Chapter 1:

Ki woke up and rubbed her eyes; something felt different today. That's when she remembered her younger brother, Jaune, was leaving today to journey on foot to Beacon Academy. He was pathetic on public transport and shouldn't even be going. She watched him copy out their older sister Azure's transcripts. How could the prestigious Beacon Academy actually have fallen for it?
She dragged herself up and wandered over to her full length mirror, staring at her was a very pale girl with bright blue eyes and a face full of freckles. She lifted her left hand up and rubbed the sleep from her eyes. She then grabbed her hairbrush with her right hand and attempted to tackle the mane with it. Bringing it to the top of her head she pulled it down through her black waves that cascaded down to her waist. Grabbing a bobble she pulled most of her hair into a high ponytail, leaving two small portions at the front. Once she secured her ponytail she smoothed out her full fringe and plaited her bags she has left out of the bobble.
Turning away from her mirror she unbuttoned the oversized plaid shirt she wore to bed and let it drop onto the floor. Opening her wardrobe, she pulled on her dark blue tights layering her ripped black shorts over the top, smiling at the fact her hand sewn tulip blooming from a treble clef was still mostly intact, the threads were slightly frayed and it was a much paler blue than when she originally did it. Reaching back into her wardrobe she pulled out a grey scarf and looped it through where her belt should be on her shorts,
"There, much better than a belt any day, and far more practical than a combat skirt." She said to herself. Next, she grabbed out her blue bandage wrap and she started binding her chest with it, from top to bottom then back up passing it over each shoulder before securing it in place. Finally, she grabbed her tatty black net top and pulled it over the top, it hung just above the beginning of her shorts.
She left her wardrobe open and went to her desk. Opening her jewellery box she picked star earrings for her lower lobes, plain studs for her upper lobes, a loop through the top of her right ear and then her lip ring on the left. Leaving everything a mess deciding she could clean it later she left her room and headed down the stairs to the kitchen. Reaching the door she stopped as she heard her father saying "Don't worry son, you can always come back and join Ki with the farm work."
She sighed and then her mother spoke "Yes, you can join her, it would be nice. After all, a huntsman without a semblance will never be a huntsman really."
Ki froze in place, she knew that she and Jaune were the disgraces as they showed no potential to be huntsmen however he got the special treatment being the only boy! He got to go out and try when all Ki had been given was a pitchfork and a bike so she could keep the family farm going. Enough was enough. Without waiting to hear her brothers reply she turned on her heel and headed to the main door, stopping only to pull on her thigh high black combat boots, that were fastened on by laces all the way up. She was going to run away and find her purpose on Remnant.

As soon as Ki exited the house she ran to the garage and opened the weapon room, her first thought was to grab Crocea Mors but to her dismay it wasn't there. "Damn" she muttered to herself.
Turning to leave she spotted Azure's greatsword, Sanheyi. Grabbing it she fixed it across her back using the strapping on the stand. It was lighter than it looked but still a bit heavy for the young girl. She headed out of the door and hopped onto her motorbike, her destination already in mind. Goodbye farm life, hello Vale!
No doubt her parents would be too focused on prepping Jaune for his 2 month trek to Vale to notice she was gone and wasn't going back. Luckily for her the nearest airship dock was not far and she could actually stand the transport, this would cut a week off the journey.
She arrived to see a shuttle from Patch landing, she hopped off her bike and realised that she didn't have enough lien to pay for her ticket and the cargo charge for the bike. "Today is not my day" she said sighing to herself, she turned to see a tall blonde girl arguing with the gate warden.
"I need to get to Vale!" She yelled at him, eyes burning red.
"You're not getting on this shuttle after your brawl on the last one. End of!" He replied shutting the gate on her.
"I might be able to help" Ki called out to her, holding out her keys. "The lien for your ticket, for my bike." The girl turned towards her and her eyes shifted from red to purple.
"Okay, deal!" She responded swiping the keys and giving Ki the lien she asked for. She watched the blonde hop on the bike and to her surprise she set off without a problem.
Ki turned to the gate and ordered her ticket, stepping through and onto the shuttle everything was going smoothly, for now at least.
She took the only empty seat she could see next to a tall man, with ginger hair. He was wearing a long white jacket and black bowler hat, Ki could see a necklace round his neck, with a locket on the end. She also noticed a deep cut running across his neck, he was sat dosing off with a cane resting against his leg. Ki settled down and stared out of the small windows on the side. The shuttle started with a jolt causing her to fall off her seat. She felt an arm reach around her waist preventing her from hitting the floor, she felt the strength of the person lift her back to her seat, "You should really be more careful, would hate for you to go out in an airship accident when there's far better ways to go" the man who was sat next to her said with a wink as he took his arm from her waist, "the names Roman Torchwick and soon enough all of Vale will know who I am, who are you?" He added with a chuckle.
"I'm Ki", she replied before looking at her feet,
"Well Ki, what's someone like you doing travelling all alone? I mean you've got one heck of a sword there but you look like you have no clue how to use it." He looked directly into her eyes showing a hint of sadness as he did so,
"I just left, I was sick of the life I had, I want a fresh start" she look back at him whilst saying this, having no clue as to why she was telling a total stranger this stuff.
"Well kid, maybe I have a business venture to interest you in. How would you feel about helping me with my work and in return I'll give you training and lien?" He said to her, his face totally serious, Ki thought to herself for a bit, what if this was a trap and she'd be hurt or worse... But how well would she fair on her own?
"Okay deal on one condition." She said at last,
"Anything for you" was his reply with a cocky grin,
"You hand my purse back, I felt you take it."
"Touché kid, you're going to go far with instincts like that. Welcome to the city of rats" he motioned to the window and Ki looked out getting to see the city of Vale for the first time ever.

Hey guys so there is chapter 1 of my brand new OC fic! Let me know what you think!

Lulu out~