Ozpin's gaze fell over the courtyard as he watched the students wandered throughout the campus. The Headmaster turned and looked back to the four women currently standing in his office.

"You're certain?" Ozpin asked.

The members of the future Team RWBY all nodded.

"We're positive, Ozpin. I know tampering when I see it." Future Yang said. Glynda looked at her with an eyebrow raised.

"And how exactly would you know this?" she asked.

"In the future, we stumbled across this old airship on our way home from a mission. It was in pretty bad shape and I needed to hot wire the damn thing just to get it back to our house." Future Yang explained. Glynda just stared at her.

"You have an airship?"

"Uh...Yeah." said Future Yang now slightly confused.

"I'm going to be honest, Miss Xiao Long. That's a scary thought." Glynda said. A smirk formed on Future Yang's face while Future Ruby just giggled. Everyone's attention turned back to Ozpin when they heard him clearing his throat.

"I apologize for the interruption, but if we could get back to the topic on hand." he said. An embarrassed smile found it's way onto Future Ruby's face as she began rubbing her neck.

"Heh heh, sorry about that."

"It's fine. But I have to ask, do you have any idea who would have a reason to sabotage the defense system?"

Future Ruby looked at her teammates, unsure if she should say something. The looks that they gave her told her that it was her decision. Future Ruby crossed her arms and sighed.

"We're...we're pretty sure we know who's behind this..." Ozpin raised an eyebrow when he noticed her hesitation.

"But you don't want to tell me."

Future Ruby looked at her old Headmaster and nodded.

"It's not that I don't want to tell you...It's just I don't want to say anything without...a few more people here first."

"Why is that?"

"Well if who we think is really behind this, then we need help. I'm sorry that I'm being so vague but-"

She was cut off when she saw Ozpin raise his hand.

"It's alright Miss Rose. Just tell me who you need to be here and I'll make some calls." Future Ruby smiled, thankful for how understanding Ozpin was.

"Thank you, Ozpin. Anyway, besides you and Professor Goodwitch, we need Uncle Qrow, General Ironwood, and uh..." Future Ruby turned and looked at her sister.

"...We should also call dad."

The look that Future Yang gave her was one of surprise and confusion. She was about to ask, but when she looked into her sister's uncovered eye she knew that they would end up talking about it later. Future Yang just nodded causing Future Ruby to smile.

"Well if that's everything, then I believe we're finished for now." Ozpin said as he stood up and made his way around his desk.

"I'll make some calls and let you know when everyone will arrive. Until then, I suggest you enjoy yourselves. I'm guessing you four will be here for a while."

Future Ruby smirked and nodded.

"Yeah. Well I guess we'll talk later. Thanks for everything, Ozpin."

"Of course, Miss Rose."

With all said and done, Ozpin and Future Ruby shook hands and the four women left. Returning to his desk, Ozpin pulled up his contacts and began scrolling through them.

"Excuse me, Professor. But I have to ask. Why didn't you tell Miss Rose that you already contacted Qrow?"

"I saw no need to tell her, Glynda. Besides, she probably assumed that I had already called him or her father, so it worked out in the end. Speaking of Taiyang, would you mind contacting him for me? I'll most likely have my hands full with James."

"Of course."

Ozpin watched Glynda walk away before returning to the task at hand. But the whole time his mind wandered as he thought of the unspoken words that Future Ruby wanted to say.

'Something dark is coming. I pray that this will be enough.'

"Jeez, where is she?" Mercury said with a groan.

It had been over an hour since the two had left the cafeteria and still they hadn't found any sign of Cinder.

"Merc, shut up. Your whining is giving me a headache." Emerald said.

"So you've said already. But come on Em, we've looked everywhere and haven't found her. Knowing her she probably headed into the city to see Torchwick."

Emerald stopped walking at turned to look at her partner.

"Look, if she went to go see that idiot then she would have told us." Mercury crossed his arms and raised and eyebrow.

"Really? You honestly think that she would tell us? Em she doesn't even tell us about whatever this plan of hers is."

"Well yeah but...well she must have a reason for not telling us."

Mercury sighed and looked around. Grabbing her by her arm, he pulled her into a closet.

"Hey!"

Mercury ignored her as he shut the door and turned on the light.

"What the hell are you doing!?" Emerald asked as she freed herself for her partner's grip.

