Years had passed since Jaune had become Wekono's Chosen, taking on the nickname of Mal'Damba, in honor of his hero. He had gotten very good at being a voodoo master and supreme at black magic, so much so that he could do it as simply as breathing.

After the years of self practice and the fact that he had beaten quite a bit of older, more experienced Huntsmen and Huntresses, he was finally allowed to attend Beacon Academy. Granted, Headmaster Ozpin thought that the abilities the young man possessed were extraordinary, and would love to be the one who trained a voodoo master. Though, Jaune and Apophis couldn't help but feel like the silver haired man was wanting him there for something else…

The one thing he, and his familiar, weren't used to was the transportation they had to use to get to Beacon Academy.

Bullheads.

Well, Jaune, being used to Bullheads, yet still not liking them, was okay with them. His snake, however, was freighted by flying. And, because of the familial bond, Jaune felt what his snake was feeling. At that moment in time, when they were halfway from Vale to Beacon Academy, Jaune felt fear and something he hadn't felt in years. Motion sickness.

He was so tempted to just smash one of his Gourds into the ground, just to make himself and his familiar feel better.

He sighed, running his hands down his snake's under belly in slow, soothing motions to calm the serpent down, thinking to himself that he should add some anti-sickness runes onto his outfit.


When Jaune, and the rest of the students, arrived at the docks that were on Beacon Cliffs, Jaune ran out. Not because of sickness, no. No, it was because his familiar had taken to snapping at him and trying to bite him after he tried to sooth it. He dropped it in a panic as people watched, some laughing. It proceeded to chase him all around the Bullhead.

It was quite the sight, see a young man run from a pissed off cobra.


Jaune had finally calmed down his familiar, promising double mice for a month in order to come out unscathed.

He sighed slightly, just in time to hear an explosion. He put his mask on and let his - slowly calming down - familiar slither up his leg, wrapping partly around his waist while the rest wrapped around his right arm before moving quickly to the cause of the explosion.

There he saw two female students, a young woman in red and black, who seemed no older than fifteen - though Jaune sensed there was something in her that was nearly as old as magic - and another young woman in white and blue, slightly older than the woman in red and black.

He faintly heard Red say she was sorry over and over, before calling White 'Princess' when she got irritated. He visibly saw White bristle in anger at that, and was about to say something, no doubt rude, when a girl in black came up to them.

Jaune could sense vaguely that Black was similar to the other two, more so with Red in some way, but with White in the way they were the same age. He heard Black explain that White was in fact an Heiress, to the Schnee Dust Company. The now named Weiss seemed happy at the girl who recognized her, before scowling at Black when she insulted her family company in one breath.

Red said something about making it up to Weiss as she stormed away, before turning to Black, to thank her, only to see her walking away with a sway in her hips. Jaune didn't stare, she wasn't his type. Red, however, did. She then fell to the ground, mumbling dejectedly about 'Welcome to Beacon'

Jaune decided to go over and help… forgetting he had his intimidating mask on.


Ruby Rose was having a pretty good day… until her sister abandoned her on the Cliffs, she fell on some crabby girl's luggage, said crabby girl nagged her, she sneezed and exploded, and a black themed beauty came to her rescue. From there, it got slightly better, before it got worse. She hated to see Black leave, but loved to see her go. White left in anger. Then she fell onto her knees, then back, muttering to herself "Welcome to Beacon"

Then, after her eyes closed to block out the harsh sunlight, she furrowed her brow when a shadow was cast over her. Opening her eyes, she yelps when she sees the broad, wooden mask that is similar to a serpent.

She goes to scramble away from the frightening masked man, who raised his greyed hands, in a term of surrender. Quickly, the man pulled his mask off, showing a young man, who's face was darkened to a grey as well from his once, slightly tannish skin.

His long, mid-back length blond hair tumbled down from where it was held in his mask, the ponytail it was in keeping it in place. It was long and sorta messy, but added to his slightly rugged look. He had some blond stubble going for him, covering his chin, cheeks, upper lip and a bit of his neck. All in all, he looked wild, feral in a way, with the slightly dirty skin, long, tangled hair in a ponytail, and stubble.

He smiled at her, a lopsided grin and spoke in his slow raspy tone. "Sorry deeply, young lass. It was never my intention to… terrify you"

"O-Oh! It's fine! Your mask is just a bit… creepy" he nodded in understanding before he smiled and offered his hand to her. She took it with a smile and let him help her up. She then snorted and covered her mouth when she recognized the clothing.

"Aren't you the one who was being chased by a snake?"


After a while, they finally made it to the auditorium, of which a tall blonde young woman called over to Ruby, and Jaune could see that they were together, most likely siblings. He smiled as he looked around, absentmindedly petting the hood of the cobra wrapped around his wrist.

'This is going to be an interesting year'