Authors note: hello again everybody, thank you for continuing to read this story. this chapter would have been out yesterday but I was busy playing The Witcher 3. Its an amazing game and if you haven't already, go buy it. Also I'm writing one of the POVs for SoapiestAuto780's story 'What could be better.

Anyway this next chapter is about the initiation so there will be action.

Without further Ado, the story.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Dragon age or RWBY. they belong to bioware and roosterteeth. I also don't own the witcher franchise, I just own my copy of the game.

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Sebastian's POV

When I woke up I noticed that my cheeks were a little wet. During my time here I hadn't had any dreams, especially not of home.

I quickly wiped the tears away and I noticed that it was the morning, only a few hours away before initiation.

I quickly got up and headed to the lockers, where I was forced to put my weapons, armor, and everything else I had on me.

When I got to the locker room I noticed that only a few people were there.

I paid them no mind and headed to my locker. I got my armor out of the lock and went to the changing room to put it on.

When I was done, I strapped my sword on my back and put my extra things in pouches for later use.(These are the things you can use in battle. like bombs and potions.)

I then head to the cafeteria to get some food. When I get their I notice that theirs a boy their with black hair, with a strand of it pink, with magenta eyes eating pancakes while a girl with blue eyes and orange hair is talking to him with a pancake in her mouth.

When I was done eating went to the locker rooms, since the entrance to the cliffs is through there.

When I get there I hear the boy and girl from the cafeteria talking about something.

"Nora, I don't think sloths make a lot of noise." the magenta eyed boy said

"That's why it's perfect. No one will suspect were working together." the girl, Nora, said

"Come on nora, lets go." the boy said waking away

"But not together, together." Nora said

I then notice Ruby getting something out of her locker.

"Wonder what those to are worked up about." ruby said

"Oh, who knows. So you seem very chipper this morning." yang said

"She does seem quite happy." I said entering the conversation

"Gaah. You know, for a guy wearing armor you sure can be quite when you want to." yang said

I just smiled and said, " I learned from a friend and experience." I was nowhere near as good as cole, but I've had to sneak into enemy territory before, so I learned a few tricks.

"Well anyway, the reason I'm so happy is because today there's no more awkward small talk, no more get to know you stuff. Today I get to let my sweet heart do the talking." Ruby said as she started cuddling with her weapon and making noises. Still I've gotten used to it with varric.

"Well remember ruby your not the only one going through initiation." yang said

"She's right Ruby, if you want to grow up your gonna have to meet knew people and learn to work together." I said trying to tell her this

"Uuughgh, you guys sound like dad." Ruby said as she put her weapon in her locker

"First of all, what does meeting people have to do with fighting? And second of all, I don't need people to help me grow up, I Drink Milk." she said

I just sigh and say, "Ruby, meeting people is important in fighting because you will need people to fight at your side. You'll need to get to know them, earn their trust, and they'll help you in area's that you normally lack in. Also growing up isn't just about getting bigger, it's about having knowledge and maturity, along with a lot of other things you'll need people to help you with." I said telling her why she needs people

I see that they're looking at me in shock and smirk. They probably didn't expect that.

"Yeah what Sebastian said. Plus what about when we get teams?" yang asked ruby after she got over her shock

"I-I don't know, I'll just be on your team or Sebastian's. " ruby said

"Maybe you should try being on someone else's team." yang says playing with her hair

"My dearest sister yang, are you implying that you don't wish to be on the same team as me?" ruby asked accusingly

"What no. I just thought it would help you break out of your shell." yang told her

"What? I don't need to break out of my shell. That's absolutely ""ridicules"" ruby and jaune say at the same time

"There's no way I put my gear in locker 636 yesterday, I would have remembered to count that high. Oh why does this have to happen today." jaune whines

"No it's not ruby, your very socially awkward. If you on your sisters team, she'll be your anchor and you'll never break out of your shell and make friends." I said

Ruby says nothing but seems to be thinking about what I've said.

FWWAANNK. "Wahhhh"

I look over and see jaune impaled on the wall with a spear.

