AN- Hey guys and welcome to the next chapter of RWBYS: AfterShock. This time I was able to put this out at a reasonable time compared to updating the story in the middle of night. I'm sorry this chapter took longer than usual to be added, but Marvel's Spider-Man kept me in the most enjoyable chokehold of my life. XD By the way, I am also looking for a beta reader. If you would like that to be you, please PM me and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
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First Class Problems
The white beams of the Moon shone through the window into the dusty room, as Roman Torchwick slammed his phone down angrily, letting out an exasperated sigh. He takes out a cigar, lighting it and takes a drag.
As he did, a man in a gray mask and black, a member of the White Fang, dragged in a trolley with a large crate loaded on it. Blowing out a puff of smoke, Roman places a collection of Lien on the table, which the masked figure picked up immediately.
"Open it." commanded Roman.
Taking a crowbar, the White Fang member forced the top of the crate open, revealing dozens of Dust crystals of various colors. Roman picks out a blue crystal, examining it closely before looking at the rest of the loot.
"We're gonna need more men.." Roman started, "After her temper tantrum for not finding that brat, along with that Shocker kid putting a lot of our men and you animals in the hospital." he finished looking down at his desk.
On the desk, a map is sprawled out showing Vale and it's various districts. There was a couple locations crossed out, all leading to one specific location circled in read. Beacon Academy
Silber shot up from the floor with a sharp breath and sweat rolling down his face. He activated one of his gauntlets pointing it around the dark room. The light snore of a girl broke him out of his trance-like state. He silently groaned, lying back down on his makeshift pillow with his hands covering his blue eyes.
Taking a deep breath, he uncovered them showing him the room he was. He couldn't help but remember the fire and the screams, wishing that the nightmares would end. He continued thinking to himself, painfully trying to forget the nightmares from happening, until the sound of a young girl quietly snoring reached his ears again.
Looking to his right, Silber saw four body masses resting peacefully in four beds. Except for one, Silber finally noticed a blanket draped over him when he looked down at his legs. Looking for whose it was, his eyes landed on Ruby, who was laying on her bed with no covers.
'She got up during the night and gave me her blanket.' He concluded quietly
Silently getting up, Silber made his way over to the young team leader and covered her back up with the blanket. Ruby let out a satisfied "Mmm" as she felt the warmth of the blanket wrap around her. A soft smile crept its way on his face before some light start to barely peek through the window.
Stepping over to the window, the only male member of the team looked out to see the sun majestically rising, without a care in the world, like it was being carried up. He soaked in the view before he heard the rustle of bed sheets.
Turning around, he found Blake raised up and rubbing the sleep out of her eyes with a yawn. "Morning." Silber greeted, making the dark haired teen turn to him.
"Good morning." Blake replied simply.
The two sat in awkward silence, as they were the only ones up that early, not really knowing what to say. "So..." Silber started, "I noticed the night before initiation that you were reading 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'. How are you liking it so far?" He continued hoping to start a conversation.
Blake was surprised that he knew the book, "I'm only at chapter, but enjoying it so far. I didn't take you for one to enjoy literature." She commented, making Silber let out an internal sigh of relief.
"I was kind of a book nerd when I was younger, my dad..." Silber paused for a brief moment before resuming, "He recommended it to me, said I could learn from it. I liked the theme of duality that it had, it taught me that someone may look good but be bad or vice versa."
"That's good a good outlook to have." Blake commented, looking out to see the sun rising higher. Another moment of awkward silence following soon after.
The dark haired girl turned to the her male teammate, with a steeled expression in her eyes, "Why did you do it?"
"Do what?" he asked, confused at what she was asking.
"Why did you go after Roman Torchwick as the Shocker." Blake clarified, her expression unchanged.
Silber went rigid at hearing his name, "Would you believe that I went after him because he gave me that name?" He joked, trying to mask the anxiety building up.
Blake got a slightly annoyed look, replacing her neutral expression she had. Then something caught Silber's attention, 'Did her bow… twitch?' She wasn't going to let him walk without some answer.
He blinked, the memories still fresh in his mind, "I really don't want to talk about it." But the signs were there for Blake to read. Whatever happened was really bad.
