Just before the crack of dawn the next morning, most normal humans and Faunus were still asleep. The leader of team RWBY though was neither asleep nor in her bed, in fact she was climbing back in through the room's window, the simple black hoodie and pants she was wearing torn up from a night spent in the Emerald Forest with her new pack.

After Ruby had checked that she didn't wake any of her teammates, she grabbed her school uniform and quickly made her way to the showers shared by their floor, her red cape hopefully covering any to revealing tears in her clothes fabric.

While the water was running over her slightly sore muscles, the half Grimm was thinking back to what had happened during the night.

It wasn't actually that much, after she had reasserted her dominance over her new pack, they had, ultimately unsuccessfully, searched for any Humans wandering the forest at night. So Ruby had made her way back towards Beacon a few hours after midnight.

When the young wolf eared girl finally returned to her room, both Blake and her sister were starting to get up.

"Morning Blake, Morning Sis.", Ruby greeted them, a genuine smile on her face.

As she moved further into the rooms her greaves made silent klangs whenever they touched, which caused Blake's bow to fold down slightly.

"Ugh how can you be so cheerful this early?", the Faunus asked while stretching, before she quietly added, "and can you not hit your greaves against each other please."

Realizing what her teammate meant, Ruby quickly widened her stand just a little further,"Sorry Blake."

During this short time, Yang had already jumped off of her bed, quickly grabbed her Uniform and other necessities, before greeting her sister in passing as she made her own way towards the showers. Shortly afterwards, Blake had also left the room, leaving Ruby the only person awake in the room for now.

When the two girls returned they were dressed in their school uniforms as well, while the last member of their team was still fast asleep. As she wanted them to get all their stuff unpacked and stored away, and maybe decorated the room a bit so it wasn't so dull, as soon as possible, the team's leader decided to wake the white haired heiress.

The wolf eared girl pulled a small whistle from her bag and folded down her ears before she brought it up to her lips in a very exaggerated move so the Faunus hiding her ears inside a bow could prepare herself for the shrill sound that she would soon unleash. Leaning down to the still sleeping member of their team, Ruby took a deep breath before she blew all the air she just inhaled through the whistle directly into Weiss' ear.

Shocked by sudden sound, the heiress sat up instantly, still slightly a sleep.

"What is going on?!"

"Good morning team RWBY!", the redhead next to her greeted cheerfully, as evidenced by the fast movements of her tail.

"Why did you wake me up so early?", the heiress complained as she was getting out of her bed.

"A, it is not early, Sun's been up for at least three quarters of an hour by now. And B, we still need to unpack all our stuff."

"Okay fine", the heiress responded before she quickly grabbed a few of her things and moved towards the door," just give me a little time to shower and get dressed."

"Ugh, be quick about it.", Ruby yelled after Weiss, who was already out the door.

When Weiss returned the other girls had already begun to unpack their belongings, so she quickly joined in. Soon all their posters and a framed painting adorned the walls, their clothes were stored away and their school supplies were placed neatly on the desks they moved into their room and the books they brought stored in some bookshelves. Only four things were not yet fitting into the rooms, namely the four beds currently piled together in the center of the room.

"This seems a little cramped", Blake noted.

"We could send some of our stuff back home", Yang suggested weakly, before her half sister spoke up.

"Nope, we are going to ditch the beds and replace them with bunk beds."

"I'm not sure if that would be safe.", Weiss countered

"No, I am the leader and I decided we are going to make bunk beds. [Understood!]", the half Grimm said, although the growl at the end confused the rest of the team.

"Well it seems to be the most efficient way to solve our problem.", Blake spoke up in support of their leader, so Weiss relented, not even trying again to convince the rest of her team to look for another solution.

They discussed many different ideas on how to make bunk beds out of the normal ons they had. In the end they decided to go ahead and take the most sturdy and least read books they brought with them and stacked them on top of one bed's posts so they could place a second one on top of it. But as this used up nearly all the books they were willing to use in such a manner, they were unsure how to suspend the other two beds above each other.

