Violet eyes were met with the sight of Beacon Academy below. It's been awhile since she's been here.
Krystal sighed. Her violet eyes were drawn away from the window as she felt the airship land.
Finally, she was here.
She calmly stood up. Her weapon, Violet Lune, was strapped securely on her back. She nodded in acknowledgement to the pilot as she left the airship. She watched the airship leave, the wind whipping her dark hair all around. When it was high enough above the ground, she turned around, her eyes closed.
She took a deep breath and with another sigh, she looked up, seeing the towering walls of Beacon Academy. Krystal walked calmly, ignoring the stares of the Beacon students who were looking at her. Each student was heading to the same place, constantly staring at Krystal as she walked the same direction.
"Is that who I think it is?"
"Oh my gosh is that Violet? THE Violet!?"
"Apparently she took down an army of Grimm ALL BY HERSELF!"
"I heard that she saved thousands of army men!"
"I heard that she saved a village using only ONE DAGGER!"
"She's a prodigy child!"
"Did you know that she was a huntress at 7 years old?"
"Woah! I wish I was that skilled!"
It slightly annoyed her. The gossip of her achievements reaching people's ears. What annoyed her even more was the exaggeration in the stories. All of them came from some sort of truth but that doesn't mean that people haven't twisted it as the stories spread.
Even so, she ignored the hushed whispers of the students as she went to where Ozpin was going to speak. The only reason they recognised her was because of her eyes and her weapon. If her weapon wasn't with her, it would've been harder for them to recognise her. She knew that as a fact. Either way, a few people did recognise her just by her rare eyes.
Her violet eyes, a defining trait. The name 'Violet' was given originally by her eyes. It seemed even more fitting when they realised her weapon name and the colour scheme of both her weapon and sometimes her outfit. It didn't help that she even had violet highlights in her dark hair that seemed increasingly more prominent at the tips.
She didn't mind it. She personally loved the colour. It was something that seemed to be a part of her. She adored it.
Her face remained stoic as she walked through the halls. Hopefully she'd see something interesting. She let out a tiny yawn and was met with a crowd of people in the hall. She walked towards the stage as she heard the hushed whispers getting louder.
Once again, Krystal ignored them.
She heard more gasps erupt from the crowd and before Krystal could turn, Ozpin signalled for her to go on stage.
In the corner of her eye, she saw the crowd calm down as she stood next Ozpin. The words coming out of the respectable man was dull to her ears.
She wasn't interested in the awe of the students. No, her eyes weren't on the crowd of strangers that she can plainly see. Her eyes simply continued to roam and lingered on a select few of individuals before turning away again.
Some of these individuals being Pyrrha Nikos, the Mistral Champion and Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee Dust Company. The very heiress she once protected.
To find the Schnee Heiress among the crowd made her almost smile. To say she was surprised was an overstatement. The heiress did once tell her how she admired huntsman and huntresses. It made sense that she would train to become one. One thing she could say was that she was proud of Weiss being able to get to Beacon.
Her eyes continued to scan through the crowd but no one else interested her.
She was about to turn to Ozpin before she froze.
Violet eyes met silver ones, both shining in realisation.
Now this was a surprise.
The one thing she didn't expect to find was her best friend. Her best friend in the same crowd of aspiring huntsman looking at her with shock. Silver eyes shone as Violet eyes glowed. It almost made her chuckle as she remembered how they met the same way. Both girls were mesmerised in each other's eyes and then they just clicked.
That seemed to happen at this very moment.
She eyed Ozpin for a quick second before turning back to the silver-eyed girl. Krystal gave the tiniest smile at her that soon went away the next second.
So that was the girl who came to Beacon two years early, her own best friend. This time, she finally found an assignment more exciting.
She stepped of the stage when she realised Ozpin's speech has concluded. She looked to both Ozpin and Glynda as they let her go free. With a nod in thanks, she turned and headed towards where she thought the silver-eyed girl might be. Walking with a slight haste, she ignored the stares that she was getting. The hushed whispers continued. Before she reacted, a blur of red rose petals engulfed her in a hug.
"KRYS!"
She would've stumbled back if she was a normal person. But she wasn't exactly normal. She was used to these surprise hugs by now. Perks when you've been friends with someone so hyperactive for a few years.
"Hey Ru," Krystal greeted calmly as Ruby hugged her tighter. The silver-eyed girl shone in excitement as she embraced her, beaming with happiness.
"AHHH! I MISSED YOU SO MUCH! I CAN'T WAIT TO TELL YOU EVERYTHING AND-"
"Woah! Calm down Rubes," Yang said as she peeled Ruby off Krystal, arriving not too long after Ruby reached her. Ruby pouted as she waved her arms, frantically reaching towards the violet-eyed girl. Escaping Yang's grip, she latched herself onto Krystal again, this time with Krystal hugging back.
"Missed you too," Krystal said and slowly peeled Ruby's arms off her again.
