“You talk too much,” Pink said.

“I get that a lot.”

“Enough!” Brown, Pink, and Green closed in.

Here we go. Sun dug his feet in and gripped his staff. No way he was going to let these chumps take him down after everything he’d been through. Not on his home turf. Though it could be their home turf, too.

He was starting to wish he’d brought some friends with him.

Suddenly Sun saw a flash of light, and a glowing trident landed in front of Pink, Green, and Silver. They all stared at it for a moment in surprise, then electric energy burst from it and shocked them, holding them immobile.

Neptune? Sun thought, recognizing his friend’s weapon. But it was made of hard-light energy, which meant that it was just a copy of Tri-Hard, which meant …

Great. Team CFVY (coffee) was here.

The charge faded, along with the trident itself. Tendrils of electricity crackled over the thugs. They shook it off.

“Seriously? How much can you take?” Sun said.

“More than you can dish out,” Pink said.

“That was just the appetizer,” someone called from above. Sun recognized the voice, but he’d rarely heard her sound so confident. Defiant. He glanced up and saw rabbit ears silhouetted against the bright, broken moon.

Velvet Scarlatina leaped down from a low rooftop and landed lightly next to Sun.

- RWBY: Before the Dawn, Prologue