First Contact
Previously: With that the rest of class ended and everyone quickly made it out before Glynda got her hands on them. Jaune and Pyrrha smiled at each other as they headed back to the dorms to relax for a hour before dinner. Nora and Ren went off to make pancakes while team RWBY went to the library to play their board game. It was a quiet evening at least until after dinner….
1 hour before dinner
Jaune and Pyrrha arrived back in the dorms to snuggle up for an hour before dinner was ready. They slinked into the room and climbed into Jaune's bed. They cuddled up next to each other and shared small talk about the coming festival and what kind of system will be used for the tournament. Pyrrha was adamant that Jaune would fight alongside her even though he felt Nora would be the better choice.
She shuffled in his arms until she was facing him and kissed him hard reassuring him that he was the best partner she had ever had. He smiled as they broke apart and rested his forehead against hers as they fell into a light nap. They laid there for a good 45 minutes until Jaune's scroll alarm alerted them that they had 15 minutes until dinner.
It had been a long day and Team Sapphire was exhausted from their training regiment. After Team Crystal destroyed the combat room and ended class early, they decided to spar with each other for the remainder of the class time. Sean had just unlocked his semblance recently and was able to gain a basic control of it through two weeks of practice.
His semblance allowed him to make himself lighter and somewhat solidify air around his feet and hands to kick off and move through the air. He couldn't persay fly but hoped to be able to one day. Currently he was able to at least launch himself around at inhuman speeds with his warglaives Purgatory (Left) and Elysium (Right). He was also getting better at releasing smaller amounts of aura to not tire himself after 5 minutes of using his semblance. Sean redesigned his pistols to hold larger calibers of dust rounds so he now had 20 shots instead of 40 but they were far stronger and meant instead of 2-4 shots to slay a grimm he could do it with one well placed shot.
He also tweaked his Warglaives to close up from their regular half circle form to more of a oval when he fired allowing him to use them like battleaxes so he could literally hack and slash as he fought. As they wrapped up the training they had about a hour left before dinner so he decided to wash up and watch his favorite show, a sci-fi story about a man who was fighting against an alien race all by himself alongside his trusty A.I. companion.
Across from him sat Xarik Passive the second member of team SPHR she wore blue overalls, thigh-high socks, navy blue boots, and a dark blue crop top under the overalls. Black fingerless dust gloves that had blue dust crystal holders and refilled the dust container in the handle grip of the her stringless dust built bow and lastly her black oval shaped glasses that she pushed up as she looked at her other two teammates and best friends.
Her teammate Sabrina Ravage wore an aqua blue V-necked shirt that disappeared behind a blue half dress that ran from her right shoulder down to her waist, a long flowing sleeve that ended at her wrist. Three leather buckles connected the front of the dress running over her chest and over and around her left shoulder to the back of the dress, Turquoise leggings flowed down into combat boots that started just below her knees and buckles ran along the side of each boot with clasps attached. Around her waist was a small black pouch attached to a belt and
She sighed as she listened to Sabrina the fourth member and Jamie who was the third bicker back and forth on who had the better ice techniques and which was stronger. It went on for a good few minutes before Sean got up and left. She sat and ran a finger over her bow as she looked at the targets in the training area.
Putting her gloves back on, she aimed her bow at the targets and drew the bow back. A blue line formed and a watery arrow generated from her fingers. She lined up with her target and fired. The arrow sped into the target piercing it. She fired a second one holding the energy a moment longer letting the arrow grow into a long bolt of water that traveled about as fast as the shorter one.
She looked up as she felt she was being watched and saw both Jamie and Sabrina eyeing her with silly grins. They both drew their weapons and looked at her expectantly. She sighed again pushing her glasses back up her nose and smiled standing up as she took aim at a few more targets.
On their way down to the cafeteria Ren and Nora had swung by the library to drop off some books and passed team RWBY on their way out, Nora decided to swing by the armory to clean and repair her hammer. She sat at the table by herself getting a rag and cleaning dust to get Magnhild in tip top shape. She was engaged in her work for a good half hour not paying any mind to anyone that entered or left while she measured pink dust, refilled the cannon and made grenade rounds.
