Hello, my name is Mary; if you've come this far then it's safe to assume that you know everything up to this point but just in case I'd be happy to fill you in. It all started with a boy named Soren on earth who was your average kid, he went to school and had friends and played video games...but he held a personal pain. In order to help him overcome that pain I sent him to the world of Hyrule; there he met a girl named Alice who also held personal pain and together they were able to save Hyrule from the tyranny of Ganon and overcome their strife together. While on their journey they met a girl name Lissa and a mysterious cloaked man who tried to break them down but through their will and determination they were able to resist and make back home. This wasn't the end though, a few weeks later they were transported to the mushroom kingdom to save it from Bowser. While there they met another boy named Gareth who was another person from earth; while there they met the cloaked man and Lissa again as well as another boy named Damien who were out to once again take them out. Through it all Soren and Alice were able to once again able to save a world and go back to earth now with Gareth as their friend...and yet it still wasn't the end. A few months later all three of them were transported to the world of the first Final Fantasy to once again risk their lives to save it. While there they met with the cloaked man again; but this time they were helped by Lissa who betrayed him in order to help Soren, Alice and Gareth. With Lissa now part of their group they proceeded to travel the land and defeat the fiends of darkness. Eventually they learned of Lissa's ture name, Lily and geared up to finish their mission...and through all the pain and strife they once again were able to complete their task and even push back Owen, the cloaked man. All four of them had managed to stand against the creatures that had attacked them and overcome the pain they had carried around for so long...it's a fitting end to their adventure...and I wished it could have been...with all my heart I wish I could have let them live the rest of their lives in peace...but the adventure couldn't end their...it wasn't over...it isn't over yet. Let's start here, this should be the right place to start.

"It's tougher than it looks." Blake said as the Nevermore circled the tower they were standing near.

"Then let's hit it with everything we've got!" Yang replied readying her gauntlets. It was a heated battle with Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang taking on a giant Nevermore in a ruined tower structure while Juane, Pyrrha, Ren and Nora were taking on a Deathstalker on the nearby bridge. The first group shot as many rounds as they could into the Nevermore as it soared at them knocking the ruined tower apart forcing them to jump from debris to debris as they fell until they landed on solid structure. Meanwhile the second group ran at the Deathstalker as it destroyed the remains of the bridge they stood on, they struck at the hard shells front hitting smaller eyes and making the creature wail in pain; taking the opportunity Ren jumped up putting as many bullets as he could at the base connecting the tail and the golden tip. When he was thrown away the tail hung loosely from the tip; catching this fact Jaune signaled to Pyrrha who threw her shield at it disconnecting the two pieces and making the tip stab into the Deathstalker's head.

"Nora!" Jaune yelled and Nora moved forward jumping off Pyrrha's shield and landing on the Deathstalker's head with enough force to puncture the creatures brain and launch Pyrrha and Jaune over the bridge onto the grass and jumping to them as the bridge and Deathstalker corpse fell into the endless abyss below and with their creature defeated the team all fell over exhausted while Nora stood proud. Meanwhile the first group lured the Nevermore to the cliff and Weiss froze it there with her ice dust keeping it in place; Blake and Yang stood at two ends and Blake threw her ribbon that was caught by Yang. Ruby stretched the ribbon back with her scythe as Weiss set a glyph that held Ruby and the ribbon in place.

"Of course you would come up with this idea." Weiss said to Ruby as she held the glyph.

"Think you can make the shot?" Ruby asked.

"Hmph, can I."

"…Can yo-"

"Of course I can!" Weiss released the glyph and Ruby shot forward shooting rounds from her sniper rifle giving her momentum; she pulled the Nevermore into her scythe curving the blade around its neck and hit her feet against the cliff wall. Weiss then put a line of glyphs along the wall and Ruby ran along them shooting round after round as she dragged the Nevermore up the cliff; coming to the top she jumped and gave a strong pull cleaving the creatures head from its neck. Standing on top of the cliff Ruby stood there giving a low pant feeling tired from the energy she just used; looking down she saw her partners in combat look up at her and smiled.

"Seems they completed their initiation." Glynda said as she watched the students who had just taken out two large grim, "A little uncoordinated and…unorthodox by the look of things."

"That's what makes hunters and huntresses unique." Ozpin said taking a sip from his cup; looking down at his pad he smiled, as he looked something appeared out of the corner of the screen, "Glynda take a look at that." Ozpins tone became more serious and Glynda looked down seeing a strange tear where Ozpin had directed her look.

