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You walk into the shrouded sanctuary of Eden only to find neither Chronicles nor the Doll present. Instead, you see a familiar face leaning against a pillar with their arms crossed. The hunter of hunters, Eileen the Crow.
Eileen: "What is it? Oh? I remember you. Heh, the last time we met I was lying bloody and battered at the doorstep of the Grand Catheral. And you killed my mark. So, what brings you here?
*You tell her about the events in Remnant.*
Eileen: "I see. Well you saved my life once, so now is my chance to repay you. But let me ask you this one question. You just escaped one dreadful dream. Why do you want to jump into another, has the hunt finally gotten to you? Heh, I hope not because we both know what will happen. Now off you go. And remember, keep your hands clean. Hunters hunt beast.
A young girl finds herself standing in the midst of a large crowd of unfamiliar strangers on board a passenger airship. She is around 5'2 in height. She has pale white skin, black hair with a bit of red in it, and silver colored eyes. Her attire is a black blouse, a black waist cincher with red lacing and a skirt with red trimmings. The most noticeable of her attire is a red hooded cloak she wears.
You've guessed right. This is our beloved young protagonist, Ruby Rose.
Ruby's sliver eyes widen to the size of the moon as she stood like a lost child amidst the crowd of chatting strangers. 'This can't be happening! This can't be happening! This can't be happening!' Ruby's thoughts continuously played through her mind.
"Oh my gosh! I can't believe that my baby sister is coming to Beacon with me!" Cheered a certain blond haired girl that caught the Silver-eyed girl in a tight hug. "This is the best day ever!" The blond cheered even more, her voice filled with excitement and delight.
Caught up in her excitement, the blond didn't realize that her little sister is struggling to breathe from within the bear hug. "Yang...please stop. You're...crushing me..." Ruby struggled out to with every last ounce of breath her had.
"Oh! Sorry Ruby." The blond named Yang Xiao Long released her little sister from her death hug and rubbed the back of her head as she tried to laugh it off. Yang's long blond hair reached to her lower back. She has pale white skin and lilac-colored eyes. She wears a tan vest with gold pipping over a yellow low-cut crop top. She also wears a brown belt with a buckle, black shorts under the belt with a white asymmetrical back skirt that covers it, and brown knee-high platform boots. "I'm just so excited that you're coming with me. Now I don't have to worry about being homesick."
"No! No! This is not what I wanted!" Ruby shut her eyes and shook her head, receiving a cocked eyebrow from her older half-sidling. "You...don't want to go to Beacon with me?" Yang asked, sounding a little heart broken.
"No-no-no! That's not it." Ruby waved her hands in front of her denyingly. "I meant by this is not how I wanted to get into Beacon."
Yang looked at Ruby with a confused on her face. "But you always wanted go to Beacon?"
"Yeah, but not like this!" Ruby looked around vigorously as she checked to see if no one around them is watching them. With that, she leaned forward, beaconing her sister to lean in closer. Which she did. "Professor Ozpin personally enrolled me into Beacon Academy, jumping me two whole years ahead." Ruby whispered to her sister.
"Ah, I see" Yang grasped what Ruby is freaking out about. "There is no need to be nervous. Look at it this way. You're the youngest person to ever attend Beacon, and thats saying something considering that Beacon isn't a school that just anyone can get into. You're the bee's knees sis."
"No-no-no-no-no-no!" Ruby vigorously shook her head and hands rejectingly. "I don't wanna be the bee's knees! I just wanna be a normal girl with normal knees!" Due to Ruby's innocent and honest personality, she seemed to completely miss the meaning of that saying. "I thought Professor Ozpin was going to give me a chance to prove that I'm able to join his school. I didn't think he'll just take me straight out my second year in Signal."
"Ruby" Yang sighed to herself as she crossed her arms. "Sometimes things just happen for a reason."
"Do you really believe that Yang?" Ruby asked her half-sister, eyes hoping that what she says is true. Yang sighed again as her eyes lowered, her thoughts going towards her mom. Raven. 'There is a reason why she left me and my dad, right?' "Yeah, I do."
Across from Ruby and Yang on the passenger deck, Rize is sitting in one of the lounge chairs by the large glass windows. She didn't have her black crowfeathered cloak and crow mask on. Her attire is now a black jacket with a white blouse underneath that has red outlines, a pair of jeans with a rip design, and black high-heeled boots at reach midway to her shins. She sat there with her legs crossed and resting her cheek on her right fist, watching the two for Ruby's commotion caught her undivided attention. "Geez. Youngest to attend a school like Beacon? Yeah, that will definitely get her some looks." She said to herself.
How was Rize able to hear their conversation from across the room? Well, Rize and her siblings are born with the supernatural abilities that hunters get when they drink the blood of Grimm and not transform. When a child is born from a cursed hunter, they inherit those abilities meaning that they don't have to drink the blood of Grimm to gain it. But they'll still meet the same fate as other cursed hunters if they can't control their inner Grimm. A cursed hunter's senses are enhanced. Their hearing, sight, smell, etc. So it didn't take much for Rize to hear what they were saying.
Taking her attention away from the two, Rize brought her attention to her own baby half-sister. Elisa stood at the glass window with her face and hands literally pressed against it, watching with wondrous amber-colored eyes as the airship they are on and other airships flew above Vale and made their way towards the city of Vale.
Her attire now is a collared cream top over a black shirt and over of the top former is a black article of clothing that consists of a raised collar, a strap across her her collar bone, and mid-length sleeves that are gold at end. She has on a crooked black belt with gold accents across her hips. A dark gray mini skirt came down from under her cream top, she has shorts on under them. And she has on thigh-high black stockings with a swirl design and black boots. "Wow" She said with amusement in her voice as she looked out the window.
Rize could help but chuckled at her sister's reaction. "That's right. This is your first time here. Further within Vale I mean." Elisa only nodded her head in excitement as she continued to look out the window. Rize only shook her head as she chuckled with a smile. "I don't blame her for being this excited. I was the same way when I came this far into Vale."
