The Golden Opportunity
RWBY Fanfic
Chapter 1 The Shining Beacon!
"Oh, I can't believe my baby sister is going to Beacon with me! This is the best day ever!" A certain blonde brawler exclaimed.
"Please stop" A small girl in a black and red dress said while getting the live squeezed out of her.
"But I'm so proud off you"
"Really, Sis, it's nothing"
"What do you mean? It was incredible. Everyone at Beacon is going to think you're the bee's knees!"
"I don't wanna be 'the bee's knees', okay? I don't wanna be any kind of knees! I just wanna be a normal girl with normal knees."
"What's with you? Aren't you excited?"
"Off course I'm excited… I just… I got moved ahead two years. I don't want people to think I'm special or anything"
"But you are special"
"The robbery was led by nefarious criminal Roman Torchwick, who continuous to evade authorities. If you have any information on his whereabouts, please contact the Vale Police Department. Back to you Lisa" A reporter said over the speakers.
"Thank you Cyril. In other news, this Saturday's Faunus Civil Rights protest turned dark when members of the White Fang disrupted the ceremony. The once peaceful organization has now disrupted… "The reporter known as Lisa was saying before she got cut-off.
A hologram of a middle-aged woman that has very light-blonde hair tied back in a bun with a curl hanging down the right side of her face, her eyes are bright green. She wears thin oval glasses, she has dangling teal earrings. She wears a white long-sleeved, pleated top that has a wide keyhole neckline and gauntlet cuffs that flare in pleats at the wrist. Her lower body is covered by a black high-waisted pencil skirt with bronze buttons and black-brown stockings. She also wears black boots with bronze heels, and a cape that is purple on the inside and black on the outside.
"Hello, and welcome to Beacon!" the woman says.
"Who is that?" The blonde asks her younger sister.
"My name Glynda Goodwitch" The woman now known as Glynda says as if she heard the question.
"Oh"
"You are among a privileged few who have received the honor of being selected to attend this prestigious academy, our world is experiencing an incredible time of peace, and as future Huntsmen 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." Glynda explained before the hologram vanished.
"Oh, wow" The small girl in black and red said before walking to the window.
Other 'students' also walked toward the window including me.
"Look, you can see Signal from up here!" the small girl said "I guess home isn't too far after all"
"Beacon's our home now" The blonde said.
"Oh, I feel sick" A blonde boy with a black hoodie said almost throwing up.
"Well… I guess the view isn't for everyone"
"It was a nice moment while it lasted"
"I wonder who we're going to meet"
"I hope they're better than 'Vomit Boy'"
"Oh, Yang, gross you have puke on your shoe!"
"Gross, gross, gross,…" the blonde known as Yang said.
"Get away get away! Get away from me!" the small girl screamed.
As we arrived at Beacon 'Vomit Boy' ran towards the nearest trash can and threw up into it.
"Are you okay?" I asked when he was done.
"I'm fine, it's just, I get sick when I'm on airships" Vomit Boy said. "Thanks for asking… Sorry I don't think I caught your name."
"Oh, right, I'm Luke Tayler, nice to meet you…" I said as I held my hand out to shake his.
" Jaune, Jaune Arc." Jaune said as he shook my hand.
Together we walked towards the courtyard when we heard an explosion.
"Unbelievable" A girl with white hair tide in a long ponytail at the side of her head in a white dress shouted. "This is exactly the kind of thing I was talking about!"
I'm really, really sorry!" the small girl in red and black from the ship said.
"Ugh! You complete, dolt!" The girl in white said. What are you even doing here? Aren't you a little young to be attending Beacon?"
"Well… I…"
"This isn't your ordinary combat school. It's not just sparring and practice you know. We're here to fight monsters. So watch where you're going!"
"Hey, I said I was sorry, Princess!"
"It's Heiress, actually" A girl white black hair a bow in her hair said as she walked towards them "Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee Dust Company, one of the largest producers of energy propellant in the world"
"Finally, some recognition!" Weiss said with her chin held high.
"The same company infamous for its controversial labor forces and questionable business partners" The girl continued.
"What? How dare… The nerve of… Ugh" Weiss exclaimed before walking off angry.
"I promise I'll make this up to you!" the girl in red and black yelled towards Weiss as she walked off. "I guess I'm not the only one having a rough first day, so what's.." she was about to ask something to the black haired girl when she noticed the girl walking away. "Welcome to Beacon…" she said sadly while lying on the ground.
"Hey…" Jaune said while offering his hand to the girl "I'm Jaune"
"Ruby" she said accepting his hand.
I just stood next to Jaune while he helped the girl up.
"Aren't you the guy who threw up on the ship" she said while giggling. This also got a chuckle out of me, this caused Ruby to notice me.
"Oh… Hi… I'm Ruby, nice to meet you" she said holding her hand out towards me.
"Hi, I'm Luke Tayler, nice to meet you" I said shaking her hand.
