After Ozpin had thoroughly explained how Amaru's initiation was going to go, he allowed him to leave but as Amaru slithered over to the elevator Ozpin called out to him "Also you'll be staying in team RWBY's dormitory." Ozpin said. "Oh alright, where is that?" Amaru asked tilting his head slightly. Ozpin got out of his chair and handed Amaru a map of the school "I've marked the location for you." Ozpin said. "Thank you." Amaru said as he entered the elevator. "Remember your initiation is tomorrow at nine o'clock sharp." Ozpin said as the door to the elevator closed.
Amaru exited the elevator and soon opened the map so he'd be able to find his way around to team RWBY's dorm room. It took him about an hour to actually find it, and the map didn't provide much help because he'd never used one before. Upon reaching RWBY's dorm Amaru twisted the knob but was unsurprised to find it locked. He knocked on the door and moments later was greeted by Yang "Oh, Amaru, you look... good." Yang said as her eyes traveled up and down Amaru's body. "Thanks Yang." Amaru replied. "So what do you need?" Yang asked. "Ozpin said that I'd be staying with you four." Amaru replied. "Oh that's right, well come on in." Yang said as she stepped out of the way to allow Amaru to enter their dorm.
Amaru slithered his way into the dorm room Ruby was laying on her bed playing a game on her scroll, Weiss was laying down reading a book and Blake was staring out of the window. Everyone soon stopped what they were doing and looked over at Amaru "Hi everyone." Amaru said. "Hey, welcome to our dorm." Ruby said. "Oh, uh where is he going to sleep? We only have four beds." Blake said glancing at their not very well constructed bunk beds. Yang hugged Amaru "He can sleep with me..." Yang said with a mischievous smirk. "I can just sleep on the floor, doubt it's very different from when I slept on the ground back in the forest." Amaru said. Yang suddenly let go of Amaru "But what if you get cold?" Yang whined. Amaru shrugged "Good question." Amaru said. "Oh just let the beast sleep on the floor." Weiss said waving her hand dismissively. "Weiss that was pretty mean." Ruby said. "Yeah just because he's a naga doesn't mean he's some kind of monster." Blake said putting her hands on her hips. "Oh, it's fine. Most humans called me things like that in the past." Amaru said. "So you're used to people insulting you about what you are?" Blake asked. Amaru nodded "I've had to put up with these kinds of things before." Amaru said as he leaned back against the wall.
The next few hours leading up to the girls and Amaru going to sleep went by without much happening, and at roughly ten pm the girls one at a time went into the bathroom and changed into their pajamas while Amaru just coiled up his tail and rested his head down on his arms but before he completely fell asleep he felt someone lay a blanket on top of him and lift his head up and place a pillow under it. Amaru pretended to be asleep as the person did this. Once they finished Amaru opened one of his eyes slightly and saw Weiss walking away from him and on to her bed "Maybe she's not so mean after all." Amaru thought to himself as he nuzzled the soft pillow and fell into a deep sleep. That night he slept better than he had in all of his time in the Emerald Forest; mostly because the pillow and blanket made him feel much warmer since he was cold blooded and he didn't have to worry about any Grimm showing up and trying to eat him alive.
The morning came after what only felt like a few minutes, Ruby was the first to wake up, it was seven o'clock when she got up so she got out of bed and made her way over to the bathroom so she could brush her teeth, comb her hair, etc. but on her way there she stepped on something, specifically the tip of Amaru's tail. Amaru's eyes shot open and he sprang up suddenly tackling Ruby to the ground with a loud thud. Which woke everyone else up, "Amaru?! What are you doing?!" Yang asked quickly when she noticed Amaru pinning Ruby down. "Oh my God!" Amaru said as he quickly backed away. "Sorry Ruby, reflex." Amaru said. Ruby rubbed the back of her head "No, it's my fault for stepping on your tail." Ruby said as she chuckled nervously. "Well, are you okay?" Amaru asked. "Other than the bump on the back of my head I'm fine." Ruby said with a smile. "Well we've got a couple hours before Amaru's initiation starts should we just go back to bed or start getting ready?" Ruby asked. "I say go back to sleep." Yang said as she laid back down. "I think we should get ready for our classes and his initiation." Weiss said. "What about you two?" Ruby asked looking at Blake and then Amaru. "Well our alarm is set for eight, forty-five and it's seven so I vote we go back to sleep." Blake said as she laid down on her side. "Agreed." Amaru said as he laid back down resting his head on the Pillow Weiss had given him last night.
Everyone laid back down in their beds and soon went back to sleep, until an alarm clock went off signaling that it was now eight, forty-five. Everyone got back up but Amaru just groaned and covered his ears "Amaru, come on. Your initiation is starting soon." Ruby said poking at Amaru's side. Amaru groaned again as he got up, he stretched his arms and popped his back "Alright then, where am I going exactly?" Amaru asked. "The Cliffside to the right on the outside of the school, that overlooks the Emerald Forest." Blake explained. "Well I guess I should get going, thanks!" Amaru said as he waved and slithered out of the door. "I can't wait to see how he does on this." Ruby said excitedly. "Me either, let's get going so we don't miss anything." Yang said. All of the girls got dressed seconds later and bolted over to the auditorium where many other students were, on the screen they saw Amaru standing across from Ozpin, on one of those platforms that launched students into the forest.
