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Chapter 5: A New Teammate

Everyone waits in the amphitheater for Ozpin's group to enter the stage. Soon, Professor Ozpin, Goodwitch, and Velvet enter the amphitheater and Velvet is greeted by a cheering crowd. As they walk through the crowd, Velvet notices Team RWBY up front, waving at her. Velvet shows a small smile to them as she passes them and the three take the stage. Once on stage, Ozpin steps up to a microphone, with Glynda behind him, and Velvet standing off to the side.

"First, I would like to congratulate Velvet Crowe for passing her initiation exam and becoming a full-fledged student here at Beacon Academy," Ozpin begins while looking at Velvet before turning back to the crowd. "With this, she becomes a first year student at this school. Normally, new students are placed into teams of four, however, due to the special circumstances in this case, Velvet Crowe will be placed with a team already formed as its fifth member. Velvet Crowe, step forward," he says and Velvet steps closer to him. "Each of the possible relics you could've chosen have already been chosen by first-year teams during their initiation, so I decided that whichever relic you chose, you would be assigned to the team that chose the same chess pieces. Since you chose the white knight piece, I hereby place you with…Team RWBY as its fifth member. Congratulations," Ozpin says and everyone claps for her.

Team RWBY become ecstatic that Velvet joins their team, if Ruby's crazed jumping and Yang's fist pumping are any indication. Velvet looks back at Team RWBY.

"Well, at least I'll be with people I already know," Velvet notes.

…

After the ceremony had ended, everyone went back to their daily activities, including the new Team RVWBY heading back to their dorm room.

"Oh, I'm so glad you get to be on our team. This is going to be awesome!" Ruby cheers.

"Yeah, and after seeing you fight, we know that you're no slouch when it comes to fighting. Hopefully you and I can spar sometime in the training rooms here," Yang adds.

"You sure you're not afraid that I'll kick your butt," Velvet taunts as she glances at Yang.

"Oh ho, now you're talking. When we get the chance, you're on," Yang accepts the challenge.

Eventually, the five reach their room and enter with Ruby and Weiss sitting on the latter's bed while Blake, Yang, and Velvet sit on Blake's bed.

"I must admit, it feels a little weird," Weiss confesses.

"What is?" Ruby asks.

"Well, that we are the only team with five members, with one of them being two years younger than us and the other being two years older than us," Weiss answers.

"Yeah, I admit I am curious. Why didn't you apply to Beacon two years earlier when you were seventeen?" Blake asks.

"Good thing Ozpin helped me come up with a cover story. Better stick with it for now," Velvet decides. "I actually did apply two years ago and I got accepted. However, some…family trouble forced me to leave before I could even start school, and it has kept me busy for a while. I've only recently been able to come back and start my education," Velvet explains.

"What kind of family trouble?" Yang asks.

Velvet becomes hesitant, "I…don't really feel comfortable talking about it right now…I'm sorry," Velvet replies.

"I see. Sorry about bringing it up," Yang apologizes.

"Look, let's not try to get Velvet's life story right now. She JUST became a part of our team. Let's take it slow for now, okay?" Ruby asks.

"That would be nice. Thank you," Velvet replies, and a moment later, her stomach growls, causing her to look away with a slight blush on her cheeks while the rest of the team giggle at her expense. "How about we get something to eat? All that fighting has made me hungry," Velvet says, here blush disappearing.

"Sounds good to me," Yang says and they leave to head to the cafeteria.

They arrive shortly after leaving their dorm, seeing more people in the cafeteria this time. The girls each grab some food, with Weiss getting a salad, Blake getting some tuna, Yang gets a steak dish, Ruby has cake and cookies, and Velvet tries some pasta. As they look for a place to eat, they see Team JNPR waving them over to their table. Team RVWBY joins them, with Yang and Ruby on Velvet's right and Weiss and Blake on her left.

"Velvet, these are our friends, Team JNPR," Ruby introduces them.

"Hi, I'm the leader of Team JNPR. The name's Jaune Arc, short sweet rolls off the tongue, and the ladies love it," Jaune says, trying to act cool.

