She hummed along to her music as she turned the page of the magazine she was reading. She skimmed over the pages as she tried to find the article she had picked the magazine up for. Something about the Schnee heiress leaving Atlas, a White Fang attack in Vale's forests, Raider attacks in Mistral's outskirts, blah, blah, blah, usual news garbage they put in these kind of things.

She scratched her chin as she flipped through some more pages. A grin spread across her face as she found the article; the new high impact anti-personnel sniper rifles being tested by the Atlesian military. Effective up to three thousand meters, capable of using any elemental Dust round. Oh yeah, she wanted to try this thing out.

She felt someone firmly tap her on the head and she swatted their hand away; she already told the old man running the store she was just killing time till the movie she was seeing with her friends was playing, she wasn't going to buy anything. She felt her hood get ripped down and she glared up at the person responsible, lowering her head phones.

"What?" she asked, annoyed.

A strange, angry looking man in a black suit with a machete in hand stood before her.

"I said do you have a death wish or something kid? Get off the floor and put your hands in the air!" She cocked an eyebrow, and peeked around him. She saw another man in a black suit filling up some kind of canister thing at the liquid Dust station; a large knife hung at his waist. She looked up at the man.

"Are you robbing this place?" He pointed the tip of his machete at her face.

"Yes! And if you don't feel like having your body dumped in a gutter, do as I say!" She nodded in understanding before her leg shot out, striking the man in his shin. He collapsed with a grunt, and she was on her feet before he could react. She kneed him in the face, knocking him to the floor. He groaned in pain, and she kicked his machete out of his reach.

She saw the man's friend staring at her in shock before drawing his knife. She narrowed her eyes at him; it was too cramped in here for her to use her own weapon. The man took a tentative step forward before making a becoming motion, trying his best to seem intimidating. Oh he didn't know what kind of mistake he had just made.

She zipped towards him, faster than he could keep track of and slammed into him, hurling the both of them through the store window. She head-butted the man in the nose once they landed, hopefully knocking him out cold.

She stood up and looked back at the store. A group of men in black suits were gawking at her while a man in a white jacket with orange hair stood scowling at the counter, a cigar hanging from his lips. The men looked over at the orange haired man and he motioned towards her with his head. They glanced at each other, uneasy, before filing out of the building.

She un-holstered her weapon, and her scythe sprang into place. A look of fear appeared for a moment in the faces of the men before one of them charged at her with his machete. She sidestepped the man's clumsy swing and slammed the base of her scythe shaft into his face; knocking him to the ground, blood dripping from his nose. Another man charged at her with an axe. She caught the blow effortlessly, and swirled her scythe, retching the axe from the man's hands. Using the momentum of the swing she slammed the base of her scythe into the man's stomach, launching him several meters away where he lay groaning in pain.

She yelped as she felt a bullet graze her shoulder; glad her aura hadn't broken from the shot. She looked over at the final man to see him aiming at her with his pistol. She zipped towards him, zigzagging, and her movements a blur to the man. A speed semblance was rather handy in these sort of situations. She slammed her the base of her scythe into the man, launching him backwards and into the brick walls of the building. He slumped down the wall, his body limp.

The man with orange hair stood in the doorway, a cane in one hand, and a suitcase in the other hand. He looked at the groaning bodies before looking at her.

"Well Little Red, I should really be thanking you. I'll be getting my money back for these worthless droogs." He raised his cane, the end aimed at her. She braced herself for whatever he had planned. "Now I'm sure you want to stay and play some more but I have a flight to catch. So ta-ta for now." She saw him pull a trigger on the cane and a grenade was launched towards her. She leapt back, the heat from the explosion washing over her as she raised her arms in front of her. Shrapnel rained over her body, her aura absorbing the hit from each piece. She landed, gritting her teeth in pain as smoke billowed past her.

Once the smoke cleared she quickly glanced around, and spotted him climbing a ladder on the side of a building. She looked over at the store entrance to see the old man that ran the store on his scroll.

"You got this covered?" she asked, motioning to the men with her scythe. He nodded at her and started talking into his scroll.

With that she sprinted towards the building, and started climbing the ladder two at a time, trying to close the distance between herself and him.

She reached the top of the building and saw the man jump into the side of a Bulkhead; the ship throwing up dust and gravel from the rooftop. She squinted her eyes as the man dropped the briefcase and started to sarcastically clap. A sadistic grin crept up his face.

"You've got spirit Red; I like that. Unfortunately, this is the end of the line for you." He raised his cane again and fired.

