On a quiet Friday, Glynda, Peter, and Bartholomew were standing in the teacher's lounge. Bart enjoying a cup of coffee (or 10), Peter recounting another of his stories, and Glynda grading a set of papers. The three were enjoying their day so far. It was a genuinely quiet day, peaceful.
(King: Let's fix that, shall we?)
BOOM!
The sound of an explosion in the distance caught their attention. Bart and Peter immediately rushed to the scene. Glynda could tell where the explosion came from, it was Justinian again. She wouldn't have moved, but Ozpin was visiting the dust professor so she had to ensure his safety. The three made their way to Justinian's lab and were met with a still bolted door. Glynda forced the door open and a puff of smoke flew out from the lab.
Inside the lab was a young man with dark hair, still coughing from the smoke. He was well dressed, wearing a suit and a green scarf and seemed to carry himself with a level of wisdom beyond his years. "Well… that was certainly an impressive event."
The other man in the room was older, his hair graying. He was also well dressed, but wore a two colored vest (one half orange, the other black). "At least you didn't take the front of the blast."
Glynda looked from person to person. Eventually, she had to ask "Um… Ozpin?"
The young man looked toward her. "Yes?"
"C-can you see yourself at this moment?"
"The blast was a bit blinding. It might take a bit for my vision to readjust." After a few seconds of blinking, the young man looked around.
"Do you… feel okay?"
"I feel great, actually. Better than ever."
Justinian groaned. "Glad to see you're having fun." Justinian's eyes adjusted first and looked toward the young man in shock. The young headmaster's eyes finally adjusted and looked over to the older professor. Justinian used his scroll's screen as a mirror and slowly turned back to the group. "Huh…"
"That's it?" Glynda asked. "Just 'huh'? Nothing about your situation and how this happened?"
"Glynda, this is the result of a dust experiment. If there's one thing I've learned with this stuff, it's that anything can, and often will, happen."
Glynda just sighed in irritation. Bart and Peter were stunned silent. Eventually, Glynda was able to speak. "I should be surprised or at least irritated. I'm not surprised."
"Then you're irritated?"
"It's building, yes." She took a deep breath. "How long until you can fix this?"
"My notes were protected by my desk, so I can get something together. However, it will likely take until midnight, give or take."
"So, you two are stuck like this until then?"
"More or less."
"Unbelievable."
"It's the best we have. For now, Ozpin will need a disguise."
"Wait. Why?"
"Ozpin, the Headmaster of Beacon Academy, is now 20 years old. What would happen if the students or, Monty forbid, the council find out about this? That said, I think he deserves to enjoy his renewed youth." Justinian walked over to a trunk on the side of the room with his symbol on it. "I keep a spare set of clothes in here. They should work."
When everything was said and done, the young headmaster was dressed in a white button up shirt and matching set of black pants and vest. On the back of the vest was a gold embroidery of a mechanical crown covered in gears. Ozpin stretched and cracked a few of his joints to get a feel for the outfit. "I like it."
"Alright. Good luck, Ozpin."
"I'll catch up with you all later." With that he left.
Justinian turned to the other teachers. "Alright. Port, Oobleck, you two are going to help me get everything together. Glynda, you'll need to go about your day normally. And, no matter what, all of this never leaves this room. Got it?" The teachers all agreed and got to work.
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Ozpin was walking through the hallways. No one glanced at him for more than a moment. They likely think I'm just another student. He eventually found himself in the cafeteria. Strangely, people were running away. He looked back toward the room and found teams RWBY and JNPR in another food fight, this time joined by Sun and Neptune from SSSN who sided with team RWBY. The teams were uneven. The young Ozpin smiled, Can't have that.
Ozpin jumped in and grabbed an orange from the table. With a quick toss, he ricocheted the fruit off the wall, causing it to hit a tray of food at the perfect angle to toss it into the air and land on Sun's head without him noticing until it was too late.
"What the…?" Sun was confused. But, once he lost focus, he was pelted by JNPR's attacks.
Everyone spun around to see the new face. He was standing there tossing a tomato between his hands. "Hello there. Room for one more?" He tossed the tomato at Ruby Rose's face. The young huntress dodged, but her new opponent had a backup fruit that hit her square in the jaw. With that, the next 15 minutes were filled with flying food and laughter. The food fight ended when Goodwitch walked in.
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The students, including the young Ozpin (not that anyone else knew that), had been given detention. The detention was thankfully not held by Justinian, Goodwitch, or Port. Instead, Celia was in charge of their punishment. This was a double edged sword. Celia didn't care what they did while in detention, but she covered the door with her weapon, barbed/razor wire, and created the atmosphere of a prison. She had even removed the upper section of her jumpsuit and wore a tank top, revealing her barbwire tattoos. Her shoulders gave away her attitude about detention, No way in, No way out. Despite this, she often took a nap during detentions. This was one of those times.
