The three of us sat at the table eating and talking.

"So," Winter spoke, "The gala."

"Oh right the gala." Weiss remembered.

"Father will be on a business trip and I'm on a short break so we are supposed to put it together."

"Yang and I put together a beautiful dance back at Beacon, so it shouldn't be a problem." Weiss told her.

"The gala will be in three weeks," Winter told us, "Alex I would appreciate if you helped."

I thought to the dance at Beacon then smiled, "What ages are going to be here?"

Weiss spoke, "A few important business people, a few people from the military, but mostly teenagers. Why?"

"The gala is great and all but why don't we put a little bit of a modern twist?" I suggested

Weiss started, "That's a..."

"Great idea." Winter interrupted, "Maybe the younger guests can have a little fun for a change."

"Your right." Weiss agreed, "We will start tomorrow."

"Agreed." I said.

"Great," Winter smirked, "Alex, I will arrange a ride into town for you to get supplies while Weiss and I help the maids clean the ballroom.

I nodded as I finished my meal, "May I be excused?"

Winter nodded and I went back to my room and went right to sleep.

The next morning I got up around seven and got dressed. I strapped on my gun then headed outside where the chauffeur was waiting for me. He drove me into the city where he gave me the Schnee credit card. We drove around town to all the stores that sold party stuff. I also went to some stores and got some ball appropriate stuff. The driver and I stopped for food then headed back to the mansion.

When I walked into the ballroom, it was clean all laid out to be decorated.

We immediately started to decorate the ceiling. I used the secondary handle of my weapon to hang from the rafters and my portals to move around. Weiss and Winter used their glyphs which wasn't much faster than what I was doing. By the time we were done, we were sore and exhausted. So, we agreed to wait till the others got their to finish.

I just went right to bed while Weiss and Winter had some food, but in my defence, it was like eleven o'clock at night.

I laid in bed with my hands behind my head. The room wasn't all that dark, I could see things just fine, which was odd considering the moon wasn't out and my door was sealed. I thought about it for a moment and drifted asleep.

The next morning I ate breakfast with Weiss and Winter, one thing I noticed about Winter was that she doesn't take crap from anyone. Weiss was half asleep while we were eating so she put her elbows on the table to rest her head. Winter told her to take her elbows off the table, when Weiss wined about being tired, Winter smacked her on the head and lectured her about proper table manners and sleep schedules. Lecturing people must run in the family.

"Alex." Winter got my attention.

"Yeah?" I replied.

"I would like to spar with you after breakfast."

"Uh..." I looked over at Weiss who just shrugged, "Sure?"

"Wonderful." she rose from her seat, "Meet me in the gym when you are finished."

Then she left the dining hall.

"Why does your sister want to spar with me?" I asked Weiss.

Weiss shrugged, "I don't know but I am curious."

"Should I be scared?" I asked.

"Yes." she said simply.

"Is she going to kick my butt?"

"Most likely."

I sighed, "You're going to watch, aren't you?"

"Yep." she smiled.

"Great." I groaned.

When Weiss was finished she waited for me, then we walked to the gym.

"Take your stance." Winter instructed.

I stood with my feet parallel with my shoulders and held my sword in front of me.

I got confused when Winter walked towards me.

"Stand like so." Winter said as she took a stance beside me.

I adjusted myself so my left foot was behind me and my right foot was further forward. I bent my knees partial way and leaned forward slightly holding my sword in front of me.

"Good." Winter went back to the other side of the gym, "I am going to attack and you shall defend."

"I thought you wanted to spar?" I yelled back but I was ignored.

Winter came at me with a similar form to Weiss's. She struck me while I blocked. Winter kept stepping towards me so I stepped back. At one point she had me against the wall, so I ducked to dodge and changed directions.

"I'm impressed with your reflexes." she said as I walked to the other end of the gym.

While my back was turned I heard small, shrill birds. I spun around and saw little white nevermores coming towards me. I opened a portal in front of me and the birds flew in and came out a portal by the wall, causing them to crash and disappear.

"What the hell was that?" I yelled angrily at Winter.

"I was simply testing you." She stated.

"By doing what!? That was foul play!" I said.

"Do you think an enemy is going to just wait for you to notice them?" She huffed, "No! They will wait till your back is turned. So you must have good reflexes or you'll die!"

"I'm sorry." I mumbled miserably, "Why are you showing me all this anyway?"

"It was painful watching you fight with my sister and lose so miserably." She said, "Shall we continue."

I nodded and I took my stance.

Winter taught me some more complex tactics for attacking and defending. Believe me, it was a surely a shock when Winter's sword turned out to be two. Two! But I managed to adapt.

After Winter was satisfied, she had me spar with Weiss, yelling tips at both of us as we fought. After the little training session with Winter, I didn't get beaten as bad. Yes I still lost, but all I really needed was practice.

During one of our spars I bit my lightly but a slight bain and matic liquid reached my mouth.

"Alex you're bleeding." Weiss said, a little surprised.

"What?"

"Your lip." she pointed out.

I put my fingers to my lip then held them in front of me. She was right, and it was an unusual amount of blood for just biting my lip. It didn't take long for my aura to heal it but it was still a little weird.

"That's enough sparing for today," Winter said, "Alex come with me."

"What's the big deal?" I asked.

"Just come!" she demanded.

I raised my hands in defeat, sheathed my weapon and followed Winter into what seemed to be a study.

"Are you a faunus Alex?" She asked

I thought it was a stupid question, "No of course not. Why?"

"Show me your teeth." She asked sternly.

I showed her my teeth. She took a picture and showed me.

