Day 7: Losing Sleep (Weiss + Glynda)

"Miss Schnee!"

The white-haired heiress bolted upright as her professor shot a venomous glare at her. Shrinking back into her seat, Weiss sighed and stifled a yawn. Ruby's coughing fit had kept her up all night and if her teammates' appearances could be believed, none of them slept either. Ruby, of course, was in her room sick although she promised to practice with Weiss later. Although she would never admit it, Weiss was worried about her teammate as she had never seen someone cough so much or sneeze so loud.

"Miss Schnee, I asked you a question. I'm still awaiting your answer."

Weiss once more returned to the classroom she was seated in and was face-to-face with a rather annoyed Glynda Goodwitch. "Uhh…"

Pushing up her glasses so that a scary sheen crossed them, Glynda slammed her riding crop down right next to her flustered student. "The question was 'What is Dust's origin', Miss Schnee. A question I fully expect you to be capable of answering. Apparently my expectations were set too high."

The heiress groaned as the bell rang for the end of class. Professor Goodwitch didn't even need to say that she had detention; it was a given at this point. Blake and Yang patted her on the shoulder on their way out, promising they'd wait outside for her. Weiss also swore she caught Pyrrha watching her sorrowfully from the back of the class as she too filed out.

After the last student left the room, Glynda wasted no time. "Miss Schnee, I understand you may find this class something of a joke due to your heritage." The blond haired teacher gave her an examination with her harsh emerald eyes, before consulting her scroll. "However, your participation in this class has been irregular at best and your report on the operation of mining Dust was…" Those bespectacled eyes flared once again as Weiss audibly gulped. "Disappointing to say the least. And sleeping in class? I expect that from the likes of Miss Rose and Mister Arc, but you are so capable and are wasting it."

Weiss stood up, not content with simply being insulted by a teacher in a course where she should have no trouble with. "Professor Goodwitch, Ruby's been sick for almost a week and kept us all up last night with her coughing and snee—"

"'We', Miss Schnee? If by chance you are referring to your fellow teammates, neither of them fell asleep in class. Quite impressive for Miss Xiao Long, it must be said."

"That's not fair!" declared the white-eyed girl, locking eyes with her professor. "You're letting some people slack off but not others! That's discrimination!"

"Oh?" said Glynda, raising an eyebrow. "If you think that, I'm afraid you are terribly mistaken, Miss Schnee. I'm pushing you because I know this is a subject you understand. Dust has been important to your life more than anyone else and will likely continue to do so for quite some time." Stepping away from her student, Professor Goodwitch sat down at her desk, adjusting a few wayward papers. "You can do far better, Miss Schnee. Rather than put in all that excessive time at the battle range to try and surpass Miss Rose, you should be focusing on this class instead of coasting through it."

Weiss's eyes widened and quickly narrowed at her teacher's words. "How did you know about that?!"

"Knowing your surroundings is an invaluable skill, Miss Schnee," spoke Glynda as she turned on the projector to show images of Weiss practicing with Blake, Nora, and Ren. Each image had a date and time attached, showing quite a few instances of the Schnee heiress shrugging off doing her studying for the class to spar with her classmates. She did seem to be showing an improvement which made Weiss smile a little. "Maybe you'll notice the cameras next time." The smile disappeared from her face.

As the moment of silence stretched, Glynda smiled to herself, content with the turmoil she put Weiss through. "Alright, detention has now ended, Miss Schnee. I will expect a 3 page paper on how Dust is formed and its original discovery on my desk next week. In the meantime," Professor Goodwitch's smile became noticeable to Weiss. "Try and get some rest outside my classes. I have a spare bed in my office should you need to evade loud and disruptive teammates."

As Weiss left the classroom, Blake and Yang were talking outside and quickly waved their teammate down. Yang had to go do some sparring with her 'apprentice', whoever that was. Something about the way she said it made Weiss apprehensive but she let the blond run off to have her fun. Probably some poor sap she convinced to be her punching bag. Blake was going to library because the dorm was creeping her out with sickly Ruby laying about. Weiss sighed and went to go check up on their fearless leader, looking forward to getting some proper sleep tonight in a quiet room. But first, Ruby would deliver on her promise to practice with Weiss; she would have to see that the heiress truly was her best teammate.