ACT 1 Ch.1

Hey Alice!

Disclaimer: Barring the OCs, The universe of RWBY belongs to Rooster Teeth.

AN: Man, it's been quite a while huh? But don't think I've stopped writing yet! This entire story, as well as a few more, are either close to or completely done! So, expect somewhat consistent uploading!

AGG: So, looks like we're back again huh? Man, time sure does fly by. I remember it like it was yesterday, I was AS-Fire and I was writing that Zelda Fanfiction.

Ruby: Well, yeah. This time though, you got my universe to deal with. Don't mess it up, please.

AGG: Man, I didn't mess up the Zelda one! I got you, bruh!

Ruby: Suuuure. Luckily, I already know how this entire story is going to go. The people that you let read it, alongside myself...it wasn't too bad.

AGG: Yea. I just hope our readers feel the same. Once you, the reader, get past the start, well shiddd. Get prepared to have your heartstrings tugged. That's all I'm saying. Also, since the entire thing is actually already wrote out, expect moderately sized chapters uploaded at a time. It's a huge story. With that, see you all next Author's Note!

No One's POV:

Vale. Home of the prestigious Beacon Academy. One of several schools, dedicated to the training and nurturing of huntsmen and huntresses whose job is to defend those who cant defend themselves from the Grimm. This year alone, saw the start of a promising batch of first year students in two teams. Team JPNR and team RWBY.

However, something new is transpiring this new year's day. The head of Beacon Academy, Professor Ozpin, arranged for four new students to be brought to the school before the start-up of the second semester leading into spring.

The airship bringing two of the new recruits to the prestigious academy was nearing the docking zone.

"All passengers, be ready to exit the transport. Docking is commencing now." said a man over the transport plane's intercom. It could be heard from the outside also, as to alert anyone near the dock to watch out.

The airship's four wings folded down, then it got slower as it neared the docking ramp and started flowing sideways to mate its own ramp with the exit one.

Two girls walked down the exit ramp, each carrying a backpack on them. One of the girls hid behind the other one.

The smaller, black and red, bob haired girl's wardrobe was an alizarin shirt underneath a sleeveless overcoat, with the shirt sleeves showing. The shirt stops where her waist-high black tights start, going into her black and red boots.

She carries a double-ended Polearm diagonally, across her back, under her backpack.

The taller, white, long-haired girl normally wears a violet, shirt with the bottom edge of the shirt styled in a flower-bloom design. Underneath it, she wears a black skirt. She wears black, glossy, heelless boots and violet, open-fingered gloves over her hands.

She carries her sickle-like weapons in holsters on her left and right hip, tied to a white belt around her waist.

"Come on, Alice. This'll be fun!" said the taller girl that was in the front.

Alice's POV:

I grabbed hold of my sister's bag. "I don't want to. Can we go back home, Isis?" I asked.

She reached behind her, grabbing my hands and moving me beside her. "Alice, you're going to be fine, alright? Just you wait. You're gonna have your own friends here, and start to love it sooner or later!"

"But I...I don't need any friends if I have you. You know why." I said, in a feeble attempt at a retort. Isis didn't take the bluff.

"Alice. Regardless of what happens here, I got your back. Just like you had mine eight years ago. You remember?"

I did. I remembered saving Isis from that wild Beowolf. I remember awaking to my Semblance. I remembered those events clearly.

"OK...so, what do we do now?" I asked her. I saw her reaching into her bag and pulling out the letter sent to us by Ozpin, the director of this academy.

"Lets see here...we're supposed to...head to the amphitheater. Wherever the hell that is." replied Isis. "Come on, sis. We'll figure it out as we go."

I walked alongside my sister as I took in our surroundings. We walked on a long, wide avenue leading up to what appears to be the main academy buildings and their large, impressive main doorway, which opens up to a large amphitheater.

"So, we just...go in here?" I asked Isis. "The door is really big. What if there's no one inside?"

Isis grabbed my shoulder, and gave me a look that rebuilt some of my confidence.

"It's fine, Alice. Come on."

With that, she opened the large doors leading to the amphitheater.

