A Broken Gem

The Badge and The Burden

You sit in Port's room, waiting for class to begin. The room is rather empty, save for you and Professor Port, who has yet to notice you're there. You read your book until finally he notices you.

"Young (y/n)? Is that you?" You look up and smile, closing your book and placing it on the table.

"Hello Professor." He smiles and walks over to you. 

"Well, I must say I'm surprised you're up this early. And that you're here."

"I'm not Sienna. I always show up early." He laughs and looks at your book, then at you. You hadn't seen the professors here in years, but you missed them a lot. They were always nice to you. Port especially. He would always tell you stories about his missions. And you knew he had a habit to talk about his missions during class.

"Well, I hope you are ready for class today."

"Of course. I look forward to learning from you." He nods and pats your shoulder as students start to enter the class. Most enter about ten minutes before class. But Team RWBY and JNPR enter at the last second. Your team entered with about five minutes left, but none of them really sat with you. You just sit at the edge, not really looking at anyone. Just paying attention to the story. You have to. With everything that's happened, everything that will, you need to just focus on stories. Of course, when Port mentions you, your cheeks become flushed with blood and you lower your head a little. You take notice in Ruby's antics and shake your head. When Port offers to let a student fight a Grimm, Weiss immediately throws her hand up. You sigh and watch as she battles a boarbatusk, and argues with Ruby while she does it. All Ruby was trying to do was help. Class ends as Weiss kills the Grimm and you gather your stuff and go to leave, but your team walks over to you.

"Hey. We didn't see you this morning. Where did you go?"

"To class. Where we were supposed to be." Sienna shakes her head and her partner looks at you.

"So... um we never really were properly introduced. I'm Mia." You look her up and down and sigh.

"Mia Twilight. Seventeen, 5'6", born in Haven and attended Sanctum. You ranked thirtieth in your class and passed your entrance exam to Beacon with flying colors. You're a Faunas... Wolf I take it. You wield a sniper that changes into an ax." You sigh as she looks at you in shock and you point to her head.

"Your ears. I didn't notice at first since you hid them. I never work with someone if I know nothing about them, and I wasn't going to wait for you to tell me.  Also, I watched you fight." You grab your stuff and walk out of the room, only to run into Ozpin.

"Oh... hey Uncle."

"Hello (y/n). How is your team?"

"Fine I guess." You look down and he sighs.

"Having trouble talking to people again?" You nod and cross your arms.

"It's just... without her... it's so different." He motions for you to walk with him and you do.

"(y/n)... I know losing her was a very hard thing... but do you really think she would want you to isolate yourself?"

"I don't want to... But I don't know how to even talk to my own team."

"Give them a chance. Warm up to them. And to the other teams as well. You have great potential. And you have the best chance at making some friends. Do not let that go to waste because of what happened. Please." You nod and hug him.

"I'll... I'll try. Thanks Uncle." He smiles and lightly hugs you back.

"Now get to class. You don't want to be late." You giggle and nod, running off to class.