Ren pulled a book from his shirt and began to read as he walked down to the cafeteria alone. He smiled as he got into the book itself and upon arrival, sat down at the table and looked around noting that the few people in the cafeteria had about the same idea as him, silent reading and that was the way he liked it.
45 minutes before dinner
The library was a roar of laughter as team RWBY sat playing their board game, Remnant The Game, together. Yang was currently winning and directing Weiss on how to play only to counter her strategies. Blake rolled her eyes, waiting for her turn, one foot on the side of the table, propping the chair she was on two legs while she was reading her book.
A small smile graced her lips as she got to a good part in her book. Ruby proclaimed total capture of part of Yang's kingdom. Yang whined as she looked over at Blake helplessly. The girl in question was grinning and when it was her turn she leaned forward playing 3 cards and moved her fleet over to bombard Ruby for the next two turns. Putting a trap card down for any countermeasures, she smiled sweetly and reminded them that she wanted tuna for dinner.
Sun and Neptune appeared, explaining that they were officially residing at Beacon for the Vytal Festival. Sun smiled at Blake who returned the gesture as they caught up and chatted a bit. She thought of Sun of at least a good friend since he stood up with her against the White Fang.
Sabrina and Jamie were exhausted having turned most of the combat arena into a ice skating rink. Jaime was able to direct and freeze water that was in close proximity to her instantly. Her ability worked in tandem flawlessly with Xarik's own semblance, freezing her water arrows after they impacted into Grimm or making ice walls. She was working on her defence using her frying pan to block water and ice respectively. She enjoyed herself as she danced around batting each attack away. They went at it for 10 minutes straight before they called it quits and headed inside. Sabrina making her way to the armory to knock a dent out of her weapon caused by the massive bolt of ice that Xarik and Jamie made, although to her credit she did stop it.
Team CSTL was confused by two things: one was to why Cardin and his team had requested a team battle against them and two was why said arena was frozen over in the middle of the May. They moved to the arena next to it that was much smaller and used to fight training droids. The outside arena was surveyed by cameras and an automated system operated by an A.I. teacher called Zefiris who ran maintenance and dealt with all electronic system on his own closed circuit.
As both teams got ready Cardin came forward to address the other all boy team.
"Look freaks, it's time we put you in your place, We humans are better then you faunus and any human who sympathizes with a faunus is even worse, so we challenge you to show you our strength." Cardin said as he got ready to fight, staring down Thrawn, the only Human on the team, who met him with an impassive face.
The rest of Team CRDL was looking warily at Team CSTL. They saw both Sandual and Cuddles in action earlier and knew they were deadly. They had no idea what Thrawn and Leroy could do and were honestly kind of tired of being beat up by other teams and treated like trash for picking on the Faunus that didn't fight back.
Sky, Dove and Russel all agreed before coming down that when this was all over and they got thrashed they were going to have a team meeting with Cardin about his hatred for Faunus because it was going way overboard. Even after he was saved by Jaune his attitude didn't really change. It was important they be unified as a team as well as have allies among the other teams if they hoped to survive Beacon. At least Sky recognized this and Dove was on his side.
As the gong sounded Cardin took a step back as Sky and Dove stood together in front, holding their weapons at the ready. Russel got ready to dart to the right as he suddenly had a very bad feeling.
His premonition was confirmed when Thrawn put a hand on Cuddles shoulder and patted it. The mountainous teen took a step forward, blocking the rest of his team from view. Cardin grew angry and ordered his teammates to charge. As they started to move toward Cuddles, he jumped into the air, fist aimed at them, the area lit up with a reddish orange glow. A gout of flame washed over them and burned them. They scattered as Cuddles landed between Sky and Dove. Russel, being the only one untouched by flames, slipped around and tried to get behind his teammates as he heard a loud noise and electricity hit Cardin in the chest.
