AN:

Man, the new season of RWBYs bringing so much good stuff! I'm loving the new backgrounds and also just the great world-building we're getting. What it's also bringing is a couple revisions as we learn a little more about different characters. But such is the joy of fanfiction to an ongoing series. You write what you have and believe and then you desperately try to fill plot holes that show up. Anyways...

Edited and Beta'd by Cruzerblade, Cr00cy and KAOS UNLEASHED

On with the show!

Chapter 6- Wait so the Dragon is...?

"I still don't understand why it has to be us here during lunch." Weiss huffed, pacing back and forth in front of the bed.

"Nora and Ren are assigned to kitchen duty and since the elevator isn't working, Pyrrha's won't be here until she finishes getting her boot off." Yang replied, stretching her arms above her head as she stared up at the tiles in the room. " And with Ruby visiting the weapons smith to pick up Pyrrha's replacement weapons, we're the only ones available to check up on him during Lunch," Yang said, leaning back in the chair she had settled in to.

"The hospital's already going to call for them once he wakes up, why do we need to be here. And why me specifically?" Weiss said with a huff, stopping her pacing to glare at the low energy blond.

"Because Ren and Nora are convinced he has 'dragon enemies', and Ruby's new buddy rule."

Yang replied dully as she pulled out her scroll and began to fidget with the screen.

Weiss grunted as she sat into a chair and crossed her arms. Ruby's "buddy rule". A surprisingly ironclad new rule put in place by their diminutive team leader. Until Vale and Beacon were repaired and secured, none of Team RWBY could go anywhere unaccompanied. Despite their many objections Ruby had remained steadfast, a firm resolve behind her silver eyes.

Weiss let out a sigh as her frustration slowly dissipated. She couldn't really blame her leader.

Although they had come out of the attack relatively unscathed, they had way too many close calls. Adam Taurus, leader of the White Fang, nearly killing Blake. Yang caught in a battle between two large dragons. Even Weiss - when she tried to parry the Paladin's attack. They all had close calls. It was some mixture of luck and random chance that had allowed them all to be successfully reunited afterwards.

It made sense Ruby wanted them to have backup going forward.

"Still… Ruby could at least let us grab lunch beforehand." She said, any heat in her voice gone.

Yang grunted as she continued to stare at her scroll. The quiet beep of the heart monitor the only sound in the room.

"…uby."

"Hmm?" Asked Yang, looking up from the scroll. "Did you say something Weiss?"

Weiss didn't reply, her eyes locked on the motionless form in the bed her mouth open. Yang looked too. Nothing seemed to have changed-

Wait.

Yang closed her scroll and leaned forward. Behind many of the bandages and the cotton sheets, Jaune's eyes were open.

"He's awake!" Said Weiss, jumping out of her seat. She stood there for a moment, as though forgetting why it was so significant before bolting to the door. "I'll get the nurse!" she called over her shoulder as she ran out of the room.

Yang stood there, still staring at the door Weiss left through, uncertain of what to say to Jaune. What did you say when someone comes out of a coma? Is it even good to talk to them before a nurse clears it with them? Just what…?

"-ang?"

The raspy voice filled the silence, drawing Yang's eyes to his face. Jaune's eyes were…confused and… panicked?

"Nora? Py…" Jaune started, cutting off as coughing racked his body. The heart rate monitor spiking slightly.

As his coughing began to die down, so did Yang's panic. A scared friend was a lot easier to deal with than a coma patient.

"They're all safe" She said, turning on her scroll and began to type out a message, "Welcome back Vomit Boy."

Outside a bird took off from the window seal.

Glynda's scroll was ringing.

"There's a point where it tips there's a point where it breaks there's a point- "

"Sorry,' she muttered, dismissing the call without looking at it, wincing slightly at the ring tone. She was lucky it had happened during this meeting instead of in the halls where a student could have overheard. Across from her, Peter and Bartholomew didn't react, remaining motionless as she pocketed her scroll.

"So… that's the current situation." Glynda said, trying to fill the silence that her ringtone had left behind. "Qrow's been watching the boy now and will contact us when he wakes up. Until then-"

"Jaune Arc."

Glynda turned slightly, Doctor Oobleck had spoken first. It was rare for the man to cut off anyone when they were talking.

"Yes, like I said, he- "

"Jaune Arc."

It was Professor Port this time. Also looking at her with a dazed look in his eyes.

"…Yes, we've established this, now back to- "

"The boy whose aura was unlocked during initiation."

