Chapter 1
First Day Of School
In the world of Remnant, there were several kingdoms, the kingdoms of Vacuo, Mistral, Vale, and Mantle.
In the kingdom of Vale, a (h/c) haired boy walked around the courtyard of a big high school.
He wore black torn skinny jeans and a shirt that was blue. He wore a jacket, and a pair of (f/c) tinted sunglasses hung on his shirt.
He had black headphones that had a (f/c) trim on it. His hair had streaks of gray, and his eyes were (e/c).
He looked up at a big tower, which was at least twenty stories tall.
"Beacon...", he said.
He walked towards the tower, and entered the lobby.
He walked through the lobby into the elevator, as he pressed the button that led to the top of the tower.
A few minutes later, he reached the top, and walked into the top floor room.
It was an office with a large desk and a chair turned towards the view outside.
"Headmaster Ozpin?", he asked.
The chair turned around, and the man sitting in the chair stood up. He had gray hair and greenish grayish eyes. He wore a black suit without a tie, and a green scarf.
"Yes?", he said, sipping from the coffee mug in his left hand. He held a walking cane with his right hand.
Somewhere else...
The intercom rang in. "Please drop off your luggage in the gym, and make sure they're tagged with your name and room number. After classes, you may go to your room and unpack. Thank you.", a female voice said.
Ruby Rose and Yang Xiao Long walked around the school, looking for their class, whilst passing students and staff.
Ruby wore black jeans, and a red shirt, while Yang wore blue jean shorts and a brown biker jacket over a yellow crop top.
"I don't know where to go. It's just...it's so big!", Ruby said.
"Yeah.", Yang said. "Don't worry, we'll find someone to help us get to our classes."
"Sorry, it's just...dad's so happy we finally get to go here, and...I don't wanna be late on the first day.", Ruby said, the fifteen year old rubbing her forehead.
Her blonde older sister smiled and ruffled Ruby's hair. "Don't worry. Let's ask her over there.", she said, pointing to a girl over by the benches.
She had white hair and wore white and red clothes, with a backpack and a laptop satchel.
Ruby came over and tapped the girl on her shoulder, making her jolt and jump in surprise, making the scroll in her hands fly up. She caught it at the last second, before checking to see if it was OK.
"Huh?!", she said, before seeing the black haired girl in front of her.
"What's your problem?", she said. "Can't you see I'm on a call?!"
"I-I'm sorry, I was gonna ask if you knew your way around-", Ruby said.
"Of course I don't! I'm new here, like you!", the white haired girl spat, her ice blue eyes glaring into the fifteen year old.
Yang stepped up. "Hey, back off!", she said, pulling Ruby away. "What's your problem? She obviously didn't mean to scare you!", she said.
"Ha, I wasn't scared, I was startled!", the girl said. Yang and Ruby sweat dropped simultaneously.
"Those literally mean the same thing, you know that?", Yang said.
"Either way, you almost broke my scroll!", the girl said.
"I said I was sorry-", Ruby said, before Yang dragged her away.
"Let's go, the ice princess is obviously not satisfiable.", Yang said, as the white haired girl kept yelling at them.
Somewhere else...
Blake Belladonna sat on the bench, reading her book, "The Man With Two Souls", her amber yellow eyes tracing each word on the page.
She wore a black skirt, black leggings, and a white shirt, and she wore a black bow on her head.
She sighed as she flipped the page, before someone ran past her and hid behind the bench she was sitting on.
She turned to see a pair of bunny ears sticking out from behind the bench. A bunny Faunus girl with chocolate brown eyes and brown hair shaking behind the bench.
Blake was about to question her, but then she heard some voices.
"Where'd that freak go?"
"C'mere, bitch!"
Four boys, all wearing the school uniform, walked past the bench, not noticing the ears sticking out.
Blake waited until they were out of earshot, and turned over to the Faunus.
"Hey, are you OK?", she asked.
"Y-yeah...", the girl said. Blake noted she had a bit of an outback accent, which she found sounding a bit cool.
"Lemme guess, they were homo-Faunus guys?", Blake asked.
"T-they keep pulling my ears.", the girl said. The base of her bunny ears were red, and Blake cringed slightly.
"I'm sorry to hear that.", Blake said, putting her book in her backpack.
"I'm Blake. Blake Belladonna.", Blake introduced.
"V-Velvet Scarlatina...", the girl said, her bunny ears twitching. Then she let out a squeak and ducked again.
The four boys from earlier walked back, and turned to see Blake giving them a look.
"What's with that look?", he asked, almost accusingly.
"You walk past me saying the word bitch, what am I supposed to think?", Blake asked.
The boys just stared at her, before they walked past.
