Ochre happily skipped down the hallway to the dorm room shared by her and the rest of Team Rwby. The reason she was so happy, was because Ozpin didn't suspect anything (hopefully), and because classes had just ended early. She texted Weiss she was done, and the heiress replied that class was over and she had missed everything, but not to worry because she had taken notes that she would lend to Ochre later.

Ochre figured she and Weiss would run into each other in the hallway as she made her way back to the dorm. So imagine her surprise when she ran into Ruby.

"Hey, Ochre! There you are! I have Weiss's notes right here." And she shook a couple of flimsy pages of this world's version of loose-leaf paper that had small, evenly spaced, linear lines of the tiny cursive handwriting that could only have belonged to Weiss.

"Thank you Ruby!" Ochre said with a smile as she took hold of the papers. Then a thought occurred and an eyebrow furrowed. "May I ask why you are the one to give me this and not Weiss herself?" Ochre questioned.

Ruby launched into an explanation. "Weiss got held up by Jaune, and I wanted to get you the notes as soon as possible cause you're my teammate, and I wouldn't want a teammate falling behind."

"Wow." Ochre said in when Ruby finished. "You've really grown into the role of leader."

Ruby blushed modestly, and started muttering about the rest of the team helping her.

"I mean it though... You've come a long way Ruby..." Ochre quietly said to herself.

"What was that?" Ruby asked, not having heard what Ochre said.

"Oh, nothing." The brunette dismissed. Ruby shrugged and made to run ahead with her semblance, but Ochre's call of, "wait!" Had her stopping so suddenly there was smoke where her shoes had come into contact with the floor.

"Yeah Ochre?" She asked, giving the brunette her full attention.

Ochre hesitated. "Um... I-I was just wondering...

I mean, this is kind of a silly question..." A small nod to continue.

"...Do you believe in magic?"

Ruby seemed a little confused at the question, and her eyebrows furrowed as she turned to answer.

But before she could say anything Ochre took her expression as a no. "Alright. I get it." She looked down at the floor with a rejected frown.

"Wait, nonono!" Ruby scrambled to say, seeing Ochre's sad expression and probably feeling like she had let the brunette down. "It's not that I don't..."

Ochre waited a moment, eyes scanning the walls and ceiling of the hallway outside their dorm for for the hundredth time. And when it seemed like Ruby had let her sentence fizzle out, she started saying. "Well, whether you do or don't, I wanted to tell you a story."

Ruby immediately closed her mouth, and, somewhat recalling Qrow's words at the end of Volume three, Ochre began.

"Remnant's full of legends and stories. Some true, some made up... Some embellished. But most of 'em have at least a little of the truth in them.

"There's one in particular I feel you should know about." She paused for emphasis.

"Far back before huntsmen, before kingdoms, heck, possibly before even dust, it was said those with Silver eyes were destined to be warriors." She slightly tilted her head to see Ruby listening with rapt attention.

"The creatures of Grimm were afraid of these Silver Eyed Warriors. It was said even a single look from them was enough to strike a Grimm down." Ochre stopped talking, staring at the ground, and muttered, "Of course, that last part's exaggerated..."

Then she looked up, and realized that she and Ruby had stopped outside their dorm. "Oh. We're already here." She said, taking out her scroll and holding it up to the door. Then she stepped aside and bowed while making a 'go on gesture, snapping Ruby out of her daze. "My liege."

"...What?"

Ochre rolled her eyes. "My Leader." She simplified.

"Oh..." Ruby breathed, and walked inside. A quick glance inside showed Yang playing a game on her scroll on her bed, and Blake reading a book on hers. But Weiss wasn't there.

"Weiss should have been back by now." Ruby noted, slightly worriedly. If Weiss had to go somewhere, she would've texted them on her scroll.

"I'll go find her." Ochre offered, and ran off.

...Different types of dust produce different results when used in tandem with a semblance.

"Yang Xiao Long, prepare your kingdom for battle!"

"Bring it on!"

"I deploy THE ATLESIAN AIR FLEET!" Ruby yelled, causing Ochre, who was sitting a few feet away from her to flinch from the volume.

*Gasp*

Fire type dusts create a fiery afterimage for most contact-type semblances. Other effects vary.

When Ochre found Weiss, she had been studying in the library, and almost immediately after she found her, the rest of the Team came in with Remnant: The game. Weiss had sent a text to the rest of the team, and Ochre hadn't felt her scroll buzzing on the way there.

"Looks like I get to fly right over your Ursai and attack your walls directly!"

*Gasp* "You fiend!" Yang said.

Ruby had then forced almost everyone to play the game.

Ice type dusts And Earth type dusts tend to have a solidifying effect on contact and certain manipulation type semblances. This is highly dependent on the semblance. Other effects vary.

"And since Atlas is part of Mantle, my repair time only lasts One Turn." Ruby gloated.

