Episode One: Pilot
I folded my arm across my chest, slightly shivering to the shill breeze of the winter's bitterness. I pressed his back firmly against the raw metal of Beacon Academy's walls as I was perched atop of the roof. It was a day before the official commencement of the first semester for Beacon Academy, where full fledged huntsman and huntresses attend to enhance their training as well as study abroad. I didn't know why I'd come to this place even though I wasn't a proper student yet. The receiver clipped onto my jacket vibrated in a monotonous manner. I flicked on the switch.
"What?"
"Don't what me, Frey." A stern voice could be heard through the transmitter. "You know what you need to do. Don't forget."
"Don't remind me, I know what I'm doing." I sneered.
That guy had been giving me at least three calls a week, ever since I was asked for a favor about a month ago. I couldn't have said no, because that man was the one who had saved me from a certain situation and so he was now in debt. Regardless of the favor, I would have to force himself to oblige, as what happened in the past meant alot to me. Even if it meant having to enroll myself in a certain school.
Upon the first time of hearing the inquest, I cringed at the mention of the school. School. I didn't quite like the idea of having to attend to a school, although I'd heard about the place somewhere before. Beacon Academy. A school specially for trained huntsmen and huntresses. I didn't know the meaning of these, although I guessed that I would learn a thing or two while he was at it. I wanted to decline the appeal, with all my dissent but I couldn't help but refer back to what the man had generously done for me.
"Then get to it! You know a man like me shouldn't wait a month for such an easy task."
If you think it was easy, why don't you enroll yourself? It wasn't like they were going to approve a student's application within minutes.
"I.. Understand." I replied as the conversation ended.
It was now dusk, clusters of pale moths fluttered aimlessly against the illuminating street lights only to rebound off the glass. I narrowed my eyes and glanced away, staring the starless sky.
"They seem so... lost...without purpose..like me.." I muttered to myself dimly letting my eyes relax in a trance like manner...
"No...No!" A woman's shriek reverberated through the sheer silence of the slums of the small village. "You can't get any closer!"
Fires blazed, licking atop of straw roofs, the raging flames engulfing the houses in a horrifying blaze. Soot, along with thin flakes of ashes descended onto the village as if they were innocent snow. A thick layer of smog tensed in the atmosphere, making it clearly impossible to witness the dusk of the sky.
It was as though an unexplainable Armageddon itself was occurring, at such a sudden time as well, quick to pass it's reign of unpardonable judgement amongst the humans. Little did they knew of such terrifying forces were deeming amongst them, they could do nothing to prevent it.
Shadows, no, beasts of the unknown descended from the depths of the abysses. The cause was unknown, however, its sudden presence brought trepidation upon the world. Voidless beings, emerged, creating such pandemonium to the human world, slaying those who opposed or stood in their way.
The soft cries of a human child could be heard faintly through the sounds of the utter chaos. Wrapped thoroughly in a tight cloth, the child left on the doorsteps to what was remnants of a charred and scorched house. As did the beasts ravaged on mercilessly, they took no notice of the child, only taking vague glances as they continued on their way.
As the onslaught subsided did the beasts vanished from the village a few days later. A group of traveling merchants happened to pass by the village and discover the bundle of joy, the only source of happiness within the ruins of the charred village, and was astonished to see the child as healthy as can be despite the condition of the village. Thus the child's name was soon to be named Frey.
"So Ruby, where are we going?" Jaune asked out of the blue as he trailed behind Ruby.
"Good question. I don't know, I was following you!" She answered, receiving a face palm from the speechless Jaune.
"W-what?!"
As the two made their way through the gardens and orchards of the academy's grounds, they noticed a silhouette of a person laying atop of the academy.
"Hey! There's someone sleeping on top of Beacon Academy!" Ruby called out, abruptly awakening me from my short slumber.
"R-really? Oh yeah! What's he doing up there?"
I lethargically opened his eyes, retracting my face aside as it was greeted upon by blinding rays of warm sunlight. Directly laying beneath the sun, I rolled over to the side, failing to notice that I was at the edge of the platform. My eyes widened upon realization as I came crashing down, toppling over the leveled platforms of the Academy's roofs and finally landing splat onto the ground head first.
I rubbed gently at the back of my head with a low groan, as a hand extended towards me. Glancing up, I met the bright, silver eyes of a young girl, who seemed much younger than my age to be at beacon academy. She had black hair with streaks of red, cropped short just below her ear, and was wearing a velvet red cloak above her frilled dress. Along side her was an attentive young man, with typical blond hair and blue eyes. Underneath his chest plate, he wore a simple long-sleeved shirt, a hooded jumper beneath. He carried with him a broadsword as I could notice attached to the side of his belt, as did the girl carried some sort of advance mechanism I had not seen before.
It was a short moment of pause before I took her hand cynically, unassertive of her intentions of harm or good. She then briskly pulled me off my feet whilst I dusted the dirt off my clothes.
"I'm Ruby, and he's Jaune. what's your name?" She introduced, pointing at the blond next to her.
I hesitated for a moment. "Frey." I said before turning my back on them, leisurely walking away to the front foyer of the academy.
"H-hey wait! Aren't you going to follow us to Beacon Academy's auditorium?" Jaune called out, stopping me in my tracks.
"I don't know." Was my simple reply.
"You could come with us! We don't mind, right Jaune?"
Jaune nodded eagerly in consent. I took a deep breath. I didn't come to the academy to make acquaintances or any of that sort and besides, I would probably get into trouble if I did so. But it couldn't hurt to just follow them for the day, right?
Alright Frey... You have to act friendly, don't forget... Act normal, just not too normal. "Okay, I'll just tag along."
A/N: Well, theres chapter one for you. This story contains a bunch of OC's, thus it's main focus will be my OC's and team RWBY. I do not own anything besides my alternate storyline and my OC's. My storyline will not be best, but I'll always try my best. Reviews, may it be critique or just a plain reviews are highly appreciated.
