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By: athrunzala

Chapter 7: Friday

As Ruby opened her eyes, she looked around. Instead of seeing Blake and Yang, she saw Pyrrha and Nora asleep. It was then than she remembered the previous day. It all came back at once. Being cornered by Cardin. Getting the pounding of her life from his team. Even Ozpin showing up.

She shook her head. She must have dreamed that last part. Ozpin didn't visit the student dormitories. But she was certain that he had. Especially once she heard the announcement over the PA.

'Would the following students report to the headmaster's office:

Ruby Rose

Lie Ren

Sun Wu-kong

Blake Belladonna

That is all. Thank you.'

Standing up, she felt momentarily dizzy. She reached out a hand and grabbed onto the first thing she could.

"Are you alright?"

She looked over to see Ren holding his arm out. Shaking her head some more, she nodded.

"I should be fine. I hope."

"Alright. Let's head to Ozpin's office. I'm assuming you know the way?"

"Yes. And Ren?"

The martial artist looked down at her.

"Yes?"

"Thanks."

"Not a problem."

They headed into the hallway where they met up with Blake.

"Any idea what we are heading up there for?"

Blake put her hand on her chin for a moment then removed it.

"Probably to do with the whole situation with Cardin."

"Oh yeah! That's right! Gotta give him this!"

The trio jumped momentarily at Sun's sudden appearance. As they settled down, Blake shot him a look that screamed "do that again, and I'll kill you".

"Sorry. Didn't mean to startle you. Just figured you'd know the way."

"How'd you know which hallway we were in?"

Ren's question was more than warranted. None of them had told the monkey-type Faunus where their dorms were.

"Jaune let me know. Just in case. That's all."

Feeling satisfied with his answer, the four set out for Ozpin's office.

Across campus, an airship from the Vale Police was arriving. On it were two detectives.

"They really don't pay us enough for this crap."

"Just shut it and get ready. I guess we got 4 today."

"But they're just kids."

"Doesn't matter. Orders is orders."

Up in his office, Ozpin was sitting in his chair. He was in a conference call.

"Listen. Ozpin. I told you I'm no teacher."

"I know that. But I am asking out of necessity."

"And I'm only agreeing because I owe the good doctor a favor. Got that?"

"Of course. I look forward to your arrival. Just send a message when you'll be arriving."

"Yeah, yeah. Got it."

As the person on the other end hung up, the silver-haired man swiveled in his chair. He took a sip of his coffee and stood up. This was going to be an interesting day for him. He was shaken from his thoughts by a knock on his door.

"Come in."

One by one, Ruby, Ren, Blake, and Sun filed in.

"You wanted to see us, boss?"

While Sun's tone was slightly disrespectful, he didn't mean it to be. Of course, Blake knew this, as well as Ruby. Ren was slightly taken aback by it.

"Yes. I just wanted you to know that we questioned all of Team CRDL. They admitted to the whole thing. As of this moment, they are expelled."

"Professor, what is the reason for the police airship?"

"We take many situations very seriously here. Physical assault is one that we will not simply sweep under the rug. And Ruby, you have my apologies for that."

"Don't worry about it, Professor. I have had worse."

"I'm sure you have. As I am sure you are all aware, I would like you to report matters like this sooner. However, your actions have shown that you were looking out for your friends. In the future, though, please think more thoroughly before deciding on a plan on action."

All four looked at the ground.

"But you did admirably for what was going on. Staying loyal to your friends under pressure is no easy task."

He turned around to face the window.

"You may go now. Have a good day."

As soon as the quartet had left, he dialed in the PA once again.

'Due to pressing circumstances, classes today are cancelled. All students may do as they would on the weekend, but please stay on campus.'

Jaune was just waking up as the announcement was made. He was thankful for the cot, but he was still worried as he was certain he had noticed a police airship dock. Just as he was getting ready to leave the room, Ren came back.

"We have today off," the gunslinger said.

"Oh. Wanna go see Port for practice?"

"Maybe. Let's get something to eat first."

"Good idea. Oh! How's Ruby?"

"She's doing fine. We just spoke with Ozpin."

Jaune hung his head. "We're dead."

"Quite the opposite. Team CRDL is expelled. They should be leaving with the police soon. Ruby's assault was the last straw for them."

"Woah. He doesn't mess around."

Pyrrha was just waking up as the two finished their talk.

"I haven't slept like that in a long time."

"Glad to hear that you got enough sleep."

"Thank you. How is…"

"Ruby? She's fine. We were just gonna go get something to eat. You in?"

"Sounds good."

Once they were all dressed, they left the room and entered the hallway. Ruby was changed into her school uniform and was waiting for them.

"I'm so hungry…"

"Then let's get down there."

The growing group headed out of the dorms and into the cafeteria. The atmosphere was far tenser than it had ever been. They got their meals and sat at their usual table. On the way there, they overheard a couple of the students whispering about what happened with Cardin and his "team".

"Guess that'll teach him."

"No kidding. I knew he was a jerk, but I didn't ever expect him to do that."

"Glad he's gone."

"You nuts? He was the only thing standing between us and a Faunus invasion."

As they reached their table, they found it difficult to eat. After everything that had happened, they were still there. And they had been given front row seats for the whole thing.

The rest of the day went by quietly and without incident. Professor Port was more than willing to give both teams his lecture on the lives of Nevermores, and it even included a chance to study a skeleton up close. Of course, the spine had a rather interesting wound in it. A wound from a scythe.

They all left the lecture with instructions to turn in a paper the following morning on the information that they had gleaned from the corpse. Of course, they all knew where the school had obtained it.

To Be Continued…

Yes. Almost done writing Volume 1. This should be good, right? So it is now that I announce that the compiled volume will be available with extra content on deviantart.

And yes. I am aware that the Creatures of Grimm disappear so fast as to make things almost impossible to study. However, it could safely be assumed that anybody with a basic understanding of mammalian or avian biology could make a "best-guess" model of the skeleton.