The Arrival
The sun slowly rose over Vale as a new day started. Birds were singing and there wasn't a single cloud in the sky as the bullhead flew through it, going up to Beacon Academy. A blue haired man was sitting near a window looking down at the ground. "I can't believe I'm going to Beacon," he said quietly as he looked up and around the bullhead to see if he recognised anyone. Unfortunately for him he didn't see anyone. "Oum damnit... I guess I better make some friends," he thought to himself as he made his way around the bullhead.
He noticed a small girl with purple hair sitting by herself; she was shaking and looked really nervous so he thought he would try and talk to her. "Err, hi miss. Are you ok? You look a little scared." He sat down next to her, giving her enough space to herself though.
The small girl looked up at the guy. "Yeah. It's just..." She sighed and hesitated for a second. "I've never been away from home before. I think it's starting to get to me."
"Yeah, me neither," the blue guy replied looking down at her. "I've never left Vacuo before. Not even for school. So this is a big step for me too."
The purple girl sighed and looked up. "Yeah. I guess I'm not the only one going away for the first time. But..." She moved away from him a little. "It doesn't matter."
"Yeah. Don't worry girlie," he chuckled a little to himself. "The names Skie by the way. Skie Sorairo. Have you got a name?" He looked down at her smiling a little.
"Yeah. I've got a name," the girl giggled a little nervously looking back up at Skie. "It's Clare. Nice to meet you Skie." She grabbed his hand and shook it.
Skie gasped as she randomly grabbed his hand; he hesitated for a second before shaking her hand as well. "Ok... that was kinda weird." He chuckled a little.
All of a sudden the news showed up in the middle of the bullhead. "Thank you Dave," the news anchor said. "Another robbery last night at the local dust store 'Dust Till Dawn' most of the powder and crystals were taken from the shop. An unnamed Huntress appeared on the scene, however known criminal Roman Torchwick evaded capture again."
A blue hair girl suddenly walked away from the screen. "That's more dust we've lost," she sighed and then glared at the screen.
"In other news, a Faunus civil rights protest went dark as members of the White Fang arrived on the scene and attacked. That's all we have for you today. I've been Lisa Lavender and I'll see you at 10." The news lady said as it cut off.
Soon after that a hologram of a blonde woman wearing a white blouse and black skirt appeared on all the screens in the bullhead. "Greetings students, my name is Glynda Goodwitch and welcome to Beacon Academy. Today is a day for you all to relax and meet your classmates for the remainder of your time at this prestigious academy. As tomorrow you will start your training to become the best Huntsmen and Huntresses in the world. You will all sleep in the ballroom tonight and will be given your dorms when your teams are formed. Please enjoy your stay at the academy."
The bullheads engine stopped as it reached its destination. The bay door opened to reveal the main courtyard. The students all quickly left the bullhead. Clare jumped up from her seat and looked over at Skie. "I'll see you around Skie. I'm gonna go get some food before bed."
"But it's not even dark ye- and she's gone." He stopped himself as Clare sprinted out of the bullhead. Skie stood up and then stepped out walking into the courtyard. He looked around at the cherry blossom trees on his right and some flowers on the ground surrounding them. "Wow. Such a beautiful place," he thought to himself as he hummed quietly.
After what seemed like hours, Skie noticed a guy with long black hair, wearing a black vest top and some black jeans. He was sitting down in the flowers with his eyes closed. Skie, using his infinite amount of wisdom, decided to approach the man in the flowers. "Err. Hi there. Why are you sitting there?"
The man didn't respond. He just shrugged and opened his eyes, staring blankly at the wall in front of him.
"Err... are you ok?" Skie asked nervously, as he looked the black haired man over, making sure he wasn't hurt or anything. He didn't notice any scars or marks so he was really confused.
The guy got distracted when Skie walked infront of him. He blinked and watched his every move. "I'm fine," he shook his head and then closed his eyes again.
"Oh. Right. Have you been here since the bullheads arrived?" He glanced him over again and noticed what appeared to be the tips of brown and black spotted cat ears on the top of his head. "Wait... are you a faunus?"
One of the guy's cat ears twitched. He stood up. He was quite tall- a good 5 inches taller than Skie. He had quite a good physique and he looked down at Skie. "I have to go now." He said with a deep almost menacing tone to his voice as he walked to the main hall.
Skie sighed and looked down at the ground. "Was it something I said?" There was no time for that though as he looked at the time on his Scroll "Aw, crap. I'm late," he said to himself as he ran to the main hall. After a few minutes of running and jogging he arrived in the main hall. "I...shouldn't….run…" he was panting a little and he leaned on the door frame to the hall.
