Well hello again guys and girls. This chapter took me significantly longer then the previous chapter and i can't figure out why. Thanks for your views and i hope you like it.

I don't own RWBY. RWBY is owned by rooster teeth and Monty Oum. I do own Ben Ranright and anything other OCs in this unless I specifically say so.

Here you go, people Chapter 3


Chapter 3:Pre-Initiation

"How can she run so fast?" Ben thought stopping to catch a breath just barely inside the building where everyone seemed to be congregated. Taking deep breathes; He looked up to see his Faunus friend grinning at him.

"What's the big idea of running off at the bolt of light?" Ben said exaggerating a lot.

"Light? There is no way I was going that fast. You are just really slow."

"Thanks a lot." Ben said sarcastically before looking around at the mass of people in this… what this place would be called? He tried to think of the word when Headmaster Ozpin cleared his thought into the microphone.

"I'll keep this brief." He started. "You have traveled here today in the search of knowledge. To hone your craft and acquire new skills," Professor Ozpin looked around the room a second as he continued.

"And when you are finished you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people." "But I look amongst you and all I see is wasted energy, in 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." Scanning the room from left to right he paused. "It is up to you to take the 1st step." Ben nodded in agreement as Ozpin turned and left the microphone to Professor Goodwitch.

"We will gather in the ballroom tonight. Tomorrow your initiation begins. Be ready. You are dismissed." Lindsey yawned "Well that was a boring speech. 'Be ready', Why wouldn't we be ready, I mean chances are they are going to make us do something horrible."

"So you want to go find something to eat, because I am starved." Ben asked. As almost if on cue, his stomach growled.

"Meh sure lets go."

...

Later that night

Ben sat in his makeshift sleeping bag near the wall of the wall of the ballroom. There was enough space for somebody to walk by but not enough for them not to disturb him as they did. He now wore his white shorts that he usually slept in and a blank red t-shirt. Lindsey was on the other side of the room with the girls so he didn't have anybody to talk to, He would have gone to sleep but he wasn't very tired. So he grabbed his bag that sat nearby and unzipped it. He reached past his clothes that he had changed out of a few minutes before and rummaged through the bad. Finally he found his notebook full of sketches and models of Ravenger along with some of his battle techniques. He opened it about halfway and grabbed his pencil to start sketching the 1st thing that came to his mind. He was halfway gone sketching when he realized that he was sketching view of beacon that he had when he 1st stepped off the airship. He was amazed at how well he had drawn it; he was surprised that he was able to draw it that well from memory. Quickly he flipped to the next page and began writing a letter to his mother.

He was just about finished when suddenly Ben felt a tremendous amount of force being applied on his right elbow. "Ahhhgg" Ben called out in pain as the foot that had stepped on him quickly stepped off.

"Dude, keep out of the walkway." Closing his book, Ben glared up at the figure above him. He had light red hair and medially tanned skin. That was basically all Ben noticed because he was ticked off at this guy who had just hurt his fighting arm.

"Maybe you should watch where you're walking." Ben said clenching his fist. All the guy did was roll his eyes and response then walked off. "Hey! I'm not finished with you!" Ben screamed in his mind but knew better then to actually do that. Out of the corner of his hearing he heard the yells and loudly talking people from over on the girl's side.

"Just shut up, please" Ben said to himself out of annoyance. Tomorrow was a big day and Ben knew it. Soon enough though, he drifted off to sleep.

...

Lindsey walked down the row of lockers. "Great, just great?" she mumbled to herself. "Where did I put my dang stuff?" Exasperated she pulled out the slip of paper that she had received so she could find her locker. "568?" She thought back to the previous night. "Oh yeah that's right" Having passed it a minute ago, she turned back and kept walking until she found it. "Morning." Ben yawned as he walked by Lindsey to his locker.

"How was your night, sleeping beauty?" Lindsey could tell that even though Ben had eaten breakfast and gotten ready, he was still almost asleep.

"Well, I was up half of it because everybody wouldn't shut up." Ben glared at the lock pad on his locker and taped his code in.

"Oh come on, it wasn't like it was my fault. All I did was scaring a couple of people. What is the harm in that?" Lindsey tapped her code in, opened her locker, took her axes and attached each one to the cords suspiciously in her sleeves.