I had never seen anything like it when we went inside. In front of us, were several hundred people. All of them were listening to a lecture of some sort from an older looking, gray-haired man, standing atop the center stage, behind a podium.

"Oh?" said the man, looking beyond the crowd, directly at us. "Everyone, we've been joined by two new...transfer students. Why don't you two make your way up here?"

I ducked behind my sister who looked as if she won an Oscar. "Come on, Alice!"

She grabbed my hand and jogged down the isle, garnering the attention of every single person in that room right now. Some of them waved at her, and she waved back. Some waved at me, and I caught butterflies in my stomach.

"Now then, why don't you two introduce yourselves to the rest of Beacon Academy? My name is Ozpin, by the way. Thanks for accepting my invitation." said Ozpin.

"Sure thing!" replied Isis, turning her attention to the students below her. I still stood behind Isis. "Hello Beacon Academy! My name is Isis Anwin, and this one behind me..." she said, standing to the side and pointing at me, "...is named Alice Erin. We come from an Island named Lumires, north of Vacuo. Hope to be friends with everyone here!"

She then stepped aside, and signaled for me to say something. I nervously walked up to the podium, while bearing the smiling faces of everyone below me.

"Uh...uhm...Hi?"

The reaction I got from that was nothing like I expected. They all clapped for me. For us.

"Now then, since I can't clearly give you the same administration test I gave the rest of our students, I'll give you a surprise exam."

Just then, the entire amphitheater went dark, besides the stage we were on. The center podium went inside the floor with the help of some sort of mechanism, and the hole was sealed off when it closed.

"This, ladies and gentlemen, is what I called you all in here for." he said to the crowd before turning back to us.

"You two, Alice and Isis, are going to do a two-on-two sparring session with two of the students from Beacon Academy. Depending on how you two perform will decide whether or not you are truly meant for this school." said Ozpin.

"Awesome. Bring it!" said Isis with a fist-pump.

I just swallowed my nervousness for the moment and nodded. Truthfully, I thought since we were the ones sent a letter, we should be fine.

"Now, who's gonna volunteer to battle the transfer students? Please, step up here." said Ozpin.

For a moment, no footsteps were even heard. I sighed, thinking no one would come up here. Until...

"Sure. We'll take them on."

Then, from the darkness of the amphitheater, two students emerged in front of us. One was a rather tall, burnt-orange haired man with blue eyes. The other was a slim boy of average height, with a green Mohawk.

"How ya' doing ladies? My name is Cardin Winchester. This is Russel Thrush, a member of my team, team CRDL." said the taller man, Cardin.

"How you doing? Isis Anwin! And this is my si-"

"I don't believe I was done talking yet, little girl." said Cardin, cutting off my sister and making me jump a little out of shock.

"Excuse you?" said Isis, getting slightly annoyed.

His face grew into a smirk. "You two are going to learn exactly who runs this joint around here, right now."

Cardin pulled out a rather large club. His 'underling', Russel, armed his daggers.

"I hope you two can fight, coming from some backwater town and whatnot. Hopefully your parents could afford to train you."

How could I just let this pompous...insult my sister and our home like that?

Apparently, the other students thought so too. I could even hear a girl screaming at them somewhere. She sounded a little young though...

"...Take that back." I said.

"Oh? The mute behind Isis can speak? What did you say, little girl?" said Cardin, taunting me.

I said nothing else. I dropped my backpack, and armed my weapon. Isis also dropped her backpack, and reached for her set of sickles.

"I believe you two have said enough." said Ozpin, stepping out of the way. "Let the match, begin!"

"Russel. Handle Isis. I'll handle the runt behind her." said Cardin. Russel nodded.

"Ooh. You're going to regret that, big guy." replied Isis, rushing Russel, leaving Cardin to walk up to me.

"What, you aren't even going to strike me?" said Cardin, once again trying to taunt me.

I said nothing. I was just waiting to see how fast or slow he was before beginning.

"Fine then. Allow me!"

He reared his club back with one hand. For as much mouth he talks, he's not weak.

"Take this!"

He swings his massive club, leaving over a hundred openings on him. I duck underneath it, moving my Polearm to my back and spinning in a circle, tripping the big oaf. As he fell, I jumped backwards to gain room.

