Ruby was reading her favourite magazine. Weapons, in the back of her favourite Dust shop, when an orange haired man wearing a black bowler hat, a grey ascot, black undershirt, white jacket and black dress pants, with brown loafers walked in, followed by four men in in full black suits with red ties, fedoras and sunglasses, and walked up to the counter. "Do you you have any idea how hard it is to find a Dust shop open this late?," he casually questioned as one of his thugs pointed a gun at the shopkeeper.
Please, just take my Lien and leave!," begged the shopkeeper.
"Shh shh shh, relax, we're not here for your money! Grab the Dust!," called the criminal. The thugs followed his comands, and began pulling out vials and collecting Dust from the dispensers and forcing the shopkeeper to hand over Dust crystals.
One of the thugs, was just about to start taking Dust, when he noticed a kid with a red cloak standing by the magazine rack, reading. He dropped the canister in his hand and drew his weapon and pointed it at the kid. "Hey, kid! Hands in the air!," he called. The girl didn't move. "Hey! I said hands in the air!" he said. The girl didn't move. "Hey, i said hands in the air! You got a death wish?" He closed the distance with the girl and pulled on her shoulder, her hood fell of, revealing she was wearing a black and red mask, and listening to music. Her hands went to her headphones as he motioned for her to take them off. As the music faded, the man's voice replaced them. "I said, put your hands where I can see them!"
"Are you robbing me?" she asked. It was a very likely explanation to this.
The thug nodded, "Yes!"
"Ohhhh" she hummed. She grinned under her mask, and with a kick sent him flying to the front of the store. The boss looked in Ruby's direction, sending another thug to get rid of her. A second thug ran up and pointed a gun at her, and she activated her semblance, and in flurry of red rose petals disapeared, taking her and the thug out of the store, into the night street. The thugs stared outside as Ruby came up from a kneeling positioning, smirking at them, a scythe in her hands.
"Okaay...get her!," said the thug's boss. His thugs followed his orders and ran at the little red repear. Ruby jumped up, spinning atop her red scythe, her body off the ground, and launched herself and kicked a thug's face. She pulled her scythe out of the ground and fired it off to hit another one with the butt of her weapon, he was sent flying back. She fired again and brang the side down on one attacker, sending the fourth and final thug flying back to the store to land at the orange haired criminal's feet. "You were worth every cent, truly you were." The orange haired criminal said with sarcasm in his voice. "Well, Red I think we can all say it's been an eventful evening, and as much as I'd love to stick around." He raised his cane up to her, and the bottom fliped up "I'm afraid this is where we part ways." He shot a discharge of dust at her, who jumped into the air to dodge the shot.
She looked for the orange haired criminal, viewing her surroundings, she found him climbing up a ladder to the top, she looked at the shopkeeper. "You gonna be alright if I head after him?" She asked. The shopkeeper nodded, and she rushed to the roof the orange haired criminal was so eager to get to. Ruby landed on the roof and yelled at the criminal. "Hey!" To her suprise the orange haired criminal had stopped moving.
"Persistent," he muttered as a bullhead rose above the roof and started to hover in place, he climbed into the bullhead. He turned around once more, "end of the line, Red!" He smirked once more, he threw a red dust crystal down at ruby's feet, lifted his cane up once more and shot at the red crystal, causing an explosion. The black smoke cleared to reveal Glynda Goodwitch standing before Ruby, who is very much alive, Glynda channeled her aura into a shield. "We've got a huntress!" The orange haired criminal yelled to the pilot. The pilot switched places with the orange haired criminal and went to the opening of the bullhead, and after back and forth attacks, the bullhead flew away into the distance, leaving the two behind.
"You're a Huntress," Ruby could barely hold her excitement, "CAN I HAVE YOUR AUTOGRAPH!"
Later
"I hope that you realize that your actions tonight will not be taken lightly, young lady. You put yourself and others in great danger." Glynda Goodwitch scolded.
Ruby was sitting at an interrogation table. "S-S-Sory." Ruby stuttered, she had never been around much humans before, and it scared her, she had only recently left her beowulf pack.
"If it were up to me, you'd be sent home! With a pat on the back," started Glynda, making Ruby relax, Glynda must of noticed. "And a slap on the wrist!" She slapped her riding crop down on the table, purposely missing Ruby's wrists, Ruby jumped up from the sudden attack from Glynda's riding crop. "But... there is someone here who would like to meet you." A middle-aged man with tousled silver hair and thin brown eyes, stepped in, carrying a plate filled with cookies and a coffee mug.
"Ruby Rose."
She flinched at her name, oh no, he knows my name, how does he know my name.
"Where have you been the past ten years, your sister and father have been looking for you?" He asked,
"P-P-P-Please, I-I don't want to g-g-go back." She stuttered.
"Don't worry Ms. Rose, I won't force you to go back." He said. "So! Where did you learn to do this?," he asked, motioning with his hand to the video of her fight with the orange haired criminal and his thugs, being played on a grey tablet like scroll, he kept his smile.
