Chapter 4 – First day of school part 2

"Monsters! Demons. Prowlers of the night. Yes, the creatures of Grimm have many names. But I merely refer to them as prey."

I sighed. I agreed to become a huntress, not to listen to some old geezer who thought he was funny. Glancing to my left, I saw Blake and Yang paying attention, Weiss writing down some notes and Ruby looked like she would do anything to be somewhere different. Same Ruby, same.

"Our planet is absolutely teeming with creatures that would love nothing more than to tear you to pieces." Yeah, humans can be pretty violent sometimes.
"And that's where we come in. Hunters. Huntresses" The professor winked at us, and Yang rolled her eyes.

"Individuals who have sworn to protect those who cannot protect themselves. From what you ask? The very world!" He paused, apparently expecting us to applaud or something. One student stood up and yelled something. The rest of us kept silent, and he sat down again quickly.

"That's is what you are training to become", professor Port continued. "But first, a story." Oh no, not again. I groaned and fell down on my book, on the brink of just throwing myself out of the window.

I heard Ruby and Yang laughing, and lifted my head to look at the source of their fun. I could use some fun. Ruby held up a piece of paper with a ridiculous drawing of professor Port. I liked it, and smiled. Weiss glared daggers at us, then returned her attention to professor Ports story.

"A true huntsman must be honourable." Ruby was holding her book and apple up with her pencil, a great accomplishment I must say.

"A true huntsman must be dependable." Soft snores came from my right, Ruby was probably asleep again.

"A true huntsman must be strategic, well-educated and wise! So, who among you believes themselves to be the embodiment of these traits?" Oh oh.

"I do sir!" There it was. Weiss had shut her hand up high in the sky, as if the professor otherwise wouldn't see her. I had seen her getting more annoyed with every second passing because of Ruby's behaviour, and I was a little bit afraid of what was going to happen next.

"Well then, let's find out. Step forward and face your opponent."

Weiss stood up, leaving the classroom, probably to get her weapon and change into her battle outfit.

"This is going to be fun. She was so angry I could almost see the smoke coming out of her ears!" Yang laughed, and we laughed with her. Yeah, Weiss was a bit, stressed? I didn't really blame her. It is hard to grow up in such a famous family, always having to behave according to protocol and never being allowed to make a mistake. It made you a different person, in a negative way.


"Gooo Weiss!" Yang yelled, punching her arm up high.

"Fight well!" Blake was waving with a flag of team RWBYE (I had no idea where she got it).

"Yeah, represent teaaaam RWBYE!" Ruby said excited. Weiss lowered her weapon and glanced angrily at Ruby. "Ruby, I am trying to focus!"

Ruby flinched a bit, and a sad look appeared in her eyes. "Oh, sorry."

"Alright", professor Port began. "Let the match begin!" And with that he slashed the lock of the cage, causing the beast locked inside it to jump out and attack Weiss. She jumped out of the way, landing a hit on the creature while doing that. The creature was a boarbatusk, with two tusks at the front of its face. Everything about the creature screamed dangerous, from the burning red eyes to the colour pattern of its fur and scales (I don't know what else to call them).

The boarbatusk stopped, turned around and made a low sound at Weiss, clearly angered by her attack, and his missing one. Weiss set off, almost flying toward the beast with her weapon in front of her. I understood what she wanted to do. Piercing it through its heart is the best way to kill it fast, without the risk of your aura running out and getting harmed. Unfortunately, the boarbatusk had expected the attack, and caught her weapon between its tusks, effectively disarming Weiss.

"Come on Weiss, show it who is boss!" Weiss once again turned her head towards Ruby, and the beast took his chance and threw her weapon behind it, blocking the way towards it. Now Weiss had a little problem. The boarbatusk attacked, this time not missing her and Weiss fell on the ground, clearly lost without her weapon. She looked up just in time to notice the beast running towards her, determined to finish her off this time. She rolled out of the way and sprinted towards her weapon, grasping it again.