Cardin took a swing at Cuddles who raised a gauntlet into the swing and shifted it to slide down his arm as he grabbed a hold of Cardin and bearhugged him. Everyone winced as they watched Cardin's Aura flicker as the serrated edges of Cuddles armor cut into Cardin's flesh and after a minute some blood began seeping through his armor as Cardin's aura faltered. He crumpled to the ground with a thud. Cuddles turned and looked at Dove and Sky who both immediately dropped their weapons.
Russel went for the cheap shot coming up behind Thrawn and took a swing that suddenly met resistance as Leroy stood before him, a tower shield in one hand and a double bladed sword in the other. He was surprised as he hadn't noticed the boy until just now, noting his skin was an opaque black and scale, something that you wouldn't notice without being this close.
Thrawn stepped forward and pulled out some bandages and gauze. He moved toward Cardin. Kneeling down, he wrapped the cuts up and made quick perfect work covering all the wounds. Cardin was still out as Thrawn stood up and looked at the other three as Leroy herded Russel back to his teammates.
"Look, we don't know what your beef with Faunus is but we won't tolerate the harassment we see you display anymore. If you don't change your attitudes here and now, the next time we face each other there won't be mercy. Hopefully we can all be friends after this, after all we are classmates…" Thrawn trailed off, his eyes glinting a bright red for a moment before settling back to their grey color.
Leroy smiled as his sword shrunk back down. He reattached it to his armor. His shield hung on his back like a cloak waving in the wind as if it hadn't been solid the entire time. Russel stared at it puzzled. He could of sworn the shield had been metal when his swing was interrupted.
Dove nodded and apologized on behalf of their leader as the boys picked him up and carried him away back to the dorms before dinner. They all agreed that the bullying days for them were over because they were pretty sure that the warning from the giant were indeed a veiled but valid threat.
After the three boys and their leader were out of sight, Thrawn turned to his team and smiled. Cuddles had a sheepish look on his face as he apologized for drawing blood. Thrawn waved him off assuring the poor faunus boy that he didn't do to much damage just some cuts and bruises that were tended too.
"Leroy, keep an eye on them and if they start to do anything call Sandual to intervene, I know that he can handle the four of them without issue." Thrawn stated as he turned back to the ice field and looked at it curiously.
"Any idea who might've caused this?" He inquired outloud as the boys shrugged.
"At any rate we need to strengthen our aura's so we can do prolonged combat, which reminds me….." He stepped toward over to the terminal and accessed the recording of their small battle.
"3 minutes 47 seconds, not bad not bad at all." He remarked impressed the feat. "We have a good shot at winning the Vytal festival or at least making a good climb. Too bad we don't know how they will do the system yet….." He mused as Cuddles stomach rumbled.
"I'm hungry…." Cuddles laughed with a smile as Sandual rolled his eyes. Leroy snicked and Thrawn sighed before smiling and signaled it was time to go. The boys made their way back to the locker room to change into their school attire and head down for dinner.
30 minutes before dinner
Ren got up from the table and made his way into the kitchen having enjoyed the short amount of rare Nora-less free time. He hummed a light tune as he started mixing a large quantity of pancake batter. He greeted the cooks as they were well aware of his use of the kitchen to stave off a crazed pancake hungry Nora so no one complained when he began making his usual large bowl of batter.
Sabrina arrived into the armory and grabbed a hammer and some other tools, she unloaded the dust cartridges out of the handle and base of the frying pan before she began to pound the metal back into place. Her aura had faltered during the last attack causing her weapon to lose its reinforced durability her aura provided.
She was slightly miffed but was also glad to know her limits so she knew what to work on to improve. It took about 5 minutes of constant hammer slams to get the metal back into place as she heated up the forge to do the final touches for perfection. She smiled as the metal grew hot and then with precise swings put it back in its original shape.
Smiling at her work she let it cool down before reloading it and heading to the bathroom to clean up the grime that had gotten on her. She hoped it would come off quickly as dinner was soon and she was hungry.
