While rain is heard pouring outside, Qrow Branwen opens up a sliding door leading into a small restaurant. A man can be seen sleeping at a table in the corner, while the Ramen Shop Owner stands behind the counter sharpening his kitchen knife on a wood block. Qrow walks up to the owner, who is still paying attention to sharpening his knife.

Ramen Shop Owner: "Regular? Or the Special?"

Qrow: "I'm actually looking for someone, goes by the name Shiro Wan. Ever heard of him? I heard he's a regular around here."

Ramen Shop Owner: "Who's asking?"

Qrow: "Hey, I'm not some cop if that's what you mean. I need Shiro for a gig. We go way back."

The Ramen Shop Owner nods his head, understandingly.

"Way back, huh?"

He than looks up at Qrow.

"So, he's a friend of yours."

Qrow: "Hm, yeah, I'd say so. He's a pretty alright guy."

He spoke, while rubbing his chin.

Ramen Shop Owner: "Well, in that case..."

Suddenly, his tone turns hostile, pointing his knife threateningly at Qrow.

"You tell that jerk that he better not show his ugly face in here until he pays me the Lien he owes me!!"

Qrow was taken aback by his change of attitude.

"Uh, did I say friend? I, uh- I meant acquaintance.

As nervously chuckles, the owner angrily slams his knife into the counter. Qrow than slowly backing away from what he was possibly about to do. nervously chuckling again, he spoke out, quickly.

"Really, we're just colleagues! Anyways, thanks for your time, buddy. I'll just be taking off now."

Qrow exits the restaurant, quickly closing the sliding door. He quickly turns around, leaning against the door. He takes a drink from his flask before pulling out his scroll, which has a list of "CONTACTS" with the following names:

WAN, SHIRO

GRIFFIN, BLANKA

RAINE, BOYD

KREISS, AMETHYST

ALTHAM, IVY

RIVAS, AOI

VACCARO, FARROW

LUNSFORD, HARKIN

Qrow crosses off Shiro's name.

Qrow: "Great start."

He sighed. Suddenly, the owner's knife is stabbed through the door cloth, barely missing Qrow's head.

Qrow then walks up to several people asking if they know any of the Huntsmen on his list; first, a pair of two men standing on the rainy street. Next, to a one-eyed, blonde blacksmith selling her wares. Then, he seeks the help of a beat-up man filled with bruises, resting while two other men are currently fighting in a match. After every person he asks, Qrow's expression and body language grows more aggravated, and each time, the number of Huntsmen he crosses off the list increases.

Finally, he walks up to a small house with boarded-up windows. He looks at his Scroll for his two remaining contacts, the first of which had been crossed out.

FIORENZA, SHANI

SHIELDS, HEATHER

Qrow: Heather Shields.

He knocks on the door. A group of small children is seen near the house. After Qrow turns around from looking at them, since there's been no response, he bangs it loudly with the side of his fist. As he's about to bang on the door again, a man opens up the door.

Qrow: "Oh, uh, hey there. I'm looking for Heather?"

The man just stares back at him.

Qrow: "Look, pal, I've had a rough day. Do you know where she is or not?"

Than, a Small Girl is seen walking up next to her father.

Small Girl: Daddy? Does he know where Mommy is?"

Having realized that Heather was missing in action, or worse, Qrow immediately regrets his mistake.

Qrow: "I um... I'm sorry to bother you."

The man and his daughter go back into their house. Qrow walks back out into the rain. He removes his flask from his shirt and considers taking another drink from it, but decides not to.

At the park, he looks up at the Mistral Bounty mission boards, listed as the following:

LUCERO, FLANN - MISSION TYPE: VILLAGE SECURITY
MISSION STATUS: IN PROGRESS 8 WEEKS AGO

DURHAM, AZURA - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND DESTROY
MISSION STATUS: IN PROGRESS 6 WEEKS AGO

COWAN, DOVE - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND DESTROY
MISSION STATUS: TERMINATED 1 WEEK AGO

CHOI, LALI - MISSION TYPE: BOUNTY
MISSION STATUS: ON HOLD 7 WEEKS AGO

LIN, FUSCHIA - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND RESCUE
MISSION STATUS: TERMINATED 6 DAYS AGO

SILVER, STARK - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND DESTROY
MISSION STATUS: IN PROGRESS 1 WEEK AGO

HAWKINS, JAY - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND DESTROY
MISSION STATUS: IN PROGRESS 3 WEEKS AGO

HAWTHORNE, LUCERO - MISSION TYPE: BOUNTY
MISSION STATUS: TERMINATED 4 DAYS AGO

ANDREWS, RORY - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND DESTROY
MISSION STATUS: ON HOLD 9 WEEKS AGO

CASTILLO, AURORA - MISSION TYPE: VILLAGE SECURITY
MISSION STATUS: IN PROGRESS 8 WEEKS AGO

HUGHES, DAISY - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND RESCUE
MISSION STATUS: ON HOLD 4 WEEKS AGO

LEVINE, MAE - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND DESTROY
MISSION STATUS: TERMINATED 3 DAYS AGO

FOREST, WYATT - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND DESTROY
MISSION STATUS: ON HOLD 5 WEEKS AGO

PAGE, ORION - MISSION TYPE:
MISSION STATUS:

