CH7: Bonds of Past and Future

AN: Greetings! My dearest readers! I've come back with yet another chapter of The Once and Future King. I apologize for my late posting, but I wanted to give you guys the quality I think you guys deserve. As well as increasing my chapter length.

Now, I've read your reviews on Alistair, and I wanted to clarify some things about his Semblance. I've always planned for it to be a mental manipulation based semblance, but take solace in the fact that it is far more subtle than one would think. It's certainly not overt mind control, Oum save us if it is. But, more along the lines of mental nudging. It works more as a support for his already incredible charisma. It's also the reason why he went after the seven of them one by one. Pyrrha and Ruby took the most effort to convince, and he has to do regular maintenance on Pyrrha for his semblance to have any true effect on her. And on the subject of Pyrrha, she hasn't lost any real agency, but Alistair is a subtle bastard if anything. He didn't overtly go BAM sex me now. But, there relationship timeline is they started dating in second year. And everyone knows how hormones work. Especially when you've essentially got super powers, can die at any moment, and have little to no adult interference. Anywho, enjoy the Chapter!

Arthur awoke to sight of dawn. In another life he may have awoken to the sight of dusk and the regrets that lead to the sorrowful evening. But, now he was content with sitting by the window to his dorm smiling at the scene that often represented the future. He sat there taking in the sight when he heard the sound of feet touching the ground.

"I see you're up as early as ever Captain," the figure behind him spoke.

"Of course I am Hector, a leader must lead by example," Arthur spoke turning to smile at his ruby haired subordinate. The man snorted at his captain's comment.

"I have a feeling that rat faced bastard Maleagant would disagree," Arthur chuckled at Hector's scathing words to his "rival" in knight academy.

"I agree, Maleagant always was rather lazy," The captain conceded with a smile.

"He wasn't just lazy, He was an incompetent lecher as well captain. Even Kay uses his lechery to hide his intelligence. The only reason why he got an officer status is due to his family pulling those damned strings," Arthur lost his smile as he remembered how he first met Mash. Arthur stood up calmly and began to get things in order. Seeing his captain's discomfort Hector began.

"I'm sorry captain. I didn't mean to dredge up dark memories for you," Arthur just gave a smile at him.

"It's fine Hector, I know you mean no harm with it. I just wish. . ." He trailed off a grimace on his face as he thought of Mash further. The purple haired girl was a major source of comfort for the man, and to think of the cowards actions during their shared field mission together only irked him further. Shaking his head he smiled at Hector before walking into the washroom to prepare for the day. The red haired male of team CHAL could only look out the window angrily, as he berated himself for upsetting his captain. His thoughts then went to the coward who caused his captain pain, and swore to himself that he would rip the coward from his seated position somehow.

"That man is a stain on the honor of all true knights. Don't worry my captain, he will be removed before you take the throne I swear it. He doesn't deserve to be in your presence ever again," The archer of CHAL began to scheme. As is his duty as the shadow of his captain. He heard shifting coming from the other two beds in the room. Hector looked over and saw both Gawain and Lancelot waking up.

"I see you two are awake as well," Hector greeted his comrades.

"Good morning Hector/ Morning, Hector" greeted the paladin and sun knight respectively. As they got off their beds Arthur walked out greeting them.

"Good morning, Gawain. Lancelot,"

"Morning captain/ Good morning Captain," The two chorused back to Arthur. Quickly taking their showers and getting suited up the four began to make their way to where team CALL were located.

(With Team CALL)

Mash awoke to the sound of soft laughter. As she opened her eyes she looked to see her captain sitting there playing with little Mordred. She smiled as she heard the little girl's laughter, taking in the scene before she slowly began to get up. Noticing that Mash was beginning to wake up Arthur looked over to her with a soft smile.

"Ah, good morning Mash," She rubbed her eyes free of the residual sleep as she took in the sight of her smiling captain before her. Shooting awake as she realized that her captain was in front of her. Her face began to become flush as she fully drank in the sight.

