Let's see how much fresh content I can drop this week, yes?

When Raven returned to the dorm 20 minutes later, Tai and Qrow had moved their next round of card games to the table so Summer could join. Without saying a word, the older Branwen sibling walked up to the corner of the table between Tai and Qrow and pulled them both into a hug. She then wandered off towards her bed and laid herself down, facing away from her teammates. Qrow eyed his sister suspiciously.

"…Who are you and what did you do to my sister?" Raven merely lifted her left elbow up from her side and flipped him off. Summer rose to her feet and took a few steps towards the bed.

"Are you okay Raven? Did something happen on the roof?" As Raven turned her head to look at her team leader, Summer was met by glistening eyes framed by flushed cheeks and eyebrows set to a scowling slant.

"Do I look okay to you?! Dust, just leave me alone!" Before Summer could raise a hand to stop her, Raven had sprung from her bed and darted out of the room, slamming the door shut behind her.

Raven regretted her outburst as soon as she had shut the door. They couldn't have known what had transpired on the roof – who she had met. She almost turned to open the door and walk back in again, her hand was already reaching for the doorknob. She paused. No. She had made her move already – no take-backs now. She turned on her heel and headed for the stairs to ground level. As she walked out the door, she could see the large statue of a huntress and huntsman dominating a beowolf in the centre of the courtyard. No sooner had she sat down at the base of the massive statue however, before she heard a familiar voice call out to her.

"Hey Raven, what're you doing up this late?" Raven looked up to see Yang casually strolling up to her.

"I could ask you the same, young lady." Yang knelt down in front of her time shifted mother.

"Hey, I'm older than you. Older students are allowed to be up later than you freshmen." She reached over and flicked Raven on the nose playfully.

"And you're a few years too late with the whole 'mothering' bit." Only now did Yang notice the reddish colour around Raven's glistening eyes.

"Dust, have you been crying?" She rose to her feet as she looked down at Raven. Her eyes turned maroon as she punched her left palm with her prosthetic arm.

"Point me towards who did this to you and I'll gladly beat them bloody."

"It's okay Yang, nobody did this to me."

"… so you just randomly decided crying would be awesome right now?" Yang offered her scarf for Raven to dry her eyes with. Raven sobbed quietly as she dabbed at her eyes with the burnt-orange garb.

"No, she just told me some th-… dust-damn it!" Yang narrowed her eyes as she looked at the distraught girl in front of her.

"'She'? 'She' who, exactly?"

"She… She didn't want anybody to know she had been here… made me swear not to tell anyone we talked." Yang grabbed Raven by the shoulders firmly.

"Dammit Raven, stop babbling! Did you or did you not encounter your present self?!"

"I did, okay? I'd gone to the roof to get away from the stupidity of Qrow and Tai, I look at the stars for a moment, and then she pops out out of nowhere and talks to me about… stuff." Raven looked away from the crimson gaze her future daughter is shooting her.

"What 'stuff'?" Yang's angry glare softens as she slides down beside Raven again.

"She insisted I'd tell no-one, Yang…"

"Well, you kinda blew that already. So tell me."

"She told me that she really missed you and Tai, but had to complete her mission first before she can allow herself the happiness of a family."

"Did she say what this 'mission' was?"

"She's investigating Sum's disappearance." Yang got a nonplussed expression on her face.

"Well, that was predictable."

"It's what I'd have done."

"Obviously you did." Yang rose to her feet once more.

"Come on, show me where she was. Then it's straight to bed for you, 'young lady'…"

"Sure thing, 'upperclassman Xiao Long'…" Yang cracked up at her mother's comeback.

"Haha, good one. 'Upperclassman Xiao Long'… Actually, I kinda like the sound of that…"

"… I've created a monster, haven't I?" Raven smiled weakly.

"Yup."

As the two girls wandered off across the plaza towards their dormitory, neither of them noticed the crimson-armoured woman following their every step from a nearby walkway.

"I should've known better than to trust myself not to blabber. Oh well, nothing I can do about that now… Goodbye Yang…"

With a lazy swing of her katana, Raven Branwen disappeared into the shadows of the night once more.

AN: Yes, I am a cruel, cruel person for denying you Raven^2.

At least I gave you Branwen-Xiao Long bonding though.

Must be freaky being your mother's sempai.

Raven, teenagers can't be predicted or controlled. You should know, you used to be one.

I do not own RWBY, that's RoosterTeeth and Monty Oum.