RWBY AU

By: FunahoMisaki

(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter.)

"You are just too cute for your own good child. Now then are you ready to begin our first session?" Glynda asked the afternoon after the BBR (a much shorter and quicker way for everyone to refer to the Bloody Black Roses) had gotten their uniforms changed to have the crest on their right breast pockets.

"Yep! Ready whenever you are Lyn." Ruby said causing the woman to chuckle slightly.

"Tell me…do you know what it means to be an apprentice or take on an apprentice?" Glynda asked as she used her Semblance to pour some tea for them.

"Isn't it a more personal and advanced form of learning from or teaching someone either older and more experienced or younger and not as experienced?" Ruby asked causing Glynda to sigh slightly and take a sip of her tea as Ruby's cup flew over to her.

"In a sense but not quite, a tutor would easily be considered the same. Taking on an apprentice… well… taking on an apprentice means that the teacher is responsible for their students health, hygiene, wellbeing, and safety. By me taking on you as an apprentice, it means I am going to protect and take care of you to the best of my abilities while also training you and teaching you everything I know, whether it'd be semblance control, hand to hand combat, or just regular things about life in general." Glynda explained causing Ruby to look surprised but nod in understanding.

"Normally an apprenticeship is formed between a mother or father and his or her child/ren." Glynda continued only for Ruby to raise her hand slightly to shoe she had a question.

"Um, I don't mean to interrupt you but I'm confused." Ruby said sheepishly and causing Glynda to blink.

"With what?" Glynda asked looking at the girl confused as well.

"Well if an apprenticeship is usually formed between a parent and their child… then why did you take me as an apprentice? Shouldn't you have taken you child as an apprentice, or waited till you had a child to take as an apprentice if you don't have one?" Ruby asked causing Glynda to look at her surprised, that wasn't what she had expected the girl to question that… not this soon at least.

"…Yes…normally you'd be right and most would wait to have a child old enough to teach before taking the child on as an apprentice… but I'm afraid that I'd never be able to do that." Glynda said after a moments pause as she sighed and closed her eyes. Opening them she smiled sadly at Ruby as she lifted her shirt and lowered the hem of her pants just enough to show Ruby a wicked looking scar across her abdomen, covered by her pants.

"During one of my missions I was clawed deeply by a Nevermore… after that…I'm unable to have children of my own… therefore it's be impossible for me to ever take my own birth child on as an apprentice… because I can never carry or give birth to a child. I can't even get pregnant anymore." Glynda said causing Ruby to look horrified and appear to be torn between crying slightly and hugging the blond woman.

"I… there's another reason why apprenticeship is usually kept within family's. It's because when a person takes on an apprentice…they are all but officially adopting the apprentice as their child… now I understand if this part may make you a bit uncomfortable with the thought of being my apprentice bu-" Glynda cut herself off with a small grunt as she was tackle hugged by a mass of red and black.

"I don't mind at all!" Ruby said hugging Glynda tightly while the blond woman blinked before wrapping her arms around the girl in return, a quick motion with her eyes and her Telekinesis locked, sealed, and barricaded the door as well as sound proofed the whole office. Some days…she really loved her Semblance.

"My…My mom died when I was very little. She was a huntress too and had gone on a mission…she didn't make it back alive. I was too young to remember much about her. I know her name cause I would visit her grave and that's where it was written…and I can only remember that she used to wear a white cloak like my red one. Yang was older than me though…and she knew mother a bit better…she often tells me that I have mothers eyes which are why mine are silver." Ruby said after hugging Glynda in silence for a minute, causing the woman to tense while her eyes widened slightly. A white cloak…just like Ruby's red one? There was only one person who wore that kind of cloak that she knew of.

"So I don't really mind being adopted as long as I get to keep my dad and sister." Ruby said finally and causing Glynda to hug her slightly tighter for a minute.

"Speaking of them. Won't they be upset with you for getting an Apprenticeship and a new 'mom'?" Glynda asked causing Ruby to shake her head rapidly in the negative.

"Not at all! Dad always said I needed a strong motherly figure, I guess that's why I make friends with older girls easier…or is it the other way around? I don't know…but either way he'll be happy with it. Yang…we're only half sisters. We share the same father but we have different mothers." Ruby said causing Glynda to blink, she didn't know that tidbit of information.

"Her mother ran off just after she was born according to dad…and while Yang does want to find her mother just so she can get an answer as to why the woman ran away…she won't mind you being my new mom. She'd probably grin, hug you, and call you mama in a heartbeat." Ruby said with a small chuckle while Glynda chuckled as well as a single tear slipped down her cheek.

She wasn't able to be a mother since she couldn't give birth…but being a mom to two beautiful and strong young ladies sounded just as good to her. Glynda hugged Ruby tighter and hesitantly placed a kiss to the top of the girls forehead…she knew she did the right thing when Ruby beamed up at her.

"I think I don't mind that title, as long as you two keep it professional in classes or on missions." Glynda said mock sternly causing Ruby to nod immediately. Glynda then thought about all the awe struck and seemingly love struck students that surrounded her new youngest daughter…and promptly glared at the doorway. Her next comment confused Ruby, but later when she mentioned it to her sister Yang just laughed like a maniac…which effectively scared the heck out of the others in the training arena.

"I'll need to brush up on my death glares to keep those love struck fools away from my youngest baby."