Sorry for the wait. between classes and my other story I haven't had time for this one, but here it is now

I would really like a co writer for this story so if your interested just ask.

For now enjoy!

A few weeks later, Skylar found himself along with his teammates in Forever Fall, quite a literal name since it was practically frozen in time, stuck in a picturesque frame of autumn leaves and cool crisp air and home of delicious maple syrup found only in the trunks of the trees that grew in these forests. It made for quite a peaceful location, one that most people would enjoy for the atmosphere and serene nature. The only downside to the forests was the fact that it was inhabited by a number of grimm.

Way to ruin a wonderful vacation spot, ah the gods had such a sense of humor that even Yang couldn't appreciate the punch line. At least the birds found it comfortable enough to call it home.

One would have to wonder why Beacon academy even had a fieldtrip to this location let alone to collect sap that most hyperactive ginger haired lunatics would enjoy to drink before dinner time, but it wasn't like civilians were safe with the grimm lurking about, so why not send students training to fight grimm instead? Not that any grim had been seen so far and the forest was huge so what were the odds that they wee going to even run into one?

At the very least, everyone involved in this trip got to have fun hanging out with their friends in a very photogenic location. But any encounters with the grim were sure to be good practice.

Among the group were Professor Goodwitch, who was basically acting as a supervisor, even though Professor Peach was the one who had sent them on this trip in the first place, Team RWBY, Team JNPR and Team SPHR. Team CRDL was initially meant to come on the trip as well, but after the incident in the lunchroom, Cardin was left in no condition to be out in grimm infested territory until he healed, essentially benching the other members without their leader, plus they all received detention after bullying Velvet constantly. One would think Skylar would have been restricted from the field trip as well for his part in the lunchroom brawl but mysteriously Ozpin approved Skylar going. As curious as Goodwitch was with his reasoning, she never crossed the headmaster.

But that was the least of Skylar's concerns as he walked beside his team taking in the atmosphere of the forest. He quite liked it here. It reminded him of the times he spent exploring the wilderness in his free time (though he never went into Grimm infested territories for obvious reasons) but of all the things that he thought he would be doing, tree sap collecting was definitely not one of them. Why were they collecting it anyway? Huntsman weren't exactly known for being botanists, the only thing they needed to know was to not eat poisonous plats in the wilderness which any cool cat could find out in the library, not dedicate an entire class to learn from. At least Professor Mulberry dealt with Weapons, which was something every Huntsman and Huntress needed to know.

In any case, Skylar was not going to voice his complaints since the benefits definitely out weighed the drawbacks and there might be something yet to come out from an excursion such as this. Whether it be something unexpected, or completely out of the ordinary.

The group was currently walking along the path in the bright red forest, following Professor Goodwitch who's no nonsense attitude was really encouraging when surrounded by the beautiful trees that were as red as our favorite resident Spartans hair.

Goodwitch continued with her speech, making sure to keep the students up to date with their tasks as well. "Yes students the forest of Forever Fall is indeed beautiful, but we are not here to sight see. Professor Peach has asked each of you to collect sap samples from trees deep inside this forest. And I'm here to make sure none of you die while doing so." The tsundere teacher stated before stopping in place and turning to face her students, causing the twelve students to stop in their tracks to listen to her.

Quote of the year huh?' Skylar thought 'she really should be a motivational speaker when she retires' he thought sarcasm dripping from the words "Each of you is to collect one jars worth of red sap" the blonde teacher explained holding up a jar filled with the red syrup for emphasis (causing JNPR's resident hammer wielder to drooled turn to Ren with a starry eyed puppy dog eye look) "however this forest is full of the creatures of grim, so be sure to stay by your teammates. We will rendezvous back here at 4:00. Have fun!" She finished a small smile gracing her lips (much to the shock of everyone watching) And precisely how was she going to keep anyone from dying when they were all going to be going in separate directions not to mention while they were licensed yet, all of them could handle a grim or two so why was Goodwitch even concerned that she would need to step in to defend them? They were 15-17 year olds not toddlers! Still teachers were teachers so they had a job to do, regardless of whether or not they were ruthless Huntresses known for being very difficult and difficult to please.

Alas that did not matter for all 3 teams ended up going into the forests in order to complete their objective for the day. and maybe get some stomachs full of sap while they were at it.

Oh if only they were aware of what was going to be waiting for them in the forest on this fine day.

