Chapter 4

No One Likes a Bully.

Ruby slowly woke up as she heard the alarm, reaching her arm over to cut it off before leaning up to stretch. It was actually a pleasant nights sleep for once and the teenager was honestly glad. She remembered there being a dream that started off scary, but changed in a moment. She felt safe and protected, then she remembered the one most prominent detail about her dream. Ms. Fall had her safely wrapped in her arms.

The fifteen year old blushed brightly as she recalled her dream and curled up a moment, trying to process why she dreamed of her, so she started to talk to herself.

"I-I mean yeah she seems nice, and pretty...a-and has that cool mysterious sexy-I-I mean professional! Yeah totally beautiful-I-I mean professional!" the young woman tried to convince herself only to sigh out in defeat. "O-Oh gosh I have a crush on her..." she admitted to herself trying to hide into a ball. Unfortunately Ruby would not be able to wallow for long as she heard a knock on her door from her sister.

"Come on Rubbles! It's time to get up and get ready!" Yang called out making her gasp out and quickly get up from the bed and starting to get dressed.

"I-I'm up!" she called out and quickly began to get ready for the day.

Cinder sighed out as she saw the time, feeling kinda bad that she spent all night playing games but honestly was glad to have the distraction. So now it being around 5 a.m, she needed to prepare and leave soon. So she drank from a bottle of blood once more than said bye to her online friends before heading off to shower and prepare for the day. She dressed in her usual business outfit as well as her protective gear for going out in the day and grabbed her breakfast before heading to her car. The vampire was thankful she no longer required sleep, though it is sometimes nice to just rest her eyes and unwind.

She began her drive to school and tried to think of the conversation she had with her surrogate mother. Yes things seemed bleak to Cinder, but if Ruby was truly her mate she would feel attraction to the vampire as well. At least that's what was taught to vampires and what has been researched. But it's so hard to truly know since it was incredibly rare for vampires to find their soulmate. So Cinder would just have to hope this is what was true and the researchers knew what they were talking about. So for now the vampire would be glad to wait for her, willing to help her Rose with whatever she needed and be there as her teacher. It would just mean waiting several years more than likely, but Cinder was a patient woman and very willing to give Ruby as much time as she needed. And not to mention she doesn't wish to face the wrath of a very protective mother, who could easily take her out.

Cinder then pulled up to the school and walked in heading through the halls. She would politely wave and greet other teachers who walked by before heading into her own classroom. Once there she pulled off her helmet seeing she beat Raven and smiled to herself.

"I'm at least going to make the most of it and be thankful I'm even looking at my soulmate every day" she smiled to herself and leaned back in her chair relaxing a moment before starting to prepare for her first class.

After about fourty-five minutes or so Raven showed up and the two greeted each other, but Raven was running late so she couldn't really talk too much since some students began to show up. They would greet and make appropriate small talk with the occasional students, mostly greeting and seeing how they were. Sometimes talking about a popular movie or two that was out currently. The vampire's day brightened however as she saw both Ruby and her sister walk in together, but not rushing to beat the bell this time.

"Good morning Ms. Rose, Ms. Xiao Long" Cinder greeted them, and almost chuckled as she saw Ruby's adorable reaction.

"G-Good morning M-Ms. Fall!" The young silver-eyed girl stuttered out with a blushing face.

"Hey Ms. Fall, hey mom" Yang waved to them, Cinder waved back while Raven nodded to her daughter. Ruby then gasped out before waving to her mom as well, who only let out a little chuckle waving back to her. The two of them then found their seats in the front as usual.

To Cinder so far this was a pleasant morning. She was happy to see her soul-mate, and her mate even seemed happy to see her as well. Raven was definitely in a good mood so far and Cinder even watched as apparently some of Ruby's friends came in, a trio of faunus from what she could tell, who all seemed happy to see Ruby and her sister. The vampire even found it cute when the chameleon faunus, Ilia if she remembered correctly, seem to change skin color as she heard Yang greet her with her silky smooth voice.

"Heey Ilia" Yang dragged the greeting and winked and that immediately made the faunus skin go from tan to pink in an instant. The vampire held back her laughter and looked to Raven who rolled her eyes.

"You're daughter is certainly a charmer" Cinder chuckled and Raven just smiled and responded with a simple eye roll. Yes Cinder was having a good morning before the bell even rang and she began to teach. That was until she heard in a loud voice from the other side of the class room, a loud boisterous obnoxious voice.

