Disclamer: I don't own anything Spider-Man or RWBY. Spider-Man is a product of Marvel, RWBY is a product of Rooster Teeth.
Peter shot up from his mattress with sharp breaths and sweat rolling down his forehead. Calming his beating heart, he silently groaned in the darkness, lying back down with his hands covering his brown eyes. As he took a deep breath, he uncovered them revealing the room he was in. He continued remembering the recurring nightmares he was having as stared at the ceiling.
'What can I do?' Peter thought to himself. 'I'm so sorry, Aunt May!'
He continued thinking to himself, trying painfully to stop the nightmares from happening, until the sound of a young girl quietly snoring made its way to the brunette's ears. Looking to his right, Peter saw four body masses sleeping peacefully in four beds. Getting accustomed to the lack of light, his eyes were able to see the faces of four teenage girls in the same room as the vigilante. Groaning silently again, Peter put a hand on his forehead, accidently getting his hand wet from the sweat. 'And now I'm in a team with four girls. Four girls that can kick my butt any day of the week, but still four girls nonetheless.' He silently thought as he stood up and grabbed the towel that was closest to him. 'And that means that I've already put them in danger, the one thing I swore I would never do again. So good job, Pete! It just wasn't enough to risk the lives of everyone that knew back on Earth, now you have to do it here as well.' He thought as he silently went to the bathroom to get a quick warm shower.
He finished quickly, though, in fear of waking anyone of his team up, and put his now Huntsman clothes on. He made his way to what appeared to be a little wardrobe with what appeared to be school uniforms. Peter saw that there were four ones with the same scheme. With brown shirts, with white undershirts. Peter saw that those were for the girls though when he saw the scarlet skirts with bronze and brown trimmings. He also saw another one, which looked like a black suit with bronze trimmings and buttons. He also saw the blue, really low V-neck blue sweater, with a white shirt and a red tie. Sighing a little, Peter concentrated on the latter uniform, turning the Unstable Molecules to the uniform, a little glad for the experience he got with the molecules after turning up in Remnant. Changing the clothes to be like the uniform, Peter took the uniform and disposed of it, putting it on top of the wardrobe in the bathroom so that nobody saw it.
Sighing again, Peter slowly opened the bathroom door, finding his team blissfully asleep. Glad for not waking any of them up, he quickly made his way to the dorm room, stepping out and slowly closing the door behind him.
Finally free from the dorm room, Peter started making his way, thinking back to an earlier conversation he had with professor Ozpin. 'He did say that the lab was close to the dorm rooms, but this school is a freaking maze! I wonder if Mysterio helped designing it.'
Going around the rooms for the sake of forgetting the nightmares he was having, Peter walked aimlessly, hoping that his luck would turn around and give him the entrance to the science lab.
'Ah! I swear I've been going around in circles!' Peter thought as he was getting impatient, 'I bet Ozpin is looking in one of his cameras, laughing his butt off from seeing me. And I can already see Mysterio and Jonah laughing along with, only those guys would be sadistic enough to pull this off.'
Making his way to the field of the school, Peter got a clear view of the sun rising majestically, without a care in the world, like it was being carried up. He stopped and gazed at the moment before him, letting out a big breath, before he started walking again. 'Head off the clouds, Parker!' He thought to himself, 'The sooner I finish making the web fluid, the sooner Spider-Man can go back in action.'
Peter finally reached the building he was walking at. Going in, Peter sighed in relief at seeing classrooms in the building. Walking down the corridor, Peter had to feel a little bit of amazement as the classrooms were nothing like the ones he was used to. The long desks, clearly meant to house more than one student, going back and up, making Peter remember of the stands of the football field of the school, only this one were made out of wood, and were… well clean actually.
'Man, how much do you have to pay in order to get to this school?' Peter thought as he continued walking, 'And if it's public, what kind of budget are they managing?'
Peter turned a left and was greeted with a set of doors a little different from the rest. Making his way there, he had to smile at the small sign on top, 'Laboratory'. Going inside, he was greeted with the smell of a hospital, and the white tiles going all around the place that made the place feel even more like a hospital.
"Ah!" Peter thought to himself, "Home."
Putting a hand on the wall, Peter started going for a switch to turn on the light. Finding one after some taps and slides, he turned the light on, revealing the place to be covered in Dust, and not the powerful one that only exists here. "Huh, must be the first one here in a while." Making his way to the middle of the room he started thinking, "Such a shame. Why can't some people see the beautiful things that happen here, accept the beauty of science!" That was when his mind went to his fights with Doctor Octopus, Green Goblin, the Lizard, Scorpion, and encounters he had with the Hulk and Doctor Doom, making the young brunette to wince a little, "Yeah, that's probably why."
Getting to the end of the room, Peter started looking for the chemicals that he uses for his web fluid. "Come on, if this world managed to make holograms a common thing from Dust, they have to have what I need." He said as he went through the containers.
