Author's Note
I do not own RWBY or its cast members. The only thing I own are the OCs in this story. This is my first fanfiction, so please follow if you are enjoying the story. ONWARDS!
Chapter 1
Arrival
Bailey stared out the window of the ship, pushing his black hair out of his eyes. He has done 3 weapons check in the last half hour.
Why aren't we at Beacon yet?
Bailey sighed and decided that it would be best if he read a book. Maybe time will go faster if I do. He thought. He opened up his suitcase and took out his book and started reading.
About ten minutes later, "Watcha readin'?"
Bailey looked up from his book to see a blonde haired girl look down at him. She was wearing a red hoodie and black pants with red lining. Must be her favorite color. But he shouldn't talk because he normally wore all black like he was wearing right now. He sighed and responded to the girl.
"I'm reading a book"
"Well, I know that!" the girl said, sitting down next to him. "I meant what's it about?"
Bailey looked towards the girl with a confused look. Maybe I can pass the time talking to this girl. It's not like I'm doing anything else at the moment.
"It's about the history of the Faunus Revolution. Why do you ask?"
"Just curious." The girl responded. "I'm Rachael. What's your name?"
"Bailey" he responded calmly and went back to his book. Maybe this was a bad idea.
"Nice to meet you, Bailey!" Rachael said cheerfully. She looked at his beanie. She could make out two bulges on his head. "What's under your hat?" she asked.
Bailey felt the top of his head. He then looked at Rachael with a look that would send most people running scared. "Why? You gonna make fun of them too?" Bailey had his share of people teasing him because of his cat ears. It wasn't his fault he was a Faunus. All he could say was that the next person to make fun of his ear or even touch them, he was going to—
"No. Why would I do that?" Rachael asked, confused.
Bailey looked down at his feet. "Because that's what most people do when they see them."
"Oh. You're a Faunus." Rachael realized. "Don't worry. I'm one of the people who stand up for them."
Bailey looked confused. "You are?"
Rachael smiled. "Yep! Most of my friends back at Signal were Faunus."
Bailey smiled for the first time since he stepped foot on this ship. Not even at Beacon and already making friends. Off to a good start.
"So, what do they look like?" Rachael asked.
"What?" Bailey nearly forgot what they were talking about for the past ten minutes. "Oh. My ears."
Bailey took off his hat to reveal two black cat ears. They twitched at almost every sound. Bailey looked at Rachael, who was still staring at his ears.
"AWWWWW! They're so CUUUTE!" she nearly yelled. She reached out to pet them, but Bailey blocked her hand.
"Please don't touch them. I don't like it when people do that." He said, putting his hat back on.
"Ok." Rachael said, pouting. She then took out a little red case and opened it. She took out a red cylinder and put the case back
"Of course it would be red." Bailey said to himself. He watched as Rachael pushed a button on the cylinder. A blade shot out of one of the ends of the cylinder, coming way too close to Bailey's face and causing him to flinch.
"Opps. Sorry 'bout that." Rachael apologized. She pushed the button again and the blade goes back into the cylinder. She looked out the window and gasped. "We're here!"
Bailey turned his attention to the window. He could see all of Vale and the entire building of Beacon Academy. He gave a sigh of relief and stood up.
"Time to get ready." he said. He grabbed his suitcase and headed for the door.
"Hey! Wait up!" Rachael yelled at Bailey, who turned around to see her struggling with her suitcase.
"You do know that we can just leave our stuff here, right?"
"We can?" Rachael let go of her suitcase.
"Yeah. One of the workers will come by and pick it up. I'm just putting mine near the door." Bailey said, as he put his stuff down by the door to the ship.
"Oh. Ok. Let's hope that the workers don't have trouble like I did."
Bailey chuckled. "Let's hope so."