A/N: I have added an OC team and I might be changing the rating to M in the next few chapters so that I can get away with more. If this concerns you, feel free to let me know.

Team RWBY's dorm,

12 hours later,

Weiss

Yesterdays "hike" did its work to Weiss's legs. Although she had the training and motivation to continue moving, that did nothing when the slightest movement caused her muscles to immediately cramp to a point where the only solution was taking the pain and waiting for it to wear out. She had spent the last hour lying in bed, staring at the bunk above her. She could hear the sound of Ruby's music as she studied for the day, apparently unaffected by yesterdays death march. She could feel her legs bouncing against the bed, her never ending fountain of energy failing to die now. Across from them, Blake and Yang sat motionless as rocks as they too experienced the side effects. Classes were up in just over an hour and only one of the four of them had the mobility to live.

"Ruby" her sister moaned from across the room "how is it that you can go on a "walk" as Ozpin likes to call it, and you can still come back here and kick your legs against your bed? You scare me some times kiddo." She groaned, her body in the similar ball formation as the other two members of the team, the sole position where their legs wouldn't cramp to the point where their legs threatened to snap apart.

"If you think that yesterdays was bad, we're hiking up a mountain next week, and that's three times as long on the way up" she waited several seconds, before continuing "and three times as long on the way back down." She added, her voice still content as could be, though she could no longer hear her music.

"You've got to be kidding me. Where's the information that says that?" A moment of silence occurred before a small pamphlet flew through the air, ending somewhere on Yang's side of the bed. "Oh, you're really not kidding me. We are actually climbing a mountain."

"Sometimes, I like to think that Ozpin wants us to die, and us living is just an added benefit. It makes me understand this school ten times better." Blake groaned, the pain affecting her normally confident voice. "Take yesterdays hike for example. Doesn't that just make it much more believable?"

"Come on you guys, yesterdays walk could have been much worse. There could've been a landslide, a death stalker, a nevermore…" she listed, only adding to her teammate's grief.

"We get it Ruby. But there's no need for you to be so upbeat and happy while we moan away for hours here." Weiss added bitterly, yesterday's moment of kindness clearly not stopping her cold sides unrelentless assault on her happy partners never ending fountain of enjoyment.

"I get it Weiss. But there is no reason for you to be so down and gloomy while I sit up here enjoying myself" her partner mocked, and judging by the chuckles that were put up around the room, doing a good job at it. Weiss even cracked a smile at it. "Anyways, are you guys ready to go to class in an hour? I want to go have a shower, but I'm afraid if I do, you guys will get mad and I don't like it when you get mad and…"

"Just go Ruby." They groaned in unison, prompting her small leap to the ground. She disappeared into the washroom, only leaving once the tired and sore Yang managed to brave through the pain long enough to go and moan in the bathtub.

An hour and a LOT of coaxing later, Ruby had somehow managed to get her team to get up and leave their room and go to class. The first class of the two that they had to attend was Grimm studies, but it held a different purpose today. Instead of them getting up and training their self defence skills, everyone merely sat at their desks, save the few who either missed yesterday or whose minds failed to comprehend that they were in pain and dire need of rest. Lunch passed by, and RWBY and JNPR amassed at the lunch tables, their pain almost universal.

"I really don't know why I came to this school sometimes. I could be at home, being a farmer, or a plumber, or something other than a student. At least they don't spend an entire day legging it through the woods while carrying a pail of water with them" Jaune groaned, his face implanted on the table.

"It was not an easy task yesterday. But we have completed it, and that is all that really matters." Pyrrha announced, trying to make the best of a bad situation. She immediately ceased once she was handed the pamphlet that bore the information of the hike up the mountain, her face joining Jaune's on the table.

"So I guess the unanimous vote is that that was the worse thing they could've given us on our second day of school. Other than Ruby, of course. For some reason, she's completely unaffected by the plague that we've amassed and still bears the same happiness as a four year old getting a puppy for their birthday." Blake announced, her face joining the other two members of JNPR on the table, which with the combination of exhaustion and pain, felt rather relaxing.

"Come on guys, it couldn't be that bad. At least you all still have legs right now right?" She asked proudly, unaffected by the pain that crippled her friends.

The sole reply she got was a small snore from Yang down the table before she realized all seven others were out like lights. She merely glanced around to make sure no one saw her and snuck off away from the table, leaving everyone else unconscious on the lunch table.

Battle techniques and strategies was strangely quiet today, with only six of the normal twenty four students present for the day. Their teacher, Professor Chalva seemed unimpressed, but unsurprised for the attendance. He decided that giving them three hours of extra training on their own time would easily make up for the work they missed in class today.

"Good day, students. And welcome to battle techniques and strategies. As I am aware, this is your second class after returning back to school, and only one-quarter of you even bothered to attend. I am impressed with all of you, having managed to endure the hike yesterday and still managed to arrive to class today. So, as a reward for your attendance, there will be no homework for you tonight. However, relay to all of your team members and others who missed this class that they are to see me tomorrow before class starts, or they will double the amount of practice time that they must perform for EACH one who misses the class. Now, onto the lesson."

