Well this is my first story on this, so please try and deal with anything that may make you cringe.

This is a Faunus Weiss story that I have been thinking about for some time.

Special thanks to Blue Hurricane, for helping me out with this and inspiring me to write stories.

Edit: I noticed the original first chapter wasn't as good as I wanted it to be. So I rewrote it to clean it up a bit. Also there is dialogue in this version.

Also, I have an announcement that I wanted to put on here to get the word out. I've wanted to do this for some time, but I wasn't sure if anyone would be interested. I plan on opening a Pátreon soon, since honestly, living expenses has been a bit tough lately, and I wanted to do commissions on there too if people are interested in me writing something up for them. As of me writing this, the page isn't open, but if anyone is interested, PM me.

Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY. It's the property of RoosterTeeth Productions.

To say Faunus have it bad would be an understatement, especially one who has been living in a grimm infested forest for the last 4 years.

Weiss Schnee, former daughter to Thomas Schnee, also a fox Faunus who was cast aside by her father for being the daughter he never wanted.

It began when Thomas Schnee decided to have relations with a Faunus woman named Angel Hoffen. He regretted involving himself with Angel, when he found out that she was pregnant with his child.

This angered him, as he did not wish to have his first born be a Faunus. He however could not make Angel have an abortion, since if someone were to find out, it would've ruin him. Thomas decided to allow Angel to have the baby, but for the time couldn't allow anyone to know that the baby was a Schnee.

Thomas had decided to let Angel and Weiss live in Castle White, with Angel working as a maid, who was given a room for her and her child. He used this as a ruse, to make sure nobody would ever know that Weiss was his child. Angel agreed to these terms, only thinking about her daughter's wellbeing.

Six years later.

A small white haired Faunus girl, no older than six, was playing around her mother, while she was working. As she played around the room her mother was working in, her mother looked on in amusement, as the fox Faunus was as happy as can be.

"Mommy, when will you be done with your job?" The small girl questioned her distracted mother.

Snapping out of it, the older fox Faunus answered. "Oh sweetie, soon I promise. Then we can play for the rest of the day, how does that sound?" The fox's mother asked.

The little six year old smiled and asked. "Okay mama, but what should I do while you're working?"

"How about you go up to our room and wait for me, then we can play some more when I'm done." Angel answered her little girl.

"Okay!" The six year old then ran out of the room, which made her mother smile due to her rather joyful behavior.

The six year old continued to run to her room, but stopped when she noticed a rather tall white haired man in a white suit speaking with one of the guards.

"Why do those beasts continue to make my life hell?" The man in the white suit angrily shouted.

"I am not sure sir, but what do you think we should do in case of any hostile actions from this group?" The guard asked.

"Simple you dolt, kill them. Make sure those animals know that the Schnee Dust Company is not to be trifled with. If they want a fight, I'll give them a war." The white haired man exclaimed.

The six year old was a little afraid of the man, as she had seen him many times before, but never knew who he was. One time when she asked her mother about the man, her mother told her he wasn't important, and should leave it at that.

Thomas turned away from the guard, and noticed the fox Faunus hiding behind the corner of a wall. "Well, what do we have here? Why are you out and about young one?" The man asked the slightly afraid girl.

"Um, my mama told me to wait for her in my room sir." The six year old answered, with a soft tone.

"Yes, that would be the smart thing to do, as you shouldn't be running around by yourself in these halls. Now go on and wait for your mother." The man told the small six year old.

She nodded slowly, and then ran off to her room. "That girl, why isn't she locked up in her room, Angel needs to see she's just a nuisance." The man said out loud to himself.

Suddenly Thomas heard a loud bang. Several guards go to him, as protecting him was their first priority. "What was that?" Thomas questioned.

A guard was informed through his earpiece that the White Fang are attacking Castle White. "Sir, it's the White Fang, they're attacking." The guard responded.

"Well what are you waiting for? Send some guards over and kill those animals!" Thomas ordered the guard.

"Sir we need to get you and any other worker here out first. They may be targeting you." The guard said to his boss.

"Fine, but when you know I am safe, you kill those miscreants."

"Yes sir."

The guards then took Mister Schnee to a safe place, while those in Castle White were being evacuated.

Angel, during all of this was being taken to a safe place by some guards. She however tried to get them to let go of her. "Stop, my daughter is still in the Castle! Please let me find her." Angel begged the guards.

"No can do mam, our orders are to evacuate all those in the Castle to a safe place." The guard said to the distraught woman.

"But my daughter is still in there!" Angel exclaimed, while trying to get free from the guard's grasp.

"Don't worry; there was no White Fang in the castle, so she is probably being evacuated by another guard." The guard said to Angel.

"No, you let me go this instant! I need to get my daughter." Angel demanded.

The guard ignored the woman and continued to bring her to a safe location.

White Fang soldiers began their infiltration of the Castle. "Okay, we all know the target correct?" A White Fang higher up questioned the other soldiers. The soldiers all nodded. "Okay remember people, were here for only one man, try to keep casualties as low as you can. Of course if some Schnee guard needs to die, well I think I can overlook that." The higher up says to his soldiers.

