Thanks for the Reviews and follows! I hope this keeps going well.

As for Blake's unusual amount of touching with Ruby, it's just an instinctual Faunus thing. Especially when comforting the young ones.

‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑

Glynda stood in front of Ozpin's door and had to take a deep breath. She knew how most people reacted to wolf Faunus. She was extremely grateful for the fact that Ozpin held no prejudice against anyone. They would have to discuss what to do with team RWBY while Ruby was going through all this. It wouldn't be safe for them out in the field.

With a sigh Glynda finally knocked on the door.

"Come in."

Glynda opened the door and walked in to see Ozpin standing with his typical cup of coffee and looking out his massive wall of glass. To her he looked to be deep in thought. She really didn't want to burden her friend with more issues at the moment.

"Ozpin, is everything ok?" She asked softly once she was standing next to him, taking in the view.

He sighed, "I am worried about Ruby to be honest. I have seen her around campus a couple of times the past week and she looked different. Not as...exuberant as usual."

Glynda glanced at him, "She is in fact why I am here."

Ozpin turned to look at Glynda with a slightly startled look. He gestured over to the small couch and coffee table for a seat. Once they were both seated he turned to look at her, " Please enlighten me."

"I don't even know where to begin Ozpin. There is so much going on with Ruby right now. She confessed a lot to me today. I did tell her that I would have to tell you as it did pertain to her health and well being. She seemed ok with that. I think I was one of the first she talked to about most of what we talked about."

"One of?"

"Yes, Ms. Belladonna seems to have taken her under her wing, so to speak. For which I am glad about. I inferred that Ruby doesn't have many people she can trust besides us two."

"Do tell."

"Well, first I will tell you why she wanted to speak to me, then I tell you what I found out during the conversation." Ozpin nodded his head and took another sip of his coffee. "She wanted to speak to me because her semblance seems to be not working correctly. From the way she described it, I think she might be developing a minor secondary semblance related to her main one."

"Tell me exactly what she was feeling."

" She said when she gets ready to use her semblance her Aura will pulse and she feels like it's trying to do two things at once. She then stated that before her speed kicks in she feels pain for a second."

Ozpin picked his cup back up in contemplation. "Hmm, I think I might have to agree with your assessment, except on the part where her Aura pulses."

"That has to do with something else she talked to me about. Ozpin, I was initially right about not admitting Ruby into Beacon this early." Ozpin looked at her for an explanation. " She's a Faunus. A very young Faunus just starting her Maturity."

Ozpin's face held outright shock at that revelation. He had no idea. In all her transcripts and paperwork for her profile it lists her as complete Human. Even when he sat face to face with her he couldn't tell, which was odd for him because he could pick out hiding Faunus all the time. 'The silver eyes! Summer?' " Did she tell you what breed of Faunus she is?"

"This is something we must not reveal to anyone!" Glynda stated adamantly. "Not to Qrow, Taiyang, and especially not to Ironwood you understand!"

Ozpin set his cup down and studied Glynda's face for a minute. She looked a combination of dead serious and concern. " Does Qrow or Taiyang not know?"

"From what Ruby told me, no, they do not."

"How is that possible?"

"She told me that she was adopted by Taiyang. I didn't want to push for more details about it at the time. She looked extremely upset when she told me that."

Ozpin sat back to think for a minute. Then reached forward to pick up his cup once again. He honestly had no idea that she was adopted. Taiyang had never once said anything to him about it. Even when he signed her papers for Beacon. ' I wonder why she doesn't want Ironwood to know. He generally doesn't have anything against most Faunus.' " I will keep this out of her files, and she is free to reveal as she wills. I will not force her."

Glynda sat back with a sigh of relief, "She's a wolf Ozpin."

Ozpin sat straight up at this. He had only met one wolf Faunus in his life and he barely left with his life. He subconsciously reached to his side and traced a scar. Him, the vaunted strongest Hunter.

Glynda noticed his immediate reaction, "Ozpin?"

" A consequence of being on opposing sides Glynda." His eyes focused on her, "I nearly died the one time I met a wolf Faunus. I won't hold it against Ruby. Every person is different. I can see why you want absolute discretion in this. If this were to get out she could be persecuted by everyone."

