The Prologue

Tap… Tap… Tap…

The sound of a finger tapping echoed across the hall.

Tap… Tap… Tap…

At the end of the hall, the source of the constant tapping sat on a throne made of pure gold, dazzling even the richest of monarchs.

Tap… Tap… Tap…

The figure which sat on top of the throne drummed its fingers on the armrest, continuing to fill the hallway with sound.

The figure is visibly bored; its eyes show no interest and the crown lazily placed on his head.

The sound of a large door opening filled the chamber, finally relieving the figure of boredom, even if for only a little while. A man walked on the finest red silk carpet can buy, classily walking towards the throne. Once in front of the figure, the man bowed down.

"Lord Gaben, our sales have increased by 23.12 Percent in the last hour alone, with total sales expected to be over the twelve digits within the day." The figure, now named Lord Gaben, lazily nodded to the man in front of him. Pulling out a stack of green paper, he tossed them towards the man. "Good work. Have a bonus." The man kept a straight face, but his lips are twitching upwards violently. He collected the money and left with a purpose.

Boredom once again filled Lord Gaben's mind, as he continued to try to find new ideas to entertain himself. Finally deciding on a solution, he lifted his left hand and waved it in front of him. A portal then slowly began to form, the blue glow lighting up the candle lit hallway. A blue foggy mist obstructed the view of the Great Lord Gaben, Giver of Discounts and King of the Sales.

After a minute, the portal finally cleared up, Lord Gaben gazed into the image unfolding before him…

Team RWBY's Dorm Room

"I'M BAAAaaa- Nobody's here. Huh." Ruby placed her books on her table and changed out of her school uniform. She didn't change in the washroom because there's nobody there, why not?

"Hmm… What do I do now? I'm the first one to come back, and if I'm correct…" Ruby whipped out a timetable showing the class schedules of her teammates. "Yea I'm the only one here for quite a while then."

"Eh, I'll just study a bit." Ruby jumped off her bed and walked over to her table. Picking up a book on Grimm Biology, the scythe –wielder jumped up onto the dangerously-suspended bed and began reading her book.

Not even three minutes later, Ruby threw her book back onto her table with so much force that the table shook out of position by a few centimeters. Flopping down on her bed, Ruby let out an exasperated sigh. "I'm bored~" Deciding to check her Scroll, she reached for her back pocket and opening it. Her hands grabbed nothing. Confused, Ruby looked around her room before noticing that her Scroll was charging on her table.

Jumping off her bed and landing with an audible 'thud', Ruby made her way over to her bed. Activating the device, Ruby's hand swiped up and down, currently browsing a weapon site. What?! It's Ruby! This shit's normal!

After surfing around for a few more seconds, she dejectedly put her Scroll down. "Ugh… Is there anything I can do?" Luckily, he prayers were answered. Sort of. And that answer came in the shape of a box violently crashing into her dorm room through the window and scaring the living daylights out of her. She yelped and jumped a good foot into the air as she instinctively reached for Crescent Rose, before remembering that her beloved weapon is inside her locker.

"… Huh?" Looking at the box that arrived, Ruby used her semblance and sped over to the box. Surprisingly, considering the box's rather violent entry into her room, it had no noticeable damage. Ruby tried lifting it, and discovering that it was not that heavy at all. Reaching for a cutting knife, she slowly cut the tape holding the box apart…

"I'M HOOME!" The loud voice was accompanied by the door violently slamming into the wall and shaking the room.

"AH! YANG! Don't scare me like that!" Ruby pouted at her sister. Chuckling Yang walked over to Ruby. "Soooo, what'cha doing?"

"Hm? Oh this? I dunno, someone just threw it into the room. Dunno who though, my back was turned."

"Why not crack it open? See if there's anything inside it."

"I was just about to when you came in. Okay, let's crack it open." Taking the cutting knife again, Ruby slowly cut the tape apart. "And… Done! Let's see what's inside!" Ruby's voice became excited as she reached inside the box, which was about as big as a toaster.

"And… What's this?" Pulling her hand out, Ruby examined the object she held in her hands. It was a rectangular box-plastic-thingy. The background of the plastic box was a dull orange, along with some words printed on it.

Yang leaned in closer to read out the words. "Team… Fortress 2? What's that?" Ruby flipped the box and read off the back.

"Team Fortress 2 is the sequel to the game that put class-based, multiplayer team warfare on the map. One of the most popular online action games of all time, TF2 delivers constant free updates including new game modes, maps, equipment and, most importantly, hats(Uh… What?). Team Fortress 2 packs a wild variety of classes which provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities, and lend themselves to a variety of player skills. Play as the flame-throwing Pyro, the room-clearing Heavy, or the Spy, a master of disguises. Other classes include: Scout, Sniper, Medic, Engineer, Demoman, or Soldier." Ruby's eyes lit up when her eyes read the word 'Sniper'.

"Sooo… It's a game?"

"I guess. Though I never heard of it before. Wanna play it?"

"Hm..." Yang held a hand up to her chin. "Why don't we wait for the others to come back? Y'know, so we can let them play as well?"

Ruby thought about it for a while, before shrugging. "Eh, why not." At the same time, three knocks came from the door and in came Weiss and Blake.

"Guess we're the ones back latest?" Weiss received nods. "Of course…" Putting her books into her drawer, she looked back at Ruby and Yang staring at a plastic box. "What's that?"

"Oh, this? I… 'found' this game in our room, so why not we try it out? It's the weekend, after all." Ruby answered as she showed the two newcomers the box. Weiss scoffed distastefully. "A video game? Hmph, I thought you were more mature than that."

Ruby pouted at the heiress' comment. "I'm very mature, thank you very much! And it would be a… Uh… G-Good team bonding experience! Yeah! Team bonding!" Weiss looked at Ruby strangely.

"Y-Yea that's a bad i-"

"It could be fun." Blake cut in while smiling. Ruby looked at the Faunus with glimmering eyes. "Really?!"

"Yes. So when do we want to play this game?" Looking up at the clock, Yang gave the answer. "Why not now? It's still five in the evening, we've plenty of time!"

Smiling, Ruby grabbed the box from her sister's hands and held it up high dramatically. "Alright! Team RWBY, our task for today is to… Play Team Fortress 2!"

Meanwhile, Weiss facedesked.

A/N: There you go! Welcome to my brand new story, RWBY Plays TF2! I know! It's a very unoriginal name! But fuck it! The TF2 action will start next chapter, so keep on a lookout for it if you want to read it! I hope I handled the character's personalities correctly, 'cause I'm bad in that department.

Note, this story takes place in the time gap between Volume 1 and Volume 2.

If you want, leave your opinions on who you want to play which class! I'll be dragging Team JNPR into this as well! If I agree with you, I'll make that happen in this story! Now, you're probably wondering, "Hey bitch, there's 9 classes and only 8 students, wha'ddya gonna do 'bout that?" Don't worry, I got a plan…

If you're wondering who made the cover image, it's me. All the covers I use are made by myself using SFM and a shit ton of Workshop models.

As always, I sincerely thank you for taking your time to read this, and I hope you have a good day/night/afternoon/evening.