Prince's new guards
"This is gonna SUCK!" Yang groaned out.
All of team RWBY were currently walking through one of the many gardens of Vale castle, the ancestral home of Vale's royal family.
Weiss turned to the blonde brawler and scowled "Yang, we were chosen not only by Headmaster Ozpin but also the council themselves to be the new bodyguards of the prince of Vale".
"That's why it sucks Weiss!" Yang complained "all we're going to be doing is standing around so some snot nosed kid can feel important. I don't even know why the royal families are still around they don't even do anything, the council handles the Kingdom now".
For the first time since they got here, Blake looked up from her book "that's not exactly true".
"What do you mean Blake?" Ruby asked.
"One of the princesses of Vale is a member of the council, not because of her royal heritage but because of her political skills. Also the King himself was a former Huntsman before he married into the royal family".
Weiss smiled at her teammate, glade someone was on her side "see Yang, nothing to worry about. We'll even be able to continue our study's at Beacons with video classes and attending combat class on our time off, not only that but we'll be taught personally by members of the Royal Guard, a title that only some of the strongest Huntsmen and Huntresses can get".
Yang, being her normal stubborn self only huffed and crossed her arms "two out of the whole family doesn't mean I'm wrong".
"What do you know about the prince Blake?" Ruby asked, hoping her friends knowledge of the royal family will help.
But sadly the cat Faunus shook her head "sorry, but not much is known about some family members, the prince is just one of them".
"And I bet he's a real creep" Yang said once again complaining "I bet he asked for a team of all girls, probably wants some eye candy".
That coursed the group to stop in their tracks at what looked like a large flower garden that had a white stone gazebo in its centre, all the girls except Yang had a red blush dusting their cheeks at what she suggested.
"Yang! I'm sure we were chosen because of our skill, not our looks" Ruby said, a little upset with what her sister was insinuating.
"Alright!" Blake shouted as she step in the middle, her hands held out to silence everyone else "how about we meet the guy before making our judgement of him".
Yang turned away and pouted "fine, but if he does turn out to be a pervert and look at my 'gauntlets' I'm punching him".
"Um, everyone" Weiss said getting everyone's attention "Where are we?".
Everyone looked around and all of them knew they no idea where they were, a few seconds of silence pasted before Ruby spoke up "I think we're lost".
"Where are we?" Blake repeated Weiss's question, not really expecting an answer.
"Your about a 5 minute walk away from the main building of the castle, and this is one of the many gardens use for relaxation by both the workers and the royal family" a new voice said.
The group of four huntresses-in-training jumped slightly at the sudden voice and Weiss and Blake even reached for their weapons. As the group turned to the source of the voice they dropped their guard, standing in front of them -tending to the flowers- was a teen about their age who was wearing green overalls with a light blue T-shirt underneath, he had short blonde hair and blue eyes with a goofy smile on his face.
Weiss quickly realised that he was probably one of the many workers that maintain the castle, re-sheathing her weapon Weiss turned to the blonde with a apologetic smile "sorry, we didn't expected anyone to be around. We are team RWBY, the new bodyguards for the prince".
The gardener simply kept the smile on his face and just gentle waved his hand "its fine, I'm Jaune by the way".
"Nice to meet'cha" Ruby said suddenly "I'm Ruby, leader of the team and these are my teammates Weiss"
"A pleasure" the Schnee said with a curtsy
"Blake"
The hidden Faunus gave a small wave "Hello"
"And my big sister Yang"
"Yo" said the brawler placing a hand on her hip and giving a wink to her fellow blonde, in turn the gardener's face went slightly red which only made Yang smirk mischievously.
Jaune cleared his throat and placed his hand over his mouth, mainly to try to hide his blush "so you four are new guards, then you must be here for the meeting".
"Yes" Weiss said leading the conversation, not wanting Ruby to make a bad impression "we're supposed to be meeting the prince but I'm afraid we got a little turned around, would you happen to know where we can find the L'automne Garden"
Jaune raised an eyebrow and turned his head to look to the side, the girls followed to where he was looking and saw a small gold sign.
'L'AUTOMNE GARDEN'
"Oh" all four girls said at once, feeling embarrassed that they missed that.
Seeing their reaction Jaune quickly tried to think of something to distracted them "would you like some tea?".
The girls looked to each other before nodding in agreement.
"That would be lovely" Blake said.
Team RWBY sat around a table under the gazebo as Jaune pushed a small table trolley with a embroidered silk table cloth, it was white with gold flower pattern around the edge, resting on top of it was a tea set that followed the same design. Jaune poured four cups of tea and placed them in front of each member of RWBY, then took out a three tier cake stand that had a generous amount of different small cakes on it and placed it in the middle of the table.
Ruby squealed and with the aid of her semblance quickly grabbed several cakes at once, and within seconds she had already eaten half of one with her eyes sparkling.
"Ruby! show some manners" Weiss criticised as she took a delicate sip of her tea before her eyes widened in surprise "my word, this is lovely".
"I don't think I've ever had tea like this before" Blake said as she held the cup closer to her face, taking in the scent of the tea.
Jaune smiled while pouring himself a cup of tea "thank you, all of the tea leafs are grown in this garden and I blend them myself".
