Ruby Rose was feeling quite proud of herself. Earlier this evening she was able to help stop the criminal Roman Torchwick from robbing a dust shop, though the event could have ended badly for her if Glynda Goodwitch hadn't shown up to save her. Roman was more devious than Ruby had expected, she knew he was a criminal but she didn't quite put together how conniving he would be. Still, she and Glynda had been able to chase the criminal off and save the store. For the most part at least. This was something that Ruby felt that she could take pride in though, so she smiled lightly to herself as she sat in a room waiting for Glynda and the person that had asked to be allowed to speak to her.

"I wonder who wants to speak to me though," Ruby mused while humming quietly. She spent a couple of seconds thinking about who would want to speak to her before giving up and returned to simply humming happily to herself and waiting as patiently as she could manage. Which, unfortunately for her, wasn't all that patiently. It only made things worse that she was sitting at a table in a small room that had nothing other than said table in it. So when she finally heard the door open she felt a wave of relief and excitement wash over her before she turned her head to look at who was entering. When she saw who was entering, her excitement was quickly replaced by nervousness as walking into the room alongside Glynda Goodwitch was none other than the headmaster of Beacon Academy, Professor Ozpin.

"Ruby Rose," Ozpin said as he walked into the room carrying a plate of cookies and a cup of coffee.

"H-Hello," Ruby responded nervously. Ozpin acknowledged her greeting with a nod before walking forward, placing the cookies on the table and motioning for Ruby to help herself. She slowly reached for a cookie before eating it and grabbing the next one, continuing the process until she had finished off the cookies.

"Tell me Miss Rose. Where did you learn to do this?" Ozpin asked, gesturing to Glynda, who was holding a scroll that was displaying a video feed of Ruby's fight with Roman and his goons earlier that night.

"S-signal Academy," she responded almost as if it was a question rather than an answer.

"They taught you to use one of the most dangerous weapons ever designed?"

"Well… My uncle actually. You see he's a teacher at Signal as well but he's the only one that was able to teach me anything as far as combat goes."

"I see," Ozpin said quietly before taking a sip of coffee and and continuing. "It's just that I only know of one other scythe wielder of that skill level. A dusty old crow."

"That's my uncle Qrow!" Ruby said excitedly. "I would be total garbage with a scythe if it wasn't for him, but thanks to his tutoring I can fight with the best of them."

"So I've noticed, but what is an adorable girl such as yourself doing at a school designed to train warriors? You already stated that you didn't have natural talent, so what drove you to this decision?" Ozpin asked.

"Well," Ruby began. "I want to be a huntress."

"You want to slay monsters?"

"Yeah. I only have two more years left at Signal Academy and then I'm going to apply to Beacon. You see my sisters starting there this year but -"

"Do you know who I am Miss Rose?" Ozpin asked. Interrupting Ruby from going off on a tangent.

"You're professor Ozpin," Ruby answered. "You're the Headmaster at Beacon."

Ozpin nodded at her answer before saying, "hello."

"Nice to meet you."

"You want to come to my school?"

"More than anything."

Ozpin looked to the side at Glynda, only getting an annoyed look in response, before saying, "well okay."

Ruby sat there in shock for a couple of seconds while the words sunk in. She had just somehow gotten accepted into Beacon, her dream school. Not only that but she got accepted two years early. This was like a dream come true for her. Of course being shot forward two years would be a little rough but with a little hard work and maybe some help from her sister she should be able to manage it. Her lips started to curve into a small smile as she realized what was happening, before a thought struck her and they instead formed a slight frown.

"Professor Ozpin," Ruby began. "I tend… to get sick a lot. I mean I'm sure I can handle the workload and everything it's just… I'm not sure if you want a person who gets sick as often as I do attending your school."

"Well Miss Rose," Glynda responded. "That's something we really can't judge until you're at Beacon already. Thank you for letting us know. We expect to see you at Beacon for initiation."

After Glynda's words both of the adults left the room. Leaving Ruby alone with her thoughts. Her doubts and fears raced across her mind as she stared blankly at her hands resting on the desk. Should she have told them the whole truth? Not even Yang knows the whole truth. It might not be that much of a problem. Hopefully it's not something that needs to be discussed again until after she's graduated from Beacon.

Ruby knew it was a false hope deep down, but it was a hope that she was willing to hold onto with everything she had. So it was with that last hopeful thought that she got up from her seat and left the building to go home and surprise her older sister with the good news. A full smile forming on her face as she thought of what Yang's reaction might be.

