No Secret Ingredient

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The scene opened to and outside view of a temple as clouds started to separate from a thunderstorm. Loud impact noises of a fight can be heard outside, before the camera changed to the view of a pool surrounded by jade architecture as a louder impact was heard off-screen.

"The architecture," Ren started with wide eyes, "it's just like Shion..."

Nora looked at Ren with a sympathetic expression, briefly gazing down before looking back at the screen while putting her hand on top of Ren's. Ren was surprised at the gesture before he smiled at his partner, he looked back at the screen as the two intertwined fingers.

"whistles I wonder how much we could get off that jade." Mercury said as he nudged his partner with his elbow.

"Roughly around 30,000 per ounce there kiddo." Roman told him as he was writing down on a notepad for several ideas on how to pull of a heist and extract it all.

"I may have forgotten to mention how behind this universe in technology, given the fact that there most advanced weapons are closer to cannons and simple single-shot firearms." Arnold stated as Ironwood gawked at the information while Ruby was rambled in outrage over how could there not be any mecha-shift weapons.

Seconds later a familiar form rolled up top the steps of the pool clutching her side, indicating she took the brunt of the hit. It was Miss Goodwitch, except she was in a brown Gi with white taichi pants and her bun was decorated with black hair chopsticks that ended with jade gems. The most notable difference was a pair of white ears rounded with orange-red fur on the inside and on the edges, she was a Red Panda Faunus.

"Hm, not what I would think I would look like as a faunus." Glynda whispered to herself.

"Dayuuuum, lookin' good Miss G!" Yang said before shutting up under her teacher's deadly gaze.

"I'd still bang her." Qrow said nonchalantly, much to the deputy's anger.

"You'd bang anything Qrow." Tai-yang remarked with a smirk, earning a giggle from Summer and a grumble from Qrow.

Raven kept silent but let out a small smirk before she recomposed herself, 'It's in the past.' She thought as the small hint of pain in her chest came back briefly.

She tried to pick herself up as she looked at her assailant, who clenched their fist and cracked their knuckles in the process. From the shadows a female figure was shadowed with sky blue eyes and short hair. She had a gray karate Gi with black yoga pants, she also sported a pair of gray ears edged with black, and a black spotted gray tail. She was Vernal: Gray Leopard Faunus, Master of the Leopard Style, and adoptive daughter to Master Goodwitch.

"How am I involved in this?" Vernal questioned.

"Well, you were abandoned as a child in front of the palace footsteps and Goodwitch adopted you. She taught you everything as you were not only her daughter but her star pupil. You were eventually denied something of great power and imprisoned to a high-security prison out in the mountains before you broke out, and now you're here to 'take back what's yours'" Arnolf stated as Vernal nodded in understanding.

"How... how far did I fall to let that happen?" Glynda asked somberly, Arnold merely pointed to the screen.

Vernal took several steps out of the shadows as Glynda started to speak, "I... I have always been proud of you, from the first moment I have been.. proud of you... and it was my pride that blinded me. I loved you too much to see what you were becoming, what I was turning you into... I'm s- I'm sorry." Goodwitch told her daughter, Vernal froze in thought as her face relaxed into a more somber look.

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