Disclaimer: Obviously I don't own RWBY, I only own my OC's and the plot of this story. The OC's in this tale are based off of deities (Kind of) except for Nix who is based off of a game character of the same name. Lines in italics are important thoughts.

Chapter 1- Letters of Entry

Gaia POV

It's my last day in sanctum, it was also the day me and my friends would receive our letters from combat academies from all over Remnant. These letters contained confirmation or denial to the dreams of those who wanted to become Hunters and Huntresses. I had just been given mine and was about to sneak out of the assembly hall to open it in private when a voice sounded out behind me.

"You think you're going to get away from us that easily, really? You are going to join us at the table and you are going to open your letter with us".

The voice came from Pyrrha Nikos, how I was able to make friends with her still eludes me, but it had stopped people from bullying me at least and Pyrrha was kind and a great friend. Turning around I saw the bronze armoured redhead with two girls standing either side of her, I can't remember their names, and I think one is called Jenny.

"Oh, hey Pyrrha", I said, "It's just that I would like to face the denial on my own."

"And why would you be so sure that you're going to get denied, you haven't even opened it yet."

"Was that a question or a statement?" I asked.

"Question, obviously", Pyrrha replied coolly. "Sooooo"

"Fine, I'll join you", I sighed, "The reason I expect denial is that you forced me to apply for Beacon. What chance do I have of getting a place there?"

"You've plenty chance, now come sit down and stop stalling".

"I'm not stalling". How did she know I was stalling?

When we reached the table, we all sat around it and brought out our letters. Mine was kind of crumpled as I had been playing with it nervously. The first person to open their letter was the girl I had dubbed Jenny, she had applied to Plainview Academy here in Mistral. We all tensed as she pulled out the enclosed note in anticipation for the answer. Jenny mumbled out the first few lines of the letter before screaming "OMG, OMG, and OMG, I GOT IN!" This was quickly followed by a round of congratulations. Next to open her letter was Pyrrha, surprisingly when she opened it she was calm and read silently in her head before exclaiming "I can't believe it". We all prepared ourselves to console her. I was beginning to say "Oh, look, there's…" but I was interrupted with a loud "I was only joking. Do you girls really doubt my abilities that much, it's ok for me to joke every once in a while, right?" That sneaky little… I was interrupted from my thoughts by the other girl, I think her name was Gemma, bursting into a screaming fit as she had made it into Stellar Academy in Astral.

"Gaia, it's your turn now", said a now giddy Gemma.

"Why did I have to go last?" I moaned

"You tried to escape" Jenny replied sarcastically.

My hands shook as I started to open the now creased envelope. Everyone is looking at me expectantly edging me to go on. I licked my lips as I pulled out the envelope "This is it, I guess", I read through the first few lines my face stated to light up. "I. Made. It. In?"

"What are you so surprised about? Of course you got in", Gemma exclaimed chirpily.

"You got a test score higher than me." Added Pyrrha "In theory at least, I still have you down in practical. But I am sure that would change if you stopped being so timid".

"I'm not timid", I said trying to sound tough.

"Suuure" said Jenny who was rolling her eyes.

"Well I'm sorry you guys but I'm gonna have to tell Mistress Chromes the good news" I shouted having already started running out of the hall. I then sprinted back to the Cherry Grove Orphanage giddy with excitement and filled with joy.

Mistress Chromes was a kind old lady who ran the orphanage that I had grown up in. She had forced me to attend Sanctum after I had discovered my semblance: when I noticed that one time in the orchard the orphanage was named after during summer after all the fruit had fallen several of the trees had come out with new blossoms and bore fruits in the two hours I had spent reading there. I had later discovered a way to convince animals and plants to do as I wished with my semblance, but my pull is so weak that I can only give basic commands.

