Hello everyone, Melody here. Glad people liked the previous chapter, I had fun with it. This won't be a plot heavy chapter but the next one will really get into it. I got accepted to the Career Center in my town also which makes me really happy. Anyway let's get to it. Also it's another interval of seven yay!
Sincerely, Melody
Normal P.O.V.
"Who's that guy Weiss is having a staring contest with?" Ruby asked as they ate breakfast.
"It's that Lothur guy she was grumbling about last night." Yang answered.
"Should we get her attention?" Jaune asked as he took a bite from his cereal.
"Goddamnit!" Lothur yelled as he covered his eyes as they started to water.
"Ha I win." Weiss said triumphantly.
"Fuck you, rematch now." He challenged her.
"Fine." She replied snarkily.
Then they started a new staring contest. Currently Lothur was sitting at their normal table which was a little bit away from his own. So far that morning Team JNPR and RWBY had just watched him and Weiss do staring contests. This was the fifth one so far.
"So why are you guys doing that?" Yang asked as she leaned over to them. "Are you two a thing?"
"What?! NO!" Lothur and Weiss screamed at her in unison, both blinking at the same time.
"Hell yeah I won!" Lothur cheered as he looked over to Weiss.
"No you didn't I did!" She replied as she looked at him.
"No you didn't I won. I even saw you blink first." He tried to claim victory. Then they started to bicker.
"Jeez they're like an old married couple." Yang told the others as she sat back in her seat.
"Screw it come let's go to the training room, I have a bet to win." Lothur told her as he got up from the table and slammed his hands down.
"No you mean I have a beat to win." Weiss copied his actions.
They walked down the hallways together each radiating an aura of malice which caused other students to steer clear. Once they reached the locker room they each went to their respective locker. Lothur started to change out his street attire into his combat uniform and grabbed his weapons. During the week he was able to rebuild six of the bots that had be destroyed. All together he had ten of the twelve that he'd normally have. He set the case on the ground and pressed a button a bracelet he had. He made it so he'd be able to quickly summon his bots.
"Activation Protocol: Silbermond." He announced as the gauntlet formed and the claws popped out of the fingertips. Then he slung the case to his back and started to walk to the training room.
"Why do you dress like that?" Weiss asked him as they entered the training room together.
"Like I told ya, my Dad was an Atlesian Specialist. These are his old uniforms." He answered with a somber look on his face.
"What happened to him?" She asked him.
"He died in a training accident. Rookie forgot to put dummy rounds in his rifle and shot him in the stomach. Died after six hours of surgery." He smiled as he spoke. "My weapon was actually his. It's named Teufel Arme."
"Sorry to hear that but I have one question, how did his Aura not protect him?" She asked quietly.
"With my family we all have weak Auras because our Semblance can actually activate if we take enough damage. The bullet easily punched through it." He answered calmly. "We're a family full of weakened Aura Shifters. Well except for me, I have a normal Aura."
"It seems like your family life was better than mine. Growing up in the Schnee family was pretty awful." She told him with a sigh.
"Let me guess, daddy never had time for the Princess?" He asked as he looked down at her.
"For one, don't call me princess, for two yes he was always working." She told him as she started the simulation.
"How about this, instead of dinner how about a movie and lunch?" He suggested as he adjusted his gauntlets a bit. "It's better than waiting till dinner."
"Sure that works." She replied as she unsheathed he sword. "But be ready to pay."
"Sure thing Princess." He told her as the Ursa bots started to rush them. "Now this'll be fun!" He shouted as he pounced on one and started to rip it apart.
"Hey! We never said start!" Weiss complained a little bit.
"Okay then start!" He laughed out.
With Mercury, Emerald, and Faina
"What's your symbol anyway?" Mercury asked as he looked down at Faina. They had been having a conversation about their emblems on their way to Vale.
"Oh well it's the little earrings I wear." Faina answered as she moved her hair out of the way and showed them the little bat and cross earrings.
"Wait so Lothur's a werewolf-"
"Shifter."
"Same thing anyway as I was saying, Lothur's a werewolf so would you be like a vampire or something?" Emerald asked.