Kazato appeared out of the crowd of people carrying a plate with two glass cups, a bowl and a coffee mug. He sat the plate down on the table in front of the sisters. A cherry soda for him, a root beer and a bowl of vanilla ice cream for Elisa, and a cup of hot chocolate for Rize, which is her favorite. "Damn. I thought I was never going to get these." He complained about his trip to the café. His attire is a black sleeveless vest with red outlines and a white hood, he has a white shirt on underneath, black pants with a dragon insignia on the right leg, and black sneakers with the soles being red.
"What happened? Line was too long?" Rize asked her brother as she got her cup of hot chocolate.
"Like you wouldn't believe. It was so packed in there that the lines that were made for each separate cash register started to emerge together." Kazato then looked towards his youngest sister who is still looking out towards the window. "Hey little puppy. Your treats are here." He said a smug grin.
Elisa puffed her cheeks and glared at her brother from the corner of her eye. That look soon changed when she saw what is on the table. A root beer and a bowl of vanilla ice cream. Her most favorite combination in the world. Jumping with glee, Elisa made haste for the table and began eating her bowl of ice cream. She let out a moan of delight when she took the first bite. "Oh I love this stuff! Its like an overwhelming sensation on my tastes bubs." She then took a sip of her root beer, causing her let out a small squeal. "And when I take a sip of my root beer, the sensation gets stronger! Oh big brother. You know me so well."
"Yeah, I wonder how? Ice cream gluten."
Rize chuckled into her cup of hot chocolate as she took a sip. "This kingdom sure is pretty, isn't it?" Rize said as she looked out the window.
"Yeah, it is. I wouldn't mind moving out here." Kazato commented after he took a sip of his soda.
"Yeah, but it doesn't beat our village, Dusk Haven." Elisa said with her mouth full of ice cream. Rize only shook her head. "You're really comparing a kingdom to a shrouded hunter's village?"
Elisa swallowed the ice cream in her mouth before answering. "Oh come on Hedgehog. Think about how the village looks at moonlit night." Rize's eyebrow slightly twitched. Hedgehog, is the nickname their mother, Scarlet, and their uncle, Edward, would call her referring to her long wild raven black hair. She disliked the name. "Guess we'll see when night comes Little Puppy."
Giving Rize the same look she gave Kazato, Elisa puffed her cheek again with the spoon still in her mouth, glaring that her sister. Kazato only snickered in his cup, trying not to draw his sister's attention. Just then, Elisa's enhanced sense of smell caught whiff of something that made her frown and drop her spoon on the table.
"Whats wrong?" Rize asked with a look of concern as she quickly set down her coffee mug, same with Kazato. Elisa put her hand up to her mouth and nose. "Can't you guys smell that?" She asked with a disgust look. Her older siblings looked at her confused. "What are you-" Suddenly, they too caught whiff of the stomach turning smell.
"Argh! What the hell is that smell?!" Kazato frowned while covering his nose. Rize covered her nose too. "It smells like someone puked."
"Yang? Are you okay?" Came Ruby's voice which caught the sibling's attention. Yang had her hand covering her mouth and nose as well, she too smelled the snitch. "Do you smell that Ruby?"
"Smell what? I don't smell anything? What is it?" Ruby knew that Yang has always had an acute sense of smell...and hearing for that matter. There have been times where Yang could smell things that others couldn't. Like one time, for example, when Ruby was learning how to cook with her mom, Summer, she accidentally burnt a batch of cookies. Two weeks went by and Yang claims that she can still smell the faint scent of the burnt cookies, even thou no one else could smell them.
"She can smell it, why can't anyone else?" Rize said to herself. Then the sound of someone throwing up brought their attention a young man isolated in the corner hunched over a trash can. The young man had his back turned but he appeared to have blond messy hair. He had on what looked like white armor on that partially covers his upper body. Underneath the armor he has on black hoodie with detached reddish-orange sleeves, blue pants and black sneakers. This young man is Jaune Acre.
Jaune groaned in tortured agony as he vomited more into the trash can. "Ohhh! When can we get off this thing?" He asked a female flight attendant who is assisting them but also keeping his distance from the vomit. "It will be another 15 minutes sir." She responded, receiving a suffering moan from Jaune.
"That smell is making me loss my appetite." Elisa muffled underneath her hand. She picked up her spoon from table and went back the stuffing her face with ice cream.
"Well it doesn't seem to be doing much since you're still stuffing your face." Kazato said with a dull look on his face as her watched his ice cream gluten for a sister.
"I can't waste perfectly good ice cream!" Elisa argued in defense. "It's against my code!"
"What code you gluten?!" Both Kazato and Rize fired in unison.
After the long trip the airship, along with many others, docked at the edge of the great cliffs where Beacon Academy is located. After everyone boarded off the airship, the three siblings are greeted with a breath taking scenery of Beacon. The architecture of the humongous school looked kind of like a castle of some sort. "Whoa" The three siblings said in unison as they gawked in awe, slack-jawed.
"Whoa! Check out this place! It's like a palace!" Elisa said with amusement in her voice. Rize herself is also impressed by the architecture of the school. "So this is Beacon huh?"
"Have any of you wondered why mom all of a sudden wanted we to attend a school like Beacon?" Kazato asked his sisters as he watched students, both newcomers and upperclassmen, pass by in school uniforms. 'Oh great. It's a shirt and tie kind of place.' Kazato frowned. He never had any love for uniforms or dressing formal. He prefers keeping his wardrobe casual.
Rize shrugged her shoulders. "Something about learning and exploring with our peers. Based on what I've heard about Beacon I hope it'll provide a challenge."
Elisa scanned the area they're in, trying to get a sense of where they're supposed to go. "Shouldn't there be an information board for the new students around he-" She is suddenly cut off by the scent of something sweet and familiar. "Is that..." She is very familiar with this scent. It is her most favorite thing in the world. "A ice cream stand!" As soon as the word 'ice cream' came out of her mouth, Elisa took off like a bullet.
"Elisa wait!" Kazato yelled out to his younger energetic sister but it is no use.