"Good morning captain," She stated shyly. Arthur gave a sigh and looked at her in mock disapproval.

"Mash, we've had this discussion before," His eyes were alit with mischief as he saw her flush an even deeper red.

"B-but-"

"Mash, I remember telling you to call me by name," he preemptively shot down her argument. Her face became a red that he found absolutely adorable as she looked away, obviously struggling with calling her captain by his name.

"Mash," He teasingly pleaded, thoroughly enjoying his adorable subordinate struggle with actually saying his name.

"G-good morning Arthur," She finally managed all while looking away at him. His smile widened quite visibly as she had finally greeted him by his name. Her blush faded as she scanned around the room noticing that no one was in the room save for the two people in front of her turning red once again.

"Ah, Cap-"

"Mash,"

"A-arthur, where is everyone else," He gave her a another one of his award winning smiles.

"Ah, I told them all to go on ahead." She looked inquisitively at him.

"Why is that?"

"Because, you looked so adorable asleep. I just didn't have the heart to wake you up," Mash blushed a pretty shade of crimson as she heard what her captain told her. He smiled softly at her as she looked away from him, most likely trying to clear her thoughts. Oh Oum, he's doing the smile again. I can't take much more of this. Arthur calmly stood up, picking up Mordred in his arms as he did so. He looked at her.

"Mash, I'll wait outside until you're done okay?" Getting a nod from the blushing maiden before him he made his way outside of the room and waited for Mash to get ready for the day. Slipping on his hood as he went. Thirty minutes after standing outside, Mash opened the door with a smile. One that her returned to her.

"Are you ready?" He asked.

"Of course captain," She answered with a soft smile on her face. With her piece said the two of them with mordred holding Arthur's hand started making their way down to the cafeteria, unaware of how close they were to touching hands. As they made their way to the cafeteria various people started noticing the closeness that the two were displaying with one another. None more so than the Champion of Mistral.

"Did you see that?" One stated.

"Of course I did,"

"Is he taken?"

"I hope not, it'd be such a shame if he was," The various comments that were floating about made the Amazon narrow her eyes, and a unknown feeling seeped through her body. I know that's Jaune. She doesn't need to stand so close to him. She shook her head once again as if to ward off those thoughts in her head But, I have Alistair now don't I? Don't I? She felt strangely empty as she looked at the trio further. I should be the one there. Emerald eyes widened as the thought crossed her head shaking herself even further she tried to reconcile with herself that she was loyal to her boyfriend Alistair. What am I thinking Alistair is my boyfriend, not someone who could possibly be Jaune. Her ire raised as he gave Mash a familiar soft smile, further convincing her that Arthur was Jaune. That's the smile that's reserved for me. She was hit with a spasm of pain in her head as she thought of that. She then heard his laugh, and the nearest light pole was bent at a full nighty degrees. She angrily stalked away, her mind riddled with confused and angry thoughts.

(Library)

The Beacon Library, a quiet place for learning. With so much information, one could comb through the books of this hallowed chamber for lifetimes and wouldn't be able to finish them all. It is the current haunt of many of the best teams of Beacon. One such team was spending their much valued free time, simply relaxing around a set of tables.

"I'm BORED," Ruby cried out tossing one of her books in the air.

"Well, Ruby. If you're so bored you can help us figure out who this Arthur character is," Her partner deadpanned. Upon hearing Arthur's name her heart clenched slightly, as the thought of Arthur being what was once her closest male friend Jaune Arc. She never told anyone, but sometimes she resented PARN for what they did to him. She could remember the day when Jaune was kicked off of team JNPR.

(Memory Sequence)

It had started as a normal day to her. But, she had noticed the absence of the blond noodle that was her friend. Quickly leaving the company of her team she ran about the school in search of Jaune, when she found him she saw him in the presence of Professor Goodwitch. As she began to call out to him she heard voices that froze her heart in time.