"So let's go over the objective one last time." Ozpin said. "You are to go into the Emerald Forest and locate a ruin which has a relic located inside of it, bring that relic back here." Ozpin explained. "Alright then, shall we get this started?" Amaru asked. "Very well, happy landing." Ozpin said with a slight chuckle. "What do you me- AHH!" Amaru started before he was cut off by being catapulted into the Emerald Forest. Amaru had not planned for this or really anything that this initiation would entail so instead of really doing anything to decrease his speed Amaru fell into a tree and wrapped his powerful tail around a thick branch.
"Couldn't be bothered to explain how I'd be entering the forest, huh?" Amaru said knowing Ozpin could hear him quite well. Amaru climbed down from the tree, cautiously but he soon picked up the scent of a Grimm, luckily it was just one so he could probably handle it, though he couldn't nail down exactly where it was. That was until a Beowolf roared and leaped our from the bushes, Amaru wasn't scared, using his powerful tail he swatted the Beowolf aside, like a fly, causing it to slam into a tree hard nearly cracking it (the tree) in half. The Beowolf started to get up seconds later so Amaru moved forward with incredible speed, he wrapped his tail around the Grimm's body in seconds and soon he began to constrict the Beowolf's body, crushing every bone in its body and causing it to turn to ash seconds later.
Amaru smirked before returning to the task at hand. He flicked his forked tongue in the air, doing so allowed him to detect scent particles in the air with ten times the accuracy in comparison to if he used his nose. Soon he managed to piece together a trail left behind when a group of people had ran passed not long ago. Following this trail Amaru eventually found his way to a small stone building that was in a severe state of disrepair, something peculiar that Amaru noticed was that there were ten pedestals but only one of them had something on it; specifically a black knight chess piece. Amaru shrugged, moments later he slithered forward and calmly took the chess piece and placed it in the pocket on his shirt.
Suddenly Amaru heard something let out a loud roar, he spun around and saw a bear-like Grimm that stood on two legs, had fur as black as night, its arms were covered in Armor plating, it had a set of five long, sharp claws on its hands and feet, its eyes were red like blood, it had spikes coming out of its back, and its face was covered by more armor plating, it was an Ursa and a tuff one by the look of it. It let out another ferocious roar: Amaru wasn't scared of this Grimm or any for that matter, he slithered forward toward the Ursa and it brought its claws down at him but he moved out of the way and it only managed to get its claws stuck in the dirt. Seizing his opportunity Amaru climbed up the Ursa's arm and started stabbing his claws into its jugular, the Grimm roared in pain before it grabbed Amaru by his tail and threw him off its shoulder and into a tree. Amaru got down from the tree seconds later, the bear charged at him but soon it began to slow down. It swung at Amaru again but he slid under the ursa's claw quickly, it snarled at him but soon it fell over and laid down in front of him. Amaru snickered slightly then he slithered over to the side of the grimm's head, the Grimm seemed to be paralyzed because it was still breathing but couldn't move. Amaru opened his mouth wide and bit onto the Ursa's neck moments later Amaru's fangs began to pour venom into its body. The grimm's eyes widened before its breathing stoped and it turned to ash.
Everyone in the auditorium sat their stunned at how easily Amaru could defeat these Grimm. Amaru began to make his way back through the Forest so he could return to Ozpin and give him the relic, Amaru made his way back to the cliff that Ozpin had catapulted him off of earlier "Hmm, yeah climbing that isn't going to be easy." Amaru said tapping his chin trying to see if their was any other option. He looked to the side and saw more ruins built into the cliff itself, those weren't going to be any help to him at the moment. "Damn, looks like there's really no choice." Amaru thought to himself. Amaru grabbed on to the cliff wall and soon began to pull himself up. He repeated this action multiple times along with pushing himself up using his tail. Even though his claws were the only thing that kept him from falling.
It took a long time but eventually Amaru got back up to the Cliff that he had been thrown off and saw Ozpin and Glynda waiting for him. Amaru handed Ozpin the chess piece seconds later "Well done Amaru." Ozpin said as he took the chess piece from him. Amaru then slapped Ozpin across the face with his tail causing the man to fall. Ahh! What on earth was that for??" Ozpin said placing his hand over the red mark he now had on his face. "For not telling me that you were just going to catapult me into the forest." Amaru replied. Ozpin rubbed where he had just been slapped as he stood up "Okay then, let's introduce you to the other students." Ozpin said as he led Amaru to the auditorium and the two climbed up onto the stage "Students, it is my pleasure to introduce the newest addition to our student body: Amaru." Ozpin said. "We hope you enjoy your stay, and as you know, you'll be staying with Team RWBY." Ozpin said. Amaru nodded. The meeting was adjured moments later and everyone returned to their dorms.
Back in team RWBY's dorm Amaru laid on the floor relaxing with his tail coiled under him "So, Amaru, how'd you take down that Ursa?" Ruby asked. "I've got venom in my claws and fangs, makes taking things like that down a lot easier." Amaru explained as he stared at the ceiling. After that nothing much happened throughout the day so when it got dark out everyone just went strait to bed.
