Chapter 8

Weiss woke up with a smile on her face. She had been accepted into Beacon and was officially a student. Sitting up on her bed she stretched her arms and let out a yawn. She was still a bit tired after yesterday and thought about sleeping a bit more but someone else had other plans. Weiss didn't notice Ruby sneaking up next to her until it was too late. With a breath, Ruby blew into a whistle in her right hand, surprising Weiss and causing her to fall off the bed.

"Good morning Team Ruby!" Ruby shouted with a smile. She was wearing Beacon's school uniform. A dark brown, gold trimmed button down complete with a checkered skirt. To the uniform, she attached her hood and cape to it.

"What in the world is wrong with you?" Weiss asked from the floor.

"Now that you're awake, we can officially begin our first order of business."

"Excuse me?" Weiss said while getting up from the floor and dusting herself off.

"Decorating!" Yang exclaimed while holding various items. She and Blake were wearing their uniforms as well.

"What?!"

"We still have to unpack." Blake said while holding up her suitcase. It must've not been properly sealed because it opened spilling out all its contents. "And clean."

Weiss gave them both a questionable that said 'Are you serious?' That looked vanished when Ruby blew her whistle at Weiss making her fall to the floor again.

"All right!" Ruby exclaimed "Weiss, Blake, Yang, and their fearless leader Ruby have begun their first mission. BANZAI!" She shouted that last part while raising her fist in the air.

"BANZAI!" Yang and Blake joined in raising their fists as well. All four girls decorated the room in their own way. Yang hung a poster on the wall of her favorite band, The Achieve. Weiss hung up a portrait of a forest (she is now dressed in her school uniform). Blake sorted out her books on a shelf but made sure her teammates didn't see one of her novels, Ninjas of Love. Ruby hung a curtain at the window using the butt end of Crescent Rose. When she turned around, however, she accidentally cut it in a diagonal line. After sewing the curtain back together, Team RWBY stood together in front of the door to admire their work. The layout would be great if the beds weren't occupying the center of the room stacked on top one another.

"This isn't going to work." Weiss said.

"It is a bit crammed." Blake agreed.

"Maybe we should ditch some of our stuff." Yang suggested.

"Or we could ditch the beds…" Ruby started and then gasped from inspiration "And replace them with bunk beds!"

"Um…that sounds incredibly dangerous." Weiss stated.

"And super awesome!" Yang chimed.

"It does seem efficient." Blake added.

"Well, we should put it to a vote." Weiss suggested.

"I think we just did." Ruby implied. It was true, Blake, Yang, and Ruby all agreed to bunk beds while Weiss was the only one who didn't. Getting to work, the girls made the bunk beds in a matter of minutes.

"Objective complete." Ruby stated, all four girls checking out their work. Weiss' bed was still on the bottom while Ruby's was suspended in mid-air with ropes tied to it. Yang's bed was stacked on top of Blake's with books being the support.

"All right, our second order of business is…classes." Ruby said, sitting on her bed with a notebook on her lap and pencil in her hand. "Now, we have a few classes together today. At nine we gotta be- "

"What?!" Weiss interrupted "Did you say nine o'clock?!"

"Ummmm…"

"It's 8:55 you dunce!" With that said, Weiss dashed out of the room immediately to their class. Ruby, Yang, and Blake all poked their heads out of the dorm watching Weiss run. As they were watching, the realization finally kicked in.

"Umm…t-t-t-to class!" Ruby stated, chasing after Weiss with Yang and Blake following close behind. The door from across the room, which belonged to Team JNPR, was opened and all for teammates watched the whole thing.

"Class?" Jaune asked. All four were leaning out of the room so much that they lost balance and fell. Once they made contact with the floor the realization kicked in for them as well.

"We're gonna be late!" Jaune stated, getting up and running after them, his team following close behind. All eight kids ran to the building where their first class would be. They made it with two minutes to spare.

"Oh, hey guys. What took you so long?" a voice said. Turning towards the source they saw Theodore in the school uniform in the first row on the left of the classroom. He was reading a book that was labeled The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Seeing that he was alone, Ruby immediately took a seat next to him.

"Hey, Theodore." She said, "What are you reading?"

"It's about a detective, named Sherlock Holmes, who solves mysteries." He said. Looking to his right, Theodore saw that it wasn't only Ruby who was sitting next to him. Weiss, Yang, and Blake had joined in. Blake was looking at his book with interest.

