Okay so first things first, I decided that I didn't like the way chapter 1 was written out, so I rewrote it. I gave it dialogue, and also tried explaining things a lot better. Don't worry; it has no effect on the story's plot. I only made it so it would look better, and give new readers a better understanding of the plot. If you already read the first chapter you don't need to re-read it, but if you are interested in seeing the difference, it's already available.
That was a little long of an announcement, sorry about that. Anyways here's chapter 12 everyone.
"See, I told you not to worry. They didn't suspect a thing." Ruby says to Weiss
"Uh, don't you remember when that woman asked me why I wasn't present during the beginning of your initiation? She took note of that immediately." Weiss reminded Ruby.
"Well yeah, but it worked out in the end. Oh that reminds me, I should ask uncle Qrow if he talked to Ozpin about you." Ruby says out loud.
"Okay, Ruby you call uncle Qrow, while Blake and I take Weiss to the infirmary." Yang suggests.
"Are you sure I shouldn't come along? I mean technically she is my partner. What if they need me to tell them what happened?" Ruby asked her sister
"I can tell them myself Ruby; anyways it's more important for you to call your uncle. So do that and meet up with us later." Weiss recommends.
I know the call is important, but don't say it's more important than being there with you at the infirmary. I think it's the other way around.
Ruby thought of saying this but instead nodded to the snow fox. The three girls start heading towards the schools infirmary, while Ruby takes her scroll out to talk to her uncle. She dials his number up and waits a bit.
"Hello Ruby, I wasn't expecting you to call me so soon. Is there something wrong?" Qrow asked his niece.
"Hi uncle Qrow, no nothing's wrong, but I do have somewhat of a problem." Ruby answered.
"What is it? Did the girl not want to stay at Beacon?" Qrow inquired.
"No, Weiss said that she would agree to stay at Beacon for the month, so that's good. The problem is Ozpin already had Weiss on file. We just wanted to know if you already talked to him." Ruby explained.
"I haven't spoken to Ozpin at all today. Are you sure this girl wasn't a student already?" Qrow questioned, not entirely understanding the situation.
"Uh uncle Qrow, she told us she has been living in the emerald forest for 4 years. How could she be a student? And why would she need your recommendation if she was already enrolled here?" Ruby stated to her uncle.
"Well, it is confusing how she is already in the system. I can't really think of any other reason for that." Qrow says.
"I don't know, but do you think you could still say you recommended her? I think they may question how she enrolled in Beacon, and since she is already in the system for whatever reason, saying you recommended her should be a lot easier." Ruby requested.
"You did say the girl agreed to the conditions, right?" Qrow asks to make sure.
"Yes, but she said if anyone were to treat her too badly, she wouldn't want to stay." Ruby responded.
"Well then I guess that's okay. I'll speak with Ozpin about this tonight. But remember Ruby, I can't just be using my huntsman status like this all the time. I can't do something like this again, understand? Qrow says to the scythe wielder.
"Yes I understand uncle Qrow, and thank you so much for this. I promise that I will never ask for something this big ever again." Ruby ensures.
"Alright dear, oh yes before I go. If I may ask, is this girl someone you consider a friend?"
At first Ruby was surprised by the question.
Is Weiss my friend? I mean we only just met today. She did save me from those Ursa, and she seems like a good person. Still though she acts a little mean, but only because of how humans probably treated her. I do want her to be my friend, but can I say she is one now?
"Well I guess not, but I really want her to be. She just needs to have people in her life to show her, that the world isn't out to get her. All I want to do is to be one of those people." Ruby explained, making her uncle feel proud.
"Ruby, I meant what I said earlier, about you being as pure as your mother. You are doing what you can to give this girl, who you barely know, a chance to experience the life she may not have had." Her uncle acknowledged.
Ruby smiled at hearing those words. She thought about how she wanted to be just like the heroes in the stories Yang read to her as a child. "Thank you uncle Qrow, I'm just glad that you're giving me this chance in the first place.
"Of course dear, now just let me know what kind of fighting style this girl has, so I can tell Ozpin exactly why I am recommending her." Qrow inquires.
"Well, she uses a rapier that has a revolver like chamber, and her semblance is glyphs. She is so cool uncle Qrow; she froze like four ursa, and then electrocuted the rest." Ruby exclaimed, praising the snow fox.
"Okay then, anything else?"
"Well besides summoning like a bunch of glyphs, to shoot me up a cliff, then no." Ruby says.
"Wait, shoot you up a cliff? Why would she shoot you up a cliff?" Her uncle questioned, with a hint of worry.
"Relax uncle Qrow, it was part of my plan to kill the nevermore I mentioned earlier. We got me to catch it and drag it up the cliff, with support from her glyphs." Ruby explained to the worried huntsman.
"Hmm, you are in fact just like your mother. She had crazy plans that worked out as well." The huntsman laughed.
Ruby laughed back, as she remembered the stories her uncle told her, about her mother's adventures. She thought about her and how she wanted to make her proud. "Yeah, just like mom. I miss her uncle Qrow." Ruby stated, with a sad tone.