"All I'm saying is that motion sickness is a much more common problem than people let on" Jaune said explaining to Ruby, we were walking around the grounds off Beacon because we didn't know where to go.
"Look, I'm sorry, Vomit Boy was the first thing that came to mind" Ruby said.
"Oh yeah, what if I called you Crater-face?" He said mockingly.
"Hey, that explosion was an accident" Ruby said complaining about the new nickname.
"I think it fits ya" I said chuckling.
I got a punch on the shoulder in return. Damn that girl hits hard for her size I thought.
"Well the name is Jaune Arc. Short, sweet, rolls off the tongue, ladies love it!" Jaune said.
"Do they" Ruby and I asked.
"T-They will… Well, I hope they will…" he said "I mean, my mom always says that… Eh never mind"
"So… I got this thingy" Ruby said before whipping out an absolutely enormous scythe.
"Whoa!" Jaune and I said surprised.
"Is that a scythe?" Jaune asked. No it is a freaking gun I thought.
"It's also a customizable, high impact velocity sniper rifle" Ruby explained Oh shit, I was right.
"A wha-?" Jaune said with his jaw almost on the floor from amazement.
"It's also a gun"
"Oh, that's cool!"
"So what've you got?" Ruby asked Jaune.
"Oh- uh, I got this sword"
"Oooooooh!"
"Yeah, I've got this shield too!" He said taking the hilt from his sword while it expanded into a shield.
"So, what do they do?" Ruby asked while touching the shield, Jaune lost control over the shield when it started jumping when he tried to catch it.
"Well… the shield get smaller… So, when I get tired of carrying it… I can just put it away at put my sword in it" Jaune explained about his weapons.
"But wouldn't it weigh the same" I asked.
"Yeah, it does" Jaune said while hanging his head down.
"Well, I'm kind of a dork when it comes to weapons. I guess I did go a little overboard designing it." Ruby said. "So Luke, what kind of weapon do you have?"
"Well" I started before tearing the sleeve of the jacket I was wearing to reveal my mechanical arm "This is my primary weapon, which also functions as my arm since I lost the original in an accident" I explained.
"That's… Nice?" she said hesitating.
"It's okay I got over the fact that I lost my arm a long time ago so it isn't a touchy subject" I said.
"Okay, so what does it do" Ruby said with excitement in her voice.
"Well it has four modes" I explained "It has the hand mode it is in right now, it has a sword mode" I said before a large blade came out the arm " It also has a shield mode" As I said that the sword retracted and the arm expand to the size of a traditional shield "And last but not least it also has a gun mode" The shield retracted back into the arm and two long barrels came out of the arm "That is what my arm does"
"Oooooooh" Ruby practically screamed with what I swore were stars in her eyes.
"Wait you said 'primary weapon' does that mean you also have another?" Jaune asked me.
"Yeah, I also have this" I pulled a small pistol from my side "It is a simple small pistol which shoots dust infused bullets"
"Nice" Jaune said.
"By the way Jaune, why did you help me back at the courtyard?" Ruby asked changing the subject.
"Eh, why not?" He said "My mom always says, 'strangers are just friends you haven't met yet'"
"Hmmm… Hey, where are we going?" Ruby asked us.
"I was following you" Jaune said to Ruby.
"Do you know where we are going" she asked me.
"Nope, I was just following you guys" I said with a smile on my face. "Nah, just kidding, we need to go that way to get to the opening speech" I said pointing my finger to the tallest building on the school grounds.
"Hey over here, I saved you a spot" Yang shouted to her sister.
We walked over to her.
"How's your first day going, little sister?" The older of the two asked.
"You mean since you ditched me and I exploded?" Ruby asked.
"Yikes, meltdown already?"
"No she literally exploded a hole in front of the school" I said.
"I'm sorry, but who are you?" Yang asked raising an eyebrow.
"Oh, right, I'm Luke Tayler, nice to meet you" I said.
"'Kay, my name is Yang Xiao Long" She said. "Wait are you guys being sarcastic?"
"I wish" Ruby said "I tripped over some crabby girl's luggage! And then she yelled at me! And then I sneezed! And then I exploded! And then she yelled again! And I felt really, really bad! And I just wanted her to stop yelling at me!"
"YOU!" Weiss said behind Ruby, which caused said girl to jump into her sister's arms
"Oh God, it's happening again!"
"You're lucky we weren't blown off the side of the cliff!" Weiss said angry.
"Oh my God, you guys weren't being sarcastic, you really exploded" Yang said surprised.
"Told ya"
"It was an accident" Ruby said before getting a paper booklet pushed in her face by Weiss "What's this?"
"The Schnee Dust Company is not responsible for any injuries or damages sustained while operating a Schnee Dust Company product, although not mandatory, the Schnee Dust Company highly encourages their customers to read and familiarize themselves with this easy-to-follow guide to Dust application and practice in the field" Weiss said as if she as a robot.
"Ya know, I'm part robot but it think she is just a full-fledged robot covered by some skin" I told Yang and Jaune after she finished her speech.
