Greetings everyone and here is the third chapter of The Knight & The Wizard. This is a bit short but I felt it worked regardless. And it's time for an awkward conversation for our hero.

Nothing else. Let me know what you think in a review and make sure to favorite and follow along.

Till next time!

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Chapter Three

Throughout most of my life, I always imagined the most awkward conversation would be asking a girl out on a date. But now I see that this pales in comparison to that.

It'd been just a few hours after we fought that crazed-Faunus, maniac, Tyrian and Ozpin and I performed our first switch...or was it fusion? Hell, if I know anymore. And now we were trying to set up camp for the night. Qrow was doing one last perimeter sweep while the rest of use set up camp.

Ren was making some soup, Nora was setting up some tents, Ruby was getting the fire started, while I was busy gathering some firewood. I could tell the others were confused...Maybe even disappointed in me. I had kept a secret from them and now just any kind of secret, no, I just so happen to be the new reincarnation of our thought-to-be-dead headmaster, Professor Ozpin. That's something some might consider to be conversation-worthy.

But now it just felt like whenever I'd open my mouth they'd look to me for answers...And sadly, I'm just as lost and confused as them.

I inhaled a short breath before releasing it as a sigh and found myself gazing up at the starry night sky. The stars were thrown about with such care that it almost felt like it was done on purpose.

If only Pyrrha had been there to see it with me.

Finally, after gathering some more firewood, I reluctantly walked back to camp only to find the others already sitting and enjoying some soup. Their eyes turned to me and while I knew they meant nothing bad, I couldn't help but feel as if I wasn't wanted here...Perhaps that's the guilt talking or my insecurity acting up again.

But whatever the case, I dropped the firewood next to the campfire before pouring myself a bowl of soup and taking my seat on a nearby log.

Silence came soon after.

It lasted for so long I was almost begging for some Grimm to attack just to avoid it.

"Mr. Arc, I believe it is time. May I?" asked Ozpin.

Yeah, I knew this was coming but I'm still not looking forward to it.

So I placed my soup down onto the ground, releasing another sigh in the process.

"Okay...uh...I'm not sure exactly how to go about this so..." I said just before giving the seat over to Ozpin.

And once again, I became we.

Slowly, our eyes opened once more, we felt different yet again.

Not the same yet not so different either.

We weren't two people but one being.

With shared memories.

Shared dreams.

Experience.

Fears.

Hopes.

And life.

And now, it was time to explain ourselves.

"It's so very good to see you again, students." we said, smiling at our...students...friends.

The look of confusion on their faces was palpable.

"Professor...Ozpin?" asked Ren.

"Correct. And though I may be the one speaking, Mr. Arc is still present mentally. He's merely handed over control, so to speak." we answered before thinking to ourselves, "Just make sure we don't do anything embarrassing, please."

Once again their confusion was very noticeable.

"I'm afraid this all must be very perplexing." we said, feeling slightly disappointed in ourselves.

"And alarming, and bizarre, and just REALLY kind of hard to believe overall!" exclaimed Nora in her normal over-the-top tone.

But for some reason, we couldn't help but chuckle at this.

They had been through so much pain already...We had been through so much pain...

"It's good to see you children still have your sense of humor. I know you've all been through tremendous hardship already. I'm sorry." we said, feeling even more guilty over hiding the truth.

"I mean, it's not your fault." said Ruby, the ever-so happy optimist.

But sadly, optimism had no place here.

"It is my fault, Miss Rose. Do you remember when I told you that I had made more mistakes than any man, woman, and child?" we asked, remembering that day we had spoken to Ruby.

She had been feeling disappointed in herself, thinking she was made a leader by mistake.

And in an effort to soothe her worry we spoke to her about the number of mistakes we had made...But we made sure to tell her that our making her leader of Team RWBY was not one of them.

Regardless, she slowly nodded her head.

And it was time to tell them our story.

"Is there any questions?" we asked, finishing our story of the maidens and of course, our recent reincarnation.

"Well, yeah, of course we have questions! This is just...a lot to take in." said Ruby, putting her two index fingers together.

"It's quite alright, Miss Rose. I would more than happy to answer any questions you may have." we said, smiling softly at her.

"So these...Maidens...They're powerful figures that don't need Dust to use magic?" she asked, not quite sure of her question.

"Correct." we replied.

"And there are four of them?" asked Nora.

"One to represent each season; Fall, Winter, Spring, and lastly, Summer. That is the way it had always been throughout time." we answered.

"Which means that, whenever one of them dies, the power transfers to someone - a female - that they care about?" asked Ren.

It was here that Qrow decided to speak out; "Whoever was in their thoughts last. Important distinction. Best option is someone we can trust. Regardless, their souls become combined, in a way. Like our resident Spellsword over here."

"And Pyrrha...The night the tower fell. we were trying to turn her into a Maiden...Weren't we?" We asked ourselves, growing angry and causing us to hold our head in pain.

But Qrow, unnoticed of our pain, continued further.

"The previous Fall Maiden, Amber, had been attacked. she was young, inexperienced. And her assailant, who we now know is Cinder, somehow managed to steal some of her power, but not all of it. We were afraid that if we didn't do something, the rest would go to her as well."

But his words only caused us more strife.

"We forced it on Pyrrha!" We shouted.

"No, we didn't. We explained the situation and gave her a choice, and Miss Nikos chose to become a guardian." We tried reasoning with ourselves.

"She wouldn't even need to become a Maiden if we had defeated Salem in the first place! She still be alive and we wouldn't be trapped with ourselves!" we argued back.

"Mr. Arc, we must remain calm. Any further and we will be in dire need." we tried once more to reason with each other.

"Screw it! It's our fault Salem is alive! It's our fault Beacon and Vale have fallen! It's our fault she died! She's dead because of us!" we shouted, grabbing our head in pain.

"GAAAHHH!" we let out a piercing scream before feeling ourselves torn apart.

And just as I felt myself come back to normal, the pain in my head became too much and I fell to the ground.

The voices of the others my only assurance of what had happened...

"What happened, Uncle Qrow?!" I heard Ruby shout.

"I don't know! Oz? Oz? Kid?" said Qrow, the feeling of his hands gripping our shoulder was the only thing keeping us awake.

"What's wrong with him?" asked Ren, looking down at me, his magenta-colored eyes shining with worry.

"I just said, I don't fucking know!" Qrow shouted, sighing and scratching the back of his head. "This isn't good...we need to get to Haven and fast."

"But Haven is several miles away, we'll never make it in time!" shouted Ren, growing angry for me.

"And if we don't go now, there's a chance they'll both die!" shouted Qrow. "Oz once told me that there was a time he was reincarnated into the body of a man similar to this kid. But eventually, Oz started to realize that not every host...is willing to part with their own life. The two would fight constantly and eventually it torn their souls apart...And unfortunately, only one soul can pass on...Now we need to get to Haven as soon as possible...Hopefully, Leo can help us." said Qrow, standing up. "Everyone get your gear, we need to move ASAP." he said, watching as the others scrambled for their supplies before looking down at me. "Don't worry, kid. We'll get you some help as soon as we can. Just hold out until then."

And as Ruby leaned over our face, her usual happy silver eyes replaced by worry, I felt my eyes close, blacking out from the pain.