Luckily Yang found a few rolls of duct tape in a nearby janitor's closet, which they used to suspend the third bed from the ceiling. Before they finished though, Blake tied a spare bedsheet to the ropes, so Ruby could take her 'mask' of when she was sleeping, a gesture which, while unnecessary in the eyes of the half sister's, was still appreciated.

Finally finished with their room, the girls just now noted how little time they had left over before their first class started today.

Their last class for the day was like torture for Ruby, not only did she have to endure how professor Port was proudly telling the class about the time he slew a pack of Beowulfs and instead of granting it at least the mercy of death, dragged the last of them back towards the village which had sent him out. The half Grimm managed to distracted herself from that by doodling into her notebook, but what she did not manage to ignore was the smell and quiet panicked whimpers of a boarbatusk escaping the, at least in her opinion, way too small cage in the corner of the classroom.

The red haired girl normally didn't care about the boar like Grimm, she was a Beowulf after all, but no Grimm deserved what the poor thing was surely going through in that cage. In addition to that the only idea she had why it was here meant that it would be dead soon either way, so why did it have to suffer before that?

When the teacher asked them who believed themselves to embody all the traits a Huntsman should have, Weiss raised her hand.

She had changed into her normal combat outfit as quick as she could while she was on her way to grab Myrtenaster, now Weiss stood before a cage, rapier raised ready to strike or stab whatever was inside.

"Do your best."

"Go Weiss."

Her team was already Cheering for her,

"Go for it's belly", and her leader was already back to ordering her around, much to Weiss' displeasure. Not only was the girl barking orders like an Atlesian officer, no she even thought she knew how to fight the unknown enemy in the cage better than herself.

"Let the match begin!", the professors shout got the heiress' attention back to the fight just as he used his strange weapon to break the lock keeping the inhabitant of the cage inside.

The creature charging out of the cage was completely unknown to the girl, but its black fur and the white plates covering its body it was unmistakably one of the Creatures of Grimm.

Moving out of the way from its initial charge the young huntress in training struck out against the beast's flank, so she could get a feeling for the strength of its natural armor. when her weapon skidded off, leaving nothing but superficial scratches, it became obvious that she would have to go for the small gaps in its defense.

So she got ready to face the next charge of the beast head on, so its own momentum would aid her in impaling it on her rapier. Taking a deep breath, she carefully aimed for a gap just behind its neck, and struck as soon as the beast came into reach. Myrtenaster was buried just short half it's blades length into the Grimm's body, but for the moment this seemed to only serve to enrage the beast meaning she had not harmed anything vital as of now.

"I told you to go for the belly weiss!", her leaders sudden outburst disrupted her concentration and soon she found herself flung away from the beast. When she got back up she saw her weapon still embedded in the Grimm, but before she could form a plan how to get it back, the beast was charging at her again. She summoned one of her glyphs to block its way so she would not be crushed against the wall by the beast.

To her immense luck, the Grimm impacted the glyph with her weapons hilt first, driving the weapon deeper into its flesh, until the beast impacted the white symbol fully and fell to the ground unmoving.

As the beast began to dissolve, the heiress moved over to grab her weapon, projecting self confidence to make all this look planned.

"What was that? If you had just done as I told you it would have been over in seconds!", Ruby shouted at the white haired teammate she had just caught up to.

"So you just expect me to follow your orders like a good little soldier? That attitude is exactly why I didn't go to Atlas. And on top of that you have been nothing but an annoyance the whole day instead of acting like a leader."

"What have I done?"

"At least nothing worthy of being made leader."

"So you think you would make a better leader than me?"

"Yes I am sure I would be a much better leader than you."

"Well then, you me courtyard now."

"Gah how would that help at all", Weiss asked confused, "I just think Ozpin made a mistake and if you excuse me, I am going to plead my case to someone that can do something about it."

With that the heiress was walking off again. Before Ruby could walk after her teammate, A hand was gently but firmly placed on her shoulder.

"Give her some time to calm down before addressing her again Miss Rose", the voice of the headmaster softly explained from behind her.

