Voltaria tried to learn to be…nice. She slowly open-up to them. She listens to Wade, and she gets to know Evo and AJ a bit. Though, she did her best to be nice to them. She made friends with the team RWBY. She and Blake like to read at the library when they have free time. She learns that Yang was very talented in hand to hand combat as she shows Voltaria some moves. Weiss and Voltaria became somewhat friends after they studied together at the library once. Ruby, on the other hand, was very cheerful and would lighten up the mood with bad jokes and fun games. Voltaria wasn't sure why Ruby was acting such a child, but it does make Voltaria feel a little comfortable. Voltaria got used to Ruby's childish personality and became somewhat friends. So, Voltaria considers team RWBY as her 'friends' and she's slowly become friendly…in a way.
Glynda would check on her when they met, asking if she was doing alright. Voltaria answered without any rudeness in her tone. She started to feel a little comfortable with Glynda. She even taught Voltaria some combat training when they have free time, making sure that no one knows about their little secret. They will never hear the end of it from Ozpin or Voltaria's teammates.
So, basically, Voltaria was getting used to her life in Beacon. However, there was a team that were jerks.
Team CRDL.
They are four bullies who like to mess people, especially the weak and the Faunus. Voltaria despised that group. She made revenge plans for them. She made sure that they suffer badly. Although, they didn't mess with team RWBY because of Yang and Weiss. They're afraid of Yang because of her enhanced strength, and Weiss because of her family. Team CRDL did try to mess with her team, but with her around, they back off because of her reputation. She sent Tabitha to spy on them and learn about their weaknesses and information about their lives and family. Tabitha got a lot of info because they are easy to read like a book. Voltaria made sure to use their weaknesses as her advantage. She didn't tell her team about this because she didn't want them to get involved in her scheming ideas.
But she wasn't that heartless as she helped someone in training.
Voltaria was in the training room with her classmates. Glynda is the professor in the Combat Lessons. She made sure that each student performs their skills and how they use their aura. Voltaria finished her sparring match with Russel Thrush. She used her hand to hand combat on him. Poor Russel was so scared when Glynda picked him to spar with Voltaria, the poor teen didn't think of a strategy and messed up. He couldn't stand a chance against the Grimm Girl.
After her match, it was Jaune vs. Carden. The teen was afraid to spar with him. Jaune was terrified of sparing Carden, who was going to enjoy this. However, Voltaria didn't want to see Carden win. Instead, she's going to help Jaune without anyone knowing.
"Wraith, Tabitha, give him the strength and speed to defeat Carden." Voltaria ordered.
"Hehehe, this gonna be good." Wraith said menacingly as he and Tabitha dispatched themselves from Voltaria and secretly made their way to Jaune.
Here's another thing about her entities, they possess people and control them. They take control on their hosts and use their strength on them to defeat any opponents. To prove it, Wraith and Tabitha took control over Jaune. Jaune became stiff as his eyes flashed black and red before turning back to blue. No one notices that Wraith and Tabitha took control of Jaune. Tabitha was the speed and Wraith was the strength. And they made Jaune have a perfect fighting stance, his sword and shield raised. Glynda and some of their classmates were impressed by Jaune's stance. Voltaria wasn't fazed by this, she knows that Wraith and Tabitha were the ones who were controlling him.
"Ready T!" Wraith said to Tabitha with excitement.
"Ready as I'll ever be." Tabitha answered calmly.
Cardin was the first one to attack as he charged 'Jaune' with a battle cry with his mace raced. Wraith took control and quickly raised his shield to block the attack. With that force could knock 'Jaune' down, however, Wraith was the strength and didn't feel anything as he stood his ground and uses the shield to push the mace away and combing the strength and speed, 'Jaune' kicked Cardin on the face with a roundhouse kick. Cardin felt the air escape from his lungs as he tried to stay balanced. However, Wraith and Tabitha didn't give him time as they worked together to strike at Cardin. With the sword, 'Jaune' strikes at Cardin. Cardin quickly blocked the attack. 'Jaune' attacks were fast, swinging the sword at Cardin. Cardin did his best to block 'Jaune's' attack.
Glynda was surprised at 'Jaune's' fighting technique. She looks at his aura level at her scroll and notices that 'Jaune's' aura wasn't dropping but Cardin's was. Glynda was shocked by this. Unaware from the audience, Hannibal was secretly stealing the aura energy of Cardin's and giving it to 'Jaune'. Hannibal can give and take aura energy to the ones who need it. He isn't much of a glutton. Hannibal likes to share his food.
Everyone watched in amazement as 'Jaune' was taking down Cardin. Voltaria smirks at this as Cardin was losing. Cardin was trying to take down 'Jaune', but thanks to Tabitha's speed, Cardin kept missing 'Jaune' and got kneed on the face in the process.
"Wow! How can Jaune fight like that!?" Ruby asked in shock.
"Ah'm not syhaw how's 'e doin' that." Wade answered, who was shocked along with his team, except Voltaria.
Cardin was losing energy quickly, but he used his last attempt to disarm 'Jaune's' sword from his hand. The sword was sent flying above them. Cardin was about to hit 'Jaune', but he quickly dodged by sliding down and knocked Cardin off his feet. 'Jaune' grabs his sword before it could hit the ground. Cardin gets up and swings his mace at 'Jaune' until 'Jaune' ducks in time and uses his shield to strike at Cardin's chest so hard that the bully falls on his behind. Before he could get up, the sharp tip of a blade was pointed at his face. Cardin looked up and saw 'Jaune' pointing his sword at him.
Meaning, he has won the match.
"Well done, Mr. Arc." Glynda congratulated.
With her words, Wraith and Tabitha removed themselves from Jaune, snapping him out from his possession. Jaune blinks and notices that he was pointing his sword at Cardin. Startled, Jaune removed his sword from Cardin and looked at Glynda in confusion while Cardin grumpily got up.