"Well no that's just plain old silly." She replied with a laugh.
"Then what's your Semblance?" Mercury spoke up this time.
"Well that's a secret." Faina answered with a giggle.
"Okay then well atleast answer this." He told her.
"And that would be?"
"Why are you so damn cheery today? Normally you're pissed off." He asked which made her burst into laughter. "What's so funny?"
"Just that question. Well to answer that I guess I'll have to tell you. Last night before Lothur got into the room I saw him walking with Weiss and saw her blushing." She answered her as she continued to laugh.
"And that means what?" Emerald inquired.
"Well it means they have to be dating." She laughed even harder when she saw their jaws drop.
"No fucking way." Mercury stated flatly.
"I'm telling you, they have to be." Faina tried to reason. "Hell I'll even try to call him." She told them.
First she tried Lothur and got no answer then she put her scroll away and grinned. That day they planned to go to Emerald's favourite bookstore, Tukson's Book Trade. It was ran by a Faunus named Tukson. They weren't really sure what kind he was so they never asked him. Emerald thought he was like a puma.
As they entered they saw Tukson behind the counter reading a book. When he heard the door open he looked up and was about to give his usual greeting but stopped when he saw who it was. All he did was offer them a big smile.
"Hey you two, it's been awhile since I've seen you in here." He told them as he closed the book.
"Yeah sorry about that but we got into Beacon so I haven't had time to come down." Emerald apologized. "Anyway though my friend here wanted to know where to find the best bookstore in town so I told her it was yours." She told him as she motioned to Faina who had waved at him.
"Really now? Well then. Welcome to Tukson's Book Trade then, where we have every book under the sun." He told her as he looked down at her. "What can I get you?"
"Do you have a copy of the new book in the Icewind Dale trilogy? Streams of Silver is the title." She asked as she walked up to the counter and looked up at him.
"Yeah I do, it's over on that shelf there. It's in the fantasy section." He told her as he pointed at one of the shelfs.
"Thanks." She told him as she walked over to the shelf to get the book.
"Hey do you have the new issue of X-Ray and Vav comic in yet?" Mercury asked as he looked over to Tukson.
"No not yet but it'll be here in two weeks. The place I normally get my books from went out of business so I have to find a new company." He answered.
"Damnit that sucks." Mercury sighed out as he walked to the comic books and grabbed a few.
"So what's Beacon like?" Tukson asked Emerald.
"It's great being a student there. I mean we still grew up there basically but being a student there is awesome." She answered cheerfully. "Plus the dorm is pretty nice and there's tons of cool people."
"That's great." He chuckled a bit as he picked up a box of books and went to stock some of the shelves.
They talked for a bit until the trio had to leave. When they left only Faina had a bag with the book she wanted in it. Since they didn't have a lot to do that day they decided to go out to lunch together minus Lothur since was on a date according to Faina. She didn't know how wrong she was but still she had no clue about the competition.
Since they didn't have anything to do that day they all decided to go out for lunch together. It took them a bit to find a restaurant that they could agree on. Once they finally decided on one. It wasn't anything fancy, more like an old diner. As they entered they were greeted by a man from behind the counter. He seemed to be the only one there. The man appeared to be in his early twenties, had pale blue hair, aeon blue eyes, light skin, a smile, and was wearing an apron over grey clothing.
"Hello and welcome!" He greeted cheerfully. "Take a seat anywhere and I'll be over to take your order in a minute." He told them as he rushed around the counter and eventually found his little notepad.
"Will do." Mercury replied as he walked over to a booth and sat down, Faina and Emerald doing the same.
"Okay what would you guys like to drink?" The man asked as he rushed over to them.
"I'll have a water." Emerald requested.
"Cup of coffee please." Faina told him.
"I'll have the chocolate milkshake." Mercury said as he set his menu down.
"Okay then I'll have that for you guys in a minute." He told them as he jotted down the request then rushed back over behind the counter.
"So what is Atlas like? You mentioned one time you were from there." Emerald asked as she looked at Faina.
"It's cold and the people there suck." She answered with a laugh. "In all honesty I like it much better here then there. Only good thing for me there was Lothur's family since I didn't really get along with mine."