"Shes going...going...aaaaand shes gone." Rize announced as the energetic blond disappeared into the crowd.
Kazato just sighed. "And she felt her bag behind." He said as he walked up to Elisa's bag and picked it up. "Well. Let's go hunt her dow-" When Kazato turned around, he notice that he was talking to an empty space. Rize is gone! "Wh-What the?!" Kazato looked around vigorously for the long raven haired girl. "Rize, not you too?!" He then looked down to notice that she too left her bags behind. Now Kazato is fuming. "Seriously?! You're just gonna ditch me with your bags?! What am I?! A damn pack mule?!" Kazato yelled angrily at the top of his lungs into the air, causing pass-byers to give him weird looks, which he didn't care. Wherever his sisters are now, if they can hear him they'll know that they're in deep shit. "I'm gonna strangle the hell out of both you when I get my hands on you!"
"Wow" Both Ruby and Yang said in unison with amazement in their voice as they gazed upon the shining Beacon. "Views of Vale got nothing on this." Yang commented on the scenery. Rudy on the other hand has entered automatic fangirl mode when one of the uppermen walked by with their hunter's weapon.
"That kid has a clubbed staff!" Ruby gasped with amazement. "That girl has a fire sword! Oh thats so cool!" At this point, Ruby is literally clinging on to Yang's arm, trying to control herself from her excitement. As we know, Ruby is a fangirl for weapons.
"Why are you getting so excited over seeing other people's weapons Rub? Aren't you happy with your's?" Yang asked her sliver-eyed sister who is slightly jumping up and down. 'Its amazing how she was freaking out just a moment ago. And now she can't sit still.'
Rose drew out her weapon which is in sniper rifle form and transformed it into a scythe. "I am happy with Crescent Rose." Ruby hugged her sniper scythe, gun scythe, whatever you want to call it. "But I also like seeing other ones. It's like meeting new people expect more, uh, easier."
"Ruby" Yang sighed as she shook her head and put his hands on her hips. Ruby has always been in the socially awkward category. Due to her quirks, it hinders her from conversing or interacting with strangers. "You'll eventually make some new friends. Just give it some time. You have a fun personality, another thing that me and you have in common."
"But why do I need friends if I have you?" Ruby asked.
"Welllll...about that." Yang began rubbing the back of her head, not making eye contact with her sister.
"Hey Yang!" Yelled out a male's voice. The two sisters brought their attention to a group of people running towards them. The group surrounded Yang. "There you are you crazy blond! We've been waiting for you! Let's go!" Said one of the females as she grabbed Yang's arm.
"Yeah my friends are here, so I gonna- Ahh!" The group dragged Yang off before she could even finish her sentence.
"Yang wait!" Ruby yelled out frantically as she watched her sister get dragged away. 'Did my sister just get kidnapped or did she ditch me?'
Elisa is currently walking through the schoolyard with a freshly made cone of ice cream staked with three scopes. Vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry. With sprinkles. Her eyes are currently closed as she indulge herself with her sweet treat. Each bite transcending her being to blissful happiness. But little did she know, she is making a beeline straight towards an unaware Ruby, who is currently freaking out again.
"Dowegotoourdorms? Doweevenhavedorms? WhatdoIdo?" Ruby is freaking out so bad that she is unaware that the words in her speech are beginning to become jumbled together. To a point that she herself don't even understand what she is saying. Until...BAM!
"OW!"
"ARGH!"
Elisa walked straight into the back of Ruby, causing both of them to fall down.
"Ow" Both of them said in unison as they got on their knees to recover. Still holding her head, Ruby looked over to see who had bumped into her. The first thing she saw is long blond hair. "Yang?" She said to herself. But when she got a better look at the person, she realized that it wasn't Yang.
Elisa looked up to see that her ice cream cone of sweet frosty goodness had fell on the ground. This made her heart sink deeper than any sunken ship. "MY ICE CREAM! NOOOOOOOO!" She cried out in sorrow, her eyes seeming like they're about to tear up.
"Oh my gosh! I am so sorry!" Ruby immediately began apologizing to the seemingly crying blond. Elisa swiped the tears her eyes as she stood up on her feet. "No, I should be the one apologizing here. I was so busy stuffing my face that I wasn't watching where I was going."
"Really? Because my sister just left me andthisplaceissohugeIdon'tknowwheretogoand..." Ruby started her jumbled up rambling again as she attempted to example herself.
"I said it is fine. No need to get all worked up about it. It's just an ice cream cone, there is plenty more where that came from." The amber eyed girl said with a friendly smile on her face as she held out a hand to help Ruby up. 'Thats easier for you to say! That could've been the last ice cream cone on this planet and you and this girl ruined it! I hope a horse kicks both of you ice cream killing hoochies to death!'
Without hesitating, Ruby took Elisa's hand as she is being helped up. "Thank you for helping me up." Ruby thanked Elisa as she brushed the dirt off her dress. "I'm Ruby" She introduced herself first. "Ruby Rose."
"Elisa. Elisa Cainhurst."
"Cainhurst? I've never heard a name like that before?"
"Yeah, it's a very unusual name if you ask me. But your last name sounds nice. Rose huh?" Elisa though about the nickname that her mom and Edward would call Claire because of her rosy red hair. Cherry Rose. So far, those two are the only ones who can call her that and is able to get away with it. Others not so much. Elisa started to giggle as she thought about it.
"Is there something funny about my last name?" Ruby asked with an raised eyebrow, wondering why Elisa giggled at her last name.
"Oh no no. Thats not it, I was just remembering something." Elisa told the silver eyed girl as she fought back another giggle that tried to break free. "Well Ruby, I would love to stay and chat but I gotta run. See ya!" Elisa waved as she started to run off.
"Wait! Do you know where first year students are supposed to go?" Ruby asked the blond, hoping she could at least have some insight on where to go. Elisa literally almost tripped over yourself when Ruby asked her the question. "Um..." She began looking around now realizing that she has no idea where she is. "Uh..."
Ruby caught note of Elisa's confused expression. "Wait? You're a first year?"
