Hello RWBY fans and new visitors to my page! I just want to say that this is my first fanfic, so if it sucks I'm very sorry. But, if you do enjoy it leave me a review to let me know as well as any ideas you may have for the story. Also, this story may not follow the actual storyline, but I will try to keep it close. I don't own RWBY; all credit goes to RoosterTeeth, etc. Now, without further ado, the first chapter of my first story!
Chapter 1: A New Life and New Friends
"ARGH!" yelled a boy, after getting clawed into a tree by an Ursa. He wore a black leather jacket with an ice blue t-shirt underneath. He wore long black pants along with black sneakers with ice blue flame designs on them. He had long jet-black hair, with bangs long enough to cover one of his eyes and two wolf ears easy to see on his head. The eye you could see was as red as fire. He had a black aura around him. He had two black long swords, one in each hand, with gold hilts. The boy was around 5 feet 8 inches tall with a fairly muscular build.
The boy stood back up and realized that he couldn't over power the Ursa, so he would have to out speed it. Waiting with his swords in a defensive position, the boy waited for the Ursa to attack him. A few seconds later the Ursa charged at him and the boy quickly moved to the side and swung his sword at the Ursa's neck, attempting to decapitate it. The Ursa however, just managed to get away with a minor cut. But the boy wasn't finished, knowing that he was much faster than the Ursa, he used that to his advantage. Going on the offensive, he charged at the Ursa and slashed at its stomach with both his swords. The Ursa reared back and the boy swung one of his swords upwards, swiftly taking the Ursa's head off. He sheathed his swords behind his back.
"WOAH!" The boy heard a girl's voice say from the bushes behind him.
'What the?' The boy thought turning around.
"That was the most awesome fight I have ever seen in my entire life! Your swords are so cool too!" A girl said after coming out from the bushes. The girl wore a red hood and had silver eyes. After taking the hood off, he saw she had short, dark red hair. She only looked about 15 years old, compared to the boy who was 17.
"Um…Thanks?" The boy said, questioningly. 'She is really hyper.' He thought."
"You're welcome!" The girl said, "My name is Ruby Rose! What's yours?"
"Nice to meet you Ruby. I go by Shade, so you can just call me that, if you want." said Shade.
"Ok, I will, Shade!" said Ruby, enthusiastic about making a new friend. "So you're a Faunus?"
"Isn't it obvious?" asked Shade, gesturing to his wolf ears.
"Oh, right." said Ruby, realizing her mistake.
"So, do you live around here?" asked Shade.
"Oh yeah! I actually go to school at Beacon Academy. I can bring you there if you want! It's not far!" said Ruby, clearly wanting to show him around.
"Alright sure. I mean if you h…" the boy trailed off and pushed Ruby behind him, just as a Beowolf tore through the forest and clawed a huge gash onto the boys chest causing him to instantly collapse.
"SHADE!" yelled Ruby.
Ruby then took out Crescent Rose and made quick work of the Beowolf, just as Ruby's big sister Yang showed up.
"What happened to him!?" questioned Yang, gesturing to the boy.
"No time! Quick, help me get him back to Beacon! He needs help!" said Ruby, beginning to pick up the boy.
"Ok. You got it." said Yang, picking up the boy, and helping Ruby carry him back to Beacon.
The boy began to wake up, and immediately realized that he had a stabbing pain in his chest. He opened his eyes and realized that he appeared to be in a hospital of some sort.
"Ah, you're awake." A voice said to Shade's right.
Looking to the right, he saw a nurse. "Ugh. Where am I?" The boy asked, unsure.
"You're in the Beacon medical centre." responded the nurse.
Shade immediately recounted the encounter in the Emerald Forest. The fight with the Ursa, the conversation with Ruby, all leading up to the Beowolf attack.
"What about the girl I was with? Ruby Rose, was it?" asked Shade concerned that she was hurt.
"Yes. She's perfectly healthy. Her and her sister Yang carried you back here after you were attacked by a Beowolf in the forest." replied the nurse.
'Thank god. She wasn't hurt.' thought Shade. "How long have I been here?" asked Shade.
"You've been out for around a week." Said the nurse as Shade's eyes widened.
Shade was about to respond when a new voice entered the conversation.
"Ah, excellent. You're awake. Ruby will be thrilled to hear that." Said the new voice as it entered the room.
Shade looked over to see an older man enter the room. He wore small glasses and a dark green jacket over a lighter green undershirt. He held a coffee mug in one hand.
"Hello. Who are you?" asked the boy.
"Oh my apologies. I am headmaster Ozpin, headmaster of Beacon academy." said Ozpin, introducing himself.
"Nice to meet you Ozpin. I go by Shade." said Shade.
Ozpin however, simply waved this off. "No need to introduce yourself. Ruby has already taken the liberty of doing that for you. However, I have a question that I would like to ask you."
"Alright. What might that question be?" asked Shade, curious.
"I would like to know if you would like to enroll here at Beacon academy." asked Ozpin.
"You would just enroll me here without an entrance exam or anything?" asked Shade, confused.
"Of course. When Ruby and Yang brought you here, Ruby spoke very highly of your abilities, and even though she tends to over exaggerate often, I had a feeling she wasn't when it came to you." replied Ozpin.
"Alright. If you're willing to offer, I'm willing to take you up on it." said Shade.
"Very well. Even though we don't have a team for you yet, we would be willing to pair you with team RWBY. Is that acceptable for you?" asked Ozpin, setting a scroll on Shade's bedside table.
"Of course. But may I ask where that is?" asked Shade.
"I can take you there." said a familiar voice as it entered the room.
