A Grimmful Adventure

Prologue: New Adventure

Hello everyone and Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, or whichever holiday I didn't mention that you celebrate around this time. Best wishes to everyone and great happiness for all. I'm kicking it up a notch by creating this RWBY fanfic because I love RWBY and I wanted to make my own team. This story takes place during the 1st volume and will continue to the next and the next after that as a branch off story with the actual characters and my own OC's. I will use scenes from the actual story but from another point of view. I hope you all enjoy and show some holiday love by smacking that favorite button and sending a review.

New students arrive at Beacon; among them is a boy with strange talents who wishes to become a Huntsman to control his dark power. Among these students are the soon to be teams RWBY and JNPR. Paired with an unlikely group of individuals, the boy fights to preserve his dreams to become one of the best. But as new forces gather together, the boy must rely on his powers to protect his friends.

(At the station) Students from Signal were loading onto the airship to begin their journey to join Beacon. Among those students was Ruby; beginning her new adventure. But outside the airship; two people appeared, one a kid, the other an adult. They stood by the open door to the airship as students walked inside. The boy was nervous but the man was calm.

"Do you think they'll like me?" the boy asked with a worried tone in his voice.

The boy was about 16 with pale white skin with a slight build. He was about the same height as Juane if not an inch shorter than him. He had short straight silver hair, which he kept slicked back and light green eyes. He wore dark blue jeans, dark brown steel-toed boots and a light grey short sleeved hoodie. Along them he wore a dark brown leather harness fitted with twin steel pauldrons reaching halfway down between his shoulders and elbows, a thin leather breastplate and twin pistol holsters, one for each side of his hips. The holsters were about a foot long and two and a half inches wide with a strap at the top to hold the pistols in place. Only thing is; they were empty.

He looked up at the man; he was a few inches shorter than Professor Ooblek with a stronger build similar to Cardin Winchester if not a little stronger. He wore a black trench coat with a red sash tied around his waist with black cargo pants and black combat boots. His head was wrapped in what looked like black died bandages, the only thing that could be seen was his ruby red eyes.

"You'll be fine Romeo," the man replied with a kindhearted smile behind his face wrappings. "Remember what I taught you: stay strong and true to yourself." He handed Romeo a large brown wooden case. "I know you made your own but those poor things won't stand up to the Creatures of Grimm. That's why I made these for you, you'll need them."

He opened the case to reveal a pair of large silver pistols. Their barrels were over a foot long and were divided into three barrels. The top bar was actually a one-inch thick and wide metal bar built with pieces of metal overlapping each other to create a fold up weapon. The bottom bar was the same only it was cut widthwise in the middle. The part that met the handle and trigger has a rotation piece that connected to the trigger guard to serve as a fold out guard while the other end served to connect with the top barrel. Finally the middle bar was the actual barrel of the gun but it was only three quarters thick vertically just like the bottom barrel. It was cut in half the same as the bottom section with a few hidden mechanisms to adjust the four pieces.

Romeo took the pistols out of their case and studied the rest carefully. The handle was extended to nine inches long to fit two hands for its secondary mode. They had standard pistol hammers but they didn't have slides for semiautomatic fire. Instead the rig was built right side of one and the left in the other with a built in internal slide, spring and self reloader built in to load a bullet into the chamber when the magazine is put into the grip.

"They're incredible," Romeo said as he was lost in amazement. He pointed the barrels out in random directions to get used to the weight and how much motion these things allow him to use. But then he looked saddened about not being able to use the pistols that he crafted. "I really suck at making my own weapons don't I?" The man responded with a loud chuckle and patted him kindly on the shoulder.

"These are your designs, I just improved them," said the man. "But it's nothing to be ashamed about, you did a great job making yours but some of the parts were cracked which would've made them blow up in your face eventually." He was starting to feel worse but then his teacher said something that brought his spirits back up. "We all have our skills, mine for example is fighting and blacksmithing. What's important is for you to find your own way in the world. Create goals and work hard to accomplish them. Not only that but grow as an individual by living life your own way. Create bonds with others and help build them to become something special. You'll discover your talents with hard work and dedication. But don't be afraid to have fun. We can't worry about what we can't do but we can strive to find what we can."

