Roman Torchwick and four of his henchmen head down an alley from the shadows. They stop behind Roman, who reignites his cigar without touching it and grins before walking down the road, frightening nearby citizens as they make their way towards the shop call 'Dust Til Dawn'
Roman and his henchmen enter the shop, the camera lowering to a young girl wearing a hooded red cloak in the corner of the shop, reading a weapons magazine.
The henchmen look around and at the Dust crystals in the display when Roman approaches the elderly .
Roman flocked his cigar and asked "Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a Dust shop open this late?"
One of the henchman points his gun at the shopkeeper.
The Shopkeeper raised his hands and pleaded "P-please! Just take my and leave!"
"Shhh, shhh, shhh, shhh, calm down, we're not here for your money." He responded he then turned to one of his henchmen. "Grab the Dust." He ordered
A henchman opens a case and removes one of several cylinders, which the group uses to take Dust from the tube containers on the walls.
One Henchman placed another open case on the display to the shopkeeper and demanded "Crystals. Burn. Uncut."
The shopkeeper proceeds to fill the case. As another henchman goes for another tube, he hears the muted This Will Be the Day song from the girl's direction, and unsheathes his sword.
Another henchman noticed a girl wearing a red hood ignoring them as if they weren't even there pointed his sword at her back "Alright kid, put your hands where I can see 'em." He ordered
"Hey, I said hands in the air! You got a death wish or something!?" He threatened
He goes over to her and turns her around, the hood dropping to reveal a surprised Ruby Rose wearing headphones. He motions for her to lower them.
"Yes?" Ruby asked
"I said, put your hands in the air, now!"
"Are you... robbing me?"
"Yes!"
"Ooohhh..."
Roman is waiting for his men to finish the heist when a "Hey!" and "Hyah!" are heard, and the threatening henchman flies past him. Roman calmly motions for another to handle Ruby.
The other henchmen raised his gun up. And yelled: "Freeze!"
The henchman and Ruby crash through the window. The other men look outside as Ruby gets up and unfolds Crescent Rose into its scythe form. Roman scowls, but Ruby smiles back at them before twirling the weapon around, striking it into the ground and turning off her headphones.
"Okayyy... Get her!" Roman ordered.
The henchmen head out of the shop and run at Ruby, who spins around on top of her scythe and kicks the first approaching criminal in the face. She gets Crescent Rose out of the ground and fires it off to hit another one with the butt of her weapon, sending him flying. She fires again and brings the side down on one attacker and dodges the next's gunfire with her rifle's speed, getting close enough to knock him into the air and follow him upwards so she can beat him away to Roman's feet.
"You were worth every cent. Truly, you were." Roman dropped his cigar and crushed it with his cane as approaching police sirens can he heard
"Well, Red, I think we can all say it's been an eventful evening, and as much as I'd love to stick around..." He said
Roman raises his cane and opens the bottom to reveal a rifle with a cross grid
"...I'm afraid this is where we part ways." Roman said before he unleashes a red blast at Ruby who fires at the ground and leaps over it. When she lands and looks up, Roman isn't there, and is climbing up a ladder on a nearby building.
"You okay if I go after him?" Ruby asked the shopkeeper
The shopkeeper gives a short "Uh huh", and Ruby sets off.
Roman makes it to the roof, with Ruby high-flying again and landing right behind him.
"Hey!" She yelled
Roman stopped at the edge of the building.
"Persistent..." Roman said to himself.
Ruby readies to fight him, but a getaway Bullhead rises up and opens the hatch to allow Roman inside.
"End of the line, Red." Roman shouted He then throws out a red dust crystal at her feet and fires at her, resulting in a large explosion.
"Whoa-ho-ho-ho! Huh?" Roman realizedthat Ruby was still alive.
A woman in a purple cape is now in front of Ruby, casting a circle of protection over them with her wand. As Ruby looks on, Glynda Goodwitch waves her weapon and summons several streaks of purple at the craft. Roman is thrown around in the back until he goes to the cockpit, where a woman in red, her face unseen, is struggling with the controls.
"We got a Huntress!" Roman I formed a mysterious women who was piloting the helicopter.
The woman gets up and heads toward the back as Roman takes the controls.
Glynda glows purple for a moment and aims another blast above the craft, resulting in a dark storm-cloud right over the jet.
With a flick of her wand, large jagged hail starts fallng that pummels the jet and even breaks through the window, narrowly missing Roman's head.
The woman reaches the back and her arms and chest light up like fire, aiming a burst of energy at Glynda. The Huntress blocks it, but the flame splatters behind her and glows hot with the enemy's raised hand. Glynda back-flips out of the explosion, which destroys part of the roof, and magically gathers the shards to create a large arrow, which she throws at the craft. The fiery woman shatters the arrow with several blasts, but it reforms just in time to hit the side of the jet due to Roman's quick aerial lean. The wreckage separates and reshapes into more arrows that encircle the jet, but the woman summons several glowing rings around herself that expand and destroy the shards.