"Maaaybe" Elisa looked back at Ruby with a awkward smile. "This will sound like an stupid question, but do you by chance know where the auditorium is?" Ruby only shook her head and shrugged. "I'm lost too."
"Aw crap" Elisa hung her head. She did it this time. She let her lust for ice cream take over and now she is lost in place she is unfamiliar with.
"Hey don't worry. We can find a way there if we work together." Ruby said to the moping blond trying the cheer her up. Elisa lifted her head back up. "Thats not a bad idea. No use crying over spilled milk. I think they have information broads with the map of the campus, somewhere around here."
Ruby started to turn around, not keeping her eyes in front of her. "If I can remember I think I saw one at the front of the school. We can try that one- Ow!" Because she wasn't watching where she is going. Ruby walked into and fell on a cart filled with brief cases. "Oh crap! Are you okay!" Elisa ran to Ruby's aid. "Owww." Ruby groaned as she held her head.
"What do you two think you're doing?!" Came an angry female voice. Behind them stood a girl with a long white hair tied in a ponytail and her eyes are light-blue. She wears a pale blue bolero jacket with a red interior. The jacket is over a thigh-length dress of the similar color and she has on white heeled boots. This is Weiss Schnee. "Do you have any idea what those are?!" Weiss shouted in anger, unamused by the sight that these two girls had made a mess of her stuff.
"Um, aren't they suitcases?" Elisa answered Weiss's question as she picked up one of the suitcases, which Weiss's snatched from her. "Yeah they're suitcases, but I talking about what's inside!" Weiss shot at her as she opened up the suitcase.
"S-Sorry" Ruby apologized as she got up on her feet.
"Sorry isn't going to cut it if this Dust were to get damaged!"
"Hey, chill out. She said she was sorr- Wait, did you say Dust?" Elisa asked the ice queen.
"Yes! Are you brain dead?! It'ss Dust! Fire, water, lightning! Energy! Dust from Schnee inquiry!" Weiss snapped with a smart comment as she waved a bottle of red dust in front Elisa's face, the red dust releasing like a cloud in the air.
Elisa gave Weiss an unamused look to the 'brain dead' insult. "I'm well aware what Dust is." 'What is with this princess?' She coughed as she waved the dust from her face. Elisa wasn't taking a liking to Weiss's attitude. Yeah she understand that Ruby fell on her stuff, but it's not like she did it on purpose. Speaking of Ruby, the dust from the cloud is messing with her nose causing the urge to sneeze. Elisa was about to speak her mind until...
"Achoo!" Ruby suddenly sneezed which somehow ignited the fire dust and triggered a small explosion. The three girls coughed as the smoke cloud surrounded them. When it cleared, they clothes were covered in soot.
"Aw man! My clothes!" Elisa cried as she looked down that her soot covered clothes. "Wait a minute" Elisa took out herself scroll and switched it to selfie mode so she could see herself on the camera. When she did. Her eyes when wide with horror. Her long beautiful blond curly hair is covered with soot! "NOOOOOO!" Elisa cried out terror.
Ruby's eyes widened at what she did. "I am so sorry! I didn't know that was gonna happen!"
"You see what I mean now?!" Weiss said to a eye watering Elisa. "Sorry doesn't fix anything!" She then brought her attention to Ruby who is trying her best to calm Elisa from her crying fit. "Besides, aren't you a bit too young to be here anyway? Beacon is a combat school, not a playground! You'll just be in the way!"
"I said I was sorry Princess!" Ruby finally snapped back at Weiss.
"Heiress actually." Came another female voice. The three brought their attention to a female Fanus who walked up to the trio. The girl has long wavy black hair, amber colored eyes complemented by light-purple eye shadow flaring upwards, and pale white skin. She wears a black riddon tied on top of her head. She also wears a black buttoned vest with coattails and a white sleeveless undershirt that exposes part of her midriff, white shorts, black stockings that gradually fade to near her shoes, and black low-hell boots. Enter Blake Belladonna. "Weiss Schnee. Heiress to the Schnee mining company. The company that is in charge of all production and mining of Dust."
"Finally, some recognition around here." Weiss said with a proud look on her face, but it became short lived when Blake spoke her next words. "The same company known for their controversial labor forces and questionable business partners." She said in a blunt tone, not batting an eye at the Schnee.
Weiss didn't take kindly to Blake's choice of words. "What?! Why you..."
Ruby couldn't help but let out a snicker. Elisa, managing to get some of the soot out of her hair and off her clothes, looked over to the new addition to the conversation. The moment she didn't she instantly gasped when she saw Blake, gaining Ruby's attention. "Whats wrong? Are you okay?"
'Lara?' Elisa thought. 'No. It's not her.' She then snapped out of her thoughts by Ruby waving her hand in front of her face. "Elisa?"
"Oh! Y-Yeah. I'm fine." 'Who is she?'
Not having anything to make a comeback, Weiss stormed off towards the main section of the school, admitting defeat. This time.
"That will teach her." Elisa smirked at the defeated Weiss.
"I promise I'll make it up to you!" Ruby shouted out to Weiss but the heiress didn't bother to turn around as she continued to walk off. Ruby only let out a depressed sighed. "Hey, thanks for-" Ruby turned around to thank Blake but when she did she is greeted with the sight of Blake walking away, without a saying a word.
Elsewhere on the campus of Beacon. Rize has found herself a spot on top of the roof of one of the dorms, getting a view of the area that shes in. She observed the crowd of students below, watching as they acted as a massive river flowing through the school's courtyard. She is rather impressed with the sheer size of the school, it could qualify as a city of it's own. Rize is the type of person who likes to get a feel of her surroundings, especially since shes going to be staying here for a while. Aside from that, she also wanted to get a idea of the kinds of people that are in this school. Simply put, shes the observant type.
Rize brought her attention to the clocktower, looking up at it's dizzying height as it towered over the school. "Just like the clocktower at Dusk Haven." She then brought her attention to the massive crowd below her, seeing as they all are going in the same direction. "Hm. Let's see where this crowd will take me. Perhaps it'll lead me to where I need to go."
