Hi. Been a little while, hasn't it? Sorry about that, school is kicking my arse with homework. I will be honest though, I finished writing this about a week before I actually uploaded it because I wanted one of my friends to proofread it. This may or may not happen again with future chapters, as my hopes are for him to proofread each of my chapters before I upload them.

Next chapter will conclude volume 1 of canon RWBY. Also, if an event isn't majorly changed from canon, I will probably only mention it.

"Normal speech."

'Thoughts of person being followed.'

'Thoughts that the person being followed hears, but aren't theirs.'

Asteritch

Team MGTA approached their dorm room, still excited from becoming a team. They entered their room and looked around, it had four beds evenly spaced against the back wall, a window in between each bed, a desk and dresser opposite each bed, and a door leading to a bathroom to the left. "So, what's the first order of business?" Malachite asked as he looked over to Asteritch.

Teola chose that moment to dash out of the group and jump onto the bed closest to the bathroom facefirst. "This one is mine." She mumbled loudly into her pillow. "That one's Argent's." She said as she pointed to the bed next to her.

Argent slowly shook his head as he facepalmed. He looked up to the rest of his team. "Let's unpack."

Asteritch shrugged. "Can't argue with that." He looked over the remaining beds. "I'll have the one on the edge."

That Evening

"That took a lot of time, like really, why did unpacking take six hours?" Asteritch asked to no one in particular. After a few moments of silence, he decided to try something. "How about we do some team bonding?"

This was met with silence. "I'm changing into pajamas." Malachite said as he grabbed his pajamas. "...I wouldn't be against it afterwards though." He walked into the bathroom and locked the door behind him.

Asteritch looked to the room's other two occupants. "So, what do you want to talk about?" They shrugged, and silence ensued. "You're a faunus, right Teola?"

Both Teola and Argent stiffened. "Yes, a snake faunus, why?" Teola asked.

Asteritch shrugged. "I've just haven't known a faunus in a long time, so to me, knowing one is still a bit of a novelty." Asteritch gave a little chuckle. "Heck, if one came to where I grew up before being adopted, they probably would have worshipped them as an elf or a fairy. It was a pretty backwards place compared to here, but it was comfortable."

Teola tilted her head. "Adopted? Does that mean that you're-"

"An orphan?" Asteritch finished. "Yes, though when I was adopted I couldn't remember any of my past, so I got over the entire being adopted part really quick."

Teola looked down for a moment, then back up at Asteritch. "Do you remember anything now from before you were adopted?"

Asteritch shrugged. "I slowly regained my memories, though I can safely say that I don't miss it. Do you remember anything from before you were adopted?"

Teola looked shocked for a moment. "Wha? How did you…?" She then looked down with a look of realization. "I guess I did mention that." She looked back at Asteritch. "No, I don't remember much, just that I had a big sister who took care of me and taught me how to fight."

Malachite exited the bathroom in a pair of dark green sleep pants and a blood red t-shirt. He had his clothes, including his hat and mask, piled up in his arms. Because his hat and mask were off, Asteritch could see his bone white hair that reached the bottom of his ears. "Who's next?"

Teola jumped up. "Me!" She yelled as she darted over to her dresser, grabbed her pajamas, and dashed over to the bathroom before anyone could say anything.

Asteritch looked over to Malachite. "So… where you from?"

"Mistral." Malachite answered simply.

Asteritch tilted his head. "So why are you here and not at Haven then?"

"I moved here a few years ago." Malachite answered as he faced Asteritch.

"Ok, why did you move?" Asteritch asked.

Malachite paused for a moment. "...Let's just say it was a bad break-up and leave it at that."

"Ok." Asteritch replied. "Then… what are your weapons?"

Malachite walked over to his dresser and opened the top drawer. He then picked up a small white switchblade and a comically large syringe that was full of red dust and had brass bands on the ends of the container. "The switchblade is Kokkaku, the syringe looking thing is a flamethrower and is called Ketsueki."

