A/N: This is my 1st attempt at a fanfiction, so please feel free to critique me in any way in the reviews. Also, I do not own RWBY. I never have and never will.


CHAPTER 1-BEACON ACADEMY

"So, this would be the mighty Beacon Academy. Doesn't look like much, does it?", the young man said to his companion Ryan. "Not really, but after being kicked out of Dust knows how many schools, I'm willing to put in the time to finish this place, so let's try and keep this one going, can we Adam?", was the reply he got. "Alright, so I'm guessing we go to the main assembly hall to get sorted out?" the one called Adam asked receiving a shrug of the shoulders in response. Rubbing the bridge of his nose in frustration, Adam started to lead him towards the main entrance of the school.

"Adam, do you hear something?" Ryan asked as they neared a statue in the middle of the grounds. Adam nodded and both of them turned just in time to see two girls having what seemed to be a heated argument, one of them cowering under a red hood, and a girl dressed head to toe in white towering over her shaking what appered to be a vial of fire Dust at her. Adam didn't know what it was, but the girl in white seemed awfully familiar from somewhere. It was that moment when Ryan tapped him on the shoulder and pointed at the red hooded girl, Adam noticing her face contort as if she was about to...


"ACHOO!"


The resulting explosion nearly blew both of the girls off the edge of the cliff Beacon was situated on, but luckily, all that happened was the cloud of fire Dust particles created by the girl in white's vial ignited and created a thin layer of ash which stuck to both of the girls clothes.

"You idiot! Don't you know what you are doing? You could have killed us both!" was the resulting scream from the girl in white. Adam decided he had heard enough and decided to intervene. "Excuse me, but it seems to me like you are being particularly mean to this sweet girl, and frankly, I am not the kind of person who lets this sort of behaviour stand. I think you should apologise to this girl immediately" he rattled off with a barely detectable hint of venom in his voice, which the girl picked up on.

"Excuse me?" the girl in white shot back, turning to face the new arrivals. "Don't you know who you are talking to?" she added, giving Adam the kind of stare which usually made people cower in fear, but not Adam. He had spent a lot of his life looked at like that and it didn't work on him as much as it seemed to work on the girl in the red hood. Adam was about to reply "No" but when the girl turned to face him, he recognized her almost immediately. "Of course I do, Miss. You are Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee Dust Company, practically the biggest corporation on the face of Remnant, known for significant contributions to many fields in recent years..." "Finally, some recognition!" the girl said, cutting Adam off and flinging her ponytail over her shoulder as she said it, only for Adam to raise a finger to silence her, "... but also infamous for its controversial labour laws and low work rate for what they consider "second-class" citizens."


Adam was of course referring to the mistreatment of the race of people called the Faunus, which were people who were born with animal characteristics, such as cat ears and monkey tails. They were often looked down upon by humans, but Adam and Ryan had nothing against them. They had always seen the Faunus as people just like everyone else. Not to say that all of them were good natured, because that would be a far cry from the truth. In recent years, a group of Faunus had assembled an organized militia and called themselves the White Fang. They had been responsible for numerous attacks on humans the last few months, which prompted Adam and Ryan to enrol at Beacon Academy to become Huntsmen & defend the world from both the creatures of Grimm and the various criminal elements of the planet.


"HOW DARE YOU?!" Weiss bellowed before turning her back on the three people behind her and storming off. "You OK?" Adam asked the girl in the red hood, extending a hand to help her off the ground. "Yeah, I'm fine" she answered. "Thanks for helping me out there, I was afraid she might have bitten my head off!" she added, gaining a small smirk from both of the boys in response. "It was my pleasure. Name's Adam Robertson, and this is Ryan Clougherty. And who might you be?" Adam asked, determined to know the name of the girl who seemed to want to be their friend. "Oh, sorry! My name is Ruby, Ruby Rose! Pleasure to meet you!" she stated, smiling to the two before her eyes locked on to the swords hooked to their waists.

"Ooooh, I like your swords! What do they turn into, if you don't mind my asking?"she asked, nearly jumping up and down in excitement. Both boys couldn't help but suppress a snigger at the girl's antics, but Adam pulled his sword out, cleared his throat and said, "My sword is called Deathcaliber, and can transform into a rifle, which can then be split into two halves which double as both pistols and daggers. The sword is double edged and the the blade at either end can be fired at the enemy using the pistol mechanism on the opposite side. " he rattled off, clearly having had to memorize that speech multiple times.

"Wow, your weapon can attack in many different ways. That's so cool! That's the first weapon I've seen with more than 2 functions!" Ruby said, staring in awe at Deathcaliber.

"And Ryan's sword, named Stormblade, can transform into both a rocket launcher and a pair of pistol daggers." Adam rounded off.

