Episode 1: Arriving at Beacon
Author's note: Hey guys. Time for a new series. It's been a while since I did the trailers for these guys, so I'm glad to be back. Anyway, this is about my OC RWBY team that I created as a tribute to Monty Oum. Well, it'll mostly focus on them. I'm designing two other teams to appear with them (in fact, three of the members of one of the teams appear in this chapter). Now, this series takes place at about the same time as the events of RWBY (to the point where actual events WILL happen within this series). However, this will mostly focus on the school side, rather than the fighting side (though I plan to have a few fight scenes). This one will go as far as the end of Volume 1. I'm already planning Volumes 2 and 3, haven't decided whether to do anything beyond that (we'll see when Volumes 4+ come out). Well anyway, let's see how this goes. Enjoy
'There it is,' thought Lyndal, looking out the window of the airship. 'Beacon Academy'. Lyndal had been dreading the last few weeks leading up to her arrival at Beacon, especially after the incident a week earlier at the beach. Murdoch had been persistent in asking if she was okay, and had even asked if she was behind the huge storm that had chased off the large A'Tuin. But she couldn't tell him the truth, not about that…
"Well, well, Lyndal Kaleen," came a cocky voice Lyndal knew only too well. "I'm legitimately surprised they dropped the bar so low that they'd accept you."
Lyndal sighed in exasperation. "What do you want Cardin?" she moaned.
"Whoa, hey, is that any way to treat your buddy?" asked Cardin, voice dripping in sarcasm. "Come on, we both know why you're actually here."
"And do you have a problem with that?" demanded Lyndal, cheeks flushing. "This is what I want to do, and I intend to do it."
"Hey, whoa, that's your business, not mine," said Cardin, mockingly backing off. "Just know that I'll be around to tell you that some dreams don't come true."
"Maybe not, but I'm still going to try to keep moving forward," snapped Lyndal, but Cardin was already leaving. Cardin was among the most infuriating people she'd ever met, but he did have a point. Beacon was a place was talented Hunters and Huntresses to be. Why was she even here? What was Ozpin thinking, letting her come to his school?
"Look Moria, we're nearly there," said the red-haired girl beside her.
Moria gave a quick sigh. "I know Pyrrha, you've mentioned it. Six times, in fact," said Moria with a little laugh.
"Oh, sorry," said Pyrrha. "It's just I'm so excited that we'll get to be studying together here too."
"Why? So you can beat me at everything here too?" asked Moria. "If I'd known I'd have to compete against you here, I'd have gone to Haven instead."
"Oh, sorry again," said Pyrrha.
"No, don't be," said Moria, who was used to Pyrrha being way more apologetic than she needed to be. "It just means I'll have to try even harder to beat you."
"But what if we're on the same team?" asked Pyrrha. "We won't have to compete."
"Oh, come on Pyrrha," said Moria. "They'd never let us be on the same team. We'd be unstoppable. They'd have to put us on a team with someone really weak to balance things out." Right at that moment, a blond haired boy ran past them, a hand over his mouth like he was going to be throw up. "Someone like that, for example."
"You don't know that he's a bad fighter," said Pyrrha. "Motion sickness is a much more common problem than people let on."
"You just think he's cute, don't you?" teased Moria.
"Hey, I never said that," snapped Pyrrha, shoving a giggling Moria.
As the airship landed, Nootau grabbed his few possessions, and headed to the exit. 'Man, I need a haircut', he thought to himself. 'I'm starting to look like a girl.' As Nootau left, he saw a guy with orange-ish hair pulling on some faunus girl's rabbit ear. 'Oh great, I've been here five minutes and I've already found a jerk'. Nootau grabbed his sword and ran straight at the two. "HEY! What do you think you're doing?" Nootau demanded, sword poised and ready to go.
"Hey, come on, it's just fun and games," said the guy, giving the girl's ear another tug.
"Not if only one of you is having fun," said Nootau. "Now let her go."
"Or else what?" demanded the guy.
"Or else this," said Nootau, switching on the flames of his sword.