"Needed somewhere more private to talk." Mercury said as he leaned against the wall.

"About what?"

"About the fact that you're not even the slightest bit curious as to what her plan is. How can you be okay with that?"

"Why do you care? Our job is to make sure that her plan goes off without a hitch. And I intend to do just that."

"Oh come on. Even you have to be suspicious. Look, I'm gonna tell you something that my dad told me."

"You hated your dad."

"Yeah, doesn't mean he didn't have any good advice. Anyway, he told me that sometimes a client would want him to take out someone a certain way, so it's always best to ask for details on a job."

"Okay, what's your point?"

"My point is that Cinder hasn't given us any insight into her plan. All she tells us is to do what we tell her and not to worry about it. Now tell me honestly, wouldn't you like to at least know what her end game is?"

Emerald remained silent as she thought about what Mercury had said. In truth, she really wanted to know what Cinder had planned she just didn't risk making Cinder angry. But at the moment she was no where to be found.

"I...I will admit that I am curious. I mean I get the White Fang and Torchwick, she needs cannon fodder. But why does she need so much dust? You and I saw all those crates in that warehouse, the amount of dust in there could level half the harbor."

"Now you get it. If she let us in on the plan then maybe we could-"

The door suddenly swung open, causing the two to jump and making Mercury clutch his chest.

"Could what, Mercury?" Cinder asked.

"Jeez! Don't do that! You almost gave me a damn heart attack!" Mercury yelled. Cinder just ignored him and turned towards Emerald.

"Again, you could do what exactly?" she asked the thief.

"We we're just saying that maybe letting us in on the plan would be beneficial for you." Emerald told her while silently hoping that she wouldn't be on the receiving end of a fireball. Cinder crossed her arms and leaned against the door frame.

"Beneficial how?"

"Well...we could better figure out who might be a potential threat."

"I see...Tell me, is there such a threat at I should know about?" Emerald looked into Cinder's eye and felt a chill go down her spine.

"Y-Yes, Ma'am. We believe there is." Emerald said. Cinder said nothing and just nodded.

"Meet me at the dorm, we can discuss this "potential threat" there."

With that said, Cinder walked away and leaving her two companions alone. As soon as she was out of sight, Emerald let out a huge sigh of relief and looked at Mercury. He let out a groan and the two stepped out of the closet and headed for their room, neither looking forward to the conversation to come.

The future team RWBY walked down the halls in silence as they thought about what was going on. Future Ruby was in her own little world as memories filled her thoughts. She remembered how a horde of Grimm descended upon Vale, of the death and destruction that they left behind, but most of all she remembered the faces of those who had caused these events to happen.

"Ruby!?"

Future Ruby shook her head and realized that her teammates were looking at her with concerned looks on their faces.

"Uh sorry guys. I uh I guess I was pretty out of it. So what's up?"

"Rubes..." Future Yang said as she placed her hands on her sister's shoulders. "You're thinking about "her" aren't you?"

Future Ruby didn't answer, but Future Yang could tell that she had guessed right.

"I know that we have a history with Cinder, but you're letting it get to you."

Future Ruby looked at her sister and teammates and let out a sigh.

"Yang, I understand what you're saying, but you can't deny the fact that you're thinking about her too." Future Ruby said.

The other members of Future RWBY were caught off guard by their leader's comment but knew she was right.

"She hurt a lot of people, caused a lot of pain, and now we have a chance to change things. So how could I not think about her?"

Future Yang was silent, her mind desperately trying to figure out what to say. She felt a hand on her shoulder and turned to see Future Weiss looking at her and giving her sister-in-law her "I'll handle this." face. Removing her hand from her sister-in-law's shoulder, Future Weiss walked over to her wife.

"Ruby, Yang is right. You're thinking about this to much. Why don't we take a walk, the fresh air will help clear your head." Future Weiss said.

"But Weiss-"

"Ruby, please. Do it for me."

Future Ruby looked at her wife and sighed as a small smile formed.

"Okay." she said causing Future Weiss to smile as well.

"Blake and I will head to the dorm. You guys take all the time you need." Future Yang said.

"Alright, just don't do anything funny. I'd rather not have to deal with a room smelling of sweat." Future Ruby said with a smirk. Future Blake lightly blushed and Future Yang smirked and rolled her eyes.

