Old Soul ( RWBY Fanfic with my OC)

Chapter 27

" The location of the summer and winter maiden are still unknown. The spring maiden is untraceable and the fall maiden is nowhere to be found." Glynda sighed as she sat at her desk, the tower felt-was different now. It felt strange to be the one sitting in that office. " You know that form is not helping." She said to the boy with olive green eyes. He chuckled the same way he used to and smiled.

" I suppose it doesn't, Miss Goodwitch." Ozpin said to her with a kind smile.

" Although it's a pleasure for the school to be back, I can't possibly imagine how quick the council reacted to this. I thought they'd still be pricks and shady assholes, thinking of their own problems. It baffles me how well all this turned out." Glynda gave him a look for answers and searched his eyes. Qrow had quit the previous year after learning of Ozpin's past and just, disappeared, Ironwood was busy as usual and then there were the two new heads of the schools. Both unknown to the outside world of their school grounds. One especially mysterious, the headmistress of Vacuo.

" I have a feeling another party is responsible. But it's not mine nor Salem's. I...I think I know who's behind all this progress." He gave her a sad smile. " She really does know better than me."

" Sir, please. I understand you're still shaken from the previous events but please, we need to move on." It sparked a light in him, those words were the ones that Ruby had told them. " Get a grip." She was looking through some papers until she got a call from the council. She sat herself up and took a deep breath before facing the council. " Yes, hello." Oscar nodded to her as he took his leave

" Greetings Miss Goodwitch, General Ironwood. As you know we've elected two new principals for Haven and Vacuo." Two more screens popped up, a man and a woman. " Sir Alexander Oxton and Miss Zea Ashen."

" This better be bloody good, ya gits." Oxton said as his head rested on his hand with piles of paper on his desk. " If we're here just for introductions then forget it, I have a school to run." Before the council could stop him he turned off and left the chat.

" Oh my," The woman was wearing a long cloak with a hood over her brown eyes. " Do excuse him, he was pulled out of retirement to re-establish the school. My apologies on his behalf."

" All right then, Miss Ashen. Regarding your position as head, how are you holding up?" Ironwood and Glynda sharpened their ears, the council never asks the affairs of the well being of the heads, not on any occasion. So what made her different?

" The students are lovely, we're fone here. Reorganisation took some time but I've worked it out." She said smiling as her fox ears twitched a bit.

" Good to hear, we expect the other schools to be the same. That is all for today," The comms were cut and Glynda sat in her office with a skeptical look as she stared at the screen. Then, Ironwood called back.

" That was brief." He said to her, they shared the same thoughts of the unusually short meeting. " What do you think of them?"

" I'm not sure. Oxton seems to be busying himself, I'm hoping he doesn't end up like Lionheart." She let out a sigh, it was unfortunate really. He didn't know any better.

" And Ashen? I find her intriguing." He swore he's heard her voice before, he knows it from somewhere.

" Do you? Well, we have to find someone for that, Qrow isn't here to aid us." She took a sip of her tea and glanced at Ironwood's solemn face. There was a touch of regret in his eyes, he still feels like he should've given the avian more reason to help them. But as of now, that man is nowhere to be seen. Sometimes she'd see a crow in the academy grounds and hoped it was him, he was still their friend afterall.

" And Ozpin?"

" He suspects someone is behind this, he refers to her sometimes. I'm not sure who," Ironwood lit up a bit as a thought struck his mind.

" 'Her'? It can't be Salem...so it must be...I think I know who's behind all this recovery." Glynda's ears perked up as she sat up straight to listen properly. " Do you remember what we told about Veena Cloud? I have suspicion that she could be behind this."

" She's quite young to be able to do this, where did she even begin to have these connections? Someone of her age, is dangerous to be capable of all this."

" Are you familiar with the four stories of the Midnight Sparrow?" She nodded. " Take another look into it, we might find a clue."