Welcome to the first installment, of what I hope will be many, in a story called "Talos and the Chimerion," an OC. This is my first fanfiction, and I started writing this at the end of the summer in my pre-season RWBY hype. I've never written a fan fiction before so to help me I grabbed a couple of my friends to help me edit and gave their opinions on the piece. Together we have written and finalized this chapter of "Talos and the Chimerion" and hope to share it with you!

As background: This story takes place during the next round of acceptances at Beacon academy and Ruby Rose and the gang are now second year students. The story follows a new set of entrants with their own unique talents and ambitions. Team RWBY and many of the upper year teams will make appearances and will have major roles in the story, however are not protagonists, so they will not be appearing in every chapter, or be the main character of said chapter.

This first volume is focusing mainly on the students as they form as a team and develop as characters. I would just like to mention that I do not claim ownership of any character or setting from the RoosterTeeth production of RWBY, but I do think that it and the worl that surrounds it are awesome enough to deserve another fan fiction OC. Since this is my first fan fiction, I would really appreciate a review after you've read through it! I will put them all into consideration when writing and editing future chapters.

Without further ado, I present to you the first episode, of "Talos and the Chimerion"

Written by Alexander Simone

Edited by Carl Lam

Talos and the Chimerion

Episode 1: Disorientation

As the airship approached the docks of beacon academy the students gawked in amazement at the sheer size of the tower before them. For many students it was their first time seeing beacon, but for Aaron it was about his fourth. Or was it his fifth?

Aaron was shorter than most of the fighters in the ship. He had a tanned complexion with neat brown hair and chocolate brown eyes. Compared to some of the seasoned warriors here, he looked more like a civilian than he did a potential hunter. His combat gear consisted of crude boiled leather armor with various metal frames attached.

He had tried for years to actually get in to beacon and finally was accepted. Unlike most of the people on this airship, Aaron did not have the standard combat training. He was raised into a family of farmers who had no love for fighting.

All of his ancestors until now had been farmers. They had mainly farmed wheat but had recently expanded to new crops and were the leading supplier for Pumpkin Pete's marshmallow flakes. Though Aaron had no recollection of ever tasting any crop in that cereal.

There was a mechanic that came around the farm to fix the tractors that served as his mentor. Though he was a simple mechanic, he possibly had one of the top minds in all of Remnant. He had never divulged the reason why he did not become a leading scientist, but Aaron was too busy learning new things from him to care. It was only after he left that the thought occurred to him.

He had always remembered the last lesson the old mechanic gave him. Destiny, his mentor had said. Destiny always catches up with you. No matter who you are, no matter what you do to avoid it, destiny will always find you. Personally, Aaron thought his mentor was being a little superstitious, but at the same time he respected him so he tried as best as he could, against his better judgement, to heed his warning. The old mechanic left a few days later, saying goodbye to each of his friends. A friend of his in Atlas needed some help on improving an old digging machine and made him an offer he couldn't refuse.

Not long after his mentor left, Aaron ran away from home to pursue his dream of becoming a hunter. His father had never understood his desire to become a hunter and it created a chasm between them that neither could resolve. He loved his family. His parents, his cousins, even at times his little brother but no matter how much he loved them he would not let them interfere with his dream. Before he left, he wrote a note saying that he was going to leave, that he loved them all, and that this was the last time he would contact them.

If he wanted to be a great hunter then there would be people who would try and get to him by any means necessary. Aaron could not in good conscious allow his family to be harmed, even though he and his father had not seen eye to eye in a long time. After one last fight Aaron had finally built up the resolve to leave.

For the past five years Aaron lived in a small shack beside the train tracks that the Schnee dust company used to transport dust from Atlas to Vale. There he found enough scrap metal to start building his own unique weapon. He had learned a lot from his mentor about mechanics and programming robotics, but had not learned very much about combat or the basics about being a hunter. This he had to learn on his own.

Occasionally the White Fang would rob the trains that passed by, leaving scrap metal from defensive robots, and occasionally a box of dust crystals. They were hardly in the best condition, but it was still more than enough to make something for combat. Aaron had made just enough money selling designs and fixing machinery to keep himself alive.

