Well... I had this idea and I wanted to put it into practice. With a bit of writers block on my other story, I wanted to see how I do with this.

Team RWBY was given a training mission directly from Professor Goodwitch. It's supposed to be a more difficult training style for more experienced teams. Not unheard of. Team RWBY is the best team of the first years, after all. At least, that's what Yang says. The mission in question is simple: enter an old ruin, find a beacon, and return to Beacon. Easy.

Or, it should have been. After multiple Grimm attacks the team was getting tired. They could fight at their best, since the ruin was outside; but the sheer number of Grimm they had to fight drained them.

Yang let out a massive yawn. "How much longer…?"

Blake rolled her eyes while Weiss answered, "It shouldn't be that much longer."

"You said that earlier."

"Well, if our leader actually knew what we were looking for, maybe I could give you a better estimate."

Ruby yawned. She wanted to say something to respond, but she just couldn't. Too tired.

Yang stretched. "We've been looking for this beacon so long the sun is starting to set. Add all the Grimm attacks, and I'm about ready to collapse." She actually fell over after saying that.

"Really, Yang?"

"Hey! I tripped on something." She looked over to what had tripped her to see a small gold statue. It was a small statue about the size of her arm in the shape of a gold Long-style dragon. Yang stood up and picked the statue off the ground. "Huh… pretty cool."

Weiss just sighed. "Whatever. As for the time, you do have a point. We should set up camp."

Blake and Ruby nodded and the group started to set up camp in a small alcove. It's easily defended and protects them from three sides. Blake had volunteered for the watch and looked around for anything suspicious. Something did catch her eye, though. Odd thing was, it was being held by Yang. The blonde was holding the statue that tripped her. "You actually took that?"

"It's not like it belongs to anyone. Besides, I like it. We have a lot in common."

Blake just raised her eyebrow. She thought about whether that made any sense at all. Gold Dragon… After a while she made the connection. "Really?"

Yang just grinned and lied down to get some sleep. Some time passed and eventually, Yang was roused from her sleep. Standing above her was her sister. "Your turn."

Yang groggily stood up and stretched. "I got it." Yang walked toward the entrance to the alcove and stood in the entrance way. Of course, the combination of darkness and tiredness did everything in their power to try to make her fall asleep. She resisted, though. It was a hard fought battle, but Yang remained conscious the whole time. Good thing too. There was a large group of Ursa approaching. Crap.

Yang tried to remain silent, hoping that the Ursa hadn't noticed them. Sadly, they did. Yang turned to her team. "Wake up! Ursa!"

The team shot up in no time. They all grabbed their weapons and lined up, ready to fight the Ursa. Although, someone wasn't quite paying attention. Ruby was looking back into the alcove.

"Uh… guys."

"Ruby! Pay attention!" Weiss turned to her partner and froze. "W-what?"

"We need to focus." Blake tried to get them to look at their target but just stopped. "Um, Yang…"

"What? They're almost here!" Strangely, however, the Ursa stopped and seemed to be looking passed her. Yang spun around to see what all the commotion was about. "Holy…"

Filling the alcove was a golden dragon. The creature had to be some 30 feet long. It was large enough that it likely could have swallowed them whole. It let out a low growl and started to leave the alcove. The dragon towered over all of them and stared at the Ursa. The Grimm seemed spooked and started to back away. The dragon shot forward and snatched an Ursa from the ground with its mouth and bit the Grimm in half. It grabbed two other Grimm and threw them across the ruin, shattering their very existence.

The dragon calmed and landed on the ground. It turned toward team RWBY. It spoke with a deep voice that boomed like thunder. "Who are you?"

The first person to speak, after a rather long silence, was their 'fearless' leader. Mostly because the others pushed her into it. "I-I'm Ruby."

They started to introduce themselves one by one. "I'm Weiss."

"Blake."

"And I'm Yang."

Ruby looked up to the dragon. "So, what's your name?"

"I am called many things. Though, for sake of ease…" The dragon closed his eyes and started to glow. He began to shrink until he was about as tall as Yang. The strangest part, however, was that he wasn't a dragon anymore! He looked human. He appeared to be a calm individual. He wore a bright yellow shirt underneath an unbuttoned, dark brown jacket. His black pants paired with a set of brown, armored boots that reached over his knees. His golden blonde hair was long enough to reach his waist and his eyes were a deep, royal purple. "…call me Yin Tianlong."

After a long, somewhat awkward silence, Weiss spoke up. "This is interesting, and all, but we still have a mission."

Ruby jumped slightly. "Oh, right." She turned back to the man, previously a dragon. "Um… Yin. Have you seen a beacon around here?"

The dragon man raised an eyebrow. "You mean the one behind you?"

The team froze and slowly turned to the alcove. Sure enough, there was a small, easily missed, tracking beacon along one of the walls. Safe to say, the team was a bit embarrassed.