"What is that?" She asked and suddenly two figures burst through the tear, one clothed in a strange armor and long brown hair wielding a giant great sword, one clothed in a black coat with scruffy brown hair and wielding two longswords.

Soren

I pushed Jarek backwards into the grass which he slid into staying on his feet; I took a look around seeing we were near a crumbling structure in an open field and behind me were about…7 people and another on top of a giant cliff. Suddenly I felt something collide with my head and stumbled back feeling my mind go a little fuzzy as blood rushed down from my skull.

"Don't underestimate me." Jarek said with a dark chuckle.

"I don't…but I know I can beat you!" I replied charging forward.

"We'll see about that!" He stood and waited for me to approach obviously ready to counter; as I came close I slid to a stop directly in front of him, taking a swing he blocked it and I staggered backwards as he took the opportunity to counter attack. (Defense!) Pulling my other blade up I blocked the incoming attack and fell backwards from the force of his attack, rolling backwards I got back on my feet and jumped forward getting directly in his face, (Speed!) making quick swings I tried to catch him on his undefended sides but with his great sword he was able to block the brunt of my strikes. As I took every opening I could I felt my head begin to hurt and my vision became fuzzy for a moment making me stop; suddenly I felt another collision to my skull and fell to the ground dropping my swords, "Let's see you do anything without your head!" I rolled to the side as he plunged his sword into the ground; grabbing my closest blade I ignored the migraine currently making my vision darken and reeled back, (Power!) with a quick swing I sliced up Jarek's arm and felt a spray of blood and heard a loud grunt of pain as I collapsed to the ground feeling my mind try to tear itself apart with every heartbeat, "NGH!...Hmph, fine…you can die by their hands then." He pointed to his right and I looked to see strange black creatures begin to circle us, they looked to be about the size of bears, "Have fun." I watched as Jarek stepped back through the portal and it closed leaving me in the middle of a circle of bears. I looked out into the distance and saw the people from earlier start to run to help but the bears began to close in a bit quicker; they weren't going to make it in time, if I timed it right then the power and speed enhancements should still be active for another minute…but with the migraine I might be off by a few seconds. Grabbing my blades and ignoring the pulsing pain I stood in the middle reeling back both blades and holding my position; they closed in…closer…closer…now! Using every last ounce of strength I spun with all my might separating every creatures head from their body; as they seemed to disappear I fell to the ground feeling my strength completely depleted and my head throbbing uncontrollably.

"Are you okay?" I looked up as my vision turned from clear to fuzzy every few seconds catching only a few details; in front of me was someone with red hair and in strange patchy armor and next to her stood six others. Two with blonde hair, two with black hair and one with orange hair and the last one had white hair; they all had very unique clothing but I couldn't see their faces…or at least couldn't pick up anything in the few milliseconds between clarity and blurriness.

"I…think so…just a small concussion." I replied standing up woozily; I heard a relieved sigh and suddenly felt my legs give out as my vision faded to black and my consciousness faded.

Third-Person View

"What was that!?" Glynda asked obviously startled by the sudden appearance of two boys with strange skills and locked in combat; now all that was left was a boy who even after the beating was able to take out a circle of Ursas who was now unconscious and bleeding from the head.

"Glynda go grab the boy and take him to the infirmary."

"But Ozpin we don't know-"

"Trust me Glynda…I have a feeling that he's in more trouble than we are right now." With that Ozpin took another sip from his cup as Glynda walked off to go grab the boy.

"Is he dead?" Nora asked poking his cheeks.

"Nora!" Ren said shocked at her behavior.

"What? I'm just asking."

"He's weak and has blunt trauma to his skull but if we can get him some help he should be alright." Pyrrha said picking him up. Looking over his body she found a few cuts along his body and his clothing looked torn up and his head had definitely taken the worst damage, it was amazing he was able to stay conscious for as long as he did.

"Wait, don't just pick him up!" Weiss said making Pyrrha stop for a minute, "We don't know who he is. He could be an enemy for all we know."

"I don't know. If Ursa don't like him how bad can he be?" Yang said shrugging her shoulder and ruffling the boys hair, "Ew…there's blood in his hair."

"What happened?" Ruby asked running up to the group, "I was up on the cliff but I saw Ursa gather and then disappear a few seconds later."

"It was awesome!" Nora said getting excited, "One minute it was all swish swish clang pow and then there was a poof and then a swing followed by a slash!" Everyone gave her a confused look except Ren who just sighed.

