~Ammy~

We had to tell professor Goodwitch what had happened before we were allowed to retire for the night. She said we would have to meet with the headmaster in the morning however. When the nurses arrived we were finally allowed to leave. She also asked if we need to go to the infirmary, but that was more of an after thought. Once back at the room, my team were fretting over me in one way or another. Rikku and Shiva asking about my health and Red staying near with a concerned look. I kept telling them I was fine, just tired. After a while, I finally got everyone to calm down and get some sleep.

First thing the next morning, after everyone was awake, we reported to the headmaster's office. Riding in the elevator, my anxiety reached its peak. I was not worried over the two guys that attacked me, they deserved whatever punishment they received. What I was worried about, was what might happen after this meeting. Reaching the top floor the doors opened, and we were greeted by professor Goodwitch.

She lead us into the office proper and were greeted by the headmaster. "Good morning students," he said with a soft smile. "It is good to see you are all well."

We all stood before his desk while professor Goodwitch stood to his right. I took the initiative to return his greeting, "Good morning to you too, headmaster." Followed by Rikku's 'morning' and nods from the other two.

"Please, just call me professor or even Ozpin," he offered, trying to create a comfortable atmosphere. With greetings out of the way he began the discussion, "now I am sure you know why you are here. But first, I would like to apologize. Something like that should not have been able to happen here."

"Thank you professor," I was actually a little pleased with his apology.

Ozpin nodded, then continued, "professor Goodwitch has informed me of what you all told her, along with the statements of the other two. If there is anything else you would like to add, now would be best," giving us a moment to think.

Rikku used this to asked me, "did you mention the last time he bothered you?"

With that, the professors looked to me and I figured I would have to tell them. "There were two other times that they bothered me, though the brown haired one did not participate. It was just verbal however, nothing like what happened last night."

"Wait, two times?" Rikku asked incredulously.

Ozpin ignored Rikku's little outburst, "I see. Then I hope the news that Mr. Greene will be expelled from Beacon will give you some peace of mind." The swift punishment was a bit of a nice surprise, but the headmaster had more to add. "He has also been handed over to the authorities for what has come to light from this situation."

This was an even bigger surprise to me, "pardon me, but I was not planning to press charges. I know it is serious, but I did not want any more attention added to this situation."

"You won't have to be involved, so you do not need to worry," Ozpin reassured me. "Beacon will take care of any legal matters. You should only have to worry about training and your studies after all. But, there was more to this than you are aware of, Ms. Goodwitch if you could?"

Now professor Goodwitch took over, "after the altercation we took the other boys' statements. Mr. Brown reviled a troubling piece of information. With a search through Mr. Greene's belongings, we found him to be in possession of an illegal substance. The drug we found was a type of steroid that increases strength and aura production, but severely affects one's disposition, as I am sure you noticed. So we had to turn him over to the proper authorities, and why we were able to act so quickly with his expulsion. We also decided that Mr. Brown would not face the same punishment. He did not actively participate and technically tried to help, though he should have reported what was going on sooner. If he had, you would have never been involved. So he will only face a period of probation."

Once she was finished, Ozpin began to conclude the meeting, "thank you Ms. Goodwitch. Do any of you have any questions?"

"Um," Rikku raised her hand a bit, "how did he get his hands on a drug like that?"

Ozpin frowned slightly, "we are not sure at this time. You can rest assured, we will find the source and stop it. This drug is not as common as most, so it should not be that difficult to track down."

Rikku seemed happy with that, but had another question, "you said what would happen to the two of them. But what about the rest of their team?"

Ozpin just smiled at her concern, "no need to worry. We have systems to manage teams that no longer have for members, so they can continue their education."

"Ok, that is all I can think of," Rikku said satisfied, while the rest of us remained silent. I got the feeling that the systems that Ozpin mentioned were more often used when someone was killed or severely wounded, but there was no need to mention this.

"Then if that is all you are free to go. However, I would like to have a quick word with Ms. Ankoku," Ozpin dismissed my teammates. They looked curious at this, so I gave them a nod to to tell them we can talk after and they took their leave. When they left the room Ozpin continued, "I am sure you were worried about how this will affect your status here." I only gave a nod in response, as it was not completely untrue. "That is understandable, but I want to reassure you that I will do my best to keep you here. Of course I will have to message your caretakers. When I do however, I will be very clear that this was not brought on by who you are, but what you are. So hopefully, you will face no repercussions."

