User blog:Zathronas/Analysis by an author: Peter Port

 Interlude  

 Walking through Beacon academy and hearing the echo his steps made saddened Ozpin. The academy should be alive at this time of the year but it was decided to send students home to be with their family. The school has seen better days but the war has been difficult to everybody. Ozpin negotiated a partially crumbled hallway carefully stepping on the debris. He wondered where it all went wrong. The previous war supposed to be the last, we were told the darkness was defeated for good and that all the sacrifices we made had been worth it. Thinking back, there was a lot of sacrifices made, our friends and family, our innocence and even our love.



 Ozpin stopped in front of Peter's class and peered inside, almost seeing himself and his gang sitting there. Cinder, Roman, Summer and himself, team Crimson. The days before the war, they were innocent and full of promise. Cinder and her desire to be the best, Roman and his jokes, Summer and her compassion and me trying so hard to look nonchalant and cool.



 We were the best and we knew it. We were hungry to prove ourselves and when the war started, we were anxious to get involved. Except for Summer who was pregnant then with Ruby. We did very well at the start of the war, pushing the Grimms back and gaining back some lost territory. Then the battle of Hastings occurred, we lost 20,000 huntsmen and huntresses that day. That was when the darkness itself attacked us for the first time.This was the turning point in the war and where I met Glynda for the first time. I saved her life when an Ursa attacked her, we would meet again at Summer's funeral three years later.



 Team Crimson started showing cracks after the battle, Cinder thought we should press the attack and was getting frustrated, especially at Summer who didn't think strength was the answer. Roman was irritating everybody with his jokes to hide his nervousness and me who stayed silent, maybe if I had talked in favour of Summer then things would have turned differently.



 We fought on for 3 years and kept losing ground to the darkness. We had lost so many huntsmen and huntresses that young adolescent were put into fighting groups despite being half trained. Team Crimson was one of the very few team still intact, we got separated and put into more strategic posting. Cinder was sent to counterintelligence, Roman became squad leader. Summer was stationed in strategic command and I was sent at Beacon for training recruits. It was a welcomed rest for all of us.



 By the end of the war, we were in desperate shape. The enemy had pushed us all the way back to Vale and it was decided to make our stand at Beacon. Since I had worked there, they put me in charge of defence. Everyone was ready to die to stop them as we knew if we didn't halt them here it would probably mean the end of human civilization. Team Crimson was reunited for the fight but something had changed, we barely saw Cinder at Beacon, Roman wasn't making jokes anymore. The only one who seemed to still have hope was Summer, she said to me that she made a promise to Ruby and she intended to keep it.



 Ozpin kept walking towards the school main entrance, remembering the final battle of the last war. Cinder's disappearing in the middle of the fight and of course Summer's sacrifice that defeated the darkness. While passing through the entrance, Ozpin made a vow not to repeat the mistakes of last war.



<p class="MsoNoSpacing"> The crowd cheered when Ozpin appeared in the doorway. 100,000 huntsmen and huntresses were assembled in front of the statue of Summer, a powerful reminder what a simple soul could do. The assembled crowd was ready to attack the darkness. But Ozpin knew better than to think this army could win. This was only a distraction. The real attack would be from team RWBY and JNPR, Ruby knew what to do. Ozpin thought Summer would be so proud of her. She had become the leader of the next generation. Ozpin gave a last glance at the academy knowing that even if he died, the venerable school would continue. He walked towards Glynda.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing"> "Took you long enough." She said

<p class="MsoNoSpacing"> Ozpin smiled "let's get going."