Hello again everyone! Khman here, and in celebration of me finishing finals, I decided to post the next chapter a little early. So please enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY or any other references made within this fanfiction.

Chapter 2: "Initiation Begins in 5... 4... 3... 2..."

"I wonder what they're having in the cafeteria this morning," Terrance mumbled to the rest of the group as they make their way to eat.

"Whatever it is, just leave some for everyone else. We all know how you like to eat," Stacy sarcastically stated.

"Hey, an ox needs to eat plenty to keep his strength up, and I'm no exception."

"He's right, and who knows, something may happen today where we need that unmatched strength of his. It'd be a shame if he couldn't function at his best just because you told him not to eat too much," River argued back to Stacy, supporting Terrance's appetite.

After being treated to breakfast, a delicious feast of pancakes, the group made their way to the locker room before the first-year students could notice them.

"Alright team, grab anything and everything you need, we aren't gonna be able to come back once the first-year students arrive. They're eating breakfast now, so we should have plenty of time to do so," announced Team STRN's leader.

"So your one of the teams that volunteered? Heh, Ozpin must not be asking for much," an all familiar voice said.

"Your one to talk Haytham, seeing as how you have yet to win a single sparring match against me," retorted Stacy, smirking as she turned to see the cringed face of the source of the voice.

The voice was Haytham Cooper, a boy the same age as Stacy, and the leader of Team HDES(pronounced Hades). On his torso, he wore a piece jet black armor and greaves on his legs, wearing nothing underneath the chest piece, showing his arms. He wore grey pants underneath the greaves along with black shoes. On the chest piece, there was a symbol depicting a shadowy figure with red eyes slouching to one side of a golden throne. On the figure's head was a blood red crown tilted to one side. Haytham also wore a pair of large gauntlets over his hands with spiked knuckles. Despite the size, he was able to move his fingers with ease.

Before he could reply, as if adding insult to injury, Stacy lightly threw a chakram onto his chest piece and catching it as it rebounded off.

"You say that now, but this year is going to be different, you'll see," Haytham said pointing a finger at her before retreating back to the rest of his team.

"Didn't he say that last year too?" Terrance asked trying to remember where he had heard that before.

"Yea, but it really wasn't. She still mopped the floor with him," River answered, laughing slightly about all the times he said he would beat their leader only to miserably fail.

"Ah, he's just making idle threats. I wouldn't worry too much about him," Naomi said as if she was trying to comfort someone.

"Who said I was worried?" Stacy asked confidently. "He still hasn't pushed me to use my finisher on him. Unless he trained specifically with me in mind, it's likely the outcome this year will be the same."

"We really can't say that for the rest of his team though, they're actually quite skilled, and who's to say that they have gotten worse this year," Naomi said to the team.

"You can say that again," replied River. "I'm still wondering how Haytham even became leader of HDES."

"Alright team, if everyone's ready, let's head out and get ready," Stacy said as she threw on her backpack.

-STRN-

"You will be monitored and graded through the duration of your initiation, but our instructors will not intervene. You will find an abandoned temple at the end of the path containing several relics. Each pair must choose one and return to the top of the cliff."

River overheard Ozpin continue as he was floating on the side of the cliff out of view, thanks to two small black hole-like objects. Once Ozpin asked for questions, he looked far down to the ground at the rest of Team STRN and nodded at Stacy. The two objects then disappeared as River started to fall down. Just before he hit the ground, another object, this one much larger than the other two, appeared and seemed to slow River's speed almost instantly, only to disappear as fast as it appeared.

"How'd you hold up, Stacy?" River asked.

"I was fine. You were pretty light, so it didn't take that much aura."

"That Singularity Semblance of yours sure comes in handy at times," Terrance pointed out.

River then stated, "Sure does. Anyway, initiation begins in 5... 4... 3... 2..."

Then as if River was controlling it, a loud booming sound was heard as the first student was launched into the sky.

Author's Note: I realized while writing this chapter that it seemed rather short-winded so to speak, only taking up two pages on my program compared to four on chapter one, since there is a rather small timeframe between waking up and initiation beginning. Therefore, I plan on posting the next chapter sometime tomorrow, on Thursday. This is exactly the kind of situation of why I am farther ahead than what is actually posted. I hope that you enjoyed reading this chapter, and don't forget to come back if you are interested in reading more tomorrow.