Professor Ozpin is watching the students on his Scroll at the Beacon Cliff overlooking the Emerald Forest when Glynda Goodwitch walks up behind him, holding her own tablet.
"The last pair has been formed, sir. Nora Valkyrie and Lie Ren. Poor boy... I can't possibly imagine those two getting along. Still, he's probably better off than Miss Nikos." Glynda states
"I don't care what his transcripts say. That Jaune fellow is not ready for this level of combat." Glynda then criticizes.
Glynda deactivates the tablet she's using.
"I guess we'll find out soon enough. At their current pace, they should reach the temple within just a few minutes."
She Turns back to Ozpin
"Speaking of which, what did you use as relics this year? ...Professor Ozpin?"
Ozpin doesn't answer, watching his tablet with a contemplating interest as it shows the footage of Ruby Rose and Weiss Schnee. They both were walking in the correct direction of the temple talking peacefully.
"So Ruby why did you choose to become a huntress." Weiss asked curiously.
"Well I want to be just like the hero's in the books. And my mom always told me to help people because it's the right thing to do, and huntress' do it all the time while rocking super cool weapons so I decided why not make a career out of it. I went to signal academy. My uncle is a teacher there and I was garbage before he took me under his wing." Ruby explained in depth to try and impress Weiss.
Weiss remembered every last word Ruby said.
"Well I want to become a huntress because I want to uphold the Schnee family legacy. My father is currently dragging it in the dirt right now!" Weiss admitted.
The 2 girls continued chatting
From the forest, Yang Xiao Long and Blake Belladonna step out into a clearing that reveals the circular stone temple, broken and decrepit but for the platforms around its inside, holding several black and gold objects.
"Think this is it?" She asked her partner.
In response, Blake gives Yang an incredulous look and heads down the hill, her partner following. They walk across the floor and observe the items on each pedestal, now shown to be familiar shapes.
Blake looks at a black king.
"Chess pieces?" Blake asked herself confused.
"Some of them are missing. Looks like we weren't the first ones here." Yang pointed out.
"Well, I guess we should pick one." Blake guessed.
*Jaune and Pyrrha*
Jaune and Pyrrha are standing at the mouth of a dark cave, where drawings are seen to the side involving armed men against giant beasts.
"Think this is it?" Jaune asked
The scene cuts to their walk inside the cave, Jaune holding a short, burning torch to light their way.
"I'm not sure this is it." Pyrrha doubted.
Jaune sighs. "Pyrrha, I made the torch. Could you at least humor me for, like, five more feet?
Suddenly and completely unexpectedly, Jaune trips on the ground, and the torch flies into a small puddle, extinguishing the flame so the two are cast in darkness.
Jaune gets up and grumbles
"Do you... feel that?"
"Soul-crushing regret?"
"No, it's... warm."
*Yang and Blake*
Back at the temple, Yang approaches one of the relics.
Yang looks at one of the golden knights, then picks it up and shows it to Blake
"How about a cute lil pony?" Yang asked
"Sure." Blake smiled
They walk towards each other to the center of the temple floor
"That wasn't too hard!"
"Well, it's not like this place is very difficult to find."
The 2 share a smile.
*Jaune and Pyrrha*
Jaune and Pyrrha continue onward through the cave until they see a large glowing point of gold right in front of them, illuminating Jaune's excited features.
"That's the relic!" Jaune assumed.
he slowly reaches out to grab it, but it moves away from his swipe
"Hey! Bad... relic!" He scolded.
he tries to get it again, then jumps forward and hangs onto it as the object raises him above the ground.
"Gotcha!" Jaune yelled happily
"Jaune...?" Pyrrha asked nervously realizing what it actually is.
Jaune's catch lowers itself so he is dangling right in front of the now-glowing red lines and eyes of a Death Stalker.
Jaune's scream is heard all the way from the temple, where Yang turns towards the direction of its source.
"Some girl's in trouble! Blake, did you hear that?"
Blake doesn't answer, staring at something in the sky.
At the cave entrance, Pyrrha rushes out right before the monster crashes through the hole, roaring and waving its grass-encrusted claws as Jaune hangs from the stinger, calling from help and continuing to scream.
"Help! Whoa-ah-ah-ah-ah! Why?! Pyrrha! He-e-e-elp! Pyrrha, this is not the relic! It's not!" Jaune sobbed.
Jaune continues to cry and get shaken around
"Do something!" He begged
"Jaune! Whatever you do, don't let-" before Pyrrha can finish, the Grimm hurls its tail back and launches a still-screaming Jaune across the forest as she watches in dismay
"... go."
She turns back to the scorpion as it continues to snap its claws at her, and she smiles embarrassedly before turning and rushing away in a burst of green leaves
Blake is still staring at something above them, but Yang is focused on the forest.
"Blake, did you hear that?"
Yang turns to her partner
"What should we do?" She continued.
Finally, the faint-but-growing-louder scream of "Heads uuuuuuuup!" is heard when Ruby falls from the sky.
