Hey guys! Smalltowngamer here with another new story. I recently started watching RWBY lately and the urge to write a self-insert grew after reading a few good fics on this site. My last self-insert wasn't that good so I'm gonna try pretty hard not to screw this one up. For any fans of the Selfless Insert reading this (If there are any) I don't plan on continuing that anytime soon because it needs to be reworked and edited. Heavily. So in the mean time hopefully this will be a good fic for you :)
P.S. Do the characters of Ruby have an official age? I was thinking Beacon was the Remnant equivalent of college so Ruby is sixteen and the others are eighteen? Oh well, thats how its gonna be in this story regardless if that is right or not.
P.P.S I want to try a game, if someone can guess the reference of Cyan's last name, and some other references in this chapter, I will take a request of what you want to see in the next chapter. Hint: I mentioned a sports team in one of my other stories, Novak is a member of that team. That's the only hint you guys are getting! Feel free to leave the answer in a review!
Verdant talking= This
Speech="This"
Thoughts and Journal entries=This
Excerpt from the journal of one, Cyan Novak
I always had really vivid dreams. Dreams of people fighting an ancient evil dragon, dreams of a nightguard of a pizzeria, and dreams of two fighters taking on a world filled with monsters. My friends and family always told me that those dreams meant something, possibly something important about my own character. The little things that made me tick. So, naturally, when I woke up in front of Beacon Academy from the popular web series; RWBY. I was pretty sure I was dreaming again.
End of excerpt
The academy was huge, the show really didn't do it any justice at all. It could've been because everything had detail now, including all of the people. Instead of the black silhouettes Cyan Novak, our hero, was accustomed to with this show, it was diverse looking anime characters.
For some reason this dreams seems more real than the others did, even that one with the animatronics seems fake in comparison. The teen walked into the school after taking in the surrounding area. As Cyan walked he pulled at the drawstring of his almost signature N7 hoodie. A customized one that replaced the red stripe on the arm with a light blue one.
He strode past the fountain in the center of the main courtyard, catching a glance of his own brown-almost-black eyes, and same color hair. Cyan wasn't very tall, at five feet eight inches. The seventeen year old was shorter than average when compared to the rest of America, but stronger than most.
As the teen continued walking towards the school,he came across two of the main characters of RWBY, Ruby Rose and Weiss Schnee. The former was a short girl that was obviously younger than her companion. She wore a black combat skirt, and a red cape billowing behind her in a heroic fashion. Her panic stricken eyes were an odd silver and her hair was a black with a seemingly crimson tint.
Weiss, on the other hand, seemed to be the exact opposite of Ruby. With a white combat skirt on instead, and a scary looking rapier at her side. Her ice blue eyes shone with annoyance at the younger girl. Her snow white hair held in a side pony tail swayed side to side as she yelled.
"Do you know how volatile dust is in it's base state?!"
The brown-haired teen watch the two girls argue, or more like the white haired one yelling at the reddish-black haired one. Maybe intervening here will change the story some? Cyan Novak, watched curiously as the girl he knew as Weiss Schnee wave a capsule of dust in front of the smaller girl's nose. Weiss kept on scolding the younger Ruby Rose without noticing the scythe wielder's nose scrunch up in a sneeze. Cyan, who was within an arm's distance of the girls, quickly reached a hand out to squeeze the young crimsonette's nose, and successfully stopped an important plot device.
"That could've been really bad." The teen turned to the heiress, "Shouldn't you be more careful with dust instead of waving it around like that?" Weiss turned a shade of red the male was sure humans weren't suppose to. Ignoring the fuming girl, the brown haired teen turned his back to Weiss in favor of Ruby, who looked really embarrassed.
"Are you ok?" The young teen nodded awkwardly. "Can you take your hand off my nose now?" Cool guy image shattered, Cyan's hand quickly shot away from Ruby's face. "O-oh, uh, sorry…" They both stood there awkwardly for a few moments, ignoring Weiss completely as the ice queen continued her tirade. Cyan suddenly put his hand up in a gesture of a handshake, "L-let's forget that, shall we? Ok, My name is Cyan Novak you?" The girl grinned as she put her small hand in his larger one, "Ruby Rose."
The two teens walked off chatting, while ignoring the raging Weiss behind them. The girl sighed as she noticed they weren't listening and mumbled something about 'respecting the Schnee name' before attending to her luggage.
