Outsider Chronicles: A Wizard at Beacon

Waking up in the body of a baby is rather disconcerting. Finding out I've been reborn in a world of monsters and Darkness is worse. Still, at least I've got some cool powers out of the bargain!

Hello and welcome back. Nothing to say here, so lets dive right in. Enjoy!

Chapter 4

I smirked as I sidestepped a wild swing from my opponent, tripping them with a well placed foot as he stumbled past. He stumbled, but managed to catch himself with his mace before he face planted the stage. He turned and glared at me, at which I just grinned. That seemed to really piss him off as he charged, swinging wildly at me as I evaded each attack by shifting my weight.

"Stand still!" he roared as the Fire Dust Crystal in the head of his weapon lit up and fired a wave of fire at me.

"Now why would I want to do that?" I asked as I sidestepped the attack, "Slip."

There was a flash of light and my opponent face planted the ground as his feet suddenly lost all perched on the ground. While he was down, I held up my hands.

"Come forth Water, Ice entangle, spell of freezing, Ice Bind," I said.

A magic circle appeared under my opponent and he was immediately frozen up to the waist.

BUZZ!

"And thats enough," said Mum as the lights came back up.

In case you haven't figured it out, I had been fighting Cardin in a training match, just like Jaune had in the series. Unlike in canon however, I had basically spent the entire time toying with the bully while chipping down his Aura.

"As you can see, Cardin's Aura in now in the red," said Mum, "In a tournament style duel, this would indicate that he is no longer capable of fighting and the official can call the match. The fact he can no longer move would also contribute to the calling of the match."

She turned to me, looking a tad disapproving.

"You are doing very well Mr Goodwitch, but you shouldn't toy with your opponents. It is disrespectful and could get you in trouble."

"I know," I said, "I don't play with actual threats."

It took a moment for that statement to sink in.

"Why you little…!" snarled Cardin as Mum fixed me with a flat look.

I just grinned as I headed back to my seat, ignoring Cardin's grinding teeth. He really was a non-entity to me.

"Nice one James!" said Ruby as I sat down behind her.

"Yeah, seeing that jerk getting his ass kicked is always so satisfying," said Yang with a grin, "But why does she call you Mr Goodwitch?"

"Its to make sure that I don't receive any special treatment," I said as Mum called up the next pair, "While in class, Mum won't treat me differently to any other student. Of course, there will always be people who call favoritism, but Ozpin and the rest of the faculty know that there's more chance of Jacques Schnee adopting a Faunus than that happening."

"Hey!" said Weiss.

"What? Its the truth," I said as our friends tried to stifle their snickers.

THUNK!

I yelped as a board rubber bounced off my forehead, immediately shutting us all up as Mum directed her 'shut up or else' glare at us.

"So there we were, in the middle of the night."

"It was day."

"Surrounded by Ursi."

"They were Beowolves."

"DOZENS OF THEM!"

"Two of them."

"But they were no match for us and we took them down and made a boatload of lein selling Ursa skin rugs!"

"Sigh, shes been having this recurring dream for over a month now," I said.

"OK, I get Ren, but how in the world do you know that James?" asked Yang.

I growled. Apparently my cooking had endeared me to Nora more than I thought and now the girl had adopted me as a sort of big brother. Now, that was fine, but man could Nora waffle on at times!

"Don't ask," I said.

Yang raised an eyebrow and looked like she was about to do just that, but before she could, the sound of cruel laughter floated over the dining hall. We all looked and I scowled when I saw that Cardin and his buddies were picking on Velvet.

"Disgraceful," said Pyrrha, "I can't stand people like him."

"Hes not the only one," said Blake.

"It must be hard being a Faunus," said Yang.

"Slip and Gravity," I said, pointing a finger in Cardin's direction.

There was a loud crash as the bullies feet suddenly slipped out from under him and he slammed into the ground far harder than he should have done.

"That ability of yours is incredible," said Blake, "Is there anything it can't do?"

I shrugged.

"That really depends," I said, "I mean, I can try and create spells out of whatever words I can think of, but they don't always work. Frankly, I have no idea what determines what works and what doesnt, even after years of experimentation."

"That sounds...incredibly dumb," said Weiss, "How can you not know how your own Semblance works?"

I raised an eyebrow.

"Because its incredibly complex and utterly without logic," I said, "Just like any good magic should be."

