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Chapter 6

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Beacon Academy

Blake let out a sigh as she lay in bed as she listened to the radio app in her scroll. She'd used to listen to one whenever she had the time before, and it felt nice to bring that habit back.

She had changed and was now waiting for the rest of her team to get ready. In her previous world, she would've refused to stay in the same place as Cardin, but times were different.

Sky opened their door, letting out a sigh. Ren looked at him for a second, before standing up as well and leaving his book behind, a pencil between its pages. Cardin looked at her for a second.

"Time to leave, faunus." he said, although the word lacked aggression. They waited for her.

"Fine, human." she said, a small smile on her face and stood up. Before she could turn off the radio, they heard one final news.

"This morning, the owner of the bookstore, "Tuckson's Book Trade", named Tuckson Jet, was found dead with a shotgun wound at his head. Authorities are still searching for the sus-"

"What? No... That's-" spoke Blake, her eyes wide. This... how could she forget this? Granted, they weren't close at all, but she could've saved him, she-

Blake was shaken out of thoughts by Cardin.

"Pull it together, Belladonna!" he said, holding her. His voice, he sounded worried, more than she expected.

Blake shook her head and breathed in and out. She was okay, Tuckson was just a person she knew. She calmed herself down. She blinked a few times.

"Sorry about that." she said, looking elsewhere. Why did she act like that? Tuckson didn't matter. "He was... someone I knew."

Ren looked at her and nodded. "I see." he said, his eyes closed. "Should we mourn, or..."

"No, like I've said, he was just someone I knew." spoke Blake, calmed down. She sighed at looked at her team. "Should we go to the cafeteria?"

The rest of her team gave her slow nods and walked out first. Except for Cardin who stayed. He looked at her and spoke, "Look, if you have anything to talk about, we'll listen. I might dislike faunus, but you're my teammate."

Blake shot him a smile, "I keep that in mind, Winchester." She walked past him, the smile still on her face. This had happened before, she just didn't hear the news.

Her smile fell when she thought about that again. It was regretful, but it was something they could be accused of. She shook her head and pushed those thoughts to the back of her head as she walked out of the student dorms.

Beacon Cafeteria

When Blake reached the cafeteria, a smile appeared on her lips; the food fight happened today. She shook her head; it probably wouldn't happen this time. When she arrived, everyone except Ruby and Cardin was present at the table.

Cardin joined them a minute later, glancing at her for a second, but then at his breakfast. Ren and Nora were talking, and so were Jaune and Dove. The rest ate in silence.

The silence was broken when Ruby roughly slammed a red binder on the table, letting out a sigh. Everyone started looking at her, momentarily forgetting their breakfast.

The fifteen-year-old then started talking. "Friends! Sister! And everyone else! Yesterday, I had a dream! A dream that we would spend the first day of this semester together as friends and allies!"

"Okay?" asked Cardin, his eyes a little narrowed. He leaned back on his chair and folded his arms.

"Oh, so that's why you needed my binder." spoke Pyrrha, nodding. "You could've asked me for help." She narrowed her eyes a little and sighed. "So, what is it about?"

Ruby sighed. "With the Atlas students arriving later today and with the Vytal tournament at the end, I've scheduled a list of really fun events for us today!" Ruby then opened the binder, and passed the small number of lists through the three teams.

"A food fight? Going to the cinema and the arcade makes sense, but a food fight?" Cardin said, looking at the girl. "You should've asked us at least, Red."

Yang hummed, a small smile on her face. "So, a food fight between two, or between three teams. It's not like we'll hurt someone, everyone does have aura and food isn't that dangerous."

"It does seem reckless." spoke Weiss, narrowing her eyes. "But I think it'll be a change of pace." she smiled to herself.

Cardin looked at them and sighed. "Fine, you win. Team CRBL, we're taking one of the ends." He then smiled, looking at the rest. "The losing teams treat the winning one to dinner."

Weiss and Ruby looked at him, and nodded, confident smiles on their faces.

Yang smiled as she looked at her team and then at their opponents. Team CRBL was at the opposite end while RVTN was in the centre, backed up against the wall.

"Yang, turkey. Jaune, focus on defending us with trays. Dove, grab a baguette." spoke Weiss, confident and holding a marlin as a rapier. The team obeyed her and equipped their weapons.

Yang charged forward, glancing at the other teams. She heard Dove's warning, but chose to ignore it.

A few melon flew at her, most of which she dodged. She looked at RVTN and grinned. They had to split to also attack CRBL. A mistake on their part.

