Students at Beacon Academy have access to many accommodations such as the Cafeteria where they can eat their daily meals and the Library where they can make use of the many books that reside within for their studies. Another feature given to the students of Beacon is their dorm rooms which can be single sex or co-ed depending on who is on your team.
Sometimes it results in even splits between a four-two/two-four where it is four males, two males and two females or four females. Sometimes it results in an uneven split of one/three where a single male or female is on a team of three other male/females.
This system has had problems in the past but it is in the nature of huntsmen and huntresses to work with people they are not familiar with and to even share a sleeping space with them so it provided good practice to those in training.
Ruby stood at the entrance of her dorm room as she looked into it. Four beds and four dressers with four desks for the four of them to study. What was left was their luggage which sat in the center of the room.
Ruby saw her suitcase and a few boxes, Pyrrha had many suitcases with some boxes. Russel had a suitcase and a box and Ilia only had a bag to her name.
"Did you expect to move into this place?" Russel raised an eyebrow toward Pyrrha who redden from embarrassment. "I... I didn't know what to expect so I came prepared."
"And you!" Russel exclaimed pointing toward Ilia.
"Me?"
"Yes! Was this some sort of vacation to you? Who only brings one bag." Russel argued.
"Excuse me, how about we take a look at one suitcase and one box, I only got a bag since its all I have but what made you bring so little?" Ilia growled and the two descended into a shouting match.
"Lets leave the two of them and unpack our stuff." Ruby suggested and Pyrrha gave her a polite smile before the two of them went to work.
The room undertook a massive change.
Ruby had shifted her bed to the side but quickly changed that when Ilia offered up her bed to the group since she was more comfortable in a hammock.
"I sleep better in a hammock anyway." Ilia took a look at the bed, "They can get stuffy at times."
The group made it a base for Ruby to have a bunk bed with the mattress, sheets and pillows distributed to the rest of the group. Pyrrha took a bed in the center of the room and Russel took one to the side. Ilia's hammock sat at a height akin to Ruby's bed and ,much to Russel's annoyance, hung over his bed as Ilia puts it, "An attempt to grow closer to my partner."
Team RRAN overlooked their dorm room as Ruby wiped her brow. "I like this set up!" Ruby exclaimed. "I don't!" Russel complained "Why does she have to hang over my bed."
"You don't want me to hang over your bed huh? We got a free one under Ruby's"
Everyone took a look at the rickety bed hanging from various ropes as it swung back and forth.
"Um yeah, on second thought I'll just keep my bed."
"I think everything is grand!" Pyrrha smiled and Ruby couldn't help but smile alongside her.
"With that its time for the morning! The cafeteria should be open and then we have classes at 9. Ruby groaned.
"Speaking of 9, I think we'll be a bit late." Russel said.
"What do you mean?" Ruby asked and he pointed at the clock above their door. The long hand was on the one and the short hand was a bit away from the nine.
"Crap" Ilia swore and the group quickly put on their uniforms, Russel was made to change in the bathroom, and they bolted from their room.
Team RRAN made it outside of PRofessor Port's classroom when a jolly older man with a rotund body appeared not a second later, if Ruby didn't know that he was Professor Port then she would have questioned why a man such as himself was doing at the school at all.
"Ah what a bright morning students! I can see that you're excited about attending class, why I was about to enter myself."
"Professor!" Ruby exclaimed "Its not to late is it?"
"To late? My dear it is by far to late, why did you only choose now to arrive?" the professor chortled and the group shuffled unsure what to say next.
"I'm sorry professor, its just that we were trying to get everything ready and didn't notice the time." Pyrrha apologize and Professort Port laughed once more and clapped her on the shoulders.
"Gung ho are we? I like to see this type of dedication from students who are just starting out but no worry I can understand why you mistaken the a.m and p.m. You all were also exhausted from yesterday's initiation!"
"Is there any... what?" Ruby looked up.
"Clearing away Grim from the agitated forest from 9 at night is always a fun task and I love your dedication, but the time has passed and it is now time for class. Maybe sometimes this year you lot can help me clear out the grim from Beacon." Professor Port's eyes shown and he grinned at Ruby's team where everyone just stood there.
Ruby was confused about what was going on and she wasn't about to turn away to see if anyone else understood what the professor was going on about.
"I didn't mean the Grim Extermination Professor, I meant the class at 9 A.M., like now." Ruby explained.
Professor Port's eyes widen as he drew a pocket watch from his lapel to check the time and he turned back to the team.
"Ah you're right Ms. Rose, it appears to be time for class, Thank you for reminding me."
