Krika: What's up people! Krika here bringing you a RWBY story! This is a story in honor of Rooster Teeth's late animator, Monty. If any of you readers are fans of RWBY, then this is a story for you! So without further adeu, let's begin ATLS: New Beginnings! And I do not own RWBY and I am not an employee of Rooster Teeth.
Hi. My name is Adam Brook, and I'm 15 years old and I just graduated from Signal Academy and I'm going to the famous Beacon Academy! My father was a Hunter and...this may come as a shock, but he found a newborn Beowolf by itself and...decided to bring it home with him. This was when I was 8, so I named him Fang and I raised him myself and we became great friends. After my father talked to Professor Ozpin about Fang, I was allowed to bring him with me to Beacon, since Fang is still the size of a pup and hasn't developed the normal body armor of an adult Beowolf, I was able to put him in my backpack, and he still has the mask that all Grimm have just so you were wondering. Now...I'll stop talking and let you witness me and my friends' story.
It was during the day and the graduating students of Signal Academy were boarding an airship that would take them to the famous Hunter's academy. Beacon Academy. One student in particular had messy dark brown hair and blue eyes. He wore navy blue jeans with green sneakers along with a long sleeved, black shirt with an unzipped white hoodie. He had a small, green box-like item on his back. And he also had a small Beowolf on his back with its paws resting on his right shoulder. This boy...was Adam Brook.
"Alright Fang, this is it. No more Signal Academy. Today we're going to Beacon!" the young boy said in joy. The Beowolf barked happily.
The two boarded the airship and it took off. And their stop being...Beacon Academy
After about a few minutes, Adam and his Beowolf was watching the news on a holographic screen on the airship.
"The robbery was led by nefarious criminal Roman Torchwick," a mugshot of a man in a white suit and orange hair appears on the screen "who continues to evade authorities." This made Adam and Fang look at each other for a moment before looking back to the screen. "If you have any information on his whereabouts, please contact the Vale Police Department. Back to you Lisa".
The screen cuts to a woman. "Thank you, Cyril. In other news, this Saturday's Faunus Civil Rights protest turned dark, when members of the White Fang disrupted the ceremony. The once peaceful organization has now disrupted-" the news suddenly turns off and a woman with blonde hair, glasses and was wearing a white suit with black pants along with a purple cape showed up as a hologram.
"Hello and welcome to Beacon," the woman said, "my name is Glynda Goodwitch. You are among the privileged few who have received the honor of being selected to attend this prestigious academy." Goodwitch continued, "Our world is experiencing an incredible time of peace. And as future Huntsman 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 disappears and Adam looks out one of the windows and sees Signal Academy.
"There it is buddy. I guess home isn't all that far away as I thought," Adam said to Fang.
Fang wagged his tail and barked until a boy covering his mouth rushes past him.
"Oh boy...that guy has a case of motion sickness..." Adam commented and looked out and saw Beacon Academy. Now...I can begin my journey to become a world famous Huntsman...
(Play RWBY Volume 1 Intro if you are a true RWBY fan! :D)
After the airship landed, the students exited the airship and walked around the school while Adam and Fang stayed in the courtyard to take in the scenery.
"Wow...so THIS is Beacon, huh? This...is...awesome!" Adam shouted excitedly as he walked around the school, catching some glances at the other students and their weapons. "Looks like people have a variety of weapons here...let's see how they compare to Emerald." Adam then takes the item he had with him off of his back and it shifts into an assault rifle with a red dot sight and looks it over to make sure it was still in good condition before shifting it back into it's carrying form and places it on his back again. "Let's get to the meeting hall, Fang."
Fang nods in agreement and they started walking towards where all the students were supposed to meet, after about five minutes, Adam bumps into a guy wearing a black trench coat with a brown shirt under t and had gray jeans and black boots, he had black hair and black eyes and had a scar going over his right eye.
"Oh...sorry," Adam apologized and started to walk away.
"Hold up..." the stranger said and Adam looked at him.
"What?" Adam asked the stranger.
"Why do you have a Beowolf with you? Last time I checked, the Creatures of Grimm were our enemies." The guy said in a cold voice.
Adam narrowed his eyes, "Hey. This Beowolf is different. He's been with me ever since I was 8, and he was just a pup back then"
"Well, what if someday he turns on you? After all, Grimm don't have a soul and are heartless, merciless killers," after that, the man walked away.
Adam looks at Fang, "Don't worry Fang, I won't let anything bad happen to you. I know in my heart that you wouldn't hurt anyone, not even me," he then patted the small Beowolf's head and Fang liked that and barked happily.