"Mr. Arc you did an excellent job in both combat and aura balance." Glynda said with a hint of pride before becoming disappointed when she looks at Cardin. "Mr. Winchester, you almost drained your aura energy, and didn't think of your tactics."
Cardin became annoyed by this and glared at Jaune, who was avoiding his gaze. Glynda looks to the seated and standing students, such as Yang was punching the air in anticipation, Weiss was shaking her fists with an excited smile, and Ruby was shaking her entire body with enthusiastic energy while squealing softly. Voltaria sits calmly as Tabitha and Wraith return to her, completely unnoticed.
"Remember, everyone, the Vytal Festival is only a few months away. It won't be long before students from the other kingdoms start arriving in Vale, so keep practicing. Those who choose to compete in the combat tournament will be representing all of Vale!" Glynda announced.
The bell rings, the students get up and leave. Jaune quickly went to his team, who were praising him saying that he did a great job, especially Pyrrha. Cardin grumpily walked towards his team, annoyed that he lost to Jaune. Voltaria followed her team, a ghostly smirk came to her face as she was pleased that Cardin got what he deserved.
Wade, AJ, and Evo were sitting on a table with Team RWBY and Team JNPR. Voltaria went out for a bit to get some air since she's not into crowded places, especially the cafeteria. The Cafeteria was crowded with students as they were chatting or eating. The three teams were curious how Jaune was able to take down Cardin. However, they didn't ask Jaune how he did it since Nora was telling them an unbelievable story.
"So! There we were, in the middle of the night..."
"It was a day." Ren corrected her.
Nora ignores him as she continues to tell her story to her friends, but they were busy doing their own thing. Blake wasn't paying attention as she read her book. Yang was listening to the story with her hands cupping her face. And was Evo listening to music with his green headphones.
"We were surrounded by Ursas..."
Ren holds up a coffee cup. "They were Beowolves." He corrected again.
"Dozens of them!" Nora screams this as she stands at the table of Team RWBY and JNPR. Weiss ignores Nora and files her nails. AJ, Ruby and Pyrrha are listening politely to Nora's story. And Jaune was messing with his food.
"Two of 'em." Ren corrected Nora.
AJ, Ruby and Pyrrha now look at a distant Jaune with concern while they listen to Nora's story. "But they were no match... and in the end, Ren and I took them down and made a boatload of lien selling Ursa skin rugs!"
As Nora finished her story with a grin, Team RWBY, WAVE, and JNPR, minus Jaune and Evo, stared at her blankly and in confusion. In Port's class, Grimm's bodies always disappear when they are killed. That's when Ren sighs almost in annoyance.
"She's been having this recurring dream for nearly a month now." Ren informs them.
"A month?" Wade asked Red while raising a brow as he earned a nod from Ren.
Pyrrha smiles at them before she notices Jaune's sad and confused look. Worried about her team leader, Pyrrha asked him what's wrong.
"Jaune? Are you okay?" She asks.
Jaune snaps out of his thoughts and turns back towards Pyrrha. "Huh? Oh, yeah! Why?" He lied to them, but they knew he was lying.
"It's just that you seem a little... not okay..." Ruby said to him. The others stop on what they were doing as they turn and stare at him.
"Guys, I'm fine. Seriously! Look!" He holds up a thumb while laughing nervously until his attention is focused on the members of Team CRDL.
The bullies were standing around a girl with brown rabbit ears, her name is Velvet Scarlatina, and she was being bullied by them. Cardin laughs at her and Sky Lark Holds up his hands to his head in a mock interpretation of her unusual features. They were angry and annoyed by Cardin's behavior. He's acting like a jerk as always.
"Jaune, Cardin's been picking on you since the first week of school." Pyrrha said.
"I agree with her." Wade said. "You were able to stand up for yarself in the training lesson."
"Yeah, how were you able to do that?" Ruby asked.
"Who? Cardin Winchester? Nah! He just likes to mess around! You know…practical jokes!" Jaune said before adding. "Although, I don't know how I was able to fight him."
"You don't remember?" AJ asked.
Jaune shrugs. "I don't know, it felt like…it wasn't me who was fighting him." Jaune answered.
There was a brief silence. Jaune doesn't know how he was able to fight Cardin without a scratch and kept his aura in check. They wonder if it was Jaune's semblance, fighting without him noticing this. But they decided to change the subject.
"In hindsight, Cardin deserved that lost." Evo said to him.
"Yeah! He's a bully." Ruby added with a nod.
"More like a jerk." Wade corrected, earning more nods for the others minus Jaune.
Jaune scoffs. "Oh, please! Name one time he's bullied me."
They gave him a blank look as they remember the times Cardin messes with him. For example, when he was going to class, Cardin knocked his book down. When He and Cardin are about to pass through a doorway, Cardin clicks on Jaune's shield and it blocks the exit. And lastly, Cardin pushes Jaune into a locker and sends you flying to the courtyard. And he was lucky that he got out because Voltaria was reading a book in the courtyard. After the trip to memory lane, they look at Jaune. Jaune attempts to laugh it off but fails.
"I didn't land far from the school!"
"Riiight…" Evo mutters to him.
"Jaune, you know if you ever need help, you can just ask." Pyrrah said.
"Or ya can tell the teachers. They have rules ya know about bullyin'." Wade added.
"Ooooh!" Nora gets up from the table and presents her diabolical plan with a not-entirely-sane grin. "We'll break his legs!"
They, minus Evo, gave her a strange look. They will get in trouble by that idea. Wade wonders if Voltaria has some ideas in stopping Cardin. After all, no one dares mess with her. Wade shook his head at Nora.
"Nora, we can't do that." He said.