"Nice talk, Blake." Silber called back to her as he
He made his way to the little wardrobe that held what appeared to be their school uniforms. Silber saw four pairs with the same scheme, with brown jackets that had bronze trimmings and white undershirts. He saw that those were for the girls though when he saw the red plaid skirts. He also saw another, which looked like a black suit with gold trimmings and buttons. This was accompanied by a blue, really low V-neck blue vest, with a white undershirt and a red tie.
Taking the uniform by the clothes hanger, he went to the bathroom get ready for class. He went to the sink, after hanging the uniform on the back of the bathroom door, and splashed some water on to his face to wake him up, before going about his hygiene routine.
After putting on the uniform, though the tie gave him a challenge, he couldn't help but like how it fit. Not too tight but not too loose. 'Look liking slick, Lunom.' He complimented himself in the mirror.
Meanwhile morning peacefully came for Weiss Schnee. The blue sky clearly visible from the window to her as she was waking up from the sound of birds happily chirping, letting out a low yawn.
That soon ended though, as she spotted her partner's face extremely close to hers with a whistle in her hand. Realizing too late what was planned for her, Weiss was caught by surprise from the sudden blow of the whistle, making her tumble out of bed.
Seeing her partner out of bed, Ruby jumped up cheerfully, "Goood morning, team RWBYS!"
Meanwhile, Weiss stayed on the floor, a little less than thrilled with her partner. "What in the world is wrong with you?
What's going on now?" Silber asked, closing the door to the bathroom, "Morning, Ruby, Yang, Weiss." He greeted getting the appropriate. Two cheerful mornings from the sisters and a miffed response from the Schnee.
The young leader continued, "Now that you're awake we can begin our first order of business." Ruby said trying to sound as professional as possible.
Finally getting up from the floor, Weiss was left more confused than she already was. "Excuse me?" She asked spotting Yang with a bunch of stuff in her arms and Blake with a suitcase.
"Decorating!" Yang shouted excitedly.
"What?" Weiss asked again, not used to someone telling her she had to decorate.
Blake, however, kept her cool, "We still have to unpack." She said, raising her suitcase. That was until the suitcase popped open, spilling the contents across the floor. "Aand clean."
This clearly left the heiress unamused, only to be caught off guard as Ruby blew the whistle close to her again. If she wasn't fully awake before, she was now.
"Alright!" Ruby shouted with excitement, "Weiss, Blake, Yang, Silber, and their fearless leader Ruby have begun their first mission." Ruby continued not even trying to hide her excitement. "Banzai!" She shouted.
Which was received as Blake and Yang stood beside her, all three of them with their arms in the air, "Banzai!" They screamed collectively, tilting their bodies to the right a little. Silber stood there with a smile on his face as he watched his teammates' antics.
Weiss let out a small sigh, before realizing that all four of her teammates had their uniforms on. "Wait, Why isn't Silber unpacking?" Weiss pointed out, making all eyes turn to him.
"Well," Silber started, picking up the bag that he used for a pillow, "This has all the stuff I brought." The girls had varying degrees of questioning degrees.
"That little bag can't have all the stuff you'd think to bring." Yang stated, making Silber internally panicking while trying to find a good enough excuse.
"I didn't have a lot of stuff before coming to Beacon." He said, telling half of the truth.
Ruby gave a look of sadness at her friend's misfortune as her thoughts leaned more and more to the working theory that he was poor. Blake on the other hand, the gears in head were grinding at the new information she was learned from the young teen. She knew he had something against Roman Torchwick to go after him and the White Fang, which surprised her.
She looked over to Yang and saw that she too was processing the information deeply too. "Hey where did all the smiles and "banzai" go? Come on it's the first day of class at Beacon." He exclaimed happily, trying to brighten the mood while diverting the attention away from him.
"Yeah, guys. This room isn't going to decorate itself." Yang shouted, getting cheers from Ruby while Blake smirked, though knew that he was trying to divert the attention away from himself. "Let's get to it, we don't want to be late to class."