"This boy took out a group of Ursa all on his own and then collapsed." Blake explained in simpler terms.

"He has a concussion right now so we have to hurry." Pyrrha explained beginning to walk again.

"That sounds great and all but how are we getting him up the cliff?" Juane asked pointing to the enormous cliff.

"We'll throw him up!" Nora suggested.

"I don't think he can handle being thrown." Blake said and then they heard a throat clearing sound and looked over to see Glynda standing a few feet away.

"I will take it from here children, please hand the boy to me." With that Pyrrah gave Glynda the boy and she walked away leaving the group standing there, "I would suggest you eight get back as quickly as you can. None of us want to lose new students so soon." With that they all headed for the cliff end ready to make their way up as Glynda walked away with the boy in her hands; as she walked the boy tossed and turned.

"Ngh…Alice…Gareth…Lily."

"Who is this boy…and why do I feel something strange holding him…some kind of…weight more than his own.

Eventually Glynda made it back to Vale where she put the boy into an infirmary bed leaving his care to the nurse on staff; before she left she looked back to see the boy had calmed down and was now sleeping peacefully. Glynda headed to Ozpin's office and as she rode up the elevator she looked over the footage captured from the fight between the two boys; as she watched it she took note of the sudden increase in speed and then power he attained throughout the battle and still had when he took out the Ursas. With a ding the elevator stopped at the top opening up to a large office with a bay window view spanning half the room and a clock-like floor; she entered the room and closed her scroll approaching the desk where Ozpin sat.

"The boy has been placed in the nurse's office for the moment. She said his condition wasn't too serious. The only thing that seemed wrong with him was a concussion, a few sword wounds and a heavy case of exhaustion. She said he should be awake by tomorrow." Glynda explained.

"Excellent, be sure to let me know when he has woken up. I would like to ask him some questions." Ozpin said and she gave a nod.

"Of course Ozpin...the students have been gathered and are waiting for you."

"Very well, then let's not keep them waiting then."

Ruby and the group stood in the attendance hall waiting for Ozpin; as everyone talked Blake stood against the wall in deep thought.

"Something wrong Blake? You look like you're about to fall asleep." Yang asked breaking her concentration.

"I was just thinking about the boy from earlier." She replied making the rest of the group look at her.

"The shady one we gave to Glynda." Weiss said being brutally honest.

"Weiss, we don't know if he's shady." Ruby said.

"He was wearing a lot of black." Juane said interjecting in the conversation.

"So does Blake." Yang said and Blake shot Juane a glare.

"Also I think only his gloves and coat were black." Pyrrha said adding to the conversation.

"Was it just me or was there something…similar about him and the person he fought?" Blake asked.

"Maybe they're working together." Weiss said coldly.

"Weiss!" Ruby said.

"What do you mean?" Pyrrha asked.

"I can't explain it but something felt…very similar about them." But Blake could place it, it was their scent, being a cat faunus she had enhanced smell but she couldn't tell them about it, they didn't even know she was a faunus. The boys scent was almost identical to the other boys which confused her to an extent she couldn't even explain; maybe it was just something she wasn't picking up…or something more to them.

"Maybe they're the same person!" Nora said and everyone sighed at her Noraisms.

"I don't think that's possible." Ren said, "I'm sure it's nothing."

"I hope." Blake replied but she knew it was something; her senses have never failed her before and she was sure that this was no fluke. As they talked the sound of someone tapping the mic could be heard over the voices quieting the room and making everyone focus on Ozpin at the stand.

"I would like to congratulate those who have retrieved the artifacts; you have taken your first step in becoming a hunter. We shall now group you based on the artifacts you collected during your initiation, as I'm sure you noticed the pieces you collected were chess pieces and they came in doubles. So our first group, the collectors of the black king pieces-" Ozpin went down the list pairing groups of two with other pairs creating groups of four with their own acronym for their team name, "The collectors of the white rook pieces; Juane Arc, Nora Valkyrie, Pyrrha Nikos and Lie Ren; you will be known as team JNPR (Juniper) lead by Juane Arc. Finally, the collectors of the white knight pieces; Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long; you will be known as team RWBY (Ruby) lead by Ruby Rose." Everyone gave a cheer and clapped for the new teams, "Looks like things are shaping up to be an…interesting year."

