The Adventures of Team WA at Beacon Academy
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The time has come, he thought, the time to become something more. It was the only conscious thought he had before a sudden jolt, woke him from his sleep. With a slight effort, he forced his eyes open and removed the book he'd been reading from his eyes with one of his gloved hands.
"You finally awake over there bro," came a questioning but energetic voice. "Depends," Wayne replied, "If I finish rubbing my eyes and find a good looking girl in front of me, then no I'm not awake." A quick glance at the half-bear faunus in front of him was all he needed to confirm otherwise.
"But it appears that it's just you and your usual smelly self so yeah, Aegis, I guess I am awake." "I still don't see how you can sleep," Aegis said, "I've been looking forward to arriving here for weeks now."
"I am excited," he replied, "But I've also been kept up late the last few nights by this noisy half-faunus brother of mine who's been too excited to hibernate until early in the morning." "Well you don't always have to wake up for early morning training," Aegis replied, "I mean between training at home and Sanctum academy, you and I are,-"
"Still just in training," Wayne replied, "And if we're gonna become huntsmen we need to avoid making the same boat load of messes that got us kicked out of Signal academy and nearly Sanctum too." "Oh calm down Wayne," Aegis said, "This is Beacon academy we're going to, you know, best academy in the kingdom of Vale and all that."
"Well until we know 'all that'," Wayne couldn't resist using air quotes as he spoke, "Includes a large budget for repairing tons of damage and an incredibly patient, understanding staff, it would probably be best that we actually try to watch our step while we're here." "Yeah, yeah," replied Aegis with a slight smile, "Try not to overdo it and all that."
"Just try not to cave in the floor in the first week," said Wayne, trying and failing to resist the smirk that formed on his face. "Attention, we are on final approach to Beacon academy," said a voice over the intercom. "Here we go," said Aegis as he stood up and retrieved his bag.
"Just try not to do anything outright embarrassing right out of the gate," said Wayne as he pulled on his large white coat with gray furred sleeves and collar which, in his opinion, complimented his black, short-sleeved shirt and pants just fine. The other features of Wayne's outfit included a belt lined with dust canisters and pouches of various sizes, a pair of gloves marked with wolf claw symbols (which complimented the large bear-head crest on the back of his coat), and a pair of boots with steel on the toes shaped like bear feet. A rather conservative look, in Wayne's opinion, at least compared to his brother who wore brownish-red and gold armor plates on his front, back, and sides, as well as a pair of armored gauntlets and armored grieves on his legs, and to top it all off, his brother, unlike him, sported a large pair of bear ears out of the top of his head.
"Relax bro," Aegis replied, "I'll make sure you're on board with it before I do anything to embarrass us." Wayne rolled his eyes as he stoyed his book and hefted his large travel bag over his shoulder. "Let's just make it through the first day for now," Wayne said.
Wayne and his brother Aegis gathered with the rest of the soon-to-be students and exited the air ship as soon as it landed. The sight that greeted them was beyond anything that had been described to them. Beacon academy was like a large castle with several towers extending hundreds, maybe even a few thousand feet into the sky. Aegis gave a low whistle as they took in the large courtyard in front of them.
"What is it with these kingdoms and cities making everything so darn tall?" Said Wayne as he craned his neck to get a better look at the tower. "Maybe they had a lot of spare bricks," said Aegis, "maybe they have big egos, or maybe they're compen-," "Now you can stop right there," said Wayne, cutting off Aegis before he reached the obvious end of another one of his jokes.
"What," Said Aegis, raising his hands in a gesture of innocence, "you asked." Wayne thought about replying to that until the sound of commotion drew his attention elsewhere. A young dark-haired girl dressed in a black and red outfit with a skirt and a red hood appeared to have tripped over the luggage of a white haired girl wearing a white skirt and a white jacket, who was obviously scolding her and shaking what appeared to be a vial of red fire dust.
"What do you think's going on over there?" Asked Aegis, having just noticed the scolding as well. "Something that's likely none of our business and not even that serious," Said Wayne, hoping he was right. The sound of a sneeze and then a sudden explosion told him otherwise, as a large smoke cloud engulfed. "Ok, now maybe we should-," Aegis started to speak.
"Just keep walking," replied Wayne to Aegis as he picked up his pace a little. "But you don't think they need a hand over there?" questioned Aegis. Wayne wasn't against helping, in fact he felt quite sorry for the young girl, but he knew the moment they waltzed over there, Aegis would get bent out of shape about the incident, likely argue with and possibly even get in a fight with the white-haired girl, It was something he'd seen play out multiple times, all with varying results.
