Chapter one: The first day
The loud beeping of an alarm clock echoed through the messy room. A boy in a white vest and black shirt shot up from his bed and slammed the alarm clock. He looked at the time still half asleep.
"OH SHOOT THE AIRSHIP!"
The boy ran out his room and grabbed his suitcase that ha packed the night before. He ran through the kitchen and snatched some toast with peanut butter on it while passing his parents.
"Don't be late Zeek! Rustin and Terren are already waiting for you there!"
"Thanks mom!" Zeek shouted as he left his house in a sprint down town.
As he approached the airship he could make out his best friend Rustin standing there in the midst of a large crowd with his red hair and rust ridden shirt, his name definitely fit him.
"Hey Zeek, Terren saved us spots on the airship come on!" Rustin shouted and pulled Zeek through the maze of eager students. They came to find their seats near the window at the very front of the ship, right next to the cockpit where the pilot was.
"Hey guys glad you could make it!" A boy with light red hair walked out of the cockpit with his whiskers twitching slightly.
"Well why would we miss it we're heading for beacon, the greatest combat school in all of remnant!" Zeek said ecstatically.
"Nooo I would absolutely love to miss this once in a life time chance!" Rustin remarked with his voice dripping of sarcasm.
"Shut up Rustin, no one likes it when you do th-Hey!" Terren shouted as he fell over into the seat and a girl in a purple hoodie got up off the floor.
"Oh I'm so sorry, there was just a lot people and I tripped over them!" The girl said quickly apologizing in a panicking tone.
"You're fine, the place is jam packed with people this year." Zeek said duly with his eyes not even looking at her as he was too bust looking at the view from the window.
"Uh, yea you're fine...Care to sit with us?" Terren said shyly.
"Um, sure I guess there doesn't seem to be any other seats." The girl said taking the seat next to Zeek. "Sorry I'm from mistral so I don't exactly know anyone here, in fact I just flew in yesterday." The girl explained herself.
"You can stop apologizing now, that would be great. Anyways what's your name? I'm Zeek and this is Rustin and the one you tripped on is Terren." Zeek said as he turned around and gestured to his two friends who were already preoccupied with a card game Terren had whipped out for fun.
"O-Okay, hi I'm Percillia it's a pleasure to meet you three!" She said finally collecting herself.
"Well you know us already, so uh Percillia why are you here in vale and not mistral?" Zeek asked not realizing the potential of striking a sore spot.
"Because, I want to become a huntress and help people in need like my uncle does...My parents don't want me to do it so I moved here because Beacon is the best school and it's away from my parents." She said frowning as she remembered how the conversation had gone.
"I see, um sorry I guess...Sorry I really don't talk to people that much." He said sheepishly.
"Yea in fact we're really the only people he talks to on a regular basis, mostly because people think he has a thing for faunus." Rustin piped up from his seat as Zeeks ears went red.
"Oh, umm I see. So what is it about them?" Percillia asked awkwardly as she put a hand under her arms.
"Uh that's not it! I think that the practicality of an animal person is cool, I like the usefulness of it kind of like how someone likes a tall friend, sure you're friends but it's kind of cool because they're really tall." Zeek said a little flustered as they continued to make small talk and idle conversation as the ship flew towards the school. As they landed Terren and Rustin put their cards up and dashed out as fast as possible, Zeek sat there for a few seconds and stared at the exit.
"Well, looks like we're here! Talk to you later Percillia, hey maybe we'll end up on a team together!" Zeek said rushing out to follow his friends.