Author's note: Hello everyone! This is DrPepperJ23 here! I decided quite recently to remaster the prologue. I had gotten some advice about writing and wanted to use it. I hope it shows what I might have been missing. Also, this is to celebrate one-year anniversary for ROC. Er a year and few months to be exact. Nevertheless, I hope you enjoy! The next chapter is being worked on currently, for those who were wondering. I will most likely do this again with the other chapters might not I don't know. It will be around the time when I finish volume one when/if I start doing that. Anyway, enjoy the read!

Run On Caffeine
Prologue: Harsh Reality
(Remastered 2020)

"Have a good evening Dr. Pepper," The shop owner was closing the shop up for the day.

"You too, Ben," Pepper sighed sadly.

Ben comforted Pepper by patting his back. "Hey man, I know you really liked her, but it doesn't always work out."

"Yeah, I know, but she had a girlfriend! How was I supposed to know that?!" Pepper yelled in frustration. He stomped on the sidewalk cracking it a little then took a calming breath. "Dust, I need a drink."

Ben, in shock, took a step back. "Uhm, Pepper, you're not old enough to drink," he said slightly concerned.

"I mean a soda Ben," Pepper slowly looked at Ben. "I already have enough problems as is."

"Yeah, right, sorry... anyway have a good night," Ben awkwardly waved at Pepper as he walked away.

"Have a good night," Pepper waved back at Ben then took his scroll out. "Alrighty, is there any nearby place to get a soda? Let's see here," he searched up for nearby places. "Remnant's Heaven, I think I saw something about this place on Nevermore dot com. I think they were saying it was pretty good. Looks like it's poplar and it only just opened. I'll check it out," Pepper put his scroll up then headed for the pub. Pepper put his hands in his pockets as he walked on the sidewalk. He was bent over a little looking down. He started grumbling to himself. Pepper was clearly mad at himself make no mistake, however, he wasn't mad at himself because of the rejection itself. Rather, he was mad at himself because he thought he found happiness again.

After a few minutes, Pepper reached the end of the sidewalk with a lamppost next to it. He stopped and tilted his head up to see a neon sign across the street. "Ranment's Heaven" was written on the sign. The building itself did look nicer than the ones around.

"Well would you look at that. There it is," Pepper said. He stood straight then looked up to the starry night sky to see the broken moon. "Looks like we are both just as broken. Falling more and more apart each day, never knowing when we will be whole again. I just hope we both can be whole again," he sighed and walked across the street then went inside.

As he opened the doors, Pepper was greeted by the stench of alcohol in the air. He coughed a little as he swatted away the smell. 'Why does it smell so bad?' He thought as he saw the place was crowded. He saw people talking in the booths, some at the drinking at the bar, and some at the tables eating. They seemed to be having a good time, for the most part.

Pepper noticed two guys in the back in front of a booth arguing. A girl was sitting in the booth looking unhappy.

"OI! She said she wanted to go with me!" One man yelled.

"OI! She said she wanted to go home with me not you! Plus you're drunk!" The other man yelled back.

Pepper rolled his eyes. "Great," he said to himself. He then saw a couple of security guards walk up to them. "Better get a move along," he made this way to the bar.

"Alright you two, you both need to calm down or you will be kicked out," one of the security guards said.

"Dust off! Did I ask for your opinion?!" One of the men argued.

Meanwhile, Pepper shook his head and felt disgusted at the sight. He navigated through the tables and the people sitting around them. He overheard the angry men being taken away and thrown out by the security guards. He turned his head to see the guards walk over to the girl to check on her.

"Welcome to Renmant's Heaven! Renmant's paradise for all! What can I get you sir?" The bartender asked.

"I would like a Dr. Pepper," Pepper answered as he sat down.

"Coming right up sir," the bartender went to get the soda.

