Beacon University shone under the radiating heat of the Arizona desert, Ruby looked up at the double wide doors with her jaw just slightly slack. Saying the place was huge was a little bit of an understatement, it was roughly the size of 4 city blocks and looked like an oasis or mirage smack dab in the middle of nowhere Phenix. The university itself consisted of 5 dorm buildings that ran along the circumference of the school, in the middle of the massive courtyard was a water fountain and several coffee shops and newspaper stands. Ruby was a little taken back by this as her small high school was probably the size of just the courtyard.

A small yet audible scoff broke Ruby out of her train of thought and just as she was about to turn and look to see who was standing behind her she heard the unmistakable bitchy voice of none other than Wise Schnee or ice queen as her sister Yang referred to her slightly frosty roommate.

"If you don't close your mouth you're going to catch flies in it," she said laughing at her own lame joke.

Ruby scowled a bit and could feel the anger starting to radiate off her sister Yang who had been standing next to Ruby.

"Hey listen here you beta bitch, don't dare talk to my sister like that" Yang said a hint of possible red in her eye.

Ruby could tell that this might escalate into a problem but before she could interject a woman's voice cut through the crowd.

"Ladies, I'm very happy you all seem to be getting along but this isn't the time for such frivolity. I will not chastise you again. Now let us make our way through Beacon."

The woman looked to be about in her upper thirties and had curly blond hair and a harsh expression plastered on her face, that just screamed she was too old for this bullshit.

Weiss instantly shut her smug little mouth and Ruby was thinking about sticking her tung out at the older girl but decided against it because she didn't want to give away her young age too quickly.

The halls of Beacon hung many accomplishments many being football, basketball, and lacrosse. Ruby noticed that there seemed to be nothing in the way of soccer. Mutch to her relief she really didn't want to keep being reminded of her blunder all those years ago. She had all but sworn off soccer and wanted nothing to do with it. Ruby did intend to try out for track and field as she was pretty fast.

The woman heading the tour had brought them into the main auditorium of the university and now they all stood semi awkwardly just weighting. It had been about 30 minutes and suddenly all the lights dimmed and some people even gasped, Ruby's attention was turned to the center stage where a man who didn't even look old came out. He had white hair that was streaked with dusky brown and had a cane. Sipping his coffee into the microphone and possibly pondering the room in front of him.

"I don't really care why you are here but while you are attending my university you will be implored to keep a grade point of at least 3.0 and take at least 2 extra courses on top of your majoring courses. Some of you are here on scholarships and some of you had your parents buy your way in, but I will not tolerate bullying of any kind. Any students being caught doing illicit activities in their dorms will be given strict punishments leading up to dismissal from the university." The man said I think his name might have been Ozpin.

Ruby didn't see any problems with his ground rules as she was a good cookie and didn't intend to come to college to party. Ruby had her eyes set on a degree in medicine, hopefully planning to become a doctor someday. After seeing her mom get suddenly ill Ruby remembered what it felt like to be useless and not able to help her mother who was intense pain screaming at her to just shoot her and get it over with. A small silent tear started forming on the young girl's cheek but she gently slapped her self and shook her head. She wasn't going to allow herself to lose herself to the pain anymore. Years of depression and grief were just too much for her and she wanted to be happy.

Her sister must have noticed the inner struggle in Ruby's head because Yang took her hand delicately and held it in her own reassuring Ruby that she was indeed not alone. The two shared a meaningful look into each other's eyes as the students began dismersing from the assembly hall.

"Ruby, I heard there was a cafe' near hear that has the best chocolate chip cookies this side of the globe" Yang said to her adorable little sister with the intention of cheering her up.

Ruby's eyes lit up as she began skipping through the school's grounds almost to fast as out of the corner of her eye she saw a certain short person speed walking. Suddenly while the whole freshman class looked Ruby Rose ran smack dab right into Weiss knocking them both into the fountain that was almost as deep as a pool. Water rushed up her nose as she gasped at the cold water now enveloping her body. Laughs could be heard from outside the water as the blond boy and a girl with red hair both laughed loudly. Both Ruby and weiss resurfaced from the water one looking shocked and the other one had a look of murder on her face.

Getting out of the fountain proved to be very tricky as the cement walls were mossy and slippery, and while weiss was trying to scale the 3 feet lip she ended up falling right into Ruby's arms who tried to catch her but ended up falling back into the water tangled up with Weiss who was now letting out strings of curse words at the top of her lungs. Small soft hands may have accidentally cupped her assets and even in the chilly water she could feel the heat of embarrassment rise into her face. In that instant, she flung not only her self but Weiss up and out of the fountain in a showcase of strength that maybe was a little bit too hard for everyone to believe. But danmit Ruby couldn't handle this anymore, this had easily turned into the most ridiculous day of her life.

"DO YOU FUCKING LOOK WHERE YOUR GOING OR ARE YOU AS BLIND AS YOU ARE STUPID?" Weiss shouted as she started trying to pat down her clothes.

"I swear it was an accident, I am so sorry Weiss," Ruby said really trying her hardest to patch this situation up before Yang got violent on this girls ass.

"Your birth was an accident," Weiss said in a snarl as she glared the small redhead down.

At this point, Ruby was just so done with today that she looked at her new roommate and just flipped her off making her way back to her dorms to go pack her stuff and try and find a cheap apartment close to the university. She got half way up the hallway to her room when she remebered that first year students were not permitted to stay outside the dorms and because she wasn't quit yet 18 she wouldn't even be able to rent a place because she wasn't old enough. She growled in frustration and just decided to go crawl under her blankets and cry.

Ignoring the loud slam of the door Ruby just pretended to be asleep as she hurd her bitch of a roomate make multiple calls to varius people, one sounded like an old man, most likely her father and just yell at him in a different language that Ruby didn't even understand. She wished she could call her father but Yang and her hadn't hurd from him since he split 10 years ago leaving Yang to go live with her mom in Arizona and Ruby to stay with her sick and dying mother. Isn't family wonderful? Ruby thought to herself as she cried to sleep, clutching her heart tightly and wishing for a better tomorow.