Hello TheKingOfPenguins here with an authors note saying once again, thank you so much for reading my story. you guys and gals went nuts after i released chapter 3. i got 300+ views that day and 200+ the next day. both my faves and follows doubled and i got another review... by dust i am happy. i forgot to name chapter 3 but it is called "a nemesis, a school and a letter". now, onto the story!
Chapter 4: Welcome to Beacon
You awaken to the smell of bacon. As you get up and dress yourself you hear someone knock on your door. "Are you awake?" your mother asks from outside the door. "I'm getting dressed as we speak" you answer her. "Well breakfast is ready" she tells you before walking away.
You notice your Scroll beeping. You look at it and see a message from headmaster Ozpin himself. "Gather your undead, your airship will be waiting in the forest clearing" the message says. "All of my undead?" you ask him. "All of them, Summer included" he answers.
As you eat your breakfast you wonder why Ozpin wants you to bring you undead. "I have to go now" you tell your parents. "See you soon" your father says. "I'm going to miss you" your mother tells you. "I'll miss you too" you answer her. You walk out the door with your bag in your right hand, waving goodbye with the other one.
You walk through the forest, Shadowfury in hand. As you reach the clearing you begin to hear various voices. "I'm here" you tell them as you exit the shadows. "And where are the undead" you hear a female voice ask. "Watch this" you tell them as you give the command to go to your location.
Few minutes later you can hear the footsteps of the approaching horde. As the first zombies enter the clearing everyone doing anything stops and looks. Slithering between the feet of the undead mass is your undead king cobra. As you kneel and put one hand on the ground in front of you the king cobra slithers up your arm and lies like a scarf. Suddenly you notice a very uncomfortable looking Summer walking within the swarm of shambling corpses.
You order the horde to split in two so that Summer can exit freely. She runs out, looking very awkward. She stops beside you and looks at the Beacon crew. "I think that's everybody" you tell the beacon crew. "Fascinating, simply Fascinating" a rather fast green haired teacher says as he instantly appears next to a skeleton.
"Get the undead to go into the cargo hold" A stern female voice tells you. You command the undead to shamble into the cargo hold. "Summer you can go to the cockpit with the Beacon Staff, I'll stay in the cargo hold and make sure the other undead don't do anything stupid" you tell her as you walk into the cargo hold.
"Get ready for liftoff" you hear the pilot saying over the speakers. As you sit down atop a large crate you open the stats tab.
RAVEN DARKE – THE GAMER
LV.6
150 HP
150 AP
370 MP
STRENGTH 17
PERCEPTION 12
ENDURANCE 15
CHARISMA 10
INTELLIGENCE 26
AGILITY 10
LUCK 10
AURA 15
BECAUSE OF YOUR AURA REACHING 15 THE GAMER SEBLANCE IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO UPGRADE
DO YOU WANT TO UPGRADE THE GAMER? [YES] [NO]
'okay this might be the easiest choice ever' you think as you press the yes button. You are suddenly blinded by a blue light. A text-box appears in front of you.
WHEN YOU KILL A GRIMM YOU NOW GAIN XP
WHEN YOU KILL A GRIMM THERE IS NOW A CHANCE FOR LOOT TO DROP
YOU CAN NOW SEE THE POWER/RARITY LEVEL OF AN ITEM
"Woohoo" you yell as you realize how awesome this new power is. A few skeletons turn to you and look confused at your sudden outburst. You mentally call over those three skeletons. As they shamble closer to you one of them looks around and another looks as if it is trying to walk normally, the third one looks at you with a look of curiosity in its eyes. Having already leveled your observe up to 3 on your way here you decide to take a closer look at these seemingly intelligent skeletons.
ASH THUZAD – THE SKELETON NECROMANCER
LV. 4
STATUS: UNDEAD (SELF GAINED INTELLIGENCE)
ASH THUZAD IS A SKELETON THAT IN YOUR ABSENCE BECAME INTELLIGENT AND LEARNED NECROMANCY THROUGH A BOOK IN THE TEMPLE LIBRARY. ASH MANAGED TO RESURRECT A ZOMBIE THAT FELL DOWN A HIDDEN STAIRCASE. THERE ASH FOUND SEVERAL BOOKS AND IS NOW CAPABLE OF SIMPLE SPEECH.
