The scene opens up to a barren wasteland that looked like a huge battle took place and scared the lands. We then look up to see a sky full of storm clouds. Every few seconds, lightning could be seen dancing across the sky as what looks like a red comet coming from the heavens, tearing through the clouds like a scythe through wheat.

I've been having all these strange dreams.

[these strange dreams.]

We get closer to the comet and see that it's really a young girl wearing a red cloak falling from the sky with a fiery red aura surrounding her, but even though she was plummeting through the air at breakneck speeds, the young girl was soundly asleep.

They're all so unreal, yet I can't seem to shake them off as just another dream I'd forget like any other.

[They're all so unreal,]

[Like any other.]

As the young girl falls faster and faster down towards the earth, the lighting from the clouds lashes out, striking out against the young girl and an almost animalistic fashion.

They keep coming to me, are they trying to tell me something?

[keep coming.]

[Tell me something?]

As the young girl got closer to the group the attacks from the lighting increased, up to the point when she was about to hit the ground, the sky above her unleashed one finale bolt the shot down with the force of heaven.

And as soon as the bolt of lightning hit her, the area was concealed with a brilliant shine that soon swept through, like a sea of light. Leaving nothing in its wake…

Station of awakening.

The scene soon changes to pitch black as the same girl faded into the black abyss, and continued her descent. She kept falling for what seemed like hours, though that was not a problem for someone who was sleeping. As she descended down into the darkness, soft light at the bottom started to peek through the curtains of darkness and shine up towards the girl, stirring her awake in the process. The young girl opened her eyes, eyes that were silver in color.

As the girl looked down to see where the light was coming from, she saw an enormous, illuminated stained-glass pillar tinted crimson, rising from unseen depths. It was a breathtaking sight, and it even had a flat top for her to land on. There was even an image on the surface of the pillar of two people.

The first person was a young boy with gravity-defying brown hair and slightly tan skin, his outfit was also unique. Large yellow shoes, a white and black jacket as well as a red jumpsuit and a pair of white with yellow gloves with crown necklace adorning his neck, and a chain made up of little crowns sticking out of his pocket. But the most noticeable part was the weapon grasped in his hand. A giant key!

It looked like a classic skeleton key approximately 3.5' long, with a long silver Keychain extending from the hilt, and token on the end of the Keychain. The token is formed from three spheres that almost looked like a mouse head. The blade and teeth of the key sword were silver, the rainguard is blue, and the guard is bright gold. The teeth of the Key form the outline of a crown which matches the crown charm the boy wears.

The second person was a surprise because it was her!?

On the opposite side of the boy was the young girl with fair-skinned and neck-length, choppy hair that gradients to dark red at the tips.

She wore a black long-sleeved dress with a high collar, and red trim on the sleeves, a black waist cincher with red lacing up the front and around her skirt has a red trim. She also wears a pair of thick black stockings and black combat boots with red laces and trims around the top and red soles.

Her outfit is topped by a red hooded cloak fastened to her shoulders by cross-shaped pins. There was an emblem which appears as a large silver flaming rose brooch and is pinned to a wide black belt slung around her hips on an angle, which also carries a pouch.

As the young girl floated down towards the pillar seems her body seems to move on its own as she maneuvers around until she's able to gently land on the surface. Looking around in wonder, the young girl nearly jumps as a gentle voice could be heard all around her.

Don't be scared, take your time while you still can…

Taking a step forward, the young girl while trying to find out where that voice was coming from. But as soon as she made it to the center of the platform, three lights shone down like spotlight to a play, and three small platforms appeared where the lights shone.

There is great power within you…

If you give it shape, it shall give you strength…

Choose well...

As the voice said that three objects appeared, one for each platform. A sword, a shield, and a rod were placed in front of her waiting to be picked.

Raising a brow, the young girl walked towards the items, though the closer she got, the more she noticed she was being drawn towards the sword. As soon as she was in front of the blade, she noticed it looked like a generic short sword with a black symbol on the hilt that looked like the mouse token on the keychain of the boy's weapon. It also had a blue handle, and the pommel is simple and golden in color.

As she grabbed the blade, she heard the voice again speak to her.

The power of the warrior. Invincible courage. A sword of terrible destruction.

But also whose strength is courage: the will to stand against anything.

Is this the power you seek?

