Hello everybody! I am The Burning Ruler and I am also here with a brand new story with a concept that I haven't seen on any other story. See I am not going to be writing this story alone. I have roped in a couple friends to co-author this story. I don't know how this story will work out but I hope you at least get some enjoyment out of it.
Chapter 1: Falcon and Alicia Bliss (The Burning Ruler)
At six o clock am, a still half asleep boy heard a voice from his side.
"Wake up." Said the voice.
"Mmm… five more minutes." said the boy.
"No. You have to wake up now." Said the voice.
"Ugh. Alright. I'm up… I'm… zzz." said the boy, snoring again.
"Fine. I didn't want it to come to this." Said the voice, before ice water was poured on the boy's head.
"AH! COLD COLD COLD!" said the boy snapping awake and jumping out of his bed, dripping wet.
"Good morning big bro!" said his twin sister, smiling widely.
"That wasn't funny Alicia." Said the boy in his black pajamas.
Alicia was a funny girl with a good sense of humor, but she always loved to mess with her brother. She had platinum blonde hair and heterochromatic eyes. Her left eye was fire red and her right eye was ice blue.
"I respectfully disagree Falcon." Said Alicia.
Falcon brushed his dirty blonde hair out of his eyes. "So, why did you need me to get up now?" asked Falcon.
"Well today is the day we head off to beacon right?" asked Alicia, waking the boy up even more.
"Yeah of course." said Falcon.
"That eidetic memory of yours. You seriously remember everything don't you?" asked Alicia.
"Of course. I haven't forgotten a thing since the day I was born." Said Falcon, smirking.
"See you at breakfast bro!" Said Alicia.
Falcon went to his closet and got dressed in a marine blue shirt and blue jeans. He looked in the mirror in his room and fixed his hair, brushing it fully out of his hazel eyes. He smiled revealing his perfectly straight white teeth. "Perfect." Said Falcon, leaving his room.
He walked down the stairs to the kitchen and made himself some toast. He took it out to the living room to eat and watch tv with his sister and his mom. It had just been them since Falcon was born because his dad left his mom before he and Alicia were born, so he never met him. Remembering this, Falcon began to flashback to the day he was born.
Flashback time
"He's almost here! One more time! Push!" said the doctor.
Falcon's mom pushed as hard as she could, and soon the pain stopped.
"It's a boy Mrs. Bliss!" said the doctor holding the boy.
"A- A boy?!" said his mother, tearing up with joy.
"Isn't that what you were hoping for? A little baby boy?" asked his mom's aunt, her Lamaze coach.
"It's exactly what I was hoping for." Said his mom. The second his mom saw him, she had a name for him. "Falcon. That's his name. Falcon." Said his mom.
"That's his father's name isn't it?" asked her sister.
"It is his father's name." said Falcon's mom.
"Wait hold on… I'm seeing something else…" said the doctor.
"What do you mean?" asked his mom.
"Have we discussed multiple births?" asked the doctor.
"You mean…" his mom trailed off.
"It looks like you are having two children." Said the doctor.
"Twins?" asked his mom.
"Yes. Twins Mrs. Bliss." Said the doctor.
Falcon's mom got ready to push.
"Alright. PUSH!" said the doctor.
Falcon's mom started screaming and pushing with everything she had. It didn't take much longer for Alicia to be born.
"It's a girl!" said the doctor.
"A boy and a girl." said Falcon's mom.
"That's great sis!" said his aunt.
The doctor wrapped Falcon and Alicia in a blanket and handed them to his mother. "Here you go." Said the doctor.
"Thank you doctor. Her name has got to be Alicia." Said Falcon's mom.
"She looks like an Alicia." Said her sister.
"Congratulations Mrs. Bliss." Said the doctor.
Flashback over
"Yeah. My father's name was Falcon." said Falcon, snapping out of his flashback.
