Alright everyone, the clock struck Midnight and the new year has begun... Well, at least for me. It's probably been long started for most of you, but I digress.

I hope everyone's New Year got off to as good of a start as mine did, considering I'm off work for the next 3 days, I'd say it's a pretty damn good start! On that note, I'm going to shut the hell up so all of you can get into the final part of Amnesia! Next chapter will be the epilogue, but I unfortunately cannot tell you when that will be up. We'll play it by ear. In a few hours I'll also have a New Years one shot, so be on the lookout for that, too! It's fluff, I promise.

Without further delay... Ah, screw it.

Enjoy!

The snow had begun to fall lighter and lighter until it came to a stop. The sky darkened as night was coming.

The shadow faded from each girl as the smoke dissipated, each one collapsing to their knees and taking short, raspy breaths. Summer knelt down next to Ruby and put a caring hand on her daughter's shoulder. "You'll be fine..." She soothed. She was the one who broke Ruby from the Shadow, which must have broken the chain for the others as well. Unfortunately, she did see everything in the vision... And she did mean what she said... "Is everyone alright?"

"Yeah." Yang said, her fists glowing dimly with a hint of fire, "Just... Aw man, screw that!"

"No kidding." Blake agreed. Weiss stayed silent, not able to comment on her vision. Neither wanted to talk about it, what they saw... What they thought they did.

Just as each girl slowly began to stand, the black, smoky orb that held the Nightmare appeared once again, each girl turned their attention to it. With little fanfare this time, the Nightmare appeared with her eyes closed and a small smile on her face.

"I'll be honest," It began, "I didn't expect you to make it out." It turned to Summer, "I'll give you props, Spirit, you found a way to break my dark chain. Go ahead, give yourself a pat on the back."

"Enough!" Ruby declared, standing up on her own. She slowly took a step forward, her rage overtaking her. "It's time we shut your mouth for good! You've tested us, and we passed! Now, we settle this."

"Ah-ah-ah! I don't think so, oh arrogant one." The Nightmare taunted, waving it's index finger from side to side, "You passed my test, yes. But you learned nothing! As a matter of fact, you enhanced my power!" Raising its left hand, the Nightmare slowly made a fist as screams of pain came from Ruby's team. "Your teammates have given me all that I need! Now, they can face their own Embodiments as you do, and when they fall here, they'll fall in the conscious world!"

Smoke emanated from each girl and drifted in front of the Nightmare. Multiple streams of smoke formed into their own orbs, three of them grew larger and larger until...

"Get down!" Summer ordered, tackling Ruby as the orbs exploded. When the dust settled, the two examined their new adversaries; The negative Yang, Blake and Weiss.

"There we are." The Nightmare declared, "Yang Xiao Long, the Embodiment of Anger." Said creature cracked its knuckles with a ruthless smile. "Weiss Schnee, the Embodiment of Resentment." Weiss' mirror slowly opened its eyes, no scar upon her face as she slowly drew her blade. "Blake Belladonna, the Embodiment of Despair." Blake's counterpart faced her, the bow off and her blades drawn with white knuckles, staring the real faunus down with the anger of a thousand suns. "You could not best your emotions, and now they have manifested just as I have!"

"Face your inner demons and despair..." Blake said to herself, drawing her weapon.

"Now, die!" The Embodiments attacked those that they mirrored in an attempt to defeat their mortal counterparts. If victory could be attained by the Spore's, then RWBY will die. Stakes were high...

Ruby took it upon herself to dictate her battle. "Mom, get out of here!" She declared, "We'll handle this!" Summer was reluctant to leave, but understood that she was useless here. She had to go. She turned to her team and made her order, "WBY, lure them into the woods!"

"What?!" Yang argued, "Are you crazy!?"

"Yes! Now go!"

Blake took hold of her partners arm as Weiss shielded them with a glyph, "She knows what she's doing." The faunus soothed, trying to calm her friend. "Let's trust her." Reluctantly enough, Yang agreed and ran back into the forest with the team, "Good luck, Ruby! We'll be back when we can!"

