Volume 5 - Chapter 7: Tension at Haven

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The moon illuminated the night sky above Mistral.

Qrow was leading you, Zacharias, JN_R and RW_Y towards Haven Academy.

You enter the building and are greeted by Lionheart, who is standing on a terrace at the top of the stairs that is being held up by a statue of a woman in chains.

"Why hello. Thank you for... coming." Lionheart chuckles nervously. "There... seems to be more of you than last time."

Qrow and the rest of the group stop to look up at Lionheart.

"Eh, you know what they say, 'The more the merrier'. So what's going on with the council?"

"Why... did you bring your weapons?" You grew skeptical at Lionhearts nervousness. Qrow was definitely right.

"What? Leo, we're Huntsmen. You okay?"

"Of course! Of course, sorry. Just haven't had my evening coffee."

"Look, it's nice to see you, but we got work to do. Are we getting support from the council or not?"

While the two talk, Yang notices from the corner of her eye a black bird perched on a balcony railing.

"Mom?"

Everyone's attention is turned to the bird. It flies away just as Qrow shoots at it, but he misses. The bird flies down behind Lionheart, transforming into Raven Branwen, donning her mask. Everyone glares at her.

"Raven..." Ruby mumbles.

"They... they really are magic!" Nora gasps in shock.

Raven takes off her mask. "If you're going to shoot me, shoot me. That was insulting."

"What are you doing here?!" Qrow calls out.

"I could ask you the same thing. You've been scheming, little brother. Planning to attack your own sister." Raven says as she walked down the stairs.

Once she reaches the bottom, she locks eyes with you. "Y/n...? What are you doing here?"

"Raven... what are you planning?!" As you call out to Raven, Qrow turns toward Lionheart again.

"Leo... what have you done?!"

"I..."

"Leo did what any sane person would in his position - he looked at all the information he had in front of him, assessed the situation, and made a choice. And it seems you all have too." Raven looked through the group, resting her eyes once again on you.

You weren't sure if she was genuinely shocked or just wants to see your growth.

"You have the Spring Maiden." Qrow yells at Raven.

"I do."

"Then hand her over and let's work together! We can beat Salem!"

"All that time spent spying for Ozpin and you still have no idea what you're dealing with. There is no beating Salem!"

Ruby steps foward. "You're wrong. We've done things that most people would call impossible, and I know the only reason we were able to do it is because we didn't do it alone! We had people to teach us, people to help us, we had each other. Work with us. At least I know we'll have a better chance if we try together. Please."

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