"What kind of weapon do you have Ruby?" Ryan asked, noticing what appeared to be her weapon folded at her back. Ruby smirked at him, then unsheathed her weapon which turned out to be an oversized scythe, it's blade nearly cutting off Deathcaliber's when it popped out. "My weapon, Crescent Rose, can turn into a customizable, high-impact sniper rifle! I made her myself, what about you two? Did you make your weapons?" she asked, gaining a nod from both of the boys in response.

"Right, well this has been fun, but we should probably be getting to the main hall for orientation", Ryan said, tapping both Adam and Ruby on their shoulders to gain their attention. Adam looked at his watch and saw that it was nearly time for orientation. All three of them sheathed their weapons and ran full-pelt towards the front doors of Beacon. They made it just as the noise level in the hall was dying down to allow the headmaster, Professor Ozpin, to give his speech.

"Oh, I see my big sister Yang over there!" Ruby said, pointing to a towering blonde figure waving in their direction. "I'll talk to you guys later!" she shouted back to them as she started jogging towards the figure.

"Well, she certainly has character, don't you think?" Adam said over his shoulder to Ryan, who sniggered in response. "You can say that again. Now come on, we should get spaces", he stated, gesturing at an area for them to stand...


"Well, that was fucking boring!" Adam let out as he collapsed onto his bed in the hall the new 1st years were sleeping in, before initiation the next day would sort the new students into teams. They had just arrived from the agonisingly long orientation talk, and had gotten changed into their pyjamas before talking to each other. "I agree", Ryan said, nodding his head in response. "They really don't set a good standard for the school when simply the talk that welcomes students to the school is long and drawn-out."

At that moment, Adam's eye was drawn over to the corner of the room, where he was hit with a bolt of recognition. Shaking Ryan's shoulder furiously, he pointed over to the girl sitting on her own, her nose in a book, trying to be unnoticed by the rest of the room. "Ryan, is that who I think it is?" he asked, even though he already knew the answer. Ryan followed the direction his arm was pointing in, and his eyes went wide. "It can't be, can it? It is!" he exclaimed. "It's Shannon Mccafferty! Dust, it's been years since we last saw her! Do you think we should go up and say hello?" He added, not sure what to do. "Of course we do. We were friends before, right?" was Adam's reply, which Ryan responded to with, "Really, Adam? Last time she saw you, she all but broke your nose for making fun of her relationship!" "Ok, fair point. But that was years ago. We've both grown past it. At least, I have anyway. I'm going up to her. You coming?" He asked, getting to his feet in record time and pulling Ryan along without waiting for an answer.


As the two boys wound through the maze of sleeping bags and people who were staying up late to chat, they failed to notice that they were being watched by a girl who seemed to take a particular interest in Adam more than Ryan. She had seen them help out Ruby that morning, and was wanting to go up and talk to them, but she was just too nervous. She had been alone for most of her life, with no friends or family to look after her, so she craved for the feeling of companionship, but she quickly banished any hopes of getting friendly with anyone, especially Adam, as he struck her as the type of person who wasn't out to make friends...How wrong she was...


Eventually, Adam and Ryan reached the corner where Shannon was reading, and Adam gained her attention by clearing his throat and saying "Hello! Excuse us for disturbing you, but could we be so bold as to ask your name, Miss?" "If you're trying to ask me out, your out of luck. I'm not looking for a relationship at the moment." the girl said, without even looking up from her book. Ryan tried to make up for the blunder by stating "Oh,no,no,no! We, um... we were just wanting to know your name as you seem awfully familiar to us. If you're not who we think you are, we will leave you alone. I promise." He said, putting a hand over his heart to show his sincerity.

"Well, alright then. That seems fair. My name is Shannon Mccafferty. Pleasure to make your acquaintance." she said, finally lifting her eyes from the book and placing it on the ground. Adam nodded his head and proceeded to ask Shannon, "Did you move from Patch to Vale 5 years ago, by any chance?" She stared at him, stunned at how he knew that. "How do you know that?" she asked, with her eyes wide. "Well, we were the last two people you saw before you left Shannon. Remember Adam and Ryan? Your best friends?" Adam asked her. Shannon looked down at the ground then back up, looked between the two of them, and nodded. "It's so good to see you two again!", she stated, jumping up and hugging the two of them. "We should get together sometime and chat, but right now, we should get some sleep. We've got a long day ahead of us tomorrow!"


A/N: So that's the ball rolling! Yes, Teams RWBY and JNPR will be in this fanfiction as allies to our main team, but I will be tweaking their characters just a little bit here or there. As you may have noticed, Ruby is a lot more timid with Weiss at the beginning than she is in the show, but I thought that would be the best circumstance for our characters to meet her. Also, the "mysterious girl" watching our heroes near the end is actually the 4th team member, but we'll learn more about her character in the next chapter.