Summer woke to the sound of an alarm clock ringing to the side of her bed. A quick look at it told her that she would need to get up to keep the schedule she had decided on for the morning. She quickly her morning routine after getting herself and her weapons cleaned, she stored both Hornet's weapon, a suppressed Sniper rifle that turned into a pike, and Wasp's weapons, twin pistol/shortsword combos, in a small hidden compartment her great uncle had installed to the room in anticipation of her arrival. At least it'll get some use Summer thought, I can't bring these with me to Beacon, not when my enemies will recognize them from another Identity. The fact that Tygre had seen her use her 'Sumter Rose' weaponry while she was still dressed as 'Hornet Snow' was a huge mistake but unavoidable now, especially after the headmaster of Beacon had seen her dressed in such a way. Summer would adapt to the situation and overcome, at least the headmaster hadn't seen her real eye color as that would have definitely given her away. Speaking of eye color, Summer thought as she put in the color changing contacts, which should I have today, brown would stand out the least, but red has a cool whimsical effect to it, blue is really pretty though, or I could do green This was harder than she cared to admit, I'll just pick a random one. Disguise together Summer went down the stairs the main room of the house. Her Great-Uncle Qrow and her Aunt Yang were both passed out on the living room floor, apparently having had a competition to see who could drink more last night. Right, that's why Dad won't drink. Summer went to the kitchen and prepared a quick breakfast for herself before taking it and her duffel bag and leaving the house. It was a quick walk to the airship depot from Qrow's house, but Summer began formulating plans and contingency plans the whole way. Things like How should I deal with my brother and sister's, what if they recognize me? And how should I choose teams? Can I even choose teams? Before Summer could get too far in her spiral of thoughts she arrived at the depot. There were only a few people there but neither was the airship. Huh, guess I'm early, Summer thought as she pulled up a scroll window to check the time, I thought I planned better, oh well I guess I am excited after all. Despite the lack of the airship the depot soon filled with many families and friends saying goodbye and giving fond farewells. A full hour after Summer arrived so did the airship finally. Once everyone had boarded Summer found a secluded corner and called her father to inform him of what had happened. Once the conversation was done, and her confidence boosted by her fathers support, Summer decided to try and make some connections. The number of people on the airship was staggering, however she had specific personalities in mind. Summer needed someone who would 'steal the show' around her, an attention grabber. Not many people seemed to fit this as they were all nervous about initiation. In fact the biggest attention grabber in the ship appeared to be her cousin Brown Xiao Long while he goofed off with her sisters Ignella and Glacia. Yeah that's a no… Summer thought to herself, there was no way she was going to walk straight up to her family and just say "Hi." After searching the rest of the airship she settled onto a group of two girls, one black-haired with gold highlights and a lion tail, the other white-haired with a blue overcoat, on the far end of the airship near the doors.
"Heya!" Summer said as she got close "Ma names Sumter! What's yers?" The black-haired girl answered while turning towards her while the other seemed to shrink behind the larger girl. Black was scowling and looked about ready to pounce on Summer.
"Why do you want to know?" the challenge was clear and precise, 'Are you hitting on us?' but her accent isn't indicative of a natural born Valean Summer thought It sounds more like a mix of Vacuean and… Oh! She's from Menagerie! In response to the girls question Summer quickly shook her head.
"Nope." She said popping the 'p' "I'm just new to Vale and ain't got any friends here. So I thought maybe all us transfers could get along!"
"How do you know we're transfers?" the girl asked again not letting up any suspicion.
"Well," Summer began "ya speak with a slight accent from another nation, M'nagere if I had to guess and yer friend's outfit screams 'Atleasian military might' all over it."
"Wow you could tell her nationality by her accent!" the white haired girl finally spoke up for the first time.
"Well yeah, I moved 'round allot with ma Pa' for awhile." Summer answered, all technically true.
