"…..And Peter Port!" Pyrrah said into the microphone, announcing teams. She smiled a little and glanced at the screen, just to make sure Jaune hadn't thought of a better team name in the time it took her to announce these teams. She almost felt sorry for the name of this team, but it's not the worse name ever. "Together they will be, Team GOOP!"
She had to stop herself from laughing, seeing their surprise faces. Ozpin and Bartholomew just looked stunned, Peter almost looked mad, and Glynda already looked annoyed with life. Well, hopefully the next bit would make her feel better.
"They will be led by Glynda Goodwitch!" She said, seeing the blond girl look at her in surprise, while her partner just smiled. "Good luck team."
She watched them walk off the stage smiling and the next team walk forward. No doubt they would be a powerful team, if they could figure out how to use their powers together. She looked at the team correctly in front of her.
"Cardin Winchester, Russel…"
xXx
"And lastly," Headmistress Nikos announced as she nervously walked up with her team. Summer, glanced at the headmistress before glancing at her team as they were announced. "Summer Rose, Taiyang Xiao Long, Raven Branwen, and Qrow Branwen. Together you will be Team STRQ! (Stark)"
Summer realized the pattern exactly two seconds before the headmistress announced it. She looked at her team nervously, afraid how they would take-
"They will be led by Summer Rose!"
-how they would take the fact she would be the team leader, as her name was out front. She looked at them nervously, but smiled a little as Qrow and Taiyang smiled at her. Raven just glared into space, and Summer tried not to let it hurt her too much. The headmistress smiled.
"You four will do excellent. Promise." She said brightly as the screen dimmed and shut down.
xXx
"Hey, Glynda!"
Glynda stopped walking to her new dorm, looking back at who called her, which happened to be her across the hall neighbor. "What is it Summer? I need to get these drinks to the guys."
"Aw you got them drinks. That's sweet." Summer said, smiling.
"Not really, I just need to get away from the three of them." Glynda said sighing. It had only been a night, but she was already annoyed with Bartholomew's zipping around, with Peter's boosts and loud in door voice, and just about every smug tone Ozpin gained in a conversation. Peter had woken them up early that morning to unpack before class, and while she was very irritated at being woken up that early, she could see the logic behind it. "I needed some time to wake up before dealing with them."
Summer laughed, but she seemed understanding. "That bad?"
"Could be worse I guess." Glynda sighed and glanced at the drinks. None of them were hot, as Peter had drug her to the side and explained how to never have coffee near Bartholomew. Glynda was happy to agree to keep coffee far, far away from the green haired boy, and so drunk her's on the way back. The juices would last a small conversation. "How goes your unpacking?"
Summer shrugged. "Not bad. Qrow and Raven don't seem to own a lot so they're already done, and my Aunt Blake and my mom always told me stories about how they had too much stuff in their dorm, so they made bunk beds. So I made sure to pack light."
"They…made bunk beds?" Glynda asked, not sure how that was even managed.
"Oh yes." Summer nodded, looking amused and excited to tell a story. "Apparently my mom's was hung up with rope above Aunt Weiss's bed, and her sister's was stacked on books above my Aunt Blake's bed."
"….that sounds dangerous."
"Oh it was. The rope broke once, though luckily Aunt Weiss wasn't in the bed."
"…..well." Glynda said, not sure what else to say.
"…..so Taiyang's the only one with a lot of stuff, but he has a bed near the wall so he can stuff that all he wants." Summer said, finishing what she was talking about before the bunk beds. "I offered to go get everyone something to eat before class. How's your unpacking?"
Glynda shrugged and turned to open her dorm room door. "Good I suppose. I left the boys to it when I left this morning-" She opened to door. Or, at least, she tried. It opened part way, just enough to squeeze through, before being stopped by something. She frowned, confused and annoyed, and was about to ask someone what was going on, when Bartholomew ran to the door and grabbed the drink carrier from her hands.
"Oh thank you Glynda! Something to drink sounds excellent." He said quickly, before running back inside with the drinks, handing them out. She stared before glancing at the snickering Summer.
"I'm… just going to get food." She said, throwing her hood up. "I'll see you guys in class."
Glynda sighed and waved, before squeezing into her dorm and shutting the door behind her. She turned to see what was stopping the door from opening, and saw it was a bed. A bed Ozpin was sitting on.
"Did you not bring back coffee or hot chocolate?" He asked, looking at her. She just glared at him before looking at the rest of the room. Other than the bed by the door, one was pressed against one wall, one was horizontal under the window, and one was pressed against the other wall. All four desks were pushed against the wall with the door, even though only three fit there and one was on top of the other, and four full bookshelves were arranged to be a maze in the middle.
"…what the hell guys?" She asked, looking at the boys in disbelief. Peter just huffed and crossed his arms.