Her eyes widened as the grenade landed in front of her feet; her aura was too weak to take a hit like this. She threw up her arms and squeezed her eyes shut as the grenade exploded; the man's maniacal laughter filling her ears.

She didn't feel a thing.

She opened her eyes to see herself encased in a purple bubble. Confused, she looked over and saw a blonde woman with glasses and a riding crop standing next to her, a purple glow around the end of the riding crop. The woman flickered her wrist and the bubble disappeared and she was back on the ground.

She saw the man's face twist with fear before shouting "Huntress!" and running to the front of the ship. The blonde woman sneered and flicked her wrist; a cloud appearing above the airship and raining purple icicle's down onto it, stabbing into the metal.

A woman, cloaked in shadow with glowing orange eyes, appeared in the bay door. The blonde's sneer deepened.

She collapsed her scythe into its sniper form and took aim at the woman. She fired three shots in rapid succession; one at her head, one her heart, and one her gut. She gasped when she saw the woman deflect each shot with her hand, her movements almost inhumanly fast. Those orange eyes narrowed and she saw an orange light appear beneath her.

"Move!" The blonde yelled, shoving her out of the way as the spot they had been erupted; fire spewing upwards in a spiraling pillar. The heat was excruciating as the fire swirled upwards. The blonde stood in front of her, her arms spread out in front of her before she flicked her wrist at the fire twister. A purple barrier encased the fire, slowly subduing it.

Once the fire was extinguished the blonde sighed in exhaustion and looked over at where the Bulkhead had been. It was gone now. She scowled and turned towards her.

"You're a Huntress, right?" she asked. The blonde nodded curtly. Ruby smiled and held her rifle out in front of her as an offering. The blonde cocked an eyebrow and looked at her strangely. "Can I get your autograph?" The blonde's eyes narrowed as she glared at her. She grabbed her wrist, her grip a vice.

"No, and you are in a lot of trouble young lady."

"Wha- what are you talking about?" she asked. The blonde marched her over to the edge of the building and pointed down with her riding crop. Police were talking to the store owner as the men she had fought were being put on stretchers and helped into ambulances.

"Go and talk to those officers, I have to clean up this mess." The blonde ordered. Ruby groaned but a cold glare from the Huntress quieted her and she begrudgingly holstered her weapon and began the climb down. She dragged her feet as she made her way to the police.

One of the officers noticed her and pulled their gun, aimed at her.

"Hands in the air!" She raised her hands, confused. The officer's partner came over to her and took her weapon before cuffing her hands behind her back.

"What are you doing? I saved that guys store; those guys were gonna rob him!"

"We're aware and they'll be seeing time. But so will you small fry."

"What! Why?" The officer started to drag her over to his car.

"Assault with a deadly weapon, attempted murder, and destruction of property."

"You have got to be kidding me!" She said. He opened the back door and shoved her in. He slammed it shut. "Oh come on, I saved that guy's store!" She said. The police ignored her and talked with the store owner. After a few minutes they ended their conversation and got into the car.

She kept silent, her heart beating a mile a minute and a sense of dread gnawing at her belly, as they drove to the police station. They parked at the station and they escorted her to a small room with a large black mirror on one side of the wall. It was poorly lit and consisted of a single table and three chairs; one on one side, two on the other. She was sat down in the single chair and uncuffed. She rubbed her wrists as the officers took their seats. The one who cuffed her leaned forward.

"Care to tell us why you were out this late, son?" She narrowed her eyes at him; how dare he.

"Is it illegal for a girl to go out with her friends these days?" She spat. The man scowled, and she did her best to not shrink back.

"It is when they go out and pick a fight and nearly kill five people." He said coldly.

"But they started it!"

"We don't give a shit who started it!" He snapped. She flinched. The officer sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose before his partner spoke up.

"Where'd ya learn to fight like that? You in some gang?" The door opened then and the blonde Huntress from earlier walked in, a gray haired man in green hobbling on a cane following after her.

"Yes, where ever did you learn to fight like that Ms. Rose?" The blonde huntress motioned for the two officers to leave and they did so, the one who cuffed her casting an angry glance at her before the door shut. The Huntress and the man took the seats. He stared at her eyes intently and she started to fidget under his gaze. "Are those contacts painful?"

"C-contacts?" she asked. He cocked his head to the side.

"Your eyes are naturally that silver?" She nodded. A ghost of a smile appeared on his face. "Interesting." He looked over at the Huntress and she pulled out her scroll. Playing on it was security footage of her fight at the store. "A dual function scythe is a dangerous weapon; one only wielded by the most skilled combatants, and to the extent of my knowledge, there is only one other wielder in Vale. Where did you learn to use this weapon?"

