Sunset and the Sirens were bored. For the past hour Professor Peter Port had been going on about his exploits when he was younger. This was supposed to be Grimm Studies, not story time. Glancing to her right, Sonata noticed Aria's eye twitching. 'If he doesn't shut up this is going to turn into Anatomy Class...' Aria's pen snapped in half and she moved to get up. "Aria..."

"The moral of the story? A true Huntsman must be honorable. A true Huntsman must be dependable. A true Huntsman must be strategic, well educated and wise! So who among you believes themselves to be the embodiments of these traits?" Aria's hand shot up as did Weiss', whose team was sitting a row below them.

"I do sir!"

"I can kick any Grimm's ass!"

"Well then, let's find out... Aria Blaze, Weiss Schnee, step forward and face your opponents!" The Professor motioned to the side, pointing at two cages that had glowing red eyes inside them. "Miss Blaze, since you are so confident in yourself, I will let you choose which one you wish to fight."

Aria glanced at the cages for a second before smirking. "I could probably take them both on, but I'll settle for the giant Beowolf in the cage on the right."

Port seemed surprised by her knowledge of the species of Grimm in the cage. "How did you know it was a Beowolf? I never said nor alluded to the species of the Grimm you would fight."

"I've fought a lot of Beowolves, Ursa and Boarbatusks too, only Grimm I can't kill yet are flying ones, but I'm taking care of that. I've learned to know what I'm gonna get to kill by sound. Ursas roar, Boarbatusks snort and Beowolves growl, with the occasional bark or howl." Peter Port's mouth almost dropped open.

"Might I enquire as to why, no, how you've fought so many Grimm? So many that you've learned how to identify them by sound alone?" Aria simply shrugged in response, walking towards the door.

"I get bored easily and I get angry easily. When I get bored I hit things, when I get angry I go out looking for Grimm to kill. I find it very therapeutic." Aria got up and left the room, returning a minute later in her normal attire.

Professor Port raised an eyebrow. "Are you not going to use a weapon?"

"I never took them off this morning." Aria flicked her wrists, transforming Strappare and Lacrima. Ruby's eyes went wide at the design of the gauntlets as well as the emblem emblazoned onto them. Aria was sure she heard the girl call them beautiful. "Let's get this over with."

"Very well... Let the match... Begin!" Port brought his Blunderaxe down on the cage's lock, releasing the Grimm. The Beowolf, one that was a few hundred years old judging from the cracks in it's armor, charged out of the cage before and started to circle the Siren before leaping at her.

Aria pulled her fist back and, just as the Beowolf was about to swipe at her, gave a single, powerful uppercut. The bladed gauntlets she wore tore through the Grimm's flesh and continued until they had completely sliced through the beast's head, but she wasn't done yet. Holding the dead Grimm aloft as it started to dissolve into black wisps, she turned around and took aim, before tossing the Beowolf, the beast sliding off of her gauntlets as she did, in the direction of Team CRDL. "Eat Beowolf pervert!"*

Cardin realized what she was doing and tried to get out of the way, but he was too slow. The Beowolf hit him and the two went flying into the back wall of the classroom, the other side of the wall now had a man shaped protrusion. "Mommy..."

"Miss Blaze! That was uncalled for!"

Aria stared at the elderly Professor for a second. "You're right..." Her team's mouths collectively hit the floor. Aria Blaze does not apologize! Who was this person? "I shouldn't have used that Beowolf as a instrument of retribution, that was cruel of me..." She sighed and looked over at Team CRDL, who were currently trying to remove their leader from the wall. "I'm sorry Beowolf, I shouldn't have used you to punish Ass Grabbinburg..." The entire class burst out laughing at the Sirens apology, Weiss Schnee included.

"Hey, the Ice Queen laughed!" The Heiress immediately glared at their team's brawler.

Professor Port just stood there for a second. "Ass Grabbinburg? I don't understand what's going on..." Sunset quickly explained how Cardin groped her teammate the day before initiation... "I see... Carry on then! Miss Schnee, please retrieve your weapon and battle attire."

Aria raised an eyebrow and smirked as she returned to her seat. "You mean I'm not getting in trouble for this? Cool!" As she was walking past Team RWBY she heard Weiss say something as she got up to get her gear. "You got something you want to say to me Princess?" Weiss ignored the pigtailed girl and continued walking. "Hey, don't you ignore-" Aria stopped talking and glanced over her shoulder, seeing Sunset shaking her head. Turning back, Aria saw the girl re enter the room, ready to fight. "Tch, whatever." Aria sat down and placed her head in the palm of her hand, tapping her fingers on the desk.

"Go Weiss!" Yang thrust an arm in the air.

"Fight well!" Blake was waving a small flag that had the word RWBY emblazoned on it causing Sonata gasp in excitement.

"Oh my Faust that's so cute! Girls, we have got to start handing out little flags with our team's name at concerts!" Team SAA just chuckled at the ponytailed girl's words.

"Yeah, represent Team RWBY!" Ruby threw her arm's in the air in her excitement.

"Ruby! I'm trying to focus!" Ruby lowered her arms and glanced at the floor, mumbling that she was sorry. Sunset looked down at the fifteen year old with sorrow.

"All right, let the match..." Port once more brought his Bluderaxe down on the lock, releasing the Boarbatusk inside the cage. "Begin!"

A minute later Weiss had slain the Grimm, making an ass out of herself by yelling at Ruby in the process. "Bravo! Bravo! It appears we are, indeed, in the presence of a true Huntress in training! I'm afraid that's all the time we have for today, be sure to cover the assigned readings, and stay vigilant." Weiss left the room, Ruby quickly following her.