"If it were any other day I'd say go for it, but we can't just go making trouble on our first day, we haven't even been here half an hour for goodness sake," Said Wayne. "Yeah I know," said Aegis dejectedly. "Besides," said Wayne, "The problem appears to have solved itself." Looking back over, they saw that a third girl with long dark hair wearing an odd corset like outfit and a large bow atop her head, had joined in the conversation, which ended with the white-haired girl snatching the vile of dust the dark haired girl had picked up and storming off toward beacon. "You see bro," Wayne said as they slowly approached the large entrance to the academy, "Some issues can work themselves out."
The inside of Beacon seemed just as large as the outside as Wayne and Aegis moved toward the large stage in the middle of the auditorium. Finding a place to stand was a bit of a problem as all the students crowded around the stage, trying to get the best view they could. Wayne had never been comfortable in large crowds. Between the constant noise and multiple smells assaulting his senses, not to mention the slight feeling of suffocation, Wayne would rather have been in any number of other places. As for his brother, Aegis was shifting from one foot to the other, trying to see the stage.
It was times like these where Wayne was actually kind of annoyed that his little brother wound up being taller than him, and that wasn't even counting the extra inch or two from the bear ears protruding from his head. Both his and Aegis's annoyance was soon overshadowed, however, as Professor Ozpin, the headmaster of Beacon academy stepped onto the stage. At first glance, the man didn't appear to be anything special, wearing a green suit jacket and pants, a scarf, and a pair of spectacles resting on his nose. He held a walking stick in his right hand as he used his left to adjust the spectacles on his nose.
"I'll keep this brief," Ozpin began as he spoke about what brought them to Beacon, how they had wasted energy at some point or another, and how they had to realize their goals as huntsmen and huntresses. "He seemed kind of out there didn't he," said Aegis as they were directed out of the auditorium. "There really is a lot more going on in his head than we think, that's for sure," Replied Wayne. "I just hope he's one of those 'understanding' teachers you hoped would be here," said Aegis. "At this point, so do I," replied Wayne, "So do I."
The rest of the evening was uneventful as Wayne and Aegis made their way up to the designated sleeping area for the first years, which turned out to be a large, cleared out room in one of the towers. So far, still not enjoying the crowd, Wayne thought as he unpacked a few essentials.
"So what do you think the initiation test is gonna be like," asked Aegis as he pulled on his brown pajama shirt, completing the last of his set of bed time clothing. "Hmmm, dangerous, daring, stuff trying to kill us, maybe we'll get to save a damsel in a tower from a dragon," replied Wayne. Aegis gave him a look of annoyance as if to say 'really'.
"Look, I don't know Aegis," Wayne continued, "You and I both overheard a thing or two about a forest, but it's like Mom and Dad always told us-"Be ready for anything.'" "Yeah I know," replied Aegis as he plopped down on his mat, rather noisily, "But the wondering is gonna keep me up all night." "No point in that," said Wayne as he laid back on his mat, "Tomorrow, and the initiation, will be here soon enough, but more importantly, you and I need sleep in the worst way tonight, so this time could you at least try to go to sleep."
With that, Wayne rolled over to look at the ceiling and closed his eyes. Unfortunately, his sleep was quickly interrupted by the sound of a playful scuffle over by the far wall. "Oh now what," said Wayne as he rolled over onto his left side and opened his eyes. After propping himself up on his elbow, he discovered the source of the noise. Four girls, three of whom he recognized as the white, black, and dark haired girls from earlier as well as a fourth girl with long curly blond hair running down below her waist. Once again, the white-haired girl seemed to be attempting to scold the dark-haired girl, but the blond was having none of it, and the three of them were in a sort of verbal confrontation, while the black-haired girl, who had been reading a book Wayne was sure he recognized, set it down (obviously giving up on any more reading for that evening) and blew out the candles which she had been using as light to read. This is gonna be one weird year, Wayne thought as he rolled back onto his back and tried, somewhat successfully, to fall asleep.
Note: Hello everyone, as this is my second posted story and the first one I will be updating with chapters I should let you know that chapter length will vary as I try to figure out a good length and style in which to post them. Should anyone have any suggestions about my chapter or writing style simply leave me a message or comment (or whatever we use to communicate around here). Also, the story is just getting started, so if you're waiting for the action it will be here very soon. Thank you all and hopefully you will find this story entertaining.