Making Friends and Enemies

Teal, Ruby, and Jaune enter Beacon Academy's giant auditorium which was filled to the brim with new students.

"Ruby! Teal! Over here! I saved you a spot!" Yang called out waving at her sister and cousin.

"Oh! Hey," Ruby turns to Jaune, "We gotta go! We'll see you after the ceremony!" Ruby runs off leaving dragging along Teal.

"Hey, wait! *sigh* Ah, great. Where am I supposed to find another nice, quirky girl to talk to?!" Jaune said

"How's your first day going, you two?" Yang asked

"You mean since you ditched me, Teal vanished and I exploded?" Ruby said

"Yikes! Meltdown already?" Yang said

"No, I literally exploded a hole in front of the school! And there was some fire, and I think some ice...?" Ruby said

"Are you being sarcastic?" Yang asked smiling.

"I wish! I tripped over some crabby girl's luggage, and then she yelled at me, and then I sneezed," Ruby started to say.

Teal sensed someone behind Ruby and tried to signal to her cousin to stop talking.

"-and then I exploded, and then she yelled at me again, and I felt really, really bad, and I just wanted her to stop yelling at me!" Ruby said

"You!" Weiss shouted out.

Ruby screams and jumps into Yang's arms, "Oh, God, it's happening again!"

"You're lucky we weren't blown off the side of the cliff!" Weiss said putting her hands on her hips.

"Oh, my God, you really exploded…" Yang said

"It was an accident," Ruby said getting out of Yang's arms, "It was an accident!"

Weiss quickly holds up a pamphlet titled "DUST for dummies and other Inadequate Individuals" and pushed it into Ruby's face.

"What's this?" Ruby questioned

Weiss started going over her family's policy talking faster and faster as she went on.

"The Schnee Dust Company is not responsible for any injuries or damages sustained while operating a Schnee Dust Company product. Although not mandatory, theSchneeFamilyhighlyencouragestheircustomerstoreadandfamiliarizethemselveswiththiseasytofollowguidetoDustapplicationsand practicesinthefield," Weiss finished

"She said that all so quickly. It makes you wonder how many times people have had accidents with Schnee Dust Company products," Teal thought.

"Uuhhh...?" Ruby said not catching all of it.

"You really wanna start making things up to me?" Weiss asked

"Absolutely," Ruby said

"Read this, and don't ever speak to me again," Weiss said handing the pamphlet to Ruby.

"Look, uh, it sounds like you two just got off on the wrong foot. Why don't you start over and try to be friends, okay?" Yang said

Teal nodded her head standing next to Yang.

"Yeah! Great idea, sis!" Ruby holds her hand out to Weiss, "Hello, Weiss! I'm Ruby! Wanna hang out? We can go shopping for school supplies!"

"Yeah! And we can paint our nails and try on clothes and talk about cute boys, like tall, blond, and scraggly over there!" Weiss said with fake enthusiasm and pointing over at Jaune.

"Wow, really?!" Ruby asked

"...No," Weiss said

The sound of a microphone turning on catches the girls' attention and the all look to the stage, where Professor Ozpin is readying the microphone, with Glynda beside him.

"I'll...keep this brief. You have traveled 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 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. It is up to you to take the first step," Ozpin said

After his speech, he walks off stage where Glynda walks up to the microphone.

"You will gather in the ballroom tonight; tomorrow, your initiation begins. Be ready. You are dismissed," Glynda said

"He seemed kind of...off," Yang said

"It's almost like he wasn't even there," Ruby said

Teal stayed silent as she looked to where Ozpin had walked off to. She could tell something was wrong, something was really bothering him. His aura said it all. As Teal continued to think on the matter her thoughts were interrupted by another body joining their group.

"I'm a natural blond, you know!" Jaune said coming up next to Weiss.

Teal didn't need her sight to tell that Weiss was rolling her eyes.

The first night at Beacon was not spent in dorms but instead, in a communal sleeping hall, students were now dressed in their pajamas and had sleeping bags laid out. Ruby was laying down on her sleeping bag writing in a journal when Yang jumped onto her sleeping bag next to her.

"It's like a big slumber party!" Yang said

"I don't think Dad would approve of all the boys, though," Ruby said

"I know I do!" Yang said looking over at several boys. Her view was quickly blocked by Jaune who walks by dressed in footie pajamas. He waves at her giving her a grin. Yang groans before she returns her attention to Ruby, "What's that?"

"A letter to the gang back at Signal. I promised to tell them all about Beacon and how things are going," Ruby said

"Aw, that's so cuuuute!" Yang said

"Shut up!" Ruby said throwing her pillow at Yang's face, "I didn't get to take my friends with me to school! It's weird not knowing anyone here!"

"What about Jaune? He's...nice! There you go! Plus one friend! That's a hundred percent increase!" Yang said

"Pretty sure Weiss counts as a negative friend. Back to zero…" Ruby said

"There's no such things as negative friends! You just made one friend and one enemy!" Yang said which gets another pillow thrown at her face, "Look, it's only been one day. Trust me you've got friends all around you! You just haven't met them yet! Don't you agree Teal? Teal? Where is that girl?" Yang said looking around.

Teal walked out of the bathroom, just having changed into her pajamas. She made her way down the hallway following the sounds of people to help her get back to the main room.

"FOUND YOU!"

Teal ducked down as a body flew over her and crashed into the ground. Teal heard a male sigh as a body that fell to the ground got back up. Teal didn't move as she grabbed in a hug.

"Hey there!"

"Hello Nora, Hello Ren," Teal greeted.

"Hey, Teal. Ren and I were just making our way to the main hall to find a super comfy sleeping spot. Wanna join us?" Nora asked

"Sure. The more the merrier," Teal said

"Whooooo!" Nora said as she dragged off Teal and Ren.

As Nora dragged Teal and Ren away Ren looked over at Teal and gave her a small smile, unfortunately, she couldn't see it. Nora dragged the two in the room and ran around trying to find the perfect spot to sleep.

"Here! Here! Here!" Nora exclaimed

"Okay, Nora. we'll set up here," Ren said

"I'll go grab my sleeping bag," Teal said

Teal made her way to where her cousins had set up for the night she gave the two a nod as she grabbed her bag and made her way back to Nora and Ren.

"Look even Teal's making new friends. I'm so proud," Yang said

*SMACK*

Yang fell over as the third pillow of the night hit her in the face.

Teal made her way back over to Nora and Ren but was stopped when someone grabbed the back of her shirt. Teal quickly smacked the hand away making the person drawback.

"Now that wasn't very nice," Onyx said

"Neither was wrinkling my shirt," Teal said

Onyx doesn't reply but leans down to be face to face with Teal.

"Hey, what's going on here?"

The two look over and find the source of the voice. Yang was glaring at Onyx with her arms crossed and standing next to her is Ruby.

"Nothing," Onyx said, "Just making new friends."

He stood up fully and walked away frowning at the three as he walked away.

"Are you okay?" Ruby asked

"I'm fine. As he said we were just making friends," Teal said

"Come on Teal!" Nora said beckoning the girl over.

"I'll see you guys in the morning," Teal said waving at her cousins.

"Teal! Come sleep next to me," Nora said

"Alright, alright," Teal said laying her sleeping bag next to Nora.