New and Old

"And then you awakened in the alley, is that right?"

"YES! You have to believe us Osc- I mean Ozpin!"

"I do believe you, I just need to absorb all information you gave us."

"No shit..."

Qrow muttered and was almost drunk from his flask but stopped as he remembered what his niece?

Yes, his loved niece from the future said, Qrow looked at his flask that followed him for years as if loyal companion and with extra pain and determination, closed her without taking a single sip of that wonderful tonic that would make all of this much more manageable...

Yet when Qrow looked at Ruby, and remembered his own Ruby that was still innocent from cruelties of the world and that made him stop from desiring to ever again take even a single sip he didn't wish to bring Ruby, both of Ruby's pain that future Ruby said...

No, for both of them and for the possible both Yang's Qrow would try...

"I see, then if you are alright, can we ask some questions to headmaster?"

Weiss asked as she for the first time said something different than helping Ruby with some of the facts and information she could forget to mention.

"Why yes, what you wish to ask for?"

Ozpin asked but even without hearing, he knew what the white-haired girl wished to know, for the ancient wizard, the pure confusion inside the girl's eyes were as noticeable as stars in the night sky.

"What is the Solitas Kingdom?"

Weiss asked and Ruby stayed quiet as she too was puzzled, until now they were the ones speaking, just with Ozpin and uncle Qrow ask some questions from time to time or verifying their thoughts.

"I see... Unfortunately for you I must tell you that you aren't in the past..."

Ozpin said and to Ruby's confusion, Weiss's voice cracked as she asked.

"A-Alternate reality?"

Weiss asked tremblingly as she knew about that theory in Atlas scientific society, alas at that time she took it as a fanciful idea, yet after living through so many fantasies and myths, Weiss's understanding broadened so much that she could guess where this led.

"...Yes, thought the events you spoke of would be disastrous, and really, most of your claims or history is different from our own, as there is no more Atlas Kingdom, and in its place is the Solitas Kingdom that isn't ruled by the council..."

Ozpin said and Weiss suddenly had a horrible feeling of dread.

"B-but who would rule kingdom than councils?"

Ruby asked naively, even through all of their experiences, Ruby was still sometimes naive when it came to social knowledge.

"Why a Royalty..."

Ozpin said with a sigh as he sipped from his coffee, all of the facts the two young women had spoken about made Ozpin think, and the more he thought the more his mind wanted to bash itself against the stool...

To think that his other self was so naive that he let Salem's spies inside the academy where they posed a danger to his students!

SUCH STUPIDITY!

Alas, Ozpin sighed to his dismay, he could see himself make such a mistake, especially if he believed in his friend who was proven, traitor and turncoat...

IF there was one thing Ozpin was glad for, it was that the bleak and horrible future the girls spoke of was almost impossible, Ozpin understood one thing about the enigmatic Aegis Schnee, and that was that he wouldn't let Salem destroy the home he builds for his family, in that Ozpin was sure...

"Royalty? But what Royalty? I thought they were gone?"

Ruby asked, and Weiss looked at Ozpin pleadingly as if wishing for him to say something that she thought about.

"Why, a Schnee Royal Dynasty that is under Schnee King."

Qrow said with a dark chuckle as Weiss's face paled.

"W-who?! WHO IS KING? Is it F-f-father?! O-r or is it, Whitley?!"

Weiss asked shakingly as the mere thought about these men being kings with absolute power is the biggest nightmare for her.

"No the kin-"

Ozpin shot Qrow a scolding stare to which Qrow merely shrugged, but even he felt little sorry as he understood from the ice princess fear came from.

But as Ozpin wanted to tell her there was a sound of static as holographic feed opened on one of the walls, Ozpin wanted to by alarmed for such breach of security, but he knew who the one who called was, after all there was just one person with such power as to hijack private network.

"King Aegis Schnee, first of his name."

Said the boy in feed and both Weiss and Ruby's eyes bulged, Ozpin just sighed but let it in Aegis hands as he had more critical thoughts plagued his head from the information the girl gave him, and Qrow just grunted, knowing that making him enemy was wrong, choice, especially when that bastard had a direct number on his niece Ruby who even now didn't stop talking about him.

The last time Qrow told him to fuck off, that bastard called Ruby and replayed her the massage making Ruby mad and demanding him to pay to swear jar...

"And I heard the most interesting conversation I thought I would ever hear."

Aegis said as his ice-blue eyes connected with another ice blue eyes that shone with shock, amazement, confusion, puzzlement, and curiosity.

"And I think we should speak."

The black-haired and ice-blue-eyed boy said to two girl's shocked faces.

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"Daphne Greengrass, fancy meeting you there."

"Same to you, Hermione Ganger."

Said blonde-haired beauty with green eyes, Harriet just looked between the two and almost could swear to see sparks fly between their eyes that were locked together in a fight of wills.

"Ignore these two, im Tracey! Tracey Davis, the best friend of this ice stick there."

Said the brunette girl with a clear energic personality that made her look even more chipper.

"Tracey..."

Daphne said in a dangerous tone as Hermione scoffed and turned back to her book, completely ignoring the blonde.

"Is there some problem?"

Fleur asked in a confused tone as she looked between them all, she was sensitive to emotions, and even if it looked bad she couldn't feel any bad feelings between Hermione and this Daphne.

"Han, these two are just like to express their friendship this way."

""WE AREN'T FRIENDS!""

Both Daphne and Hermione said in a dangerous tone just to look at each other and turn around in a huff.

Harriet just looked at them with a deadpan stare as their actions made her remember some of her sister's fights...

"So, you are the famous girl, hm I thought you would be taller."

Tracey said with a poker face, but her tone betrayed her true jolly mood.

"And I thought the supposed and rumored snakes should be more elegant ans sly, and yet all I see is babbling fools and literal trolls."

Harriet returned her retort with an equal poker face and joking tone.

Harriet and Tracey looked at each other for a while, but after a while, their poker faces cracked as they smiled and gave each other instinctual high-five.

"Not another one..."

Daphne muttered as she watched the scene with horror.

"Stick it Ice queen, we are many we are legions!"

Tracey said with humor.

"HAHAHAAA!!!"

Harriet started to uncontrollably laugh as others looked at her in confusion.

"Y-Y-You call her an Ice queen?"

Harriet asked and started to laugh more.

"What is it, Potter? I thought you would be more polite."

Daphne said in a guarded tone and even others were worried there was something wrong until Harriet stopped.

"So-sorry, it's just you aren't Ice queen, not even by a mile close to that title!"

Harriet said as she deeply breathed in exasperation.

"What?"

Daphne asked confusedly and even Tracey looked interestedly, but both Hermione and Fleur's faces paled as they remembered what Harriet told them about her sisters.

"You see, my sister is Weiss Schnee and she is---"

And so Harriet started to educate the two Slytherin girls into the true meaning of Ice queen who has the right to hold that title...

And the more Harriet spoke the more the two girls' faces paled...

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"Hmmm? Where it is?"

Said the silver-haired girl in a dreamy manner as she walked through halls looking for something.

"Did wrackspurt's took it again?"

The lonely girl quietly said as she made her way through to empty halls, unknow of the girls who were watching her with gleeful expressions.

And unknow to the girls one of the Sentinels watched them as he stood as a statue near the doors to Harriet doors and recorded the entire event with his helmet.