The lesson consisted of the basic first day class routines. Who they were, where they came from, the weapon they wielded, etc… The class was over shortly after it began, Chalva refusing to teach one quarter of a class, simply telling them to stay out of trouble until class was over. Ruby returned to the lunch room to see that all seven of them remained out, still sleeping happily on the table. Weiss and Ren were the only two who slept with dignity, the rest sleeping in strange forms, drooling, or in the case of Pyrrha, draping themselves over their partner. After tapping them all on the shoulder to see if they'd awake and yielding no results, she left the group to their rest, the sun still hovering overhead.

Beacon courtyard,

Ruby

Not wanting to return to her dorm, all of her teammates still sleeping on a table in the cafeteria and a beautiful sky free of all overcast, Ruby headed to the one place where she felt like she could go. The fountains worked perfectly, small streams of water flowing in perfect unison. The grass was a deep shade of green, unaffected by the other season's relentless bombardments of hail, rain and snow. There were a lot of other students in the courtyard of ranging purposes. Some were there to study, others to spend time with significant others, some just walking aimlessly, free to their thoughts without fear of interruption. Across the courtyard, two teams seemed to be engaged in an argument, which based on their body language, wasn't going to cool off. She got into earshot range and walked around, listening in on their conversation. Two men, both of around six feet in height were arguing, their voices flaring with anger. One had a hair full of red hair; the other had a small patch of black hair covering his skull.

"We've already gone over this a dozen times; you should know what I want by now Helion" the red haired one threatened, clearly on the offensive "you're going to stay away from the rest of my team, or I'm going to rip that smile off your face and feed it to the hounds."

"Seems like you think that you're really tough huh? Trying to stand up for your teammate" he mocked as he pointed to a small, blue haired human standing behind the red haired leader "but if you ask her, she'll tell you she enjoyed it just as much as I did, didn't you sunshine?" He bellowed, his self confidence threatened floated around him, his invincible mindset evident. "So how about you keep your head out of it Mark, before you 'accidently' go missing" he emphasized with air quotes.

"You think you're that tough that you can take advantage of someone and get away with it. How about you show me how tough of a guy you really are huh?" He threatened, his fists clenching.

"Oh Mark, you really didn't learn the last time did you? That one week in the medical ward wasn't enough for you huh?" He announced as he turned his head. "And who's this little beauty that we have here huh? Are you enjoying the scene?" He questioned as he looked Ruby in the eyes, noticing the company. In the heat of the moment, Ruby had forgotten to look away.

"Who… me?" She questioned, trying to act naïve. "No, I'm just passing by" she played off innocently, but out of all her traits, lying was by far at number one.

"How about I show you what happens when you get involved with team HEAT huh? We don't take easily to eavesdroppers, which means we don't take easily to you. But there's an upside to this. The doctors here are pretty nice people" he threatened as he trampled his way over to her, and she could feel her heart sinking into her leg.

"Just run kid! He's not kidding!" Mark screamed, before being silenced by a fist to the gut. Helion laughed as he withdrew his fist from the smaller man's gut. Continuing his march towards the eavesdropper. The rest of Mark's team grouped around him, shooting looks that could kill towards Helion, but not taking any action.

"We'll continue this in a minute Mark. But first, let's get this little scoundrel out of here shall we?" His figure approached, the size difference being at least a foot between them. "So, little girl, do you have a name?" He asked with fake kindness, which only scared her even more. Her body froze up despite ever nerve telling her to run.

"No… No I don't. Not for someone like you." She defended, the words scaring even herself. She couldn't fight him. Not when he was that much taller, stronger, and more built than she was by at least threefold.

"Oh, you have a lip. That'll make knocking out your teeth even more exciting. Speaking of, aren't you a little young to be at Beacon? I mean, you're tiny. Are you one of those stowaways?"

Yang, where are you? I could really use your help right now

She merely responded with silence as he approached, closing the last ten foot gap with four paces. The sudden burst of speed startled her, but her animalistic instincts were strong. She dodged out of the way, avoiding his massive hit that would've knocked her well across the courtyard.

"Oh, you're fast. It's a shame that I'm going to take no pleasure in this. You just got in the way." He charged with his words, trying to blunt force the small girl into submission. He connected with something, but when he realized what he had hit, his face was already connected to the dirt, lying on a pile of rose petals. He quickly stood up, wiping the blood from his lip. The agile student stood behind him, her face showing only content.

"Oh you're going to pay for that. Help me out you fools!" He screamed at his team, who kicked into action from the scream of their leader.

"Hey Helion, you know who that is right?" Mark coughed from the ground, having gotten enough air back in his lungs to manage a small sentence.

"Someone who is going to be in the hospital tomorrow morning. Now shut up Mark, before your squad is the next ones to join her." He threatened, anger filling his voice.

All the students in the courtyard were now looking at the fight going on, all of them keeping their distance. They knew what happened when you got in the way of Helion. He was a senseless brute, but his tactics were effective and most of his opponents woke up in a hospital bed with no memory of yesterday.

The whole squad now charged at her, her fight instincts primed and ready. Crescent rose still holstered behind her back. She'd beat them without her weapon. They all charged side by side, throwing intelligence to the wind. She merely had to leap into the air to avoid all of them before dropping quietly to the ground.