Professor Oobleck said, cutting her off again.

"Ye-."

"The student with perhaps the worst initial performance seen in last seven years"

"…"

Glynda gave up.

"The boy whose weapon of choice is a simple sword and shield, while we live in the modern age of dust projectiles."

Glynda sighed.

"Yes." She said, glaring fiercely at the two shocked professors, daring them to interrupt her again. "Jaune Arc apparently possess some kind of transformational power that allowed him to assume such a form and help fight off the grimm that night."

Professor Oobleck made forward to speak but Glynda had enough. Whipping out her wand, she thrusted it at the two, growling lowly.

"Now if we could move on." Glynda said threateningly, "We need to discuss a lot before the boy awakes. Neither I nor Qrow were ever informed by Ozpin of any shape shifting dragon communities or anything remotely approaching transformation on this level."

She leaned forward and the other two professors tensed as her voice lost her aggressive edge but kept its seriousness. "We know nothing about Mr. Arc's power or why he wields it. Is it like the Maiden Powers? Are there clans of dragon shapeshifters? Is Mr. Arc a separate species from us? With a different social structure, living alongside us, fighting some kind of shadow war? We. Don't. Know."

She enunciated, trying to convey the pure uncertainty of the situation without including any of her fear and panic that she had upon considering these facts. To her pleasure, it seemed to be working. Both Bartholomew and Peter focused on her, their eyes wide.

They sat in silence before Peter spoke up.

"Erm… Glynda?"

"Yes?" she asked, giving him her full attention.

The mustached man cringed. " While I understand the seriousness of the situation… and the questions that we need to answer...Could you perhaps lower your riding crop...please?"

Glynda blinked and looked down, taking in the fact that she had just flourished her riding crop with each sentence and thrusted it towards them as she ranted.

"Of course." Glynda said, hastily stowing away her riding crop, a light blush on her face. She was no Ozpin. Ozpin would have been able to convey the issue without wildly waving his weapon. She was just a teacher, a fine competent teacher who was probably one of the best huntress in Vale, but still a teacher. She haddn't signed up for leading a shadow war fight when she first applied to be a teacher a Beacon.

A group of students, all huddled around one scroll, listening to the news.

"Sorry!"

Some workers were supervising a cart of rubble as they try to navigate to the outside.

"Coming through!"

A tired looking professor, shuffling down the hall, a clipboard in hand as they checked off which rooms still needed to be repaired.

"Excuse me!"

Ruby darted in and out of the crowded hallways, triggering her semblance in quick bursts, letting her squeeze in between groups of people with ease. Paying close attention to the package she held in her hands.

Under normal circumstances, Ruby wouldn't even think of using her semblance in such a crowded place, then again, normally the hallways of Beacon weren't so crowded. However, with much of the campus in ruins, most of the students and personnel were forced into small approved areas and pathways that had been deemed to be structurally sound and safe for people.

With cries of surprise calling out behind her, Ruby simply lowered her head and used her semblance again to help propel herself across a courtyard and into the adjacent building, nearly knocking over a girl with short blue hair as she burst through the main doors.

"I'm here to visit a patient in Room 123!" She babbled to the nurse behind the front desk before immediately taking off again, weaving in and out among patients and doctors alike, leaving the nurse behind.

The nurse blinked in bemusement before sighing and turning back to her paperwork. Huntsmen in training were always so dramatic about every little thing, it was a miracle how they could get anything done without breaking into a dramatic monolo-

A loud thump echoed down the hall, causing the nurse to sigh and look up, squinting her eyes slightly to peer down the hall where the red caped girl was sprawled out, an open door blocking her way.

The nurse watched deadpanned as a tall redhead girl, Pyrrha Nikos!, her brain whispered to her, walked out and crouched down by the downed girl. The red cape rustled as the girl moved. Presumably saying something. The Pyrrha shouted something before running off, leaving behind the caped girl on the floor.

The Nurse's eyes followed the celebrity girl in training as she ran out the doors, before turning back to the downed girl. If she didn't get up soon, she'd probably have to get up and walk over there hersel-

"Excuse me?"

The nurse tore her gaze away from the girl, letting out a breath of relief before she leaned forward, a smile fixated on her face. The red caped girl would have to be someone else's problem. Right now she had to help someone else. A girl with short hair looked down at her, vibrant blue framing her face as she leaned forward.