While it was true that Falcon's father had walked out on him and his mother, he wasn't the first father to do that. In fact, all of the fathers had walked out on their wives the day they were told that they were pregnant, which was the main reason he wanted to become a hunter. To restore honor to his family's name and bring honor to his own. That is the reason he signed up for training at beacon. After he had eaten his toast he went to the bathroom to shower. Once he got out of the shower he brushed his teeth before he dried himself off got dressed. When he stepped out of the bathroom, his sister ran in and he saw his mom standing there with the two suitcases he and his sister had packed a few days ago.
"Thanks mom." Said Falcon.
Unexpectedly, his mom flung her arms around Falcon and wrapped him in a tight hug.
"Don't worry, I'll write to you once every week. I'll tell you about everything. I promise." Said Falcon, returning the hug.
"Thank you Falcon. I'll miss you." Said his mom.
"I'll miss you too mom." Said Falcon, releasing her from the hug as his sister came out, fully dressed with her mace strapped to her back. She grabbed her suitcase along with Falcon as they headed for the door.
Just before Falcon left the house he looked back to see his mom smiling at him with tears in her eyes.
"Hey come on. Don't start with that. You're gonna make us cry too." Said Falcon, wiping away a tear.
"Sorry you two. Write back home often ok." Said his mom.
"Of course. See you." Said Alicia, walking out and closing the door with Fang and heading towards the airships.
"Well, time to head to Beacon." Said Falcon.
"Do you have your weapon?" asked Alicia.
Falcon nodded and pulled a brick of metal out of his pocket.
Alicia sighed. "I know you pretty much choose which weapon you use, but you know you work the best with the katana." Said Alicia.
"I know. But I want to make sure no one sees what weapon I'm best with. It's just asking them to come up with a strategy against it." Said Falcon.
"I guess that's true." Said Alicia.
"Oh. Airships Alicia." Said Falcon.
"Here we go." Said Alicia, boarding the airship with Falcon.
Falcon and Alicia stood in a corner talking to each other when they saw two girls. The taller girl had almost shining blonde hair and lilac eyes. She was wearing a brown jacket over a yellow crop top and a short skirt the same shade as her jacket. The shorter girl had reddish hair and silver eyes. She wore a red cape with a hood over a black top and a black skirt with a red trim. They were both from Signal and they knew they were sisters, but they knew only one of them was seventeen.
"Shall we introduce ourselves?" asked Falcon.
"Why not?" asked Alicia.
As they started walking towards the two, the shorter girl noticed them and pointed them out to the taller girl.
Once Falcon and Alicia got within earshot the taller girl started to talk. "No. I know they are brother and sister, and I have seen them around at Signal, but we've never really formally met each other." Said the taller girl.
"Well, then maybe we can fix that now. My name is Falcon Bliss. This is my sister Alicia." Said Falcon holding out a hand in perfect sync with Alicia for a handshake.
"That was kinda disturbing. Like, you both held your hands out in prefect sync. Like same pose, same hand, same time." Said the shorter girl.
"Yeah, that happens sometimes." Said Falcon and Alicia at the same time.
"OK are you doing this intentionally?" asked the taller girl.
"Oh she got us." Said Alicia.
"Dammit. I was hoping we could keep this up for a while." Said Falcon.
The taller girl let out a chuckle before reaching her hand out. "At any rate. Nice to meet you. I'm Yang Xiao Long. This is my half-sister Ruby Rose." Said the taller girl.
"It's nice to meet you two." Said Alicia. Again at the same time as Falcon, but this time they both looked at each other.
"Really guys?" asked Yang.
"No that one wasn't actually planned. That was just timing." Said Falcon.
"I guess sibling's minds really are in perfect sync." Said Ruby.
"At least in our case that is." Said Falcon.
"Yeah. So, um, Ruby, I hope you don't mind, but you don't look like you're seventeen." Said Alicia.
"Oh. I'm not. I'm actually fifteen." Said Ruby, smiling.
