Hello I just wanted to say thank you for reading this fiction and to give you a bit of an forward.
when RWBY first came out like most people I made my own team and thought about the stuff that they would do with the weapons I had made up for them. but this idea slow but surely started to take more solid shape as I thought of back stories and conflicts for these character and I decided that simply had to do something with them. But I decide to wait when I had thouht of this because of the fact that Monty had just recently died leaving the story in an very weird spot where a lot of us were genuinely concerned that the show would not continue. And having had happily found out that the were in fact continuing the story I decided to wait some more until volume three was finished and rooster teeth went on their break so that I would know what parameters I had t work with. and now that has happened so here we are.
now as you read keep this in mind this is an RWBY fan fiction but its not like most others were most of them use the members of team RWBY and team JNPR as well as the setting of beacon academy, this story does not. this story is of a entirely different team in an entirely different school and while its characters can and will reference large events that happen in the stories of the main teams of the show, the simple day to day things that they do will be a mystery to them since they aren't there to see it themselves. Sorry for rambling without further ado allow me to introduce my brain children to you and the world of remnant
Benjamin Villcore the III Woke up with a groan, "you Just had to work all night on lancelot before you had an big cross kingdom trip to Haven didn't you?" he mumbled to himself as he tried to stay conscience
"and you didn't even have the decency to drag your useless corpse up out of the workshop and into an propor bed did you? No of course not because you had to make sure every little piece of equipment you had was tuned to perfection so instead of sleeping in an nice feather bed you ended up literally passing out on a cot under the stairs, again"
As he said this to himself he tried to stand up from said cot, and failed miserably by hitting his head on the bottom of the staircase, causing him to fall forward and fall onto his face on the solid concrete floor of the workshop. Or he would have landed on his face if it wasn't for him using his semblance to drop gravity to zero for a few feet in each direction making it so he just floated in mid-air inches from the ground. After taking a deep breath he put his hands on the floor, and turning the gravity back to normal Benjamin stood up, held the back of his head, and took around the room in an attempt to remember the last thing he did before passing out of sheer exhaustion. The room itself was fairly clean for the most part with the counters covered in blue prints and machinery parts, along with a few containers holding dust of various elements. Off in the corner was the lancelot still fully unpack like he had left it the night before so that he could fine tune the settings before he had to leave for his trip, on the wall of to the side were family photos along with various awards won by him and his dad both for discoveries in the field of robotics and dust engeneering. After he was able to convince himself that he didn't do anything stupid last night in his half asleep stupor Benjamin walked to the bathroom that his family had installed in the basement workshop of their home. After using the bathroom and washing his hands Ben as his dad liked to call him stared at himself in the mirror
He was an large guy for his age thick torso and legs, arms that could choke out an ursa and a face that was always on the verge of any one emotion without actually committing to any of them. If anyone had just happen to glanced at him from a distance they would have said that he was nothing more but a bored indifferent fat kid that wasn't all that smart looking. of course they would be wrong on account of his perceived lack of intellect, He was constantly helping his dad with project from the robotics division of the atlisean science and technology department
that was close he thought to himself a second later and your lady charmer of an face wouldn't be attracting any more of the ladies. He chuckled to himself lady charmer please he was honest enough with himself to know that if looks could kill he would have a hard time bruising any body. That didn't mean he hasn't had a girlfriend or two growing up, just that it ended up being more about personality and charm with him then looks. who am i kidding he thought I was more interested in preserving what was in this beautiful head of mine instead
after he finished his pep talk Ben went up stair to get some clothes and take a shower in the proper bathroom then he meandered his way to the kitchen to have breakfast with his dad.
By the time he made it to the kitchen his dad having, always being the early bird of the family, was already up dressed and reading the news on his scroll after having finished a breakfast of eggs, ham, and toast. Benjamin Villcore the II (Benny to friends and family) looked up from the news about an hijacked Schnee Dust train to look at his son.
"Well someone looks happy to be off to Mistral Academy today" Benny said to his obviously sleep deprived son as he walked into the kitchen to make some food
"Love you too dad, Did you eat the last of the ham?"
"yes"
"you suck"
"so i've been told many a times by you growing up" He sipped his Coffee "did you hear the news yet?"
Ben was heating up an pan to fry some eggs "No"
"The white fang hit another one of the Schnee Dust Trains"
Ben sighed as he poured the eggs into the pan "and what does that mean for us at Corecorp?"
"Well for one we will get less dust crystals to use for manufacturing replacement limbs as the general wants to use what we do have available make the new line of knights available to the public as soon as possible as well as the paladin mechs for the military." He sipped his coffee again "Speaking of mechs you still planing on useing that hunk of junk?"
"You mean that hunk of junk you invented but had turned down by the atlisean army because it was to heavy for most huntsman, much less common soldiers, to use properly?"
"Yes that Hunk of junk"
"It's polished and tuned to perfection"
"Explains the circles under your eyes"
Ben Sighed "yes, yes it does"
Benny smiled at his son's reaction and decided to have a little fun with him "Well that's a shame here I was thinking my son was going to do the predictable thing and would sneak out to hang out with some girl that he fancied before he left on his trip to become an huntsman."
Ben rolled his eyes "yes because with my busy schedule of training and helping you with the designs for new prosthetics and knights I have time for a girl."
