Hey everyone, it's me grimmmlord and I'm here to answer some questions I got.
Unknownuser2: Yes it will be a harem of sorts but not till later. I will start adding a list to the stories of who is in the harem at the time.AidinPryde: Yes I will be going over his backstory, I just have to get it worked out to fit.
Also in a couple of chapters I'm going to greatly drift off the main story but things will be normal by the the time I get to the Vytal festival. Now on to the story.
Team RWBY's next class was history with professor Oobleck, though he preferred dr. Oobleck. During the class, Oobleck raced back and forth in front of the chalkboard talking at a rate that only a few students could keep up with.
"So can anyone tell me what was the turning point in the Faunus war?" Oobleck asked the class.
No surprise to anyone, Weiss answered. "The Battle of Fort Castle." Weiss said.
"I still don't get why they named it that." Ceril whispered to Yang. Yang just smiled knowingly.
"Yes the Battle of Fort Castle ended up being a major loss for the human army during the Faunus war. Can anyone tell me why that was." Oobleck asked.
At that moment Ceril was less interested in the class than he was in keeping Cardin from messing with Jaune. As Cardin was preparing a paper "football" to hit Jaune with Ceril shoot a small but somewhat powerful ball of water to hit his hand. Cardin yelped when it hit him and drew Oobleck's attention.
"Ah Mr. Winchester participating finally? So why did the army of General Strongarm lose?"
"Maybe because animals are easier to train than soldiers." Cardin answered with a snort.
"Incorrect anyone else."
"Yeah." Ceril spoke up. "Faunus have better senses than humans such as better hearing, smell, and sight. Another one is that most if not all Faunus have night vision." He said then looked at Blake and nodded to her to continue.
Blake smiled, which rarely happens, and picked up where Ceril left off. "The General thought he sneak up on the Faunus army in the middle of the night and take them by surprise but that only worked momentarily because the Faunus were able to counterattack and had an advantage over the humans, there sight. Maybe if he had done his home when he was younger he would have know." Blake said eyeing Cardin as she said the last part.
"You wanna say something Belladonna?" Said Cardin.
"Pretty sure she just did, or are you slow on the up take?" Ceril said with a smirk. Blake just chuckled, both Ruby and Yang started giggling, and Weiss just smirked.
"Alright everyone that's enough." The bell rings. "Okay, Mr. Winchester I want a four page report on what we just talked about by Friday. Class dismissed." Oobleck said.
Blake and Ceril shared a chuckle before leaving the classroom. As Ceril felt a hand grab his collar. "Hey Cardin buddy come to wish me luck for combat class?" Ceril said with a grin.
"Fuck you I came to get even." Cardin said with a growl, grabbing Ceril by his shirt collar.
"You might want to wait then." Ceril said looking behind Cardin to see Ospin standing there watching.
"Why would I do that?" Scoffed Cardin.
"Because if you did get even with Mr. Wake right now Mr. Winchester, you would be breaking several school rules in front of one of your headmasters." Ospin stated matter of factly from behind Cardin, who in turn cringed slightly before letting go of Ceril. "Now if you want to settle this dispute in the training room then be my guest."
"Come on Cardin, you can wait till then, right?" Ceril said, trying to hide a smirk.
"Fine, but you're a deadman." Cardin said, finally leaving.
"Thanks professor."
"No problem now on to your next class." Ospin said.
"So who would like to spar first?" Goodwitch asked.
"I would."
"Okay Ceril who would you like to spar with?" Glynda asked as she thought 'Not that it matters.'
"Cardin." Ceril said with a sly grin on his face.
"Okay, first match today will be Ceril Wake vs Cardin Winchester. May Oum have mercy on you, Mr. Winchester" Goodwitch said, the last part to herself.
"Hey Ruby, what kinda weapon should I use?" Ceril called over his shoulder.
"Oh oh oh a scythe!" Ruby said.
"Alright will do." Ceril said as he made his weapon a seven foot long scythe with a three foot long curved serrated blade that glowed a navy blue. It looked as if it were a massive fang of an animal. Ceril swung it around and twirled it like he had been using the weapon his entire life.
"Well seems like I'm a little rusty but I should be fine." Ceril said nonchalantly.
"Are the combatants ready." Glynda asked them. Ceril just looked at her, while Cardin raised his mace in response. "Begin."
Cardin charged Ceril to try and get a close range advantage, which would've been a good idea, if he had taken into account that Ceril wasn't a newbie. As he charged, Ceril sidestep his first swing and pushed him away. "Is that the best you got Cardin?" Ceril asked. "Hey, Ms. Goodwitch, do I have to use a weapon or can I just use my hands?" He said looking at Glynda who had a slight smirk on her face.