ONYX THAZAD – THE SKELETON VENOMACER
LV. 2
STATUS: UNDEAD (GAINED INTELLIGENCE)
ONYX THAZAD IS A SKELETON THAT BY THE HELP OF ASH THUZAD BECAME INTELLIGENT. ONYX FOUND A SPECIAL BOOK AND IS NOW CAPABLE OF CREATING AND CURING SIMPLE POISON.
OBSIDIAN CHILLWINTER – THE SKELETON CRYOMANCER
LV. 2
STATUS: UNDEAD (GAINED INTELLIGENCE)
OBSIDIAN CHILLWINTER IS A SKELETON THAT BY THE HELP OF ASH THUZAD BECAME INTELLIGENT. OBSIDIAN FOUND A SPECIAL BOOK AND IS NOW CAPABLE OF CREATING AND MANIPULATING LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE.
'wow' you think as you look at the three. "Greetings master" Ash rattles. "Greetings Ash" you answer. "You called upon us master, why?" he asks curiously. "I called upon you because I honestly did not think there would be any intelligent undead among you" you answer him. "I understand" he simply states. "Can the other two speak?" you ask their apparent leader. "They understand and listen, but they cannot speak" he tells you.
A few minutes later someone calls you on your Scroll. As you accept you hear Ozpin's voice "Someone seems to have made a miscalculation and it seems like there is one person left over if everyone else gets a four person team" he says. "I said I was sorry" you can hear Glynda Goodwitch say in the background. You look at the three skeletons "don't worry, I have my team" you tell him as you show him the three. "Fantastic, but you will still have to do initiation" he tells you. "Good, you almost had me worried that I wouldn't have a chance to show off" you tell him confidently.
About half an hour later you arrive at Beacon. You order your undead to stand in formation behind you. Summer walks on your right and on her right is Onyx. To your left stands Ash and to his left is Obsidian. As the airship opens you all march out. Everybody outside is surprised at seeing an army of undead march towards the entrance to Beacon, but you have never been subtle person.
As you enter the main hall everyone turns to you, stopping whatever they were doing before. "Are those zombies?" someone asks. "Thank you very much for asking, yes they are zombies, and skeletons" you answer. Summer runs off to the other teachers. "Oh hey guys" you yell as you notice Yang and Ruby silently staring at you next to someone who might be a Schnee. "You could not be less stealthy could you?" Yang asks. "Nope" you state.
"Do you mind? I was trying to teach her something, before you took all the attention" the Schnee angrily states. "Well aren't you just a special snowflake" you tell her as you mentally command Obsidian to throw a 10 cm snowflake into the air over her. Because of his cryomancy it stays over her head. Yang and Ruby start laughing.
"I'll keep this brief. You have traveled here 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." You hear Ozpin say. "You will gather in the ballroom tonight, tomorrow your initiation begins, be ready. You are dismissed" Glynda says as she takes the microphone. "He seemed kind of off" Yang commentates. "It's almost like he wasn't even there" Ruby agrees. "I'm a natural blonde, you know" some blonde guy proudly proclaims to the Schnee. She looks as if she is already tired of him.
"I'll go see if I can find someone to talk to" you tell Yang and Ruby. "See you in the ballroom" they answer. You notice the awkward blonde from before about to walk into the ballroom in a full body baby blue pajamas with a bunny on the chest. You can simply not let this horrid crime against fashion go and therefor decide to go make a friend. "What is your name?" you ask the blonde as you put your hand on his shoulder. "I'm Jaune Arc" he tells you in surprise. "You can simply not enter in that; you'll ruin a possible reputation, take some of my spare clothes" you say as you hand him a t-shirt a pair of shorts. "We are going to buy you some sleeping clothes first chance we get" you tell him. "B-but I-" he says before you cut him off. "No discussing it, it is way more manly and you can't impress any girls if you are wearing pajamas" you tell him. "I guess that makes sense" he answers before changing quickly.
"Now just walk with confidence, and I can guarantee someone is going to take a liking to you" you tell him as if you know this kind of stuff. "Sounds reasonable" he answers. As you enter he walks confidently and you walk beside him with a smile on your face.
"So Jaune, now that you have established a good foundation for a good reputation I'll go find out where they put my zombies" you tell him with a smile on your face. "Sleep well Raven" he tells you. "Sleep well Jaune my friend" you tell him.