Nora ran at her along with Pyrrha, the former held a table leg, the latter, a baguette.

With a punch, Yang shot a turkey at Nora, which she knocked back. Shifting to the side, Yang then punched the approaching Pyrrha.

Before Pyrrha could retaliate, a tray was thrown between them. Yang smiled and jumped back as soon as Pyrrha's weapon made contact.

Dove ran in, slashing at Pyrrha. They clashed, giving time for Yang and Weiss to advance. With a yell, Nora swung at Yang, who resisted.

"Go forward!" she spoke, holding the table leg.

Weiss gave her a nod and advanced. Nora let out a growl, and spun and threw in the opposite direction, throwing Yang away.

Before the blonde could retaliate, a can hit her the chest and exploded, making her lose her footing. Soon numerous others came.

Before Yang could recover, Nora swung hard. It was enough to launch the girl out of the building, though luckily, a tree blocked her path.

"Dammit." she spoke out, noticing she had lost. Her eyes then fell on Ozpin and Glynda who were walking to the cafeteria.

She smiled and made her way down.

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"Let them be children, Glynda." spoke Ozpin, a small smile on his face. He started walking away. "After all, its not a role they'll have forever."

Ms. Goodwitch walked away, letting out a sigh.

Cardin let out a cheer. "A victory for team CRBL!"

The rest of his team cheered as well, even Blake. Yang smiled.

Were things really that fun back then?

Beacon Library

"Don't you dare." spoke Ruby, glaring at the other leader. She blinked and took and deep breath.

Cardin looked back at her, a thin smile on his face. "I can't help it. We're tied." he said. "And I'm feeling lucky right now." He tilted the joystick of his controller.

"Winchester, it's too risky." spoke Blake, her eyes narrowed. "It's the last turn, if this fails you are giving them the win." Her eyes did not leave the screen.

Cardin glanced at her for a second, then smiled. "It's chance time, bitches!" He pressed the button, causing his character to step on the cursed space.

The players looked at him, but he merely grinned.

Ruby looked at him, a small smile on her face. "You will fail, Winchester. You will fail. Well, fate is on my side."

Cardin closed his eyes and pressed the button three times in succession. The results appeared on the screen and he sighed. He then smiled. "You were saying?"

"No!" spoke Ruby in horror as her character appeared on the screen. Three stars left her pocket and were added to Cardin's.

Cardin laughed. "CRBL wins this game." He folded his arms. "Besides, as Belladonna said, this is the last turn. You can't do anything."

"Well, it's my turn now." spoke Pyrrha. She then looked at Cardin, her eyes narrowed. "Don't be arrogant, you can still lose. Knowing this game of luck, anything can happen." She used an item, but nothing happened as she rolled a one.

Blake looked at Pyrrha, "You were saying?" She smiled softly. "We win." she took out a page and made a mark under her team. "And it looks like, we win, for now."

She then looked at Nora, Russel, Sky and Ren playing Remnant. "Even if your team wins that, we tie."

Pyrrha nodded solemnly. "It was a good game. We accept defeat." She pressed the button, landed on the space.

Ruby smiled softly and yawned.

As soon as those words left her mouth, the stopped and the screen went black. The players looked at it, one team in surprise, the other in horror.

"I told you that it would crash on an emulator." spoke Russel, looking at his cards as he and Nora played Remnant against Ren and Sky. "But you had to play that Party game."

He then placed his cards down. "Also, we win this game. Atlas can't win against Vacuo and Vale's forces."

Nora smiled at him, and then placed down her cards as well. "Also the grimm, and that 'PANIC' card. Too bad Ren, we win." She smiled at him.

Ren nodded slowly, and Sky let out a sigh and held his head in his arms. "The turtle strategy always works..." Sky breathed out.

Ren pat him on the back and smiled. "Not always. Sometimes, it is better to act."

Nora shot him a smile and he smiled back.

Meanwhile, the emulator booted up to show the last turn had started once again, Ruby's stars back in her pockets. "My stars..." she then smiled and looked at Cardin. "We win."

Cardin stared in disbelief and stood up. "Screw this luck-based game." He walked away, clenching his fist. Probably to his team's dorm room.

Ruby then looked at Blake.

The faunus sighed. "Fine, we'll pay half the bill next time we go out to eat."

Blake walked away and was followed by the rest of her team.