The girls got to it quickly enough, making the arrangements for the room to look less bare. Yang hung up a poster in the form of the 'Achieve Men' while Weiss hung up her painting on the wall. Meanwhile, Blake and Silber started working on the former's assortment of book, carefully arranging them on the shelf, while leaving some of the more private ones in her bag, though Silber caught a glimpse of her stuffing 'Ninjas of Love' back into her bag and shot her a knowing smirk, while all she could do was blush.
Ruby got her scythe out and started hanging the curtains up in place, taking advantage of the height of her weapon. Quickly finishing the task, Ruby turned around in pleasure, not realizing she managed to cut the curtain with her weapon
The five finished quickly, even managing to mend the curtain with a quick fix. The only problem was that the room was too small for all of their belongings, as they realized by seeing the four beds all piled up in the center.
"This isn't gonna work." Said Weiss, vocalizing what all five of them were thinking.
"It is a bit cramped." Blake calmly said, as she was trying to think of a solution.
"A bit or a lot." Silber stated more than asked, while also trying to work out a solution.
"Maybe we should ditch some of our stuff." Yang suggested, though was less than thrilled to go through with it.
"Or we could ditch the beds." Ruby started, thinking out loud before an idea simultaneously popped into her and Silber's minds, both letting out a gasp. "And replace them with bunk beds!" Shouted the two youngest members of the team at the same time with their arms raised.
They both turn to each other with a slight blush, "Jinx, you owe me a soda." Silber said quickly, making Ruby laugh.
"Um, that sounds incredibly dangerous." Weiss pointed out, not really enjoying the idea of death by a falling bed.
"And super awesome!" Yang said in excitement, really enjoying any idea that doesn't involve throwing her stuff away.
"It does seem efficient." Blake admitted.
"Well," Weiss started, not backing down even if it meant four against one, "We should put it to a vote."
"Ha, I think we just did." Ruby said triumphantly.
And it was very clear who won, even if someone agreed with her it wouldn't have changed the outcome. Finally admitting defeat, Weiss joined the rest of the team. "So, just how are we going to accomplish this." Weiss asked begrudgingly.
"Well," Silber began, looking around the room, "looking at the available materials we have, I think we can do it. All we need to start is some rope."
And they began arranging the beds to save as much room as possible, and after awhile their work was completed. Turning back to their work, with Weiss now in her uniform, the team was able to appreciate the two bunk beds, one being held up by ropes, with the top bed covered by a hanging blanket, while the other one was being held up by some of Blake's books. "Objective, complete!" Ruby exclaimed happily.
That was until a sudden realization hit her, "Wait!" she shouted, gaining the attention of the other four members of the team, "What about Silber, he still needs a bed." Ruby pointed out while looking at the spot he slept last night.
"Look, guys, I thought we already went through this." Silber said, not wanting the girls to go out of their way. "I'm okay with sleeping on the floor."
"That doesn't mean we have to be okay with it." Yang stated, getting nods from Ruby and Blake in agreement.
Before Silber could respond, Weiss spoke out, "Could we just get on before the day gets any crazier."
Ruby turned to the only male in the room, who gave her assuring look to let her know it was alright. "Right, our order of business is..." She started, pulling a black covered book from the shelf and sat on her bed, "Classes." She finished with a bummed out look.
"Now, we have a few classes together today." She started reading out of the notebook. "At nine we got to be-" She was saying before Weiss interrupted her.
"What? Did you say nine o'clock?!" She asked alarmed, leaving Ruby confused. "It's 8:55, you dunce!" She shouted before sprinting out the door leaving the rest of her team to stare at her retreating form form the door frame, while also leaving a very confused to stare at her as well.
"Uhh," Stuttered Ruby, trying to gain some control of the situation, "To class!" She shouted, sprinting out of the room with Yang, Blake, and Silber in tow.
Jaune was left the most confused of all, "Class?" He asked himself as Nora put more weight down on him. Not able to support that much weight, Jaune fell out into the hallway, leading the rest of his team to come tumbling down with him, since they were stacked on top of one another.
Being the first one up, Jaune darted after the other team, "We're going to be late!" He cried as his team chased after him, leaving a trail of dust behind them.