"Yeah 'What's the harm in that?'" Ben said as he failed at mimicking her voice "Every single person you scared ended up screaming. I am surprised that someone didn't attack you or something." Ben shook his head as he slipped his right arm though Ravager and extended the blade to admire it. The weapon was truly a work of art. The blade was polished and shined to perfection, and the hawk engraved on it made it look magnificent. Ben retracted the weapon and shut his locker.

"Sup, loser" Both Ben and Lindsey turned to see who had made this snide greeting. The guy who had stepped on Ben's arm last night was walking past them. He was a human that had short red hair and wore dark black battle armor with red lining. Lindsey's eyes narrowed as she resisted the urge to each him a lesson.

Walking next to the "black knight" was a human girl who also had the same red hair as the other guy. To be honest, the two seemed almost like a matched set. Both wore the dark black battle armor and besides the obvious gender and face differences they were like in almost every way. Almost being the key word as their personalities seemed to clash. The guy gave off the vibe that he was confident and headstrong while the girl seemed shy and had a look that said "I am so sorry" on her face.

"So you get in the way and don't have fashion sense." The guy said as he approached them with the girl following close behind. Ben glared at him as he passed by. The guy taking note of their silence said "Anyhow, I will be showing you how it is done come initiation. " He walked by the two and continued down the hall to the door.

"Sorry." The girl apologized as the guy walked away. "I'm Silver and that's my brother Thane." She said ashamed. "He can be a jerk but he's… *sigh*… family" Silver quickly hurried off after her brother who had kept walking away. Ben shook his head and looked back to Lindsey. "So want to be on the same team." Lindsey was about to answer when suddenly the intercom kicked in. "Would all first-year students report to Beacon cliff for initiation. Again, all first-year students beacon cliff immediately."

"Ah ha, I knew they would do something like this. I told you." Lindsey fist pumped then ran off; Ben simply sighed and reluctantly followed after her.

...

All the first-year students where lines up on square stone platforms that had the beacon crest on it. Looking down the row, he got to see all the faces of his future classmates.

"For years you have trained to become warriors and today your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald forest." Ozpin started then let Goodwitch speak. "Now I am sure many of you have heard rumors about the assigning of teams. Well allow me to us to put an end to you confusion. Each of you will be teammates, TODAY" Ben was wondering why the two professors where taking turns at talking instead of saying it all and getting it over with. Ozpin picked up "These teammates will be with you for the rest of you time here at beacon, so it is in your best interests to be paired with someone whom you can work well." He paused for effect and then continued "That being said, the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be partner for the next four years."

"What the…" Ben was speechless. What is he got paired with that jerk named Thane. What if he got paired with someone else that he might not like, the thought made him go white. "After you have partnered up, make your way to the northern end of the forest. You will meet opposition along the way, DO NOT hesitate to destroy everything in you path or you will DIE." Ben's heart felt like it was pumping out of his chest. "You will be monitored and graded for the duration of you initiation, but our instructors will not intervene." "Let's just get this over with." Ben thought, getting anxious.

"You will find an abandoned temple at the end of the path containing several relics. Each pair must choose one and return to the top of the cliff. You will guard that item, as well as you standing and grade you appropriately. Are there any questions?" Ben thought he heard someone start to say something, but he must have been mistaken since the professor commanded "Good, now take you positions."

Ben crouched and prepared to jump as the platform catapulted him. Suddenly he remembered something. "Ah-ha, I just figured out what that building was called…" Ben said not really talking to anyone in particular. "…It was called an amphitheat-aaaaa!" Sure enough the stone platforms launched him and the other students off the cliff and into the forest. Ben was suddenly familiarized with why he hated heights.


Authors notes

Well, that was a thing, that is if I can quote Yang. I had a little trouble making up Silver and Thane. Originally they were going to be distant cousins, but then as i was writing it i just decided 'Meh, they're gonna be fraternal twins.' Hoped you guys liked this chapter, and i am sorry if you wanted the entire initiation. I just thought that this was a good place to stop. Laastly, please let me know what you guys liked and didn't like abotu this with a review. Or you guys could PM me about it, Either way please do. I don't like writing without knowing what people think about it.

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