Nora moved from behind her workspace hanging her hammer up on the wall to sit since she didn't want to carry it back to her locker at the moment. She looked around and saw no one else was in the room although the forge was still lit but cooling so someone had come and gone without her noticing. She skipped her way out when she noted the frying pan sitting on a table by itself looking inconspicuous and out of place.
Without a second thought Nora grabbed it thinking that Ren could use a new frying pan to cook pancakes with. She hummed happily as she hurried down toward the kitchen to show Ren the frying pan. About 5 minutes later Sabrina returned from the bathroom and upon returning to the table, freaked out flipping the table on its side as she searched the entire room for her missing weapon.
Jaune and Pyrrha were both in dreamland as they were snuggled up to each other, their bodies meshed together, as they snoozed. The room began to take on a white glow before part of it became red and then the room glowed pink. The pair snoozed peacefully as their dreams unfolded into an interesting story.
Pyrrha stood quietly by a window looking out into the winter air. Snow was falling slowly to the ground, coating it in a fresh layer of white. The door behind her opened and closed. She saw the reflection of a yellowish figure cloaked by haze approaching her. She turned and forced a smile to her face as it stopped a few inches from her. The unnerving silence beared bad news as words seemed to fail Pyrrha.
"They want to call off the search, everyone is saying he is dead. I know my instincts say otherwise but I don't even know where to start looking." The haze said solemnly as it moved next to her and appeared to look outside quietly letting the news sink in.
"Then we will go find him ourselves….. I know he's out there somewhere, there is no way he could have just died…." Pyrrha said forcing the words out to convince the yellowish figure as well as herself. She knew that logically the chances were slim to nonexistent but the fact remained she felt with all her being that he was alive. As the two made their way to the door Pyrrha turned to look at the wall on the far side were a sword sat, untouched and unused in months, the painfully familiar Arc crest sitting on the hilt. She felt a tear slide down her face as she walked out of the room as everything went black and dreamland turned to a fuzzy gray…..
Jaune looked at himself in the mirror, the dance was coming up and he had no idea what to wear let alone how to present himself. His mind filled with unease at the prospect of going tonight and having to deal with his sisters. They always, whenever any girl was involved, found a way to make it so that said girl was sent running for the hills.
He knew that to them it was just a game to weed out the weak for their dear, lovable, silly, foolish and only brother but at the same time, it made it a pain to be friends with anyone but boys, who typically caused him as much of a headache because all they wanted was an in to get closer to his sisters, there was a lose-lose for Jaune.
"C'mon Jaune, you have to do this otherwise they will never forgive you." He said trying to psych himself up even as the sensation of soul crushing regret filled him. It was almost certain that one way or the other, this night was going to go most likely go badly and with it probably all of his happiness. Crossing his fingers he hoped that everything would work out…..
15 minutes before dinner
Nora arrived in the dining hall and didn't see Ren therefore she assumed he would be in the kitchen. Her hunch was correct and she found him there mixing a large bowl full of pancake mix. She presented the frying pan to Ren who eyed it for a moment.
"Nora where did you get this?" He asked curiously as he looked it over noting that it looked nothing like the other frying pans in the kitchen.
"Found it in the armory, so i thought we could use it to cook with today. It's prettier than the other frying pans after all." She pointed at the colored designs on it.
Ren sighed as he looked at her before he turned the stove top on and put the pan on it tossing a small bit of butter on the pan and waited for the butter to melt….
Jaune and Pyrrha woke up from their slumber to the buzz of Jaune's scroll, which hastily found itself under a pillow. Pyrrha giggled as she sleepily watched Jaune. Her own scroll went off as well. She gently nudged him off the side of the bed causing him to crash onto the floor and groan about getting up and eating later. She smiled sweetly as she pulled him to his feet and they began their descent down to the dining hall for dinner leaving their room in a hurry.