"That's cool, but I'm not really a tea kind of girl" Yang said as she picked up a cake and took a bite, withing seconds Yang had stood up from her chair with her eyes also sparkling "but this cake is freaking awesome!".
Jaune chuckled at the blonds reaction "again, thank you. I baked them yesterday so I'm sorry there not fresh and warm".
"That's fine" Ruby said with her mouth full of cake "there still great".
"Yeah" Yang agreed with her own mouth full.
Weiss and Blake simply looked down in shame, embarrassed about their partners actions.
Yang swallowed and then turned her attention to Jaune "so you garden, make tea and cook".
Jaune smiled and rubbed the back of his head bashfully "there just hobbies I've had for a long time".
'Wow, he's almost perfect boyfriend material, if only he made puns' Yang thought to herself.
"Hey Jaune, what's this one called?" Ruby asked as she pointed to a cheesecake that had blue and red parts inside it and a red jelly on top.
"That is vanilla cheesecake with blueberries and raspberries mixed in, and topped with a strawberry jelly. I call it the Berry Good Cheesecake" Jaune said with a bright smile, proud of his little pun.
The RWB of team RWBY all froze and slowly turned to Yang.
Said blonde brawler had her right elbow on the table with her hand resting under her chin, her left arm was resting on the table but Yang had moved her chest so they were on top of her arm, making her more noticeable... 'assets' more prominent.
"So Jaune~ you single~" Yang purred with a sultry smile.
Jaune's entire face when red at the position and tone Yang used and quickly turned away to stop his eyes from wondering to certain places, but couldn't stop his stuttering "y-y-ye-yeah".
"Yang! stop!" Weiss chastised, placing down her own tea "I don't want you acting like this when we meet the prince".
Yang's mood quickly changed from flirty to annoyed, slumping down so her head rested on the table "oh yeah that's still happening".
"I'm sure it won't be that bad" Blake said taking another sip of her tea.
"All I'm saying is I don't want this prince to be like the evil one in your pervy ninja book" Yang said.
Blake nearly choked on her tea from shock "YANG!".
Weiss crossed her arms and glared at her blonde teammate "I'm sure the prince will be noble and gentlemanly, a fitting personality for his royal bloodline".
"I just hope he's nice" Ruby added.
Blake who had cleaned up after her little spill decided to asked the only one around who would know anything "Jaune, do you know what the prince is like?".
"Oh, well you see-"
"JAUNE!"
Everyone was drawn to the sudden shout, looking to the source they saw a girl their age with long red hair and bronze armour.
"Pyrrha, how are you?" Jaune greeted as she champion stopped in front of him.
"How am I, I was worried because I couldn't find you, you were supposed to wait for me" she said, muttering the last part so only Jaune could hear.
Weiss's eyes had widen the moment she saw the invincible girl, she leaned to her teammates and whispered in excitement "That's Pyrrha Nikos! she's a four time champion and a current guard to the prince, we'll be working with her".
"See, all girls. This prince is so going to be a pervert" Yang said, not noticing how Jaune stiffened and Pyrrha's eye twitched slightly.
"It does seem a bit odd" Blake added, starting to slightly agree with her partner.
A loud and obviously fake throat clearing court their attention, as they all turned to Pyrrha they saw her standing next to Jaune with a glare directed towards them, which in turn made Yang and Blake sheepish since they said that in front of the prince's bodyguard.
"So you four are the new guards" Pyrrha said as she looked over the four girls that sat around the table "I look forward to working with you".
"Will we be meeting the prince soon" Ruby asked.
Pyrrha looked at the team RWBY confused for a second before turning to Jaune with a look that spoke 'really, you didn't say anything' which Jaune's only reply being a goofy smile and shrug of his shoulders. Pyrrha returned her attention to team RWBY and gestured her hand to Jaune, as if presenting him.
"Of course, this is Jaune Julius Arc II, prince of Vale and the person you will be guarding for your stay here" the champion said simply.
A moment of silence pasted in the garden, the four girls taking a while to let the information they were just given sink in, when they did there was veering reaction from team RWBY.
Ruby and Blake were in shock, Blake even dropping her book. They expected the prince to be someone with fine clothing and perfect posture, maybe even a snooty attitude of a spoiled rich kid... like Weiss. ("HEY!")
What they didn't expected was a blonde who was wearing green overalls that was caked in dirt, and was willing to SERVE them cake and tea.
'Oh my god, the prince of Vale just gave us homemade tea and cake' Blake thought, just realising they were served food and drink by a member of the royal family... who would even believe that!.
'Well at least he's nice' Ruby thought more simply.
Yang's jaw was on the ground in complete disbelief, the person she was flirting with and making blush up a storm just a minute ago, was also the person she was talking bad about and calling a pervert 'I'm dead'.
Weiss had both her hands held over her face, completely humiliated that they were making fools of themselves in front of the prince without even knowing it 'this may be... the worst moment of my life'.
Noticing they were still sitting down the four girls quickly stood up in a line.
"We're sorry! / nice to meet you!" they said, WBY saying the first part and Ruby the second.
"Its fine" Jaune said, dismissing their apology "how about we all go inside and meet mother and father, then we can talk about your bodyguard work".
Everyone agreed and followed the prince down the path heading to the castle.
A/N: I may do another chapter of this, just explaining team RWBY's time in the castle.
Until next time.