A/N: Ok, so I don't normally do this, but this chapter is going to be divided into 2 parts. Part 2 will be uploaded as a new chapter in a few days at the most.

Alright, here's chapter 17. Enjoy!

"Wait… Arcwitch?"

'Oh….. fuck,' echoed through Jaune and Glynda's mind. This was a nightmare and they were not prepared. Though they refused to acknowledge it, they knew that the truth about their marriage wouldn't stay a secret forever. It would have gotten out eventually, but they had hoped that it would have been years from now and on their terms. But this…

Jaune felt stupid for not considering this. Of course, now that they were married their last names were changed. Why wouldn't he think that it wasn't also changed in documents like his online medical records?

Glynda was internally mortified, but somehow was keeping face. If their new last names were already in their medical records, then all it would take is some to dig just a little further to find out why. When it's found out that she was married to a student, the media would have a field day with the scandal that would follow. Her career… her life would be over.

"Jaune, you're a witch?!" Nora jumped up next to her him, drawing everyone out of their thoughts.

"Uhhh…." was all he managed to get out as everyone else was too stunned by Nora's outburst.

"Why didn't you tell us? Was it because you're embarrassed? Don't be, witches are cool! They can ride on broomsticks and do magic and do all sorts of things!" Nora cheered while bouncing and twirling around. "Oo oh, show us your magic by… by... turning Ren into a frog!"

'What?' Jaune thought. 'She knows about our marriage. What is she-' His thoughts paused as he saw her wink at him. '... ooooooh.' Finally catching on to what she was doing, Jaune raised a finger to Ren. "By my witch-enly powers, I turn Ren into a frog." 'I can not believe I just said that.'

Ren looked at Jaune for a moment before turning his attention to Nora, then to Pyrrha, then back to Jaune. "... ribbit."

"Pyrrha, I turn you into a frog that actually sounds convincing."

Pyrrha blinked for a moment and then emitted her best attempt at a frog noise, but immediately covered her mouth when she ended up sounding like a poor dying animal. Nora burst out laughing and almost fell on the floor, Jaune did his best to hold down his chuckling, Ren just smiled and shook his head, was Pyrrha was blushing in embarrassment but also chuckling.

Glynda held a hand over her mouth, hiding her smile while successfully holding back her chuckling. The interaction team JNPR was having reminded Glynda of her former Beacon team, and she was briefly lost in a moment of nostalgia and happy memories. She was also relieved that, even if she knew that it would last only last for a short while, everyone forgot about the last name revelation.

After several moments have passed and everyone calmed down, Pyrrha was the first to speak. "Still though, I didn't know your last name was actually Arcwitch. Was Arc just an abbreviation?" she asked.

"No, my last name is just Arc," Jaune lied and felt bad for doing so. But he knew it was necessary.

"Seeing as I am responsible for most of the paperwork done at Beacon, I can also confirm that Arc is his last name," Glynda chipped in. And it wasn't a lie either, all of his record at Beacon said so.

"Then, why did the nurse call you 'Arcwitch'?" Pyrrha asked in confusion. Jaune blinked. He did not think that far ahead.

Thankfully, Nora came to the rescue once again. "They got the names mixed up and confused, obviously," Nora said as if it were common knowledge. Everyone gave her a questionable look. "What? Jaune and Miss Goodwitch's names were no doubt tossed around a lot due to what happened last night. Obviously, someone later got confused and thought one of the was named Arcwitch."

"That seems like a bit of a stretch," Pyrrha commented.

"No she has a point," Ren chimed in. "When we were younger she always popped in when I would introduce myself to people. I had a couple of people mistake that as my name being 'Renora'."

"But, that sounds like a girl's name."

"He was a girly little boy," Nora giggled, earning a glare from Ren and a laugh from the rest. Glynda felt a little embarrassed that it took her this long to figure out just what Nora did, and how it took the attention off of them and closed the case of their last name. She had to admit it was quick thinking on her part, and now she felt a little bad for labeling her as someone who would rush into a situation without thinking.

A knock at the door grabbed their attention to the doctor carrying a duffle bag. "Mr. Arc, right?"

"That's me," Jaune replied.

"Mr. Arc, I'm here to give you your leg braces and go over your injuries in a little more detail with you," he explained. "We should get done in a few minutes and then we'll let you out of here."

Everyone smiled at the good news, especially Glynda. If he could get released immediately, then his injuries must be healing rapidly, which means he'll be back to normal in no time. Everything would be fine.

Everything was not as fine as Glynda hoped.

Jaune would be fine in a week. Aura was helping his recovery beyond expectations, but he would have trouble walking for a few days and would have to wear a leg brace until then. She'll help and have him take it easy during that time.

After escorting Team JNPR and was about to board the airship back to Beacon, her scroll received an important message. Due to her involvement with the events that shook Vale last night, she was 'requested' to see the council to give a statement about the events. She didn't hate the council, she was not a woman of politics, but her being exhausted from helping repair the damages the entire night didn't help her mood.

Her scroll died along the way, so she was surprised to see Ozpin outside the government building, who expressed how he would gladly handle the political drama for her. This was a nice relief for her and she thanked him as she took the slow trek back to the school, where she hoped to collapse in bed and finally get some rest.

