Cardin raised his mace with both hands and was about to bring it down on Jaune's head when a buzzer sounded and the lights came on. "Cardin, that's enough." Cardin begrudgingly stopped his assault as Glynda Goodwitch walked onto the stage. "Students, as you can see Mr. Arc's aura has now dropped into the red. In a tournament style duel, this would indicate that Jaune is no longer fit for battle and the official may call the match."

Glynda turned her head towards Jaune, who was taking out his scroll. "Mr. Arc, it's been weeks now, please try to refer to your scroll during combat, gauging your aura will help you to decide when it is appropriate to attack or when it is better to move to a more... Defensive strategy. We wouldn't want you to be gobbled up by a Beowolf, now would we?"

"Speak for..." Cardin was silenced when he heard a growl, and saw Aria making a 'I'm watching you' motion.

Turning to face in front of her, Glynda addressed the crowd. "Remember everyone! The Vytal Festival is only a few months away, it won't be long before students from the other kingdoms start arriving in Vale, so keep practicing! Those who choose to compete in the combat tournament will be representing all of Vale."

Pyrrha was looking at Jaune, who was looking back at her. Sonata took notice of this and narrowed her eyes. "I know what I must do..."

"You say something Sonata?" The ponytailed girl looked at her team leader and smiled. Sunset's eyes widened when she realized what was happening. "Sonata we talked about this..."

"I have no idea what you're talking about..." Sonata stood up as the bell started to ring. "Lunch time! I could use a taco!" Before anything else could be said, Sonata ran out of the room.

Sunset turned to the remaining Sirens. "I'm not going to be able to stop her, am I?"

"Nope."

"Not even with the assistance of Faust herself. Don't bother trying, she'll bite you. Though you must admit..." Adagio gestured with a thumb towards Jaune and Pyrrha. "Arkos over there would make a cute couple."

"I thought you girls used to get your powers from negative emotions." Adagio just smirked in response.

"Just because we lived on hatred doesn't mean we didn't like love."

Aria punched Adagio on the shoulder. "Speak for yourself!"

Lunchroom.

In the lunchroom Sunset and the Sirens were sitting with teams RWBY and JNPR. "So... There we were... In the middle of the night..."

"It was day..." Ren corrected the orange haired girl.

"We were surrounded by Ursai..."

"They were Beowolves."

Nora suddenly shot to her feet. "DOZENS OF THEM!"

"Two of'em..."

"But-"

Sunset became oblivious to the entire world as she saw Velvet Scarlatina, a second year student, as well as a rabbit Faunus, get surrounded by Team CRDL. When they started mocking her Sunset absentmindedly started to ball her hand into a fist. Adagio noticed this and followed her gaze, as did Aria, who moved to get up before Adagio stopped her. "No, I'll handle it this time." Standing up, Adagio pulled out Chant des Tempêtes, changing it into whip form. "Make sure that Sunset doesn't have a panic attack."

As Adagio walked off Jaune asked the question that was on everyone's mind. "What's wrong with Sunset?"

"She's having a flashback to the night that man... I can't say it..." Sonata pulled out her scroll and showed them a picture. It consisted of Team SASA sitting at a restaurant, only there was something off about the team's leader.

Blake was the first one to notice it. "A-are those?" Sonata merely nodded. "D-dear Oum..."

"What's wrong? I don't get it!"

Ruby got what no one else but Blake did. "Sunset's a Faunus? But where are? What happened?"

"We found her behind a bar one morning, bleeding from two places on her head. What do you think happened? Someone like Ass Grabbinburg over there decided it would be fun to jump an innocent girl because she had an extra set of ears!" The group looked over and saw Adagio standing over Cardin, who was twitching occasionally. And then the girl started singing into the microphone part of her weapon, sending several volts of electricity through the metal part of the whip.* "She was just going out to buy groceries..."

To Blake's surprise, Weiss seemed disturbed by this revelation. "That... That's horrible! I know some people hate Faunus, Oum knows that I have a small problem trusting Faunus because of the White Fang, but for someone to do that!? That's, only a monster would do something like that!"

Jaune's eyes were wide. "And I thought I had problems. Please, tell me they caught the guy!" Sonata shook her head.

"They didn't get the chance. The guy had done it more than once. Richard Rowan was his name, I think. One of his victims tracked him down and took care of him themselves. There was barely anything left to bury." Sonata showed them a picture of the man. "According to several of his victims, he did worse than take their ears... I guess he didn't find Sunset attractive."