"Why's that?" Em asked her as she placed her head in her hands.
"Well I was raised by my Grandma, never knew my Dad and my Mom left when I was five. Now I'd be a liar if I said my Grandma was a terrible person because she wasn't, she was just a little controlling. She never wanted me to become a Huntress since it's so dangerous." She explained as the man walked over with their drinks and set them down.
"I'll give you a minute to look over the menu." He interrupted for a second.
"Thanks, anyway she didn't want me to be a Huntress and we had a huge fight before I left to go to Atlas Academy to train for a few years until I can to Beacon with Lothur. Haven't talked to her since." She explained then took a sip from her coffee.
"That's interesting. So what made you want to become a Huntress?" Mercury asked.
"Never really thought about that. Anyway I bet he'd like us to take our orders." She commented as she pointed at the man.
"Yes I would like that, by the way I'm Aeon. So what can I get for ya?" He asked cheerfully.
Then they all gave him their order and waited. The only conversation they had was about their about their childhoods and all that.
With Lothur and Weiss
"I lost…?" Weiss asked as she looked down at the machine they had to keep score. She thought she would've won easily.
"Hey don't get sad. I am more wild than you." He chuckled as he walked over and placed a hand on her head. "Now come on get up." He told her as he offered her a hand up.
She nodded quietly as she took his hand and stood up. Then she quickly walked back to her locker and Lothur went to his. When he got to his he quickly changed out of his combat uniform and into his street attire. It consisted of a grey tank top, cargo pants, a pair of black combat boots, a flannel button up, and a silver ring with ruby in it. He set his case in the locker and slipped his pistol into a concealed holster. When he walked to the entrance of the locker room he saw Weiss wearing her normal outfit. He smirked at her.
"So where do you wanna go?" She asked him as she looked up at him.
"Hmmm don't know yet so let's just walk around till I decide." He answered.
"Fine." She replied with a huff as she started to walk ahead of him.
"Fun, so you can choose the movie and restaurant. I didn't really care to be honest about the reward. I just wanted to win." He told her as he caught up with her pretty quickly.
"What? Then what was the point of this whole bet?" She asked perplexed.
"Well I told you yesterday, you've peaked my interest." He answered her while putting his arms behind his head. "So I indirectly got a date with you." He shrugged.
"Wha-What?!" She exclaimed as her face turned red.
"Well I wanted a date with you, so I figured out a way to get one." He shrugged.
"Re-really?" she stuttered out.
"Yep." He popped the p with his answer. "Never been on a date or something?"
"Not like this no." She replied as they exited the training room and were walking down the hallway.
"Fun. If you don't want to though it's cool." He notified her which caused her to let out a breath.
"No it's fine I guess. I just wasn't expecting anyone here to want to go out on a date with." She admitted.
"Probably because people are intimidated by your last name. I'm not though, it's just a name." He laughed a bit.
As they walked they continued on with their conversation. Lothur didn't care about her family or anything like that, she had just peaked his interest. Down the hallway Team CRDL waited for them. They wanted to get revenge on Lothur for beating them earlier that weak during Combat Class. When the duo neared they walked out with their weapons on display. Lothur simply raised his eyebrow to them.
"Whatca dumbasses need?" He asked as he moved his arms behind his head.
"We need a little bit of payback for what ya did Tuesday." Cardin growled at him as he raised his mace a bit.
"Okay then. I'd love to play with you guys but at the moment I'm a little busy with her so how about we take a rain check?" He replied sarcastically as he pointed to Weiss.
"Urrgh just shut up!" Cardin yelled as he tried to bring his mace down on Lothur only for him to dodge it.
"Jeez you're slow." He commented as he kicked him in the stomach. "If you want to kick my ass catch me when I'm sleeping." He told them as he casually ducked out of the way of Dove's sword. "Might want to take a step back Princess." He told Weiss.
"I am not a princess! Get it right!" She fumed as she stepped back and out of the way of the fight.
"So should I draw my gun or continue to use my hands?" He asked he looked at the four teens.
