Everyone in the class turned to Ruby, as shocked as she was, most of them thinking the girl motherless, before a clear voice rang out across the classroom, "If everyone could please settle down and sit in their seats we can begin our lesson,"

"Now as I said, my name is professor Rose, and I will be your weapons teacher. Now, can anyone tell me what your previous teacher was teaching you before they kicked the bucket? Ah, red head up the back, yes?"

"He was teaching us the proper maintenance of particular metals and how to upgrade, rebuild or remake our weapons,"

"Ok then. To sum up last year then, you learnt that if your weapon has iron, or any other rusting metal in it, don't drop it in a lake, if you want to add another form to your weapon, fix it, or are bored and want to rebuild it or make a spare, you pull it apart and put it back together the same way. Correct?"

The majority of the class shifted uncomfortably in their seats and nodded.

"Ah, well then. Not all teachers can be good at teaching. Now, I am hoping you all know how not to break your own weapons, right?" the class nodded, "And you all know how to fix or upgrade them, right?" more nods, "Then I'm betting that if I gave blonde over there the red-heads javelin as the only defence against the grim, he would die, correct?" a few giggles and more nods.

"Alright then class, all of you are to come down here, with your partners, tell me your names and swap weapons, then sit next to each other and await further instructions,"

Once they were done Summer called out to the class, "Okay then, one by one, you are to tell me, just by first glance, what your partners weapons are, what they do, how old they are, what they're made of, what they're called and what type of ammunition they use, assuming they have a ranged mode of combat. First off, will be Nora, tell me about your partners weapon,"

"Umm, it's four years old, it cuts and shoots things, it's called storm flower and that's all I really can tell," said an enthusiastic Nora.

"And I'm guessing that was all prior knowledge?" Summer asked, knowing the answer before she replied. Turning to Jaune she continued, "Jaune, tell me about Pyrras' weapon,"

"Uh, umm, it shoots things and cuts things?" Summer laughed and moved on, "Blake, tell me about your partners' weapon,"

"They are a pair of gauntlets called Ember Celica. They are made of a titanium alloy and use fire dust rounds. But that was prior knowledge," Summer smiled and moved on.

"Weiss?"

"Crescent Rose is a sniper scythe, that's about all I know,"

"Very well then. Now Ruby, could you please give me an over view of the entire classes weapons?" Summer requested grinning with her daughter.

"Sure thing mum! So, first; Myrtenaster is an altered 75in rapier with four separate dust canisters that she can use to alter her glyphs, coat her blade in or use to create projectiles. It is primarily a melee weapon and is made from a silver/titanium alloy. It is two years old

'Ember Celica is a platinum/titanium alloy, but is painted yellow. It uses extremely powerful 45. Fire dust rounds that not only can rip a grim to shreds, but can sling shot herself meters in any direction. The mecha shift causes the metal plating to fold back to her elbow for support and can shrink down to form simple cuffs. It is six years old.

'Gambol shroud is made from black-steel and can be shifted into a chain/ribbon scythe, broad short sword, katana, automatic, and the katana can be fired from its sheath. It can use any type of dust round due to its flexibility and adjustability. It is seven years old

'Crocea Moors is a simple broad sword and sheath shield made from silver and titanium with gold trimming. It is purely a melee weapon. It is fifty-nine years old.

'Milo and Akuo are a javelin/short sword/rifle and shield pair. They are made of a rare silver/iron/titanium alloy with gold plating, perfect for her semblance. Milo uses the same rounds as Ember Celica and ca fire bullets from any of its' forms. It is three years old.

'Magnhild is a war hammer/grenade launcher made from a silver/titanium alloy, like most of these weapons, and uses any class grenade to fire in a heart shape. Though it does have deadly projectiles, and can fire from behind for extra force, it is primarily a melee weapon and also works as a conductor. It is four years old.

'Finally Rens' Storm Flower consists of twin pistols with vertical semi-retractable sickles that use an interesting type of homemade ice/air dust in his own special calibre. It is made from reinforced steel and a nearly unbreakable reinforced jade/stone blade. It is four years old, as Nora said.

'is that enough mum?" Ruby finished after wowing the crowd who were all so shell shocked and gobsmacked that they couldn't move.

"Yep, that about sums it up. So, if all of you can learn as much about each other's weapons as Ruby has, then by the end of the semester, at the half yearlies, if you can answer a question about a random weapon in this class, then you can have the rest of that period of and not have to do any test. Again, Ruby already has that period off because of what she just displayed. Now, any questions? None? Good, now start asking each other questions,"

So by the end of the class, just before the bell rang, each student had basic knowledge of the main features of each other's weapons. Before dismissing the class Summer said, "Now that you have a slight clue about each others weapons, I have organised a special training program with your combat instructor to learn to use these weapons. Class dismissed,"

And with that, the class left, Ruby hugging her mother on the way out. She had a slight clue about who her combat instructor for this year would be.

As they entered the training hall, relaxed and unsuspicious, bar Ruby who came in last, they were attacked from behind. Ruby being the only one prepared, already had her weapon drawn and was battling their attacker.

However, she was quickly disarmed and was being held at sword point, but before anyone could try to help her she spoke up, "Hey dad," and hugged her attacker, "I guess you're our new combat instructor, huh,"

"Sure am, kiddo!" Qrow replied hugging his daughter back.

As the entire class, particularly Weiss, nearly fainted, Yang was laughing her head off with Ruby and Qrow.

"Hello class, I am Qrow. Call me whatever. I am your new combat instructor, and you may or may not die in the next fifty minutes,"

"No fair! How come you're going so easy on them?" Yang and Ruby asked.

"Because half of these idiots barely even know how to hold each other's weapons, let alone use them,"

"Fair enough,"