"Happy RWBY Day!" That's what I would say if there were episodes still being released at the time. Anyways, here is the first chapter of my RWBY fanfic "Under STRN's Ring." I hope that people enjoy this!
Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY or any other references made within this fanfiction. I write this only to improve my writing and creativity, and the hopes that people will enjoy this.
Chapter 1: A New Year
"Finally, it's hard to believe that we're back for a third year now," a young girl stated as she stepped out of the airship, her vibrant blue eyes fixed on Beacon Academy.
The young girl is Stacy Saturn, a Signal Academy graduate, third year leader of Team STRN(pronounced Saturn, like her name), and daughter of the CEO of the Saturn Space Corporation. She wore a sleeveless purple combat dress with dark blue leggings underneath, and black low-heels. She wore a sleeveless jacket that was a lighter shade of purple over her dress, which was adorned with her emblem, a dark purple planet with dark blue rings tilted at a 45 degree angle, with a white rocket ship zooming across perpendicular to the rings. On her arms, she wore black sleeves with small various colored swirls, made to represent different galaxies. Her hair, which goes to her mid-back, is in a ponytail and patterned with stripped purple highlights. On her waist was a belt that carried two chakrams on each hip. She was also currently holding a black backpack in one hand.
"You can say that again. Right now though, I'm just glad that we're off the airship. I was starting to get cramped in there," replied back a large, muscular male.
This is Terrance Rhodes, another graduate from Signal Academy. He is a faunus with orange eyes and matching spiked hair, which two ox horns sprout out of on the sides. He stands easily at seven feet tall, towering over everyone around him. He wears a light brown tank top with orange seams where the sleeves would be, a pair of jeans with tears scattered throughout with orange flares at the bottom of the legs, and dark brown hiking boots. On his tank top, there is a white fist with ox horns sprouting from the sides, with orange aura surrounding it like a fire. He carried a massive weapon that had a giant one-sided sword that had a sharp curve at the top on one side and what looked like a war hammer on the other on his back.
"I wonder if River and Naomi have arrived yet?" Stacy asked, looking around trying to spot their teammates.
"There they are, getting off of the airship sent to Sanctum!" Terrance started to make his way towards their longtime teammates, each step producing a soft thud.
River Mandallow wore a grey oriental style jacket with cyan trimming and embroidery to outline a dragon, along with a pair light brown traditional style pants and black shoes with cyan trimmings. His jet black hair was swayed to the side to slightly cover his right eye with his left eye revealed. One lilac eye was easy to see, but if a person focused though, they could see a hint of the other through the hair. On one sleeve, a cyan colored vertical eye with matching aura glowing around it could be seen.
Naomi Ellsworth, who was standing next to River, was an emerald green eyed girl who stood a little underneath him. To go with her eyes, she wore a matching long sleeve combat dress and low-heels, with a sleeveless lime green jacket over the dress, and matching leggings underneath. Her brown hair went to just above her shoulders where she was able to show off her emerald green tips. With her she carried a white lexicon with her family emblem on the front, a small black lexicon with emerald green etching where a title would go being surrounded by green tentacles.
"Whoa, slow down there big guy," River told Terrance as he raced towards the two, "we know we haven't seen each other since last year, but there isn't any need for us to be crushed by a one man stampede."
"Ha, ha, very funny," replied back a sarcastic Terrance as he proceeded to pick the two up and softly hug them, knowing he could easily crush them on accident. He set them back down as Stacy approached.
"Hey you guys, how've you been?" said Stacy once she arrived.
"We've been great. C'mon, let's go to the cafeteria while we wait for the first-year students to get out of the auditorium," Naomi nudged her head towards the beautiful campus.
-STRN-
"So, how was everyone's summer?" asked an eager Stacy, wanting to catch up with her teammates.
"Well, me and Naomi realized that our hometowns are closer than we thought, so we decided to train together when we weren't with our families spending time with them," answered River.
"The monastery had a nice sparring and training area, so we usually met up halfway and went back. When it got late, River would take me back to our meeting spot and then went our separate ways," added Naomi.