"Ha, there we go." He said as he picked one up.
The process went on as one by one, Peter managed to find and organize all the materials he needed. "Now for the most important thing." He said as he dug in his pockets, easily finding the bracelet part of his web shooters sticking out.
"Now, let us begin!" Peter said with excitement.
Morning peacefully came for Ms. Weiss Schnee. The blue sky clearly visible from the window to her right as she was waking up from the birds hapilly chirping with a low yawn.
That soon ended, though as she spotted her partners face dangerously 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 blowing of the whistle, making her fall from the bed.
Seeing her partner away from the bed, Ruby jumped from the bed cheerfully, "Goood morning, team RWBY!"
Meanwhile, Weiss stayed on the floor, clearly less thrilled than her partner. "What in the world is wrong with you?"
"Now that you're awake we can officially 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 ever. "Excuse me?" She asked before 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 while raising the suitcase. That was until all of the stuff in the suitcase fell off as it opened, "Aand clean."
This clearly left the heiress very unamused, only to be caught off guard again as Ruby blew the whistle close to her.
"Alright!" Ruby shouted with excitement, "Weiss, Blake, Yang, and their fearless leader Ruby have begun their first mission." She continued as she couldn't hide the smirk even if she tried. "Banzai!" she shouted.
Which was received as Blake and Yang stood beside her, all of them with their hand raised, "Banzai!" They screamed as they tilted their bodies to the right.
Weiss let out a small sigh, before realizing that all three of them were wearing their school uniform, but also that there's someone missing from the team. "Wait, where's Peter?" She asked, clearly wanting to know how he got out of this particular situation.
This stopped the other girls' excitement a little bit. "He was already out of the dorm before anyone of us woke up." Said Blake as she started staring at the mattress where the only male member of the team slept. "Guess he wanted to have some time for himself."
"Yeah, maybe he was nervous to be sleeping in the same room with a bunch of girls, and hightailed when he got the chance." Yang commented with a smirk, though she didn't realize that she left Ruby and Blake with a little red on their faces.
Ruby's blush was only for her innocent mind. The concept of a guy and a girl sleeping in the same room was taboo for her, even though her sister loves to tease her about it. Blake's blush, however, was because all the time she spent in the White Fang, she already gotten used to sleeping in the same room with someone from the opposite sex, but for her, it was still embarrassing if someone pointed it out.
"Well, let's get going, we don't want to be late for class." Yang said, oblivious to the state she left the two girls in.
The girls got to it quickly enough. Making the arrangement for this place to look less bare. Yang got a poster hung form the 'Achieve Men' while Weiss put her painting on the wall as well. Meanwhile, Blake started working on her assortment of books, carefully putting them in the counter, while leaving some, more private ones, in her bag. Ruby got her scythe out and started putting the curtains in place, taking advantage of the height of her weapon. Quickly finishing, Ruby turned around with pleasure, not realizing she managed to cut the same curtain with her scythe.
The girls finished quickly, even managing to repair the curtain with a quick fix. The only problem was that the room was too small for all of their belongings, as they realized it by seeing the four beds and the mattress all piled up in the center of the room.
"This, isn't going to work." Said Weiss, voicing what the four girls were thinking about.
"It is a bit cramped." Blake calmly said, as she was trying to work in a solution.
"Maybe we should ditch some of our stuff." Yang suggested, though was less than thrilled to actually do it.
"Or we could ditch the beds." Ruby started, thinking out loud before an idea popped into her mind with a gasp. "And replace them with bunk beds!" She said enthusiastically with her arms raised.
"Um, that sounds incredible dangerous." Weiss pointed out, not really enjoying the idea of the death by a falling bed.
"And super awesome!" Yang said, really enjoying any idea that meant not throwing her stuff away.
"It does seem efficient." Blake pointed out.
"Well," Weiss started, not backing down even if it was three against one, "We should put it to a vote."
"Ha, I think we just did." Ruby said, finally putting her arms down.
And it was very clear who won, not even Peter's vote could have changed the outcome of this. Finally admitting defeat, Weiss joined the rest of the team. Arranging the four beds in order to save as much space as possible.
Turning back to see their work, the team was able to appreciate the two bunk beds, one being held up by ropes, with the top bed covered by a 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 stuck to her, "Wait!" She shouted, gaining the attention of the other three girls, "I think we should get something for Peter." She said while staring at the mattress that was carelessly thrown aside in the process of making the bunk beds. "I don't think he deserves to be sleeping on the floor."
"I don't get it." Weiss started, still a little mad at the hidden vigilante for his immature attitude. "He was the one that offered himself to sleep in there, I don't see why we have to do something that he doesn't mind about."
"Yeah, but Ruby's right." Yang said, seeing her little sister's downed face in concern for her teammate, "Just because he offered himself to do it, doesn't mean he has to."
