Chapter Seven: The test begins
Natasha flew through the air, slowly descending to the ground of the Emerald Forest. She was the last one to be launched from the cliff so she knew a good chunk of the other students already found their partners. She just hoped that Ruby or Yang weren't taken already. She would go berserk if she was somehow ended up as partners with Weiss Schnee.
She quickly shook her head to get rid of the thoughts, feeling the dark lurking aura from the monster inside her.
"Gotta focus on landing first," she thought.
She tucked herself into a ball and began to spin within the air. She counted in her head as she gained speed and was coming closer to the ground. When she was only a few feet away from it, she quickly brought out her wings and flapped them, making her stop falling. She slowly got out of her ball and looked around a bit.
There were no signs of any Grimm nearby, at least in her line of sight. Letting out a breath, she descended to the ground and landed on her feet. She put her wings away before taking off running deeper into the woods, unaware of the creatures following behind her.
A few minutes passed before Natasha slowed her running to a walk, looking around for Ruby, Yang or anyone in general so long as they weren't Weiss. So far, she hadn't seen any sign of anyone passing this way or that they had gone this way.
"Hope I'm not lost," she said to herself, walking through some bushes.
Just then, she heard a twig being snapped behind her, making her stop in her tracks. She stood very still, sensing that something was behind her. Slowly, she turned around to see what it was. What met her was a pair of eyes belonging to a rather large sized Ursa, looming over her.
The creature let out a low growl as Natasha backed away from it slowly.
"Suppose you wouldn't have seen anyone pass by here, would ya?" Natasha jokingly asked.
The Ursa snarled and growled loudly at her.
"You could have just said no," Natasha said, smiling at the Ursa.
The creature snarled again and pulled back one of its claws before making a swipe at her. Natasha, however, dodged it but jumping over the claw when it came at her. She tumbled a bit but got to her feet quick enough and brought out her wings.
"Is that anyway to treat someone that asked you a question nicely?" Natasha asked, glaring at the Ursa. It roared at her and moved to lunge at her. "I'll take that as you not cooperating."
She stood her ground as the Ursa came running at her. Once it was a foot or two away from her, her wings spread out and she took off into the sky. The Usra didn't have time to stop as it ran right into the tree behind Natasha. Natasha flew over its head as it tried to regain its balance.
A smirk came to Natasha's lips as her wings drew back and gave one good flap, sending a shower of small daggers towards the Ursa. The Ursa tried its best to swipe the daggers away but many of them struck their target, making the Ursa whine at the pain.
Once the last of the daggers were out, Natasha floated in the air for a bit while the Ursa looked up at her and roared.
"Want me to come down?" she asked, smirking.
The Ursa roared again at her and tried to reach for her.
"Then, I'll come down~."
Her wings raised her higher into the air before Natasha dived down and towards the Ursa. The Ursa tried to get ready to attack her but Natasha didn't give it enough time to. As she grew closer to it, she grabbed hold of her bladed wings and put them with her arms in front of her. Once near enough to make contact, she opened her arms quickly, slashing through the Grimm and landing behind it.
She let go of her wings and let them shake out as the Ursa fell to the ground behind her, falling to pieces. She dusted herself off while her wings called the daggers back to them. She waited for a few minutes before having her wings put away.
She turned around and looked towards the fallen Ursa. A sigh escaped her lips and put her hands on her hips.
"Now how am I going to find anybody in this forest?" she asked.
Just then, she heard a rustling come from the bushes behind her. She quickly spun on her heel and looked towards them as the rustling became even louder. Not willing to take a chance of it being another Grimm, she quickly brought out her wings once more and got ready to fight. However, to her relief, it wasn't a Grimm, but another student from Beacon.
The student was a boy with cat ears, having black hair with the tips being emerald green. He slowly emerged from the bushes and dusted the leaves off of him while Natasha looked at him curiously. It didn't take him long till he looked up and saw Natasha, making him jump back slightly.
Natasha just smiled at him while putting her wings away. The two stared at each other in complete silence for a few minutes or so before the boy turned and started walking away from her.
"Hey!" she exclaimed. "Don't leave! What's your name?!"
She quickly followed after the cat Faunus boy, trying to make him say his name. The boy, on the other hand, ignored her and continued on his way.
