Noel Vermillion was having a bad day. First, she had woken up late. Makoto had to shake her awake and get her into her clothes and to the bathroom to brush her teeth. Then, she spilled maple syrup on her clothes during breakfast and had to change into Tsubaki's spares, as Noel's spare clothes hadn't shipped to Beacon yet. There wasn't enough space for all four friends to bring their clothes along, so Noel opted to wait. She then had a small hysterical fit because Tsubaki's shirt was too big for her around the chest area, and then got lost when Makoto, in her excitement, left without Noel, and was followed by a worried Ragna and Tsubaki.

"It had to have been locker 69, but that Yang girl said it was hers...then maybe it was 271? No, wait, that was Makoto's...hey, wait! If I go there, I might find her! Wait till I tell Ragna! He won't be so quick to call me stupid anymore! I hope..." Noel mused to herself, so eager to get Ragna to stop insulting her and to find her friends that she ran into a girl in white.

"Watch where you're going!" She scolded. Noel cowered, but then realized who she was talking to. She was addressing the heiress of the Schnee Dust Company.

"W-W-W..." Weiss glared at Noel.

"What are you trying to say?"

"Wei..."

"Are you asking why you should watch where you're going?! Are you really that impudent?!"

"Weiss..." Weiss frowned.

"Yes, I know my name. Do you know yours? You don't seem to be fully...there."

"Weiss Schnee?"

"Yes, I'm Weiss Schnee."

"Wow!"

"Yes, wow. Can you please move?"

"Move? Move! Oh, right, sorry, I'm so, so sorry, sorry sorry sorry..." Noel trailed on like that for a while, prompting Weiss to cover her mouth.

"Just stop apologizing," she sighed, walking off. Noel looked after the girl, and breathed deeply.

"That...that could have been a lot worse," she moaned, walking towards Makoto's locker.


At the locker, she found absolutely no one. There were people there, still talking, but Noel didn't see any familiar faces. She pressed her back against Makoto's locker, and saw out of the corner of her eye a small brown hair.

"So this is hers..." She said to herself. However, that didn't matter. What Noel had to do now was one of the most trying experiences she'd ever faced. There was a orange-haired girl, her mouth moving up and down like it was being pulled by rope. She was talking to a boy with black hair with a magenta streak running through one of the strands, and he looked both bored and annoyed. However, the girl didn't seem to notice.

"So then, after we make the secret signal, we should totally make another secret signal!" The girl said excitedly.

"Exactly what purpose does that serve?" The boy asked calmly.

"It's fun! Besides, what if we need one? We could be separated and need means of communication. We should make an entire secret signal alphabet! Yeah! We can use it during class for secret messages. The teachers will have no idea what we're saying!" The girl replied.

"Won't they hear us making weird noises?" The boy asked, just as calm as before.

"Ooh, good point! We should have letters, too! People will think we're writing each other random shapes, but we'll be communicating! You can give me all the test answers, and I can do...others stuff!"

"Nora...what if I don't know the answers?"

"You always know the answers, silly!" Noel backed away. She wasn't sure she wanted to ask them. She'd already had a jarring experience with Weiss Schnee of all people, and she wasn't sure she had another social interaction in her. But she thought of how Ragna would tease her if she was too late, and how worried Tsubaki and Makoto would be. She then straightened her back and looked ahead, defiantly. Although her gaze quickly lowered to the ground, she still squeaked out her question.

"Excuse me...uh...do you know where initiation is?" She asked quietly. The girl, apparently named Nora, looked at her.

"Huh?"

"We can walk you there, if you want," the boy offered.

"Oh, Ren you sly dog!" Nora said coyly. He sighed.

"Can't I interact with a girl without you getting some crazy idea in your head?"

"What crazy idea? Jeez, you need to calm down those raging hormones!" Nora scolded, as if she hadn't said anything at all. Ren sighed, but said nothing.

"W-W-Walk me?"

