Fire... fire everywhere, her white hair had been turned black, stained with ash, and filtered smoke, her clothes, once pristine, now comparable to rags, and in tatters, it too was no longer a pure white, but now a ashen grey, her eyes burned and watered from the inky black clouds as red and orange erupted around her.

"M- Mommy, Daddy!" she cried out with her soft voice, strained by calling for help as she was lost in, but no one answered.

Her feet carried her to what she believed to be her parents room, the door was smashed to bits, and sawed through.

A massive leg slammed into the ground, causing her to scream and fall to the ground, she looked up in horror to find a pair of glowing red eyes stare down at her.

"Finally, I get to kill a Schnee..." A horribly gruff voice snarled, a buzzing sound erupted from his hands as he brought out a large object, shrouded by the smoke.

"GET AWAY FROM MY DAUGHTER!" A strong familiar voice shouted.

BANG BANG BANG

"Rahhhh!"

Things started to pass by in slow blurs.

"Atlas police department! put your hands in the air!"

Black androids with red photoreceptors, and men in armor ran through the doors, and busted through the windows. they began a bloody brawl with men in masks, wearing a uniform with a blood-red wild cat symbol imprinted on their chests.

"Kill the Schnee's!"

Things got even more blurry, the voices began to echo, as the combat got more violent, blood took several seconds to land on the walls, floor, and ceiling as it was spilled, androids stabbing masked men in the gut with massive knives that replaced their hands, the men fired guns at them, while the others pulled out swords and pistols themselves and fought, tooth, nail, and bullet.

The young girl in tattered clothes and stained hair sat and watched it all in horror, she saw a body fall to the floor, gorgeous white hair and clothes stained with red.

"mother..."

The woman did not answer, her eyes where open, as well as her mouth, but nothing happened.

"mommy...m-mommy w-wake up..." her voice cracked as the woman continued to sleep.

"MOMMA!"

The little girls voice screamed with an echo as suddenly everything went black. A pair of ice blue eyes snapped open to see darkness, they blinked several times, before the body of the person they belonged too maneuvered ever so slightly in her bed, looking at the bunk above hers, before stopping at a clock on top of a small cabinet between a second set of beds.

11:34 PM

A small sigh escaped her lips before she turned to lay flat on her back.

She laid there for a minute... doing nothing but breathe and stare at the bottom of the bunk above her, listening to the snore's of one person on the top bunk on her side, as well as the top of the one on the other side.

No more sleep would be had tonight...

She sat up, and turned her body to her end of the room, she slipped off her nightgown, exchanging it for a black hoodie sweater, one with white artistic markings and lines drawn throughout, and knee length white jean shorts she hid in a suitcase under her bed. she ran her hands through her hair, messing it up ever so slightly, less stream lined while not fizzy or unruly. She finished by pulling her hood over her head, and slipping on a pair of navy blue sneakers, also hid under the bed. After that, she silently walked towards the door, knowing how to avoid making noise when stepping on the otherwise creaky wood floor.

She stopped a moment, looking behind her at the other three sleeping forms in the room, her crystalline blue eyes glowed softly in the moonlight, along with a few strands of Ivory white hair poking out from beneath her hood. Seeing nothing out of place, she silently unlocked the door, stepped through, and then closed it. After she was sure nothing was amiss, she put her hands in the pockets of her hoodie, and began a slow trek into the cavernous halls of Beacon academy.

An elevator came to a stop and opened on the bottom floor of the castle like structure, a soft green greeting her, she stalked through, looking left, right, and ahead to ensure no one was there as she made her way to the exit. Not a soul in sight.