"Besides, he was the one that save you from the Nevermore's feathers, I think you owe him a little bit." Blake said, remembering the feather going straight at Weiss and Ruby, only for Peter to be there in the last second.
Weiss sighed for what seemed to be the hundredth time that morning, not only were they all going against her again, but Blake did have a point. She hated when things didn't go her way, all going according to plan, but this team have made something like that impossible.
"So, what DO we do for Peter's sleeping arrangements." Weiss let out, clear that she was just accepting defeat, and not the she agreed to the plan.
This got the team thinking, wondering how they were going to be able to pull a bed out of thin air. Looking around the room, Ruby noticed the white blanket that covered her bed. The sparks in her eyes were a dead giveaway of the plan she was having. Taking another of the extra blankets they found in the bathroom and started tying two ends to the bedpost at the foot of her bed.
Seeing Ruby start doing that made Blake catch on to the plan. Getting the other ends from the floor, Blake made an expert knot to the post on Yang's bedpost. Upon letting go, the team members saw the oddly looking white hammock sustaining. Ruby decided to test it out, landing back first to the hammock. Offering some resistance, the hammock began swinging back and forward, making Ruby giggle with delight, "Hey, you guys, think Peter would like trading beds with me?"
Upon seeing the childish behavior of her team leader, Weiss put her palm on her face, "Could we just get on before the day becomes crazier."
Ruby instantly jumped at that, making Weiss almost fall for the third time that morning, though this time she was already wearing her uniform. "Right, our order of business is!..." She started, getting a black covered book from the counter and sitting on her bed, "classes." She finished saying with less excitement.
"Now, we have a few classes together today." She started reading from 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 a confused Ruby. "It's 8:55, you dunce!" She said alarmed before sprinting down the door leaving the rest of her team to stare at her retreating form from the door frame, while also leaving a very confused team JNPR to stare at her as well.
"Uhh," Started Ruby, trying to gain some control of the situation, "T-t-t-to, to class!" She shouted sprinting after Weiss, with Blake and Yang following her.
Jaune was left the most confused of all, "Class?" He asked to himself as Nora began putting more weight on top of him. Not able to support that much, Jaune fell down the hallway, leading the rest of his team to fall as well, since all of them had weight on each other.
Being the first one up, Juane began sprinting after the other team, "We're going to be late!" He exclaimed as his team began following him.
Meanwhile, Peter was finishing the whole process of putting the web fluid on the last canister. "You, know," He started talking to himself again, "Back in New York, I would have killed for the opportunity to use a lab like this." He thought, "Having the opportunity to try everything here is something that I always dreamed of, instead I was stuck with some science kit, go figure."
Closing the canister and putting in his belt, where he kept all the extra canisters that weren't in his web shooters he began again, "Now there probably isn't even a science kit anymore. Probably the Sinister Six, or Sinister Thirty-Six, destroyed what I had…" He already was heading out and was on the doorway to class, but sudden realization struck him. "New York!" He shouted to himself, "While I've been moping about myself and how sorry I felt, I completely forgot of the Six!"
Sprinting, Peter suddenly forgot his need to go to class, going straight to the director for a way out of here. 'Everything that the Six are doing back on Earth is my fault!' He thought 'I could've stopped them a long time ago. Ended them right there, but I didn't. Now they are attacking New York without me to stop them, and who knows when the Avengers or the Fantastic Four or X-Men are going back from whatever it is they're doing! But it doesn't matter! I have to stop them!'
Getting back to the field, he was able to see Ozpin casually strolling with Glynda at his side. For once, thanking his luck, Peter made a mad dash toward them, able to reach them before anything else happened.
"Professor Ozpin, I need a favor!" the brunette practically shouted.
Ozpin however was as calm as ever, ignoring the glare that Glynda was giving to the young Parker. "Sure thing, Mr. Parker. May I ask what this favor is, exactly?" He asked, thinking that maybe the young boy needed a chemical that he didn't find in the lab.
"I need a way back." Peter said, sending both the principal of the school and his assistant varying waves of shock, though Ozpin didn't show it, nor the fact that he saw the wide eyes Glynda was now sporting.
"May I ask why you thought of this now?" Ozpin asked, unsure on how to tell the young brunette the only answer he had.
"Well," Peter started, a little ashamed of what he was about to say. "When I was sent here, I also had to see something that I never wanted to see. So I began moping and being Spider-Man to get that out of my head. But now, I realize that the guys that sent me here are still attacking New York and there's no one there to stop them since I'm here. So, please, I'm begging you, there has to be a way back."
Ozpin sighed a little, though he was ashamed of what he was about to say, he felt really sorry for the teen in front of him. "I'm sorry, Peter." He said, making it feel to Peter like he was hit by a ton of bricks. "Dust is the only thing with enough power to make a trip like that, but Dust only works on Remnant's atmosphere, meaning that it would not work outside of it, and even if we could, we don't know exactly where your universe is, making the trip really dangerous for you." He saw as Peter's head began to sink, making him express again, "I'm really sorry."
