After grim had told his story both teams looked at him with respect and theyl went to sleep much later each one thinking of the morning, Weiss could be found sleeping soundly in her bed. but soon Her eyes fluttered open and she stretched her arms above herself,yawning, while Ruby , dressed in her strangely-colored school uniform, creeps up on her side and suddenly blows a whistle in her ear, causing Weiss to fall off the bed.
"Good morning, team RWBY!weiss grunts from the floor in protest as she shakes off the fall.
"What in the world is wrong with you? ruby smiled at this and ignored the question as grim entered the room.
"Now that you're awake and grim is here to help, we can officially begin our first order of business. weiss smiled at grim but frowned as she dusted her self off before getting up.
"Excuse me?Yang chuckles before lifting up a collection of objects - pillows, pamphlefts, a candle-holder - in her arms.
" were going to be Decorating! Weiss looked around in surprise at this.
"What?!
Blake kept a blank face as she lifted her suitcase.
"We still have to unpack. however blakes, suitcase opens, spilling its contents
"Aaaand clean. weiss does not look enthusiastic, especially when Ruby knocks her back again with the blow of her whistle.
"Aaaalright! Weiss, Blake, Yang, and their fearless leader Ruby have begun their first mission Banzai!
blake and yang do the same and then they turn at an angle as Weiss lays on the floor as they places a poster of six guys in various poses named the acheive men on her part of the room. Weiss positions the painting of the Forever Fallforest to perfection and walks away. Blake is busy putting away her books on the shelves, picking up a copy of Ninjas of Love and widening her eyes as she warily looks around and locks eyes with grim whos smirking at her causing her to blush before putting it back. Ruby positions Crescent Rose at an exact angle against the curtains so she can perfectly slash a diagonal portion off. the redecorating soon ended with the girls admiring their handiwork... with one problem. The beds are cramped together in the center of the floor. grim chuckled at this as he watched the whole thing and clapped.
" good teamwork in decorating girls but what shall you do with the beds. weiss smiled at grims compliment but glared at the beds .
"This isn't going to work. Blake nodded in agreement and her bow twitched as she looked around
"It is a bit crowded. Yang sighed at this and shrugged as she looked for a better way to organize things.
"Maybe we should ditch some of our stuff...Ruby shrugged at this before suddenly jumping up and shouting out a new idea with excitement in her voice.
"Or we could ditch the beds... and replace them with bunk beds!Weiss narrowed her eyes at this and put her hands on her hips
"Umm, that sounds incredibly dangeroud. Yang grinned at this and fist pumped as she was filled with energy
"And super-awesome! blake nodded in agreement as she looked around with her hand on her chin.
"It does seem efficient. Weiss huffed at this and crossed her arms as she looked around the room.
"Well, we should put it to a vote! ruby shrugged at this and smiled lightly at weiss.
"I think we just did. Blake thumbs up the idea, Yang makes a double-rocker gesture, and Weiss angrily curls her fists at her side. Decided, they rush at the beds, as grim watchs with amusement in his eyes as the sounds of jackhammering and sawing are heard until they gather back at the front of the then jumps for joy as she sees that their done.
"Objective: Complete! as grim looked around the room he admired the beds. Weiss' bed is simply on the ground next to her art and luggage, Blake's bed is next to her books, which are used to raise Yang's bed over it by placing the novels on the posts, and Ruby's is hanging from ropes on the ceiling with a blanket used as a tent over it.
"Allllright! Our second order of business iiiiiiiis...! ruby then lands on her bed and a book lands in her lap as she reads it
"Classes...Now, we have a few classes together today. At 9, we've got to be-"
weiss however interupted with panic in her voice. "What?! Did you say 9 o'clock? ruby looked confused at this and tilted her head
"Uuuum... weiss scowled and threw her arms up in the air in annoyance.
"It's 8:55, you dunce! Weiss then quickly gets up and is the first rushing out of the room and down the hall, the members of RWBY and JNPR peeking out from their doorways to look at her go.
