(A/N: This is a co-written story me and my friend John have begun writing. It features OCs from both of us, as well as a few genderbent characters. This is our first fanfic, so it may be a little shaky at first, but bear with us! Read and Review! We welcome all constructive criticism.)
Chapter 1
Ruby practically skipped off the airship, her older brother trailing behind her, shaking his head. She stopped and looked around the docks.
"Hey Yin," she called back to her brother, "Aren't we the only ones arriving this early?"
"Yes Ruby," Yin said, humoring her, "We should be the only ones here," Ruby nodded thoughtfully.
"Well then, who's he?" she pointed across the dock, at a lone boy, his back coat slightly moving in the wind. His hair was rather similar to Ruby's own style, but he was taller and obviously less hyperactive.
"Not sure," Yin muttered, "HEY YOU! WHAT'RE YOU DOING HERE?!" Ruby jumped at her brothers' outburst, turning to glare at him. He smiled and shrugged with a smug smile on his face. The guy looked over and walked towards them, a slightly scared expression on his face. His eyes were like a pair of black coals, staring at Ruby, staring into her core. She shook off the feeling and smiled at the guy.
"You can relax," she said, as he got closer, "Yin has a tendency to shout first, ask questions later," she threw a glare at her older brother as she said it. He returned her glare with a mischievous smile.
"Thank God," the new guy said, "I thought I was in trouble. On my first day too," Ruby stopped glaring at Yin and stared at this boy. He was lost in thought, and she could practically see the gears turning in his head.
"You're going to Beacon too?" she asked, somewhat excitedly, "So are we! Who are you? What's your weapon? Do you already have a team?"
"Uh," the new guy backed up under her onslaught of questions, "First, I'm Wade. Second, I have a good weapon. Three, I am on a team, but they were SUPPOSED to meet me here," he said the last part with a hint of irritancy. Ruby lingered on it for about a second, and then went to the question that was most on her mind.
"What weapons do you have?" she asked, her eyes becoming big and anime-y. Wade looked around Ruby at Yin. He gave her a "just go with it" look, and jiggled the duel gold bracers on his wrists, a series of clicking and, amazingly, gun sounds coming from them. He quickly ducked back in front of Ruby and opened his coat.
"I have this pistol," he said, drawing said weapon, handing it to Ruby. She took it like it was a live bomb, which it could have been. She pressed a button, and the barrel grew a knife blade and the stock disconnected from the rest of the gun, a chain trailing between the two pieces. "It does that," he said simply. Yin shrugged, clearly unimpressed. Wade sighed, reaching for his weapon again, reassembling it.
"Sorry about her," Yin said, pulling his little sister into a mock headlock, ruffling her hair, "She's a nut when it comes to weapons. She normally swoons over her own weapon," Wade stood there a blank look on his face, until Ruby pulled out Crescent Rose. He nearly had a heart attack.
"HEY! YOU GUYS!" A new voice called out. Wade turned around to see a guy striding towards them, a blue baseball hat on his head and a pair of headphones dangling around his neck.
"Hey, C," Yin said, releasing his little sister and fist-bumping his friend, "How was break? You and Gail finally-"
"Thin ice Yin. Thin ice," the new guy warned, "And I told you, call me Caeruleus. Sounds cooler than just 'C' you know," He seemed nice enough, but an odd looking contraption that was like a six-sided box was hanging on the left side of his waist. Wade was skeptical.
"I know man, but seriously, you two are the cutest couple ever," Yin protested, "Everyone wants to see you get together,"
"I assume everyone being you and Nora?" Caeruleus questioned, a mocking smile pulling at his lips. Yin's confident demeanor faltered.
"Pfft… n-no!" he said, "T-tons of people! Like… um…" Caeruleus smirked triumphantly.
"I thought so," he said, smugness in his voice. He turned to Wade, "Wade Nayemnik?" Wade nodded.
"I assume you're my team leader," he said, and Caeruleus nodded.
"Yep! The Team with No Color Name!" he said, "We're working on changing that name…" he trailed off, but regained his composure and put his arm around Wade, "Don't worry buddy, you'll fit in fine," He patted Wade's shoulder and released him. Wade rubbed the wrinkles out of his jacket and put his weapon back in its holster. He noticed Ruby, standing somewhat behind Yin, her face glued to Caeruleus. He also noticed the blush on her face, and the dilated pupils. He filed the information away. It could come in handy later. He shook himself back to reality as he heard Caeruleus calling his name.
"What?" he said.
"I said, want to see the dorms? We'll probably be spending most of our time there," Caeruleus asked patiently. Wade nodded, walking after him.
"Nice meeting you, new guy!" Yin called after him, giving a small wave. He walked off, regretting that Cinder had ordered him to betray them.
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"And, here's our dorm," Caeruleus said, pointing the door out to Wade. It was even less impressive than the leader of said team. It was covered in various scratch marks, even a few stab holes, and oddly enough, some was rotting due to water damage.
