Chapter 4

Tore sat to the side of the airship as Yang tackled Ruby into a bear hug and started to go about being excited that their little sister was joining them in going to beacon, To be honest he was more or less ignoring what they were saying and more looking around and seeing who exactly was in the bullhead with them.

''Hey Tore ain't you excited that Rubes is going to be here with us'' yang gushed as she wrapped one arm around her little sister and held her close. Looking over at them he smiled at the two of them, honestly at first he was not sure about the two of them, but the constant ways of grabbing his attention when they were younger only made him grow to love them like the little sister that they were on paper.

''Of course I am Yang but just remember, Ruby here will know all of two people here so do go off and disappear right away'' he said to her with a slight bit of heat in his voice, Ruby was someone who had a small circle of friends and he knew that Yang wanted her to be more social, but right now they needed to stick together as they knew very little about the layout of beacon.

It was at this point that Ruby who had her head down in embarrassment from what Yang was saying suddenly said gross and pointed out the puke that had landed on on her boot. Tore couldn't help but laugh as Ynag tried shaking her foot to get it off the boot while ruby moved away from her.

As they landed tore got up from where he was sitting and grabbed the black case that was at his feet, unlike Yang or Ruby he needed it to carry the certain materials needed for his weapon around.

Walking out of the airship he saw a flash of red hair of to the side and saw that Pyrrha Nikos was here, strange he had expected her to attend somewhere closer to home. He was also able to see that there was a rather eye catching girl in a white dress with her hair parted off to the side, if he didn't know any better eh would think that she was a Schnee but again would they not attend somewhere closer to home?.

Shaking his head he caught up to Yang and Ruby, who was currently on a tangent about weapons and how they were a part of them. ''Ruby calm down you know Ynag is only teasing'' he said as he jumped back slightly when his foot was almost skewered the tip of Crescent Rose. Looking slightly sheepish ruby folded her weapon back into its more compact form and quickly set it on the small of her back.

''Ruby why don't you try and make a few friends?'' Yang suggested while Tore was distracted by his scroll.

''But… why would I need friends when I have best two older siblings?'' she asked while cocking her head to the side and looking at her elder sister.

''Yea that's the thing… My friends are here and I gotta catch up buh bye'' Yang stated right before she was surrounded by a large group of people and was whisked off towards somewhere else on campus.

Tore's attention was drew back when he heard Ruby shouting out about something, looking up he saw that Yang was nowhere in sight and sighed loudly. ''God damn it yang'' he said under his breath as he turned to see ruby falling over a case and sending what seemed to be vials of dust flying.

He blanched slightly at that as he knew that dust even when processed correctly could be set off rather easily if jostled around too much. Right as he was about to say something the girl who he thought might be a Schnee came over and started to get angry over the fact that Ruby had caused her cases to go flying.

Seeing that the girl, who he was certain was indeed a Schnee was starting to rant slightly he stepped in front of her right as she was about to shake one of said vials that had seemingly gotten it's cap unscrewed somehow.

''Wow now, we would not want an accident with an improperly secured cap now would we Miss'' he said in a slightly urgent tone to draw attention to the vial of dust.

The Schnee girl looked at the vial and her eyes went wide, Here she was about to rant to another person about the dangers of Dust mishandling when she herself was doing it. Composing herself she straightened her back and looked at the rather tall purple haired boy in front of her.

''Yes that is correct, and Miss, sorry about going off on you, I was worried about the possible damage that could have been caused by the Dust reacting to something. Oh I have not introduced myself, Weiss Schnee Pleasure to meet you'' she said with a slight curtsy as she looked at the two of gaze though was drawn to the black case that the boy carried, it looked similar to her own case's if not bigger, it would seem that Dust played some part in his way of fighting.

Ruby looked surprised at the way Weiss seemed to realise her wrong and then apologise to her. ''Um well it was sorta my fault as well so sorry again'' she said sort of confused by what was going on. ''Im Ruby by the way Ruby Rose'' she said with a soft smile on her face that only made her seem more innocent the longer that it stayed on her face.

Tore himself was pleasantly surprised by the apparent maturity that Weiss showed when apologising to them, maybe it was due to her mother actually divorcing her husband a few years ago, maybe she just matured a bit faster than others. ''Thank you for the apology Miss Schnee, it is also a pleasure to meet you, my name is Tore Drekal Branwen older brother to this little reaperette here '' He said as he nodded slightly at her showing that he was thankful for what she had done.