"Hello professor Ozpin, how much did you hear?", Ruby asked as she turned around to look the headmaster into the eyes while they talked.

"Enough that I think you could use this advice. Unlike an officer who leads with authority or an alpha who leads with strength, a leader of a Huntsman team should lead by example and listen to the rest of his team if they have something to say.", taking a sip from his coffee mug, he continued, "But that is not why I was looking for you, there is something else I need to speak with you about in private."

"Okay, but could you explain a bit more about your advice on leadership on the way?", the half Grimm asked as she began following behind the professor, who lead the way towards his own office.

"Most certainly miss Rose, for one you should always do your best to help your team, not only on the battlefield but also when you are just in classes or during downtime between missions."

This and similar advice was passed on to the young student until they stepped out of the elevator and into Ozpin's office.

"So now that we are here, where no one will listen in we can talk more freely.", the headmaster explained as he refilled his coffee and indicated for Ruby to sit down on one of the chairs before his desk, "Now you surely know by now that here at Beacon we don't judge people because of what they are. No matter if you are human or Faunus, male or female, if they are able and willing to become humanity's next defenders they are all welcome here. I personally think we need to add another species to that list wouldn't you agree miss Rose?"

Unsure what he meant, Ruby tapped her fingers together nervously while she answered, "I'm not sure what you are trying to imply professor."

"Well seems I need to be blunt about this, Ruby Rose, I know you are not a Faunus."

"Are You saying you think these ears and my tail are fake?", Ruby asked whacking her tail against one of the chairs legs for emphasis.

"No, but I think you are not wearing a mask at the moment."

Hearing the headmaster stating this as fact caused the young girl to lower her head before answering, "So you already found out. If you don't mind me asking professor, what gave me away?"

"Well the most obvious sign was how a pack of Grimm followed your commands last night, which was caught on some of the cameras remaining from initiation, the footage of which is currently only saved on my personal scroll. Also while they do exist, Faunus with more than one animal trait are exceedingly rare and your parents were both human.", after that he let go of his coffee to fold his hands and wait for the half Grimm to look in his face before he continued," Now don't worry, the only one I told about my findings so far is your uncle Qrow and I will not tell anyone else if you don't want me to. Please believe me when I say this, I will do all I can do so you are treated like any other human or Faunus here at Beacon, even if people learn what you are."

Taken aback by the professors calm and sincerity Ruby barely managed to speak on clearly,"Wh-why are you so calm about this? I feared that if people learned about me they would just try to cut me down like the always do with my friends."

"Ruby Rose, you yourself said you wanted to prove that the big bad Beowulf can also go out and help the people, who would I be if I took your chance to do so away from you?"

This calm explanation caused Ruby to spill tears of joy, after all she had been accepted despite what she was. "Oh thank you, thank you, but why do you believe I can achieve that?"

"Has your mother never told you the Saga of Rakka Tal'gala the Grimmslayer?"

"N-not that I remember why?"

"Well then I will send one of the shorter versions to your scroll later. Now how about you get back towards your teammates and put that advice on leadership to good use?"

After her talk with professor Port Weiss had taken a long walk through the campus to clear her head a bit and come to terms with what she had been told. when she finally returned to the team's room, she expected to find the rest of her team to be already asleep.

But when she stepped inside she was surprised that Ruby Rose, her childish irresponsible team leader was still awake in her bed, and seemed to be reading through one of their textbooks. 'But how does she do that? the lights are all out.' Deciding to just ask the wolf eared girl, she made her way to their beds as quietly as she could. once she arrived there, she addressed her leader in a low whisper so she wouldn't wake the rest of her team.

"You are still awake and studying? how can you even read with only the moon outside for light?"

"Faunus remember.", came the answer as the girl indicated her silver eyes with the end of her pen, "Most of us have no problem seeing in the dark."

"Well in that case, do you want a coffee or anything to help you stay awake?"

"Nope I am good for now, but thanks for offering anyway."

"Well then good night, leader."

