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Chapter 3: Enrolled and Captured.

Summary: After the confrontation on the streets of Vale, Ruby is offered an undeniable offer to join Beacon by the fatherly Ozpin. Meanwhile, Shade wakes up to find himself confined by the very lifestyle he thought he left behind so many years ago.

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Glynda's interrogation chamber...

Ruby was very uncomfortable. Even after fighting off THE Roman Torchwick and stopping that panther...dragon...thing, she was still taken in for questioning. The interrogation chamber itself was pretty stereotypical: a dark room, a few chairs, and a very bright light illuminating the room. Stereotyped or not, Ruby was unnerved.

And it didn't help that she had a pissed off huntress pacing around her.

"I hope you realize that you actions tonight will not be taken lightly, young lady." Glynda scolded the crimsonette. "You put yourself and others in great danger."

"They started it!" Ruby shot back, not caring if she got her ass beat. Those thugs refused to leave her alone, mind you.

"May I mention that you also fought a creature that could've seriously harmed you. Had I not sedated it—"

"By sedate you mean sending it to Dream Land by chucking a rock at it's head?" Ruby cut in.

"-Er...yes, that too. Like I said, had I not jumped in, you would've been killed." She reminded. The creature from before had been loaded up on an airship and was being taken to Beacon for study. What frightened Glynda the most was the fact that the creature showed sentience. Once she got back to Beacon, she and Ozpin would have to investigate it.

"Well at least I was able to injure it." Ruby countered. "Though I'm surprised that thing could tank a sniper round, a GRAVITY round even, without breaking a sweat."

"That's because it wasn't a random Grimm that had gotten onto the streets." Glynda corrected. "It was a creature that can think and act just as much you do."

"That aside." She continued, pulling out a large scroll. "If it were up to me, you'd be sent home, with a pat on the back..."

Ruby perked up at the praise with a smile. But that smile faded when Glynda snapped her head at Ruby, eyes narrowed.

"...And a slap on the wrist." she slapped her riding crop on the table, making Ruby jump back with an audible 'eep!'.

"But..." Glynda added, softening a bit. "There is someone here who would like to meet you."

Ruby tilted her head in confusion, but when the huntress stepped aside, she quickly caught on. A man in his thirties or so, with classical specs and stone-grey hair, stepped into the room. In his hands were two items, a mug of coffee in one hand, and a tray with the mother load of cookies in the other. Ruby had to restrain herself from tackling the man and dashing off with the tray.

"Ruby Rose..." the man spoke, his voice orderly, but warm like a father speaking to his child. "You...have silver eyes." He commented observingly, leaning forward.

Ruby was a bit perplexed at the lack of context behind that statement, but kept silent.

"So, Where did you learn to do this?" the man gestured to the footage of Ruby mopping the floor with the guards, before it switches the footage of Ruby fighting that...Wyvern?...from before.

"S-Signal Academy?" She answered honestly, though she had an eyebrow raised in confusion.

"THEY taught you how to wield one of the most dangerous weapons ever designed?" the man asked.

"W-well..." Ruby pressed her pointer fingers together. "One teacher in particular."

"I see..." the man placed the tray of cookies in front of Ruby. Try as she might to be civil around her superiors, Ruby's weakness for cookies kicked in and she began inhaling cookie after cookie.

"It's just that I've only seen one other scythe-wielder of that skill before." the man continue. "A dusty, old crow." he seemed to smile at the phrase while Glynda rolled her eyes.

Ruby attempted to respond with a mouth full of cookies, but upon realizing her error, she quickly swallowed.

"*Ahem*. Sorry, ehehe..." She chuckled nervously. "That's my Uncle Qrow. He's a teacher at Signal. I was complete garbage before he took me under his wing. And now I'm all like: Hoowaaah! Witchaaa!" Ruby struck several martial arts poses.

"So I've noticed..." the man said, putting his coffee mug down. "And what is a little girl like yourself doing at school designed to train warriors?"

"Well..." Ruby straightened in her seat. "I want to be a Huntress." She explained simply.

"You want to slay monsters? Not just Grimm, but things like the beast that you fought?" He gestured to the footage of Ruby firing a Gravity Dust shell into the monster's chest.

"Well...If you put it that way...sure." Ruby shrugged before getting back on topic. "But yeah! I only have two years left at Signal! And then Imma apply at Beacon! You see, my sister's starting there this year, and she's trying to become a huntress, and I want to become a Huntress 'cause I wanna help people." She explained. Both adults nodded, cueing her to continue.