"I see, so it's final then, Alistair Kurokoro will replace Jaune Arc forming team PARN led by Pyrrha Nikos," His eyes were the first thing she noticed. They were once vibrant glittering sapphires, filled with emotion and honesty. Sometimes, she swore they glowed on occasion, those eyes never failed to draw a blush from her when they were fully directed upon her. But, this time his eyes were hollow. Gone were the glittering sapphires that she grew to adore, instead there were two orbs dull and hollow. Her breath hitched as she saw him look up at the Professor pleadingly glimpses of a futile hope in his eyes, and her heart dropped as all the Professor could do was squeeze his shoulders and look at him sadly. She couldn't help but feel like crying as she saw his shoulders slump and shake. The hollowness had returned and accompanying them were tears. Rivulets of crystal fall down his face as he began to silently cry, and in that instant he broke from the Professor's arm and sprinted down the hallway. In total ignorance of the Professor calling out his name in an attempt to get him to stop.

She watched as team PARN walked out. Pyrrha's face was sad, but resolute as she looked at Jaune's retreating figure. Ren was stoic as per his modus operandi, but his eyes had a slight twinge of regret in them. Nora, wasn't so being very Nora at that exact moment. Ruby didn't know when, but she had clenched her fists so hard that they drew blood. She questioned herself, why didn't the go after him. At least explain themselves. Talk to him and tell him it's for his own good, so he wouldn't get hurt. Her eyes grew sharper and focused upon the newly added member to the former team JNPR and for the first time in her life she could truly say she hated someone.

(End Memory Sequence)

She came to her senses as she heard footsteps making their way to their table. Looking over she saw that it was Sun and Neptune. A warm smile came to her face as Weiss and Blake both frowned with disdain.

"Sun! It's good to see you guys," She chirped cheerfully as they fully arrived, smiles graced the two's faces as they saw the younger girl wave at them.

"Hey Ruby!" Sun greeted cheerfully, he then looked over at Blake sadly. She gave him an even look, and turned back into her book making a deliberate effort to ignore him. He gave a resigned sigh and began to walk away from them. Neptune was not deterred though he plastered a winning smile on his face and made his way to Weiss after giving a greeting to Ruby.

"Hello Weiss," He smoothly greeted. In response her frown turned into a sneer and her glare became even sharper.

"Vasilias, don't you have some other harlot to go waste your time with?" She hissed out. To his credit he only flinched minallmaly. He recovered his footing and gave her another winning smile.

"Come on snow angel, don't be like that. I was just having some fun," He glibly replied. The atmosphere that was already tense, became suffocating. Weiss eyes were alit with fury and indignation, as she stared at the blue headed male with revulsion. Her body quivered with barely restrained rage, as Blake and Yang looked positively murderous, even Ruby looked at him with a large amount of disapproval. Team PARN could only look at him in disgust. She lunged at him only to fall short as here team restrained her, fortunately for him. She was too angry to fully make use of her semblance and hurt him with her summoning glyph. Unfortunately, he was still close enough to throw a vicious kick in between his legs. As he collapsed due to the pain Weiss began to verbally eviscerate him.

"Fun? FUN?! You utterly moronic, abysmally pathetic, disloyal son of a bitch! I gave my heart to you, you bastard! I gave my first to you! I loved you! And what do you do with hit!? WHAT DID YOU DO WITH IT!? You threw it away for the next pretty little tramp that batted her eyes at you and decided to spread her legs! Did you not get it?! I LOVED YOU! I chose you over all the people I had at my fingertips! Was I just another notch on your bedpost!?" She continued to struggle as Neptune began to recover. Tears streamed from her eyes as the struggling began to stop, the screaming and shrieking led way to soft sobs. As all of the inhabitants around the table turned to glare at Neptune. But, the next words shook everyone to their core.

"I should've picked Jaune," Was all she said. Her eyes filled with sorrow as she could only think of past regrets and missed chances. In second year she had realized that, with the help of Ruby, Jaune didn't want her for her name, money, looks. He had wanted her for her, why else would he keep on coming back after she abused him so harshly. It had taken the team three weeks to drag her out of her slump. She began to hold out the hope that one day Jaune would come back and sweep her off her feet. But, three years had gone by, and he had never come back. She had never contacted him out of fear, that Jaune would not want to see her. Emerald and argent eyes widened and narrowed considerably.

