RWBY: Son of Salem

Marek's POV

"What the hell is Beacon?" I asked him.

They both seemed a bit shocked.

"What?"

"Beacon is a school for huntsmen and huntresses." Ozpin replied.

"Ok?" I sat back down. "And why should I join?"

"You could help the world become a better place." Ozpin replied.

"Yeah, because I'm just waiting for the chance to help this dumpster fire of a world." I said with sarcasm. "The creatures of Grimm are never ending. The Faunus are mistreated daily. And Salem wants humanity to crumble at her feet." They both took a step back. "What?"

"How do you know about Salem?" Ozpin asked.

I smirked as I pulled my hood off so they could see my face. "Quite the resemblance, don't ya think?"

"You're...related to her?" Goodwitch asked.

"Looks like we have a winner." I said with sarcasm.

Goodwitch pulled out her riding crop and pointed it at me.

"You think I'm a threat?" I asked her. "She was trying to turn me into a weapon for her use." I leaned back and crossed my arms. "I wanted my own life, not the one she planned for me."

"How old are you?" Ozpin asked me, a look of seriousness on his face.

"16...why?"

"Just...wondering." he replied. "But do you want to join Beacon?"

"Fine." I sighed. "I have nothing better to do."

"Good." Ozpin smiled. "A Bullhead will pick you up tomorrow."

Ozpin's POV

Goodwitch grabbed my arm and pulled me out of the room.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" she asked me. "He is the son of Salem!"

"You heard him." I replied. "He didn't want to be by Salem's side."

"Still! He's a risk!"

"He's just a kid." I took a sip of coffee. "And I can tell he isn't lying."

"And how is that?"

"The way he spoke of Salem." I answered. "He doesn't care for her."

Marek's POV

Ozpin and Goodwitch walked back in. "You may go."

I stood up and left.

I walked back to my warehouse and started to pack a few of my clothes.

It wasn't long before I finished and placed the backpack in the corner of the room.

The next day

I grabbed the backpack and headed for the docks. I boarded the Bullhead and waited.

We arrived at Beacon pretty quickly. I put my hood on and started to head for the auditorium.

A few minutes later, after the speech

Goodwitch told us we were to sleep in the ballroom for tonight. I setup my sleeping bag in the corner and crawled into it, making sure my hood still covered my face.

I was about to fall asleep when a loud greeting woke me back up.

"Helloooo!" a girl waved. "I'm sure you two may know each other?"

A blonde girl stood in front of red.

"Funny." I said softly. "She can't see my face, so how would she know me?"

"I recognized your hoodie." she replied. "The red star on the back gave you away."

"Hmm." I laid back down. "Need something?" I asked them as I rolled over.

"Just wanted to say..." red stopped talking and there were soft mumbles between the two. "What's your name?"

"Marek." I replied.

"Oh. Well I'm Ruby."

"I'm Yang, Ruby's older sister." the blonde said.

I stayed silent.

"So...why won't you show your face?" Ruby asked. I opened my eyes and rolled over to face them.

"Because as soon as I walked into Vale, I was looked at as if I was a freak." I replied.

"Because you're a Faunus?" Ruby asked.

"No. I'm not a Faunus." I shook my head and rolled back over. "Now, if you don't mind, I'm going to sleep."

They mumbled a bit more before walking away.

The next day, initiation

I was launched into the air. As I neared the ground, I pulled out my sword and plunged the blade into a tree, stopping my descent.

I placed my sword on my back and headed for the other end of the forest.

A few minutes passed and I ran into no Grimm. I found some old ruins and approached it.

"Chess pieces?" I picked up the black king piece and looked it over. "Hmm." I tossed the piece into the air, caught it and put it in my back pocket. I looked at the other 'relics' and noticed the only one missing was the one I took. "Guess I'm the first one here."

I jumped on top of one of the ruin's pillars and sat down, waiting.

Minutes later

A few other students showed up, grabbed a 'relic' and left.

I could have followed but I hadn't fought any Grimm and I wanted some sort of challenge.

The bushes started to rustle and I quickly readied my weapon, only to see Yang and some girl with black hair and a bow walk through the bush.

I sighed and sat back down. "Hey!" Yang shouted up to me.

"What?" I looked down at her.

"Why are you still here?" she asked. "You grabbed a relic, right?"

"Yeah but I didn't run into any Grimm on the way here." I replied. "I want some sort of challenge."

"Oh." they walked off to grab their relic.

I got up and was about to leave but stopped when I heard an explosion. I turned around to see some girl, with orange hair, ride in on an Ursa.

"Nora, never do that again." her friend said, out of breath. He had black hair with a streak of it pink in it.

"Huh."

"Look out!" I looked up to see Ruby fall out of the sky.

I jumped off the pillar and caught her as she fell. I put her down as Pyrrha Nikos and some blonde haired guy ran out of the forest with a Deathstalker right behind them.

"Finally!" I smirked. I switched to my assault rifle and shot at the Deathstalker.

The bullets ricocheted off it's armor. "Hm."

I heard screaming and looked up to see a girl in white falling from the sky. As she neared the ground that blonde guy jumped up and caught her.

I turned back to the Deathstalker and switched to my sword.

"Not if I can help it!" I heard Ruby say.

I glanced behind me as a red blurr went right passed me, leaving a trail of rose buds. I looked back at the Deathstalker to see Ruby get knocked back.

"D-don't worry!" she yelled. "Totally fine!"

She turned around and shot at the Deathstalker before running back to us.

"Nevermore!"

I looked up to see the large bird shoot a bunch of it's feathers at Ruby, pinning her cape to the ground.

"Ruby!" Yang yelled.

The Deathstalker was slowly approaching the girl.

"Damnit!" I growled as I rushed towards the girl. The Deathstalker went to strike her with it's stinger but I got in the way. I blocked the attack with my sword and the force alone blew the hood off my head.

Once the Grimm saw my face it cowered in fear.

I took the chance to cut off it's stinger, before plunging my blade into it's head.

I glanced behind me at Ruby. "You ok?"

She gasped.

"Y-you're face!" she said without thinking.

I glared at her before walking away.

I approached the others and saw the shocked look on their faces as I passed by.

"What?!" I growled at them.

They just stood there, staring at me wide eyed.

"Figures." I turned around and headed towards the cliff. "You can deal with the Nevermore."

I climbed up the cliff and tossed the chess piece to Ozpin. "Here." I pushed passed him and headed back to Beacon.

A few minutes later

"Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, Ruby Rose and Yang Xiao Long." Ozpin said. "You 4 recovered the white knight pieces. From here on you will be known as team RWBY. Led by Ruby Rose." they smiled and walked off stage. "Now, would the student who recovered the black king piece please step forward."

I walked onto the stage.

"You were not able to find a partner but stayed behind to make sure everyone else was safe, and even saved a student from a Deathstalker." Ozpin said as a video played of me saving Ruby. "You will be given a choice, join a team and form a 5 man team, or be the first solo team."

I glanced over the crowd. Half of them looked stunned and the other half stared at me.

I turned back to Ozpin.

"I highly doubt anyone would want me on their team." I replied. "I'll go with the second option."

"Very well." he handed me a key to my room.

End of chapter 3