Pepper nodded and turned around in his seat. He noticed the floor was made of marble and the pillars holding the ceiling were made of stone. He also noticed the chairs were made of hard wood, while the tables themselves made from the same martial. He also saw windows in the front. He noticed the ceiling dust fans and saw they were shooting out a little mist of flame to remove the smell of alcohol. That was clearly working. Also are those dust fans a fire hazard? "At least the inside looks nice even if the place reeks," he said.

"Here ya go sir, that will be 150 Lien," the bartender put the drink down in front of Pepper.

Pepper jumped a little in his seat and turned back around. He then saw his drink. "Thanks, there ya go," he got his wallet out of his pocket and payed for the drink.

Bartender took the money then counted it. "Wow! Fancy lien you got here, where are you from?" He asked. "I never see costumers pay with such nice-looking lien before."

Pepper sighed and pointed at his hat with Weiss Schnee on it and his shirt with a Schnee Dust Company logo on it. "Where do you think?" He asked unamusingly. He then he took off his red leather gloves before taking a sip of his drink.

The bartender put up the money then he saw what he was wearing. "Right, Atlesian... So you a big fan of hers?" He asked.

Pepper nodded. "Yes sir, got her latest album just recently. It's one of her best ones to, shame how she doesn't get paid for it. SDC has ownership of her merch and whatever else she produces," he replied.

"Uh you know that because?" The bartender slightly confused.

"She told me in person, I know her personally. And it blew up all over the news," Pepper answered then took another sip of his drink.

"Oh, must have not been on HuntsBook… anyway enjoy your drink sir," the bartender left to go take care of another customer.

"Thanks, I will," he replied. Pepper looked inside of his drink. He saw his own reflection then he gripped his glass a bit before loosening. 'Momma, where did you go?' he choked up at the thought. He was reminded how kind and sweet his mother was when he was younger. His mother gave him his very first Dr. Pepper. It reminded him of the happy memories, yet it held some painful memories. He started to reminisce about his mother as he watched his soda crackle and fizz. He eventually put his other hand on it. He lifted his drink weakly to take another sip. Then he shed a tear. "I don't remember this being so heavy."

The door opened again, and Pepper looked over his shoulder to see who came in. It was a man in a nice silver like color coat and a black with blue strips bolder hat. He took off his coat and hung it up and took the two square metal boxes off it. He then went to sit down at the bar.

"Welcome to Renmant's Heaven! Renmant's paradise! What would you like?" The bartender asked.

"A Pepsi please," the man answered.

"Coming right up," the bartender said. He went over to pour the man's drink and bring it back to him. "Here ya go sir, that will be 150 Lien."

"Thanks," The man paid for it then drank some of his soda.

"No problem sir," the bartender took the money and put it up.

The man was minding his own business until he glanced at Pepper. He saw Pepper's face and the metal backpack he had on. The man stared for a minute or so before recognizing who it was. "Hey! Aren't you the kid that works at Huntsmen Delight? that weapon shop down the street?" The man turned his body to face Pepper.

Pepper turned his head to see the man. His eyes slowly widen and started to feel nervous. "Uhm, yeah I am," Pepper replied. He also recognized who the guy was. "Uhm, you aren't still mad about me grabbing the part before you, right?" Pepper started to sweat a little while smiling nervously.

"Mad? That doesn't even come CLOSE to describing how I feel right now! You stole the part I needed! And you then had the guts to tell me you had another one. You didn't even have another one!" The man slammed his hand onto the counter.

Pepper jumped out of his seat and stood up. "Look pal, I'm sorry about what I did! I was just trying to help a customer out and you blended in with our walls! Can't we just relax?" Pepper asked.

"It's too late for apologies kid! Imma teach ya lesson and there's no shop owner to save you this time. Also, a little payback for the scar you left on my face," the man pointed at his right cheek.

"Hey there pal! There's no need for violence," the bartender stepped into conversation then walked around the counter. "You need to calm down sir. The kid apologized for taking the part and we are here to just relax," he stood in between them.