In the distance, high above the trees, a black raven circled overhead, its red eyes glistening as it watched the group venture further into the forest, keeping a close eye on a certain blonde brawler and the dark haired individual next to her before it turned and flew out of sight.

Paris walked alongside Helen the literal bane of his existence carrying a jar that Professor Goodwitch had given each of the 12 students so that they could fill up the jars with the red sap that Goodwitch and Peach had so nicely requested them to get. Paris couldn't have been any disgusted by this idea, for he had never done this before in his life and quite honestly didn't even want to, because of course he didn't. it had nothing to do with anything that he wanted in his life. He wanted just two things. Become a Huntsman and get the girl doing so. This whole "Team" factor was so beneath him that it made him want to dropout of the school and become a freelance Huntsman for the fame and glory of doing everything himself, since that's how most Huntsmen and huntresses worked anyway. the only problem was, that dropping out would be more trouble than it was worth, since Beacon academy was one of the few places where you could become a legitimate hunter anyway.

He just didn't like his team for that reason, Skylar was a very bipolar person, acting childishly immature at times, or like a drill sergeant the next, almost like he had multiple personality disorder (though in reality, he just knew when not to be serious and have fun, but Paris wasn't going to admit that at all)

Robin was very quiet almost invisible like she didnt ant to draw attention to herself, but always knew when to stand up for her friends. While that was nice, Paris didn't feel it was necessary.

Then of course there was Helen, his insufferable partner who didn't even take him seriously nor saw just how amazing he was. Quite the shame too, if she wasn't such a brat she might have been one for him to ask out on a date, but no all she did was berate him over everything like she was his mother. Couldn't he be paired up with someone more his style instead of being partners with someone that he would rather not want to strangle him.

Hell, the only thing this day was good for aside from the sights was the cardio and even that wasn't worth it because he could get that done while training at Beacon, which was somewhere he would rather be anyway. Maybe he should ask Ozpin if he could be assigned to another team or go solo. Then at the very least he would be his own leader.

Gripping the jar tightly, Paris just couldn't believe his luck. He was far above such menial tasks. Collecting sap from the dirty trees that littered this forest?! That was servants jobs not Huntsman jobs. He had half a mind to throw the jar away and go hunting for Grimm. ANYTHING would be better than this!

It didn't help that he just hated the Forever Falls for more than that either. When he was told every first year was doing this at some point he made a halfhearted attempted to all but avoid coming here but Goodwitch wasn't having it since Paris wasn't one to skip class nor was he ill in any shape or form and Goodwitch wouldn't fall for such obvious fake attempts even if he had tried to fool her.

In short, Paris wasn't going to get out of coming to the Forever Falls, whether he liked it or not.

His trepidation appeared to be noticeable for he heard his Partner humph and ask "whats wrong with you Princeton?" though the question appeared to be genuine, the tone which she asked made it sound like she was getting annoyed with him rather than concerned for his wellbeing. Paris glared at the blonde Amazon, "None of your business Morcan!" he snapped before stomping away from her like a rude child, mumbling under his breath the entire way until he was out of sight. Helen however noting that Goodwitch advised them to stay with their team, quickly turned to look at Skylar. Skylar looked in the direction Paris went in. Much as he thought Paris was a bit of a glory hogging fool, he didn't want any ill will to fall on his teammate particularly since it would be his responsibility that Paris graduate from Beacon alive. "go" he mouthed to the Amazon, who nodded in return before taking off into the trees to follow her wayward partner

"damn that fool I'm going to make him wish Yang ripped him a new one!" she spat out to nobody in particular as she closed in on her partner, leaving the others behind.

Robin watched as Helen took off after Paris, wondering why she would even care that he had run off (though to be fair, EVERYONE but those two knew the reason) after not even having an argument in the first place. But as Goodwitch said they needed to stick together so as long as the two were on guard they shouldn't have too much of a problem if any Grimm were to show up.

With a sly smirk she looked at Skylar "How much you wanna bet they will be holding hands when they get back. She asked slyly. If there was one thing she enjoyed doing whenever their backs was turned it was betting whether or not Paris and Helen would admit to being one step short of a couple. For crying out loud they certainly argued like one. They were practically made for each other. Sadly unlike Skylar and Yang (where the former was oblivious to the obvious affection that the latter held for said former while it was one-sidedly obvious) these two just couldn't see the chemistry that they had with one another.

