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A new day started for the school, fortunately it was a Saturday so that they could sleep in. The school did however, have some classes that if students wanted to complete mission work, or come in to be tutored, they were open. Sunshine was bright in Team RWBY's dorm as the the four girls were getting ready for the day. However, Dev was still sleeping and looked like he was having a dream. Dream? Dev never had dreams...

Dev was yet again, in a another nightmare, this time, witnessing his long missed lover that recently died almost a year and a half ago. The girl was staring at him, the ears on her head twitching as her face became twisted, and eyes went from green and yellow (Left eye green, right eye yellow) to pure blood red. He started tearing up, before trying to run to her, which he never got any closer.

"Kris! Don't go!" He screamed out to her. He tried his hardest to get to her, but she only got further away. He noticed her bushy tail came out from behind her and slowly bushed against her side. "Kristine, what is the matter with you?!" He kept trying. Then she replied. "You left me, Devy...you left me..." Her voice sounded raspy, as if she had been screaming for hours. "I didn't leave you! You died right in front of me! I never left you!" He ran, and ran, and ran faster, never getting anywhere near her. "I saw you die in from of me, Devy..." 'Devy' echoed throughout his head, torturing the very soul within him.

The scenery changed, revealing a building with two bodies lying on the ground, both looking like they were dead. Dev just happen to notice, but it was their bodies, almost a year and a half ago. "Oh God...Kristine...why are you showing me this..." He asked, falling onto his knees.

He saw his eyes open and bring his hand to caress her cheek, it looked like she was already dead. "I love you, Kristine...I'll never let you go." He said to her long ago, but when he passed out, his hand dropped to the ground, and a man was screaming his name. His Uncle came and the scene changed back to a black room, where this...twisted Kristine was, staring at him.

"You let me go...I'll never forgive you Devy. I'll never forgive youuu~" Her voice came to a whisper as the wolf Faunus started to dissipate, he finally started to get closer to her as he began to run after her, but when he reached her, she was gone. "No...Kristine! Come back, please! I won't let you go! COME BACK! KRISTINE!" He screamed as loud as he could into the air, then he felt as his nightmare ended, and rushed into waking up.

*Just a few seconds earlier*

Dev was mumbling inaudible words as he slowly turned in his bed, as if something was happening to him in his 'dreams'. Yang noticed this first, Blake was reading a book, and Weiss and Ruby were out. "Hey Blake, think we should wake him?" Yang asked her. Blake looked over her book at him and looked back down. "Nah, I'm sure he is just having a bad dream." She said. Boy, she didn't know how bad. "Come back..." Dev muttered, rolling more.

"Come back? He might be having a nightmare." Yang said, watching him rolling over. She couldn't help herself from giggling as he stopped rolling, and looked straight up. His headphones rolled off the bed. "KRISTINE!" He yelled as he sat straight up as he woke from his nightmare. Yang nearly jumped out of her seat when he yelled loudly. Blake looked over her book and watched. "Kristine?" Yang asked, looking as him.

Dev looked over and realized his eyes were watery as he was crying in his sleep. He noticed Yang was next to his bed. "Who is Kristine? A past friend?" She asked once again. Dev wiped his eyes and lowered his head, realizing that they both are seeing a side of him that no one ever sees. "More than a friend..." He said as he continued to wipe his eyes. "More then a friend, eh? Oooh, you mean your girlfriend?" She teased, leaning in a bit while smiling. "Yeah. She was." He said, sighing deeply as he lied back down in his bed.

Was. "Was?" Yang tilted her head a bit. Was. Meaning that she is no longer. "What happened to her?" She asked. "Can we not talk about this?" He looked over at her with serious eyes. Yang took that as 'don't talk to me' at that moment and stood up, walking over to the door. "Sure. I was just wondering..." She whispered the last sentence as she walked out of the room.

Dev was known as a 'badass' or someone not to be messed with. Just like every badass, there is always a story. Dev's story wasn't the greatest, but again he wondered how he got into this world, with this life. Same name and everything. "Man, I thought that flying into this world was a good thing...I never knew I was going to take over someone else's life. I actually 'feel' the pain of this guy's past. I guess I should just accept it as my own..." He was in deep thought as Blake hopped down from her bed and sat in a chair next to his.

"You must miss her a lot, considering you have frequent nightmares about her. You do have them frequently, right?" Blake asked, crossing her legs as she kept reading her book. Her bow twitched as Dev made this next comment. "Please, stop bringing this up. All right?" He said. His tone sounded like it had grief in it, it also sounded like a threat, of course it was an empty one, but she could tell it hurt to say it. "Okay," She stoop up. "I was just trying to help. I can see you don't need help. So I'll leave you alone." She said, leaving the room.

Dev notice he was alone after she left, and started to get ready for the day. He forgot about his punishment and checked his scroll. It said he had a new message and he pressed the 'Play message' button.

Deveraux, as your punishment from your actions yesterday, you are to retrieve 3 death stalker stingers by the end of this week. They are for a study for a class that is coming up and you are the one that is going to collecting them. Please be careful, as 'only' you will be collecting them, no one else is to assist you. Dev sighed. I saw your fighting style and I am confident enough that you will be able to carry out this punishment. *Beep* End of the message.

"Heh. Three? Doesn't sound to bad." He shrugged off the punishment and finished clothing himself, he remembered he put Red Queen and Judge in his locker. He always kept Executioner with him, a just-in-case weapon. Students weren't supposed to carry weapons with them unless they were under supervision. He pulled it out from under his bed and wrapped it's holster around his thigh to keep it concealed. He placed the weapon in the holster and put on his black and blue coat, ready to go out for the day.

Dev headed for the mess hall for breakfast, wondering if there even that many students in the school, considering many people go out to Vale to socialize or to just get away from Beacon for a day. As he headed there, he noticed a familiar girl coming out of one of the dorms and saw him too. She was in school uniform, and as he looked up at her, two long rabbit ears flopped over as she looked at him. "H-hey." She shuddered, wondering why he saved her yesterday, after all, humans thought she was a freak.

"Hey there." Dev smiled at her. "I couldn't help but notice, but you slid away before I could address the damsel." He said, thinking he saved the damsel in distress. She blushed slightly at his comment and looked down. "Sorry...I was a bit scared, I don't know why a human would just save me like that, no one ever does." She said.

"I have an idea, how about we talk about this over breakfast?" He said with confidence. Velvet's heart rate sky rocketed, no one ever asked her to accompany her to breakfast. She always sat alone during breakfast, lunch, or dinner. She was nervous, but happy at the same time. "Sure." A smile appeared on both their faces as Dev and Velvet walked to the mess hall.

A/N: Looks like Velvet confronted her savior! Or...Her savior confronted her. :P Well, I wonder how this new friendship will turn out. See you next chapter! By the way, sorry for the shortness of each chapter, I'll try to lengthen them in future chapters. :D

"Of course we've done 'it'! I mean, she was the one who had it in mind!" Deveraux Mercer