Glynda turned her head to look out the window once more, "Regardless, what are we going to do with her?" She turned back to look at Ozpin once more, " Not only is she going through her Maturity, she is also developing a secondary semblance. We can't even help her with that until her Aura stabilizes. If she were to go out in the field, her or someone on her team could be injured. She doesn't have complete control right now."

"You said Ms. Belladonna is helping Ruby?" Glynda nodded her head at this, " Then we will leave the help of her Maturity to Ms. Belladonna. As for her semblance we will have to wait. At the next staff meeting, I will inform the other Professors that team RWBY is not to go into the field due to them needing down time after the breach in Vale. It was something I was considering anyways. They have been more active than most of our second year teams and they are only first years."

"I would like to have regular meetings with Ruby to keep an eye on her and her progress through this. I am assuming she will bring Ms. Belladonna with her. Any suggestions for keeping Ms. Schnee and Ms. Xiao Long out of this?"

Ozpin knew that Ms. Schnee should never find out. While her and Ms. Belladonna got along fairly well, she still held deeply prejudice views. Ms. Xiao Long though had gone so long with out knowing, for her to find out now could have devastating effects on their family dynamic. "Do you know what excuse they used today?"

"Honestly it never occurred to me that Ruby would use one to talk to me. We could always send her a message on her Scroll to meet with us after class." Glynda checked the time on her own Scroll, "It's 3:00 P.M. Now, she has another 30 minutes in Port's class. Dinner is served at 5, lets have her meet us here at 6. That way we can come up with something believable."

Ozpin nodded in agreement, "Yes, she would know best as to what they would believe. Do you think we can expect Ms. Belladonna to come with her? After all Ms. Belladonna does not trust anyone."

"I think it is to be expected. Ms. Belladonna strikes me as very protective of the people she takes into confidence. We should invite her to come as well since we want her to help Ruby anyhow."

"Good. I'll see you then. I have a meeting with the Council once again about the Vytal Festival at the end of this year." A frown slowly spread over his face, "They are becoming very persistent with security after what happened two weeks ago."

"Very well, good luck with the Council," Glynda smirked at him as she stood up. She gave a small wave as she made her way out the door.

Once she closed the door behind her, she pulled out her Scroll to message Ms. Belladonna and Ruby about the meeting.

‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑

A slightly dazed Ruby jumped a little when she heard her and Blake's Scrolls ping with a message alert. Ruby's eyes widened slightly when she looked at Blake.

For her part, Blake was startled as well. She wasn't expecting anyone to message her.

Professor Port looked over from his monologue, " You ladies may want to see what those messages are. Teammates getting messages at the same time usually means something."

Yang and Weiss frowned. Neither one of them had received a message. Blake and Ruby both read their messages. Blake tensed up and looked at Ruby who looked a little uncertain. Ruby glanced up at Blake.

"Well ladies, is it important that you need to leave now?"

" No Professor, just a notification for a meeting later today."

" Good, now where did I leave off? Oh yes, as I was saying..."

Blake leaned over to whisper to Ruby, "Do you still trust her?" Ruby just nodded her head and tried to take some notes.

Yang balled up a piece of paper she was writing on and tossed it at Blake. Blake looked at it, Important? Blake scribbled something down on the paper and tossed it back at Yang. Goodwich wants another meeting with Ruby and me. Might be something about why Ruby has been grilling me about Gambol Shroud. Yang looked up and nodded. She then slid to paper over so Weiss could read it too. Weiss looked up and nodded as well then went back to taking her meticulous notes.

Blake sighed in relief. She wasn't sure if Weiss would buy that excuse. ' I'm sure she won't for much longer. I can only use that as an excuse for so long and Ruby will be going through this for roughly about a month.' Blake glanced over and noticed Ruby's head dipping down. She reached over and poked her in her side.

Ruby sat straight up immediately. She turned and looked at Blake with a grateful expression. She was starting to worry about what Goodwich wanted. ' Hopefully she'll be able to tell me about my semblance.' Ruby was starting to wonder if she could get Blake to actually show her how to use Gambol Shroud. The weapons nerd in her wanted to see if she could master it as well as her Crescent Rose.

Blake leaned back in her chair to peek at Weiss' digital clock. 'Ugh, still 15 minutes left in class.' This class always drug on for everyone, but she felt as if this class was longer than usual. She knew it mostly had to do with all that she had learned about Ruby though. Today's revelations shocked Blake. She had no idea how Ruby could be such a positive happy person with all that she was keeping to herself. 'Hmm, it could be a mask to hide herself from people better. That doesn't seem like her though.'