So it's not quite sunday yet, still about 10 minutes left off saturday here, but as you guys clicked on this story over 10.000 times by now, I decided to post it now. ALso As I didn't find a better palce to put it, here'S a littel bit extra for today:

Worlf of a Grimm Rose
Solus
The Saga of Rakka Tal'gala

Ozpin:
There a many Stories telling about the first Huntsmen and Huntresses. What I have here for you, is the legend your mother told me:

Legends claim that, when the seasons were still young, there was a time the Grimm were not attacking humans on sight, instead ignoring them until threatened like they did with normal wildlife today. Yes they were haunting mankind, always there when the darker emotions run high, appearing near villages filled with sorrow after great tragedies and around camps of soldiers marching to war as well as scaring fearful travelers. But never would they attack unprovoked.

During those times there were said to be four Grimm as old as Remnant itself. they were referred to as the Elder Grimm, often spoken of as protecting Grimm and even humans from the world around them.

The eldest of them was Fafnir the dragon, he called the skies and mountains of Northeastern Sanus his home, his giant maw spilling Grimm and fire to spend warmth to lot travelers, but also to defend himself when attacked.

The second was Nydea the sandworm burrowing beneath the deserts of Sanus, her bodies coils would emerge from the sands to ward human and Grimm alike from the sandstorms plaguing this region, never fully showing her true size.

Kaiju the Chimera was claimed to be the third born, wandering through Anima, her shape always an amalgamation of different animals, but if the rumors had been true never twice the same. She would free both men and beast from where they were trapped after the earth quaked.

The last of their number was Yeti the giant who, along with the Grimm he sired, was adapted to the cold and ever frozen landscape of Solitas, leading all living beings, be they human, animal or Grimm out of valleys where avalanches were going to happen soon, sometimes by force if they didn't heed his warnings.

Just as the smaller and younger Grimm that emerged from the Elder's blood they were content to leave Man alone if neither of them was in any danger.

But Man was always quick to act out of fear, and many feared what the Elder Grimm could do to their homes if they so choose. Alas because of their immense size and ability to spawn new Grimm no hero was brave or foolish enough to try and take one down.

When humans discovered Dust, they began to slay younger Grimm and expand their villages to cities, but still none stepped forward to try and take on the Elder Grimm, either because they knew of the goo they did for lost humans or out of fear of failing and losing their live.

One young smith was going to change all of that soon enough.

Born in a small village in the forest now known as Forever Fall, with hair a red darker than blood and Eyes as Crimson as those of the Grimm. Rakka learned the art of forging weapons from her father, surpassing his skill when she had experienced less than a score of Summers. Soon she began to experiment with working dust into the steel itself, producing blades like none seen before. Some of the villagers even claimed the young maiden used magic when crafting her weapons. These rumors coupled with her young age made sure few people bought wares from the young Tal'gala.

So to prove the quality of her work she began to craft a blade to surpass any she had made before, folding sheets of burn Dust between sheets of steel forged with gravity Dust. When she had finished the blade she quenched it with ice Dust and Aura. It took her nearly a Year but when the weapon was finished she spent another month training to use the massive two handed blade, before she set out to prove herself and her masterpiece against a prey that would cement her name's place in the history books if she were to succeed, the Elder Grimm. Raka decided that she would start with Nydea, believing her to be the easiest to find. She used the time spent traveling down south well, taking down bandits where ever she found them and helping out village smiths where she rested to pay for board and food.

It was not to long before her travels finally reached the outskirts of Sanus' deserts, which she marched into, headed straight for the nearest Oasis she was told of. On her second day in the desert, she saw a Sandstorm moving her way and, hoping to lure out her prey the young maiden headed straight towards it.

Just as she had expected soon giant loops of black flesh protected by white bone erupted from the sand and when she finally was completely protected from the storm outside a head emerged from the ground before her.

[Child why were you heading towards the storm?] a seemingly voice female asked her.

"To meet you oh great Worm!" the girl answered truthfully.

With that began a long conversation between the two, it lasted until the storm passed them over, as Nydea was about to release the girl from inside her she asked.