The moment was caught short as the group saw team JNPR and the rest of team RWBYP making a dash to class. Taking advantage of the situation, Peter made a 180 in his attitude, putting a goofy smile for show, "Sorry? Sorry for what? It's me we're talking about. This is just another Tuesday for me, I'm sure that someone will be able to put me back on Earth, no time, I was just wondering if you could do it before hand so I didn't have to be the damsel in distress, god, Johnny would have a field day with that. Ok, later."
Ozpin saw Peter's back going to the rest of his team a little concern hidden in his unreadable eyes. "What are we going to do, Ozpin?" asked Glynda beside him, "Kid's not going home, ever."
"I wouldn't say that." Ozpin said while sipping a little more of his coffee, making Glynda look confused at him. "If you notice the way he refers to his universe, I think that he doesn't consider it home anymore." He said while seeing the young brunette going away from them, "It's almost like what made it home to him is gone. But he also feels like his responsible for what happens to it, something he convinced himself to feel. He is a single teenager, but somehow managed to have and feel like he deserves the weight of the world on his shoulders."
Peter himself was getting close to the rest of his team, though class was something that was faro off of his mind, 'There has to be a way back! If the Six go unchecked, I would never forgive myself.'
"Monster! Demons…" Said a very deep voice, the voice of, as Peter knew of, Peter Port, professor of Grimm, or, as Peter liked to call him, teacher of defenses against the dark arts. "Prowlers of the night. Yes, the Creatures of Grimm have many names. But I merely refer to them as prey." Giving a victory laugh, which no student followed, but it did help get Ruby awake.
'Seriously Red? We haven't even been 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 walking, passing team RWBYP 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 to tear you to pieces."
Walking back, he continued, "And that's where we come in." He said before stopping 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, Peter leaned a little closer to the brawler in his team. "I think the teacher like you." He joked, making her feel even more awkward.
"Well, what do you know, there is a situation that will make goldilocks uncomfortable." He said as he leaned back, "I'll make sure to remember this for the rest of my days."
He heard a little snicker coming from Ruby, but also a little groan from Weiss, "Be quiet! Some of us are trying to learn!" She whispered and screamed at the same time.
"Yes ma'am!" Peter responded, "I also could make a killer lemonade for you, would you also like that, Snow?"
Deciding it was better to ignore the jokester, Weiss looked forward again. "Aw, giving me the cold shoulder? That's no fun." He said, though he could hear Ruby start giggling and Yang snicker at the pun. Looking back, he also saw Blake's smirk plastered on her 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 student to feel the same.
Fortunately, one of them did, unfortunately, only one of them did, the rest preferring the uncomfortable silence forming.
"That is what you are training to become." Port began again, "But first, a story. A tale of a young, handsome, man. Me."
'Wow, I'm in the second book of Harry Potter! And this is Gilderoy Lockhart in the flesh.' Peter Parker thought to himself as the story began. Though he was losing his concentration fast as all the sleep deprivation he was having was getting to him again.
He was able to hear a few things, like Ruby doing a fart sound, followed by her and Yang constraining some laughter, or professor Port getting everyone's attention by clearing his voice, but his eyes were no longer letting any light pass, as all Peter could see was black, probably because his eyelids were closed even though he didn't realize it yet. He also heard Port start the story again, but Peter could no longer pay attention since all the sounds were muffled in his ears.
'Ah, some sleep sounds good right now.' Peter thought to himself, not paying attention at all the things Ruby was doing beside him. Or the fact that Weiss was shaking with anger right next to him, or the fact that his Spider-Sense was tingling…
'Wait, Spider-Sense tingling! Move Parker!'
And that's exactly what he did, moving his head up from the top of his desk and raising his left hand to avoid any contact as he saw Weiss's hand almost smack him in the back of the head, instead making contact with the part of the desk said head was in. Now Peter only registered the fact that his Spider-Sense tingled, but couldn't tell just how much it was tingling due to the tiredness. Unfortunately for Peter, besides all the looks of shock he was receiving from his team, Professor Port also saw his raised hand, but didn't understand he raised it to avoid contact with Weiss's hand.
"Well then!" The teacher shouted, gaining Peter's attention, "Do you really believe in that, Mr. Parker?"
This left Peter staring straight at the teacher with a confused set of eyes. Then he looked at his left and saw the raised hand he had and had to silently curse at his luck for everything that was happening right now. Looking at his team, Peter saw the scowl that Weiss was giving him as well as a few thumbs up from the rest of them, "Um…" He started, unsure of what the question even was, "Yes?"