In the courtyard, Professor Ozpin and Glynda Goodwitch were having a pleasant conversation before a rather loud commotion passed by them. Turning around, They saw teams RWBYS and JNPR bolting across the school. The only response they could give was Glynda looking down at her watch while Ozpin took a casual sip of his coffee.
"Monsters! Demons..." Said a very deep voice, the voice of Peter Port, professor of Grimm. "Prowlers of the night. Yes, the Creatures of Grimm have many names. But I merely refer to them as prey." Giving a victorious chuckle, which no student returned, but it helped wake Ruby up.
'Really, Rubes? We haven't even been in ten minutes in class and you're already sleeping?' He thought quietly.
Trying to get out of the awkward silence, Professor Port continued, "And you shall too, upon graduating from this prestigious academy." He started to pace, passing team RWBYS as he did, "Now as I was saying, Vale, as well as the other three kingdoms, are safe havens in an otherwise treacherous world. Our planet is absolutely teeming with creatures that would love nothing more than tear you to pieces."
Walking back, he continued his lecture, "And that's where we come in." He said before coming to a stop and looking at the class, "Huntsman! Huntresses..." Saying the latter a little seductively with a click of the tongue as he looked at Yang, making her feel extremely awkward.
Taking advantage of his spot between her and Weiss, Silber leaned over to her. "I think the teacher likes you." He joked, making her feel even more embarrassed as her cheeks reddened a little.
"Well, what do you know, there is a situation that can embarrass you." He teased as sat back straight. "I'll make sure to remember this for a while."
He heard a soft giggle from Ruby, but a little groan from Weiss made it's way to his ears, "Be quiet! Some of us are trying to learn!" She whispered and screamed at the same time. Is that even possible?
"Yes ma'am!" Silber responded with a mock salute, "I could also make a killer hot coco for you, would you like that also, Snow?"
Deciding it better to ignore the jokester, Weiss turned her attention back to the professor. "Giving me the cold shoulder? Aw, that's no fun. He said, hearing Ruby start giggling and Yang snicker at the pun. Looking back, he also saw a smirk plastered on Blake's lips.
"Individuals who have sworn to protect those who cannot protect themselves." Port said as he raised his hand before swiftly lowering it again. "From what you ask? Why the very world!" He exclaimed excitedly, hoping for any of the students to feel the same.
Fortunately one student did, yelling out an "Ayyyy-yep!", unfortunately, he was the only one as many of the students just stared at him, an uncomfortable silence once again falling over the room. 'People call me weird.' Silber thought randomly.
"That is what you are training to become." Port started again, "But first, a story. A tale of a young, handsome man. Me."
'A tad bit of a narcissist aren't you, professor?' Silber thought as the story began. Though, he was losing concentration fast after as all the loss of sleep came back to haunt him as his eyes began to droop.
'Maybe Ruby had the right idea to begin with.' He contemplated groggily.
He was able to hear a few key things, like Ruby making a fart sound, followed by her and Yang trying to keep the laughs in their throats constrained, Professor Port clearing his throat in an attempt to keep everyone's attention on him, but even though he didn't know it, Silber's eyes were shut. He also heard Port start the story again, but could no longer pay attention since all the sounds were muffled to his ears.
'Sleep sounds good right about now.' Silber thought, not paying attention at all the things Ruby was doing, from doodling to picking her nose. Or the fact that Weiss was shaking with anger right next to him.
With a slap to the back of the head from Weiss, Silber jolted up out of his seat with a hand raised. Last thing he remembered was Port talking about his story and now here he was standing up with all eyes in the room on him. Great first day so far.
"Well then!" The professor shouted, gaining the waking teen's attention, "Do you really believe in that, Mr. Lunom?"
The question left Silber staring straight at the professor with a confused set of wide eyes. Then he looked to his raised right hand and wondered just how he finds himself in these situations. Looking at his team, he saw the scowl that Weiss was giving him as well as a few thumbs up from the rest of them, mostly from Yang, "Uh..." He started, still confused on just what the question was in the first place, "Yes."
"Well, let's find out, shall we?" That was when a cage was dragged out, but whatever was inside was clearly not pleased to be in it, indicated by the low growls it let out and the thrashing around it did. "Step forward and meet your opponent." He said, looking at the red eyes of what ever creature it was in the cage.