The started their assault once again as Lothur taunted them. As they fought him they noticed how his features became more feral and he started to grow fur. His eyes burned a brilliant red as they bored into the quintet. His body grew larger and taller and became what was basically akin to a werewolf. Since his body changed like this it left his clothes mostly in tatters and strips. He let out a howl as he rushed them.
He quickly swiped at Sky and knocked him into a wall then rushed Russell who had started to run. As he ran by Dove slashed into his side with his sword which easily cut in. This however did not stop him it just changed his target. Quickly he got in Dove's face and howled loudly. A swipe across the boy's chest was all it took and it knocked him back. Then he looked around to find his original target but didn't see Russell anywhere so he turned to Cardin.
"What the fuck kind of animal are you?!" Cardin screamed as Lothur dashed over and grab him by the throat.
"The kind from the storybooks where the little girl is told to stay on the road. You know the one?" He growled out in a deep low voice. Then he let out a cackle as his eyes burned even brighter.
"Lothur calm down." Weiss told him as she walked over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder.
He leered down at her before he let go of Cardin. Then he reverted to his normal form. His clothing was completely tattered save his pants luckily. He looked down at his clothes and sighed then looked at Cardin.
"Now you owe me a new set of clothes." He growled at him, his eyes flashing for a second. Cardin nodded vigorously as he then ran off. "Bastard, ruined my lucky flannel."
"Are you okay?" Weiss asked when she saw his leg was bleeding along with some slashes on his back and one across his side.
"Oh yeah I am. Happens all the time." He chuckled as he looked at the slashes and smiled. "Let's me know I'm alive."
"And how you'll die. Don't be such a dunce and get yourself hurt like that!" She yelled at him.
"Is the Princess worried about a Wolf? How sweet." He said in a sickly sweet voice.
"N-No I'm ju-just telling you!" She exclaimed as her cheeks turned pink.
"Well isn't this interesting." They both heard a voice say as they turned to see Colleen and Onyx.
"Would you like something to cover yourself up with?" Onyx asked as he took off his dark red coat and extended it to Lothur.
"Thanks man, I'll give it back to you tomorrow." Lothur smiled as he put the coat on.
"Keep it." He told him as he rolled down his sleeves.
"So what happened?" Colleen asked as she looked around and saw Dove was now a work of modern art.
"Well they wanted to kick my ass, guess I let loose a bit then I attacked them and yeah." He chuckled as he smiled sheepishly. "This happened."
"So why are you here Weiss?" Onyx asked as he looked over to her.
"Well Lothur and I had a bet and I lost so we're going out to lunch and to see a movie." She answered.
"The bet was?" Onyx asked.
"Who could destroy twenty-five of the droids first. He won the bet." She answered as she let her head down.
"Makesense, he has the advantage because he is ferocious while you are reserved." He replied. "As a fencer you are calculated and precise while he doesn't think and kills the target efficiently. He fights with instinct and you use skill."
"How do you know that?" She asked as she looked up at him.
"I'm an observer. I learn my enemies and their weaknesses so I will not have to use my Semblance." He answered. "Even allies are potential enemies."
"Why would you not want to use your Semblance?" Lothur asked.
"Because it is only a Trump Card for when I absolutely have no other choice." He answered. "We are going to the library. Talk to you two later." He told them as he and Colleen walked off.
"I should probably go change into some other clothes." Lothur suggested.
"Yeah you should." Weiss replied.
With Six and Glynda
The duo sat together on the couch in their home. The other Wastelanders were out doing other things so they had the house to themselves. They were just watching a show on the television. Even though they had a few papers to grade they put them off and laid down on the couch.
"Hey Glyn." Six said as he looked over to her.
"Yes Ross?" She replied ass she looked at him.
He opened his mouth to say something then shook his head. "Nevermind." He told her as he got up.
"Is something wrong?" She asked as she looked at him.
"Nah I'm fine I just had a stupid question." He replied as he walked to their kitchen. "You want something to eat?"
"Sure." She replied as she turned off the tv and walked over to the counter. "Let me guess, you hate not seeing Emerald and Mercury every morning?"