Ruby turned with a stern look on her face as her team retreated into the woods. As Summer jumped back, Ruby jumped forward, picking up Crescent Rose and charging the Nightmare. "Ah." Her Mirror sighed as she watched a far more amusing battle, "Come to accept defeat?"

"No. I'm going to kill you." Ruby boldly declared, her eyes full of rage and hate.

"Ah, yes. The girl who fears no death doesn't want to go out without a fight!" The Nightmare clapped with false excitement. "How cute." Its expression dropped as it grabbed its own blade. "Your arrogance will be your undoing."

"If you really are me, just with all of my negative emotions powering you," Ruby began, taking her combat stance, "Then this will be a pretty even fight. Don't die on me now."

"eRAGH!" The Nightmare charged, putting everything she had into her strikes. Ruby put Crescent Rose into War Scythe mode, the blade going straight up and the handle folding inward so it could be held like a sword. The Nightmare did the same as their blades clashed. When Ruby swung left, the Nightmare swung right. When the Nightmare stabbed, Ruby juked to her left, and used her Semblance to charge through the Nightmare, shouldering her foe a few feet back.

"That all you got?" Ruby challenged.

The Nightmare jumped to its feet and commanded its scythe to it. The blade did as commanded and flew into its master's hands. "I'm just getting started..."

Weiss' glyph stayed up as she ran backwards, all the while using Yang as a support so she didn't hit a tree. Bullets riddled the glyph as the Embodiments began to attack more and more. "This isn't going to work for long!" The heiress declared.

"Gotta plan? You're our leader right now." Yang nudged as she bounced into a kneeling pose. Blake joined her partner and loaded her weapon.

Weiss examined the current battleground closer. There was nothing to note, save for the fact that it would all be close quarter fighting. "We have to fight back. Take your Embodiment and see how far you can go."

"If they're us," Blake started, "Then they probably can do what we can do. That being said, they probably have the same weakness' too!"

"Right. I'm going to drop the cover, and when I do, charge!" Yang and Blake nodded as their muscles tensed, prepared to now go on the offense. "One!" Each one readied themselves to jump, until they realized that the Embodiments stopped firing. "Two! Thr-" A loud crash overtook her words as the Glyph dropped, Hate plowing right through and punching Yang in the face, sending the brawler flying. Before Blake could respond, she was met with the dark eyes of her Embodiment, Despair, who landed a harsh flying kick to the faunus' temple. Weiss was hit by Resentment, hovering ahead at full speed.

"Alright, forget organized attack." Yang huffed, slowly rising to her feet, "Let's go!"

Each one attacked their own Negative Embodiment with fervor, but their attacks were matched and countered easily. Blake's synopses was right, these things did know their moves. Then again, the team knew some of their own moves as well.

Weiss and Resentment went at it, their blades clashing with each turn. Weiss used some of her Dust to give her an advantage, but with each strike that she followed through on, Resentment always found a way to jump back onto the offense. The heiress tried to give herself more of an advantage by igniting a nearby tree, using what she had learned in the Emerald Forest, but it didn't offer much help. The Embodiment still didn't back down.

Each strike parried, causing both combatants to reset their stances before starting again.

Yang and Hate were in their own little boxing match, each punch was met by an explosion of some kind, and each explosion only hit harder and harder. Hate managed to bring a speed boost and swiftly punch Yang's gut, then slowly moved up to hitting her face. After a swift kick which knocked Yang down, Hate began to speak; its voice was exactly like Yang's... "There are over seventeen ways that I can beat you." It mocked, "You have four major weaknesses in your body, each one is a prior injury from your childhood. Let's explore some, shall we?"

A big boot came down, but Yang managed to roll way and spin to her feet. "You should have those injuries, too. Now it's a game of 'who gets hurt first'."