As Jaune turned the corner to the staircase he ran into a girl knocking both over. He fell on top of her, his face inches from hers, as he looked down at the person he ran over. Amber eyes met his blue ones, a cold feeling running through his very being as he looked down at the very familiar face. The girl from his nightmare was looking at him. He immediately stood up and offered her a shaky hand to help her up, quickly trying to come up with a plan.
She took his hand while her two teammates berated him about being more careful and Pyrrha stood there for a moment somewhat amused and annoyed that he was so close to another girl. The girl silenced them with a hand and said it wasn't that big of a deal as she eyed him up and down.
"I'm Jaune, uh sorry about that." He said sheepishly trying to maintain his cool.
"Cinder…" She trailed off her eyes lingering on him for a moment as they shook hands. A strange sensation washed over her as her mind seemed to blank out for a moment. When Jaune let go of her hand, Cinder's mind returned to its usual calculative self and she felt oddly refreshed.
She noted the redhead as Pyrrha Nikos, the Spartan girl, who was a renowned warrior from Minstral. She sized them both up deeming them not an immediate threat as she played her role as a lost student.
"We seemed to be lost trying to find the dining hall…." She said, forcing a sweet smile on her face that made her cringe on the inside.
"Um... we are heading that way if you... uh... want to follow us…." Jaune said, doing everything in his power to stay calm. His brain was racing, trying to decide on the best course of action. He finally came to the only conclusion he could, learn all he could to prevent what was to come without tipping off the woman that he knew who she was.
Jaune remembered he had seen her from a distance during the arrival of the students from other kingdoms. He had felt the same cold feeling but figured it was because of the late evening air and not his gut warning him of impending doom.
"Mmm, of course that would be wise…." She said her eyes flicking between Jaune and Pyrrha who had moved closer to the blonde wrapping an arm around his. She nodded and followed them back down the way they came to the dining hall.
Cinder made a note of the closeness between the two, a small devious side plan forming in her head. The blonde was connected to the redhead and she was a potential target in her own right, so perhaps if we get to the blonde we can deal with her with minimal effort. His hand felt strange when he touched me, warmer than mine how peculiar. Why? She felt a little uneasy as she, Emerald, and Mercury followed the lovers to the dining hall.
Cinder and her two companions moved to an empty table along the side wall, letting her observe the room as a whole while she ate her meal. Her eyes drifted over to Jaune again and again a conflicting feeling of curiosity as well as something else she couldn't identify flitted through her mind for a moment whenever she looked at him.
A commotion coming from her right drew her attention as a girl with aqua colored hair that reached down to the middle of her back, stormed into the dining hall freaking out about her weapon being missing. She made her way over to a group of people who all seemed to really like the color blue based on their attire. Her voice carried as she became more and more upset and got worked up over it. She had apparently had it with her in the armory an hour ago tuning it up and had walked away to the bathroom. When she came back it was gone…...
Ozpin's office 5 minute before dinner
The headmaster sat looking out over his school, a sad smile on his face. It had been quite a start to the year for him with the famed Pyrrha Nikos deciding out of the blue to apply here instead of at Minstral's Academy, Haven, it caused quite a stir with the media as well as Minstral's Headmaster for the better part of the summer since he was losing out on his prized student. Ozpin sighed, but it wasn't nearly as bad as when he received the formal request from Schnee Industries heiress Weiss Schnee to come to Beacon as well instead of Atlas Academy.
James Ironwood as well as Mr. Schnee both had curt words for him pressuring him to deny her entrance so that she remained at Atlas. That left things even more strained as rumors began that he and Vale were stealing the talent to gain more power. Especially with Vale hosting the Vytal festival this year at Beacon it seemed to be even more of a slap in the face to the other kingdoms.
Then there was the criticism of his allowance of Faunus to attend Beacon with the increasing threat of the White Fang. Even a few of his teachers gave him looks of disapproval when they were discussing Blake Belladonna attendance, having been a known White Fang member up until recently. Ozpin defended his decision by stating 'anyone was welcome if they were willing to commit for the better of humanity not against it.'