Velvet gives him a deadpanned look, "I doubt it," she replies.

Jaune gets nervous, "Heh-heh, anyway, this is Pyrrha Nikos," he motions to Pyrrha.

"Hello," she politely greets her.

"Lie Ren," he introduces Ren next.

"Pleasure to meet you," Ren calmly nods his head.

"And Nora Valkyrie," Jaune finishes.

Nora immediately gets in Velvet's face, "Hi, I'm Nora. It's nice to meet you! How'd you do that giant red arm thingy? Was that your semblance? Where are you from? Are there any sloths where you come? Do like pancakes? I bet I can eat more pancakes than you!" Nora fires off every sentence so quickly that Velvet doesn't understand a single word.

"…Huh?" Velvet responds, confused.

Ren grabs Nora by her shirt to sit her back down in her seat.

"I apologize about that. Nora is very hyperactive and gets really excited when she sees something she thinks is cool. Nora, calm down," Ren stoically apologizes while calming Nora down.

"Um, it's fine…I think," Velvet mutters the last part.

"So, anyway, congratulations on joining Team RVWBY. I hope we can become great friends," Pyrrha says.

"Right…Friends," Velvet looks down. "…I wonder how everyone is doing back in my world? I'm sure their okay…But I guess I do miss them," Velvet ponders.

Everyone notices Velvet's solemn expression.

"Velvet, are you alright?" Ruby asks, concerned.

This gets Velvet out of her stupor, "Huh? Yeah, I'm fine. Just thinking about some stuff…Anyway, let's eat. I'm hungry," Velvet tries to change the subject and starts eating her food.

Seeing that she was done talking on the subject, the others decide to give her some space and eat their meals, although they do make some mild conversation during their dinner to help past the time. After they eat, the two teams return to their dorms and Velvet notices how Team JNPR's dorm is right across the hall from theirs.

"Our dorm is right next door. So, if you ever need help with anything and your team's not here, or you want to hang out with us, we're right across the hall," Jaune says.

"I see. Thanks," Velvet replies.

"No problem. Well, goodnight," Jaune says and he and his team enter their dorm room.

With Team JNPR gone, Team RVWBY enter their room and quickly notice the fifth bed placed in one corner of their dorm room, replacing a desk and sitting on Ruby/Weiss' side of the dorm.

"Nice, they already got your bed set up. Now you don't have to sleep on the floor," Yang notes.

Velvet sits on her new bed to test it out and quickly gets used to the soft feel of the mattress as she lies back on it.

"Gotta admit, I could get used to this," Velvet says.

"Well, we should get changed and get ready to head in soon. We have classes tomorrow. Velvet, what classes do you have?" Weiss asks as she opens a desk to pull out her nightgown.

This makes Velvet sit up with realization, "Actually, I have no idea what classes I'm taking. And aren't there uniforms the students have to where here because I don't have that either," Velvet says.

A second later, a knock is heard on their door. Blake goes to open it up to reveal Professor Goodwitch on the other side, carrying some clothes , a bag with some supplies, and a piece of paper in her hands.

"Good evening ladies. I came to deliver some things to Miss Crowe," Glynda says and Blake steps aside to allow her entrance. Glynda walks up to Velvet and hands her the items. "The document contains your list of classes and the information related to them. The bag contains things such as toiletries and school supplies for you. For clothes, I brought you your school uniform and a couple sets of pajama clothes, though those are just black t-shirts with red short shorts and underwear for you. I would like for you to get changed now to see if they fit," Glynda explains.

"Um, alright," Velvet says and takes a pair of pajama clothes and heads into the bathroom to get changed. A moment later, she comes out wearing her new clothes, which look perfect on her. "Well, at least they fit," Velvet says.

"Good. Now, I need you to give me your torn clothing," Glynda asks.

"What for? You're not going to throw them away, are you? To be honest, I've grown attached to them," Velvet asks.

"No, I'm going to have them repaired for you. Just wear your uniform until I return with them. It shouldn't take too long," Glynda replies.

"Oh, okay then," Velvet says and hands over her old clothing.

