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(Brendan's POV)

I nearly missed the dust plane to Beacon but showed up at the doors just as they were about to close. I sat down to catch my breath. I should introduce myself.

My name is Brendan Grimm, I know the name is ironic but what can you do? I was wearing my usual dark red hoodie with a black t-shirt underneath with some dark blue jeans and black shoes. I had a machete strapped to my waist. It belonged to my deceased father. Made out of Tungsten with a rose wood handle that had my dead dad's name on it, Charles, it's my prized possession. My long light brown hair sat just barely over my right eye and had a wild look to it. The dog tags around my neck jingled as I stood up and looked around myself.

Sitting right next to me was my little brother Garnet, who had arrived a couple hours earlier than me. He was wearing a blood red t-shirt, a black hoodie with a symbol that looks like a wilted rose, a pair of black shorts with red cuffs that end slightly below his knees, an unassuming grey belt, and a pair of red and black skate shoes. Strapped to his side were his twin katanas, one with a red blade and the other with a yellow one. He was sleeping with his hood up so I couldn't get a good look at his face. Just then my friend Zora walked up at and started to get a little worked up.

"Where were you Brendan? You nearly missed the plane and your Mom couldn't find you this morning to wake you up. I had to leave without you!"

She had brown hair that went down to about mid back with a blonde streak in her hair that came naturally from her mom's side of the family. She was wearing a white shirt and jeans with her spear, also made of tungsten, strapped to her back. She had electric blue eyes that started right into me.

"Calm down! I was spending my last night over at Austin's house! It was going to be the last time for four years I could see him and Sydnee and they've been my friends since the beginning!" I say petting her head and pulling out my Ipod.

"Brendan, you being 18 makes Carolina worry even more than she already does, you need to tell her next time!"

"Aw, so you do care. My mom knows nothing can hurt me, just look at me! A muscular 189 pounds standing at 6 feet. Doesn't Garnet remind you of a little cat when he sleeps?" I asked randomly. "Besides either way none of the girls in this district are anywhere near what I look for in a girl." I sat down next to Garnet and pulled down his hood making him move a little in his sleep. His black hair had natural red highlights in it that made his grey eyes really pop. I put an ear bud in and played my favorite song, "The monster" by Eminem. I let Garnet sleep until we were about to touch down at the new school. Beacon academy, the absolute best fighting school for the future hunter or huntress.

My dad had been killed by Beowulfs when I was really little, but it still hurt like a open scar. Garnet had been too young to remember him, but everyday I try and live up to the name he made for himself in the marines. He had been one of the best there was out of his whole regiment, he killed an entire pack of Beowulfs for a warm up!

The plane was starting to descend so I woke up Garnet. I shook his shoulder and he stood up with a shoe in his hand looking like he was going to throw it before I grabbed it from his hand.

"Who took my shoe?" Garnet asked, turning around. He stood about 3 inches shorter than me and had just turned 16.

"We're about to land," I informed my little brother. What should I do first to mess with this place? Intercom, yeah definitely the intercom. I turned back to my friend. "Zora, you never congratulated Garnet for getting to here 2 years earlier than he was supposed to!" I said kind of elbowing her and gesturing to him.

"That's because he reminds me of your mom, and she used to take your dad down in 3 seconds! I had no doubt that Garnet would get in to Beacon early."

"That hurts Zor it really does…look at this place! It's a castle not a school!" I said bouncing up and down on my heels. When my dad died I developed hyper-active fight or flight disorder which basically means that if anything surprises me I get a shot of adrenaline straight into my heart. "So Garnet, should I play the big brother role all year or should I go into best friend mode?"

"Try and stick to friend mode, you are always so embarrassing when you go all big brother on me." He looked out the window and his jaw dropped to the ground instantly. "That's a school?"

"Sure is, only question is how they're gonna pair up teams for the time we're here. I heard some red head guy say we have to go into the forest of Forever Fall! This is going to be so cool!" We stepped off of the plane and Garnet took off faster than I could see. I was left standing alone with Zora. That little punk is going to get it. For some reason he thought that Zora and I were dating when in all honesty I only liked her as a friend. So, for no reason he would run off and give us "alone time."

"Where do we have to go on this place to find out where we stay for tonight?" Zora asked looking at the map they had sitting by the sky dock.

"We're supposed to head over to the auditorium so the guy who runs this whole place can give us some speech."

"You mean Ozpin I assume?" She said, looking at me with a raised eyebrow.

"Why do you always have to be so smart?" I returned the look, making her laugh a little. We started to walk over to the auditorium.

The court yard had a bunch of limestone slabs laying down around a marble fountain that had a giant floating blue crystal above, benches were scattered around the whole place and trees ringed on the outside it. The school itself was standing at about 60 stories tall with 2 towers on either side, I assumed it was for to separate the separate year groups, 1st and 2nd in one tower with 3rd and 4th in the other.

We finally reached the auditorium. A huge group of kids had gathered around a stage where off to the side stood a man in a green suit and a woman who looked as cold as marble. I guessed the guy in green was Ozpin. He was wearing a green suit with a scarf and glasses sitting low on his face. A coffee mug and cane were in one hand, and the other sat in a pocket. He had silver hair that gave him a stressed look. His face was emotionless but his eyes were scanning the crowd to see of he should waste his time on any of us.

He walked up to the microphone and began to speak.

"I'll…keep this brief. You have traveled here today in search of knowledge-to hone your craft and acquire new skills-when you finish you plan to dedicate you life to the protection of people. But I look amongst you, and all I see is wasted energy, in need of purpose-direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will only prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step." He sipped his coffee and walked off the stage looking as emotionless as a bag of rocks.

"Well he's a bag of rainbows and unicorns ain't he Zora?" I leaned over nudging her in the side. "Come back here! You can't leave a guy as handsome as me running around or I'll be dating every girl in this school like that guy Wayne back at Signal!" I ran and caught up to her and she punched me in the arm lightly.

"You cheeky bastard, I swear. If it isn't one thing it's something else isn't it?" she wrapped her arm around mine and we walked over to the ball room so we could get our stuff set down before anyone else got the good spots.

What's up wild people? This is a new collab with a very good friend of mine named Ventusblade. We'll be switching out who writes which chapter for every other so the next chapter you read'll be by him. Give us some feedback in reviews and favorites and all that good stuff. SEE YA!