AN/ Im back, and I hope you enjoy this chapter, we will be meeting the second, third and fourth year students, but only focusing on one team in particular. I would also like to thank all who have read/fav'd/followed this story, it means a lot to me. Anyways, onto the reason you're all here.
Waking up had left Ruby in a surprise, forgetting where she actually was, and thought the white fang had found her again. 'Wait, the beds I got were never this comfortable, or warm' she thought, calming down, but still whimpering slightly, as the memories of the night before came back to her, running through the forest, meeting an actual huntress, and waking up to see the headmaster of a world renowned hunter school. 'I wonder what today will bring' while unwrapping herself from her cloak, the one thing she managed to keep a hold of when she was kidnapped, the weapon blueprints her uncle had given her having been confiscated from her the moment they were noticed, luckily, she had a near perfect memory, and had remembered almost every little detail of it, which allowed her to make her crescent rose from the wreckage of a crashed bullhead, 'that was not pleasant, im lucky that nevermore was to busy with those awful people to notice me running' she thought, feeling a familiar rage come back to her, one that she felt when thinking back to her captors.
"Hello miss rose, are you awake?" a voice called out softly, startling her slightly, "Ah! Sorry, yes, yes I am" she answered, voice shaking slightly. recognizing the voice as Ozpin, she had calmed down significantly, his tone calming to her, much like her own fathers had before. "Well now that you are up, could you please come with me, I would also suggest you bring your weapon along too, as you may need it." Ozpin asked, which sent questions running through her mind 'Why would I need to bring crescent rose?' "Sure, just give me a second" "Of course, I shall be just outside the door, come out when you are ready please." leaving and closing the door behind him, Ozpin left the room. Grabbing crescent rose and the few magazines for its sniper function that she had, leaving her with a total of four, allowing her forty shots total 'Maybe I should ask about getting a hold of some new ones.' thinking to herself as she quickly inspected her sweetheart. Feeling satisfied that its working properly, she subconsciously tugs at the remains of the patchwork of uniforms, having taken care to remove all traces of the red emblem that originally was on them.
'Well, time to go out and start the day' "Ah, are you ready?" "Yes, but can I ask what we will be doing?" "Well, miss rose, we want to see just what you are capable of, both with your fighting, and general knowledge, if we find that somewhere along the line needs work, compared to the average for your age, then we will see to it that you make the average at least." Ozpin stated, hoping to not scare her, he could see how she was tense around people, how when conversing with others, she carried a scared undertone to her voice, he even heard her whimpering when she woke up, and no, he was not creeping on her, he just so happened to be walking by when he heard it. 'This should be easy then, despite their best efforts, I still managed to learn a great deal' "Alright then, lets get started, but whats first?" she asked, hoping she could get to show off her fighting prowess, it was when she was most comfortable, fighting something, anything, as long as she could use her sweetheart. "Well, I thought we would leave that up to you, but seeing as how you perked up a little at the mention of it, I assume you would like to fight first?" Ruby blushed at how easily she could be read, but just nodded, already eager to prove herself in a fight.
