Ruby at Atlas

By: FunahoMisaki

(A/N: I own nothing and what if when Ruby stopped Roman, instead of Goodwitch and Ozpin accepting her to Beacon, General Ironwood and Winter Schnee accepted her to Atlas's Hunter Academy? Now in a whole new kingdom, without her sister, and with a whole new team watch how this changes things. AU OOC Femslash)

"You must be Summer and Taiyang's daughter." General James Ironwood said looking at the rather small girl in front of him who had single handedly stopped a robbery by Roman Torchwick, and nearly took him in for arrest too. It was only luck that her speed was enough to get her away from the blast of the red dust crystal without damaging her, the look on Roman's face had been priceless when he noticed that she wasn't damaged.

"You knew mom and you know my dad?" Ruby asked tilting her head to the side just a bit in confusion as she looked at the white haired woman and the older man in front of her.

"Yes very well. Summer was a dear friend and ally of mine, Taiyang…well he came with Summer. In fact your Uncle knows Specialist Schnee here. Winter you remember Qrow don't you?" Ironwood asked looking at the white haired woman who twitched slightly and scowled.

"I still want to take out his tongue." Winter growled to herself causing Ruby to giggle a bit since she obviously heard the woman.

"That sounds like most women who know Uncle Qrow. You must be the Ice Queen"

"Hey!" Winter yelped indigently at that title while Ironwood was amused by it.

"he talks about sometimes." Ruby continued on cheerfully without even looking as if she had been interrupted.

"You're Summer's daughter through and through alright. I'm here to offer you something Miss Rose. Something I'm sure you'd actually like." Ironwood said smirking a bit before returning to normal as he interlaced his hands in front of his mouth while looking at the girl as Winter regained her composure.

"Is it Cookies?" Ruby asked blinking at the man who raised one eyebrow.

"No."

"Is it milk?" Ruby asked earning an amused look from Winter.

"No."

"Is it strawberries?" Ruby asked for the third time while Winter was smiling slightly as she watched her commanding officer try to look annoyed but seemed more amused than anything.

"No, it's not food Miss Rose." Ironwood said managing to keep his voice neutral even though he was amused by the girls thought process.

"Is it a cool mechanical enhancement like your arm?" Ruby asked changing tactics and causing both of the military people to freeze at that.

"How do you know about that?" Winter asked sharply as she looked at the girl who blinked up at her confused.

"Uncle Qrow mentioned it when he left the General to babysit me when I was little since my parents were on an assignment and he had a mission. I wasn't very old, not even five yet and my sister was left with Auntie G so I was left with General Ironwood." Ruby said causing the man to look honestly surprised at this.

"Correct, you were only one and a half close to two years old at the time so you kept trying to chew on it…how do you know that?" Ironwood asked making Ruby grin sheepishly while Winter looked torn between amused and shocked at this, settling on exasperated amusement.

"Eidetic memory. I remember everything from the time I was a few minutes old to now with perfect clarity. I even remember the missions you assigned to the Specialists, which Specialists they were, and the weapons of each Specialist from the time you babysat me." Ruby said causing Ironwood and Winter both to look impressed before Ruby turned to Winter and smiled brightly.

"I actually met you once before. Uncle Qrow took me and my big sister to a park but got distracted by something and I had ran off to chase after a puppy I saw, I was only five or six. You were there with your younger sister Weiss and younger brother Whitley when I bumped into Whitley. He got mad at the dirt on his suit and started yelling at me and tried to slap me, I punched him in the nose like my sister did to anyone who had acted like that to me. You picked both of us up by the collars of our shirts and scolded Whitley for reacting like that for an accident, and me for punching him hard enough to give him a bloody nose. Then you let me play with Weiss on the swings for a while until Yang found me and dragged me back to Uncle Qrow." Ruby said causing Winter to blink rapidly as she tried to process that.

"You were the little girl in the red jacket that got my sister to act like an actual kid?" Winter asked staring at the small girl in a bit of shock, her sister had begged her for weeks to find the girl again so that Weiss could play with her.

"Yep! Left my cloak at home so it didn't get dirty but it was cold out that day so I had worn a jacket." Ruby said cheerfully as she looked at the Specialist who was blinking in shock and disbelief at this while Ironwood seemed surprised.

"Anyways Miss Rose…no you're not getting a mechanical arm." Ironwood said trying to bring them back on track and causing the girl to pout a bit before perking up a bit when he slid blueprints over to her.

"Ohh blueprints! A sturdy weapon too by the looks of it but what's with these dust chambers? Completely wrong, they should be here and this shifting mecha? Total garbage. Everyone with two functioning brain cells and a knowledge of weapon crafting knows you should go with the V-130 model for a mace, not a B-210. This wiring system too! Honestly did a four year old make this?" Ruby rolled her eyes, rattling off several improvements and changes that could be made to the blueprints to make the weapon itself better without even consciously thinking about what she was doing.

Ironwoods eyebrows rose higher and higher at each improvement and Winter was near gaping. The girls transcripts from Signal showed that Weapons were her forte and that she was a master weapon crafter but this was ridiculous! She had spotted flaws and possible upgrades that even Winter hadn't noticed!

"Miss Rose if you had to pick a single back up weapon for if you lost your scythe…what would it be?" Ironwood asked his eyes glinting as he caught a glimpse of the girls potential and abilities. Ozpin would have killed to recruit this girl early, too bad that he wasn't there now wasn't it?

"Hmm, hand to hand combat is my major weakness and I can't use a brawling style like my sister does so it'd have to be a small blade. A dagger perhaps a tanto? It'd be more effective if it were able to carry poison and dust since I'm allergic to dust and can't use it well it would be a last ditched resort. Poison would be for a long fight against most people stronger than me, with my speed I could get inside their guard, cut them therefore injecting the poison in their veins or aura, and then dart out of the way of their attacks while they succumb to the poison…" Ruby said thinking hard, and making Winter bite her lip to avoid squealing at how adorable the girl looks as she chewed on her lower lip, and descending into mutters as she went over her encyclopedic weapon knowledge and decided which would be best for her.

"Why don't you draw out the blue prints for it Miss Rose?" Ironwood suggested slyly as he slid some pencils and a piece of paper over to the girl. Ruby's eyes lit up and she gave a small smile as she grabbed the pencil and began drawing at a rapid rate.

"Done! Huh…I'll have to actually make this when I go back to Signal." Ruby said less than two seconds later as she set down the pencil and looked at the blueprints for the poisoned tanto. Winter and Ironwood both gaped at her speed, which was faster than any of the Specialists or Technicians that they had available…and much faster than any of their computers.

"May we see?" Ironwood asked causing Ruby to blink but slide the paper over so that they could see. The two of them spent the next minute or two in complete silence as they absorbed every detail of the girls blueprints and stared at each other wide eyed when they were done. Her designs were impressive, much better than most of the designs their technicians had made.

"Sir can she just skip the school and be our primary technician and weapon smith?" Winter asked finally making Ruby blink as she looked between them confused.

"No Winter she can't…" Ironwood said making the white haired woman wilt slightly before the General turned to Ruby. His next question had Ruby staring shocked for a moment before she squee'd and tackled the two in a hug, loudly yelling out her affirmative while Winter had to do her best not to grin.

"Miss Rose how would you like to both attend Atlas's Hunter Academy two years early and be the youngest weapon smith and technician in the Atlas Military? I will pay for you ticket to Atlas, and your tuition fees myself if I have too! Talent like yours should not be wasted…so what do you say?"