"Well, let's find out, shall we?" That was when a cage was dragged in, but something inside was rattling the cage and the low growls were also a clear indication that something was not happy to be in there. "Step forward, and meet your opponent." He finished, looking in the red eyes of the thing inside the cage, making Peter gulp a little bit.
"Uh, I was really hoping for a game of chess." Peter said as he loosened the tie a little bit and made his way to the front of the class, trying really hard to ignore the sudden nervousness he felt. "I don't suppose that we could change this into something like Jenga, right?"
For the first time since class started, Peter Port chose to be silent, letting Peter be the center of attention. Turning back to the front of the class, Peter saw every student staring directly at him, making the situation be even more uncomfortable than before. Setting his eyes on his team, he saw that Blake somehow found a red flag with the team name on it in white letters.
As the thing inside started to growl again, Yang decided to show her support, "Gooo Peter!"
"Fight well!" Blake continued, waving the little banner around.
"Yeah, represent team RWBYP!" Ruby shouted last, trying hard to motivate her team member since she saw him a little nervous at first.
"Ruby, he's trying to focus!" Weiss shouted at her team leader.
Peter frowned a little bit at that. The fact the she said nothing to the rest of the team but scolded Ruby was a little confusing.
"Oh." Ruby said, accepting Weiss's explanation. "Sorry!" She shouted at Peter again, making Weiss face palm and Peter gain a small smile.
'Give her a break Weiss.' He thought to himself as his confidence grew a little because of the support, 'She's still the youngest here, and being a leader ain't easy for anyone.'
His thoughts were interrupted though, as Professor Port raised his axe that ended in a shotgun. "Alright. Let the match, begin." He said as he lowered the axe, stinking the lock that kept the now revealed Boarbatusk inside.
The Creature of Grimm wasted no time and charged at Peter, making him roll out of the way at the last second. "Oh, thank God, it's only a Grimm!" Shouted Peter, making everyone present to stare at him confused, "I thought it was Yang. At least this isn't going to beat my butt so badly."
Yang and Ruby managed to snicker at the little joke, but Weiss 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 that!'
Port laughed a little bit, "Weren't expecting that were you?"
Peter decided to turn around, facing his teacher and his back facing the Grimm, "I really can't say that I did." Peter said, despite the worried glances he saw his team was giving him upon turning his back to a Grimm. "But it does raise a question…"
Meanwhile the Boarbatusk took the opportunity to charge at the seemingly distracted Huntsman, making the worried glances that Ruby, Yang, Blake, and even Weiss were having to turn into full panic.
"Peter! Watch out!" Ruby shouted, trying hard not to cover her eyes at what was about to happen.
But Peter was always ready, his Spider-Sense making it hard for him to be caught completely off guard. Deciding that a simple thing was the best thing to do, Peter stepped to the right, making the Grimm change his direction to meet him. But at the last second, Peter stepped to left, as far as he could without jumping, and, as he sensed the Grimm to his right, span counter-clockwise, making a 360 degree turn as he saw the Grimm stutter in his charge as he ended up in the cage he was at the beginning.
Wasting no time, Peter charged at the Grimm, some thinking that he was taking advantage of the Grimm's exposed behind, but were surprised to see Peter jump, stepping hard on the border of the cage as the Grimm started stepping out of it, trying hard not to be caught inside again. The kick made the opening of the cage land on top of said Grimm, trapping it inside it again, as Peter used the step to make a backflip, landing on the border of the cage as the Grimm charged it, making it move but not topple all the way.
Turning back to the teacher as everyone was dumbfounded at what they saw, Peter decided to ask his question, "If you bring Grimm inside the class, how do you manage to keep the property damage under the budget?"
"Bravo! Braa-vo!" Professor Port as he was the one to get out of the stupor of a student catching a live Grimm, and without even damaging it once. "You managed to defeat your opponent without even hitting it once!" He said as the rattling of the cage began to die down, indicating that the Grimm was losing its strength and tire down, "But it does beg the question, why didn't you try to kill it, or even try any direct contact with it?"
Peter saw the rest of the class, or rather, the looks of interest they were giving him, especially his team, though Blake was the only one that did not have one as big as the rest. Realizing he was caught in the spotlight, Peter tried what he did best, rambling nonstop until something sensible came out.
"Umm" Peter started, "I mean, I saw the cage saw logically I though I needed to put the Grimm in there." He started, noting as Port gave a little nod at that, but didn't interrupt the hidden vigilante. "And since it charged inside of the cage I saw the opportunity and took it." He said as he patted the cage, making it rattle a little again.
Peter sighed as Port gave another nod of understanding. He managed to make everyone think that what he did wasn't planned, so he was save for another day. He never was comfortable with killing, and using all of his strength is something he actively avoided back on Earth, so it was hard trying to use it here. That's why, even in Initiation, he didn't use all of his strength. Not that he didn't want to do it, he subconsciously made himself not do it, and that was something he needed to work on.