Yang grinned as she patted Ruby on the head.
"Heya Krystal, how'ya been?" Yang greeted happily, not noticing the hushed whispers that Krystal was trying to ignore.
It seemed to irk her more than ever, almost ruining her happy mood.
The hushed whispers seem to grow louder, making Krystal glare at the crowd. They immediately stopped, feeling the glare from the girl. Krystal's iris glowed slightly before calming down.
She turned back to Yang and Ruby happily, all traces of her annoyance gone.
"I'm doing alright."
The two almost shivered at the glare Krystal gave to the crowd. Despite her child-like appearance, she held power and experience in her eyes. She wasn't one to be taken lightly.
Luckily, they were used to her cold nature towards many people who annoyed her. Often, people would treat her differently because of who she was. Sometimes good and sometimes bad. Either way, it seemed to annoy Krystal more and more over the years.
But with them, along with a select few, Krystal was warm and happy, something that was hard to get from her unless you break through her little shell. Yang never questioned why and Ruby didn't need too.
"So, what are you doing at Beacon anyway?" Yang asked, knowing the girl was more than capable to handle herself.
"Ozpin called me, I'll be staying at Beacon for a bit," Krystal replied. Ruby's eyes widened and sparkled with realisation.
"That means-"
"WE'RE GOING TO BE TOGETHER! YES!" Ruby exclaimed cutting Yang making Yang mutter an 'oh dear' under her breath.
"This doesn't mean you can only spend your time with Krystal, Ruby," Yang commented making Ruby groan.
"But- but-"
"Nope, you have to make friends, Krystal's not exactly a student at Beacon so she doesn't count."
"But why," Ruby whined, drawing out the last syllable in why. She continued to pout as Yang raised her eyebrow.
"C'mon Rubes," Yang said, dragging Ruby to the hall that all the first years were staying in for the night. Krystal trailed behind, letting out a smile as she saw Ruby pout.
Maybe this mission wouldn't be so annoying after all.
"Where are you even staying?"
Yang and Ruby were already in their pyjamas looking to Krystal who also changed.
"I already have a room here but I asked if I can bunk with you guys tonight seeing how you'll both get your own dorms with your team soon," Krystal explained and plopped herself besides Ruby, "besides I wanted to hang with you guys this time."
"Alright! Sleepover!" Yang exclaimed, engulfing Ruby and Krystal in a cheerful hug, knocking them both down to the mattress.
"YANG!"
Krystal burst into a small fit of giggles as Ruby continued to whine at Yang. Yang got off them both as Ruby glared lightly at her sister.
"Alright, alright, I'll leave you be," Yang started, "after you socialise and get some friends."
"Yaaaaannnnggg," Ruby whined even more making Krystal giggle more.
"How about that girl over there?"
Yang pointed at a black-haired girl who was calmly reading a book. Krystal calmed down as she identified the girl.
Blake Belladonna, a cat Faunus that she met during one of her missions in the past. The question is, why was she hiding her ears?
As Krystal was thinking, Yang slowly dragged both Ruby and Krystal towards Blake, snapping Krystal out of her thoughts. Ruby's face shown slight panic as they neared closer. Ruby looked over to Krystal and mouthed a 'help me please' to her making Krystal mouth back a 'good luck' to the girl in red.
"Traitor," Ruby said under her breath as Yang got Blake's attention. Blake looked up, slight annoyance in her face.
"You are?"
"Yang Xiao Long! This is my little sister, Ruby," Yang introduced as she pointed to Ruby.
"Aren't you that girl who exploded?"
"Hehe, yeah, that's me," Ruby said awkwardly, rubbing the back of her head.
Blake's eyes turned to Krystal and looked at her in realisation.
"Violet?"
Ruby and Yang looked at them confused. They already knew the name Krystal made for herself and many people recognised her before. What confused them was the tone in the girl's voice. It wasn't the usual tone when someone was surprised at being near the prodigy. It was a tone that signalled that they've met before.
"Violet!"
Another voice seemed to join in, this one in a similar tone of recognition. What surprised the group is that it was a voice that they all recognised.
"It's you again!" Ruby exclaimed, looking at Weiss.
"Ugh, why are you here?" Weiss questioned, looking at Ruby and ignoring both Blake and Yang.
"Can someone please explain what's happening?" Yang said, interrupting the glares between Weiss and Ruby.
All four girls looked among each other and then turned to Krystal as she sighed.
"It's a long story."
(I finally published it! Hooray for me! I was really excited to do this one and I had loads of ideas for it. This one changed quite a bit from my original one which kind of surprises me. Originally, I was going to make her one of Ruby's friends from Signal and I had a different weapon design for her. Her colour scheme was different along with her past but then I ended up with this beauty.
Her semblance and weapon will be explained in later chapters. Her past and age also.
I loved writing this one and I can't wait to write future chapters!
Thanks for reading!)