With said, Rize proceeded on, free running from rooftop to rooftop. She always preferred traveling around cities, towns, or forest this way rather than traveling on ground. To her, it makes getting to her destination a lot easier and quicker. After a few minutes of traveling via rooftops Rize came across a large building where the students are gathering. "Is this the place?" She asked herself as she watched the students walk into the building with is the school's auditorium. Just then, she felt a warm sensation run through her blood. A sensation that she is very familiar with. She doesn't know why, but she always have this feeling whenever shes around or near her siblings, her mother, or members of the Arcana family. "This feeling. It feels like its coming from that building. It must be Kazato and Elisa because I'm sensing two of them. Wait a minute?" Rize's eye narrowed. "I'm sensing...a third? Who is it?"
Unfortunately there is no way of distinguishing who is who with this feeling, the only way is to see it herself. Looking for a way down, Rize saw some balconies leading down the dorm she is on. She hung off the edge of the roof and dropped down from balcony to balcony, using the strength in her fingers to latch on to the ledges. Almost to the ground, Rize is now on the edge of another balcony, her back facing a lamp post. With her hands gripping the rail and having her feet on the balcony she readied herself and jumped off the rail, performing a 180 degree turn, and grabbed the lamp post with her left hand, using the strength in her fingers. With the dangerous parts out of the way, she simply slide down the light pole until she touched the ground. "Well that was fun." She let out a breath of relief as she got off the light pole. Suddenly she heard applauses and whistles coming from the students who saw her risky performance. "Huh?" Rize turned around looking dumb struck.
"Hey, thats one way of getting down!"
"You're one crazy chick! You had people worried there!"
"I've never seen anyone do that!"
"Oh I can already tell this is going to be a fun year!"
In response, Rize smiled, waved, and bowed to her audience. 'Whats up with them? All I did was drop down from a dorm building, yet they act like I did something spectacular? Then again, they probably weren't raised outside the kingdoms.'
Kazato walked into the vast wide auditorium of the school. His expression isn't one of delight, given the fact that he had to carry the bags of his sisters along with his own. "Grr. Wait until I get my hands on them. I don't know who to get after first. Elisa for running off or Rize for ditching me." Kazato looked around at the crowd of students that surrounded him. Most of them stood in large groups having conversations. Others stood by themselves, keeping their distance from others. Kazato scanned the crowd of his elusive sisters but saw no sigh of them. "Looks like they haven't made it yet." He was about to set down the bags until a warm sensation coursed through his blood. "This feeling." Kazato looked around his surrounds. "I don't know why I get this feeling when my sisters are around, but at least I know they're close."
He started to walk through the crowd of students in search of his sisters, his blood feeling warmer and warmer as he got closer. After pushing his way further into the crowd, Kazato caught sight of long blond ahead of him. Now the sensation in his blood has gotten stronger, much stronger. 'Elisa' Kazato thought with a devilish grin on his face. 'I hope you're not full from your ice cream because I got a treat just for you, puppy.'
With that thought in mind, Kazato dropped the bags he is carrying as he walked up behind the blond, reaching up and putting his hand on their shoulder. 'I got you now.'
"Huh?" The blond turned around. Kazato's eyes grew wide when he realized that this wasn't his sister.
"Um, can I help you?" Yang asked him with a cocked eyebrow. Frozen from a moment of shock, Kazato's eyes looked from Yang to his hand on her shoulder. 'Aw crap! I fucked up now!' "Crap!" Kazato immediately jumped back, taking his hand off of Yang's shoulder. "I am terribly sorry. I've mistaken you for someone else." 'Great! Now she probably thinks that I'm trying to pull something funny!' He thought with a nervous look on his face and rubbing the back of his neck, a habit he gets into when he is in a sticky situation.
"Its okay, no harm done. Accidents happen." Yang accepted the bedhead's apology without a second thought, much to Kazato's surprise. "Oh? Well...I guess we're good then." Kazato closed his eyes and let out a small breath of relief, glad that things didn't take an unnecessary turn. 'This girl' He thought as he looked back to Yang who is currently scanning the crowd for her little sister. 'One of the vibes I felt earlier came from her. Why is that? Come to think of it. Weren't we on the same airship? Why didn't I feel this from her before?'
"Hm. Where is she?" Yang said to herself after not seeing Ruby in the crowd. "Hey, haven't you by any chance seen a girl about this tall, black hair, and wearing a red hood?" Yang asked the bedhead, using her hand as a line to show measurement of Ruby's height. Kazato put his chin between his thumb and index finger as he tried to remember if he had seen anyone like that. "Nope. Can't say I have."
"Hmmm" Yang put her hands on her hips with a look of concern on her face as she looked towards the crowd. 'Maybe I shouldn't have left her on her own. I wonder if shes okay?'
"I don't mean to break your train of thought, but have you seen a energetic blond running around with amber eyes or a girl with long wild raven black hair that covers her left eye and carrying a long sword?"
Yang checked her memory for a moment but came up with nothing. "Nope. Sorry, can't say I have. If I did I'd remember. You're looking for someone too?"
"Yeah, two sisters of mine." Kazato let a small irritated sigh.
"Oh, you have sisters too? I'm guessing you guys got separated?"
Kazato couldn't help but snicker at the question the brawler asked him. "More like they left me behind. My youngest sisters took off running after ice cream like a puppy and my second youngest sister disappeared on me. Knowing her, shes most liking exploring the campus. Wanna know the worst part? They ditched me with all of their bags." The bedhead pointed his thumb towards the pile of bags behind him.
Yang whistled at the amount of luggage Kazato had to carry. "Man that had to suck."
"Like you wouldn't believe." Kazato sighed once more. "But to tell the truth, the luggage wasn't all that bad. What about you and your sisters? Did they ditch you too?" Kazato asked, remembering when Yang said 'You have sisters too?'
"I only have one sister." Yang said while holding up a finger. "As for how we got separated...I...uh..." Yang began scratching the back of her head, trying to think of something else to say other than 'I kinda ditched my little sister.'
