Your POV

It was a war zone. Dark red streaks dripping from the walls in splatters, your allies discarded, unmoving, having fallen to the unending onslaught of torrential terror left you stood alone. Desperation and adrenaline were all that was keeping you going as you stood against the four opposing you. This was a food war.

It had all happened so quickly. One minute Nora was throwing food to Yang, the next you were duelling Blake and Weiss with hard-ass baguettes.

Weiss: "You know you can't win!"

Yang: "Stand with us!"

Blake: "Join the dark side!"

Ruby: "We have cookies!"

(Y/N): You grit your teeth and clutched the baguette Pyrrha had given you. "Over my starving body."

They all looked down for a moment displeased before Yang charged, turkeys at the ready. You skilfully ducked and dodged all of her attacks and waited for your moment. It came when she put too much force into a single swing allowing you to side step and trip her. As she fell you quickly hit her downward making her face plant.

Smirking you looked up and quickly lost it as Weiss sped towards you, weapon at the ready. Narrowly, you ducked under and span your leg around to which she preformed a back flip, not letting up you immediately assaulted her in a duel. She parried the majority but your overwhelming strength began to crush her defences. Realising this she rolled out the way only for you to kick a watermelon at her which collided with her face and sent her into the wall.

Before you could recover you saw Ruby launch Blake, who was wielding a chain of sausages, at you. Dropping onto the floor you rolled under the table to try and lose the two girls. Luck wasn't on your side and the table was thrown away from you, not having time to react you felt yourself be hit by a metallic tray and go sliding across the floor. Standing up you saw the sausages come at you quickly so you did the one sensible thing and yanked them towards you. The momentum made Blake fly towards you at a very high speed which she took advantage of by lining up a punch. What she hadn't accounted for was the fact you could move out the way and that you were in-front of a wall. There was a loud thud and crash as Blake knocked herself out of the fight leaving you and little red riding hood.

Spinning the sausages around you looking for any sign of movement as you moved back towards the tables. Feeling a disturbance in the air you quickly ducked. Just as you did Ruby went soaring through the space you had just been occupying on another tray.

Ruby: "Uhhh so close!"

She spun around to try again and let out a war cry. You waited until the very last moment and stepped out the way intending on tripping her with the sausages. What happened was not that. Her momentum carried her around you as you had planted yourself quite concretely causing you to get wrapped up in the sausages and her to stop in-front of you holding the end of the sausages.

(Y/N): "Well shit."

Ruby: "YEAH I DID IT! WE WIN!" Slowly the rest of team RWBY stood from their defeats and walked over to you both. Weiss seemed pleased, Blake seemed amused and Yang seemed almost lost in a daydream.

Weiss: "Hmph good work tying him up Ruby."

Blake: "What do we do with him now?"

Yang: "I have a few ideas~" The look on her face made you worry.

(Y/N): 'I need an adult...'

Glynda: "WHAT IS GOING ON IN HERE?!"

(Y/N): 'Holy shit that worked!'

Glynda quickly put everything back to how is should be using her semblance and freed you from the sausages.

Glynda: "(Y/N), Ozpin wants to see you in his office, the rest of you are free to go." She turned and walked away, shrugging to your friends, you followed her not noticing the downhearted looks of Team RWBY or Pyrrha.

{Le Timeskip brought to you by Penny Poledina precariously picking plums}

You couldn't help the unconscious shiver that washed over you from the amount of Atlas ships that were coming to Vale.

Glynda: "Ironwood certainly loves bringing his work on his travels."

(Y/N): "It's as if he doesn't think people will challenge him at his own turf so he trudges over with his forces to have a dick measuring contest."

Ozpin: "Now now, General Ironwood is a busy man running both a academy and a military but yes those are quite the eyesore." There was a bleep from a display on the desk. "Come in."

Ironwood: "Ozpin!" Out came Ironwood arms stretched in an obvious attempt to make himself seem in control to the room.

Ozpin: "Hello General."

Ironwood: "Please drop the formalities." He laughed and took Ozpin in a firm handshake. "And Glynda it has certainly been too long since we last met."

Glynda: "Oh James... I'll be outside." This was one of the few things you and Glynda could agree on, that Ironwood was a dick.

Ironwood: "She hasn't changed a bit."

Ozpin: "So what in the world has brought you down from Atlas? Headmasters don't typically come with their students to the Vytal festival." Ozpin handed Ironwood a drink of coffee which Ironwood then filled with a substance from a flask.

Ironwood: "Well you know how much I love Vale this time of year. Besides with you hosting I thought this might be a good time to catch up." It was at this point you realised he either hadn't noticed you or was just ignoring you.

Ozpin: "While I can certainly appreciate quality time between friends the small fleet outside my window has me somewhat concerned."

Ironwood: "Well concern is what brought me here."

Ozpin: "I understand travel between kingdoms has become increasingly difficult-"

Ironwood: "Oz, you and I both know why I brought those men."

Ozpin: "We are in a time of peace, shows of power like this just give off the wrong impression."

Ironwood: "But if what Qrow said is true-" Your eyes widened and you decided to make your presence known. Slamming your hands on the table to the right of them both you caused the two men to jump. Ozpin looked at you as if he had forgot you existed while Ironwood grew a look of disgust, distrust and disapproval, something you happily matched.

(Y/N): "What did Qrow say?" You asked slowly and calmly looking to Ozpin.

Ozpin: "He said Salem has pawns." He spoke slowly trying to be cautious.

(Y/N): "But he's okay?"

Ironwood: "This is irrelevant-"

(Y/N): "Shut the fuck up before I rip off your metal arm and bitch slap you with it."

Ironwood: "I'd like to see you try."

Ozpin: "Enough! Yes he is fine."

(Y/N): "Thank you, now if you don't mind I'm going to go."

Ozpin: "That is fine have a nice day." With that you turned and left.

General POV

Ozpin sighed as Ironwood looked at him suspiciously.

Ironwood: "You lied to him."

Ozpin: "Yes."

Ironwood: "Why?"

Ozpin: "It's better for him to be lied to and get him to stay here rather than he be told the truth and want to go looking for Qrow."

Ironwood: "Yet you still believe he as well as the other children can win this war?" Ironwood turned and left taking a different elevator leaving Ozpin to his thoughts.

Ozpin: 'I wish they wouldn't have to.'