Ruby looks at this flabbergasted until she decides to run
" lets get to class! Ruby keeps her speed as she runs runs out, followed by Yang, and Blake and grim who grins as he walks knowing he could quickley be in class Jaune is surprised at this and he begins to panic as well seeing the time.
"Class...? Jaune then loses his balance and ends up toppling Nora Valkyrie, Pyrrha Nikos, and Lie Ren on top of him. He manages to get out from under them and start freaks out at this and shouts.
"We're gonna be late! grim chuckled at this as he wrapped his shadows around his teamates and jaunes team.
" hang on boys and girls air grim is lifting off. both teams looked nervous at this but did as he said as he flew forward with shadow wings.
In the courtyard, Professor Ozpin and Glynda Goodwitch watch as the two teams were carried by a flying grim as he hurried through the school. Glynda looks at her watch, and Ozpin simply sips his coffee before saying something.
" theyll make it dont worry.
as ports class had begun, both teams did indeed make it and were taking their seats as port began speaking.
"Monsters! Deeeemons... Prowlers of the night! Yes, the creatures of Grimm have many names, but I merely refer to them as prey! Ha-ha!The members of RWBY, seated on the front row, are in varying stages of interest; Blake and Yang are sitting up and paying attention, Weiss is taking notes as is grim, and Ruby has her head propped in her hand as she takes a quick nap until she is woken back up by Port's bad joke, which receives a cricket-filled silence as a result.
"Uhhhh... And you shall too, upon graduating from this prestigious academy! Now, as I was saying: Vale, as well as the other three kingdoms, are safe havens in an otherwise treacherous world! Our planet is absolutely teeming with creatures that would love nothing more than to tear you to pieces! And that's where we come in. Huntsmen! Huntressess Individuals who have sworn to protect those who cannot protect themselves! From what, you ask? Why, the very world! a random student raised his fist at this and agreed a bit to much.
"Ayyyy-yep! the student then stands like this for a moment as everyone looks at him strangely before sitting down, embarrassed but,port however shakes this off and keeps talking.
"That is what you are training to become. But first: A story. A tale of a young, handsome man.. Me! When I was a boy...
however His words fade into the background and a series of "blah"s is heard by many students when Weiss notices Ruby is very focused on penciling the paper in front of her while port kept talking.
"...Despite smelling of cabbages, my grandfather was a wise man. 'Peter', he told me...The speech evolves into more "blah"s as Ruby snickers at her creation and shows it to her teammates: A general ball-with-limbs-and-a-head drawing of the teacher with stink lines coming from him and "Professor Poop written underneath. Blake and Yang are heard laughing while grim chuckles, but Weiss looks annoyed.
port hearing this noise turns to them and coughs to show he heard them.
"Ah-heh-hem! port then waits until he has their attention again before speaking.
"In the end, the Beowolf was no match for my sheer tenacity, and I returned to my village with the beast in captivity and my head held high, celebrated as a hero!The teacher takes a bow as Weiss slowly gets more and more frustrated with Ruby's actions. port however ignores them and keeps talking.
"The moral of this story? A true Huntsman must be honorable!"Ruby then being bored is balancing an apple on a book with her pencil held only by her finger while making a silly face causing grim to smile as weiss was getting angry at ruby while ports speech went on.
"A true Huntsman must be dependable!" as grim looked down he noticted ruby had fallen asleep again in the first class of the year as port continues to talk making him smile as weiss snorted in arrogance.
"A true Huntsman must be strategic, well-educated, and wise! weiss then soon began looking around again and saw something that frustrated her and that something, was ruby awake and not even trying to hide that she was picking her nose as Port then walked around and looked around the room before speaking again.
"So, who among you believes themselves to be the embodiment of these traits?Weiss still mad and ready to prove herself, raises her hand.
"I do, sir! Port smiled at weiss and stepped backwards at this as he clapped his hands in joy.
