Beacon's courtyard was quiet, class was in session and everyone was working away. But then something appeared in the courtyard, out of thin air and a 17 year old male crashed to the ground with a thud. "Ow." A man with a light blue bandana covering the lower half of his face, blue combat armor with sage accents, and a faded green cape attached to the back of his armor. Two scars showed above his right eye, the one closer to his forehead longer than the other one. Odell Pacinelli slowly rose from the ground, rubbing his head to ease the pain 'Where am I?' He thought to himself as he looked around his environment with his maroon eyes, he lived in the woods and was training with his father to find out his semblance, apparently it had been teleporting. He turned around and saw Beacon Academy, causing his jaw to drop "It's huge!" he picked up his weapon, Crescent Ballista, which was a scythe combined with a rocket launcher, the best of both worlds in his opinion. He looked at building in front of him and decided to head inside, wondering what new adventures could possibly await him.
Odell wandered the empty halls of Beacon, wondering how a building so large could be so empty, he kept one hand on his sheathed scythe, staying ready for something dangerous to pop out at him, he turned a corner only to bump into the first he'd seen since he started his journey inside Beacon.
"Sorry, I didn't see you the-" He was stopped himself when he saw that the person he had run into was gone, rose petals replacing where they once stood.
Just as he went to pull out his weapon he heard a voice from behind him "Whoa, you're a scythe wielder too? Awesome."
Odell immediately jumped, turning around quickly to face the person whom the voice belonged to, he was surprised to see a small girl, looking about 2 years younger than him, wearing a black corset and red hood and cape accompanying it, as well as a combat skirt, matching the color scheme of her corset.
"You? You fight….with a scythe?" Odell responded after he got past the confusion of the situation
"I do" The girl unsheathed her scythe and let it hit the ground, the weapon almost double her size "See?" She had a smirk on her face, showing obvious pride in her weapon, an anti-material rifle attached to it.
Odell was not about to be shown up by a younger girl, he quickly unsheathed Crescent Ballista and let it hit the ground and gave his own little smirk, waiting for the gasp of amazement
"Is that a rocket launcher attached to it?" was all the girl responded with
"Yes, yes it is."
"Doesn't that seem….a bit unconventional?"
Odell was speechless, he had received praise by his family for the ingenuity for making this weapon, and for it to be called unconventional angered him, and he got defensive "Excuse me? Unconventional? This thing could take out a horde of Grimm in a matter of seconds!"
The girl just put her head down in silence, sheathing her scythe and began walking away, not wanting to deal with yelling. 'Dammit I did it again.' Odell thought to himself as he sheathed his weapon as well "Hey, wait. I'm sorry, I just get a little defensive over the things I work hard on, let's start over. I'm Odell Pacinelli." He extended his hand out, hoping she would forgive him for his outburst
"Ruby Rose." She gave a soft smile and shook his hand
"Nice to meet you Ruby" He returned her smile and rubbed the back of his head awkwardly "So, what is this place exactly?"
Ruby let out a surprised gasp "You mean you don't know? This is Beacon Academy, where warriors come to become hunters and huntresses."
Odell's jaw dropped, a school dedicated to creating the heroes he had admired since he was a kid, he had wanted to be one ever since he was saved by one as a boy from an Ursa "This place trains hunters and huntresses?" Ruby gave a nod "Where do I sign up?" This was his chance to achieve his dream and he wasn't about to pass it up
"You have to get accepted by Headmaster Ozpin, follow me, I'll show you." Ruby motioned for Odell to follow, and he excitedly did.
'This is my chance, alright just play it cool and don't blow this. This is your dream, your story starts here, just got to impress this Ozpin fella.' As Odell and Ruby made their way to the Emerald Tower, classes ended and students began to swarm the halls, excited that the school day was over and they got to relax, no one real noticing Odell, other than a few glances here and there, but he kept following Ruby, thinking about what he would say to this Ozpin so that he could attend this school, and start his journey toward being the hero he always wanted to be.
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