"That's so cool! My names Navi, Navi Schnee!" the girl said while offering her hand forward. "You simply must tell me some stories of your travels!" Yeah that's never going to happen Summer said internally If she is Navi Schnee then she must be Weiss's daughter, she's nothing like Mom's stories of her mother.
"Sure, Whenever we get the time." Summer replied with a smile on her face, before turning to the other girl who seemed to relax a bit. "And what's yer name?"
"Krysanthe, Krysanthe Belladonna." The girl finally answered after getting a nudge from Navi. "but everyone calls me Krys, also, It's pronounced Menagerie." Haha, she's trying to fix my accent?! Summer couldn't help but laugh internally, I made it so thick for a reason! She made a quick check to make sure her internal mirth didn't show on the surface before continuing.
"That's what I said, Ain't it?" Summer could see the stages of coming up with an argument flash across her face before she shook her head.
"Nevermind. Where are you from Sumter?" Krys asked. The question was innocent enough however the calculations going on behind her eyes told Summer she was trying to place her accent.
"Me? I'm from Vacuo originally." Summer answered "But I've been traveling with my Ma' and Pa' for a while now."
"Who are your parents then?" Navi asked, showing Summer genuine curiosity while asking.
"I don' know if ya heard of 'em," Summer said, "but Reuben Rose is ma Pa' and Ruby Rose is ma Ma'" the shock on both of the girls faces at the mention of Ruby's name almost made Summer laugh.
"THE Ruby Rose?" Navi practically shrieked, "The Crimson Tornado, Hero of Atlas, Leader of Vale's Elite Shock troops!?" Wow, she's actually fangirling over Mom. Summer thought Huh, should I play casual or ignorant?
"Uh. Yeah." Summer said after a second while slowly backing away from the star-eyed Navi. "She told me she fought in the war. When she was teaching me to use ma semblance." Navi shrieked again while Krys rolled her eyes and backed away.
"THAT'S SO COOL!" Navi was getting uncomfortably loud, "Can I meet her!?"
"Uh, I'm sure ya could at some point but. Uh..." Summer said while pointing at all the people around them who were now staring. Navi blushed as soon as she saw all of the stares, before running off to a secluded part of the ship. For her part Krys looked rather exasperated. "Not used to people I take it?" Summer finally asked.
"No, no she's not." Krys replied, "well I should go find her, see you around at Beacon." Krys finished with a wave as she walked off.
"Yeah, see ya later!" Summer said as she watched the taller girl walk off. Well that was a thing, Summer thought Who's next? As she was about to walk away all of the holographic projectors in the airships windows clicked on and a woman dressed in a red suit with pieces of almost gladitorial armor in several places appeared on the screen.
"Hello everyone," The woman began with a small wave and a smile. "My name is Pyrrha Arc, and allow me to be the first to welcome you to Beacon." the smile never left her face as she delivered the address to the new students. "I will be your combat class instructor. My fellow teachers and I look forward to helping you to become the best huntsmen and huntresses the world of remnant has to offer. The Second Great War ended almost three decades ago, but even now we still feel the effects of the loss of so many of our greatest huntsmen and huntresses in the war." The smile did dip when she mentioned the great war even through the hologram Summer could see the scar across her left cheek that was likely from said war. "It is now your time to fill in the gap left by those brave souls, and protect our world." the hologram faded and people rushed to the windows to get their first look at Beacon. However Summer began to feel a set of eyes on her and quickly looked around to try and find who it was. The search bore no fruit as the individual disappeared from her awareness, but left Summer on her toes. I will need to be more careful about how much attention I draw. The remainder of the flight was uneventful as was Summer's walk towards the auditorium. However she did spare a few moments to check out the Jaune Arc memorial and quickly paid respect to the many names written on the wall. During all of this summer couldn't shake the sense she was being watched. She tried to find the culprit the rest of the way to the auditorium but the sense only disappeared once Mrs. Arc stepped up to the microphone on stage.
"Welcome, students, to Beacon academy!" she began "I'm sure you're all excited for initiation tomorrow, but first our headmaster will give a few words." as she finished she motioned to the elderly man as he came to the stage.