RIVERA, STAR - MISSION TYPE: BOUNTY
MISSION STATUS: TERMINATED 4 DAYS AGO

KRATZ, CYAN - MISSION TYPE: BOUNTY
MISSION STATUS: ON HOLD 8 WEEKS AGO

HYACINTH, ZACH - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND DESTROY
MISSION STATUS: TERMINATED 2 DAYS AGO

NASH, INIGO - MISSION TYPE: VILLAGE SECURITY
MISSION STATUS: TERMINATED 5 DAYS AGO

TEALE, CAROLINE - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND DESTROY
MISSION STATUS: ON HOLD 10 WEEKS AGO

LI, MIDORI - MISSION TYPE: BOUNTY
MISSION STATUS: ON HOLD 2 DAYS AGO

THURMON, ONYX - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND RESCUE
MISSION STATUS: ON HOLD 4 WEEKS AGO

VARGA, VIOLA - MISSION TYPE: VILLAGE SECURITY
MISSION STATUS: ON HOLD 2 WEEKS AGO

CARRILLO, NOVA - MISSION TYPE: BOUNTY
MISSION STATUS: ON HOLD 5 WEEKS AGO

HALE, VENUS - MISSION TYPE:
MISSION STATUS:

HUNT, TERRA - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND DESTROY
MISSION STATUS: TERMINATED 2 DAYS AGO

ERDOS, MAUVE - MISSION TYPE: BOUNTY
MISSION STATUS: TERMINATED 5 DAYS AGO

BASHIR, MAZA - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND DESTROY
MISSION STATUS: ON HOLD 8 WEEKS AGO

RHODES, CASCADE - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND DESTROY
MISSION STATUS: ON HOLD 2 WEEKS AGO

HOPKINS, CLOVER - MISSION TYPE:
MISSION STATUS:

LARSEN, MAPLE - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND DESTROY
MISSION STATUS: ON HOLD 9 WEEKS AGO

YU, LOTUS - MISSION TYPE:
MISSION STATUS:

LYNCH, ASH - MISSION TYPE:
MISSION STATUS:

After looking at the boards, Qrow crosses off the following names on his Scroll:

FORHAN, ROUX

DE SENA, SLATE

CHOI, LALI

He then checks for more names on the mission board one last time:

UMBRA, AYRESS - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND RESCUE
MISSION STATUS: TERMINATED 1 WEEK AGO

GRIFFIN, CARMINA - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND RESCUE
MISSION STATUS: IN PROGRESS 8 WEEKS AGO

WAN, SHIRO - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND DESTROY
MISSION STATUS: IN PROGRESS 5 WEEKS AGO

Qrow sighs and takes a seat on a nearby bench, realizing that all of his contacts, let alone many others on the mission board, were nowhere to be found.

After a while, Qrow goes back into the restaurant from earlier. The owner has more wood carvings on his counter now. He notices Qrow walk in.

Ramen Shop Owner: "You've got a lot of nerve showing up back here, unless you've brought that idiot with you."

Qrow: "How much did Shiro owe you?"

The Ramen Shop Owner than noticed Qrow's somber expression.

"Well, I'd say about... 16,000 Lien."

Qrow then tosses a Lien note, which clatters softly on the surface of the bar.

Ramen Shop Owner: "Wait, what? Man, you must be in some serious trouble with him if you're paying me off."

Qrow: "His name is clear."

The Ramen Shop Owner than frowned a bit.

Yeah.

Qrow starts to leave again, and the owner returns to his carving.

"That idiot..."

Qrow opens the door, and spoke out this to him, before leaving.

"Yeah..."

Back at the Branwen Camp.

At the Branwen Tribe camp, Vernal pours cups of tea for Raven Branwen, Yang Xiao Long, and Weiss Schnee. They are all inside Raven's tent with the latter three seated around a table. Raven than some out to Veranl.

Raven: "You can wait outside. Thank you."

Vernal does so. Obscruo is hiding in the shadows and listening to the entire conversation. Yang looks at Vernal for a bit, before looking back at her own mother.

