RWBY: Lost and Forgotten

Chapter 9

Chrome

I sat in Dr. Oobleck's class, trying my best to keep up with what this guy was saying. My sister sat next to me, and behind us was that Schnee girl. "Yes! Yes, prior to the Faunus Rights Revolution-more popularly known as the Faunus War-" Oobleck zipped across the room as he was teaching. "-humankind was quite, quite adamant about centralizing Faunus population in Menagerie." he pointed to the location on the map that was hanging from the board. "Now! While this must feel like ancient history to many of you, it is imperative to remember that these are relatively recent events! Why, the repercussions of the uprising can still be seen to this day!" he took a sip of his coffee. "Now! Have any among you been subjugated or discriminated because of your Faunus heritage?"

Some guy in the back raised his hand, followed by a rabbit Faunus in the front row. I placed my elbow on my desk and slowly raised my hand as well, noticing my sister kept her hands down.

"Dreadful, simply dreadful! Remember, students, it is precisely this kind of ignorance that breeds violence!" he took another sip. "I mean, I mean, I mean just look at what happened to White Fang! Now, which one of you young scholars can tell me what many theorize to be the turning point in the third year of the War? Yes?"

"The battle at Fort Castle!" the Schnee answered.

"Precisely! And, who can tell me the advantage the Faunus had over General Lagune's forces?" Oobleck asked.

Suddenly, some guy on the opposite side of the class sat up with a "Hey!"

"Mr. Arc! Finally contributing to class! This is excellent! Excellent! What is the answer?" Oobleck asked him.

"Uhhhh... The answer... The advantage... that the Faunus..." I noticed him look over the teacher's shoulder. Following his gaze, I saw a girl with red hair gesturing and cupping her eyes. "...had over that guy's stuff... Uhh... Binoculars!"

The class burst into laughter. "Very funny, Mr. Arc! Cardin! Perhaps you would care to share your thoughts on the subject!" Oobleck asked a guy leaning back in his chair, his feet resting on the desk.

"Well, I know it's a lot easier to train an animal than a soldier." he replied.

"You're not the most open-minded of individuals, are you, Cardin?" the redhead said.

"What? You got a problem?"

"No, I have the answer! It's night vision. Many Faunus are known to have nearly-perfect sight in the dark." she replied, earning a grunt from Cardin.

"General Lagune was inexperienced, and made the mistake of trying to ambush the Faunus in their sleep." my sister added. "His massive army was outmatched, and the general was captured." she then turned to Cardin. "Perhaps if he'd paid attention in class, he wouldn't have been remembered as such a failure."

I stifled my laughter as Cardin stood up from his seat, clearly unhappy. "Mr. Winchester! Please take your seat." Oobleck said as the guy from before started chuckling. "You and Mr. Arc can both see me after class for additional readings. Now! Moving on!"

The rest of the class period went by pretty quickly, and before I knew it, the bell rang. Grabbing my things, I got up from my seat and headed for the door with Blake behind me.

I stopped walking for a second so Blake could walk next to me. "So, having fun with your team yet? I know you aren't really a 'people person'."

She just shrugged. "I guess you could say that."

"Is your team boring or something?" I asked.

"They're...an interesting bunch." she replied. "How about your team?"

"Eh, not really much to say." I replied. "Haven't really gotten around to the 'meet and greet'. Been too busy with schooling and...stuff."

"Uh-huh..."

"Who's on your team again?" I asked, trying to remember their names from when our teams were first assigned. "There's that girl, with the skirt, Rudy, or something?"

"Ruby." Blake corrected.

"Right, sorry." I rubbed the back of my head. "Her sister is on your team, too, right? Uh...Yang!"

"Yes."

"Then there's...the Schnee girl." I scratched my head. "Wes, Weese, uhm-"

"It's Weiss!" I glanced back to see her walking a few feet behind us.

"Right, Rice."

"No, not Rice, Weiss!" she crossed her arms.

"Why-ss?" I said, breaking down her name. "Weiss?"

"Glad to see you can learn." she said before walking passed us.

"Wow... Okay... That was unnecessary." I looked over to Blake who just shrugged. "She usually like that, or..." Blake just rolled her eyes before walking off as well. "Oh, yeah, that's cool." Sighing, I started heading back to my dorm room.

Walking in, I noticed I was the first one back. Heading over to my bed, I pulled out my book and fell into it, picking up where I left off.

End of chapter 9