Suddenly a voice came from behind him. "Hi Skie!"
Skie turned around and looked down at the girl. "Oh. Hey Clare. You couldn't leave me alone, could you?" he asked, chuckling to himself.
Clare shook her head "Nope! Now hurry up, it's almost time for Professor Ozpin's announcement!" She sounded really excited.
"Sure. Just give me a minute to catch my br- ahh!" Clare had already grabbed Skie by the hand and pulled him into the main hall.
There were hundreds of people standing in the main hall. Of all different shapes and sizes. The room was massive, with big arched windows on the back walls. There was a stage above everyone else with a microphone on the middle of it. A well dressed, grey haired man walked over to the microphone. He cleared his throat then started talking with a calm, mellow voice. "You come here today seeking knowledge. A place where you can learn new skills and abilities. And when you finish you will dedicate your lives to the protection of the people. As I look amongst you, I see wasted energy. Energy needing a purpose. You believe knowledge will give you everything. Your time at this school will show you that knowledge can only take you so far- it is up to you to take the first step. You are all dismissed." He had a blank expression as he spoke to them all.
Clare was smiling hanging on Ozpins every word. "Hmm... he seems stranger than I thought he would be."
"What do you mean?" Skie asked as he looked down at her, really confused at her comment.
"Well," she responded, "I don't know how to explain it. He just seems different to everything I've ever heard about him."
Skie was still confused. "I don't know. Maybe a little. I didn't hear many stories of Ozpin back home," he shrugged. "It's probably nothing."
Clare nodded and smiled a little. "Yeah I guess you're right." She let out a quiet yawn. "So tired," she said quietly.
The boy chuckled a little. "Get going. I'll see you at initiation tomorrow right?" He smiled warmly at her.
She nodded and quickly went on her way. "Yeah. If I don't oversleep, I'll see you there"
Skie looked down at his Scroll again he noticed the time on it. "Ok, it is getting kinda late. I'm gonna find a place to sleep," he thought to himself as he slowly walked to the hall where everyone was sleeping. He walked into the hall and saw it was full of sleeping bags and people of both genders in the hall. "Ok... this is weird. Do they really trust us to be sleeping together?"
He shrugged and walked around looking for anyone who he recognised again before his eyes stopped dead on a girl. A girl with a white ponytail and a white nighty. "Is that who I think it is?" He approached her and confirmed his suspicions. "It is!" He stopped and then went over to her.
The white haired girl looked up at him. "Err, can I help you?"
Skie nodded down at her. "You're Weiss Schnee right? Heiress to the Schnee Dust Company?" He chuckled a little nervously and scratched at his head.
Weiss nodded back. "Yes. That's me." She sat up in her sleeping bag. "What do you need from me?"
"Oh!" he said kinda loudly, before he realised his mistake. He cleared his throat and smiled. "Well. I just wanted to introduce myself. I'm Ski-"
He was interrupted by another small girl with blue hair, similar to his. "Excuse me. Are you giving Weiss trouble?"
Skie stopped and turned around to the short girl. "Err, no. I was just coming to say hi."
"Well, you've said it now. You can be on your way," the girl said with a snobby, high pitched voice.
"Err... well, I was actually planning on sleeping here," Skie replied. "I mean, it's the only sleeping bag I can see."
Weiss facepalmed and looked up at her friend. "Tiffany, just leave him alone. He's not causing me any trouble." She looked up at Skie "Yet."
Tiffany sighed and looked around. "Fine. But you can't sleep here anyway. I already reserved this space for myself. I promised Weiss I would be here for the first night. So you can leave now." She took a step towards Skie and the sleeping bag.
This caused Skie to take a step back. "Ok, fine." He looked over to Weiss again. "Name's Skie by the way. You and your friend have a good evening." He bowed his head a little and then went on his way to find his own sleeping bag.
Weiss rolled her eyes and looked up at Tiffany. "Tif. You need to relax a little. He wasn't doing me any harm at all." She sighed and laid down in her bag.
The blue haired girl turned to Weiss. "I know what he was doing. It's obvious," she sighed and then crawled into the bag. "I'm just looking out for my friend."
The heiress sighed. "I know you are. Thank you," she said and then quickly closed her eyes and fell asleep.
Tif smiled and then rolled over so she was facing Weiss. "Any time Miss Schnee."
Weiss sighed. "Just call me Weiss. Please?"
"Sure thing, Weiss." Tif sighed and fell asleep as well.
On the other side of the room Skie had found a space- it was at the very back of the room. "Well... that could have gone better." He crawled into the sleeping bag and took off his shirt, revealing his slim and plain body before he fell asleep for the night.