Blake's fight was an even match. Every blow that was missed meant resetting with a shadow. Despair turned into a spin, the blades of her weapons extended, but Blake countered, jumping into a tree above. "Aw." Despair quipped, "Kitty stuck in a tree?"

Blake thought for a moment, but only knew of one way to deal with this dilemma. She could jump down and attack again, or... "Meow." She taunted.

"Well let's fix that, shall we?" Without warning, the tree began to shake violently. When Blake looked down, she was horrified to see that Despair was chipping away at the tree and in almost no time, the tree began to fall.

"Ah, crap..." Blake jumped away before her perch impacted the ground. She went into a roll, but couldn't complete it and wound up on all fours, dazed and confused. Was all of this actually happening? She looked up and saw the seething eyes of her Embodiment stare down at her, a sick sinister smile on its face. With one leg raised, Blake knew what was coming, and prepared herself for a rough kick.

While Blake flew across the forest, landing on a fallen tree, Weiss and Yang were fighting back to back. Weiss popped a Time Glyph underneath her and her teammate, which gave the duo a much needed boost. Unfortunately, Weiss missed a blow, but managed to turn her follow-through into a strike against Yang's target. Her attack hit home, lightning dust encompassing her blade as she knocked Hate backwards with an electrifying finish. Yang also took this time to punch Resentment in the gut, then with a heavy boot, knock it back a few good feet.

"I think this is going well." Yang commented, trying to catch her breath. The fight was wearing everyone out completely. "How much time do you think we have?"

"It can't be long!" Blake called, "We need to wrap this up!"

Weiss' eyes shot an intense light blue towards the faunus, "You think?" She examined her surroundings, but couldn't think of a plan just yet. With each passing moment she gave more and more credit to her leader for being so quick on her feet. "I think we're gaining the upper hand, just keep going!"

Yang shook her head as Blake rolled her eyes in annoyance, but they did as they were told. Running back into the fray, the two were met by distinct failure and pain. The heiress attacked with full fury, but was sent into a premade glyph and was blasted back by her target.

Resentment began to chuckle while hiding its face as Weiss slowly got up. "If only Daddy could see you now." It taunted. Weiss' expression turned to one of surprise and anger at the mention of her infamous father. "He would be so disappoint-"

A swift left swing of the blade caught the Embodiment off guard, sending it reeling. Weiss didn't have any dust on the blade, but she didn't care, because she just marred the perfect face of her mirror, and the scar was far worse than hers. "I think he'd be disappointed in that little move by you." She said slyly. Resentment wiped the blood away, a scar running down from the right temple and moving all the way across its face to its chin. "Bitch."

Resentment charged with a demonic yell as their blades clashed again. With the clang of every parry, there was an equal clang with Blake and her foe, Despair. Their fight had been going as well as the others, with no progress being made in either direction. When someone gained an advantage, it was instantly lost with a quick getaway.

Despair broke through a defensive block and brought up a knee to Blake's face, sending the faunus flying. "You know," it said, dim eyes blinking as it straightened its posture, "I wonder what Adam would do if he found you?" Blake blinked stoically as she intently listened, trying not to let her emotions take over. "Do you think he'd be proud of his 'prodigy'?"

Blake huffed as she shook her head, "If I cared, I'd answer that."

"I think you care more than you let on." A firm hand on Despair's shoulder brought its attention. Turning back, it saw the deep red eyes of Yang with a small, yet sadistic smile. Yang's waving hand was soon turned into a fist and she brought her silent point home, drilling Despair with a brutal fiery sucker punch.

Yang and Blake exchanged a silent word, both nodding to each other. One in thanks, the other in response. When Yang turned around, she saw Hate right behind her on the upswing, an uppercut incoming. Blake jumped when she saw her partner take the hit and started to lay into the Embodiment quickly before jumping away from a punch. 'That was... Surprisingly easy...' She thought as she landed. Her thought vanished once she saw the shadow loom over her. She didn't need to turn to know who it was and spun with her blades primed to strike.

