Chapter 3

POV: Rocket

Team RWBY and I were walking around the fairgrounds again, when we ran into a girl that had become one of Ruby's friends, named Emerald. She had bright green hair, and red eyes. Ruby didn't notice her, until she coughed. She had Ruby's wallet in her hand.

Emerald: I think you left this…

Ruby quickly checked all of her pockets, and realized that was her wallet.

Ruby: Oh, uh… thank you… girl pockets suck.

Ruby took the wallet and put it in her pocket.

Emerald: Nice job on the fight today!

Ruby: Thanks! Your's is up next, right?

Emerald: Yah, we think we've got this in the bag.

Ruby: Ah… Where even is your team? I don't think I've seen them yet.

Emerald: Well, that because… well…

She glanced over her shoulder. Mercury, her teammate with gray hair, was smelling a boot.

Emerald: They're really socially awkward…

Ruby: Ah…

Emerald: So, who are you sending into the next round?

Ruby: As leader I decided-

Weiss: We put it to a vote

Ruby: But I chose to put it to a vote. Anyways, we decided Weiss and Yang would move on.

Emerald: That's nice. I think it's time for us to go. Our match is in about 30 minutes, and we need to prepare. Come on, Mercury!

And with that, they walked away. Something didn't seem right while Emerald has been here. We've only really seen Mercury and Emerald, with Mercury being "too socially awkward to talk". Yah, I don't buy that. Mercury was smelling a boot, which is normally just done to check the quality. Not exactly socially debilitating. He seemed to be nice and chatty in the practice match against Pyrrha. It was also suspicious that he didn't even try in that practice match. He forfeited after only about a minute.

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POV: Omniscient

Emerald and Mercury were walking away from their encounter with team RRWBY.

Mercury: So, how are your new "friends"?

Emerald: I hate all of them. It's just… How can they be so HAPPY ALL THE TIME?

Mercury: Oh, don't worry, we won't have to deal with them for much longer. Did you get the info we needed?

Emerald: The heiress and the blondie.

There wasn't really much else to say from the two accomplices. They walked to the arena, and got ready to fight a fight they already knew they would win.

POV: Rocket

We walked back to our rooms. I knew I would be fighting for another two days. They only have fights every couple days, and I'm on the second fighting day, next to team SSSN's fight. There had been 2 fights before RWBY's fight, and there was 1 more fight after Emerald and Mercury today. When we got to the room, they started strategizing.

Rocket: You realize I might be competing against you guys, right?

Blake: There is a pretty small chance of that, and even then, we need to strategize.

I looked out the window, and saw a weirdly shaped ship. It was a plane with the wings in an "x" shape, with banners fluttering behind them. It was moving pretty fast. It crossed from view of the window within seconds.

Rocket: That was a weird ship…

Ruby: Huh?

Suddenly everyone was at the window to look outside.

Ruby: I don't see one…

Then there was a loud roar, and it went right by the window!

Wiess: *Gasp* Winter!

And then, Weiss was out the door.

Ruby: I should go figure out what Weiss was talking about.

Rocket: I'll go with you. While we're doing that, you two can keep planning. That way, I won't be listening in on your plans.

Then, Ruby was out the door, running.

Rocket: Well, time to go…