The boy stepped off the transport to beacon academy, shrugged his massive duffel bag to the other shoulder, and took in the massive castle that lay before him. He was tall, but slim, with short dark hair, and was dressed in jeans and a leather aviators jacket over a plain dark t-shirt. Off to the side he saw some girls bickering over something or other. He sighed and headed towards the main hall, where he had been instructed the initiates would be staying the night prior to the test for his arrival, he quickly found an area next to the wall, and set up his sleeping bag. He checked his weapon, checked the contents of his bag, and sat back against the wall to see who was around and what they were like. The first thing that struck him was the sheer number of people their, so many that he came to the conclusion that not all of them would pass initiation, simply because, as big as the castle was, there would not be enough room to house this number of people times the number of years they would be here, and still have space for classrooms and staff. He settled down for the night and went to sleep.

Lie Ren woke up the next morning and started trying to prepare for the initiation. Nora, as always, hovered around him, chatting, talking and generally being annoying. He didn't mind it though, as she had been his friend for as long as either could remember, and her crazy, outgoing personality perfectly matched his shy, quiet personality and they each completed each other. He prepped his weapons, and in one of his few moments away from Nora, looked around at the other students. One in particular caught his eye, a tall boy, strong but slim, carrying a giant, heavy looking duffel bag towards the changing area. He seemed interesting, mainly because, unlike nearly everyone else, he seemed to have no friends around him, no one he was talking to, and Ren thought to himself, "Without Nora, that would probably be me" then he got dragged away towards the start point for initiation by Nora, who was babbling something about sloth calls. He resolved to keep an eye on that boy, though, and find out who he was.