As Team SASA were walking down the hall the noticed Ruby Roses cape from around a corner. "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-"

"To be told to stop acting like a bitch!" Weiss turned around and tried to slap Ruby, who she thought had said it, only to be stopped when a barbed whip wrapped around her wrist, before being pulled to the ground. Aria walked over, grabbed her by the collar and lifted the Heiress off the ground with one hand.

"Please don't hurt Weiss she didn't do anything wrong! And she's right, I shouldn't be-" Sonata put a hand over Ruby's mouth.

"We're not gonna hurt her, Aria, put her down." Aria continued to glare at the white clad girl, but complied with her leader's order none the less. "We're just going to stand here and talk this out. Now what seems to be the problem?"

Weiss huffed and pointed at Ruby. "Ozpin made a mistake when he made her leader!"

"Really? And who should have been team leader? You?" Sunset shook her head. "The way I see it, making you leader would get you and the rest of your team killed in your first fight. You might be a good fighter, but you are a terrible person. Believe me, one person with a shitty attitude can cause a lot of damage... I should know... I caused a lot of damage in the past... I was a spoiled bitch, and it almost cost me my life."

Weiss looked at the fire haired girl and raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?" Sunset said nothing, but looked at Sonata, who nodded and dragged Ruby away, despite the girl's resistance. Once the two were out of sight, Sunset lifted her uniform's shirt up, revealing scars all across her stomach and chest.** Weiss face blanched and she almost puked. "Dear Oum, what, what happened to you?"

"Look, I'll tell you about my past some other time, but suffice to say that these scars are what made me the person I am today. Right now you need to work on your shitty attitude before you say something you can't take back and it ends with you looking like this or worse..." Sunset put her shirt down and tucked it in. "So you didn't get to be team leader, get the fuck over it! You can't always get what you want Weiss, and sometimes it's in your best interest to accept that fact." Sunset looked the rich girl dead in the eyes, placing her hands on her shoulders.

"I didn't get something I wanted and I tried to take it anyway, and it ended up making me into a monster worse than any Grimm... I did something bad and I'm still paying for it, all because I couldn't take no for an answer, I don't want you to go through the same thing Weiss. Maybe you're right, maybe Ruby shouldn't be a team leader, but you won't know for sure unless you give her a chance. Trust me on this Weiss bad things don't just happen to bad people, they also happen to people with bad attitudes... I got lucky, I lived, and I even got three people who basically, no, they did become my family after my experience... You might not be as lucky..."

Sunset turned to Adagio and Aria. "Come on, let's go find Ruby and Sonata. And Weiss? Think about what I said and what I showed you, maybe it'll it will teach you something..." With that the three singers walked away leaving the Heiress alone.

Weiss' hand absent mindedly moved to her stomach... "What happened to her that gave her those scars? And what does she mean I might not be as lucky?"

That night.

Sunset stared up at the shattered moon, reflecting on her day, like she always did. "It must have been hard to show Miss Schnee your scars, Miss Shimmer." Sunset jumped in surprise and nearly fell off the roof. Turning around she saw Ozpin standing there, coffee in hand.

"You saw that?"

"I did."

Sunset stared at the headmaster for a moment before looking away. "I don't want to talk about it."

"I didn't ask you too, nor will I. We are all entitled to our secrets Miss Shimmer, just as we are all entitled to our opinions, though I do recommend that you talk with someone about your experience, be it your teammates or a professional." When Sunset didn't respond Ozpin continued. "I don't know what happened to you, but I know you are a good person. I wouldn't have made you team leader otherwise..."

"If only you knew..."

"I'm sure that if I did, I would have made the same decision, we all make mistakes Miss Shimmer. Sometimes we alone can fix them, most times we may require some help. And every once in a while, we can't do anything and must simply move on." Ozpin turned and walked away. "The darkness of the past can not be changed Miss Shimmer, but the future can be made brighter." With that Ozpin moved out of sight and Sunset momentarily returned her gaze to the moon before heading to her team's dorm.

Meanwhile on the Dragon Continent.

A young, pale, slender and quite frankly beautiful woman clad only in a black robe lay next to one of the Grimm spawning pools, dipping her finger in before drawing some strange symbols*** "Hmmm..." Hearing footsteps behind her, the woman turned to see Salem approaching.

"Might I ask what you are doing Nightmare?"

"Trying to find a way to amplify Emerald and Mercury's power for when they and Cinder eventually invade..."

"Oh, why them and not Cinder?"

"Besides the fact that I can't touch her without the light of the Fall Maiden's soul burning me? I have learned to proceed with caution, or have become paranoid if you wish, I also do not like her... Even if I give her subordinates my Blessing I could still easily over power them, even though I have not returned to my full strength yet..."

"You sound very sure of yourself..."

"I speak from experience, I have crushed nations, eradicated entire species and enslaved rulers since time immemorial... There is only one thing that can truly defeat me... And that thing is harbored by the Maidens, or at least three of them, once Cinder becomes the Fall Maiden..." Nightmare glanced at Salem... "I have had an idea, but it will require Grimm as a sacrifice... Beowolves to be exact, three hundred of them."

"Very well, they are yours."

"Thank you Salem."

Author's Note

*
Aria holds grudges.
**
The student's of Canterlot High were not as forgiving of her actions in this universe as they were in the movies.
***
The Dragons of Equestria, in ancient times, carved words in their language into their scales to give them power. They and the Dragons of Nirn coincidentally have the same written language. Yes I've been playing Skyrim again, why do you ask? Dovahkiin, Dovahkiin, naal ok zin los variin, Wah dein vokul mahfaeraak ahst vaal!