" very good Well, then, let's find out if thats true!
port then turns to gesture at the glowing red eyes surrounded by shadow shaking the cage that traps it
"Step forward, and face your opponent! The unknown monster continues to growl as the shadows are lifted a bit showing the monsters tusks. Yang cheers weiss on by raising her fist in the air and shouting.
"Goooo, Weiss! Blake cheers by waving a small flag saying RWBY on it and wishing her luck.
"Fight well! Ruby nods in response and shouts out with joy.
"Yeah, represent teeeeam RWBY! Weiss gets distracted by this lowering her sword and looking over at her leader in annoyance
"Ruby! I'm trying to focus! Ruby stutters at this looking sheepish.
"Oh, um... Sorry... Port then seeing weiss ready gets ready to free the beast as he stands next to the cage, pulling out his axe.
"Let the match... begin! The professor then swings down and breaks the lock, dropping the cage door and revealing the Boarbatusk inside, which immediately charges at Weiss. She uses Myrtenaster to deflect its attack and roll to the side, readying herself for its next move. The Grimm stands a distance away from its enemy, studying her while port chuckles.
"Ha-ha! i dont think you were expecting that, were you. Ruby being a good leader and friend shouts out encouragement to help weiss.
"Hang in there, Weiss! Weiss is now speeding towards the oncoming Boarbatusk, sticking her blade straight at its skull until they meet and Myrtenaster is trapped in the beast's tusks. Weiss is still hanging on to the hilt, and is tossed around as she struggles to get the rapier back. port rubs his chin as he watchs this and smiles.
"Bold, new approach. I like it! ruby kept her cheering up knowing weiss could win .
"Come on, Weiss, show it who's boss! Weiss turns to glare at Ruby, only for the Boarbatusk to turn its head and rip the sword from her grip. Myrtenaster lands far away from its master, who is knocked back by the creature's tusks. port chuckles at this in surprise and claps his hands.
"Oh-ho! Now what will you do without your weapon? Weiss looks up just in time to see the Boarbatusk to charge again, rolling out of the way just in time to avoid getting trampled and make it crash into a desk. Weiss rushes at her sword and slides to get it back in her hand. Ruby seeing weiss having trouble shouts out advice.
"Weiss! Go for its belly! There's no armor underneath- Weiss however stops ruby as she turned to her.
"Stop telling me what to do! Ruby looks hurt at Weiss' rebuttal while, the Boarbatusk leaps into the air and rolls into a ball, spinning rapidly in the air and landing on the ground, consistently gaining speed until it launches itself at Weiss. It comes closer and closer, but Weiss activates one of her blue-white circles and blocks the roll, leaping up into the now-black snowflake symbol and turning it blue again so she can drive the blade into the Boarbatusk's stomach. It squeals and falls silent while Weiss gasps in relief. port smiled at this and slowly clapped his hands.
"Bravo! Bra-vo! It appears we are indeed in the presence of a true Huntress-in-training! as port praises her,Weiss stands up at attention from her exhausted position and Ruby continues to frown.
"I'm afraid that's all the time we have for today. Be sure to cover the assigned readings, and... stay vigilant! Class dismissed! Weiss glares and turns away, walking hurriedly to the exit past her teammates. Jaune was watching her leave and looked at the others.
"Sheesh, what's with her? The remaining members of team RWBY look at each other with the same question and grim rubs his chin in thought.
in a few minutes they all began to leave class while Weiss is still storming off, but Ruby turns a corner and manages to catch up with her.
"Weiss! Weiss turned around at the sound of her name to see ruby.
"What? Ruby looked into weiss's eyes with concern.
"What's wrong with you? Why are you being-? Weiss scowled at this and put her hands on her hips as she glared at ruby.
"What's wrong with me? What's wrong with you? You're supposed to be a leader, and all you've been so far is a nuisance! Ruby scoffs at this and shakes her head.
"What did I do? Weiss glared deeper at ruby as her voice rose in volume.
"That's just it - you've done nothing to earn your position! Back in the forest, you acted like a child, and you've only continued to do so! Ruby looks with confusion at weiss and shakes her head.