"Excuse me, no one steals from me and gets away with it. You clearly don't know who I am, I am Pepsi! And I will not stand for this!" Pepsi angrily yelled. He backhanded the bartender over the counter, he crashed into the shelves of alcohol. Many of the bottles broke and the alcohol poured down the shelf like a waterfall. The bartender slowly fell off the shelf.

The security guards from earlier quickly ran over to Pepper and Pepsi. "Sir! Stand down and kindly leave the building or we will force you out!"

"Really? Threatening me are you?" Pepsi asked sarcastically. One of the security guards tried to grab him, but Pepsi smirked then grabbed him first tossing him aside into a table.

The guard crashed into the table made it spilt in two. The people around it screamed and backed away.

"Come here!" The other security guard threw a punch at Pepsi.

Pepsi lazily dodged it and smacked the guard into the window.

The guard flew over so many people, before busting through window and landed the sidewalk.

Pepper stood in awe as he watched the guards go down with ease. He looked around to see everyone then looked back at Pepsi. "Chill dude! That was rude ya dingus! You're scaring everyone!" Pepper pointed to the crowd showing the many expressions of fear and shock in their eyes.

Pepsi laughed. "Oh, really now? I was only taking it nice and slow," he said menacingly. Pepsi then picked up his drink and took a huge gulp. "So Ice king, what are you gonna do about it?" He was feeling smug with his drink in hand.

Pepper growled at his comment. He angrily put on his gloves back on. "I'll make you taste all twenty-three flavors mother flavor!" He grabbed a piece of a broken bottle of alcohol and smacked Pepsi over the head.

Pepsi didn't react fast enough to what Pepper was doing. He flinched and dropped his drink. The glass hit the floor and broke into a thousand pieces around his feet. "What on remnant did you say?" Pepsi had a look of confusion.

Pepper grabbed his drink then down in one go then wiped his face. "You heard me! I will make you taste twenty-three flavors!" He slammed down his glass.

Pepsi looked unamused and disappointed. "You done having a hissy fit or do you need another bottle for the pain?"

"What are you talking about? I hit you with the bottle," Pepper replied.

Pepsi grabbed Pepper's head slamming it into the counter. It caused some cups to fall over and break on contact. Some of them just rolled around on the floor. "Counter argument, it wasn't a good trade off," he punched him square in the face. He caused Pepper to go flying across the counter knocking over the remaining drinks over onto the floor.

People sitting at the bar freaked out and quickly moved away. "Dude, what is your freaking problem?!"

Pepper fell onto the floor and groaned. He lay there for a moment before slowly getting up. He put his hand on the table to help lift himself up. "Oh, ha, ha! Very funny Nevermore left. We ain't in court," he said.

"by the brothers, just break your auras already!" someone yelled. They were recording the whole fight and was getting impatient.

"Language!" Pepper shook his fist at them.

"Oh, grow up kid- OW!" The man stumbled back from getting hit by a stool.

"No one asked for your inpu-" Pepsi got cut off by a bottle decking him in the head.

Pepper had run at Pepsi. He swung a bottle at him with full speed.

The people started to scream and run out of the building. They were knocking over tables, chairs, and whatever was in the way. Plates, food, and glasses falling all over the floor. The security guy on the table got up and ran out of there as well.

Pepsi stumbled back a bit and caught himself using a seat. He grabbed a bottle from an unbroken part of the shelf and broke it over Pepper's head. Pepsi toss the rest of the bottle onto ground.

Pepper felt the alcohol dripped down his head. He was in a daze and going in circles. He dropped the bottle and eventually fell butt first.

"You know underage drinking is bad for you," Pepsi was confident as he grew a smirk on his face. He walked over to Pepper and stomped him in the stomach.

Pepper screamed and fell flat in his back. "Is this more of your 'clever' advice? What are you? A leader of an alcohol recovering group. Could have sworn this place was called Remnant's Heaven not hell," he tried to push Pepsi's leg off him.

"Oh for oum sake, " Pepsi was getting tired of this banter. Pepsi moved his leg off Pepper then he kicked him in the balls. He then headed for the exit.

