* I do not own RWBY or any of the associated characters *
Shit! It's 7:25!
Sprinting out of my bed, hitting my head on Blake's bunk, slipping on my new school uniform, I scrambled out the door.
Now where the hell was I supposed to meet Goodwitch?
Sprinting down the hall, I realized that I didn't tell Ruby where I was going. Shrugging my shoulders, and assuming that Ruby would figure that I'd meet them in class, I kept walking. Beacon Academy is home to various lecture halls. Many host large enough areas for Hunters and Huntress to duel and or practice using Dust. I figured, I would just go to Goodwitch's office first. Outsider her office stood elegant pillars a good 20 feet high, and arched inward, enclosing a dark cedar door. Knocking gently, I saw that the door was already ajar. Gingerly pushing open the door, I gracefully slipped in.
The room itself was very elegant. Violet tapestries hung over walls. Chandeliers swayed with a tad from me opening up the door, which made a small jingling noise.
At this, I looked towards the back of the office and caught Goodwitch looking at me. Her light rimmed glasses were placed on a book next to some paperwork that she had apparently just finished looking at. Leaning back on her chair behind her desk, I could barely catch a slight smirk that played on her lips as she saw my classy entrance.
"Good morning, Ms Xiao Long," Goodwitch smiled to me.
"Good morning, professor," I nodded.
Why I nodded, I couldn't tell you. I felt stupid.
Blushing at my own action, I walked toward her sitting at her desk. As I reached her desk, she silently offered a chair facing her.
"Now, I understand that you have a class at 8 this morning, and it is already 7:35 so I will keep what I want to say brief. I would like to once again, just congratulate you on your excellent performance. I must say, that you have a unique Aura and technique. Some sloppy, yes, but I'm sure after a few years here at Beacon, your talent will meet its peak."
"Thank you, professor."
Standing up and turning around, Goodwitch searched for a book along her bookcase. She was taking a bit to find what she was looking for, but as for me, I found what I was looking for right away.
"Here we are. This is one of the books I had read while at Beacon. Mostly about technique and Aura usage, but also a few chapters on being a Hunter/Huntress in general. I guess you kids these days would call it a reference manual to Hunting."
The book she handed me was obviously used a lot. Soft dark green leather bound the pages together. Before I could even open up the book, Goodwitch stopped me.
"Ms Xiao Long, you may borrow the book and come to me later once you have read it, if you would like to discus any part of the text. You may now head to your morning classes."
After I was dismissed and had left her office, out of pure curiosity I slowly opened up the book to a random page. Visible notes could be seen, with long elegant strokes. I could only guess that it was Goodwitch's handwriting. The notes consisted of small points such as using Dust instead of Aura in this technique, or sometimes a small date was written at the top of a page. I thought that the dates were to remind her of times that she had specifically practiced or used those moves in battle. As I continued to flip through, one page caught my eye. At the very top, Goodwitch had written a small saying that seemed familiar...
"Feelings are much like waves, we can't stop them from coming but we can choose which one to surf. -Unknown"
Closing the book, I walked to meet up with Ruby and the gang for class. I kept the book with me and between classes for the rest of the day, looked back through the little book to that quote.