Headmaster Ozpin types away in his digital keyboard, doing work as a headmaster should. He sips from his cup of coffee as he continues typing but before he could type away, a ding could be heard from the elevator.
"Come in." The elevator opens up to see his most skilled student of the first years, Pyrrha Nikos.
"Ah Ms. Nikos, good to see you. What brought you here to my office?" Ozpin asked as he closes the digital screen on his table.
Pyrrha nervously stands before him. "Headmaster Ozpin, I wish for your assistance." Ozpin raises an eyebrow at this as he sips from his mug.
"What do you need my help for?"
"I.. I need your advice," Pyrrha said as Ozpin motions for her to take a seat.
"What troubles you, Ms. Nikos?" Ozpin asked as he lay down his cup of coffee on his table.
"...Love..." Pyrrha embarrassedly said in a whisper, but Ozpin heard it quite well.
"Please give me the full context of your situation." Pyrrha nodded as she began to explain.
"You see Headmaster Oz-" Ozpin stops her there.
"Please just call me Ozpin, it might be quite hard and annoying if you keep using headmaster." He chuckled as Pyrrha bows her head in apology.
"Ah! Sorry, Head- I mean Ozpin."
"Please continue where you left off." Pyrrha raises her head as she explains.
"My problem sir is Love, I just recently found someone who I fall for. A kind man who is also a skilled fighter, handsome even, but every time I talk to him or spend time with him. My heart aches, it cries out to leave him, run from him, and go for the one I truly love is..." She trails off as Ozpin finishes for her.
"Jaune?" Her shock expression confirms it but calms down with a sad look.
"Yes, I have given him so many clues, hints for months! I have been patient with him for who knows how long. I... I had to give up on him as he clearly doesn't want a girl like me to be his girlfriend..." Pyrrha trails off again as tears began to come out of her eyes. She hides her face and wipes off her tears. She then 'eeps!' as Ozpin is in front of her, holding a napkin.
"Thank you..." Pyrrha gladly takes the napkin and wipes her tears away. Ozpin smiles as he walks back to his seat. "...I tried my best to ignore what my heart is saying because I already found someone who I can love. I for one think I deserved this from all the waiting I had to endure for Jaune to notice my love." Silence, Ozpin feel that she said enough, but she still continues.
"I saw Jaune walking past the Mess Hall, he seems distressed about something. I wanted to go to him and comfort him as a best friend would, but I didn't for some reason, and just continue on talking with my boyfriend..." Pyrrha trailed off. Ozpin notices her tone and face when she said all that. Her voice has the tone of regret in it while her face shows no life or emotion as if she betrays her partner, her love Jaune Arc.
"...Professor Ozpin, Did I make a mistake?" Pyrrha asked in a whisper.
It pains Ozpin to see her in a depressive state. Pyrrha just wants a normal life, he notices it when he first saw her transcripts. Which was why she accepted her into his academy. How ironic, powerful in battle, weak in emotions. Well, Ozpin can't really blame her, she had no experience in love and such.
"I'm not the right person to answer that question, Ms. Nikos. However, what I can tell you is that you must not ignore what your heart says." Ozpin answered somewhat wisely.
"But does that mean I have to break up with my current boyfriend and go after Jaune? Is that it?!" Pyrrha somewhat shouted, not realizing it. Ozpin remains silent as Pyrrha calms down and apologizes for screaming at him as she looks down on the floor with her mind conflicted. Ozpin closes his eyes as he sighs.
"Pyrrha…" The man in green called out as the frustrated teen looks up. "…Tell me, who are you?" Pyrrha is taken aback by the question but answered nonetheless.
"I'm Pyrrha Nikos…The Invincible girl that won the Mistral Regional Tournament 4 years in a row-"Ozpin raise his hand to stop her there.
"Not who you are as seen by the public, tell me who you are as a person…" Ozpin explains his question as Pyrrha thought it over.
"A girl who is an experienced fighter, praise to be invincible, seen as a goddess, but in truth, she doesn't want to be these things. All she wants is to live a normal life, still be a huntress, yes, but she also wants real friends that see her as a friend, and maybe find love in the process." After she answered she went quiet as the room filled with silence. Ozpin breaks the silence by telling her an important aspect in her life.
"What I see in front of me is just that. A girl who doesn't want all the attention, and just wants to live a normal life." Ozpin said as he sips his beverage.
"What's the point of this?" Pyrrha asks, getting a little impatient with the headmaster's cryptic sentences.
"The point is, what we are and who we are does not matter. You and I are just functioning people of society doing our part. So, what if you made a mistake? Every single living organism on this very planet has made mistakes. Mistakes that are similar to yours, they pull through by being who they really are." Ozpin stands up and walks towards the large bay window.
