A RWBY fanfic

The Hunters of Beacon: Team MRCK (Merc)

Chapter 2

Alone in a forest, I don't know where I am. 'Look', I think to myself, 'there are two people over there, maybe they can tell me where this is. Even though I've never met them before.' I start walking to them, and I notice the trees are all of an emerald color. Then I see an adult death stalker charging them, I run to help. Then, I begin hearing voices again, but this time they are almost frantic in nature, I tried to pinpoint it, then suddenly I wake and bolt to a sitting position. I see Kasey sitting next to me with a concerned look on her face,

"What happened?" I asked.

Kasey still looking at me replies, "It looked like you were having a nightmare. You looked like you were trying to fight something."

"I was defending two people from an adult death stalker; I don't know who they were. Next thing I know I'm here." I told her the truth, there wasn't any reason not to, especially considering the she got upset at me last night. "Well we might as well get ready for initiation, Kasey".

In the locker room, all of the new students were getting ready, checking equipment and also some light socializing. I was at my locker, in my usual attire, (jeans and a t-shirt) with my blue denim jacket hanging on a hook. I was preparing my weapons, when I saw the two people from my dream; however I couldn't talk to them because they were already out of the room. Kasey walked up behind me and startled me, which is unusual because I can normally feel her aura.

"Matt, how are your preparations coming?" she asked, with a look on her face as if I forgot something.

"Good, I'm about finished actually." I place my fusion sword, Matthaeus Spem, which actually looks very similar to the swords in FF7: AC, it in its sheath and both of my Force Lances a black and blue/silver one named Solis and a gold and red one named Manes in Memoria, into my pockets. I looked them over and they looked like little more than foot long slender rods. But they were deadly, especially in their 2 meter long quarterstaff mode. They even have a taser on opposite the firing end. Then I prepare two of my three other swords for summoning. My gun sword Colitur sola lupus, a revolver type gun sword with 30 round capacity of dust enhanced or standard ammo. Lastly my massive broadsword Memoriam Amiserit, it's similar to Buster Sword from Crisis Core FF7, except with gold etchings resembling the constellation Pisces instead of the original etchings. My Masamune katana Unus Angelus Alata, it had a simple black etching of a wing on one side, the hilt was black and gold. It however still remained in my luggage in its case. My friends always were thoughtful, they gave me the plans and I made them. As I start to shut my locker, Kasey stopped me.

"Kasey, why won't you let me close my locker?" She looks me in the eye and pokes my arm, and it suddenly hits me,

"OH, how could I forget the most important part of me?" It turned out that I forgot my jacket, "Thanks Kasey, I would felt out of place without it."

"No problem, Matt."

While we were waiting, I decided to talk to Kasey. "Hey Kasey, what do you think we're going to be doing for our initiation?"

"I don't know exactly, I've heard that we will be forming teams, and that we will be going into the Emerald Forest for our initiation today."

"Finally a test of our skills, I can't wait."

"Matthew, you really should think of a plan." She tells me in a tone which makes me cringe, ever so slightly.

I look right at her and ask, "What plan?"

"You know I don't socialize well with people I don't know." She avoided eye contact and shifted awkwardly. Again it hit me.

"Kasey, you want to be on the same team as me don't you?" Not that I needed an answer,

"Yes Matt, I'd probably go crazy if I had to meet and then be forced to live with three strangers for the rest of my time here."

"Um, Kasey you already are kinda crazy. You not only talked to me 5 years ago, you became my best friend." She looks at me, and then a simile spread across her face.

"You're probably right, but it's been a great friendship so far and I hope it lasts, Matt."

"So do I." I tell her in complete honesty.

"So, Kasey are you ready for this? Because I have a plan." How she smiled made me feel as if I made her day.

"So what do you have in mind?"

"Well, I'm glad you asked. It really is simple. We land within the same proximity to each other, and then from there we walk toward where we landed while avoiding the others as much as possible." I explain. She then faced me and then she did something that was kinda unnatural for her. She gave me a hug that knocked the air right out of me.

While she was doing that she was exclaiming, "Thank you, you have no idea how relieved I am!"

I'm turning blue, sputtering. "Kasey, I can't breathe!"

"I'm sorry, Matt. I just got excited." She lets go.

"It's ok, it was just rather unexpected."

We begin to walk out of the locker room when over the loudspeaker, came the announcement for first years to go to the cliffs for initiation. So we went on our way to the Beacon Cliffs, talking about how the plan would work, it was simple really, but we still had to work out the kinks.

I arrive at the cliffs and we both step on the launchers, awaiting the beginning of our initiation.

After everyone arrives, Ozpin tells the group "For years you have trained to become warriors, and today your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest. Do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path... or you will die."

I also hear something about teams and Jaune's questions about landing strategy (I mentally face palmed). Then they started launching us in to The Emerald Forest, to begin our initiation. I notice, before I was launched into the forest, the two people that I saw in the locker room and in my latest dream flying though the air. The male was falling quickly but seemed to use a whip to control his fall when he got close to the tops of the trees. The shorter female flew farther and hadn't fallen as quickly, she had pulled a sword out so I assumed that she stabbed a tree and slid down. Then Kasey was launched into the forest, she flew gracefully and soon after I was launched into the forest, I could still see her and she really didn't land too far from where my projected landing area was. Soon I begin my landing. I used one of my Force Lances to shoot a grappling hook at a tree. When I landed on the tree I jumped and used my sword to stab the trunk to slow my fall on to the ground. After I landed I began my search for Kasey.

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