"Uh... I-I-I t-taught m-m-my s-self."She responded.
Ozpin's eyebrows raised even further, "you taught yourself how to use one of the most dangerous weapons ever designed?" He finished his question, he set down a plate of cookies in front of Ruby. "It's just that I've only ever seen one scythe user of that skill. A dusty, old crow…"
"Daz I Unkle~" Ruby looked embarrassed, then swallowed the cookies. "S-S-Sorry. Th-That's my uncle Q-Qrow!"
Ozpin smiled, "so what is an adorable little girl such as yourself doing stopping criminals?"
"I-I w-w-want t-to be a h-huntress!"
"You want to slay monsters?"
"I-I also just l-like t-t-to h-help p-people! B-B-Besides, I-I want t-t-to h-help."
"Do you know who I am?" Ozpin asked.
She nodded. "Y-You're P-Professor O-Ozpin. H-H-Headmaster of B-Beacon." She answered, slightly scared of him, this man teaches his students to hunt monsters like her.
"Hello"
"N-N-Nice t-to m-m-meet you s-sir" Ruby nodded, this was a lie, in fact she hoped she would never meet him.
"Do you want to come to my school?" He asked.
"D-Do I h-h-have t-to?"
Ozpin continued to stare at her, smiling. "O-Okay, I'll g-go." She stuttered.
Ozpin looked up at Glynda with a smile, she rolled her eyes and sighed. "Well okay."
Later- Airship to Beacon
Ruby stood in bored silence, she was finally going to the school she always dreamed of going to, Beacon Academy, a school for hunters and huntresses alike, she took a deep breath, and looked at the beautiful view.
Ruby took her eyes from the beautiful view to a certain lilac eyed blonde brawler making her way towards Ruby. Oh no, why is Yang here? She's going to kill me!
"Ruby!" Yang yelled while barreling towards her. Ruby started to panic, oh no what is she going to do, but her thoughts were then interrupted by Yang tackling her into a hug. "Ruby I can't believe it's you! Where have you been!? What happened to you!? Why are you wearing a mask!? We have to call dad!"
Yang dropped Ruby. "Y-Y-Yang p-p-please c-c-calm d-down." She said
"OKay, okay, it's just last time i saw you beowolves were going to rip you apart, we thought you died," Yang said cheerfully, "and why are you here?"
"I-I-I'm g-g-going t-to B-B-B-Beacon."
"Pwease stahp" Ruby gasped, her back getting crushed from another hug from Yang.
"But I'm so proud of you," Yang excitedly said, letting Ruby out of her bear hug, "Your going to Beacon two years early without even going to Signal!"
"I-I-I-It w-was n-n-nothing."
"What do you mean? It was incredible! Everyone at Beacon will think that you're the bee's knees!" Yang said cheerfully.
"I-I d-don't w-w-want t-to be 'The B-Bee's Knees', o-okay? I-I'm s-scared, I-I-I'm sh-sh-shy, I-I-I've n-never t-talked w-w-with m-much peo-ple before." Ruby whispered.
"What's with you? Aren't you excited? And what's with the mask? Don't you want to take it off?
Ruby sighed, she loves asking questions doesn't she. "O-Of c-course I-I'm exc-ited… I-It's j-just… Tha-t I g-got m-moved a-ahead two y-y-years and d-didn't g-g-go to a c-com-b-bat s-school. I d-don't w-want a-anyone t-t-to th-think I'm s-s-s-special or a-anything." She started shaking out of fear. Ruby had barely made contact before with humans, the last time she did, she could of died, and she would of to if it wasn't for her daddy. "A-And n-n-no I-I d-don't w-w-want to t-take I-I-it o-off." Ruby never took her mask off, she never took it off because she feared that someone would see her and if anyone ever did they would probably report her to hunters and huntresses, which wouldn't be good for her, they would hunt her like any other grimm.
Yang put her arm around Ruby, trying to comfort her, to her it sounded like Ruby hadn't had much contact with people, it explained her stuttering and shyness.
The girls attention was then drawn to a newscast. "The robbery was led by nefarious criminal Roman Torchwick, who continues to evade authorities. If you have any information on his whereabouts, please contact the Vale Police Department. Back to you, Lisa."
"Thank you, Cyril. In other news, this Saturday's Faunus Civil Rights protest turned dark when members of the White Fang disrupted the ceremony. The once peaceful organization has now disrupted..." The news feed cut out, and was replaced with a hologram of Glynda Goodwitch, who began speaking.
"Hello and welcome to Beacon."
"Who's that?" Yang asked.
"My name is Glynda Goodwitch." She answered as if she heard the blonde brawler.
"Oh"
"You are among a 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 our world."
The Hologram too cut out, allowing students a full view of the city of Vale from above, as all the Hunters and huntresses in training crowded to the windows, Ruby and Yang included, a young huntsman with scraggly blonde hair started running to a trash can to throw up into.
"Well… I guess the view isn't for everyone" Yang said, rolling her eyes.
