(general Pov)

The mystery woman laughs "Ah yes I should probably introduce myself. Well then I am General Ruby Rose of the Atlesian military, Age 24."

Qrow starts choking on his booze before stuttering out "Ru-Ruby, but how? I'm pretty sure last time I saw you were fifteen and absolutely ecstatic that Yang made it into Beacon, I don't think I was that drunk to miss, what like 9 years?"

Future Ruby laughs and jokes "Last time I saw you, you were six feet under. And here you are walking, talking and annoying the beautiful lady. So, you tell me, hmm?"

Glynda was stunned and Ozpin was trying to figure out what was happening. He ventured "Miss Rose, May I ask how you managed to travel back in time?"

Future Ruby starts cheekily "With extreme difficulty." Glynda looked like she was going to short circuit at how lackadaisical the younger woman was being before Future ruby continued "It took a lot of planning and testing the limits of me and my team's semblances, saying it was tedious would be the understatement of the millennium."

Qrow still trying to clear his airways ventures "You're a huntress?"

Future Ruby looks quite smug and boasts "The best huntress, in about like seven-ish years give or take a month or to."

Ozpin asks "What about this team of yours, you sound quite proud of them."

Future Ruby's face splits into a smirk "Well of course I am, some rando of the streets can't just lead a team of the best huntress in a generation."

Qrow starts looking smug and says "What about Yang, I don't think she'd be too happy about that claim."

Future Ruby retorts "She's the one who came up with the damn catchphrase you old bird!"

The room goes silent as the rest of the room processes what Future Ruby just said. Ozpin breaks the silence by questioning "Are you on the same team as Miss Xiao Long in the future?"

Future Ruby blinks before muttering "I'm so stupid. I forgot why I even came here for." Future Ruby sighs before ranting "to answer your most recent question, yes I'm on a team with Yang and no she doesn't get held at all. Now to answer the rest of the questions you asked* because you told me to and It's complicated."

Ozpin pauses to digest the information before posing a new set of questions "Why would I tell you to go back in time to save Amber and could you tell us about the future?"

Future Ruby visibly slumps before moving towards Qrow to snatch his flask. Qrow moves to stop her, but her arm phases through his before plucking the half-empty flask out of his other hand and throwing the contents down her throat. She savors the taste of the alcohol before speaking "First off, really Qrow?! Rum?! How bad was your day to have this in your flask? Second, Glynda darling take a seat. I'm going to doing a lot of talking."

As Qrow mumbles about the woes of sitting next to Glynda, Ozpin motions for Future Ruby to speak. Future Ruby breathes in slowly before starting "Okay, let's start at the beginning…"

(one long ass story later)

"… and that is how the world went to shit, I became the Reagent of Atlas and the literal bogeyman of the White Fang and Oz ended up adding a healthy dose of orange to his ensemble."

The room was silent until Amber who had just realized that she cheated death via scary ass time-traveler meekly poses "How are you still sane?!"

Future Ruby, who had part-way through her magnificent tale (read: recollection of a living nightmare) borrowed (read: stole) some of Ozpin's hidden stash of whiskey, downed the rest of her current bottle before somberly stating "Most days I don't even know…"

The room went quite for a while until Future Ruby clapped, empty bottle of whiskey nowhere to be found, saying with a more characteristic cheer "Well then, how about we start planning how to make that not happen."

Ozpin questions "Are you alone Miss Rose?"

Future Ruby dissolves into suppressed laughter "Oh hell no, I don't go anywhere without my team."

Ozpin smirks "and they are?"

Future Ruby smirks right back at Oz "Well there's my sister Yang Xiao Long the Dragon-fire Dawn, my partner Weiss Xiao Long the Frozen Empress, and my partner one Blake Rose-Branwen the Shadow of the Queen and myself of course Ruby Rose-Branwen the Queen of Thorns."

Qrow bolts upright and starts spewing questions "Wait you're on a team with Yang? Yang's married to Ice Queen's little sister? Branwen? You're married?!"

Future Ruby Burst into laughter, a laugh Ozpin notes sounds like a hybrid between Summer Rose and Raven Branwen, before taking of her right glove showing the simple ring and saying "Yes. Yes. Yes. And yes. Now then our first order of business is to make sure team RWBY happens, now I'm pretty sure you know how that's supposed to go down, but I want to join in for the 'interrogation'. The next thing on the bucket list is getting Future RWBY into to teaching positions at Beacon, and before you ask, I was Headmaster of Atlas Academy for two years and a Professor there for another three. Now I already contacted my team and yes, I brought them back in time with me, it was a team effort after all and informed them of their objectives. Weiss and Blake are to head here immediately while Yang has the harder job of getting herself, Raven and Summer to Patch in a few days and before you ask, yes Mom is alive, yes I didn't mention her in the story I wanted to give you the depressing parts and yes Yang knows what she's doing, I don't think an idiot can become an S-Rank huntress before she should have even graduated from any of the academies. Now then why my name is Rose-Branwen and not just Rose is complicated to say the least and Blake's maiden name is Belladonna, Qrow"