"That was unexpectedly thrilling." spoke Pyrrha, looking at Ruby. She sighed, plugging out the controllers.

"Yep, those games get pretty intense." spoke the leader. "Nothing beats video games." she said, glancing at Nora and Russel, who were putting Remnant: The Game back into its package.

"Video games aren't everything, you know." he spoke, looking at her. "You need to know about strategy and all."

"Who cares? We won!" spoke Nora, a smile on her face. She then held her hands behind her head. "Thanks, Ruby, that was great. Even though we couldn't go to the arcade and all."

"Well, we still have the weekend." smiled Ruby, putting the controllers in a bag. "I just hope the classes aren't harder." she said. She then sighed. Today was the day she first met Cinder's team.

Relax Ruby, you've done this before. Don't make them think you know them.

"We'll be fine." Pyrrha smiled at her and yawned. "It'll probably be the same; we'll just need to keep a cool head and carry on."

"That is true." spoke Russel. "Things'll get more exciting, that's for sure. At least as exciting as that food fight." he smiled.

They heard a sigh. "Looks like we're late." spoke Yang, walking towards them, drinking some water. "I saw Cardin walking to the dorms all angry, so I'm guessing you won." She yawned.

"Yep! That means we get a free dinner this weekend." spoke Nora. "I'm surprised you didn't show up for the games." she said, pointing at the blonde.

"We had to train." spoke Weiss, walking behind Yang. "Since most of the foreign students are here, I thought it'd be best to work on ourselves today. After all, they'll take some days to fit in."

Yang nodded. "You got that right." She cracked her knuckles. "With Jaune and Dove getting better, I'm thinking we'll win our next fight."

"You can try, Yang." spoke Ruby, looking straight at her sister.

"Let's just go to dorms." spoke Russel, yawning. He then looked at Nora, "How are you that active?"

Nora shrugged and smiled. "Well, it's a long story." He then looked elsewhere, her smile not falling. "Let's just say Ren helped a lot."

Russel nodded while Pyrrha simply looked at her, eyes a little narrowed.

Pyrrha pat her shoulder and gave her a smile. "Don't worry, you've managed to make it here. I'm sure we'll be fine in the future."

"I'll catch up in a second!" spoke Ruby as they walked, receiving a thumbs up from Nora and a nod from Russel and Pyrrha. The girl then looked at her sister and Weiss.

"They'll come here today." she said, letting out a sigh. "I just don't know what I'm gonna do." She held her hands and looked downwards.

Yang smiled and gently grabbed her shoulder. "It'll be okay Rubes." she said. "Just think of them as new students. Besides, Ozpin can't just arrest them for something they haven't done yet."

Weiss let out a sigh. "They did kill that shop owner this morning. We could use that." she smiled. "It's good to have you guys back and..."

Yang then pulled them into a tight hug. "Hey, we have a fresh new start, it won't be the same. But, until Qrow comes here, we can't prove anything."

Ruby sighed. "Let's go back, stopping that meeting's still two days away."

The other two nodded and the three made their way to the Beacon dorm.

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Beacon Dorms

The three entered their rooms, and waved their goodbyes. Ruby smiled as she saw her team waiting for her in the room.

They looked at her for a second, but she spotted someone outside.

Cinder, Mercury and Emerald walked towards her, and it looked like they had just noticed her. Neo wasn't with them like last time. She was probably in their dorm room.

"Wait, guys, I'm coming back in a second." she said, glancing at her team, who nodded. She then walked into the hallway, in front of them.

"Oh, hello!" she said, a thin smile on her face. "You're not from Beacon, right?" she asked, her eyes closed. She clenched one of her hands behind her.

Cinder walked forward, a cool smile on her face. "You're correct. Nice to meet you, I'm the leader of team CENM (Cinnamon). I hope we'll get along." she extended her right arm.

Ruby held her smile and shook her hand. "I see, well I'm the leader of RVTN. I hope you enjoy Beacon." she tilted her head. "Although, this is the Beacon dorm."

Mercury let out a sigh. "Well, it seems we got turned around." he looked at Ruby. "Could you please tell us the way?" he smiled.

"Of c-" Ruby had barely finished her sentence that she spotted someone behind the three. Before they could speak, Ruby burst past them.

"Uncle Qrow!" she shouted, tackling the man. She looked up to his face and smiled. "I can't believe you're here!"

The man chuckled. "It's good to see you too, kiddo." he smiled back.

He looked the same as last time, wearing an un-tucked dress shirt and pants with a torn cape. She then noticed his face.

