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Ding! Ruby could only sigh out of frustration as the elavator door closed and her sister and father both spewed questions about what is going on. It really annoyed her that the two were so curious about this. She couldn't help it when she yelled out at them. "Shut up!"

Ruby couldn't help but smirk slightly at the commanding tone in her voice, and found their immenent shock quite amusing. She had to stop herself from chuckling while the blondes were left spluttering trying to find a reasonable response. Ruby turned her head to the elevator wondering how the conversation with Ozpin was going and what was going to happen now.

As she looked away, she missed the concerned looks she got from Yang and Taiyang. She, after a moment, shook her head and refocused on how she was going to get out of this talk with her family. She noticed when she redirected her attention that the two seemed to share a look and she couldn't help but sigh.

How much influence did they believe they had in her life? They were tens years too late to want to prevent this path she was going on. Yang then decided to pounce and ask the one question she wasn't going to answer, or at least she didn't want to, where did she go off to the night before. She sighed dejectedly as she contemplated her options once again.

She looked Yang in the face and seemed to look for something there. Yang nearly flinched at the serious look that was on her younger sister's face. Ruby spoke slowly and deliberately. "I was with Uncle Qrow. I wanted to ask him a few questions."

Taiyang looked curious. "Why did you have to go out late to ask him your questions?"

Yang looked like she was about to add onto it when Ruby looked down like she was embarrassed and softly replied in a small voice. "I didn't want anyone to know because they are quite personal for me."

This incited Taiyang to look ashamed and to apologize. He quickly hugged her and told her that he was just worried was all. Yang meanwhile slightly frowned but quickly smiled as she didn't want to make things worse than they already were.

The three occupants of the lobby were quite surprised when the elevator dinged and Professor Goodwitch stepped into the lobby. She glared at them as if to say 'not a word.' Everything calmed into an awkward silence that seemed to just exude from everyone in the lobby.

Ruby used this time to try to get an idea about what was happening in Ozpin's office, since she was not actually in there at the moment. She realized that whatever was being discussed in there was being kept a secret and that the professor was not being included in the talk for now. This was slightly strange to Ruby as she was led to believe that Professor Goodwitch was trusted with everything.

She remembered that Ozpin liked to keep his secrets as well, so it shouldn't have been so surprising that his most trusted professor wasn't privy to everything going on at this point in time. It wasn't that strange that she wasn't trusted with all the information, since Ozpin didn't seem like the person that would be all too trusting with how cryptic he could be sometimes.

It wasn't too long till the female professor reentered the elevator and disappeared again. It was at that point that Ruby looked at the clock and realized that their first class was getting ready to start in a few minutes and she still needed to get ready. She looked at Yang and grabbed her hand before taking off at a reasonable speed she was sure that she was capable of at that that.

Yang let out a yelp as she suddenly felt herself get dragged out of the room and barely caught their father's surprised expression. Ruby softly giggled as she continued to use her semblance to get to team RWBY's dorm.


Ozpin was staring out of his office's window again thinking back to the conversation he just had with Qrow and that odd man, Jeremie. He wasn't sure how to make heads or tails of that man. It was unsettling and the main reason that he was prepared to take him on as a teacher. It was also why Qrow was going to join him teaching the students.

He sighed as he continued to plan out how this new combat class was going to be implemented into his school. He knew that it was going to be mandatory for the first years but he didn't want the other students to feel as if they aren't being taught everything they need to succeed as a huntsmen or huntress. It was a strange position to be put in, and he was hoping that maybe this would better prepare his warriors to take on the Grimm.

Ozpin decided that he could allow the other students choose this class as an elective course that they could take. Schedules would be rearranged to account for the class but that was to be expected since the course is being added very soon, as in tomorrow soon. He knew that it was strange to add in such a course this late into the year, but this was very important since the subject matter pertained to the physical and in some cases spiritual or even mental developments.

Of course, he had only heard the rumors about that from an old friend and some from Lunavos or Salem as she seemed to like that name better. He hoped that those rumors were true because that was quite an edge that he believed that they needed to better combat the Grimm. He looked down at his scroll and finished reading his message from James Ironwood.

He knew that this was a mistake that was being made and knowing that the only true deviation made to the timeline, to his knowledge, is Jeremie and his new class. He knew that such a deviation would help but he wasn't sure how this would affect everything later on. All he knew was that Ironwood was on his was to office now and he still wasn't sure how to deal with his maiden situation. Today was going to be a long day.


Qrow sighed again for what felt like the hundredth time in the past few minutes. Why? Everyone would ask. It was simple really, Jeremie made no sense to him what so ever. He was so confused to why Jeremie had to set the room up a certain way, the bed that Qrow was sleeping on was set closer to the door with the desk on the wall beside it leaving half the room empty except one lone bedroll and four flower pots on the window sill.

When Qrow asked about what type of flowers Jeremie was going to plant, he was laughed at. This irked him as Jeremie told him that it wasn't flowers being planted but beans! His confusion grew as he was told that the beans were of a special sort being magical with the ability to heal all wounds and restore ones energy or aura. Truthfully it sounded like a load to him, since that sounded very unbelievable.