Yang then chuckled, and pulled up a card that had been face down on the board.

"Pretty sneaky sis, but you've activated my trap card!"

"Whaaaaaaa!"

"Giant Nevermore!" Yang called and slammed her fist on the table, toppling over all her game pieces. A few feet away, Ochre snickered and thought. Yugioh much?

Yang then called out what the card did. Yep. Definitely Yugioh. "If I roll a seven or higher, Fatal Feathers will slice your fleet in two!"

"But, if you roll a six or lower, the nevermore will turn on your own fleet."

"That's just a chance I'm willing to take."

Then Yang rolled the twelve-sided dice and got an eight. Ruby dramatically called "NOOOOOO! My FEARLESS SOLDIERS!" As Yang made the nevermore card swoop in and knock down half of Ruby's game pieces. The Blonde shrugged. "Eh, most of 'em were probably androids."

After reading for a little longer, Ochre came upon this line:

All other types of dust vary too much depending on the semblance to properly describe. And there are so many different types of semblances Professor Peach couldn't possibly label them all.

Ochre snorted after reading this. Of course Weiss would write down every little thing. This was actually why the class has ended so early. The subject was simply too broad, and there were too many exceptions for anyone to teach. But it was also a pretty important one when it came to fighting the Grimm. Not to mention it was a relatively new technique. I mean, according to the history books, huntsmen and huntresses had only been around for about 80 years or so.

And then there are the semblances that center around the manipulation of a certain type of dust.

Now, a lot of this, especially the different types of semblances were still confusing to Ochre, and though Blake and Yang had a little information exchange awhile back, she still had to cross reference some of her other notes to really get it.

Contact type semblances: Involving the users body Ex: Yang, Cardin, Ruby, Blake? Nora, Ren?

Manipulation type semblances: Involving the users manipulation of an outside element i.e dust. Ex: Pyrrha, Weiss?

Team Jnpr was sitting at a table across the room from Ochre. Ren was reading a book that Nora was sleeping on, Pyrrha was studying and Jaune was reading an X-ray and Vav comic book.

"Goodbye My friends. You will be avenged."

"Not before I draw my rewards, which are double this round thanks to the Mistral trade route."

"Bah!" Ruby called. Tossing a couple of game pieces across the room.

"Oh, and what's this?" Yang called in mock confusion, "The smugglers of windpath?!"

"Bah! Bah! I say!"

Pyrrha took Jaune's comic book away and pushed a history journal in front of his pouting face. Then she began reading the comic herself.

"Looks like I'm taking two cards from your hand."

"HAVE YOU NO HEART!?" Ruby cried.

Meanwhile, Weiss and Blake were watching the exchange in mild confusion, until Yang said, "Weiss, it's your turn."

Weiss took a quick glance at the cards in her hand, before furrowing her eyebrows and saying "I have...absolutely no idea what's going on."

Yang slid over and put a hand over Weiss shoulder. She looked over Weiss's cards and said, "Look, It's easy! You're playing as Vacuo which means all Vacuo cards come with a bonus."

"That sounds dumb." Weiss dryly said.

"See... you've got Sandstorm, Desert Scavenge-Ooh! Resourceful Raider."

Ochre glanced over to Ruby, whose tears were defying gravity, running sideways down her face instead of downwards onto the table.

Yang continued explaining. "See, now you can take Ruby's discarded airfleet," "Noooo..." "And put it in your hand."

"Okay..." Weiss said, still confused but going along with it. "And since Vacuo warriors have an endurance boost against natural hazards, you can use Sandstorm to disable my ground forces and simultaneously infiltrate my kingdom." Then she pointed a finger at Weiss. "Just know, that I will not forget this declaration of war."

If it was even possible, Weiss got even more confused. "And that means..?"

"You're just three moves away from conquering Remnant!" Ruby said, voice squeaky from crying. Her tears were still doing that defying gravity thing, but they were starting to pool on the table, so Ochre dropped a couple of tissues next to her face.

At the very least, Weiss understood that, and she adjusted accordingly. "Ahahahahaha! YES! FEAR THE ALMIGHTY POWER OF MY FORCES! COWER AS THEY PILLAGE YOUR HOMES, AND WEEP AS THEY TAKE YOUR CHILDREN FROM YOUR VERY ARMS-"

"Trap card." Yang cut in, holding a card in front of Weiss.

"Huh?" Weiss said, understandably confused. Then Yang swept her arms over the board, knocking over all of Weiss's pieces while smiling and saying "Your armies have been destroyed."

Weiss slumped in her chair, tears trailing down her face. "I hate this game of emotions we play..." She cried, sniffling. Ruby jumped into her lap, hugging her, and nuzzling her tear streaked face in Weiss's neck.

"Stay strong Weiss. We'll get through this together!"

"Shut up! Don't touch me." The heiress cried. But despite her words, she hugged Ruby tight. And Ochre inwardly cooed at how adorable they were.