"Uh, I was kinda hoping for a good game of chess." Silber said, returning from changing into his Huntsman attire, though was slightly irritated by the fact that he lost his shades during initiation.
For the first time since class began, Peter Port chose to be silent, letting Silber be the center of attention. Turning back to face the class, he saw every student staring at him, making the situation even more uncomfortable for him. Setting his eyes on his team, he saw that Blake somehow pulled a red flag with the team's name on it in white letters from out of nowhere.
As the thing in the cage started to growl and thrash again, Yang decided to show her support, "Goooo, Silber!"
"Fight well!" Blake called, waving the banner around a little.
"Yeah, represent team RWBYS!" Ruby shouted last, trying to motivate her team member since she saw how nervous he was.
"Ruby, he's trying to focus!" Weiss scolded her team leader.
The fact that she said nothing to the rest of the team but scolded Ruby didn't sit well with him, making Silber frown a little.
"Oh. Ruby said, accepting Weiss's explanation. "Sorry!" She shouted to Silber again, making Weiss facepalm and Silber smile.
'Come on, Weiss, give her a break.' He thought to himself as his confidence grew from the support.
His thoughts were interrupt as Professor Port raised his axe that ended in a blunderbuss. "Alright. Let the match begin." He announced as he brought down the axe with effortless swing, striking the lock that kept the now revealed Boarbatusk inside.
The dark abomination wasted no time and charged at Silber, making roll out of the way last second. "Oh, thank god, it's only a Grimm!" Silber shouted, as everyone stared at him like he was crazy.
Port chortled a little bit, "You weren't expecting that were you?"
"To be honest, I thought it was a clone of Yang with her hair cut off. Now that's scary" Silber said, making Yang and Ruby snicker, while Weiss on the other hand, was livid. 'How could someone face a Creature of Grimm and not be serious about it! At least Ruby was a little more mature about it!'
Meanwhile the Boarbatusk took the opportunity to charge the seemingly distracted Huntsman-in-training, who dodged with a quick back handspring. Seeing the Grimm slow down so it didn't ram into the wall, Silber came up with an idea, 'Ok, I'm gonna have to dial it back a bit, can't have Oz pissed at me for tearing up one of his classrooms. So how I'm gonna have to do this in the least collateral way possible. It's main way of attacking is it's tusk, so lets get rid of those first.'
With his plan set, Silber charged the Boarbatusk head on as it turned back for another charge, the both of them not backing down. The two meet with a clash as Silber is pushed back a little before planting his feet to keep the creature from plowing through him. The two combatants are locked in struggle with Silber's hands giving off a faint red glow.
The Boarbatusk lets out a howl as it tusks begin to crack, before snapping off. The Creature of Grimm backs off trying to reevaluate its opponent as Silber dropped the broken tusks to the ground, already starting to dissolve as they it the ground.
The quadrupedal Grimm charges yet again but this time curls in to a speeding ball. Silber's gauntlet started to emit it's usual whitish energy as the Grimm neared him. In a split-second hit, the teen stopped the monstrosity in its tracks, surprising some of the students.
The Boarbatusk uncurled as it's steps stuttered, clearly disoriented from the blow. Not letting up, Silber delivers another punch to side of the Grimm's head knocking it over and with a third hit to it's unarmored stomach, the match was over as the Grimm laid unmoving as pieces of it started to disintegrate.
"And that little piggy went wee wee wee all the way home." Silber joked as he turned back to Professor Port clapping.
"Bravo, bra-vo!" Port praised, "It appears we are indeed in the presence of a real Huntsman in training. I'm afraid that's all the time we have for class today. Be sure to cover the assigned reading and... stay vigilant! Class dismissed!"
Silber left out to change back into his uniform, when he got back he saw Ruby dashing out after Weiss as Yang and Blake stayed behind. Saying his goodbye to the teacher, Silber sprinted out to catch up to his teammates, the fact that he didn't know what class he had next made it a necessity.