"It is very funny how little you trust me on this matter." Of course Qrow didn't trust him on this because a magic bean capable of healing someone like that sounded impossible. And as if Jeremie could read... Actually he could be doing that. "Does it truly matter if you had no mental training to prevent your head from being invaded? Anyways..."

Jeremie continued as if he didn't notice Qrow trying to respond. "... This bean is very special as it is not from this universe nor is it exactly common where its from anyway."

Qrow cocked his eyebrow as Jeremie only smiled. "Not from this universe?" A nod was his only answer. "No further elaborations on that?" Another nod. "Why?"

Jeremie looked out of the window. "Simple, somethings were never meant to be known to everyone. Knowledge is power they say and power can corrupt people without any prejudice. I've had to put down my fair share of people who were corrupted like that." His eyes narrowed as Qrow saw Jeremie's blank face. "I can tell you everything about every person I've ever killed. Most of them were at the wrong place, wrong time. Others were born into the wrong universe."

Qrow's eyes widened at that. "Many hailed me as some sort of god, while most feared me since they knew that I was a bringer of balance, known to all as the Sustainer. Ha, the only thing that kept me from destroying anything and everything was because of my family." Jeremie chuckled as he began to spin his knife in his hand again, which Qrow didn't realize he pulled out.

He allowed his hand to go through his hair as he processed everything that Jeremie just told him. "So you were a keeper of peace with only a loose semblence of sanity?" Qrow stopped as he thought on what he just said and almost went for his weapon until Jeremie laughed catching him off guard.

Jeremie looked at Qrow amused. "I guess you could say that. I won't go insane yet, or hopefully ever, as I don't have the main thing that caused that to happen." Qrow was even more confused and still felt wary of Jeremie. "Most of my power is currently sealed away. You see the amount power I contained along with how fast I obtained said power was quite detrimental to my mind, especially when I was younger than Ruby is now."

Jeremie put his knife away as he got up and stretched. "I'm gonna go into the forest to kill some Grimm." Qrow sighed as his roommate and fellow teacher left the room, leaving him to think about everything he was just told and realized he only had more questions that he had no answers for. He laid onto his bed as groaned as he stood no closer to understanding him than he was before. He also realized at that point that he had to help him out lest he does turn crazy, and Qrow believes that they may not be able to stop Jeremie if he does.


Ruby stood with the rest of team RWBY along with team JNPR, which she was ignoring in favor of not having a breakdown in front of everyone, in the auditorium waiting for Ozpin to reveal the purpose of bringing everyone together. She heard people whispering rumors that he was stepping down as headmaster and someone else was becoming headmaster. Baseless.

Another rumor was that they were getting a new teacher. Not that far-fetched to her. She still held her doubts about what it was but she knew that whatever it was, it included Jeremie. She was unsure on how to take that but she knew that Ozpin would want to keep him close to observe him. Ruby was sure since Jeremie was such an unknown that could throw a wrench in many of his 'plans'.

She sighed as the crowd erupted into claps as the headmaster stepped onto stage quickly followed by Jeremie and surprisingly enough her Uncle Qrow. She focused on Ozpin as he quieted the crowd. "Ladies and Gentlemen. I know that you are all wondering why I have called you all here on such short notice."

He paused as people murmured words of agreement. "Now, I would like to introduce you to two new teachers that will be teaching a class on hand-to-hand combat." Pointing to Qrow. "This is Qrow Branwen, some of you may remember him from your time at Signal Academy. He has so graciously accepted my offer for him to help this new class."

He stopped to see everyone's reactions. Ruby couldn't help but let her jaw drop because that meant that her uncle was going to be teaching here at Beacon. Pointing to Jeremie. "This is Jeremie Scott. He is the head professor for the class and will also help you in any way he can."

"I would also like to tell everyone that this class is mandatory for all first years, but is also an elective course for years two through four. All first years will be given their new schedules tomorrow in their homerooms, while any students in the upper grades have to get their schedule changed to have the class." He paused and then bowed. "I would once again like to thank you all for coming and you all may once again go about your day." As he said that he began to walk away from the mic and everyone began to talk excitedly about the new class and the new teachers.

Ruby sighed as both her team and JNPR started to talk about it as they left the auditorium. She only glanced onstage and saw both Qrow and Jeremie smirk and nod their heads at her. She turned and followed after her team feeling almost giddy with only one thought. 'Let's see you deal with this Cinder Fall."


Alright the talk with the blondes is over but it appears that Yang is still curious. Egads the possibility of going insane because of power! Also no he is not super OP for no reason, even though most of his power is sealed at this point. Also with how the conversation between Qrow and Jeremie in this chapter went, I do hope that it wasn't too out of place. It was something that kinda just happened while writing this chapter. Also it is like the saying goes, "Absolute power corrupts absolutely." And that is what Jeremie was getting at in his ramblings.

Again I wanna know your thoughts on the story thus far. I would also like to see your thoughts thus far on Jeremie, I hope that you guys like him as he holds a big role in this story. Jeremie will be creating his own RWBY weapon soon so I would like to know what you guys want to see for said weapon. See you next chapter, Z0mb1ehunter out.