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When Jeremie walked back into the classroom with a stack of booklets, the class was thoroughly confused. He couldn't help but laugh as he placed the books on the only desk in the quite large classroom, and quickly glanced at the paper and Qrow. After he got an affirmation from Qrow, he then looked over the paper and tossing the appropriate booklet to each student in accordance to the Martial Arts they chose to learn.

Jeremie sat down on his desk as he watched everyone look over their booklets seeing that they contain the specific art that they wanted to do. "As you all have indeed noticed, the booklets I have handed out contain one specific art and that they coincide with what you wish to learn. This of course does conclude our time here today and you may leave to go about your day."

As he noticed everyone hesitate with their confusion visible, he began to walk towards the door. "If you guys wish to stay I don't mind but I have other things I need to do, so Qrow can deal with you people if you don't leave." Jeremie turned a fraction and bowed impolitely to the students as he left the classroom once more.

Jeremie entered the school's 'armory', and he could say without a doubt that he was thoroughly unimpressed at what he found. The room was filled to the brim with basic weapons and many base elements for creating more complex weapons, but that wasn't the problem for him. The problem was the professor that was with him.

He took one look at the older (looks wise) gentleman that wanted to get to know the newest professor that Ozpin brought onto the team. The man was the definition of 'proper' and thus earned Jeremie's ire immediately, while also showing this world's lack of materials to work with at the same time.

It honestly annoyed Jeremie to no end that the best type of alloy they had was one they didn't have immediate access to as it was used by Atlas's army. The base metals that the old man showed Jeremie that they had access to weren't even that great either, as Jeremie was used to using very specific materials creating his unique alloy blend. He had to shake his head to remind himself that most of those metals in the first place weren't even found on this planet in the first place.

He sighed as he looked at the alloys and metals he had grabbed to work with. "Titanium alloy, bronze, steel, nickel, cobalt, silver and gold. Lovely." The other professor, what was his name again?, informed of the known properties of the alloys they've made but Jeremie wasn't impressed in the slightest. It honestly made him regret not stocking up on his resources when he had the chance.

'Oh well, beggers can't be choosers.' Jeremie had thought before delving into making himself a weapon.


Qrow and Ruby sat in the empty courtyard staring out to the forests of Forever Fall listening to the rest of Team RWBY talk about how insane their new teacher was. Honestly to Qrow, while he agreed with them, he knew that they didn't know just how insane Jeremie was or how dangerous the man could prove to be.

It scared him that Ozpin was actually trusting him to watch Jeremie. He knew that he was probably the strongest here besides Ozpin himself, even though he knew that was just the alcohol speaking for him. Not for the first time he questioned trying to become sober, even if it was only to help Ruby even better. He glanced off to his side as he saw Yang trying to draw Ruby into the conversation once again, and seemingly failing.

He frowned, "Ruby? What's on your mind kiddo?"

And it was safe to say that Ruby was startled by his voice as she stuttered out a response. "N-nothing!" He saw her compose herself before speaking again, cutting off everyone else from speaking. "I'm sorry, it's just that I've been trying to think on how I'm supposed to incorporate hand to hand into using my weapon."

Qrow looked at everyone's faces, seeing varying degree's of understanding before Blake spoke. "Ruby, I don't think that is the point of the class. I don't think every combat style goes with every weapon type."

He nodded at the statement. "Yes, I was actually talking with my fellow teacher about that, and he told me that someone that can only use a weapon is worthless without it, but one that takes the time to master a weaponless combat and a weapon based combat is more likely to succeed." He laughed. "Honestly, I think that what he said has some merits, but I can tell that he likes weapon based combat more if the way his hand reaches for his waist when he is over-excited."

Weiss looked slightly disturbed and Qrow could guess the reason why, as she is a Schnee and the heiress at that. He laughed at what she said. "He sounds like a barbarian only interested in fighting."

He noticed Ruby frown while looking out at the forest. "Barbaric as it may seem, but he is still our teacher." She looked towards the Clock Tower where Ozpin's office is. "And besides we need all the help we can get." Qrow couldn't help but agree with that statement.


Where was she? It was an question she couldn't answer. It didn't help that she was chained to a wall in complete darkness, or that she had huge gaps in her memory and that she didn't know how long she was in there.

She didn't like this darkness, as it was corrupting and oppressive. She knew she was treading a thin line between drowning in it and not. It doesn't help her that she keeps seeing that face crying about something, and she is unable to comfort her. Nor does it help that she constantly hears Grimm prowling.

She knew that the witch that put her in here would occasionally talk to her but that was irregular so she was unable to use it to tell how long its been. Well it wasn't the only conversations she's had in here, but she chalks the other two people she talks to up to her going insane. It wasn't natural to hear voices in your head, nor was it natural to occasionally have them take forms of light in the darkness and seemed to be humanoid in shape.

The two even introduced themselves like they were living people and not figments of her imagination too. She didn't understand why they were so persistent in making sure she didn't give up either.

"He will save us. I trust him to get us out of here."

"I have no doubt about that, but how is he going to get here and how long will it take."

