Chapter 16: Busted
Central High School
Cafeteria
December 2, 2019
Back at Central High School, Jacob and company, RWBY, and JNPR were eating their lunches and talking with each other. They are having a good time on Earth, watching various movies, playing video games, learning more about Earth, and making sure to watch episodes of RWBY Volume 7.
"I'm heading to the restroom," said Ruby.
"Alright," Jacob said.
Ruby got up from her seat and started to make her way to the restroom. After she went to the restroom she started to make her way back. But just when she was about to walk further, a voice stopped her.
"Hey there," Ruby turned around and saw Rebecca.
"Oh, hey there," Ruby said.
"Are you and your friends new students here?" Rebecca asked
"No we're guests here," Ruby answered.
"Well either way, it's nice to meet you. I'm Rebecca. Rebecca Dawson," she introduced.
"I'm uh... Rose. Rose Jimson," Ruby lied.
"Hey, do you want to meet my friends?" Rebecca asked.
"Uhmm… Sure," Ruby said.
"Great, follow me," Rebecca said as she and Ruby made their way back to the cafeteria.
"By the way, you remind me of one of the characters from my favorite web show, RWBY. Heck one could say you even sound like her," Rebecca said.
"Heh heh, yeah I get that a lot," Ruby nervously chuckled, rubbing the back of her head.
Back at the cafeteria, Jacob and company, JNPR, and the rest of team RWBY continued to sit and talk. Jacob notices that Ruby has been gone for a while now and is starting to get worried.
"What's taking Ruby so long?" Jacob asked.
"I guess that burrito must really be getting to her," Ricky said.
"But seriously Ricky, what if she gets discovered?" Kelly asked in a worried tone.
"Don't worry. My baby sis can handle herself. Besides what could happen?" Yang asked.
"Please don't ask that question. That's like asking the universe to screw you over, then something bad will happen," Jacob said.
"Uh, guys?" Allen said, getting everyone's attention while he looked in another direction.
"What is it," Jacob asked.
While not looking away from what he was looking at, Allen grabbed Jacob's head and turned it to where he was looking at, and Jacob went pale.
He and the others saw Ruby talking with Britney and her friends.
"Uh oh," Jacob said.
"What does 'uh oh' mean?" Jaune asked.
"Ruby is not good at conversations when meeting new people," Yang answered.
"Meaning one mess up could lead to trouble," Allen added.
"And said trouble could get you all discovered," Kelly said.
"Come on, we better bail her out," Jacob said as everyone headed towards Ruby.
"So Rose, what are you into," Kendra asked.
"Uhh... I'm into uhh...," Ruby was interrupted by several familiar faces.
"Hey Ruby what are you doing?" Kelly asked.
"Wait, I thought her name was Rose," Robert said as Ruby went pale.
"Wait Rose... Your real name is Ruby... as in Ruby Rose from RWBY?" Rebecca asked.
"And wait," She said as she looked at JNPR and the rest of RWBY.
"All of your friends all look similar to the other RWBY cast," she said.
"They're RWBY cosplayers," Jacob quickly answered.
"What the heck is RWBY?" Britney asked.
"It's one of the most popular and super best web shows on the internet," Nora said in a cheery tone.
"Holy fucking shit girl, you even sound like Nora!" Rebecca shouted pointing at Nora.
"Nora is good at impressions," Ricky lied.
"Can she do other celebrities?" Kendra asked.
"Yeah. Yeah she can," Pyrrha answered.
"Oh, my god, you look and sound like Pyrrha," Rebecca pointed out.
"Oh, uhh, thanks?" said Pyrrha with unease.
"As fun as this is, I'm heading to practice," said Britney.
As she started walking, Britney tripped on her own foot and proceeded to fall. Ruby dashes to Britney and grabs her before she hits the floor.
"Are you alright?" Ruby asked.
"H-how did you.." Britney tried to ask but is in complete shock.
"How did I, what?" Ruby asked as she heard a thud.
Ruby turned around and noticed that Kendra had fainted as Robert was trying to wake her up. Rebecca covered her mouth with both her hands and stared at Ruby wide eyed while everyone else either looked panicked or facepalmed. Ruby also noticed a small trail of rose petals behind her. That's when she realized she accidently used her semblance.