Then of course there was Jaune Arc who caused all the teachers to shudder. Arcs were not well known to the general society but all the Beacon staff knew the family well. The females were all gifted Huntresses, the men renowned Hunters, the family as a whole considered to be the apocalypse in disguise.
Although it came with a growing concern that the only boy in the the family didn't seem to have any formal training like the rest of his family as well as the fact that he didn't have his aura unlocked before arrival. Ozpin was not ready to deal with the what ifs as he was certain to hear sooner or later from the Matriarch of the clan as well as the King concerning why Jaune had fake transcripts. Ozpin had recognized the false documents right away since it wasn't the first time and certainly wouldn't be the last time prospective students tried to enter Beacon illegally.
No matter how he looked at the situation it didn't sit well with him at all. The entire matter overall came down to two conclusions: one, Jaune ran away from home and managed to get ahold of fake transcripts and that meant Heaven Arc didn't want her son to know combat let alone become a huntsmen. Two, something happened to Jaune while he was younger or something caused Xavier Arc to not unlock his only sons aura himself which was even more alarming since that would imply something more was happening and he, Ozpin, wasn't at liberty to know the reason behind that. It bothered him a great deal that this was well-kept secret. He concluded he better contact at least someone, and soon, but whom was the question…
As he dwelled on that he continued down his list noting the Avery brothers of team Castle were all here this year, Cuddles, Sandual, Thrawn and Leroy. They came from a well known family from Vacuo. The Avery Family was known for extremely unique Semblances as well as the fact most of the family was Faunus with a few mixed breeds, half-human/half-Faunus individuals. That came with its headache as the Headmaster from Shade came personally to inform him that he was not amused with Ozpin.
"I don't care what you say Ozpin, it looks like you're collecting all the best and brightest to showcase that your the best school in Remnant."
"Kendal, please understand I am only here to run this academy, to protect humanity from the grimm and those who threaten it. I did not reach out to anyone outside of Vale. Those whom applied to come here from the other kingdoms did so on their own volition. I will not turn away anyone who desires to learn and improve." Ozpin stated sipping from his mug.
"Regardless Ozpin, you must understand the political standpoint at the very least. If all of the top students chose to come here over their home academies it makes us appear second rate." Kendal said frustrated as he sat down, taking the offered coffee that was sitting in front of him. "I know it is the family's decision, but you could of at least inquired why they chose here instead of my academy. " He continued his words bitter.
"Oh on the contrary Kendal, it's the students decision on where they choose to attend and I did inquire as to why they chose here as it is far from home, would you like to see the answers?" Ozpin offered pulling out a folder and handing it across his desk to the other headmaster.
Taking the folder Kendal opened it and read through each of their reasonings and felt his jaw slacken, disbelief evident on his face.
"They wish improve the faunus-human relationship here for their families agenda, as well learn about Remnant's history and meet the famous model Glynda Goodwitch…." Ozpin coughed, his cheeks a tinge red. She was a popular focus of the magazine Huntresses Weekly.
"Fine… that is well very informed, I suppose," Kendal added under his breath. "Speaking of which where is Glynda anyways? I haven't seen her around today. I was hoping she could... um... sign this?" As he pulled out an issue of the magazine.
Ozpin just chuckled and wished his friend luck with that before ending the meeting.
He sighed as he scrolled through down through more names cruising over Team Sapphire from Signal. They all graduated together and were noted to have a very strong bond. They worked in perfection together. Sean Kinns, Xarik Passive, Jamie Harvest and Sabrina Ravage. He smiled at the somewhat normal group of teens, as far as he could tell, good combat skills, three of the four had a grasp of their semblance, all looked promising.
Team Cardinal however was a problem. The bullying that was going on was starting to get on his nerves. He gave the boys time to solve the problem themselves so they could learn but it appeared that that was not going to be the case and he would have to intervene himself if it continued or they may not survive their classmates retribution which was bound to come sooner rather than later.
The last remaining four: Nora and Ren from a small remote village north of Vale that had taken in the two orphans from a Grimm attack that wiped out both families. Nora was a bundle of destructive energy on par with the Arc sisters which scared Ozpin, however Ren kept her reigned in, mostly, which he was thankful for.