"At Signal Academy. I always saw my Uncle Qrow using his so I wanted to be like him when I got to make my weapon." The man nodded in understanding.

"Qrow Branwen is a teacher at Signal as well isn't he? Was he the one who taught you?" She nodded.

"Yeah. I was complete garbage with it until he took me under his wing." The man chuckled at that.

"Well he has trained you well. So tell me, what's an adorable girl such as yourself doing at a combat school? Do you plan on joining the police?" She shook her head.

"I want to be a Huntress." The smile appeared again.

"You want to dedicate your life to defending this world from the Grimm and any other force that conspires against the natural order?" She nodded her head, a smile appearing on her face as well.

"Yeah, I have about two years left at Signal, and once I'm one there I plan on applying to Beacon Academy."

"Why Beacon? Why not Haven, or Shade, or Atlas?"

"Well, my Uncle Qrow graduated from there, and so did both of my parents, and my sister is going there now too. Just seems like it would be weird if I went to any of the others. Plus the others are so far away."

"Why do you want to be a Huntress? You must know how dangerous it is." She rubbed the back of her head sheepishly.

"Ever since I was little my older sister has told me stories about how amazing our mom was; what an amazing Huntress she was. And my Uncle Qrow would share some of his stories about his adventures whenever he was over. And I always loved reading books about the adventures Hunters would get into. I guess, I just want to go on adventures and be a hero like in the books I loved growing up." The blonde Huntress cocked an eyebrow.

"I take it you know who I am?" The man stated. She nodded her head; she had recognized him from the brochure that Yang had brought with her when she had visited the school.

"You're Ozpin; Headmaster of Beacon." He offered his hand and she shook it politely. "Nice to meet you, sir!"

"The feeling is mutual, Ruby. So you want to be a student at my school?"

"More than anything else in the world, sir." Ozpin looked over at the woman and she rolled her eyes with a groan. "I believe I can pull some strings and get you out of this predicament. Let's get you home so we can get the paper work settled." He stood up and hobbled out of the room. She followed after him with a smile. She gave the two police officers who had arrested her a smug look as she walked past them, and out of the station.

There was a car waiting for them outside of the station where Ruby found her scythe waiting for her in the backseat.

It was almost dawn by the time they made it to Ruby's home at the island of Patch. The lights were on and Ruby bit her lip as she unlocked the door; oh she was in for an earful from her father. She opened the door and let Ozpin in before following in.

Her father was sitting in his chair, asleep. Zwei, the family corgi, was sleeping in his bed near the couch. Ozpin hobbled over to her father and gently shook him awake. Her father snorted and jolted in his seat, his eyes groggily opening.

"Oz? What are you doing here?" he asked, stifling a yawn.

"Hello, Taiyang, it has been too long. I wanted to discuss some things about your daughter, Ruby." Taiyang looked past Ozpin and at Ruby, who waved sheepishly. He frowned before getting out of his seat and pulling Ruby into a hug.

"Don't ever stay out late like that again; you had me worried sick that something had happened to you." Ruby returned the hug.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to stay out this late, stuff happened and it was all out of my control." Taiyang broke the hug when he heard Ozpin clear his throat. They looked over at him as he withdrew several folded up pieces of paper. He took a seat on the couch.

"Time is of the essence so I shall keep this brief. I want your daughter to attend Beacon Academy this semester. I believe she has what it takes to be a Huntress, and would like her at my school." He placed one of the papers on the coffee table. "Since she is under seventeen I need you to sign this waver saying we cannot be held accountable for any dismemberment, maiming, or death that may occur during her time there." Taiyang went over and looked over the paper. He sighed, and lowered his head before looking over at her.

"Are you sure this is what you want, Ruby?" he asked. She nodded her head.

"More than anything, dad." He gave her a tired smile before turning back to the paper. Ozpin offered him a pen, which he took. He hesitated but signed the paper. Ozpin placed the second paper on the table.

"This second form states that we shall be receiving her transcripts from Signal Academy." Her father signed it. With that Ozpin took the two pieces of paper, folded them up, and placed them in his coat pocket. He gave Ruby a smile. "Congratulations Ms. Rose. You are now the youngest student to attend Beacon Academy. I would pack quickly as the airship leaves," he looked at his watch. "In four hours. Don't be late." He left then.

Ruby squealed in delight and embraced her father, hugging him tightly.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" She said, nuzzling her father's cheek. Her father chuckled and ruffled her hair.

"Don't mention it. Go get packed. Oh, and don't forget to grab your medicine."

