Team RGLA
This is the first chapter, so obviously there is going to be a lot of talking, showing what kind of character Rusty is, making friends with the main cast etc. etc. The rest of team RGLA won't actually be showing up until the initiation, but the first part of that will be in the next chapter anyway. Probably going to try to do these once a week, maybe one every two weeks.
Rusty stood aboard the Bullhead, staring out of the window, looking down upon Vale, and towards Beacon. A wide grin spread across his face at the thought of being above the world. Miles of landscape stretching about below his feet.
Sounds of wonderment surrounded him, the other students who had been accepted to Beacon Academy creating a cacophony of 'Ooh's and 'Aah's. Other's had already begun to make friends, and he decided to do the same. His feet carried him across to the other side of the Bullhead, making Signal academy, his place of learning, visible.
"Yang, you have puke on your shoe!" He heard a high voice coming from his left. "Ahhh, gross gross gross gross gross!" Clearly someone on the ship didn't like heights. He took a step back, letting the blonde haired boy run past him to the toilets. Well, at least he knew who to avoid the next time he flew. A small exasperated sigh escaped his lips as he walked towards the pair of screaming girls, a warm smile on his face.
He pulled a handkerchief out of his pauldron as he passed it to who he assumed to be Yang, who did indeed have puke on her shoe. "Here, use this to clean up. Yang, I'm going to assume?" The blonde knelt down, wiping the sick from her boots. "Yup, that's me. This is my 'lil sis, Ruby!"
"Little sister? I thought all first-years were 17?" His smile turned to a confused frown as he looked to the short, black haired girl. He couldn't initially see the weapon, but then he saw the two ends of a folded Sniper-Scythe. Such a large weapon for such a small girl, he mused in his head. "Yeah, she got moved forward two years! I'm so prouuud of her!" She squealed, pulling Ruby to her in a hug with one arm, squashing the poor girl between Yang and her arm.
Rusty gave her a warm smile as Ruby was released from her elder sister's side. She kicked the ground, hugging herself slightly as she said in a quiet voice, "Y-yeah, but don't think I'm too special or anything. I'm just a normal girl, with normal knees." Another puzzled look flashed across his face before he dismissed it, giving a slight chuckle. "Don't worry Ruby, I'll treat you just the same." Rusty leant on the window slightly, looking down towards signal, before pushing off of it and turning to the pair again. "I know how you feel. I was pulled into one of those 'advanced classes.' The ones that basically give you a free pass into Beacon." He cocked his head, flashing another reassuring smile. "Looks like we both have to keep our prodigy-ness a secret then, eh?"
"Oh, that was you? That's awesome! Yang told me about you." Ruby looked up at Rusty in wonderment. It wasn't often she got to see someone who was almost second-year in power. "Yeah, I told her about the advanced classes. She wanted in, but professor Qrow, our uncle, wouldn't let her. Too dangerous, he said." Yang gave a smile and a purr to Rusty. "So then, is it dangerous?" "Well yeah, we train with live fire and out actual weapons agains-" Yang sidled up in front of him, face almost uncomfortably close to his. "So it is dangerous? Ooh, I like the dangerous ones."
Ruby looked around to make sure nobody was looking. She didn't want her sister to be making a scene like that, especially before they even arrived at Beacon. She squeezed herself between the pair and pushed Yang away, before grabbing her arm and pulling her off. "Sorry!" was all Rusty heard from Ruby, as she pulled her elder, and apparently flirty sister away. Yang's only response to this, before she disappeared from sight was a wink.
The Bullhead docked against the side of the cliff that held Beacon Academy. The grounds were huge, stretching far behind where he could see, and the building matched them in size. This time he joined in with the wondrous noises, a quiet "Whoa" escaping his lips. Other students began to make their way towards the building, but Rusty felt like making more friends or at least acquaintances before heading off.
His eyes searched around before he laid eyes on what appeared to be a Schnee, white dress with white hair and white heels. He made his way towards her, and who appeared to be her servants, hoping to get into the good graces of Miss Weiss Schnee. "Hello, Miss Schnee. Good to see one of you trying to become a huntress." His pose was almost military, hands clasped behind his back and feet apart. The prissy little princess looked up from her luggage, laying eyes on Rusty. "Hah, good to see at least one of you knows who I am. Yes, I'm Weiss Schnee, of the Schnee dust company. And you...," She eyed him up, looking over him for any signs of delinquency or imperfection, "seem to be very well mannered." She said it almost a tone that almost betrayed respect. He put out his hand to her, offering it. "Well, you're a Schnee. Have to give you some level of respect and gratefulness. If it weren't for your family, I likely wouldn't be here. Thought the whole Faunus labour thing is rather...unsavoury. Still, you seem pretty good. I doubt you would be attending if you were going to be openly racist to the Faunus." He gave her a friendly, reassuring smile as he had to Ruby earlier. Weiss placed her hand on his, giving it a firm shake, before returning it her side.
"Yes, it is unpleasant, but my father, the man who does this, won't be the last Schnee to be remembered. That would be me. I'll put us back onto a more...humane path. Though the White Fang is another matter." She released his hand, and looked down, showing only the slightest shame at her name. "Yeah, I have to agree with you on that. Still maybe they can be convinced...Anyway, lets talk about the whole family thing another time, Weiss. I can't imagine thats what you want to be reminded of every second you're here. I'll just call you Weiss and treat you like every other aspiring huntress here. Though maybe a little better, on account of your amazing appearance." He gave her a wink that turned her usually pale face bright red for a moment, before she regained her composure.
She pondered it for a moment, before putting her head back up and giving a single nod. "Yeah, ok," was her only reply. Another smile was on Rusty's face at her agreement. "Nice to see you agree! But that does mean I'll be talking to you more plainly. Anyway, we better get going. Might be late for whatever Ozpin is doing to welcome us here. Bye!" And with that, he ran off. Talking to Weiss had kept him back long enough, though being in her good books was sure to come in handy in the future. Ozpin was even later than him, it seemed, as his feet took him into the main hall with an empty stage.
Wanting to kill time before Ozpin's whatever, he searched the hall for someone else to talk to. His eyes were caught by the red and gold of Pyrrha Nikos, as she strolled into the hall. Another star to get in good graces with. A star athlete was sure to be famous, and seeing him talking to her was sure to make others respect him a little more. "Pyrrha Nikos? I did not expect to see you in Beacon." Pyrrha snapped her body around, coming face to face with Rusty. "Oh sorry, I didn't see you there! Yes, that's me. Pyrrha Nikos." Her voice lowered a bit on her last sentence, showing what almost appeared to be shame at it. "Well, it's nice to meet you, Pyrrha. Hopefully we'll get to spar at some point. Being a top student must have made you tough. And it's certainly kept your body in good shape." He tried to make her feel at least a little bit better by complementing her. That normally worked. "O-oh, thank you! You look rather nice yourself. I should probably get going though, Ozpin might start his speech soon." Deciding to go with her decision, he offered a "goodbye" before walking off, getting into a good spot for Ozpin's speech.
End of Chapter 1