Skylar just shrugged "They'd have to admit it first Robin and I don't think that will be happening anytime soon. I think they'll need a candlelight dinner forced upon them long before they will even consider the fact that they like each other." He then held up his empty sap jar "Besides aren't there more appropriate things to talk about right now? Like the sap we need to collect." He wasn't particularly excited about the task but it did need to be done and he would rather get it finished before talking about his teammates love life

Robin just giggled in response. "Fine, but you'll still owe me 10 lien when they come back!" she said as the two continued to walk with their classmates leaving PH behind so that they could continue with their task.

"when did we make that arrangement?!" Skylar yelled in response, but Robin didn't answer opting instead to just whistle innocently. Grumbling Skylar followed the black haired girl.

Paris stomped his way through the red forest, kicking the leaves he came across, crunching the rest under his foot if he didnt manage to kick them away. It was a somewhat satisfying feeling except for the fact the leaves were already dead so he wasn't causing them pain in any shape or form. Thank god for that. He didn't want to bring mother nature herself down on him for doing so. Then again that would be a blessing after everything that he went through the last time he was here.

He could still here the snarls and screams…

Shaking his head Paris continued to stomp down the path not caring about the direction he was going in so long as he found his way out of here. Why was he here? He didn't want to even be here! Goodwitch had files on every student at Beacon there was no secret that she didn't know, so Why couldn't he be excluded from the god forsaken field trip so he could be back training at Beacon to be a Huntsman like he wanted to be?

The short answer? Because there really wasn't a reason he should be excluded despite his personal feelings about the situation. He had spoken to goodwitch about it before they left.

She wasn't unsympathetic but she unfortunately brought up a good point during the conversation and it effectively ended the argument.

Angrily, Paris turned to the nearest tree and in a moment of petulant anger punched the hard bark. Of course this had the exact effect that one would expect from punching a hard tree without any sort of protection. It hurt like a grimm. Pain radiated from the point of impact racing up and down Paris's hand like a vice grip squeezing his bones, but the boy ignored the feeling instead repeating the process several times until he was sure that his knuckles were as red as the leaves in this foilage filled nightmare.

Unfortunately his isolation was interrupted by the sound of leaves crunching behind him. Immediately alert, Paris drew his axe, whirling around to cut down the opposing grimm. However to his surprise what was behind him was not any sort of creature of Grimm, but his aggravating partner, who was looking at him with a look that seemed to be a mixture of annoyance and concern. God did he hate that look. Even more so considering that it was the person he didn't like at all giving it to him. He responded by glaring at the blonde anmazon lowering his axe to show that he meant no harm but did not desist in giving her A look of animosity. "what are you doing here Morcan!" he spat angrily practically snarling at her. This was definitely not what he needed to deal with right now he turned his body away not bothering to continue looking at the girl.

Helen of course did not respond kindly to the offsetting stuck up prince. She placed her hands on her hips and humphed in annoyance returning her partners glare with one of her own to match "For your information Princeton," she yelled at him "Im here because Goodwitch needs us to stay together because-newsflash , we are in a grimm infested forest and you decided to go running half cocked all on your own. I don't think I need to explain just how stupid that is on your part."

She wasn't going to admit that she kind of maybe liked him so she used that as a cover up, but it wasn't wrong, it was just that he was being so phenomenally stupid right now. She didn't care what the reason was grimm were never something to face alone unless one was a fully fledged huntsman or huntress and neither of them were either so they had better get back to the group to avoid any unpleasantries plus she really didn't want to get a scolding from the strictest teacher at Beacon let alone detention for not following the rules

Of course it would be easier said than done when it came to the two students in training in this case.

Paris growled and whirled around to once more meet the amazons gaze "and just who do you think you are to lecture me!" he roared angrily at her, temper rising "You don't know anything about me Princess so why don't you just mind your own business like an obedient little girl, didn't daddy teach you that?"

Of course Paris's comment was a little double edged since he didnt know about Helen's background either other than what he had seen. That being said had he been in any rational mind when he said those words he would have realized it was at that moment that he royally fucked up.

And what happens when you piss of a dagger wielding amazon with a temper in a forest filled with hungry flesh eating monsters with a love for devouring humans? The same thing that you would expect to happen in such a scenario.

Helen let out an audible gasp and her eyes widened slightly brimming with tears at the sheer disgust in Paris's tone but when that settled it immediately turned into rage and she pulled out her dagger ready to strike at the arrogant Huntsman in training and cut off something very important to him.