After their warden fell asleep Yang moved next to the young Ozpin. "So, I don't recognize you. New here?"
Ozpin smiled. "Sort of."
"Are you always so vague?"
"Usually."
"So, what's your name?"
Ozpin knew not to use his real name. So he made up one quickly. "Oliver Zander."
"Nice to meet you. I'm Yang Xiao Long. So, how long have you been in town?"
"Since this morning."
"How long will you be staying?"
"I leave later tonight."
Yang nearly jumped, "Then it's my job to show you the best Vale has to offer! In fact, my whole team will show you around!" The team in question all looked over toward Yang. The blonde attempted to explain herself to her team. "We are going into Vale after this anyway. The more the merrier, right?"
Weiss sighed while Ruby happily nodded in agreement. Blake, however, spoke up. "We are already going."
Weiss hit her head against the desk knowing, once again, it was three to one.
'Oliver' laughed slightly. "Well, someone is upset."
Yang looked over to Weiss. "Oh don't mind her. The Ice Queen is always like that."
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Team RWBY and Oliver had visited three places in Vale so far. Ruby visited the local weapons supplier for more ammunition. Weiss bought more dust. Blake had them stop at a book store to pick up the latest book in her favorite series. Finally, it was Yang's stop on the trip. As they walked they were talking about a few things, mainly as a handful of conversations between the members of the team. Oliver (Ozpin) was just walking along silent. He was always the type to listen instead of speak. Weiss was berating Yang for her lack of work ethic. Ruby would try to defend her sister while keeping Weiss calm. Blake would chime in from time to time.
Eventually, they reached their destination, a nightclub owned by one Hei "Junior" Xiong. Oliver raised an eyebrow. "Not what I was expecting."
Weiss looked toward her blonde teammate. "I have to say, I'm also a little confused about this choice."
Yang smiled and wrapped her arm around Oliver's shoulders. "Well, this is Oliver's only day in town and I figured it should end on a high note."
Oliver regained his balance and calmly added, "It's closed."
Yang looked over and saw a sign on the door that said that the club was, in fact, closed for maintenance. "Crap." She instantly got over it. "Let's try somewhere else."
As they started to walk away, their attention was caught by the sound of gunshots. They spun around to find a group of masked men running down the street toward them. They were ready to fight, but there was one problem. The masked men had a hostage, a small child still crying for his mother. Team RWBY knew if they tried to fight them, they would put the child in danger.
Ruby addressed her team. "Okay, we hide and follow them. Once the boy is safe, we beat those guys to a pulp."
Her team nodded and turned to Oliver.
The young man took a deep breath and walked passed them, right in the path of the oncoming criminals.
"What are you doing?!"
The masked men slowed down when they saw Oliver. One of them pointed a gun at the child's head while their leader took a step toward them. "You've got some stones to get in our way. But would you really risk this kid's life?"
Oliver remained calm. His eyes started to glow green but soon stopped and returned to normal. Then, he smiled. "What kid?"
The man looked toward their hostage and found nothing. Their hostage was gone. "H-how did he…?" His thought was interrupted by the sensation of a metal bar impacting his jaw. When he looked toward his attacker, the young man had not moved. "What the hell is going on?!"
Oliver smiled again. "'What,' indeed. Now then, this has been an interesting endeavor, but…" His demeanor became cold and intimidating. "…I suggest you surrender before you get hurt."
The lead criminal pulled out his gun. "I'm not afraid of you! I'll kill you!" He fired the gun and bullet seemed to pass through Oliver's chest. As the young man fell to the ground, the criminal started to laugh. "You're all talk after all!" He stopped laughing abruptly and fell toward the ground, followed closely by his associates.
Team RWBY wasn't sure what to make of it all. They walked over to Oliver's body and it erupted in emerald fire. The world around them became a haze and refocused to reveal Oliver comforting the child.
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12:00, midnight
Ozpin walked into the dust lab and found Justinian sitting at his desk grading lab reports form his class. "Where's Bart and Peter?"
Justinian continued grading while he spoke, "We finished the project a while ago and I told them if they stayed, they could get caught in a blast and we'd be back to square one. So, how did you enjoy the day of youth?"
"It was… nice."
"Got a chance to stretch your semblance?"
Ozpin just smiled. "I get the feeling the reason you know that is obvious."
"Your eyes still have a green tint to them."
"Always the observant one."
Justinian passed him a small dust crystal. "All you have to do it break it."
Ozpin smiled and dropped the crystal to the floor, causing it to shatter. They soon found themselves back to normal. Ozpin stretched and yawned. "It's good to be back."
Justinian continued to grade papers. "Likewise. Probably a good time for some sleep."
Ozpin yawned. "I agree, but first… about my semblance…"
"I know. I know. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain."
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King: Hello there everybody! I wanted this one to be more fun compared to the last one. I also had to get other stuff done first so it took a while. But here we are again. Hope you all enjoy the idea about Ozpin's semblance.