Yang Xiao Long, Taiyang's daughter, was a force to be reckoned with. She had a brash nature that compelled her to act first and think second like her father. She was one of the top students to graduate from Signal and had amazing combat skills although her drive for knowledge was average at best. Good spirited and a walking volcano ready to blow her top at the drop of a hat she kept a lot of the male populace in his school on their toes for a few reasons: one, because she never shied from a fight; two, because she would use her fist over words towards most guys; and three, anyone who hurt her younger sister was sure to suffer.
The final person on his scroll who was the younger sister to Rose's daughter, Ruby Rose, she stopped a dust robbery by herself and chased off the infamous Roman Torchwick. A skilled wielder with a oversized scythe like her Uncle Qrow who had taught her how to wield the weapon. She was bound to be just like her mother, always walking headfirst into every mess doing her best to do the right thing.
"This year will certainly be interesting." He mumbled to himself, raising his mug to his mouth as the entire academy shook. His eyes went wide for a moment as he balanced his coffee so it didn't spill before sighing and putting it down. Getting up, he grabbed his cane and walked over to the elevator as the building shook once more. He could only guess as to what he was about to walk into as he stepped into the elevator and rode it down to the ground floor and made his way over to the dining hall where he guessed the commotion was coming from…
Dinner ~ Now
Jaune didn't know what had all gone wrong he was just sitting enjoying his food with his girlfriend and friends around him when an explosion rocked the entire room. Pyrrha giggled and tipped her head onto Jaune's shoulder causing him to sigh in defeat and blush. Looking over at the kitchen where the noise came from there was now a very big hole where the wall used to be. Ren and Nora could both clearly be seen Ren holding onto a frying pan that was smoking, a surprised and scared look on his face.
Nora on the other hand was all smiles, completely lost as to what had just happened as a second explosion went off from the frying pan shaking the room again and opening the wall on the other side of the dining room next to the double doors. A girl with aqua blue hair bolted right at them. The expression on her face made it very clear she was about to maim them. She prepared to slug Ren and Nora when the frying pan exploded a third time blasting Ren who was still holding the pan into Nora sending them both through the wall behind them.
Ozpin arrived right behind Glynda who seemed to have materialized out of nowhere and was currently yelling for the culprit(s) to reveal himself/herself/themselves. Everyone save Ren, Nora, and Sabrina had ducked under their tables to avoid whatever was happening. There was a shout and then the sound of pain followed by an exclamation of "Ren!" from Nora as he was clobbered him on the head with the frying pan comedically.
A moment later the girl with blue hair stormed off with the frying pan in hand as it exploded once more but it didn't seem to faze her as she punched it. With angry mumblings about 'people taking what was not theirs' she disappeared through the new exit formed by the explosions the frying pan caused and made her way back to the armory. The rest of the girls of Team Sapphire got up and followed, concerned about their teammate. The sole male member, Sean, remained as both team leaders eyes met, to Jaune's surprise he did not seem angry with Jaune because of the trouble his teammates had caused.
As the sound died down everyone could hear Nora's mixed apologies and complaints while Ren was scolding her about using equipment found in the armory. Her defence was she didn't know anyone who used a frying pan as a weapon to which he deadpanned and sighed, standing up and dusting himself off. He massaged the bump on his head from where the frying pan conked him tenderly, wincing a bit.
He looked ahead and saw both Ozpin and Glynda looking back and just shook his head. Ozpin smiled amused while Glynda gave him a dumbfounded look that slowly contorted into anger. As he glanced around the room he realized that the frying pan essentially wrecked the place. He grabbed Nora's hand and told her to come with him to apologize to the girl who she 'borrowed' it from…..
As those two left the room the craters and missing walls began to repair themselves thanks Glynda as she directed her riding crop at the broken sections of wall. Ozpin got the attention of the student body and asked them to go back to enjoying their dinner and not worry about anything else for the rest of the night.