"Well we had to make everything fit somehow!"
"I told them the beds couldn't work like this." Ozpin chimed in from the bed, sipping the juice. "And you didn't answer my question."
Glynda sighed, taking her glasses off and rubbing her eyes. "No, I didn't. Hot chocolate in not a morning drink and coffee…." She glanced at Bartholomew. "Coffee is bad for you."
Ozpin just looked at her for a long moment before taking a sip from his glass. "You don't seem to have a drink Glynda."
"I drunk it on the way here." She said, mentally trying to figure out how to fix this mess.
"The walk from the cafeteria to here wouldn't be long enough to drink something." Ozpin said, narrowing his eyes. "You had coffee didn't you? You just didn't want us to know."
"Ozpin, not now." She snapped. "Just help us fix it."
Ignoring Ozpin's childish mutter of, "I'll be more helpful with coffee…", she looked over the room once again sighing. "Why are there so many bookcases. I thought the rooms only come with two."
"STRQ let us have theirs, as they didn't really have enough books to put in one, which in my opinion is kinda sad. We needed four, as with only two, there were still many stacks of books lying about the room, which made it hard to walk." Bartholomew said, taking a pause to sip his drink. "I have thought about this many ways, and I think our best course of action would be to trim down on some of the books. Such as the fantasy novels."
Ozpin jumped up off the bed, pointing at Bartholomew. "Don't touch my books. Your history books are bigger." He said sharply before taking a sip of juice. "Or the numerous romance novels lying about."
"My books stay where they are." Glynda snapped before sighing. "Ok, we're getting nowhere and its almost time for class."
Peter, who had been oddly silent for the conversation, suddenly started digging through his bags. There were many bangs and clanks, making Glynda wonder, and worry, about what Peter had decided to bring.
"Go on to class!" He said, closer to a shout as that was Glynda was quickly realizing was his excited voice. "I have a plan to fix everything!" Glynda frowned, looking at the back of the blond.
"But won't you miss class?"
"It's only one day! It can't be that important!" He replied. Glynda wanted to continue to argue, or at least convince Peter to tell them what he was doing, but she glanced at her watch. It was 8:50 already. They need to leave, now. She looked at Ozpin and Bartholomew, who glanced at each other and shrugged. She sighed and made the hurry up motion for them to leave.
"If you're sure Peter."
"Quite sure! Just take notes for me!"
Glynda nodded and was about to leave behind the two boys, before stopping and looking at Peter. "Oh, and no bunkbeds."
"What?" Peter paused what her was doing and looked at her. "Bunk beds?" He glanced at the beds. "I don't think that can be done."
"Just… don't try. Okay?" She asked, before leaving and shutting the door.
xXx
"Fear! Pain! Suspicion! Anger! Fear!" The professor at the front of the room said excitedly, and loudly, punching the air. She was a short thing, barely over 5", and her bushy pink dress made her look younger than she probably was. But you could still see the definition in her arms and legs, see the vicious smile on her face that only comes from years of fighting. "These are the emotions that attract Grimm!"
"You said fear twice." Said the other professor, who was doing paperwork at the desk instead of standing in front of the room. He almost sounded bored, glancing at the female professor. He, in contrast, looked closer to his age, even with the long black hair, and the pink streak and eyes. "And I think you missed a few, like sadness."
She just waved him off, smirking. "Doesn't matter! Thing you have to know is negotiate emotions attract Grimm. So always be happy."
"That's not practical advice Nora."
"Ren!" Professor...Nora? Huffed, putting her hands on her hips. "This is my class! Stop interrupting! You and Jaune are just the worst!"
"I'm sorry Nora." The other professor, Ren, said, motioning with his hand. "Continue teaching. I'll be quiet."
She smirked and turned back to the class. "Ok class! My name is Professor Valkyrie! That's Professor Ren! He doesn't matter for this class and should leave! So, to start off studying about Grimm let me start a story about how me and my team were once surrounded by Ursas' and blah blah blah..."
Tai tuned her out, bubbly talking tone already becoming too much for him. And they were stuck there for a whole hour and a half. This had to be the most awful first class to get.
Well, at least he wasn't in danger of falling asleep. Even with waking up so early to unpack, the professor's loud voice wouldn't allow him to even fall into a doze. Which, he supposed, was a good thing, he hated to see what Professor Valkyrie would do to a student who fell asleep in class, but it meant that he had to spend the entire hour and a half awake.
He sighed and glanced at his teammates. He looked at Raven, his partner that hadn't said more than three sentences to him since the teams were announced. She was watching the teacher intently, taking what looked to be good notes. He hadn't pegged her for a studious student, but then apparently she thought he was something else as well. It was the only reason he could think of why she allowed them to become partners.
