, Ruby woke from the worst night's sleep anyone in the history of Remnant had ever had. Ruby hadn't even wanted to go to sleep. She'd stressed herself out all night about Blake running away, and in part, felt responsible as leader. Ruby glanced over at Blake's empty bed, silently praying that she would be right there, the events of the previous night forgotten so life could go back to normal.
Unfortunately for poor worried Ruby, this was not the case. Ruby let out a ever so slight whimper as the gravity of this set in. Suddenly, Ruby felt the full crushing weight of the situation.
Ruby hopped out of bed and woke up Yang, who was still dressed in her clothes from the previous day. Ruby was not shocked. She too had neglected to change out of her day's clothes. Ruby briefly considered waking Weiss, then thought better of it. After all, it did seem that she was not on the side of reason on this issue.
Together, Yang and Ruby snuck out of the dorm room. They walked ever so quietly down the hall headed for the main doors in search of Blake.889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1stSgUmIL
Meanwhile, Blake was hanging out with Sun in a small rooftop café. "So, why hide who you are? I don't get that," Sun said.
Blake sighed. "Sun, have you ever heard of a group known as the White Fang?"
Sun gave Blake a look that said, no duh!
"Of course. I don't think there is a Faunus in all of Remnant who hasn't heard of them. They use force to get what they want. A bunch of scum, if you ask me!"
Blake swallowed her tea. "I used to be a member of the White Fang."
Sun spat out his tea in surprise, and then started coughing violently. Blake started patting him on the back. "You did WHAT!" Sun demanded.
Blake sighed. "I was a member for most of my life. Actually, I guess you could kind of say I was born into it." She took another shaky sip of tea. With a deep, shuddering breath she continued. "At first, I was at the front of every protest, I took part in every boycott, and I felt we were actually making a difference."
"What happened?" Sun interrupted. "I mean, they aren't exactly the peaceful protesters they used to be."
Blake's expression darkened. "Five years ago, our leader stepped down, and a new one stepped up. A new leader, with a new way of thinking. Suddenly our peaceful protests were turning into organized attacks. We were setting fire to businesses that refused to serve us and hijacking cargo from companies that used Faunus labor, and the worst part was, it was working. People were starting to treat us like equals, but not out of respect. Out of fear."
"So what did you do?" Sun asked.
"I left," Blake said simply. "I saw that I could no longer continue doing what we were doing, so I left. So here I am, a criminal hiding in plain sight, and all with the help of a little black bow." She twitched her bow slightly, almost like a secret gesture.
Sun then composed himself, thinking back to all the dust robberies that had been blamed on the White Fang. "But why would the need that much dust?"
Blake shook her head. "That's just it. They have never needed this much dust before. The only problem is, I have no way to prove it."
Just then Sun had an idea. "Well, the only way to prove that they didn't do it is to go to the place where they would be most likely to go if they were to do it, right?"
Blake half smiled. "Only one problem. I have no idea where that would be."
Sun smiled the goofiest smile this side of Goofville.
"While I was a stowaway on a ship on the way here, I overheard something about a massive shipment of dust at the docks tonight."
"How big?" Blake asked.
Sun made a emphasizing motion with his arms. ""Big. Huge Schnee company freighter."889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqFcYAvpV0
Blake nodded. "Let's see if the White Fang are behind this."
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