Just a quick note before the chapter, I was a dumb dumb and forgot to put the OC tag on the story. *facepalms* All fixed now though.

Chapter 10 – Admission

Camea Thystel

Camea reached over with a groan and turned off her alarm. She had been having a rather pleasant dream but the contents were fading fast. She remembered laughing, a lot of laughing; but the more she tried to recall the rest, the quicker she forgot. After a full five minutes of failing to remember, she gave a sigh and reluctantly forced herself out of bed.

As usual, she was the first awake. From experience she knew that Nadea would be awake within the next half an hour, but Nick and Majorella would be asleep for another two hours at least. She enjoyed these moments of silence. The Haven Academy campus was normally noisy and strangely rather crowed considering its size but in the early hours of the day, it seemed peaceful. If not for the soft breaths of her teammates, she could almost convince herself that she was the only one there.

She took a few moments to appreciate the tranquillity, as she did every morning, but soon resigned herself to getting dressed for her morning run. She gave a quick stretch to purge the last of the sleep from her muscles before leaning down to retrieve her running clothes from the top drawer of her bedside table. She was met with surprise however when she pulled the drawer open and saw a purple book laying there.

She picked the book up and flipped through the pages only to be further confused upon finding them blank. She pulled the front cover open, hoping to find a name but instead found a small piece of paper nestled between the hard cover and first page. She pulled it out and gave it a quick read.

Camea,

It is not uncommon for emotions to make us feel alone, especially when you think that there is no-one that will understand your troubles, but please remember that you do friends who are willing to listen. However, I also know that sometimes people just need to get their thoughts out of their head so I brought you this diary. Someone close to me once received the same gift and it helped them immeasurably. I hope it can help you in the same way.

Camea re-read the noted multiple time before setting it aside and looking around the room at each of her teammates in turn. One of them had bought her this diary. One of them had taken time out of their day to think of her and write this note. But she had no idea which one.

Nadea? The writing was definitely in her style but she was normally more upfront about important things.

Majorella? It was definitely the type of thoughtful gesture she would make but somehow Camea just couldn't imagine her writing those words.

Nick? No way. While she didn't doubt he was a good man deep down, thoughtful gestures like that just were not him.

The only other person she could think of was Maggy. They had messaged each other quite frequently over the past two weeks since they had met and she was definitely the type to do something like this. But how would she have put the diary in the drawer. Camea guessed she could have had Majorella do it for her but it seemed like a lot of work to go through for someone you had only talked to over the phone.

The question of who had bought her the book would have kept her occupied for longer had she not heard Nadea's Scroll begin to vibrate. The sound caused her to jump and she quickly pulled out her running gear so that she could return the book and the note back to the drawer before closing it.

Camea stood back up and turned to see Nadea stretching as she stepped out of bed, her t-shirt riding up to reveal her toned stomach. She took a second to admire her partners lithe yet powerful frame. In Camea's opinion, the girl was gorgeous. An opinion clearly shared by the male students of Haven as she knew that multiple people had asked her partner on a date. She also knew that Nadea had turned them all down without a second of hesitation. It had gone on for a while until people finally understand that she really wasn't interested. After they stopped, Nadea seemed much happier.

"Everything okay Camea?" She heard her partner say and pulled her eyes from the girls midsection. Instead she directed her eyes towards the girls face, only to be met with smirk.

"Oh uhh... yeah," Camea replied, a little embarrassed at having been caught checking out her own partner. She mumbled an apology and picked up her running clothes from her bed.

"No need to be embarrassed," The girl chuckled.

"I'm just gunna get changed," Camea quickly said to change the subject as she made her way to the bathroom. "Do you want to run together today?"

"Sure," Nadea replied and began to dig around her own drawers.

Camea didn't take long to get changed and by the time she exited the bathroom, Nadea was all ready to go. The two of them left the dorm room and spent the next thirty minutes jogging around the many courtyards of Haven Academy.