"When you are done," she said, "would be okay if I read it?"

"Of course." He answered with a smile. Footsteps were then heard from the right side of the room. Looking that way, they saw a man that looked to be in his early fifties to late sixties enter the room. He was 5'8" ft., wore a red long sleeved shirt with gold buttons with dark brown pants. He had a well combed mustache on his face and bushy eyebrows. Walking to the center of the room, he turned to face the class.

"Good morning everyone." He said, "My name is Professor Peter Port. Welcome to my class. Let's begin."

"Monsters. Demons. Prowlers of the Night. Yes, the creatures of Grimm have many names, but I merely refer to them as prey. Hahaha!"

No one seemed to get what he just said. His laughing, however, woke Ruby up from her dozing. Weiss was taking notes, Blake, Yang and Theodore were paying attention to him. Seeing that no one got what he just said he continued.

"And you shall too upon graduating from this academy. Now as I was saying, Vale, as well as the other three kingdoms, are safe havens in an otherwise treacherous world. Our planet is absolutely teeming with creatures that would love to do nothing more than to tear you to pieces. And that's where we come in. Huntsman. Huntresses." Pointing to Yang he clicked his tongue with a smirk on his face. Yang gave an uncomfortable chuckle from that gesture which didn't go unnoticed. Theodore looked at Professor Port with a disapproving glare. The old man must've seen the glare because he cleared his throat with a nervous look on his face and continued talking.

"Individuals who have sworn to protect those who cannot protect themselves. From what you ask? Why, the very world!" Someone the classroom shouted in agreement with Professor Port which caused everyone to look at him. Seeing he was the only one, he sat back down.

Bad timing pal. Theodore thought to himself.

"That is what you are training to become." Port continued, "But first, a story."

"Oh no." Theodore grumbled to himself, covering his head with his hands.

"A tale of a young, handsome man. Me."

Hoping the story wouldn't last for the whole class, Theodore decide to take notes on the important parts. Turning to see how his friends were doing, saw Ruby writing on a piece of paper. Believing she was taking notes, he went back to his until he heard her laughing. Curious, he turned to see Ruby showing a picture to the other girls. Yang was trying to contain her laughter while Weiss was giving Ruby a disapproving look. Professor Port let out a 'Ahem' to get their attention and continued on with his story. Tapping Ruby's shoulder to get her attention, he gave her a questionable look that said, 'What's so funny?' Ruby showed him the picture, while trying to contain her laughter. It was a picture of Professor Port with what looked like odor coming from his body. There was writing that said Ruby Rose Prof. Port Grimm Studies Day 1 Professor Poop.

That's not nice Ruby. Theodore thought while shaking his head at her. This caused Ruby to have a sad look on her face. Seeing this, Theodore felt bad for hurting her feelings and came up with an idea. Taking her picture, he folded it into a square and showed it to Ruby. She had a questionable look on her face which quickly turned to surprise when he placed it on the desk. Instead of a square sheet of paper, it was somehow folded into a flower. She looked from both the flower and Theodore with a look on her face that screamed, 'How did you do that?!'

"I'll show you more later." He whispered getting a nod from her and both immediately went back to paying attention to Professor Port.

"In the end, the beowulf was no match for my sheer tenacity and I returned to my village with the beast in captivity and my head held high, celebrated as a hero." He took a bow after finishing his story.

Thank goodness, it's over. Theodore thought.

"The moral of the story, a true huntsman must honorable. A true huntsman must be dependable. A true huntsman must be strategic, well educated, and wise. So, who among you believes themselves to be the embodiment of these traits?"

"I do, sir!" Weiss shouted while raising her hand.

"Ah, Miss Schnee and Mr. Constantine." Professor Port announced. "Let's find out."

Turning with a look of surprise, Weiss saw Theodore with both of his hands up and a surprised look on his face. Theodore had made the mistake to stretch his arms right after Port asked the question. Two cages were then brought into the classroom with growling coming from inside.

"Step forward," Port said while gesturing to the cages "and face your opponents."

AN: Hey everyone. Just wanted to inform you that I won't be posting chapters for a while. I'm doing a few Summer classes but I will try to work on my new story, Wolverine Re-clawed. Until next time, Sentinel Prime out.