As you wander through the halls of beacon you notice a faint groaning, the groaning of your zombies. You walk towards the sound and find yourself at the top of a stairwell. You walk down and your eyes slowly adjust to the dimly lit stairwell. As you descend the louder and you begin to hear voices amongst the groaning.
"Do you have any sixes?" you hear Summer ask someone. "Fish" you hear Ash answer. "Do you have any fours" he asks. "Well done, two fours" you hear the teacher named Port answer. "I have achieved four fours" you hear Ash proclaim. "Are you playing Go Fish?" you ask as you reach the cellar. "Yes we are, this is the first time in know history that this has happened" the man you recognize as Dr. Oobleck answers. "I suppose you would like to join?" you hear Glynda Goodwitch ask you. "I suppose I would" you answer her.
The five of them are playing at a small table, the lighting is poor and the zombies are loud, but the mood is welcoming and happy. You play for multiple hours and all of you end up drinking lots of coffee to stay awake, except for the undead as they do not need sleep. In the background professor Peach is attempting to learn Onyx and Obsidian to speak.
Much later you stumble towards your sleeping bag in the ballroom as you notice something. A cat eared Faunus girl sits in a corner with a book in her lap, with what appears to be a bow laying in her hand. You realize that she probably is hiding her Faunus heritage and therefor decide to put her bow back on without waking her.
You go to your sleeping bag and go to sleep.
As you awaken you notice Ruby approaching you. "Are you awake?" Ruby asks. "I just awoke" you answer her groggily. "Come on, get up then, we have to be ready for initiation" she tells you excitedly. "Let's go get breakfast" you say as you stand up. "You should probably get your clothes on first" she tells you. "Seems reasonable" you answer.
As you sit down with a large plate of pancakes in your hands you suddenly notice two text-boxes that have probably been floating in front of you for a long time.
THE KING OF THE SEA – TITLE UNLOCKED BY WINNING 10 TIMES IN A ROW IN GO FISH
THE KING OF THE SEA – EFFECT: +2 TO ALL STATS WHILE IN WATER
THE GOOD SAMARITAN – TITLE UNLOCKED BY CHOOSING THE GOOD THING TO DO
THE GOOD SAMARITAN – EFFECT: +10% POSITIVE BOND INCREASE SPEED
'Nice, I am the king of the sea!' you think happily as you eat your pancakes. Soon after you are full, but you have one pancake left. "Are you going to eat that?" a bubbly redhead asks you after appearing out of nowhere. "No, do you want it?" you ask her. "YES, thank you!" she excitedly half-yells as she grabs the pancake with her fork.
As you grab Shadowfury out of your rocket locker you see Yang, Ruby and Jaune walking towards the cliff where initiation is supposed to start. "Hey, guys wait for me" you yell as you run up to them. "Oh, sorry I didn't mean to leave you" Ruby hastily apologizes. "Don't worry, I'm fine" you say with a smile. "What happened to you though Jaune, you look sad" you ask him. "I don't think Weiss likes him" Yang whispers loudly. "The Schnee?" you ask, having not heard her first name before. "Yup that's the one, the special snowflake" she answers with a smirk on her face.
"For years you have trained to become warriors, and today your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest" Ozpin tells you. "Now, I'm sure many of you have heard rumors about the assignment of teams. Well, allow us to put an end to your confusion. Each of you will be given teammates, today" Glynda continues.
"These teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon. So it is in your best interest to be paired with someone with whom you can work well. That being said, the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years." Ozpin continues.
"After you have partnered up, make your way to the northern end of the forest. You will meet opposition along the way, do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path or you will die" Ozpin grimly ends.
"You will be monitored and graded for the duration of your initiation, but our instructors will not intervene. You will find an abandoned temple at the end pf the path, containing several relics. Each pair must choose one and return to the top of the cliff. We will regard that item, as well as your standing, and grade you appropriately" Ozpin explains.
"Are there any questions?" Ozpin asks. "Yeah, um sir-" Jaune attempts to ask. "Good! Now, take your positions" Ozpin says. You stand ready. "Uh, sir? I've got, um, a question" Jaune tries to ask again. You don't get to hear anything else as you are flung into the forest. Beneath you, you hear a familiar roar; Old One-eye. 'This is going to be fun' you think as trees rush past you.