"Did a freaking army try to kill this door?" Wade asked, turning back to Caeruleus.
"Nah," he said, as if this was normal, "Just the rest of us training. Or trying to get Nora out…" a look that made Wade nervous crossed Caeruleus' face (A/N: Excalibur face for the Soul Eater fans XD). He tentatively opened the door, and a gunshot blew right by him.
"FOR GODS' SAKE NORA!" a female voice came from inside practically screamed, "GET OUT OF MY ROOM!"
"Aw come on Gail!" another, more playful voice said from inside, "I just wanted to say hello!"
"I DON'T CARE!" the first girl screamed at Nora again, "GET THE HELL OUT!" A girl with orange hair flew out the door and landed on Wade.
"Hello there are you their new edition I hope so because I've wanted to meet their next teammate for SO long I hope we can be friends," she said, not even taking a breath. Wade started to understand why Caeruleus had gotten that look. He was doused by water and sputtered, spinning around to find the source. Caeruleus was standing there, a trident with glowing prongs in his hand.
"Shoot," he said, "I missed her!" Wade looked to the right and saw a pink blur running down the hallway. He wiped the water off his head, trying desperately to forget what he had just seen.
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Jean and Pyrrhus stepped off the transport, Jean running for the nearest trash can. She stuck her head in and Pyrrhus could practically hear the remains of her lunch coming back up. Weiss and Blake stepped off behind them, Weiss stretching and flexing his legs.
"I wish they had more comfortable seats on those transports," he complained as Blake simply nodded with her head still in her book, "I mean seriously, have they even heard of comfort before?"
"Weiss, it doesn't really matter," Pyrrhus tried to calm the heir; "It's just not comfortable to some. I found it quite comfortable," The heir simply continued his rant, muttering how he was going to take it up with the stooges that built the aircrafts. Jean jogged back over and grimaced as she heard Weiss going on his rant.
"Again?" she groaned, looking to Pyrrhus. He sighed and nodded, "I wonder how Ren and Nora did during their break?" Pyrrhus started to imagine a hyperactive Nora in a possibly very quiet household. It always ended up bad.
"Better not to think about it," He decided, Jean nodding in agreement. Weiss' rant was interrupted by Sun dropping next to Blake.
"Morning everyone!" he said, a permanent mischievous look on his face, "How was your break?"
"It was almost as good as this book," Blake said, turning a page, "However, it was better than spending the entire time with Heir Complainer over there,"
"For the love of…!" Weiss growled, "I'm just saying that those people have something against ass comfort,"
"Beautiful, Snow King," Jean snickered, using the nickname Yin had given Weiss at the beginning of the year. A glare from Weiss shut her up and she shrunk behind her partner. Pyrrhus put his arm protectively around his partner and shook his head at Weiss. The heir gave the evil eye and stomped away. Blake stared after her teammate, then shrugged and returned to her book, with Sun trying to steal her bow. Pyrrhus turned to grab his bag, and noticed one last student who had yet to get off the transport. It was a girl in a teal jacket and hood, and a pair of gauntlets around her wrists. She looked at Pyrrhus, but glanced away quickly.
"Hey," Pyrrhus called out to her, "You supposed to get off here?" The girl nodded, still not making eye contact, "You on a team? I haven't seen you before," Another nod. It occurred to Pyrrhus that she might just be incredibly shy. Jean noticed and nudged Pyrrhus.
"That's Tikal Jaeger, from Caeruleus' team," she said, "She's really shy. I don't really know why," Tikal started walking quickly towards them, trying to get through but was stopped by Sun.
"Hiya Tikal," he grinned, "How things going?" Tikal's only response was an attempt to pull her arm free and keep walking. "Come on, T. I can't be that unappealing," he sniffed under his arm,
"I'm pretty sure I showered today…" this raised a small giggle from Tikal and a tiny smile from Blake. Then Tikal used the opportunity to silently get away from Sun. He glanced around, and then saw her small form dashing off farther down the path. He smiled smugly, knowing he'd made her laugh. Blake gave him what he called a "weird look" and returned to her reading. Pyrrhus stared at his teammates and friends. It had been a fun half-year, even without the Vital Tournament.
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Cinder waited patiently for Wade to send his report. She had hired him on good word from her despicable henchman Roman Torchwick, but she trusted Roman about as far as she could throw him, which didn't lead too much. The screen she was standing in front of lit up and she turned her attention to it. A message scrolled across the screen:
Infiltration successful and subjects have no suspicions. They are very powerful at first glance, but I hold doubts. –Message End-
Cinder smirked as she read the last part of his report. They were powerful? She doubted this factor. She had been sending Roman out for Dust for the past few months, getting more and more that she needed. When she made her move, Beacon wouldn't see it coming. She moved one of the black pawns on her chessboard. The game had begun.
(A/N: And there you have it! The first chapter in RWBY: Legacies! We hope you enjoyed the first chapter. Please rate and review! Stay tuned for the next chapter!)