So, I've pretty much written up Chapters 1-7 and I hope to publish a new chapter once or twice a week and also to have about 10-12 chapters total. Hope you guys enjoy!

Chapter 1

"Yang!" Ruby yelled as she saw a blur of yellow streak past her, Yang's head snapping back as it impacted on the tree, making her crumble on the ground. The Grimm simply charged out of the thicket and were attacking them nonstop. Ruby swung Crescent Rose around and sliced off arms and legs of Beowolf. Blake was doing the same and also switching to her pistols at some of the more far off Beowolf and Ursa Minors crawling through the trees. Weiss ran to Yang to check on her while using glyphs to fend off some enemies attacking her.

"She's out cold Ruby!" yelled Weiss.

"Go to Blake and help her with the Ursa Minors!" Ruby said to Weiss as Ruby started taking shots with her sniper rifle. However, an Ursa Major attacked, knocking Blake and Weiss back and giving Blake a deep gash on her right arm, distracting Ruby. A Beowolf came and knocked Crescent Rose out of Ruby's hands and backed her against a tree. Ruby screamed in terror at the creature.

"Ruby!" yelled Blake and Weiss, helplessly watching their team leader as she was about to be killed by these creatures. We can't die now, can we? Ruby thought as the Beowolf raised its arm as time slowed to a crawl. We can't die, we still have to take down the Roman and Cinder… her thoughts trailed off as she slowly accepted her fate until a dash of blue came down on the creature, his weapon piercing the Beowolf's head. The man quickly took out his blade and looked her in the eyes.

"Ms. Rose?" he said in a gentle voice, offering his hand to her as the other Grimm looked on confused as to what was happening.

"Yes?" she said quietly, taking his hand and standing up slowly.

"I'm gonna help all of you out of this." He said with a smile and wink as he turned and sprinted toward Weiss and Blake, his double-bladed weapon dancing around the Grimm as he sliced through them with ease. He jumped in the middle of the attacking force and combined the two sides into one, extending the blades to form a claymore and hacked his way through Beowolf's and Ursa's. Ruby quickly picked up Crescent Rose and sniped more Grimm to help the man out while making her way to Weiss and Blake. She helped them to their feet as she watched him jump on his enemies and moved around them effortlessly as he stabbed and thrusted his weapon in every which way. Back to a double-bladed weapon, he folded it together and pulled the hilt down, forming a rifle and taking shots and after every shot pulling down to allow a new bullet in, hitting every target.

"Alright girls, ready to take on the major!?" he yelled at them as only the Ursa Major was left. Ruby, Weiss and Blake nodded as they charged, the man taking more shots while Ruby sliced away with Weiss and Blake. Eventually, the creature was felled and the other Grimm ran away from the spectacle.

"Bloody hell" the man said to himself, "that was something else." He said with a smile at the three girls, standing a few inches taller than the team.

"Yang!" Ruby said as she rushed to her sister's side. The man was at Yang's side with her as he pulled out a medical bag. He slowly moved her head forward to look at the damage.

"Yikes" he said as he reached into his bag for gauze and medical tape.

"What is it?" Ruby said with a panicked, scared voice as the man put the gauze on Yang's wound.

"She has a cut on the back of her head and more than likely a concussion," he said as he applied the gauze then wrapped her head with bandages. "Ms. Belladonna, I know you have a gash, so please come here. Ms. Schnee, are you alright?" he said as he grabbed more items from the bag while Blake walked over and crouched next to him.

"I'm fine, but who are you?" said Weiss, sounding concerned and shrew at the same time, as expected he thought as he applied disinfectant to Blake and bandaged her arm.

"Later. Ruby, do you know how to snap your fingers?" he said as Blake flexed her arm while Weiss was getting very quickly irritated with him.

"Yeah, why?"

"Snap your fingers near Yang's ear, I want to see if we can wake her before we go."

"Go where? Back to Beacon?" said Blake in a hushed tone as Ruby snapped her fingers.

"Yes, I was sent to rescue you four. One moment." He said to Blake as he turned back to Yang and looked at her. "Ms. Long, are you okay?" he whispered as he held her cheek in his hand. Yang's eyes slowly opened and closed and started to mumble.

