Chapter 1
Welcome to Beacon
Today was the day that the new set of first year students would begin heading on their paths to greatness. Today, they would be going to Beacon. One of these students, was Brick Underwood.
He stood at 6"5. He had medium length black hair with red highlights in the back, but his hair was covered by his black biker helmet with red stripes. He wore a black leather biker jacket, with a red vest underneath, and black cargo pants. His vest was bullet proof. On his waist, two sheathed swords hung from a belt. On his left pant leg were three throwing knives. Brick's dark red eyes were covered by his red sunglasses.
Brick was amongst the crowd of students, which made him kind of agitated since he didn't like crowds, but he had to just deal with it until he could get on the airship. After wading through the large amount of students, Brick finally got on the airship. He looked around for a place to sit down, and the only place that wasn't taken was next to these two girls.
One of the girls looked too young to be here. This girl had hair like Bricks, and wore a red hooded cloak and a combat skirt.
The other girl was an extremely busty blonde girl. She was wearing a tan vest with short puffy sleeves, and black short shorts which in the back resembled a skirt. Around her neck was an orange scarf. On her hands she wore fingerless gloves and around her wrists were yellow bracelets.
Brick approached the two girls. "Do you mind if I sit here? There doesn't appear to be anywhere else to sit." He asked.
The blonde gave Brick a grin. "I'd be glad to let you sit next to me." The other girl sighed at the blonde's comment. Brick sat down, trying to ignore her comment. Once Brick got comfortable in his seat, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a folded paper.
It was a picture of his mom, his older brother, and his two younger sisters. He smiled as he stared at the picture. Brick hadn't seen his family since coming to Vale. Brick was originally from a city nearby Vale called Atlas. When Brick turned eighteen, his mother had applied him to Beacon. He passed the entrance exam with ease. So his family stayed in Atlas while he went to Vale.
Brick could sense that the blonde girl was looking over his shoulder. He put the picture away and turned to make eye contact with the blonde. "I completely forgot to mention, I'm Brick you can just call me Ricky if you like." Brick extended his arm out.
The blonde grabbed his hand and shook. "I'm Yang. This here," She said, pointing at the girl next to her. "Is my sister Ruby." Brick was shocked to hear that they were sisters. They shared no resemblance to each other.
"Actually, were step-sisters. My mom married Yang's dad." (A/N) Ruby explained.
"Oh. Well it's nice to meet both of you." Brick said.
After that, Brick didn't really talk to them. But he noticed that Yang was still staring at him for most of the remainder of the ride. The flight took much longer than Brick had expected. After two hours of sitting on the ship, which involved Brick looking around and taking a short nap, the airship finally arrived at Beacon.
Brick walked off and admired the courtyard. While he wasn't the biggest fan of nature, Brick couldn't help but appreciate the natural beauty of the courtyard. He made his way to the entrance when suddenly he heard a loud boom. Brick ran in the direction of the sound and Ruby on the ground next to another girl. Brick recognized the other girl as Weiss Schnee. He remembered taking his little sisters to see one of her singing performances. She was quite a good singer.
Brick noticed that lying on the ground around them were some cases with the Schnee Dust Company logo. From the charred look of the ground, Brick figured that the cases held dust which was somehow ignited, causing the explosion.
The two girls seemed to be fighting and Brick didn't feel it was his place to get involved, so he just headed into the school. The auditorium was crowded with the first year students, making Brick feel uncomfortable once again. He maneuvered his way into a spot with not as many people crowding around him.
Ozpin tapped the mic to get everyone's attention. "I'll…keep this brief." He started. "You have come here today in search of knowledge. To hone your craft and acquire new skills, and when you are finished you plan to dedicate your lives to the protection of the people. But I look amongst you…and all I see is wasted energy, in need of purpose, direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge will only carry you so far. It is up to you, to take the first step." Ozpin then stepped off the stage and exited the room.
Glynda then instructed all of the students to gather in the "barn". Brick made his way to the barn. Inside the barn were many sleeping bags already laid out for the students. Brick found a big enough sleeping bag and pulled it aside so he could have some alone time. Brick pulled out headphones and his IPod. For a while, he just enjoyed his music. Since the airship ride took so long, it was already late.
Brick was getting ready to go to sleep when he heard arguing. He looked in the direction of the sound and saw that it was Ruby, Yang and Weiss all arguing while crowding around another girl. Brick just chuckled to himself and continued getting ready for bed.
After getting into his red and black striped pajamas pant and a black tank top, he resumed listening to his IPod. He was greatly enjoying his solitude when Yang came and broke it.
"Hey Ricky. Why are you all by yourself?" She asked.
"I like my alone time which you are currently interrupting." Brick answered snidely.
"I was going for that. You look really depressing just sitting there all by yourself."
"And you think that two people sitting alone in a corner is any less depressing than one?"