"Yes, can I help you miss?" asked the nurse, examining the girl's face with curiosity. She looked familiar…

"I'm looking for a boy who saved me during the attack, I… I don't know much about him, didn't really get a chance to thank him for what he did. I-i think his name's Jaune Arc. Could you direct me to where his room is?" the girl rambled on, fidgeting slightly as she looked down the hallway where the red caped girl was slowly standing up.

The nurse sighed, this time with a half-smile on her face, "Of course dear," she said, looking down at one of the monitors, quickly queuing up the patients rooster. "Hmm, he appears to be in the next building, that's where they keep most of the low risk patients right now. You'll want to walk straight across the courtyard into the next building. Let them know who you're there to see and then take the second left and an immediate right. It should be down on the left side." She said, gesturing as she talked. The entire time her eyes didn't leave the girls face, there was something about her… where had she seen the girl's face before?

"Oh, thank you! Thank you thank you!" The young girl gushed before turning walking away.

"Have we met before?" the nurse called after her, "I feel like I've seen you before."

The girl turned, and the nurse took a moment to rub her eyes. It must have been either a trick of the light or her eyes giving up on her after all these restless days of tending to students. Whatever the case, the girl's face was significantly different than what she had thought she saw. Freckles dusted her face and a long-hooked nose looked back at her as the girl turned her head in deep thought. Her eyes unusually bright as she squinted.

"…No…I don't think so." The girl said slowly after a moment. "Though thanks again for your help!" she called as she turned back and opened the door leading to the outside, exiting and vanishing from the nurses view.

The nurse stared after her for a moment, before sighing and rubbing her eyes. "Get a hold of yourself." She murmured before turning her attention back to her desk. " You still have six more hours on shift."

"So, what happened to the 'buddy rule'" asked Weiss dryly as Ruby took a seat in between her and Yang, setting down the package she had been holding down in between them.

"Blake's was going to get Ren and Nora and I was suppose to get Pyrrha." Ruby muttered, " But Pyrrha immediately ran to get Ren and Nora before I could tell her that." she said scowling. "She shouldn't be running so soon after getting the cast off." Ruby said as she rubbed her face tentatively. While aura had protected her from suffering any injuries, her skin was still tender from the door collision she had suffered. "How is he?"

"Their checking him over now." Yang replied, leaning over and pulling her sister into a half hug. "But he was awake and curious. Asking a lot of the same questions without much time for an answer."

Ruby felt some of the tension leave her body as she heard that. "Good," she sighed, leaning into her chair a bit, and closing her eyes. "Asking questions is good."

Weiss looked over at her, letting out an exasperated breath "You just want him to add weight to Ren's crazy theory." She said flatly.

Ruby cracked open one eye to look at Weiss, "Not a theory." She muttered as she closed her eye.

Yang sighed, "Ruby-, " she started to slide her arm off her sister's neck.

"Yang," Ruby parroted back not even opening her eyes.

The blond girl froze, staring at her sister incredulously before sliding her arm back around Ruby's neck, casually turning the friendly hug into a chokehold.

"Yan-uhh!" Spluttered Ruby.

"Ruby!" Yang replied in a sing song voice.

"Ahem" coughed the nurse who watched them from the doorway with a flat gaze. The two sisters quickly untangled themselves and Weiss rose, her attention on the nurse.

"How is he?" Weiss asked, ignoring her teammates as they both tried to straighten out their outfits, light blushes on their faces.

The nurse paused, eyeing the other two girls before sighing and replying Weiss. "He's awake and conscious though still weak. His aura seems to be healing at an abnormally slow rate although everything else seems to be stable. Burns, bruises, all seem to be fully healed. We'll probably keep him here a couple more days until his aura is at a higher level before discharging him." She rattled off, reviewing the clipboard she held in her hands.

"Can we see him?" Yang asked, leaning forward eagerly.

"As long as you don't put him into a headlock." The nurse replied dryly as she stowed the clipboard and began to walk down the hallway. "Don't agitate the patient and don't damage the room please." She called as she entered a different room further down the hall.

The three girls didn't a move for a moment, each stuck in their own thoughts. The issue of the dragon had become a large one, driving a small wedge in between their friends. Not something large enough to threaten their friendship, but big enough that it was the topic they always ended up at eventually.

According to Ren, the dragon was Jaune. If that was true…

Ruby took the first step. "Well…" she said awkwardly as she clasped her hands behind her back and turned towards the others, "shall we go say hi?" she asked her teammates.

