In an old abandoned laboratory stood a table covered by a dusty sheet, the only light came from a broken window that led outside where the halogen bulbs shed their soft hue to the empty streets below, suddenly the very ground quivered and shock causing the draped object on the table to fall off, once the object hit the tiled floor a quiet ticking could be heard emanating from the object that slowly moved to prop itself up "C...Creator?" came an odd sounding voice that sounded like a music box tinging along but as the figure pulled itself up, the sheet that once covered it fell away reviling a skinny androgynous figure, the figure looked around the room it was in and by a rusted door it saw a small pile of clothing seemingly left there for it, stumbling and falling over to the pile it dress itself as it guessed that was what Creator would of wanted. Standing once more the figure looked at the door and decided if Creator wasn't to come to it then it would go to Creator, pushing the door open it fell from its rusted hinges, making a note to apologise for destroying the door the figure stepped through the door its feet making a clinking noise as they struck the door, it walked through the laboratory checking each room for Creator but finding nothing it made its way to the street and then to then tallest building around, because after all someone great like Creator would be up high above all others.

-In Ozpins office-

An alert came to Ozpins attention, a breach in the perimeter guessing it was just a Grimm due to the lack of aura he ignored it till he received another alert this time from half way up the cliff face, Ozpin just muttered to himself as he went to the cliff top directly above the intruder and waited, but he was surprised when a mechanical hand reached out and dug its metallic fingers into the grass and pulled itself up, its clothes had be torn here and there from the climb allowing Ozpin to glance at the dozens of gears and pistons that created the figure before him, "Hello, I am Ozpin and you are?" he asked the figure who just looked at him with its copper eyes before it spoke "Are you Creator" its singsong voice echoed in the night it asked again after a short pause "Creator, are you Creator?" it looked at its hands the gave a soft gasp "I am damaged, Creator won't want me" it stumbled back but due to its proximity to the edge it tumbled over, or at least it would of if Ozpin hadn't grabbed it and pulled it away from the edge. "I am not your Creator, but I know they would still want you, now tell me what's your name?" The figure looked up at Ozpin who stood a clear 14 inches taller "Name?, Creator would choose but Creator not there, I am an Automaton yes, I am Automaton" the figure answered "Okay Automaton" Ozpin said kindly "Where were you before here?" Automaton pointed to a town just visible on the horizon "There" it said "In a laboratory" a cold wind blew over the pair causing Ozpin to give a slight shiver but Automaton saw this and wrapped its arms around Ozpin and started to warm up the older gentleman "You are cold, Creator would want me to warm you" It said to which Ozpin just chuckled "Then let us go inside to my office" Ozpin said nodding his head to the tower that Automaton saw from the town it had awoken in.

-Back inside Ozpins office-

Automaton swayed in time with the ticking that filled the room before it synchronised its own ticking heart to be in time with the ambient room, "This makes me feel peaceful Mister Ozpin" Automaton said as it danced to the ticking clocks, its coppery hair flowed like water while it moved the light glinting from it causing patterns to dance across the ceiling, Ozpin chuckled at the innocence of the machine "Automaton" he said at length "I will help you find your creator but if you would permit it I would like to check your internals to see if they left any unique marks that we can use to find them" Automaton stopped dancing and stood in front of Ozpin then removing its top, its chest opened up to revealed millions of gears from large ones to minute ones but as Ozpin looked in on them they were all moving too quick to see "I'm sorry to ask this but can we stop the gears in you without harming you?" as the words left his mouth the gears begun to slow down and stop but before they did Automaton told Ozpin that the switch to reactivate it was were the jugular in a real human would be, Ozpin took his time searching each part of Automaton for a mark that would lead to the creator that it sought after but upon finding nothing Ozpin pressed the switch starting the gears and reviving Automaton who awoke as their chest closed "Did you find anything Mister Ozpin?" Automaton asked hopefully but quickly became disheartened when Ozpin shock his head regretfully. "I see" Automaton said as it sat in the corner listening to the ambient ticking of the room before its own ticking started to slow mimicking a heart while the person was asleep, Ozpin took this time to call Glynda to the office with an order to not wear anything that ticks and to be quiet when entering the room.

Glynda entered the room and didn't even notice Automaton until Ozpin pointed it out to hear but after she saw it she turned to Ozpin who explained what happened and what's going to be done "We must find its Creator however it came from a Laboratory in the town next over, that Lab has been closed for 70 plus years" Ozpin admitted to Glynda in quiet tones "We must find a way to break the news to Automaton gently its only wish is to find its creator" Glynda looked sadly at the Automaton who sat hunched over in the corner of the room the looking at Ozpin she said "I will get the Staff list and all the projects done there even the unofficial ones, we must help her" Ozpin thanked her but said "I don't think it's a her or a he, it is simply Automaton"

