Ruby stood before the bar run by the notorious man known to all as Junior. She steeled herself to enter, only to hear the shattering of glass. She looked up in surprise to see none other than the owner of the bar come sailing out of the window, closely followed by a familiar figure. "Yang?" She asked in surprise. "Is that you?"

"Oh, hey sis!" Yang greeted her with a smile on her face.

"What're you doing here?" She asked in confusion.

Her sister sighed. "Its a long story."

She smiled at Yang, and grew confused at the sudden terrified expression on her face. "Sis, look out!" She shouted. Ruby swiftly turned, Crescent Rose already unfolding to point at the hulking form behind her. She stared at the creature for a few seconds before she sighed in relief and collapsed her weapon. "Jeez Yang, don't scare me like that." She said, turning back to her sister.

"Uh sis? Why haven't you shot the Beowolf behind you yet?"

She looked at her with a horrified expression. "Shoot Fenris? Never! He's helped me out more times than I care to count!"

Her sister stared at her in confusion. "Fenris? Wait, you named that thing? Its not a pet!"

The beast, known as Fenris gave a low growl. "Of course not! Fenris is my companion, not a pet."

"How did you manage to find a friendly Beowolf?"

She sighed. "Its a long story."

—

Ruby Rose stood in the back of a small Dust store, listening to music. Without warning, she felt a hand grab her by the shoulder, and she turned her head. Standing there was a man in a black suit, complete with black hat, wearing a red tie and sunglasses. The man pointed at his ears, and she took off her headphones. "Yes?" She asked.

"I said, put your hands in the air! Now!" The man yelled.

"Are you…Robbing me?" She asked.

"Yes!" The man shouted.

"Oh!"

Without warning, she kicked the would-be robber in the chest, sending him flying to the front of the shop. A few moments later, a new goon came to her, pointing a gun at her and yelling "Freeze!"

—

The goon flew through the window of the Dust shop with Ruby's feet planted firmly on his chest. She slowly rose, Crescent Rose unfolding as she did. She looked into the shop to see four men staring at her from the shattered window. She gave a fierce grin and twirled her weapon above her head before stabbing it into the ground, pointed at the enemy. She turned her headphones off shortly and put them away shortly after. The man in the middle, probably their leader, sent the remaining thugs at her with a nod of the head. The three men rushed out the front door, swords at the ready. The first one reached her and swung his blade down, only for her to jump, hold herself up on top of her weapon, spin around once and kick him in the face. The force of her kick was enough to send him both of them into the air, Ruby landing with her scythe behind her. She heard the other two men approaching her and fired a single shot, whirling around to send the second man flying and using the force to slam into the man with the back of her scythe.

A fourth thug appeared, wielding a machine gun, and opened fire. Ruby fired Crescent Rose three times, using each shot, along with her Semblance, to dodge in a flurry of rose petals. With the third and final shot, she swept the man's legs from under him, stabbing her scythe into the ground and using the momentum to spin around and smack him with it. He landed next to the leader, who looked at the fallen thugs with a disappointed look, saying "You were worth every cent. Truly, you were." Sirens blared in the distance as he removed the cigar from his mouth. "Well, Red, I think we can all say its been an eventful evening, and as much as I'd love to stick around…" He leveled his cane at her. "I'm afraid this-" A small cap came off the top of his cane, revealing a small scope. "Is where we part ways." He said. The statement was followed by an explosive shot, prompting Ruby to launch herself into the air to dodge. She landed hard, and the man was no longer in front of her. She looked around only to see him climbing up a ladder a ways away. She scowled, brought two fingers to her lips, and blew.

The whistle rang throughout the night, and as it tapered off, a howl could be heard. Within moments, a dark shape came hurtling out of an alleyway towards her. She pointed her finger at Roman as the beast approached. Right before collision with Ruby, the beast jumped at the fleeing criminal.

Roman turned as he climbed, saw the dark creature flying towards him and gave a startled cry. He hopped up the last few feet of the ladder and looked down to see a Beowolf wrenching the metal ladder from its place.

Ruby chased after the fleeing criminal and launched herself up to the roof as the Beowolf climbed. She landed and shouted "Hey!" At the retreating criminal.

