Well, this is unusual for me. Two chapters in the same week. I'll probably keep going until my brain runs out of juice, in which i will recharge by reading more RWBY fanfics. words in Italics are flashbacks, and words in Bold are thoughts. Oh and of course...
Disclaimer: I Do Not Own RWBY
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Chapter 2: New Life, Same Person
Zwolf looked at the ceiling of his new room which Ozpin had given him. It's smaller compared to the other 4 person rooms, but it's more than enough for one person, there were even extra beds just in case, turns out the school year had just begun and Zwolf arrived here a day after initiation, so he wasn't going to be on any teams anytime soon, but he was fine with it, team ZRFM was the only team he needed, even if everyone else had graduated.
Zwolf looked at the clock; it was 4 in the morning, he wasn't exactly in the mood to sleep, not after what Ozpin told him, who would've thought he was asleep for 20 years, 20 freaking years.
"20 years?" Zwolf pinched the bridge of his nose to try and process what Ozpin just said.
"Correct, Zwolf. To be precise it has been 21 years since you died. In fact, your death anniversary is just a few days away."
"So, where'd they bury me?" Zwolf looked at his old friend.
"Where your house used to be. Your uncle told us you'd rather be buried with your family."
"Well, he's not wrong. So, did anyone do anything to that old burnt down house or is it still as I remember?"
"No actually, Florina rebuilt the place and moved there when she graduated, though I don't think anyone aside from your team has ever gone there. She also had the entire town rebuilt while she was at it, with a little help from Richard. Now it's a place where almost all Faunus wish to be, the only humans there are Florina as far as I know."
"Keep our team's problem to ourselves unless absolutely necessary. Guess they really took that to heart." Zwolf smiled at how his team actually remembered some of his words even after all these years.
"It's one of the many things they learned from you. You were a prodigy Zwolf, the first true prodigy Beacon has ever had. Not only you were a leader to your team, you were practically a teacher and family to them, which was why they took it so hard." Zwolf could only smile at his team's loyalty to him, but that smile quickly faded when Ozpin told him how they took his death.
"How hard?" Zwolf asked Ozpin, sincerely curious as Glynda put down a glass of tea for him.
"Very hard, Richard would stay depressed for weeks, his overall scores dropped drastically, almost to 0 even. Florina went on a Grimm hunting Spree, taking every Grimm hunting mission she can, sometimes even ones that took her days or even weeks. And as for Mary, well you can guess how Mary took it. She practically blames herself for your death, almost to the point of suicide. But luckily they eventually got a hold of themselves."
"Thank god. So, what happened to everyone since then? Not just my team though, I meant everyone." Zwolf was relieved that everyone was able to recover as he took a sip of his tea.
"Well, Florina isn't married that's for sure. Mary and Richard got married not long after graduation when Richard took over his family business." Zwolf almost spat out his tea.
"Okay, hold up. You're saying that Mary and Richard got hitched?! And Richard took over his family business? What happened to Frost?" Zwolf said as he remembered Frost Schnee, Richard's older brother.
"Frost and Richard's father died when their plane crashed on their way to Richard's graduation. Leaving the family fortune for Richard; and Mary just happened to be there for him, you didn't expect Mary to stay single for you now do you?" Ozpin said as he remembered Mary and Zwolf's relationship back then.
"I know, in know. *sighs* Then what happened with Summer and her team? What've they been up to these past 20 years?"
"Well, Raven got married to Tai, had a daughter, then left him, and now Tai is re-married to Summer."
"Sounds complicated. What about Qrow?" Zwolf took another sip of his tea.
"Still single, he's helping Tai take care of both of his daughters."
"What about Summer?" Ozpin could only stay silent. "So, Summer kicked the bucket too huh?"
"Sadly, yes. Now all Taiyang has left is his daughters. And Qrow, but that's not much to go by."
Zwolf smiled at Ozpin's remark, Qrow was always one person to brag about almost every little thing he's achieved, with a tendency to exaggerate. But what bothered him was why Raven left Taiyang. He remembered back in his time in Beacon that Tai always had eyes on Raven, since she was the only girl who wasn't head over heels for him. Tai flirted with Raven so much that the entire school thought it was annoying.
"So, Zwolf. I have a proposition for you."
"Hmm, what is it?"
"How would you like to study here at Beacon again?"
"Again? Well, I might take you up on that offer since I practically know next to nothing about the era I'm in. But I can do that with a few days in the library. So what makes you think I'll say yes?" Zwolf was practically staring at Ozpin right now, who took out his scroll.
"Well, the school year just started, and a few of them are kids of some of our old friends." Ozpin handed him a scroll which showed him 4 people, but 3 of them caught his attention.