Yang: "So, what's the "truth"?

Raven took a sip, but noticed it is warm. She than sits the cup down, speaking.

Raven: "You know, it's better when it's hot."

Weiss looked a bit annoyed and spoke out to her.

Weiss: "You know, you're really obnoxious."

Rvans realized that she said it aloud, cleared her throat, and spoke out more clearly.

Raven: "The truth is that "truth" is hard to come by. A story of victory for one person is a story of defeat for someone else. By now, your uncle has surely told Ruby and her friends plenty of stories."

Yang: "Well, he's never given me a reason to doubt him before."

Raven: "That doesn't mean those reasons don't exist."

Yang than looked confused at her mother.

"What do you mean by that, mom?"

Raven sighed, and than spoke out.

"What I mean is that..."

She paused, choosing her words more carefully, before speaking out

"You know, you and your teammates might as well be the poster children for the Huntsman academies. Your motives vary, but you all enrolled to try and make the world a better place. It's adorable...but honorable."

Yang: "It's what Huntsmen and Huntresses do."

Raven: "Not all of them. Some people are just in it for the money and the fame, but there's even more that are just looking to grow stronger. Your Uncle Qrow and I didn't attend Beacon to become Huntsmen, we did it to learn how to kill Huntsmen."

Yang and Weiss gasp at this, exchanging a brief look with each other. Raven begins to pour more tea for herself, as she spoke out.

"Taiyang and Qrow left that part out, huh? Aside from the Grimm, Huntsmen were the only ones capable of ruining our raids and hunting us down. Our tribe needed a counterforce. And Qrow and I were the perfect age."

She spoke, while taking another sip of her Tea. After she was down, she than stood up from the ground.

"The entrance exams were child's play compared to what we'd already been through. We were good. So good, that we caught the attention of Beacon's very own headmaster, Professor Ozpin. Even after we were put on a team, I could tell he was keeping his eye on us. Back then, I thought it was because he knew, but it was Team STRQ he was interested in."

Yang: "What do you mean by that?"

Raven: "Constant attention, extra training missions, turning a blind eye whenever we happened to break the rules and get into more trouble than we should've. Sound familiar?"

Yang and Weiss share another glance at each other. Weiss gestures Yang to keep going.

Yang: "What's your point?"

Raven: "How much do you know about Professor Ozpin? About his past?

Weiss: "He was... a prodigy. One of the youngest headmasters to be appointed to a school."

Raven: "Because that's how he planned it. Because the man you know as Ozpin designed those schools and has followers inside every academy on Remnant that are loyal to him and no one else."

Yang: "That doesn't make any sense! How could he have...? No. Why would someone even do that?"

Raven: "Because old man Oz has a great and terrible secret. One that could spread fear across the world. One that he eventually entrusted to our team, and once I knew, there was no going back. I needed to know more, but with every new discovery I made, the more horrifying the world became."

Yang: Okay, then tell us. What's the big secret? What's so crazy that the rest of us don't know?

Raven: The Creatures of Grimm... have a master named Salem. She can't be stopped, she can't be reasoned with, and she will not rest until humanity crumbles at her feet.

Yang: "Yeah, mom. We know the obvious."

"But not what she also has."

Raven spoke out. This caught Weiss and Yang by surprise, before speaking out.

"What do you mean?"

Raven than have our a Solemn look, before speaking out, in a rather deathly calm voice.

"This Obscruo characters that had met me told me something that is not really encouraging. Salem has another person by her side, and while she has the same goal, he is also way more stronger than, actually, even Salem herself."

As she speaks, Weiss and Yang's eyes widen more and more. They sit in silence.

Weiss: "What?"

Raven: "You know, you two haven't even touched your tea."

Raven takes another sip from her teacup, while Yang stands up.

Yang: "Why should we believe any of this?"

Raven: "Now you're catching on. So far you've done nothing but accept what others tell you, but you need to question everything.

Raven spoke out to them, as she puts her cup down.

The two stare at each other face to face, before Raven turns around.

Raven: "Otherwise you'll end up just as blind as bat, and be a fool that does not discover the truth. After all, what Ozpin says is not really true. He may say what he says, but they always are not always a true statement. Sometimes, you must find the answer with your own eyes, in order to see the proof, even if that means hating it. That is what I had done, and I didn't enjoy what I was seeing."

Yang than got so frustrated, that she smashed the table with her bare hands, and looked up at Raven with her now activated Red Eyes. Raven looked down and sighed, obviosuly expecting that reaction coming.

"THIS DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE!!! HOW CAN WE NOT TRUST OZPIN?! HE WAA THE REASON THAT WE ALL ARE HERE!!! WHY NOT TRUST OZPIN HERE??!!!"