"Yeah somethin' along those lines." He answered as he got out some eggs and a pan. "It's so strange not havin' them here. I mean yeah after school everyday they come over but still."
"I can tell." She told him as she sat on a bench and looked across the counter at him.
They just continued to talk as he cooked. It was mostly about how he was worried about the kids though. Glynda simply laughed at him and reminded him they weren't kids anymore.
In the library, with Onyx, Colleen, and Team JNPR
"No like the Professor told you, it was night vision." Onyx explained to Jaune for the sixth time. He couldn't blame him though since he had given the blond about eight papers he had written up himself.
"Come on Odol, don't be so harsh on him. Not everyone is such a history geek." Colleen told him as she looked up at him.
"It's simple though. He just doesn't get it." He stated as he looked over the papers he had written. "These aren't even that hard."
"May I see them?" Pyrrha asked him and he nodded and handed them to her. She looked them over for a minute and frowned. "Most of this stuff is stuff that Professor Oobleck hasn't even started to teach."
"This one is simple though. What kingdoms had slavery prior to the Great War?" He asked Jaune.
"Uhhhhhh, Atlas?" He suggested with a shrugged.
"Close, Mantle and Mistral." Onyx told him as he marked that question.
"So why do you guys come when Odol only wanted to tutor Jaune?" Colleen asked as she looked at the rest of JNPR.
"Well Ren wanted to read, Nora wanted to nap, and I figured it could be a little helpful." Pyrrha answered.
"Oh okay then." She smiled then looked over to Onyx who was hammering information into Jaune's skull. "Odol take this." She ordered him as she handed him a sucker.
When he saw what she had in her hands he shut up and started to unwrap it. Jaune looked dumbfounded at him. Onyx started to suck on the sucker and shut up. Colleen looked at Jaune.
"You're welcome." She smiled cheekily at him.
"You got him to stop with a sucker?" He asked entirely confused.
"Yeah, he has a really bad sweet tooth." She told him as she laughed. "It's really easy to make him forget about stuff and stop doing whatever he was doing."
"Are you joking?"
"No why would I joke about that?" She asked.
"He seems more calculated than most." Ren answered. "Distracting with such an object is strange."
"If you guys knew him better it would make sense." She giggled a bit.
"Most likely." He agreed.
"It's cute in my opinion." She shrugged as she stood up. "Well I'm going to go look for a book." Then she walked off.
"Have fun." Onyx told her then turned back to JNPR. "When did you guys get here?"
"Really?" Pyrrha asked as he jaw dropped.
"Oh wait I remember. Pyrrha may we talk in private I have a question for you." He said as he stood up.
"Sure." She told him as she got up and followed him to a secluded part of the library. "So what did you need to know?"
"Is your Semblance magnetism?" He asked bluntly which caused her to get a frown.
"Why do you ask?"
"Because I saw what you did to my weapon when we were sparring. I have two theories, your Semblance is either magnetism or gravity manipulation. The greater makes more sense." He told her which his normal blank expression.
"If you have figured it out then yes your first theory is correct." She told him as she let her head down then looked back up at him. "Please don't tell anyone."
"I didn't plan on telling anyone. The myth of an invincible warrior woman entertains me." He said as he walked off.
She simply released a breath she had been holding in and walked back to the table behind him. Once they returned he just continued his lesson with Jaune as if nothing had happened. She quietly thanked him for not telling them.
And that's a wrap sorry that this is a little late, I got a little bit of writer's block while typing it. Anyway hope you all liked the chapter now onto the reviews.
ILikeHotDogs: Glad you are continuing to like the story.
RedRat8: Glad that cleared some things up and thanks.
Tronmaster5704: And I quote Deadpool, "Shit just hit the fan in the most colossal way". That will be what the fight is like, if I make them fight.
Allard-Liao: You should but it'll be entertaining.
A fan: I would include them more but they are not the main focus of this story, now everything in the show that has happened has also happened in this story and will with some changes.
Anyway again I hope you all liked the chapter and thanks to the people that leave reviews. The next chapter will take place around the start of the episode The Stray just to let you all know. I'm gonna get going though, bye everyone!