"If I may ask though, how did you make that? Its obvious that you didn't find that, not to mention you use a bullet used almost exclusively in a bullheads auto cannons." At this ruby just nodded "I was being transported to another base, and about an hour into the flight, a nevermore attacked, we crashed, and the nevermore fought the white fang, while I made my escape. after it flew off, I went back to the crash site, and started taking everything I would need, crescent rose is what was left of the bullhead. After I had all the material I needed, I started building. I had gotten blueprints from my uncle the same day I disappeared, but I have a near perfect memory, and I had spent hours looking at them." Ruby left off with a sigh, she might've felt oddly comfortable, but talking to people still scared her. "Thats quite the story, and I must say, your survival skills are quite extraordinary, how long were you in the forest though?" "I was in the forest for two years, but I was missing for three" "That is something, the age of a basic hunter initiate, and having survival skills of a full fledged huntress" at this, Ruby seemed to brighten up from the praise she was receiving. Turning through a set of doors, she saw Glynda, along with the two from last night, "And I said, she will be staying with us until further notice, we wouldn't be doing our job if we just sent her out on her own, now would we?" "I know Glynda, but think, she probably has a family somewhere, shouldn't we try to find them for her?" "Actually Bart, if you would have waited, and seen the list of first years, you would notice a specific name that should spark your interest." At this, Ozpin motioned for one of the men to join him, outside of her hearing range, her wolf ears twitching, trying to pick up something. "How are you feeling today? Are you at least feeling better?" Glynda asked, catching her attention "Oh, y-yeah, just fine" "Thats good, how about later, if you're feeling up to it, we go into town, and get you some real clothes, I can tell that those are going to start falling apart within the week." "I guess, but, I don't want to be a pest or anything" "Nonsense, its a hunters job to help people any way they can." "Glynda, could you please be a referee for a match? I want to see what miss rose is capable of." Ozpin asked, ending our conversation, with the two others up in the stands "Sure Ozpin, might I ask who she will be fighting though?" Ruby was interested and listening intently, hoping to hear who it would be "Why, me of course, Oobleck and Port aren't used to evaluating a fighter, and I wanted to see her fight tournament style, if your story of her fight in the forest was anything to go by." "Do you know how to fight like that?" Glynda asked patiently.
"Y-yes I do, im ready to go whenever you are" Ozpin just looked at her reassuringly, but she was still nervous, she wouldn't be sparring a normal teacher or hunter, no she would be sparring against the headmaster, and that scared her, but it also filled her with excitement. Eager to prove herself, she takes a stance on one end of the floor, Ozpin just opposite of her. As he drew a sword from his cane, she smiled at how simple his weapon was, the fact that he got here with nothing but that simple sword, spoke volumes of his ability, and she hoped she could hold him off long enough. "Begin!" and with that, she was off, working the bolt as the scythe deployed to its full form, seeming to startle her audience. She knew it would have this effect, a small fifteen year old, with a seven foot scythe, sporting a four foot three inch blade span, the look of it was intimidating, but also using a high powered sniper using a fifty caliber bullet made it more so, using the recoil to control her movements made her deadly. Upon approaching her opponent, noticing his defensive posture, she angled the barrel downward, and fired, sending her up and over him and his thin blade.
"Nice tactic, using your semblance with the recoil of your gun" Ozpin called out as the blades met, again and again, continuing for five minutes, neither able to get the upper hand. Quickly jumping back, she weighed her options, opting to try and intimidate him and weaken his stance. Shooting from her spot in a flurry of rose petals, she folded her scythe to its compacted form, and pulled the whistle from her neckline, letting it loose to the wind. Ozpin suddenly stood stock still, wondering how she was making the noise of a screaming banshee. Not up to taking chances, he tried to follow where she was, getting blurry forms of her instead, but what he noticed was something new, a small form of a dark wood and metal, hanging from her neck. At his little discovery, he smiled 'So she uses intimidation and scare tactics when she can't win conventionally' he thought to himself. 'She would make a great huntress, if all we went by was combat skill' he mused to himself. Suddenly he felt a shift, feeling the wind move as a sharp object cut through the air. Moving the blade to intercept, he was pleasantly surprised when he met the scythe shaft, instead of the blade, what happened next surprised them all, when he was suddenly lifted from the ground, and sent into a nearby wall. As he hit the wall, he noticed Ruby where he originally was. "Glynda, please call the match, that hurt a little more than expected, Oobleck, could you please ready the written test for her? Im going to get my arm looked at." Ruby was confused by why he was giving her the match, he was near impossible to hit, forcing her to use her last resort a lot sooner than she was used to.
Looking up, she noticed one of the professors, assumed to be Oobleck, was gone, meaning that the one with the thick white mustache, must be professor Port. "Miss Ruby, if you want, while we get your written test ready, we can get you some food. The cafeteria should have something for you." Glynda had motioned Ruby over to her, upon doing so, her stomach growled loudly, causing her to gain an embarrassed look.
After getting lunch, Ruby was following Glynda to another room, while also trying to balance a stack of fifteen cookies. Ruby, while she enjoyed the strawberries she would sometimes find, was completely taken away by the small pastries, eating as many cookies as she had strawberries, before they had to go and finish her testing.