"Who knew Stutters sis was a dyke and a freak? I mean hitting on a dumb animal of all things?" the voice of Cardin Winchster called out as his three underlings laughed as well.

Cinder watched as rage spread on Yang's face and Ilia just changed to a shade of deep red, obviously humiliated and angered by what Cardin said. She even saw Ilia's feline friend Blake growl out and clench her fists in anger. But what killed her was seeing Ruby's face as clear hurt shown in her eyes, not sure if it was because of what he said about her sister or the cruel name he called her. Either way this wasn't to be allowed in her class.

"Mr Winchester!" Cinder's voiced boomed out, louder than what everyone was expecting, immediately grabbing his and everyone else's attention all of them watching as her fangs extended her eyes seemed to have an intimidating glow. "That kind of behavior, racism, and rude comments will not be tolerated in this classroom. Now you and your friends there will be spending this afternoon in after school detention with Ms. Goodwitch. Consider this your warning. You act out like this again, you will be going straight to Principal Ozpin's office and it will not be a fun experience for you. Do I make myself clear?" Cinder growled out as she watched the boy gulp and just nod. She felt her fangs had extended and knew the rest of the class saw this based on the range of faces from shock, to fear, and some even in awe. To her surprise when she looked to Ruby, she was one of the ones more in awe and shock then fear. After a few moments of silence the bell rang out to signify the start of class.

"I apologize class, let's get started and go over homework first then we'll get into today's lesson" Cinder tried to ease the class back in as people began to pull out their homework, most of them still kinda shocked. Her morning had been so well too, she bet even Raven was mad for what she did. She looked back expecting to see an angry or disappointed look on the mother's face. When she did however Cinder was surprised and just saw Raven smirking at her, winking even as if to say she was proud of her for shutting that bully up.

Maybe this morning wasn't so bad after all.

Towards the end of the class...

Ruby honestly was struggling so far. She had been distracted half the class watching Ms. Fall and thinking back on her defending Ilia and her sister she didn't pay attention much to her lesson. And it didn't help that she looked over to Cardin and his cronies once and got an evil eye from them making her quickly turn away. she hadn't been paying full attention either to the fact that Ms. Fall had been asking questions to students for them to answer. When Ruby caught on she tried to listen and hopefully catch on to what was being talked about.

"Ms. Amitola, can you tell me how much blood a vampire needs for one week before needing to drink more?" Ms. Fall asked the faunus, Ilia quickly looking to her notes.

"About a quart ma'am" she answered earning a nod from the teacher.

"Good. Ms Xiao Long, what year did the first Vampire Coven begin, and what was their name?" she asked her sister.

"Um...they were called the Four Maidens Coven, and it started in 321 A.D?" Yang answered in more of a question. The vampire smiled and shook her head.

"Close, the first was the coven of Salem, and it started in 312 A.D. Four Maidens was the next coven to be formed" Cinder answered as Yang quickly erased something in her notes and cursed to herself.

Ruby was watching as the vampire would question other students other things about vampires. Who the first was, and quickly writing down his name was Cyperion Fortunata, a Roman noble cursed with vampirism for defiling the gods in 124 B.C, or so the stories tell. And that vampires over 200 can change into the shape of a bat or mist. She was hoping the teacher wouldn't call on her next since she wasn't paying attention, but as she looked up from her notes she saw the vampire looking right at her and her worst current fear came to light.

"Now Ms. Rose, can you tell me how long a vampire can be out in the sun?" The silver eyed teen mentally cursed trying to remember and just knew she had to take a wild guess and hope for the best.

"U-Um...a-an hour?" she questioned and a couple chuckles were heard around the room, making her blush.

"I do so wish I could spend an hour in the sunlight Ms. Rose, but unfortunately no any vampire would be turned to ash by then" she answered causing the teenager to blush from embarrassment. "A vampire can be out in the sun no longer than ten minutes before they combust into flame" Ms. Fall answered before moving back to her own seat when she saw the time.

"All right that's all for today class, don't forget you have the four questions in the back of this chapter for homework tonight, and I hope you all have a good day" she told the students as they prepared to leave.

Ruby had began to pack and close her books and put them in her bag. She looked to her sister who gave her a 'cya later' nod and wave as Yang head out to her next class. Blake Ilia and Sun met at her desk before they all got to leave, but Ilia stopped a moment to approach Ms. Fall.

"U-Um...thank you Ms. Fall, for what you did earlier" Ilia told her and the vampire just nodded with a smile.