Yang chuckled and shook her. "There is nothing depressing about this girl." She declared while pointing at herself. Brick grinned at her. "Hang on a sec. I'll be right back." Yang said as she stood up. She walked over to where her stuff was set up and she dragged her stuff and sleeping bag over to where I was set up.
"Your alone time ends now." Yang said. "You and I are going to become friends whether you like it or not."
"Well you aren't giving me much of a choice, are you?"
"Nope."
"Alright then." Brick said. Out from his suitcase, Brick pulled out a knife sharpener and began to sharpen one of his throwing knives.
"Nice blade." Yang commented.
"Thanks. I got a bunch more. I like sharp things. What about you?"
Yang brought up her fists. "I'm more of a bash your skull in kind of girl. I like use my gauntlets." The yellow bracelets began to expand into gauntlets. The gauntlets seemed to have holes in them which Brick assumed was for shooting.
"Nice." Brick said. He put away his knife and sharpener.
"So what made you want to come here?" Asked Yang.
"For the thrill of the fight. How about you?"
"Same reason." She replied.
"I see. You seemed like the type of girl who likes a good fight."
"That's me. I'm kind of a badass when it comes to fighting." Brick just chuckled at her.
After that, the two of them sat in silence for a few minutes, but Yang couldn't take it for much longer. "Who was that in the picture?" She asked.
"Hmm?"
"The picture you were looking at when we were on the ship. Was that your family?"
"Yeah it was." Brick pulled the picture out of his pocket and showed it to Yang. Brick identified all of the people in the picture for Yang.
"Why isn't your dad there?" She asked.
Brick sighed. "My dad died eight years ago."
Yang had a hard time forming her words. She felt terrible for being so insensitive. "I'm so sorry."
Brick just gave her an empty smile. "It's alright. You didn't know." Silence returned again. This time it was uncomfortable. Brick just got into his sleeping bag and put his head down. Yang did the same. Before going to sleep, she looked over at Brick, who had his back to her. "Good night Brick."
"Good night Yang."
The Next Morning
Yang was woken up by Ruby poking her side. "Yang! Come on, we gotta go! We need to get our gear! The initiation is in twenty minutes!" Yang rolled over and pushed her hair out of her face so she could look at her sister.
"Alright, alright I'm coming. You go on ahead. I'll be there soon." Ruby ran off to the locker room. Yang looked over to where Brick was sleeping to find that he was already gone.
Beacon Cliffs
Brick was already standing on a platform. He patiently waited for the other students to show up. He was holding his helmet under his arm. Once everyone arrived, Ozpin and Goodwitch told everyone about team formations and partners. Then Ozpin gave us our task of collecting a relic from an old temple in the Emerald Forest. Once he finished explaining, the platforms began lunching students into the air. Brick braced himself, and his turn to be launched came. When he landed, Brick hit the ground and rolled, sprinting immediately after coming out of his roll. He could see a Beowolf in the distance who hadn't yet noticed him. While sprinting, Brick took one of his throwing knives and gave it a strong toss. The knife stabbed the Grimm in the neck and it died instantly. He retrieved his knife as he ran past the corpse.
After doing the same to a few more Grimm that would've been in his way, Brick finally made it to the temple. He looked around and examined the relics which turned out to be ordinary chess pieces. He grabbed the white king piece and made his way back. On his way back, Brick came across a bridge. He saw a bunch of people including Yang, Ruby and Weiss fighting off both a Nevermore and a Deathstalker. The group fighting the Deathstalker seemed to be doing fine on their own. But the Nevermore was proving to be more of a challenge.
Brick ran up to help them, but he didn't end up needing to. They had trapped the Nevermore in ice and had made a giant slingshot. Ruby was then launched from said slingshot at the trapped Nevermore. With her scythe around its neck, she ran up the mountain taking the Nevermore with her. When she reach the top, the birds head came off and its body slowly fell down.
Brick approached the girls. "That was awesome!"
Yang turned to look at him. "Oh hi Ricky. Yeah it was pretty awesome." But their celebration would be interrupted. A new loud roar came from the sky. In the distance, Brick could see a giant Grimm Dragon headed their way.
"Guys! We've got a big problem." Brick pointed at the sky and the girls all got into a combat stance.
Weiss tried shooting it with ice but the dragon just breathed fire and obliterated her blast. The dragon swooped in, trying to knock us off the bridge. Weiss and Yang got out of the way in time, but Brick wasn't so lucky. The dragon managed to hit Brick but instead of him falling, Brick was now on the one of the dragon's wing. Brick pulled out his swords and proceeded to stab the wing, which forced the dragon to land. The beast shook Brick off its wing. Brick landed on his feet and wasted no time running at the dragon. As Brick was running, his swords ignited in a black fire. When Brick got close, the dragon breathed fire at him, but Brick just rolled out of the way. Brick slashed at the dragons face as he dodged claw swipes and biting attempts.