Pepper screamed like a girl and held his balls. He rocked back and forth the floor on the broken glass. Not to mention the alcohol everywhere.

"Now then, with that over with, I'll just head on out of here and-" Pepsi got cut off by yet another bottle breaking on him. He angrily turned around and saw Pepper had gotten up.

"Oh no you don't!" Pepper then grabbed a nearby table and aggressively threw it at Pepsi.

Pepsi dodged out of the way of the table. He quickly turned around to see the doors were gone. "You wanna play more? Fine! I'll be happy to bilge," he turned back around slowly facing Pepper.

Pepper roared and grabbed a chair and threw it at Pepsi.

Pepsi caught the chair and threw it back.

Pepper dodged it and ran towards Pepsi.

Pepsi ran at him and tried to punch him.

Pepper ducked under Pepsi's attack and lifted him up. He then spun in a circle and threw Pepsi into a pillar.

Pepsi screamed as he smacked into the pillar. The pillar cracked instantly, and Pepsi slowly started to slide down onto his feet. He was disorientated.

Pepper took advantage and tackled Pepsi through the pillar. Pepper rolled onto the ground and stood up.

Pepsi flew into a booth crashing into the table and covered him up. "OW!" He slowly and painfully moved the table. He stood up and brush himself off. Pepsi was surprisingly not angry in fact he was impressed. "I must admit you certainly are strong," he said.

"Thank you, you're not too bad yourself Pepsiman," Pepper smirked and gave a thumbs up.

"Oh, please, the pleasure is all mine. But I am afraid this little fight is over," Pepsi put both of his hands inside of the metal boxes and transformed into gloves.

Pepper gripped his fists and had a cocky smile. He then took a serious fighting stance.

Pepsi chuckled. He raised his hand and shot at Pepper.

Pepper quickly lifted his arms to block the bullet. The force of the impact made Pepper fall back into the already damaged pillar causing it to shake.

Pepsi grabbed a piece of a broken table and threw it at Pepper.

Pepper sighed for relief. He then saw the broken table flying towards him. "Ek!" He ducked out of the way. The table caused the pillar to break and to collapse on top of Pepper. It took along part of the roof and a few dust ceiling fans.

Pepsi laughed. "Is that all you got soda boy?" He mocked Pepper. "Uh, What?" He then saw the rumble started to shake.

Pepper busted out of the rumble wearing a metal suit. "Really? You really thought that was the thing to finish me?" He shook his head in disappointment. He crossed his arms before he flew at Pepsi gripping his fist to attack.

"Uhm, well, I did sort of thought that did, but you know aura exists. That protects you," Pepsi got cut off from getting punched. 'Gods dust it why didn't I move?!' He thought. Then he grabbed Pepper's arm.

Pepper growled open his hand and shot a laser in his face.

Pepsi got blasted in his face and he let go of Pepper's arm. He held his face while flailing around. "OH MY GODS WHAT THE AFTERLIFE WAS THAT?!" He yelled. "Also what are you wearing?!"

"Uhm well I am… uh." Pepper said nervously. "I am wearing something."

"Something." Pepsi repeated Pepper.

"Yes, that's right," Pepper confirmed.

"You look like a book comic book hero," Pepsi unimpressed.

"And your poi-" Pepper got cut off then he gasped for air.

Pepsi had kneed him hard in the stomach then blasted Pepper out of the building.

Pepper screamed as he got launched out the door. He bounced across on the ground then slid. As he slid, sparks were flying as he went across the sidewalk and onto the road. Luckily, his suit and aura protected him from the rough landing. He rolled onto his hands and knees then stood up. He was regaining balance as he saw a bright light coming from inside.

"Go toward the light you comic book knock off!" Pepsi yelled. He then blasted a ball of electricity across the room with incredible speed. The floor was split in two and it destroyed more tables and chairs. It wrecked the entrance more as it reached Pepper.