"Uhh…"
"You really want to start making things up to me?"
"Absolutely!"
"Then read this and don't ever speak to me again."
"Look, uh,,, It sounds like you two got off on the wrong foot. Why don't you just start over and try to be friends, okay?"
"Yeah! Great idea, Sis! Hello, Weiss! I'm Ruby! Want to hang out? We can go shopping for school supplies!"
"Yeah, and we can paint our nails, and try on clothes, and talk about cute boys, like tall blonde, and scraggly over there and that handsome fellow next to you" Weiss said sarcastically.
"Oh wow, really" Ruby asked happy not hearing the sarcastic tone in Weiss's voice.
"NO!" Weiss said.
"Ahem… I'll keep this brief" An new voice said speaking in the microphone "You have travelled here today in search of knowledge. To hone your craft and acquire new skills. And when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. But I look amongst you and all I see is wasted energy in need of purpose, direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step."
"You will gather in the ballroom tonight" Glynda, the woman from the hologram in the airship, told us. "Tomorrow your initiation begins. Be ready, you are dismissed!"
"He seemed kind of off" Yang said when Glynda was done talking.
"It's almost like he wasn't even there" Ruby replied.
"I'm a natural blond, you know" Jaune said to Weiss trying to flirt.
"It's like a big slumber party" Yang said while jumping down on her sleeping bag.
"I don't think Dad would approve of all the boys, though." Ruby replied while writing something in a book.
"I know I do" Yang said before she makes a purring sound, and looking at some shirtless boys before Jaune walks by humming in his blue onesie with matching bunny slippers he stops when he sees Yang looking at him, which caused Yang to quickly look away and ask her sister what she is doing with that book.
"A letter to the gang back at Signal, I promised to tell them all about Beacon, and how things are going." She replied.
"Aww, that's cute" Yang and I replied.
Ruby replied by throwing a pillow in Yang's and my face.
"I didn't get to take my friends with me to school, and since when are you here" She said.
"What about Jaune and Luke they're nice, there young go plus two friends, that's a 200 percent increase!"
"I'm pretty sure Weiss counts as a 'negative friend'"
"There's no such thing as 'negative friends', You just made two friends and one enemy" Yang said before another pillow hit her face. "Look it's only been one day, trust me, you've got friends all around you, you just haven't met them yet"
"That girl…" Ruby said sitting up.
"You know her?"
"Not really… she saw what happened this morning, but left before I could say anything."
Well, now's your chance!" Yang replied getting up and dragging her sister with her.
"Hey wait, what are you doing?"
The Black haired girl looked up from her book to see Yang and me dragging Ruby behind us.
"Hellooo" Yang waved at the girl "I believe you two may know each other"
"Aren't you that girl that exploded?" the girl said recognising Ruby.
"Uhh, yeah. My name's Ruby." Ruby told the girl introducing herself.
"Okay" was the short reply.
"What are you doing" Yang whispered to her little sister.
"I don't know, help me" Ruby whispered back.
"So… what's your name?" Yang asked.
"Blake" was the reply.
"Well, Blake, I'm Yang, this is my baby sister Ruby and that fellow standing next to her is Luke" She said introducing herself and me "I like your bow"
"Thanks"
"It goes great with your… pajamas"
"Right…"
"Nice night don't you think" Yang said trying to keep the conversation going.
"Yes" was the short reply. "It's lovely, almost as lovely as this book… that I will continue to read… as soon as you leave."
"Yeah… this girl is a lost cause" Yang said giving up on trying to maintain a conversation with the girl.
"What's it about?" Ruby asked interested in the book Blake was reading.
"Huh?"
"Your book. Does it have a name?"
"Well… It's about a man with two souls, each fighting for control over his body"
"Oh, yeah… Sounds lovely…" I said sarcastic.
Ruby explained that she loves books and that they are the reason she wanted to become a huntress. Blake asked if it was because Ruby wanted the romantic and adventurous live of a huntress, and that it isn't and rainbows and sunshine in the real world. Ruby then replied with the fact that that is what they're fighting for to make the world a better place for everyone.
"Oh, I'm so proud off my little baby sister" Yang said as she hugged Ruby after she was done with her speech.
"Hey, cut it out" Ruby said before punching her sister right in the face, this caused the two of them to wrestle with one another which attracted the likes of our resident Ice Princess.
"What in the world is going on over here!?" Weiss yelled "Don't you realize some of us are trying to sleep?!"
"Oh no, not you again" Was the reply off Yang, Ruby and me.
"She's right!" Ruby said "People are trying to sleep"
"Oh, so now you are one my side?"
"I was always on your side!"
"Yeah what's your problem with my sister?" Yang asked.
"Yeah, she is only trying to be nice" I said.
"She is a hazard to my health" Weiss said before Blake blows out the candle which caused it to go black.
"Hey who turned off the light?!" I asked.
"Me, now go to sleep" Blake said.
DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN RWBY I ONLY OWN MY OC'S