"Guys, really! It's fine! Besides, it's not like he's only a jerk to me; he's a jerk to everyone."
They all look over as the laughing grows louder, mixed in with cries of pain from the rabbit girl when one of her ears is tugged on by Cardin.
"Ow! That hurts!" Velvet stops struggling and grimaces as she pleads. "Please, stop..."
Cardin continues laughing as he turns to his cronies. "I told you it was real!"
Russel was guffawing with his teammates. "What a freak!"
Wade narrowed his eyes before grabbing a single pea and fired it at Cardin's eye. Cardin yelps in pain and he lets go of Velvet's bunny ear. Velvet almost falls to the floor but in a flash. Wade caught her in the waist and her tray on his other hand. He helps her up and gives her a tray back. Velvet blushes a little by Wade's catch.
"Thanks…" She whispers in gratitude as she makes a small smile. Velvet has a little crush on Wade when she sees him on the first day. He was so cool. Wade nodded before glaring at Cardin. Cardin was able to recover and glared at Wade hatefully.
"Why you?!" Cardin gets into Wade's emotionless face. All the students, minus Evo, tense up. They're gonna have a brawl in the cafeteria.
"Ah, grow up!" Wade snarls. "You anin't a kin' here, Cardin. Ya're a student, like the rest of us. Not a bossy and an airheaded kin'." Wade said as he helps Velvet up before he crosses his arms and glares at Cardin.
Cardin scoffs. "Says who?! You and one army!"
Evo appears behind Wade standing by his side. "Make that two." He hissed venomously.
AJ gets up and stands next to Velvet and places her hand on the bunny Faunus shoulder. "Three." She said.
Cardin glares at them but not on AJ. He has a huge crush on her. "Oh yeah! But, it's still not enough for us to beat you all up!"
"Oh, really?" Asked a cold yet mocking voice.
Everyone, minus Team WAVE, froze from their spots. They know that voice anywhere. Team CRDL turned around and froze to see the most terrifying girl in their school.
Voltaria Eclipse also known as the Grimm Girl.
Voltaria was currently sitting on the CRDL's table with her legs crossed as she eats an apple. They feared her since the day she got to this school, they wanted to mess with her, but when they witnessed her taming a Grimm in Port's class, they stayed away from her, fearing that she has other Grimms somewhere. Russel was more terrified at her since she nearly beat him to a pulp in the sparring match. He was forever traumatized by Voltaria's skills and Grimms. Voltaria looks at them under her mask as she eats the apple.
"Hmm…I always wonder why you boys bully people who aren't strong enough to defend themselves or be different? Is it because you wanted to show power? Or you wanted to be the 'Big Boss' of this school? Or maybe…you're just being a prideful and idiotic child." Voltaria said almost sounds like a mock.
Cardin tried to talk back but couldn't find the voice to speak. His body shook in fear and he was sweating uncontrollably. Voltaria could sense it and she took it to her advantage. She wasn't done scaring him and his team. She will show them true fear.
"You know, Grimms are attracted to negative emotions like fear, hatred, anger, guilt…pride." Voltaria said with a dead serious tone.
The students were getting scared by her, especially team CRDL. Jaune was now afraid of her except for team WAVE, RWBY, and JNPR. They know that Cardin and his team deserve to be scared. They should feel how the others felt when they got bullied by them.
"You're not much of a leader, in fact, you're more of a tyrant and your friends are nothing more than followers that only follow you because they want to show how strong they are." Voltaria said, her sclera turning black and her pupils turning silts as her eyes glowed under her mask. Her teeth slowly turn into fangs as she continues eating her apple.
"And you do realize if you continue this then the Grimms will come over to you and the last thing you saw was a Grimm's fangs and claws." Voltaria finished.
The whole room fell into silence, Team CRDL couldn't talk back to her since she was terrifying. They couldn't forget how she took down Weiss with nothing but a Boarbatusk's tusk. Voltaria continues looking at them under her mask, intimidating them as they stood there in fear. Cardin tried his best to be brave. He can't let this girl scare him!
"You think you can scare me! You're nothing more than a-"
"A what, Mr. Winchester?" Asked the angry voice of Glynda's.
Team CRDL froze from their spot. They slowly turned and their faces became pale. Standing in front of Team WAVE and Velvet were Professor Ozpin and Glynda. Glynda was glaring at Cardin and his teammates, unamused and disappointed at what they were doing. She was crossing her arms with her crop in hand. Ozpin was staring at them blankly as he held his mug, but in his eyes, he was full of disappointment and a bit angry at Team CRDL's behavior.
"Mr. Winchester, it is wise not to engage in a fight with your classmates." Ozpin said calmly and yet there was a scolding tone hidden in his voice.
Cardin tried to make an excuse. "B-but…"
"No buts, Mr. Winchester." Glydna cuts him off.
"Mr. Cross is correct. You are a student of Beacon, not a king." Ozpin stated to him. "Mr. Winchester, you treat your classmates fairly not bullying them. And you are a leader, you must learn how to lead your team in the right path, not the wrong one."
Russel, Dove and Sky shrink in embarrassment as the teachers scold them in front of their classmates. Voltaria smirks at the scene, enjoying their embarrassment. Seeing that they have enough, Ozpin made sure that they stop their action.
"Do you understand?" Ozpin asked.
Cardin lowered his head in annoyance and embarrassment. "Yes, Sir…" He mutters.
"Good." Ozpin takes a sip in his coffee. "However, you and your teammates are not going anywhere without being punished for this behavior." He said.
"Um…what punishment?" Dove dared to ask.
"Team CRDL, you will receive two weeks detention and be cleaning up the science lab without any aura usage, understand?" Ozpin asked them seriously.
Team CRDL slump their heads in sadness and annoyance. "Yes, Sir…"
"Now come to my office, so we can have a proper discussion of this inexcusable behavior." Ozpin said.