"How'd that happen?" asked Falcon.
"Well, it all happened last night." Said Ruby, beginning the story.
Once she finished, Falcon looked shocked. "He just let you participate 2 years early? Wonder why…" said Falcon.
"No idea." Said Ruby.
"Hang on, were you guys the two that kicked the piss out of that guy who was bullying the faunus the last day of school?" Asked Yang.
"So you saw that then huh?" asked Falcon.
"I only saw him afterwards. When the ambulance came to pick him up." Said Yang, before Falcon got a very twisted smile on his face.
"Creepy smile Falcon." Said Alicia.
"Sorry about that girls. Just happens when I remember stuff like that." Said Falcon.
"Stuff like what?" asked Ruby.
"Reminiscing on a savage beating I gave someone. The more savage the beating, the more twisted the smile." Said Falcon.
"That sounds somewhat sadistic." Said Yang.
"I'm a somewhat sadistic person." Said Falcon.
Alicia looked like she was about to say something when they looked out the window and saw that they were very close to the school.
"Almost there everyone." Said Alicia.
"Every second we get closer to initiation." Said Falcon.
"Anyone nervous?" asked Yang, just as a boy ran past her and threw up.
"Nervousness or motion sickness?" asked Falcon.
"Maybe both." Said Alicia, unsure.
"I guess." said Falcon, walking with her to the exit, as they were walking away they heard Yang yell about some of the puke getting on her shoe.
Alicia started to chuckle as she and Falcon stepped off the airship and followed the stream of students. Halfway to the gym they heard the sound of an explosion.
"The fuck was that?!" asked Falcon.
"Let's go." Said Alicia, turning around and dragging Falcon for a couple seconds before he got his footing back. They got to the front of the school to see a girl with white hair telling off Ruby.
"Isn't that Weiss Schnee?" asked Alicia.
Falcon nodded and walked over to help out Ruby.
"You Ok Ruby?" asked Falcon.
"Um, yeah I'm ok." Said Ruby.
"Well that makes one of us" said Weiss.
"Oh simmer down princess." Said Falcon.
"What did you just say?" asked Weiss, irritated.
Falcon was about to go off on her when someone spoke up.
"It's heiress actually." Said a girl with black hair and a black bow, carrying a vial of dust in her hand.
'She's really pretty.' Thought Falcon before shaking his head. "Alright then. Simmer down heiress. Better?" asked Falcon, intentionally trying to piss her off before walking away with Alicia.
"You looked like you were really close to going off on Weiss there." Said Alicia.
"I was, but that pretty girl spoke up and stopped me." Said Falcon.
"Pretty girl?" asked Alicia.
"Um, yeah? With the bow? You saw her right?" asked Falcon.
"Yeah, I saw her, but I've never heard you call a girl pretty or even mildly attractive before." Said Alicia.
"Huh. You're right. She's the first girl I've actually found attractive." Said Falcon as they arrived at the gym.
After a few more minutes they saw everyone else show up and the gym was packed. They could barely see the stage but they clearly saw headmaster Ozpin get on the stage and approach the mic and starting to speak.
"I'll… keep this brief. You have travelled here today in search of knowledge, to hone your craft and acquire new skills, and when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. But I look amongst you, and all I see is wasted energy, in need of purpose, direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step." Said Ozpin before professor Goodwitch approached the stand, and told everyone to set up in the gym before initiation tomorrow.
Alicia and Falcon set up near a wall next to each other. Alicia layed down and started to scan the room, looking for people she knew S Ryan reached into his pack and pulled out a book. It didn't have the cover on it when he bought it, so he didn't know the title, but he read it multiple times and he loved it. They looked around to see where other students were setting up and they saw the girl with the black bow set up next to them and light a candle for light. She then took out a book, just like Falcon, She looked to the side and saw Falcon also with a book out. She set the candle between them so Falcon had some light too.
