(Story inspired by "a rose blooms anew" and "a bloodied rose")

POV Random Arcade Patron

?: Hey that little girl dressed in red looks familiar...

?: Isn't that ruby rose, the girl who stopped that Dust thief a month back?

!: You mean the one who stopped Torchwick?

?: Yeah exactly! that one!

!: I don't really know, but she looks like her Tho.

!: I'll ask her.

So, I decided to approach her and ask her this "are you Ruby Rose?"

But she didn't notice me asking her, she was very focused on the game she was playing, So focused she didn't even notice the crowd forming behind her.

after a few more minutes I decided to ask again, after a tap on her shoulder "Are you Ruby Rose?" But I didn't expect this reaction...

"Eeeek!"

the young girl squealed out in surprise Whilst staring at me.

Before giving me a shocked answer "Yes... I-I'm Ruby Rose" she said in a quiet and sad voice with tears in her eyes.

After that she instantly stormed of before I could say sorry for startling her. Leaving only wilting rose petals behind her...

I felt like I should run after her, but the damage was already done. And i didn't know how to help if i found her anyway

POV Ruby

*sob* I hate this, I hate everything, ever since the day I got accepted into beacon.

Even if it was only a month ago if it wasn't for professor Goodwitch and Ozpin I would have left the academy already.

Everyone treats me like garbage there, even my *sister and teammates...*

I... I should head back to school... Ha... Don't wanna get into trouble with miss Goodwitch.

So, whilst I was running back towards the dorms at Beacon i heard a very familiar voice from the entrance of the school.

It was professor Ozpin!

"Ah Miss Rose, i see you are out late as usual, yes?"

He asked me with a grin on his face, like he caught me doing something i shouldn't

"euh, what are you talking about professor...?" I answered quite surprised.

He smiled like always as he asked me his next question "Soo... how is the team doing?"

And I just stood there in awe before all my anger from the past month just boiled over in 1 response

"Fuck my 'team' if that's what you want to call them, they are horrible people and the other students aren't much better!

They all belittle me or treat me like trash because I entered Beacon at such a young age,

They target me because they think I get special treatment, and I hate it!"

I yelled out in anger, but it felt... surprisingly good.

Whilst that was happening professor Ozpin was just staring in awe, not knowing what to say for a moment

before collecting his thoughts and asking me if i would want to lodge in his office for a while thanks to what I just mentioned,

But I declined.

I did ask professor Ozpin if I could get a few weeks off of school to just rest and not stress myself anymore

"Well miss Rose, I see the logic in your request, but I'm not sure if I can accept it" he said in an uncertain tone.

Of course, I was already expecting that response, so I already had an answer in mind

"Professor Ozpin, I have a proposal, I'll still get my 2 weeks off, but I will still be doing school work during this time. sound good?

"Hmmm, okay, but under 1 condition" he said grinning

"What is it?" I of course replied over enthusiastically

"You will have to do twice as much work to balance out you not going"

"And I will come by every day to check up on you, sound good?"

"Yes!" I agreed maybe a bit to excitedly for my own good. "Okay then, you have a deal!"

that's how my life of crime started, by a simple arrangement and a chance meeting of a certain individual