Forever Fall.

The petals fell endlessly, but the trees seemed to quickly regrow petals to keep falling. It was beautiful... but also a bit sad. Watching them fall made me feel at peace.

Something I had long wished for.

I laid there for what seemed to feel like an eternity, but it was only an hour or something like that. Pushing myself up to a sitting position, I realized that maybe I had been daydreaming a bit too much. But it all seemed so real, it couldn't be a daydream.

It was probably a dream. I've had vivid dreams in colour before, and I was fully aware of what I was doing... This was probably one of them. Then again, I'd really never... felt anything in the dreams. I was feeling the petals under my hands, and the... grass. It was all red.

I stood up finally, making sure to dust off when-

"Damn perverts!"

My clothes were different. I'd been wearing my jeans and just a normal T-shirt last I remembered. Now it was a low-cut black blouse that bared my shoulders (which I tried to cover to no avail), a blue skirt with a white sash tied around it, white shorts and black boots. My hands had a pair of blue gloves covering them, and I had a damn choker on my neck too.

Whoever dressed me like this was going to die. And it would be a very painful death. Well, once I found them, of course. In the distance, I could see familiar-looking buildings. That's when I realized that maybe it wasn't a dream. I would never dream myself in these kind of clothes.

Taking a breath, I headed towards the buildings in the distance, hoping to whatever deity resided here that I wouldn't have to walk too far.

But, I ended up walking all the way there. It took quite some time, so I sat at the fountain and took off my boots and socks, rubbing my aching feet. That had been a lot more walking than I was used to, but at least I'd arrived at Beacon itself. It was certainly more impressive in person than when I watched it on the web.

I just hoped that I wouldn't end up having to fight. Unlike everyone else, I wasn't a trained fighter. I hated it, in fact. Talk about being soft.

"I think we've found our trespasser," a familiar voice cut into my thoughts and I hastily put my boots back on... but my socks were first. I stood up and turned around to see Doctor Oobleck and Professor Port standing close enough to me to freak me out.

I backed up a couple of paces. "I-I just found myself here! Well, not here-here but in Forever Fall and I walked over here and took a break..." Of course, by the time I finished explaining, they were basically frog-marching me to a cell.

For the first hour, I cried. I had never wanted to end up in jail and now I was in one. The second hour, I paced and hummed different tunes in my head.

The third hour was when Professor Ozpin arrived. I had heard his footsteps and made sure I wasn't crying again when he entered the cell. It was odd, as we merely stared at each other.

"Please, sit. I only want to talk to you," he said. I did, biting my lower lip as he took a seat across from me and took a sip from his mug of... coffee or black tea. I didn't know which.

"I've been informed that you were on the school grounds without prior authorization. Care to tell me why?" Ozpin seemed not to hold any contempt against me. In fact, it seemed like he was genuinely curious. I fumbled with my hands, thinking.

"I was in Forever Fall... but I'd been out on a walk beforehand... I saw Beacon in the distance, and.. well, I'd hoped to figure out why I was here. Then Doctor Oobleck and Professor Port found me and I..."

I clapped my hands to my mouth after realizing I said too much. Ozpin, however, didn't seem to question it. He seemed to be doing a Dumbledore, seeing right through me like an x-ray. Perhaps this was what Harry felt like in those books..

"Hmm." He took another sip of his coffee, as if in thought. "I don't doubt that there are forces at work trying to dissolve the balance we Huntsmen and Huntresses have fought to keep. If you are to stay here at Beacon, you must become a student."

...Well, damn. Really? "Um, I guess. I mean, if that's the only way... Don't get me wrong, Beacon is awesome! I just.. don't know if it's right for me," I admitted, feeling ashamed and foolish. Ozpin chuckled, and I smiled nervously.

"We all aren't born with knowing what we'd like to achieve in life. It comes to us as we grow. I merely decided to become a Huntsman to protect humanity," Ozpin told me. I had a feeling that wasn't the entire reason why, but I didn't press for information.

"I.. guess I understand. So, I'll... become a Beacon student. It's the only way I'll be let out, huh?" I asked, merely guessing. It was a surprise that Ozpin smiled at me before taking yet another sip of his coffee. But the real mystery was what was in Ozpin's mug. Coffee, or tea?

It could be chocolate milk for all I knew. He pulled out his scroll device thing and had opened something on it.

"First things first, then. What's your name?" Ozpin asked. My actual name didn't follow the rule that Remnant had been following for years after the war. The colour rule, the one the series creator had made..

"Azura. Azura Lloyd."

It was better than nothing. After a few moments of silence, Ozpin stood up. I did as well, and we both exited the room. He had probably added me to the student registry, because he was leading me towards the main classroom area... well, until he handed me off to Professor Goodwitch. The two of them had a conversation, and the lady professor lead me to the dormitories. I literally got a four-person room to myself, but it wouldn't be for long.

"You will be assigned a team once suitable students are found. Until then, you can shadow teams RWBY, JNPR and CRDL to find out what teams are to be like," Professor Goodwitch told me. I merely nodded, making a small reminder never to shadow CRDL.

She left me with a scroll and a class schedule.. And a uniform. I picked up the uniform on the bed next to me before putting it back on the bed and flopping down on the other one with a groan.

This day was just getting better and better.. Not.