"Killjoy."

Future Ruby took in a deep breath and let out a content sigh. The feeling of the fresh air in her lungs helped to calm her nerves and the sight of the various students talking with their friends and just plain enjoying the day helped to take her mind off of things.

"Feeling better?"

Future Ruby turned and looked at Future Weiss, who had a small grin on her face. Future Ruby smiled.

"I am. You were right, a walk really did help." she said as she stretched her arms.

"Of course I was right. I'm always right." Future Weiss said.

"Well except when you're not." Future Ruby joked.

"Shut it." Future Weiss said as she lightly flicked her wife on the side of the head. Future Ruby just giggled.

Spotting a bench, the white rose pair took a seat. Future Ruby let out another sigh as she continued to relax.

"Things have come a long way since we first met, huh?" Future Weiss said.

"They sure have. We've changed a lot since then. We went from a pair of girls who were complete opposites to a pair of women who care deeply for each other."

Future Weiss placed a hand over Future Ruby's and looked at her.

"And I wouldn't trade these feeling for anything." Future Weiss said with a smile.

"Same here." Future Ruby replied as she enjoyed this tender moment with her wife. Unfortunately, the moment was ruined by the sound of someone in distress.

"Ow! Please stop, that really hurts!"

Future Ruby and Future Weiss turned and suddenly felt their blood boil.

In front of them were the members of Team CRDL laughing at none other than Velvet Scarlatina. Velvet was on the ground, her back against a tree and rubbing her rabbit ears, as the members of CRDL continued to harass the poor faunus. As if on cue, the white rose pair both stood and marched over.

"Hey!" Future Ruby yelled. The members of CRDL turned to see the two women heading towards them.

"Hey, I recognize you two. I saw you guys in the cafeteria earlier. What do want?" Cardin asked annoyed that his fun was being interrupted.

"Well for one, you can start by leaving her alone." Future Weiss said as she glared at them.

"Why should I? She's just a stupid faunus freak, nobody cares what I do to her." Cardin said. Future Ruby got right in the arrogant leader's face.

"I'm only gonna say this once. Leave. Now."

"Or what?"

As soon as they heard those words, Future Ruby backed up and threw back her cloak and grabbed her weapon. Future Weiss did the same and grabbed the hilt of her sword.

"Uh...Dude they look serious." Russel said as he, Sky, and Dove began moving away, their confidence having disappeared. Seeing his team ready to bolt, Cardin let out a grunt.

"Whatever, I was getting bored anyways." he said as he and the rest of his goons walked off. Releasing her grip on her weapon, Future Ruby shook her head.

"Assholes." she said as she walked over to Velvet.

"Are you okay?" asked Future Weiss, who held out her hand. Looking up, Velvet took her hand and stood up.

"Y-yeah, I'll be fine. Thanks for scaring them off." the rabbit faunus said.

"Don't mention it. Nobody deserves to be harassed by those idiots." Future Ruby said.

"You know who they are?" Velvet asked puzzled. Future Ruby was confused until she realized he little slip up.

"Well uh-"

"Not personally, but our nieces have told us about those four." Future Weiss said and giving her wife a small annoyed glare.

"Your nieces? Oh, that's right, you're Ruby and Weiss's aunts, I saw you earlier today." Velvet said.

"Yup! It's a pleasure to meet you Miss..."

"Velvet. Velvet Scarlatina." the faunus said as she shook both their hands.

"So what happened? How did you end up on the receiving end of Winchester's bullying?" Future Weiss asked. Velvet looked down at her feet as she explained.

"Well, I came out here to do a little studying when Cardin and his team snuck up and grabbed my ears. Then they started calling me a faunus freak and how nobody cares about my kind and...well you saw what happened." she said. Future Ruby frowned and walked up, pulling the rabbit faunus into a hug.

"Don't let those idiot's words get to you. You are not a freak, and there are people that care about you and the faunus." Future Ruby let go and pat Velvet on the back and smiled when she saw a smile on the girl's face.

"Thank you. That means a lot to me."

"No problem. You gonna be okay?"

"I think so, but I think I'll go and study in my dorm. I'm not exactly feeling like being outside anymore." Velvet said as she picked up her book bag.