The girl was about to say no but stopped when she was told the lighter side of it, and as soon as she heard it, her choice was clear. Lifting the sword up in the air, the girl hoped the voice could see her decision.

You have chosen the power of the warrior.

As soon as those words were said, the sword within her hand disappeared into a flurry of lights. Shocking her and almost causing her to fall down from the shock.

Now choose to give up something in exchange.

Shaking her head, the young girl took up a thoughtful stance as she looked between the shield and rod. After a few seconds, the girl walked up to the shield and took hold of the shield, which she noted also had the mouse symbol.

The power of the guardian. Kindness to aid friends.

A shield to protect loved ones and to repel all.

The girl immediately put down the shield and taking a few steps back, there was no way she could ever give up that!

Taking a second to take a few breaths the young girl soon turns her attention to the rod, which was adorned with a blue crystal in shape of the mouse symbol.

The power of the mystic. Inner strength. A staff of wonder and ruin.

With power, the eye could never see.

Mulling over this bit of knowledge the girl soon nodded and raised the rod up into the air, it then disappeared like the sword.

The platforms soon disappeared, and the three lights faded away.

You have chosen the power of the warrior and gave up the power of the mystic and kept the power of the guardian.

Is this the form you shall take?

The young girl looked up and gave a determined look, then a nod to the voice.

Very well…

The platform under the girl soon shattered under her, and she plummeted towards the bottom, the young girl could only let out a scream as she closed her eyes in fear.

But instead of feeling the cold embrace of death, the girl felt the cold embrace of… snow?

Opening her eyes, the young girl looked around and saw that she was now standing near a snowy cliff. With a gravestone near the edge.

Walking towards it, the girl bent down and read what written on the gravestone.

Summer Rose.

Thus Kindly, I Scatter.

The young girl frowned as a tear slid down her cheek, wiping it away the girl got up and turned around and almost screamed when she saw three people standing in front of her.

The man in the middle of the group was a middle-aged man with tousled silver hair and thin brown eyes. He has a light complexion and sharp facial features. He wore shaded glass spectacles and a small, purple, cross-shaped pin on the cowl around his neck. His outfit mainly consists of an unzipped black suit over dark green, buttoned vest, and green shirt. He also wears black trouser shoes and long, dark-green pants. He was also leaning on a cane as he gave the young girl a stoic stare that felt as if he was staring into her soul. Judging her as if she was a piece of a puzzle or a piece on a chess board.

"What's most important to you?" the silver-haired man asked.

Caught off guard from his voice, the girl was left standing there staring at him as he waited patiently for her answer. Gulping the young girl answered.

"Friendship," she answered in a quiet voice while looking at the man, who gave out a hum after hearing her answer.

"Is that what truly matters?" he asked in a slightly condescending voice that made the young girl glare at him.

Letting out a huff, the girl turned towards the right of the middle man and came face to face with a slightly younger looking man who stared back at her with a bored look. He had graying black, spiky hair, dull red eyes and slight stubble along his jawline. Along with a red, tattered cloak, he wears a gray dress shirt with a long tail, black dress pants, and black dress shoes. But the most remarkable thing was that he had a huge sword hanging on his lower back.

The man pulled out a silver flask and took a few swigs before giving the young girl a cynical stare.

"What do you want outta life kiddo?" the man asked in a raspy voice.

"To be strong so I can help people," the girl said with a smile, but it was wiped away when the man let out a chuckle.

"Is that all kid?" the man asked, then laughed as the young girl stomped away from him.

Grumbling about drunk crows the girl went to the last person who was giving her a warm smile.

He was a man with blond hair that has two small strands sticking out from the top and blue eyes. His facial hair consists of a soul patch and small stubble along his jawline. On his right arm is a tattoo, which resembles a heart. His hair was once a bright shade of gold, but in his older age, it has notably grayed somewhat - still blond, but far more subdued.

He wears brown cargo shorts with a dark brown belt, black shoes, a red bandana on his left arm and a brown leather vest over a tan dress shirt with the right sleeve cut off. For armor, he wears a metal spaulder, leather vambrace and a brown fingerless glove all on his right arm.

"What are you most afraid of?" the man asked with a gentle tone that made the young girl smile. Though it yet again left her face as she answered.