"So you skipped ahead two years?"
Ruby nodded happily as the pair walked along, passing by the same fountain that Cyan had passed by earlier. "Yeah, I went to Signal until a few weeks ago. Then some people tried to rob a store I was in. No too smart of them." The brown haired teen laughed, "What did you stop them with? Your witt?" The younger teen poked her tongue out at the boy before grabbing her something on her back. "No, with this!"
Ruby swung the item around, revealing that it was a collapsible scythe, and struck the ground with the tip. Cyan whistled appreciatively, as the other teen began to explain the nuances to the weapon. "It's a scythe with a built in high-caliber sniper rifle that I use to put more power on my swings and propel me forward." She then hugged the weapon close to herself. "I call it Cresent Rose." She turned to Cyan "What about you?"
Say you're an Engineer.
The voice rang in Cyan's ears. It was definitely feminine. The teen looked around strangely before turning to a frowning Ruby "Did you hear something just now?" The crimsonette shook her head still frowning.
Just trust me, tell her you're a Combat and Medical Engineer.
The brown haired boy frowned before deciding to trust the voice. "I'm a Combat and Medical Engineer." Ruby's frown flashed into a smile as she began to hop up and down excitedly in place. "Oooh, can you show me something you can build?" The puppy dog eyes on the young girl could make even the strongest wills to break
Picture one of those Sentry Turrets from Mass Effect 3 that you love so much, and throw it like they do in the game.
Trusting the voice once again, Cyan raised his right arm up. A light blue version of what Cyan knew was an Omni-Tool wrapped around his wrist and up to his elbow as his arm raised, and fell as he pictured one of the smaller turrets was thrown against the stone pathway.
The turret popped out and began floating by itself and began to scan for non-existent enemies. The now revealed engineer looked at his arm were the Omni-Tool remained, shining defiantly, before fading away. Ruby, being the weapon nerd she is, began to fawn over the turret. Any questions she asked were answered thanks to the mysterious voice in Cyan's head.
"Hey do you know where we're supposed to be going?" The crimsonette deadpanned at the other teen, "I was following you." They stopped and looked at each other for a moment before the intercom crackled, "Students, please gather in the main hall." Both sprinted off to the main hall, neither wanted to be late on their first day of school.
"Oh theres my sister!"
Ruby waved at a blonde with a long mane of hair, and wore a brown short skirt, a yellow tank top that didn't leave much to the imagination, and a brown jacket over it. Her lilac eyes shone with mirth as she wave back to her sister.
"I'm going to go talk to her now, see you later Cyan!"
Cyan waved goodbye as he walked by to find an empty space he could stand at. In about five minutes of searching, the frustrated teen couldn't find one place to stand away from others.
There's a spot over there.
The male growled in annoyance as the ambiguous directions didn't help him in the slightest. He gazed around one last time, trying to find the spot that the voice had mentioned. Cyan briefly wondered how long this dream was actually gonna last.
I'm sorry to disappoint you, but this isn't a dream.
The teen snorted, Yeah right, this isn't a dream. I wouldn't be in a webshow or have a voice talking in my head if it wasn't.
Pinch yourself right now. If it hurts you're not in a dream right?
The engineer rolled his eyes and then pinched himself. Hard. "OW. Damnit!" Cyan swore as he grabbed his left arm, before stopping in his tracks. It hurt. It actually hurt.
Believe me now?
The male said nothing as he stared wide eyed at the now bruising mark on his arm. There was pain, which meant that this wasn't a dream. He was actually in the show RWBY! And now he had single handedly managed to screw up the entire plot by stopping the very important explosion that introduced Blake and Weiss and Ruby's early disagreement. That could've changed the entire outcome of the entire show!
W-who are you?
Use your Omni-Tool and picture how a HUD, like from Halo or Borderlands.
The teen shakily did as he was told, and a light blue visor appeared in front of his eyes. The HUD on it displayed his current buildings in the field. He noticed that there was the 'Mobile Turret', 'Tripod Turret', 'Dispenser', 'Shield Pylon', 'Bubble Shield' and 'Combat Drone'. There was also a meter showing his nonexistent aura as N/A, and a small radar.