I was a little relieved by what Ozpin was trying to do, but I knew that it would not really be up to either of us. "Thank you again professor, for your consideration."

"It is no trouble, I will do everything I can for my students," Ozpin stated proudly. "If you ever need to talk, please do not hesitate to ask." I nodded in understanding before he dismissed me, "then if there is nothing else you may go."

I gave a slight bow before taking my leave. As I returned to our room, I tried to process how I was feeling. I was still worried and not entirely sure why. I was told what the headmaster was planning, and I could assume what would happen. I would have to reassure the priests so they will not worry over me. They would understand what happened, and would not take me back to the temple, as they were certain that my enrollment was beneficial. But, I was still anxious. The only idea that I could think of to fit the feeling, was that I was worried they would force me to leave. I am not entirely sure why that would be though. As I did not want to be here in the first place and the entire time I have been here has been one problem after another. This would require more thought.

~Shiva~

Rikku and I decided to return to the room for the time being, and Red followed along as well. I did not have a problem with it, but I did expect him to go and do his own thing like usual. I noticed that he seemed a bit strange today. I expected him to be angry, as he was very defensive of the treatment of Faunus. He was rather subdued today however. Also, he has not said anything yet this morning, not that I was one to talk about not talking. Ammy entered the room only a few minutes after we arrived, and looked a little surprised that we were all here.

"Your back," Rikku greeted without her usual exuberance. So she is not herself today as well, I noted to myself. I guess we are all a bit off after last night. "What did Ozpin want with you?" she asked innocently from our desk to the left of the door.

"He just was asking how I was doing," Ammy answered and took a seat on her bed, just like Red and I.

"That was nice of him. How are you doing then?" Rikku added, turning from the papers in front of her.

"I am fine, there is just a lot to think about," she replied with a sigh.

"Yeah, it is pretty crazy. Some drugged up asshole attacks you out of no where, and in the middle of campus! It makes me angry that someone like him could be here, but at least he won't be around anymore." Rikku looked rather upset by this whole ordeal.

"He was a bad person, but you should be proud that you were the one to bring him down. And, you protected your friends at the same time," I said trying to reassure her.

Rikku scratched her cheek, that now had a light dusting of pink, "well there is no way I would've been able to do it alone." She said then turned to me, "your dust did most of the work." I gave her a smile in return for her compliment.

"How are you doing Red," Ammy asked, probably noticing how quiet he has been today.

"Fine," he replied evenly.

"Um, you sure about that?" Rikku questioned quietly.

He turned to face the rest of us, who ended up staring at him, and said, "honestly? I think that piece of shit got off easy."

"What do you mean? It sounded like he is going to end up in prison," Rikku added, a bit shocked.

"What I mean is, he will only get a slap on the wrist. And before you know it, he will be out and harassing Faunus again," Red explained, with his anger visibly growing. "The only thing that was of any help was his expulsion so we don't have to deal with him. Though if he really wants to, he could probably get accepted in Atlas later and just become a huntsman there."

Rikku looked upset again, right after she seemed to cheer up a bit. "There is no need to be so negative," I said to Red, a bit unhappy that he mad Rikku unhappy.

With an annoyed glare, he replied, "it's only negative because it's true. If he goes to court, his lawyer will probably make it seem like he was somehow provoked by Ammy. They will try to say that the Faunus was the real bad guy, and I am sure the jury will be persuaded. So they will most likely have an out of court settlement that is in his favor, just so he will have at least a little punishment."

Ammy asked, "how do you know all of that, and why did you not say something sooner?" She seemed to be genuinely curious, and a little surprised.

"It wouldn't change anything, it's not like this would be the first time something like this has happened," he answered morosely.

"Then why don't we do something then?" Rikku cut in with determination.

We all just turned to her looking confused before Red stated with sarcasm, "yeah? Like what?"

"Why don't we help to convince them how guilty he is?" She said as if it was completely obvious.

"You mean get in the way," Red sardonically replied. "None of us have any real education in dealing with legal matters. If you did, I doubt you would be here. It is actually a good thing that Beacon is handling everything."

