Ruby could hardly wait for the stupid trial to be over. She had gotten to the stupid site with all of the pieces without seeing a single person, although she didn't suspect it would take long. She had wanted to demonstrate a little bit of her abilities, so... the forest had suffered a little bit. Both in tree population, and Grimm population.

She was proven correct when a girl was launched nearly directly into her. Closer inspection showed that the girl was indeed Pyrrha Nikos, one of the girls she had been talking with the day before. The instant their eyes made contact, something... changed. "Are we partners now?" Ruby asked, very blunt indeed. Pyrrha nodded, slowly regaining her bearings.

"Yeah... although if you could help me up, that would be appreciated. Blondie and whitey decided to have some fun with a scorpion." The redhead explained, as if the sentence automatically would make sense to any rational mind.

"Blondie... and whitey...? Scorpion? Do you mean Yang and Weiss?" Ruby asked the girl she helped up, now her partner. The other girl shook her head.

"The second one sounds right... but not the first... Josh, or something?" Pyrrha shrugged. She was usually good at remembering names, but the boy had been so incompetent she had labelled him as a failed exam immediately. Ruby's face soured.

"Jaune...?" Pyrrha nodded in confirmation. "Oh no... I feel sorry for that poor scorpion... Actually, how did a scorpion launch you from... wherever you were to here?" Ruby felt like that was a question necessary to be answered.

"Oh, the mountain range to the east, and don't worry, it was just an Elder Death Stalker." She mentioned off-handedly, making Ruby tilt her head in confusion.

"Just... an... Elder... Death... Stalker...?" Pyrrha nodded again. "Well, they're probably dead. But, I know you're strong! Want to go kill it together?" Ruby beamed.

"There's something wrong with you."

As they quickly made their way through the forest in the direction from which Pyrrha came, Pyrrha realized that Ruby was exceptionally strong in terms of both physical strength and aura. She had fun twirling and tossing her scythe whilst jumping quickly from tree to tree. Thanks to her extensive study of metals due to her Semblance of Polarity, Pyrrha could hear that it was solid steel.

It was also clear that the smaller girl hadn't learned how to control her Semblance and aura very well yet, if the tightly packed energy around her was any indication. Pyrrha figured that if they survived the encounter ahead of them, it would be interesting to possibly work with her as a teammate in tournaments.

As they got to the site, Ruby was proven incorrect as Jaune was only unconscious, while Weiss was still fighting, albeit weakly. Pyrrha quickly stepped in, seeing the white-haired girl about to be caught off-guard by the stinger. Of course, none of the two new entrees to the fight had learned the art of subtlety, so the stinger was simply chopped off.

Ruby stayed back and readied a fire dust cartridge into her barrel. Taking a breath, she fired. Just like that, the Death Stalker was missing an eye, one of the only unprotected parts of its' body. Another click was the only indication of the other eye becoming its' twin. Of course, until the roaring started. The Elder Death Stalker, furious at losing its' sight, starting swinging wildly, hitting an unprepared Pyrrha.

"What the heck!" Pyrrha hissed as her boots dug into the ground, stopping her next to the hooded girl. "A little warning next time?" Ruby just shrugged apologetically.

"Can't believe I wasted penetrating bullets on this thing. Those eyes were so weak, a normal metal bullet would've done the trick." Pyrrha looked at her, confused.

"What do you mean? How do you know that?"

"I heard it. Didn't you?" A response was cut off by a claw swiping at the middle of them, courtesy of a Death Stalker attracted to sound. A flash of metal separated the claw from the arm as Ruby scowled. "Excuse me, we were having a conversation." Weiss, who was starting to recover, fainted at the sound of the young girl scolding the Grimm.

Pyrrha looked at the girl in barely-concealed concern. 'Is she actually... okay, though? Who in their right mind would talk to a Grimm that just tried to kill them?'

"Would you like the final honors, or shall I?" Brought Pyrrha out of her thoughts. Ruby, although known to her as Tori, had impaled the other claw of the Death Stalker with her scythe. Pyrrha stared at her for a second, before walking over and shoving Miló through the subdued Grimm's skull.

"You are crazy..." Pyrrha whispered to herself. "But I like it..."

"And I would like to introduce you to PRTN, team Pristine, headed by Pyrrha Nikos, followed by Lie Ren, Tori Gray, and Nora Valkyrie. These two pairs picked up the knight pieces!" Professor Ozpin announced to the gathered students and teachers. Ruby sighed in relief, thankful that she wasn't chosen as the leader of the team.

"And, of course, last but not least," he continued, "BWJY, team Bluejay, with Blake Belladonna, Weiss Schnee, Jaune Arc, and Yang Xiao-Long, who all picked up the Queen pieces. As a courtesy reminder, classes begin tomorrow, although I'm sure that none of you forgot." He chuckled at the red faces, and stepped off of the stage.

Five minutes past saw the newly formed Team Pristine looked at their new living space.

"It's so... small..." Pyrrha spoke dejectedly. Ruby searched her brain for an idea.

"Bunk beds! We can save space that way!"

"No, absolutely not! Such an idea would be-" She was interrupted by an energetic cheer from a new teammate.

"Bunk beds! Yes! Ren, come on come on come on come on come on come on-" The black-haired boy groaned, obviously used to these antics.

"Whatever. Fine." Ruby smiled triumphantly.

"There! 3 to 1, it's decided!" Pyrrha tilted her head rather cutely.

"And who made this a democracy?" She asked, not even caring anymore.

Ruby snorted. "The democracy did, of course." Pyrrha just shook her head, not even attempting to argue. "Watch this!" Ruby grinned, and then blurred out of existence. A few seconds later, she reappeared very out of breath. The room had changed in the few seconds, also. Instead of four separated beds, there were now two bunk beds, which, Pyrrha had to grudgingly admit, freed up a large amount of space.

The thick metal rods on top of the four windows now supported upper beds, appearing to have been driven multiple inches into the bedposts above and below it with pure force. Two of the four curtains now surrounded the bottom beds, one on each, granting the owner a bit of privacy, while the other two curtains had been spread lengthwise between the two upper beds, connecting them, and forming a sort of "H" shape.

Pyrrha once again had to admit that the design was very nice, although it lacked two vital features, which Ren helpfully pointed out. "Well... how do we know whose bed is whose? And how will the people on top get to their bunks? Actually, for that matter, how did you do that?" Ruby and Nora responded by jumping up to the top bunks, claiming them for their own, although Ruby's jump was a little short, and she had to pull herself up the rest of the way.

"That answers a bit of your questions, I'd say. You two can fight over the remaining tw-" Pyrrha immediately made her way over to the bed that wasn't under Ruby. "Alrighty then, looks like that answers that. As for your last question... well," she winked conspiratorially. "that's a secret."

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Finished: 3:31 AM on 11/8/18.

Yes, I understand that this didn't have a lot of action, nor did it have the fight between Ruby and Pyrrha, and I changed literally everything around, and I made the teams something other than colors, and blah blah blah blah blah, I'm sorry, alright? I just wanted to get this chapter out, and it is very crucial to the development of the story! Ruby and Pyrrha's fight will be next chapter, I've decided to do it differently than last time, and hopefully more logically. Also, it should be more intriguing. As for the team shift, I felt that Ruby/Pyrrha might be a possible ship, so I've started it, I find the idea that Weiss is stuck with Jaune absolutely hilarious, and the fact that Ruby being around Yang too long and being a Faunus and all might be too many red flags for Yang, and that would ruin the whole plot. And, also, SCREW THE COLORS. That is all. Hope you enjoyed the chapter, and see you next time.

-PJO Fan Power