So deep in thought Blake didn't notice the time and when the chime for the end of class went off she jumped pretty high in her seat. Ruby looked over and started to laugh lightly.

"Yeah laugh it up." Blake was sorely tempted to stick her tongue out at Ruby, but she didn't want to ruin her aloof image. "Yang, save Ruby and me seat at dinner tonight."

Yang looked over from putting her book into her bag, "No problem Blakey!" She then grinned and gave a thumbs up.

Both Weiss and Blake rolled their eyes while Ruby chuckled. Yang and Weiss gathered their bags and walked off.

"Let's go Ruby. I need to grab Gambol Shroud from my locker."

"Ok Blake. Umm, do you think you can show me a couple of things with Gambol Shroud. What I mean is I would really love to learn how to use her. I want to know if I could get some of your moves down," she rambled off.

Blake shook her head with a small smile as they made their way down the hallway. 'Should have known. She is such a weapons freak.' "Maybe after our talk, ok Ruby?"

Ruby smiled and opened the door to the locker room. As they reached their lockers the doors opened once again. Blake and Ruby looked over and seen Ren and Pyrrha. Blake's eyes narrowed a bit at seeing them there. She wasn't sure what they wanted and wished they would just drop it for now. She angrily punched in the number code into her locker. As she put Gambol Shroud on her back she turned and raised her head in acknowledgment.

As Ruby was gathering Crescent Rose she was wondering what was going on. She had seen the look on Blake's face when Ren and Pyrrha walked in. She hoped they weren't fighting. She didn't want her friends to fight.

"Hello Ruby," Pyrrha said as she and Ren sat on the benches. " Ren and I have been worried about you. Is everything going ok?"

Blake sighed and looked over to Ruby who was fidgeting with her fingers. She wished those two could have put these questions off for another day or so. At least she knew what they wanted now. They were good friends to have even though they have inconvenient questions at times.

" I'm as good as I can be. Blake and Professor Goodwich are helping me. Please don't say anything to Weiss or Yang. They don't know anything that's going on."

Pyrrha was surprised, she thought Ruby shared everything with her team. "If that's what you want Ruby. Is there anything you can share with me and Ren? We can keep a secret if you want."

Ruby shook her head, " Not right now Pyrrha. I don't want it to get awkward with everyone if they found out that you guys knew what was going on as well and not them. It's kind of complicated. Once I get things sorted out I'll tell you what I can," She answered with a smile.

Blake gave Ruby a sharp look at that last comment. Ruby just shook her head at Blake.

"Ok Ruby, we are here for you if you need anything." with that Pyrrha and Ren stood up and left the locker room.

"Ruby! Are you going to tell them..." Blake then pointed at her bow.

"No, I was just going to tell them about my messed up semblance. I don't want anything else to get out there." She rubbed the back of her head hoping she didn't make Blake mad.

Blake was relieved to hear that. She smiled to let Ruby know she wasn't angry with her. "Lets head over to a clearing on the other side of the garden. I haven't seen anyone ever go over there yet so it should be ok to talk. And maybe I will show you some moves with Gambol Shroud."

Ruby went over to the door leading outside. It opened to the courtyard. They would have to walk around the building, the garden was in the back. Ruby herself has yet to explore the garden let alone the clearing behind it. She noticed more students outside as they made their way around. ' I'm not too surprised. It's getting close to fall so it will be getting cold soon. And today is a very nice day out.' With Blake and the professors helping her she felt a little lighter now. Sure she knew that they didn't know everything about her yet, but what they did know eased the weight on her shoulders. She was kind of glad that Blake found out about her ears.

Ruby still wasn't sure what to make out about this whole Maturity thing. It suspiciously sounded like puberty to her. If that was the case she definitely did not want to start another round of that. She made a note to ask Blake more details about it. She looked at Blake out of the corner of her eye and saw Blake had pulled out a book to read on the way to their destination. She let out a small giggle, she couldn't help it. 'So typical Blake.'

Blake's bow twitched at the sound. She didn't lower her book but smiled a little. She hoped Ruby would start to feel better soon.

