The Beastmaster of Remnant

Chapter 12: The weed among flowers.

Somaya and Ruby watched Yang in the recovery room eating some Cooked meat that was left over from yesterday's lunch.

"I'm glad Yangs doing ok." Ruby smiled with relief.

"Ahh dun ye worry bout yer wee little blonde friend lass." Somaya said patting her roughly on the back.

"Ow." She whimpered rubbing her back.

"Ah dun be such a baby I barely tapped ye."

"How's she doing Somaya?" Asked Ashley who just came in.

"The wee lass should be up and running by tomorrow mate." She smiled.

"Really that's great to hear." She sighed.

She turned and knelt down to Ruby.

"Hey Ruby I'm sorry bout Professor Mulberry," she said laying a hand on her shoulder. "I knew he was your favorite teacher."

"Thank you Professor Dunes it's just a lot to process at the moment you know." Ruby said looking down.

"Well if it helps we found the one responsible for killing him and you can rest assured that Anne Greene will be brought to justice.

Ruby then looked up in confusion.

"But it couldn't have been Professor Greene."

"We found her tail fur at the scene of the crime Ruby."

"But she was with me, Weiss, and Yang during the night the assassins broke into the academy."

"...what???" Ashley said dumbfounded.

"She was shopping at the dust shop with us all night." Said Ruby.

"If that's true.....then there's no way it could've been Anne......"

Ashley turned around and begun to rethink everything that happened prior.

She then remembered a detail that she overlooked at the crime scene of Harolds murder.

There was a potted plant that had a vine slightly outstretched as well as a couple broken  off leaves on the floor.

........

"Somaya keep an eye on Yang." Ashley said all of a sudden.

"Aye lass will do."

*Peaches Classroom. 10:30pm.*

Professor Peach was taking care of the prehistoric plants as if they were her own children with a look of satisfaction on her face.

"They are Fascinating aren't they?" Said Ashley leaning against the window with her arms crossed.

Peach jumped in surprise upon hearing Ashley.

"Oh, Ms Dunes you scared me there." She sighed.

Charlie was perched on Ashley's shoulder growling at the Professor.

"I thought you huntsmen were hard to sneak up on." She shrugged.

"Well I Uh, I wasn't expecting anyone to actually try." She chuckled nervously.

"Or maybe because your a little on edge." Ashley retorted.

"I-I beg your Pardon?"

"You know I've been thinking lately about Harolds murder," Ashley said. "I'm starting to think Anne didn't do it."

"But I find that hard to believe all the evidence that has been found is stacked against its obvious she's guilty."