Jaune leaned back against his pillows, propped up slightly as he craned his neck to peer outside his room's window. He couldn't see much, a tree was blocking the view, but if he turned his neck he could see-

"Jaune!" Ruby said, rushing over to the bedside, her mouth outpouring questions. "How are you feeling? Are you okay? What-"

"Ruby!" Jaune gasped with relief as his eyes lit up when she walked through the door. " You're all right! What happened? Wheres Nora and Pyrrh-"

"Woah" Yang called, grabbing the back of Ruby's cape, stopping her from getting close to Jaune. "Let him breath for a moment Ruby!"

"I am! I wasn't going to-"

"Oh yes you were! I remember when Dad got a broken-"

"That was different! He was-"

Weiss bypassed the two bickering sisters to stand by Jaune's bedside, glaring down at him.

"You have some nerve abandoning us to fight solo. Wasn't it you who told Ren to stick with other people? What were you thinking?"

Jaune blinked, turning his attention from the sisters to Weiss. "Solo? What? What're you-?"

"And then there was that time back in Signal when I accidentally dislocated my-"

"I was nine! You can't tell me-

"Don't you try and play naive you dunce, I know you weren't there when the-

"You coated my arm in band aids!"

"Nine!"

"Wait what did you sa-"

Their voices blended together, overlapping and drowning each other out, until…

"Jaune!" Pyrrha cried out, her voice sending the others into silence.

Pyrrha had arrived.

"I brought them." Blake said into the silence, Nora and Ren peering into the room behind her. One with a grin, the other a frown.

"So that's it?" grunted Professor Port, crossing his arms as he leaned back, "Just watch over him?"

Professor Oobleck sighed, "We can't judge what we don't know. And until Mr. Arc wakes up, all we can do is prepare for any eventualities." He explained, rubbing his face with one hand. "If Mr. Arc is still the boy we've been teaching, most likely he ranges from friendly to neutral towards us and Vale. However, if his personality is a façade, then having one of us there to delay him until reinforcements arrive is also the correct choice."

. "It's the best middle road for now."Glynda spoke up, her eyes still locked on the shift rotation they had drawn up "Once we get some answers, we can move forward with other steps."

"So, until he awakes then?"

"Until he wakes up. Then we can take action."

The three of them sat there for a moment, each contemplating what kind of action would be needed. Support? Offer of amnesty and further training? Or offense. Attacking with intent to kill this new threat to Remnant.

Their silence was interrupted by the doors bursting open, drawing each of their eyes as they rose, hands on their weapons.

Qrow stared lazy eyed at them as he caught his breath by the door.

"He's awake." Qrow said flatly, watching as each Professor reacted. "For at least twenty minutes or so. I tried to call you but…"

As Professor Goodwitch glared and huffed, nonchalantly pushing her scroll further into her pocket, Professor Port took a step forward, a gleam in his eyes.

"Then there's no time to wait then!"

And without any hesitation, Professor Port threw himself through the window. Professor Oobleck and the others remained frozen in brief shock as sound of the shattered glass and the thump of his college echoed from the street below. Strolling to the window, Doctor Oobleck eyed Professor Port's distant form as it tried to navigate through the crowd, finishing the last of his coffee.

"I'll run ahead and make sure Mr. Arc's alone when you arrive, I was signed up for first shift after all." He said to Professor Goodwitch and Qrow as he put a foot up on the window seal.

"The old boy always forgets that the rooftops are much quicker…"

"Jaune."

Pyrrha's voice seemed to echo into the small hospital room, demanding everyone's attention. Members of team RWBY quickly got out of the way and stood off to the sides, as Ren, Nora and Pyrrha entered.

"Pyrrha… you're okay!" Jaune said, straightening up further in the hospital bed as a wide smile broke across his face.

Jaune's response seemed to be the words they needed and both Nora and Pyrrha rushed forward, trapping the bedridden boy in a group hug. Ren standing quietly by their side… Until Nora flung an arm back and dragged him into the group hug. Off to the side, Team RWBY watched on, Ruby and Yang with small smiles on their face while Blake and Weiss has softer expressions, allowing their friends a moment of quiet.

"What took so long to find Ren and Nora?" Weiss asked Blake quietly as Team JNPR began to separate, words washing over the reunited friends.

"They fixed large stoves so they can start making some of the food in bulk." Blake replied, taking a seat in one of the chairs in the room and running a hand across her face "And I think they might have kicked Nora out after she broke one of the freezers. They were on the opposite end having lunch when I arrived."