One design though he kept and did not show anyone. The most important lesson his mentor ever gave him and also the last, was that you must never give humanity something it could potentially use to harm itself. If given the chance humanity can and will destroy itself. Aaron used the design in his weapon and it had impressed Ozpin so much, that he finally let him in to Beacon.

Now Aaron was here, finally able to take the entrance exam to get into Beacon. He felt the pressure now for the first time, but he also felt the hope now that he was so close. Most of the students were brandishing their own weapons and showing off to the other students. Some of the boys were trying a little too hard to impress the girls. For some it was working, but not for all.

"So, yeah, I was the best magic user out of all of Vale, but spears are where it's at. It's got just enough range to prevent me from getting hit, but close enough that I can still see the light fade from their soulless eyes!" One such student said as he started leaning on his spear like a post. He was trying to impress one of the prettier girls on the airship, but by the look on her face it wasn't working.

"I don't think you'd be alive long enough to see that light fade," She said as she tapped the bottom of his spear. It flew out from under him and he fell flat on his back. A few of the surrounding students laughed.

"Stick to magic, you may live longer," She snidely finished as she turned and walked away.

The boy picked up his weapon and left the airship rubbing his sore behind. Aaron wished he could show the other students his weapon. Not to show off to the lovely lady huntresses to be, but to get feedback on its design and improve upon it. Though he liked the idea of being able to impress the ladies on the airship.

His main weapon, Talos, was a little too big to fit into the passenger section of the airship and had to be loaded into the cargo bay. It probably wouldn't be unloaded until the test, and even then, he may not be able to bring it into the test.

Two back up weapons were in his beat up leather bag as well as a small metal jetpack. These would hopefully help him last until his real weapon arrived. He fiddled with a small remote in his pocket about the size of his thumb. On it was one button that when pressed would call his weapon to wherever the signal came from.

Suddenly the airship gave a small jerk and the doors opened to let the students out onto the front campus. Some students rushed out while others took their time. Aaron was one of the last ones off the air ship because he needed to make sure he had everything in his bag.

As he stepped off the metal craft his heart suddenly leapt into his chest. Professor Ozpin was waiting for him. He had his coffee in his hand and looked like he had rested well.

"Good morning, Mr. Adamantine, I assume your journey was pleasant," Ozpin said. His voice was full of authority, even though what he said was not a command or a question. Yet at the same time he gave off a warm presence, almost like what one would experience when seeing an uncle.

"Yes sir, and you can just call me Aaron," Aaron said slightly sheepishly.

"Now where was that sense of confidence that gained you entry to this school?" Ozpin joked. When Aaron had tried to convince Ozpin to let him into the school he was full of confidence but now that Aaron was finally accepted into Beacon the pressure was on and he got a lot more nervous.

"Left it in the cargo bay with Talos," Aaron joked back. Ozpin let out a small smile.

"I see your sense of humor is still about you. Now if you wouldn't mind going for a short walk with me, there's something I would like to discuss with you," Ozpin requested.

"Of course sir," Aaron replied quickly, "Also, when can I get Talos out of the cargo bay?"

"We will have him unloaded and placed near the starting area of the entrance exam. I trust you still have the device that summons it?" Ozpin answered.

"Yes sir that I do," Aaron replied.

"Good, then let's start on that walk shall we?" and the two started on their walk around campus.

They started around the fountain in the front of campus and moved all the way to the back of campus where there was a garden. The entire time, Ozpin was somewhat quiet. Only asking short questions and really making small talk with Aaron, but now that there was no one else around Ozpin started to talk about more serious issues.

"Do you know why I allowed you into this school?" Ozpin asked. Aaron was caught off guard.

"I had assumed you found something within me that would turn me into a great hunter," Aaron answered being as diplomatic and general as possible. Ozpin looked at him and gave a crooked half smile.

"I suppose. I think that you still haven't figured out. Ironic that someone like you can create something as advanced as Talos and not understand why you're here, even with your semblance," Ozpin said.

Aaron was confused. Ozpin had helped him by awakening his aura after accepting him into Beacon, but Aaron had still not learned of his semblance. All he knew was that he only had a normal amount of aura.

