Raven walked into what looked like an auditorium and found himself surrounded by other students. He rolled his eyes and walked in towards the center of the group and stood there with his hands interconnected behind his head as more and more students filled the room.
"Ruby! Over here!" Yang shouted towards her sister. "I saved you a spot!" She sounded very close to him. He brought down his right arm and saw Yang standing right beside him.
"I walked up right beside you without noticing didn't I?" he asked her.
She had a smile radiating from her face. "Yeah" she said, "what's gotten you so distracted?" Ruby stood behind him when she got to them. "Hey sis, how's your first day going?" Yang asked her.
"You mean since you ditched me and I exploded?" Ruby huffed.
"Yikes, meltdown already?" Yang asked giddily. Raven snorted.
"No" Ruby explained, "I literally exploded a hole in front of the school! And there was some fire, and I think some ice...?"
Yang cocked her head to the left. "Are you being sarcastic?"
"No, she blew up a cloud of Dust." Raven explained, shaking off some more soot from his jacket without turning around.
"Are you mad at me?" Ruby asked into his back nervously.
"Why would he be mad at you?" Yang asked her, looking back and forth between the two of them.
He looked over to her. "I was in the cloud." was all he said. She had to put her hands over her mouth to stop herself from laughing.
"You!" a snarky voice accused.
Ruby jumped into Yang's arms. "Oh God it's happening again!" she cried.
The girl walked right past her and jabbed a finger into Raven's back. "How dare you lay a hand on me, do you have any idea who I am?" she demanded. He didn't move a muscle, which really pissed her off. "Are you even listening?"
"Trying not to." he said.
She was speechless, so she directed her anger towards a new target, Ruby. "And you are lucky you didn't blow us off the cliff."
"It was-" she got out of Yang's arms, "It was an accident!" she tried to explain again, exasperated. The girl held up a pamphlet in front of her face. "What's this?"
"The Schnee Dust Company," she said read off the pamphlet, "is not responsible for any injuries or damages sustained while operating a Schnee Dust Company product. Although not mandatory, the Schnee Family highly encourages their customers to read and familiarize themselves with this easy to follow guide to Dust applications and practices in the field." Raven wished he had ear plugs. Ruby looked at her confused. She sighed. "You really want to make things up to me?" she asked.
"Absolutely." Ruby answered without hesitation.
"Good." she said. She handed the pamphlet to Ruby. "Read this, and never speak to me again."
Yang injected herself into their conversation when she saw Ruby start to fall. "Look, uh," she started, "maybe you just got off on the wrong foot. Why don't you start over and go from there, m'kay?"
"That's a great idea Yang!" Ruby exclaimed. She cleared her throat and stuck out her hand, "Hello, Weiss, I'm Ruby. Wanna hang out sometime? We can go shopping for school supplies." she suggested.
"Yeah!" Weiss said enthusiastically, "And we can paint our nails, and try on clothes, and talk about cute boys, like tall, blond, and scraggly over there!" she finished referring to the guy that was hugging the garbage when he left the airship.
""Really?" Ruby asked excitedly.
"No" she answered coldly, walking away from them.
Raven saw the headmaster, Ozpin, walk onto the stage with Glynda following him. He tapped the mic to get everyone's attention. "I'll...keep this brief", he said almost absently "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." He left the stage without another word.
Glynda stepped up to the mic in his absence. "You will gather in the ballroom tonight" she instructed, "Tomorrow, your initiation begins. Be ready. You are dismissed." she left the stage, walking quickly to catch up to Ozpin.
Raven looked up at the sky and guessed it was about 3 pm, give or take. He wasn't overly keen on the idea of everyone sleeping in the same room but it was far from unreasonable, assuming said room was big enough. "I'll catch up with you guys later." he said to Yang and Ruby as he started to walk off. But then he remembered his idea. He turned around and looked at them, noticing that Edward had joined them and them the blond who threw up was attempting to hit on Weiss. "That is," he said loud enough to get their attention, "unless any of you would like to have a quick spar?"
"I'll take you up on that." Weiss said sharply. She was grinning ear to ear, probably thinking that she would teach this disrespectful lout a lesson. She took out her rapier. "This is Myrtenaster, and we're going to teach you a lesson about respect." she gloated.
