Silver Belladonna (Jaune Arc x oc)

3 - "the lamp can answer three question but they were already used up"

"Where do you think they're taking us?" Coral questions
"Jail"
"Silver!" Ash berates me
"Just being realistic" I lay my head back
"And I thought that whilst you were at Beacon you'd learn when to bite your tongue" Saph comments and I snort
"I still can't believe that fishing pole guy took us out like it was nothing" Jaune grumbles

The stranger opposite sits up
"You had a run in with the Ace-ops, Ironwood must really have a bone to pick with you" he smirks
"They can't be that big of a deal" I roll my eyes
"Not a big deal!" He yells out "the Ace-ops are the elite of the elite, there military huntsman and Ironwoods personal attack dogs"
"So they got you too" Ash asks
"Pfft! I wouldn't let myself get caught by them, I'm here because I was caught speaking out against Atlas' exploitation of Mantle and General Ironwood is trying to silence me"
"Aha" I watch him unimpressed
"You threw a brick at a ship" the pilot interferes
"It's worth it if it gets people talking about our cause"
"Our cause?" I ask curios
"Yes the fight for better conditions in Mantle. Led by the talented, charismatic and lovely Robyn Hill and her happy huntresses"
"Happy huntresses" I roll my eyes

The pilot (clearly having enough of this guy) closes the window between the cockpit and the back of the ship

"They were all top Atlas academy graduates" he shouts "who could've signed up for the military but Robyn and the huntresses chose to stay in Mantle. She's gunning for a seat on the kingdoms council and when she gets it she's gonna put an end to Ironwoods tyranny."
"Happy huntresses?" Oscar mumbles
"Tyranny, don't you think thats a bit dramatic" Coral asks
He starts mumbling about how uneducated we are or something

"This isn't the police station" the stranger speaks after he's finished his mumbled rant
"No its Atlas academy" Qrow states and we exit the ship and meet up with the rest of the group

"I guess we're seeing Ironwood after all" Little Rose moves to the front as she gazes up at the impressive building

"So what do we do?" Ren joins Little Rose at the front
"We'll follow your lead Ruby" Blake places a supportive hand on her leaders shoulder and I feel Saph's presence beside me
"What's going to happen? Are we going to get locked up?" She sounds frightened, all the more reason she shouldn't have come with us in the first place
"It'll be fine" Little Rose tries to reassure Saph as I can't find it in me to respond; I'm hardly going to lie to the girl

We look ahead of us to see Ironwood and Winter walking down the steps
"If I have to sit through another council meeting like that..." he turns heading for what I assume is his office when Penny (who tags along behind the two adults) spots us
"Yay! You're here!" Her cheers grab Ironwood and Winters attention and they both turn and spot us all
"Winter" Weiss steps forward and Winter gasps in surprise but there reunion is quickly interrupted by Nora holding out her cuffed hands
"Anyone going to help us with these"

Winter regains her stern demeanour
"You have exactly ten seconds to take those off before I start hurting you" the guards look surprised but upon seeing Winters very serious expression they rush to rid us all of the cuffs offering apologies to us all as they do
"Woo freedom" I stretch out my hands, Saph let's out a long winded sigh

"Please come in" Ironwoods voice sounds just as tired as he looks I note "it is good to see all of you" we gather around his office
"Yeah that was obvious" I gesture to my hands which were cuffed not even two minutes ago
"I sincerely regret the way you were treated by my team, when a rogue airship entered our airspace it raised some...red flags. We assumed the ship was stolen"
"Stolen?" Little Rose asks sounding guilty as hell "okay yeah it was stolen"
Ironwoods expression hardens and relaxes within seconds meanwhile Winter scolds Weiss
"You stole an Atlas airship"