Qrow heard this and sighed, knowing that he only reminded her that her mother wasn't around anymore. "I know dear, but remember that your mother is watching over you, and I know she is so proud of you." Qrow tells his niece.
Ruby let some tears fall, but not sad ones. They were tears of joy, hearing that her mother may be gone, but she is still watching over her. Ruby wipes her tears and says. "Thank you so much uncle Qrow, for everything."
Qrow smiled at hearing her niece's tone of voice change to a happy one. "You're welcome dear. Now why don't we end the call here, so I can come up with a way to explain to Ozpin my reason for recommending this girl." Qrow suggested.
"Okay uncle Qrow, and please call me once you get that settled." Ruby says to her uncle.
"Of course dear, I'll let you know how it went as soon as possible." Qrow ensured.
"Alright, bye uncle Qrow, and thanks again for all this." Ruby thanked her uncle.
"No need to thank me dear, you are the one who is doing all this for this girl. Bye Ruby."
With that, they both hung up their scrolls.
Meanwhile, the other three girls were waiting for Weiss to be called up so she can get her wound checked out. They were mostly quiet, until the usually quiet black cat spoke up "So Weiss, are you really going to stay the month here? Or did you just say that to get us to stop bothering you?"
Weiss looks over at Blake, and answers with a quieter tone. "Yes Blake I am going to stay the month, but if you could, try not to be so loud about it."
"Sorry, I just wanted to know if you were serious about the whole thing." Blake explained.
"Honestly at first, I didn't want to be anywhere near this place; but that girl seemed to really want this, so I guess I could give it a try. Though, as I said earlier if anyone here is too discriminatory, I am leaving." Weiss explained to Blake.
"Don't worry; remember what I said earlier about if people mess with you. I'll teach them a lesson." Yang says, deciding to take part in the conversation.
"That won't stop them. People won't change their views just because you beat them up." Weiss stated.
"Remember what I said about not understanding the pain of being discriminated?" Yang asked the snow fox, who simply nods. "Well, I wasn't lying when I said I knew people who did know that pain. Friends who moved away from their homes, because they were too afraid of those who treated them like garbage. I hated seeing people I cared about being ridiculed and stepped on, so no matter what if there is someone here who treats you badly, let me know." Yang requested.
Weiss was shocked at what Yang had said, since she never thought a human would want to defend her this badly.
Is she serious? Does she really want to make sure no one treats me like garbage?
Instead of asking that, Weiss stays quiet and simply nods again, to agree to the blonde's request.
Yang smiles at this and says. "Good, now that you know I won't let anyone get away with being racist, do you feel a little more comfortable about all this?"
"Just because you'll threaten those who may treat me bad, doesn't mean I can avoid it. I don't know, maybe this was a mistake." The snow fox says to the blonde.
Blake hears her words, and then places her hand on her shoulder. The snow fox turns to her and Blake says. "I know it will be tough, but don't you think it will be worth it if you can come out of all this, knowing that not all humans are discriminatory?"
"I suppose, but I just don't like the way they speak to me. I'm tired of it, that's why I lived in the forest in the first place, to avoid the hate." The snow fox quietly said, to avoid anyone else from hearing.
Blake frowns a bit, knowing that Weiss was truly tired of all the hate. Hate that she herself has experienced as well. Though, not to the point where she would live in a grimm infested forest to avoid it.
How bad did you have it? I hope she tells us one day. At least we'll understand her better that way.
As Blake finishes her thoughts, a nurse walks in and calls for Weiss. She is hesitant at first, but Blake and Yang insist that she will be fine.
While Weiss was getting checked out, Ruby entered the infirmary. "Hey guys, is Weiss being looked at?" Ruby asked the two.
"Yup, she got called not too long ago. She should be out in a little bit." Yang replied.
"That's good. Oh, and uncle Qrow said he didn't even talk with Ozpin today." Ruby says to the girls, which confuses them.
"Then how did Weiss end up on their records?" Blake questioned.
"I don't know, but maybe this is a good thing. It makes it easier for my uncle to recommend her, since she is already in the system." Ruby explained.
"Don't you think that it's a little odd though, I mean she had no contact with anyone other than us right? So why would she end up having a file here?" Blake inquired.
"It is odd, but what can we do about it? I mean it's not like we can ask Ozpin why Weiss was already on the schools records." Yang says.
As the three were about to continue their conversation, Weiss walks out of the room she was being checked up in. They see that she doesn't look like she was patched up, but she tells them the injury is bandaged underneath her shirt. "Okay now that I got the help you wanted, what do we do now?" The snow fox inquires.
"Well, I guess we wait for Ozpin to call the first year students over." Ruby suggested.
All first year students please report to the main hall. I repeat all first year students to the main hall.
The announcement gets the girls' attention.
"Well that was quick." Yang remarked.
Does anyone think they know why Weiss was on their records?
I didn't want to put this reply up, since the review was just more of the person asking me to post soon, but I'll just let them know that I try to post one chapter a day. Remember the reason I post this type of reply is because a guest reviewed a chapter, and I can't PM them.
I hoped this chapter was a good enough read for you all, and remember that reviews are welcomed, but not required. See you all tomorrow for chapter 13.