Pepper ejected from his suit last second. The ball sent Pepper's suit and some debris flying towards another building with cars in front. it crashed into some parked cars. The cars blew up making the parts and more debris to fly everywhere. The nearby glass from the building got caught in the explosion and shattered.

Pepsi happily smiled and walked out of Renmant's Heaven and stood in the middle of the road. He saw the pure destruction and the beautiful flames he caused. "Glorious! Amazing! finally nailed that ki-" he cut himself off sensing aura behind him. He was concerned and carefully checked behind himself.

It was Pepper out of his suit charging up a bright light in his hands.

Pepsi was confused. He could not wrap his mind around how he was fine. "How did you get behind me?!"

"I ejected from my suit! I then quickly hid and let you walk out," Pepper explained. A smile slowly grew on Pepper's face before he chuckled.

"Oh? You think you are so clever?! Let me tell you that YOU WILL NEVER DEFEAT ME! You will more than clever tricks to beat me!" He stated very strongly. He was about blast Pepper again, but something grabbed him. "What the?!"

It was Pepper's suit.

Pepper roared as he quickly fired the bright light into a concentrated beam.

"Dust me right in the aura!" Pepsi quickly shook off Pepper's suit. He then blocked the beam with his metal gloves. He then redirected it at the building behind himself. Pepsi heard the explosion above him and some more glass breaking.

Pepper's suit tried to tackle Pepsi, unfortunately, Pepsi caught it and threw it at Pepper. The metal suit would slam into Pepper sending them both back inside Renmant's Heaven. Pepper crashed into the dust fans and it ignited the alcohol. The building began to burn from within.

Pepsi saw the flames inside and formed a grin on his face, seeing the flames burning and flicking away. It made him happy. He finally got his revenge. Pepsi stared into the fire for minute before walking away. "I guess he lost his cool. A little dehydrated if you will," he laughed quietly to himself.

"Freeze! This is the VPD! We have you surrounded! Put your hands behind your head and slowly get on the ground!" An officer yelled out. There were cop cars all around Pepsi. The flashing of red and blue lights filled the area.

"Wow their pal! Let's get one thing straight, I am NOT taking any orders from you. You need to get out of my way," Pepsi demanded.

"Please drop your weapons and put your hands behind your head!" Another officer pointed his gun at Pepsi. He seemed like he was newer.

"be careful there, you might hurt yourself with that gun," Pepsi said sarcastically.

"S-shut up! You're under arrest for vandalizing Remnant's Heaven and assault!" The officer had some shakiness in his voice.

Pepsi rolled his eyes. "More unfortunate souls to get in my way," he said to himself. He slowly held out his hands as two white cold spheres formed in his hands.

"Green light! Open fire open fire!" The police shot at Pepsi; however, the two spheres simply blocked the shots.

Pepsi laughed maniacally as he walked forward. He felt more and more alive seeing the polices tremble in fear as they shot fruitlessly. The two spheres in his hands grew more and more. After a few seconds, his two spheres were fully charged. He unleashed it on the officers.

The officers screamed as they frozen in place, the cars broke into huge pieces as it was frozen, and there were a couple bullets shot sticking out of the ice as well. It almost looked like an ice sculpture you would see at a formal party.

Pepsi smirked at the twisted beauty of the ice. "What a masterpiece," he gave it an air kiss then bolted it out of there. He put away his weapon and pulled out his scroll as he ran, but it was broken in two. "Great, I better find a payscroll. I need a ride," he said to himself as he put away the broken scroll. He ran down the streets for a few minutes until He looked in ahead and had to stop abruptly. He slid across the ground and stopped after a few inches. He saw two people in front of a shop called Dust Til Dawn.

There was a girl in red holding a giant scythe and a man in white aiming his cane at the girl. There were bodies and broken glass on the road.

'Aw crap, better not go that way,' Pepsi nervously thought. He looked for a way around. He saw an alleyway and quickly hid in between two buildings. He saw it was a dead end and no way to climb over. 'Great! Now I need to find another way out! Can't go back where I came from. The cops were right there! I also don't wanna risk more cops showing up, what to do what to do.'