Team CRDL has their heads down as Ozpin looks at Team WAVE with a small smile. "You four did the right thing to help a friend. For that, you four get extra credit."
Team WAVE was happy about this. AJ smiles in pure happiness. Wade grins about the extra credit. And Evo smirks. Voltaria just shrugs as she continues eating her apple. As Ozpin brings team CRDL to his office, Glynda looks at team WAVE and they could've sworn that her stoic expression was showing pride.
"You made a great example of being hunters and huntresses. It's a shame that Mr. Winchester and his team don't have those." She sighs before she turns to Voltaria, who was sitting calmly on top of the table.
"And you said you weren't going to scare anyone." Glynda said to her.
Voltaria shrugs and simply answers. "You said I couldn't scare my classmates, but you didn't say I couldn't scare them while defending someone."
Glynda thinks about her words, not sure if she argued with her, but she did help Velvet. So, she'll let that slide. She was proud that Team WAVE was changing Voltaria, even though she was slowly progressing, she was improving.
"Fair enough." Glynda said before she walked away to Ozpin's office.
The others went back to eating and saying about how lucky that Team WAVE gets extra credit. They even added a rumor that Voltaria cursed team CRDL and that is why they got punished. Voltaria snorts at the rumor and continues eating her apple. Velvet sighs and turns to Team WAVE with a smile.
"Thanks for your help." She said.
Wade tips his hat. "Anytime, partner."
AJ smiles at Velvet. "If they bother, you just tell us, okay? That way, Voltaria can scare them even more."
"I will." Voltaria mutters out.
Velvet smiles and nodded at them before returning to her table with a happy feeling. Team WAVE were about to return to their table when they noticed that Voltaria disappeared, again. Wade sighs and shook his head. He thinks that they should give Voltaria a tracking device, so they couldn't find wherever she runs off too. They returned to their seats and saw Team RWBY and JNPR, minus Jaune, were smiling at them.
"You guys are awesome!" Ruby grins as she and high-fives AJ.
"Yeah! You show that guy a thing or two." Yang grins.
Blake nodded with a smile of appreciation. "There should be more people like you guys." She said.
"Yup, you show great excellence." Weiss agreed with Blake.
"I still think we should break his legs." Nora pouted. Everyone looks at her and gives her the "Really?" look. She sees this and shrugs her arms up. "What?"
"Ah don't think breakin' his legs would stop that coot." Wade said.
"Atrocious. I can't stand people like him." She said. "At least he and his team got punished."
"I wonder how the teachers were able to know." Blake said.
"Ah think Ah know who." Wade said as he looked at the empty table where Voltaria was sitting.
Speaking of Voltaria, the young girl was at the academy roof. She looks at some clouds that float by. Her entities were out as Wraith was laughing his heart out. He and the others witness CRDL's embarrassment. It was priceless. They were so scared that they couldn't even move! And before Cardin could smack talk her, Glynda and Ozpin were right behind them!
"HAHAHA! THE LOOK ON THEIR FACES WERE GOLD! I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE YOU USE THAT CARD! HAHAHA!" Wraith laughs out.
Voltaria didn't bother to look at him as she tossed her apple to Hannibal, who ate it happily. She then took out something from her right sleeve. It was a card and it shows council members punishing criminals. This card brought team CRDL bad fortune and punished them for what they have done. Voltaria sighs as she allows the card to turn into sparkling light as it vanished from her hand. She looks at the horizon and wonders.
Was there a purpose for her here?
Voltaria always thought that she was a monster. A being that should always be feared by all. And she didn't need any company. However, just today, she just helped someone. And…she wasn't afraid. She guesses there's more to her than meets the eye.
When lunch was over, all the students, plus Voltaria went to their next class about history. The professor is named Bartholomew Oobleck. He teaches the students about history and the war between the Humans and the Faunus. Oobleck wears a white shirt partially tucked into his dark-green pants and collar raised, showing a slack yellow tie, along with mismatched brown and black shoes. He also has round glasses that appear to be opaque.
Like Ozpin, Oobleck drinks coffee, but he drinks coffee too much. Oobleck was fast and hyperactive speaking since he drinks too much coffee. The students could barely understand him as he zips around the classroom while doing his lectures. Voltaria knows the history since Regina taught her before, but she decided to listen anyway. Jaune was fast asleep because Oobleck's lectures made him sleepy. Hannibal and Wraith were asleep as well since they found Oobleck boring. Oobleck was having his hyperactive lecture, educating his students in hyperactive talking.
"This is prior to the Faunus Rights Revolution, more popularly known as the Faunus War!" He zooms up to the front of the class and the map covered in papers behind his desk, "Humankind was quite! Quite adamant about centralizing the Faunus population in Menagerie!"
Oobleck points at the map of said area with his stick, and then zooms off to the side for a sip of his coffee before appearing in front of the desk.
"Now! While this must feel like ancient history to many of you, it is imperative to remember that these are relatively recent events! Why, the repercussions of the uprising can still be seen to this day!"
He zooms around the classroom more, sipping his coffee again before continuing to zoom around while explaining his lecture, "Now! Have any among you been subjugated or discriminated because of your Faunus heritage?"
With that said, some of the students that are Faunus raised their hands, even Velvet. Voltaria clenches her fists. She always despised those humans who can't accept Faunus on who they are. She always brought those people bad fortune like losing their homes, jobs, money, and family.
Oobleck shook his head at the poor Faunus students. "Dreadful…simply dreadful! Remember, students, it is precisely this kind of ignorance that breeds violence!" He takes another sip of his coffee. "I mean, I mean, I mean just look at what happened to White Fang! Now, which one of you young scallions can tell me what many theorize to be the turning point in the third year of the War? Yes?"