"Now, I believe you guys have somewhere else to be," Yang interjected cooly as she looked at Sun who looked absolutely devastated, at what had once been a powerful friendship had been reduced to shambles. He looked over at Blake imploringly, but she had only given him an angry glare. Amber eyes flashing threateningly as she looked upon him harshly.

"Leave," Blake growled out. He winced as he picked Neptune up and looked over at Blake forlornly.

"I'm sorry," Was all he said as the duo made their way out. Sun had regretted his decision to cover for his partner all those years ago. But, he just couldn't leave his best friend like that, no matter how much he disapproved of his decision. He gave a soft sigh as the two of them made their way to the infirmary.

"You fucked up you know that?" He told his partner. The other boy just groaned out in pain. He shook his head and began his lecture yet again.

"You utterly, irreparably, unbelievably fucked up. You had a good thing going for you. A beautiful and loving girlfriend. Something that guys would kill for. She truly and unrepentantly loved you, but you threw that away. For what? A quickie with a random girl you had just met. And what's worse? You didn't even change after the entire fiasco, making my sacrifice null." He just shook his head as the other boy couldn't do anything, but just groan in pain.

(Infirmary)

Sun had dropped Neptune off at the place explaining that an incident hit him in the crotch and he needed some medical attention. Coherent now Neptune sat there and mused to himself. He wasn't musing upon his failures on Weiss. No, he was musing upon how she told them all she should've chosen Jaune on if she could have a second chance. That blonde noodle has a better chance with her. He bitterly thought, angry that she would choose Jaune over him. The lecher then began to formulate a plan to get her alone. Sitting there contemplating on various ways to get her alone. I think she likes walks in the evening that's probably the best chance I've got to get her alone. Content with his decision he thought to himself Weiss, you're mine and only mine. A dark smirk graced his face as he spotted the rather pretty nurse coming back, turning on his charm once again. He began to flirt with her, all the while planning on where best to catch Weiss alone.

(Cafeteria)

Teams CHAL and CALL were sitting there enjoying their lunch conversing with one another rather happily until a group of four girls led by Alice strode up to where Arthur was sitting. Arthur had that strange feeling of being watched, well, more than usual. He calmly brushed it off and continued eating until the atmosphere felt a little too tense for him, and not in the combative way.

"Uh, guys? Do you get the feeling of being eyed like a piece of meat?" He questioned a little nervously. He then saw many of his squad look at flatly.

"Captain, you do know that a video of you singing is on the CCTV network right?" Arthur choked on his next spoonful of food as the news was delivered to him.

"W-what?! How!?" He sputtered and coughed, to the amusement of the entirety of the squad. He then looked around and noticed that a much larger percentage of the female population was eyeing him, akin to a pack of hungry wolves around a lamb. He gave a nervous smile and was greeted with sighs and squealing in almost equal measure. Arthur began to feel even more nervous. He looked towards the rest of his team for help.

"G-guys? H-help please?" He began to plead.

"Sorry captain, I don't know what to tell you," Lancelot stated as the rest of his team began to console him. Beginning to worry for his captain's health. Meanwhile, in the background the others had their own reactions.

"Goddamnit, he does it yet again!" Kay began to lament outwardly, much to Bedivere's chagrin. In response Bedivere once again smacked Kay's head.

"Quit your whining Kay, it's unbecoming of you," Bedivere looked irritatedly a Kay.

"B-but-" He pathetically sputtered.

"But, nothing Kay. You're one of the captain's knights, and I expect for you to act like it," Bedivere began lecturing Kay, to his horror. Galahad, Mash, and Mordred were all discussing the events occurring before them in a calm manner, well Galahad was, Mash? Not so much.

"The captain is rather popular huh, Mash?" The younger boy chirped cheerily.

"Indeed, he is. . ." She trailed off eyeing every single girl in the room with a murderous aura.