"Impressive!" Port said, "It appears that we are indeed in the presence of a real Huntsman in training. I'm afraid that's all the time we have for today. Be sure to cover the assigned reading and, stay vigilant. Class dismissed."
"Um, before that," Peter gained everyone's attention, "How do I get down? I'm sure or little boar down here will try to get out if I step down." He said, making Weiss face palm as she got out of class.
"Doesn't matter." Port said as students kept going out, Peter even saw Ruby dashing after Weiss as Yang and Blake stayed behind, "If it's not tired by now, I'll be sure it doesn't hurt any of you."
Carefully stepping down, Peter saw as no movement was made by the cage and sighed a little bit. Saying his good bye to the teacher, Peter dashed out in hopes of finding his team, the fact that he didn't know what class he had next made that a necessity.
He was able to see that, around the corner, Ruby just caught up with Weiss. Deciding to be better if he knew just what the snow princess had with the team leader, Peter stayed behind, listening in to the conversation.
"Weiss!" Ruby shouted, gaining the heiress attention.
"What?" Replied the Schnee in disdain.
"What's wrong with you?" Ruby said, trying to ignore the rude tone, "Why are you being-"
"What's wrong with me? What's wrong with you?" Interrupted Weiss, gaining a little confusion by Ruby, "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 explained her actions, "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 made with 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 led by you." Weiss said, making even Peter wince a little bit, "I've studied, and trained, and quite frankly, I deserve better." She said as she turned around, unable to see Ruby trying to touch her in order for her not to leave, "Ozpin made a mistake." She continued as she marched off.
"Well, that was a bit rude." Peter said as he saw Ruby's sad face, and honestly couldn't really take that. "I guess we could she was ice cold." He joked, trying to get a smile out of her. But it didn't really work, Ruby still looked sad and had some tears being kept in her eyes as she looked at him with her hand clasped together in front of her.
"Peter, is Weiss right? Did Ozpin made a mistake?" Asked Ruby when her watery silver eyes met with Peter's brown ones, fearing her first friend in Beacon was going to think like Weiss did.
Peter hated being in situations like this one. He preferred keeping his feelings to himself and avoid any misunderstandings anything he said could bring, and boy did having a lot of Parker luck bring him many misunderstandings. But he saw that Ruby really needed someone to cheer her up.
At first, Peter was completely silent, hoping that there was a way for this conversation to end without him actually saying anything, making Ruby's fears increase and what resolve she had in her disappear, letting a few of the bottled up tears fall down her pale cheeks, making Peter hate himself for not doing anything before that happened. Then Peter realized that Ruby wouldn't budge, that she was going to stay there and wait for his answer. So he decided to take a more or less neutral point in all this.
"Let's see this from Ozpin's view." After a long silence Peter finally said.
This answer made Ruby really confused, which was clear to see since she stopped crying and had her head tilted to the left with a confused look plastered on her face, but she was silent, letting Peter continue.
"Well there were five options for him to choose, Yang, Blake, Weiss, you, or me, and he only had the Initiation to go with in only to make this choice fair. To me, this is what he saw. First, Yang, she is a great fighter and is able to speak her mind, but she is a hothead, letting herself lose her cool when we all got together in the forest with team JNPR. A leader needs to always have a cool headed nature, or you wouldn't be able to lead other people. Blake, for example, is really level headed, but she doesn't talk much, she doesn't inspire any leadership to me and is the one that least connects with the team, despite trying to continue conversations, she doesn't start them. Weiss, well you know, she is a little entitled and she is probably always going to butt heads with me and Yang, and a leader should be able to have a good relationship with the rest of the team, something she doesn't know about. Then there is me, Ruby, I could tell you hundreds, maybe even thousands, of reasons why I shouldn't be the leader of the team. But I don't want to bore you with my life story."
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 Peter stopped her before she could even start.
"You charged the Death Stalker head on, a really go big or go home attitude, and you ended up being swatted like a fly. Some might say that it was really childish what you did, but, for me, that was really brave." Finished Peter.
"But, Peter, 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 Peter cut her off again, this time by gently putting his hand on her shoulder.
"The best leaders are not the strongest or the smartest all the time. Sometimes they just need to have their heart in the right place and be able to do anything for their team." Saying that Peter couldn't help but remember Captain America leading the Avengers towards unstoppable odds and always be able to deliver a speech to get everyone to believe that not all was lost. "I know for a fact that your heart is in the right place, but it's up to you to be able to take command of the team and prove that Ozpin did make the right decision in choosing you. I know you are not the most experienced of all of us, but you are not alone, I know for a fact that Yang and Blake will help you if you need it, and I will be happy to do so too." Finally finished Peter.
When he finished, he could see the tears running down again. Peter thought that he said something wrong and wanted to hightail out of there, get as much distance as possible before Ruby heated him senseless for saying what he said. He was about to come up with an excuse to run as fast and as far away as he could before he saw that beneath the watery eyes, there was a genuine smile across her pale face.