"Red is right Rikku," Ammy added. "We are trained to fight evil, not prosecute it."

This made Rikku's demeanor change completely. "Let's do that then!" she proclaimed excitedly. "We can hunt down whoever his drug dealer was so nothing like this can happen again!"

It was, admittedly, a better idea than interfering with legal matters, but we are also not police officers. Red was about to shoot down this idea as well, probably thinking the same thing as I am. But, stopped when he noticed Ammy thinking hard, which was obvious from how her ear twitches whenever she does. After a moment of quiet thought, she spoke, "that may actually be possible."

"Really?!""What?" Rikku and Red said simultaneously while I just raised an eyebrow.

"It is not a sure thing, but I might have a clue to where the drug is coming from," Ammy continued.

"How do you know that?" Rikku blurted out.

"Your remember the trip into the city?" to which we nodded. "After we separated, and before I met up with Red, I ran into a degenerate. After he was incapacitated, it was mentioned that he was headed to a dealer."

"Degenerate?" "Incapacitated?" Red and Rikku parroted back. Ammy was looking between the two so I added, "you will have to explain the details."

Ammy nodded to me, then elaborated, "there was a strange man that began to threaten me. Before he could act however, someone intervened and rendered him unconscious. He then mentioned that he was following the man to a dealer, but did not mention much else. So it is vague and probably will not be what you want to find, but it is still a clue."

"Why didn't you mention this earlier, you could've gotten hurt Ammy," Rikku's voice full of worry.

"I am sorry," Ammy apologized sincerely. "I did not want anyone to make a big deal out of it," she paused to sigh. "Either way, we now know there is a dealer around that area. Now that I mention it, Red had business to do near there," realizing this, she turned to him. "Have you heard anything or know anyone that would be helpful?"

He shook his head, "no. That was my first time over there."

Ammy accepted this with a slow nod and turned back to Rikku, "I suppose that is all we have to go on. If you really want to pursue this, then I suppose we can. Just try not to get your hopes up." After Ammy began speaking, I noticed a strange look from Red. It could have been one of worry, but if I did not know better I would think it was nervousness. I cannot recall him ever being nervous, so he is probably worried that we are most likely headed to a seedy part of the city looking for drug dealers. In fact, why was I not worried about a plan like this?

"Wait! Are you seriously going to do this?" Red interjected incredulously.

Rikku stood up to answer. "Well doing something is better than sitting around being angry," pointing at Red, "or mopey," pointing at Ammy, but paused at me. "And... just playing with our hair!" She finished proudly and made me notice that I, subconsciously, had my hair twisted around my fingers.

I smiled at her antics, and I noticed Ammy did too as she spoke, "I suppose it is settled then. We can go tomorrow and canvas the area."

"What, during the day?" Rikku said with a chuckle and a flip of her hand. "No, we gotta' go tonight. There won't be any bad guys out during the day," looking cheerfully ignorant.

I noticed Ammy looked quite shocked. So I corrected Rikku, but could not help grinning at her, "you do know that there is as much bad stuff during the day, as there is at night?" Rikku just blushed a little as I teased her.

"She may have a point though," Ammy interrupted. "We may have a better chance to find something at night. That is if you do not mind breaking curfew?" her nervousness leaking through.

"Nope!" Rikku chirped and I just shook my head.

Ammy turned to Red and asked, "what about you Red?"

He had returned to his quiet behavior from earlier. "Hm?" Looking over at Ammy after she broke him from his thoughts, "yeah I'll help."

She nodded and summarized the plan, "after dinner we will head into the city proper and stay past curfew." I think she just added that to reassure herself. "Then we will have all night to search to our heart's content," glancing at Rikku. "Then we can return with the first shuttle back to Beacon, and hopefully no one will notice our absence. So after lunch we should prepare our gear and pack anything we may need, like refreshments."

"Right, it's lunch time," Rikku added while looking at her scroll. This served as a conclusion to the impromptu meeting as Rikku grabbed her papers and pulled me along with her to the cafeteria. She seemed to be in a good mood with the prospect of getting to do something productive. Her mood was infectious as she lead me along with my hand in hers. It was interesting how I always seemed to be happier when she was around.