Chapter 1 Meager Hand

A/N pls don't judge this my first story ENJOY

Velvet sits in a window seat of one of the many airships taking the new students to Beacon Academy.

'I didn't know buildings could look so small... even from up here!' Velvet thought awed at the seemingly ant size of the people below.

Her faunus ears perked up at the sound of approaching feet.

"Is this seat taken?"

She looked up to see a girl with orange highlights in her hair, and a beret sitting lopsided on her short brown hair. She shook her head 'no' and looked back outside her window continuing to admire the beauty and height.

"Pretty isn't it?" The fashonable girl next to her asked.

The faunus nodded her head again except now in the affirmative, not bothering to look over at her.

The girl breathed out, a long sigh, and Velvet heard her shift in her seat. Velvet hadn`t noticed that she had been facing her until she caught a whiff of coffee from the exhalation. 'Coffee...' She thought not realizing she had turned her head to get a better whiff. She looked at her catching her polishing a fancy looking handbag with a look of determination on her face.

Velvet looked at the expensive bag and saw a small scratch where the duel haired girl was rubbing. She looked back at the face of the girl covered partially by her hair so that all Velvet could make out was a nose and a toffee colored eye. The beret started sliding at a even more lopsided angle adding to the cuteness of it all.

'How cute...' She blushed a little at the thought.

The stylish girl looked up, blowing some of her hair out of the way. She caught the rabbit faunus staring at her; before she turned away. When she did Coco was left staring at a velvety brown sheet of hair, instead of the face she had seen for a split second. She sighed still staring at the elusive bunny, taking note of the faunus ears twitching backward, catching the sound. Coco was generally patient but the girl had shown an interest in her... Why wait?

"What is your name? If it helps any, mine is Coco Adel and I assure you I hold nothing agaist the faunus race." Coco proved to be perceptive in her wording, for Velvet looked over and whispered said name. Velvet was very nervous about anti-faunus people who pretend to be coexistent just to humiliate the half animals. However, Coco seemed to be really nice and Velvet figured that she could make some early friends. She gave the duel haired girl a sheepish smile and it was returned ten fold.

'Nice smile.' Coco thought, instantly taking a liking to the girl, even though she was a litte closed off.

Velvet looked down again. Coco waited until she looked back up to give another wide smile before she returned to her handbag and continued to try and rid it of the standoutish scratch.

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Velvet ran quickly through the Emerald Forest, hoping to get Coco as her partner. The faunuses smile widened as she thought of the gunpowder 'n' smoke, girl. Velvet liked to call Coco that in her head, for the duel haired girl loved to use her legendary (at least to Velvet) minigun that left her smelling like gunpowder all the time.

A roar sounded the air and Velvet skidded to a halt. Turning in circles she used her faunus ears to pinpoint the direction the noise was coming from. The sound was coming from somewhere to her right, and Velvet took off, helping whoever was in battle was more inportant that finding Coco. Even though Velvet knew what she was doing was right, she couldn't help but regret not continuing her search. Coco was the only person she knew and she made the smaller girl feel safe.

She turned her direction a little more to the right, dodging trees and roots. Coco`s voice sounded in her mind repeating something she had said in the one day they had known each other.

'Think, bunny rabbit...'

The phrase had been used while the two were playing '20 questions'. Velvet had been asked 'Boy or girl' and this stumped Velvet. She of course had, had crushes but she heard from many older sources that, that doesn'treally matter. Velvet also had never been out on a date, being born into a family that was given a very meager hand. Clothes were hand-me-downs, food was bought with government stamps, and the only reason Velvet had any form of weapon, was because of her best friends family and a few teachers at her old school. She ended up explaining this to Coco and ending in with: `I guess I just don't really know`. After mentioning the last part Coco's whole demeanour seemed to brighten.

Velvet snaps back to reality just in time to wonder why those words had popped into her head, when it hit her... literally. A Beowolf swiped at her and the force of the strike sent her flying straight into a tree.

Velvet tried to sit up and activate her weapon when the Beowolf charged and lauched her into another tree. Hitting the tree knocked the wind out of her for the second time, and she slumped on the ground side and head hurting, finding it difficult to breathe. Velvet expected for the Beowolf to charge again and swipe at her, but instead of the heavy paw crashing into her, Velvet heard the sound of sword scraping claw. It is a ear splitting

noise and the sensation of it caused Velvet to huddle up further.

She felt a hand lift her and she met the milky eyes of her savior, before it all went black.