The next morning was not pleasant. Skyler was by no means a morning person and was not happy when a loud whistle from the room next door woke him up at 6:30 in the morning (He had no doubt that was Ruby).

But now that he and his team were up, there was no going back to sleep. They unpacked all their belongings and put them wherever they wanted. Then Walker put up a poster that Skyler found himself confused by.

"Red vs. Blue?" he asked.

"Yeah!" Walker replied, "Most popular fan-made series on the Internet. You've never seen it?"

"Nope," Skyler admitted.

Skyler remembered back at Patch, he and Yang would always go on YouTube or something to just watch random videos when he visited. Maybe he could get Yang to watch this show with him. He did bring his laptop.

(A/N: That's a bit of foreshadowing to a future story that I'll start after I finish Volume 1. I think you guys will enjoy it.)

Finally, they got all their stuff put in place and were ready to go. Class wasn't until 9:00 though and it was only 8:20. They had some time to kill. Skyler took the time to add the Red vs. Blue playlist to his Watch Later playlist.

They left at 8:45 and arrived in Professor Port's class. Then Dante noticed something rather odd.

"Why are there taxidermy Grimm here?" he asked, "Don't Grimm disintegrate after they're killed?"

"Yep," Hazel answered, "Those are fake. People just get them to show off."

8:59 rolled around and Skyler noticed a severe lack of classmates, "Hey, where is everyone?"

No sooner than the words left his mouth, the doors burst open. They turned to see Team RWBY and Team JNPR run in, breathing heavily. Yang plopped down next to Skyler, sweating a bit.

"Oversleep?" Skyler asked.

"Nope," Yang replied, "Just lost track of time."

"Ah."
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"Monsters!" Port began, "Deeeemons... Prowlers of the night! Yes, the creatures of Grimm have many names, but I merely refer to them as prey! Ha-ha!"

Nobody laughed. Skyler was actually considering taking a nap, just like Ruby almost was.

"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! Huntresses..."

He winked at Yang, who groaned uncomfortably.

"Individuals who have sworn to protect those who cannot protect themselves! From what, you ask? Why, the very world!"

One student raised his fist in the back rows above, saying "Ayyyy-yep!"

Everyone else gave that student a weird look.

"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..."

This is the part where everyone zoned out. It was clear they weren't going to learn anything, unless they wanted to hear Port's childhood story. Seriously, all Skyler heard was: Blah blah blah blah.

He looked down and saw Ruby drawing something on her notepad. She snickered at her creation and showed it to her teammates. It was a general ball-with-limbs-and-a-head drawing of the teacher with stink lines coming from him and 'Professor Poop' written underneath. Skyler, Dante, Blake and Yang were laughing, but Weiss looked annoyed beyond belief.

"Ah-heh-hem!"

Professor Port waited until he had everyone's attention again.

"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!"

He took a bow as Weiss slowly got more and more frustrated with Ruby's shenanigans.

"The moral of this story? A true Huntsman must be honorable!"

Ruby was balancing an apple on a book with her pencil held only by her index finger while making a silly face.

'That's...' Skyler thought, 'Actually pretty impressive.'

"A true Huntsman must be dependable!"

Ruby had fallen asleep again.

"A true Huntsman must be strategic, well-educated, and wise!"

Weiss' rage was continuing to build.

"So, who among you believes themselves to be the embodiment of these traits?"

Weiss, still angry, raised her hand instantly and said, "I do, sir!"

"Well, then, let's find out!" he turned to gesture at the glowing red eyes surrounded by shadow shaking the cage that trapped the creature inside.
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After allowing Weiss to go change into her combat skirt (Seriously, how can anyone fight in that?), Port readied himself for the cage's opening.

Yang raised her fist, cheering "Goooo, Weiss!"

Blake was waving a small flag saying 'RWBY' on it, "Fight well!"

'Where did Blake get that flag?' thought Skyler.

"Yeah, represent Teeeeam RWBY!" screamed Ruby.

Weiss lowered her sword and looked over at her with a menacing glare, "Ruby! I'm trying to focus!"

"Oh, um... Sorry..."

"Allllright!" Said professor Port.

He stood next to the cage and pulled out his weapon. Interestingly enough, it looked like a cross hybrid of a pilgrims gun and a battle axe.

"Let the match... begin!"

The professor swung down and broke the lock, dropping the cage door and revealing a Boarbatusk inside, which immediately charged at Weiss. She used her sword to deflect its attack and rolled to the side, readying herself for its next move. The Grimm stood a distance away from its enemy, studying the girl for a moment.

"Ha-ha! Weren't expecting that, were you?" Said the professor.

'Well,' Skyler thought, 'At least I'm interested now.'

"Hang in there, Weiss!" Ruby cheered.

She was watching in suspense, as everyone else was while the fight between the heiress and the beast resumed. Weiss was speeding towards the oncoming Boarbatusk, sticking her blade straight at its skull until they meet and Myrtenaster was trapped in the beast's tusks. Weiss was still hanging on to the hilt, but was soon tossed around as she struggled to get the rapier free.

"Bold, new approach. I like it!" Professor Port said.

'Aaaaaaand now I'm getting annoyed by him.'

