Sun's scream got everyone's attention. Ruby looked his way in time to see Blake fall into the grass. They all rushed to the faunus' side as Sun was trying to rouse her.

"What happened?" Yang demanded.

"I don't know. She just touched this book and collapsed." Sun slowly rolled Blake on her back and revealed her face. Her eyes were wide, staring at something beyond any of them, her breaths rapid and shallow like a drowning and gasping for breath.

"Blake, c'mon snap out of it!" Ruby shook her friend gently but the girl gave no response except further blank staring and gasping. Ruby fell back staring at her friend twitching on the ground. She couldn't think what to do.

"Go get help!" Yang called to Weiss. Weiss nodded and spun away but ran headlong into someone else. Weiss tried to run around him but the man grabbed her arm, holding the smaller girl in place.

"No need for that." He said calmly before walking next to Ruby, Sun, and the fallen Blake. He wasn't a teacher since he was far too young, but Ruby didn't recognize him. "She'll be ok, just give me a minute."

"Who are you?" Weiss Demanded.

The man held up the heavy book from the ground and waved it. "The owner of this." Without any other word he dropped to one knee across from Ruby and placed a hand on Blake's head. "Easy now," He whispered to Blake. "You've seen a lot, now let's take a rest."

"Good idea." Blake mumbled, though her voice sounded unfocused and distant. A moment later her eyes closed and her body relaxed into the grass. The man with the grey hair sat back with a long sigh.

"What did you do?" Sun demanded from behind the man.

"I helped her sleep." He said calmly, turning to face Sun and the others. "Now, all she needs is a little rest and she should be ok. Is there somewhere you all can take her until she wakes up?"

There was a pause until Yang spoke up. "We can take her to the dorm room."

"Alright that'll work." Sun gently picked the sleeping woman into his arms and the group started their journey to team RWBY's room. Ruby watched Blake, hanging limply in Sun's arms while the boy was flanked by her teammates. She saw the man was following them, not very closely but he was keeping pace. Weiss noticed too, but instead of walking on she turned, blocking his path and holding up the entire group as she loudly spoke.

"What do you think you're doing?" She said with an accusation hanging on her tongue.

The man in grey stopped short and looked down to Weiss. "I was coming with you. This is because of me and I know how to handle it better than you all do." He sounded like a teacher as he spoke, lording and lecturing.

"What is that supposed to mean?" The girl said pushing even closer to the man's face.

"Weiss…" Ruby quietly reached to the friend's shoulder trying to pull her away from the beginnings of this new fight. Weiss didn't seem to notice as she continued to glare icy daggers at the young man.

"Look," He said, holding his hands up in surrender. "I know you don't trust me, but this is my fault. I can help you." For a moment he no longer sounded like an adult lecturing a bunch of children, he sounded like he was pleading. "Let me help."

Weiss gave him a long stare and a deep huff but when she silently turned away and left with the rest Ruby gave a sigh of relief. It was the closest thing they ever got to acceptance from Weiss. As her friend walked away and the man began to slowly move to catch up, Ruby moved next to him trailing just a little behind to get a better look at him.

He didn't seem much older than any of them, maybe even younger than Yang. He wore a grey jacket and pants, plain with nothing extra seemingly added. No armor or weapon. He clung to the book at his side intently and stared forward. His grey hair fell around his head like a mop tickling at the base of his neck.

Maybe she had been staring too long because he suddenly turned and caught her eyes, making her freeze in place. "It's rude to stare." He said quietly, though lacking any accusation in his tone. A moment later, he turned and walked away without another word.

"Sorry." She said looking down and rubbing her head. "It's just… we never got your name in all this." She smiled trying to make it less awkward. The man turned to regard her with a look she was familiar with. The one people gave her when they wanted her to stop talking. She was becoming more familiar with it the more she lived with Weiss.

"It's Gregor." He said. "Gregor Grey."