The man stopped at the edge of roof, muttering "Persistent." A drop-ship suddenly rose in front of the man, focusing its spotlight on Ruby as the man got on. He turned to Ruby, shouting out over the noise made by the craft, "End of the line, Red!" He pulled out a red Dust crystal and lobbed it at her feet, pointing his cane at it. He fired, and three things happened at once. Ruby uttered a sharp whistle, a black blur tackled her from the side, and a barrier appeared in front of the crystal, shielding them from the blast.

A woman with a tattered purple and black cape stood with a riding crop in hand and two fingers pointed at the drop-ship. A Huntress. She adjusted her glasses and sent a wave of purple projectiles out, the force of them rocking the ship. She sent an orb of purple energy above the ship, which soon dispersed and formed a dark storm cloud above it.

The Huntress brought her arm down, causing the cloud to rain icicles on the ship. Another woman walked out of the ships cockpit to face her. The new woman brought her hands up, flames trailing on then, and launched a fireball at the Huntress. She put up a shield, which the fireball splattered on. A few drops of something landed at her feet, and the woman raised her hand, and the drops exploded. The Huntress backflipped out of the way, and raised her crop. The shattered pieces of the roof glowed purple and stopped in midair, before forming into a spear shape. She sent the spear of rubble at the ship, only to have the woman fire off several fireballs that destroyed most of the rubble. The remains reformed, and struck at the ship, only to be deflected by the roof of it.

The spear reformed and separated into three separate spears, whirling towards the ship. The woman inside raised her arms, and three small circles of runes appeared around her as she threw her arms out, causing an explosion that caused the rocks to drop harmlessly to the ground. The Huntress heard bullets fired, and saw the girl on the ship deflect each one. Five red orbs appeared on the ground around the Huntress, and she dove forward as they exploded. She stood up and watched as the doors on the ship closed and it flew away. She turned with a scowl which quickly turned into a look of surprise. There, not ten feet away, stood an unmasked Beowolf. And cradled in its arms was Ruby Rose, her weapon in its rifle form. "You're a Huntress….Can I have your autograph?" She asked gleefully. The woman simply stared at her in shock.

Ruby sat with her head held low, a single light illuminating the dark room. Behind her paced Glynda Goodwitch, the Huntress who had scared off the thugs. "I hope you realize that your actions won't be taken lightly young lady," she said. "You put yourself and others in grave danger-"

"They started it!" interrupted Ruby.

"-and you had the idiocy to bring a live Beowolf into the city!" She continued, staring over at the motionless creature in the corner. It had been chained to the wall, with a steel collar clamped around its neck, and it was only through Ruby's insistence that it had been allowed to live at all. It had subsequently laid down and seemingly gone to sleep. "Do you have any idea how dangerous that thing is?"

"Hey! Fenris wouldn't hurt a hair on anybody's head unless I told him to!"

Glynda ignored her, and walked in front of her to stand in front of the door. "If it were up to me, you'd be sent home...With a pat on the back," she continued. Ruby looked up hopefully. "And a slap on the wrist." Glynda continued. She brought her riding crop down on the table in front of Ruby, causing her to jump back with a short yip. The noise roused the unmoving Fenri, causing him to look up and growl at the Huntress. Her eyes flicked to it once, before continuing, "But...There is someone here who would like to meet you."

Ruby blinked in surprise. Glynda moved out of the doorway, eying Fenris in the corner. From the darkness of the outside hallway walked a man with grey hair, a mug, and a plate of cookies. "Ruby Rose." He said. "You-" He leaned in to look at her more closely. "-have silver eyes." Ruby mumbled to in confusion and discomfort. "So, where did you learn to do this?" He asked, nodding his head at the Scroll Glynda was holding. Displayed across it was Ruby fighting the robbers.

"S-Signal Academy?"

"They taught you how to use one of the most dangerous weapons ever designed?"

"Well, one teacher in particular."

"I see." Ozpin slid the plate of cookies in front of Ruby, and she looked at him suspiciously before grabbing a cookie and taking a bite. She paused for a moment before she began shoveling the baked goods into her mouth as fast as she could. "Its just that I've only seen one other scythe wielder of that skill before. A dusty old crow-"

"Ooh, das mah uncle-" Ruby interrupted. She swallowed the cookies still in her mouth and continued, "Sorry. That's my uncle Qrow! He's a teacher at Signal. I was complete garbage before he took me under his wing, and now I'm all like-" She began performing karate chops, making various noises as she did.