When I burst into her office she was so surprised she knocked over the playing card house that she was building. When she had regained her composure she just looked at me expectantly with one eyebrow raised "So?" I was so excited that I couldn't speak so I just handed her the letter from Beacon. Mistress Chromes pulled out some old reading glasses and began to read the letter. Once I was sure that she'd have read it fully and I had calmed down I asked "So, What do you think?" The reply kind of took me off guard "I think that I finally get to get rid of you". I took a step back in shock at what I had just heard. "You need to lighten up, I was just jesting." She said with a hoarse laugh. I replied carefully to make sure my words weren't turned against me "You have a very bad sense of humour" Carefully, How was that carefully? "Well, now you go pack your things, I'm going to start preparing the leaving party".

I got back to my room and started to pack up a few spare sets of clothes and a nightgown. I collected Epirus and its quiver from under my bed and placed the bladed longbow in the travel case to avoid cutting up my clothes. I then checked the timetable on the letter from Beacon which showed which Passen class airships would transport students from around the world to the academy and when they would depart. The one that would carry me, Pyrrha and any other students from the surrounding area will be departing at seven tonight. I hope the party is today.

Assuming that the Mistress had read the timetable and had already set up a basic celebration, I grabbed my bags and started to walk down the long flight of stairs down to the lobby. As expected, there stood Mistress Chromes and the residents of the orphanage that were also out of school waiting to give congratulations and goodbyes. As I reached the door Mistress stepped to the side and opened it for me and standing behind the door was "Pyrrha!?" She just stood there with a taxi behind her beckoning me to follow her.

"You do realise, the Skydock is at the other end of the city right?"

"How did you find this place?" I asked as I hadn't told anyone where I lived.

"I asked around for a Mistress Chromes", she replied simply, "Also I live opposite, so I often saw you leaving for school. So, do you want a lift or not?"

"Yes, I'd love a lift but I won't be able to pay the fees."

"Already taken care of that", exclaimed Mistress Chromes.

"Well, shall we get going? It's a long journey and we want to get a good seat on the airship".

"A good seat? Or some good seats?" I asked wryly.

"Good seats." Is she blushing?

The taxi ride was uneventful with both of us willing to just stare out of the window until we reached the docks. When we got out of the taxi the first thing that hit me was the smell, a combination of ozone and motor oil, the second thing that I noticed was that there was only one airship. Pyrrha and I grabbed our bags and walked up the docking ramp, I gulp as we enter the ship, hopefully Pyrrha didn't notice. We came up into an observation deck with giant windows going along the edges. "I hope I don't have motion sickness" I state pointing towards the windows, Pyrrha just chuckles, "You'll be fine". My retort to that was already etched in my head "All I'm saying is that motion sickness is a much more common problem than people let on!"

After the airship left we soon fell asleep in our seats as the journey will be around twelve hours. Nothing exciting happened on the flight so we woke up five minutes before landing with Pyrrha waking up first and waking me, "We're going to be landing shortly, get up". I groaned "Ugh, five more minutes". Pyrrha just laughed "But we'll have landed then. Come on and get up so we can see the view". I get up and rub my eyes, then go to join Pyrrha at the window completely forgetting my fears. Once I reach the window I look down at the main building of Beacon, I quickly start backing away visibly paler, muttering "Nonononononono". Pyrrha rushes up to me, grabs my shoulders and stares me in the eyes saying "I'm sorry, I didn't realise you were afraid of heights. Come over here and sit down", as she said this she guided me to the chairs our bags were placed under and sat me down, sitting down next to me. She kept apologising until the airship landed.

The ramp at the back lowered and the passengers started to filter their way out of the confined space into the open, eagerly exercising their cramped limbs. Pyrrha and I picked up our bags and headed out. As my feet made contact with the paved ground of the dock I breathed an audible sigh of relief, it took all my willpower to not get on my hands and knees and start kissing the pavement, but I resisted. "So this is Beacon?" I ask not expecting an answer.

We started heading down the main path with the large crowd on a course for what was assumedly the main entrance to the Academy. "Let's get inside" Pyrrha said playfully.