"You guys can leave before you get embarrassed by a girl. Wouldn't that just hurt Helion?" Mark taunted, clearly not fearing the man anymore.

Helion drew his weapon, a large battle axe that doubled as a shotgun. The two sides of the battle axe folded and inwards, providing the grip and the handle doubled as the barrel, provided a brutal punch for anyone who was dumb enough to get in the way.

"Alright Mark, that's enough of you. You're really just pissing me off at this point." His shotgun reared into his shoulder, the bullets released into flight. They were suddenly suspended in the air as though time had frozen. He looked around to see a woman with red hair, her arm outstretched, a black shade surrounding it. The shells fell to the ground, clunking as they did so. He fired a round off at her, but her shield rose to block them, harmlessly ricocheting off.

"Who are you? This isn't your fight!" He wailed, the girl held her ground, unaffected.

"If you're concerned about me, you clearly haven't realized your priorities yet." She returned, holding her ground, shield raised.

"Get her boys. I'll deal with the girl."

The trio charged at Pyrrha, who backed away towards the doors to Beacon. Feeling as though they had scared her off, they charged, fists clenched. They were immediately met with company from the doors. Six more students exited the doors in a group, sprinting at the sound of gunshots. Realizing the danger, they rushed to their allies side before the would be attackers stopped their charge, revealing their leader and Ruby behind them. Weiss didn't even need a signal before a glyph appeared beneath Yang's feet, throwing her into the air. Another one appeared behind her in flight, and she was launched towards her sister's attacker, ember celica already locked around her fists. She collided with the man with the force of a truck, her fist connecting right into his ribs. She rolled upon contact to the ground, watching as Helion's body slid across the ground, flipping to a stop. His squad members had already abandoned the scene, leaving their unconscious leader alone on the ground.

"Are you alright Ruby? Did he hurt you?" Her sister questioned, her defensive side showing. "What did you do?"

"She stood up for us, stood up for her actually" Mark pointed to the blue haired girl from earlier as he rose to his feet. "Your sister is really something else. It takes guts and a pint of stupidity to stand up to Helion, and your sister did it instantly. She did us a favour we will not forget today. You should be proud."

"I should be proud huh? She could've been killed defending her! I don't even know who she is!" She flared, still defensive of her sister.

"It's ok Yang. I'm ok. I'm sorry, it's just that they needed help, and no one else was going to help and she was in danger and…" She stammered in her usual Ruby way of trying to get an entire mind worth of ideas out in an instant.

"It's not that that I'm mad about sis, it's that they just sat there and did nothing while you fought their battle. What do you guys have to say about that?"

"We were only going to get in her way. We just stayed out of it." The small blue haired human whispered, clearly ashamed. "Also, Mark was winded, and we are nothing without him."

"So you just sat back and watched? What would you have done if she'd been killed? What do you guys have to say to that, huh?" She flared again, still frustrated. A hand was placed against her shoulder, and she cooled down slightly. "You guys are lucky my sister is better than all of you, or you'd be in a far worse situation right now. Let's go Blake. I don't want to talk to them anymore." She dismissed as she turned and walked away, leaving her sister behind. She was safe now, but she'd have to give her a talk about not charging into fights that weren't her own.

"Oh, pardon my manners Ruby Rose, I believe that we haven't formally introduced ourselves yet." He began as Weiss approached, walking to Ruby's side. JNPR had Helion down on the ground and restrained, waiting for the professors to arrive. "As you are already aware, my name is Mark, and I am the leader of this squad." He motioned to a black haired man beside him. "This is Adrian" he motioned with a quick wave of his hand. "To the left of him is Selanian, the girl that you defended just now." She gave a quick wave and a small smile before returning to her shy stance. "She's far more talkative once you learn to know her. And the last member of our team is Kaitlyn." She gave a quick nod of her head, to which Ruby responded with a smile. "The four of us are team MASK, a third year team here at Beacon."

"It's nice to meet all of you. I'm Ruby Rose, and the girl to my left is Weiss Schnee." She proposed happily, catching Mark's attention.

"Mrs. Schnee, it's an honour to meet you. I've only heard positive things about you. I'm gracious to be in your presence."

"Thank you Mark" Weiss responded flattered, her stomach tingling. "Now Ruby, we must get back to our dorms in case someone wants to find us, as well as check over you to make sure that you're indeed alright."

"Hopefully I'll see more of you Mrs. Schnee. I'd like to learn more about the heiress to the Schnee dust company." He added, clearly trying to fluster her.

And it was working.

A/N: Yeah, I know I just did that. And I'm sorry to anyone that angers. And as a warning, it's only going to get worse before it gets better. White rose WILL happen, eventually, just not rushing it. I have a plot in my head, and it is going to happen. Just be patient. It'll bring the feels when it does happen, I guarantee you. Also, this should be the last day of non stop uploading. I might change it to a two or three day gap between chapters. If you want me to post more often, feel free to leave reviews. Getting reviews is honestly the best feeling as a writer.

Anyways, have a great morning, day, evening, night and take it easy.