The next day was mellower and strangely filled with boring classes that seemed to have team RWBY and team JNPR's minds wandering through the day; Ruby was consumed in the glory and pep of being a leader while Weiss was more peeved and upset at the fact that Ruby was leader; Blake was consumed in the scent of the two boys while Yang was ready to fall asleep in her chair. Jaune was focused in Weiss, Pyrrha and Ren were the only ones actually paying attention while Nora made paper airplanes out of textbook paper. When the bell rang everyone met up at the entrance outside.

"It looks like we all have a free period." Yang pointed out, "Which means we have nothing to do for an hour and a half."

"So what should we do?" Weiss asked and everyone went into thought on how to spend it.

"Pankcakes?" Nora suggested at which Ren put his hand on her shoulder and gave her a head shake.

"…I heard the boy from yesterday was taken to the infirmary. We could go visit him." Pyrrha said and everyone looked at one another considering the idea.

"Well…I am kind of curious on how he is." Ruby said.

"I kind of want to find out how he took down those Ursas." Juane added.

"I suppose…it wouldn't be the worst thing to do." Weiss said looking away from the group.

"Then let's get moving." Yang said beckoning the group and they all started heading for the infirmary.

As they approached the infirmary they entered the building to find it mostly abandoned and with very little staff on sight.

"I don't think I want to be sent here." Weiss said amazed at the emptiness of the building.

"It's the beginning of the year, I'm sure this place fills up quickly when student injury is more common." Pyrrha said trying to alleviate Weiss's worry.

"I don't think student injury should ever be common." Weiss replied. They traveled through the halls seeing my empty and unmarked rooms until they came upon a room with a nameplate…but no name, it just read 'boy' and that was it.

"I think this is the room we're looking for." Ruby said putting her hand on the door handle; she turned it and opened the door into a silent room; the only sound that could be heard was a slow breathing coming from the boy in the hospital bed. They all looked over at the boy who was sleeping in the bed; a bandage was wrapped around his head where he had been bleeding from and next to him on the table was his clothes, neatly placed and smelling of fresh linen; they had obviously been cleaned and were patched up from what Pyrrha saw before. Blake moved over to the bed taking a small whiff and smelling the same scent from last time; she was right, they definitely had the same exact scent…but that's not possible.

"He's still out." Ren said sitting down at the nearby chair, "And it looks like he's not going to stir anytime soon."

"We could hit him till he gets up." Nora suggested reeling her fist back; before she could punch him Ren grabbed her fist before it hit his face.

"Nora, that didn't work for the boy in the village, I don't think it'll work here."

"Won't know till we try."

"Nora!"

"Fine, we won't hit him…for now." Blake walked up and put her hand to his forehead taking his temperature.

"…He's not running a fever…and his body doesn't look damaged anymore, he's been asleep for a whole day so it's weird that he hasn't woken up yet."

"So he's just being lazy?" Weiss said sounding annoyed.

"I don't think so Weiss. Maybe he just used too much energy against the Ursa." Ruby said trying to calm her anger.

"He must be an idiot then…idiot."

"Weiss you think everyone you meet is an idiot."

"That's not true."

"Yes you do." Blake said without batting an eyelash.

"Shut up! I just have high standards…they're not that high though."

"Yes they are."

"Blake shut up!"

"Ngh!" They all looked over in surprise as the boy in the bed began to rise, "Owww…" He sat up clutching his head and taking notice of the bandage he was wearing, "A bandage? Why do I feel…hng! Okay, deep thought, not my best move right now. This is definitely a concussion then…where am I?" He looked around at everyone with a confused look in his eyes.

"Looks like he woke up." Yang said trying to be funny.

"Can I still hit him?" Nora asked and the boy gave a surprised look at her question.

"So you're up." Weiss said getting into his face, "Before you ask any questions I want to know exactly what you're doing here!"

"Um…I don't…know?" He responded, "I just got up…I don't even know where I am."

"You're at Beacon Academy." Pyrrha answered.

"And…where is Beacon?"

"The kingdom of Vale." Ren answered.

"And…where is the kingdom of Vale?" They all gave a look of surprise at his question and his genuine confusion.

"A-Are you serious!? You don't know what kingdom you're in!?" Weiss said amazed at his lack of knowledge.

"Do you at least know your name?" Ruby asked and he went silent going into deep thought.

"…Soren…Soren Thain." He answered.

"All right then Soren." Weiss began, "Where are you from?" She asked and he went silent again.

"…I…I don't know…I can't remember."