"I've been told many things in my life, Ruby." Peter said, trying to sound a little bit wise, "Some of them good, some of the bad. Some didn't even make any sense at the time." He said, making Ruby's smile turn into a smirk at that as she wiper her tears with her sleeve. "But one thing has always stuck by me, something my uncle used to say to me all the time, 'With great power comes great responsibility.'" He continued, making Ruby looked a little confused again. "I've been living my life trying hard to represent those words, but it's you, Ruby that got the power to be the team leader. And that means you got the responsibility to be the best leader you can be. So it's up to you to show everyone that Ozpin was right." He said as he put his hand from her shoulder. "Now you should probably go to the rest of the team, I still need to talk to an heiress."
Nodding a little bit, Ruby did just that, a smile plastered across her face as she walked with a little skip in her step. Peter had to sigh as he went to the balcony that Weiss was at, clearly already regretting what he was about to do.
"You know, that was a bit unnecessary." He started, making her turn around, "It's just the first day, and you already assumed that Ruby was not supposed to be the leader."
"Oh, like you are any better." Weiss said as she turned around again. "You're even more immature than her."
"So, why were you so mean to someone as innocent as her?" Peter said as he made his way to Weiss's right, leaning on the railing as he appreciated the view.
Weiss herself was looking 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?" Peter quickly answered, catching her a little bit off guard. "Does that give you the right to be like you are right now? It gives you the right to shout at Ruby, or try to pull her down when she's up?"
Weiss thought a little bit, remembering how Peter behaved throughout his time with her. She saw that this wasn't the same Peter as he was when they first met, or at Initiation, or even in Port's class. This was the Peter that she saw, and kind of feared, on their first night in Beacon, the serious Peter. "People should know when they have made a mistake!" She countered, trying to avoid getting to his full wrath.
Peter slightly smirked at that. "I think you are right about that." He said, getting her to smirk victoriously, "But I think that you are the one making a mistake here."
This caught her off guard again, "W-what? How dare you?" She said.
"Look, don't get me wrong. I feel that you are jumping to conclusions." He continued, ignoring the sudden outburst. "That something that have always been bad, no matter if you are right or wrong."
Peter sighed again, getting Weiss's full attention, "Back where I'm from, outside of Vale, or really any of the Kingdoms, I tried to help everyone I could. Helping them from any common crime, any petty thug, or even Grimm attacks. I even delivered a baby once, boy was that weird." He said, not seeing the look of slight disgust at the last part, "But there was this guy, grown man, middle fifties, that jumped to conclusions with me." He said as he turned to Weiss, seeing that he had her full attention.
"This guy started calling me a menace." He said, getting a confused look from Weiss.
'Why would anyone call someone who is trying to help a menace?' She asked to herself, nut made no sound, prompting Peter to continue.
"He managed to turn everyone against me. Made everyone think that I really was one. People started cursing at me, or throwing at me anything they had at the moment." He continued, but was interrupted by Weiss after a long silence.
"So you stopped, right?" She asked genuinely curious as Peter's story progressed.
"Oh, there were times I really wanted to stop, believe me." He said, seeing the surprised look she was giving at him. "But I couldn't, because that wasn't me. I needed to help everyone I could."
"So what happened to the guy?" Weiss asked. "Did you do something that would shut him up?"
"Oh, no. I even managed to save his son at some point, but he ended up saying that I staged the whole thing up to be called a hero." He said, much to Weiss's surprise, "But anyway, we're getting a little off topic. The thing is, he loved the town, that's why he went after me. He genuinely thought I was a menace to society, always did. And it started because he jumped to conclusions with me."
Peter straightened up, looking a little down to Weiss's pale blue eyes. "Look, I'm not saying you have to like everybody you meet. Or that you can't get mad when they screw up. Just that it might be worth a minute to try and see things from the other guy's side. Turns out most people, even the grumpy ones who yell, probably don't deserve what you are doing to Ruby." He said as he started to leave, making Weiss look at the floor where he was just standing as the sunset started to die down.
"Oh and Weiss," He said as he was about to go back inside, making her look at him, "Do we have any other classes? I kind of forgot to check the schedule this morning."
Normally Weiss would have face palmed, but instead she chose to bear a little smile, shaking her head no. "Good, guess I'll see you in the dorm, then." He said as he turned back, leaving Weiss behind to look at the scenery in peace.
Getting to the dorm was easy for Peter, being able to get from there to the lab made it so, but as he entered he saw the mess that the self-made bunkbeds was and he was tempted to close the door and open it again in hopes of a different outcome.
"There he is!" Yang shouted as she hopped off of her bed, already on her pajamas, "The guy that was able to capture a Boarbatusk without even touching it." She said with a smirk.
"Congratulations." Was all Blake said before turning back to her book.