Meanwhile back at the main group, everyone was just getting settled in, minus Ren and Nora who were having a mysterious problem involving their sap vanishing every few minutes that no one seemed to e able to figure out. The only clue was some sort of mustache that Nora grew out but before anyone could get a good look at it, the offending facial hair was gone and nobody could figure out how. It just may be a mystery that will never be solved to the end of time.

It was here that Skylar and Robin remained having managed to collect their own jars worth of sap, but for good measure collected a little extra just in case Paris and Helen weren't able to keep up with getting their jars worth of sap. Better to be safer than sorry. Of course this left Skylar a little more than irritated. As leader it was his job to look after his team and so Far he felt he wasn't doing a very good job at it. Granted he didn't have to watch his team 24/7 and he was certain that they could take care of themselves but that didn't stop him from wondering if they were ok. That and Ozpin was sure not to be , impressed by a lack of communication between a leader and his team.

Shaking his doubts for now Skylar returned to the moment where he found himself in a circle with Robin RWBY and JNPR. The others had also finished collecting their sap and now they were all just relaxing together until the others came back.. most unfortunately aside from being next to Robin, Skylar was also sitting with Yang by his side as well, and Yang was not being shy about flirting with him in front of the others either, with her hand not so subtly on his leg or winking at him after saying a poorly disguised innuendo while chatting with the others much like "did you catch the long sticks we saw on the way here" (much to Skylar's embarrassment)

"Yang don't be so crude" Weiss said looking annoyed with her teammates not so subtle flirting. "Aww come on Weiss don't be so cold, Im sure someone here finds you attractive, or they would if you weren't such a Weissicle" Yang said with a wide smirk on her face as she once again winked in Skylar's direction. In a way, it was somewhat hilarious listening to the blonde bombshells puns, if not a little exhausting. It didn't hurt that aside from the puns she was a nice person. It was just that her flirting was coming off as a little strong and while she was quite beautiful, Skylar was also attracted to another female member of the group. The problem was that he had little experience in dating let alone initiating conversation with the opposite gender

His musing was interrupted by Yang suddenly grabbing his hand and very unceremoniously pulling him to his feet, causing the poor boy to let out a yelp since he definitely was not expecting such a move let alone from a girl who was strong enough to rip off his arm with such a yank. "woah" he cried as he tried to stabilize his balance, but Yang didn't seem to notice as she started to drag the boy away from the others deeper into the woods "Y-Yang what are you doing!?" Skylar yelled at the brawler who was ignoring him the entire time. If he could see her face Skylar was sure she had a wicked grin on it. The only saving grace was that Professor Goodwitch was not around to see this. Wait what was he saying that might actually be the best thing that could happen right about now since he Had no idea what Yang was planning to do to him or why she was doing it

In fact why was no one trying to stop her? Taking a look back at the others he saw that RWB was looking at Yang wide eyed Ruby herself as red as her cape while Blake looked confused and Weiss 's mouth dropped open Ren looked stoic as ever Nora was whooping with encouragement Jaune and Pyrrha looked like they rather be anywhere else but there and Robin had a wide grin on her face. It was clear to Skylar while he had been lost in thought Yang had said something to get all those responses. "Hey guys I could use a little help back here!" he screamed but the only response he got was from Robin "Don't worry boss you'll be safe with Yang!" she cried with that ever widening grin on her face.

"You traitor how dare you abandon your leader like this!" Skylar retorted.

Not to worry Skylar." Yang said finally turning to her captive. "I just told them I wanted a bit of privacy with you for a bit, we wont be gone for too long." She told him. Skylar was definitely not sure if he liked the sound of that Yang continued to drag him away until they reached another clearing and the blonde brawler proceeded to throw her captive into the nearest tree. Not expecting the move Skylar slammed into the tree with a grunt but before he could do anything, Yang lunged at him pinning him to the tree with her arms and full body weight

Skylars breath caught in his throat. He could see Yang clearly now from the lust filled look in her lilac eyes and feel both the curves of her body and the mint scent of her breath. He could practically count the amount of lashes on her eyes if he wanted to.

He was so stunned by Yang's proximity that he didnt notice her lips leaning close to his.

What he did notice was the piercing scream that interrupted them

Ok, that was a bit shorter than the previous chapter but I hope you enjoyed it.

As always leave your thoughts!