After about five more minutes, they finally found the gathering hall and entered in and saw many other new students who arrived via airship and they head inside.
"Wow...there's so many people here," Adam looks to Fang, "looks like we're going to have some competition, buddy."
Fang woofed a bit and wagged his tail.
The students hear a man clearing his throat and see Professor Ozpin, a man with snow white hair, wearing glasses and a green suit, and with Glynda Goodwitch behind him, "I'll...keep this brief. You have traveled here today in search of knowledge. To hone your craft and acquire new skills. And when you are finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people." Ozpin then continued his speech, "But I look amongst you, and all I see is wasted energy. In need of purpose...direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step," Ozpin then proceeded to walk off the stage while Professor Goodwitch walked up to the microphone.
"You will gather in the ballroom tonight. Tomorrow your initiation begins. Be ready. You are dismissed," and after that, the students in the meeting hall started heading towards the ballroom of the school.
"Well...he seemed..." Adam began.
"Strange, huh?" a person behind him said.
"What the!?" Adam quickly turns around to see a girl in a purple long-sleeve shirt and dark blue pants, he had burgundy hair that was cut slightly above her shoulders and she had dark green eyes. Adam then saw that she had a cat's tail with a Calico coat. She also had a purple weapon that was holstered to the back of her waist.
"Hi there. My name is Stacy Quo. Nice to meet you," the Faunus held her hand out to him.
"Um...hi. My name is Adam Brook," shakes her hand and gestures to Fang, "and this is Fang, he's my best friend. And please don't freak out. He's not like the rest of those Beowolves. Fang wouldn't hurt anybody," Adam said to Stacy.
Stacy gasped and grabbed Fang and held him up with sparkles in her eyes, "Wow! You tamed a Beowolf?! I never thought taming ANY Grimm was possible! And he's so cute!"
Fang tilted his head a bit in slight confusion.
She's the first one to not freak out because I have a Grimm with me... Adam thought.
Stacy handed Fang back to Adam, "I guess he's your partner, huh?"
"Yeah, I've known Fang ever since I was eight years old. We've been best friends. Heck, I was the one I raised him after my father brought him home after he was done with a mission," Adam said to her.
"Cool! Anyway, I hope I'll see you tomorrow. I hear that there are going to be teams involved with the initiation," after that, Stacy walked off.
"Wait...teams?" Adam looked at Fang, "oh boy...looks like we're going to have to hope that we don't get stuck with that jerk we met before"
The students in the ballroom got out their sleeping bags and changed into their night clothes and got ready to rest up for tomorrow's initiation exam.
Adam was wearing a black night shirt with green sweatpants, Fang was curled up beside him, snoozing like there was no tomorrow. Though, something was on Adam's mind. Namely teams.
That Faunus girl said that there were going to be teams for the initiation test. I wonder how the teams will be set up? I know the max number that teams are allowed are four in Beacon. But I'm worried that I'll be teamed up with a couple of jerks. Adam sighed and closed his eyes before drifting off to sleep.
Morning soon came and the students start waking up. Adam got up after Fang jumped on him a few times. "Alright, alright...man, you're really eager, aren't you?"
Adam gets up and gets back into his normal clothes and started his daily morning routine...well, except for the fact that he shared a bathroom and ate in the cafeteria with the students that came to Beacon after graduating from Beacon, after he was done, he went to his assigned locker to find his gear...only problem was that he was having trouble doing so.
"Aw man...where the heck did I place my gear? Was it locker 231? Or locker 531?" Adam groaned in frustration before checking the two lockers and found his stuff in locker 532, "there they are!" He holsters Emerald onto his back and closed the locker. Oh man...I'm really excited...and really nervous at the same time.
After getting his gear ready, all the students in the locker room heard the announcements come on.
"Would all first year students please report to Beacon Cliff for initiation. Again, all first year students report to Beacon Cliff immediately.
And with that, the first year students started heading towards the location for the initiation.
Adam and other students, two of them he met before and some he seen before, were standing on platforms that had the Vale Kingdom crest on it. In front of them was a vast forest that lied over the cliff they were at. The two people in front of them was Professor Ozpin and Professor Goodwitch.
"For years," Ozpin started, "you have trained to become warriors. And today, your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest."
"Now, I'm sure many of you have heard rumors about the assignment of teams." Goodwitch then began, "Well, allow us to put an end to your confusion. Each of you will be given teammates. Today"
This made Adam and a girl in a red hood groan a bit from the reveal.
"These teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon," Professor Ozpin then said, "So it is in your best interest to be paired with someone whom you can well"
That also made Adam and the same girl get a bit worried.
"That being said, the first person you make eye contact with, after landing, will be your partner for the next four years."
