"Here, I almost forgot" Ruby took out the phone and handed it to David

He grabbed the phone and his hand shook "I… thanks for keeping it safe. I'll talk to them later

The dinner table was abuzz as the currently present members of Team RWBY and the members of Team JNPR plus one David, all talking over each other indistinctly. The mood was quite cheery, with the children all smiling and laughing

As dinner continued, Weiss told her story about how she accidentally summoned a Boarbatusk during the Schnee charity ball

"You did not!" exclaimed Ruby

Weiss had her face in her hands "Yeah, right in the middle of the party"

"Please tell me you let that lady have it" wondered Yang

"Of course not! Even if I did really want to" mumbled Weiss

"No way, I don't believe it" replied Nora, crossing her arms

Weiss summoned her Boarbatusk right next to Nora. The Grimm summon growled, causing Nora to yelp and fall to her side. Weiss, Yang, Jaune and Ren all laughed

"Heh, reminds me when I threatened Cardin" stated David

"That was cool!" exclaimed Ruby

"It was pretty cool, all calm and threatening" Jaune added

"I guess, wish I could have been that calm in future events"

The food was nearly finished

"Hey, you haven't told us much about you. Update us!" cheered Nora, pointing at David

"Well there isn't much… I mean I guess I have this" he put out his left hand, showing everyone his scar

"Woah! What happened?" asked Ruby

"Cinder. I made a mistake thinking she wouldn't recover that fast, got hit in the leg then after not accepting her request she pinned me to a wall with a knife to… kill Pyrrha" he mumbled the last phrase as the table went silent "But it's fine, I'm fine, Pyrrha's fine, everyone is fine"

"I thought you were going to take that offer, she would have killed me even if you did" replied Pyrrha

"No, she wouldn't have killed you but she would have taken it literally, the dragon or others would have killed you but she wouldn't" stated David

"Just please. Don't take any offers they give you" explained Pyrrha

"I know, I know"assured David

Later on, Jaune helped clean up the dishes "Gyah... We ate it all…" he picked up the pot holding all the bowls "Oh, I think I'm gonna be sick…" he groaned

"Easy there, Vomit Boy, I believe in you" mocked Yang

"Oh, we're doing nickname throwbacks now. Wonderful" Jaune replied sarcastically, walking away with the dishware in his hands

Weiss giggled

"I mean, the Ice Queen seems to like it" Nora remarked

Weiss stopped giggling, and Ruby bursted into laughter at Nora's remark. Weiss smiled nonetheless

"I so did not miss you people" Weiss smirked

Nora gasps "Oh my gosh, she really does like it! What went and warmed your heart while you were gone?"

"Hey! You make it sound like I used to be terrible" snapped Weiss, taking a quick glance at David who silently sipped his tea looking away. Nora silently gasped

"Nah. Just a lot to deal with it once" replied Yang

"Hmph!"

Yang playfully stuck her tongue out at Weiss

David set down his cup and took out his phone, opening up his WhatsApp to text John. He took a deep breath and sighed before typing

"Hey John, been a couple months hasn't it" he sent

"It has, can't say much for your end, how are things?" replied John

"Decent? Just got caught up with the others at Dinner. A few things have happened"

"Oh is david there then?"

"You're talking to him"

"Ah"

"Right"

"Well, im now in Canada"

"Thought I was Ruby? Oh, yeah you told me, nice?"

"And somehow Boris Johnson is prime minister, and went to the queen to try dissolve parliament"

"I didn't pay attention to politics, ever, so I have no idea if BJ is good or bad"

"They guy we studied in eng lang in 1st year of gcse?"

"The UK's trump?"

"I know who he is, sort of, but idk if hes bad... oh yeah he does look like rump"

"Well considering he wants a no-deal brexit, basically meaning he wants to start up the troubles, and he tried dissolving parliament when they didn't agree with him"

"Ah. Well hopefully I'm not too far away from beating Salem and hopefully 'rescue' you and the others"

"Well, i'm in canada so it doesn't bother me too much, which is p nice all things considered, though money is taking a while"

"Well it would take some time"

"As in the solicitor has been sitting on it for 3 weeks because 'her mother is ill'"

"So more BS, just great. Makes this scar seem less bad"

"Scar?"

"Right. Short or long story?"

"I can do either"

"Long it is"

"After about a minute I stumbled Cinder. I went in for a strike but she recovered quick enough and stabbed me in the thigh which might have caused me to lose consciousness from blood loss. I leaned against a short wall and she gave me a proposition to go with her to Salem and tell them everything I know and she'll spare Pyrrha. I almost took that offer but rejected it so she stabbed a knife through my hand pinning me to the wall, told me she'd kill me after Pyrrha and went to shoot an arrow through her. I lost consciousness just before then but Ruby showed up there and silver eyed"

"Ok then"

"I can send a picture"

"No need"

"Right"

"So oscar's there?"

