The four girls gradually made their way to their dorm, Weiss, Blake, and Yang all barely able to keep their eyes open as they trudged down the corridor, each footfall weighted with tiredness. Ruby, however, despite feeling drained, was wide awake, in stark contrast to the rest of her team.

As they walked into their dorm room, Blake and Weiss immediately crashed into their beds, neither bothering to get changed. Yang was not going to be denied her sleep either, after saying "Night, Ruby.", she clambered onto her bunk, and, within seconds, Ruby could hear her sister's gentle snores start to permeate the room.

Ruby sat down in a corner of the room, looking at the sleeping beauties that made up her team. They had all been through a lot, she thought, and so had she. So why was she still wide awake? Ruby sighed, resting her legs, and slowly, her energy came back. She thought about studying for a test that Professor Port was going to give them in two days' time, but decided against it. Ruby knew that studying in an attempt to fall asleep only brought boredom, not tiredness.

She decided to go outside, to take a stroll in the numerous parks that surrounded Beacon. She picked up Crescent Rose, the cool feel of her weapon bringing with it the warmth of an old friend. Ruby smiled, her darling had been through nearly every bit of action she had. Walking down the corridor, she thought to herself. What did she want to do? It was incredibly boring, being on her own.

Ruby reached the door leading out of the building, and pulled it wide open. A cool breeze greeted her along with the deep orange sky that signified the onset of night was beginning. Ruby looked around her, seeing no one, before activating her Semblance, and speeding through Beacon. Yang had told her of a sweet spot near Emerald forest where one could watch the sunset, and Ruby wanted to check it out.

The spot itself lay on a grassy hill, overlooking the entrance to Beacon on one side and the Emerald forest on the other. Ruby looked up in time to see the gentle semi-circle sun that was dipping, and relaxed her shoulders. As Yang had told her, it was a nice sight to see.

Ruby was about to more towards the peak, when she saw a dark silhouette, seated on the peak of the hill. Ruby's mind tore between curiosity and suspicion, considering how the figure's posture gave nothing away, save for the fact that it was relaxing. It looked like a humanoid, but it was shrouded in unnatural shadows, showing as nothing more than a black silhouette.

Sighing, her curiosity getting the better of her, Ruby called out to the figure as she approached.

"Hello?"

The figure turned, and as Ruby neared it, the shadows immediately vanished, and as the boy gazed in her direction, she took in the person's appearance. He was dressed in black trousers and a black jacket, with a dark grey t-shirt underneath. He didn't have an overly handsome face, but seemed charming, with emerald green eyes that seemed a little sharp as he met her gaze, with short black hair that stuck out at the back, giving them the look of highly painful spikes. He was a similar height to Ruby, but just a little taller than her.

"Hello there." He responded. "I think we could both use some company. My name's Jet."

The figure seemed friendly enough to Ruby, and so she padded a little closer, cautiously.

"Hi," Ruby said, "I'm Ruby."

Jet smiled a welcoming smile.

"Why don't you join me? I often come up here to look at the sunset." He said, motioning towards a patch of grass close to him, but not so close that it was brought him within her personal space. Ruby sat down, and relaxed as he regarded her, treating Ruby to a slight dose of self-consciousness. "Are you from Beacon as well?" he asked.

"Yeah. What's your team?" she asked, trying and failing to sound a little tougher than she looked. Jet looked at her with slight amusement.

"Team L-I-J-N." he replied. "It's pronounced like the word Legion. We're a first year team, just like you, Ruby of team RWBY."

"How do you know my name?" Ruby worriedly inquired. At this, Jet laughed, a quiet but pronounced laugh.

"How could I not? Your team is rapidly becoming known amongst the other pupils here at Beacon." he chuckled, still keeping a firm gaze upon her.

There was something about his gaze that was causing a weird sensation in Ruby. Shaking it off, she asked "What's your leader like?"

"Leader?" came his response. "I'm the leader of LIJN. We're probably the only team that has their leader's letter elsewhere from the first letter. Though I probably don't look it." he joked.

Ruby smiled, her thoughts still wondering. What was it with this guy? Absent-minded looking Jet over, she asked, "What are you doing here?"

"Me?" the boy asked. "This is a favorite spot of mine. I often come here. What about you?"

He had a curious way of speaking, a cross between formal and casual, but Ruby didn't mind. He seemed friendly enough, so she decided on the truth.

"My sister told me about this spot. It's nice." Ruby said.

Wanting to make things a little less awkward, she pulled out Crescent Rose and unfolded it. "What do you think of my weapon, Crescent Rose?" she asked, embedding the blade into the grass. Jet's eyes widened, but not from fear, it seemed. He reached out, Ruby letting go of her precious, and felt it, all the way from grip to barrel to blade.

"You've done a really good job making Crescent Rose." he said, his voice tinged with admiration. Ruby once again met his emerald eyes.

"How did you know I made it?" she asked. He laughed again.

"Ruby, any weapons geek like me can see the custom design and the unusual choice of high-calibre sniper rifle plus scythe." he said.

Ruby was starting to take a liking to him, but she wondered about his own weapon.

"What about your weapon?" she asked. Jet let go of Crescent Rose, and Ruby folded it away as he responded.

"I don't have a single weapon, like yourself. The one I'm currently using is this." he said, pulling from within his jacket a silver pole, similar in size to a classroom ruler. Jet stood up, and Ruby watched him, entranced, as the pole lengthened until it was the same height as Ruby herself. Then, purplish flames burst into life from the tip facing the sky, as twelve spikes protruded from this flaming end, each pointed outwards, curving over the flames. Jet twirled the staff, then embedded the non-flaming end into the ground. "Meet Shadow Meteor." he said, proudly, as Ruby rose to fully see the staff. "One part silver staff, two parts flamethrower, eleven parts death."

Ruby could only stare in wonder. It looked simplistic, but Ruby could see the exquisite craftwork, and felt unnerved by the purple flames now licking the spikes that covered them. Rarely was it that she was intimidated at first glance, but this one meant business, just like hers.

"That's incredible! Did you make that?" she asked.

"This one I did." Jet said. Ruby grinned, for she had finally found some-one with similar interests to her own. However, Jet checked his scroll as Shadow Meteor collapsed into its original form, spikes retracting and flames vanishing. Ruby looked around, and noticed how dark it had become.

"It's getting late, and by the looks of things we're looking at headaches in the morning." Jet said, showing Ruby his scroll. It was 11:30, way past when Ruby normally fell asleep. She was definitely feeling the exhaustion now, and was starting to feel her eyes droop. She could barely keep her eyes open.

"J…Jet." she mumbled, just as the boy in question noticed her starting to fall over.

"Oh crud." he cursed, as Ruby blacked out.