"I... I need to go throw up!" Weiss jumped up and ran off, towards a bathroom.

Adagio returned and saw that Sunset had yet to calm down. "Sonata, take Sunset to our dorm, get her some of her emergency medication and help her get some rest." Sonata nodded and helped Sunset to her feet.

"Come on Sunny, let's get you to bed. It's ok, he can't hurt you again..." After Sonata had led the mutilated Faunus away Aria slammed her hands on the table.

"YOU SHOULD'VE LET ME TEACH ASS GRABBINBURG A LESSON!" Adagio gave Aria a flat stare.

"You're angrier than normal and people like him deserve to suffer. Not get off easy by having the shit knocked out of them by a half assed punch."

"What do you mean half assed?" Yang's words brought the Siren's attention to her. "Cardin's got a really strong aura."

Aria grumbled. "Sometimes I hate my Semblance... I call it Rage and Riot** The angrier I get, the stronger I become... I went out hunting the day after that bastard attacked Sunset, I killed an entire nest of Death Stalkers with only a few scratches to show for it. If I had been the one to track that bastard down, there would've only been a stain left for the police to find." With her piece said, Aria got up and walked away, leaving Adagio alone with the natives of Remnant.

"Please, don't mention this around Sunset, she only freaks out like this once every few months, but it really bothers her. She's suffered through a lot... She doesn't need to be reminded about the past..."

The Siren left the lunch room and headed to her team's dorm to check on her sisters. The natives of Remnant had lost their appetites as well, heading to their dorms as a result.

Blake silently thanked Oum that she had not been in Sunset's shoes and silently prayed to the god that Richard Rowan would be tortured for eternity.

On the Dragon Continent.

The Beowolf squirmed in Nightmare's magical grasp. "Worry not, your pain shall be short." Releasing the Beowolf, Nightmare and Salem watched as the three hundredth Grimm fell and sank into the giant cauldron, filled with the bubbling, magic infused liquid from the spawning pools. "Ita definitivum sacrificium, quod peto Tenebris Copias ex fortissimis de exercitu suo esset potens dare, ut magis sacrificia uestrae libidini datum proferetur explerit sanguine! Quaeso hanc potestatem ut nos vicissim in saturitate!"***

The cauldron began to shake before black wisps started to rise from the cauldron. The liquid floated out and formed a large puddle on the ground. A giant claw emerged from the puddle followed by another. Then three gaping maws emerged, the bone spike covered heads they were attached to following soon after. After a minute, the creature had fully emerged. A three headed Beowolf, easily the size of several mansions stacked on top of one another. Turning it's heads turning to face it's new masters.

Salem smirked as the Grimm's six glowing red eyes looked over them. "I know not who or what these 'Tenebris Copias'**** you prayed to are Nightmare, but I believe that your were correct. Sacrificing a few hundred Grimm for a single beast as powerful as this was a good choice." Turning to the Grimm she pointed to a large cave in the distance. "For now, child, you shall rest. Gather your strength, and when we have need of you, unleash your power upon the mortals."

The beast growled and followed it's master's orders. Nightmare slowly walked behind the Grimm Queen and wrapped her arms around the woman. "Shall we retire for the night, my love?"***** Salem merely nodded as the two walked towards the castle from which they ruled.

Author's Note

* Semblance: Shocking Songs. Adagio's voice can amplify the effects of lightning dust. The louder she sings, the stronger the current.

** Semblance: Rage and Riot. As stated, the angrier Aria gets, the stronger she can hit, she once killed a herd of Goliath on a way to a concert in Atlas, by herself, forever earning her the title One Punch Aria among her bandmates.

*** Latin for "With this final sacrifice, I ask the strongest Forces of Darkness that might be to grant a powerful soldier in their place, so that more sacrifices might be brought forth to sate Your lust for blood! I ask that you grant us this power so that we might satisfy you in return!"

**** Ancient beings from before any known worlds existed. Their physical forms have long since decayed, but their minds and pure evil souls still exist. They grant their power and aid to those who ask, provided that they find the sacrifice they are provided with sufficient.

***** Screw it. I ship them. SaleMoon forever! (I just now realized that sounds like Sailor Moon... I do not own that anime either.)