As she is trying to think of what say, Kazato started to have that warm feeling in his blood again. The bedhead immediately scanned his surroundings. 'Is it my sisters? Or someone else? Whoever it is, they're close.' Yang then started to feel the same warm sensation come over her as she tugged on her scarf a little bit. "Phew"
"You okay there?" Kazato asked out of concern. The brawler nodded. "Yeah, I just feel a little warm all of a sudden. I thinks it because this place is packed with people, you know?"
"Hm. Makes sense." Kazato agreed with her assumption as he went back to scanning the crowd, completely missing the fact that Yang felt the sensation the same time he did. 'Hm. I don't see anyone.' Suddenly, someone karate chopped Kazato in the back of the head causing him to shout in pain. "OW!" Using his reflexes, he reached back and grabbed the hand of the unknown person. "Who the hell did that?!"
When he turned around he is met with the smiling face of his second youngest sister, Rize. Rize smiled with her eyes closed as she waved to her brother. "Hey bro- Wha?" She is suddenly pulled to her brother and got punched in the top of her head. It wasn't a hard punch. Just enough to inflict a bit of pain. "Thats for ditching me hedgehog!"
Rize held the top of her head with both of her hands, groaning in pain.
"Whoa" Yang said to herself with a surprised expression.
"Kazato" Rize growled. "Brothers are not supposed to hit their little SISTER!" Rize swung a punch at her brother which his ducked to dodge. "Don't dodge me! You're just gonna make it worse!" Rize yelled as she continued to try and hit Kazato.
"Shes one of your sisters?" Yang asked while attempting not to snicker at the scene they're making.
"Yeah, this is my boneheaded..."Kazato ducked a punch from Rize before continuing. "...sister." Frustrated, Rize only stuck out her tongue and made a face at the bedhead. Yang couldn't help but snicker. She can tell that they must be close. "Well speaking of which, here comes mine. Hey Ruby! Over here!" Yang waved her little sister over. Ruby had walked into the auditorium building with Jaune and Elisa. The three of them were apparently engaged in conversation.
"Elisa!" Rize waved Elisa over as well.
"Sorry Jaune, but we gotta go. We'll catch you later." Ruby said as sher departed form the trio.
"See ya, knight guy." Elisa called him by the nickname she gave him because of his armor attire along with his shield and sword.
"Hey wait!" He called out to the two girls but they were long gone. The blond haired boy sighed. "Great. Now where am I supposed to find two nice quirky girls to talk to?"
"Elisa, you're a mess. What happened?" Rize asked her sister. Elisa started to rub the back of her head. "Well, you see..."
"I blew up in front of the school!" Came Ruby's voice from her and Yang's conversation. "Whoa, meltdown already?" Yang asked, actually surprised at the thought of Ruby losing her temper. Ruby shook her head. "No, I literally exploded in front of the school. There was fire and I think some ice..."
Elisa pointed towards Ruby. "Yeah, what she said.
"How did you exploded in front of the school? " Kazato asked his sister with a confused look. Right now, he isn't thinking about wringing Elisa's neck for running off earlier.
"Well, she tripped over some-"
"You!" Came Weiss's anger voice which cut Elisa off. Scared for her life, Ruby literally jumped into Yang's arms. "Oh god! It happening again!
"Who's the princess?" Rize asked as they watched Ruby helplessly get verbally bashed by Weiss.
"I think her name is...um...Whis? Or something that starts with the letter W. Apparently, shes a member of the Schnee family."
"Wait, did you say Schnee?" Rize blinked with surprise along with Kazato. "A Schnee? Attending school outside of Atlas? Thats something you don't hear everyday." Kazato added. Members of the Schnee family usually attend the academies in Atlas because of the advance military technology and other reasons. The fact that one of them is attending Beacon is unheard of.
"Here" Weiss said with annoyance in her voice as she handed out a pamphlet for Ruby.
"W-Whats this?" Ruby asked the heiress with a confused look.
"The Schnee Dust Company is not held responsible for any injuries caused by the use of our Dust products along with..." As Weiss continued to lay down the company's policies, Ruby started to become lost, unable to grasp what Weiss is telling her. "Um..."
"You're still gonna make stuff up to me now?"
"I said was sorr-"
"I don't care about your apology! Just take this and don't talk to me again!" Weiss shoved the pamphlet into Ruby's hand and turned her back to her with her arms crossed.
'Geez, what a bitch!' Both Kazato and Rize thought in unison. Both Yang and Elisa were going to say something until an unfamiliar young female voice with a British accent beat them to the punch. "Of course. Leave it to the Schnees to not take responsibility for the errors of their products."
"What?" Weiss brought her attention to a young girl who appears to be in her late teens. She has pale white skin, light blond hair that has a braided ponytail tied in the back and have bangs hanging down both side of her face, rosy pink colored lips, and seemingly glowing purple eyes that are slanted. Her features look reminiscent to Lady Maria's but much younger.
She wears a hat that looks similar to the hat of a hunter with a small white feather on the side of it. She wears a white blouse underneath a black coat with a red interior and a coattail. A small black cape with a red interior is attached to the back of her right shoulder. Lastly, she has on black trousers with black knee high heeled boots.
The girl stood there with her arms crossed and a straight look on her face as she locked eyes with Weiss. "You speak so highly of your products and accept the praise you receive for them. Yet when something unfortunate happens you refuse to step up to the plate. Thats makes the Schnees look like a bunch of irresponsible children rather than a high class family."
"What was that?! Just who are you anyway?!" Weiss beamed a glare at the light blond haired girl who just kept a straight face.
'Seemingly glowing purple eyes and at same vibe' The Cainhurst siblings thought in unison. "Excuse me" Elisa called out to the girl, gaining her attention. "Are you...an Arcana?"
"An Arcana?" Weiss looked at Elisa and back to the girl, the name being very familiar to her.