She sighed at the two voices talking to each other, as they had been on and on about how this person was now awake and would save them. She didn't believe them as she felt it was just false hope. Plus she didn't know how these voices in her head could believe that someone strong enough to free them just woke up like they were in some kind of slumber.

"Hey S, why do you have so little faith in us and our friends?"

She glared out into the abyss. "What reason do I have to believe two voices in my head about something so crazy as this." Honestly, she hated her predicament as she didn't understand it at all.

"Neither of us understand how this is happening either. I mean this is such a strange predicament to be in. Well, at least we are in this together, right love?"

She sighed again as she began to ignore the other two, so she could try and sleep before SHE appeared again.


He smirked as he finished putting the final touches onto the weapon. "It's enough to make due for now."

He could hear the confused chuckling behind him. "Make due? I would think that you wouldn't think that." Jeremie shook his head as he put the rod he was holding onto his belt.

"Well Qrow, I don't have materials to work with, or at least ones that I'm used to working with." He turned to look at Qrow, who was confused and looked ready to question what was wrong with the materials they had. "The potential form the materials here are so much lower than what I am used to working with."

They began to walk out of the armory that was long since abandoned by the professors and students alike due to his presence. He knew that Qrow had arrived somewhere in the process when he was working, but he couldn't bring himself to care too much. It happened far to often with him that he stopped caring that people watched what he did. He was just excited to eventually get back to fighting and getting to get his true power back.

He felt his stomach rumble and Qrow look at Jeremie confused. "What was that?"

Jeremie created a ball of energy and took a bite out of it. "Just a small case of hunger." He looked at Qrow as a look of understanding came over him that fell back to confusion at what he was eating.

"You do know that we can get you food from the cafeteria right?"

He laughed as he passed into the lobby room. "That was nothing. I only learned how to turn the vibrant energy in the air into food." He shoots a look at Qrow. "It wasn't my fault either, but it did lead into the most annoying 13 years of my life."

Qrow shot him a look as Jeremie pushed the button for the elevator. "Well before all this I was half and half for it, but now that he did this I can't help but hate that time in my life." Qrow didn't respond, and Jeremie was ok with that. They sat in silence as they sat in the elevator going to Ozpin's office.


Ozpin was exhausted from the call with the council he just went through. They were very adamant in the fact that they didn't want Jeremie as a teacher at Beacon, but he told them that he did it because it was his school and it was a useful class. He believes that they will leave him alone for now, even though they can't do anything to him since they don't control the academies.

He knew that Ironwood would try to make him see 'reason' with the council's decision, but Ironwood was just like the council, ignorant to everything. Well not completely, but he still wasn't as informed as Qrow was. Qrow was probably the closest person to him in quite a long time.

Ozpin would have smiled at the memory from all those years ago if it wasn't tainted by what happened immediately after. The moment he learned the truth about her, but he wasn't given anymore time to reminisce on the past as Qrow and Jeremie came in from the elevator.

"Hello Oz."

"Qrow. Jeremie. What do I owe the pleasure today?" Ozpin was quite curious if he did say so himself.

Jeremie smiled at him, which caused Ozpin a sort of foreboding that he couldn't place. "Well Ozpin, I was hoping you finally got the information about the first General. Specifically where to find."

Ozpin looked between the two before sighing. "I have a rough location on where it may be, but I have been unable to confirm a direct location as I have been preoccupied with the council."

"Ouch. Is my presence so hated by those geezers." He knew Jeremie was glad his presence caused discomfort to the council, but Ozpin didn't actually know why. He made the note to try and find out.

Qrow on the other hand gave him a look of sympathy for having to divert so much time to those old geezers. "How wide is the search area?"

Ozpin looked out of the window as he hummed out a thoughtful remark. "It is a few miles long but that isn't so much my concern as the area itself is..."

The grin growing on Jeremie's face matched that of the growing anxiety in Qrow as they looked at the map that showed them exactly where they would be heading to take on the first General. Qrow had Ozpin's sympathy as he knew the significance for him about where they had to go. Why wouldn't he feel anxious? It was has been their biggest regret for the past 12 years.

Their first hunt was Mistral, the place where Summer Rose went alive and returned dead.


Hey guys, would you look at that. An update.

Honestly though this only took so long because I'm lazy, but I digress.

So that ending to Volume 4 though, I mean they won't stop hitting us with the Wizard of Oz references. It is kinda scary really, you got Ozpin based on the wizard himself, Oscar whom bears the wizards real name, Glynda Goodwitch or Glynda the Good Witch, and even Salem with Team WTCH as the Wicked Witch of the West if her stronghold is on the dragon shaped island. Not to mention Ironwood seems to bear a small resemblance to the Tin Man and the newest Headmaster, Lionheart, seems to be based on the Cowardly Lion as well. Though this is just getting me more pumped for Volume 5.

So I wanna hear your thoughts on how the story is going, by that I mean both RWBY in general and of course Rose of Time too. You guys think I'm moving too slow with the story, too fast? What are thoughts on the happenings in this chapter? Where do you think they'll lead?

Enough from me though. Til next time.

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