The the two of them would usually run together in the mornings, unless Nadea woke up late or just didn't feel like running that morning, and she rather liked having Nadea along. The girl was faster than her and Camea felt it was a great motivator to improve herself. There was also the races they did at the end that had a friendly competitive air and left them both smiling.

Today was no different. Camea was glad that Nadea was running with her and making small talk because every time silence settle over them, her thoughts would return to the diary and the note. While she was no longer ashamed of her condition, the fact that it had been obvious enough for someone to see made her feel a little uncomfortable; especially since she thought she had been dealing with it rather well lately. She had certain found herself still wishing to just curl up and go back to sleep or had the occasional inadvertent use of her semblance but they had been fewer and further between.

"...much longer?" Camea heard from her right. She realized that she has once again been in her head and mentally chastised herself.

"Sorry Nadea, what was that?" Camea panted as she fell back into pace with her partner.

"I asked if we are going to be going much longer?" Nadea repeated with a suspicious look. "We've been going for forty minutes and I'm getting kinda hungry."

"Oh right," She replied and came to a stop. She hadn't realised that much time had passed and her stomach did indeed fell empty. "I'm pretty hungry myself."

Nadea simply gave a nod and the two of them made their way to the cafeteria in silence. Camea was well aware that her partner's eyes were constantly looking her way but she ignored it. However once they had arrived at the cafeteria and sat down with their food, Nadea spoke.

"Is everything okay with you today?" She asked. Camea noticed the concern in her partners voice.

"Yeah, just things on my minds is all," Camea replied, giving a weak smile.

"If it's about this morning, you should know it really doesn't bother me," Nadea stated.

Camea was confused for a few seconds before she remembered being caught ogling her partner.

"No," She said quickly. "It isn't that. But I do apologise for that, I shouldn't have stared."

Nadea waved off the apology.

"Like I said, I don't mind," she replied with a smile. "But if it isn't that then what's wrong Camea?"

Camea played with her food while debating whether to be honest or not. It wasn't that she didn't trust Nadea, she just didn't really like to talk about it. After a couple of minutes she conceded, if she wasn't honest with her team, how could they trust her to lead them.

"Four years ago I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety," Camea began with her eyes fixed to her oatmeal. "I always had some difficulties around people but one day I had a massive panic attack in a store and that was the first time my semblance activated."

Nadea didn't respond but clearly she was paying attention.

"I thought it had been fine lately but this morning I found an empty diary in my desk with a note saying they had noticed and hoped it would help."

"Honestly, I'd noticed you being a little more stressed myself recently," Nadea replied kindly after a moment. "Who was the note from?"

"It didn't say," Camea sighed. "But since you are asking, I guess I can rule you out?"

"Sorry Cams, wasn't me," Nadea shook her head.

"Thought as much," She groaned. If it definitely wasn't Nadea then she had no idea who it could have been.

"Well I wouldn't focus on it too much," Nadea said to fill the silence that had begun to fill the space between them. "All it means is that someone wanted to show you they care."

"Who wants to show Camea they care?"

The new voice made Camea turn her head towards the speaker and the first thing she saw was long magenta hair. She followed it up to the owners face and found herself staring into a pair of soft blue eyes surrounded by a light speckling of freckles. Immediately she felt her pulse quicken and her tongue glue itself to the roof of her mouth. Despite their frequent communication, she still got more nervous than usual around her in person.

"We're not sure," Camea heard Nadea reply while she shovelled a spoonful of food into her mouth so as to have an excuse not to talk.

"Huh, well who ever it is, I don't blame em," Maggy said in her usual pleasant voice.

Camea felt her cheeks warm and just like with every time they were in the same room, she was thankful for her dark complexion.

"So what's your plans for the weekend?" The purple haired girl asked. Camea could have sworn there was a hopeful tone there but knew it was most likely her imagination.

"Team study session when Nick is finished with detention," Nadea answered. "Right Camea?"

Camea looked up for find her partner smiling at her. No, not smiling. Smirking. With Nadea the difference was subtle but she had begun to be able to tell the difference since they had been spending more time together. She swallowed her mouthful and gave a nod.