"Yang Xiaolong, Ruby Rose, and Weiss Schnee. I'm guessing the blonde and little red are Tai's kids, and little miss snowflake must be Richard and Mary's." Zwolf said as he looked at the list.
"They form team RWBY with Miss Blake Belladonna, with Miss Rose as the leader."
"Y'know, aside from the cape Ruby is practically the spitting image of Summer." Zwolf smiled at the uncanny resemblance.
"I know what you mean." Ozpin chuckled lightly.
"So basically you want me to go back to studying here again for the next 4 years and look after them."
"Maybe teach them a few things, and knock some sense into them if need be. That includes Miss Belladonna."
"You know I don't do things half-assed whenever I'm doing something."
"I don't even think half-assed is in your vocabulary. There's also Pyrhha Nikos, and Jaune Arc."
"Robin's and Joseph's kids?" The name reminded him of Robin Nikos and Joseph Arc, member of team JPRD (Jeopardy) with Joseph being the leader of said team.
"Correct, they got married not long after graduation as well, and I heard Joseph has 7 daughters along with Jaune, his only son."
"Wow, didn't think their kids would get into Beacon in the same generation. Okay, Ozpin, I'll take your offer."
"Very good, Glynda would you please escort Zwolf to one of the empty rooms? Namely one close to team RWBY, and team JNPR's rooms?" Ozpin says as Zwolf gets up and follows Glynda to his dorm room.
"So, here I am back in Beacon. *sighs*" Zwolf says to no one in particular as he got up from his bed. "Ah, well. I better start my usual morning regime, better than staying here doing nothing." He took off his shirt, leaving only a black sleeveless undershirt, before walking out of the room to start his morning training regime, which is 20 laps around the entire campus grounds, 150 push-ups, and 150 sit ups. He started with his run. As he ran, he thought about what Ozpin said, namely the part where Mary and Richard got married, he wasn't against it, not as long as Mary's happy, but if she isn't, then Richard should be ready for a world of pain.
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When he got back from his morning work-out, he noticed a blonde with long hair walk out of one of the dorm rooms. Once he got a look at her face he was able to recognize who it was. Turns out it was Yang, Tai's and Raven's daughter. She walked out of her dorm room when she saw Zwolf walking towards her.
"Well, well, it's rare to see someone up early what're you doing before up before the sun hot stuff?" Yang said with a slight flirtatious tone.
"Looks like her mother, acts like her father. She really is their daughter" Zwolf thought to himself.
"I could say the same to you. Though thanks for reminding me that the sun isn't up yet. I almost mistook you for it."
"Ooh, I like a man with a silver tongue, but I like a man with golden fingers even more." She smirks at him.
"Ooh, love to but I don't want these golden fingers melted." They both laugh. "Zwolf Carter, pleasure." He reaches out for a handshake.
"Yang Xiaolong, nice to meet you Zwolf. Judging by how much you're sweating I assume you just got back from a workout?" She shook his hand.
"Yeah, now what about you sunshine? Did you not want the sun to outshine you or something?" Yang chuckled a bit.
"Flattering. No, I just happened to get up early and I thought I'd grab a bite to eat."
"I see. Well, I should be heading to my room. I don't want all this sweat to be permanent."
"Why? I kinda like that manly musk of yours."
"Flattering, but seriously I have to go take a shower. See you later Yang." Zwolf waved as he walked back to his room.
"Bye Zwolf." She waved back when she saw her sister walk out of the dorm room.
"Hey, Yang. Who were you talking to?" Ruby asked her blonde sister.
"Oh, hey Ruby. Oh the usual, just another hunk, but I think this one trumps all the others." Ruby was confused at what her sister said.
"How is this one any different from all the other guys you talk to?"
"You'll understand when you've talked to as much guys as I have, Rubes."
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Zwolf got out of the bathroom after a nice long shower; he looked at the clock and saw that it was 6:30. He remembered Glynda saying it'll take a few hours to input me into their school system, and since I had gone here before, I shouldn't have to wait that long. As he got changed, he thought about the girl he just met earlier.
"Yang Xiaolong huh? Well, she has her mother's figure that's for sure, though I can't help but worry about the fact she has Tai's flirtatious personality. I just hope she doesn't have Raven's temper, and that her sister is more like Summer instead of Tai, cause' I don't think I can handle two Tai's." He thought to himself as he tried on his school uniform and looked at himself through the mirror.
"The design changed a bit compared to 21 years ago, it's a more fitting size, and the sleeves are longer." He thought as he took a good look at his new uniform when he heard his stomach growl. He hasn't actually eaten since he got here, so he decided to go get something to eat, maybe join Yang while he was at it. As he got out of the room he saw Yang with someone wearing a red cape.
"Hey, Yang. I know I said 'see you later' but I didn't think it was this soon." The blonde in front of him chuckled lightly.