"Nope, not today. Maybe next time." Glynda replied.
Ceril just shrugged at her answer and turned his attention back to Cardin. "Okay, how do you want me to beat you, do you want it to look like you had a chance or just destroy you out right?" He asked him.
Cardin's answer was to charge Ceril while yelling. "Okay, time to destroy." As Cardin swung his mace at Ceril, Ceril hooked Cardin's mace-head with his scythe and tossed it away, while simultaneously hitting Cardin across the chest flinging him out of the sparring ring.
"Well that was boring, he wasn't much of a fight." Ceril commented with a cheesy grin.
"Hey Blake, we need to talk." Ceril said jogging up to the Faunus.
"What about?" Blake replied.
"We need to to let teams JNPR, RWBY, and BEAD know our secrets, well at least I do, if you aren't ready I won't push." Ceril said seriously. He watched his friend carefully for any reactions to what he had just said.
"Fine, when are we doing this then?" Blake said surprising Ceril.
"We'll be doing it after class on the roof." Ceril said. "I'll let everyone know to meet us up there." Ceril pulled out his scroll.
'Meet Blake and I after class on the roof of the dorm building' Ceril sent the message to the three teams. It was time he started to trust the people around him.
Classes had seemed to drag on for ever today. Ports class was boring as normal. Ooblecks class wasn't to different. Goodwitch's class was boring again but that was because no one would spar with him. He had been tempted to challenge Ms. Goodwitch to spar but the last time they spared, well there wasn't much left of the area. Sprouts class was fine but uneventful.
"Hey Ceril." Blake said coming on to the roof.
"Hey how was your day, cause mine was boring as hell."
"Fine, boring as well"
A few seconds went by in awkward silence. Which was interrupted loudly by Ruby.
"So what did you guys want to tell us." Ruby said as the rest of the team walked onto the roof.
"Hold on Rubes the others aren't here yet." Ceril said.
A few minutes later, teams RUBY, JNPR, and BEAD were assembled on the roof.
"Okay as you all know I'm Ceril Wake, and the one next to me is Blake Belladonna. There are a few things we feel that we need to share with you if we are going to work with you guys. Blake do you want to go first? Or should I."
"You go first."
"Alright so a little background which will start off what I want to tell you guys. Ruby and Yang know some of this because they pestered it out of me. So as you guys know, I have no memory about my life past the last three years. From what I've been told, three years ago an explosion happened outside of the auditorium, and when they looked outside the building there was a crater with me inside. After I woke up in the infirmary I was told that Goodwitch would be acting as my caretaker. After a few months they started testing and training me to the point where I can now beat Ms. Goodwitch in combat. Oh and my weapons are experimental and the only ones not to explode when used. K there's mine, Blake your turn."
"Okay. . . . ." She said. Blake shuffled uncomfortably where she stood not knowing how to start.
"Hey the visual is probably your best bet." Ceril whispered.
Nodding Blake reached up and began untying her bow. When she moved her hands away, she reveal two black cat ears. "So everyone my little secret is that I'm a Faunus and was apart of the White Fang when it was mainly peaceful."
"That was what we wanted to tell you guys." Ceril said.
"Ceril you forgot something." Serene said.
"And what was it that I missed?"
Serene looked him in the eye and said "You're a dragon Faunus."
Everyone stopped looking at Blake and started looking at Ceril when she made the claim that Ceril was, not just any Faunus, a dragon Faunus.
"I thought they where extinct?" Weiss asked.
"They aren't and I'm not the only one. Most of the time a person who is a dragon Faunus doesn't know until its, one, unlock through a painful experience. That experience can be physical, emotional, or mental." Ceril said gloomily. "Or two revealed by someone else, usually another dragon Faunus."
"Wait how do you know that." Blake asked.
"She uncovered some unpleasant memories with her statement. But then again the only way she would know is if she was one, right Serene." Ceril glared at the girl in question. As he looked at her, a pair of sapphire blue dragon wings came out of his back tearing through his clothes, making his shirt useless, and making a few of the girls blush heavily.
Serene looked at the wings in recognition and unzipped two slots in her jacket, then two blood red dragon wings unfurled from her back. "How much do you remember, Ceril?"
"How to sense others, unawoken, and how to use my secondary semblance." Ceril replied, then perked up and looked at Yang and Ruby. "Now I know why I felt drawn to you two."
"Why were you drawn to them? You don't mean that they are. . . ."
"That's exactly what I mean Serene and yes they are and the fact that ruby has silver eyes means she could be the only one left we know of."
"What are you guys talking about?" Ruby asked.
"I'll explain in your room, just give me a sec to talk to Serene alright."