Oobleck points at Weiss, who raised her hand, as she answered. "The Battle at Fort Castle!"
Oobleck nodded. "Precisely! And, who can tell me the advantage the Faunus had over General Lagune's forces?"
Unseen by the professor, Cardin flicks a paper football at Jaune's head, causing him to wake up from his sleep as he yelps. "Hey!"
Oobleck zooms over into Jaune's face. "Mr. Arc! Finally contributing to class! This is excellent! Excellent! What is the answer?"
Jaune hesitated. He wasn't paying attention to the lesson as he thought of the answer. "Uhhhh... The answer... The advantage... of the Faunus...had over that guy's stuff..."
Voltaria mentally sighs and gives an order to Regina. "Regina, would you please?"
"As you wish." Regina said with a light chuckle.
Regina possesses Jaune's body, causing him to stiff a bit. When they possessed people, they spoke with the voice of the one they took control of, so they didn't find anything suspicious. Regina took control at Jaune's body as she gave Oobleck the answer.
"The advantage that they have was Night Vision."
"Correct!" Oobleck exclaims with a smile.
Regina retreated from Jaune's body, causing him to snap out from his trance as he placed his hand on his head while shaking it, as if he was trying to remove the dizziness. Cardin was surprised by Jaune's correct answer. However, being a total jerk and bully, he decided to change that.
"Well, I know it's a lot easier to train an animal than a soldier." He said, almost boasting.
Oobleck shakes his head at Cardin's stupidity. The other students, minus his teammates, were annoyed by Cardin's behavior. They hope that Ozpin's punishment will make him eat his words. Pyrrah rolled her eyes at Cardin.
"You're not the most open-minded of individuals, are you, Cardin?" She asked.
Cardin looks at her almost annoyed. "What? You got a problem?"
Pyrrha narrowed her eyes. "No, and what Jaune said is true. Many Faunus are known to have nearly-perfect sight in the dark."
Cardin growled at her when she added the correct answers. Voltaria smirks at her, finding it amusing to see Pyrrah showing her toughness. Blake soon joins in with Pyrrah.
"General Lagune was inexperienced and made the mistake of trying to ambush the Faunus in their sleep. His massive army was outmatched, and the general was captured."
"Perhaps if he'd paid attention in class, he wouldn't have been remembered as such a failure." Pyrrah finished.
Cardin gets up from his seat, fist clenched, but before he could do anything, Oobleck stops him.
"Mr. Winchester! Please take your seat. You and your team have already been punished by Ozpin! Do you want another punishment for the rest of the semester?!" Oobleck asked.
Hearing this, Cardin sits back down and growls in annoyance. If he and his team get another punishment, they'll never hear the end of it from their parents. Voltaria could hear Wraith laughing after he woke up by Oobleck's scolding. Jaune laughs silently at Cardin's embarrassment. However, Jaune shouldn't laugh because he too was in trouble.
"You and Mr. Arc can both see me after class for additional readings." He takes yet another sip of his coffee.
Jaune shoulders slump in disappointment. "Oohhhh..." He moans in disappointment.
Oobleck zooms away, "Now! Moving on!"
After class was over, they all went back to their dorms. Voltaria was walking towards the courtyard to get some air. She heard from the others that they're going to a field trip at the Forever Fall to collect some saps for Professor Peaches. For some reason, Voltaria was excited since she could go outside. It felt strange not to stay outside that much. But upon her journey to the courtyard, she found herself meeting Oobleck. She stops her tracks when Oobleck sees her.
"Ah! Ms. Eclipse!" Oobleck said cheerfully as he zooms right in front of her. "Glad that I found you!"
Voltaria stares at him under her mask. "What is it?" She asked.
"Yes! Getting to the point, I like it!" Oobleck said. "Since you are one of my top students, I would like you to be the tutor of Mr. Arc!"
Voltaria felt the world around her shattered. She felt her right brow twitched and felt her hands turn into fists, shaking irritably. Of all the students, Oobleck chose her to tutor Jaune! Of course, she was one of the top students since Regina was the one tutoring her. Wraith wasn't too pleased about this either since they have to babysit a not experienced hunter. I mean, they did help him secretly, but they didn't expect to help him personally.
"With all due respect, Professor Oobleck, but why not Ms. Nikos? I mean, they are teammates." Voltaria said, hoping that Oobelck would agree, but didn't.
"Nonsense! Why, it's a perfect opportunity for you to learn to be more sociable." Oobleck said.
"Wait, what?" Voltaria asked in somewhat shock. How does he know that!? "Who told you that?"
"Professor Goodwitch told me that you are not a sociable type of person, and you aren't! And you helping Mr. Arc will help with your social skills!" Oobleck said smiling.
Voltaria stared at him in disbelief and was somewhat angry about this. She can't train Jaune. Her skills are…dangerous. I mean, she was trained by Wraith and Tabitha in both strength and speed. And Regina was the one who tutors her in education while Hannibal teaches her to preserve energy. However, if she doesn't teach Jaune, he might not survive the battlefield. She and her entities can't help him every day in training, he has to learn combat and activate his semblance soon. So, with a sigh, Voltaria turned to Oobleck and nodded.
"Fine, I'll tutor him." Voltaria mutters in agreement.
"EXCELLENT!" Oobleck yells out. "You will tutor him after your trip to Forever Fall is finished! I will inform Mr. Arc this is great news! Ta-ta for now!"
With that said, Oobleck zooms away, leaving Voltaria on her spot as she watches him leave. Voltaria sighs in annoyance as she makes her way to the courtyard in annoyance. Her entities began questioning her on her decision.
"I still can't believe you agree to this." Tabitha said to her.
"I don't have a choice." Voltaria as she made her way to the courtyard. "Ms. Goodwitch already informed Oobleck about my social skills lacking. I guess she wants me to get to know people with…weaker personalities."