"Papa is really good at singing!" Mordred chirped cheerily, eating food while sitting on Mash's lap. Mash had noticed that Mordred's face was a little messy, and had begun to clean her face.

"Now, Mordred. You should be less of a messy eater," She lightly admonished the young girl as she continued to clean. Mordred obediently waited for Mash to finish cleaning her face before giving her a wide smile.

"Thank you Ms. Mash!" Mash could only smile warmly at the young girl, before she started to dig into her food once again. But, this time at a slower pace.

"Goodness, what am I going to do with you," She muttered to herself as she looked over Mordred's still messy eating. She took a shy glance at her captain seeing him smile and enjoy himself with his squadmates she smiled herself as she took in the scene happy that her talk with the captain had a good effect on him.

"My my, you're looking at the captain rather intently aren't you sister dearest?" Galahad interjected wryly eyes alight with mischief.

"W-what are you talking about!? I'm not staring at the captain! I'm just, I'm just making an observation on his health!" Mash protested to no avail.

"Ah quite right, that was why you were so intently at his lips is that right?" He mischievously spoke. She began to turn a rather nice shade of vermillion, he watched on as her face went through several different emotions before settling on mortification.

"I-I do-" She started.

"Don't worry sister, I'll be sure to tell the captain why you were so intently staring at his lips was because you were worried for his health," The food that Mash was eating was suddenly the most interesting in the world. Her faced flushed a pretty redd from embarrassment.

"P-please don't," She tearily looked up at him.

"Urk! I-I'm sorry Mash! Please don't cry I won't do it again I promise!" The older twin started panicking. In his head he could already see the angry Arthur and Lancelot sharpening their blades.

"P-promise?" She asked

"Yes! Of course! Just please stop crying!"

"Ok" She said quietly going back to minding over Mordred's eating. Galahad's eyes trailed towards Mordred only to see her glare cutely at him.

"I'm telling Papa you made Ms. Mash cry!" She stated hopping of Mash's lap. She started making her way to Arthur. The man in question heard the pitter patter of little footsteps and looked to his right seeing his daughter march her way to him. Galahad's face began to pale rapidly as he knew how protective of Mash Arthur was, when she arrived she held her hands in the universal sign of upsies, causing many a viewer to coo as he picked her up with a smile on his face.

"What is it Mordred?" He asked the girl. She pointed towards a now vampirically pale Galahad with a childish glare on her face.

"Papa! He made Ms. Mash cry!" Arthur's eyes narrowed in on the rapidly shaking head of Galahad.

"Thank you Mordred papa will deal with him now," He set her on Bedeviere's lap and started striding towards a Galahad that was starting to try to escape only for Kay to trip him up. Seeing that his Arthur was coming Galahad gave a resigned sigh as he began accepting the inevitable beatdown powered by an overprotective Arthur. As Arthur was nearing the now praying knight, Mash grabbed his hand and sat him down next to her.

"Captain, you can't just and beat my brother into a pulp." She admonished him. Abashed, Arthur could only give pathetic arguments to her admonishments.

"B-but, Mash. He made you cry," she turned a slight red at his remark but held strong.

"E-even so, it's mean if you just decided to beat up my brother," Arthur's shoulders slumped in slight dejection as she continued to scold him for his actions. Much to the delight of Mordred. But, Lancelot noticed this and asked her.

"Ah, lady Mordred why are you smiling?" He inquired

"Cause papa looks happy when he is with her, and I like Mash" she answered simply. Lancelot took another look at them and noticed that Arthur indeed looked happier around Mash. and the same could be said for the purple haired girl. Her eyes were alight with happiness and mischief as she scolded him playfully. He then looked at Mordred who was once again focused on demolishing the pastry that was set before her. Smart girl, noticing her father enjoying Mash's presence and taking the steps to bring them closer. But, the conundrum is, should I allow this to happen. He continued to be caught in his thoughts as he observed the two interacting with one another. He was drawn from his thoughts as his captain stood and gave a resigned sigh as he made his way over to Galahad helping him up. Mash stood right behind him with a small, but victorious smile on her face. Arthur helped Galahad up and looked humorously abashed as he started walking away off Mash to stand in his way with a raised eyebrow.

