Hey guys. I had an idea for a team and an AU, and I finally decided that I would actually write it. I've written before, but never tried writing for the RWBY area, and have never published on FanFiction before. Just some background, this is an AU so it won't have most of the characters that you would normally see, no JNPR, RWBY, or CRDL. However, Ozpin and all of the other teachers will remain the same. Without further ado, here is the prologue of The Dusted Grimm.

A Hunter was on a mission deep in Forever Fall, looking for a large pack of Beowolves that he had been sent out to eliminate. Off to his side, he hears a crack of a branch being snapped. His reaction in not one of surprise, for he knew that the Beowolves would find him, he was in their territory. Another crack sounded on the opposite side of the clearing he was in, yet he remained stood still, his black jacket flowing slightly in the wind. The forest was completely silent, as though it knew what was about to occur within its red leaves. The Hunter knew the silence that pervaded his very soul meant the Beowolves were near, just waiting for the opportune moment to strike. Even with this knowledge, his trusted M249 stayed in its collapsed form on his belt.

He suddenly reached behind him and pulled his M249 out, the LMG beginning to collapse out to its full form as soon as the Hunter had it out in front of him. The dust rounds loaded themselves into the open chamber from the large box magazine and the barrel attached itself to the chamber. To any normal person, it would have seemed that he had pulled it out at random, but to a trained Hunter, it would have been quite obvious. All movement had stopped in the forest, even the sounds of the Beowolves stalking the Hunter had stopped. The Hunter knew from his schooling at Beacon and from experience that this meant the Beowolves were grouped and were about to strike.

Out of the corner of his eye, the Hunter saw the first sign of movement since he drew his weapon, and he turned to it, only to be immediately assaulted from behind by the entirety of the pack of Beowolves. With reflexes only a Hunter would have, the man turned from the one Beowolf after firing two rounds at the original to make sure it would stay off his back, the Hunter began to unleash his M249 on the rest of the pack. As LMGs are wont to do, it misfired, but uncommonly, did not jam. The misfired round was simply ejected from the chamber with the bullet and dust inside still intact. The round hit the red leafed ground just like all of the other spent casings, the Hunter none the wiser.

Blood sprayed around the hunter like a fine red rain, soaking the Hunter in the blood of his enemies. Though the Hunter was slaying Beowolf after Beowolf, they seemed never-ending. His intel must have been incorrect, it had said a pack of Bewolves in the range of 25-35 Beowolves, but judging by the bodies littered around him like the toys in his sons' room, there must have been at least 50 in the pack, for there were at least 30 lying on the ground already, with no signs of relenting from the flood attacking him. His M249 finally ran out of bullets in the extremely long 200 round belt that he had loaded, and he drew a short knife into each of his hands.

The blades were about 5" long, glowing blue with the ice dust that had been infused in the steel. He continued to fight the pack, taking down Grimm after Grimm with dark satisfaction etched across his face. By this time in the fighting, he had forgotten about the original Beowolf that had been the decoy for the rest of the pack. He fired two rounds at before even turning to fight the pack, yet only one had hit and had only hit the Grimm's hind leg. The bullet had gone straight through the leg of the Beowolf, putting it in pain, yet leaving it able to fight. It had been biding its time, waiting again in the bushes for the perfect time to strike and finish the already weary Hunter.

Finally, the Beowolf saw its opportunity, just as one of the larger members of its pack attacked the Hunter and the Hunter focused his entire mind on fighting what looked like the alpha of this pack. The injured Beowolf jumped from the bushes as quiet as it could and ran behind the Hunter, jumping up from the leafy ground towards the Hunter's neck.

The Grimm's glowing red eyes seemed to intensify as time slowed down in its mind, knowing that if it landed it would kill the Hunter that had already killed so many of its pack. With the Beowolf's teeth only a foot from his neck, the Hunter felt a disturbance in the air behind him, assuming it was another Grimm attacking from behind. Just as he turned, the alpha of the pack attacked the Hunter, making him return his attention to the alpha. His attention switch back to the alpha of the pack spelled his downfall, for the injured Beowolf latched its jaws around his neck and bit down with double the strength that even his sons' new pet German Shepherd could make. As the jaws clamped down, the Hunter looked back on his life, letting his happiest memories flash through his mind. He saw the day he was accepted into Beacon, and then the day he graduated top of his class, with his teammates standing next to him. He saw the day he was married to his Wolf Faunus partner, on a cliff not far from where he was. He saw the day his eldest son was born, and the day his youngest was born. All of these memories went through his mind in the span of the few seconds he had before his throat was crushed and the life flowed out of him through the holes in his neck.

Years Later

A Beowolf stumbled into a clearing that hadn't been seen for years. It looked around, hunting for food, as it had not eaten in many days. A bit of brown and red caught its attention on the leaves of Forever Fall. It limped its way over to the substance, sniffing the odd material. Tentatively, it stuck out its tongue and lapped at the substance. Massive pain wracked its body, and it wondered what was happening. The pain continued, but it's last thought before the pain dragged it into unconsciousness was "Why am I able to think like a human?"

A/N: So that's the first chapter, I hope that you guys enjoyed. We'll be meeting our true characters in the next chapter, but this one sets the stage for the main storyline of the story to come. I hope you enjoyed, I think this story has the potential to become very interesting. Leave a review if you are so inclined, or follow to know when I post the true first chapter of The Dusted Grimm. BYE!