Rays of sunlight woke Weiss from the darkness of unconsciousness. The first thing she noticed was the bed she was lying on. The second thing she noticed were her teammates, who were all lying on similar sleeping utensils. And the third thing she noticed was the absence of her weapon.

Raising up the heiress of the Schnee Dust Company looked at her surroundings. It was a small infirmary, the furniture seemed to be more old school than what she was used to. She also spotted a big window and multiple people in front of it. Apparently, they had been in a conversation before her awakening, but now a total of twelve eyes were looking at her.

"Good morning, young lady." An old lady wearing a white coat was the first to speak.

It was obvious that she was a nurse and so Weiss made no move when the woman came closer and performed some simple medical tests.

"Excuse me, but where am I?" the heiress asked, addressing the other inhabitants of the room with her question.

"Well, young lady, you are in the infirmary of Thors Military Academy." It was an older man with a dignified voice who answered.

"And in which kingdom?" Weiss asked, since the name of this institution didn't ring a bell for her.

"I don't like where this is going." A woman with fuchsia red hair spoke quietly, but still loud enough for the huntress in training to hear.

"Which kingdom? My dear, you aren't in a mere kingdom." a blond man wearing mostly red answered her this time. He reminded her a bit of Jaune Arc when he tried to get a date with her. "Welcome to the Erebonian Empire." He spread his arms like we was a merchant offering his goods.

Weiss looked at the man with an open mouth. He was worse than Jaune, if he thought that he could impress her with such a behaviour. Not to mention the lie he had just told her. Everybody knew that there were only four kingdoms on Remnant, and none of them was called Erebonia.

"Excuse my interruption, your highness,…" a dark-haired man wearing a purple uniform intervened. "but I would rather know, where this girl and her companions come from and how they ended up in the Old Schoolhouse."

'Great,' Weiss thought 'Another idiot.' His performance and his tone was convincing, but a lie was a lie. And once she would reveal her heritage, it would be a rough awakening for these people. "I am Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee Dust Company." She didn't say more, wanting to see the reaction of the people around her. But the reaction she received wasn't the one she was expecting.

"Does anyone know a 'Dust Company'?" the red-clad man asked and everyone else shook their head.

"What?" Weiss got mad. "This farce has gone on long enough. There is no Erebonian Empire. There are only four kingdoms: Vale, Vacuo, Mistral and Atlas! And the Schnee Dust Company is the largest Dust producing company in the world. And since Dust is practically used everywhere, you have to had heard the name. And if you don't stop this nonsense right now…" she used her Semblance to create a white Glyph in front of her. She wanted to intimidate the liars. If they were relying on an obvious lie, they couldn't be a threat to a huntress in training.

Just to remedy her opinion one moment later when she felt the tip of a blade at her throat. The last man in the room, a blond one wearing a similar purple uniform like the dark-haired man, was standing right in front of her, his weapon only inches away from her skin.

"Instructor Neithard." The nurse spoke up, seemingly unaware of the situation around her. "This is a place of healing. Sheath your weapon at once, before you make a bigger mess here."

"I'm sorry, Instructor Beatrix, but the actions of this girl show an aggressive nature." the now named Neithardt replied, his blade unmoving.

"This girl has just woken up. She is most likely confused and overwhelmed being in an unfamiliar place." The voice of Beatrix sounded like steel. "Put your weapon down now, or do I have to remind you, who is in charge of this room?"

For a moment the eyes of woman and man met, before the blond pulled his weapon back.

"And you, young lady." The nurse turned towards Weiss, "This isn't a place of conflict. If you want to fight, do it outside."

"I'm sorry." Neithardt turned towards Beatrix. "But with Prince Olivert here we can't take any risks."

The eyes of the huntress scanned the rest of the room. The black-haired military man sheathed his blade, from where he had drawn it. The purple haired woman took on a more relaxed stance. She finally noticed, how close she had come to get her companions and herself killed. Her attempt at intimidation had backfired.

"Come one, all's well that ends well." The red clad man, now known as Prince Olivert, spoke up. "Given your words now I don't believe you stem from Zemuria, Miss Schnee?"