Ruby watched Jaune as his head slumped down on the table and Pyrrha placed her hand on his back, rubbing it, she wasn't sure how to help Yang without hurting Jaune and Pyrrha, Pyrrha who was her friend and Jaune's girlfriend after all. The moments when Yang stared at him for prolonged periods of time and a look of despair eclipsed her face as she eyed the two was more than enough of a motivation to at least try and give her sister a chance or something, Ruby thought. That way she could be happy too.
Pyrrha announced she was going to go check on Ren and Nora and make sure everything was okay. Jaune said he would join her after speaking to the headmaster and Sean to apologize for the commotion his teammates caused. He got up and approached Sean, formally apologizing to the boy who could only smile and laugh.
"She has a frying pan as a weapon you know, something like this was bound to happen eventually, just glad no one got hurt." Sean said with a hint of humor in his voice as he stood up.
"S'pose we should go inform the headmaster and find our teammates before a battle or something breaks out." Jaune said as he and Sean walked over to where Ozpin was standing, surveying the repaired walls. He nodded at the two boys as they stopped in front of him and listened to their story with a small smile on his face.
"Hunters and huntresses come up with stranger weapons every year but, alas, I'm glad no one was harmed or this would be a much more serious issue. You would do well to remind your teammate about taking property out of the armory, Mr. Arc." Ozpin said as he turned and made his way back toward his office.
Jaune and Sean had just stepped outside when petals appeared next to him signaling Ruby's arrival. She accompanied them as they walked. She seemed in a strange mood as Jaune noted she was very fidgety and kept opening her mouth like she wanted to say something to him but before she could utter a sound she would close it. Sean understood that Ruby wanted to talk to Jaune about something privately and excused himself telling Jaune that if he found their teams he would call his scroll.
Jaune thanked the boy who disappeared hastily. Ruby appreciatively stared at his departing figure. Jaune looked at her and waited for her speak. She looked at him, their eyes meeting, her expression and stance took on a serious tone that scared him a bit.
"Jaune, why didn't you choose Yang?" she asked bluntly. Jaune's face turned red at the abrupt question.
"Ruby, I like Yang I do and given more time maybe things would've worked that way but I also have feelings for Pyrrha, I don't know what to do." He said as his shoulders slumped a bit at the prospect of hurting someone he cared about.
"She told me everything from when she ran into you at the club and the weekends afterwards and if you both had as much fun as she said, wouldn't it have been enough?" Ruby sincerely asked. She wasn't really sure how these relationship things worked but understood at least if you enjoyed time with someone why not spend more time with them, right?
Jaune shook his head as he stood there unsure of what to say. She wasn't wrong and he spent a lot of time with both Pyrrha as well as Yang since they started hanging out and it's not like he could just be with both of them, could he?
"Gah! This is something I should ask my dad about..." Jaune muttered as he stood there quietly looking at his first friend from Beacon. The two of them stood there a moment longer before Ruby hugged him and patted his shoulder.
"I need to get back to my team before they think you're doing something lewd. Yang does care about you Jaune, as does Pyrrha, so I'm sure things will work out one way or the other. After all, we are the best leaders ever, right?" She said sweetly. Jaune just nodded and thanked her before turning and heading the direction Sean went.
In the shadows of one of the pillars amber eyes burned brightly, the owner of said eyes having decided to sneak out and eavesdrop on the conversation between the team leaders. Cinder smiled sinisterly as the series of events that unfolded had developed perfectly according to her plan. Now all she had to do was give some pushes here and there to cause her favorite kind of disaster, the one we're friends turn on each other. She stepped back into the dining hall after the red blur zipped by and couldn't help but feel a little bit giddy as she sat down to enjoy the remainder of her dinner.
Author Note
So two things real quick, I didnt know at the time that mistrals academy was called Haven and have since updated that to fit the correct cannon in that respect. Secondly I overlooked a very big typo error and have since fixed it. Sorry for the confusion if you reread this and it seems minorly different.