He shifted to look at her brother, the other man on his team. Qrow was exactly how Tai assumed and was, somehow, falling asleep at the moment. Well, good for him to be skipping this class. Tai was glad at least one of his teammates was like him.
He looked at his last teammate, Qrow's partner Summer, and their team leader. She wasn't taking notes, but she was at least paying attention to the teacher. Or, he assumed at least. She looked bored, but she was looking to the front of the room. She seemed nice, even if she rarely took off her hood for some reason. Nicer than Raven at least. But he had to wonder what the headmistress saw in her to make her the team leader.
He sighed again and leaned back in his seat. Never mind about not sleeping being a good thing, he wished he could fall asleep. He half heartingly glared at the sleeping Qrow.
Somehow he was sure it was Qrow's fault.
xXx
Finally, that class was over. Qrow sighed and stretched, wincing at his sore back. He was only 17, sleeping in a chair shouldn't hurt that much. He got up, still trying to stretch his sore muscles, and followed his team out, glad for the break between classes they had. He couldn't take another lecture like that so soon after the first.
Summer happily walked out from behind him, cloak fluttering behind her as she got in front of her team. She smiled at them, what little he could see of her expression bright, if not a little nervous.
"So, since the first class is over, I figured that we could use this time for some team bonding!" She said, lifting up her notebook. "We should get to know each other-"
"And why should you be the one to decide we should get to know each other?" Raven interrupted, not glaring yet but face still cold. Qrow sighed as Summer stuttered, having lost her words for a second. He was afraid of this, and saw it coming as soon as Summer was announced leader the day before. Raven never did good with authority that wasn't the tribe leader.
"Well, I mean… I just thought, since I'm the team leader…" Summer said, sounding less confidant then she did before. Raven just scoffed.
"Well maybe you shouldn't be the team leader." She said, before turning and walking off.
"Raven!" Taiyang yelled, moving to go after her before Qrow grabbed his arm. He shook his head.
"I got this, you stay here."
"She's my partner." Taiyang said, scowling at Qrow.
"And she's my sister." Qrow snapped back, already following Raven. "I've known her my whole life, you've know her for a day. Calm down."
He didn't look back to see how they felt, he just kept walking to find his sister. And to talk some sense into her.
xXx
Ozpin was almost afraid to go back to the dorms. They had no idea what Peter had been planning on doing. They didn't even have a shade of an idea of what Peter was doing.
The dorm could be a total mess for all they knew.
But it couldn't be worse than how it was that morning right? They glanced back at their teammates, only half listening to Bart's ranting as Glynda scrolled through her scroll. They wondered how the two of them weren't more nervous than they were.
Unless they were just good at hiding it. Ozpin was sure they looked calm and collected on the outside as they walked, so it was indeed possible.
They wanted to flip their cane, already falling into that habit as they walk. It took their mind off things, with the act of trying to catch it perfectly on the handle being more difficult than it seemed. It was top heavy, they supposed. But that annoyed Glynda, and to be fair, she did have to put up a lot from them and the other two the past… day and a half, so Ozpin figured they could give her a break.
It wasn't like they were far from the dorms anyway. In fact, the three of them were walking up to their door now. They slowed down, letting Bart and Glynda walk in front. They wanted to see how Glynda handled whatever Peter did.
Glynda paused at the door, showing that she did indeed feel nervous about what Peter was doing, but Bart just walked right past her and opened the door. Glynda glanced at Ozpin, who made a motion for her to go ahead, before walking in. They followed after a second, curiosity getting the better of them.
And….
….And the room was neat. The four beds were on one side of the room, two vertical on the wall next to the door, the other two vertical on the wall next to the window. There were two desks side by side under the window, with the other two side by side next to the door. And the bookshelves…
Ok, the bookshelves were a little scary. Peter had stacked two of them on the other two, and pressed them against the wall. There was rope coming from the ceiling, tied around one corner to hold it up. There was wood, nailed to the other side and the wall to hold that side up. And it still looked like it would fall forward any minute.
And Peter looked so damn proud.
"There! Now we have all the room we need!" He said, hands on his hips and chest out. "Just be careful when taking books out! We don't want it to become top heavy to we?" He laughed, and it was almost as if his laugh made the book shelves lean forward more. Ozpin, still staring at them, picked up the 2x4 that Peter had gotten from who knows where and propped it in front of the bookshelves to help hold it up.
"That's the spirit Ozpin!" Peter said, a bit quieter this time.
Glynda and Bart were still staring. Ozpin just hummed.
"I don't think we should leave you alone again Peter."
xXx
So this was fun! Team GOOP unpacking adventures, and Team STRQ drama! Fun fun!
And yes, Peter Port missed his own class. For shame. But he did make sure that Bartholomew didn't get coffee so… plus side for him I guess.
So I would love to hear from you. What are your thoughts/predictions/favorite part of the chapter?
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