Ruby let go of her father and quickly made her way to her room. She grabbed her duffle bag and started to stuff it full of her clothes, and her scythe's cleaning kit. She went to the bathroom, and grabbed her toiletries. She opened the mirror in the bathroom and pulled out her medicine bottles and put them in.

Sure that she had everything she would need she went back out to the living room. Her father was standing by the door, his keys in hand.

"Ready?" He asked. She nodded.

She felt someone shaking her shoulder and she opened her eyes. The sun was shining bright through the car window and a huge airship was docked in front of them. People a little older than her were filing up the gangway and into the ship.

"Thanks, dad!" she said, giving him a hasty hug, before bolting from the car and running towards the ship, her bag slung over her shoulder.

She got in line and made her way up the gangway, waving bye to her father before entering the ship. It was cavernous inside the ship and a multitude of seats and couches were set up along the walls and against the large windows. There was a large stairway, where people were moving about. Holotelevisions were set up on some of the windows and people were watching tv and playing video games.

She took a seat on one of the couches and pulled out her scroll. She pressed her sister's icon and started to type.

"Hey Yang, where are u?" She scooted away from a couple as they sat down on the couch, talking loudly. Her scroll chimed and she looked down at it.

"On my way to Beaccon. Dad told u I was leaving 2day right?"

"I knew when u were leaving. Im on here 2"

":O holy shit no way!" Ruby giggled at her sister's response. "O hey I see u!" Ruby looked up and over at the end of the ship. Her sister was waving at her. Ruby waved back before making her way over to her. Her sister pulled her into a hug, lifting her off the ground and crushing her as she nuzzled her face against her.

"Oh I can't believe I get to go to Beacon with my baby sister! This is so awesome! How'd you get in?" Ruby wheezed and patted her sisters back.

"Can't breathe." She said. Yang let her go and Ruby took a breath to refill her aching lungs.

"Sorry," Yang said with a smile. She took a seat on the couch near them. "So what are you doing here? You're two years behind, aren't you?" Ruby took a seat next to her.

"Well I stopped a robbery while waiting on my friends to go see that movie, then the police arrested me, then Ozpin showed up, told me he wanted me to go to his school, and bailed me out."

"And here I thought I would be the one end up getting arrested one day. But that's so awesome Ruby! I'm so proud of you!" She looked away, kicking at nothing.

"It was nothing." Yang wrapped an arm around her shoulder, pulling her into another embrace.

"Doing good on a test is nothing. What you did wasn't nothing. Why aren't you more excited about this?" Ruby looked down at her lap.

"I am excited. It's just…"

"Just what?"

"I don't want anyone to treat me any different. I don't want people thinking I'm special or anything other than a regular girl."

"You are special Ruby."

"If you say so." She said. She looked over at the closest tv. The news was on and Ruby cocked her head as a mugshot of that orange haired man appeared on the screen.

"The attempted robbery is believed to have been led by known Dust trafficker, Roman Torchwick, and several members of the Junior Mafia." The picture changed from his mugshot to a stilled image of Ruby kicking that one guy in the shin. "The robbery was thwarted by a young, red hooded vigilante. They were last seen being taken into police custody and it is unknown whether they will face prosecution for damaging the store. A warrant has been issues for Torchwick's arrest, and the police are looking for public assistance with finding him. Back to you Lisa." A silver haired woman in a purple blouse appeared on the screen.

"Thank you Cyril. A Faunus Rights protest in Vale was interrupted when a Dust store known for refusing Faunus customers was blown up, injuring the Faunus protestors and the pro-human activists there as well. A representative from the Vale branch of the White Fang has claimed responsibility for the attack but Supreme Leader Khan has condoned the attack; claiming that they did not order an attack that would harm any of their Faunus sib-" The tv cut out and people groaned in annoyance. A hologram of the blonde Huntress who had saved Ruby appeared where the screen had been.

"Hello potential students my name is Glynda Goodwitch; I am the Combat Professor at Beacon Academy. I wanted to be the first to greet you and say what a privilege it shall be to teach the future Hunters of Remnant. Each of you have displayed the courage, tenacity, skill, and leadership to be accepted to our prestigious academy. Those of you who survive our rigorous entrance exam shall receive the best education available in Remnant. Good luck." She smiled and the hologram disappeared, the television screen reappearing.

The ship jolted as the engine started and Ruby felt her stomach lurch as they ascended into the air. She got up from her seat and went over to the window, watching in awe as they soared over Vale city, and towards the lake and cliffs were Beacon academy awaited. She heard Yang walk up next to her, resting an arm on her shoulder as they watched the buildings grow smaller and smaller.