Yang jumped back after plowing through a tree, firing off two rounds which were easily blocked. The ensuing explosions didn't seem to faze her Embodiment. Hate began to walk towards her slowly as Yang now took a more defensive stance. The brawler hated playing the defense, but she had no choice. "There's something I don't understand." Hate called, its stride slowing down as Yang shot a quizzical look, "You don't want to tell people how you feel, but you're more than happy showing your emotion."

"Words hurt." Yang fired back, "And they don't need to know! It was never a big deal, anyway."

"It wasn't as big of a deal then it had to be. Even now, Summer still chooses to fight with her true daughter ov-"

Two, three, four shots rang out from Yang as she howled in rage, each round having a stronger effect than the last. Yang jumped in to provide a bigger beat down, just to shut this thing up. She managed to blast Hate back, doing the same uppercut that she herself was struck with only moments ago, but after she followed through, she began to stumble. A sign of her weariness for sure.

Weiss bounced off of the ground with a hard thud, slowly rolling to her side in pain. Her mirror had countered almost everyone of her maneuvers with ease. Blake offered a hand, though the faunus was holding her side in pain. "Man," Weiss sighed, accepting the help up, "I didn't know I was that tough."

Yang looked over her shoulder after blocking a shot fired from her dark counterpart, "You're not." She sent a round in retaliation, "I could whoop you all night lo-" All three turned and faced each other with sudden realization, smiles of glee all around.

"If we can't beat ourselves..." Blake started, but Weiss chose to finish.

"Then we can beat each other!"

All three tagged out, yelling "Switch!" Yang ran towards Weiss' mirror, Weiss ran towards Blake's and Blake ran towards Yang's. Adrenaline kicked in, giving the team a much needed second win.

The Embodiment of Resentment tracked Weiss, but turned its attention towards Yang who currently towered above it, cracking her knuckles with a sinister smile. The brawler picked Resentment up by the collar with ease and tossed her away through two thick, heavy trees.

Weiss activated a Glyph and boosted herself forward, blade drawn, at the Embodiment of Despair. With one quick slash, she popped other glyphs and bounced off of them, swiftly landing blows throughout the body of her foe. She rotated Myrtenaster Dust chamber and utilized the Fire dust, quickly striking through the blocks that Despair had set up. Even following through a shadow, which burned away in thin air, Weiss was able to land a decisive blow and knock the Embodiment back with a fairly small explosion.

Blake had used her Shadow's against the Embodiment of Hate. While Hate swung recklessly through each vision, Blake managed to kick, slice and immobilize the shadow. With every Shadow, Blake ended up behind Hate, getting in two shots to the back, at the most, before Hate would turn to strike her. This did nothing to Blake, as she knew how to combat her Partner.

"Yang! Blake!" Weiss called quickly, catching a break from the fray, "Gather them for a Smash!"

Yang and Blake locked eyes, intense Red matched equally intense amber as they nodded. Smash was Yang's favorite team move...

Weiss hovered towards Despair and brought a quick strike, using the force of her momentum to push the Embodiment back. "On Despair!" She called. Yang jumped back into Resentment's face and brought the hammer down three or four times, punching with nothing more than excitement in her mind. When she was certain that her target was dazed enough, she once again tossed it away. This time, however, the brawler tossed Resentment towards Despair. The two collided with a resounding smack.

Blake's fight took a little bit more time, as she had to slowly drive Hate back, inch by inch. Weiss gave the faunus a power boost with a quick glyph, which did not go wasted. Dodging a big right arm, Blake performed an almost majestic bicycle kick, knocking Hate back into the jumbled mess that was the pile of Embodiments.

Weiss set up a glyph with an incline, the color turning white to black, showing that it was ready to be used. Yang quickly ran at full speed and leapt into the air, landing within the trampoline glyph and bouncing into the air. Weiss had laced the glyph with some fire dust, just for shear principal.