"Of course, I won't tolerate a bully in my class, and I assure you I'll do what I can to keep that from happening again Ms. Amitola" the vampire assured her earning a smile and a nod from the chameleon faunus.

Ruby smiled as she watched the exchange, happy to see Ilia was feeling better after what happened this morning. The silver-eyed girl then looked to the teacher and blushed a moment as their eyes met. Ruby quickly looked away, then slowly turned back and smiled waving. "H-have a good day Ms. Fall" Ruby told the teacher who just seemed to smile warmly nodded back to her.

"You too Ms. Rose" Ruby beamed with a smile before looking to her mother.

"See you at home mom" Raven nodded to her daughter once more and walked out into the hall with her friends heading to the next class. The group then continued down the hall, Ruby lost in thought for a moment as her friends chat around her. She wasn't even thinking on their conversation, but back to the class. Even though she had gotten the answer wrong, Ms. Fall wasn't mean about it and even seemed to be in a good mood at the end of class. However she was brought back to reality as she heard Sun talking to her.

"Hellooooo? Earth to Ruby, you gonna talk to us or still be thinking about your crush?" Sun asked causing Ruby to blush again and pout.

"I-I do not!" She exclaimed.

"Suure, anyways so yeah we were just saying it was pretty crazy Ms. Fall blew up earlier on Cardin. Now mind you it was really cool, but kinda scary" Sun told them.

"Hey I'm just glad she doesn't tolerate it or pretend it doesn't happen. Some teachers don't even say anything when it happens" Blake added with a bit of a frown.

"H-hey everything worked out at least. I-I thought it was k-kinda cool when she defended my sis and I-Ilia" Ruby added looking to Ilia.

"Yeah it was pretty nice" Ilia admitted. "Also you're crush is showing again Ruby" Ilia teased.

"H-Hey!" The other three laughed before Ruby began to giggle as well with them, and the four of them walked off to their next class.

Little did they know, Sky Lark, one of Cardin's lackey's overheard them and smirked. "Stutters has a crush on the teacher? Cardin would love to hear this..."

After school...

For Ruby the rest of the day went by in a flash honestly. She sat in class with her friends and at lunch, though unfortunately they weren't in her later classes but she didn't mind too much. They had talked and planned out where to have their first Caverns and Monsters game and Ruby said she'd ask her parents thinking they'd agree. Plus it would involve both sisters and she was pretty sure they'd approve of them spending more time together. However the silver-eyed girl did notice that during lunch Cardin and his friends looked at her, and ruby didn't like the honestly evil look in her eye. so she hurried to her next few classes after lunch to avoid them. Luckily she also shared no classes with them and only worried about the lessons, and one girl who had hair as white as snow who she swore didn't like her for some reason.

Now though Ruby had stayed after school looking to join a club. Ilia asked Ruby to join her and the two came across a gaming club that was run by a bunch of older students. She was glad Ilia went with her since Yang had went to try out for Boxing that day, and would probably have never found out such a club existed. When the club was over Ilia had to go another way to leave, and Ruby figured she'd go join her mom in Ms. Fall's classroom since Raven did say she'd wait for them both there.

However on the way there Ruby's heart sank as she watched Cardin and his friends walk out of detention and Ms. Goodwitch had walked down a different hall way. Ruby hoped he wouldn't see her and quickly made a bee line for the class to get away from the bully. She yelped out though suddenly as she felt her hood pulled and she was pushed back against a locker hard, gasping as she hit her head against the lockers.

"And where do you think you're going Stutters?" Cardin smirked evily as Ruby looked up at him in fear. Him and his friends surrounding surrounding her as she felt dread filling her.

"Word in the hallway is someone has a crush on a bloodsucking freak of a teacher" he smirked evily and Ruby went wide-eyed hearing him tell her this. "Maybe if you happen to do whatever I tell you, I won't spread around the school that Ruby Stutters Rose has the hots for Ms. Fall" He smirked as he reached up and grabbed her chin, before his other hand began to grab her side and move up her body.

Ruby froze and began to shake. Tears forming in her eyes as she felt the familiar feeling of someone touching her without her permission. Threatening her if she didn't do what he said. It happened to her once before, and Ruby steeled herself before he could touch her breast and decided this wouldn't happen again.

"N-No get away!" Ruby called out and pushed Cardin away, and stepped on his toe.

"Augh you bitch!" Cardin growled before slamming a fist into Ruby's stomach making her double over in pain, before Cardin grabbed her shoulder and slammed her head back into the lockers making her see stars. "You're going to regret-" he started before a a yellow flash appeared before Ruby and a fist collided with his face sending Cardin stumbling.

