Akashic

Just as Arthur was about to open the door to his room to change into one of the new outfits he had bought yesterday, he heard a loud bang come from the room next door, the room of team RWBY, at first he just put the thought to the back of his mind, but when another bang was heard, followed by another and another after that, he began to get concerned.

"You okay in there?" he asked after knocking on the door a few times, not getting a response he knocked again, this time with a little more force "Need me to get Ruby or Yang?" he asked, still not getting response for a moment until a loud crash came from the room followed by what sounded like a groan and then angry stomping.

"What!?" Weiss shouted as she threw the door open, her face paler than usual and with dark bags under her eyes her hair is slight disarray but still somewhat orderly like how she usually had it, her dress was also wrinkled, which for Weiss Schnee was not a normal occurrence, even for unusual occurrences it was unusual for the prim and proper girl.

Throwing his hands he said "Just checking on you, I kept hearing banging coming from your room, I'm guessing that was you judging by the obvious lack of sleep. You okay?" he asked.

"What? Yes, I am perfectly fine." Weiss said, immediately letting out a loud yawn and her head drooping to the side, hitting the doorframe with a loud thunk, which immediately woke her up as she put her hand to her head and began to rub it, an annoyed and tired expression on her face.

"Riiight" Arthur muttered rolling his eyes and crossing his arm, "Weiss, I can obviously see something's bugging you, enough that you forsook sleep, and from what it looks like, you've kept it to yourself." He said with a concerned voice as Weiss turned away not unable to retort, "Remember what I told you, we are all here for you, you have a team now, you don't need to keep it to yourself. Honestly, I'd be surprised if Ruby hadn't tried to get you to open up to her and the others but you just pushed her away, didn't you?" he asked

Bending down to her eye height, but seeing her chewing her lip in frustration Arthur straightened himself and raised his hand into the air, making it into a fist which he quickly brought down on Weiss's head sending her crashing to the ground reminiscent of when they had talked before as she released another un-heiress like noise of 'Gnyak!?'.

"Again!?" she screamed putting her hands atop her head and rubbing where Arthur had hit her.

"Yes, again, because the first time wasn't enough apparently" he said kneeling on the ground and letting out a sigh "Weiss, you want to talk about it? At this point the only thing I can think of that you would keep from them is if it's personal, something happening at the SDC? Your father?" he asked as Weiss removed her hands from her head putting them on her l.a.p as she thought for a moment, confliction evident in her gaze.

Seeing this Arthur let out a light smile and began to lightly pat Weiss's head, causing her face to lightly flush at the calming feeling, "Weiss, whatever it is we wouldn't judge you for it, no matter what it is." He removed his hand from her head and stood up leaving Weiss feeling slightly discontent.

Once he stood up he held his hand out to her, "Now, get up you need to get some sleep and keeping whatever it is secret will just eat at you, so our going to at least explain it to me."

Looking at Arthur's hand for a moment, Weiss let out a tired sigh and put her hand into his and was soon standing, "Fine…" she muttered letting out another yawn and turned around walking into her room followed by Arthur.

Once inside Arthur was immediately drawn to the ramshackle bunk beds held up by books and pieces of rope, looking like they were going to collapse at any moment, "It's even more terrifying in person…" he muttered as his gaze was drawn to a small desk littered with numerous papers and a small holoscreen computer where Arthur could see a familiar face, albeit a few years younger.

"Fairy? Does this have to do with Fairy?" he asked quickly looking to Weiss who was now sitting in the chair in front of the desk, her legs having already given in to tiredness.

"Silky Eisen, her name is Silky Eisen" Weiss explained, while Arthur stared at the image of a younger Fairy on the holoscreen, "She's the heiress to the Eisen family legacy, her family used to be one of my fathers, the SDC's biggest competitors in Dust production…" she said letting out another yawn.

"Used to?" Arthur asked, his fists clenching tight turning his fist even paler as the expected answer came.

"Three years ago the Eisen company was 'attacked' by the 'white fang', leaving everyone in the entire family including maids, butlers and higher ups in their company dead, including the CEO, Silber Eisen, his wife, Leine Eisen and their seven year old daughter Silky Eisen." Hearing this Arthur covered his mouth and his eyes turned angry, but quickly calmed down as he took a deep breath.

"You sound like you don't think it was the White Fang that attacked them?" He questioned.

