Ah, Don't You just love the smell of morning vomit? That was sarcasm, obviously. Oh what he wouldn't give to not be a faunus right now. Daniel Renard was on his way to Beacon academy, to fulfill his dream of being a hunter, well one of his dreams but the other one could wait for now. The airship had only been in the air for like ten minutes now and Beacon was in sight, but some blonde kid just couldn't hold his breakfast anymore. Maybe he had motion sickness? How could that be used for a prank?
Dan looked over to two girls who started squabbling about, Shoes? No he must have just heard wrong. The taller one had long, wilde blonde hair. She had a fair complexion and nice skin, of which there was no shortage on display. Her outfit's colors accentuated her hair and skin nicely, however the design was definitely something that should not be aloud at a school but hey he wasn't complaining. Her, uh, assets were a nice sight to say the least.
Her shorter companion was definitely to young to be here. Accepted early? Most likely. Her black hair was highlighted by red tips and her outfit also followed that theme, accentuated by silver bits and pieces. She was about up to the blonde's nose in total height. She was kinda cute, not in the creepy She looks hot for a six year old kind of cut but rather she was just attractive.
The way those two communicated and interacted with one another was akin to siblings, but they looked nothing alike. Maybe adoption? Half siblings? Close cousins? Just friends? He would put his money on one either being adopted or having one different parent.
Anyway the airship had already begun to descend towards the landing dock. As the doors opened the kid who had barfed ran off as fast as he could. Dan sighed as he walked out on the landing strip. He took a small moment to admire the sight before him. It wasn't too special, just a glorified castle. The architecture was interesting, not the cool just interesting. He sighed again before continuing on down the path.
After a while of walking at a leisurely pace he heard rapid footsteps and could only just watch as a huge group of students dashed past him, he ended up getting pushed forward and dragged along by the mob. He couldn't see the faces that surrounded him.
Well i'm just along for the ride now i guess. He said as he sped walked along with the mob around him. For a second he thought he heard an explosion outside of his little commotion, before he had to refocus on trying to keep his balance.
The mob had been stampeding around the halls of beacon for around twenty minutes. As they rounded a corner Dan was thrown from the middle of the group to the middle of the hallway. They rest of the mob kept stampeding down the hallway leaving dan in a crossroads, Literally. He was now in the middle of four hallways, and oh so very lost.
"Well this is the best goddamn excuse to be late to orientation in the world," He mused to no one in particular.
"THIS IS WHY I WILL NEVER TRUST YOU AGAIN!" Dan nearly jumped out of his skin, assuming whoever said that was talking to him.
He turned around quickly to be met with two people, a girl who stood up to Dan's shoulder and a guy who probably towered over him. The girl had light blue shoulder length hair. Her outfit was mostly around the same color with white accents. She was pretty to say the least. She looked pretty annoyed, so safe bet she's the one who screamed at him.
The Behemoth however looked pretty chill. He had a buzzcut and ever so slightly present stubble lining his jaw. If his height wasn't intimidating enough he had a large Gun strapped on his back along with two similar looking swords. His outfit was pretty basic, some army shorts and a tanktop with some brown combat boots.
"Uh, sorry?" Dan cocked a brow as they approached.
"Oh not you, just this big oaf." The girl threw her thumb towards Hagrid as he sighed, "I'm just gonna start calling you Oafen."
"Please don't" he replied.
"Anyway sorry to disturb you but do you know the way to the auditorium?" The girl asked.
Dan shook his head, "No sorry, i honestly don't even know where we are in the first place." he sighed loudly, "last time i could actually see i was in the courtyard."
The girl was obviously both confused and depressed, "Oh well, Sorry to bother you." he felt a little bad, she sounded really disappointed, but orientation wouldn't start for another fifteen to twenty minutes. He looked up to see they had already started down a hallway.
"Wait!" Dan ran to catch up, the girl turned as he approached, "Sorry i just thought i should stick with you guys if it's cool, y'know still have no idea how to even exit the building right now."
The girl giggled at that last bit, "yeah sure, i'm Lucia"
Behemoth stepped up with an outstretched arm which Dan gladly took, "I'm Owen"
Dan looked back quizzically, "really? Doesn't seem to fit." Owen just shrugged, "I'm just gonna call you Goliath. Anyway I'm Dan" he shot them both a toothy Grin.
They walked into the auditorium as the headmaster seemingly ended his speech and
walked off the stage. So basically they missed whatever important shit he might have said. Luckily a blonde professor came up to the mic so maybe Dan will be able to pick out what was said in their absence.
"You will be spending the night in the Ballroom, tomorrow your initiation begins. Be prepared" or not. That works too.
Dan sighed loudly as he plopped onto his sleeping bag, "Oh well probably wasn't too important."
Lucia looked up from the book she had begun to read, Ninjas of Love? Huh, good book. "So uh, does this make us friends?"