The girl's eye widened slightly, not excepting for a random person to know what family she belongs to. "Yes. I am. I'm Lucilia. Lucilia Bronwen Arcana-"
"Ohh? That explains a lot." Weiss cut her off. "Only someone from the Arcana family would intentionally cause problems, especially with my family."
Lucilia raised an eyebrow. "Cause trouble? If memory serves, aren't you the one terrorizing that innocent young girl in the red hood?" She gestured to Rudy. Rudy and Yang looked at one another.
Weiss crossed her arms as well. "How can you be one hundred percent sure that I'm terrorizing her? Do you even know what transpired that lead to this? No. You're with dim-wittingly involving yourself in something that doesn't involve you."
"You know? You would've won this argument if I hadn't seen what transpired. But unfortunate for you, I have."
"Wait? You saw what happened?" Ruby asked Lucilia which she received a nod in response.
"I would say just about everyone passing by saw that minor explosion, but before that the whole ordeal started with you tripping over her precious Dust." Lucilia then brought her attention back to Weiss. "Its pretty common for Schnees to get huffy puffy over their precious Dust, so don't worry too much about it. The only reason why I've decided to make my voice heard is because I can't stand the sight of the Schnee's prideful attitudes and behaviors."
Weiss shot the Arcana a death glare. "And you think the Arcanas are any different?! I can't tell you how many times I've the same exact characteristics in members of your family!"
Lucilia slightly twitched an eyebrow but tied to contain herself. "I...admit that those characteristics seems to lurk within my family, but we're not half as bad as you Schnees. Moral-wise and business-wise."
"Business-wise?!"
"Ahem" Came a man's voice on the microphone, bringing the heated argument to an abrupt end. Every eye in the auditorium brought their attention towards the headmaster of the school, Professor Ozpin, who is on the stage and is accompanied by Glynda Goodwitch who is standing to his left. "I'll...keep this brief." Ozpin said as he adjusted his glasses. "You are here today to further develop your skills and knowledge in hunting the Creatures of Grimm, therefore molding you into Remnants next generation of hunters. But...when I look at you, all I see is wasted energy, potential you have yet to tap into. But worry not. For when we're done with you, you'll be the finest huntsmen and huntresses Remnant has ever seen. Now..." He continued as he stepped back from the microphone. "Ms. Goodwitch will get you further instructions."
With that said, Glynda stepped up to the microphone and spoke. "You will gather in the ballroom. Tomorrow is your initiation so be ready. You're dismissed." With that being said, she and Ozpin walked off the stage and everyone started to leave the auditorium.
"So thats Professor Ozpin, headmaster of Beacon Academy." Rize said aloud.
"He seemed...off. Like he wasn't there." Yang added in. Both Lucilia and Weiss exchanged each other looks before walking away without a word.
It is now night time in the Kingdom of Vale. The afternoon sunlight has faded from the kingdom and the darkness of the night had returned upon the school of Beacon. In the ballroom, the first year students gather. Picking their spots and setting up their sleeping bags, getting themselves settled in for the night.
The Cainhurst siblings formed a triangle next to a large window with their stuff, the moonlight shining upon them. Rize sat on her sleeping bag reading her favorite book in the moonlight, with her back facing the the crowd. Elisa is sitting with her back against the window, holding her pillow covering her chest some some strange reason, and Kazato is lying on his back playing a online MMORPG game on his scroll. Remnant Online.
Elisa frowned with disgust as she clinched onto her pillow that is covering her chest. "I would feel a lot more comfortable if the boys would stop staring at my chest." Disgust lacing her voice.
"Why do you think I have my back turned to them?" Rize commented as she is reading her book. "Some guys don't know how to be sly and smooth when they're checking out a female. A few of them were looking at me so hard earlier that they ran into a wall."
Elisa could help but snicker, they did the same thing to her. "I guess its kinda like the same thing with mom." Rize looked up from her book to give her sister a raised eyebrow. "This is not even close to what guys are willing do for mom."
"Yeah, they're willing to spill blood for her." Kazato added in, not looking away from his scroll, the lighting shining on his face.
"What? Really?" Elisa blinked. Rize only shook her head. "Thats what Uncle Edward and Jacob told us. But I have seen them fight for a piece of her. Makes me wonder, how did our dads get lucky?"
"Hey, just remember this. They can look at you all they want, but if one of them touch you either you're breaking their arms or I will." Kazato sounded sincere, being the protective brother he is.
"Helloooo!"
"Yang, stop pulling! Let me go!" Came two female voices. The sibling looked to see Yang pulling Ruby towards the area were Blake is, who is currently sitting next to a candle and reading a book.
"Its that girl again." Elisa said, looking towards Blake.
"What about her?" Rize asked her sister, seeing that there is a look of curiosity on her face. "You mean you didn't notice?" Elisa replied as if something about Blake is supposed to be obvious. "Look at her again but closely this time."
Rize took another look at Blake. She didn't notice anything at first until she saw it. "What the?"
"You see it now?" Elisa asked which she got a nod from Rize.
"She looks like Lara."
"Did Lara ever say anything about having a twin sister or a daughter?" Elisa asked with curiosity lacing her tongue. Rize shook her head. "No, she didn't. In fact, Lara never talks about her past or family to anyone, not even us." While the two sisters are discussing about the fanus who looks like one of their mentors, Kazato has his attention on Yang. Not a lustful kind of attention, but one of curiosity and a bit of confusion.
"Kazato? Kazato!" Elisa called to her zoned out brother, shaking him.
"What?! What?!"
"We were calling you four times. What are you staring at?" Rize asked he brother.
"Well..." Kazato's eye shifted back to Yang.
Rize looked towards the direction of where he is looking and formed a cheeky grin. "Ohhhh. I see. You have a little thing for the blond you were talking to earlier."
"Huh?" Kazato's cheeks turned slightly pink. "No, thats not it. Can't you feel it? That vibe coming from her?"
"How that you mention it. I can also feel it too." Elisa confirmed having the feeling too. "It feels like a connection. Like the same connection I feel whenever I'm around or near you guys, mom, or the Arcana family."
