RWBY: LIFE AND DEATH - CHAPTER 16

After the team selection ceremony, where every little student was sorted out to a team we were given the keys to our room, a single room in the second floor of beacon academy, where we would all live together for the remaining of our time in Beacon, quite a let down to be honest, the room was very small, a freaking four by four room that barely had any space to move around, but it would do, I suppose.

Hands on the deck, we all decided to try and fix this situation, arranging the room to best fit our needs, creating bunk beds like team RWBY would probably do in the morning, once the bunk beds were complete, we assigned the beds, with Ren and Pyrrha getting the top bunks, because Nora and I were the heaviest on the team, so… it was least likely for the bunk beds to collapse with them on top, also Nora for some reason wanted to be under Ren, so it all worked out.

After that, we all went to sleep, little did I know, Nora likes to wake people up.

Blowing a loud horn, Nora jumped out of the bed, already dressed, “Good morning, TEAM NORA!”

“I’m pretty sure our team is called UNPR,” Ren sighed, getting out of the bed, walking to the bathroom.

“Semantics,” Nora giggled.

“Nora… what time is it?” I groaned, my head hiding beneath the very comfy, comfy blankets, questioning every choice I had ever taken, like coming here for example, was it really worth waking up this early to learn about Grimm?

“Eight o’pancake!” Nora declared, taking my sweet, sweet covers off me.

“I am very close to throwing her out of the window,” I sighed.

“Don’t, she would see it as a reward,” Ren yawned.

“It’s true,” Nora nodded.

“Well, we might as well get ready for class,” Pyrrha yawned, her eyes fluttering open as she stretched her arms above her head in a slow motion.

“Ren, give me the schedule,” I yawned.

“On it,” Ren replied, handing me the UNPR schedule.

“Let’s see, we have our first class at nine am, so that leaves us with an hour to eat some breakfast, I think that’s plenty of time,” I nodded.

“I can make the pancakes,” Ren offered.

“He’s a pro,” Nora nodded, as she whispered, “I trained him myself!”

However her whispers were not that whispery, “I am not a dog Nora, but yes, living with her has forced me to learn how to cook, so in a way, she is correct.”

I snorted, “Whatever, as long as I get some pancakes, I’m good.”

“He is one of my kind Ren!” Nora muttered excitedly, pointing at me with her index finger as Ren sighed in exasperation.

“Do you eat like a normal person, a lot, or like Nora?” Ren inquired.

“Hm, like Nora?” I answered, not sure what eating like Nora meant, but I ate a lot.

“Good god, now I have two,” Ren muttered.

“I can hear you,” I muttered back, my right eye twitching.

“One of us! One of us! One of us!” Nora chanted.

“One of us!” Pyrrha joined, surprising me with the fact she was already dressed up and ready for school.

“Wow, that was fast,” I whistled.

“Oh, well… I had the bathroom all for myself while you three had a chat,” Pyrrha smiled.

“Makes sense,” I nodded, finally getting out of the bed, making my way to the bathroom, “I will go and get ready,”

“One of us, one of us!” Nora continued chanting.

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After a very bountiful breakfast, we were ready to start the day, and I was honestly surprised to admit, Nora ate as much as me, maybe even more. How can such a girl consume such large amounts of food was beyond me. “I have to be honest, I am shocked you can keep up with Nora eating,” Ren commented.

“Next time I will defeat you!” Nora declared, giving me the I see you hand sign, over and over again.

“Nora it wasn’t a competition,” Oh but it was, I was just messing with her head.

“You don’t fool me, mister leader,” Nora exclaimed, getting really close, her eyes a few inches from mine, “I know your game, and it won’t work!”

“Good, because next time I will crush you,” I grinned, it was funny really, Nora was able to bring a part of me I thought was long forgotten, my childish nature, I guess it was her upbeat attitude that did that for everyone around him.

“Guys, we have class in five minute with Professor Oobleck,” Pyrrha commented with a smile.

“Wait… we woke up an hour earlier and we are still late?!” I cursed under my breath, why did time have to go so fast when you were having fun, if this shit was work, it would still be 8:01, I guess Einstein was right, time is relative.

“Let’s go!” Nora shouted, dragging Ren out of the room like a bride. With me and Pyrrha following close behind.

“I can run by myself Nora!” Ren sighed.

“No time for that!” Nora replied, clearly enjoying what she was doing.

As we ran, we encountered team RWBY doing the same before we parted ways to different parts of the campus, with luck on our side, we arrived at the classroom, one minute before the class started.

“Team UNPR, I almost thought you wouldn’t make it, please take a seat!” Oobleck grinned, pointing to our seats, and let me tell you this, the man looked like he was on every drug that gives you energy, like every single one, normally a person blinks a few times per minute, but this guy looked like blinking was an optional setting on his body.

“I know what you must be thinking! Is this man a genius?! Does he like coffee? Does he blink?!” Oobleck started, with a smile on his face, “Yes, yes and no! Blinking is missing a moment of scientific discovery!” I guess that answers my question. “Now, open your textbooks, and let the class begin!”

As professor Oobleck started the class about Huntsmen Theory and Basis, I could hear a few mutters coming from the back of the class, racist comments about the Faunus, and such, some directed at me, saying things like team UNPR was destined to fail with me in it, that he would rather be on a three man team than to have me.

The mutters by no means were low, in fact one could argue they were blatantly trying to be heard, because even my team was able to hear them. “That’s it!” Nora shouted, “I will break your legs boy!”

“Miss Valkyrie, please take a seat, and Mr Winchester, please shut up, or I will let Miss Valkyrie do as she pleases,” Oobleck said, his tone cold, but not with me, or Nora, with Cardin.

“Phf, whatever,” Cardin muttered, finally shutting the fuck up.

“Ignorance is the fool’s weapon,” Ren sighed.

“I suppose it is,” I chuckled, focusing my attention back to class.