The bathroom door was then slammed open as Teola burst through it. She was wearing a pink sleeveless shirt and teal shorts. Asteritch looked over to Argent, who simply indicated to the bathroom door with an open hand. Asteritch rolled his eyes as he grabbed his pajamas and walked into the bathroom. As he was changing, he could hear them talking outside, though it was mostly Teola's energetic voice.

He finished changing and opened the door of the bathroom in his pajamas, which consisted of a purple t-shirt, purple leggings, and his gloves. Everyone looked at him as he stepped out of the bathroom. "Done." He looked over to Argent. "Your turn." In response, Argent walked over to his dresser, grabbed another tank top, and changed into it right there. "Ok, nevermind." He saw Malachite chuckling to himself. "What's so funny?"

Malachite looked up to Asteritch. "I'm just going to take a wild guess and say that your favorite color is purple." Asteritch looked his purple pajamas over.

"Nah, my favorite color is orange." Asteritch replied with a small dose of sarcasm.

"Your purple eyes, clothes, and dark purple hair would care to disagree." Malachite retorted. "Seriously though, is your hair dyed?"

Asteritch shrugged. "Yah, and?"

Malachite rolled his eyes. "Let's get some sleep. Goodnight everybody."

"Goodnight." Everyone else chorused as they moved to their respective beds.

Asteritch eventually fell asleep and fell into a dreamless slumber.

When Asteritch woke up, he noticed a few things were different. The first thing was that he wasn't in his bed, or any bed for that matter. The second was that he was being held upside down by his ankle. "Why am I upside down?" He calmly asked whoever was listening.

Malachite suddenly came into focus in Asteritch's vision, albeit upside-down. "You're finally awake! We've been trying to wake you up for the past half hour."

"Can I be put down please?" Asteritch asked. His request was fulfilled when the force at his ankle disappeared, sending him crashing into the floor.

"We tried everything to wake you up, even tried tickling your nose with a feather, and got no reaction." Malachite explained. "Argent then picked you up by the ankle and you woke up."

Asteritch had something else on his mind though. "What time is it?"

"8:45." He heard Argent grumble. Asteritch looked to the man as he stood up and saw Argent in a uniform that seemed almost too small and still had his bandana on.

"Well shit, you guys get on to class while I get dressed and catch up, ok?" Asteritch said as he scrambled over to his dresser.

"Ok." The rest of his team chorused as they left. Asteritch quickly got dressed into his uniform while keeping his gloves on as well and bolted into the corridor. He checked his scroll and saw that he had five minutes to class and sprinted down the hallway. As he reached the t-junction at the end of the corridor, he turned to his right only to be knocked over from a force behind him.

"Ohmygoshimsosorry!" He heard Ruby quickly say from above him as he was falling. He managed to turn the fall into a roll and continued running alongside team RWBY.

"Did you sleep in too?" Asteritch asked.

"Naw, we just got sidetracked decorating." He heard Yang reply.

"Is that supposed to sarcastic?" He asked as they turned another corner.

"No, we were actually decorating and lost track of time." He heard an unknown voice say.

"Are you Blake?" He asked as he turned his head back to see the owner of the voice.

"Yes." She replied. They ran for a few minutes in silence before getting to profess- I mean Doctor Oobleck's classroom as the bell rang.

"Good morning class! Please get into your seats so that we can begin today's class!" Dr. Oobleck quickly commanded his class as he jumped out of his chair and zipped to the front of the room. The new arrivals did as they were told, taking seats next to their team members.

"Good! Now today we're going to do some general world geography so that people know where we are talking about in future classes! Now, can anyone name the major countries and continents in the world?" Dr. Oobleck asked the class. Weiss immediately raised her hand. "Yes Miss Schnee?"

"Atlas, Vale, Mistral, Vacuo, Patch, and Menagerie sir." She promptly answered.

"Close Miss Schnee, but you forgot a continent." Dr. Oobleck pointed out.