"Yes. Cute and as precious as always"

"Might want to talk about lionheart"

"I'll do that later. After the table with explaining the Oz and Salem thing to Weiss and stuff"

"Ok"

"There's a bit much else I can say, i've started classes, main thing has been dirt"

"And you probably guessed it but Tyrian came after me. Woo dirt"

"Yup, gonna need to be more careful now"

"Yep. Can't wait for the fight at Haven, oh joy"

"Well I don't expect it will change much, you didn't tell them how much you know"

"True. Think Lionheart knows about me? What I know"

"Again, not much about the battle for Haven, if he does"

"I guess"

"I got a weapon upgrade"

"Oh, nice"

"2 blades, they no longer break upon firing unless I do something specific with the trigger"

"Cool"

"Weiss was overly worried. Immediately noticed the scar, asking what happened and if I was fine"

"Did she now?"

"Yeah. What?"

"I feel someone is crushing if they're noticing the little things"

"Ah, mm no. I highly doubt it. Might have said we somewhat match with scars"

"Is it on your eye?"

"No, but as in we've got physically scars so hah we in a way match"

"That's like saying blake matches with her stomach"

"Shut up, I got caught in the moment ok? Don't read into that"

"She noticed it, brought attention to it, it's basically canon"

"That doesn't mean anything. If you were worried about someone and you saw them again after some time when you didn't know about their current position you'd check for things"

"Again, little things"

"Shush, she was just worried"

"She may have noticed it but not brought attention to it"

"But who wouldn't bring it up?"

"Not like 'omg you ok what did she do to you,' more like, 'hey you ok?'"

"I... ok you have a point but I highly doubt she reciprocates... feelings I definitely don't have"

"Mmmhmmmm"

"Yes"

"Good Qrow is here so you can stop being wrong. Shall be back after some time"

"Ok bye, good luck, send me the wedding date"

"There is no wedding. I don't think marriage is important so shut up"

"Weiss will"

"Probably but shut up"

"Nope!"

"Right bye before I become a tomato"

"Too late~"

"I hate you"

"See you later"

Cinder looked around the large corridor, finding Tyrian "Where is Salem?"

"Our lady is working on the pet project, thanks to you of course. They are outside" replied Tyrian with a giggle

"Okay" mumbled Cinder, staring at her Grimm arm

"Aren't you supposed to be leaving to talk to a little someone?" asked Tyrian

"Yes" Cinder barged past Tyrian, slamming into his shoulder

Everyone relocated to the second-floor living room. Ozpin was in control of Oscar's body

"Let me explain" stated David "This'll be a mouthful. Oz can reincarnate when he dies where he is put into the body of someone new and shares it with them, where he can sometimes take control like he is with Oscar but eventually their minds will merge and become one. Salem is immortal in the fact that everytime she is killed or harm she heals, she is also Grimm, and she's immortal because she pissed off the gods trying to revive Ozpin when he wasn't known as Ozpin because well… this is the second run of humanity because Ozpin, known as Ozma then, died from a sickness, Salem and him were together and Salem wanted his back and went to the God of Light to bring him which he didn't, she then went to the God of Darkness and he was revived and killed three times over I think then she was cursed with immortality. She tried to mount a rebellion against the Gods which caused them to wipe out humanity, God of Darkness destroyed the moon and Light gave Ozma reincarnation in order to redeem humanity with the four relics which when brought together will bring the gods back" he took a deep breath allowing the others to take it in

"But-" started Ozpin

"Hey, I want them to know the full truth. Salem tried to kill herself but became Grimm, they eventually met and had children but then later had a literal fight and well that's why they hate each other. Now the Maidens, Ozpin I think because we don't really know the truth but I'mma put my trust in him he gave the original Maidens magic powers which transfer down when they die to someone random or someone they think about when they die, only being female, of course. The Relics are linked to these Maidens as each relic is locked behind a door only a certain Maiden can open, Fall at Beacon, Spring at Mistral… and I don't know about the other two yet. Oh and Ozpin gave Qrow and Raven the ability to turn into birds, of their own choice despite what Raven would want us to think" David finally finished explaining and he rubbed his jaw

The room fell silent as everyone took it in "Great, so I'm the only one who told them this… god dammit John"

"So, the Maidens. Magic. Salem. It's all true?" asked Weiss

"Mhm" Qrow nodded, staring at the ground

"Thanks for explaining David, even the minute details" replied Ozpin, sighing

"Wow"

"So how do we stop Salem then?" asked Jaune

"Well. It's simple on paper, unite humanity and faunus against Salem, defeat them, summon the Gods and hope. But we need to get the relics, somehow explain to the public and get them to help us, actually defeat Salem's army and get the Gods to not destroy humanity" explained David