Glynda then gives her some lien, "This is some lien for you to use in case you need it. Make sure to spend it wisely," Glynda reminds her.

"Of course," Velvet says.

"Good. Well goodnight Miss Crowe. Ladies," Glynda bids them goodnight and leaves the room.

"Well, that takes care of that problem," Ruby says.

"Very. Well, we should finish getting ready to head in," Weiss notes.

All the girls nod in agreement and each take their turn in the bathroom. After they all finish, the girls head to their beds and get ready to go to sleep.

"Goodnight everyone," Ruby says.

"Goodnight," they all reply and drift off to sleep.

…

During the night, while Velvet slept, she suddenly opened her eyes and found herself in a white void again She looks around to find that it is just her in this blank expanse.

"We meet again, Velvet Crowe," she hears behind her and turns around to find the woman with the white cloak standing behind her.

"You again, huh? Is this going to be a regular thing?" Velvet deadpans.

"No, not really. I just came to see how you were doing in my world. Have you met my daughter yet?" she asks.

"You mean Ruby? Yeah, I met her…Though I'm sure you already knew that by now," Velvet replies.

"I see not much gets by you. That's good to know," the woman replies, smiling.

"Yeah, like how I could suddenly taste food again. Did you have something to do with that?" Velvet questions her.

"Basically, yes," the woman shrugs her shoulders.

"Why?" Velvet counters.

"I am well aware that back in your world, you could only taste the blood of the demons you ate. However, that will not work with the Grimm. They are creatures without a soul, completely filled with emptiness and nothingness. And of course, the fact that they turn into smoke when they die prevents you from eating them. So let's just say I tweaked a few things to solve that little problem," the woman explains.

Velvet becomes suspicious from this, "…Again. Why?" she reiterates.

The woman walks closer to Velvet, "Because you have been through much pain in your world. Even if you had friends who helped with that pain, you still felt much pain. You will also feel pain in this world as well…But that doesn't mean you can't find some form of happiness here, no matter how small. I'm not saying this is the only happiness you'll find, but I wanted to help you in some way. It was the least I could do after asking you to leave your world and your friends behind," the woman says.

This gets Velvet thinking about some things, including one in particular.

"And my friends back home. How are they doing?" she asks.

"They are quite well. Thanks to you, they are living their lives according to their own beliefs and walking down their own paths towards a better tomorrow. Take some solace in knowing that," the woman clams her worries.

Velvet feels relieved at hearing this, "That's good to hear. Thank you."

The woman nods, "I have to go now. But, we may see each other again in the future. So, until then, keep living your life here, and keep being there for my daughter," she says as things start to fade away.

"Of course. I did agree to protect her after all," Velvet says.

"Don't worry. You'll come to like her. Just you wait…" the woman says as everything disappears.

…

Velvet wakes up to find herself back in her bed, in her dorm, and it is still dark out. Velvet turns over to take a quick look at Ruby's bunk, hearing her snoring lightly. Seeing that everything is okay, Velvet goes back to sleep.

…

The next morning, the girls are getting ready for classes, and everything is going smoothly…Well…almost everything…

"No way! No way in Hell am I wearing this!" Velvet yells from inside the bathroom with the door closed.

"Ah, come on, Velvet. It's not that bad. It's just a school uniform. What seems to be the problem?" Yang says.

"This skirt is the problem!" Velvet yells back.

"Come on, Velvet. We all have to wear them. Besides, I'm sure you'll look fine in it. It's better than those torn clothes of yours when we first met," Weiss says, annoyed.

"Those, I had on due to circumstances at the time, and I got used to wearing them," Velvet replies.

"Velvet, it's not that bad. Just come out already. We have to get to class soon," Ruby reminds her.

Velvet groans, "Ugh…fine," she begrudgingly says and steps out, wearing the school uniform, along with her choker, bandages, and thigh-high black socks.

"Don't see what the problem is to me. You look nice, in my opinion," Blake says.

"Well, I feel like an idiot," Velvet retorts.

At this point, Ruby walks up to Velvet, "Come on Velvet, just go with it for now. Please…" and then Ruby uses the most diabolical weapon ever designed…her puppy-dog eyes.