"Captain," He gave yet another sigh as he turned around and started walking towards Galahad once again.

"Fine, I'm sorry for trying to punt your face in Galahad," The younger male could only give a sympathetic smile towards the captain as he nodded his head and responded.

"It's fine captain, it was just all in good fun. I know you wouldn't actually hurt us" Arthur once again gave a sigh and nodded glumly looking towards Mash once again. She gave him a nod of confirmation, and a megawatt smile once again appeared on his face as he made his way back to sit next to her. Unaware to the peanut gallery discussing those actions.

"Isn't that adorable," Gawain cooed at the two. Enjoying himself greatly from the rather romantic moment the two were having. Hector nodded in agreement with his comrade's statement.

"Agreed, the two of them give off quite the romantic atmosphere when they interact with one another," Hector said. Kay was biting into the sleeve of his shirt in absolute jealousy of the duo.

"Stupid captain and his romantic ways. Doesn't he know showing this soft side of him will draw more girls to him like wolves to a dying lamb?" In response Bedivere smacked him in the back of the head and began to admonish him even further in the background pulling on his ear despite his objections. Lancelot looked over at the time and noticed that it was coming to a close for classes, so he signaled his to his captain breaking the romantic scene in front of him.

"Captain, we should hurry up and get ready for class," Looking up at the clock Arthur nodded to the rest of his squad and signaled for them to come with him to classes.

(Evening Beacon Courtyards) Arthur POV

It had been a tiring day for Arthur, dealing with the machinations of various admirers who decided that now was a good time to woo the young captain, but thankfully his squad had been aware of the growing number of fans and rallied to protect him. It was evening now, the stars were bright in the sky twinkling softly as he took his evening stroll. He had turned away his squad's attempts of having one person following him. Arthur had nearly caved to the combined powers that were Mash and Mordred, but he held strong.

His strolls were his way of getting some alone time to himself and he wasn't about to trade it for anything in the world. His eyes were glued to the sky as he observed the various constellations that his mother had told him when he was a child. There's Illindra and her Soldier, Hawke of the Mages, The Warden and the Bard, and-. His thoughts were cut off as he had strolled into a place that brought back many memories. It was hidden away glade within the courtyard far from the prying eyes of other people. The glade was decorated in numerous flowers: Roses, Nightshades, Sunflowers, Calla Lillies, the list could go on. It was a strange colour combination to his eyes, but he had enjoyed the scents and atmosphere that the flowers brought to him. His eyes had trailed over to the small pond that was there the first time he stumbled across it, during his Beacon days he often spent his time simply standing in the pond simply observing the flowers and nature around him. So caught up in his memories of the place that he almost missed the angry yell of a girl. Quickly spinning around he had started making his way to where he heard the scream come from, and found himself angry.

(Courtyard Earlier) Weiss POV

Weiss was taking one of her many walks, it was something that more often than not helped relax her. It's one of the few things that kept her sane after a whole day dealing with Ruby's enthusiasm and Yang's puns. A walk around Beacon in the evening was just what she needed until she heard a voice behind her.

"Hello Weiss," She froze in her steps and turned around a sneer on her face, and eyes filled with disdain for the male with blue hair.

"Vasilias, what do you want?" She hissed out. He held his hands up in surrender as he started making his way to her.

"Easy snow angel-"

"You don't get to call me that! Only one person can, and he's obviously not here," She snarled out. He froze in his steps and the easy smile that was on his face was wiped from his face, and a frown took its place. He recovered and the easy smile from earlier appeared on his face.

"You don't really mean that do you Weiss?" Her eyes narrowed as she took a step back.

"Of course I do, have you ever known me to joke?" She spat at him, taking no small amount of amusement for the smile that had disappeared from his face entirely.