After everyone had gone down to their rooms Ceril quickly turned on Serene and punched her, hard.
"If you did that for any other reason than what I think you did that for, you would have lost a wing instead. You know that we agreed not to speak a word of that to anyone." Ceril said angrily at Serene.
"I'm sorry. I won't do that again." Serene said guiltily.
"Don't worry but I wanted to get your opinion on something I've been dreaming lately."
"Okay what is it?"
"The dream starts off in a forest with me surrounded..."
(Ten minutes later)
"At the end I up being overrun by the Grimm and when I'm almost dead I hear her say something to me but all I can make out is 'Salem.'" Ceril finished.
"And how often does this dream reoccur?" Serene asked.
"Every other day."
"It sounds more like a memory than a dream...we need talk to Ospin."
"No need, Ospin you can come out, I know your there." Ceril called out.
"I need to know how are you able to sense me some day." Ospin said with a sigh.
"Well you smell of coffee so it's easy." Ceril said with grin.
"So you said something about this woman mentioning the word Salem, what did she look like?"
"Deathly pale white skin, white hair, and eyes like a Grimm but she also had these weird black veins in her skin."
"Ceril do not mention any of this to anyone other than Ms. Goodwitch and I. Serene is the exception since she is of your kind." Ospin said nodding to the dragon wings on her back.
"Understood, but what about Ruby and Yang?"
"What about them?" Ospin asked.
"They are dragon Faunus, unawoken, but still dragons and Ruby's dragon type is going to be extraordinary because of her silver eyes." Ceril explained.
"Hmmm, tell them what you must but nothing more." Ospin said.
"Understood."
(In team RWBY's room)
"So how long have you known you were a Faunus and why did you keep it a secret?" Weiss said the minute Ceril walked in the room.
"Wait what? You know what we'll come back to that. I need Yang and Ruby to come with me there are some things that they need to know and then it's up to them to tell you." Ceril said.
"Um, okay?" Ruby said with a confused look at Yang.
(a few minutes later)
"So what did you want to talk about with us, Ceril?" Yang asked.
"Okay so remember I said I could sense other dragon Faunus," the two girls nodded their heads, "okay don't freak but you two are unawoken dragon Faunus, and I can awaken your dragon traits, but only if you allow me to."
"Alright let's do this.""Sure why not, I wonder what element I am." They said instantly.
"Okay first off, Ruby your silver eyes will be coming into play for the awakening, so your element could be anything. Yang you're gonna be a fire dragon. And before you ask, I'm a water spirit dragon, Serene is a blood dragon." Ceril says to them.
"How do you know that I'll be a fire dragon?" Asked Yang.
"One your personality says a lot, two your primary semblance, which just so happens to light you on fire." Ceril explained.
"Makes sense, but what about me, why is my element undetermined?" Ruby asked.
"Because the power behind your silver eyes. From what I can glean from my old memories those who have had silver eyes but were dragon Faunus either were had control over multiple elements or were light dragons, the strongest of are kind. There is one other possibility but it only happened with the first silver eyed dragon and he was a purple dragon, a legendary kind that could control every element, even shadow."
"I guess I can hope, so where are we going to do this?" Ruby asked.
"I'll find out." Ceril said pulling out his scroll.
Ospin was very intrigued. He had previously thought that the dragon Faunus were extinct. Appears that they had been hiding themselves in plain sight. As the headmaster was thinking his scroll went off.
"Hello?"
"Hi professor can I use the training arena in private for a bit I'm going to awaken Ruby and Yang. They have given their consent, now we just need a safe but large area to do it. Awakening them will activate their dragon semblance." Ceril said.
"That is fine, but what is a dragon semblance?" Ospin asked.
"It gives us the ability to turn into a fully grown dragon, which is about 25 to 45 feet depending on the element."
"Understood and I will allow it."
"Alright we have the headmasters approval to go and use the training arena for your guys awakening." Ceril said.
"Nice, let's get over there." Yang said.
A few minutes later they were in the arena. Ceril took off his shirt so he wouldn't tear it apart again. Yang and Ruby couldn't help but blush at their topless companion.
"Alright so when awaken you automatically unlock your dragon semblance." Ceril explain to them. "So I'll show you what that looks like, and please for the love of Oum don't freak out."
""Okay."" They replied.
Ceril then brought out his wings and concentrated on his dragon form. From the girls point of view it looked like he was just standing there, then they noticed that he had gained a blue glow around himself. As they watched it slowly got brighter and brighter until they could no longer look at him. Then it stopped and in place of where Ceril was standing and ocean blue blue dragon sat staring at them with what looked to be a grin. Then he changed back to his human form.
"So who wants to go first?" Ceril said with a smile.