A/N: I feel like all of my chapters are starting with something about what kind of Faunus Weiss is...So at the end of the chapter any of you who feel like knowing can read my answer there. Those who don't want to know for whatever reason can just skip it.
In other news, the leading pairings for Blake and Yang is no pairings, though that may only be because three people have voted so far.
Finally, A quick question for you guys. Do you want me to post regularly? Because I am just posting each chapter as I finish it. I don't have much wiggle room to give u guys something to tide you over in the event something comes up, but I always felt I should just post what I've got when I have it finished.
Chapter 4: The Lesser of Two Evils
"Now, I'm sure many of you have heard rumors about the assignment of teams. Well, allow us to put an end to your confusion. Each of you will be given teammates…Today." "Great...So Initiation is gonna be a team building exercise...Yippee…" Weiss was in a foul mood this morning. Not only did that Jaune character show up in the locker room, but that trash Cardin was waiting to hassle her the entire way up to Beacon Cliff.
"These teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon…" "You've got to be shitting me…There is no way in hell I'm gonna let myself team up with Jaune, or Cardin…Don't even get me started on that Nora girl." "…That being said, the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years."
"…" Time had stopped. At least, for Weiss it had. "…You mean to tell me, my partner through my most important trial of my life, will be determined by Chance?" Weiss was fuming on the inside, though that was overwritten by shock. Shock that she would need to, as Pyrrha Nikos had put it, let the chips fall where they may. "…You and your partner will protect this relic and your standing, and you will be graded accordingly. Any Questions? Good."
Weiss watched as the first students were launched sky high, "Alright, land safely, get partner, head north to some temple, find relic, and get out. Sounds easy enough." Before Jaune could voice whatever mundane question he had for the headmaster, Weiss was launched with a surprisingly strong shove from below, had she not been her usual rigid self, she just might have lost her footing.
Flying through the air, Weiss felt the cool wind brush across her face and through her hair. She wondered if this is what flying felt like, and then why Faunus hate being labeled animals when she wished she could be just that? No worries, no family name to uphold, no arrogant pricks to entertain. Being an animal sounds amazing compared to that of an heiress. Funny, She had her own wings, ones that could probably carry her away from all of the troubles of the world, yet she continues to hide them. Continues to clip them short.
After allowing herself the illusion of flight for those precious few seconds, Weiss concentrated on forming a glyph that would move with her, absorbing the majority of her fall before launching her farther forward. After four more of the same glyph, Weiss landed with all of her usual poise and grace.
Normally Weiss would be off immediately to complete her current objective, however, that being said, she had no idea where to go. The sound of a single riffle shot followed shortly by a thump and weak cry of thanks led Weiss to assume Pyrrha met up with boy wonder. That's one potential partner crossed off her list. As she was racking her brain over the other acceptable partners, Weiss heard what sounded like shotgun blasts before seeing a streak of yellow and brown dart north above the trees. "Thank god she's going to land far to the north. I can't even imagine what I would do if I was on the same team as that brute."
Before Weiss could resume her thoughts a dark shadow darted past and through the woods, not letting there be a chance to make eye contact. "heh, of course the Faunus wouldn't want to be paired with a Schnee." Weiss had given up on getting a decent partner and was about to head north when a rustling in the bushes behind her turned her gaze instinctively towards a pair of pleading grey orbs.
"No, no, absolutely not. I-I-I Can NOT, be partnered with her." Even Weiss' mind was stuttering. "Run, Walk away, LEAVE, and don't turn back…" Weiss began to make strides in an attempt to flee from the Silver eyed huntress to be, the same one that made Weiss' heart pound with lust and rage. A girl who is a hazard to the heiress' health both physically and emotionally. The girl who wanted, desperately, to make things up to Weiss, but could only trouble the princess more.
Weiss would have continued walking had the sounds of a student struggling with...something, not interrupted Weiss' escape from the brunette. Tall, blond, and scraggly made a weak wave before Weiss made a B-line back towards Ruby, catching her cape as she muttered some kind of comment to save face.
"Travel North, just travel North. Find a temple. a TEMPLE! how hard could that possibly be? right. that'd be easy if we knew which way was North." Weiss was tired and frustrated, She had just burnt down probably half the Emerald Forest, and now had no idea which way she had to go to reach the temple. The trees hid the sun's location, so that wouldn't work. Climbing the trees wasn't an option either, since Weiss didn't have the energy to waste propelling herself upwards with glyphs just to find the right direction. That and she didn't want to admit she had no idea where they were going. "Okay, it's official. We passed it."
"Why can't you just admit that you have no idea where we're going?" "Is she a secret mind reader? No, She's too much of a dolt for that."
"I know exactly where we're going. We're going…to…the Forest Temple." "Really Weiss? Forest Temple? That's probably not even its real name." After a groan of disapproval, Weiss responded in the usual Schnee manner, "Oh, stop it. you don't know where we're going either." defensively.
"At least I'm not pretending like I know everything." "I don't want to hear that from someone who knows almost nothing."
"What is that supposed to mean!?" Weiss' short fuse was even shorter than normal, especially considering the girl in front of her was the vary reason Weiss nearly burned herself alive before even becoming a proper student at beacon.
"It means you're a, big…stupid, JERK! And I hate you!" Those last three words stung more than Weiss could have ever imagined they would. Sure Ruby was her type, in absolutely every way, but that shouldn't have been able to get through walls of ice built up around her heart. No one had made Weiss feel this terrible so easily, other than her father, and that was only because in the Schnee family the company was the favorite child.
"…Just keep moving." Luckily for Weiss, she was always able to play off pain as anger.
"Just keep moving, hurry up, wahh watch where you're going. Why are you so bossy?" Weiss felt her heart crack more and more at the younger girl's imitation of Weiss, mostly because Ruby was right. Weiss hated social interaction, especially any that would make her feel inferior. In response, like any other Schnee, Weiss began to socialize in nothing but replies and demands. The higher on the pecking order the more you could demand, the lower, the more you answered to.
"I'm not bossy, don't say things like that." Weiss couldn't even give a proper retort, she was too focused on not breaking down. "How can someone so young and insignificant get under my skin so easily?"
"Stop treating me like a kid!" "As apposed to what? one of my servants? or, oh I've got it, those trashy aristocrats that I have to entertain on my birthday?"
"Stop acting like one." the hitch in her voice almost unnoticeable, Weiss always hated that one of her tells was noticeable in her voice.
"Well, stop acting like you're perfect!" Weiss, not surprisingly, had something of a superiority complex. She always had to be perfect. Worse, her father always had to point out, she never was.
"I'm. Not. Perfect." "I don't need to be," "at least not yet." "In four years I'll be free to live my own life." Weiss tried not to say anything, but part of her, the Schnee part, refused to take a hit lying down. "But I'm still leagues better than you."
-Warning- any of you who didn't read my note at the top and don't want to know what type of Faunus Weiss is, go away.
Simply put, Weiss is an Arctic Tern. Technically not a "bird of prey" I found out, since there are two definitions of what exactly that is. Still, it's a migratory bird that makes it's way from the arctic circle down to nearly antarctica, eats fish, has white feathers with a black streak along it's head and neck, and 'sings.' (calls really, but kinda like a robin does)
So, hopefully that's over, sorry to any of you who are upset, I just did it to give you guys a little something to look for.
Anyone who has suggestions or requests, I will still gladly take a look at them, and if it isn't too hard, I'll try to work them in.