Once they hit the garden, Ruby slowed her walk a little to admire it. The variety of flowers and decorative bushes were amazing to her. The scent bouquet available to her was astounding. 'I am going to have to visit this place more often!' Even the trees in the garden looked spectacular to Ruby. On the way towards the back of the garden Ruby spotted her namesake. She slowly walked over to them and drew a deep breath.

Blake had seen Ruby stop by the rose bushes and bend towards them. She wondered why she had melancholic look about her face though. "Ruby?"

Ruby stood back up and looked at Blake with a sad smile, "They remind me of my mom."

Blake patted Ruby on the back, "Come on, we're almost there."

Blake put her book away and lead Ruby over to two trees and walked between them. Once Ruby cleared the trees she gasped. The clearing looked like a forest meadow with wild flowers dotting the ground. It was a very beautiful place. "How does no one come here?" She muttered.

"Like I said Ruby I have yet to see anyone here. The upper class men might know about it, and I'm sure the Professors do." She then lead Ruby over to a Willow tree to rest under while they talked.

As they settled down Ruby looked to Blake with a curious face, "Blake can you give me more details about this Maturity thing? It sounds like puberty and I really don't want to start that again!"

Blake's head titled back as she let out a loud laugh. She clutched her sides and continued to laugh for a good minute. Ruby was not amused and poked Blake in the side.

"Oh Ruby," Blake gasped out trying to catch her breath. "That's pretty much exactly what it is. Hmm, you will start to grow some more. It won't be a rapid growth spurt but it will be noticeable. Unfortunately the other Faunus in school will notice this. I think we can get away with telling them you are a dog Faunus if they ask about it."

Ruby looked excited about the growing part. Excitedly she asked, "How much will I grow?"

Blake smiled. She knew Ruby hated being the shortest at school. "Only about an inch or two for now, but over the next couple of years until you are about 18 you will have a steady but slow growth rate. Even I am not at my tallest yet. I figure I have about another inch or so before I stop growing."

Ruby starting bouncing up and down in excitement. She wasn't going to be a runt anymore.

"Whoa, slow down there Pup. I know you are excited, but I do have more to tell you. You are going to have to do extensive practice with Crescent Rose over the next month. As you grow your balance and strength are going to change as well."

Ruby took out Crescent Rose in her compact form and started to hug her, "I practice a lot with her anyways. It's usually what I am doing when I'm not at the dorm with you guys."

"Good, now when you practice, don't use your Aura or semblance ok? So that means no sparring, just forms. You could get hurt during a sparring match with an unstable Aura. Now your Aura pool may grow a little. This is why it pulses. Once you are done with all this, I want to have a full spar match with you. I want to see how much you have grown in strength."

Ruby grinned and nodded emphatically. So far all this was sounding great to Ruby. Getting to be taller, more strength, more time with her beloved Crescent Rose. She hugged Crescent Rose tighter to her and started to rub her cheeks on her.

Blake shook her head, " Unfortunately that's about it for the positive effects. You won't be a Pup anymore so your attitude will change. I'm not sure how much, but I do know you won't be as excitable as you are now. You may anger easier during this so I need you to keep a hold of yourself. You might give away that you are a Faunus to people who you don't want to know. If I am there I will try to direct attention away from you, but if I'm not I need you to walk away. This is important Ruby, you could possibly hurt someone in your anger."

Ruby hunched over at this. She didn't want to hurt anyone. She would keep positive, it was hard to get her angry so she would have to stay that way. One thought occurred to her though. When her and Weiss fought, sometimes she would get really angry. Like when they met up in the Emerald Forest during initiation. She ended up cutting down a tree. "Weiss."

Blake nodded, "Yes, I figured you might have some problems with her. You do tend to get angry easier around her. You are just going to have to study and work on your homework more often where Weiss can see you. That might curb her tongue a little."

At that Ruby whined a little. She hated school work. Blake chuckled and then checked the time on her Scroll.

"Come on, I'll show you a few things with Gambol Shroud. We only have about 45 minutes until dinner."

Ruby excitedly jumped up and attached Crescent Rose to her back. She couldn't wait to see Gambol Shroud in action this close up.

"I'm just going to run through my practice routine. I'll slow it down a bit and explain what I do as I go along. Stay here by the tree and I'll move to the center of the clearing."

Ruby squealed in excitement and clapped her hands. Blake just rolled her eyes as she made her way over.

‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑

Ok that's it for this chapter. Please review!