Lu Bu was in shock. How had it come to this?

He was currently kneeling in front of one of his most hated enemies: Cao Cao with his two strongest bodyguards Dian Wei and Xu Zhu holding down the Demon of the Battlefield while the rest of his lower-ranking soldiers restrained Chen Gong, Zhang Liao and his beloved daughter, Lu Lingqi.

"Lingqi." Lu Bu began sharply. "I told you to go!"

The young warrior sighed and hung her head in shame as she couldn't bear to look her father in the eye. "I just wanted to save you, father."

Lu Bu then let out an inaudible; "I know."

"Silence!" Cao Cao demanded. "Lu Bu, your rampage across the land has come to an end and the emperor demands your death, as well as your daughter's."

At this, Lu Bu let out a shout of rage loud enough to be heard across all of Xiapi province and attempted to charge at the Wei general. "Not before I kill you, coward!" The Demon thundered.

"Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, keep him down." The cousins nodded and assisted in keeping the massive man kneeling, which proved to be quite the chore, even for the four of them.

On the other side of Xiapi castle…

"Brother, what was that?" Zhang Bao inquired to his brother, Zhang Jiao.

The old sorcerer pointed his staff at the small outpost on the western side of the castle. "The man to whom we owe our lives." He was quite familiar with Lu Bu's voice after he had helped the three wizards in their rebellion that surely would've been crushed without his assistance. "Come brothers, we must repay the favor!" The three then moved swiftly to Lu Bu's location.

They had began their advance south as soon as news of their saviour's battle reached their ears and had decided that instead of using their own troops, they would conjure phantom soldiers instead.

Zhang Jiao hugged the wooden wall of the outpost and moved slowly and stealthily as possible, observing the odd little man beside Lu Bu argue with Cao Cao, saying that his intellect would live on, even if his body did not. The Wei general then thrust his sword through the man and he dropped to the snow covered ground. Jiao's eyes bulged out as he realized that the man of Wei was going to execute Lu Bu and the younger, similarly dressed girl who looked to be his daughter.

Jiao turned to Bao and Liang worriedly. "We must act quickly!"

"What about our soldiers?" Bao offered.

Jiao shook his head. "They cannot save him in time!"

"What about the flames of the Heavens?" Liang asked.

"They would incinerate Lu Bu as well!"

Bao heaved a quiet groan of frustration. "Then what do you suggest we do?"

Jiao had to act quickly. There was only one spell he knew that would save the Lu family, but he had never successfully preformed it before. "Brothers, I ask that you create a snowstorm. One large enough to obscure their vision, but not enough to harm."

Bao and Liang nodded, even if they didn't understand their eldest brother's intentions. They quietly began chanting and the winds kicked up, tossing snow and ice into the faces of everyone in the outpost.

Jiao then rose and showed himself at the gate. "Divine Heavens, I humbly ask that you grant Lu Bu and his daughter a second chance at life! Take them away in the frozen winds and get them to safety!" The snowstorm got even worse as Cao Cao shielded his face and his other officers did the same, closing their eyes in an effort to keep the ice out.

Dian Wei, Xu Zhu, Xiahou Dun and his cousin then felt their grip on Lu Bu loosen before they all fell forth after the man seemed to disappear while the winds died down.

When Cao Cao opened his eyes, the body of Chen gong and Zhang Liao were present in front of him, but Lu Bu and his daughter were gone. Looking to his officers with a furious expression, he gave the order to search the entire outpost as well as Xiapi castle.

Meanwhile, Zhang Jiao and his brothers began their retreat.

"Where did you send him, Jiao?" Bao asked.

Whilst running, the old man shrugged. "The answer to that is beyond my knowledge. It is only the Divines who are sure where Lu Bu and his daughter are now."

Bao shook his head and kept running with his brothers.

Headmaster Ozpin stood in his office, enjoying a good cup of coffee while overlooking Beacon Academy grounds and the Emerald forest as Professor Goodwitch went through the names of the many students who were due to attend the Academy in the next two days on her scroll tablet.

A particular cloud caught the wise Professor's eye as it seemed to move faster and looked lighter than the others around it. with an eyebrow cocked, he witnessed the cloud make its way over the entirety of the Emerald forest before rising back into the sky.

"Ms. Goodwitch?" He started.

"Yes, Professor?" She replied, her eyes never leaving her work.

"Check that Qrow has not put something in the coffee machine and check the security cameras overlooking the Emerald forest." Goodwitch stopped and turned to the Headmaster before he spoke again. "I think something strange is going to happen."