"Yeah. He knows where this place is, so just stick with him! Come on!" Nora tugged Noel away, and Ren hurried to get in front of them.

"Don't get her lost, Nora."

"You worry too much!"


Noel found herself on a green cliff overlooking a vast and beautiful forest. Trees stuck out everywhere, and leaves prevented her from seeing even the slightest hint of ground. She saw the other students on odd gray platforms. Nora and Ren waved before taking off.

"T-Thank you!" Noel called out, her face crimson with embarrassment. She was grateful for having Ren around. Nora's constant talking unnerved her, and he knew to take the brunt of her chatter. She found Ragna waving at her from close by, and she hurried to the empty platform next to him.

"Where the hell were you?" He asked.

"I got lost..."

"You're an idiot."

"No I'm not! I found Makoto's locker and some nice people helped me here! I can be smart!"

"First of all, you didn't find your own damn locker. Second of all, you had no idea where this place was."

"Neither did you," Noel said angrily. Ragna turned scarlet.

"H-Hey! I had a hard time getting to sleep last night. I was disoriented."

"I'm not falling for that again!"

"I could have gotten expelled!"

"You didn't seem to care when you punched that boy in the face," Noel said testily. She was normally very reserved, but Ragna had a talent for provoking her and getting her angry. He supposed it had to do with the fact that he constantly called her stupid.

"Shut up. Ozpin's making some sort of speech."

"You started it," Noel hissed. They listened patiently as Ozpin spoke, and then Glynda had something to say.

"Now, I'm sure many of you have heard rumors of the assignment of teams. Well, allow us to put an end to your confusion. Each of you will be given teammates...today." Noel squeaked like a mouse in a trap.

"Please let me be with Ragna, Makoto, and Tsubaki, please please please..." She muttered. Ragna laughed at her. Ozpin spoke again, and one part in particular caught Noel's attention.

""That being said, the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years."As Noel moaned in protest, she heard a girl four people over from her exclaim her distaste loudly. She was the red-haired girl who seemed to know Yang.

"Whaaaaat?!" Ragna sighed.

"Idiots," he murmured. Noel didn't hear him.


Things had been very, very different from how she expected them to be. People had been catapulted into the forest. Ragna told her not to break her neck, frightening her, and as she tried to explain to Ozpin that she didn't want to have any part of this, she found herself flying through the air. The red-haired girl soared past her, pulling out a large, red gun. Noel sighed and, after getting over her initial shock, began to calm down. Orange energy circles appeared in midair, and she pulled out two white guns from them. They were relatively simple, with no elegant design and a large barrel. However, as her hands touched them, she found herself calming even more. She closed her eyes and opened them. Whenever Noel had her guns, she turned into a different person. She gained confidence she never knew she had and became, as she liked to think, similar to the focused and unflappable Tsubaki. She fired her guns in the air, and spiked orange bursts shot from them, slowing her descent. She fell towards the ground, but as she was about to hit, fired her guns again, and flipped through the air. She twirled around tree trunks and under and over branches, using her guns to propel herself forward. She soon prepared to make her landing. She flipped over and fired in front of her, halting her progress. Her forward momentum faded, and she planted her feet into the ground, skidding and rolling. She got up and sighed, brushing the grass off of herself.

"Tsubaki! Makoto! Ragna!" She shouted, hoping to find one of her friends. It didn't take long before she did. However, it wasn't in the way she expected or wanted.


AS PROMISED, LOTS OF NOEL! ACTUALLY, ONLY NOEL. HOW DID SHE FIND A FRIEND, WHICH FRIEND DID SHE FIND, AND HOW DID SHE FIND THEM? READ ON TO FIND OUT! ON A SIDE NOTE, I PRE-ORDERED THE RWBY DVD. BEST 20 DOLLARS I EVER SPENT! I CAN'T WAIT FOR EPISODE 9! SERIOUSLY, THE RWBY CONTENT OF MY BLOOD IS UNHEALTHILY LOW!