"Come on, Weiss, show it who's boss!"

Weiss turned to glare at Ruby, only for the Boarbatusk to turn its head and rip the rapier from the heiress' grip. Myrtenaster landed far away from Weiss, who was knocked back by the creature's tusks.

"Oh-ho! Now what will you do without your weapon?"

Weiss looked up just at the right time to see the Boarbatusk to charge at her once more, rolling out of the way just in time to avoid getting trampled, making the creature crash into a desk. Weiss rushed at her sword and slide to get it back in her hand.

"Weiss! Go for its belly! There's no armor underneath-"

"Stop telling me what to do!" Weiss yelled angrily at Ruby.

'That was a bit uncalled for. At least Ruby was giving helpful advice there.'

The Boarbatusk leapt into the air and rolled into a ball, spinning rapidly and landing on the ground, consistently gaining speed until it launched itself at Weiss. It came closer and closer, but Weiss activated one of her blueish-white glyphs and blocked the roll, leaping up into the now-black snowflake symbol above her and turning it blue again. She then leapt from her glyph at lightning speed and drove the blade deep into the Boarbatusk's stomach. It squealed violently and fell silent after a couple seconds as Weiss gasped in relief.

"Bravo! Bra-vo! It appears we are indeed in the presence of a true Huntress-in-training!"

Weiss just gave Ruby one last glare and stomped away.

"Sheesh, what's with her?" Jaune asked.

"Who knows?" Hazel shrugged.

"I have a sneaking suspicion about what it is," Skyler muttered and he followed Ruby out of the class.
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Weiss was still storming off, but Ruby turned a corner and managed to catch up with her. Skyler was close behind, but stopped at the corner, realizing a confrontation was about to occur.

"Weiss!"

"What?!" she asked.

"What's wrong with you? Why are you being-?"

"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!"

"What did I do?"

"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!"

"Weiss, where is this coming from? What happened to all the talk about 'working together'? I thought you believed in acting as a team."

"Not a team led by you. I've studied and trained. And quite frankly, I deserve better."

She turned her back on Ruby, who tried to reach out but dropped her hand with the following words, realizing it would be of no use as the heiress walked away.

"Ozpin made a mistake." she said to Ruby.

'Okay, that is it!' Skyler thought, gritting his teeth.

He snuck past Ruby and went after Weiss, who was still stomping away.

"Hey Ice Queen!!"

That froze her in place (A/N: Bah dum clash), "...What?"

"I don't appreciate you telling off my friend like that."

"So what?" Weiss stomped up to him, "You know it's true."

"No, I don't. Ruby's trying her best and all you're doing is complaining about it! That's not gonna get you or your team anywhere."

"We can't go anywhere with her in charge!!"

Skyler growled and turned to walk away, "Not with that attitude."

"What did you just say?!"

"You heard me!" Skyler turned back around.

"Why do you care so much?!"

"Because I hate it when people are mean to the people I see as family! But you're so blinded by jealousy, you can't see how hard Ruby's really trying to help!!"

"How dare-"

"Now now," a voice spoke up, "What's going on here?"

The two turned to see Professor Port walk to them.

"I'm berating Weiss on her berating of Ruby," Skyler answered.

"You be quiet!" Weiss said and turned to Port, "I should've been leader of Team RWBY!"

Port was silent for a few seconds, "...That's preposterous!"

"Excuse me?!"

"I've believed in Professor Ozpin for many years, and the man's never once led me astray!"

"So you would just blindly accept his decision even after seeing how exceptional I am?"

"With all due respect, your exceptional skill on the battlefield is matched only by your poor attitude."

Weiss was seething now, "How dare you!"

"My point exactly."

"That's what I was trying to tell her," Skyler put in.

"And you were correct," Port said before continuing, "I see a girl before me who has spent her entire life getting exactly what she wanted."

Weiss crossed her arms defiantly, "That's not even remotely true!"

She looked at Port and Skyler's non-believing faces, "Well... not entirely true..."

"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? 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 smiled a little, finally calmed down, "You're right... I shouldn't have done that."

Port nodded and walked away, smiling. Then Weiss turned to Skyler.

"I'm... sorry for snapping at you earlier. You were just looking after Ruby."

"Meh, it's fine. I might have overreacted just a bit. Ruby's like the little sister I never had, so it makes sense I would be really protective of her. See you later Weiss!"

And with that Skyler took his leave and went back to his dorm.
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"Where were you?" Hazel asked once Skyler walked in.

Skyler rubbed the back of his neck, "It's a long story... Weiss got onto Ruby, so I got onto Weiss, then Weiss got onto me, then Port got onto Weiss, then Weiss apologized to me, I apologized to Weiss, Weiss is probably now apologizing to Ruby, and wow, I made that more confusing than it needed to be."

"Yeah, you kinda did," Dante replied.

"Can we just go to bed?" Walker asked, "Port's class completely drained me."

"We didn't do anything," Skyler pointed out.

"I know. His story was enough."

"He's got a point," Hazel said.

"Alright then," Skyler said, hopping in bed, "'Night guys."

"'Night!"
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Finally! I'm done. You won't believe how bored I was writing this chapter. Oh well. The next few chapters might go a bit smoother. Till next time guys!