Some adult themes later in the chapter. You've been warned...

After Calypso returned with her brother, Abby and Skylar were dumbfounded. He had a squid mouth.

There was a long, awkward silence, before he finally said something.

"So... let me guess, you're a bird, and you're a bunny." He gestured to Abby and Skylar respectively.

"Rabbit." Skylar corrected him.

"There's a difference?" Cal asked. Skylar chuckled,

"I like you, we're gonna be friends." She said.

"Glad you think so, too.~" Calypso said.

"We'd better get inside, I heard there was gonna be a speech or something," Cello said, heading for the main building.

The three girls followed him inside, where Skylar, Abby, Cello, and Calypso returned to their friends.

Inside, the speech was just starting

"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." Students whispered among themselves, and Skylar looked a little angry.

"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 left the stage, and Glynda stepped up to the mic.

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

Everyone began leaving, and Skylar looked rather upset. Abby hugged her, smiling a bit.

"It's okay, Sky! You can prove them wrong, you aren't wasting anything."

Skylar took a deep breath and nodded a little.

"Yeah, you're right. I'm gonna show everyone..." She said.

* * *

In the ballroom, all the students had gathered. There were plenty of people, almost too many for Abby's liking. She didn't like big crowds of people.

However, a new friend of theirs loved crowds of people. Watching everyone be a little on edge was fun enough, but when it was time for everyone else to sleep, that was when she had her fun.

She, Calypso, knew humans don't have night vision, and since a majority of them are human, the most fun thing to do was to prank the hell out of them.

She and Cello had pranks wars sometimes, but Calypso usually won them since Cello didn't work well under pressure, and Calypso was always on guard. When he did win, however, he won creatively.

But we aren't here for them, despite the fact that they're probably more interesting than anyone on team JADF.

However, one stood out above the rest, at least to Frankie. She had long black hair, and was sitting alone, reading. Thing is, he knew she was a faunus, but he couldn't quite figure out what her trait was... Until he noticed her bow twitch. And, Skylar noticed him staring.

"Got a crush already, Frankie?" She teased.

"I just don't understand why she hides it..." He said in a whisper of a voice.

"Some people just don't want to be faunus. It has its benefits, yeah, but it also has its drawbacks, which aren't even natural. It's just some shitty people with no common sense..." She said. "You should go talk to her. That book she's reading? Go ask her where she's at in it. I know you've read it before."

"B-but..."

"Scared?"

"She's... Yes, she's gorgeous and I'd hate to have a reputation where I go after beautiful women to get into their pants."

"Yeah, but, you can't be blamed. And, as long as you don't act like you want into her pants, show that you're actually interested in what she has to say, I can promise you she'll enjoy your company. Not many people have much appreciation for literature that isn't fanfiction. Now get out there and say hi!" Skylar said.

"Wish me luck...?"

"Get the hell outta here," Skylar said, giving him a playful shove. Frankie took a deep breath, and went over to her, giving a small smile. She set her book down with the open page on the floor, since she didn't have a bookmark on her.

"Hello?"

He froze for a second, taking a closer look at her. God, she was gorgeous.

"Y-yeah, I uhh... I just wanted to ask you a few questions. You don't see a lot of people reading actual books very often anymore. I thought it was interesting to know that I wasn't the only one." He gave a friendly smile.

"Yes, it is pretty rare. Most people read off their scrolls. But, I much prefer a book. Something about it is relaxing."

"May I sit?" He asked. She nodded, and he sat down on the other side of her, making sure that he didn't sit on her book.

"But yeah, I agree. I think it's because you aren't staring at a screen. Taking a break from technology, relaxing, and focusing on the book rather than the notifications you're getting is... It's great." Frankie said. The girl smiled.

"I'm Blake, Blake Belladonna." She said.

"I'm Frankie Flame."

"Flame?"

"My dad changed his last name to Flame. I didn't come up with it, and I legally have another year before I can change it." He said, sounding disappointed himself. Blake chuckled,

"That's cute. Is your dad nice?"

"See, thing is... I don't really know. It's been so long since I've seen them..."

Blake tilted her head a bit.

"Something you'd like to talk about?" She asked.

"Well... When I was like five, I was kidnapped and taken to this... This underground sex ring..." Blake looked horrified, "I was kept there till I was thirteen, when it was discovered. I was taken to Vale from Mistral, where I met Abby in an orphanage," He gestured to the winged faunus in the lap of a rabbit faunus. "We escaped together, wandered around for a bit, before we met Skylar," He gestured to the Rabbit faunus herself. He left out the part about Skylar killing her family. It wasn't something he really wanted to talk about, not having already mentioned the sex ring.

"Wow... Frankie, I am so sorry..." She said.

"It's alright... I'm not nearly as fucked in the head as I used to be. Abby actually talked me out of suicide once. She's helping everyone. Skylar is very aggressive, and has actually almost killed people because she couldn't keep her anger in check, so Abby's trying to help her manage that." He said.

"That's sweet... Are they together?"

"Yeah, and they're adorable together. I don't think I've ever made Abby as happy as Skylar does."

"Well, there's someone out there you'll make happy. Even if you don't know them now, you'll find them eventually." Frankie put on a dumb look,

"I think I already have~." He said. Blake giggled and shook her head,

"No, no. I really... Don't want back into any relationships... Let's just say my last Ex put me off dating for a while..."

"Oh... Do you want to talk about it...?"

"Not... Not right now. Maybe later, once we're away from everyone."

"That's fair. I'd hate to make you uncomfortable. Anyways, I'm getting kind of tired. Gonna go to sleep. Would you like me to stay here and keep you company? My teammates will be fine without me for a night, I've got the next 4 years to spend with them."

Blake thought for a moment.

"Yeah, sure. But, give me a bit of room, alright? No offense, but I don't want you right next to me while I sleep."

"That's fair," Frankie got up, "I'm gonna grab my stuff, I'll be right back." He returned with his pillow and blanket, laying down next to Blake, who had already gotten comfortable.

Until next chapter~