Raven, looking calmly at Yang, than spoke out to her.

"Well...I can show you why...what he has done to me. That is, of course...you are willing to see it."

Raven exits her tent. Yang and Weiss exchange confused looks.

Vernal: "Go see for yourself."

Vernal leaves. Yang and Weiss take her advice and exit the tent. They see no one there.

Yang: "Mom?"

Weiss: "Yang, are you okay?"

Yang: "I'll be fine once we can get her to give us an explanation on what's happening."

Weiss relents while Yang continues to look around.

Weiss: "It's okay if... you're not okay."

Yang: "You didn't believe what she said, right?"

Weiss: "I... of course not. Well, not all of it. It was crazy. We have Dust, Semblances... But, I mean, there's no such thing as magic."

Just then, the two hear a bird caw. They watch it fly in front of them.

Weiss: "A raven?"

Yang: "I've... seen that bird before."

Weiss: "Maybe it belongs to your mom?"

The two continue to watch the raven fly in the dusk-colored sky. It descends, flying and weaving between the trees, before shapeshifting into Raven herself.

Raven lands back on the ground on her feet, while Yang and Weiss have shocked expressions as she stands back up.

Yang: "How... did you do that?"

Raven: "Well, I could explain it to you..."

Raven then draws Omen, slashing behind her, creating a portal with her Semblance.

Raven: "... or you could ask your uncle."

Yang: "You're letting us go?"

Raven than spoke out, calmly.

"I am giving you a choice to either see the truth, or you can get Ozpin to explain you. But he warned of 2 things. Salem's forces are heading towards the camp. They will believe that we will lead us to the Spring Maiden. We will try to act and pretend to be friendly. Your friends, Ruby, Qrow, and Summer must play along. Another warning is this...if you see some stuff that Ozpin has not mentioned to you, and has not told you about, you will see that he in in-fact hiding something that is really important and dangerous. If you see it, than there's not turning back. Do you understand here, Yang?"

Yang looks down for a bit, before nodding with a Swedish expression on her face. Both Yang and Weiss than looked at each other, before the go to the portal. The portal is than sealed shut, and it is gone.

In Mistral...

Back in Mistral, Qrow is seen leaning against a stone railing.

Qrow: This isn't right. I get one or two of them, but... all of them?

Qrow sighs and hangs his head in disappointment. Suddenly, he hears the sound of Raven's portal behind him.

Qrow: Raven?

The sound of a motorcycle is heard coming from the portal. Qrow looked in surprise at who it is that's coming out.

Back at the group's room...

Back at the house Ruby's Group is staying at, each of the members are helping prepare dinner: Ruby, her mother, Summer Rose and Lie Ren are cooking at the stove, Jaune Arc is setting up the table, and Nora Valkyrie is cutting carrots, occasionally eating slices. Penny, Mecha, and Pyrrha are helping setting up the table. Of course, Penny and Mecha are robots, and don't need to eat anything. So they stay away here.

Ren: "Alright, the first batch is just about done."

Ruby: "Awesome! Now we just need Qrow and we'll be all set."

Nora than spoke while still eating carrots.

"Do you really think he's gonna bring that many people? This is a lot of food.

Nora spoke to them, while she eats another carrot slice."

Ruby: "Uh, I don't know, but it sounds like we could use all the help we can get."

As ruby spoke, Qrow than shouted out loud.

Qrow: "I'm back!"

Ruby: "Be right there!"

Ren: "You're going to overcook that."

Ren spoke out to Ruby. Summer than notice and spoke out, cautiously.

"Sweetly, be careful with that."

Ruby: "No I'm not, shut up!"

As she spoke out, Qrow shouted again

Qrow: "Hey, uh, Ruby?"

Ruby: "I'm coming!"

Some smoke comes from the pan Ruby is cooking with. Realizing that she is really failing on keeping the food from overheating, she gave up and shouted out to Ren, while panicking.

Ruby: "Fine! You take over."

Ruby grabs the tea tray and heads to the living room while Ren helps cook the pan.

Ruby: "So, we didn't know how many people were coming, so we just cooked all of it."

As she looks back up, she noticed Yang and Weiss, and they're back here again. Ruby quickly puts down the tray, and rushed to Yang, wrapping her in a hug.

"Yang! I'm so glad that you're back here again! I thought something bad has happened while your were with Raven!"

Yang than laughed and hugged her sister, returning the embrace.

"Well...here I am, sis!"

Weiss than joined in on the hug with the sisters.

Mecha and Penny than looked and saw the hug there. They looked at each other and smiled with warm intent. It seems that they're never going to separate after all. They are always together...

...forever.