Ch. 2 Early Bird

A couple hours before Team RWBY were up.

The calming sounds of a flute softly hummed out from a device on an end table. The gentle music played a few moments longer before a hand finally reached for it and shut it off. The hand brought the device to its owner face and pushed a button to unlock it. Bright magenta eyes opened to look at the projected light. The digital clock showed that it was 6:00 am.

'Time to get up.' thought the owner of the vibrant eyes.

Without wasting another moment, a long black haired boy sat up from his mattress and let out a quiet yawn. He proceeded to silently get out from under his covers and then make up his bed. The young huntsman looked over to his fellow roommates who continued to sleep soundly as he worked away. He smiled at the peaceful sleeping forms of Nora, Jaune, and Pyrrha. The young man awake so early in the morning is Lie Ren, the other member of Team JNPR. Ren had gotten into the habit of getting up earlier than the rest of his teammates especially when it came to Fridays. To not disturb any of his teammates, he made sure to set an alarm soft enough to only wake him up. Ren had a certain routine that he always liked to follow on these special days.

As soon as everything was made up, Ren grabbed his already prepared bathroom supplies and school uniform from last night and headed to one of the lobbies in the dorms. Once there, the black haired boy set his duffel bag of items aside and began his morning routine. He let himself relax a bit with some slow breathing exercises then did some stretches followed by practicing a few martial art stances. After he was done, Ren went to take a quick shower. So far, the routine was pretty normal for him except for what he did after he got done showering. The young man quickly looked over himself to make sure he appeared presentable then headed back to his team's room. He briefly glanced at his scroll as he walked back. The time was now 6:30 am.

'Still on schedule.' Ren happily thought to himself. 'They should be waking up soon.'

Quietly as he left, Ren reentered the room and put his duffel bag of things away. The young huntsman then quickly wrote out a note and placed it on the door before leaving one more time. He made his way over to the cafeteria, giving his usual greeting of a simple wave to the staff as he went to the back. Ren had been there enough times that they knew what he was doing. In the past, he had helped them above and beyond what was required of him so they didn't mind letting him roam as he wished, just as long as he cleaned up after himself. The dark haired boy put on an apron, gathered up the ingredients he needed, washed his hands, and then got to work.


A loud rock song rift fills the room as Jaune's scroll goes off.

"Listen up, strap in, notify your next of kin,

You're about to take a ride a little on the blazing side,

Guzzle down your Red Bull, you're gonna need a bucket full,

You're watching me accelerate and tear apart the interstate."

"Jaune. Jaune, your scroll." called out Pyrrha sleepily.

"A certified monster I'm an absolute trip,

Like Otis Redding, hard to handle so you better get a grip,

A super-fast, superfly, bonafide wise guy.

Call the morgue and say goodbye, write your will; it's time to die."

"Heh, what'd you say, Pyrrha?"

"Caffeine! I'm caffeine.

Caffeine! I'm caffeine."

"Your alarm is going off on your scroll." said the red haired girl more composed this time as she sat up in her bed and let out a stretch.

"Oh." yawned Jaune as he shifted in bed. "I'll get it. Just let me find it first."

Without looking, the blonde leader instinctively attempted to reach in the direction of where the music was coming from. He felt his finger touch part of his device and reached out farther for it. "A little more."

"Almost… got it. Aaahhh!" cried out the young man as he crashed into the floor with his scroll in hand. "Ouch."

"Jaune!" declared Pyrrha as she stood up and went over to her friend. "Are you all right?"

"Oh me?" replied Jaune as he quickly got up and tried to compose himself. "I'm fine, I'm fine, just peachy aha. Just thought I should start my morning off by greeting the floor."

Pyrrha gave a kind hearted laugh in response. "Well I'm glad you're not hurt." She said as she gently brushed off Jaune's shoulders. As she did, the female warrior looked over to Nora. "I'm more surprised Nora didn't wake up from any of that."

"Yeah, me too. I'm sure she will soon though. Today's Friday which means Ren is already up and at the cafeteria making pancakes—"

"PANCAKES!"

"Oh no…"

"Pancakes! Pancakes! Pancakes!" exclaimed Nora as she exploded off her bed directly into her closet. Not a moment later, she cheerfully returned fully dressed in her school outfit. "Ready for pancakes!"

"How did she…"

"I've learned to just stop questioning it." remarked Pyrrha with an awkward smile.

"Come, my minions! To the Pancake Kingdom!"

"Nora… we're not even dressed for school yet."

"Or have washed up yet either."

"Then let's hurry this up, come on Pyrrha." answered back the strong bubbly girl as she excitedly grabbed her friend by the arm and began leading her to the bathing facilities.

"I need to grab my things for the bathroom and my clothes for class."

"I'm on it." In a flash, Nora gathered together Pyrrha's uniform and was back to her. "We're all set." Without wasting anymore time, Nora started taking Pyrrha to the bathrooms once again.

"Oh Jaune!" called out the cheerful girl in a singsongy tone before reaching for the door. "I expect you to be ready by the time we get back or… suffer the consequences! Okay?"

The blonde leader swallowed a gulp. "Eh okay."

"Oh. Ren left a note for us." spoke up Pyrrha.

"Ooh, what does it say?"

"Breakfast will be ready by 7:15. – Ren"

"We have plenty of time then." stated Jaune trying to calm down Nora's hastiness.

"P.S. Jaune, don't forget to put your shoes on again."

"Hey, that only happened last time!"

After laughing briefly, Pyrrha brought her attention back to her female friend. "See Nora, we don't need to rush. It's only 6:45." said the red haired warrior trying to calm down some of the bubbly girl's eagerness for breakfast.

"I know, I know, but I'm just so excited!"

"It'll be okay, we'll be ready. Now, I'll be fine going to the bathroom on my own."

"Aha, right." replied Nora as she let go of her teammate's arm, feeling a bit embarrassed.

"You better get going too, Jaune." spoke Pyrrha with a warm smile before taking her leave from the room.

"Oh right, on my way." responded the blonde boy as he got his bathroom products and clothes together then proceeded soon after to the men's showering area.

"Okay then, I'll just be waiting here, thinking about pancakes. Delicious, delicious, pancakes and warm tasty syrup…" stated Nora as she daydreamed and her mouth began to water.

Not long afterwards, both Jaune and Pyrrha made it back to the dorm room. Together, the other three members of Team JNPR headed over to the cafeteria to have breakfast with Ren.