"What does he have that I don't" He demanded, she simply huffed and began to list everything.

"He's kind, selfless, isn't the type to cheat, always tried to do what was right. Need I go on?" She raised an eyebrow with a condescending smirk on her face. Neptune's face began to take a shade of red that clashed horribly with his blue hair.

"Now, I expect you to go away. And leave me on my walk peacefully," With a graceful turn she began to stride away. Only for Neptune to reach out and grab her arm roughly.

"Don't walk away from me!" He howled and forcefully turned her around. Only to be slapped in his face by an a irate Weiss.

"DON'T TOUCH ME!" She yelled, eyes alight with tears as she glared at the boy holding his face in shock.

"This is why I should've picked Jaune! He would've never done something like this!" She hissed at the boy. Neptune's face gained a look of rage as he raised his hand to punch her. Her eyes widened in slight fear as she knew he was stronger than her.

"YOU BITCH!" Neptune roared, she got into a defensive stance despite the fact that she had no formal unarmed training. But, before he could actually hit her an armoured hand shot out and grabbed Neptune's arm. They looked to see that it was Arthur who had grabbed Neptune's arm. The part of his face that was not covered by his hood was set into a hard line as he looked over at Neptune.

"Didn't your mother ever teach you to not hit a woman?" He asked calmly. A shiver went down Neptune's spine as he looked into the glowing eyes of the knight captain. He then wrenched his arm out of the man's grip and glared at him.

"Who the hell are you?" He demanded.

"The name's Arthur Pendragon, I overheard the commotion and came to find out what it was. To my surprise it was a blue headed idiot about to assault a female on school grounds, and that's something I cannot allow," He stated simply. The boy in question turned an angry shade of red as he retorted.

"This doesn't concern you," He spat out, only for Arthur to scoff and cross his arms.

"I don't need a reason to interfere when I see an idiot trying hit someone," Arthur retorted.

"Now, why don't you be a good boy and go back to your dorm. Leave Ms. Schnee to go for her walk in peace," He stated simply, watching as the blue-headed boy turn an even more vivid shade of red, from embarrassment or anger he didn't know. And, to be frank, he didn't care he looked over at Weiss, and his heart clenched slightly. She had only grown more beautiful as time had passed. His eyes continued to stare at her, causing the girl to blush slightly. His eyes are pretty she thought embarrassedly.

"Are you okay?" He asked snapping her out of her train of thought.

"Ah, yes I am fine. Watch out!" Arthur turned around and parried the fist coming towards his head. Acting on instinct, he put his boot in the stomach of the blue-haired male sending him flying back. Heaving a sigh, he started making his way to where Neptune was launched.

"Why do people always have to make things harder," He muttered to himself as he strode forward grabbing Neptune by the lapel of his jacket. Arthur glared balefully at the recovering hunter in training.

"Now, are you going to go away politely or am I going to have to make you go, via my boot in your gut?" He stated towards the now recovered Neptune. A shiver went down Neptune's spine as he stared at the glowing blue orbs. He decided against his better judgement and went for a swing at Arthur, only for him to shove a fist in Neptune's gut.

"Bad idea for someone to attack, especially when his opponent has the better position," The hooded male stated. He tightened his grip on the disoriented boy eyes glowing harshly in the darkness. Neptune would've sworn that his eyes became reptillian slits in that moment.

"You are going to leave her alone from now on do you understand me? If I ever catch you near her again, so help me I will put you into the med bay as a corpse," The now terrified boy could only nod his head rapidly. Absolutely horrified at the sleeping dragon he awoke.

"Good," Throwing him to the side, he started making his way to Weiss.

"Ms. Schnee I apologize for interfering in what appeared to be personal matters," He told her, to his surprise she shook her head.

"No, I should be thanking you instead. I have little to no skill with hand to hand combat," She assured the young captain with a polite smile. He shook his head and gave a warm smile back causing her to light up.

"Nevertheless, I apologize for situation nonetheless," Arthur gave her a bow, before turning around and gesturing for her to follow him.