"Ms. Long, I am going to carry you back to Beacon, okay?"

"Whatever you say, you handsome stranger." She mumbled as he wrapped her arms and legs around him, piggy-backing her.

"Blake, would you kindly carry my bag and Somber Azure?" he said to Blake as he secured Yang around him. Weiss stood in front of him with a look of determination that he knew all too well from others he had met over the years.

"Who the hell are you?" Weiss demanded. The man sighed in irritation, wanting just to get the hell out of the forest.

"Forgive me for not being so forthcoming. My name is Nathaniel Empyrean and I am from Beacon. To make a long story short I am Team RWBY's official mentor. Now, we need to leave before the Grimm come back and for the sake of Yang. Any questions?" All the girls shook their heads as Weiss looked a tad bit happy about getting some information as all four walked back to Beacon.

"So, who sent you?" Ruby asked.

"Headmaster Ozpin."

"Why?" Blake asked.

"For this exact reason. He underestimated the number of Grimm in the area and sent me after you four." Nathaniel said as they all walked quietly back toward the academy.

"So, where is your group?" Ruby asked as all three girls walked faster to keep pace with Nathaniel.

"That's a story for another time."

"You said you were our mentor now, how did that even happen when we don't need one?" Weiss asked.

"One, I was assigned to you by Ozpin. Second, clearly you do need one from what happened today."

"Yet you said that it was unfair to us because we were given bad information." Blake said as a counter argument.

"I did, but to be a successful huntress, you have to adapt at a moment's notice." Nathan struck back. "Look, you four are one of the best teams Beacon has ever seen, trust me. But there are little things that need to be worked on. How much longer to the academy?" he questioned, not wanting to answer any more questions.

"A day away, but we made camp up here, so we should be able to get some rest." Ruby stated as the group came upon a small camp. Nathaniel slowly set Yang down against a log and left to grab twigs for a fire.

"Wow, this has been really, really crazy." Ruby said as she sat down on another log and was flanked on either side by Blake and Weiss.

"Yeah, it has been. You okay Ruby?" Blake asked, noticing how jumpy Ruby's eyes had been while walking to camp.

"Honestly, I did not think we were going to make it." Ruby said, still shaken from the events from earlier.

"Indeed and I am glad I got there when I did." Nathaniel said as he brought back sticks, started a fire and sat on a log across from them.

"How do you know us already? And who are you specifically?" Blake inquired with questions the other girls had on their mind.

"Well, basically, I'm called a Knight of Beacon. When people lose their teams for various purposes they can either get a new team, leave the school or become a Knight, who are basically killing machines. I've been assigned as your mentor and I had to know everything that was known about you four, thus how I know the little things, such as Blake being a faunus, you all being 18 except Ruby who skipped and is only 16, and Weiss coming from a prominent family." All three of the girls stared at him in surprise, with Blake staring him down. He looked back into her amber eyes and smiled.

"Trust me Blake, I don't hate Faunus's; one of my closest friends was a faunus before his passing, I am accepting of everything about your kind. Besides, it was easy to tell you were one with the bow you wear on your head." He said with a slight chuckle.

Blake relaxed a bit while Ruby chimed in, "How old are you?"

"21."

"What happened to your team?" Weiss asked, leaning close to the fire to warm up a bit but also to see Nathaniel better.

He looked Weiss in the eyes, and all three of the girls could see the same thing: pain, sadness, depression and guilt. "That story is for another time. You three need rest, I'll go on watch." Nathaniel said as he stood walked over to Yang, took off his trenchcoat and laid it over Yang. "You three have blankets?" They all nodded at him. "Good" he said and walked away.

"Well, that was odd." Said Weiss.

"Something terrible happened to him." Said Ruby.

"Well, if wants us to trust him as our 'mentor', he needs to tell us everything." Weiss stated.

"Ease off him Weiss," Blake snapped back, "Something terrible happened to his group. I don't blame him for talking about it."

Nathaniel could hear the conversation and sighed as he stood on a few branches. Nothing was coming, but he couldn't bear to answer Weiss's question. Not now, not yet.