That seemed to surprise Weiss. "But that's all of the inhabited continents and regions, sir."

"True, but there is a continent we haven't settled on yet, at least not successfully." Dr. Oobleck informed the class.

Asteritch realized what continent he was talking about and spoke up. "Are you talking about Metallos, Doctor Oobleck?"

Dr. Oobleck raised his eyebrows. "So you've heard of the metal continent then?"

Asteritch shrugged. "I read a lot."

"How much do you know about Metallos, Mr. Nikos?" Dr. Oobleck inquired.

Asteritch straightened up. "Well, the island is believed to be composed of mostly metal, most people who go there end up never returning or return crazy and claim to have been attacked by metal men, there is also reportedly record-low amounts of Grimm on the island."

Dr. Oobleck raised his eyebrows again. "Indeed, those are all claims made by survivors of Metallos, though apart from those claims we know nearly nothing of the island." He paused for the moment. "Now getting back on topic to the geography of the world…"

The rest of class passed without note, so did the next one, Professor Port's class. His lecture did leave a few asleep by the end of class. "I wasn't napping, I was resting my eyes." Malachite claimed.

"Oh sure, just like how you weren't flirting with Ruby during the initiation." Asteritch retorted as they walked to the cafeteria.

Malachite raised his hands defensively. "I've told you before, it was just a compliment!"

Asteritch rolled his eyes in response. As he did so, something knocked Teola down from her spot next to him. As he went down to catch her, he saw Cardin and his team run past and dart around a corner. "Arseholes." He heard Teola say under her breath as she used Asteritch to get back on her feet.

"What was that for?" Malachite seemingly asked the empty air. Argent simply cracked his knuckles in response.

"Maybe we can get payback later, perhaps in combat class." Asteritch suggested. Argent huffed as they entered the cafeteria. Team CRDL was already sitting down as team MGTA grabbed their food and grabbed some seats near teams RWBY and JNPR.

Pyrrha spotted them as they sat down and decided to add them to the conversation. "MGTA! How has your day been?"

"It was going well until CRDL decided to be arseholes and pushed Teola over. How has your day with your boyfriend been so far?" Asteritch replied.

Pyrrha slowly began to resemble a cherry. "He's not my boyfriend!"

Asteritch looked over to Jaune. "Sorry Jaune, I think you just got friend zoned."

Pyrrha stared incredulously at Asteritch. "That's not what I meant!"

Asteritch raised an eyebrow. "Oh, so are you considering him as a possible boyfriend then?"

Pyrrha looked about ready to rip her hair out. "What I'm trying to say is I've only known him for two whole days! I barely know anything about him!"

Weiss joined in. "I never thought I would see the day when the legendary Pyrrha Nikos would lose her cool, and yes, I did find out who you really are, though I'm not sure why you'd try to hide yourself."

"Well, unlike some, we would prefer to be treated like normal people, not celebrities." Asteritch answered. "Also, that was only to keep people off of us until we were in teams."

"While we're on the topic, why did you choose to claim the name Praecuos of all names?" Weiss asked.

Asteritch shrugged. "That was my last name before I was adopted into the Nikos household." He looked over to Pyrrha. "Have you cooled off yet?" She just glared at him.

"Who's that next to you?" Ruby suddenly asked.

Malachite gave a short wave. "I believe we've already met, I'm Malachite."

Ruby seemed to think about it for a moment before remembering. "Oh, you're the one who was flirting with me in initiation!"

Yang seemed to suddenly be interested in the conversation. "Flirted with you?"

Malachite stood up and started walking away. "That's it, I quit." Everyone watched him as he walked out of the dining hall.

"What's his problem?" Yang asked.

"Well, he claims that it was just a compliment, not a flirting attempt." Teola explained. "Asteritch has been teasing him about it."

Yang looked over to Asteritch. "Do you tease everyone?"

Asteritch chuckled. "Like you don't as an older sister."

"Touché." Yang replied as she returned to her meal.