-The next morning-

At 06:00 on the dot Automaton awoke from its hibernation mode and stretched doing a quick check of its servos and speech functions, Automaton walked over to the sleeping figure of Ozpin and put the blanket that had fallen off of him back over his shoulders "Sleep well Mister Ozpin" Automaton whispered before it stood to the side and awaited Ozpin to awake which did not take long as a blond woman entered the room with a cup of some steaming liquid and shook Ozpin awake before handing him the cup "Thank you Glynda, oh morning Automaton" Ozpin said smiling "How did you sleep?" Automaton smiled back "I slept well Mister Ozpin, how did you sleep Mister Ozpin and you too Miss Ozpin?" Its comment made Glynda blush "I am Glynda Goodwitch, I am Ozpins' assistant and a teacher here, now for the record are you a he or she" she asked bluntly "Neither, I am Automaton, I rephrase, how did you sleep Mister Ozpin and Miss Goodwitch?" Automaton asked to which Ozpin and Glynda said that their night was pleasant but just as Automaton was going to ask a question an explosion ripped through the air, Ozpin and Glynda were tackled to the floor by Automaton "Stay down Mister Ozpin and Miss Goodwitch, I will seek the cause, it is what Creator would want" Automaton said before standing and walking to the window where it did a quick but complete visual scan and determined the source of the explosion "It was two woman in red and white with some dust, it appears to have been an apology as Red is saying sorry to White there was also a woman in Black but from what I can determine the accident was caused by White after Red fell over" Automaton explained as it walked back over, helped Ozpin and Glynda up "Sorry for my actions but Creator wanted to save people based of the directives I have been given by him" Glynda dusted herself off before asking "What directives are they?"

Automaton looked at her before talking "Miss Goodwitch the laws or directives I function by are; 0. I may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm. 1. I may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. I must obey the orders given to me by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. I must protect my own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law."

Ozpin looked at Automaton with curiosity "Automaton, do you know what a huntsman or huntress is?" Automaton tilted its head to the side "Mister Ozpin, a Huntsman or Huntress is defined as a person who manages a hunt and looks after the hounds, is that sufficient" Ozpin chuckled slightly "In a sense you are correct but I was referring to the Huntsmen and Huntresses who are licensed elite warriors dedicated to slaying the creatures of Grimm and whose duty is to uphold the peace of our world." Ozpin explained, Glynda sighed as she knew what was about to be said "Automaton, would you like to join Beacon as a hunter-in-training and upon graduation you would become a Hunter, a guardian of all, and a slayer of Grimm." Automaton asked "Would it conflict with the rules that Creator gave me?" Ozpin shock his head "Only if you decline" Automaton looked Ozpin in the eyes and spoke in an attempt of a serious tone "Then I will accept, however I have no abilities in combat" Automaton brought up, to which Ozpin dismissed "You will be taught everything you need to know, Glynda" Ozpin said grabbing her attention "Can we see to provide Automaton with an uniform and weapon of suitable ease of use, oh and do an Aura test on our friend" he asked as he never needed to order anything.

-At the entrance ceremony-

Automaton stood at the side of the room looking up at the stage as it stood there waiting Ozpin it thought to itself "I wish Mister Ozpin was Creator then I could" Its thoughts where interrupted when a person walked out on stage, it was Ozpin followed by Glynda, who after the short speech handed Automaton a duffel bag "It has a change of clothes and a weapon for the time-being it is just a collapsible staff but it will do till we can get you a better one" Glynda explained, Automaton took the bag and took it to a corner where there was few people, setting the bag down Automaton took out the staff and inspected the weapon before sliding it into its sleeve "Hey sweetie" came a voice from behind and as Automaton turned around it came face to face with a tall muscly man with orangey hair and indigo eyes "Names Cardin, how about we find somewhere private and have some fun" he said his voice practically dripping with lust "Okay but I must say I am not female" Automaton said matter of factly with its sing song voice, "You're a guy" Cardin said with surprise and shock to which Automaton shook its head and explained "I am neither, I am Automaton, A clockwork being therefore I have no gender, but if you still want to have fun then I must obey if it is an order"

Cardin went red "N-No forget about it weirdo" he said before walking off, a small chuckle came from the side of Automaton, who looked in that direction "Smart move there, now he won't bother you and with that loud clock ticking you really could claim to be Clockwork" Automaton looked at the person talking with curiosity "I am Clockwork, I am Automaton" it pulled its top up and opened a small section of its torso so the gears could be seen thanks to weird glow that Automatons heart produced at night "See I am a Automaton" it said before closing its torso and lowering its top. "Cool, I guess you are Clockwork, Oh I'm Amy Thyst nice to meet you" Amy said as she held her hand out which Automaton shock gingerly before Automaton laid down with its head on the duffle bag before the ticking of its heart slowed like the night before.

-In the morning-

At 06:00 people were awake and moving when Automaton stirred and walking to the changing room with its uniform, it quickly changed and returned to its bag before taking it to a locker marked with a couple of gears and the number 451 it placed the bag into the locker before making its way to the cliff but as it went it passed a hyper active Pink girl bothering a Green boy and Red from the other day talking to Yellow then it walked past White, Brown and another Yellow. Automaton made it to the cliff where it saw Ozpin and Glynda who waved Automaton over