[Can I do anything else before we part?]

"Yes DIE!", With that exclamation Rakka swung her masterpiece faster than either pair of Crimson eyes could see and managed to sever the Elder Grimms massive neck in one strike, a trail of fire and ice in the wake of the red and silver the head hit the ground a Nevermore far above screeched and dove for the young Tal'gala, she managed to fend it off, but by doing so she missed how Nydea's body didn't turn into smoke but a thick black oil that soon spread beneath the dunes. As she had enough supplies still with her, she turned around, moving back towards the deserts edge instead of towards the Oasis.

While still in the desert and another day after she left it behind, Grimm would jump out and attack her unprovoked, which confuse her quite a bit, after all on her way to the desert she hadn't even seen any Grimm.

While she was on her way back home, tales of Nydea's death spread until they reached even the settlers in Solitas. When they found out who was responsible, Rakka received a letter by one of her best Dust suppliers asking her if she were willing to deal with the Yeti for them as well, as he normally destroyed more than a few Dust mines during his travels through Solitus.

Not wanting to disappoint, she strapped on her masterpiece once more and began her travel to a nearby coastal village, where she purchased passage towards she arrived, the mine owner who asked for her helped supplied her with heavy clothing for this cold weather as well as supplies before the maiden set out once more to slay an Elder Grimm.

She tracked him from the last valley he visited over mountains and across snow covered plains, but a week later she finally found him and, without saying a word moved to attack him. Their battle raged on for most of a Day but finally her blades dancing flames burned through the Giant's torso ending the battle in the woman's favour. But when she saw him not dissolve into mist but melt into liquid, Rakka questioned her decision to slay the Elder Grimm for the first time while the Yetis remains flowed down one of Soltius' biggest glaciers. Again she was ambushed by Grimm on her way back, this time only barely making it back to the town she had set out from Losing her left hand to the Grimm and cold. After she had spent a few days to recuperate and was about to make her way back home, a group of Mistralian traders approached her and promised to reward her handsomely if she were to rid them of Kaiju. She agreed reluctantly, and so instead of reuniting with her father and her forge she arrived in a decently sized city in Mistral, where she spent a day to reforge her blade into a smaller blade and a shield to allow her to fight even with only one hand.

After that she spent a month tracking down the Chimera, whom she found helping survivors of a recent Earthquake, unwilling to either break the her wrd or let people die, she moved to the Grimm's side and helped her save as many as she could before backstabbing the majestic creature before her, burning her blade through her heart. Her conviction broken, she barely managed to survive the Grimm that as the last two times had now become aggressive towards humans. Even so the MErchants upheld their end of the bargain and paid her with unimagined riches and transported her back to the eastern coast of Sanus.

She had only traveled onwards when her travels were interrupted by the arrival of Fafnir.

[You slew my kin, so I razed your village, tinting the leaves of the very forest it stood in red with the blood of them and myself, Now what say you in your defence?!]The dragon roared, flames nearly scorching her hair.

"I have nothing to say for myself.", She replied, breaking down in tears from the guilt of what she did in Anima.

At that the Dragon tipped two of his talons into a shallow wound left from his fight against the villagers, before smearing it into the maidens crimson eyes.

[Then from now until your line has redeemed themselves for the damage you caused, you shall watch on as all other humans are hunted by my children, while you and yous shall be left alone to witness the damage your action wrought with their own silver eyes.], With that the last of the Elder Grimm took flight, spreading his blood in pools across the land before vanishing forever from the surface of Remnant. Rakka meanwhile made her way towards the small coastal village she left Sanus from her now bright silver eyes filled with horror at the sight of Grimm tearing up villages while leaving her perfectly alone, just as Fafnir had proclaimed.

She settled down in the village of Vale, forging tools for its craftsmen, until her daughter was born with the same silver eyes, when the little girl came of age, she took her mother's old weapon, made it anew for herself and left to slay the Creatures of Grimm, as her mother did before her and her daughter was going to do after her.