Weiss shook her head. "I'm from Atlus, and Zemuria also doesn't exist."

"I'm afraid that this is more than a simple misunderstanding." The prince sighed. "You see, all the names you have given us, Schnee, Dust, Atlus, we don't know about these things and places. There is only one continent here, the continent of Zemuria."

"But on Remnant…"

"Remnant? Is that the name of the world you come from?" Olivert asked, not giving the girl time to start another argument.

As an answer, the heiress simply nodded.

"My prince, you can't believe this girl." The black-haired soldier asked, but Olivert simply laughed.

"My dear Mueller, during my time in Liberl I had my own experiences with other worlds and other dimensions. So yes, I believe this girl. Since this would also explain their sudden appearance in the dungeon of the Old Schoolhouse." The Prince answered and for a moment Weiss thought about changing her opinion on him.

The soldier simply nodded and stepped back. Just when the red clad man tried to start again, the other members of Team RWBY started to move. Deciding that telling the story once instead of multiple times the group waited for all of them to wake up. Thankfully the three girls were easier to convince than Weiss herself, mostly thanks to Weiss vouching for the Prince for now.

The next two hours were a long story about Zemuria, the most prominent powers on the continent and about Thors. The girls asked all kind of questions, and the Instructors and Prince gave them their answers to the best of their abilities. It all ended when Olivert invited the girls to join the Academy as members of Class VII.

"But we aren't even from here. Why should we join a school?" Blake asked, the Faunus still suspicious.

"Well, since you aren't from here, you have no money. And with no money, you have no place to stay or to move." Olivert explained.

"We can work as huntresses. We can exterminate monsters and…" Ruby began, but the Prince interrupted.

"And get the attention of people that you don't want to mess with. You definitely aren't from Zemuria. People will notice that and if the wrong kind hears about you, you can count yourself lucky if you aren't killed or worse." The voice of the erebonian noble was dead serious. "Here at least you have a place to stay, something to eat and people who can help you."

"But we have to go to school." Ruby whined, not thrilled to be taught by these people. They were so serious and stiff, like Glynda Goodwitch times 100 strict.

"Tell me," the woman who had been introduced as Sara Valestein suddenly asked. "how much does a bread cost?"

The huntresses looked at each other, unsure what to answer.

Sara gave a small laugh. "How do you want to survive if you don't even now the currency and prices of this country? Sending you away now would be your death. So a little bit of school doesn't sound so bad in comparison?" she continued giving the girls an encouraging smile.

Having no response, the inhabitants of Remnant remained silent. Finally Ruby gave her friends a short look, before giving her answer. "We agree. But you have to promise us that you will help us finding a way home."

Olivert nodded. "I believe that the way home may lie in the depth of the old schoolhouse. If you help Class VII out, you may find a way sooner or later. I'm sure about that."

"But you won't promise it?" the Faunus asked.

The erebonian noble shook his head. "Unfortunately even we don't know all secrets about that place. I won't lie to you, there might be no way back for you at all inside the building." Team RWBYs looked at him scared. "But that doesn't mean we won't try. The world outside this school is big. If the answer isn't here, then she is somewhere out there. And looking for it with friends will be a much richer experience than to simply start searching alone."

"Especially since this school will teach us more about this country and it's infrastructure. So even if the Old Schoolhouse is a bust, we can survive on our own in this strange world." Weiss continued the Prince's thoughts. "It's a certain win for us, no matter the outcome."

Laying their doubts to rest for now, the group decided to come up with a fake backstory for the girls, to protect them from the 'wrong crowd of people' how Olivert liked to call it. According to this story, the girls stem from a place called "North Ambria", where they grew up on the battlefield, not knowing their real home. Mueller Vander, the black-haired soldier and bodyguard to the Prince, stumbled upon them during a secret mission for Olivert. Being impressed by their combat capabilities, he introduced them to Olivert and Principal Van Dyck. One thing lead to another and the girls had been accepted into Thors Military Academy.

