Ch 1 Origins of the First Day
His alarm was ringing as loud as it could, and he was content just letting it continue ringing as long as it meant he could stay in bed. The rest of his team was moving around him and again he was fine just staying in bed, that was until he heard the one voice he could never say no to. "Come on Dante if you don't get up now we will be late for our first day of class." He rolled over and saw his sister looking down at him. She was not his real sister, but he loved her that way the same. She was a faunus that his parents had found alone and scared. They brought her back with them after a mission they had been sent out on. She had little fox ears and red hair to go with them, just like her animal counterpart. It did not take long for Dante to accept the young faunus, they around the same age, her being 3 and him 4. She did not seem to remember much other than her name, which was Nala. Dante's parents decided on a different name they called her Wynne. The name never stuck with Dante he always called her by Nala, and as they grew he was the only one she let call her by that name.
"Yeah I'm working on it Nala." Dante says sitting up in his bed kicking his blanket off and swinging his legs out and planting his feet on the ground. His other three teammates were already dressed and ready to leave for their first class. As he watched them gather the stuff they would need throughout the day his thoughts were on his meeting with the headmaster of Beacon Academy. Ozpin was his name and he had come to find Dante at his favorite place to sit and think. Dante knew he was too young to be in the bar, but he had saved the owner from some thugs and he thanked him by letting him have his own table and free drinks for life. Dante was at his table drinking tea when a older man with silver hair and glasses sat down. He had a mug of something hot in his hand, but Dante never looked up from his book. "This is a private table." Dante said turning the page in his book.
"I am aware of this Dante." The old man said putting his mug down. This caught Dante off-guard, as he was one to not give out his name to just everyone. He closed his book and placed it on the table.
"You know my name?" He asks looking at the man and reaching for his weapon by his side.
"That won't be needed, I'm headmaster Ozpin from Beacon Academy and I am here just to talk with you." He said placing his hands on the table and folding them. "I hear you and your team are, how should I say this, moving up." He started not looking away from Dante for a second. "Now I have no problem with that seeing as you have not hurt anyone who has not deserved it." As Ozpin finished speaking he took a sip of his drink.
"You see, all of us in our team, Serene, Helena, my sister and I have no where to go at night, no home, no bed nothing. We are trying to live our lives as honest as we can." Dante said taking a defensive stance in the conversation.
"And I completely understand that, which brings me to why I am here. I would like you and your team to come to Beacon and train to be future hunters." Dante looked at him with a confused expression. "I think, with the right training the four of you could make very good hunters." Ozpin picks up his mug and takes another sip. The two just sat there and looked at each other for a few minutes. Dante was thinking and trying to decide on what to say.
"Even if I were to say yes, and that's not saying I will, why us over everyone else who has been trying to get into your academy?" Dante asks taking a sip of his own tea.
"Why don't you let me worry about that." Was all Ozpin had to say on the matter, looking over the top of his mug.
"If I say yes I want to lay some ground rules first." Dante says putting his now empty cup at the end of the desk. "I have read up on your little academy and know the test you put people through just to get in, we will not be taking that test, remember you came to use. Second we come in as a team and we stay as a team. Finally if anyone gives my sister a rough time for being a faunus they will have me to deal with." Dante had figured Ozpin would not agree to his terms, but that meeting was over 2 weeks ago and here him and his team were starting with the first day of classes.