"Yeah, you were awesome back there!" Ruby shouted from her bed. "The Grimm was woosh, but you were all like wish! And you captured it like that! I wish I could have filmed it!"
Taking a little mock bow, Peter smirked a little, "Thank you, thank you, but what the heck did you do to the beds, and where is mine?" He said as he looked around, unable to see the mattress he slept in last night.
"Oh, that's the best part!" Yang shouted. She made her way to Peter and picked him up. Despite the complains and the little trashing he did, Yang threw him into the hammock, making it swing back and forward fast.
"We made you a hammock! Hope you like it!" Yang said with a smile.
Peter was about to complain, but realized that, despite looks, the hammock stayed up. Accommodating himself, Peter found it was more comfortable than the mattress he slept on. "Thank you, but you didn't have to do it, I was fine on the mattress.-"
"Your welcome." Blake said, while also shutting Peter up.
Peter finally stepped down of the hammock ad went to the bathroom, with a quick change of clothes thanks to the Unstable Molecules, he went back to the room, seeing Ruby up in her bed with a lot of papers scattered around.
Making his way towards her, he quietly said, "You know, I think that's why we a have a desk here."
"I find it better to do it here." She said without taking her eyes off of the book.
"Okay, just saying." He said as he started going for the hammock.
"Oh, and Peter." Ruby said, getting his attention. "Thank you."
"Anytime, Ruby, anytime."
Night quickly came in Beacon, almost every one of the students was asleep in the commodity of their bed.
One of the students who wasn't like those was Peter Parker. Though he was in his hammock, he was quietly thinking to himself despite the snores Yang was making. 'How I'm I going to get back? New York is in danger, and no one is there to stop it if I don't make it back.'
That was until a creaking sound was heard as Weiss tried to quietly open the door.
Making her way underneath the hammock, Weiss saw Ruby, asleep as she tried to pull an all-nighter studying. She quietly woke her leader up, getting a few snores from her.
The surprise of seeing her partner woke her up. "Weiss! I-I was studying and then fell asleep I'm sorry." She started, thinking that maybe the light woke her up.
Covering her mouth to keep her quiet, Weiss started up as she saw the mug. "How do you take you coffee?"
"Uh, I-I don't-," Ruby started, but was quickly interrupted by Weiss.
"Answer the question."
"Uhh! Cream and five sugar!" 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 handed it to Ruby, "Here."
Unsure of the sudden change of heart of her partner, 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 Peter smile at them making amends. That was when Weiss went back up again, "That's wrong by the way." She said before going down and starting to go to the bathroom to change, making Peter raise an eyebrow slightly.
'Well, at least she helped her, that's a start, I guess.' He thought.
Before going inside the bathroom, Weiss started again, "Hey, Ruby?"
"Uh-huh?" Was all the team leader said.
"I always wanted bunk beds as a kid." Weiss said as she closed the door, making Ruby have a wide smile.
Looking down Ruby saw Peter staring at her with a smile, his brown eyes shining thanks to the light of Ruby's lamp, and couldn't help but smile even more as she realized that whatever Peter said to Weiss helped change her mind.
"Thank you, Peter." She whispered to him.
"No problem, Rubes." He whispered back as she went back to studying, "I'm here for anything you need."
'Until I get back to Earth, at least.' He finished in thought, before resting his eyes as he turned away from the light.
A.N. First of all, I'm so sorry it took so long to get this chapter out.
My computer got damaged a while ago and I don't have the money to get a new one in the meantime, but I've been managing with some that people have lent me.
I also hope that you guys are having a great time, and that you continue enjoying this story.
Finally, I don't if I should do this the whole story or do a story for volume 1, another for the second and so on, please tell me which one would you prefer.
Death of Snipers: I think you confused a little agility with overall speed. While Peter could easily run faster and be more agile than anyone, except of course Ruby with her semblance, a tired Peter, as the one in the story for now, drain his powers greatly. I mean, he was easily beaten once because he had a common cold, so I think that lack of sleep could affect them as well. And the weapons part, I really feel that Peter Parker would disagree to any form of weapon, it's just not his style, nor do I think he would ever want to, besides his web shooters.
treyalexander6317: In terms of chapters, I don't know exactly. And of Volume 3, I guess it depends more of Volume 4 since the most important part of volume 3 was the end.
Abigaming: Don't really know that. Sorry.
Oreo Knight: I believe that Ozpin is able to see, not only his capabilities as a future Huntsman, but also a role model to the students of Beacon, not only team RWBY or JNPR, someone that they can look up to, but also relate to since he is almost the same age as them, which is something that series lack, in my opinion.
Eye of Sauron: Yeah, that was my idea about Madame Web, just need a reason for her to do it, already have one, but needs some work around the edges though.
YeezusJesus: I already have something planned for Peter's semblance, so don't worry.
Thanks again for reading and revewing.
Cheers!