"My teeth aren't that long. Or at least they weren't yesterday." I said looking at my elongated canines they fit in my mouth fine so I didn't realize the difference.

"And after that surprise attack your eyes shifted color for only an instant." Winter analysed.

"So what, I wake up this morning and I'm a faunus?!" I exclaimed.

"It appears so yes." Winter said.

I stared at my feet.

"I do know my sister is not too keen on faunus." Winter said, "However, being that one of her teammates is faunus she is making strides."

"What's your point?" I urged

"I know that you don't want to tell my sister in fear of her hating you."

"What? No." I told her.

Winter gave me an unconvinced look.

I sighed, "Maybe a little."

"Weiss has come to trust only a handful of people, you are one of those people."

"Can you get to the point please?" I was starting to get board.

"My point, is that if she finds out on her own, you won't have any kind of relationship with her."

I thought for a moment, "Alright. I'll tell her. After I talk to Blake."

"Good." Winter said, "Shall we break for lunch?"

I nodded and we met Weiss in the dining room.

For the next week, Weiss and I practiced with Winter while I managed to keep my temper under control. Team RWBY and JNPR arrived on the same flight on the Saturday.

Weiss and I were sparing when our friends arrived.

"Hey!" Ruby shouted.

"Hey guys!" I yelled as Weiss and I stopped our match.

"You've improved." Blake mentioned.

"Thanks," I smiled, "Winter's been putting me through drill school."

"I have to go tell the chefs to prepare supper," Weiss said, "Feel free to wander."

After she left I turned to team RWBY and spoke in a serious tone, "We need to talk."

I bought the team to my room and we all sat down.

"What's the matter?" Yang asked.

"Ok, so," I spoke quickly, "Last week I woke up in the morning and I discovered I'm a faunus. Winter and I aware of Weiss's view on faunus and I want to tell her without throwing our friendship in the trash. Winter said if she finds out on her own it wouldn't be very good for me."

"Calm down." Yang said slowly.

"Your a faunus?" Blake questioned.

"Yep." I said.

"Your eyes turn gold when stressed or angry?" She asked.

"Yeah. How did-." I looked in the mirror and my eyes were gold. I took a deep breath then they went back to blue, "So what do I do?"

"Just tell her." Blake said, "Winter's right, you know what happened when Weiss just found out about me."

"Blake's right just tell her." Ruby said.

"No strings attached." Yang added.

I sighed, "Fine. Let's go eat." I paused then remembered something, "Remember your table manners or you going to get slapped." then we exited the room.

I was really fidgety throughout dinner, the fact that I knew I had to tell Weiss I was the one thing she despised was just eating me up inside. While we ate Winter got acquainted with the others and gave everyone the run through on the gala which kind of turned into a modern ball.

After everyone left the dinning room I pulled Weiss aside and we headed for the terrace.

"What is it?" Weiss asked.

"Remember last week when Winter pulled me from our spar?" I asked.

"Yes," she said, "It was kind of rude."

"With good reason." I said trying to tell Weiss the truth but not sure how to put it

into words.

Weiss crossed her arms, "Just say what it is you want to tell me!"

"I'm a faunus!" I blurted without thought.

Weiss paused for a moment then ground her teeth. She backed away. I could sense the anger she felt. She turned and started to walk off.

"Weiss I-" I tried but soon her sword was at my chest.

"Weiss stop!" Yang grabbed her sword arm.

"You knew!" she cried then yelled at me, "I trusted you. I-"

"Weiss!" Winter yelled, "Listen."

Yang let go of her arm and Weiss lowered her sword.

I took a deep breath, "I only found out last week. I didn't even know until Winter told me."

"You still could have told me earlier." Weiss said calmly.

"I wanted to tell you in the right way so I waited for some advice from your team." I said, "But I didn't think you would have me at sword tip. All you did was threaten to call the police when you found out about Blake, and she didn't even try to tell you!"

"Yeah Weiss," Yang said worriedly, "What's wrong?"

Weiss's bangs hung over her eyes, "I just...forget it." then she walked off.

"Weiss!" I tried to go after her.

Yang pulled me back, "Just let her cool off. I don't know what's wrong but she'll tell us when she's ready."

The next morning Weiss felt a lot better, I was taken by surprise when she acted normally around me, even more so, she apologized for almost skewering me...again.

Ruby, Jaune and Winter ended up being in charge of music, Yang, Nora and I were in charge of moving furniture and all the heavy stuff while the others decorated the ballroom. It only took us like, three days.

Weiss and the girls ended up going shopping for dresses after we finished, Ruby wasn't very happy but Yang said she could wear flats. Us guys were forced to go get fitted for tuxes and nobody liked that.

Since it was only the three of us we were able to have a little guy time while the tuxes were being made. I forgot how much fun it was being one of the guys. We are around girls so often, it was nice to be just a guy, less drama.

After a few hours of horsing around we may have missed the girls so after we picked up our tuxes we headed for the manor.

"Hey Jaune." I smiled evilly, "You should ask Pyrrha to the ball."

"What?" he blushed, "Why would I do that."

"Because you like her." I said. Ren nodded in agreement.

"We're just friends." He said.

"Then ask her as a friend." I suggested.

"What if she says no?" He asked.

"She won't, trust me." I insisted.

"Then...then you should ask Weiss!" He said.

"What? No!" I said, "Why?"

Jaune just stared at the window and smiled, "Never mind."

When we got back it was almost dark so we all headed for dinner.

"Everyone ready for the ball?" Winter asked.

Everyone nodded.

"We should probably get some sleep." Weiss proposed.

Everyone mumbled agreeance and finished their meals.

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