Ruby, finally acting, reverts her scythe into its rifle form to fire at the woman, who blocks each shot and creates several blazing circles around her two opponents. Glynda telekinetically pushes Ruby and rolls herself out of the explosion's radius; looking up to see the hatch close and the craft fly away.
"You're a Huntress!" Glynda looked at Ruby. "Can I have your autograph?!"
"I hope that you realize that your actions tonight will not be taken lightly, young lady. You put yourself and others in great danger." Glynda informed the guilty Ruby.
"They started it" She argued.
"If it were up to me, you'd be sent home... With a pat on the back... Ruby looked up happily for a second "...And a slap on the wrist." She demonstrates with her riding crop, which Ruby barely avoids as she gives out an "Eeek! But... there is someone here who would like to meet you." Glynda told her.
She moves out of the way so Ruby can see a man in green come through the doorway, holding a mug and a plate of cookies.
"Ruby Rose... You... have silver eyes." Ozpin commented
"Uh, um..."
"So! Where did you learn to do this?" He asked her showing her a tablet that showed scenes from the fight she was in.
"S-Signal Academy..." She answered.
"They taught you to use one of the most dangerous weapons ever designed?" Ozpin asked in disbelief.
"Well, one teacher in particular." Ruby specified
"I see..."
Ozpin puts the cookies on the table in front of Ruby. She tentatively picks one up, eats it in a single bite, and then, not seeing any rebuttal, shovels the rest into her mouth.
"It's just that I've only seen one other scythe-wielder of that skill before. A dusty, old crow..."
Ruby mumbled through her full mouth) "Oh! That's my uncle!" she then swallows and wipes her mouth, embarrassed. "Sorry. That's my Uncle Qrow! He's a teacher at Signal. I was complete garbage before he took me under his wing. And now, I'm all like— Hooowaaah! Witchaaaa!" Ruby explained
"So I've noticed. And what is an adorable girl such as yourself doing at a school designed to train warriors?" Ozpin asked.
"Well... I want to be a Huntress."
"You want to slay monsters?"
"Yeah! I only have two more years of training left at Signal! And then I'm going to apply to Beacon! You see, my sister's starting there this year, and she's trying to become a Huntress, and I'm trying to become a Huntress 'cause I wanna help people. My parents always taught us to help others, so I thought, Hey, I might as well make a career out of it! *giggles* I mean the police are alright, but Huntsmen and Huntresses are just so much more romantic and exciting and cool and really, gosh, you know!" Ruby shared
Glynda and Ozpin study her.
"Do you know who I am?"
"You're Professor Ozpin. You're the headmaster at Beacon."
"Hello."
"Nice to meet you.
"You want to come to my school?
"More than anything."
"Well, okay."
Ruby smiles, wide-eyed and open-mouthed.
*TIME SKIP*
"Oh, I can't believe my baby sister is going to Beacon with me! This is the best day ever!" Yang beamed excitedly.
"Ruby Please stop." Ruby begged gasping for air.
"But I'm so proud of you!"
"Really Sis, it was nothing."
"What do you mean? It was incredible! Everyone at Beacon is going to think you're the bee's knees."
"I don't want to be the "bee's knees", okay? I don't want to be any kind of knees! I just want to be a normal girl with normal knees."
"What's with you? Aren't you excited?"
"Of course I'm excited... I just... (sighing) "I got moved ahead two years. I don't want people to think I'm special or anything."
"But you are special."
Yang gave her sister a one armed hug.
The girls' attention is drawn to the 2-D animated newscast on Vale News Network playing nearby, talking about the robbery and showing Roman's mug shot.
"The robbery was led by nefarious criminal Roman Torchwick, who continues to evade authorities. If you have any information on his whereabouts, please contact the Vale Police Department. Back to you, Lisa."
"Thank you, Cyril. In other news, this Saturday's Faunis Civil Rights protest turned dark when members of the White Fang disrupted the ceremony. The once peaceful organization has now disrupted..."
The news feed is cut off as a hologram of Glynda replaces it.
"Hello, and welcome to Beacon!" She greeted
"Who's that?" Yang asked
"My name is Glynda Goodwitch." She introduces herself.
"Oh." Yang simply commented
"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." The hologram then disappears.
"Oh, wow! Look, you can see Signal from up here! I guess home isn't too far after all!" Ruby said.
"Beacon's our home, now." Yang told Ruby
The two hear a passenger groaning and hunched over nearby, running to the back of the ship.
"Well... I guess the view isn't for everyone." Yang rolled her eyes
"It was a nice moment while it lasted." Ruby
The ship is seen approaching Beacon across a large body of water.
"I wonder who we're gonna meet! I just hope they're better than Vomit Boy. Oh, Yang, gross! You have puke on your shoe!" Ruby shouted.
"Gross, gross, gross, gross, gross, gross, gross, gross!" Yang panicked
"Get-Get away! Get away from me! Get away from me! Get away from me! Get away from me!" Ruby panicked as well.