Her Semblance flared and ready, Yang smashed her hands together, causing an explosion to light up the night sky, also igniting some nearby trees. She raised her fists to the sky as her body became encased in fire, coming down hard on the three Embodiments, which were now watching in fear. Each one tried to escape the coming hellfire, but it was too late.

With another explosion, Yang landed in the middle of the trio. The epicenter felt like it was hotter than the sun as each Embodiment suffered the wrath of the Xiao Long Smash. Despair was the closest to it, evaporating at the moment of impact. Resentment was far enough away that its fate wasn't as quick, but it was the same; nothing but evaporation. Hate was far enough away that it caught fire after being knocked over from the shockwave of the initial blast. Attempting Stop Drop and Roll did nothing to help, and the Embodiment of Hate soon burned into ashes.

Surrounded by fire, Yang slowly stood up and smirked towards her team. Weiss wished that she had a camera with her, as the moment was Kodak worthy. The brawler walked out and admired her work; the forest around her caught fire, the snow melted instantly and of course, some of the wildlife suffered as well. But, it was all worth it. Smoldering remains was all that was left of their foes.

"Well." Yang huffed, wiping off her tattered clothes with her hands, "That was a thing."

"Nice shot." Weiss complimented, not wanting to pat her teammate on the back just yet until she cooled.

"Great setup." Yang returned with a smile. Her eyes were still red with rage, but her face showed nothing but joy, "Come on, let's go find Ruby."

She led the triumphant trip away as the flames simmered behind them. Blake turned back, slowly nodded with raised eyebrows, and ran to catch up with her team, amazed that their improvised plan worked so well. She sheathed her blade and tightened her ribbons, not knowing what to expect next.

Ruby swung the blunt end of Crescent Rose upward, trying to gain some momentum, but was met with a quick block. The block sent the scythe crashing through a tree, which caused Ruby to stumble. Blow for blow the two had been an equal match, never relenting. Though Ruby had taken more hits, she did not back down for a moment. She still got back up every time.

The Nightmare forced Crescent Rose out of its masters tired hands, throwing it into the woods, which Ruby responded with a flurry of swift punches to the gut and face. Yang had taught her some hand to hand skills during the past semester, not wanting another Mountain Glenn incident. You never know what might happen if you lose your weapon.

Jumping back, Ruby activated her Semblance and charged forward after bouncing off of a thick oak tree, forcing her body into the Nightmare's with a strong check. Before it could hit the ground, Ruby bounced off of a tree and firmly planted her feet into her foe's chest, then bouncing off after making contact with the ground. She rolled and turned to admire her work.

Panting tiredly, she searched for her blade, knowing that the Nightmare wouldn't be defeated so easily. However, Ruby couldn't find her weapon. She turned around, nothing. Her left, nope. Her right-

A swift punch sent her stumbling backwards, clearly reeling. "Nice." She chuckled, "Caught me off guard there..."

"I would be proud, if I were you." The Nightmare said, holding on to its chest, "You're putting up one hell of a fight."

"Fight's for survival often take people to great lengths, you know..." Ruby reset her stance, bringing her fists up, "Shall we continue?"

"Gladly." The Nightmare charged, blocking a right-armed punch and sending a swift palm into Ruby's chest, knocking the reaper on her back. Ruby would bounce back instantly however, blocking a right, the grabbing onto the Nightmare's head, and delivering a quick knee to the face. Now it was the Nightmare's turn to bounce back. "Somebody has to give, Ruby Rose."

"And it won't be me."

The Nightmare jumped back and readied its stance, which Ruby recognized. It was going to be another bodycheck. Something that the red-clad girl had realized, was that her foe didn't use a weapon. It was all hand-to-hand- er, hand-to-weapon, combat. She found it as strange, but ultimately readied herself for another blow. She jumped back and took a stance, until a familiar voice shouted her name.

"Ruby!" It was Summer's voice. The reaper turned and was met by a flying object... Was it? "Catch!"