They began their search for Thomas Schnee. One guard searched a room that has a silver rapier in a glass covered case. He broke the case and took the rapier. "Not bad, these Schnees got the best material for weapons. I'll bring this to the higher ups for smelting." As he prepared to leave the room, he noticed a fox tail poking out from under the bed. "Well what we have here? Come out from the bed kid, now!" The guard commanded. At first she doesn't comply, but the guard decided to grab her out from under the bed. The girl began screaming, frightened by the man's forceful grab. "Calm down kid, I'm not going to hurt you, just tell me what you're doing here."

The child calmed down, though still frightened by the man. As she looked at the man, she took note of the mask on his face. "Who are you? And where's my mama?" The child questioned the masked man.

"First off, that's none of your business kid, second I don't know where your mom is, nor do I care. I want information though, and even though you're a kid, you probably know Mister Schnee. Now where is he hiding?" The man questioned the scared child.

"I don't know a Mister Schnee, I just want my mama." The child answered the man, while tears began to form in her eyes.

"What does your mom do here kid?" The man asked the child.

"S-she cleans the rooms here." The child responded.

"Oh so a maid huh, well then, that makes you a child of a mistreated labor worker and I know what to do with you." The man said, making the six year old scared by his words.

"What do you mean you know what to do with me?" The girl asked with a worried tone.

"Well since you asked so nicely, you're joining the White Fang today." The White Fang soldier stated.

He then picked up the girl, who began screaming again, telling the man to let her go. "No can do kid, we need all the soldiers we can get, and you are going to learn to be one." The man explained to the girl. He then taped her mouth shut so she wouldn't scream.

Mommy where are you? I need help. Please someone help me.

The girl mentally begged for someone to rescue her. She could do nothing but cry.

Soon the White Fang soldier and the girl reached the higher up. "Hey, who is this kid? And why do you have her mouth taped shut? The higher up questioned the soldier.

"She a workers kid, so I thought maybe we could bring her into the White Fang." The soldier stated.

"Well, she is a Faunus, okay put her in the car." The higher up ordered.

The soldier who found her places her in the back of a car, and then with two others, decides to leave Castle White with the child.

"Trust us kid, you'll thank us later when you see what humans really think of us." The White Fang soldier said to the frightened six year old.

As they continued on the path to their hideout a pack of Beowolves ambush the car. "Whoa! Kill those Beowolves now." One of the soldiers screams. "Kid stay here, we'll handle these grimm." Another soldier said to the child.

The child noticed the rapier the soldier took from her room earlier. She looked over at the White Fang fighting off the grimm, and then decided to take a chance. She grabbed the rapier and snuck away from the fighting.

I need to get home, but… where is home?

All the child could do was run, run as fast as she could so the White Fang wouldn't be able to find her. She continued to run in one direction and eventually ended up seeing a nearby town. She smiled, because now she could get the help she needed.

She arrived at the town, but noticed that there weren't any Faunus in sight, at least not around the area she was in. She decided to ask somebody for help. "Excuse me sir, please I need to get home, could you help me?"

"What the heck? No, get away from me you animal." The man shouted, scaring the six year old.

The girl looked hurt, but tried to ask other people for help. She is met with the same treatment, hate. Everyone she attempted to talk to just shoved her off, like she was some piece of trash.

Why do these people keep yelling at me? Do I keep saying something wrong?

Night came, and all the child could do was look for a place to sleep. She found a nearby bench to sleep on. When morning came she was greeted by people yelling at her to get off the bench. After a while, she got hungry and tried to get some food, but with no money she couldn't even attempt to buy anything. She did something she was told never to do, steal.

Days passed, and the child continued to sleep on benches, and stole from small stores to survive in the town.

The child remembered the words the White Fang soldier told her.

Trust us kid, you'll thank us later when you see what humans really think of us.

She took a look around and remembered that when she arrived here, there was in fact no other Faunus. Even the days she has been here, she had not seen a single Faunus.

Do they not want Faunus here? Is that why they keep yelling at me?

It was then that the girl realized, that not all humans care for her kind, in fact some hated her for what she was. With that thought in mind, the girl cried, because she was stuck in this town that hated her. She couldn't leave, the paths leading to other places were grimm infested. She was lucky to even make it her, if luck is the right word for it.

Maybe I won't have to wait much longer. Mama must be looking for me, right?

The child was unsure though, as it has been several days, and still nobody came to find her. She would wait for months, before realizing she had been forgotten about.

During the White Fang's attack on Castle White

"Sir, it looks as if everyone has been evacuated from the castle." A guard reported to Thomas.

"Very good, now when do you think those animals will be taken care of? Thomas questioned.

"Actually sir, it looks like most of the White Fang are being taken care of. In fact some were seen fleeing the area."

"Animals the lot of them, they attack my home and then run like cowards." Thomas remarked.