The guy jumped back in surprise, then gave a quick laugh. "Whatever man, you're not worth it," he said, walking away.
"Th-thank you," said the faunus girl. "I-I'm Velvet, by the way."
"Nootau," said Nootau, shaking her hand. "Hey, if he ever tries something like that again…"
"Don't worry, I get this sort of thing all the time," said Velvet.
"Then why don't you fight back?" asked Nootau.
"Because they're not worth the trouble," said Velvet. "Besides, I usually have my team to back me up."
"Oh, you're already on a team?" asked Nootau. "So, where are…?"
"VELVET!" a girl wearing sunglasses called out. "This guy isn't bothering you, is he?"
"Oh, nonono Coco," said Velvet. "In fact, he chased off a guy that was bothering me."
Coco looked at him a moment, then smiled. "Thank you," said Coco. "You're the sort of person the world needs."
"Just trying to redeem myself," said Nootau. "Well, I better go. I said I'd meet some friends of mine here, and since we're just starting…well, you know."
"Of course," said Coco. "Well, if you ever need anything, Team CFVY will gladly help you out." Coco guided Velvet away, towards a really tall guy and a dark skinned guy with orange hair.
'I wonder where Yang is…' thought Nootau, looking around before eventually spotting her. 'Ah, there she is. Wait…is that her kid sister?' There, standing next to the blonde bruiser, was the tiny form of her sister. A talented Huntress-to-be, for sure, but she still had a few years left, didn't she? He'd have to ask Yang about it.
"Hey, Nootau," called someone, and Nootau saw a few more friends from Patch.
"Randolph, Balaraj, what's up guys?" said Nootau, high fiving them. "Monty, my man."
"For the last time, my name is Montgomery," said the disgruntled rich boy. "What kind of peasant calls himself Monty?"
"Easy there buddy," said Nootau. "Hey, Yang's over there with her sister. Wanna see why she's here?"
"Good question," said Balaraj. "Come on." The group was running up to greet the two of them when Yang noticed them.
"Ruby, come on, why don't you go try and make some friends of your own?" asked Yang, pulling Ruby's hood over her head.
Ruby took her hood back off indignantly. "But... why would I need friends if I have you?" asked Ruby.
"Well..." started Yang as the gang arrived. "Actually, my friends are here. Gotta go catch up. 'Kay, see ya, bye!" The group immediately started running down the path towards the main entrance to Beacon, leaving Ruby dazed and confused.
"Should we really be leaving your sister behind back there?" asked Randolph.
"She'll be fine," said Yang. "Think of it as an opportunity to make new friends."
"Yeah, about that," began Nootau. "Why is she here?"
"Well, Ozpin let her come to Beacon early because she stopped that Torchwick robbery the other day," said Yang dismissively, like this was an everyday occurrence.
"Really? That was her?" said Montgomery.
"Well, she had some help from a real Huntress," said Yang. "Professor Goodwitch, I think her name was. The one from the hologram on the ship."
"She's scary looking," said Balaraj.
"Oh, I'm sure she's not that bad," said Yang as the group entered the building.
Tehuti had no idea where he was going, so he just made his way towards the main building, in hopes that was the right way. As he was walking, he heard the sound of an explosion in the distance, and a girl yelling. 'Trouble?' thought Tehuti, grabbing his club and running towards the commotion. As he got close, he accidentally ran into a girl reading a book. "Oh, sorry," said Tehuti.
"No, it's my fault. I should have been looking where I was going," said the black-haired girl, picking up her book and casually continuing on her way.
"Hey, you don't happen to know what that explosion was, do you?" asked Tehuti.
"Oh, just the Schnee heiress losing her head over nothing," said the girl, glancing over her shoulder.
"Schnee? As in the Dust company?" asked Tehuti. "Shouldn't she be at Atlas Academy?"
"Yeah, I think we'd all prefer that," said the girl. "Well, nice meeting you…err…"
"Tehuti," said Tehuti, giving her his hand. "And you are…?"
"Blake," she said. "Well, I think there's an assembly we're meant to be at. Shall we?"
"Okay," said Tehuti, following Blake towards the main building.