I looked out the corner of my eye to see Isis enjoying herself, out-speeding Russel like a turtle to a hare.

Cardin gets up, clearly angry. "That's it girl, you're dead meat!"

Cardin rushes me, swinging vertically. It was easy enough to sidestep him, but he then brought his club in an upwards diagonal swing quite fast. I was impressed, but I still dodged it. He continued his onslaught of swings, all missing. I jumped, ducked, sidestepped and blocked my way through his barrage.

I waited until the right time to fight back. It wasn't present yet.

"Grr. Fight me!" he roared, thrusting his club straight at me.

Bingo.

I jumped just enough to be atop his club, then using my weight to force it to the ground. Then, in an attempt to shake me off, he tossed me high into the air.

I gripped the triggers of my Polearm that were placed on the center of the pole as I descended.

He tried to swing at me, but I used his force to get me to land right beside him, blocking his swing. Before he could recover, I rushed him, sending him on the defensive. He tried, but was unable to block any of my hits. Each stab or shot bounced off his aura, saving him from massive damage, but he couldn't keep up with my sheer speed over him.

He wildly swung at me, and I blocked it. The force did send me skidding backwards though.

I heard someone from the darkness cheering my name. "Go Alice!", she was saying.

Not gonna lie, it made me feel slightly comfortable about this school.

I twirled my Polearm above my head, ending with me pointing it straight at him, gripping it like a shotgun.

"Those attacks barely did anything to me, Mute! It seems like your entire town is filled with hacks. I'm sorry for the people who were forced to put up with you. What, with that crap weapon. What is that anyway? Who uses a double-ended Polearm nowadays?"

This...did he really just say...all of the people back home...ignoring the fact that Ozpin announced that Russel was eliminated, this little...

"Ooh, you done it now, Cardin. Ambiguity Rage. Keep up with her Liddell if you can." I heard Isis say, revealing the name of my weapon and Semblance.

That he did. I felt myself growing angrier with each passing second. I wanted him to eat his words. I wanted him to lose. Badly. I clenched Liddell with both hands, as I began channeling my Semblance.

"What's she gonna do? Cry? Forgive me if I'm not afraid of some little, pint-sized, backwater-"

"You piss me off." I said.

Right after, the black in my hair turned red to match my red bang. I felt every muscle in my body fill with anger. Resentment. A burning passion to want him destroyed.

"What is th-"

I gave him no time to finish. I was already unleashing a barrage of strikes, shots, combos, whatever I could on him. His head twisted with each swing. His stomach was pushed back with each shot.

I crouched down to be close to the ground.

"Take this!" I shouted, as a combination of a thrust and a shot sent Cardin straight into the air.

I jumped up and followed him, unleashing a second barrage of moves on him. During this, he dropped his club. I paid no mind. I continued with the assault anyway.

Finally, I spun him around by swatting at his legs with Liddell. As he spun in the air, I grabbed one end of Liddell with both hands, rearing the extended end behind my head. I pulled back as far as I could.

With a roar, I hit him with as much force as I could. It sent him careening to the stage, breaking the ground he landed on. I landed some inches in front of the hole on the stage.

My hair reverted back to its original color of black with the one red bang over my left eye.

As the amphitheater's lights were turned back on, everyone who was watching clapped, cheered, and chanted for us. I looked among the masses, then ran to my sister's side.

"Girl, you did awesome." said Isis, patting my head.

Out the corner of my eye, I saw Russell picking himself up, the Cardin from the hole. He mouthed something along the lines of 'this isn't over' to me before leaving the stage.

"That you did, Alice." said Ozpin, walking up to us. "With such an impressive display, I can't say no to you two joining us here, at Beacon Academy."

Both of his hands then reached out to us, offering a handshake. Isis took one of his hands.

"Yeah. She works Liddell as much as I work my Gwrage(Gw-ra-gae)" said Isis, referring to her weapons.

I looked at how excited she was, so I took Ozpin's other hand.

"Welcome to Beacon, you two." said Ozpin. "Oh, and by the way. Alice?"

"Yes sir?"

"Watch your language."

...Hey Alice...