"Or better words, awkward personality aka Jaune Arc." Wraith grumbles.
"For once, I agree with you, Wraith." Regina said.
Next day
The Forever Forest, a mountainous area filled cliffs. Covered by red-leafed trees, allowing the whole area to look like a dust-red colored forest, even with the grass. The trees are produced a special Red Sap. Researchers wanted to know why those trees can produce them. However, such a beautiful forest is also filled with deadly Grimm that can attack without hesitation. Upon the forest, Glynda was leading the students through the area. She made sure that no one wandered off and kept a close eye on Voltaria and Team CRDL. Voltaria tends to disappear and team CRDL are troublemakers. However, Voltaria wasn't going to disappear as she decided to enjoy the forest life.
"Yes, students, the forest of Forever Fall is indeed beautiful. But we are not here to sight-see. Professor Peach has asked all of you to collect samples from the trees deep inside this forest, and I'm here to make sure none of you die while doing so." Glynda explains before turning to Voltaria. "Or be scared to death."
Voltaria didn't turn to her as she followed her through the forest with the others. Wade and Evo were carrying the supplies. The group stops, and Jaune, grunting and carrying a large case with six empty glass jars on top, tries to catch up with them and ends up bumping into Cardin. The bully scowls at Jaune for bumping at him. Jaune attempts to avoid this by whistling tunelessly. Voltaria walks over to them and Cardin froze when he saw the Grimm Girl. He quickly walks away as she makes her way to Jaune, who watches her come near him. She stares at him with a blank expression while Jaune stares at her fearfully. Oobleck informs him that Voltaria was going to be his tutor and he became terrified about this. He was scared of what she was going to do to him, but she did something that surprised him.
"Do you need help?" She asked plainly.
Jaune was surprised by her offer. She was going to help him carry the heavy boxes. But not sure what to say. Jaune stutters a bit as he tries to think of a way to either decline or accept her offer. However, Voltaria became impatient and took three of the boxes with ease and carried them off to the area where they needed to be, leaving a surprised Jaune to catch up to her. When they reach their destination, Glynda starts instructing the groups, holding up a full jar of sap.
"Each of you is to gather one jar worth of red sap. However, this forest is full of the creatures of Grimm, so be sure to stay by your teammates. Ms. Eclipse, since you have the ability to communicate with Grimm, please kindly tell them not to attack the students."
Voltaria, carrying one box of jars in her hands, simply shrugs. "Sure, the creatures of Grimm know my presence, but there are some Grimms who would not listen."
Cardin smirks at that. "Ha! Guess they don't listen to you at all." He mocked.
"Quite the contrary, yes. There are Grimms that don't listen to me. And if they don't listen to me, then they'll attack, not just me, but everyone else. Starting with you." Voltaria points to Cardin, silently threatening him on what might happen. He became pale by that information and didn't want to know what would happen next.
"That's enough, Ms. Eclipse." Glynda said before turning towards the others. "We will rendezvous back here by 4 o'clock. Have fun! And no threatening your classmates." She said the last part to Voltaria.
As Glynda left the students, they all started their work. Voltaria walks to a nearby tree to get the sap while the others get a jar and a tree. However, team CRDL walks away as they do something in plan. Jaune attempts to sneak away from Cardin and go to his team, but the bully sees this and grabs Jaune by the back.
"Come on, buddy. Let's go!"
Jaune miserably looks up at his team. Nora and Ren are already walking into the forest's depths and Pyrrha is staring sadly at him. Dropping his gaze, Jaune turns and follows CRDL, earning a disappointed sigh from Pyrrha before she continues on with the others. Voltaria saw Jaune miserably following Cardin and his team and decided to help him out one last time.
"Tabitha, go follow them, and make sure you record everything." Voltaria ordered.
"I'm on it."
Tabitha withdraws herself from Voltaria and headed towards Jaune's direction. As she found them, she spies on what they were up to. She learns that Cardin was going to prank Pyrrah after she humiliated him in front of the teacher and students. He plans to throw sap at her and release Rapier Wasps that were inside a box that Cardin was carrying. However, before their plan could go in motion, Jaune sabotages their act as he throws the sap at Cardin. Tabitha was proud yet worried about this and because of that, Cardin beats Jaune sensibly. Tabitha wanted to help him after Cardin promising him that after he is done, he will send Jaune back to his mother in pieces. Jaune defiantly states that he does not care, as he will not let Cardin hurt Team JNPR. Jaune mocks Cardin's attempts to intimidate him by smiling, causing Cardin to grow angrier. As Cardin punches Jaune once more, Jaune somehow activated his aura to block it. It instantly heals his wounds. And it was so strong that Cardin drops Jaune and grasps his hand, crying out in pain. Jaune was shock by this as he was stunned at the glow from his aura but was soon cut off when Sky Lark kicks him from behind, knocking him down again.
Tabitha was about to possess him to save his life, however, she felt a presence. And it wasn't friendly. Turning around she gasps when she sees an Ursa Major. It's a bear like Grimm and it's bigger and super-strong, plus it's also a Rouge, meaning Voltaria can't tame it. It must've sensed the negativity of team CRDL or the sap on Cardin's armor. When the Ursa Major appears from the woods, team CRDL and Jaune become startled and terrified at the big Grimm. It didn't hesitate as it attacked Cardin. The rest of Team CRDL flees in panic, showing their true colors as cowards. Tabitha left the scene to warn Voltaria about the rogue Grimm, leaving Jaune and Cardin facing the Grimm alone.
Wade was seen placing a box filled with full saps of jars on to the ground. He and his team collected a lot. When Ren finished filling the jar with sap, he passed it to Nora, who gave him her empty jar to fill-up. He turns back to the tree and starts filling it up until he hears licking sounds. He turned back to Nora and saw her face was covered with some red sap. She saw this and smiled in embarrassment with an empty jar in her hands. Wade walks over to Pyrrah, she is collecting some saps on a tree as she looks worried.