"Hello, I am professor Ozpin, the headmaster of this fine academy." his voice was even and soft as he spoke. "you gave traveled here seeking to join the ranks of the elite huntsmen and huntresses who have graduated from here." There was pause and summer could see many of the students brighten at the prospect. Though the academies are still active in the other kingdom's, one even being in Menagerie, Beacon had gained a reputation for producing huntsmen and huntresses capable of standing against whole armies on their own. From Winchester's last stand in the deserts of Vacuo, to Smoek's stonewall around a small Valean village that halted the Mistralli advance, Beacons graduates had become war heroes world renown. "however what I see are those who believe that graduating from here will make you a hero, that is not the case. The decisions that will lead you to being a hero are yours and yours alone to make." after that He stepped off the stage and Mrs. Arc took his spot at the Mic.
"your dorms will be assigned tomorrow after teams have been formed," Pyrrha said "for tonight you will sleep in the ballroom. Tomorrow will start early for initiation, so it is in your best interest to get some sleep. Goodnight and good luck students." once she had finished the students filed into the ballroom. Summer quickly nabbed a spot with equal distance from three different exits in the room. She then sat there and waited for most of the guys to change into their nightwear before going to change herself. Maintaining my cover can be such a bother sometimes, Summer thought as she changed into her pajamas, a pair of baggy dark grey sweatpants and a baggy yellow and red t-shirt. I hope we have private bathrooms in the doors or this'll get old real quick. Summer walked back to her sleeping bag to find she had a neighbor.
"hey I saw an open spot and decided to take it." The orange haired guy said "hope you don't mind" Summer's mind began running he's really close to my bed, but wait that's not weird if we're both supposed to be guys right? But why'd he pick there? Aaaww why me? Summer quickly squashed her internal angst and replied.
"Na, na problem, uhh I'm Sumter, what's yet name?" the boy looked up from whatever he was writing in his journal.
"name's Aiden, Lie Aiden." he said as he extended his hand to shake. As Summer shook his hands his eyes went wide and his grip got firmer "I have a feeling we are going to be good friends." he said slowly and with a smile. It was friendly enough, if you weren't constantly on the lookout for assassins out to get you, which unfortunately Summer was. Crap! Did I already get made! What now! Despite the fear now swirling in her Summer eventually drifted off to sleep hoping the teachers kept an eye on the students at night and that she would wake up fine tomorrow.
Thanksgiving omake: Rose household family dinner
"Reuben, Summer's crying again and I need you to handle her and the twins while I finish the turkey!" Ruby shouted from the kitchen, Reuben sighed and looked over his cards at his eight year old son. "sorry Starr, duty calls." Reuben said as he laid his cards down.
"that's ok dad, I woulda won anyways." Starr replied with a mischievous grin, the fox ears atop his head only added to the look.
"oh so sure of ourselves are we?" Reuben replied, he only neatly caught Starr's 'yup' answer before he walked into the living room wear a there was a screaming two year old on the floor and a suspicious lack of the two older siblings who were in the room a few minutes ago.
"shh, shh, it's ok baby, you're okay." Reuben soothed the toddler as he picked her up. Summer's screaming soon turned into muffled sobs as she tried to stop crying. "alright baby, what's wrong?" Reuben asked once Summer had calmed down a bit.
"My toy." Summer said while pointing at the couch. Reuben sat Summer down and began searching for the toy underneath said couch. He eventually found it, a doll that had somehow managed to be phased halfway into the wooden frame of the couch. Reuben groaned, a part of him couldn't wait until his kids grew up right now.
"Ignella and Glacia Rose!" he called out "front and center!" the twin girls reluctantly came out from their hiding place on the other side of a wall. They were already pointing fingers at each other when they came out. "I don't care who did it." Reuben began "the other should have stopped it l, ok?" both nodded and stopped pointing fingers.
"yes dad." both girls said.