"Regardless, if you pass the entrance exam, I want you to come to my office. I have something for you that I think that you can put to good use. Good luck, I have faith in you," Ozpin said as he walked away.

"No pressure," Aaron said to himself when Ozpin was out of earshot.

Balthazar Aether was sharpening his spear in the locker room getting ready for the entry exam. He had jet back messy hair and a fair complexion. His red-violet eyes were fixed on the whetstone as he moved it across the blade. He carefully inspected the blade after each stroke just like his mother taught him.

So far he had failed to impress anyone on his first day. Actually he had probably made some people wish they didn't know him. He wondered if anyone else had a similar experience on their first day. He put that thought aside and went back to taking care of his spear.

He remembered back to his time at Signal Academy. He could have easily been the best mage there, but instead he wanted to master the spear. His entire family had been hunters and huntresses who had mastered not only various forms of magic but close quarters combat as well.

Balthazar, unfortunately could not even be considered competent at close quarters combat. Magic however, came easy to him. It probably came easier to him than it did to most expert mages, but he couldn't shake the feeling that someday he would need to fight up close and his magic would fail him.

That was when he started using various weapons to see which one he was best with. His parents watched over him while he trained and gave him advice about which weapon to pick. Balthazar was not coordinated like his parents and almost every training weapon he used hit him just as much as it hit the training dummy he was fighting. The spear was the only weapon that he could use that didn't give him bruises when he used it. He still was not good at fighting with it, but it caused the least collateral damage.

"Hey Bally," A girl said as she approached Balthazar.

She was tall and gorgeous and walked with an aura of confidence about her. Her hair was a very light brown which in certain light, one could mistake for being blonde. Behind her was another girl. The girl was quite a bit shorter and looked a bit younger. She was not as classically beautiful as the taller girl, but she was still rather cute in her own way.

"Hey Melody," Balthazar responded briefly looking up from his spear. Then he noticed the girl behind Melody, "and hello, Arya."

Balthazar had known Melody and Arya since they were very young. They practically grew up together, but two years ago, Melody started dating Cadence, an arrogant brat who thought that he was better than everyone else. But Melody saw something in him that obviously Balthazar didn't see. He had tried to stay friends with her after that, but he couldn't stand to be around Cadence and he didn't like how Melody became when they were together. Arya decided to side with Melody and started spending less and less time with Balthazar. By the end of their time at Signal he had no real friends left. He was always rather odd and had a hard time making friends and though Melody and Arya tried to start conversations with him when Cadence wasn't around, it wasn't the same and it would always end not long after they began.

"I see you're still spending way too much time with that spear," Melody joked trying to get Balthazar to smile. Which was not actually very hard.

Balthazar gave a half smile, set down the whetstone and started to inspect the blade he had finished sharpening, "The more time I spend with it, the better I'll get."

"By that standard you should be way better than you actually are," Arya quipped. Despite looking innocent, she was very cynical and sarcastic.

"All I need is some more training. I'll find my groove eventually," Balthazar retorted defensively, "What makes two lovely ladies like you come to talk to a battle mage like me?"

"We just wanted to tell you the rumors we heard about the entrance exam," Melody said, "We're going to be put into teams of four, we're going to be required to retrieve a relic and this all takes place in a forest. Cadence has been talking to some of the older students and that's all he could get."

"Thanks," Balthazar said. There was an awkward silence in the room as Balthazar put away his spear and went to leave.

"We wanted to know if you wanted to be on our team," Melody said breaking the silence. Balthazar stopped and turned around. He looked somewhat confused. He didn't realize that Arya and Melody still considered him close enough to invite him onto a team.

"I know you and Cadence don't always see eye to eye, but I've talked to him. We need people we can trust on our team and though we all agree you're nothing special with a spear you are possibly the most talented mage of our generation and Arya and I are still your friends, no matter what you think."

Balthazar nodded and thought for a second, "Sure, I'll try and find you guys in the forest. Now if you'll excuse me, I think that they're serving dinner soon and man, embarrassing myself in front of our fellow students sure makes a guy hungry." Balthazar left the room.