Blake turned again to see Velvet still crouching on the ground. "Are they gone?", she asked.
"Yeah.", Blake said. Velvet let out a shaky sigh and slowly got up.
"Why're you helping me?", Velvet asked. "I'm a Faunus."
"Well...I'm one of you.", Blake said.
Velvet twitched, confused. Blake sighed. She looked around, before she pointed at her bow.
"What is it?", Velvet asked.
"Cat ears.", Blake said. Her bow twitched in response.
Velvet's eyes widened. "Oh.", she said.
"You won't tell anyone, would you?", Blake asked.
"No. It's the least I could do for you not ratting me out.", Velvet said, smiling assuredly.
"Thanks.", Blake said. "Do you know where your classes are?"
"Yeah...but I'm guessing those bullies are waiting there.", Velvet said.
"I'll come with you.", Blake said.
"Really?", Velvet asked.
"Yeah.", Blake said. "I'll help a sister out."
Velvet smiled. "Y-you don't have to do that.", she said.
Blake just picked up her stuff and walked with Velvet.
Somewhere else...
Ruby and Yang looked inside their class, and saw a green haired teacher with big round glasses.
The teacher turned to noticed them and smiled. "Ah, welcome. Take a seat, any seat.", he said.
Ruby sat in the seat next to Yang, and they waited. Then a grown haired girl with bunny ears and a black haired girl with a black bow on her head entered the class, and moments later, the white haired girl who yelled at Ruby entered.
"Oh, great.", Yang said.
Then a young boy with (h/c) hair and headphones entered the room, and sat in the chair next to the black haired girl.
Blake looked next to her to see the boy getting his things out. He turned and smiled at her. Blake just turned back and opened her pack.
"So, what's up?"
Blake turned back to (y/n). "Excuse me?", she asked.
"I said, what's up?", he asked. "First day at school?"
Blake sighed. "Yes, if you must know.", she said.
"OK, then.", (y/n) said.
"Hello, I'm Doctor Bartholomew Oobleck, the history teacher at Beacon High. I'd like the class to introduce yourselves.", the teacher said.
The first student went first, then row by row, each student said their name and age, as well as what year they were in.
"I'm Blake Belladonna. I'm 16 and I'm a first year.", Blake introduced.
"Hello, Blake. OK, who's next?", Oobleck asked.
"I'm (y/n) (l/n), I'm 16 and I'm a freshman.", (y/n) said.
"Very good. Now, take out your history textbook and turn to page 27.", Oobleck said, as he began to teach.
In the middle of class, (y/n) would pass Blake a note asking her some random question. At first, Blake answered the first three or so honestly, thinking that he was simply bored and wanting to humor him. But after the eleventh note, she was sure this boy was out to annoy her.
An hour later, the students walked out of class, confused at the teacher's method of teaching, zipping around the class and talking abnormally fast.
Blake rubbed her eyes and leaned on the wall. "No teacher can possibly move that fast.", she thought. "And thanks to the guy, I didn't even get to pay attention to half the class."
"You OK?"
Blake looked up to see the same (h/c) haired boy standing next to her. He still wore his headphones.
"Oh, it's you again.", Blake said. "What do you want?"
"Well...you left your book in there, Blake, right?", (y/n) said. He held up a book, the same one she was reading before class started.
Blake's eyes widened, before she took it from the boy. "Thanks.", she said.
(y/n) tilted his head in confusion. "Are you OK?", he asked.
"I'm fine. Why do you care?", Blake asked.
The boy smiled gently. "I'm just making sure.", he said. "See ya, friend."
He walked to his next class, leaving a very confused Blake.
"When did we become friends?", Blake muttered.
Then Velvet walked up to Blake. "Thanks for walking me to my first period. Hopefully I'll see you around?", she asked.
"Sure. Are you OK being by yourself?", Blake asked. Velvet replied in a smile.
"My friend Coco is in the next period. I'll be fine, but thank you anyways!", Velvet said, skipping away.
"No problem.", Blake said, smiling at the Faunus.
Velvet walked away, looking around occasionally in case those bullies came back.
The next period, Blake walked to the next class, and saw (y/n) sitting in the row second to the back. He was on his scroll, and luckily for her, wasn't noticing her.
Blake sat all the way in the front, hoping to stay there, away from the irritating boy, when a student walked up.
"Excuse me, but this is my seat.", the student said.
"Huh? I'm sorry, I didn't see a sign.", Blake said, genuinely.
"Oh, that's OK. The seating chart's right there.",, the student said, pointing at the chart hanging on the wall next to the board.
Blake nodded, apologized again, and walked up to the seating chart. She looked through the rows and columns on the paper, until she saw her name.
And it was right next to (y/n) (l/n).