"So I've noticed." Ozpin set his mug on the table before asking, "And what is an adorable girl such as yourself doing at a school designed to train warriors? With a pet Beowolf, no less."

Ruby frowned at him as Fenris gave a low growl. "Hey! Fenris isn't a pet, he's my companion!"

Ozpin eyed the Beowolf before correcting himself. "My apologies, a Beowolf companion."

Ruby nodded her head in satisfaction. "Well...I want to be a Huntress." She said.

"You want to slay monsters? Even though you have one as a companion?"

"Fenris isn't a monster! Monsters hurt innocent people, and ruin lives. He would never do that to anyone. But..I do want to fight monsters. I only have two years of training left at Signal, and then I'm going to apply at Beacon. See, my sister is starting there this year, and she's trying to become a Huntress, and I'm trying to become a Huntress because I wanna help people, and my parents always taught us to help others, so I thought 'Eh, well, might as well make a career out of it'-" She giggled breathlessly. "-I mean the police are alright, but the Huntsmen and Huntresses are just so much more romantic and exciting, cool and just-Gyaaaahaha, you know?" She asked.

Glynda stared at her worriedly as Ozpin spoke. "Do you know who I am?" He asked.

"You're Professor Ozpin. You're the Headmaster at Beacon."

He hmphed. "Hello."

"Nice to meet you." She said. Fenris gave a small yip from his place in the corner. "Fenris says hi as well."

Ozpin glanced at the Beowolf before asking Ruby, "You want to come to my school?"

"More than anything."

He looked over at Glynda and she rolled her eyes with a soft quiet sound of annoyance. "Well, okay." Ruby's eyes widened and her mouth dropped open in joy.

Ruby grimaced in pain as her sister hugged her. "Oh, I can't believe my baby sister's going to Beacon with me. This is going to be the best day ever!" Yang said, squeezing even tighter.

"Please...Stop.." Ruby wheezed out.

Yang let go and hopped back, bouncing in excitement. "But I'm so proud of you!"

"Really sis, it was nothing. Me and Fenris just stopped a little robbery-"

"And that!" Yang interrupted her, looking at the hulking figure standing behind her sister. Fenris' red eyes stared at her. "I can't believe they actually let you bring him! Ozpin must really be a nice guy. And what do you mean, nothing? You were incredible! Everyone at Beacon is gonna think you're the bees knees!"

"I don't wanna be the bees knees, ok? I don't wanna be any kind of knees, I just wanna be a normal girl, with normal knees."

Yang looked at her in disbelief. "Whats with you? Aren't you excited?"

"Of course I'm excited, I just-" She sighed. "I got moved ahead two years. I just don't want people to think I'm special or anything."

Yang walked around to her side and wrapped an arm around her shoulder. "But you are special.."

She was cut off by a nearby hologram, which began reading a news report. It ended in the middle, as it suddenly switched to show Glynda Goodwitch. "Hello welcome to Beacon." The hologram said.

"Who's that?" Yang asked.

"My name is Glynda Goodwitch."

"Oh."

"You are among the privileged few who have received the honor of being selected to attend this prestigious academy. Our world is experiencing an incredible time of peace, and, as future Huntsmen and Huntresses, it is your duty to uphold it. You have demonstrated the courage needed for such a task, and now, it is our turn to provide you with the knowledge and the training to protect out world."

The hologram faded, and Ruby gasped. "Oh wow." She ran over to the window and stared out, Fenris following her. "Look! You can see Signal from up here! I guess home isn't too far after all."

Yang grabbed Ruby by the shoulder softly. "Beacon's our home now." she said. She was startled by a nudge at her side. She looked over to see Fenris' head at her arm, and shouted "Aw come here you!" She wrapped her arm around the Beowolf's neck and pulled him close.

A loud gurgling sounded throughout the ship, followed by a groan. The sisters looked to see a boy with blonde hair holding a hand over his mouth. The boy rushed past them, desperately covering his face. "Well, guess the view's not for everyone."

"It was a nice moment while it lasted."

"I wonder who we're gonna meet?"

"Ugh, I just hope they're better than Vomit Boy." Ruby trailed off, only to look down at her sister's feet. "Oh gross, Yang you have puke on your shoe!" Yang began expressing her disgust as Ruby and Fenris pulled themselves away, their protests echoing throughout the ship.