Velvet tries to look away, but Ruby just inches closer, hands clasped in front of her, and even starts making some tears in the corners of her eyes.

"Oh, that is so not fair," Velvet notes and eventually relents with a sigh. "Fine," she groans.

Ruby giggles at her victory and the group leave to head to class. A short walk later and they end up in Professor Port's class, taking their seats at the front with Velvet sitting on Ruby's left.

Ruby leans in to Velvet, "Word of warning. He spends most of his classes talking about stories about himself when he was younger. Unless it's something important or related to the class, you should be able to get away with tuning him out," Ruby whispers to her.

This makes Velvet raise her eyebrow in confusion. A moment later, Professor Peter Port enters the class.

"Good morning class. Today I would like to begin by first having our new classmate introduce herself to us. Miss Crowe, if you would," Port motions to Velvet.

Velvet looks around the class, and sees her teammates giving her their support before she decides to step up to the front of the class.

"Uh…hi, I'm Velvet Crowe…Nice to meet you," Velvet says blandly.

"Would you like to say anything else?" Port encourages her.

"…No," Velvet replies, already done with this.

"I…see. Very well, return to your seat and we can get started," Port says.

Velvet walks back to her seat and the class gets underway, if having the professor spend most of the class period telling stories about himself can be called that. Whatever he said that actually sounded important, Velvet wrote down, all the while feeling a little out of place. She couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable at doing something as normal as schoolwork, even if it was for a combat school. Spending a good part of her life fighting and eating demons, all while in the pursuit of revenge can do that to a person. However, there was something about this new life that felt…nice in a way, although she couldn't place it. The rest of class went off without much else and soon it ended. The team leaves and begins heading to their next class: Glynda's combat class.

They meet up with Team JNPR and take their seats in the stands of the room. Soon, they see Professor Goodwitch approach them from the arena floor.

"Good morning class. Today we will be having one-on-one sparing sessions between teammates. Most of you have seen your teammates in action during the initiation or have gotten to know your teammates during your short stay here at Beacon. If you are to perform better as a team, then you need to be more aware of each other's abilities. And sometimes, the best way to do that is to cross blades with one another in a match. So, we will have participants from the same team face off in a tournament-style match. Do we have any volunteers for the first match?" Goodwitch asks.

Yang quickly raises her hand, "I do!" she yells.

"Very well, we have Yang Xiao Long. Who do you choose as your opponent? Remember, it has to be someone from your team," Glynda says.

Yang grins and locks her eyes onto Velvet, "I choose Velvet. It's time we had that sparring matched you promised from before," Yang says, her confident smirk showing.

Velvet hums, "Hm. Alright. Just don't go crying to Ruby after I beat you," Velvet taunts her.

Both warriors leave to change into their combat attire. However, Velvet remembers that her combat clothes are with Goodwitch. When she enters the locker room in the back, she notices a pile of clothing on one bench with a note on top. She picks up the note and reads it.

"From Professor Goodwitch: Miss Crowe, these are your clothes from when you first arrived here. I was able to repair most of them, however, I did not have enough fabric to repair your cloak so it is still a little damaged, although I'm sure that won't be a problem for you," it read.

Seeing that see had her clothes back, Velvet changed into her combat attire. Her attire, looking the same but now repaired, covered more of her body and was actually a little more comfortable than before. A few minutes later, they both enter the arena and take their positions. Yang noticed Velvet's clothing and quickly gave her a thumbs up in approval, to which Velvet smiles and nods back in return. Yang activates her shotgun gauntlets, Ember Celica, while Velvet engages her arm blade. Both fighters take their stances and prepare to fight. This match is going to be epic…

I apologize for the late submission and for the fact that not much happens in this chapter. I was kind of busy spending time with my mom and grandmother for Mother's Day. I've been reading the reviews and most were well received. There were a few that were more negative, but that is to be expected, and is fine. However, those that say they want the VelvetxRuby pairing gone, let me say this: the VelvetxRuby pairing is STAYING. If you do not like the idea, that is your opinion, which is fine; just don't read the story then. Anyway, Please Read and Review.