Arya gave Melody a sideways look after Balthazar left, "And here I thought Cadence didn't want Balthazar on our team." A guilty look came across Melodies face and Arya knew that she was right, "He is not going to like this."

"Well this is just something that he will have to accept. It just doesn't feel right to let Balthazar off on his own. I just don't want him to get hurt," Melody explained. Arya did not look pleased.

"I know that he's still our friend even though we avoid each other like the plague, but for once I agree with Cadence. Balthazar will get us all killed. He doesn't know his own strength when it comes to his spells. He could be such a better fighter if he'd just give up on trying to smack everything with his spear and just burn it to a crisp like a normal person," Arya said disappointed and slightly angry.

"Arya, if we don't take him, what team will? We just need to make one sacrifice. After all, you, me and Cadence were the top 3 in the class from Signal. There's enough skill between us to make up for Balthazar's lack thereof."

"I hope you're right, Melody, 'cause if this goes south, I'm blaming you."

Rolf charged and let out three quick slashes with his great sword. Serena dodged effortlessly and returned with a round house kick to Rolf's ribs. His armor caught most of the blow, but the sheer force of the kick was still enough to make it hurt.

Serena thrust with one of her daggers, held with her ring and pinkie fingers and thumb while her index and middle fingers ran down parallel to the edges. Rolf saw it coming and caught Serena and threw her to the other side of the training ground with his free arm. Serena performed several flips mid-air and landed on her feet. There was a brief silence when she landed filled only with the two warriors breathing heavily.

"Take 5?" Serena suggested.

"Sounds good," Rolf replied. The pair made their way to a bench where they toweled off and took quick sips of water.

Rolf was a faunus. He had the ears of a wolf and his silver-grey hair was more similar to fur than it was human hair. His eyes were beady and his nose was small but he was a titan. While most hunters were about six feet, Rolf was easily seven feet tall with broad shoulders and gigantic arms, perfect for wielding a great sword. Commonly seen in Beacon were close quarters weapons that doubled as ranged weapons, but Rolf had never gotten used to the idea that a weapon could transform into a gun so he never made a weapon that could transform. He instead relied on his speed and his armor to close the distance between himself and his target.

Rolf had a huge crush on Serena. He had for several years now and though he tried not to let it show, he was never very good at hiding his feelings. She was also one of the few friends Rolf had ever had. He grew up in a neighbourhood that had very few faunus and several of the more prominent families in the community were not fond of faunus. Being raised in an environment like this caused Rolf to be ashamed of his faunus heritage. He had thought of asking out Serena a lot, but he was worried that if she did say yes she would be dragged into the faunus hate with him.

Serena was stunning. Most people that saw her believed she was the most beautiful woman they had ever seen. However she treated people coldly, and her mannerisms made it look like she was angry all the time. The only person she could somewhat relax around was Rolf. Even then, she never really relaxed.

"I think you won that round," Rolf panted as he sat down on the bench. He squeezed his water bottle and drank a bit of water.

"I'm not sure about that. You scored one nice hit and I was off for the rest of the match," Serena said.

"Yeah, well I've got a bruised rib that says otherwise," Rolf said back tapping the side of his armor.

"You held back," Serena said, "I had to make sure you paid for it."

It was true. Ever since Serena saved Rolf from five of their school's biggest bullies he had been following her around. He would help carry her books, polish her weapons even be her partner in arms when they needed to fight. She had told him when this had first started that she was perfectly capable of doing all of those things on her own, but Rolf and Serena had become friends somewhere along the line and Serena had accepted the fact that Rolf would be something of a protector.

"So, who was that guy on the airship?" Rolf asked. He had a tendency to get a bit jealous when guys tried to flirt with Serena. Which, given her looks, was often. However most of the time she would reject guys flat out. But not always. Rolf tried his best to bury his feelings when she found someone that she liked, but it didn't always work.

"The guy I knocked over?" Serena asked in response, "No idea. He seemed like a big idiot if you ask me."

Serena started to sheathe her knives and started to make her way to the locker room. After a few steps she stopped and turned back.