"well you should have used this as an excuse to go find one" Benny siped his coffee, "If you had I might have even been nice and kept you from your mother's rage over doing it"
"huh sure you would, be honest you're just as afraid of her as I am"
"more most likely due to the fact that I'm married to her and she know where I sleep"
Ben came and sat down at the table with an plate of eggs and toast "speaking of mom where is she?"
"she's still in bed you know how she is some days after what happen"
Ben had a flicker of grief go across his face "Yeah that's true, I just wish I could have said good bye before I left" the look left as Ben forced himself to look neutral
"But anyway back to the topic at hand with all of the stuff I have been doing over the years getting ready for this trip plus helping you I haven't had time for an serious girlfriend."
another sip "But what about that one Schnee girl you use to know?"
"Who Weiss? Dad I haven't talked to her in years by now we are different people and last I checked she hates my guts for accidentally turning one of her dresses and her hair purple."
"yes well maybe if a certain member of this family didn't feel the need to show off by levitating an cask of expensive wine in the air at a formal banquet then things may have ended differently."
Ben glared at his dad, who simply sat there acting innocent and continued to sip his coffee
"give me a break I was 13 and bored, and I said I was sorry afterwards".
"regardless of that fact her hair was quite the interesting color for the next few months" Benny Villcore put down his empty mug and stood up "I have an meeting with the board about some business propositions that have come our way, I am more then happy to drop you off at the docks on the way there."
As his day walked off Ben finally started to eat his breakfast as he ate he found himself staring out at the atlas skyline from the wall sized window they had set the table up by, as he stared out onto the almost stark white and steel gray buildings he was a little surprised to find himself realizing that he was going to miss it here. sure it was a tad militaristic for his and his family's taste and law here were stricter than the other kingdoms but it has been and still was his home for the past nineteen years of his life and despite its problems he would miss the normality of it.
after a few more minutes of contemplating he stood up since dad is giving me a ride to the docks I should throw my bags in the car he thought as he walked towards his room, when his vision suddenly became blurry causing him to stumble forward but before that I need to go take my pill and equip lancelot.
An hour later Ben was sitting in the passenger side of his father's car on the way to the docks now dress in an black poncho with red and orange accent lines at the bottom, on his hands were large white gauntlets that came up to just before his elbow while his feet were covered with knee high greaves and around his forehead was an white metallic band that was just barely hidden by his hair. they looked to anyone who happen to see them incredibly heavy but Ben didn't seem bothered by it in the slightest.
The trip was mostly silent, more having to do with Ben and his Dad having nothing to say more then any problems between them. but as the car pulled to a stop in front of the bullhead that was departing for Haven Benny finally spoke up
"you know that she would be so proud of you if she could see you right?"
'"Im sure she would have been but with as bad as she has been dealing with things I didn't want to wake her" Ben said this in an barely hearable whisper as if it hurt him to say it.
His father sighed "I'm not talking about your mom Ben"
"yeah I know"
"look I know that it is to late to change your mind but and am not telling you to, just take care of yourself ok, go to haven met some people make some friends and try to do more then just throw yourself at you work ok? It will be hard for a while without family nearby to lean on but you'll get through it." at this point it seemed that the older Benjamin was trying to convince himself "just promise me you will take care of yourself"
Ben looked at his dad with concern "are you ok dad?'
"yes, yes i'm fine sorry am just worried as an dad is all, I would tell you that you understand it someday, but with your luck when it comes to getting a girlfriend I am starting to have my doubts that will ever happen.
Ben rolled his eyes he was use to his dad using humor to deflect an conversation away from an topic he didn't want to talk about, hell he did it himself all the time it was something of a family trait. "whatever dad I will be fine it's not like I am incapable of making friends and with less on my plate when it comes to helping you I might actually have time to get a girlfriend, beside your the one who going to have to handle everything here without me."
Benny simple smiled and gave his son an look of mock indignation "I will let you know that I ran things perfectly well be for you decided to grow up and help me, and will be able to continue doing so without you"
Ben started to get out of the car "Uhuh if you say so, but if I call home and find out there is an robot rampaging through the streets of atlas I will hold it over you forever." Ben smiled at his dad and gave him an look of reassurance "bye dad I have to go or the bullhead will leave without me, say hi to mom for me when she gets up"
"don't forget to write" his father yelled as the engine of the Bullhead started up
"I won't!" the son yelled back as he boarded the ship to Mistral
"liar" his father chuckled under his breath as the ship that held his son flew up and out into the distants.
After the Bullhead had taken off Ben had an look around to see his fellow passengers, he wasn't surprised to see that almost none of them were students who planned to go to Minstral Academy. Atlas had lately taken to the frowned upon practice of Pressuring its students to stay in the Mantle Region. as well as joining up with the army after graduation unlike normal huntsman who simply worked were they pleased. It was one of the reasons Ben had decided to leave and go to another school.
After having put his stuff in a cargo holder Ben decided to have a seat to admire the view, as he sat there watching the white city of atlas disappear over the horizon Ben started to think about his family. His dad would no doubt be fine without him, he would most likely miss having his son around to harass while working on the prototype of the next big project, but he had enough to work on to keep him busy. His mother would have problems for the first few months without him but would eventually grew use to him being gone. Of course he couldn't think about his family without his… his..
Ben thoughts seemed to stutter and die as a wave of pain and depression hit him, for several minutes all he could do was sit there and try not to cry at the mere thought he almost had. After a few minutes he regained control of himself to the point where he was coherent enough to have decided that he needed another pill despite the fact he had just taken a couple a few hours ago