Eventually Brick realized that just slashing at the beast wasn't enough. Brick took a risk and climbed up on the dragon's head. The dragon tried to shake him off, but Brick managed to get in a fiery stab at the dragon's eye. The beast cried out in pain. Brick quickly jumped off the dragon's head as the dark fire from Brick's swords started to spread from the dragon's eye to the rest of the dragon's body. It's roared in pain until it finally died. The dark flames continued to engulf the dragon's flesh until all that was left was a skeleton.
"Now that, was awesome! You just took on a dragon! By yourself!" Yang shouted
Brick just gave her a grin. "All in a day's work." He said as he walked away.
Beacon Academy – Assembly Hall
The team forming ceremony was going on. Teams CRDL and JNPR had already been made along with many other teams. The whole time, Brick was wondering what team he would be on. The only people he had run into all already had partners.
"Blake Belladonna, Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, and Yang Xiao Long. You four collect the white knight pieces. Together you will be team RWBY. Lead by, Ruby Rose." Yang gave her sister a pat on the back. After team RWBY walked off the stage Ozpin came up to the mic. "Finally," Ozpin began again. "This year, due to a last minute entry (A/N) we have one extra student. Brick Underwood, who obtained the white king piece, please come up." Brick stood up and came on stage. "You will be randomly placed on one of the currently formed teams." On the big screen, a wheel appeared with all of the team names. It spun and after ten seconds, it slowed down. When it stopped, it landed on team RWBY.
"Congratulations to team RWBY. You will be receiving an extra member. This already shaping up to be an interesting year." The students were dismissed.
Beacon Academy – Team RWBY Dorm
The five teammates entered the room. They found that there was only four bed in the room. Before Brick could do anything about it, the four girls ran to claim beds, leaving Brick to sleep on the floor. Brick just set up his stuff and grabbed an extra blanket from the closet. Brick then went into the washroom and locked the door.
He got undressed and turned on the shower. He had the hot water turned all the way up. Once the water had finished heating up, he got in the shower. While most people felt large amounts of pain in such boiling hot water, this temperature was soothing for Brick. He enjoyed the hot water while he cleaned himself. After he finished, he got out of the shower, dried off, and wrapped his towel around his waist.
Brick only found that showering at such a high temperature had only one serious problem. When Brick opened the door, the whole dorm room quickly filled with steam. The room instantly turned into a sauna.
"What on earth were you doing? Why is there all this steam?" Weiss asked angrily.
"I like taking hot showers. Get used to it."
Ruby looked around and smiled. "Just like home, huh Yang?"
"Yup." Yang replied. "I also love taking steaming hot showers."
Brick grabbed his clothes and went back into the bathroom to change. He came out wearing just his pajama pants. A part of Brick felt more comfortable in the steam without a shirt. The other part was Brick wanting to show off his muscles. He was living with four girls. Yang looked at Brick and admired his physique. His arm muscles were toned well and he had a six pack.
Brick just sat down on his makeshift bed and leaned against the wall. "Do you wanna share my bed?" Yang offered.
"No thanks. I'm fine here and the beds aren't that big anyway."
"Are you sure? I don't mind sharing. I just feel bad making you sleep on the floor." That got to Brick. One of his fatal flaws is that he hated making his friends feel bad.
"Alright fine." Brick cleaned up his makeshift bed and sat next to Yang on her bed.
"Usually when a hot guy comes on to my bed, we have some fun. And most guys jump at the chance. But Brick is different." Yang thought to herself.
Brick got under the covers and faced the wall. Yang got under the covers with him and unlike the last night, she lied down facing him. She just stared at the back of his head. Eventually, Brick looked over his shoulder. "Hey Yang?"
"Yeah Ricky."
"Thanks for sharing."
"You're welcome."
Weiss eventually got fed up with the steam and turned on the fan which made the room really cold. Brick could tell that Yang was shivering. "Are you alright?" He asked.
"I'm just really cold."
Brick rolled over to face her and he motioned for her to come closer. She complied and when she was close, Brick wrapped her up in his embrace. Yang could feel his body emitting a pleasant warmth.
"That's much better. Thanks."
"You're welcome. I wouldn't want you to be cold just cause' the ice queen over there can stand a little steam."
"I heard that!" Weiss shouted which caused both Yang and Brick to laugh.
"Good night Yang."
"Good night Brick."
A/N: This is just my personal theory as to how Yang and Ruby could be sisters and not have the same last name and not resemble each other in the slightest.
Other A/N: The last minute entry was not Brick. It was Ruby. Brick was accepted into Beacon normally.
So I hope that you all enjoy this first chapter. I know I jammed arriving at Beacon and the initiation into one chapter, but anyone who has read multiple RWBY Fanfics has probably read this section a few times. I wanted to get it out of the way so I could go into some non-canonical plot lines, which will begin only somewhat in the next chapter due to how the RWBY canon works. And as always, please review or pm me with your feedback. Last but not least, shout out to dubstepkitty24 for being the brains behind Brick Underwood.