"Weiss, go for its belly! There's no armour underneath-"

"Stop telling me what to do!", Weiss raged, interrupting Ruby.

The boarbatusk appeared to have finally lost its patience, and rolled over the floor in high speed towards Weiss. Weiss stopped him with one of her glyphs, throwing the creature on his back on the floor. Then she jumped, landing on another glyph, set off and pierced the Grimm through its heart, killing it.

"Bravo! It appears we are indeed in the presence of a true huntress in training. I am afraid that is all the time we have for today. Be sure to cover the assigned reading and, stay vigilant. Class dismissed."

Weiss was panting, and Ruby was silently staring at her with the hurt look of a kicked puppy. Then Weiss turned around and stamped away. Ruby looked at us, and I nodded, then she stood up and followed her.


"You think they are going to be okay?" Blake asked.

We returned to our dorm, as classes for today were over. We were each sitting on our own beds, with all our study books scattered around us. Did teachers ever hear of 'relax time' and not only having their subject to study for?

"Yeah, I think they just have to adapt to the new circumstances. It is a bit strange to suddenly be here, at Beacon, living together with four other people. Constantly being together can be a bit strange and unsettling first", I answered. Yang nodded,

"And if Weiss does yell at my sister like that again and hurt her, she will hurt too." Yang had said it probably as a joke, but her voice had a dangerous undertone, telling me she meant what she said.

We fell silent again, redirecting our attention to our load of homework that we would never be able to finish. Unless we divided the work, what we obviously did. Each one of us made the homework of all three of us for one subject. It was a good and effective system, saving us lots of work and we still had our homework finished the other day.

The door opened, and Ruby stepped inside. She didn't look like she cried recently and she was smiling a little bit. Yang immediately stood up and walked towards her, wrapping her in a hug.

"You okay sis?" Yang let Ruby go, but kept hold of her shoulders, looking in her eyes.

"Yeah, I talked with Weiss, but she still isn't very happy. Yelled some things at me like I shouldn't have been the leader of team RWBYE, that I was too childish and unfocused and that professor Ozpin made a mistake. But then professor Ozpin showed up and told me he thought I was suited to be the leader, and he didn't believe he made a mistake. So I will just trust him!"

I smiled. Good old Ozpin, always knowing when it was time to make an appearance. Weiss was still a bit of a problem, but she had her heart at the good place. She just didn't know how to actually be friends with someone.

Yang smiled too. "Okay then. So I don't have to beat Weiss up for making you feel bad?"

"No of course not!", Ruby laughed. "Besides, I don't think you will be able too, Weiss is pretty strong you know."

Yang slapped her on her arm. "You jerk!" They continued their playful banter, and Blake and I smiled at each other, relieved Ruby was feeling okay. Even if we only were for together for a day, I already felt a deep connection with my four roommates (maybe a less strong bond with Weiss, but that could be fixed later). It was like we had been friends for years, being completely comfortable with each other. Maybe it had something to do with past lives, you never know.

We continued making our homework and studying for our classes tomorrow, with Ruby now joining us. The girl might be young, but she understood things so quickly you would almost not notice the age difference. Maybe her semblance had something to do with it, although that felt a bit like she was cheating. Weiss didn't return to our dorm and also didn't show up at dinnertime. We just let her be, nobody wanted to face an angry Weiss again.

"Goodnight team RWBYE!" Ruby jumped on her bed while yelling her goodnight.

The three of us all said our goodnights too and soon after that we all fell asleep, tired of the busy day.


Some light shone on my eyes, waking me up. Ugh, why didn't the universe ever let me have a good night sleep? Slowly I opened my eyes, then realizing Weiss returned to our dorm. She stood by Ruby's bed, silently talking with her. I didn't want to eavesdrop, but that was almost impossible.

"Ruby, I think you have what it takes to be a good leader. Just know, that I am going to be the best teammate you will ever have."

I smiled, happy Weiss finally decided to accept Ruby. And apparently I was going to have some competition about who was the best teammate. With that last thought, I fell asleep again, still with a smile on my face.