Ruby was getting a little annoyed at her sister's antics. Ever since Yang learned that they were going to Beacon together she had been way to, exaggerated over how awesome it was that Ruby was going to Beacon. Ruby, who had initially been as excited as Yang, was now more nervous than anything. She was going to a school a full two years early and her sister was acting like it was the most exciting thing to ever happen. It was almost as if Yang was ignoring all of the bad things that could happen. What if the people didn't like her? What if kids made fun of her for being 'too young?'. What if something else terrible happened because she got accepted early?

Ruby was currently doing her best to ignore her sister ranting about how awesome it was that they were going to Beacon together, but despite her best efforts she still heard Yang say that Ruby was going to be the bee's knees. She initially thought about voicing her confusion as to whether or not bees actually had knees, but instead chose to say, "don't bees have really short lifespans?"

"Wow Ruby," Yang responded while putting her hands on her hips. An action that was made slightly more intimidating by the way her waist length golden hair framed her body. Not to mention the irritated look on her face and the slight red hue to her normally lilac eyes. "Way to look at it the entirely wrong way."

"I don't want to be anyone special Yang. I just want to be Ruby Rose, a student at Beacon and Huntress in Training. That's it! I don't wanna be some special case where everyone knows my name or anything like that."

"You still didn't have to bring up the lifespan of bees. They're really sensitive about that you know?"

"I highly doubt that any bees feel insulted by my stating they have short lifespans Yang. The point is, I got moved ahead two years. I don't want anyone to think I'm special or anything."

Yang moved to put her arm around Ruby before saying, "but you are special. You're my sister. You stopped a robbery. You've already spoken to Professor Ozpin. No one else here can say those same things."

"Yes but… They have two years of experience on me Yang. Compared to you guys… I'm a little lackluster," Ruby said while staring at her feet. The two sisters stood there in silence for a couple of seconds before the news came on a holo screen on the side of the room they were in. Yang moved away from Ruby to get a better view of the news broadcast. While Ruby just stayed put, knowing that it was about Roman Torchwick and wishing that she had been able to capture him when she stopped the robbery. The news broadcast went on to talk about a civil rights movement that was disrupted by members of a terrorist organization known as the white fang before being cut off and replaced by a holographic image of Glynda Goodwitch. She was wearing a white shirt with a black,button up, corset overtop, a black cape with purple inner lining and a pair of black dress pants.

"Hello and welcome to Beacon," Glynda said.

"Who's that?" Yang asked, receiving an impatient shake of Ruby's head in response.

"My name is Glynda Goodwitch."

"Oh."

"You are among a privileged few who have who have been selected to attend this prestigious academy. Our world is experiencing an incredible time of peace, and as future huntsman and huntresses, it is your duty to uphold it. You have demonstrated the courage needed for such a task and now it is our turn to provide you with the knowledge and the training to protect our world."

With that the holographic image of Glynda faded out and the students slowly became aware of the fact that the bullhead they were in was actually quite close to Beacon academy. Ruby and Yang stared out of the window in silence, slowly watching the school get larger and larger as the flying vehicle they were in drew closer and closer. After a minute or so they gave each other a short side-hug. An unspoken promise that they'd always be there for one another, no matter what happened. Sadly the moment was ruined as a blonde student, who apparently had motion sickness, rushed by doing his best to avoid vomiting until he could find a trash can.

"Welp," Yang said as she looked at the student rush to the back of the bullhead. "That's a ruined sisterly bonding moment."

Ruby laughed lightly at Yang's remark while also watching the motion sick boy run towards the bullheads only vehicle. "It's okay though. It's not as though we need sisterly bonding moments all that much. We're already best friends."

"To true Rubes. Now how about we start this semester off with a Yang," Yang remarked, earning a groan from Ruby.

"I wish you could learn better puns though," Ruby muttered softly to herself.

A/N

Hey guys Shaded here. This is actually the first fanfic chapter I have written for myself. I have written another chapter for a story called Cell 502 and this may not be the first chapter I upload depending on how this and another story I'm thinking of known as Remnants of the Mist goes. Nyway this chapter is around 1.8k - 1.9k words without the A/N. Not exactly what I was shooting for. I really want to stay above 2k words per chapter but I didn't want to go into another scene in this chapter. Especially since the next scene I would go to is the initiation. If you're curious about the title… the reason for that will become apparent around chapter 5 if the story develops according to the current plan. Please leave a review letting me know what you think about the chapter and what I can improve on. Thanks and have a great day guys/girls!

Peace.