"No problem Professor" Ruby smirked at the praise when she felt hands hold one of her shoulders.
"Now explain why you aren't in class right now." Professor Port smirked and Ruby's smile turned upside down.
"We can explain" Ruby squeaked and then they were all dragged away.
"Why does this happen to me!" Ruby cried out as they all entered the classroom.
"Ha ha ha, Oh man that was rich." Yang's booming chortle echoed in the cafeteria which turned heads to see a blonde girl and next to her a small girl in red and black hiding within her cape.
"Its not funny Yang, I thought we were going to be put into detention."
"Relax, detention with that guy would only be grim slaughtering or his paperwork. One is great exercise and the other is... well it could be better."
"How would you know that Yang, its only the first day." Ruby questioned and Yang just gave a slim grin.
"Hey he came to guest speak at Signal."
"I don't remember seeing him giving out punishment."
"It was only for my class."
"Really?" Ruby questioned and Yang winked. "Sister's honor, it happened and I remember it."
"Still, how can a teacher that threatening be so bad at teaching. I got a glimpse of it at Signal but if that is all of his lessons then how will we learn about the Grimm?" Ruby groaned as she eyed her apple.
"If anything we can just grab the books. If our grades tank because of our teacher, then Dad and Qrow will have something to say about it.
Yang dodged a spoon that sailed over her head and the two turned to her teammates. Russel and Ilia were at it again and this time they decided to arm themselves with utensils as they fought. Russel with his two dinner knives and Ilia with her plate of spaghetti.
"You think they'll ever stop fighting?" Ruby asked and Yang shrugged. "They've always been like this when their with me. I can call it young love."
Ruby glared at her sister and she shrugged. "Hey there the type of weird love that is born from hate you know."
"I don't think it'll be healthy for the team. I just wish they would talk it out." Ruby slumped dejectedly.
"It is only the second day, we can at least give them another week before we do something." Pyrrha suggested and Ruby nodded and took a bite of her food.
"Speaking of teams, how is yours coming along sis." Ruby asked
Yang put on a smile and spoke happily.
"Oh Jaune is an alright leader, He had us sit down and share what we want from our time at Beacon. Dove already has created us a schedule he expects us to fufill and Nora is just a blast to hang out with."
"Has anyone argued about anything yet?"
"Nah, Jaune looked over Dove's proposal and together their working out the kinks with everyone's goals in minds. HE had to scrap most of it because Nora wanted to drag Ren into as many things as she can.
"At least your team is functional, so far I can get Pyrrha to help me with stuff while we leave them to bicker."
"If you call Dove trying to have Nora and I follow his plans when Jaune's not looking, sheesh I think he wanted to be Team Leader." Yang sighed.
The three people looked over to the other half of Yang's team where Nora was busy shoving Dove and Ren into each other. Maybe a gesture to show how excited she was to have the two of them meet Ruby wasn't sure as she only met Nora yesterday. Jaune, whose been sitting on the other side of Yang, finally decided to speak up.
"Nora can be wild at times but she is easy to please, just roll along with what she asks though if she goes a bit far you can do what you must to defuse the situation." Jaune advised.
"If Nora likes to hang out with Ren and your team is okay with it does that mean Team CBLL is okay with it to?" Pyrrha asked and the four of them looked toward the two people sitting nearby of Ren but not exactly with them.
Cardin and Sky were eating their lunches while throwing glares at Ren who didn't seemed to notice or care.
"Aren't they missing a person?" Ruby asked and Jaune answered her question.
"You mean Blake? Now that you mention it, she isn't with them."
"Could the team already have fragmented?" Yang suggested.
"Its only the second day. I doubt that could have happened." Pyrrha argued.
"With those glares that they're giving. A fight could be well underway." Jaune pointed out
"Should we get involved?" Ruby asked.
Jaune shook his head and look at his plate. "Nah, its like Pyrrha said. Only the second day since we got put on our teams.
"It doesn't seem right that people that are suppose to be teammates are fighting." Ruby complained and they all looked away.
"Its not in our place to fix it for them. That peace will only be temporary." Pyrrha argued and Ruby looked away.
"I'm sure it'll work out in time. Trust me they'll be talking by the end of the week." Yang spoke nonchalantly
The four of them ignored the problem. Ruby knew that they could interfere but it could also make the problem much worst. She hated to watch and wait when she could be doing stuff to help them. Still she sat still and ate her lunch.
Ruby eyed Yang as she talked with Jaune. She had a feeling Yang knew that they would make up... she just had to find out how she knew.