Thomas looked over a report on who has been accounted for; he noticed that Angel was on the list, but not his daughter.

Why hasn't she been checked out yet? Is she still at the Castle?

As he was questioning this, he heard yelling from a certain fox Faunus. "Mr. Schnee, please my daughter is still at the castle, and your guards won't allow me back in it. You need to send someone to find her, please." Angel begged the man.

"I am sorry, but I have no intention on allowing anyone back in that castle, not until those animals are wiped clean off of it." Thomas stated.

"She's a little girl! She could be killed by those people!" Angel exclaimed.

Thomas ordered one of his guards to take the woman to a different location, not wanting to deal with her. Thomas thought about how he could finally be rid of the child.

If she is killed or missing, I won't have anything to worry about. It will just be the White Fang's fault. Of course Angel will be upset, but with the child out of the picture, I guess she can be taken care of too.

After some time, the fighting between the Schnee guards and White Fang died down. There were casualties on both sides, but in the end the White Fang had not found Thomas Schnee, and fled Castle White.

Angel tried looking for her daughter, but couldn't find her anywhere in the castle.

God no, where is my baby? The White Fang, they must have found her. Our room was messed up when I got there. No, I won't accept that, she has to be here somewhere.

As she and many others guards continued to look for the missing child, they come to a conclusion that she was in fact gone.

Angel was called up to Thomas' office. As she entered the room, she noticed the man was sat on his chair, with a serious look. "Miss Hoffen, it has come to my attention that your daughter Weiss is indeed missing. The guards said she was most likely killed or kidnapped by the White Fang, so…"

Before he could finish what he had to say Angel interrupted him. "Cut the crap Thomas, you know our daughter could still be out there, all you have to do is send a search party."

"I thought I specifically told you, to never acknowledge me as the girl's father." Thomas remarked.

"No Thomas, she is our daughter. That means you need to put aside your racist views, and go look for her." Angel demanded.

"Angel I'm sorry but no, I will not be looking for that nuisance. She was never supposed to be my first born, and now I can finally be rid of her." Thomas said, which made Angel angry.

"How dare you! She's your own flesh and blood. How could you be this way? She could out there alone, wanting us to find her." Angel questioned the Schnee.

"It's because I made a mistake with you. I shouldn't have pursued the kind of relationship; In fact I should have pursued you at all."

"Why are you saying this?" Angel questioned the man.

"Miss Hoffen, you are no longer employed here, or allowed to live in Castle White. I'll give you the rest of the day to get your belongings and leave." Thomas explained a visibly distraught Angel.

"You can't be serious; I thought we had an agreement." Angel said.

"We did, but with Weiss gone I see no reason to keep you here. She may be a Faunus but she was my first born, and because of that, I let you and her live here. Now that she is gone, I can no longer worry about my successor." The man explained.

"But she isn't gone; she could still be out there. All you have to do is send some people to look for her." Angel begged.

"As I said, I will not be doing that now if you could be so kind, leave my home." Thomas commanded.

"I'll tell people you had a Faunus daughter." Angel threatened.

"Where is your proof? All the medical records on Weiss were changed to only say your name and an unnamed man being her parents"

"What? But that's…"

"Remember I'm a Schnee, I can make things happen. I did this years ago, to ensure that the girl would never be known as a Schnee." Thomas explained.

Before Angel could say something back, two guards entered the room, since Thomas called them over. They took Angel to her room to get her things. Angel was then kicked out of Castle White.

Weiss, I promise I'll find you one day. I know you're out there sweetie.

Years passed, and Weiss has learned to survive in the harsh environment she has been living in. When she turned ten she discovered her semblance. After that, she practiced for three years before deciding to take her chances on one of the pathways leading to other towns. Problems occurred tough as she ran into too many grimm, and needed to hide. She decided to hide in a cave, and blocked the entrance with her glyphs.

When it was clear that the grimm left her alone, she decided to leave the cave but noticed that the forest she was in had some normal animals and berries she could eat. So she decided to stay the night to eat, and get some sleep. When she woke up she began her walk to the next town, and as she approached it, she began thinking whether this will be the same or not. When she sees that Faunus here are also treated badly she comes to a conclusion, that all humans just hate Faunus, no matter where you went. With that thought in her mind, she decided to head back in the forest and deal with the grimm instead.

Her choice to live in this forest was easy for her, as she knew she could fight grimm and run away if she needed to, as with people she couldn't fight them. So four years passed, and with each passing year she saw people fighting in the forest but never revealed herself. Though the fourth year that people were seen in the forest, she noticed a girl with a scythe, who seemed to be having trouble with some Ursa.

Well here is the new chapter one. If anyone has read the original prologue, you don't need to read this new version. It's what I wrote before, but with dialogue and way more of describing of everything. Yeah this rewrite is now my longest chapter, so yay for that. For anyone new to this story however, this is the more polished and descriptive version. Anyways I'm done rambling. I hoped you all enjoyed the prologue.