Once she got back, she quickly realized that Ozpin took the political shitstorm for her as a way of apologizing for not completing the paperwork he was supposed to do… she wasn't exactly sure why she was surprised at that after working with and knowing the man for years now.

After several long hours of paperwork, she was finally finished and wanted nothing more than to lie down and finally rest. But another thought entered her mind and prevented her from doing so. She realized there was one last thing she needed to do… well, two things.

She took out her scroll and message Jaune that she had his backpack and would give it to him later. She then sent a message to team RWBY.

Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang sat on the couch before Glynda Goodwitch. They were summoned to speak about what happened the previous night. They knew it was going to happen, but they didn't expect it to happen today, seeing that most of the day had already passed. Especially so when they saw how Glynda looked.

She looked tired and sick, absolutely horrible compared to how she normally was. But they were smart enough to keep that to themselves.

When Glynda asked, every member of team RWBY recounted the events of the previous night and tried to stay as truthful to the events as they happened, knowing that leaving out or tweaking information wouldn't be a good thing if found out. After their explanations, Glynda took several moments to contemplate their answers before nodding and standing up.

"Girls, I can not fault you for wanting to do the right thing." A small smile started to form on Yang and Ruby's faces. "But," their smiles dropped, "in this scenario, I must question why you all believed going to find and fight a known terrorist organization, on your own and without support, was a good idea."

"We didn't plan on taking them on on the freeway," Ruby responded. "It just spiraled out o-"

"We handled it and did what was right," Blake stepped in. "The was a terrorist rally going on and we did what we had to protect Vale. No one else is doing anything about it. If we didn't, they would have dispersed and could have caused who knows what kind of carnage." The rest of her teammates muttered their agreements.

Glynda sighed. The girls were trying to do the right thing, but they put themselves in unnecessary danger at the same time. They weren't ready for that. Not yet. "You were lucky to escape that situation with your lives. One mistake, and one or more of you would be missing from this conversation."

"But..." Ruby tried to protest. "We would've been able to get out in time."

"To be fair, it's not like we just charged in blindly without discussing a plan," Weiss said.

"Yeah," Yang chimed in. "We can handle ourselves. You yourself said we were one of the best teams a while ago."

Glynda sighed as she walked over and stared out of the closest window. She didn't know what she expected. They were young and in their first year in one of the four main huntsmen academies. Cockiness and arrogance were expected. But to show a total disregard for their own safety and for the collateral damage that they caused…

Were they completely oblivious to what happened? To the destruction caused? To the people hurt?

To the fact that Jaune was shot twice and would have been killed if the third bullet wasn't a few inches off to the side?

Glynda resisted the urge to tighten her fists and let out a sigh. She was too exhausted to deal with this. But then an idea came to her head. A very ill thoughted idea, but one that will get her point across. "Tell me Ruby, which of your teammates will have to die for you to learn?" Glynda didn't need to turn around to know what faces the girls were having. Hearing them shuffle in their seats was enough.

"...P-... Professor Goodwitch?"

"You're young and ambitious, and thus you think you're invincible." Glynda turned around to face them. "So please tell me, which of your teammates would you have to see die in battle to realize that you… none of you are invincible." She asked as she walked in front of them.

"Hold on a second Miss G!" Yang stood up, not bothering to hide her distaste for the deputy headmistress. "That's going too far!"

"For once, I'm going to have to agree with Yang," Weiss said. "I honestly believe this is entirely unnecessary."

"On the contrary, it is," Glynda remarked with angry eyes. "Death is a very real possibility in this line of work. And I don't believe you four are taking this seriously at all!"

"We're not children," Blake spoke up. "We knew the risks when we signed up for it."

"Knowing the risks is not the same as understanding them," Glynda retorted. "I doubt you haven't seen some of the upper year teams and noticed how some of them don't have all four members with them. You may know the risks, but they understand them." The members of Team RWBY were taken back by this. The thought was always in the back of their minds, but they never brought it up. "Anyone can know the risks, but places like Beacon help you understand them. But we seem to be failing in that regard."

"But-" Ruby tried to speak, but Glynda cut her off.

"Tell me Miss Rose, if you don't want to learn than your not invincible in the classroom, then you'll have to learn it the hard way like I and so many others did. So please, which of your teammates would have to die in order for that to happen?"

Team RWBY's eyes widened at what she implied, but Glynda didn't seem to notice as she turned back around and slowly walked back to the window.

"But perhaps it doesn't matter. If your own mother's untimely passing wasn't enough a warning about the dangers of being a huntress, then I don't know what will. If your own mother's death meant so little to you, then she must be rolling in her grave. Perhaps Ozpin was wrong in bringing you here."

Glynda took another slow breath. She could hear the girls shuffling awkwardly in their seats, as well as a few snuffles from Ruby.

"The four of you are dismissed. Get out." Her voice lacked any emotion.

Slowly, the four trainee huntress, left the office leaving Glynda by herself. The headmistress waited a few moments to make sure they didn't come back before going back to her desk. When she sat down, she cupped her head in her hands, her anger replaced with regret.

"She didn't deserve that," she muttered to herself. "She didn't deserve that."

A/N: And there we have it. Nora saves the day and Glynda snaps while being angry.

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