Richard von Hohenzollern, Crown Prince of the Prussian Empire (Richard Raeder), in the library of Herbst Castle, to meet Glynda Goodwitch of Beacon Academy. Ruby had decided to hang out with Yang for a while.
The castle had just experienced the arrival of the Crown Prince and his companions and after a short battle between the castle's Grenadiergarde and a large group of Grimm that were chasing the Royals, Glynda Goodwitch was ushered in to meet them. When she entered Richard rose from his seat to meet her.
"Gynda!" he kissed the back of her hand.
"It's good to see you again! What reason do you have to grace us with your presence this afternoon?"
She smiled, "Well, officially, I'm here to arrange a meeting between you and Ozpin, but it's also a bit of a social call."
"Ah, well, let's get the business out of the way first, we'll see what happens after."
She smiled again, "Very well."
"So, when and where does Ozpin want to meet."
"He said he would prefer to meet in his office in a few days, but he doesn't mind if you meet somewhere else."
"Well, I'm totally free for the next week, so tell him to send along the details and I'll set a reminder."
Glynda smiled again, "Ah good, I was hoping it would be this easy. Now I wa-" She was cut off by the sound of her scroll going off.
She sighed and pulled the device out of her pocket. "Oh dear, something has come up, I'm afraid this social call will have to wait."
Richard nodded after staring at the strange device in her hands for a few moments.
"Very well, would you like a mount to take you back? After all, the bullhead you came in on didn't exactly help with keeping the Grimm away."
She blushed, "Ah yes, well, apologies but the bullhead was the fastest way, and Ozpin said to meet you ASAP."
Richie smiled "Well, no worries, take Mariah on the way back and we'll call it even eh?"
"Alright." She smiled.
Richie sighed as Glynda left the room to make her way to the stables.
"Now I can finally see the progress of Die Glocke." He walked up to a nearby box on the wall, before taking the bell-shaped handheld speaker off of it and putting next to his ear. He cranked the handle a few times, causing it to make a slight ringing sound. He spoke into the microphone.
"Dr. Maxis? Ja, I'll be coming down to check the progress in an hour. Ja, see you then, I'm expecting the demonstration to go smoothly." He hung up the phone with a clack of its speaker.
It rang just afterward. Richie frowned but picked it up. "Jawohl, This is Herbst Castle. Ozpin! I was not expecting a call so soon. Yes, well that sounds fine by me. I shall be in your office in two days don't worry. Ja, auf Wiedersehen."
Richie sighed again. 'You know what, I'm going to take a nap until I have to meet Maxis.'
He used the telephone once again, "Ruby?" He smiled, "I'm going to take a nap for an hour, then I have to meet Dr. Maxis and Dr. Richtofen. I love you too."
As Richie laid down in his bed, he fell asleep within a few minutes, too soon to see Ruby when she entered the room.
She smiled when she saw him, she began to walk towards his sleeping form, taking off her hood and clothes as she went. She made a quick detour towards the dresser to grab her pajamas before continuing. She slipped into bed with him after she finished dressing. Snuggling happily into his chest as he wrapped his arms around her protectively. She smiled widely and her tail waved from side to side as one of his hands came up to caress her ears. To her it was bliss, and she fell asleep reveling in it. She dreamt, remembering years ago when she and her future hubby met…
The von Habsburgs were visiting the Stadtschloss, Summer Rose had her life saved by Richie's father, Kaiser Wilhelm II when they both went on a Grimm hunting expedition in Vacuo. They were in the luxurious parlor when Summer leaned down to an eight-year-old Ruby.
"Uncle Willy's son is here you know. His name is Richard."
Ruby looked up at her, "Uncwe Wiwwy has a son? Does he like weapons?"
Summer smiled, "I'm sure he does sweetie, he's only a year older than you."
Just then, the Kaiser entered the room with his son right behind him. Wilhelm II was a tall man with light brown hair and light blue eyes that he shared with his son. He had a mustache that turned straight up once it got to the edge of his mouth. His left arm had scars, that were covered up with the short cape of a hussar, from a dramatic birth that nearly led to the stunted growth of the limb.
His son Richie was a shy, skinny child that began to stare at her as soon as he saw her.
Wilhelm talked as soon as he entered, "Summer! It's good to see you again! How's the leg?"
Summer glanced down at the bandaged limb, "It's good to see you again too Willy, and it's alright, my aura stopped most of the damage."
"Just the same, you should probably be careful for a few more days."
Summer laughed, "Well I wouldn't want you to have to save my life a third time, would I?"
They both chuckled, then Wilhelm turned to Ruby, "Would you like to meet Richie here?"
Hi, shitty cliffhanger here with another chapter that didn't turn out the way I fucking wanted it to. Shorter than I wanted, and just barely came out on time.
Anyway, next chapter will be out around Friday (probably on Saturday), and will finally be 3,000 words because I have a lot of time available next week.
Might start another story, by the way, it would involve a werewolf Jaune.
Please review, it gives me a hell of a lot of motivation when I see a review that gives me opinions on what they like or constructive criticism.