Then a woman's face appeared in his vision. The woman's skin was a deep green hue, while her eyes and hair were a lighter brown than Cyan's. She had a small smirk on her face as she spoke with some humor in her tone.
All Combat and Medical Engineers, even those who aren't from this universe originally, are equipped with an AI partner. I am yours. You may call me Verdant.
All the teen could do was stare at the image of Verdant. He didn't say anything, he didn't move, he just stood there. The AI's smirk turned into a frown as she began to worry about her companion.
Uh… you don't have any thoughts running through your head right now… Are you, uh, okay…?
Cyan snapped back into the present, and shook his head. He was starting to feel dizzy and nauseated. I need to sit down. The male backed up against the wall, away from the people watching the headmaster give his speech. No one noticed the lone engineer disappear besides a scraggly, blonde haired boy.
When his back hit the wall, Cyan slunk down to a sitting position and closed his eyes. Taking as deep of breaths as he could he tried to rationalize the situation. Alright, last thing I remember before today was that I was sleeping in the car as my family was on our way to my aunt's house. Next thing I know, I'm in RWBY. Somehow I was enrolled at Beacon?
While I have no idea how you came here either, I do know that I was the one to sign you up for Beacon because it's premier Grimm hunting school in Remnant.
Doesn't that mean that I'll have to fight?! I don't know how to fight!
Calm down. You're an Engineer, remember? You throw out turrets and have a support role instead of directly fighting.
But I don't know how to build anything either!
That's why I'm here. The basics are pretty easy to pick up on and their isn't nearly as much math involved on your end as there was back in your world.
After taking a few more deep breaths, Cyan opened his eyes to come in contact with Verdant's concerned green orbs. For some reason this 'A.I.' felt familiar. An odd familiarity that told Cyan to trust it.
You'll help me…?
The AI's face lit up in a smile as she nodded.
For as long as you need me Cyan.
"Are you alright, young man?"
The brown haired teen's head jerked up, Omni-Visor disappearing. Professor Ozpin, a man of surprisingly tall stature, stood before him. The headmaster of Beacon took a sip from the coffee mug he carried at all times, his yellow eyes gazing at Cyan from behind small black spectacles. In Ozpin's other hand was a silver cane that contrasted his black and green color scheme.
"Yes, sir. Just some jet lag getting to me."
The older male's scrutinizing gaze searched the younger's face for hints of lying, but if there was one thing that Cyan was good at it was wearing a mask. Eventually, Ozpin's expression softened as he held out his hand to help the engineer up. Cyan grasped the offered hand and stood up.
"I would recommend getting some sleep. All of the freshman are sleeping in the ballroom tonight." The headmaster turned strode off a few feet before glancing back, "Goodnight, Mr. Novak."
How the hell does he know my name?
He's the headmaster of this school. Even if there are thousands of kids here I bet he makes an effort to remember their names.
The engineer eventually decided to take Ozpin's advice and headed to the ballroom where the other students were sleeping. He couldn't help but laugh as he saw Ruby jumping and waving him over to her and her sister.
"Hey Cyan!" Ruby smiled toothily, "This is my sister, Yang." Cyan held out his hand for a handshake that the boisterous blonde accepted with gusto. Yang squeezed his hand tight and nearly broke it. " If you don't mind, I would like to keep my hand attached to my body."
The brawler grinned sheepishly, "Sorry, I always give firm handshakes for a good first impression." Cyan smiled softly, "It's cool. I'm Cyan Novak, Engineer." Yang grinned widely, "Yang Xiao Long, Brawler," Suddenly she grabbed Ruby and out her in a headlock, "and this girl's older sister."
"Yang!"
"What? I'm just attending to my sisterly duties."
"Not in front of my friend!"
"What do you have a crush on him or something? Could it be that my little sister is in love?"
Ruby flushed a dark shade of read and began cursing out Yang with language that would make the crudest person blush. While this was going in, Cyan sat uncomfortably on the ground next to them.
Verdant, could you find a more secluded place for me to sleep at?
Yeah, put on your Omni-Visor and i'll put up a way-point.
The blue visor appeared as he grabbed the sleeping bag that was laying next to the sisters' collective luggage and walked off, following the trail Verdant gave him. The two girls didn't notice the Engineer leave.
"I just met Cyan! I don't know him very well."