"Not only that. I can also smell the scent of the moon on them, especially the girl with the silver-eyes. Her's appears to be the strongest". Rize gestured towards Ruby.
"Scent of the moon? Does that mean they're like us?" Elisa questioned. Her sister shook her head in response. "I don't think so. I don't sense a Grimm presence within them. So I can't tell if they're cursed hunters that are naturally born."
"Yeah, I can smell it too. Plus, they're not the only ones grabbing our attention." Kazato brought his attention towards Lucilia who is sitting next to a nearby window, reading a book of her own. "Shes giving off that same vibe as well."
"Well she said that shes an Arcana. So not too much of a surprise." Elisa yawned as she lied down on her sleeping bag. "I'm gonna turn in early and try to go to sleep. Wanna be well rested for a fun day tomorrow."
"Yeah, I think its about time I crashed." Kazato said as he signed out of his account on Remnant Online and turn his scroll off.
"Well said." Rize placed a bookmark on where she left off in her book before closing it. "Night"
Hours have passed since all of the students have went to sleep, except for a certain three who are currently having trouble doing so. Elisa tossed and turned on her sleeping bag, trying her best to succumb to the embrace of sleep, but sleep never came. "Hey guys." She whispered. "Are you awake?"
"No" Rize whispered back with sarcasm as she rolled over to face her sister. "This is getting rough. I don't feel my eyes getting heavy at all."
"Count the sheeps. Count the stars in the sky. That'll help." Kazato whispered to his sisters while he on his back with his eyes closed. Rize gave him a dull look. "You know that never works Kazato."
"What do we do? At this rate, we'll be tried in the mourning." Elisa seemed a little worried that they'll be dragging around in the mourning. A cheeky grin appeared on Rize's lips. "There is only one thing we can do on restless nights. We hunt."
Elisa's eyes grew wide with delight and excitement when she heard the word 'hunt'. Kazato's eyes shot open out when he heard it too. "Wait, hold on guys." He rolled over to face them. "You can't be serious about that? We don't even know what time they'll get us up."
"Okay, if you don't want to go then Elisa and I will go be ourselves."
"No way. I'm not having that." Kazato then sighed. "Alright, I tag along."
"Oooh! This is going to be so fun!" Elisa cheered in a low voice.
After the three got their crow feathered cloaks and crows masks out of their bags, they silently crept through ballroom and towards the main door. Ruby happened to wake up to the sight of three black figures creeping pass her. Rubbing her eyes from sleep she looked up to see the ballroom door slowing closing without making a sound. "Who...was that?" She asked herself, still under the spell of sleep.
She got up, made her way to the door, and cracked it up. She saw nothing but a dimly lit hallway that the ballroom is on. 'Was it just my imagination?' Suddenly she felt a hand touch her left shoulder which made her jump out of her skin. Ruby turned around to see that it is a half-awake Yang. Due to her acute sense of hearing, she heard the door close.
"Ruby, what are you doing up at this time of night?" The sleepiness can be heard in her voice.
"I thought I saw someone leave the ballroom."
Yang took a peek out in the hallway but saw nothing but dim lighting and darkness. "There iss no one out here Rub." Yang pulled her head back in the ballroom. "Come on. Let's go back to sleep"
The Cainhurst siblings silently traveled through the grand hallways of the school, traveling by shadows. Elisa traveled on the rafters above remaining in crouch postilion while Rize and Kazato remained on the floor.
Kazato could help but chuckle, they're actually sneaking out of school. Claire and Saya won't be happy about this if they found out. Especially Claire. Elisa opened a high window that leads outside. Due to hear acute hearing, she can hear footsteps coming down the hall. "Guys! Someone's coming!" She whispered but not too loud since they can hear her due to their hearing as well.
A guard, who is patrolling the campus, came around the corner and onto the hallway they are on. The guard shined his flashlight as he walked and scanned the hallway. Directly above him, Kazato is hanging upside down on a chandelier while holding on to Rize.
Kazato felt a sweat running down his forehead.
"Kazato, you better hold it." Rize told her brother, fearing that the sweat drop might hit the guard. "How the hell can I hold a sweat?" Eventually the guard processed onwards down the hall. The siblings let out a breath of relief.
"Alright Kazato, swing me to that rafter over there.
"You got it." Kazato complied as he and Rize became swinging on the chandelier, using their weight to gain momentum. "Don't worry about me dying." Rize said with sarcasm.
"Tch. Yeah right. You're too stubborn to die." With that said, he let go of Rize as she swung to the rafter and caught on to it using the strength in her fingers.
"Hey, we're actually pretty good that this stuff." Kazato commented on their performance so far.
"That what happens when one of your mentors is both a hunter and an assassin." Rize replied as she got on the rafter. After making it to the open window where Elisa is, the three looked outside the window seeing the school in moonlit night along with a shade of emerald green casted by the illuminating green light of the clocktower.
Elisa stretched in relief in the crescent moonlight. "The moon feels just as good as the sun and the scent smells soooo good. The night air is cool and crisp, a perfect night for hunting."
"Where do we go from here?" Kazato asked Rize since it was her idea to go hunting.
"There is a place near the school called the Emerald Forest. I heard that it has some nasty kinds of Grimm. Well then my siblings..." Rize said with her back turned to the window and facing them, the moonlight shining pass her. "Let's hunt" With that, she fell backward out of the window. Using her supernatural abilities to turn into a flock of crows that scattered through the night.
AN:
Eileen the Crow: "So how was the dream? I see, so not much happened so far, that's good. For now. This world, Remnant they call it now, is approaching its dark reality. The people don't see it know, but its lurking. The beast, I think they call them Grimm now, are only there to remind them of the world they live in. Unlike the huntsmen and huntresses, that brotherhood, the Black Wing Hunters, I think they're the only one who are aware of this. *Sighs* At least I'm glad that after these years they have not abandoned they duty, as a hunter and a hunter of hunters. Even though there is no honor in it. Anyway. Follow, leave behind messages, or do whatever it is you do on this uh…'website' that Chronicles call it. And try to keep your hands clean."