She made her way to the edge of the cliff, she walked to the very edge, she looked down, then to the ever bright city of vale, her mind racing with calculations for a few seconds, before nodding to herself, walking backwards a few steps, and bringing her hands out of her pockets, she sprinted forwards and her left hand shot out, a flurry of movements taking place at lightning speed, and a white panel of energy materialized at the edge of the cliff, she stepped on it, and as she moved forward, and slightly down, towards the city lights, it disappeared, only to re appear in front of her again for her foot to land on, she continued this, using her glyphs as a stair case, before finally making it down to the streets of the central city of the central kingdom of remnant.

She stepped onto the sidewalk, and began to walk casually towards a parking garage. She entered, using another elevator to reach the top floor, she walked around a bit, before reaching a stark white vehicle, with blue stripes down the side and middle, a custom built, one and a half million lien, Atleasian, Audi R-8. She pulled out a pair of keys from the jean-shorts left pocket and clicked the unlock button with her thumb, it sounded off with a chirp, and she opened the door, the high class and quality car door lifting upwards, before coming down and sealing after she got inside.

She put her thumb on a white screen, which scanned it. It flashed blue. After this the car started, its engines silent but powerful, as slightly dimmed navy blue lights sprang to life all around her, both the dash board, and around her for cosmetic purposes.

"Welcome back miss Schnee." An automated female voice came from the speakers.

She put the gear into reverse, looking behind her as she backed out, before shifting it back to four wheel drive as she let it list forward, going down a series of ramps, she reached the entrance, looking both ways, before she pulled out and turned to the right. She placed her scroll in a slot on top of the dash board to her right.

"Directive?" The automated voice chirped.

"Play song, Air planes, by Wayley Hilliams, repeat. GPS, navigate to lake meadow avenue, Utility, sun-roof, open." She rattled off as she used the buttons on her door to roll down her windows.

"Complying."

She relaxed slightly as one of her favorite songs came on, the volume loud enough to be heard but not distracting. The place she was headed to was a ways away, but close enough to get there to enjoy it a little while. She looked to her left as she reached a grassy area within the city safe zone, surrounded by short grassy patches of land and little light from the bustling city behind her, she saw a beautiful lake, and pulled over, turning the car off part way, and stepping out.

She took a deep breath of clean, fresh air, her hair and hood moving slightly with a cool spring breeze, as she looked into the water while casually leaning against her car, exhaling as she watched the shattered moon shimmer in clear water, surrounded by the smaller lights of other stars.

She pulled one last thing out of her pockets as she slumped against her car, a small silver locket, in the shape of a snowflake with a heart in the middle. She clicked a small button underneath, revealing a small picture, of what looked like a happy family. A man, and a women, along with three children, a boy and two girls.

"I miss you all... so much."

She let herself curl up on the ground, knees to her chest, as she cradled the little trinket in her small hands.

She stayed like this for hours, until an alarm sounded off, coming from her scroll, signaling that she had to go back now to avoid suspicion.

She curled in on herself a little, not wanting to go back.

'But I have to, for them...'

She sighed in dismay, before getting up, into the car, and driving back, following the exact same path she knew by heart as she went back to Beacon. As she entered the room she shared with a dolt, a buffoon, and a book worm, Weiss Schnee noticed golden rays of light slowly peeking through the first few blinds of their window, signaling that dawn was here. She quickly and quietly took off all of the 'Commoner rags' as her team mates believed she called them, and slipped back into her nightgown within a couple minutes of arriving, she took one last look around the room to see if anyone was stirring, but no one moved and not a sound was made.

She sighed internally with relief, before laying down on her bed quietly, and trying to get comfortable so she could relax for a while before she had to put up her Ice Queen façade for the school day.

She didn't notice that no one was snoring, she also didn't notice that her team mates where in different positions than before, and certainly didn't notice that they where all wide awake...

A/N hello, yes, I know, you wish for my head on a pike, I am very sorry, but I was disappointed with how the first version turned out I abandoned it to improve my skills before coming back, anyone who saw this story BEFORE I revised it, and remember what it looked like (cough, shit, cough) you will probably agree that the wait and build up was well worth it.

Also, reviews would be WONDERFUL!