Beacon Academy Helicarrier
(yes that term is from Marvel but that's basically what it is)
Yawning the sixteen year old slowly woke up from her nap and rubbed at her face to get rid of any drool she may have. She stretched her legs as much as she could with her belongings stacked under her body while Yang slept next to her with her head laying on her shoulder. Groaning she nudged at her sister's head with her shoulder moving it up and down to try and wake her up.
"Yang get up your making my clothes wet." She whispered hurriedly trying to keep the other students from hearing her. The blonde made no effort to show that she was awake beside swatting at her sister to make her stop moving. "Come on Yang you're drooling all over me! "
Deciding that just being nice wouldn't do anything, Ruby unbuckled her seatbelt and got up from her seat forcing her sister's head to fall against the armrest and make her curse touching at her now bruised forehead. Not wanting to stay and be pummeled to death by her sister she made her way out of there small seating area with there only being two other pairs of seat in the small room, the door sliding open once it's sensors detected her body.
Fresh air and the sound of the evening news hit her first as she made her way into the crowded room, with the other freshman students talking within one another or just maintaining there weapons as they all knew the first test they'd take would involve fighting. She hadn't been told what they would be fighting or who would be involved with it, though she really just wanted to impress the others with her skills.
It was hard to admit but the only way she knew how to make friends was threw her weapons and her family's legacy. Everyone wanted to get to know the daughter of one of Signals top teachers and one of the most well known huntresses in Patch, however no one ever stayed around long enough to get to know her. Once they figured out that she was nothing more then a ambivert weaponsexual with a habit for talking to herself they moved on to the next kid with a popular family name. And every single time she seemed to fall for it.
But Beacon could be her second chance, her time to truly shine. She knew that once everyone found out she was one of the five students that had been chosen to attend Beacon early they'd be all over her with either the urge to use her to get to the top or prove how strong she truly was. Ruby was eager to join a team and meet the other students with most of them looking friendly enough, but her nerves still remained. She had to remind herself that now she could be her own person and not the daughter of Taiyang and Summer Rose.
Walking around she noticed a few familiar faces, all either well known Combat School students or renown prodigies. It wasn't odd to have children spend their whole lives training to be hunters and huntresses in fact it had become the norm, her father had been one of them. She avoided anyone who looked to serious or scary with them freaking her out to much, she didn't need any negative energy at the moment.
"In recent news the leader of the white fang has sent out a statement to the council..." Her eyes drew to the tv screen that sat above most of the students with a group of other students watching it. "...they're are claiming that the Atlas military is abusing their faunus soldiers and dock their pay..."
She frowned at the news reporters near condescending tone feeling her discomfort grow at the others as they talked about how the white fang had become more of a threat then a nuisance over the years and the dangers they provoked to the community. Many thought the leader was just using the Atlas military as a excuse to attack the soldiers that spent decades protecting innocent citizens, while the rest said they just wished faunus weren't in the military in the first place. They caused more trouble then they where worth.
From the side of her eye she noticed a girl dressed in black and white scowl at the screen making her think that if looks could kill Lisa Lavender would have been burned alive. The girl didn't waste anymore time staring at the screen as she walked away, pushing threw the crowd of students to do so not even caring if they pushed her back. Ruby figured that the rampant violence the screen showed with the dead bodies of massacred faunus after a arrest that wrong was shown to them, the blood and white eyed victims making her grow even more disgusted then before. As she turned, she wondered if the White Fang maybe had a point about the Atlas Military after all.
"Students we will be near the landing dock within four to five minutes, please gather your gear and belongings for the incoming exams. Lateness can and will effect your overall grade." The ship's captain chimed in over the intercom as the tv shut off instantly signaling for them to get there move on or else there grades would suffer.
O~O
Crescent Rose was like a teddy bear in the sixteen year old's arms as she followed her sister threw the gates of the school that she spent her whole life dreaming about, her heart soaring at the sight of the statues that fallen trainees where given if they where taken before graduation. Only a spare amount where given to those who died months or even years after there time at Beacon. A small part of her wanted to take the time to look at the statues closer like a few others stopped to do but the rest of her knew she'd only see something that would end up hurting her.
Beacon was the school of her dreams but it still hurt that hee mother would never know that she was going there, that she was following her example and learning how to save people. She wanted to tell her that she'd take her dream into her own hands and make sure that the future children or Remnant could sleep a full night without fearing the Grimm that lurked beneath the ground and above under the shattered moon's light, just like she would have hoped she would. Taking in a shallow breath she tried to keep herself from tearing up and ended up walking into her sister as she lost focus.
The blonde turned around lifting the shades covering her eyes and met the tear filled silver of her companion. A brief flash of panic came into the older girl's eyes only for it disappear so fast it was almost as if she never let her facade drop, as she grabbed onto the other's arm and began to pull her away from the walk way. Once they where in a empty area with a bench in sight she let go and pocketed her sunglasses, a tired look on her usually carefree face.
"Hey are you okay? Did somebody say something to you on the ship because if they did just tell me there name and their-" Ruby held up a finger, signaling for her to shut her mouth and listen.
The grip of Crescent Rose she had became loose as she sat down on the bench her somber feelings growing as she noticed the statues nearby. A frown sat on her face as she tried to smother the unpleasant feelings.
"Do you think they gave mom a statue. After she went missing." Ruby muttered as her sister's eyes met where she happened to be staring. "Even though they never found her body?"
Yang sighed and put a hand on her shoulder shielding her view from the source of her pain. "Maybe they did maybe they didn't. Right now you shouldn't worry about any of that and think about the next four years of our lives!"
"You're right...go on ahead without me I want to spend sometime alone to think over some things." Ruby sighed waving her sister off until she was out of sight allowing her to drop her facade.
It felt weird for her to be feeling so odd when experiencing her true dream. Right now she should be over the moon but all she could think about where the possibility of making no friends, being left by her sister and those accursed statues. Everything just felt wrong to her, it felt so rotten it made her hold her head in her hands and try and go to her happy place. Somewhere that made her feel like at she was at peace.
She heard the sound of dead leaves crunching under heeled boots, someone moving so that they could sit down next to her before coming to a stop. Whoever they where cleared there throat drawing her attention. Ruby looked up her cheeks turning pink at the news of someone seeing her have a brief freak out, her eyes met the boy's and she scoured her mind to remember where she had seen him.
"Erm...vomit boy?"
