She found herself fidgeting with her mother's silver rose belt buckle, to occupy herself during classes. Ruby had wanted nothing more than to become a Huntress all her life, and now Ozpin was offering her a direct line to exactly that. Every part of her was ready to accept his offer. All but one that is.

"Ms. Rose are you paying attention?" Ruby looked up and felt the stare of not only Professor Oobleck but her entire class. She looked around swiftly and instantly noticed Weiss's intense glare of disappointment.

"Sorry Professor what was the question?" She asked, her face producing a deep red blush that stood out even against her dark red hair and the inside of her black and red hood.

"I was asking Ms. Rose, what were the four kingdoms that sprang into existence following the Great War?" The professor asked his question with a rapid speed that until recently had given students trouble understanding him. "And it's Dr. Oobleck." He said with what Ruby swore to herself was a grin.

"The four kingdoms formed after the Great War, were Mistral, Vacuo, Mantle, and Vale." Oobleck accepted the answer and continued on with his lecture as Ruby zoned out once more. Being a Huntress was all she ever wanted, but she just wasn't sure she was ready to be a Shadow Piece. When they had left Ozpin's office almost a week ago, she was the most excited of all twelve students, but they all expressed doubts.

Some were worried that it would prove to be too much pressure, Weiss and Blake both worried about what being a Shadow Piece would mean in the grand scheme of life. Still it was Yang who was most worried for Ruby. She knew Ruby had a great moral compass that, although Yang admired it, had gotten Ruby and her team into some tricky situations.

"Class dismissed!" Oobleck chimed in as the bell rang to usher along the students. As Ruby trudged out of the classroom she was jumped on by a large mass of bright yellow hair and a large pair of breasts that she knew could only be one person.

"Is this really necessary Yang?" Ruby asked in a muffled tone.

"Well you seemed down, so I thought this would help." Yang helped up her sister with a playful grin. "So what's on your mind?"

"It's Ozpin's offer." At this point Ruby felt her other two teammates, Weiss and Blake, come up beside the two sisters as they made for their dorms. "It's just, what if I'm not ready? You said so yourself that I don't always make the best choices." Ruby hung her head in defeat as she and the other three girls entered the dorm.

"Well you aren't the only one who feels that way." Weiss said with a smile at Ruby. "I know I don't always see eye to eye with you Ruby, but of all us you are definitely the most prepared. You are the one who always finds a way to face down the obstacles in our way. Even if it was your fault the obstacle was in our way." The four girls shared a laugh at the last comment. Ruby gave a smile back to the white haired girl who was sitting across from her. It was true that Weiss and Ruby didn't see eye to eye, but hearing Weiss encourage her like this was a feeling Ruby would never forget.

"She's right you know." Blake said. "Of the four of us you were made leader. That wasn't an accident you know. Oz saw something great in you when he made that choice, and now he's seeing something great in all of us by giving this opportunity." She let out a smile if only for a moment.

"I've been thinking that this is actually an opportunity to do exactly what I came here to do in the first place." Yang chimed in. "As a Shadow Piece I'll finally be able to find my mother, and hey, if I take down a few jerks along the way then everyone wins right?"

Ruby gave a huge smile to her teammates. "So then we are all going to accept his offer right?" The other three girls nodded and smiled in agreeance. "Perfect!" Ruby rushed off to her closet and pulled out four jackets, each with the four emblems associated with the members of team RWBY. "I was saving these for graduation. So that no matter where we go we will never forget each other." Ruby gave the gold one to Yang, the white one to Weiss, and the black one to Blake. The three girls hugged Ruby.

"Hey how about we go get some sparring in?" Yang said opening the door.

*Across the Hall*

"Hello Jaune are you listening?" The blonde haired boy shook his head and looked up at his spastic friend Nora Valkyrie. The orange haired diminutive girl sped around the room, bouncing from person to person.

"Sorry, just had something on my mind." He looked from Nora to the silent Ren, and then to the amazon beauty that was his partner Pyrrha.

"Ozpin's offer I assume." Pyrrha said, her soft voice like music in Jaune's ears. "I've been thinking about it a lot. I think we all have." Jaune gave a half hearted smile. "And I think we should accept." Pyrrha's statement was a surprise to everyone in the room. Silence filled the room, the group unsure how to respond to her statement.

"I know we've only just started our training, but I think this is a chance to change the world. I know that I will accept his offer," She hesitated for a moment. "But I'd really like to have you guys by my side. With you guys by my side I know I can do anything."

Jaune smiled at her, a genuine smile this time, and then steeled himself. "She's right! Together we can do anything. This is our chance to change the world and make it better." Jaune looked to his other teammates who looked pumped. "Who's up for some training?"

*Second Year Dorms*

"I just don't know guys, this seems pretty risky. We are only two years from graduating. Ozpin said we could die doing this." Velvet expressed in a worried tone. Coco looked at her and just smiled. It was strange, the way Coco communicated with the team.

"Coco's right, Vel, even as risky as this whole prospect is, it is a risk worth taking." Velvet and Yatsu both raised an eyebrow at Fox speaking, but were even more stunned at him agreeing with Coco.

"And what about you Yatsu? You and I have a lot to lose just by joining." Velvet and Yatsuhashi both knew that accepting Ozpin's offer meant giving up their rights to their family's titles. Was it worth it, for just a chance to make things better?

"I think so Velvet. This is more than I could ever hope to do as a member or even leader of Clan Daichi. Besides Ozpin said we would be receiving training so it's not like he's just going to turn us loose." Yatsu gave Velvet a look of confidence and she reluctantly agreed with the rest of her team.

The door swung open and a third year student stopped to talk to the team. "You guys coming? They opened the arena up for sparring and Teams RWBY and JNPR are about to face off." Velvet nodded and put on her black leather jacket, with Team CFVY embroidered on the back, and she and the rest of her team headed for the Arena.