The rest of lunch passed without incident. The next class they had was combat class with Professor Goodwitch. Most of the class was spent on review of arena rules, but there was some spare time at the end.

"Due to us finishing review early, we will have some volunteer duels with the rules that we just discussed." Professor Goodwitch announced. "Do we have any volunteers?"

Teola raised her hand. "Professor Goodwitch, I would like to duel Cardin of team CRDL."

Goodwitch nodded. "Very well, Cardin do you accept the duel?"

Cardin huffed. "Hell yeah, I'd be glad to show someone their place in the pecking order."

Goodwitch rolled her eyes. "Alright, both of you get your equipment." The two fighters got up from their seats and started towards the armoury, earning a few odd looks from team MGTA.

Asteritch nudged Argent. "Do you think she's going to win?"

Argent gave a short chuckle. "No…" There was a pause as Asteritch gave him a curious look. "... I know she will win."

After a few short minutes, Cardin returned in his armor with his mace being held eagerly in his hands. Teola shortly entered in the attire she was wearing at the initiation, a light blue dress and pink flats, with her swords on her back.

"Take your positions." Goodwitch ordered. They obliged, taking positions at opposite ends of the arena. "3...2...1...Begin!"

Cardin started towards Teola as she just casually stood there. This confused Cardin, but he still charged at her and raised his mace before he got to her. As he got into striking distance, he brought the mace down over his head, only for her to simply spin out of the way as he rebalanced himself. He swung the mace horizontally to where she had spun to, only for her to cartwheel around him and deflect his mace with her foot.

Cardin growled at his inability to hit her, and then proceeded to receive a foot to the side of his head. He swung his mace again, this time at the ground. It connected and proceeded to make a shockwave which launched Teola backwards. She gracefully backflipped through the air and landed on her feet. She tutted to herself and then proceeded to pull a roll of some sort of candy roll out out of her pocket and started unrolling it.

Cardin completely stopped moving and just stared at her. "Are you seriously going to eat candy during the middle of a fight?" Cardin shouted. Teola let out a loud affirmative noise as she continued unrolling the red belt of candy. "What even is it?"

Teola smiled. "It's a strawberry sour belt." Cardin huffed and started charging her again. Before he could even swing his mace at her, she had already vaulted over him by bouncing on his head. In a flash of red light, the unrolled candy seemingly grew and changed form until it was a candy red whip. She then lashed out with the whip and wrapped it around Cardin's neck, yanked him down, and kneed him in the back as the whip loosened.

Cardin rolled to the floor in pain, and landed on his stomach. He felt a pressure on his back, so he quickly rolled with his mace swinging, only for his strike to miss. His mace suddenly was stopped as the whip wrapped around the end and proceeded to be ripped out of his hands, the force of which rolled him over again.

Teola proceeded to straddle Cardin's back and wrap her whip around his neck and slowly choke him. "What was that you said about 'showing me my place in the pecking order', because it seems like I'm above you." She said into his ear.

"Match!" Goodwitch announced. Teola unwrapped her whip from Cardin's neck where it proceeded to turn back into the candy belt. "Cardin, next time try not to just run in head first." Goodwitch looked up to the rest of the class. "Alright, that's all the time we have for duels, so class is now dismissed."

Everyone returned to their teams and walked out of the classroom. "That was fun!" Teola said as her team left the room.

Asteritch looked over to her. "What was that candy-whip thingy?"

Teola giggled. "That's my semblance, I can turn any solid sugary item into a weapon. It's also an excuse to always have sugar on me."

Asteritch had a concerned look on his face. "Have you been eating anything sugary while I've known you?"

Teola shook her head. "Nope!"

Asteritch put his face into his hand. "Oh dear, I don't want to see what you're like with sugar if you're this hyper without it."

Teola skipped ahead. "Come on! I want to get to our dorm so I can relax!"

Asteritch gave a little shrug to himself. "I guess we really don't have another option." He and the rest of team MGTA picked up their pace to match Teola's all the way back to the dorm room.