"Ruby, are those you're friends?" he asked, his eyes narrowed.

Ruby stepped back, her previous anxiety forgotten. "Well, dad always said that strangers were friends we haven't met. So, I guess. Oh! They're from Haven."

Qrow immediately smiled at them. "Nice to meet you, kids. I hope you're participating." He then folded his arms.

Mercury walked up to them, his smile barely strained. "Well, nice to meet you, sir." he gave the man a respectful bow. "Could you give us directions to our dorms, we're kinda lost."

Qrow looked at the boy for a second.

"It's East from this building."

"Thank you, sir!" spoke Emerald, walking forward with a smile. "Let's go Mercury."

The three walked away.

Qrow then looked at his niece. "So, where's Yang?"

One Week Earlier

Wiess Schnee walked into the headmaster's office, a neutral expression on her face. He had called her there perhaps for the 'Torchwick Incident'.

She spotted Spring and Summer from that night, and also Ms. Goodwitch standing next to Headmaster Ozpin. She gave nods to the two, and then bowed in respect.

"Greetings, Headmaster Ozpin." she said and stood properly. "Why have you called me here?" she asked, her eyes narrowing a little.

"Please sit, Ms. Schnee." he spoke, taking a sip of his drink. He gestured to the chair, and the girl sat down. He then spoke. "Why were you at the docks that night?"

Weiss blinked. "I knew a large shipment of dust would arrive that day. I just wanted to make sure it arrived safely." she said, a small smile on her face.

Ozpin leaned back on his chair. "That is interesting, I never thought you'd trouble yourself with such matters." He smiled. "Still, there have been numerous such shipments in the past."

"I am the heiress of the company." Weiss smiled. "I was just glad Spring and Summer were there to help." she glanced at the two standing behind her.

"What I found rather interesting was how you almost expected Mr. Torchwick to appear." spoke the headmaster, "Similarly, you weren't all that surprised that the White Fang helped him."

Weiss narrowed her eyes a little. "I'm not sure what you're asking me of?"

"I have a simple question, Ms. Schnee." spoke the headmaster. He then chuckled. "Well, it's not that simple at all. In short, are you from the future?"

His expression was serious, yet strangely calm. It was almost as if he'd expected her to say something. Weiss let out a sigh.

It wouldn't be wise to lie to Ozpin. He'd lived for far longer than she had, and seemed paranoid; at least to her. Weiss let out a breath she didn't know she held.

"Yes." she spoke, her expression growing serious. "I hope you can help me, Prof. Ozpin." she continued, giving him a slight bow.

The headmaster smiled. "How interesting. Don't worry, we too are against Cinder Fall." he spoke, drank some of his drink, and continued. "I hope you'll be happy to know that you're not alone."

Wiess blinked, his words throwing her for a loop. She didn't expect him to believe her this easily and... others? "There are others?" spoke Weiss, standing up.

"Easy there, princess." she heard the familiar voice of Yang Xiao Long behind her.

"Sorry for hiding and all..." she then heard Ruby Rose's voice.

She looked back and saw them, their masks off their faces. Before she could fully understand what was happening, the two hugged her.

For a minute, they didn't move.

For the first time in her impromptu time travel, Wiess Schnee cried.

Present Day

Weiss walked into the office, wearing her disguise, a short sword hanging by her waist. She looked at Yang and Ruby and nodded. She saw Blake standing next to him.

They then faced Ozpin.

"As you already know, the White Fang are holding a meeting in this building." he handed them a card each. "Take all the evidence you need, and be sure to call Mr. Branwen if trouble arrives."

The three nodded.

Weiss looked at Blake. "Are you coming with us?" she asked, tilting her head. Before the faunus could answer, Yang spoke.

"No, she isn't. She'll just slow us down." spoke the disguised blonde, staring at her.

"She is. None of us pass as faunus." she said, her eyes narrowing. She folded her arms. "She's been in contact with them before. She won't get caught."

"But-"

"Okay, Ms. Belladonna, would you like to join us?" spoke Weiss, extending her arm at the faunus. She ignored Yang and Ruby.

For her, only team RWBY was fit for this mission.

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AN: Well, here's chapter six, and its long. I couldn't stop writing, but I am proud of it. I'll try maintaining this length in future chapters. Anyways, time for the reviews:

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I hope you enjoyed, and goodbye!

EDIT: No new chapter this month (Jan 2020) due to personal life. I did update the prologue and CH1.