"Oops," Ruby said with sheepishness.
"Oh, my god. You guys are real!" Rebecca yelled.
"Ah, crap," Allen said.
RWBY and JNPR's existence has just been exposed in front of Britney and her friends. Luckily, nobody else seemed to be in the cafeteria.
"Okay, what the hell is going on here? And I want the truth" demanded Britney.
"Okay look we don't have enough time to tell you everything so meet us after school and please don't say anything about this alright?" Jacob asked.
Britney stood in deep thought, then gave her answer.
"Fine, we will meet you at the front entrance," Britney sighed reluctantly.
Britney and Robert grabbed an unconscious Kendra as they and Rebecca walked off.
"Great, now we're busted," said Ricky.
"Sorry guys," Ruby said.
"Look, if we just explain this situation to them and convince them to keep this a secret, then maybe we can be in the clear," Ren explained.
"Ren's right. Besides we could use more help," Allen said.
"Alright we'll try to talk to them til after school," Jacob said.
"I sure hope they don't turn us over your government," Nora said with a worried expression.
A few hours later, the entire party walked outside of the school and saw Britney, Kendra, Robert, and Rebecca standing out on the sidewalk.
"So what we were told by Rebecca is that she thinks these eight are the main characters from a web show called RWBY right?" Britney asked.
"Yes that's true," answered Jacob.
"And they fight off these monsters called the Creatures of Grimm?" Robert added.
"Correct," Weiss said.
"And according to where this show is heading now, they're helping their headmaster, who can reincarnate, fight back against her immortal ex-wife?" Kendra also added.
"All true," Ren answered.
"Okay but how, and why?" asked Robert.
"Weiss's asshole of a dad discovered a new type of dust, gave some samples to her, and Weiss accidently discovered it can teleport them to this planet and or reality," Ricky explained.
"So what part of the timeline did they show up?" Rebecca asked.
"Between Volumes 2 and 3," Jacob answered.
"And they know every future event that is gonna happen?,"Britney asked with a deadpan look.
"Hey, we would find out about it eventually," Ruby said.
"Look, just don't tell anybody alright? Because if anybody is found out, a lot of government officials will do anything to get their hands on them," Jacob said.
There was hesitated silence until Britney spoke.
"Give us a minute," she said as she and her friends huddled together and started whispering amongst each other.
"What now?" Blake asked.
"Cross our fingers and hope they don't rat you guys out," Ricky said.
Moments have passed until Britney, Rebecca, Robert and Kendra broke out of the huddle and faced Jacob and the others.
"Prove it," Britney said.
"What?" asked Jacob.
"Prove they are the real deal and we will keep this a secret," she said.
Jacob stared at Britney for a couple of seconds then looked around to see if anyone else was there, luckily there was nobody around. He then looks over to Blake.
"Blake, take off your beanie," he said.
"What?" Blake asked, a little worried.
"They need proof that you guys are real," said Jacob.
Blake sighed and reluctantly took her beanie off, revealing her cat ears. Britney and her friends widened their eyes as they saw Blake's faunus trate. Rebecca slowly walked up to Blake and lightly touched the tip of one of her cat ears, causing it to twitch. Blake felt uncomfortable with Rebecca up close and touching her cat ears.
"They're real," said Rebecca.
Britney stood in silence for a brief moment then spoke.
"Alright your secret's safe with us."
"Thanks, Britney," Jacob sighed in relief.
"But.."
"But?" Jacob said now worried again.
"Two of them half came over to my house with us for the night. By the way, this wasn't my idea," she said.
Jacob thought about Britney's condition then thought of one of his own.
"Only if I come over," he said.
"Why?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Because they are still our responsibility," he answered.
Britney was silent then spoke.
"Deal."
"Anyway I'm Britney Connor," She introduced herself to RWBY and JNPR.
"I'm Dawson. Rebecca Dawson," Rebecca followed.
"Kendra Tanner," said Kendra.
"Robert Franklin," followed Robert.
"It's nice to meet you all," Pyrrha said.
"So who are you taking?" Allen asked.
"Rebecca suggested that I take Jaune and Pyrrha," Britney said.
Everyone looks at her with a blank expression.
"Oh, boy," Ricky said.