Sup guys, Lighting Wolf here, back with another story, this one about Nora. Enjoy the 1100-word chapter. I down own RWBY, Monty Oum and Rooster Teeth do.

(Kuroyuri, 12 years before start of series.)

5-year old Aero Bayani continued to run for cover as he saw more and more Grimm swarm the village, he didn't see his parents he didn't know if they were dead or missing.

He whimpered as a Nevermore landed close to him before he dodged out of the way of its snapping beak as he dove into the remains of a wooden building and huddled inside.

A pack of Beowolves ran by as Aero heard bursts of gunfire and the sounds of combat as he saw a Nevermore fly away with a man in its talons.

He heard the sounds of gunfire and battle cries replaced by sounds of death and terror as a massive horse like Grimm trotted into the village, crushing buildings as it did so as Aero turned as he heard movement and turned to see a boy with a pink streak in his hair.

"W-who are you?"

Aero asked as he turned to look back at the horse like Grimm before he felt a hand on his shoulder as he blinked.

He felt less scared as he turned to look at the boy behind him, his jade eyes met the boy's pink ones, he remembered that his parents said that if this happened not to look for them, that they would look for him.

The fact that they hadn't found him made him think that one thing had happened to them.

"What do we do now?"

Aero asked before the boy vanished into a hole in the wall, Aero followed him as the duo continued to make their way through the wall, Aero racked his brain and found he remembered the name of boy he was walking. It was one his parents had mentioned in their talks he had overheard.

"Aren't you Ren? My parents talked about you sometimes… Well, they mentioned you when they talked about your parents…"

Aero said as Ren held up his finger to his mouth for to be quiet as another Nevermore flew overhead as they made their way towards the remains of a house.

"Stay here."

Ren said as Aero simply nodded and ducked into the building, he turned to Ren.

"I'll keep watch… Just don't take too long."

Aero said as Ren simply nodded before vanishing as Aero walked to the window and continued to watch the carnage, it disgusted him to see the Grimm destroy their home and kill their citizens but there was nothing he could do. he wasn't a warrior or a Huntsmen nor could he face the dozens of Grimm.

He hated the feeling of uselessness.

"Who's the guy?"

Aero heard behind him as he turned to see a girl with bright blue eyes and Ren behind him, Aero was about to answer when Ren pulled them into the corner as a loud shriek cut them off, a massive Nevermore cawed and looked down at them as Aero scowled at it before it blinked and flew off.

"Why didn't it see us? Grimm don't miss people like that."

Aero said as Ren was silent, Aero and the girl walked to the window and saw that most of the Grimm were leaving, the massive Horse-like Grimm included as the girl turned to him, a small smile on her face.

"I'm Nora, what's your name?"

Nora asked as Aero frowned, remembering that all of his friends had possibly been wiped out by the Grimm, he resolved not to let their deaths hurt his outlook on life if he could help him.

"Aero, nice to meet you…. What do we do now?"

Aero said as he and Nora turned to Ren as he looked at the two surviving villagers besides himself.

"We leave."

Ren said as Aero's eyes widened at Ren's words before he started speaking.

"Ren, are you crazy?! This is our home, we don't even know where to go from here, and there's still Grimm here! We can't leave!"

Aero yelled as he turned back to see if the Grimm were gone and were relieved when they were.

"We can't stay here, Aero, those Grimm are going to come back and we aren't going to get lucky twice in a row…. Plus, we don't have homes to go back to…"

Ren said as he and Aero looked down at the ground in sadness, Aero nodded as well, understanding Ren's logic and kicking himself mentally for doubting him.

"And we don't have families to go to… Your right, Ren… I'm sorry…. Where do we go from here? The forests have to be filled with Grimm and we don't have anyway to hide from them."

Aero said as Ren was about to answer before Nora cut both boys off, a smile on her face once more, Aero didn't understand her positive attitude but he smiled nonetheless.

"Oh, we could go to Mistral and then head to Vale! All we need to do is travel north, there will be airships we could use when we get there!"

Nora said as Aero and Ren shared a look of disbelief at the fact that the girl knew something like that when she was barely their age.

"Ok then…. But it isn't like we can just take an airship to Vale… We're kids, someone is going to wonder where our parents went… And right now, I don't feel like telling them what happened…. It hurts to take about what happened here… But that isn't a bad plan… Why don't we look for any supplies the Grimm didn't trash and then meet back here…? We're not going to make it without supplies."

Aero said as Ren and Nora nodded, Aero took to looking through the general store and any other place that would have the food and water they would need for the hike to Mistral, he found a beaten but still useable backpack, he slipped it around his shoulders and loaded it full of food and water bottles.

"This place isn't home… Not anymore, the Grimm took that from us… They aren't going to take anymore from us."

Aero said as he turned and walked back to the building where Ren and Nora were, they had similar knapsacks on their backs.

"Ready?"

Ren asked as he and Nora nodded, Ren began to lead them down a path into the woods as Aero continued to scan the trees for Grimm as they walked.

The trio were the only survivors of the village and Aero promised to protect his friends if he could.

Author Notes

Phew, first chapter is finally done! Yes, I know it isn't a good first chapter, I am not the best with those…. And I'm thinking this is one of the first Nora fanfic where she's with an oc…. Cool! I am not going to make Aero an angsty OC, he is going to be different as a teen. I will also be posting a chapter for this story each Saturday… Until next Saturday, Lighting Wolf out!