"A little premature, but alright" Raven said peacefully. He pointed to the stage, "We'll spar there." He started walking to the left side of the stage and he saw her walking to the right with her weapon already drawn. Wow, he thought, she really doesn't like me.
They both stood at either end of the stage, "Alright, we go until either someone gives up or their aura disappears" he instructed. She rolled her eyes. "Hey, Yang!" he shouted.
"What?" she shouted back.
"You decide when the match starts!" he explained. He put his hands into his pockets and he felt his gauntlet compress comfortably onto his right forearm and assumed that the same was true for his left. He pulled them out and left them by his sides.
Yang jumped up on the stage between them. She looked to Raven, "Ready?" she asked. He nodded. She looked to Weiss, "Ready?"
"Yes." she answered.
"Alright!" Yang exclaimed, she jumped off the stage, "FIGHT!"
Weiss started by swinging her sword slightly with her left hand and a snowflake-style glyph appeared on the end of her rapier. And his right foot felt really cold. He looked down and saw that it was frozen to the boards he was standing on. He looked up and she was lunging at his throat. He dodged her thrust last-second by turning his upper body to his right and grabbed her wrist with his left hand. His eyes flashed blood-red as he pulled her forward and struck her jaw with his right fist, bringing her to her knees. She was shocked, it was evident on her face, until Raven's left knee connected with it and she was left sprawled on her back, her aura dissipating in a white shock.
Raven squatted down to check if she was alive or to see if he would need to go into hiding. She was breathing heavily and had her eyes fixed on him in an icy glare, but she couldn't speak. He spoke softly enough for only her to hear, "Fix your attitude."
She still couldn't utter a word, but her glare didn't warm at all, instead it took the form of a singular question and a simple statement, "Why do this?" and "Fuck you."
"That's simple" he explained, "I just wanted to send a message to everyone, the fact that you're your father's daughter was just icing on the cake." She still didn't quite get it, and to be honest he didn't really care. He stood and twisted his leg, the ice around his boot shattering without much effort.
He walked off of the stage and headed deeper into the school to find the ballroom. The students in his path quickly made room for him to pass through. He shook his head. I wonder how long this'll last, he thought to himself.
He started walking the halls with his hands in his jeans pockets, his gauntlets put away. I wonder where the ballroom is, he thought absently as he wandered. He heard angry footsteps coming up behind him. "Here we go..." he said to himself, fully expecting to see Edward. He turned around and saw Yang stomping up to him with red eyes.
"What is your problem?" she demanded.
"Does it really matter?" he asked back. He had a feeling he knew where this was going but he hoped he was wrong.
She got right up to him and jabbed a finger into his chest. "Of course it matters!" she exclaimed, "You can't just beat people senseless and walk away!"
He sighed and his right temple started to itch. "I think you're forgetting the part where I crouched down and talked to her." he pointed out.
"About that," she said as she started to cool off, "What did you say to her?"
He shrugged. "Nothing that she'll take to heart." he said, trying to sidestep her question.
"And what would that be?" she asked with her arms crossed, not ready to give up.
"Misguided revenge with a purpose." he explained vaguely.
"And what would that purpose be?" She asked curiously. He didn't answer, instead choosing to turn around and start walking away, but she was having none of it. She grabbed his left arm to throw him into the wall but found herself there instead with her arms above her head and an arm pushing against her throat.
"To be left alone." he seethed. He had his anger visible in his now red eyes through which he saw the gears start to turn in the blonde's eyes.
She managed to tilt her head slightly to the side. "Why do you want to be left alone?" she asked, using her aura to push his arm far enough away for her to breathe and speak.
"I'm a faunus from Atlas," he said, "Do I need more of an explanation?" He looked at her face and saw a question forming on her lips. Here we go, he thought. He saw what he was doing and his eyes turned back to their natural silver as he released Yang and took a few steps back.
"But you're not in Atlas anymore, why do you still want to be alone?" she asked quietly while rubbing her neck.
"If we're going to discuss my history then can we at least go somewhere more private?"
"Yeah, the ballroom should be empty for another hour or two." Yang surmised. They started walking.
Why the Hell am I doing this, was the only thought that was on his mind.