It was a sunny morning, the sun greeted the grass, encouraging it to grow so green and vibrant. Birds were heard chirping in the distance, away from the large school campus that stood on the top of the hill. The school that overlook the city of Vale, the same school that taught the future Huntsmen and Huntresses of Remnant. Beacon Academy, the prestigious school that would teach the Huntsmen-in-training to fight against the plague of Remnant. Their duty is to bring and keep the peace within the world.
"Now all of you know that Ursa Majors are larger than regular Ursai. That is because..." A teacher was giving his lecture about various Grimm that plagued this world. Beside him was a teacher's assistant, who seemed eager to learn. And like him, many of the other students were eager to learn more about the Grimm they were training to fight. All but one. This one was sleeping and softly snoring near the end of the room, his head faced down with his book propped up to keep the teacher from seeing his sleeping state.
Beside him was a woman who felt very disgusted about his behavior in the middle of class. She wanted to say something to the teacher, or kick the boy in the shins. She didn't care as long as it was something that he could feel humiliated. She was his sister, after all.
In the most subtle way possible, she gently tipped the textbook of her brother's to drop on the back of his head.
"Ow! The hell?" He quickly sat up to rub the back of his dark hair, where the book fell on. His shout was large enough for the teacher to hear him, and that was what the woman was counting on.
"Mr. Branwen! Please tell the class the most vulnerable place of the Boarbatusk." The teacher had his arms crossed as he eyed his troublemaking student.
Qrow Branwen, one of the most laid back person in his team or even his year, couldn't answer after waking up. His brain wasn't 100 percent cooperating, even if he already knew that answer. "Uh…. the most… vulnerable…. place…." He wanted to say "it's virginity" more than anything, after the dream he had.
His Grimm Studies teacher, Arvin Palm, sighed in disgust, "From now on, Mr. Branwen, please come to class with a full night's rest".
"Aww, don't worry about it, Mr. Palm," Ryan Vail, one of the smart students in their class and well known for their quick wit, assured her teacher, "you know what they say, idiots don't know the difference between day and night!"
Nearly everyone in the class erupted in laughter at the dark-haired teenager, all but his own teammates and one other team. They sat all together in the middle of the class, their eyes staring ahead rather than behind, like the other students. This team recently transferred from Atlas Academy to Beacon. No one knows why, all that they knew is that they did.
The bell to end the class rang, Mr. Palm growling in frustration to himself. "Well class, don't forget to read chapters 3 and 4 for homework with a reflection paper! And Mr. Branwen, enough with the sleeping in my class."
The students gathered their things and left the room, the first ones to leave were the new transferred team. Their walking patterns were synchronized with one another, as if they were a single being. The only people who hung back in the classroom were Team STRQ as in stark white, their leader representing the purest of colors. Qrow growled at his twin sister, Raven as she grinned at him, "Raven! You got me in trouble with Mr. Palm!" His eyebrows furrowed, Raven rolled her eyes, "Please, you got yourself in trouble. Qrow, you've been sleeping in class for a long time. You were bound to being found out."
"Bullshit! I had a foolproof plan!"
"Yeah, and you're the fool"
"Fuck you, Raven!"
"No, fuck you, you idiot twin of mine!"
"Guys!" The leader of Team STRQ, Summer Rose, shouted at her teammates. Her white hood was removed from her head, her silver eyes piercing each of their red eyes of irritation towards the other. Beside her was their other teammate, Taiyang Xiao Long, with a single hand on his hip and a disgusted look at Qrow.
"We're teammates. We shouldn't be arguing with each other!" She tried to remind them each time the twins had a scuffle with each other. Or even when Qrow had an issue with Taiyang and vise versa. In short, Qrow had issues with other people.
"Sorry," the twins said in unison, looking away from each other.
"But why are you always sleeping in Mr. Palm's class?" Summer asked, just as they finally left the classroom, walking towards their dorm room.
Qrow rolled his eyes, "That class is super boring, like we don't know what Grimm are and whatever…"
"But you didn't answer his question…" Taiyang teased.
"I was still sleepy!" Qrow tried to defend himself.
"Uh huh, right."
Qrow growled at the yellow-haired annoyance, while Summer thought out loud, "I didn't find Ryan's joke very funny. I'm sad that the rest of the class found something so mean, funny…"
Raven tried to console her leader, "well, at least Team SLVR didn't find it funny, either." Summer nodded, feeling a little bit better than before.