"Hey, Pyrrah?" Wade called out to her, causing Pyrrah to look at him. "Do ya know where Jaune is? I haven't seen 'im."
Pyrrah shook her head. "No, the last time I saw him was when Cardin dragged him somewhere." She answered.
Wade became angry at this information. "That lunkhead beder not 'arm Jaune or 'e'll 'have to deal with me." He said dangerously.
Pyrrah smiles at Wade's devotion to helping Jaune. But soon faded when she and the others heard a roar from a distance. This caused everyone to be tense. Ruby gets concerned as she looks above the sky.
"Did you guys hear that?" She asked worriedly.
"Yeah." Voltaria appeared besides Ruby, causing the red hooded girl to yelp in fright. "It's an Ursa."
"How do you know?" Yang asked.
Voltaria lifted three fingers and counted backwards with them and soon pointed in the other direction where the roar came from. Suddenly, the remaining members of Team CRDL came running from there and through the other students. Russel was looking back yelling loudly in fear.
"Ursa! Ursa!"
"Told you." Voltaria said with her arms crossed.
Russel runs into Yang accidentally and didn't feel unfazed by his collision, she picks him up by the front of his shirt with her strength.
"What?! Where?!" She asked almost demandingly.
Russel was struggling to get out of her hold as he was still running in the air, but he pointed back from where they came and explained where the Ursa was.
"Back there! It's got Cardin!"
This made everyone panicked, especially Pyrrha as she dropped her jar of sap in shock. "Jaune!" She yelled out.
Ruby was in her leader mode and gave her team a command. "Yang! You and Blake, go get Professor Goodwitch!"
Yang drops Russel hard as she and Blake nodded before following the orders. Pyrrha looks at Ren Nora as she and Ruby activate their weapons.
"You two, go with them! There could be more!"
"AJ, Evo, ya guys back 'em up." Wade ordered as he took out his Justiceshot. They all nodded as they helped their friends get Glynda.
"V! Ya go and-" Wade was cut off when he saw Voltaria gone. He guessed that she went to stop the Grimm. Grunting, Wade, Pyrrah, Weiss, and Ruby went to the direction where Cardin and Jaune are, hoping that they weren't too late.
Voltaria was sitting on top of a tree branch, hidden in the shadows as she watched Cardin trying to run from the Ursa. Voltaria could hear him swearing as he tries to crawl away when the Ursa leaps over him. Voltaria would help him, but this is a teaching moment. After all, just like General Lagune, he didn't think about his action and ended up suffering the consequences. Voltaria saw Pyrrha, Ruby, Wade, and Weiss come rushing over and saw the Ursa.
"Oh, no!"
They watch in horror as the Ursa leans over the helpless Cardin, sensing his negativity, the Ursa raises its paw and swipes it down to kill him. But only to be blocked by Jaune's shield, Crocea Mors. He struggles to defend a stunned and shocked Cardin. Jaune struggles to hold off the Ursa. Weiss sees this and lifts Myrtenaster as she prepares to help him. But Pyrrha stops Weiss.
"Wait!"
Weiss looks at her as if she has grown another head. "What are you?" She asked worriedly.
"Trust her, she knows what Jaune is doing'" Wade said as he looks at the battle.
Jaune takes the shield out from the Ursa's paw and slashes at its stomach with his sword, causing it to roar in pain as it lashes out and tries to crush him. Jaune quickly rolls out of the way and jumps over it before he swipes at his feet, but he is unprepared for when it launches a claw at him in midair. He lands far away yet is immediately back on his feet and passes Cardin as he charges at it again.
The Ursa knocks Jaune behind it when he tries for a leaping attack, and he looks at the scroll in his shield to find out that his aura level is in the red. Jaune doesn't understand why because in his training lessons, he somehow succeeded in beating Cardin and keeping his aura level balanced. But now it's not happening. However, it didn't stop him as he got up charges at the Ursa as it also began to charge towards him.
As they are just about to clash in slow-motion, Pyrrha sees that Jaune has left himself completely open to the Ursa's attack. She lifts her hand out to him, gathering dark red energy in her arm. And just as the Ursa is about to hit Jaune, the glow surrounds Jaune's shield and it lifts-up to block the swipe. Jaune uses the surprise defensive move to lean on the ground, push his shield back up, and swing his blade right through Ursa's neck. The head falls to the ground as the body slams onto the ground.
Pyrrha's hand stops glowing and she smiles at her work. Wade nodded in approval while Ruby and Weiss watched in shock. They still couldn't believe what just happened.
"Uhhh...what?" Ruby asked.
Weiss was equally amazed as she turned to Pyrrha. "How did you...?"
Pyrrha looks at them. "Well, Ruby has her speed, you have your glyphs and Wade has a combination of speed and strength. My Semblance is polarity."
Ruby was awed by that. "Whoa, you can control poles..."
Weiss shook her head at Ruby. "No, you dunce! It means she has control over magnetism!" She corrected her.
Ruby was still impressed and didn't care about Weiss's back talk. "Magnets are cool, too..." She whispers.
Wade chuckles and walks away with Pyrrha. Weiss saw them leaving and wondered why. "Wait, where are you going?" She asked.
Ruby pops in. "Yeah! We gotta tell them what happened!" She agrees with Weiss.
Pyrrha looks at them. "We could...or perhaps we could keep it our little secret?"
"I say we keep it a secret." Wade said as he looked at Jaune with a proud smile. "After all, 'e learns how to' be strong in his own way."