"I'm a little nervous," the boy said shyly.

"Don't be afraid, everything will be fine," the man reassured him. "Just remember what I taught, be brave."

"I will Mentor," Romeo said with a bow.

"Good," the man said while pulling him in for a hug. "Make us all proud like you always have." Romeo pulled away, grabbed a small red backpack and slung it over his left shoulder. "Are you ready to become a huntsman?" Romeo nodded yes.

"I am sir," Romeo replied.

"I put some money in your pack for food and some spare ammo in case things out there get a little dicey," said the man. Romeo stepped inside the airship but the man held the door open to say one last thing before they parted ways. "I'll be back in two weeks but don't be afraid to call if you need help with homework or anything else."

"Thank you for everything sir," Romeo said in appreciation. The man nodded his head and backed away as the doors closed and started to lift off the ground. He stood there and watched the airship leave before whispering something to himself.

"Good luck out there kid," the man whispered. He turned around and left, leaving on whatever it was he was doing next.

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Romeo stood by the window in the airship when he noticed Ruby and Yang talking. He noticed Yang hugging Ruby and saying something in excitement. She pulled away and looked cheerful but Ruby looked like something was bothering her. He could tell what they were saying but he chose to stay out of it.

A hologram news report talking about a dust robbery committed by Roman Torchwick and his lackeys appeared as Romeo listened. Then it turned over to Lisa Lavender talking about a Faunus Civil Rights Protest turning dark from members of the White Fang interrupting the ceremony. She was talking about the organization being once peaceful but suddenly disappeared when a hologram of Glynda Goodwitch appeared a second after that.

"Hello and welcome to Beacon," Glynda Hologram said. "My name is Glynda Goodwitch. You are among a privileged few who have received the honor of being selected to attend this prestigious academy. Our world is experiencing an incredible time of peace. And as future Huntsman and Huntresses; it is your duty to uphold it. You have demonstrated the courage needed for such a task. And now it is our turn to provide you the knowledge and the training to protect our world." With that being said, the hologram faded away.

Romeo looked out the window along with a few others and saw Signal academy on Patch Island. He didn't train there but he enjoyed the high view of Vale. But that was quickly cut short when Juane ran past him looking like he was about to hurl. Ruby started freaking out when she noticed puke on Yang's shoe. Then the smell hit him as he looked down to see some puke on his right pant leg.

"Ew!" Romeo shouted.

He quickly grabbed his backpack, opened it up, yanked out a rag and started scrubbing at the vomit. He managed the get most of it off but the smell bothered him. He looked through his back again trying to find some cologne or something to mask the smell but he didn't have anything to use.

A purple haired Faunus girl picked up the scent of Jaune's vomit on Romeo's pant leg and heard him whispering to himself about trying to find something to cover the smell. She smiled as she reached inside her purse and rummaged around while looking straight ahead. Finally she looked out a small bottle of perfume a small device as she stood up with the bottle of perfume in her right hand and the small device in her left. Her left thumb started to move as something from the device let off a small clicking sound as she stood up and started to walk over to him.

She was only an inch a half shorter than him with long purple hair that reach downed to her waist and purple cat ears on the top of her head. Her skin was pail and fair with a light shade of purple lipstick on her lips. She wore a light green long sleeve jacket with a dark green tank top underneath along with dark blue skinny jeans and dark purple shoes with an elevated heel for flatfooted people. She also wore a round gold locket around her neck.

"Would this help," she said while kindly offering the bottle of perfume. He looked up and was quickly amazed by her soft beauty. But he noticed the bottle and tried to hide to his fear of smelling like a girl.

"Is it strong?" he asked, hoping not to offend her. But she kindly shook her head.