Weiss scoffed at the mention of magic. We were getting on better than we did at the start of the year, but Weiss made no secret of the fact she didn't like the fact I referred to my Semblance as Magic.

"Don't believe its magic eh?" I asked with a smirk.

The others all looked at me wearily. We had been friends long enough for them to know when I was planning something that would result in someone getting hurt. Most likely me.

"Aport," I said and a magic circle appeared over my hand, followed by a small bundle of white fabric.

At the same time, Weiss jumped and let out a startled EEP as her hair suddenly fell loose and tumbled over her face.

"Hows that for a magic trick?" I asked with a smirk.

Weiss glared at me and snatched her headband back, before storming off with a huff.

"Totally worth it," I said.

After lunch, we had history with Mr (HEY), sorry, Dr Oobleck, which never failed to give me a crick in the neck as I tried to follow the hyperactive teacher as he whizzed around the room. Still, I did have the amusement of seeing that Weiss was still red and glaring at me. Still, that didn't do much to cheer me up when the teacher was being a literal pain in the neck.

"Why can't he slow down," I groaned under my breath as my neck cracked for the third time that lesson.

It didn't help that his fast talking always gave me a headache.

Pyrrha just patted me on the back consolingly.

"So, can anyone tell me what advantage the Faunus had over General Lagoons forces?" asked Oobleck, scanning the room, "Mr Winchester?"

"Well, I know its easier to train an animal than a soldier," he sneered.

He stiffened in his seat as I directed a glare laced with KI at him.

"You never learn, do you?" I growled.

"W-what of it?" growled Cardin, trying to seem unphased.

Before I could respond and land myself in detention, Pyrrha slapped a hand over my mouth.

"If I may sir?" she said, ignoring the steaming glare I was still directing at the bully.

"Yes Miss Nikos?" asked Oobleck.

"It was night vision," she said, "Many Faunus are known to have near perfect night vision."

"General Lagoon was inexperienced and tried to attack the Faunus in their sleep," continued Blake, "His massive army was outmatched and the General captured. Perhaps if he had payed attention in class, he wouldn't be remembered as such a failure."

"He also refused to listen to the advice of those around him," I said, "A big reason why he failed so badly was because he refused to listen to the advice of his officers."

Cardin growled and got to his feet.

"Exactly Mr Goodwitch," said Oobleck, "Mr Winchester, please take your seat and see me after class for additional reading. Now, moving on..."

Later, I was walking back from the library after a study session when a hand shot out of a small alley between the library building and the dorm building, grabbed me by the collar and slammed me against the wall.

"Bet you think your so smart, don't you Goodwitch," snarled Cardin in my face.

I grimaced as his breath hit my face. It reeked of onion and I HATE onion.

"Actually, I know I'm smart," I said, "But I also study and actually know the material."

Cardin growled again and leaned right into my face, forcing me to fight the urge to gag at the stench of his breath.

"Your mummys not here to protect you any more," he hissed, "There's nothing to stop me from pounding you to a pulp."

I raised an eyebrow.

"You do remember what happened during combat practice, right?" I asked.

Cardin scowled.

"You only won because your Mums the teacher," he snapped.

I gave him an incredulous look. I had spent the entire match dancing around his attacks with no problem and he thought Mum just handed me the win? Moron.

"Is that really what you think?" I asked, "Well then, I guess I should prove I can beat you with no problem. Paralyze."

Cardin let out a yelp as his entire body locked up. I pushed him away, causing him to fall back with a crash.

"Let me give you a piece of advice," I said, "Do not underestimate me. Mum may be a teacher here, but that does not mean I get an easy ride. I earnt my place here through blood, sweat and tears, just like everyone else."

I turned to leave.

"Oh, and don't worry. The Paralysis will wear of in a few minutes."

I walked away, leaving Cardin stiff as a board on the floor.

And done. Bit of a weak ending, but hey, its gotta end sometime and I'm out of ideas for this chapter.

The original scene in the lunchroom I wrote involved James using Aport to steal Weiss' underwear, but I decided that was a tad to much sexual harassment. He may use that trick later to distract a future opponent. Only to have it spectacularly blow up in his face.

Speaking of distract, you lot do know I was kidding about using the cake as a weapon against Neo, right? Now I feel guilty that I didn't actually plan it and am having to come up with a way to do just that…

And with that, I'm done. Next time, Foreverfall and a rather...slimy encounter. Until then, don't forget to leave a review!