"So its love at first sight then? Awww! Do you feel the same way Cyan?"
The blonde turned to where the brown haired teen had been sitting, triumphant grin on her face. The joyful expression faded to annoyance when Yang saw Cyan was nowhere to be seen much to Ruby's relief.
The brawler's face darkened, "This transgression cannot go unpunished. Ruby…" The younger teen looked at her sister with a fearful expression, Yang's visage changed to a twisted smirk, "grab your stuff, were moving."
So how did you, uh, get in my head?
Cyan sat alone on a balcony gazing at the shattered moon through his Omni-Visor. Verdant's face was present in the corner of his HUD, brown eyes looking into his own of the same color.
When your Omni-Tool was created and linked to your neural system, I was uploaded into your data storage on your Omni-Tool during this time. Before you ask, no, I don't know who brought you here, and I activated shortly before you gained conscious thought again.
Wait… Earlier you said that the reason I'm in Beacon now is because you registered me for the school. But you activated a short time before I regain conscious thought.
Why do you think that you were standing when you regained thought? Using my limited access to your nerves, I moved your body myself while you were asleep, while forging fake transcripts for your application. Then I hacked the school network to give you a full ride scholarship to this school.
Wait you can control my body?!
Only when your unconscious, and I promise that I won't do it unless it is absolutely necessary. I can, however improve your terrible reaction time.
Hey! My reaction time isn't that great.
Is that why you can't catch anything to save your life?
… Point made.
"HEY!"
Cyan nearly jumped out of his skin as he saw Yang rounded the corner with Ruby skipping along happily behind her. The engineer decided he didn't like the full grin on her face at the moment. Suddenly the male shivered, this could possibly be really bad.
Yang leaned down, "It's not nice to leave in the middle of someone's conversation you know. And after my sister made sure to save you a sleeping bag near us." Ruby shouts of it being Yang's idea were ignored, as she kept on staring at the nervous engineer.
Cyan noticed that the both of them were carrying their luggage and sleeping bags with them, he twitched involuntarily, then resigned himself to his fate. "So," Yang continued, "We decided that if our spot wasn't good enough then the one you chose would have to be much better right?" The question was punctuated by the blonde throwing her and Ruby's sleeping bag next to his. "Is that okay?"
"Well since you're asking…"
IT'S A TRAP!
"That is a perfect idea."
Yang smiled as she began to take off her jacket and skirt, before Ruby started shoving her back down towards the bathroom. "Yang! Show some decency!" The teen brought both hands up in a surrendering motion, laughing all the while. Then the brawler walked off into the building.
Cyan let loose a breath he didn't know he was holding. Ruby giggled as she climbed into her sleeping bag, and began to lay down for the night. The engineer gazed down at his N7 jacket, loose jeans, and Nikes.
Wait. You did pack clothes, right?
…
Verdant?
I... may have forgot…
May have?
…
Well shit.
A surprisingly loud snore echoed throughout the night. Cyan glanced behind his shoulder to see that Ruby had already fallen asleep and there was a steady pool of drool flowing from her mouth. The brown haired teen chuckled, that was unexpected.
After carefully making sure that Ruby was asleep and that Yang wasn't on her way up the stairs, the self conscious Cyan stripped down to his black boxers and a yellow and blue striped undershirt. He quickly slid under the covers and began to gaze at the broken moon above him. It was strangely beautiful in a tragic sort of way. The engineer idly wondered how it broke in the first place.
Goodnight Verdant.
Goodnight Cyan, sweet dreams.
Excerpt from the journal of one Yang Xiao Long
So today I found out that Rubes is going with me to Beacon! The headmaster himself recruited her after she fought Roman Torchwick at that Dust store. It was awesome and we talked all the way to the academy. I left her when we go there, lord knows that girl needs all the social experiences she can get and maybe this school can help her. So it turned out I was right, she met an engineer by the name of Cyan Novak. He's not really impressive to look at and judging by the fact my handshake hurt his hand, I don't think he's very strong. but there was something else. I don't know what, but now I am determined to find out.
End of Excerpt
EDIT: I fixed some consistency errors and such.
Hey guys! Hope you enjoyed this chapter! Leave a review and tell me how I did. Remember the references in this chapter! First one to get each one will get a request for an addition for the next chapter. So until next time!
Smalltowngamer