He was able to see that, around the corner, Ruby just caught up with Weiss. Decide it to be better if he knew just what the snow heiress against the team leader, Silber stayed behind, snooping in on the conversation.
"Weiss!" Ruby called out, gaining the Schnee's attention.
"What?" Replied Weiss with disdain in her voice.
"What's wrong with you?" Ruby asked, trying to ignore the rude tone in her voice, "Why are you being-"
"What's wrong with me? What's wrong with you?" Weiss questioned, making the young leader give her a confused look, "You're supposed to be a leader and all you've been so far is a nuisance."
Scoffing a little, Ruby tried to get an explanation, "What did I do?"
"That's just it!" Weiss continued, as if Ruby just answered her question, "You've done nothing to earn your position. Back in the forest you acted like a child, and you've only continued to do so."
"Weiss, where is this coming from?" Ruby asked, a little hurt after the new friend she thought she found in Weiss back in the forest was saying that nothing has changed. "What happened to all the talk about working together? I thought you believed in acting as a team."
"Not a team lead by you." Weiss emphasized, making Silber wince a little at her remark, "I've studied, and trained, and quite frankly, I deserve better." She stated as she turned on her heel, unable to see Ruby reaching out to her in order for her not to leave, "Ozpin made a mistake." She finished before marching off.
"That was rude." Silber said as he caught a glimpse of Ruby's dejected face, and something in him just couldn't stand to see her like that. "I guess you can say she was cold as ice." He joked, trying to get even the smallest smile from her. But it didn't really work, Ruby still looked sad and was struggling to keep tears from falling as she looked at him with her hands clasped together in front of her.
"Silber, is Weiss right? Did Ozpin make a mistake?" Asked Ruby with her voice quivering as her watery silver eyes met his blue ones, fearing who she thought was her first friend in Beacon agreed with Weiss.
Silber sat silent for a second that to Ruby felt like hours, before he spoke, "Ruby, it hasn't even been a full day since the initiation. I don't think it's right to judge you with only having a couple hours of being named team leader."
They both sat in silence before he talked again, "Ruby, where are we?"
Ruby gave him a confused looked with her still teary eyes before answering, "Beacon Academy."
"And what is Beacon Academy?"
"A school for Huntsmen and Huntresses."
"And what do you do at a school?"
"You learn."
"Bingo." Silber said, with a small smile as Ruby still gave him a confused look, "You go to school to learn. Let me tell you something, Ruby, no one is a natural born leader. They learn to be one."
Realization started to dawn on Ruby's face as he continued, "So do I think Ozpin made a mistake? No, I don't and I think Ozpin doesn't either. He had five options for team leader to choose from, Yang, me, Blake, Weiss, and you, with only the initiation to go off of to make it fair. To me this is what he saw. Yang is a great fighter but is a little hotheaded. A leader needs to be able to keep a cool head, or you wouldn't be able to lead people effectively. Take Blake for example, she's really level headed, but doesn't talk much, she doesn't inspire leadership to me and despite trying to continue conversations, she doesn't start them. Weiss, well you know, she's a little entitled and is gonna bump heads with me and Yang, and a leader should be on good terms with the rest of the team, something she doesn't know about. Then there's little ole' me, Ruby, I can tell you a couple reasons why I shouldn't be the leader of the team or ever be leader of a team in the first place."
Ruby was about to protest, saying that he saved her from the Death Stalker and that, if it wasn't for him, she wouldn't be here to begin with, but Silber stopped her before she could start.
"You charged the Death Stalker head on, a risky move and you ended up being swatted like a fly. Some might say it was really childish what you did, but to me, that was really brave." Finished Silber.
"But, Silber, I'm not as strong as you or Yang, or as smart as Blake or Weiss or you, why would Ozpin choose me-" Was all Ruby said before Silber cut her off by gently putting a hand on her shoulder.
"Some times the best person to lead isn't the strongest or smartest. Sometimes they just have their hearts in the right place and do the right thing." Saying that Silber couldn't help but remember Geist. "I know for a fact your heart is in the right place, but it's up to you to take command of the team and prove that Ozpin made the right decision in choosing you. I know you're nervous about all this I would be too, but you aren't in this alone, you got Yang and Blake to help if you need it, and I'll be there too." Silber finished finally.