"Weiss, where is this coming from? What happened to all the talk about 'working together'? I thought you believed in acting as a glared at this and crossed her arms.
"Not a team led by you. I've studied and trained. And quite frankly, I deserve better. weiss then turns her back to Ruby, trying to reach out but dropping her hand with the following words that weiss says.
"Ozpin made a mistake. as weiss walks away Ruby looks dejected in response until a cough is heard and ruby turned to see ozpin with his cane and coffee and grim behind her.
"Hmm... Now that didn't seem to go very good. Ruby began looking doubtful, even on the verge of tears making grim look at her with sorrow.
"Is she right? Did you make a mistake? Before ozpin could anwser, grim spoke up first with a frown.
" of course not ruby shes just frustrated today your a great leader from what i could see yesterday you did great i have confidence in you as do the others and so does ozpin, ill leave you to ask him your self though. grim then hugged a startled ruby and kissed her forehead before going down the hall. ruby looks up at ozpin after this and whipes her eyes.
" do you think he's right. ozpin shakes his head at this and begins laughing slightly.
" while it remains to be seen i agree with grims words you are a fine leader theres no reason to have doubt. Ruby looks at ozpin with confusion.
"What do you mean? ozpin chuckles as he leans down and puts a hand on rubys shoulder.
"I mean, it's only been one day. Ruby... I've made more mistakes than any man, woman, and child on this planet. But at this moment, I would not consider your appointment to leader to be one of them. ozpin then leans in so he can look more directly at Ruby and into her eyes.
"Do you know, Being a team leader isn't just a title you carry into battle, but a badge you wear constantly. If you're not always performing at your absolute best, then wha reason do you give others to follow you?Ruby looks thoughtfuly with Ozpin's and grims words, then smiles at ozpin.. meanwhile at around the start of ruby and ozpins conversation, Weiss is still walking around the halls until she comes across a balcony where Professor Port is watching the sunset over Beacon Academy's rooftops. Weiss seeing port alone walked towards him approaching him.
"Professor Port! port hearing her voice turned to look at her.
"Ah, Miss Schnee! And to what do I owe this fine pleasure? Weiss doesnt really look up but does speak with real emotion.
"I... I enjoyed your lecture! Port chuckles light heartedly at this and nods.
"Of course you did, child; you have the blood of a true Huntress in begins smiling at this and looks up at him.
"You really think so? Port nods and looks in weiss's eyes.
"Most surely! port then notices Weiss's smile turn into small frown and the now new lack of eye contact.
"Hmm... Something's troubling you. Weiss nods at this and stammers.
"Yes, sir... Ports eyebrows rose in surprise at this and spoke with concern.
"Dear girl, confess to me your strife! Weiss once again stammers as her emotions well up.
"Well... I-I think I should have been the leader of team RWBY!" Port stays silent for a moment until he speaks again.
"That's preposterous! Weiss however begins to get angry at this.
"Excuse me?! Port nods at this as his eyebrows furrow.
"I've believed in Professor Ozpin for many years, and the man's never once led me astray! Weiss glared at this and stomped her foot in response.
"So you would just blindly accept his decision even after seeing how exceptional I am? Port snorts at this and shakes his head.
"With all due respect, your exceptional skill on the battlefield is matched only by your poor attitude. Weiss gets even angrier at this and shouts at port.
"How dare you! Port smiles lightly at this and shakes his head.
"My point exactly. I see a girl before me who has spent her entire life getting exactly what she wanted. Weiss responds by crossing her arms, looking defiant.
"That's not even remotely true! however under the teacher's gaze, she reluctantly relents.
"Well... not entirely true. port smiles lightly at this and continues to speak.
"So the outcome did not fall in your favor. Do you really believe that acting in such a manner would cause those in power to reconsider their decision? as Weiss finally calms down and looks at him again she realized how wrong she was as he kept speaking.
"So instead of fretting about what you don't have, savor what you do. Hone your skills, perfect every technique, and be not the best leader, but the best person you can be. Weiss smiles a little at the words of wisdom and turns around to see ruby coming towards her as Port is walking away from her and smiles a little at her partner. as both left to settle their differences, grim came out of the shadows of ozpins office and sat in front of him.