The two hunters walk away again. Ruby and Weiss smile at each other as they understand what they meant follows them. A bruised Jaune sheathes his weapon before going over to Cardin. Cardin, still covered in sap, looks up at Jaune as his savior offers a hand. Cardin smiled as he took it and was lifted back up on his feet.
"Holy crap, Jaune!"
"Don't ever mess with my team, my friends, ever again." Jaune threatens and stares Cardin dead in the eye, "Got it?"
Cardin looked intimidated, possibly even apologetic. With his order spoken, Jaune turns and walks away from a frozen Cardin. Voltaria was impressed by Jaune's move, aside from Pyrrah helping him, he did learn to stand up for himself. Maybe there's a reason for Voltaria to train Jaune.
She soon disappeared from the tree and was walking through the forest to meet up with the others, but not before she took out her Scroll. Glynda gave to Voltaria. She told the young girl that she can call her teammates or her if she needs assistance. Of course, Voltaria never needed assistance, but now she does. She opens it to reveal the video of Cardin's plan, how he beat Jaune up and threatened him, and how Jaune defended himself from the Ursa. Tabitha brought it as the first part and Voltaria recorded the other. Tabitha was the one who told about Cardin hurting Jaune and the Ursa, she was going to help him, but seeing Jaune learning how to defend himself made her realize that there was greatness in him. Voltaria sent the video to Glynda, so she can see what happened.
"Mr. Arc has potential." Tabitha said.
"Agreed." Regina agreed to Tabitha.
"Yeah, I guess training that wimp won't be such a bother." Wraith agreed for once.
"Let's go, I have a lot of explaining to Professor Goodwitch." Voltaria mutters as she goes back to the others.
Upon her arrival, Glynda scolds Team CRDL for their actions. After she saw the video that Voltaria sent, Glynda was furious about Team CRDL's plan and behavior. She didn't say anything to Jaune as she scolds up a storm to Team CRDL for doing such a horrible act. She tells them that they will receive an additional punishment when they get back to Beacon and to Ozpin. They, and the embarrassed and ashamed team CRDL, went to the airbus. They all headed back to the academy with relief. When the airbus landed, the students brought the saps to Professor Peach while Glynda brings team CRDL to Ozpin's office where she proceeds showing the video of their action. Ozpin was disappointed and slightly angered by their action. After the video, Ozpin looks at team CRDL with a blank expression on his face.
"Of all the trouble you four cause, this is far from inexcusable." Ozpin explains.
"But-"
Ozpin cuts Cardin off. "I don't want to hear any more excuses. I already know about Mr. Arc's action, but he has proven himself to be a true huntsman. But blackmail and bullying almost caused his life. I don't know whether I should suspend or expel you four."
Team CRDL becomes pale, if they get expelled or suspended, their parents are going to kill them. Lucky for them, Ozpin isn't that type of person. "However, since Mr. Arc or any students weren't harmed, I'm giving you four one last chance, but without a punishment. You will receive an additional three weeks detention for this action."
"But what about Jaune-"
Glynda cuts off Sky. "He will receive no punishment after he saved your life, Mr. Winchester." She explains.
"Now, return to your dorm, it's been a long day." Ozpin said.
Team CRDL sighs as they slump their way out of the office and to their dorm. They are now in trouble for their actions and got serious detention. Jaune got out scot-free and won't face any punishment. But they wonder who sent that video. When they walked through the hall and entered their dorm. As the door closed behind them, they all screamed in their room, followed by buzzing of Rapier Wasps. Their scream was heard by someone leaning at the corner of the wall. Voltaria leans at the wall with her arms crossed. The Rapier Wasps that Cardin have in a box are tamable. And since he and his team tried to prank Pyrrha and beat up Jaune, she decided that they should be in good use. By good use, I mean, using them to terrorize team CRDL.
Team CRDL won't get harmed, only get minor stings that will be painful for a week or two. As team CRDL screams like little girls, Voltaria heads off to the courtyard to get some air. Wraith was laughing loudly at the prank they did. It was genius in using the Rapier Wasp at team CRDL.
"Oh, man! That was hilarious!" Wraith said laughing.
"Indeed, but let's not forget, we will be training Mr. Arc to control his combat and semblance." Regina said with a smile.
As Voltaria went out of the school towards the courtyard, she didn't notice that Ozpin and Glynda were watching her from the window of the halls. They were suspicious about Voltaria. She is a very mysterious girl. Ozpin was curious on how Voltaria was able to tame and communicate with Grimms. They did some research about Voltaria. However, there was nothing about Voltaria. She has no record or family members.
It's like she wasn't even born.
"Are you sure that she has no files?" Ozpin asked Glynda.
Glynda nodded as she took out her scroll. It shows the picture of Voltaria that has a red UNKNOWN stamp on it. Glynda searched for anything about Voltaria, but not a single file was found. The only she could find were rumors and myths about her.
"Nothing, only rumors and ridiculous myths about her." Glynda said with a sigh as he looked at the picture of Voltaria's face that was covered by her mask. "I don't understand why she doesn't have any records or files about her."
Ozpin took a sip from his mug. "Still, we must keep searching about her." He said.
Glynda continues looking at the picture of Voltaria. "She must have one family member out there." She mutters.
"If she doesn't then somebody has to keep an eye on her." Ozpin looks at Glynda.
Glynda looks up from her scroll and notices Ozpin's gaze. It's true that Voltaria needed someone to watch her. After all, she has been surviving on her own for a long time. And Voltaria needs to be kept watched, something tells her that Voltaria would do something that she's not supposed to do. So, with a sigh, Glynda nodded at Ozpin.
One day, Glynda will soon discover Voltaria's truth of her past.
Team CRDL are not dead, they just got stung that's all.
And yes, Voltaria will be tutoring Jaune with Pyrrah's help. And I'm still thinking if I should do season 4, 5, 6 or not.