"And here I thought I knew everything" mumbled Qrow

"You said something about wanting us to know the full truth. What did you mean?" asked Yang

"Because Ozpin when he explained this left out some things and sort of lied. I'll correct him if he does but I can see why he wouldn't tell the full truth, but we can't not do that, would cause more problems than getting it out" David sighed "Appears from your reactions John done the same" he pointed to Ruby, Jaune, Ren and Nora

Ruby nodded

"It was never my intention to lie to you. To any of you. There are just some matters that I prefer to... "play close to the chest". I believe that's how you phrased it?" Ozpin turned to Qrow

"Yeah" replies Qrow with a chuckle

"All of you have a choice. If anyone wishes to leave, now is the time. There's no shame or disgrace in abstaining, only in retreat" explained Ozpin

Everyone was silent as they pondered Ozpin's words

"Very well, then"

Yang suddenly stood up

"Yang?" asked Ruby

"If Ruby sticks around, then I will too. If there's one thing I know about her, it's that she somehow always knows the right thing to do. But, if we're going to help, if we're going to keep risking our lives, no more lies. No more half-truths. For any of us" Yang explained

David let out a shaky sigh "Yeah David, no more lies or half truths" he thought

Everyone remained silent. Ozpin and Qrow exchanged a brief look with each other. Ozpin pondered Yang's words for one last moment

"Understood" replied Ozpin, smiling

Yang say back down

"So... what now? What can we do?" asked Pyrrha

"Mm, that is a difficult question. One that I believe is best answered tomorrow" replied Ozpin

"What do you mean?" asked Jaune

"The road ahead is undoubtedly filled with hardships and peril. However, it's been far too long since you have all been together. Please, take tonight, enjoy this moment" explained Ozpin, placing his hand on Yang's shoulder

"I must ask something Oz" came David

"Yes?" wondered Ozpin

"The other headmasters, like Lionheart. Have you told them about me?" he asked

"I tried but… I'm not sure if they got it or not" replied Ozpin

"Right well… Lionheart will betray us, but if I can do what I done with Roman and Neo I can convince him to join us, again" explained David

"What?!" everyone exclaimed

"The guy's stressed and was doubtful, prime opportunity to be tricked. Wouldn't you agree?" David asked

Everyone sighed in relief. Suddenly Oscar's eyes glowed, with Ozpin giving him control back to his body. Oscar realized he had his hand on Yang's shoulder

"Geh!" he quickly took it off and nervously held his cane in his hand

Yang and Weiss laughed at him

Weiss, Ruby and Yang sat with each other on the ground at the back of the house. Holding a cup of coffee each

"I just wish Blake could be here with us" Ruby sighed

"She will, eventually. She is with her family remember?" asked Yang

"Yeah… just being impatient" replied Ruby

"It's fine Rubes" Yang shook her sister's hair "Just give her time"

Oscar tapped on David's shoulder who was juggling his hilts "Yes?", he turned around and out his hilts on his waist

"Hey David. I was wondering, since you came from another universe… I have a feeling based on what Ozpin told me you lived a life sort of like mine?" asked Oscar

"Yes. Boring, monotonous, depressing… but I came here by accident and sort of by choice. You were basically forced since you were stuck with Oz" replied David

"I guess so. Do you miss it? Your world and family I mean?" Oscar asked the two sat down

"Well, I miss my family and my friends. My goal is to hopefully bring them here but… I do not miss my world, I hated it and my humanity. I'd explain but I have a feeling Oz has or will do" explained David

"He has…" Oscar trailed off staring at the sunset

"What do you think? Of this new situation, this new life?" asked David

"It's different, in a good way. But I do miss my Aunt, wish I could have said a proper goodbye aside from a letter" replied Oscar

"You'll get it soon buddy" David ruffled Oscar's hair, causing Oscar to shove his hand away "What about the others?"

"They're nice, a little scary sometimes but nice…" Oscar trailed off

"What about Ruby? I know how you reacted when you first saw here" David had a sly grin

"Wha- she's nice yeah, I mean she's a huntress who came from Beacon and-and… and she's cute too" Oscar mumbled the last few words and tapped his fingers together

"Its fine, we all have those crushes but you know nothing will happen unless you make a move" replied David

Oscar's eyes glowed as Ozpin took control "Then what about you and Miss Schnee?" asked Ozpin

"That's cheating Oscar" David turned away

"It's as obvious as Oscar is to Miss Rose. Yet Miss Schnee reciprocates and neither of you have made a move, Miss Rose we don't know yet" explained Ozpin

"Well Ruby will, eventually. It's kinda obvious later on. But… look it's easier to give advice than act on it okay? Besides… I'm working on it" David mumbled the last part of it

Ozpin stood up "I'll leave you to it then. Good luck" he walked away and his eyes glowed again, giving Oscar control