The written testing had been easy, she was now in town with Glynda, to get her some real clothes. After a while, they had finally found her some outfits, all sporting a combat skirt, and red, with ruby taking the time to stitch on a rose, what could only be assumed as her emblem. walking up to Ozpins office, they had thrown out her ragged mess, only having been made worse when she had pulled it apart to get material to sew into her rose. Upon making it to his office, they both noticed Ozpin holding his left shoulder with a slightly pained expression. Turning to face his visitors, he motioned for Ruby to sit down at his desk "Hello miss rose, its nice to see some real clothes on you, thank you ms Goodwitch for seeing to that. Now before I tell you your results, I want to inform you that what you just took today was our entrance exam, and that you passed with flying colors. Normally, one in your position would have to wait to get in, seeing as you are two years younger than our entrance age, but, we have a surprise for you. In three weeks, the second, third and final year students will be arriving, after they arrive, our first year students will arrive two days after that. Now, would you like to join my school, and train to be a huntress?" Ruby just looked on in shock, here she was, a social misfit, barely able to converse with a person without fear, having been away from civilization for three years, yet she knew as much if not more than some first year students at beacon, and she was just offered a slot in their enrollment, "I-y-yes sir, I would enjoy that very much, it was always a dream of mine to be a huntress." Ruby put out with a small amount of excitement "Im glad we could have someone like you join us, now one other thing, please tell me if this first year student looks familiar to you" at this, she became confused, as Ozpin pulled up a profile on his scroll, and turned it towards her, what she saw brought tears to her eyes, she noticed the long blonde hair and lilac eyes, but what confirmed it was the name and fighting style, a brawler who uses shotgun gauntlets, with a name she would never forget, Yang xiao long, "Is she really going to be here? Do I really get to see my sister again?" Ruby asked, with tears streaming down her eyes. She had always hoped her sister would find her, along with her father. While she may have been adopted, she knew she wasn't actually related, but they still loved her as much as they could. She knew Yang would've raised hell trying to find her missing sister.
"Yes, she is going to be here, and you will be able to see her again. Also, when they get here, I want you to meet one of the second year teams, I think they would be able to help you get adjusted to life here at beacon. Now, it is quite late, why don't we get you back to the dorm room?" Ozpin had slowly gotten up, taking Ruby with him, Glynda having already disappeared, back to the dorm room with her stuff, they assumed. "So why were you holding your shoulder when we walked in?" "Because, you managed to do what few others can, you managed to not only land a hit on me, but you also managed to inflict a minor injury, don't feel bad though, its only a sprain." Ozpin responded "Also, how did you make that noise during our fight? I thought I saw something hanging off your neck." "Oh, you mean this?" Ruby stated, as she pulled out her whistle, he had been correct, it was made with a dark wood, with pieces of metal inside of the opening "How does something this small, make such a noise?" Ozpin asked, completely puzzled by the little charm he was currently holding.
"When I was looking for spare metal, I heard a loud whistling noise. When I found the source, I noticed that the metal was waving in the wind, so I carved a wooden charm of sorts, with an opening on each end, and slid metal shards into certain portions. When I finished, I had also gathered enough spare parts to also make my weapon, so I was trying to get back to my makeshift campsite, when an ursa appeared. I ran as fast as I could, but I noticed something, the way I had made my little necklace, made a terrifying noise, one that would make any grimm stop in its tracks." Ruby thought back to how terrified she had been, chased by an ursa and no way to defend herself. "Now that is quite a story, now, get some rest, you have a long year ahead of you, miss rose. Good luck." and with that, he walked off, leaving Ruby in front of the door to her room.
'I hope nothing goes wrong, and I can't wait to see Yang again, after all this time' Ruby thought to herself, as she changed into a pair of white pajama pants covered in roses and a black tank top. Crawling into the bed she marked as hers, she quickly fell asleep, her ears twitching at the slightest noises.
AN/ so sorry I lied, this chapter was way longer than expected, and while im proud of myself, with the length it was I felt I would've shortened the lifespan of this story if I introduced my other ideas, stay tuned though because there will be more this weekend, and as such enjoy yourselves