She watched the horizon with a trained, critical eye. Years of training generations of conditioning, allowed her to take in every detail within a single glance, and made her thankful of her ancestors, whoever they might be.

Silver eyes finally turned away from the rising sun, mind already cataloguing the rock formations, cloud patterns, and landmarks around her, as she planned out her next route carefully.

Having been out here for several weeks on what had quickly turned into a wild goose chase, she was more than ready to head back into port, and try to find some new leads, her own overwhelming stubbornness be damned.

Releasing a final exhausted sigh, she turned away from what she thought of as a beautiful landscape, and headed towards the rutters, a course to the nearest, and thankfully largest port already in mind, and the thought of the sights to see a relieving distraction from her earlier disappointment.

Perhaps something interesting will happen in beacon, she thought to herself.

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Port Beacon stood in the centre of the world as the largest, and most diverse trading port around, with it's wide ranges of commercial businesses, taverns, and rumour mills.

The city itself was split between two points, Upper Beacon, where all of the "Upstanding citizens" remained, with their coffee shops, schools, and malls, and Lower Beacon, where you couldn't walk a step without running into some kind of rapscallion, and tons of sky barges could be found, filled to the brim with supplies that were imported and exported daily.

Anyone that entered this place would know though, that Upper and Lower Beacon remained separated at all costs. You would be very unlucky indeed to find yourself around the taverns, where sky pirates milled.

This seemed to be the last thing on the mind of one girl, wearing a very expensive looking white dress, as she wandered ever closer to the border between the two worlds, with her mind in turmoil over the earlier day.

"How dare they think they can just go around and tell me who I can and cannot associate with," This young lady fumed, "as if they know who is good enough for my well-being!"

Judging by the fancy dress she was wearing, it was easy to tell this girl was from one of the very top-class of Beacon Port, possibly even a member of the big three, the top shipping and handling companies around, with the most money to spare from generations of exports, but at this time, she seemed like just another foolish girl.

Continuing to fume to herself, this white-haired girl moved unwarily closer to the long staircase that lead down into the dark and dingy alleyways of Lower Beacon, until she came to a stop at one of the lookout points, which gave a great view out over the small, black buildings all the way over to the ports.

"It's not as if they'll have any further say in my life, once I reach 18 and get married off I'll not have to see them ever again if I have anything to say about it," She finished off her rant, leaning on the railing that circled the edge of the platform, and released a small sigh.

So distracted was she by her own rant, that she failed to notice, at least at first, that someone was coming up from Lower Beacon, which should have immediately lighted some warnings in her mind.

no one came up from Lower Beacon.

Aquamarine eyes quickly training over at the figure ascending the stairs, this white-haired socialite first came to the conclusion that this girl was most definitely not from around here.

The dark red cloak she was wearing, Hood lifted up to hide her face from view, showed it's age, with several rips and tears upon it, the hem in tatters that trailed after this slip of a girl.

from what she could make out under the cloak, the girl appeared to have short cut, dark red hair that almost looked black, and incredibly pale skin, though her eyes were currently hidden from view.

Immediately her eyes hardened, as she watched this small girl continue to climb up to her level, and her thought immediately turned venomous, years of conditioning hardening her heart.

'what does this little slug think she's doing, walking up here like she owns the place? Can't be more than a street urchin from the Under city, with no place for her around here.'

Just was she was preparing to get up and confront this girl she was gone, only a small burst of red rose petals in her place.

Turning her head rapidly to at least try and spot the elusive little girl, she finally caught sight of her, further down the street, and apparently walking with a destination in mind, considering just how quickly she was walking.

'Now where is she going?' despite her disinterest in the situation, her curiosity of the small girl in the red hood was urging her to follow, if only, if the situation turned grim, to get the girl thrown out of the Upper class, and get a chance to actually see it happen for a change, the chance of seeing it surprisingly slim around here recently.

Following the red-cloaked girl at a leisurely pace, the white-haired lady attempted to remain inconspicuous as she made sure to keep a safe distance from her new target, and still remain within listening distance of her, though it didn't seem as if the small girl had anything interesting to say.

It took several minutes for the pair to reach this auburn haired girl's destination, but when they finally did, she was Noticeably surprised, as they stood outside of the home of one of the few residents of Beacon that she was somewhat acquainted with, albeit against her will.

The red-cloaked girl seemed to hesitate for but a moment, to the snow-haired girl's wry amusement, before she reached forward, and rapped on the door twice in quick succession, and stood back to wait.

'Oh she cannot seriously expect anyone to answer her, does she?' The socialite thought to herself, 'it's clear she doesn't belong around here, and I wouldn't be surprised if she were to get thrown out at the rate she's going.'

Finally the door opened, and Weiss grinned to herself, awaiting the shrill cry for the guards of Upper Beacon to sound, and soon the loud noise of running footsteps and the girl's cry as she was thrown away like old trash.

What she was least expecting was an excited cry of "Little sis, you're finally back!" from one Yang Xiao Long, and for the tall blonde to launch herself at the red-hooded girl in what Weiss could only describe as a "mach 5 hug".

Oh she could not wait to hear the explanation for this one.

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This is an experimental first chapter into a new universe, and to be honest, I'm already not that fond of it, since I wasn't sure where I was going, besides getting the characters from point A to point B, and the text itself just was not coming to me.

Future chapters will be much improved, and there will be more explanation to this universe in the coming chapters.

Don't expect much for the first few chapters, as I will be making sure to explain the world as best I can first, and then move into the actual story, so maybe...4 chapters of back story/introductions, and then into the game.

if that's not your thing, then I'm sorry.