"Here you go." Said the girl.
"Thanks… um…" Falcon realized she didn't know her name.
"Blake Belladonna." Said the girl with a smile. "And your name is?" asked Blake.
"Falcon Bliss." Said Falcon with a smile.
They both just sat and read for a little while before Ruby and Yang came over to Blake.
"Hello!" said Yang. "I think you two may know each other."
"Aren't you the girl that exploded?" asked Blake.
Falcon tried to hide his laughter, but let out a small chuckle.
"Real funny Falcon." Said Ruby.
"I thought it was." Said Falcon.
"So, what's your book about?" asked Ruby.
Blake looked up and started to explain it. "Well, it about a man who has two sprits in his body, each of them fighting for control." Said Blake.
"Sounds interesting." Said Falcon, genuinely curious about it.
"Well, um, if you want, I can loan it to you when I'm done it." Said Blake.
"Oh. Yeah sure. Thanks." Said Falcon.
"What about you Falcon. What's your book about?" asked Blake.
"It about a futuristic dystopian society where books are outlawed. In this world, houses are fireproof, but if you are found to have books hidden in your house, then firemen come to your house, douse it in kerosene and burn it down, whether you're inside or not." Said Falcon.
"Fahrenheit 451 right?" asked Ruby.
"Is that the title?" asked Falcon.
"You don't know?" asked Ruby.
"When I bought it there was no cover on it, so I never found out the title." Said Falcon.
"Um, if you don't mind. Can I borrow that book once you're finished it?" asked Blake.
"You can borrow it whenever you want. I've read this book more times than I can remember." Said Falcon.
"Really? Thank you." Said Blake.
As they kept talking, Falcon saw Weiss come over."God no." said Falcon as she started talking. He decided to tune her out and go to sleep. Apparently Blake had decided the same as she blew out her candle.
The next day
Alicia woke up along with Blake while Falcon was still asleep.
Alicia got a smile on her face which worried Blake.
"What?" asked Blake.
"Wanna see something funny?" asked Alicia.
"Oh no. How are you going to wake him up?" asked Blake.
Alicia waved her hand around above Falcon's head as water started to form around her hand.
"What the?" asked Blake.
"Feel the water." Said Alicia as Blake put a finger in the water swirling around Alicia's hand. After briefly touching it she jerked her hand back. "That is cold… oh." Said Blake.
Alicia smiled and dropped the cold water on Falcon's head. Just like the morning before, Falcon jerked awake.
"AH! COLD! WHY ALWAYS WITH THE ICE WATER!?" asked Falcon.
Alicia started laughing, but all Falcon could hear was an adorable sounding giggle coming from behind him. He turned around to see Blake covering her mouth and giggling.
"Can you at least dry me off a bit?" asked Falcon.
"Sure bro." said Alicia forcing a breeze through the room into Falcon, drying him off completely.
"Thanks." Said Falcon.
"Um, how?" asked Blake.
"Semblance. Elemental control." Said Alicia.
"Cool. How about you Falcon?" asked Blake.
Falcon wasn't sure if he wanted to tell her.
"Oh, if you don't want to tell me you don't have to." Said Blake.
"He's really secretive about his semblance. It really plays into his fighting style." Said Alicia.
"Yeah. I just like making it a surprise." Said Falcon.
"I guess that makes sense." said Blake.
"Anyways. We should get ready for initiation." Said Falcon, getting ready with Alicia and heading off to Beacon cliffs. While they were walking they saw Ruby and Yang, so they caught up with them.
"Hey you two." Said Yang seeing them.
"Hi Yang." Said the two at the same time before smirking.
"Can you two stop that?" asked Yang.
"Maybe. Probably not." Said Alicia.
Yang just sighed while shaking her head. "Whatever." Said Yang.
They were walking when they heard a guy talking. They turned around just in time to see the boy who puked call Weiss snow angel before he flew past them with a spear in his hood followed by Pyrrha Nikos apologizing.