"Instructor Valestein will tell you more about North Ambria at a later time, so that you can give some information about your 'homeland'. Besides the people in this room and Class VII, no one will know about your true heritage." Olivert said. "You will also get some extra lessons in history and political education, so that your limited knowledge about Erebonia won't be discovered that easily."

"What about our weapons?" Ruby asked. She couldn't handle the thought to be separated from Crescent Rose any longer.

"Your weapons will be handed to you tomorrow. Tonight you should introduce yourself to your new classmates." Olivert finished his lecture. With a smile he stood up. "I leave them in your capable hand, Instructor Valestein. I wish you a nice year, young ladys."

Given the young girls a heartwarming smile, the Prince stood up.

"We will do everything we can to help them." Principal Van Dyck ensured the noble, while he shook his head.

"I know." was the simple answer.

With this the assembly ended. The instructors and the prince left the room, until only Sara, Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang remained.

"All right, let's get started." with a quick hand gesture the former bracer told the girls to hurry up. She left the room for a moment and pulled a small device out of her pocket. "I give you five minutes." She called to the girls, before the door closed.

Gathering their belongings, the huntresses prepared for departure, while staying completely silent. The fact that they were in a new world, with no way to contact their friends and families, weighed heavy on their thought now that they were alone.

"Do you think we will find a way back?" Ruby asked her older sister.

"You heard the old man and the prince." Yang responded, trying to keep up her happy demeanour to protect her younger sibling from her own dark thoughts, "They will help us and we will find a way back. I promise you that."

Ruby wanted to protest, but Weiss came to Yang's aid. "And think about it this way. This gives us the possibilities to learn even more. We can become stronger and wiser when we finally return to Beacon. And with this power we can protect more people." she tried to cheer up her team leader.

"Thanks Weiss, Yang." The girl with the red cape told her friends.

"Everything is set and ready to go." the sudden opening of the door and Sara's happy voice teared them out of their thoughts. "Let me show you were you will stay for the next time."

Following the woman, the huntresses left the main building and went into Trista, the small city right in front of the academy. Their eyes wandered left and right, the big church where a goddess called Aidios was worshipped, a small stream flowing through town, a Café were some people in green and white were seated. Everything was new.

Finally reaching their destination, the Instructor stopped before a red stone building. "This will be your dormitory from today on. The rest of you classmates also live here, so you aren't all alone in this big building." She gave them a wink. "And that's include myself, too. If you have any questions or problems, you will find someone to help you." She turned towards the doors and entered the building.

With a little hesitation Ruby followed, after her came Weiss, Blake and Yang.

"Ah Instructor." a male spoke to the woman in a cocktail dress when they entered. "You told us that something big is happening."

But before Sara could answer, Ruby appeared in a storm of rose petals before the young black-haired man. "I remember you." she was overtaken by excitement. "You are the guy who lit his sword on flames. That was so cool!"

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And here is the next chapter for this story. Thanks for all of you who favoured this story. Also a huge thanks to InfiniteStarz, mega1987 and JohnJoestar17 for giving me an important advice regarding the paragraphs in this story. I tried to implemented their critics in this chapter.

What else is there to say?

This chapter was hard to write. My first thought was simply letting the conversation between Weiss and the Instructors/Olivert play out and write everything down, but it got a huge mess pretty quickly. So I tried to stick to the important parts and summed up everything else.

Regarding the 'fake backstory' for Team RWBY: Since they appeared out of nowhere, Olivert wants to protect them from people like Ouroboros and Chancellor Osbourne. He knows, that both parties can find out that the girls aren't from North Ambria, but with Mueller and his voice as 'proof', he hopes to keep at least Osbourne in check.

Next chapter is the first full meeting with Class VII and maybe the Practical Trial before the Nord Section. As always leave a review if you liked this chapter, leave a critic if you didn't like it and have a nice day.

P.S. There is one question I want to give to you, my dear readers. This regards the pairings. I'm thinking about three possible pairing for Rean in this story:

1. Alisa

2. Emma

3. Princess Alfin

The only pairing I'm sure of at the moment is:

Elliot x Fie (I like these two together)

So, if you like you can leave a vote for Rean's pairing as well as suggestions for other pairings in this story in your comments.

Thank you and have a nice day