"Ah hello, miss Rose. I assume you got my message?" said Ozpin, as Ruby entered the room.
"Yes I did." Ruby said to Ozpin before turning to Shade.
"Hello again Ruby." said Shade.
"Hi Shade! Are you ok? I'm so sorry you got hurt. If I hadn't distracted you, you wouldn't have gotten hurt. I'm so sorry!" apologised Ruby.
"Ruby, it's fine. I'm ok. See?" said Shade, grabbing the scroll and almost jumping out of the bed.
"Are you sure?" asked Ruby.
"Yes Ruby." said Shade.
"I trust you will accompany Shade back to your room?" asked Ozpin getting a nod from Ruby in return. "Very well. You may be on your way now."
"Thank you sir. For everything." said Shade as he left the room with Ruby at his side.
'That boy has a secret. I wonder what it might be?' thought Ozpin as Shade exited the room.
After being dragged through half the school, Shade found himself at the door of team RWBY.
"I…assume this…is your room" said Shade, panting.
"Yep. Let's go in." said Ruby opening the door.
After opening the door, the first thing Shade took notice of was the bunk beds. One bed was suspended from the ceiling with some rope, while another was supported by a pillar of books.
"Ruby? Before introductions, may I ask how this is safe?" asked Shade.
"Thank you!" said a voice from inside.
Looking in, Shade saw 3 more girls. One had almost shining Blonde hair, lilac eyes, and a brown shirt with black short shorts. The on that spoke had white hair, ice blue eyes, and wore a white dress. The last girl had black hair, amber eyes, and wore a black shirt, black pants and a black bow on her head.
"Shade, meet my team. The one blonde is my sister Yang. She's usually pretty calm, but don't make her angry. The one that spoke is Weiss. She's somewhat cold, but she's pretty nice once you get to know her, and the girl with black hair is Blake. She doesn't talk a whole lot, but she's really nice." introduced Ruby.
"Nice to meet all of you." said Shade before getting almost tackled in a hug from Yang.
"Thank you for saving my sister!" said Yang, still holding him in a bear hug.
"Yang…Can't…Breathe." said Shade, struggling to breathe.
"Oh sorry." said Yang letting go and allowing Shade to breathe again.
"Hello Shade. It's very nice to meet you." said Blake.
"I heard from Ozpin that you will be joining our team." said Weiss.
"Yeah. I hope you're ok with that." said Shade.
"I don't have any objections." said Weiss.
"Me either, but where is he going to sleep?" asked Blake.
"The floor." said Shade.
"We can't make you do that." said Ruby.
"You're not making me. I'm making me. Really, I'm used to it." replied Shade.
"What do you mean you're used to it?" asked Weiss, curiously.
"Alright I'll tell you, but only if you promise not to freak out." Said Shade.
"Alright. I promise I won't freak out." All the girls said.
"Alright. I'm used to it because…b-because of my time with…the *mumbles*." said Shade.
"What did you say?" asked Blake.
"With the White Fang." Said Shade, ready to be hit with a flurry of screams, but only one came
"WHAT!? YOU WERE WITH THE WHITE FANG!" yelled Weiss, angrily.
"You promised you wouldn't freak out!" yelled Shade.
"I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU WERE GOING TO SAY THAT YOU WERE ONCE APART OF THE WHITE FANG! THE SAME ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BEEN ATTACKING MY FAMILY FOR YEARS!" yelled Weiss.
At this point Shade was really starting to lose his temper. 'No. Not here. You can't.' thought Shade trying to keep himself calm.
"Are you ok Shade?" asked Ruby, concerned for her friend's well-being.
"Yeah. I'm fine." said Shade. "Look Weiss, I promise, I haven't been associated with the White Fang ever since they became violent. I was only involved when they were peaceful. I understand that being an ex-member of the White Fang may make it difficult to trust me, but if you give me a chance, I promise I will show you that I'm trustworthy." explained Shade, hoping that she would agree.
Weiss looked like she was thinking about it. "Alright. I'll give you a chance. Don't blow it." Said Weiss after thinking about it for a little while.
"I won't. I promise." said Shade.
Ruby looked like she was about to say something, but was quickly cut off by Shade's stomach growling loudly.
"Hungry there wolfy?" asked Yang.
"I could go for a bite to eat. Is there a cafeteria here?" asked Shade.
"Yeah come on. We can introduce you to some of our friends." said Ruby.
"Sounds good to me." said Shade.
"Then let's go!" yelled Ruby dashing out of the room, followed by Weiss.
Yang was about to walk out when Shade spoke. "By the way Yang, please never call me Wolfy." He said with a smile.
Yang shot a smile back and walked out.
Blake was about to walk out when Shade suddenly spoke up.
"Do they know?" He asked.
"What?" asked Blake.
"Do they know you're a faunus?" asked Shade.
"How did you even?" asked Blake back.
"It's like a sixth sense of mine. So do they?" asked Shade.
"No. Not yet. But I will, eventually." said Blake in response.
"Alright. As long as you will." said Shade.
"Thanks Shade. But we should probably get going. We don't want them to get the wrong idea." said Blake.
"Yeah let's go." said Shade.
The two Faunus walked out of the room and headed to the cafeteria.
'Huh. You know, I think everything is gonna be alright. As long as I can keep my temper under control, they won't find out about…HIM and everyone will be safe.' thought Shade on his way to the cafeteria. 'Alright time to start my new life, with my new friends.'
Hope you all enjoyed the first chapter. Please leave a review, tell me what I did well as well as what I could improve on. Look forward to Chapter 2. I'll try to have it out by next Sunday, provided college work doesn't get in the way.