"It's a very light perfume, it should be alright," she said. He reached up and gracefully took the bottle from her. He smelled the bottle and noticed that it had a light lilac scent to it. He sprayed one spray and quickly noticed that it was as she said. It even smelled really nice which he liked. He handed her back the bottle and thanked her for it. "I'm Violet Blue."

"Violet Blue?" Romeo asked, wiping the rest of the vomit off his pant leg. "

"From the poem: "Roses are red, Violets are blue," said Violet. "My mom used to sing it to me when I went to sleep."

"I'm Romeo, Romeo Galigandro," said Romeo. He stood up and looked out the window. "The view is pretty amazing isn't it?"

"I can't see it," said Violet.

"Come and check it out, it's amazing," he said, turning over to her. But then he saw it, her eyes were a light shade of purple but her pupils were incredibly cloudy. She wasn't even staring at him, more like she was staring past him. Suddenly he felt panicked when he realized that she was actually blind. "Oh my god, I'm so so sorry." But instead of getting upset, she just giggled.

"It's okay," she said with the upmost of kind smiles.

"I feel like a real jerk, I'm so sorry, I didn't know," he said hoping she'd forgive him.

"It's okay, really, it doesn't bug me," she said. "I was born blind but it doesn't bug me." Romeo slowly started to calm down as she talked. "I was born without sight but it doesn't bother me."

"But we're going to an academy to teach us to fight monsters," Romeo pointed out.

"I know, I'm going too," she said.

"But how can you fight if you can't see anything?" He worriedly asked in concern for her safety.

"I have six older brothers who love to roughhouse, I'll be okay," she assured him. He wasn't too confident in that but he didn't want to say anything else to upset her. He quickly decided to change the subject.

"Thanks for the perfume, it's nice," he complemented in appreciation." She smiled, she knew what he was doing but she let it go too.

"My mom has a perfume shop in Vale; she makes all of her perfumes," she said proudly. He didn't care too much for perfume because he's a guy but he couldn't help but admire it from smelling this stuff.

Romeo sat down on the ground as Violet sat down beside him. He would glance over at her from time to time, she was beautiful and really nice. The smell of her perfume wafted off his pant leg but the smell didn't make him gag like most perfumes do. It was pleasant enough for him to not feel totally embarrassed about it but he felt a little embarrassed regardless.

She reached inside her purse and pulled out what looked like a small red book. She opened it, revealing nothing but blank white pages with bumps on it.

"Why are there bumps on the pages?" he asked curiously.

"It's brail," she replied. "Because people like me can't see, we use our hands to feel. There are groups of bumps that make up either letters of words." She flipped to the first page and showed a larger grouping of brail meaning that it was the title. She gently traced through the bumps with her fingertips as she was reading. "This say's: "The Grimm and the Gourd". It's a story about a man who sealed up a massive Grimm a hundred years ago and his journey to find the means to do it."

"The Gourd?" He asked. She smiled and nodded her head. He looked at the words but couldn't make out anything. "I wish I could learn."

"Maybe I could teach you," she kindly offered. Romeo smiled and chuckled.

"Maybe!" he said back.

They continued to talk and laugh as she continued to tell him the story. He loved listening to her read not because he couldn't read it but he liked the story. But it wasn't long until they reached their destination. Once the door opened Juane was the first to go out and quickly found a trashcan. While everyone else was leaving, Romeo stood up and helped Violet up.

She didn't have a stick or anything but she had the strange clicking device. As they walked out of the airship, he heard the strange clicking sound and wondered where it was coming from. He noticed that she had something in her hand but didn't stop to ask. Ready to start his first day at Beacon, he was ready for anything. Maybe not a loud explosion and a slight earthquake from Ruby sneezing from powdered dust tickling her nose.

Find out what happens next in Prologue II: The Twins

For many of you who have noticed, most or all of my series have Roman Numerals in the part title. I love Roman Numerals and I will tend to use them a lot. Happy Holidays to everyone!