Ruby giggled as she sat down beside her. " And Pyrrha?" she asked.

Blake dropped her hand and fixed the hooded girl with a flat look. "She used her semblance to pull us across campus. We didn't so much find her as be pulled towards her. I'm not even sure she touched the ground once we got outside to the courtyard."

"You could say that," Yang piped up as she sat down on Blake's other side, "She's really 'attracted' to Jaune!" she said with a grin as Blake let out a groan.

Ruby smiled to herself. Finally, with Jaune's awakening, it felt like things were getting back to normal. Like before the festival when the only thing they had to worry about was Professor Port's Grimm quiz or the essay that was due for History. No White Fang attack, no grimm invasion, and no-

"-since when could you turn into a dragon?"

Ruby caught Blake and Yang stiffening as Nora's question quickly killed the conversation between Jaune and Pyrrha, leaving her voice the only one in the room.

" I mean, I told you about the time with Ren, the nevermore and the bathtub and Pyrrha's shared some of her breakfast commercial horror stories, but seriously! That's something you mention to your team!"

Quickly Ruby turned to look at Jaune's face, half eger and half hesitant to see how he'd take the question. Part of her wanted him to admit it. To show and explain how he had done it. But another part of her…

"I mean it's huge! Imagine if you did that during the festival we would have… Jaune? Are you alright?"

Ruby's thoughts died along with Nora's voice as Jaune's face paled to a chalk white.

"W-what are you talking about?" Jaune stammered out. "D-ragon? Me? I… I don't know what

you're talking about Nora."

It was a lie. Bold and obvious.

Jaune was lying to them.

Which meant that it was true.

Yang let out a quiet "No way…" as both she and Blake stood up, joining Weiss who had never sat down in the first place. Pyrrha and Ren unconsciously took steps back away from the hospital bed. Only Nora seemed to be oblivious to the change of atmosphere as she looked at Jaune quizzically.

"What am I talking about?" Nora asked as everyone watched Jaune, "I'm talking about how Ren saw you turn into a dragon to fight that giant flying grimm. Are you okay? Did you hit your head?"

"We'll… uh… you see…I don't-" Jaune began to stutter out, his wide eyes trailing over everyone's in the room, flinching at what he found in each one.

Caution in Blake and Yang's eyes.

Cold detachment in Weiss's.

Realization in Pyrrha's.

Confusion in Nora's eyes.

A thirst for knowledge in Doctor Oobleck's eyes.

And in Ruby's eyes….

…

"Hate to interrupt." Doctor Oobleck spoke up, causing everyone in the room to reel in his direction in surprise. "But I and the other Professors need to speak with Mr. Arc in private. I'm going to need to ask you all to head back to your dorms. We shouldn't have this many guests in here anyways."

Professor Port groaned as he once again had to slow his speed to navigate through a gaggle of students to continue down the hallway. Whatever time he had initially saved by jumping out the window was more than lost by the constant groups of both students and workmen who moved around the school, each assisting with Beacon's clean up.

"At this rate anything could have happened by the time I get there." He thought grumpily to himself as he was forced to stop and wait as several long piles of plywood blocked the entire walkway for a couple of moments.

Several moments later and Professor Port finally found himself to the entrance to Beacon's hospital. Taking a deep breath, he fixed a determined look on his face and opened the door.

Tried to at least.

Before he could open it, the door opened and several students walked out, forcing him to wait as they passed by. Professor Port watched them go, confused. That was the rest of Team JNPR right? And their friends, Team RWBY? Why were they leaving? Why the solemn looks on their faces, did they even notice that he was standing there? What did Jaune Arc say to-

"Peter."

Professor Port turned around and gaped at Doctor Oobleck who held the door open as he gestured a hand inside.

"Ready? Qrow and Glynda are already inside."

"Erm… yes." Professor Port said, after trying and failing to come up with a way that somehow allowed his friend to arrive before him.

The two men walked off, stepping in silence as they passed by busy doctors and nurses who moved around them.

"How…" began Professor Port.

"Rooftops." Professor Oobleck answered.

The two continued for a while longer, before Professor Port suddenly stopped, squinting his eyes at something.

"That woman…?"whispered the mustached man slowly, raising a hand to his Axe's handle.

Professor Oobleck turned back in confusion, looking down the hallway to his friend and back.

