Author's Note: This is my first fic, and yes, I know this first chapter is short. Hear me out, I'll explain after the chapter.
You would think someone could only take so much before giving up.
I can tell you that if someone has a mission, a drive, then they won't give up until that mission is finished.
I know I was that way, but the mission I gave myself can never be complete. I sought to be able to save everyone, keep all innocence safe, and in the end survive.
That mission changed after only one day at Beacon, it changed to include something so valuable, the life of Ruby Rose.
"I can't believe I let Ozpin talk me into this." I said to myself, pushing my hair out of my eye to look out of the airship window at Beacon Academy.
"I wouldn't have put becoming a huntress on the top ten things I'd want to be when I grew up."
"Though the title will allow me to help so many others, and keep them from having to go through what I did." A grimace crossing my face at the memory.
Someone yelling "Eww! Yang, gross you have puke on your shoe!" Snaps me out of that memory.
I look over to see the source of the odd outcry and see a girl, who couldn't be old enough to attend Beacon( and that's saying something from someone coming attending a year early.)
Black hair dyed red at the tips, silver eyes, and what looked like a weapon strapped to her back.
"I have to know how someone that young got into Beacon." I said to myself.
I didn't have to wait long for the girl to demonstrate her prowess, it took her less than a minute to explode, literally.
"Unbelieveable, this was the kind of thing that I was talking about!" A white-haired girl cried.
Wait, white hair, a large amount of dust, and the emblem on most of the cases, that must be Weiss.
Wow, she's definitely grown since we last met, I really hope she doesn't recognize me. It's been nine years, maybe she forgot my voice at least. My hood should keep my face covered.
"I said I was sorry princess!" The red haired girl cried, Weiss stood there for a moment speechless.
Wow, that girl really is skilled, she managed to get Weiss speechless with a simple sentence.
"It's heiress actually," A new arrival spoke.
She had long black hair, amber eyes, and a quite cute looking bow on her head.
"Not my type, unfortunately." I said to myself
Oh no! I let my biggest secret slip, I'm gay. I'm so forward aren't I?
"Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee Dust Company, one of the largest producers of energy propellent in the world..."
"Finally some recognition." Weiss replied
"The same company infamous for it's controversial labor forces and questionable business partners." The black haired girl said with a smirk.
"The nerve!" Weiss says while pridefully striding away.
Oh my god! There is no way I'm not dreaming, Weiss Schnee being rendered speechless twice in under 5 minutes that has to be a new record.
But enough of taking in the competition, Ozpin said he wanted to speak with me as soon as I arrived.
I won't lie Beacon is much prettier in person, I'd seen photos before, but nothing really compared to the actual thing.
I made my way to Ozpin's office only to find a note stating the headmaster would be preparing for his speech.
"Only Uncle Oz would forget that he was the one who asked for a meeting."
No, just to clarify, Ozpin is not actually my uncle, he was a friend to the family.
"Now he's a friend to me, which is all that's left of my family." I said to myself through gritted teeth.
"I should really get to the induction ceremony, I really don't want to miss the speech that made Ozpin forget about me."
It didn't take me long to find my way there, the mass of people inside was enormous.
I worked my way to a spot to stand, and noticed that girl from before, arguing with a girl with long blonde hair…
Wait, I know her from somewhere, that's it! She's the one who destroyed Junior's club a while back.
All I wanted was a drink, and a bartender who didn't ask why a 16 year old needed a drink.
Junior's club just happened to fit both qualifications.
"I wonder if she saw me that night, if so that may mean there's another person would recognize me."
"So, how's your first day goin' little sister?" Blonde asked the red head
Hold on, these two are sisters? I wouldn't have thought that from first glance.
"You mean since you ditched me and I exploded?"
I tuned out the rest of the conversation when I started to think about my own little sister, would I have been like that after everything? Would I leave her for even a second if I saw her again?
All these question surrounding me, making me almost positive I was going to pass out and relapse then and there.
Ozpin's voice breaks through my haze, snapping out of it,
"I'll make this brief, you have travelled here today in search of knowledge, to hone your craft, and acquire new skills. And when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life 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 can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step." Ozpin concluded.
That did not seem right, something is definitely off if that's the speech Ozpin missed our reunion for.
But, knowing Oz, he's probably got the council breathing down his neck, or something secretive like that.
"You will gather in the ballroom tonight, tomorrow your initiation begins, be ready, you're dismissed." Goodwitch states
It seems Goodwitch is still tagging along with Ozpin after all these years, but then again I would follow Ozpin too, if I was in love with him.
I could see the tension between them when I was ten years old, and I guess that would be the last time I saw Goodwitch, at my father's funeral.
I went ahead and laid out in my sleeping bag, and tried to listen around just to see what I could hear with how sound bounced in the ballroom.
"My name is Ruby," I hear clear as day, and I recognize the voice it's the red head from earlier "So, what's your name?" Her(I can only assume) older sister asks the black haired girl. "Blake" she replies, "Well Blake, I'm Yang, Ruby's older sister."
Good, so I still got my touch when it comes to figuring out the simple stuff.
"At least I know some names now, maybe I'll get on a team with one of them, so at least I won't have to start from the beginning."
Something gave me the feeling that wasn't going to happen, I could still hope, at least it would give me something to think about tonight when I would wake up from my nightmares.
I guess I should explain, especially with that comment about my dad's funeral earlier, I suppose I'll start from the beginning…
A/N: So, this is going up quite late for me. Ordinarily, I will have stuff uploaded by around noon EST, but my ISP decided that I would have to wait for the speed that I paid for. A story will be updated guaranteed once a week; however, I may post more if I get more done. This includes another story going up soon called "Bumblebees and White Roses". Tell me what you think, reviews are always appreciated. Marksman out.
A/N(6/12/15): I was informed of several grammatical errors throughout the text and have gone back through to fix the ones I could see.