"My parents always taught us to help others, so I thought: 'Hey! May as well make a career out of it.'" She explained. "I mean the police are alright, but Hunters and Huntresses are just much more romantic and exciting and really cool, y'know!" Ruby's eyes shined with excitement. Glynda just gave a blank look at the crimsonette, while the man sat and contemplated Ruby's explanation.

"...Do you know who I am?" the man asked.

"You're Professor Ozpin." Ruby answered, making the bi-speckled man smile a bit. "You're the headmaster at Beacon."

"Hm...Hello." Ozpin greeted again, twinkling amusement in his eyes.

"Nice to meet you." Ruby gave one of her trademark smiles.

"You want to come to my school?" Ozpin asked.

"More than anything." Ruby replied, longing in her tone.

Ozpin and Glynda shared a glance, with the huntress turning with a huff, but she nodded.

"Well okay." Ozpin said.

Ruby's eyes brightened. This was actually happening!

"W-when can I start?" She stammered, her excitement making her vibrate in her seat.

"Anytime you please. Just sign here," He pulled out an enrollment form for Beacon. "And you'll be ready."

Without hesitation, Ruby signed the paper and shook his hand, telling him thanks, before leaving out the door. Once she was out of sight, Glynda decided to address the Goliath in the room.

"I suppose you already know about-" Glynda began, but Ozpin beat her to it.

"-The monster? Yes, I was informed of it's capture." Ozpin took his mug and watched the footage of Ruby fighting the creature.

"Do you think...James' experiment...may have actually worked?" Glynda asked, her composure slipping a bit to allow a bit of fear to flow into her voice.

"Honestly, if he managed to bring a creature from another realm into ours..."

Ozpin took a sip from the mug.

"...You could say that I'm actually scared."

Beacon, secret research laboratory...

A dull pain. That's what Shade felt as he slowly regained his awareness. His head hurt like hell, his mouth felt a little dry, and his shoulder felt a little sore. His eye slowly opened, his vision blurring for minute before refocusing.

From his position on the floor, he could tell he was in a building, if the grey walls were of any indication. At least he wasn't sleeping on the hard floor, since he could see and feel the soft straw below him.

With a growl, Shade lifted his skull off the ground, but not without wincing at the pounding headache.

"(Fuck...)" He hissed, putting a paw to his head to suppress the pain. Lifting himself off the ground, he then looked down at himself, and raised an eye ridge. He had apparently been treated for his injuries, as there was felt a padding on his chest and shoulder, wrapped in white gauze that stuck out against his jet-black fur like a comet streaking across the night sky.

Why did they spare him? Was he something of importance? Or did they prefer to play with their food? All these questions circled the panther mimics head, but he had to stop before his headache got worse. That blonde from earlier really did a number on him, but get pissed at her now would be wrong. If they spared him, he should at be thankful, right?

"Well, well. Look who just woke up."

Shade visibly jolted and snapped his head to his left, where a voice had just spoke. Across from him in the surprisingly large room, was a window, and there sat a couple of humans in white coats. Researchers, maybe?

From their spot, the researchers paled a bit, making the wyvern smirk. No matter where he went, the message stayed the same: Beware..., and he preferred to keep it that way if the humans intentions were to cut him open, which they won't.

"E-er...R-relax kitty, we're only gonna serve ya supper. You must be starving." Shade, while a bit offended by the nickname, perked up at the mention of food. It was true, he hadn't ate in a few days. And the subtle growl from his stomach also evidenced his hunger.

A sliding noise to the left caused the monster to turn, and he saw a healthy supply of meats and a bowl of fresh water presented to him. It took sheer willpower to not tear into the platter like the wild animal he was, but upon limping over and sniffing the meat (Making sure this wasn't a cruel experiment), he gave a glance at the researchers and gave a thankful nod before beginning to gorge himself on the meat platter.

With Shade occupied, the researchers watched, more perplexed than anything. That thing gave nod at them, like the type of nod where you're thankful for something.

They both glanced at each other and nodded in agreement. This had to go Ozpin, right away!

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And done.

I must say, it was a bit of a chore getting this chapter finished, with achool and all.

I apologize if the ending to this chapter seemed a little rushed, it's late on my end and I hope to edit it as soon as I can.

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