She caught the object and her suspicions her confirmed; it was Crescent Rose. Questioning how her mother got her weapon would be for another time, instead she unfolded the blade as the Nightmare launched its attack. Ruby turned in a spin, her blade low and pointed upwards, catching her foe off guards. Crescent Rose easily cut through the knees of the Nightmare, sending it to the ground with a hard landing.

Ruby took a few breaths, watching the Manifestation before her writhe in pain, but it wasn't screaming... Not even a moan, it just... Squirmed. Then, the Nightmare started to laugh. "Very nice." It said, "You caught me with that. Nice Mother-Daughter teamwork. But so long as the Embodiments are fighting, I can't lose."

Ruby rolled her eyes and sighed, "You've gotta be so dramatic." She deadpanned, "You keep coming, I'll keep cutting." Summer smiled as she backed away slowly, not wanting to miss this for a moment.

From where its appendages were lost, smoke began to pour out and after a moment, new legs would appear. It began to slowly rise, the fight clearly taking its toll, but the strength still seemed unending. Before it could get to its feet, however, Ruby plunged Crescent Rose through the chest of the Nightmare and raised her scythe skyward, screaming in victory and rage, pain and glory. Ruby brought the blade back down as the force threw the Nightmare back a few feet, but it still rolled onto its behind.

Another chuckle from the Nightmare left Ruby enraged and mildly defeated. "Now that right there was a great attempt." It said with a smirk, "But, you can't win by cheap shots alone, you need a damn miracle!" Rising back its feet, smoke filled the hole left by the scythe as Ruby cursed herself more and more. There was no way for her to stop this...

Until a bright light erupted from the forest behind her.

The Nightmare, Ruby and Summer all looked back towards the massive explosion as a shockwave blasted throughout the forest. Summer and Ruby locked eyes and nodded to each other. Ruby turned and faced the Nightmare, who's expression was now one of fear and regret. It locked eyes with Ruby and then grabbed its chest.

Three streams of smoke poured out of the forest and towards the Nightmare, each one hitting it with enough force that it looked like gunshots impacting a body. The Nightmare seemingly dissolved as it examined its body with intense horror, dropping to its knees. Ruby too the chance and walked forward.

"You know, I came to realize something..." The reaper started, keeping her scythe level just in case, "You never were truly evil. You're just all of my negative emotions bundled into one force, a force corrupted by Grimm." The Nightmare now dropped to all fours, panting heavily in pain and anguish, "You're just doing the only thing you know how... Cause misery, pain, induce fear, anger, hatred. You're not inherently bad. You're just... You."

Ruby walked behind her foe and paused, turning to face it, "You aren't going to go away if I kill you, because you are a massive part of me. But, the thing that made you what you are, that's going to die." She wrapped her blade around the neck of the Nightmare and sat it upright. The nightmare's only response was to hold on to the blade with one arm, and gasp:

"It has... Been... An honor to fight you... I have been bested..."

"This will be quick..."

Ruby and Summer locked eyes as her team quickly emerged from the forest. Ruby knew what she had to do and needed no signal for it, pulling the trigger and decapitating the Nightmare. Her blade followed through as the body began to dissipate already.

Ruby glanced over at her team, who stopped in their tracks. Their blank expressions told the leader that they had no idea what just happened. Ruby had an idea of what to say, but instead had one question she needed an answer to:

"You slammed them, didn't you?"

Yang smiled and pumped her fist with a nod, giving Ruby all that she needed. She began to walk away from the corpse, where more and more smoke poured out. Blake's quizzical look was the only thing that made the team look back towards the body. "Mom?" Ruby called, "Is that-?"

"I don't know." Summer cut-off, holding an arm in front of her face as the winds began to pick up. Ruby planted her scythe into the ground and held on, something her team also did. As the winds howled around them, a bright light emerged from the dark smoke, blinding everyone, and encompassing all throughout the forest.

