The prompt for this one was "One of the main cast is secretly working with the villains."

Ruby sat up in her sleeping bag suddenly, the nightmares that had woken her fading from her memory immediately. All she could remember was hearing Pyrrha scream, just as she had many times before in her dreams.

Ruby breathed in the woodland air, trying to calm her racing heart. They had left Mistral two days prior bound for Wind Path. Supposedly they could find a smuggler there who could get them to Atlas.

She glanced around their campsite and wasn't entirely surprised to see Jaune missing from his sleeping bag. He still spent most nights training with Pyrrha's recording. Ruby knew it wasn't entirely healthy, but she also wasn't sure what to do for him. What did surprise her was that Oscar's sleeping bag was also empty.

Ruby slipped out of her own bag and grabbed Crescent Rose. Making as little noise as possible, she moved to the edge of the campsite. She closed her eyes and listened for any sign of where the two boys might be. She heard a voice that sounded like Oscar's and began moving in that direction.

As Ruby crept through the woods, Oscar's voice grew louder, though she still couldn't really make out his words. She was sure she was getting close when an armored hand reached out of a bush and waved to her vigorously. She nearly cried out when she caught sight of Jaune's face, one finger pressed to his lips.

Ruby pressed a finger to her own lips to signal that she understood. Jaune pointed towards the sound of Oscar's voice, and the two Hunters snuck closer while remaining hidden in the foliage. Looking out into a small clearing, she spotted Oscar.

Then her eyes widened as she saw who- or rather what- he was talking to.

Ruby had never seen a creature like it before, but it could only be a Grimm. Its bulbous black head floated five feet off the ground, several red tentacles dangling down from it. Each tentacle ended in a wickedly sharp point that immediately made Ruby think of the many stab wounds that had been found in Professor Lionheart's body. She had to choke back a gasp of dismay as she heard Oscar speak to the Grimm.

"I could always just take the Relic from them now."

"No," came a woman's voice from the Grimm, echoing slightly as if coming through a tunnel. The voice was cool and commanding, and Ruby felt certain that it was Salem. "Continue to report their location. We will take the Relic while maintaining your cover."

"Yes, my Lady," Oscar replied.

"Traitor!"

Ruby jumped as Jaune walked forward out of the trees and drew his sword, staring down Oscar. Hesitating for a moment, she stepped out of hiding as well, extending her own weapon.

"It doesn't look like you will be able to maintain your cover any longer," Salem remarked coldly.

"So it would seem," Oscar stated flatly. "I'll just have to kill these two and take the Relic while everyone else is asleep."

"Professor," Ruby whispered. "How could you?"

Oscar's eyes widened in surprise for a moment, but then his face became contorted with anger.

"You fool!" he shouted with rage that Ruby had never heard from him before. "I'm not Ozpin!"

Ruby and Jaune both gasped in shock.

"Oscar?" Ruby cried out. "But how? Why didn't Ozpin tell us?"

Oscar laughed cruelly. "My master possesses powers that fool couldn't begin to imagine. He only sees what she wants him to. He has no idea this conversation is even happening!"

"But I don't understand," Jaune cried. "When?"

"Oh, I was working for Salem long before Ozpin stole my body from me," Oscar sneered.

"What?" whispered Ruby. "How did she know you were the next one he would possess?"

Salem's voice came again from the Grimm.

"I didn't. I simply killed or recruited every teenage boy on Remnant whose name started with an O."

Ruby and Jaune gasped in disbelief.

"Most of them came to my side willingly," Salem continued with twisted glee. "It wasn't that hard once they learned what Ozpin had been doing to people like them for the past few millennia. Isn't that right, Oliver?"

A boy around Oscar's age stepped out of the shadows on the other side of the clearing. A shotgun rested in his hands. He glowered at Ruby and Jaune as he spoke.

"That's right, ma'am."

"Oswald?" Salem asked. Ruby and Jaune heard footsteps behind them and turned to see a slightly older boy holding a longsword much like Jaune's.

"You got it," the boy said with an arrogant smirk.

"Omar," Salem continued. "Owen. Osmund. Ojiro. Orlando. Otis. Otto. Octavius. Odysseus. Obadiah. Odion. Odhran. Orion. Osborn. Ourson."

Soon Ruby and Jaune were surrounded, the boys appearing out of the shadows like ghosts. They were armed with weapons ranging from basic guns and blades to mechashift weapons of decent complexity. Ruby couldn't guess how skilled any of them were, but if they all at least had their Auras unlocked then this would be a difficult fight.

"Oh," whispered Jaune somberly.

"O," agreed Ruby.

Author's Note: This one was just silly. I hope you all like it.