When he finished, he could see the tears dripping down from her chin. Silber thought he said something wrong and wanted to get out of there, get as much distance as possible before Ruby came after him with Yang to beat him senselessly for saying what he said. He was about to give an excuse to make a break for it before he saw that beneath the teary eyes, there was genuine smile spread across her pale face.
The smile was enough to make even him smile. "So it's up to you to prove to everyone that Ozpin was right and be the best team leader you can be." Ruby's smile turned into a smirk as she wiped her tears away with her sleeve.
"Now," He started, patting her shoulder, "You should probably go to the rest of the team while I chat with Weiss."
Nodding a little bit, Ruby did just that, a smile stretched across her face as she walked with a little pep in her step. Silber sighed a little as he went over to the balcony that Weiss was at, already regretting what he was about to do.
"You know that was a tad unnecessary." He started, making her turn around, "It's the first day and you already passing judgment that Ruby isn't supposed to be the leader."
"Oh, like you're any better." Weiss claimed as she turned around again. "You're even more immature than her."
"So, why were you so mean to her?" Silber asked as he made to Weiss's right, leaning on the railing as he took in the view.
Weiss looked at her only male teammate, unsure if he was going to make a joke about this or not. "I feel like I deserved to be team leader!"
"So what?" Silber shot back quickly, catching her a little off guard. "Does that give you the right to be acting like you are now? It gives you the right to shout at Ruby like you did?"
Weiss thought for a second, remembering how Silber acted throughout his time around her. She saw that this wasn't the same Silber as when they first met, or at Initiation, or even in Port's class. This was the Silber that she saw and was kind of scared of, on their first night at Beacon, the serious Silber. "People should know when they have made a mistake!" Weiss countered.
Silber gave a slight smirk at her comment. "I completely agree with you on that." He said, making her smirk in victory. "But I think that you're the one making the mistake here."
This threw her off again, "W-what?" How dare you?" She stuttered.
"I just feel that you're jumping to conclusions." He continued, ignoring the sudden outburst. "Look, I'm not saying you have to like everyone you meet. Or that you can't get upset when they screw up. Just that it might be worth a shot to try and get to know someone before you judge them. You didn't even give Ruby a chance to prove herself as a leader. Look, just think on it, okay?" He finished as he started to leave, making Weiss look at the floor where he was standing as the Sun started to set over the horizon.
"Oh and Weiss," Silber called back as he was about to head back inside, making the Schnee look at him, "Do we have any other classes? I kind of forgot to check the schedule this morning."
Normally Weiss would have facepalmed, but instead to bear a small smile, shaking her head no. "Good, I guess I'll see back at the dorm then. Tell the others not to wait up for me, I'm going to Ozpin to see about getting a bed for me in the dorm." He said before turning back, leaving Weiss behind to look at the scenery in peace.
Meanwhile back at the dorms, Ruby, Yang, and Blake were brainstorming on a way for Silber to have a bed to sleep on that didn't involve sharing with someone. Looking around the room, Ruby noticed the white blanket that hung over her bed. The sparks in her eyes were a dead giveaway of the plan she cooked up. Taking some of the extra blankets they found in the bathroom, she stated tying two ends to the bedpost at the foot of her bed.
Seeing Ruby start doing that helped Blake catch on to the plan. Getting the other ends from the floor, Blake made an expert knot to the post at the head of Yang's bed. Upon letting go, the three team members saw the odd looking white hammock stay together. Ruby decided to be the one to test it out, landing back first on the hammock. Offering some resistance, the makeshift hammock began to swing back and forth, making Ruby giggle in delight, "Hey, you guys, think Silber would like to trade beds with me?"
'Well, that was a complete and utter bust.' Silber thought as he made his way back to the dorm for the night as the sky shined a orangish red color. 'The next shipment for beds don't come in until next week. I guess I'll just sleep on the floor again.'
He opened the door to see the makeshift bunk beds he made along with the team this morning. But what caught his attention was the white sheet hanging between Ruby and Yang's beds.
"There he is!" Yang shouted as she hopped down from her bed, already in her pajamas, "The guy that played chicken with a Boarbatusk and win." She said with a smirk.
