Life continued as normal at Beacon, and as expected, Ruby and Weiss came out about being together. To just about everyone it was no surprise, though they did get made fun of by a few people. Although, when they were reminded about what happened to Cardin any and all mean comments or hateful acts stopped. Especially when one of Cardin's teammates was attacked by a big sister.
"So let me get this straight," Weiss said as they all continue to pack their bags, "Our assignment is to go to some tiny little town at the edge of the Emerald Forest to help with a Grimm problem?"
"Yep. Way to sum it up Weiss," Yang said.
"Hm. Hey Blake what did your research on this town come up with?" Ruby asked, having noticed that Blake hadn't stopped smiling since she got back from the library.
"Only that this is the SAME village that past Ruby and I got started for the Faunus!"
Everyone turned and looked at her, "Really?" Weiss asked, her own smile starting to form.
"Yup, and that it's still nothing but Faunus. Also when I 'took a tour of the town' on the internet, our pictures are hanging in the town hall," she pulled a few outfits from the closet, "Put these on. I wanna see how they react to us walking into town looking just like we did back then." Blake said, getting a groan from everyone.
"Yang, I blame you for corrupting pour Blake's sense of humor." Weiss said sarcastically.
"Hey, I think it would be fun." Ruby said.
*Sigh*
The Mayor was sat at his desk going over reports of the recent Grimm activity. For the most part they left his people alone but with rumors going around that Team RWBY had returned, tourists had come wanting to see the paintings of the group that had slain the dragon. He eventually had to ban people from coming because the Grimm were getting dangerously close, so he had hired a man to create a website so people could look up the pictures online. It had done the trick of getting the tourists to go away, but the Grimm were still pretty close so he had asked Beacon academy for some help.
As he put the report down his assistant came in looking like he had seen a ghost, "Sir, the team from Beacon is here."
The mayor looked at the man, "Uh Erik, are you alright?"
Erik stepped aside, and Team RWBY walked in looking like they had just stepped out of the paintings of them.
"I have no idea what's wrong with him, he's been acting strange since we landed." Weiss said, trying desperately to hide her smile.
The mayor himself looked like he was going to faint at the sight of the founders of his village standing in front of him.
"Uhm, Hello?" Ruby said, fighting of a wave of giggles, "Were here to deal with your Grimm problems."
"What? Oh, yes right, it's just, when I heard your names I thought of the ones that founded this village over a thousand years ago, and here you are and you look exactly like them. Clothes and all."
"Blame Blake for that one," Weiss said with an eye role, "Her sense of humor has been corrupted by Yang's influence."
"Ah, I see. Well I'm sure you want to hear the details of the situation, but first, I'm sure everyone would love to meet you."
The mayor hadn't been kidding about the people wanting to meet them. That night the people of the village threw a giant party in team RWBY's honor. At one point Yang commented on how it felt like the party for Ruby's becoming Weiss's body guard, both of whom agreed.
All through the night they kept getting glances from everyone in the village, some children even came forward and asked if they had actually came out of the paintings to help with the Grimm problem. Comments like this made Weiss laugh, but she would tell them no, that they were in fact the reincarnations of the people in the pictures.
All in all, it was an enjoyable night, and the four women enjoyed themselves immensely.
The next morning Weiss was slow to awaken. She had drank quite a bit of wine the night before and this morning she felt like her head was going to explode, "Uhg. Whose idea was it to drink all that wine?" she asked.
"Ugh, Weiss… not so loud. And it was your idea." Ruby said, wrapping her arm around Weiss's waist and pulled her back down onto the bed.
"Well whosever idea it was… we're going to have to fight through the pain if we're going to investigate those Grimm reports." Blake said, sliding out of bed and slowly making her way to her bag. However, as she walked through the room they were in she bumped into a large hairy object, "What the hell?" she asked.
Weiss reached for the lamp next to her and Ruby's bed and when she turned it on…
There was a Beowolf sitting in the middle of the room.
Nobody moved, nobody breathed, nobody blinked. They either stood or sat there looking at the Beowolf. After about ten minutes of this Blake noticed that it had an envelope in its hand. When it saw her staring at the envelope it handed it to her.
Dear Team RWBY,
Don't be alarmed by my messenger. As you should remember we Cupids have the power to turn the creatures of Grimm friendly. So we have decided to do this for the village you started up so long ago. This one's name is Slasher, their name not ours, and he will run messages between us and you. If you have any questions about this arrangement just send us a message. Also inform the mayor that the problem has fixed itself.
Your friends,
The Cupids
Everyone just stared in open mouthed disbelief at the Beowolf just standing in the middle of the room. After a few minutes it laid down on the floor and fell asleep.
"So let me get this straight, an ancient race of creatures known as Cupids are turning the creatures of Grimm near our village friendly?" The mayor asked when team RWBY reported why a Beowolf was in their room when a maid came to check on them.
"Yup, that about sums it up." Ruby said.
"Huh, well… thank you for coming here. Hopefully next time you'll be able to spend more time here, and for reasons other than protecting us." The Mayor said.
"I must admit, while we were there, I actually felt like the princess." Weiss said as she plopped onto her and Ruby's bed.
"Yeah, it was… interesting. Feeling like we had stepped into the shoes of our past selves." Blake added.
"Well gals, we have the next week off, so what do ya wanna do till the next day of class?" Ruby shouted.
"Wanna see what that one big daddy seemed so distracted about?" Yang asked, referring to one of the big daddies that Ruby had summoned during the party to entertain some of the kids.
"Sure, could be illuminating." Weiss said. She closed her eyes and after a second the big daddy in question was standing in the center of the room looking over an over-view map of some kind of small town. There were several dots on the map, each a different color, as well as one slightly above the map with a piece of string going from it to two of the dots.
"Whach'ya looking at," Yang asked looking oved the map.
It took a round piece of orange plastic about two inches in diameter with a slit from one side to the center and moved it down the string. '1.023 seconds' it wrote on a note pad. It took a smaller blue piece of plastic and made the same motion with it in front of the other one. 'Has to be .006 seconds in front of the fire. Maybe we could use shields to keep burns from the heat to a minimal.'
Ruby looked at the map and something clicked in her head, "Is this a recreation of the dragon's final attack?"
The big daddy gave her a thumbs up.
"Wait, if that's what this is, what're you trying to do?" Blake asked.
It turned to her and with its pointer finger traced a smile across its helmet.