The Hood Of Remnant

by FailedToAppear

Shay, an exceptional student from Atlas transfers to Beacon after two years in a top combat academy, leaving his sister Mai, who was really the only person he could openly talk to. When he arrives all seems well, until he discovers an aspect about himself that can cause the very downfall of the huntsmen and huntresses if left uncontrolled. Rated T for now, may be upped to M later.

1. Prologue

A/N

Welcome dear reader, I hope you enjoy this story. This will be a constantly evolving story, and the projected chapter count is somewhere in the region of 75-100 chapters, this could be more, this could be less, I don't really know, we will have to wait and see.

Once again enjoy. Peace.

The Hood of Remnant

Prologue

The hooded figure entered the arena, his final sparring session before leaving for Beacon academy was about to commence, his opponent making her way towards him. She was of average height, green eyes, one of which being covered by her shoulder length brunette hair. She wore a black hoodie with black jeans, her weapon mounted on her back, something she insisted gave her faster access to it. She stopped walking and had a slight grin on her face.

"So Shay, we gonna do this or not?" she finally spoke.

In that instance he was already half way towards the girl, his two blades poised for contact, this was something she predicted, and as soon as he had gotten close enough, she leapt upward with little effort, and dodged his charge, using this to her advantage, she quickly un-sheathed her sword and came down, spinning around with intent to slice at his back. She could not predict what would happen next. Using the forward momentum, he performed a side winder manoeuvre connecting his left foot to the hilt of her sword, the impact strong enough to make her drop it.

The sword landed with a loud clang and he brought his katana around and pointed it at her neck, signifying the end of the fight.

"That was sloppy Mai. Predicting my charge like you did was game over from the start." he said while sheathing his katana and Wakizashi blades. Mai looked up to him, she was a good foot shorter than him. "Don't worry, you'll learn all about predicting your opponents moves this year." He said roughing his younger sister's hair.

They walk out of the arena together. "I still can't believe my brother is going to Beacon academy." She said a little disheartened. Shay immediately wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "Don't be worrying about me Mai. Just focus on getting through this year and maybe you'll be able to join me there." Her face brightened up again at her older brothers words.

"I'd like nothing more." She said as they walked. Shay would be leaving shortly. This would be the last day that he would get to see his baby sister without looking through a screen. His exceptional skills with weapons and hand-to-hand combat are what allowed him to qualify for entry to beacon. The moment the offer came up, he jumped on it faster than the very sentence could be finished.

"Ya know something Mai…" she looked to her older brother as he began. "I'm going to miss it here, even though attending Beacon has been a life-long ambition, Atlas will always have a small place in my heart, and that won't ever be taken away." At this, the girl smiled, coming to the understanding that Atlas was her brother's home as much as it was hers, and he would always return to it no matter what. She simply nodded in agreement before continuing to their destination.

As they arrived at the airship docks, the loudspeaker sounded;

"All flights to Vale will be leaving in approximately five minutes."

Mai walked up to an airship with her brother. Stopping at the boarding walkway, she turned to Shay and wrapped her arms around her brothers back. "This goodbye for now, I'll see you soon big bro." she let go of her brother. He picked up his back pack and stepped onto the airship, turning and waving to Mai as the door closed.

His adventure to Beacon had finally begun.

*4 hours pass*

(Shays POV)

The airship journey was pleasant to say the least, I had been conversing with a fellow passenger, like myself he was going to Vale, but this was only part of his travels, he was touring around all of Remnant, going to different places, contributing anything that he could as he went along, recording different events in his journal. He said he wanted to create a small book from his experiences. He says that he'll be will be going to Vacuo after Vale, and then return to Mistral after that.

As the conversation comes to a conclusion, I notice that the airship is arriving in Vale, we both stand up and head towards the doors, both eager to get on the ground again. A few minutes later and we step out into the bright daylight. He turns to me with his hand towards me. "Well this is where we part ways friend, it was a pleasure meeting you." I shake his hand and nod respectfully, "Enjoy your travels Mitz, it was an honour." We part ways and I head through the station for the final short journey to Beacon academy.

This is going to be interesting.

A/N

And that is the prologue for the new story. Thanks very much for reading, please do leave a review if you liked it (also if you have a recommendation as to how I could improve stuff or maybe an addition to the story).

Luv u Long Tiem.