I wonder what happened for a few seconds until I see Weiss and some red headed girl. I put 2 and 2 together and guessed he tried to 'charm' them.

"Would all first year students please report to the cliffs for initiation. Again first year students to the cliff immediately." I hear glynda say from something.

Me, Ruby, and Yang walked over to jaune just after the red headed girl pulled her spear out and it floated after her.

"Having some trouble there lady killer?" yang asked jokingly as ruby offered him her hand

" I don't understand. My dad said that all woman look for is confidence. Were did I go wrong?" jaune said

"Snow angel probably wasn't the best start." yang said

"What did I tell you jaune, what you do is not confidence but arrogance. And that is very unappealing to woman." I tell him.

"Come on jaune, lets go." Ruby says carrying him

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Beacon cliffs, 5 minutes later, Sebastian's POV

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All of the students are standing on metal plating's that were on the ground in a row. I'm standing next to the red headed girl from earlier.

"For years, you have trained to become warriors. Today your abilities will be evaluated in the emerald forest." Ozpin said.

'Maker I hate this forest. You planned this didn't you Ozpin?' I think while giving Ozpin a cold stare. He just grins at me while drinking his coffee.

"Now, I'm sure many of you have heard rumors about the assignment of teams. Well allow us to put an end to you confusion. Each of you will be given team mates. Today." I can hear ruby complaining about it from here.

"These team mates will be with you for the rest of your time here at beacon, so it is in your best interest to be paired with some one you can work well with." Ozpin said. I can hear ruby groaning about it.

"That being said, the first person you make eye contact with will be your partner for the next 4 years." Ozpin informed us

'That seems very counter productive, but it will also force them to work together and trust each other.' I think

"What!?" I hear ruby shout

After you've partnered up, make your way to the northern end of the forest. You will meet opposition along the way, do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path or you will die." he tells us

"You will be monitored and graded for the duration of your initiation, but our instructors will not intervene. You will find an abandoned temple at the end of the path, containing several relics. Each pair must choose one and return to the top of the cliff. You will guard that item, as well as your standing and grade you appropriately." Ozpin said

"Are there any questions?" ozpin asked

"Yeah um sir-" jaune starts to ask but is interrupted

"Good, know take your positions." he says

As soon as he said that I got a bad feeling. I unsheathed my blade and got into one of my positions with my blade to my side.

"Uh sir, I've got um a question." jaue says

I then see Weiss get launched into the air.

'Oh that son of a bitch, I've already been launched in the air enough in my lifetime and know he's going to launch me in the air? I swear to the maker as soon as I get back I'm going to throw him off this cliff without his Cane or coffee.' I think to myself.

I then hear the metal pad I'm on make the noise that signifies I'm going to launch. I quickly prepare myself and then I feel myself get thrown in the air.

"-GGGEEEEYYYHHHEYEEEE!" I hear jaune shout as he's launched.

'I know the feeling jaune.'

As I'm flying through the air, I look for anything that will help me survive the fall.

I the see a very tall tree in front of me. So I angle my sword just right, and when it's a few feet in front of me I stab the tree with my sword and start sliding down the tree to the ground.

'Man that hurt, but I've survived worse. Much worse.' I think

When I feel my feet touch the ground, I pull my sword out of the tree and let out a sigh of relief.

I look around and I don't see any threat in my immediate area.

"I guess for once things are finally going my way." I say

I then immediately regret this as I 30 pairs of red eyes trained on me.

"I really need to learn to stop tempting fate." I berated my self and got into a fighting position

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Ruby's POV

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"Gotta find Yang." I said as soon as I landed

I take off running and start looking around for her.

'Gotta find yang, gotta find yang, gotta find yang.'

"YANG!" I shout hoping she hears me

When I don't get a reply I keep running

'Oh this is bad, this is really bad. oh what if I can't find her. What if someone finds her first. There always jaune, He's nice, he's funny; I don't think he's very good in a fight though. Oh what about blake. Mysterious, so calm, plus she reads books; Then again I'm not sure I'd be able to hold a conversation with her. What about Sebastian, smart, good at fighting, nice and handsome, he's perfect; but I don't know where he landed but he's my second choice after yang. Ok who else do I know? Their's yang, Sebastian, jaune, Blake, And..' I think when I slide to a stop in front of...