"Honestly, until yesterday, I KNEW the White Fang was behind it, but that girl, Silky, the moment I saw her I knew she looked familiar, then I remembered I had met both her and her parents just a few days before they were attacked… no, slaughtered… It, it just made me doubt everything I knew about it. my father he told me he had personally gone to the Eisen mansion after they were attacked and could confirm that they had all been killed, he was even the one who held the funeral for the family." She muttered

"But something felt wrong… he seemed unfazed that his biggest competitor had just been slaughtered in the span of a day, I think I even saw him smile at their funeral, I-I didn't put it to my mind then as I just thought it was him trying to keep face. But now, now I don't know what to think, during the debriefing yesterday Coco described a man, tall, grey, hair grey eyes, wearing a butlers uniform and could fire bullets made from aura from his fingers and most importantly, human. A human man was the one who tried to kill her, not the White Fang." She explained her voice getting more uncertain as she spoke, while Arthur was now going through scenarios in his head.

"I blamed the White Fang for killing them! For killing a child! And yet, I can't even find a single article ever stating that the White Fang were ever near the Eisen family manor before or after they were attacked! I can only find articles and memories of them outside MY manor, outside MY home." Her voice turning confused and conflicted.

"I even looked through the types of contracts the Eisen family gave to both humans and faunus, and they are the exact same, no, the faunus had even more benefits than humans, I-I just can't see why the White Fang would attack a family that was actively helping the faunus to the point that racism was a fireable offense, a family that made public speeches nearly every week endorsing for faunus to be treated better, a family surrounded by faunus butlers and maids, a family that set up faunus refugee camps. This is a family that gave homeless children, both human and faunus, food, water and a roof to sleep under, in their own mansion!" Her voice turning more paranoid as she began to grip at her hair.

"And my father was the one who said that it was the White Fang that did it, he blamed it all on them, his stocks went up while the public view of the White Fang got even worse, I-I don't know what to think anymore, I had grown up thinking every family friend, every higher up that had disappeared or been killed was because of the White Fang, because that is what I was told, and yet the only actual proof I can find that they did this is when it's directly related to the SDC or a company that refused to service faunus, and nothing on multiple family's and companies that I was told were destroyed by the White Fang, and what I did find that said the White Fang was the cause was from announcements made by the SDC or the Military" Weiss had now pulled her hands over her eyes and her body began to tremble.

"Has, has my father been lying to me this whole time? I-I don't know! I don't know! I keep trying to say he wouldn't do it, he wouldn't just blame the faunus for everything, he wouldn't lie to me, I'm the heiress, I am his DAUGHTER! I should know the truth! And yet I can't find a shred of proof to tell me it!" she began to scream as her body began to slump in her chair and tears beginning to pour down her eyes.

"Was it really the White Fang that killed all those people? Or was it someone else? Why was a family so beloved by the faunus destroyed while a family like MINE was left alone!?" Who do I blame? Who do I blame for those days where father would come home and scream at my mother? Who do I blame for the lonely birthdays where the only person that came was my sister and Klein, locked behind walls covered in barbed wire!?" her tears began to come out in full force as she began to sob.

"Weiss…" Arthur muttered as he stared down at Weiss who was going through an early life crisis with worry and concern on his face, kneeling down onto the ground in front of her Arthur pulled her head onto his shoulder while gently hugging her.

Weiss, feeling Arthur pull her into a hug soon began to sob even more and clench her fingers tight on his shirt while also leaning forward causing her fall from her chair but was slowly brought into a kneel as Arthur slowly lowered her.

"It's okay, I'm here for you, we can figure this out together, me, you, Ruby, Yang and Blake, we will be here for you Weiss, this-this is not something you should be going through, especially not alone, you don't deserve this. We'll find the truth." He muttered into her ear, as her body wen limb in his arms.

'She's asleep…' he thought as he felt Weiss's breathing become more regular as she collapsed from exhaustion and a possible mental overload from the stress that her life may have been a lie. Letting out a heavy sigh Arthur lifted Weiss up in a princess carry and carried her to the bed underneath the precariously hanging bed where he could see a neatly folded night dress which he moved to the side along with the blanket so he could lay Weiss down and cover her with it.

Once Weiss was sleeping in her bed Arthur turned back to her desk and muttered, "Jacques Schnee… just what have you done…"

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Alternate Chapter names: [Questioning the 'truth']

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