Yang just put her hands behind her head all relaxed like, and looked at Blake. "All right, Blakey, you're up!"

Blake had been staring off into oblivion, and now she snapped to attention, glancing around confusedly. "Huh? Sorry what am I doing again?"

Yang immediately launched into an explanation. "You're playing as Vale trying to conquer the four kingdoms of Remnant!"

"Right..." Blake trailed off.

Ochre chuckled, bringing Team RWBY's attention on her. "C'mon Blake, staring off into the distance and contemplating life is 'my' thing." This earned a small smile from Blake.

Jaune walked over and asked, "Hey, can I play?"

"Sorry Jaune, we already have four players." Ruby told him.

Weiss looked down her nose at the blond. "Besides," She said snidely "This game requires a certain level of tactical cunning that I seriously doubt you posses."

"Uh, you attacked your own navel fleet two turns ago." Yang pointed out.

Weiss "Hmmmmph"ed

"Bring it on Ice Queen." Jaune said. "I'll have you know that I've been told I'm a natural born leader."

"By who?" Weiss mocked. "Your mother?"

"A-and Pyrrha." Jaune added while Pyrrha said "Hello again!" In the background.

"Aaand, indirectly Ozpin." Ochre added. Causing Weiss to turn to her.

Seeing the couple of looks sent her way, Ochre said, "Look, I'm just sayin', Jaune was made Team Leader for a reason. And, no offense to you Jaune," "None taken" "but at the time, it wasn't for your fighting skills."

It was at that moment that Sun decided to come in, and he entered with a "Sup' Losers." While making a piece sign.

"Hey Sun." Ruby greeted amicably.

"Ruby, Yang, Blake, Ochre. Ice Queen." Sun said.

"Why does everyone keep calling me that?!"

Sun ignored her and continued. "I never got the chance to introduce you to my friend."

The blue haired guy said "Uhh...Aren't libraries for reading?"

"Thank you!" Ren called, and at that moment Nora woke up and snorted "Pancakes!"

Sun turned to the his friend. "Shut up, don't be a nerd."

"g-g-g-g-g-'Intellectual', okay? Thank you." Then he turned to the group. "I'm Neptune."

"So, Neptune." Weiss said. "Where are you from?"

"Haven, and..." He walked over and stood next to Weiss. "...And I don't believe I've caught your name, snow angel."

Ochre openly scowled at his flirty attitude.

"Um...I'm Weiss." She said while Jaune whisper yelled, "Are you kidding me?!"

"Pleasure to meet you." Neptune said.

They're conversation falls into obscurity as Ochre reluctantly focused on what Sun was saying to Blake.

"I never took you as the board game playing type." He idly commented.

Blake stood up, threw the cards on the table and said, "Well, I think I'm done with playing." Then she walked off.

Sun had a look on his face that asked, 'what's up with her?'

That was right about where Ochre left to see if Blake was okay.

"How did it go?" Glynda asked. She had been absent for both meetings.

There was a slight worried edge to her tone. How could there not be, with the message Qrow sent?

Queen has pawns.

It could mean a lot of things really. And once he had been reminded of this, Ozpin had taken it to mean that She already had someone inside the school. And with Ochre's record, or lack thereof, her convenient arrival at From Dust til Dawn, and, according to Ozpin, her apparent knowledge of current events...Well, what were they supposed to think?

Thankfully for Glynda's spiralling thoughts, Ozpin chose that moment to start speaking.

"I believe I can confidently say that Ms. Zinnia isn't one of the people Qrow was referring to."

Glenda inwardly sighed in relief.

"However," And there went the relief.

"She does appear to know far more than we have given her credit for."

Huh? "What do you mean?"

Ozpin had a small smile on his face. "You would not believe what she said to James as she left my office, 'You should not have brought so many bullheads.' And, according to James, she seemed so certain of it. It almost sounded like a warning."

Well, Glynda wouldn't have expected that from the quiet, studious girl.

"Do you want me to keep an eye on her?" She asked.

"Yes I do believe that would be best."

Alright then. Ms. Goodwitch would keep an eye on Ms. Zinnia for the foreseeable future.

With that, Glynda excused herself, and left the office.

The dorm room door slid open, and a brown haired girl stared through the open doorway. Inside the room, a girl with black hair and a bow on top of her head, lay curled up on her bed. She had deep bags under her eyes, and stared off to nowhere, lost in thought, seemingly oblivious to everything around her. The crickets in the background added to the peaceful yet somber atmosphere. That is, until a soft and concerned voice called out,

"Blake?"

A/n: Yes. Libraries are for studying. Ochre may or may not have screwed herself over. And, because libraries are for studying, I took the opportunity to establish some rules about aura and dust. If you have any questions, Pm me or leave a review and I'll answer next chapter.

Now, did anyone get the reference in the chapter title? (It's not Undertale, for once.)