Roses Bloom in the Shadows
In the world of Remnant, most thought their biggest problems would be the creatures known as grimm. Unfortunately for the young cat faunus Blake Belladonna, she knew better. She had seen the true evil of this world and its name was the White Fang. The same White Fang that she used to believe in and fight for. The same White Fang that she ran away from when she ran off to the wonderful school of Beacon where she would not only find a home to call her own, but also a lover.
Blake stood in awe of the monolith in front of her that was known as Beacon Academy. School for hunters and huntresses alike to learn and train to protect the great land of Remnant. At least that was the slogan that was on the pamphlet that was given to her upon acceptance into the school. 'This is the real deal I suppose, can finally help people and maybe brighten the outlook on the faunus name at the same time...' Her thoughts trailed off as she saw more airships come down to drop off more students. This only interested her for mere moments though as she had a much more important book to read, so she took a seat on a nearby bench in the courtyard of the school and did just that.
For Blake, it was quite easy to block out the noise of the students that were swarming the school as they walked past her despite the extra set of cat ears that were underneath her little black bow atop of her head. Unfortunately for Blake though her ears couldn't ignore the noise of an obvious dust explosion nearby and she quickly looked up from her book to see a seemingly chard girl in white, who she recognized as Weiss Schnee, and a girl dressed in red and black cowering on the ground, as Blake assumed she was the cause for the explosion. She decided the little red riding hood could use some help as it seemed she was on the receiving end of a Schnee's verbal assault.
As she approached the scene she heard the girl in red finally speak up for herself "Hey i said i was sorry princess." Blake decided to finally make her presence known as she picked up one of the bottle of Dust that had escaped from Weiss' suitcase. "It's heiress actually, Weiss Schnee. Heiress to the Schnee Dust Company, one of the largest producers of energy propellant in the world." The statement made Weiss get a big grin "Finally some recognition." before turning back to the young girl in red and scowling her again. Blake decided to speak up again though "The same company infamous for its controversial labor forces and questionable business partners." That caught Weiss completely off guard as she turned back to Blake in shock before storming off completely insulted for the way her family was being insulted. As the heiress made her exit Blake decided her work here was done, she heard the one in red speaking to her but Blake wanted to get out of the situation before the girl blew her up as well. Still she heard the girl tell her name. Ruby.
All the students were soon called to the auditorium where Headmaster Ozpin would give all the first year students of Beacon the whole 'you're the future protectors of Remnant speech.' Blake had to admit she wasn't paying too much attention to the speech as she kept to her ways and stayed close to the shadows to avoid any and all attention. Not because she was actually doing anything wrong but as a faunus in hiding she didn't really want to draw any attention to herself. She wanted the other students to see her for who she was not the set of cat ears that hid atop her head.
Once night finally rolled around all the first year students were brought to their sleeping quarters which admittedly was only a bunch of sleeping bags on the floor of the schools ballroom. Blake took this time to again read in the corner next to one of the few light sources that the room had at the time. Meanwhile near the center of the room, Ruby had been speaking to a mystery blonde girl before Weiss joined the two. Blake saw this but returned back to reading but unfortunately she was interrupted by Ruby and the blonde who spoke "Hi there I believe you met my little sister earlier?" Blake looked at her somewhat annoyed before speaking "Indeed I did. She's the one who exploded." She then sighed and looked back at her book but then Ruby spoke up "What's your book about?"
Blake was caught off by the brunette with red highlights in her hair when she spoke asking about her book, she assumed someone as hyperactive as her most likely wasn't interested. "It's about a man with two souls, both who struggle for control." Ruby developed a big grin after hearing that "That sounds really cool! As a little girl, I always wanted to be like the heroes in books," she paused to look at her sister "Yang here used to read to me all the time about these amazing heroes who would fight for and protect the people who couldn't protect themselves and ever since I've wanted to be a huntress!" Blake noticed how her smile never wavered as she spoke and it made her smile. "That's quite the dream for a little girl. Your family must be very proud." Yang grabbed Ruby's wrist as she was looking at the clock "Cmon Rubes let's leave her alone and we should get some sleep. First exam tomorrow!" Ruby smiled again and waved at Blake as she walked away with her sister "Right... I'll cya later!" She stopped walking though to look directly at Blake "I never got your name!" Blake couldn't help but smile at the energy filled 15-year-old before her. "Blake." Ruby smiled and walked off to her sleeping bag.
Blake decided to finish one more chapter before heading off to her sleeping bed and the lights were soon turned down. She slowly closed her eyes and as she slowly and softly fell asleep in her bag. Her first day went a lot better than she expected. She had even made one nice red ball of energy as a friend