"Something has changed." A voice spoke up as the overlooked a calendar. The calendar wasn't an average calendar as it had been commissioned to include the next decade. Dates were meticulously marked with notes in them, some even had markings to refer to a page on the side for further explanation.
"Roman Torchwick is suppose to be robbing Vale of dust, aside from the one instance at the beginning of the school year Vale has been silent of robberies. On another note, Atlas had seen an increase in crime. Dust is being siphoned out of Atlas and it was going somewhere." The person said to herself.
The person closed their eyes and she remembered that fateful night. It had been around six years ago when she woke up in the past. Yes the past. She could do something to save those she cared about. She had rebelled earlier, she flew the coop. She escaped with her sister and prevented her from leaving Atlas. She didn't have to suffer under their father or be caught up in the fall. She could change some many things. And it seems that she had changed things, Roman wasn't operating in Vale, not like her original time. The White Fang also seemed to be more aggressive. Everything was so different... Qrow was also the one who had changed the most. He went from the competent man she once knew to a complete drunkard and it disgusted her.
To think that it was his deathbed that pushed her to complete the tasked he needed to get done. To allow the "others" the ability to complete their task whoever they seemed to be. She remembered the situations clearly.
Atlas had been under attack, She was scouring the streets in search of stragglers or Grim. She had rounded the corner to find Qrow stalking toward the CCT and she followed him alone, without calling for backup. Qrow was up to something and she had to find out what.
At the CCT Qrow charged at a group of people. She was appalled by his blatant slicing of people when she noticed they were dissolving. Grim? But how? How did they compromise the city and no one noticed?
She unhooked her weapon and dashed into the fray. Qrow had noticed her and made quick work to team up with her and together they charged toward the CCT only to be stopped by a Scorpion Faunus. "Tyrian Callows." Qrow had roared and the two entered into a melee while she was left to deal with the grim that charged at her.
The battle was vicious, the scars in the ground would damage the cities sewage and power lines and the once exquisite square was now reduced to rubble and dirt.
The Scorpion faunus, Tyrian Callows, as Qrow had called him was dismembered a wild grin on his decapitated head while his eyes were wide and empty as if they had a final laugh in them.
One look at the victor of the fight showed Qrow ,who appeared to have gone through a blender, bleeding viscous purple blood from his chest, stomache and four limbs.
"Qrow!" she had screamed. She knelt down hoping to use a glyph to slow the poison be he stopped her. "Don't bother, my time is up for now but we still need to stop them in the CCT. The Others, they depend on my interference within the CCT and our plans are going to fail if you don't stop them."
She wanted to argue but he shushed her with his finger.
"All of Atlas depends on you, do you take this task and see it to the end? Cause frankly I can't do this anymore. I can't go on, I just want to rest, to escape from this suffering."
She wanted to dismiss it. She wanted to bring him to the nearest medical facility to get him treated. He was important not only to her but to the others that she knew of. To Ozpin, to Ruby. She couldn't let them down but she also couldn't allow Atlas to fall.
"I do, I accept this burden and free you from your duty. May you rest in peace." She had spoken. At the time she thought it was adrenaline that was surging through her body as she charged into to stop Dr. Watts.
She remember when she had died as well. A sacrifice to hold off the invading Grimm forces while the rest of those at the encampment could escape. So that they could strike at the Queen to end the war. She remembered waking up in the past and it hit her that the power she felt was something more.
She had become something different. She knew that there were others. People just like her who went back when they died. They had ways to contact each other and she had yet to find any hint of them.
"Maybe Roman could be one of them, or his boss." She muttered to herself. She had a lead and she had to follow it.
"I'm looking forward to seeing what you tell me." The woman sneered and she closed and hide everything away and locked the door behind her.
Its Thursday my dudes and dudettes. Sorry for the late release but heckin Tuesday was something. I normally have a schedule to write but its been throw out the window, and with how packed my day is It is only now do I have the time to finish and release this fic to you all.
Another person who knows of the future has arrived and its possibly one of two people. Still everyone wants answers
If you like the Ruby sections let me know, If you like the Time Traveler's sections let me know. Of course i feel like I strayed a bit from the premise of the story but I'll see what plans I can get to be more focused on that front.
On a side note, soon to be released fiction about something else. I've been working on the details and it should be ready soon so look forward to that I guess.
Reviews are a writers lifeblood and each email I get that is a review motivates me the best. Its akin to me eating my favorite meal and getting muses so help a writer out. See yall on the flip side
-Falcon flying out.