When Ruby woke up again, she found herself on her back on the ground. As she examined her surroundings, she found that the environment disappeared and once again found herself in the dark abyss. She was afraid that she was in another coma...

Then she looked in front of her, and she saw Summer standing before her with a small smile upon her face. The smile of a proud mother.

"You did it." Summer said softly, kneeling down next to her daughter, who responded by propping herself up by her forearms. She cupped Ruby's face into her hands, tears in her eyes, "You and your team... They did the impossible!"

Ruby's heart raced as she took in the information, "Is it... Over?" She asked nervously, her eyes showing her fear. Summer replied with a small nod.

"Yes! You did it! All of you!" She pulled her daughter in tight, embracing her with the love and passion she wished she showed on that final day... A tear fell from her left eye as Ruby solemnly laughed in her mother's arms, happy that it's finally over. "When you wake up..." Summer choked, her embrace tightening, never wanting to let go. But she knew she had no choice; she knew that soon her time would be up. "When you wake up, your memories, everything over the last year that you lost will flood back to you. You'll even remember this last month in addition, so there won't be a disconnect or lapse in memory anymore!"

"I'll have it all?"

"Yes, darling. Everything will be back to normal!" She pulled herself and Ruby to their feet, now feeling the same joy and relief her daughter felt. This was the moment that she had truly been waiting for all along. Yes it was nice to meet her daughters team, and it was just as wonderful to see Yang again, all grown up. But this moment of victory and triumph with her daughter was the only thing she had longed for, for so long.

For too long...

Neither wanted it to end. Both knew it had to. Slowly, their grips on each other faded, their expressions of love and joy turned more somber to expressions of realization and blank sadness. Ruby was the first one to speak, her question clear and simple.

"This... Is where we say goodbye, isn't it?"

"No, not goodbye." Summer replied, trying to keep the mood happy with a light smile, "It's just... I'll see you again."

"Soon?"

The mother chuckled as she looked to the ground before meeting her daughters eyes, her own tearing up. "If you're lucky, not soon enough." Ruby smiled, knowing Summer's comment was to bring some humor to the situation. It worked, to an extent. "Ruby... I'll be honest, the life I lived wasn't the one I wanted for you..." Her words were honest as Ruby intently listened, "But... The Breach, the Train, the events of today, everything has told me that you, Yang, your team... You're all capable and ready. I may not have wanted this life for you, but you did make it your own. And I couldn't be more proud..."

Ruby embraced her mother one last time, a lone tear now falling from her left eye. "Like Mother like Daughter..." She quietly said, the embrace tightening one last time.

From behind Summer, a bright light began to shine. Voices could be heard as the duo turned and faced said light. "This is it." Summer said with a sigh, "This is where we go our separate ways." She turned to her daughter and brought herself down to Ruby's level, despite the difference in height being little, "I want you to know, darling... I will always be with you. You, Yang, Tai and Qrow... I love you very, very much." She planted a kiss on her daughters cheek and smiled, "I want you to give that to... To everyone. Dad, Qrow, Yang, your team."

"I will." Ruby smiled, "I love you too, mom..."

With a nod, Summer began to vanish, becoming more and more translucent before Ruby's eyes. The light became brighter and brighter as Summer began to disappear more and more, almost blinding her until it overwhelmed her wholly.

Yay for neat and tidy endings!

Summer did not play as big of a role as she could have and I do apologize for that, but next chapter might hold an explanation... Hell, it'll wrap up the whole damn story for ya!

Yes, the main story is done and there's not much left to go over, but I won't discuss anything past the events of this chapter as to avoid spoilers for you all. If you have any questions, please shoot me a tell! Other than that, I'd love to hear from you all on what you have to say!

I hope everyone had a safe Holiday and enjoyed reading this story as much as I enjoyed writing it! I really feel like I've grown as a writer throughout this stories life, but the only people who can tell me if that's true is you all!

Thanks for reading, all! I'll try and get the Epilogue up soon for you!

Until Next Time!