"It was nice meeting you, and thanks again." Velvet said with a wave. Future Ruby and Future Weiss waved and watched their old friend head inside. Future Ruby let out a groan.

"Well that ruined the mood. I still can't believe that CRDL was able to graduate after all the crap they pulled." Future Ruby said.

"Tell me about it. After what they did to Velvet, they should have gotten expelled and arrested. But she wouldn't report them to Ozpin out of fear. At least her team was with her." Future Weiss said.

"Yeah, not to mention Sun. Hard to believe that she and him get married and have three kids."

"You think that's hard to believe, what about the fact that she manages to balance being a Huntress, mom, and the Medical Director of Vale Memorial."

"Yeah, she's pretty amazing."

It was at that moment when Future Ruby's mind realized something.

"Maybe that's something we can change." she said.

"What?" Future Weiss said.

"What happened to her. Maybe that's something we can change for the better." Future Weiss groaned.

"Ruby, I thought we told you-"

"I know, I know. But this isn't about Cinder. This is about helping a friend." Future Weiss looked at her wife and sighed.

"Look, why don't we head to the dorm. This is something we should discuss with Blake and Yang." she said.

Future Ruby smiled and nodded as the two headed back to the school.

Future Ruby and Future Weiss just stood in the doorway and Future Weiss just shook her head.

Before them stood a makeshift fort of blankets and pillows. Two of the beds were stacked on the others, forming a very familiar pair of bunk beds. But from what Future Weiss could tell, they were much more stable looking than before. A white sheet hung between the top bunks forming a canopy, while a pair of blankets formed a door of sorts. The pair looked down and saw a piece of cardboard on the ground.

"Fort Kickass..." Future Weiss said out loud. She turned and looked at her wife who had a grin on her face.

"Is it sad that I'm not at all surprised that Yang would come up with a name like that?"

Future Ruby just giggled. As if on cue, Future Yang popped her head out the blanket door.

"Hey, you guys are back!" Future Yang said as she came out of the fort.

"Well, what do you guys think? Pretty awesome right?"

Future Weiss looked back and forth between her sister-in-law and the makeshift fort.

"Yang. Why?" Future Yang frowned.

"Jeez, take all the fun out of if why don't ya. For your information, I thought it would be fun to do something that we did when we were students considering we're back at Beacon."

"Aww...Yang that's so sweet." Future Ruby said as she hugged her sister.

"You got Blake to agree to this?" Future Weiss asked.

"I had nothing to do with this. We got here and Yang just said, "Hey, I got an awesome idea." and then just started building to her heart's content." Future Blake explained.

"Oh come on, Blake. You know you love it." Future Yang said as she kissed the cat faunus's cheek. Future Blake just rolled her eyes.

"So how was your walk?" she asked.

Future Ruby and Future Weiss looked at each other.

"It was eventful." Future Weiss said. Future Blake raised an eyebrow.

"What do you mean?"

"Let's just say that we have a lot to talk about." Future Ruby said. Future Blake wanted to ask but she was cut off by Future Yang.

"You can tell us later. Right now we have to go meet our younger selves. They promised to take us into Vale to get some new clothes and stuff. So let's go! It's shopping time!"

Not even waiting for a reply, the three found themselves being pulled out of the dorm by the fiery blonde and down the hall.

"I see. Interesting." Cinder said as she paced around the dorm while Mercury and Emerald sat on one of the beds.

"So what should we do?" Emerald asked. Cinder stopped and looked at them with a sinister grin on her face.

"You two keep an eye on them. Learn everything you can about these women then report back to me."

"Then what?" Mercury asked.

Cinder walked over to the window and watched as the four mystery women along with Team RWBY headed for the airships.

"You let me worry about that."

Hey guys, sorry for the long wait. I don't have a good reason for why it took me so long, but here is a brand new chapter. So a lot of you kept getting confused between the two RWBY's so from now on the future version will always be referred to as Future Ruby, Future Weiss, Future Blake, and Future Yang. Hope that helps. Also yes Velvet and Sun are married in the future, they have three kids and Velvet is a Huntress and a Doctor. And finally, in the description it says I am basing this story on Funblade's AU, but I decided to turn it in to my own. So say hello to the RWBY Time Travel AU!

Anyways, I hope you all enjoy the chapter and those to come!

-Halomaniac117