SONG Chapter 1
The engines of the aircraft roared at a deafening volume as it landed, it screamed as the engine shut off and the engine came to a halt.
Alex Slash, the tall boy with long dirty blonde hair, turned to his best friend right next to him, Grant
Archer, the boy shorter than alex (although Alex was the tallest out of all of them) with short blonde hair and said "looks like we've finally made it to beacon huh?" a grin grew across his face
Grant glanced at him and smiled "yeah looks like we finally did. Man, it was a long trip from vacuo."
Alex replied "so we're actually gonna be huntsmen aren't we dude"
"Heh looks like it"
"Then let's gets moving then"
The two friends jumped off the aircraft flowing into the crowd of people heading towards the main building. There were hundreds of people there and the orientation was starting. As a deep familiar and famous voice spoke the room grew quiet.
"Hello everyone I am Professor Ozpin the Headmaster here at Beacon Academy. I want to say that I look forward to seeing you attend the school that you have worked so hard to get to, you will get your classes and rooms after your initiation test tomorrow. please follow directions as instructed by me and our other professors here as where to sleep and sparring rooms ….."
Alex drifted out in his thoughts and he didn't listen much longer as he also began to think about boredom and what this year would be like. He knew Grant was way more excited about this then he was but he was happy to be there.
After an amazing presentation Grant sat excitedly in his chair waiting for tomorrow to come he knew for sure that him and Alex would be on the same team he was sure of it.
"Hey Alex" he turned around as he saw that he had fallen asleep. Annoyed and confused at how easily he fell asleep at such a perfect presentation Grant shook Alex awake.
"Huh" Alex flashed awake he looked around then at Grant "oh did i fall asleep oops oh well i caught the introduction, so what are we supposed to do?"
Grant rolled his eyes in annoyance but also amusement "We're going to spend the night in the ballroom and tomorrow we'll have our first test."
"Alright" a bland response but a response indeed. He understood the instructions and was ready. Alex glanced at his scroll "well let's get to the gym at about 6pm so we have a spot to sleep before too many people get there, It's 3pm now so we should go get our stuff." while he only had a bigger size backpack, Alex still wanted to get his stuff from the cargo ship.
Grant simply nodded in agreement "that sounds like a good plan to me, I'm okay with it." Alex may be a slacker but he can think pretty well most of the time. Grant didn't think he was smarter than he was though.
They both set off and ignored the others socializing. they didn't need other friends, all they needed was each other. The faint smell of dust was still in the air,Grant acknowledge it , "did someone explode?"
Alex simply replied "I don't know"
Alex grabbed his backpack as Grant grabbed his suitcase and they headed out to put their stuff up for the night in the ballroom.
"So where even is the ballroom " Alex asked as he glanced at Grant
"Right past the main building by the dorm building, it's the biggest building cause of the training rooms there"
"Alright well I don't think it'll take three hours to get there so what do we want to do after we set stuff down"
"Well Ozpin said we're allowed to use the training rooms since we're students now, just don't forget the rules posted there" Grant pounded his fists together "I could use a little warm up with Sckorn." Sckorn, his weapon he made with the help of Alex and his dad, Alex's dad was a legend, Enrathi the one who's easily one of the top huntsmen but Alex hid this fact and Grant knew he didn't like the attention it gave him.
Sckorn was twin gauntlets with four dust elements in each arm, it was all made of black metal and ran up all the way to the elbow. Each element would change out like a revolving cylinder in a small vile
"Heh no doubt i'll mess up some of the punching bags huh" the blonde boy said as he put his hind on his bicep
"I'm sure you will dude" the tall boy with hair past his shoulders said as he gently laid one hand on reaper edge's handle, his weapon was a katana with a revolver for the hilt and the guard barrel being just under the back of the blade.
"I probably will be down with working on my hand to hand with you Grant" Alex's arm that was resting on his weapon fell to his side.
"Yeah that sounds pretty fun. getting a good training session in with my good ol' pal"
The two got to the building's big double doors, it certainly was a big enough room, it had to be at least the size of a football field on the inside
"Over there" Grant said as he pointed to an open spot near the back corner
"Alright" they walked to the location he pointed out, i'm sure he knows I don't like socializing, Alex thought
Grant set his stuff down, he stretched and glanced around the room. He looked near the center and saw an extremely gorgeous girl with bright blonde hair and amethyst eye setting her stuff down near the center. The girl accompanying her looked like she was two years too young but maybe she was the one behind the explosion because the she was covered in ash still
Alex chuckled "hey stop scoping out the chicks and pull out your sleeping bag so our spots are saved before we go practice."
He turned around flustered and his face having a light blush "hey i'm just taking in the scenery before we go practice."
Alex laughed again "hah whatever you say buddy just make sure you change before we go down to train" and with that he picked up his weapons and left towards the training room, he was thinking about the path to the training rooms when he bumped into someone knocking them over along with himself
"Ahh sorry" Alex stood up and offered his hand to the girl instantly, she took his hand and lifted herself angry with him
"I'll have you know you should watch where you're going, I was paying full attention" the girl with white hair and the side ponytail said.
He recognized her immediately "I know you, you're Weiss Schnee, my dad has worked as head of security for lots of your family's dust transports on trains and boats."
"Hmph, well hopefully you're fighting technique is like your dad's if he can be head guard one of MY family's precious transports" she scanned him, " let's hope it's better than your attention span" she stormed off.
Alex swiped his shirt from the dirt that was on it from falling, around the corner was the staircase leading down to the changing rooms and the training rooms.
Shortly after changing Grant met up with Alex in the hand to hand combat room. The rules are pretty simple, there's rooms dedicated to certain weapons like bladed, large blunt, pistol, machine gun, etc. and you don't use the wrong weapon in the wrong room. The two friends were in the hand to hand combat room where Grants weapon was also allowed
"Are you sure you're not gonna go practice blade work? You never use reapers edge on the Grimm" Grant asked?
"Nah, you know I don't use it much, I don't wanna use my dad's weapon, I told him I'd be my own huntsman" Alex answered back.
"Yeah but using his weapon isn't using him to help you"
"I want to use my skills for a while until I can handle at least beowulf pack without it at the least"
"That makes sense I guess, well what do you want to wo-" Grant's sentence was cut short when the blonde girl from before walked in, he felt a blush creep up his collar to his face and Alex saw this.
Alex put his hand on Grant's shoulder and said loudly "hey, I'm gonna go work on my blade work after all. Maybe you could find another sparring partner" he walked over to the wall closest to him and picked up Reapers Edge, before leaving he got close and whispered to Grants ear " knock em dead" Alex patted his shoulder and headed out.
Alex, proud of himself, walked down the hall and entered the blade room where he sat alone with his blade.
Grant, nervous but confident, walked up to the girl and asked "You wanna spar with me a few rounds"
A huge grin went across the blonde girls face "gladly, The Name's Yang Xiao Long" she stuck out her hand
"My name is Grant Archer" he shook her hand.
Yang, ready to throw down, "now prepare for a fight you won't regret starting"
She raised her hands in a fighting pose "you'll be hurting after this" and so they began.