Is this how I die? This beast of the unknown. Will I die by it's paws?

"Zwei!" A high pitched voice shouts.

A human has come to save me!

This beast jumps off my curled form and a hand touches my head.

I flinch away and the human almost immediately retracts their hand.

"Hey. It's okay! I'm Ruby Rose!"

I peek out from under my hands and look over the strange girl.

Her hair is black and fades into red. Her eyes intrigue me the most, pools of silver. Such innocence.

She smiles,"Are you lost?"

I shakily nod my head and remove my hands from my face.

Ruby smiles wider,"Don't worry! I'll take you to dad and he'll help you home!" She stands up and I shakily follow suit. Ruby fist pumps the air,"Let's go!"

That day has forever been ingrained in my mind.

Ruby Rose who accepted me for who I was. Ears and all.

I did end up being returned to my parents who were in Patch to visit a friend. But I knew that I was going to meet Ruby again. I am going to become a Huntress! That is my dream and I will become stronger for the next time I meet Ruby Rose.

My name is Mari and I'm gonna be the best huntress ever!

Hopefully Blake will want to be one with me…

It's been a long eleven years. After Blake ran off to join the White Fang. I ran off to find the best swords fighter out there.

I failed and met the crankiest traveller ever.

Her name is Cecilia Baki. Cecilia has trained me on the road for all this time and has helped me design a weapon. She then started to have me call her Baki-sensei.

When I get mad I call her Baka-sensei.

Cecilia is now 48 and she wields twin katanas. That's it. Just plain old katanas but boy does she know how to use them.

She might not be the best swordswomen out there, but she is the best in my heart. Well the best until she ups my training further. The aura training is the worst.

My aura is more shadow based. Since I am not of normal height, it tends to be easier to hide. But I mean, manipulating shadows is pretty cool I guess but Baki's is way more cool. She can blow trees down!

Enough of the past though. Baki recorded a video of me fighting an alpha Beowulf and attached it to a registration form. She then sent it off to Beacon an entire year early!

But I got accepted and here I am. On an airship. My travelling cloak still wrapped around me tightly. On my way to Beacon.

After Professor Ozpin gave some lame speech, we were shuffled into a large room to sleep in.

I brush my long purple hair and put it up in a bun behind my grey cat ears. Yes I dyed them grey, not by choice. Another story for another time.

After dressing into a pair of sweats and a hoodie with a cat face on the front, I glance around at everyone else in the room.

A particular person catches my eye. A guy with blonde hair in a onesie.

I cover my mouth giggling to myself before a rather high pitched voice brings me out of my thoughts. I look around and spot a girl with black hair that fades into red with eyes like silver. My eyes widen and I jump up,"Ruby?!"

She looks to me, looking confused,"M-Mari?"

I nod and she tackles me in a hug,"Ruby! You're here!"

Ruby nods as I hug her back,"So are you! You are so tiny! And your hair!"

Ruby is pulled off me and a girl with wild yellow hair stands above us. Her eyes are purple! Like my hair!

"Who is this Ruby?" She asks.

I look at her chest and then mine before deflating. Why is everyone so much more endowed than I?

Ruby goes on to explain her and my encounter in the forest. After Ruby is done, she introduces each other to the other.

After a tight hug from Yang and almost dying, I am then dragged to a kind of older Blake that's not a faunus.

Ruby introduces us in turn. I zone out of their conversation when a Schnee walks up to our group.

I use Yang as a human shield while the Schnee yells at us to be quiet.

Blake look alike sighs and blows out the candle efficiently shutting us up. Smart move..