Meanwhile, the man shot red dust at the girl. The girl shot her scythe at the ground to dodge. The man quickly ran towards the ladder and the girl followed him after landing on her feet.

Pepsi heard the shots go off and peaked his head out. 'Yes! This is my chance to bolt' Pepsi thought. He came out of hiding and bolted towards the front of the shop. Pepsi checked to see if there were any payscrolls. He spotted one and ran for it then entered the booth. He then scrambled to take out some charge. "Come on, come on, here we go!" He put in some charge into the machine and quickly dialed the number. It started to ring. "Pick up, pick up..."

"Hello?" A woman answered.

"Hello? It's me, Pepsi! Look I need you to pick me up in front of Dust Til Dawn. I have the cops on my tail and wrecked a whole bunch of them."

"What the dust?! I thought you were heading out to just get a drink. What the afterlife happened?!"

"Not important! Just get here as fast as you can. I don't have time for twenty questions!"

"Fine fine! I'll head out as soon as I can. See ya soon," the woman hung up.

Pepsi place the scroll back. He sighed with relief, but he heard something that like machines roaring. He slowly turned his head. He shook in fear as his vision blurred. Then he finally saw the source, Dr. Pepper. Now he was terrified.

Pepper roared loudly as the road behind him was just up in flames. He was beyond furious. He was rolling fast in a ball down the road. He reached Pepsi in no time and dropped kicked him.

Pepsi screamed loudly and sent flying. He was flailing his arms and unable to regain control.

Pepper landed on his feet and shot out a bottle of Dr. Pepper. Then he blasted off into the air.

Pepsi saw the bottle go over him and then landed ahead of him. It then blew up under him and his momentum shifted sending Pepsi into the air.

Pepper caught up with Pepsi and did a fury of punches then finished him off with a kick.

Pepsi was disorientated throughout the beatdown. He crashed into the road and made a crevice. Pepsi painfully sat up. "Son of an aura, that's gonna leave a mark," He then climb out of the hole and put on his metal gloves. He dusted himself off and cracked his knuckles. "I see SOMEONE is still kicking. Gods dust," He said feeling annoyed.

Pepper would drop to the ground. He landed on his feet and shoot out another Dr. Pepper bottle.

Pepsi saw the bottle flying in and knocked it away. "Nice try, but that trick won't work twice!" He said. He pointed at Pepper, while smirking, but his expression changed from being cocky to in shock by the secret second bottle. He tried to throw it away, however, it was already too late. It exploded and froze him in place. "You know I heard of keeping you drinks cold; this is just ridiculous."

Meanwhile, Pepper had his arms spread wide, charging up what was probably his last chance to defeat him, a laser. His body was screaming in agony as his aura levels rose. His aura glowing a bright red and roaring its power. Pepper would flinch occasionally, and he screamed in pain. But it was finally ready to go. Pepper had a miracle! "You thought I was gonna go down that easily!? A pushover that you can just walk all over?!" He shed a tear. It dripped onto his skin and evaporated. "I am, DOCTOR PEPPER! And you will taste…. all….. twenty-three… of… my… FLAVORS! THIS IS YOUR FINAL FLASH!" He unleashed his angry, his rage, most importantly his last hope. Pepper brought his hands together and the lights in his hands turned into crimson red light. It then burst into a laser.

Pepsi's eyes widen and he panicked. "Oh dust me! Crap crap crap!" He repeated. He then struggled to get one of his hands free, but He managed to break both of his hands free. He quickly blasted the ice and tried to run, unfortunately he was not fast enough. Pepsi screamed as his vision was filled with the bright red light. It consumed him, and his screams would soon fade away.