"Sounds boring," Maggy teased. "So what did Nick do this time?"

"Flirting with Miss Petunia," Nadea replied to Camea's confusion. "Ella says he was anyway, personally I think he was just being a dick."

"Oof, flirting with Allison?" Maggy chuckled. "Even I wouldn't do that."

"Wow, there's someone you actually wouldn't hit on?" Majorella said as she sat down at the table.

Camea hadn't seen the girl enter and was taken by surprise. For a girl with so much energy, she was rather good at going unnoticed.

"Many actually, including my besties little sis," The girl retorted.

"The only reason you don't flirt with me is 'cause Skyla would never talk to ya again," Majorella teased back but Maggy only laughed.

"You ain't as cute as ya think, Smella," she replied and stuck out her tongue. "But I do have to go, you're still doing that thing for me right?"

"Not now," Majorella replied with a fake pout.

"Awww you know I love ya really," She laughed and leant down to whisper something in the girls ear that Camea couldn't make out.

Majorella simply nodded and shooed her away. Camea watched Maggy leave the cafeteria only to see her turn back to flash a smile her way before turning the corner and moving out of sight.

"So you're awake early today Ella," Nadea pointed out while biting into an apple.

"Nicks fault," she replied as she picked up an unused knife from Nadea's try and pointed it at the girl apple. Nadea simply rolled her eyes and held it out for Majorella to cut herself a piece off. " He knocked his sword over and woke me up while rooting under Cams bed."

"Most likely searching for Shrill," Camea said. "I guess he wanted to work on it before his detention."

A sigh came from Nadea's direction.

"I honestly don't understand why he can't just act like a normal person," She said. "I swear, he's more ox than man."

"He's deffo got the stubbornness," Majorella replied. "But he ain't to bad once ya stop taking him seriously."

"I wouldn't know," Nadea said sourly. "All I ever get is insults."

"You start it sometimes too ya'know."

"Even if I didn't he would still be a dick."

"Enough," Camea interjected firmly, having seen where the conversation was going. Despite not wanting to get involved, she knew it was her job as a leader to stop them. "You and Nick both give as good as you get."

"Our wise leader has spoken," Majorella said in triumph. "So Cams,what the plan for today until Nick's ready?"

"I was thinking of going to the dojo for some practice," She replied. "Professor Mauve said that we had an important class on Monday."

"Ohh yeah, do you wanna do some friendly sparrin?" Majorella asked excitedly.

"Thought you'd been trying to corner Silvic into sparring with you?" Nadea replied.

"I am but he keeps saying he's too busy with team stuff."

"Really?" She replied with a scowl. "Verdain was complaining to me the other day that he's never around."

"You sure?" Majorella questioned sadly and received a nod of confirmation from Nadea. "Well that sucks."

"Please tell me you're not crushing on Silvic?"

"Eww, hell no," Majorella cringed hard enough to make both Nadea and herself laugh. "He's just the only one in our year that uses a fencing weapon. I wanna practice."

"I'm pretty sure there are three second year student that use fencing weapons," Camea offered.

"Yeah, I tried that but I barely touched em."

"Doesn't surprise me," Nadea said with a sympathetic voice while effortlessly tossing her finished apple into a nearby trash can. "That Terra girl is no joke."

"Well Nick currently has Shrill but I would be happy to do some hand to hand," Camea smiled.

"Awesome, what about you Nadea?"

"I would but I have to check on something," She replied while getting up from the table. "Library at two?"

Camea simply gave a nod in response and the girl walked away.

Camea quickly finished the oatmeal and handed her fruit pot to Majorella who gladly accepted it. That was one of the things about Majorella that she liked. The girl was always grateful. She rarely complained about things and was always happy with what she got. On the odd occasion that she did get into an argument, she would forget and forgive almost instantly once it was finished.

Just as they were getting up from the table, her scroll vibrated in her pocket. She pulled it out and checked who would be texting her this early in the morning and felt a smile overtake her face as she saw Maggy's name pop up on her screen.