"Hey, I hear that during the initiation test we get partners. Want to pair up?" Serena asked. She knew the answer, she just figured it was nicer to ask first.

"Always," Rolf said as their eyes met. Serena hated when Rolf looked at her like that. She knew how he felt. Anyone who had ever been around the two of them knew how Rolf felt about Serena. Serena's only regret was that she couldn't return the feelings.

Rolf was sweet and always looked out for others. He never hesitated if someone asked him for something, especially if that someone was Serena. It's what she admired most about him, and something she envied. She knew that even if she tried dating Rolf it would hurt him too much.

She left the room after nodding and giving a small half-smile. Rolf's stomach went into a bit of a knot. 'Always' was a bit much. True, but a bit much. He was always bad at reading people and it had led to some awkward misunderstandings in the past, and even after spending all this time with Serena he couldn't really read her either. Or maybe he just didn't want to.

It was now dark outside. The majority of students had fallen asleep in the great hall trying to get some rest before the entrance exam tomorrow. Some students were still awake because they were nervous, or they were on romantic walks around the moonlit campus.

Aaron was still awake because he was completely lost and could not find the great hall. When Ozpin left him in the garden Aaron had tried to make his way back to find the entrance but the maze of hedges took Aaron in several paths that completely disoriented him. When he did find his way inside, the sun was setting and he still had no idea where the great hall was.

Now walking through the maze of hallways he had no idea where he was. Usually Aaron had a good sense of direction, but that doesn't really mean anything when you're in a new part of the campus. True, he had been toBeacon four or five times, but each time he was either stopped in the courtyard or led directly to Ozpin's office.

The hallways in this section of Beacon were thin and high with doors locked by access cards. Aaron surmised that he was in one of the residences, though which one he could not say. Aaron felt a breeze and noticed one of the doors was open just a crack. From it he could hear a girl's voice.

"…Ruby, take a breath and explain it slowly," One of the girls said.

"Alright, well, I was just getting back from the airship because I had forgotten some of my stuff and Ozpin found me as I was entering the school. He said that there was some sort of new creature of Grimm in the Emerald Forest," another girl said. Aaron assumed that this girl was Ruby.

"Where is this information coming from?" a third girl asked. Her voice was deeper and calmer than the other two girls.

"Well, Ozpin said that two hunters went into the emerald forest to make sure that the Grimm populations were not too much for new students to handle, but they came across something else. He said that they both came back nearly beaten to death and with their weapons broken. One of the hunters told Ozpin that this Grimm was completely new. The other one probably isn't going to wake up any time soon… if he does wake up that is," Ruby said with a hint of worry in her voice.

Aaron then got worried. He stopped eavesdropping and headed down the hallway walking briskly. He looked back down the hallway towards the door that was slightly open, the girls inside hadn't noticed Aaron was eavesdropping. He took a deep breath.

"If something could nearly take out two hunters, what chance do new students have?" Aaron whispered to himself. Then he remembered back to Talos and the moment Ozpin had accepted him into Beacon.

That night Ozpin had come to Aaron's small hut by the train tracks. Aaron had tried to convince Ozpin to allow him to come to Beacon a few times, and Ozpin had decided to come to visit Aaron to see if he was ready. Then the shack was attacked by a pack of beowolves. Aaron had defeated them all using Talos and after a short conversation in Aaron's shack, Ozpin had agreed to let him into Beacon the month after.

Maybe this was what Ozpin wanted Aaron in Beacon for. Maybe he was there to take out this new creature of Grimm. Or at least, to make sure that the students didn't have to fight it. He thought back to his back up weapons and his jetpack. He would have to find a way to monitor the forest and make sure that no one would get hurt.

His stomach grumbled violently and then Aaron remembered, while he was wandering aimlessly around the campus he missed dinner. Aaron loved food. Though he didn't have much money in the shack and he had to skip meals at times due to lack of funds he would always look forward to when he could make himself a great meal. Though he always had to make sure there was enough money to work on Talos. Maybe tomorrow morning he'd get something good in the cafeteria before the exam. Then he and Talos would show Beacon what they were made of!

End of Episode 1

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