Pepper's aura broke after some time. He was breathing heavily. He felt so relieved. The laser would disappear slowly into the air. He started to cry and fell onto his knees, he did it, he finally won. The laser left the road spilt in two. His vision burred with tears of happiness, but he was able to make out the damage. Pepper fell over onto his back, his body hurting all over. He looked at the aura filled starry sky. Pepper's suit fell apart as it could not hold any longer. He did get up after a long rest and looked down at his clothes. He saw it was filled with holes and burned to a crisp. He also noticed it was stained with alcohol. "Crap dude, I have to get new clothes."

"Try nice kid! I am NOT going down that easily either!" A voice echoed out filling the air. The voice followed up with a laugh.

"What?!" Pepper looked around, but barely able to move.

A tall woman drove up with Pepsi in tow. She was driving a hover bike that was painted to look like an ice cream cone. The woman herself had the colors of a sundae.

"How are you still standing?!" Pepper questioned. He was clearly quite confused seeing he just blasted him full power. How could one survive such a blast?

"Well, it was my undying wish to SURVIVE!" Pepsi laughed again, before they drove off leaving a cloud of smoke.

Pepper coughed while fanning away the smoke. "Flavor piece of metal," Pepper said.

"Young man! What on remnant did you do?!" An older woman asked. Her arms crossed with a wand in one hand. She was wearing a white shirt with a black dress. She also had a Black and purple cape on her back. "You could have killed someone with that! Much less yourself! You're coming with me this instance!" She stared dead into Pepper's eyes.

"Hey, wait! I can explain!" Pepper pleaded for dear life. He was totally screwed.

The older woman walked over and grabbed him by his ear and dragged across the road. She was unmerciful.

"Ow! Oof! Ek! Ah! That hurts that hurts!" Pepper said. His feet rubbed against the broken road as the woman dragged him.

The older woman tossed Pepper next to the girl in red with a scythe. "Follow me," she commanded as she pushed up her glasses.

Pepper and the girl nodded and gulped. They started to follow her down the sidewalk. They had walked for a few minutes before Pepper spoke.

"So, what's your name?" Pepper asked the girl. He noticed she was wearing a red hood and a black combat skirt. He also saw her weapon was resting on her hip. He also saw she had an ammo pouch. He took note of the silver eyes, something you don't see every day.

"I'm Ruby rose, what's your name?" She asked.

"I'm Dr. Pepper, pleasure to meet you. You are the nicest person I have met all evening." He answered.

Ruby giggled with her hands over her mouth. "Haven't had the best night huh?"

Pepper shook his head. "Not at all, I ran into a quite unsatisfied customer in a pub and we duked it out. What happened to you?"

"I tried to stop a dust robbery. That is when I ran into the coolest and most awesomeness huntress! Her name is Glynda Goodwitch, assistant of Beacon's headmaster, Professor Ozpin." Ruby gushed. Her eyes turned into hearts. She seemed fond of the professional huntress.

"Right…. Anyway, time to face the music." Pepper said.

Glynda led Pepper and Ruby inside and led them to a hallway with two rooms across from each other. Both rooms only contained two chairs and a table. Glynda sat Ruby in one room and sat Pepper in another. Glynda dealt with Ruby first.

Pepper sat in another room in silence for a little while. He pulled out a Dr. Pepper and drank some of it.

Glynda left Ruby's room and went into Pepper's room. "Dr. Pepper is it? You're in so much trouble," she then noticed the Dr. Pepper in his hand. "Where did you get that?"

"You don't wanna know that answer. Also, the guy attacked me first! He was hurting other people!" Pepper pleaded.

"Now, now, Glynda no need for such hostility. The boy has been through quite enough for tonight." The older man's voice was heard from the shadows. He then stepped out revealing himself. The older man was holing a cane in his hand. He wore a black vest with yellow buttons, he also was wearing a dark green coat and black pants. He also was wearing a green shirt underneath the vest. He had gray hair as well and he wore tiny black glasses.

Glynda sighed and walked out of the room, but not before she gave Pepper a look of disgust.

That sent a shiver down Pepper's spine.

The man sat down across from Pepper. "I'm Professor Ozpin, headmaster of Beacon academy, I heard about what happened, care to explain?"