Taiyang added to Raven's statement, "Team SLVR likes to keep to themselves. They're always so serious. It's been a week since they transferred and they haven't tried to integrate themselves with the other students…"
The mysterious Team SLVR, led by a white-haired silent wonder, kept to themselves. No one even knew their names yet. Nor did the teachers want to call them out during class, they wanted the team to be comfortable themselves before doing any sort of thing. They would just sit in class, waiting idly by and paying close attention to the lectures.
"Then they're just shy! We should give them a little push! Try to be more friendly to them!' Summer whole heartedly suggested. Raven and Taiyang glanced at each other the look of doubt. Qrow told Summer what the two were thinking, "Summer, that just may piss them off rather than help them get used to the school and its students."
"How so?" She pouted at her teammate, her cheeks puffed up.
"Well…." Qrow tried to find the right words, "sometimes… people find that sort of push… annoying?"
Raven interjected before Qrow made it worse on himself, "He means that they just need to go on their own pace. They never even spoke in class before. Not one team member."
The conversation about Team SLVR died down once they neared their dorm room. But each member of Team STRQ slowed down once they saw each member of Team SLVR enter the room across from their very own. A blue-haired, caramel-skinned girl entered the room with a brown-haired, fair-skinned boy. A dark skinned, black-haired girl followed the two behind. The white-haired leader noticed them, turning to them, making eye contact with each of them for several seconds before entering the room last. The door was gently closed shut.
Once each member of Team STRQ entered their room, the topic of the group across the hall erupted once more.
"THEY LIVE ACROSS FROM US?!" Taiyang exclaimed before falling onto his bed.
"I guess they do," Raven confirmed, "I'm slightly surprised that we never noticed."
"They must leave their room before we do," Taiyang sat up on his bed when Raven sat on it. "I mean we do leave late because of a certain someone…" He eyed Qrow menacingly. Qrow stuck up his middle finger as a response.
"All the more reason to be friends with them!" Summer continued to push her friendship agenda onto the group. She was not going to give this up, not one bit.
"Then, oh great leader of ours," Qrow mocked her, "why don't you go over and ask them out for dinner?" When he noticed the look of hesitation and fear in his leader's eyes, he continued, "Oh? You can't? Because you know they're unapproachable. They're really off-putting."
Raven smacked the back of her twin's head, "Qrow that's enough" She smiled at Summer, "you don't have to listen to him, he's a moron."
"No!" Summer pouted again, her stubbornness showing, "He's right! I should lead by example. So I shall… ask them… out… to eat.. With us…" The idea of asking them frightened her, but she knew that it would be important as a leader. "Here I go!"
The white-hooded girl opened the door to her dorm with grace and took several steps to be in front of the door of Those-Who-Shall-Be-Approached. She stared at this door for what seemed to be 10 minutes. While in reality only 10 seconds had passed. Summer turned to plead to her overlooking teammates.
I can do this, I can do this. She pumped herself up.
Knock knock
The door opened after several seconds of Summer's knock. The one who opened it was the leader of the group. Far away, Summer could tell that she had white, long hair. But up close, Summer noticed the woman had almond-shaped, bright purple eyes, that reminded her of an amethyst jewel. Her hair was long, but it was long and thick, her bangs reaching down to her waist. Nor did Summer ever notice the black bow she wore on the top of her head. In short, Summer didn't realize how gorgeous the leader was, who stood about as tall as Raven, which was shorter than Summer.
"Uh, hi! I'm Summer Rose and we're neighbors!" She laughed nervously, while pointing across the hall towards her teammates who waved. "We were wondering… if you and your team would like to join us for dinner! It would be a great exp-"
"No thank you." The white-haired girl was about to close the door before Qrow put his foot between the door and the doorframe.
"Hey, she was trying to be nice," Qrow narrowed his eyes at the unknown woman, "Maybe you should take up her offer."
The leader of SLVR kept a straight face at the black-haired annoyance before kicking his foot away, "I apologize for my rudeness, but we ate shortly before coming back to the dormitory. Perhaps, Mr. Branwen, you should be more considerate of other people." She closed the door right after.
"Pppf.." Taiyang held in his laughter, Raven herself seemed amused with the verbal beating the white-haired woman gave him.
Summer turned to Qrow, giving him a saddened smile, "Thank you for trying, Qrow…" Summer felt defeated, but in her heart she knew she would persevere.