"I-I-I w-wonder who we'll m-m-meet n-next!" Ruby asked.
"Ugh. I just hope they're better than 'Vomit Boy'" Yang responds.
A few minutes later
The bullhead landed at Beacon, and as soon as the doors opened, a blonde boy with scraggly hair ran out, running for a trash can to clear his stomach contents. "Wow…" Yang said, gawking. "The view from Vale's got nothing on this!" Yang exclaimed cheerfully.
Ruby started glancing around, seeing all the students and their weapons. "O-O-Ohmyg-gosh, s-s-sis! Th-that k-k-kid's g-got a c-c-collapsible s-staff! And she's g-g-got a f-f-fire sword!" Ruby giggled, nerding out over all the weapons, earning sharp looks from the disembarking students. Oh no, they are looking at me. Why are they looking at me?
"Easy there, little 're just weapons!" Yang giggled, pulling Ruby's hood up. "Ruby, come on, why don't you go try to make some friends of your own?" Yang asked.
"B-B-But… W-W-Why w-would I-I n-need frie-frie-friends wh-when I-I-I have you?" She asked. "I-I-I c-c-can't m-m-make frie-frie-friends. I-I-I'm s-s-s-scared." Strange that I'm the one scared even though I'm part grimm. She thought.
"They is nothing to worry about. Just talk to people." A group of people surrounded Yang, then they dashed off. "Well… "Actually, my friends are here. Gotta go catch up! 'Kay, see you, bye!" Yang said extremely fast while dashing off after the group. The commotion made Ruby start to get dizzy.
"W-W-W-Wait, w-w-where are y-y-you g-going? Are w-we s-sup-supposed to g-g-go t-to our d-dorms? Where are our d-d-dorms? D-D-Do w-we have d-d-dorms?" She asked, eliciting no answer. "I-I-I-I d-d-don't know w-w-what I-I'm d-d-doing…" sending Ruby spinning until she fell on top of someone's luggage.
"What are you doing?" She demanded, yelling at Ruby. Ruby looked up to see a girl with white hair, put in an off-center ponytail that hung to about waist level, with a white bolero and white dress on, that had a blue sash around the waist. The girl was clearly unhappy and was waiting for a response.
"Uhh… S-S-S-S-Sorry." The little red reaper apologized, Ruby hastily picked up a dust vial and handed it to the girl clad in white.
"Give me that!" She snached the vial from Ruby's hands. "Do you have any idea of the damage you could have caused? This is Dust! Mined and purified from the Schnee quarries! "What are you, brain dead?!" She held out a red dust vial in her hands and showed it to the little red repear. "Dust! Fire, Water, Lightning, Energy!" She screamed, punctuating every word with a shake of the red vial of dust. Ruby, sniffing in the Dust, started getting a tingling in her nose. "Are you even listening to me? Is any of this sinking in? What do you have to say for yourself?!" The girl clad in white yelled. Ruby sneezed igniting the Dust in the air causing a explosion, The ground was black and covered in soot, just like the two who caused it. "Arrg! Unbelievable! This was exactly the kind of thing I was talking about!" She screamed yet again.
"I-I-I-I-I am really really s-s-s-s-sorry!" Ruby apologized, feeling genuinely sorrowful.
"Ugh! You complete Dolt! What are you even doing here? Aren't you too young to be attending Beacon?! And why are you wearing a mask? You freak, it looks like a grimm's mask! Why would you wear something so vile? Show your face when you speak to me!" She yelled.
"W-Well… I" Ruby was interrupted by the girl in white. "This isn't your ordinary combat school! It's not just sparring and practice, you know! We're here to fight monsters, so… watch where you're going!"
DO you want me to take control and teach this brat a lesson?
No
Why not? It will be fun.
No
Yes
Lets kill her and feast on her afterwards.
No
Yes, you know you want to.
"SHUT UP! I said I was sorry princess!" Ruby spat out spitefully. She really wanted to rip this girl's throat out now, and it was hard not to. The girl in white looked shocked at Ruby's outburst, but before she could speak, a girl with black hair and amber eyes walked up. She had a bow on her head, and a white shirt with a black jacket over it, with white shorts and black tights on her legs, and boots on her feet. She was holding one of the Dust vials from the girl's luggage.
"It's heiress actually. Weiss Schnee. Heiress of the Schnee Dust Company, one of the largest producers of energy propellant in the world." The mysterious new arrival in black said with a monotone voice.
"Finally! Some recognition!" called the girl now known as Weiss.
The black haired girl began talking again in the same monotone voice. "The same company infamous for it's controversial labor forces and questionable business partners."
Weiss looked uselessly spluttered, and shocked at the new arrival's statement, before storming off. "I promise I -I-I-I'll m-m-make th-th-this up t-t-to y-you! I-I-I g-guess I-I'm n-not the only one h-having a r-r-rough f-first d-d-d-day… S-So, what's…" Ruby saw the mysterious new arrival walking away, the little reaper collapsed onto the floor, "welcome to Beacon…" She moaned.