"Some of the teachers from Sanctum heard that I came back and asked that if Naomi and I could do some sparring presentations for the summer students. It was great seeing all the students awestruck by some of the stuff Naomi had learned from being homeschooled by her parents," River bragged about the spell caster.
"I even learned some new spells from my family," Naomi said ecstatically. "Unfortunately, they take a lot of aura right now. Practice makes perfect though. What about you, Stacy?"
"I was a summer intern at daddy's business. I didn't have much time to train with that as well as spending time with the rest of the family, so I just tried to stay on top of what I remembered."
"Hold up, I thought you didn't want to take up the family business," Terrance said confused.
"That doesn't mean I'm not interested in astronomy," Stacy retorted.
River then looked at Terrance's weapon and noticed that the blade was dull. "Skysplitter looks like it's taken a beating."
"Her name is Earthbreaker, Skysplitter is used by Laxaeus in 'Kingdom Hearts'," argued Terrance. "Know the difference. Besides, my weapon is much better."
"You still remember that game?"
"Of course I do! I spent half the time at home during the summer playing it."
"Whatever, they still sound the same to me. So why does it seem like you never took the time to sharpen her?"
"That's where the other half of the summer went. Half the time I spent at home with family, and the other half training in a nearby canyon. By the time I got back home, I was too tired to do anything for caring for her except for some of the basics. I'm heading to the weapons treatment area as soon as I can."
"Speaking of which," interrupted Stacy, "it looks like the first-year students are finished with some of them coming in here, we should make our way to the auditorium now."
The group made their way to the auditorium, and it wasn't long before Headmaster Ozpin along with his assistant, Glynda Goodwitch, made their way to the stage.
"There is nothing that I believe needs to be said," Ozpin started. "However, I am in need of volunteers to assist with tomorrow's initiation. Those of you who do will be instructors who will watch over the first-year students, but will not interfere unless it is absolutely necessary, for they need to be pushed to their limits. If they lose too much aura or are unable to continue with initiation in any way whatsoever, only then will you appear to see that the students are treated properly, we do not need any needless deaths after all. It is important that you are not noticed at any time during initiation, as they will be told that you will not assist in anyway, even if they are to die." There was a brief moment before he left the microphone.
Glynda then announced to the auditorium, "You will be assigned your rooms momentarily, after which you may do as you please. If you wish to help with tomorrow's initiation, please see either me or Ozpin after this for more information. You are dismissed."
"Hey, if it's ok with everyone, I'm gonna go volunteer Team STRN for tomorrow," Stacy asked her teammates, which they all agreed in unison. "Great, you all can find our room and get everything situated then. Someone come find me if I don't catch up."
-STRN-
Team STRN was assigned room 118, the two rooms near them were reserved for a couple of first-year teams, who were going to be made tomorrow. The group continued to catch up until late at night, when Stacy finally intervened.
"Alright you guys, it's actually a little late and we need to be up early tomorrow. Let's call it a night."
"She does have a point," Naomi agreed, looking out the window staring at the moon. "Good night, everyone."
The rest of the group said their good nights as the light was turned off and everyone fell asleep.
Author's Note: I hope that everyone enjoyed reading this as much as I did writing it. I plan on posting at least one chapter every week on Thursdays, just like how Monty Oum released a new episode in the series every Thursday, but this is not set in stone. I'm not doing this to try to copy him, but it seems at the moment to work best for me as I have a busy schedule with college classes. I do have more written out, but I'm thinking of doing this spacing so that I do have plenty of time to write out each chapter without the pressure of rushing through everything I have planned. Plus, Thursdays are RWBY Day, so this could be something to pass time before the next episode is released later in the day. That is, if this is still continuing when Volume 2 is released, which I am excited for! One more thing, concerning the title of the fanfic, I pretty much hadn't thought of a title until a little before I posted this, and it seemed to be the only one that I liked, even if it may be a little odd. If not clear yet, it will become clear why I decided on this title later on. Anyways, if you have any way I could make this better, I will be more than happy to take your suggestions into consideration. Hope to see you next time in Chapter 2!