'oh forgot 2 say, u may wanna turn that study session into a training session. I hear monday is going to be a funday. x'

Camea looked at the message in confusion but another soon followed.

'bad pun, sorry. but honestly, you might wanna train. x'

She felt a chuckle force itself from her throat and quickly typed back.

'Thank you for the advice. Also, it really was an awful pun.'

Camea smiled and text Nadea the change of plans and asked her to inform Nick. Just as she sent the message to Nadea, Maggy's name once as popped up to indicate another message.

'maybe, bet it made you smile though. x'

Too engrossed in the text conversation, Camea barely noticed as they reached the dojo. It was only when Majorella ushered her through the door that she finally stopped texting and put her Scroll away.

The two of them quickly made there way through the large entryway full of student doing their morning workout and enter one of the large back rooms. As usual the room was already occupied by another pair so they took a seat on one of the benches that lined the wall to wait for their turn.

"So who was it that had ya smiling so much?" Majorella asked as they watched the fight.

"Just a friend," Camea tried to make it sound unimportant while suppressing another smile.

"By friend you mean a certain fourth year with purple hair right?" the girl giggled to herself.

Am I really that easy for everyone to read? Camea thought to herself as she watched one of the fighters struggle to regain his balance after a heavy hit.

"Maybe," She finally responded.

"And I'm guessing that's who ya've been textin' most nights?" The girl asked with a knowing smile while running a hand through her light blue hair. Although it was a shade lighter and had streaks of white running through it, Majorella's hair always reminded her of Sarah's.

It was clear to Camea that Majorella was not simply asking these things out of idle curiosity.

"Sometimes," Camea replied.

Majorella seemed to be taking a little time to think of what she wanted to say next so Camea watched while the two fighters exchange blows while she waited. She noted that one of them seemed to be acting a lot more impatient due to the others insistence on deflecting his attacks.

"Cams, I've known Maggy my whole life, almost literally" the girl finally said in a voice that she had not heard before. This was the first time that she had heard Majorella seem truly serious when speaking. "Her and my sister were almost inseparable since they were born and she was even at the hospital when my mother was giving birth to me."

She paused for a second to look up as one of the fighters let out a frustrated growl before continuing.

"It's been eighteen years since then and in all that time, I've never seen her act like she has lately," Camea suddenly felt nervous about what the girl was going to say next. "Like at first I thought it was just Maggy being Maggy and it would pass in a day or two but it didn't. Every time we hang out, she's constantly checking her Scroll and askin if I think you like her. So I guess this is me finally asking for her?"

Camea had figured that was where the conversation was going and that was precisely why she had been nervous. However; since Majorella seemed to be taking the situation seriously, she knew she had to be honest.

"I do like her," she confessed. "But I've never been in a relationship before."

"So if she asked you out on a date would you say yes?"

Camea took a moment to think but finally gave a slight nod. She instantly regretted it as worry about the potential future date quickly settled on her and made her head hurt at all the possible things that could go wrong. Fortunately she didn't have time to dwell on it as a loud buzzer filled the room to indicate that one of the current fighters had lost.

"Okay," Majorella said with a smile as she prepared to go down onto the sparring mat. "I guess I'll let her know, maybe now she'll talk about something else."

A/N

OK, so first things first. Thank you Stormzx for the kind words, I'm glad you enjoyed Nick's perspective. I was actually really worried when I started writing his chapter but I quickly found that he was my favourite character to write for.

In other news I recently got Soul Calibur 6 and while I haven't done much fighting, like at all, it does have a pretty solid character creator that I have been spending a lot of time in. As you can see, Camea is now the story pic and I'm going to include an imgur link for the characters so you can get a good idea of what they actually look like in my head. Just a little teaser, I do have a picture of Maggy too but you will have to wait until the next chapter for that.

Anyways, if you enjoyed the chapter or have anything you think I could improve, please follow or leave a review, valid criticism is always welcome. And just a precaution since RWBY volume 6 has come out for first members as of posting this, please no spoilers in the reviews (though I doubt you would)

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(Nick left horn is snapped off but the creator doesn't allow that so yeah)