"Come one I'll walk you back to your dorms," she had a small smile on her face at Arthur's chivalrous nature.

"Why thank you," She stated making her way to his side. The two fell into a comfortable silence as they made their way back to the dorms. When they arrived at what was Weiss' team dorm he gave her a winning smile.

"Well Ms. Schnee this is our stop," He stated simply. She gave a soft nod and curtsy in thanks for his company.

"Thank you again for walking me back Mr. Pendragon," He gave a soft chuckle, nodded, and started walking away.

"Please, call me Arthur," He stated just as he turned a corner. What an interesting person. She mused to herself, she then realized that she hadn't asked him any questions. AHHHH! I forgot to ask him questions! I can't believe this! The poor girl was so absorbed in the atmosphere that they had that she had totally forgot about talking and questioning him. Giving a sigh she walked in, only to be greeted by Yang's smug smile.

"Hey there Ice Princess, enjoy yourself with Mr. Knight there?" She turned a vibrant red yet again. The other two of the team were listening intently as she sputtered denials, small smirks were on their faces as she did so.

"I have no idea of what you're talking about," She answered primly.

"Oh? Are you sure? I swear I heard you thanking a Mr. Pendragon for walking you back," Weiss' already cherry face turned scarlet.

"Quiet you! I was just thanking him for. . ." She trailed off, her mood took a nosedive. Noticing that Yang's smile faded as concern became the defining feature on her face.

"For what Weiss?" She asked.

"For dealing with Neptune," She stated and began to recount how Arthur dealt with the blue headed male. As she continued on Yang's eyes began to turn a shade of red, Blake's amber eyes flashed dangerously, and Ruby's body tensed dangerously.

"He did WHAT!?" Yang roared, furious that the blue haired bastard could do something like that. She stood up ready to go hunt him down hair flaming and eyes crimson. Only for Weiss to stop her in her tracks.

"STOP! I told you! Arthur already dealt with him," She protested. Finally Yang relented and sat down on her bed with a huff.

"Fine," Her face gained a mischievous smile as she realised what Weiss said.

"Arthur huh? When did you start calling him by his first name huh?" Realizing her mistake Weiss quickly tried to back track.

"N-no I-I mean-" Taking mercy on her partner's plight Ruby intervened.

"Alright, It's getting late everyone headmaster Ozpin said that there was a mission for us tomorrow let's get some rest in," Yang gave a pout at her younger sister's interference and huffed.

"Fine, g'night girls,"

"Good night,"

"Good night sis,"

"Hmph good night," The lights then turned off and all was quiet.

(Next Morning Headmaster's Office)

The four girls had woken early and grabbed something to eat before making their way to the headmaster's office.

"Headmaster Ozpin, we were told you had a mission for us?" Ruby inquired the elder man.

"Ah, Ms. Rose. You will be doing a protection and extermination mission. I will explain further when the other teams arrive," Right when he finished there was a knock on the door.

"Come in," The door opened as they found team CHAL and CALL stepping in awaiting further orders.

"I apologize, headmaster, Mordred was being a little finicky today," Arthur said with a small, but embarrassed smile on his face.

"It's nothing to worry about Mr. Pendragon," The man assured him.

"I take it she took exception to being left behind at Beacon,"

"Ah, yes. But, Professor Goodwitch was kind enough to take care of her while we are on our mission,"

"Good, now we've received a distress call from the village of Sienne. You are to mobilize and defend the town and exterminate the Grimm. Should it be too much you will also assist in evacuating the town" Getting nods and sounds of confirmation from the group of twelve he continued on.

"Mr. Pendragon will be the leader for this mission. I trust there will be no problems yes?" getting nods of confirmation he finished off.

"All of you are dismissed, you will pack for a two-week mission"

"Yes, Sir!"

AN:Well, this was a really big chapter. I'm sorry yet again for the long wait, it's really hard when I try to characterize the members of RWBY after a huge timeskip. Did you guys enjoy my characterizations of the characters other than the knights? Tell me how you felt about this! I live for your reviews!