The Badge and The Burden

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The sight of an axe-blunderbuss weapon pans down to the boards displaying various species of Grimm - King Taijitu, DeathStalker, Beowolf, Boarbatusk, Nevermore, and Ursa - behind an elderly teacher named Peter Port.

"Monsters! Demons. Prowlers of the night! Yes, the creatures of Grimm have many names, but I merely refer to them as prey! Ha-ha!"

The members of RWBY and (Y/N), seated in the front row, are in varying stages of interest; Blake and Yang are sitting up and paying attention, Weiss is taking notes, (Y/N) drawing on a piece of paper, and Ruby is has her head propped in her hand as she takes a quick nap until she is woken back up by Port's bad joke, which receives a cricket-filled silence as a result.

"Uhhhh... And you shall too, upon graduating from this prestigious academy! Now, as I was saying: Vale, as well as the other three kingdoms, are safe havens in an otherwise treacherous world! Our planet is teeming with creatures that would love nothing more than to tear you to pieces! And that's where we come in. Huntsmen! Huntresses..." Port gives Yang a wink, which she groans uncomfortably at, "Individuals who have sworn to protect those who cannot protect themselves! From what, you ask? Why, the very world!"

A raises his fist, "Ayyyy-yep!" He stands like this for a moment as everyone looks at him strangely before sitting down, embarrassed.

"That is what you are training to become. But first: A story. A tale of a young, handsome man... Me! When I was a boy..."

"Look, look, look, look, look!" (Y/N) whispered, showing his drawing of a green loch ness monster with a derpy face to Yang. "I call it. Fish Sticks."

Yang giggled at the goofy drawing while Blake smiled in the background.

"Let me guess, you don't have schools in Mewni?"

"We do, but I just don't listen all the time." (Y/N) smiled, causing Blake to giggle.

"My turn. My turn!" Ruby showed her teammates a ball-with-limbs-and-a-head drawing of the teacher with stink lines coming from him and "Professor Poop" written underneath. Ruby blows a quick raspberry. Blake, Yang, and (Y/N) laugh, but Weiss looks annoyed.

"Ah-heh-hem!" He waits until he has their attention again, "In the end, the Beowolf was no match for my sheer tenacity, and I returned to my village with the beast in captivity and my head held high, celebrated as a hero!"

The teacher takes a bow as Weiss slowly gets more and more frustrated with Ruby's antics.

"The moral of this story? A true Huntsman must be honorable!"

Ruby is balancing an apple on a book with her pencil held only by her finger while making a silly face.

"A true Huntsman must be dependable!"

Ruby has fallen asleep again in the first class of the year.

"A true Huntsman must be strategic, well-educated, and wise!"

Ruby is not-so-subtly picking her nose, much to Weiss' building anger.

"So, who among you believes themselves to be the embodiment of these traits?"

Weiss, still angry, raises her hand, "I do, sir!"

"Well, then, let's find out!" He turns to gesture at the glowing red eyes surrounded by shadow shaking the cage that traps it, "Step forward, and face your opponent!"

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Weiss Schnee, now back in her regular attire, readying her Myrtenaster at the growling creature in the cage barely seen at the end of the last episode. Her teammates cheer her on from their seats in the front row.

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