"Oh, Oum...", Blake muttered. She snuck her way to (y/n) and sat in her seat.
"Oh."
Blake turned to see (y/n) looking at her, a little confusion on his face.
"Hi again.", he said.
"Hi.", she said, clearly annoyed.
For the whole class, the teacher wasn't even teaching as much as he was talking about his childhood and growing up.
And every time the teacher got to something that was "interesting", (y/n) would whisper to Blake a comment like "like hell that happened" or "I'll bet everything he's joking".
Two more periods later, it was lunch. Blake got her lunch, a tuna salad and a roll, and sat by herself near a tree.
She could see Velvet talking with her friends, a brown haired girl, a muscular boy, and a slightly smaller dark skinned boy.
Not that she minded, she preferred to be alone. She started eating, when a blonde girl and a shorter black haired girl came up.
"Hi. Blake, right?", Ruby asked.
"Yeah.", Blake said.
"Mind if we sit here?", Yang asked.
"Nope.", Blake said. Ruby and Yang sat near her, around the tree. Then Ruby and Yang entered a conversation about their classes, which somewhat annoyed Blake.
But she knew they were just doing what humans do, socializing. In fact, she was glad she wasn't 100% human. She could eat her lunch alone, in peace.
But the universe wasn't about to let that happen.
"Hey."
Blake looked up to see the same boy with the headphones. She stifled an irritated groan.
"Hi.", she said, leaving a hint of coldness in her greeting.
Unfortunately, (y/n) didn't get her hostility and sat near her anyway.
"Hey, (y/n).", Yang said.
"What's hanging, Yang?", (y/n) said.
"Not much.", Yang said.
(y/n) turned to Blake. "Hi, I'm (y/n). Sorry I didn't get to personally introduce myself earlier.", he said.
"Don't worry, not like I cared.", Blake grumbled.
(y/n) shook off the remark and opened his lunch box.
He smelled the contents in the box, which was his favorite dish, (f/f), and sighed.
Blake looked over at his lunch, and even she had to admit it looked good. She felt her Faunus ears twitch under her bow, and she quickly turned away before they could shake the bow off.
(y/n) started eating, and Blake sighed.
"Showing off your lunch isn't a good way at making friends.", Blake said.
"Sorry, I'm just a fan of lunch period. And I get to cook, so, yeah.", (y/n) said.
"You cook your own lunches?", Blake asked.
"And breakfast, and dinner. Guess I won't have to cook for a while, now that I'm living here.", (y/n) said. "Though, I will miss living alone."
Blake was surprised. "Huh, I figured a guy like you would have lots of family.", she said, honestly.
"Nah, I ain't got family. Just me and the world alone.", (y/n) said, sighing.
She was about to say something, when (y/n) spoke up again.
"But who cares? No one really notices. Umm, I'm sorry for bothering you earlier today. I didn't mean to and...I'll just leave.", (y/n) said, a sigh escaping him. Blake could see his tone was sad, but he still had his lips curled up. It was a sad smile, but still a smile nonetheless.
"I'll see you later.", (y/n) said.
He got up and was about to leave, when Blake said something that made him stop.
"Actually, I wanna know more about you.", she said. It was true, she was suddenly interested in how someone who was alone was so happy.
Then again, there was the option of insanity.
(y/n) suddenly became shy. "Well...are you sure? I never heard of anyone wanting to hear a sob story.", he said, looking away. If his grin went away, Blake didn't see.
"Yeah, I'm curious. And...I'm sorry for being rude to you earlier. You were just trying to be nice, in a forceful kind of way.", Blake said, almost looking down in shame.
"No, no one's at fault.", (y/n) said. "This is a good start."
"Yeah.", Blake said. Then the lunch bell rang.
"Sorry, class...", Blake said.
"Yeah. We could catch up after school, though.", (y/n) offered. "My room number is 427."
"Oh, mine is 436.", Blake said.
"Cool. Maybe we can meet, talk about each other for a bit?", (y/n) asked.
Blake smiled. "I'd like that.", she said. (y/n) was about to leave when Blake remembered she had a question for her.
"Wait."
(y/n) turned around. "Yeah?", he asked.
"Why'd you decide to talk to me? No offense, but most people find it better or more quiet when someone is alone.", Blake said.
"You looked like you needed it.", (y/n) said.
Blake smirked. "I know there's another reason.", she said.
(y/n) blushed slightly, before grinning. "There's a difference between being alone and being lonely.", he said. Blake's eyes widened slightly with surprise.
(y/n) winked at Blake as he walked away to his next class. Blake chucked as she got up and finished the rest of her lunch. She never thought she'd say this after what she thought earlier, but she looked forward to the next class with (y/n).