"Being different," she mumbled while looking down. She then felt a hand being placed on her head as the man in front of her patted her head while giving her a smile.

"Don't worry, it can't be as bad as you think," the blond man said, which, caused the girl to smile.

"Right!" she cheered, but before she can say anything else, a bright light flashed in front of her blinding her and causing her to shield her eyes, as soon as the light died down the girl found herself back on top of the pillar.

You value friendship.

You want power, to protect your friends.

You are afraid of being different.

Your journey will be a hard one, but with friends and determination, you will make it through.

The girl was startled when another light flashed in her hands and the sword she chose earlier appeared in her hands.

You have gained the power to fight.

Taking a few test swings with the sword, the young girl was thinking back during her time training and thinking of a dusty old crow forcing her to at least learn the basics with a sword. So wrapped with her thoughts, she almost didn't hear the voice speak.

Use this power to protect yourself and others.

The girl looked up towards the sky trying to give the voice a confused look as she wondered what she had to worry about here.

There will be times where you have to fight.

As soon as the voice said that, small little dark things with big heads and small bodies, with antennas, and glowing yellow eyes rose up from little dark portals eight in total. As the little monster started to scurry towards the girl, who took up a basic sword stance, the voice said on more thing.

Make sure to keep you light burning strong.

With those last words, the little dark creatures lunged at the girl, but a swift dodge and a quick jab in the head reduced the monster's numbers down to two.

Not being deterred by their comrade's death, the other two rushed the red-cloaked girl but were quickly cut down by her leaving only four left.

Two of them sank into the ground much to the girl's shock and shifted towards her while the last two rushed her.

The young girl waited a second until all of her opponents were as close as they could be before jumping over the two that rushed her and swinging down as she flew over them. The two creatures popped out of existence as soon as the sword cleaved into their heads.

Now without backup, the last two that were still in the grounds flatten themselves so that they could attack, but the girl was too fast for those feeble forms of darkness. She rushed at them and stabbed the first one between the eyes, then yanked the blade out, performing a flourish then turning around, slashing the second one across the face, killing both in a quick and deadly fashion.

As soon as the last two disappeared the young girl pump out her chest in pride… not noticing another shadow creature appearing behind her and was creeping up to her.

Behind you!

Hearing the warning, the girl spun around the girl swung her sword and struck the little beast out of the air, causing it to burst into dark energy as it died. The girl let out a sigh of relief from avoiding an embarrassing death but jumped when she heard the voice speak again.

Never let your guard down...

The girl let out a nervous laugh while rubbing the back of her head. Yeah, she shouldn't let her guard down even to weak enemies.

Follow the light to reach your destination.

Before the girl had a chance to ask what the voice meant by that a small bit of light appeared at the edge of the pillar, then the light shot up and turned into stained glass steps that led upward like a stairway.

Taking the voice advice and also seeing no reason to just stand around the young girl started walking up the makeshift staircase upwards some light she could see in the distance.

As what felt like hours the girl was making good progress, she was even able to see the source of the light! It was… another pillar?

As she made her way on top of the pillar, the girl was starting to wonder if she was walking in circles. The only difference with this pillar was that it was blue instead of red.

As the girl looked around, she didn't notice that her shadow was stretching out and raising up from the ground.

The closer to the light you get, the greater your shadow becomes.

As the voice talked, the young girl swung around and saw her shadow loom over her with golden eyes.

But don't be afraid.

Kind of too late for that the girl thought as she took up a fighting stance as she saw her shadow twist and reshape itself. It soon looked like a massive, muscular, humanoid monster with black skin. Its legs where rather short and its feet were very thin and curled upward. Its arms are quite long, and it has two relatively small, twisted wings on its back. There is a large, heart-shaped hole in the monster's abdominal area, which penetrates straight through from the front to the back. Its head is covered in dozens of twisted, black tentacles. Only its small, glowing yellow eyes are visible.

As the creature stomped towards the young girl and she took a few steps back, the voice continued.

For you have the greatest weapon of all.

With those words, the fight began as the giant monster swung down with one of its mighty fists, intent on crushing you young girl in front of it.

Thankfully it's large size meant it was slow, which allowed the girl to jump to the side to avoid the strike. A good thing to because one strike from that thing caused the pillar to shake under their feet.