Falcon looked back to see Weiss standing there. "Oh god. You AGAIN!?" said Falcon.
"Yeah, because seeing your face really brightens up my day." Said Weiss with the most sarcasm she could before walking away.
Falcon just rolled his eyes and walked over to the boy who puked.
"You Ok man?" said Falcon, helping him up.
"Yeah. Thanks. Name's Jaune Arc." Said Jaune.
"Falcon Bliss. This is my sister Alicia Bliss." Said Falcon.
"Nice to meet you Jaune." Said Alicia.
"Yeah you too Alicia." Said Jaune.
"Getting close to the start of initiation. We should get moving." Said Yang.
"Goo d idea." Said Falcon before turning to Jaune. "By the way. Snow Angel isn't a good starting point." Said Falcon.
Jaune shrugged and scratched the back of his head before they all left for Beacon cliffs.
Falcon set up on one of the first launch pads and put one hand in his pocket.
Ozpin said that they would be given partners today, so it was best they paired with someone with whom they could work well with, however, the first person they made eye contact with would be their partner.
"Great." Thought Falcon.
He looked over to his left and saw the guy next to him get launched.
"Here goes nothing." Said Falcon as he was launched. He pulled the brick of metal out of his pocket and it turned into a chain. He threw it at a tree and wrapped it around a branch, swinging on it until he got close to the ground. After he landed he pulled the chain back to him and turned it into a katana.
Falcon took off running through the forest, not seeing anyone for ages.
'Am I the only one in this forest?' thought Falcon when he heard a voice yell "What you want some too?!" he was sure it was Yang. He followed the voice, hoping to find a partner, and arrived just in time to see Yang and Blake shake hands.
"So close." Said Falcon, coming into view.
"Oh. Hey Falcon." Said Blake.
"Yang?" asked Alicia, coming into view as well.
"Alicia. Good to see you." Said Yang.
"Partners already huh. Darn. Looks like you're stuck with me Falcon." Said Alicia.
"Fair enough." Said Falcon.
They started walking father into the forest trying to find the relics. As they were walking Alicia began talking to Yang and Blake started to talk to Falcon.
"I like your sword. You good with it?" asked Blake.
"I fight best with a katana, but I'm good with any weapon." Said Falcon.
"What do you mean?" asked Blake.
"Using my semblance I can use any weapon I want to use." Said Falcon.
"How?" asked Blake.
"Let me show you. Name any weapon type." Said Falcon.
"Um, staff." Said Blake.
Flacon focused on his katana and shortly afterwards it morphed into a staff.
"What the…" Blake was at a loss for words.
"My semblance lets me warp any metal object into whatever shape I want." Said Falcon, turning the staff back into a katana.
"That's useful. Find out what weapon your opponent sucks at fighting against, and just transform your katana into that weapon." Said Blake.
"Pretty much." Said Falcon.
"Look guys!" said Yang, calling out to the other two.
Blake and Falcon, caught up with them to see a temple over the cliff.
"Looks like the place." Said Alicia as they went down the hill to see chess pieces set up on pedestals.
"Chess pieces?" asked Blake.
"Some are missing. Looks like we weren't the first ones here." Said Yang.
"We should just pick out one." Said Alicia.
"Hm. How about a cute little pony?" asked Yang.
"Sure." said Blake.
"What one do you want Falcon?" asked Alicia.
"That's a tough one. How about… this one." Said Falcon grabbing a black rook.
"Alright. Black rook it is." Said Alicia.
Here we go boys. Chapter 1 is finished. I hope you readers enjoy this story. You may notice the summary is somewhat vague, because my co-authors are going to determine where this story goes and how it gets there. I actually don't know yet. My co-authors are going to send me the chapters as they finish them, and I will then upload them here. Chapter 2 will be here when it's finished. Hope to see you there. Goodbye!