"Zwolf, this is my little sister Ruby. She got into Beacon early and now she's leader of her own team. Oh, I'm so proud of my baby sister!" She said as she hugged her little sister in a tight hug.
"Please stop." Ruby managed to say before Yang let her go. "I'm Ruby, Ruby Rose. Nice to meet you." She reached out for a handshake.
"Zwolf Carter, pleasure." Zwolf replied, shaking her hand as Ruby looked into his room.
"So, Zwolf. Where are your teammates?"
"Oh, actually I came to Beacon a bit late, so I missed the initiation altogether. Prof. Ozpin said I'll have to go solo until further notice." He lied.
"Going solo huh? You didn't look like much of a team player to begin with." Yang grinned.
"Ouch, low blow Goldilocks. Or would you prefer Rapunzel?" He said while faking a pained expression. Yang was about to say something when a girl with white hair walked up to her.
"You two, what are you doing? Its 6:45. We're going to be late for class." The girl said with her hands on her hips and puffing out her chest, though there weren't much to show.
"Weiss Schnee, I presume? Heiress to the Schnee dust company?"
"Yes, I am. And you are?" She asked.
"Zwolf, Zwolf Carter." The Heiress simply nodded before turning to Ruby.
"See? This is how people should be when they meet, polite."
"What is your problem with my sister?" Yang said angrily.
"She's a hazard to my health. And besides, I'm surprised Headmaster Ozpin even made her leader." Weiss said crossing her arms.
"Pretentious. Yup, she's Richard's daughter alright."
"Excuse me, 'Heiress'. But if you really want people to be polite, why don't you start by being polite to them first before expecting anything."
"I treat people however I want. I am the heiress to the biggest dust company in the world."
"Keyword here being 'heiress' you don't own anything as of yet, you're probably still asking daddy for pocket money."
"Wha- how dare you speak to me like that?"
"I live by a principle that I should treat people based on how they treat others. You were being rude to Ruby here, so I'm being rude to you. Or do you want me to call your daddy to pick you up back to Atlas?" Weiss could only puff her cheeks and walk away in frustration.
"Wow, you sure taught her a lesson. You sir, have gained my respect." Yang said as she patted him on the chest.
"What's going on here?" Said a girl with a black bow on her head as she walked towards us.
"Oh, Zwolf here was teaching miss heiress a lesson about respect." Yang pointed to him.
"Really? I'm Blake, Blake Belladonna." The girl reaches out for a handshake.
"Zwolf, Zwolf Carter." He accepted the handshake.
"Hey, guys. Shouldn't we be heading to class?" Blake turned to her teammates.
"Don't worry, we have time."
"But it's 6:55." Then there was silence.
"WE'RE GONNA BE LATE!" Ruby said as she sped off instantly, followed by her teammates.
"I'm guessing that was Ruby's semblance." He thought to himself as another group of 4 ran pass him. He recognized two of them looking like Robin and Joseph.
"And I'm guessing that was team JNPR." He looked at the direction they were going when he heard Ozpin's voice.
"I hope you're getting along with RWBY." He turned to see the face of his old friend.
"They kinda remind me of team STRQ, minus Qrow and adding Richard of course. They're a pretty interesting bunch of misfits."
"I'm guessing you'd know all about misfits since your team was one as well." Ozpin's words reminded him of his first impression of his team back in his first days at Beacon. Florina was weak and inexperienced; Richard had a superiority complex which made it hard for him to follow orders; and Mary was nervous almost all the time, she couldn't believe she had been accepted into Beacon, which made her a nervous wreck.
"I'm guessing you came here for something important? Cause' I find it hard to believe that the headmaster of Beacon came down from his office to check up on a single student, even if it was an old friend."
"You guessed right, I came down here to give you this myself. I would've had Glynda give it, but she's busy inputting you into the school system." Ozpin said as he handed him a file.
"What's this?" Zwolf asked as he grabbed the file.
"Your old student profile. Though it now has a few notes on it. I guess the old headmaster wanted the next headmaster to know about one of Beacon's greatest. Well, I should get back. Wouldn't want any of the students asking questions and spreading rumors now would we?" Ozpin said as he turned around and left.
"Well, let's see what the old headmaster has to say about me." Zwolf thought to himself as he looked at the file before walking back to his room.
As Zwolf walked back into his room, Blake peeked out the corner she was listening from when she was going to go back to her room to get something.
"What was that?" Blake put her hand on her chin as she thought about what Ozpin and Zwolf were talking about.
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I'm just gonna say thank you guys for reading "The Silver Lancer" SO far. This is my first fanfic and i'm glad people at least read it. I don't care how many people read it. As long as there are, i'm happy.
This is Agent Zwolf, Signing out~