This made Adam and the girl's eyes widen. "WHAT?!" they both shouted.
"See? I told you!" A girl with pink hair said to a guy who looked around Adam's age.
"After you have partnered up, make your way to the northern end of the forest. You will meet opposition along the way." Ozpin continued, "Do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path or you will die"
That statement made Adam gulp nervously.
"You will be monitored and graded for the duration of your initiation. But our instructors will not intervene"
That made Adam...even more nervous.
"You will find an abandoned temple at the end of the path containing several artifacts. Each pair much choose one and return to the top of the cliff," Ozpin then said. "We will regard that item, as well as your standing, and grade you appropriately. Are there any questions?" Ozpin asked.
"Yeah, um, sir-" before a blonde boy could question, Ozpin interrupted.
"Good. Now, take your positions."
With that being said, Adam and the other students, except for the boy who tried to ask a question, got into stances as the students on the far part of the line got catapulted towards the forest.
"Hang on tight Fang," Fang gripped Adam's shoulders and they're both catapulted towards the forest and he got Emerald out.
As Adam was falling, he transformed Emerald into its gun mode and fired a few rounds into the forest, using the recoil to slow himself down. He then transformed Emerald into a glaive with a slightly curved blade and threw it into a tree and grabbed the weapon and swung himself down with it before landing on the ground.
"Okay...that wasn't so bad," Adam said to himself. He then started running north, in hopes to find the temple that was in the forest. Alright...Ozpin said that the temple was at the northern part of the forest. Should be easy.
Adam continues running until someone lands in front of him and he crashes into them.
"Ow..." Adam looked and saw that it was Stacy and she was holding a glaive like his, only it had a second blade at the other end.
"Not...really a great way to meet again, Adam..." Stacy said.
"Sorry..." Adam got up and helped Stacy up. "Well...we made eye contact. So we're a team now."
"I guess we are. And it looks like our weapons have a similar melee form," Stacy said, pointing towards Emerald.
"Yeah...hey, what's your weapon's name? Mine is Emerald because of the color I made it," Adam sheathed his weapon onto his back.
"My weapon's name is Lilac. Because of it's purple color" Stacy sheathed her weapon on the back of her waist.
"So...let's start heading towards the forest temple before any of the other teams," Adam said.
"Right, and we need to make sure we don't run into any danger," Stacy commented.
"Don't worry, I have Fang with me. He's GREAT at detecting the presence of other Grimm," Adam said while patting Fang on the head.
"Sweet! Let's get going!" Stacy starts walking off...in the wrong direction.
"Um...the temple is this way, Stacy," Adam said while pointing north.
Stacy turned around and started walking north, "I knew that. I just...got turn around is all"
Adam sighs and follows her, but they made sure to quicken their pace so that they can grab whatever artifacts were at the temple.
Adam and Stacy were on their way to the temple when they see a plume of smoke coming from a different part of the forest.
"Woah. Looks like someone is trying to burn the forest down," Stacy commented.
"Let's hurry, I feel like we're not safe here," Adam said before he started running, with Stacy behind him.
After heading north for some time, Stacy and Adam head into a clearing where they see the same guy that Adam met before when he came to Beacon with a black revolver at his side. He was standing on a dead Ursa and there was another guy with brown hair and wearing some green body armor on his arms and chest, he had some brown jeans and black sneakers. He was holding an orange SMG.
"Well...I never thought I'd see you again, Grimm-lover" the black haired guy snarled.
Adam glared, "Shut up...and I don't think I got your name, my name is Adam Brook"
"Lucius Orius. I plan on becoming a great Grimm slayer," Lucius holstered his weapon.
The other guy holstered his weapon and waved, "Hi. My name is Troy Lucas"
"Well my name is Stacy Quo. Nice to meet you both"
Just then, Fang started barking.
"Fang? What's wrong? Do you sense something?" After Adam asked his friend, Fang nodded and he looked to the others. "Let's hurry and get to the temple. The only time that Fang barks is when a large Grimm is headed our way." That being said, the four ran towards the temple.
It was about a half hour later when the four students started hearing fighting coming from an area far from them. They managed to reach the temple and see chess pieces of different colors on pedestals. White chess pieces and black chess pieces.
"Chess pieces? The artifacts are chess pieces?" Troy said in confusion and with a raised eyebrow for effect.
"Doesn't matter, there's something following us, so let's grab the artifact we need and go," Lucius said and grabbed the white Bishop piece.
Adam grabbed the other white Bishop piece. Strange...why two pieces for each character?
The four then hear a hissing and quickly turn around to see a giant King Taijitu.
