Chapter 2: An Eventful First Night
"I-I'm so s-s-sorry," he stuttered, pushing himself up to see who he'd bumped into. "Are y-you a-a-alright?"
"Ahh, I think my back is broken!" the girl cried, a little too over-dramatic.
Blaize held out his hand to help her up. She took it, and they both pulled to get her up.
"Oh, come on, not even a laugh?" she pouted.
Blaize only sighed as he slightly turned away from the girl.
"Geez, you're not gonna be any fun." Rolling her eyes at Blaize, she continued. "Anyways, name's Sirena, what's yours?"
"B-Blaize," he mumbled, looking back at the girl. He noticed that her odd, blue hair, which was pulled back into a ponytail with a few bangs left in front, had streaks of white on the ends. He also noticed how her eyes were slightly tilted up, making her look quite cat-like.
'Must be a Faunus,' he thought to himself.
"Blaize, eh? Cool name," she said, smiling at him. "So how about we head inside together?"
"Uhm, sure, I g-guess." Blaize managed, quickly looking down.
"Alright then, let's go!" she exclaimed, wrapping her arm around Blaize, who jumped at the gesture, his eyes wide with shock.
"Oh, sorry, I didn't think that would scare you," Sirena said, quickly pulling her arm back.
"Uhh, w-well, it's just that I've n-never really had a-a-anyone do that besides my parents," he stuttered, "I've never r-really had any f-friends."
"Well then, that changes right now," Sirena stuck her hand out to him. "We're officially friends from now on, ok?"
"I g-guess that's alright." he replied as he took her hand.
"Great!" she yelled. "Let's get going, then!"
"Y-Yeah," he said meekly, following her as she walked ahead.
After a while of walking, they reached an auditorium where all the other students seemed to be heading towards. They joined the crowd and walked in. Blaize's eyes darted around, and then he noticed the blonde girl and the red-head standing next to the white-haired girl. Blaize's attention was drawn to the stage as a man he recognized as the headmaster of Beacon, Professor Ozpin, walked up to the mic. "I am going to keep this short," he began, "you have come here today in search of knowledge, to hone your craft, and acquire new skills, and when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of people. But I look amongst you, and all I see is wasted energy, need of purpose, direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step."
As Ozpin walked away, Glynda Goodwitch stepped up to the mic and began giving instructions.
"You will all gather at the ballroom tonight. Tomorrow, your initiation begins. Be ready. You are dismissed."
"That was...different," Sirena said.
"Mmhmm," Blaize replied.
A short time later, Blaize was sitting against a wall of the giant ballroom the students were staying in, reading a book he had brought with him.
"Not sleeping?" Sirena asked, plopping on to her sleeping bag that she had set next to Blaize.
"No, more of a night person," he replied.
"Alright. Huh, seems like they are too," she said, pointing to a far corner of the room where all the girls Blaize had seen earlier were, "Ahh, whatever, I'm going to sleep. Night, Blaize."
"Night, Sirena." he said, returning to the book.
Well there's Chapter 2, hoped everyone liked it.
I want to thank the three people that helped me out with OC submissions, Dio Silenzio, Ghost Fire 6, and king of the lion, thank you all so much.
Thanks for reading and bye-bye~,
Ausun