"Just....Brace yourself, sweetie... you've been in a medically-induced Coma for...the last three weeks."



"Three...Three WEEKS?! " Pyrrha rasped, her voice unable to convey the disbelief and worry filling her,"But...But why?"

Kokkino stared into her daughter's emerald eyes, so much like her own, as she gently stroked one of Pyrrha's long bangs. She seemed to be struggling with her words.



"The Doctor felt it would be for the best... to keep you from exacerbating your injuries."



It was with that sentence that, for the first time, Pyrrha noticed the stinging ache in the center of her chest...looking down, her eyes widened at the sight of the wadded bandage: beneath it she could feel the familiar pull of stitches.



All at once, everything came crashing back to her....Her Match with Penny, the horrifying outcome, the sudden Grimm attack, her abortive attempt to claim the Maidens powers, her desperate (and, in hindsight, foolish, if not outright idiotic) attempt to stop Cinder Fall....the Arrow....



"DON'T" Kokkino said in alarm as Pyrrha absently reached up to probe at the wadded gauze "Just leave it alone....it was a very near thing."



"too near..." Pyrrha murmured as she shivered. She could still hear the woman's callous voice taunting her as she almost strutted around Pyrrha's fallen form.



A rock...of all the sophistication in her training and all her experience with weapons and tactics....



An errant piece of rubble thrown against the side of the witches' head with the last of Pyrrha's strength delayed her just long enough for Ruby to arrive at the top of the tower, who in TURN was able to delay Cinder long enough for Qrow Branwen and Glynda to arrive.

Needless to say, even then it had been a near thing: between Glynda all but throwing Pyrrha and Ruby onto the Bullhead she and Qrow had arrived in and the subsequent lightshow at the top of the tower, taking the woman down had been no easy task.



but taken down she had been, Pyrrha had been informed...and...she couldn't remember anything after that. She'd not even gotten to see....

"Jaune..."

"hmm?"



"Where's Jaune..." Pyrrha asked, her voice rising in alarm as she tried to sit up again, "My team, My friends, a-are they okay? Where are they?"

For the first time since Pyrrha had awoken, her mother smiled warmly.

"Your friends are resting...they've been watching over you ever since they brought you home. Ren and Nora are in the Guest Bedroom and Jaune is downstairs...your Aunt Melaine had to basically knock him out to get him to leave your side..."



For some reason, the news that her friends were so close, still at her side, filled Pyrrha with a surge of warmth that almost brought tears to her eyes.

"I'll go let them know you're awake." Kokkino said as she stood, leaning down to place a maternal kiss on Pyrrha's forehead "Just REST, Sweetie....That's all that matters now. You're on strict bed rest for at least another week before we even THINK about any physical therapy."



"Yes Mama..."

[=]



and so the Beginning of the MM!AU is revealed: Pyrrha Nikos is home safe after the disastrous events of Beacon's fall. her injuries still pain her, but she is safe in the bosom of her family.

and things begin to change towards a new future....



Also, meet Kokkino Nikos, Pyrrha's Mother in this AU: She is a retired Huntress, and i'll go into more detail about her soon.



(as for the bedroom: I honestly imagined that Pyrrha wouldn't have too much in the way of "stuff" aside from her various trophies, hence why the room is so, well, Spartan.)