"Who you are to Jaune does not matter, what matters is being there for him. He still needs help in being a huntsman, right?" Ozpin doesn't need to see that Pyrrha nodded with a determined look. "So help him, help him to be the best huntsman there is, cherish the bond of friendship."
"Your right, even though I don't…love him anymore, I can still be friends- no, best friends to him." Pyrrha stands up and bows. "Thank you, Headmaster Ozpin."
"There's no need to thank me, I just did I what any person would do. Help those in need." Ozpin replied while still looking out the window. Pyrrha smiles as she went for the elevator to leave as Ozpin continues staring out the window to look at the scenery.
"For what I did, I'm sorry. I truly believe this might help him get stronger fast." Ozpin said to no one in particular.
"The enemy is in our gates, and we need all the help we can get." He then turns around, seats on his chair, and open up his digital screen. "I need more staff..."
-A Mistake-
Pyrrha is happily humming a toon with her eyes close in the elevator. Her mood has been lifted by headmaster Ozpin speech. The elevator opens with a sounding ding, but she didn't expect someone to be waiting for her.
"Ah Pyrrha, you're finally finished with your little meeting with Ozzy. Say you want to go out to Vale?" Asked a male voice.
Pyrrha opens her eyes and blinks, then smiles. "I didn't expect you to be here."
The male smiles. "What can I say, gotta be a good boyfriend to the all great goddess." He teased.
Pyrrha only chuckled in her boyfriend's antics. "Don't tease me like that, and as for your question. Yes, I would be happy to go." The handsome male smiled.
"So, it's a date then?" Pyrrha blushes a little, but she nodded.
"Yeah, it's a date...Mercury."
Dun dun duuuunn, I bet some of you were shocked…. or none of you were. What I do know is you all are angry with me because of this ridiculous plot twist. Like the first question to pop up in your head was why Mercury Black? Well, would you want a crappy OC or a real character who has some potential in destroying our heroes? Majority of you must have picked the latter or not. Besides, I'm such a hypocrite for even saying that, because I will be adding some OCs as professors, as well as some students. These OCs are just side characters that will not be getting the spotlight, they are just more allies that will help our heroes.
Now why add some OCs as professors and students? Well, it will be rather boring if there is no life in this story. Like for example "A nameless student shouted" or "The stranger bumps into team RWBY" it would just be... lifeless. It adds immersion to their world.
You know, the whole "Pyrrha asking for advice to Ozpin" idea was brought upon by a username Patriot-112 (It also made me remember a scene in a naruto fanfic called "Better left Unsaid" where Naruto is fighting Neji and Naruto ask "Tell me your opinion on Hyuuga Neji". I kind of use that question differently here). It's a good thing you suggested this or else I could have been stuck as I made up scenarios for Jaune alone which brings me to another user who pointed out that I made Jaune somehow a villain in this story for not noticing Pyrrha's hints to him or being together, and blaming it all on one person…
Firstly, thank you for ranting/reviewing about that. I keep rereading your comment because for some reason it hit home for me or something. Secondly, your sentence "it's unfair for all the responsibility to lie on just one of the participants" made me choose Mercury as Pyrrha's boyfriend. I wanted to make a witty remark to you about how you think Jaune is the only one who a made a mistake, but I feel like it would come out as me being an arrogant bastard so I will not even though I explain it. Silly me.
Anyway, sorry for the unannounced hiatus. I will tell the details of my unannounced hiatus in one of my small popular fanfics Yandere Academy (Revamp). Since this one is just a side project which I don't believe for a second.
Give me your opinions about the whole OCs adding thing and your rant about Mercury being Pyrrha's boyfriend, it will be an amusing read.
Welp, I got nothing else to say so signing off!
(Updated Writers note) So Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I'm truly sorry for not posting anything lately. You see I'm starting to question my passion for writing and art as I age. As you notice I am somewhat improving in writing because of how I'm maturing, and not a hyper 13-year-old boy who writes these story for the fun of it. Now as for questioning my passion thing. When I have free time in my hands like doing nothing at all. I question what I do, like what's the point in doing all of this? That is a question that I have yet to answer as days goes by with me being lazy to do any of this. It seems that question will be answered within time.
Anyway, I wanted to post four chapters at once before the new year as a way of a gift from me, but it seems like this one will be first as I'm trying to find the motivation to finish a chapter in Yandere Academy and start a chapter in Ruby and Friends (as I edit the previous chapters.)
Also before I end this updated writer's note. I just realized something, in my stories I was aiming to be perfect in my grammar, to satisfy everyone that comes across my stories. To stop the negative comments that break my self-esteem, but I realize that nothing is perfect. Not EVERYONE will like my stories, the criticism towards my grammar will not stop. That is how life is. Don't try to control it, try to mold it. This is a barrier within my childlike mind that I finally have broken. So Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.