RWBY: Faith Restored (Book 1)

Rise of Summer

After the meeting, Dracula and Blake arrived back in Beacon only to somehow have Team RWY waiting for them and surrounded the two

"How did it go?" "You're not hurt, are you?"

Blake put her hands up and said "Woah woah! I'm fine! Nothing happened!" Dracula chuckled and spoke "You sure about that? I think I still see some tear marks from the meeting." Blake blushed then desperately tried wiping her cheeks and Weiss asked "Tear marks? What happened at that meeting!?" Blake answered "I got to see my parents again. It was great to see them again." Dracula smiled as he simply placed a hand on her shoulder and looked at the rest of the team only to see Ruby give a flash of sadness before it went back to her pure smile. Perhaps Dracula will speak to her about it sometime later.

A week passed and the second semester would begin in less than 4 days. Professor Ozpin called Dracula up to his office. Dracula asked "Professor Ozpin. You wished to speak with me?" The grey haired man held his cup of coffee and spoke "Mr. Tepes. It's good to see you again. Would you care for some coffee?" Dracula politely declined and Ozpin spoke "I called you up here to talk about becoming a teacher here at Beacon." The news surprised Dracula and he gave it some thought before asking "What would I be teaching?" Ozpin took another sip of his coffee before replying "Grimm Studies. I have been getting several reports that Professor Port has not been doing his job. Instead of simply firing him, I'll be repositioning him to another curriculum. I feel you would make an excellent teacher. Considering your relationship with the students. Most notably with Team RWBY"

Dracula pondered it before speaking "I will become a teacher, however, I don't believe I am in the best to speak about these creatures that I do not know much about. Instead of moving Port, why not give him a warning? If there are still reports coming in, then you can fire him." Ozpin contemplated the proposed then spoke "Very well. Then what sort of curriculum would you like to teach?"

Dracula looked into his eyes before answering "I would like to teach philosophy and science. Before my... Reign, I was a scholar and a tactician. Sometimes, if you are out of options, nature is your best tool for survival."

Ozpin held a small smile and held his hand out to him "Very well, Professor Tepes." Dracula shook his hand and a smile formed as well.

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Ruby sat in her bed going through things in her mind "Everyone has a mom, but why not me? Why do I have to lose my mom?" Knocking came from the door which broke Ruby from her thinking. She jumped down from her bed then opened the door and looked to see Dracula looking down at her. "Oh hey Vlad!" Ruby out on her pure and innocent smile but all Vlad could see is a girl who is hurting.

Dracula smiled and spoke "Hello Ruby. Is your team here?" Ruby shook her head and said "Nope! They're out in Vale doing more older girl stuff." Dracula heard the slight hurt in her voice and spoke "Well I wanted to talk with you." Ruby looked a little surprised then stepped to the side to let Dracula in. He walked inside and looked around the dorm before looking at the beds then asked curiously "How has no one gotten hurt from the instability of these beds? What do you even call these kinds of beds?" Ruby giggled and shrugged her shoulders "We call them bunk beds. But they only look unstable."

Dracula had a look of "OK then." He sat down on the chair by the desk and looked at the young scythe wielder "Listen Ruby. I came here because I did want to talk to you. But I want you know you can talk to me about anything. You gave me hope. You got me to talk about... Everything that went wrong. You've truly helped me make this place become home. I can see the sadness in your eyes. So please tell me what's wrong?"