RWBY: Faith Restored (Book 1)

Professor Dracula

After a lengthy food fight in which Carmilla watched them with a bemused smirk and almost being scolded for not stopping the students sooner. Team RWBY, Team JNPR, Carmilla, Team CRDL, several other students and Cinder, Emerald and Mercury walked towards the castle that intimidated several of the students. Cinder narrowed her eyes at the design of the castle as it was bigger than Beacon and looked similar to her mistress's castle. Mercury looked at it "Well this certainly changes things. Pretty sure, if we have a new teacher that means that we're gonna have to improvise." Emerald rolled her eyes and spoke "Well of course we're going to have to change it, we have to be up to date on everything."

Cinder spoke to them both "Enough. We will handle this, but for now, we must play along as students. Who knows, maybe this new teacher will teach us something new." Emerald bowed her head while Mercury rolled his eyes and they entered the castle. Cinder had to admit, the architecture on the castle was impressive. Several of the other students were amazed and murmured to others about the castle. They arrived at a room where it was filled with golden walls, stacked with books in a library. A giant telescope rested below a window dome. Many bottles filled with different colors boiled next to the small library.

All the students looked around at the beautiful room and Emerald had a small glint in her eyes that seems to speak she wanted to nab the golden telescope for herself. Cinder thought to herself "Watt's would love this."
A voice boomed out to the students "Welcome students, to Science and Philosophy." All the students looked around until they saw Dracula standing up on the ceiling. Carmilla gave a small smirk at the looks on the students faces, exactly for Team RWBY'S. Dracula walked down the wall while holding a book in his hands. "Right on time. I am Professor Tepes. Please take your seats." Cinder eyed the professor who gave off a dark aura and somehow walking on the walls. The white haired woman also gave off a dark aura. Cinder would have to keep a close eye on these two.

After everyone took their seats, Dracula began "Now I'm sure many of you are asking what does Science and Philosophy have to do with being in a combat school, designed to train warriors? Well if you think about science, it has to do with the very planet itself. Now many believe that Remnant was created by two gods. That may be true but the nature of the world runs deeper than that. Dust is merely the physical manifestation of life and the building blocks that make it. I intend to show you how to use this knowledge to create new means of helping the world. To create medicines from simple leaves and fruits to heal when your aura runs out. Now my library contain knowledge of things not seen yet. Now I require from my class, the up most attention from everyone."

Dracula walked to a table that held a black cauldron and flames underneath. He spoke "Now our first experiment will be cellular regrowth. Anybody know any animals that have this ability?" Two hands were raised up. Ruby and Weiss. "Yes, Miss Rose?" She said nervously "W-Worms?" Snickers were heard from behind her. It was Team CRDL and Mercury before he got elbowed by Emerald. Dracula glared at CRDL before speaking "Correct, Miss Rose. A worm could be cut up into many pieces and each piece will grow into a completely new animal. Now you, Miss Schnee?"

She spoke properly and answered "Reptiles, sir." Dracula smiled "Correct as well. Reptiles, especially snakes and lizards, can have their tails and limbs cut off and they can regrow over time. However, what we're going to do is experiment cellular regrowth in humans." A lot of the students looked surprised before Pyrrha spoke "Excuse me Professor, but I thought human experimentation was outlawed." Dracula looked at Pyrrha and answered "You are correct, Miss Nikos. However, I have been given special permission to test on a human subject that I have deemed worthy of our attempt of cellular regrowth."