"Oh man...that's a big snake..." Stacy said, readying her weapon, which transformed into a high-impact sniper rifle.
"It's a King Taijitu. A Grimm that has two heads," Adam said while readying Emerald in it's assault rifle form.
"Good. Black Death was getting tired of the weaker Grimm," Lucius said, readying his black revolver and aimed it at the giant Grimm snake.
"Well, Inferno is ready to light things up!" Troy got out his SMG and aimed it at the Grimm.
The four started unloading on the Grimm, who was dodging the bullets by slithering across the field and make some smart movements.
"That's it! There's no point in trying to hit this thing!" Adam slammed his hand on the ground and some ice formed and darted at the Grimm and froze its mid-section, "Let's go and head towards the cliff!" the four started running towards the cliff, which was where they were supposed to go in order to pass the initiation.
(Play the song from Volume 1 for the best feel of the action)
The four make it out of the forest and see a much larger temple and four other people ahead.
Jaune looks over to the four newcomers, "Huh?"
"Run! HUGE King Taijitu coming this way!" Adam shouted before the snake came from behind and knocked him into a wall.
"Adam!" Stacy shouted before unloading some rounds into the giant snake, hurting it.
"He wasn't kidding when he said it was a giant King Taijitu," Ren commented.
Lucius started firing some rounds at the giant Grimm and Team RWBY, or the soon to be Team RWBY, had a view of the action.
Adam groaned a bit and got up before growling and he turned Emerald into it's glaive form and charged at the Grimm, kicking up some of the ground in the process and vaulted over the giant snake and slashed it a few times before turning Emerald back to its gun form and fired some rounds at it.
Troy was firing incendiary Dust Rounds at the Grimm snake with Inferno.
Adam and Stacy decided to work together and used the melee forms of their weapons to keep the black half of the snake at bay while Lucius and Troy worked on the white half of the snake.
"Keep that head busy you two! Me and Stacy need time to finish off this head!" Adam shouted as he slashed at the snake's black head.
"You got it! Lucius! Heads up!" Troy tosses Lucius some Dust Rounds, which he loaded into Black Death and started firing electrical rounds.
"Thanks! Now let's take this thing down!" Lucius jumped back and stomped his foot as his shadow shot towards the Grimm and connected with it's shadow, paralyzing it.
(Reference to Shikamaru's Shadow Jutsu)
"Nice! Alright guys, let's take this thing down together!" Adam shouted as he reverted Emerald back to it's assault rifle form and Stacy reverted Lilac back to it's sniper rifle form and they regrouped and got ready.
"Lucius, drop the shadow trick when we're ready. Stacy, Troy? You fire at the white half, me and Lucius will handle the black half," Adam said to them.
"Right!" Troy and Stacy said at the same time and got ready.
"Okay...dropping my shadow paralyzing Semblance in three...two...one!" He drops his move and quickly gets out Black Death and starts firing at the black head with Adam helping along, Stacy and Troy were unloading on the white head.
After the white half dropped dead, Adam charged at the black head and vaulted over it and plunged Emerald's blade straight into it, effectively killing it.
The two other teams, ran over.
"You four okay?" Blake asked.
"Yeah, we're okay. And if it wasn't for Adam's leadership, we'd probably be that snake's lunch," Troy said.
"Even I have to admit that he has what it takes to be a great leader," Lucius said, but he still sounded like a jerk.
"Cool. Anyway, since you guys are part of the initiation as well, we should probably get over to the cliff. My little sister is already up there after taking out that Nevermore," Yang said.
The three teams then headed over to the cliff, relieved that the events of today were behind them.
All the first year students who passed the initiation gathered at the meeting hall so that they can be assigned their teams.
Professor Ozpin was announcing the teams for this year, "Adam Brook, Troy Lucas, Lucius Orius, and Stacy Quo," the four were standing in front of him as their pictures showed up in the order he called them on a holographic screen, "The four of you retrieved the white Bishop pieces. As of now, you will be working as..." the first letters of each of their first names showed up under their respective pictures, "Team ATLS. Led by...Adam Brook."
Adam's mouth open slightly in surprise, "R-really? I'm leading the team?"
Ozpin nodded and Adam cheered.
"Woohoo! Way to go Adam! I knew you would be the leader!" Stacy cheered.
The three other teams that were introduced after them was Team CRDL, Team JNPR, and Team RWBY.
"Looks like today is shaping up to be...an interesting year," the Professor commented.
Krika: And there we go people! The prologue chapter of ATLS: New Beginnings! I hope you liked this first chapter. And if you can, hit me up with some ideas that you want in this RWBY story, such as new Grimm species. Peace out!