"Well I'm Ruby." She said holding a hand out to him. The young man tentatively took her hand and gave it a weak shake. "So, you know what's wrong with Blake?"

"I do. I've seen it before."

"Then you know how to fix it?"

He didn't replay right away but looked away from Ruby, towards the group ahead of them. "Fix is very broad term." He said slowly. "I've seen what happens to people under this effect though."

Ruby moved in front of him cutting the taller man off. "Are you saying you can't help her?"

Gregor crouched so his eye were level with the young girl's. "Ruby, I promise I will do everything I can to help your friend. The other people I've seen, I never got to them this quick." He forced a smile. It was more fake than Yang's when she was lying, but he was trying. She returned the smile with her own fake grin.

She stepped back and moved to close the gap to her friends. Gregor was right behind her, a constant movement sweeping behind her. He was silent, but Ruby could feel him there as they moved to the dorms. Sun was leading them until they reached the dorm and Weiss took over, leading the group to up the stairs to the room.

Sun had Blake lying on her bed before Ruby entered the room, but before Gregor could enter, Yang barred his path. She was one of the only ones able to stand and look him in the eye, her glare intense as the two had their standoff.

"What did you do to her?" Yang asked quickly, arms folded over her chest, daring the man to make any move.

"I didn't do anything, I'm trying…"

"Then what did your book do to her?" Yang interrupted. Everyone in the room could feel the heat rising as the blond faced off with the new arrival. Ruby wanted to step up again but she had seen Yang's temper before. Not even Weiss wanted to get in the blast zone of the blond's fury.

Gregor seemed to notice as well, taking a heavy sigh and a step back before he spoke. "You don't trust me, and I get that. Fine. I've done what I can. Let her rest and she'll be fine."

"You didn't answer the question. "Weiss added from behind her teammate.

"No, I didn't." Gregor nodded his head. "Give her my apologies and if she gets any worse, come find me."

"She's waking up!" Sun's call drew everyone's attention again. Gregor stepped forward but was barred from the room by Yang's arm pressing into his chest.

Ruby moved next to Sun as the Blake began to stir. She moaned as her eyes opened, floating from Sun to Ruby. "Hey." She croaked out.

"How are you feeling?" Sun asked, patting her hand.

"Do you remember what happened?" Ruby asked.

"Do you know what happened?" Weiss added from over her friend's shoulder.

"Are you hungry?" Yang added from atop the growing pile.

For a moment everyone turned to the blond.

"What? Eating is good for you." She said with a shrug.

"I'm ok." Blake said with a laugh. "Can you guys please just calm down?" Blake smiled again, though she seemed weak as she began to sit up in bed.

"Don't get up yet." Sun said trying to usher her back on the mattress but he was overruled by the other voice outside the room.

"Let her move around. It might help." Gregor stood outside the doorframe but leaned his head beyond the threshold. "It's her mind that's weakened, not her body. Making her body work will be good for her."

Everyone turned back to Blake as she rose from her bead in one swift motion, pushing past Sun and Yang to stand at the door, facing down the other man. "Your name is Gregor isn't it?" She asked after a moment of silence.

"It is." He answered shakily. One eyebrow arced the in the same confused look as the rest of the room.

Everyone's eyes widened when Blake suddenly threw her arms around the man and pulled him into a fast, one sided hug. Yang's eyes doubled in size while Ruby's jaw fell open, dwarfed by how far Weiss' mouth hung agape. From behind them all, sun stared with a snarl behind his lips.

"Ok," Gregor said slowly. "I am just as confused as all of you."

Author's notes: Realize now that I have yet to put a disclaimer, so let me just say I do not own RWBY, it is the property of the wonderful Mounty Oum.

So the Rating has changed to T until further chapters. Don't get me wrong, this will become a blood filled, brutal, evil fuck mess, but until then bad language is about as bad as it will get. So until the shit hits the fan, I'm dropping the rating to T for language, violence and mature themes.

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