"alright fix it and apologize to your sister, then go clean your room until mom's got dinner ready." Reuben told his twin daughters. They nodded and quickly did as he said. With the perpetrators dealt with and Summer happily playing with her huntress figurine, Reuben went into the kitchen for a moment. "I blame you." he said, playfully to his wife.
"Oh yeah?" she shot back while moving baked goods to and from the oven. "I've done a lot of things which are you blaming me for?" Reuben began getting the table settings out while answering.
"I didn't develop my semblance till my early teens, their ridiculous talent has to be your fault." Ruby rolled her eyes at the statement, Reuben had a habit of saying that everything good about their kids was due to her. As her brain processed everything going on she came to a sudden realization.
"oh no, what'd they do this time?" Ruby asked with wide eyes.
"relax, they just hid Summer's toy inside the couch." Reuben smiled at Ruby, who huffed once she realized there was nothing broken and none injured.
"tease me all you want but they get their ornery streak from you." Ruby said as she turned back to her cooking.
"you sure it's just from me?" Reuben asked playfully. Without missing a beat Ruby replied,
"yup definitely, no way ANY of that could have come from me." her tone was very sarcastic and it was all Reuben could do to not laugh at his wife. Ruby was perhaps the most beautiful and the scariest thing he had ever seen, on the battlefield she had earn monikers like Crimson Reaper, Hero, and sometimes Butcher. And here Reuben was staring at the girl who struck fear into the hearts of full armies, standing in a pink apron fussing over whether the turkey was done enough. It was so preposterous many wouldn't be able to believe it, but it was his life.
"you gonna keep staring at me or help me cook?" Ruby finally asked leveling her good eye on Reuben, who in turn cleared his throat and moved to help. Soon it was time to sit down and eat.
"kids! Foods ready!" Reuben called out into the house. The twins arrived first practically sprinting to their seats at the table. Starr arrived a bit later carrying Summer in and handing her to Ruby, who then put her in her high chair.
"alrighty, here's what we're going to do since it's thanksgiving today." Reuben told his children "we are going to go around the table and say three things we are thankful for, before we say grace, Starr you start and we'll work our way back around to me." Reuben said before pointing to Starr telling him to start.
"uhm, I'm thankful for… food… my friends… and… you guys!" Starr said pointing to his parents for the last one.
"Good to know where we rank." Ruby whispered to Reuben. Before he could reply Ignella went.
"ooh, ooh, I'm thankful for my friends, my family and Christmas!" Reuben shook his head, they weren't even done with thanksgiving yet.
"uhm… ditto" Glacia said, she was interrupted by Ruby "Cia you need to come up with your own answers" she switched to look at Ignella. "you girls may be similar, but you both have your own value and ideas." Ruby scolded them.
"okay… I'm thankful for… everyone here, and those who couldn't make it today, and finally for food."
"that's good Cia," Ruby said "I'm thankful for…"
"wait! We skipped Summer!" Ignella cried out. Summer for her part just giggled and said "foooood!" the family laughed and Ruby and Reuben said their lists, afterwards Reuben said, "alright let's say grace and eat."
Bios:
Navi Schnee
Color:
Navy blue, white
Weapon:
Blanc Feu- dust revolver dueling pistol
Semblance:
Hereditary summoning/glyphs
Appearance:
Long white hair with a single blue streak in front, blue eyes, a plain white dress, navy blue overcoat carrying SDC emblem
Summary:
Navi grew up without many friends, simply not being able to relate to them. That changed however when she met Khrysanthe Belladonna during an anual meeting between Weiss and Blake, and the two became fast friends. Hearing stories about Krys's home got Navi interested in the world at large. She travels to Beacon hoping to become a huntress to explore the world.
A/N okay so another chapter out. I'll be including the bios as I flush them out, but some characters will intentionally not have a bios, so don't expect one for every character you see. Due to the season I thought it appropriate to do a little omake for fun. I don't know if RWBY has a thanksgiving or equivalent holiday, hence the omake status, but I'm probably going to do one for Christmas too. Anyways hope you enjoy!