The Midnight Serpent (RWBY x Male OC)

Chapter 18: The Great Demon War

Midnight's POV

After going up against Roman Torchwick me and Alpha returned to our dorm room, where Galand proceeded to bombard us with questions on what happened. It only stopped when Ethan pressed the smooth part of his dagger against Galands neck and tased him, knocking him unconscious.

After that things pretty much went back to normal, or at least as normal as it gets in Beacon. Today we were in Dr. Oobleck's class going over the history of Remnant. I looked over and noticed that Alpha was a lot more enraptured in today lesson.

Oobleck: alright, class who can tell me about The Great Demon War 5000 years ago?!

Weiss and Alpha both threw up their hands, almost simultaneously.

Oobleck: yes Mr. Nightail?!

Alpha: it was a war between Remnant and the Netherworld which lasted for about 150 years.

Oobleck: CORRECT! Excellent work Mr. Nightail! Now, can you tell me how exactly this war ended?!

Alpha: nobody knows the exact reason, but the armies fighting for Remnant managed to overwhelm the demonic threat, forcing them to retreat back through the gateways they entered Remnant from.

Oobleck: CORRECT! While the exact reasons for the demons weakening forces is lost to us, what matters is that since then we haven't had any sort of interaction with demonic life in centuries.

Umbra: ha, speak for yourself, old man.

Midnight: is it just me or are you actually being quiet and paying attention to today's lesson. Don't tell me you're interested in Dr. Oblecks teachings now.

Umbra: of course not, I just want to see if your teacher knows what he's talking about.

Midnight: were you around during the war?

Umbra: of course I was, the aging process of a demon is a lot longer than a human's. We tend to be adults until we reach the age of 15000

Midnight: how old are you?

Umbra: 8482.

Midnight: wow, you're old!

Umbra: actually, by demon standards, I wouldn't be much older than you.

I redirected my attention back to Dr. Oobleck's lesson.

Oobleck: and though the demons retreated through the gateways to their world, many were left behind, unable to get back due to the fact that only demons of royal blood were able to open gateways between Remnant and The Netherworld.

Midnight: we're you one of the demons left behind, Umbra?

Umbra: it's complicated.

Dr. Oobleck walked over to his desk.

Oobleck: now, I'll pass out the homework for today's lesson in just a moment. I just have to get-

PFFFFFFFFFT

As Dr. Oobleck sat down at his desk a loud...flatulent noise echoed through the room. A heard a few students stiffly a laughter. However, as me, Alpha, and Ethan looked over at Galand, we saw him laughing the hardest. He was covering his mouth with his hand while pounding his fist on the desk.

Dr. Oobleck stood up from his chair, reached down, and picked up a whoopee cushion from the seat. At what seemed to be the speed of light, Dr. Oobleck bolted over to where me and my team were sitting. He stood over Galand, his eyes pierced right through his aura and into his heart.

Oobleck: MR. LOTUS, it is very inappropriate to interrupt class for another one of your silly jokes!

Galand: that wasn't me.

Oobleck: oh, really?

He lifted up the whoopee cushion and pointed to it.

If found please return to Galand Lotus =)

Galand: ...alright, it was me.

Dr. Oobleck smacked a detention slip against Galands forehead, causing it to stick.

Oobleck: DETENTION! 3 days.

Without any further comment, Dr. Oobleck walked back over to his desk.

Galand: can I at least have my whoopee cushion back?!

Oobleck: all confiscated items will be returned to their owners at the end of the year.

Galand: aw man.

Dr. Oobleck went back to what he was do. Me, Alpha, Ethan just looked at Galand.

Ethan: what did you expect to happen?

Galand: ...eh, it was worth it.

Later that day

After class we went back to our dorm, leaving Galand behind for his detention, me and the rest of team MAGE were just doing the homework assigned to us. Alpha had already finished his in record time, he offered to help me, but I declined, leading him to go over and help Ethan instead.

I read through the questions in my head.

What offensive units were most used by the demons in the middle of war.

Umbra: easy, mothjas.

Midnight: what're mothjas?

Umbra: they were an entirely new species of low level demons created specifically to aid in the war. Their purpose was to fly through farmlands in swarms of thousands and devour crops and livestock.

Midnight: man, they sound like they were great assets.

Umbra: yeah, but over time they developed a bit of a sweet tooth, which resulted in their diet becoming exclusively that of fruit. In response we wiped them out.

Midnight: so they were autonomous?

Umbra: kinda stupid on their part, huh?

I wrote down the answer and kept going, all the while Umbra answered each question with flawless accuracy.