"You get the hell away from my sister!" Yang growled out as she stood in a defensive stance arms raised to protect her sister.

"You fucking animal loving dyke!" Cardin growled out, his friends backed off as he charged at Yang, swinging and kicking at her. Yang however blocked and dodged each one as she stood between Ruby and him acting as an unmovable barrier. "Quit dodging and blocking!" He said readying to swing another punch before he felt someone grab his wrist from behind. He froze and looked back, seeing someone wearing a black full faced helmet and a suit of some kind not showing any skin. "What the-GAH!"

Cardin was suddenly swung around and pinned to the floor held in an arm bar by the woman in the suit and helmet. She twisted slightly getting him to cry out and stop fighting and struggling against her.

"I warned you I don't tolerate your behavior Mr. Winchester, and here you are swinging at two girls? You should be ashamed of yourself" Ruby immediately recognized the voice of Ms. Fall and gasped out in amazement. "Ms. Rose, Ms. Xiao Long are you all right?" Cinder asked as her helmet face them.

"He punched my sister in the stomach and slammed her head against the locker!" Yang exclaimed.

"I-I'm b-b-better n-now..." Ruby almost whimpered out. Cinder felt her heart drop seeing her mate in this condition. Cardin was lucky he was a student or she would have ripped his arm off.

Suddenly several pairs of footsteps came running down the hall as Raven, Ms. Goodwitch and Mr. Port came running down the hall.

"Ms. Fall what's going on?!" Ms. Goodwitch demanded.

"This vampire bitch attacked me!" Cardin called out in a lie as he struggled under Cinder's grip.

"That's a lie! He attacked my sister! I hit him away from her and he attacked me too! Ms. Fall helped us by holding him down until you all came!" Yang called out.

"S-She's lying! Right guys?!" he called out to his friends who all agreed with him. Smirking as he looked up to Yang who just growled looking down to him.

"Well it's a good thing there's a security camera right there isn't there Mr. Winchester?" Raven called out as she pointed to a camera with a blinking red light, color draining from Cardin's face as he saw it would have captured everything. "After all, it'll tell me if my daughters are lying and I have to punish them" she began then looked to the now sweating boy with a dark glare. "Or I get to make sure the boy who attacked my daughters is expelled and taken to juvenile detention. Mr. Port call the security officer. Make sure he gets down here then be sure to call a police officer to the school" she told the round man who nodded and pulled out his cell phone.

Cardin just looked to the floor in defeat and was pale now, not even struggling in the vampires grip. His friends were gathered as well for questioning and would be dished out punishments just like he will.

After waiting about fifteen minutes when Cardin was taken away in handcuffs, Yang and Ruby were pulled aside and questioned. The younger sister told the whole story, resulting in her elder sister and mother getting even angrier with Cardin but she assured them she was all right. A nurse looked over them and diagnosed Ruby didn't have a concussion but did have a large bruise on her stomach. Yang only had some bruises on her arms and legs from blocking his attacks but she would be fine.

After Ruby was treated she noticed Ms. Fall was still there, wearing her full suit and full cover helmet speaking with an officer as well. When she saw her finish talking to them Ruby approached the vampire.

"U-Um M-Ms. Fall?" Cinder turned to the sound of Ruby's voice.

"Yes my-Ms. Rose?" she quickly corrected her sentence hoping Ruby wouldn't notice.

"Thank you, for helping my sister and I" Ruby smiled up to the teacher. Ruby didn't realize but the vampire resist every urge in her body telling her to envelop this girl in a protective embrace and keep her safe.

"Of course Ms. Rose, after all no one likes a bully. And I won't hold it against you if you and you're sister don't come to class tomorrow" Cinder chuckled.

"But then I'll miss my favorite teacher" Ruby said without a stutter, then blushed bright red as she realized what she just said.

"Really? I'm your favorite?" Cinder asked the now wide-eyed student.

"I-I'll s-see you in class t-tomorrow!" Ruby called as she quickly ran away back to her sister and mother. Cinder then waved and watched as they went back to their own home and smiled as she felt her heart now fluttering.

"Maybe there really is a chance..." the vampire said to herself before she made her way to her car to drive home as well.

A/N: Sorry it took so long but here is the next chapter! Gonna have to think hard about this next chapter but I hope all of you enjoy this either way! Please read and review and treat each other with love and kindness!