" so you wanted to talk to me grim. grim nodded at this and grimaced as he rubbed his temples.
" yes i have some things to tell and ask you. ozpin nodded at this and sipped his coffee before waving his hand for grim to continue. in response grim tossed the skull of the human grim onto ozpins desk showing that it was cleaned and skinned like a trophy.
" can you explain to me what this is. ozpins eyes widened and he dropped his coffee cup in shock as he stared at the skull.
" where did you get this. grim looked out the window of ozpins office at the sunset and sighed.
" i got it off of a grimm human that attacked. as ozpin heard this, already white skin turned a shade whiter as he paled.
" Then the legends are true and therist is trying to free himself. grim nodded at this as he pulled his hood over his head.
" it would appear so oz, i will stay on my guard but i know therist doesn't have human followers as far as i can tell anyway. ozpin sighed at this and his skin returned to his normal tone as he looked at grims back.
" that is good to hear what will you do for tonight. grim sighed at this and put his mask on before he summoned his scythe as he opened up a portal of shadows.
" I'm going to go train for the night. ozpin then nodded at this as he tapped his fingers together thinking.
" alright have a nice night grim. grim turned around and smiled at ozpin before falling backwards into the portal, going to the emerald forest, as grim left ozpin pushed a button on his desk and glynda quickly came into the room.
" whats wrong oz. ozpin sighed and smiled as he saw glynda bring in some coffee for him.
" therist is trying to come back, his grimm are looking for our reaper i want the teachers on high alert at all times double the patrols of our borders as well. glynda nodded at this as she left the room and ozpin opened his computer to talk to his close friends.
" it would appear that there is a king and a queen on the other side.. this is troublesome.
on the outside, The full moon shines over the green lights of Beacon, and in the room of team RWBY, the door opens and Weiss' shadow is seen against the hall's light. Blake is sleeping under the covers, Yang is spread out on her bed and snoring, and when Weiss lifts the blanket of Ruby's tent, she finds the occupant with her head resting on notes, a pencil in her hand, and open books all around her. Weiss, looking amazed at Ruby's determination, clears her throat and gently shakes the other girl awake, who takes a second to regain consciousness and start flailing in surprise.
"Weiss! I-I was studying, and then I fell asleep! I'm sorry...Weiss places a hand over Ruby's mouth and puts a finger to her own so Ruby understands the need for lowering her voice. Weiss looks near Ruby's pillow and spots an empty Beacon coffee mug as she began lowering her hand.
"How do you take your coffee? Ruby stammers at this confused.
"I... I don't... Weiss begins getting irritated at this and whispers in anger.
"Answer the question! ruby stammers once again but anwsers fast.
"Uhh, cream and five sugars! Weiss sighs at this and points at ruby.
"Don't move. she then ducks under to her own bed and comes up a moment later with a fresh cup, offering it to Ruby. ruby nods at this and takes the cup.
"Um... Thanks, Weiss. Weiss smiles, then looks apologetic.
"Ruby, I think you have what it takes to be a good leader. Ruby smiles appreciatively at this and sits waiting for weiss to finish.
"Just know that I am going to be the best teammate you'll ever have! the duo then share a smile and weiss wishes ruby luck.
"Good luck studying! weiss then ducks under, only to come up and point at one of Ruby's papers.
"That's wrong, by the way. weiss then ducks under again, and her voice comes from the doorway this time.
"Hey, Ruby?Ruby looked up in surprise at weiss and anwsers.
"Uh-huh?" Weiss stands in the door with her hand on the knob.
"I always wanted bunk beds as a kid. as weiss closes the door,grim could be seen on the window sill having come back from the forest. seeing that things are ok again grim smiles for his freinds and uses the shadows to get him to his room and into his bed.
" sleep well my friends may you all survive this oncoming nightmare. Grim then yawned and shut his eyes as he drifted off to sleep