It was at this point that a black Haired young woman walked over to them and offered a vial of dust to Weiss, ''This rolled over near me, thought you may want it'' she said as Weiss took the vial from her.

Said black haired girl's eyebrows shot up and her amber eyes glanced over in Tore direction. Tore just looked at her out of the corner of his eye, ''Yes?'' he asked her confused about why she seemed to be staring at him.

''Nothing, just thought I noticed something'' She said before walking oftwards the main building of beacon. As she walked away he could hear her muttering under her breath about sea salt and it coming from somewhere.

''Anyway Weiss, why exactly are you here attending beacon instead of the school at Atlas?'' Tore asked her as he noticed the blonde who had puked helping ruby to her feet and then putting the fallen Dust cases carefully back onto the cart that Ruby had fallen over.

Weiss was shocked that someone had outright asked her about why she was here, most tended to be on edge and try to say things that did not seem offensive to her when they talked. ''Oh Well I wanted to attend the best of the best when it came to Huntsmen academies, but might I ask, you and Ruby look nothing alike but you said you are her brother I take it you are adopted?'' she asked being just as blunt as he was being with her.

Tore didn't take offense at that though he just nodded, ''Yep, im the oldest child of three, even if I am the only adopted one'' he said simply as he saw that Ruby had apparently started to walk off somewhere else with the blonde boy. He smiled at that as it was looking like she was finally starting to come out of her shell so to speak and make some more friends.

Weiss meanwhile was feeling rather refreshed about how Tore was treating her, he was not being overly polite but he showing manners when talking to her such as meeting her eyes when speaking to her. This was compared to most boys who tended to let their eyes wander.

''I see, well it seems you belong to a rather large family, but should we not head to the auditorium?'' She then asked as she saw a few staff members of beacon start to take away her cart, personally she could understand why they did that. It was safer to keep the dust away from all the over excitable people that were around the arrival area right now.

Nodding Tore motioned for her to walk beside him as he started to walk towards the auditorium.

They made their way into the large open space as more people congregated there. He was able to pick his two sisters out of the crowd rather easily and led Weiss over to them. As he walked over he noticed that Yang was able to see them and had a smirk on her face.

''Hey there bro I see you have someone with you, didn't you tell mom and dad about your girlfriend?'' she teased him in a light hearted tone of voice. But weiss seemed to splutter at the very idea of being with Tore.

''How dare you. Don't you dare insinuate that I am willing to court someone who I have barely known for half an hour'' She said with indignation, it's not that she was too put off by Tore but more the fact that she knew very little about him besides the fact that he was an orphan and that he may use Dust to fight.

''Wow calm down there Snow queen, was only pulling your leg'' Yang said as she was startled that Weiss seemed to explode over the fact she was teasing her brother. Said brother was shooting her a look that was saying, 'You got into this mess, you get out of it'.

''A joke? You were implying that I sleep around as a joke?'' weiss questioned in a rather cold tone of voice as she cared highly for her family name and doing something such as sleeping around would sully said name.

''Tore it was very nice to meet both you and your sister Ruby but your other sister has rubbed me the wrong way, I hope that does not strain and future relationship that we may have'' Weiss said as she slowly turned to make her way somewhere else that she could calm down at.

''Oh you hear that bro, you think she has the hots for you?'' Yang continued to tease not wanting to give up the chance to do so. ''You are not helping Yang, just leave it will you'' he said as he rubbed his eyes slightly as Weiss walked away from the three of them.

He was about to say something else when Ozpin walked on stage. Slowly he came to the forefront which brought attention to hima s the chattering of teenagers quieted down.

''I'll...keep this brief. You have traveled here today 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.'' he said rather bluntly before stepping away and allowing Goodwitch to direct them towards where they would be staying for the night.

Yang looked over at her brother, who was still slightly mad at her. ''Well he was blunt'' she said before putting her hands behind her head and starting to walk off towards where they would be serving food.

As she did this the black haired girl from before stood watching Tore, there was something about him that didn't add up to her. He gave of the scent of sea salt and other nice things that one would think of when at say the beach. Making a note to have a look into him she started to follow the stream of possible students towards the dining hall.

A/N, another chapter for all those who may enjoy this,and too you who do thank you for taking the time to read this fanfic of mine. As you may have noticed there is some differences between Canon and here, such as Weiss being more mature, like I have said this is an AU so expect some minor and some major changes in places. And no I will not go word for word from the show itself. I may use some quote's from it but at other's times it may be different. Anyway if you feel like leaving a review that would be helpful as it may allow me to address some concerns about characters/plot points that you may feel need more explaining or don't work and the like.