Dan cocked an eyebrow at her, "Uh, sure i guess."
She laughed nervously, "Sorry I'm not really used to this whole thing. Owen has been my only friend for years now." Speaking of Goliath, where was he? Dan could swear he was just behind them when they left the auditorium, and he was there when they ate dinner too. Jesus how easy is it to lose a giant? He began looking through the sea of faces in the room.
"What are- Oh Owen went to the bathroom" Bathroom? Oh no…
"MOTHER FUCKER!" the giant's roars were heard through the entire school most likely. Dan had to refrain from laughing. Hey it still worked, just not on the intended victim. Luckily plan B is still available. Owen stomped out into the room, covered in blue and pink paints, chalks, and powder. He was obviously furious.
The Faunus couldn't help but let a couple chuckles escape his lips. Everyone else snapped out of their initial shock and began laughing hysterically. Owen's face scrunched in irritation as he stomped out of the room, probably to find a teacher. Or a shower.
"Man i wonder what happened?" Lucia mused aloud. Oh man i wish i could tell you but then i couldn't prank you later!
"I don't know, maybe his weapon discharged dust?" Dan asked sarcastically.
"Well then what do you think happened jackass?" Lucia snapped back.
"Well he was covered in paint so maybe someone thought it would be funny to play a joke?" hehehehehehehehe… Dan was so close to cracking before he finished that thought.
The night moved pretty slowly after that event, Lucia went to bed after finishing her chapter, the friendly Neighborhood giant returned after an hour now clean, and now he too was falling asleep.
But alas the young mischievous faunus was not one to fall asleep very easily. Insomnia, good for creative minds, horrible for keeping to schedules. He sighed loudly as he got up and stretched.
Most of the other students were preparing for bed. Dan decided to walk out of the room to… find something to eat, yeah that's a good excuse. In all actuality he just wanted to make sure plan B was ready for the morning. He had successfully slipped out unnoticed and made his way down the hall quickly and quietly.
Rope? Check. Paints? Check. He checked everything and made sure it was in place and unnoticeable. Good, everything was okay here. He made his way down to the ballroom and slipped in. surprisingly no one noticed, but that was because there was an argument going on in the corner of the room.
The two girls from before were arguing with some white haired chick. Off to the side there was a raven haired girl who had a book in hand. Dan walked up and tapped the white haired one on the shoulder.
"WHAT DO YOU WANT!?" she all but shrieked as she turned around obviously furious.
"Well i just wanted to ask if you could please quiet down, others are trying to sleep."
"See now that's how you ask that question!" the blonde said.
The white haired girl, who Dan was convinced was related to Winter Schnee, was about to say something but he cut her off with a raise of a hand, "I wasn't finished." she closed her mouth just as quickly she opened it and gestured for him to continue, "Well this young lady seems to have been reading and it's kinda rude to have an argument in front of her." the ravenette blushed and quickly hid it behind her book, "and either way it'd probably be wise to save your energy for initiation which, may i add, is our whole day tomorrow." She looked like she had something to say before discarding it. She simply nodded and walked off.
"Whoa, that was impressive." the blonde admired Dan's apparent ability to diffuse arguments. "I'm Yang by the way, what's your name hottie?"
"Dan, and might i add not to bad lookin' yourself." Dan flirtatiously shot back, she seemed pleasantly surprised.
"Ooo~ I like you." she winked. Man that was hot, anymore winks like that and he might need a cold shower.
"Yang!" the shorter girl said.
"What i can't have some fun?" shortstack just face palmed.
"I'm sorry about her she's weird, I'm Ruby." She held out her hand which Dan shook. "Anyway Yang we should go too, it was nice meeting you Blake, oh and you too Dan" he nodded as Ruby attempted to drag Yang away who was staring at him, he didn't mind. As they moved away yang just turned around and shot him a nice smile, he responded with his own wink.
"Thanks for that." The ravenette said, "Now i don't have to stop reading. I'm Blake by the way"
"Hey don't mention it, what's the book about if you don't mind me asking?"
"Oh it's about a man with two souls, both fighting for control over his body." Blake seemed pretty self conscious, classic bookworm.
"Oh The Curse of The Wizard I love that book" Dan wasn't lying obviously, it was really good. It was actually rather old, like 75 years or something.
"Really!?" Blake perked up at that and her bow… Twitched. Oh she's a faunus, that makes sense. "I do too! Well so far I mean. It's a real page turner. I actually just got this copy at a local store in Vale, it was only $12 dollars. And for a hard cover too!" she took a breath and then seemed to calm down again, "sorry i just haven't met many people today who like books."
"No it's fine, rather cute actually." Dan said simply. Her bow twitched again, and she blushed redder than a tomato. "Anyway it was nice talking to you Blake, sleep well and just in case i don't see you tomorrow, Good Luck." he walked away, finished with his information probing, Okay so anything to do with books is off the table.
End of chapter 1