The girl gritted her teeth as she rushed towards the lower limb and started the slash it with a quick flurry of blows that cut into the creature's flesh and even severed a finger.

Recoiling the monster lashed out with surprising speed and swatted the red-cloaked girl away.

Rolling with the hit the girl got back to her feet and dashed towards the creature not giving it any breathing room.

The giant beast tried to slam down at the pest, but the girl rushed under the creature avoiding the hit while also slashing at the heels the beast as she ran past it.

With the deep wounds in its legs, the dark being fell to its knees and started to slam it's fist into the platform creating dark portals around it and summoning the smaller creatures from before.

Seeing this, the girl rushed towards the beast while striking any small monster that tried to get in her way and jumped up to its shoulder. The giant dark creature didn't like that and tried to shake the little nuisance away. But the girl grabbed one on the black tendrils on its heat with her free hand and started jabbing the blade into the neck of the creature.

As the beast let out a silent scream in agony, it fell to the ground and started to flail about trying to get the smaller creature off it. Crushing the smaller creatures that it had summoned under it with its enormous mass.

The girl hung onto dear life as the monster tried desperately to shake her off all the while the girl didn't stop at her stabbing at the monster's head. With each jab, she was able to dig deeper into the monster's head.

With one final stab, the girl was able to stab into one of the eyes of the creature, causing it to rear back in pain. Now that the monster had stopped thrashing the girl took this chance and drove the sword further into its head all the way to the hilt of the sword.

The creature stood prone for a few seconds before collapsing onto the floor and dispersed into pools of darkness, the darkness that was quickly covering the surface of the platform the girl was on.

As the darkness spread the girl backed away until she was at the edge of the platform, as soon as the darkness got close to her it ended up pulling her towards the center and as the girl started to sink into the inky blackness, flailing about as she desperately tried to keep herself from sinking any further.

-but do not be afraid.

As the darkness started to wrap around her, and she started to feel her strength leave her, the girl reached out towards the sky as if hoping someone would save her.

For you hold the mightiest weapon of all.

As her vision was starting to go black, she was able to see a glim of light shine through the darkness.

And you shall help open the door.

And as the girl's consciousness started to fade the last thing she saw was a blinding light banishing the darkness.

(waking world)

"Ruby."

"Ruby…!"

'Wha-what?' the girl thought as her eyes slowly opened up, as her eyes slowly adjusting to the light she was greeted to the sight of a pair of angry icy blue eyes on the face of a girl.

"Wake up, you dolt!" shouted the owner of the pair of eyes. A pale-skinned young woman with pale blue eyes and long white hair pulled back into an off-center bun tail on the right side and pinned with an icicle-shaped tiara. A crooked scar runs vertically down her left eye and face.

"Whaaaaa~!" screamed the girl while falling out of a bed. The girl let out a painful groan as her face met the floor.

"Ruby can you stop fooling around," the second girl said as she helped the first, now named Ruby up.

Getting up Ruby could only pout at the second girl. While noticing she was all dressed up for today, Ruby always admired how well she could dress. A thigh-length strapless dress with a faint color gradation from white to pale blue at the hem. A small piece of black lace sits in the front of her neckline and the hem of the dress is scalloped and stitched to resemble snowflakes, with layers of white tulle under the skirt. Over this she wears a bell-sleeved bolero with the same color gradation as her dress from shoulder to wrist, lined in red and with a ruffled collar. On the back of the bolero was a snowflake crest.

"Weiss~! Why do you have to be so mean~!" whined out Ruby as she gave a pout towards the now named Weiss.

Rolling her eyes, the whited themed girl gave Ruby a flat look. "Well maybe if someone would wake up on time I wouldn't have to waste energy waking you up."

And as she said that, she pointed towards the clock on the wall showing that the time was 8:30.

"Oh, sweet cookies!" Ruby screamed as she shot past Weiss and ran out the door. "We're going to be so late for class!"

Blinking in surprise, Weiss ran after Ruby. "Hold on you dolt! You're still in your pajamas, and I refuse to get detention because you ran around the school in your sleep ware like last time!"

And so the morning began with one Ruby Rose, leader of team RWBY running around in her pajamas as her teammate Weiss Schnee haired to the Schnee Dust Company chased after, hoping to get her team leader under control and into some proper clothes.

Just another day at Beacon Academy.