"Congratulations." Was all Blake said before delving back to her book.
"Yeah, were awesome back there!" Ruby shouted from the top of her bed. "The Grimm was like 'woosh', but you were like 'boom'. And stopped it like that. I wish I could have filmed it!"
Silber took a mock bow, smirking a little, "Thank you, thank you, but quick question. What's that hanging between the top of the bunks?" He asked, pointing at the white sheets.
"Oh, that's the best part!" Yang shouted. She made her way over to Silber and picked him up. Despite the complaints and mild thrashing he did, Yang tossed him onto the hammock, making it swing back and forth rapidly.
"We made you a hammock! Hope you like it!" Yang said with a wide smile.
Silber was about to complain, but realized that, despite how it looked, the hammock was sturdy. Sinking into the hammock, Silber found it was leagues better than the floor he slept on last night with his bag as the pillow. "Thank you, but you didn't have to do it, I was fine on the floor-"
"You're welcome." Blake interrupted, shutting Silber up.
Silber finally stepped down from the hammock and went to the bathroom to change into his night clothes. He exited the bathroom to see Ruby up in her bed with papers scattered all over it.
"You know, we have that desk for that, right?" He pointed out quietly, making his way over to her.
"I find it more comfortable to do it here." She said without looking away from her book.
"I thought I was the only to do that." Silber muttered to himself as he started to go for the hammock.
"Oh, and Silber." Ruby said, getting his attention. "Thank you."
"Anytime, Ruby."
Night came quickly to Beacon, almost every one of the students were asleep in the warm grasp of their bed.
Silber wasn't one of those students. Though he was in his hammock, he was quietly trying to delay his slumber, using the snores Yang was making to keep himself awake as he pondered to himself silently while staring at the ceiling.
That was until a creaking sound tore him from his thoughts as Weiss tried to quietly open the door.
Making her way underneath the hammock, Weiss saw Ruby, passed out from trying to pull an all-nighter to study. She quietly woke her leader up, receiving a few groans from her.
The surprise of seeing her partner fully woke her up. "Weiss! I-I was studying and then fell asleep, I'm sorry." She started, thinking the light woke her up.
Covering the younger girl's mouth to keep her quiet, Weiss noticed the mug by her pillow, "How do you take your coffee?"
"Uh, I-I don't-" Ruby stuttered, but was quickly interrupted by Weiss.
"Answer the question!"
"Uhh, cream and five sugars!" Ruby practically shouted, despite the two members asleep and one who she thought was asleep.
Sighing a little about the childish coffee, Weiss continued. "Don't move." Before going down and getting a new mug.
Quickly making the coffee, she hand it to Ruby, "Here."
Unsure of the sudden change of heart her partner was showing, Ruby took the mug. "Um, thanks Weiss."
"Ruby, I think you have what it takes to be a good leader." Weiss said, making Ruby smile at her. "Just know that I am going to be the best teammate you'll ever have." She finished with a smile of her own. "Good luck studying." She said as she went down, making Silber smile at them for making amends. That was when Weiss stepped back up again, "That's wrong by the way." She said before going down and headed to the bathroom to change clothes, making Silber raise an eyebrow.
'Well, at least she helped her, that's a start, I guess.' He thought.
"Hey, Ruby?" Weiss called quietly, before stepping into the bathroom.
"Uh-uh?" Was the only answer the team leader gave.
"I always wanted bunk beds as a kid." Weiss admitted as she closed the door, making Ruby smile widely.
Looking down, Ruby saw Silber looking at her with a smile, his blue eyes shining thanks to the light of Ruby's lamp, and couldn't help but smile even more as she realized that whatever he said to Weiss helped change her mind.
"Thank you, Silber." She whispered.
"No prob, Rubes." He whispered back as she went back to studying, as he returned to his thoughts before slumber captured him in it's tempting grasp.
AN- We got another glimpse at Silber's semblance. Feel free to tell me your theories on what it is. I hope you guys are enjoying the story so far, if so favorite, follow, review, and I'll see you guys soon with Chapter 5. PEACE ~ Deva