Down at the end of the hallway he could see a blue haired student sitting nervously on one of the benches. She glanced over at them, probably curious about why two Professors were in the hospital.

Not a threat.

"Peter? What is it?" Doctor Oobleck asked, "What do you see?"

Professor Port tensed, then relaxed, blinking in confusion as he brought his hand away from his weapon. "I thought I saw… Never mind. Let's go in, I'm late enough as it is." He said, stepping forward and continuing down the hall.

Professor Oobleck watched him go, a frown on his face. He glanced back at the blue haired girl down the hall who seemed to be on her scroll for something. He sighed, he knew something had happened, but he couldn't put his finger on it.

He followed Professor Port, uneasily turning the situation over in his mind.

Behind them, Sapphire deleted one name from a list on her scroll.

"Sorry for being late." Professor Port said as he and Doctor Oobleck walked into the room. Qrow gave them no notice as Glynda's attention shifted away from the boy in the bed.

Stupid. Never take your eye off the target.

"It's fine," Glynda said tersely, "Bart was just escorting team RWBY and the rest of JNPR out of the room."

"Now that the gangs all here" Drawled Qrow, drawing the attention of the professors in the room and making the boy flinch. "Perhaps it's time we talk about the dragon in the room?"

Qrow took note of how the boy paled further and began to lightly fidget under the bed sheets.

"Yes yes," Glynda said, taking in a deep breath, closing her eyes for a moment before opening them. "Now Jau-"

"I don't know what you're talking about!" rushed out Jaune, taking deep quick breaths. "I don't remember anything!"

The room was quiet, the sound of the heart monitors quickening beeping the only thing filling the silence. Professors shifted behind Qrow, trading glances. Qrow himself remained stationary, his attention fully on the blond hair boy as his fidgeting got more pronounced.

"J-" Began Professor Port, only to be immediately cut off.

"I don't know! I don't remember!" Jaune shrieked at him, his eyes wide as a cold sweat caused the light to shine off his brow.

"I saw you." Qrow said, drawing the boy's frantic attention. "I was there when you changed back."

Jaune didn't respond, just staring at Qrow, a stunned expression on his face. The beeping of the heart monitor quickened again, and this time a secondary beeping sounded out, an alarm triggered by the dangerously quick heart rate.

Qrow stood up as Glynda sighed. "Jaune," she said firmly as a nurse rushed into the room, "We'll let you rest for today, but we will need to eventually discuss what happened during the attack. We'll be back tomorrow Jaune."

Qrow only caught the beginning of the boy's jerky nod before he was out in the hallway, he and the other professors ejected from the room by the nurse.

"He needs rest and recover." the matron said sternly at them before shutting the door.

The four adults stood there in the hallway, reflecting on their strange encounter. It had barely even been a full minute before they were thrown out of the room. What had caused such panic? What did that mean for their many theories?

"Well… at least he didn't turn violent. That's something." Doctor Oobleck finally said, turning to look at Professor Port.

"That doesn't really tell us much," The mustached man replied, his eyes in deep thought, "It could have been delayed. Once he gets over the fact that we know, he still might become violent…"

"In either case," Qrow spoke up, reaching into his pocket to pull out his flask. "We know that it's an important secret to the kid. Us knowing might be breaking some rule his people hold. Or even just taboo."

He eyed the flask for a moment, reflecting on distant memories. Sharing those inner secrets from home with the new people you've gotten to know at Beacon… it hit a little too close to home.

Qrow unscrewed the flask and took a deep drink.

"So, what now headmistress?" he asked as he stowed the flask and turned to Glynda. "What's the plan?"

"Same plan as agreed on, watch him until we can learn more. He'll have the night to organize his thoughts and tomorrow he'll have been under observation long enough that a simple elevated heart rate won't immediately summon the nurses." Glynda said, walking away from the building. "With any luck, we'll have our answers tomorrow. Doctor Oobleck? You get first shift."

None of the professors noticed the blue haired girl who watched them leave before turning her attention back to her scroll.

W, list is down to 13 possible individuals. However, Beacon Professors interested in initially dismissed student. Jaune Arc, average student whose friends with three students that the beast interacted with. Add him to the list? E

…

…

E, Disregard the list. test the boy. W

AN: Believe me. I hate the cliffhangers as much as you do. Well... that's probably not true... Anyways. The next you'll hear from me will be in January. I'm taking December to try and write ahead at my own pace. Plus I think I'll be in a better place on certain plot points after most of this season of RWBY is available for analysis.