Weiss

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Sebastian's pov

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An ursa screams in pain as I slam my blade down on it's head.

I look around to see if there are anymore and I see a beowolf trying to crawl away.

I walk over to it and stab it in the back with my sword.

When I pull my blade out I see that there are no more grim near me, so I sheath my blade and start walking in the direction of the temple.

I walk for 30 minutes, occasionally killing a few grim that attacked me, when I come to a clearing.

As soon as I walk in the clearing, I hear the sound of something moving behind me.

I quickly unsheathe my blade and turn around to see another pack of beowolves.

The largest one, the alpha, charges at me. When it jumps at me, I roll under it an slice up, cutting it in half.

the rest of the pack then charges at me.

I run forward and slam my blade down on the closest one and roll, then slice horizontally completely cutting 9 in half. 2 of them try to get me from behind, but I roll to the side and then stab one of them. I then set my sword on fire, completely incinerating the corpse of the one I stabbed and then chopping the head off of the other one. I then dash forward and start slashing and stabbing the beowolves in front of me, killing 8 of them. The lest of the pack start to circle around me and when they all jump at me, I spin with my blade, cutting their bodies in half.

I look around and see that all of them are dead, their bodies disappearing.

I'll never get used to that, only one time did my enemies bodies disappear after I had killed it.(The ending of the jaws of Hakkon DLC)

I then see smoke coming from the east. It looks like someone set the forest on fire. Hopefully I'm out of the forest before it burns down.

I start walking forward towards the ruins, hoping I get there soon.

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10 minutes later

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As I'm walking I hear a bush behind me shuffle.

I quickly pullout my sword and get ready for another attack when I see yang walk out of it.

"Oh hey Sebastian. Sorry I already have a partner, so you still have to find one." yang says as her partner, the mstery girl with the bow, walks out behind her.

"It's alright, I'm more concerned with getting a relic than finding a partner." I tell her

""Anyway, who are you." I ask the mystery girl

"Blake Belladonna." the now confirmed blake says

"So, you know where the ruins are?" yang asks me

"No but that ridge over is high enough were I might be able to see it." I tell them

"Well come on." yang says

When we get to the ridge we are greeted by the sight of some old ruins.

Honestly, I thought they looked rather plain. The elven and dwarven ruins looked a lot more interesting than these.

"You think this is it?" yang asks

"No, it's another ruin in the middle of nowhere." I said sarcastically

I then start to walk down to the temple and I hear that they're walking as-well.

"Chess pieces?" blake asks when we get there

The chess pieces look different from the ones back in thedas, but the game must be the same.

"Some of them are missing." yang says

"That means that some of the others got here first." I tell them

"Well I guess we should pick one." blake tells yang

I walk over to one of the pieces in the back, a black king, The only black king there.

"How 'bout a cute little pony." yang says as she holds a piece over her head

"Sure" blake says

"That wasn't to hard." yang says

"Well, it's not like this place is very difficult to find." blake says

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

"Some girls in trouble." yang says

I see blake looking up and when I look up it shocks me.

"Blacke, seb did you hear that? What should we do?" yang asks us

"Maybe you should look up." I tell her

"Why wou-" she starts to ask but then see's why.

Ruby is falling from the sky.

"Heads uuup." she shouts

When She's a few meters away from the ground, jaune suddenly crashes into her and nocks them both into a tree.

"Did your sister just fall from the sky?" blake asks

"I-" she starts to say but is then interrupted by shuffling of the tree's.

We look over and see Nora ride in on an ursa.

"YEEEEEHAAAA." she shouts and rolls off it as it falls and dies.

The boy from earlier walks out from behind it.

"Nora, don't ever do that again." he says while gasping for breath.

He then notices she's not there anymore and starts looking for her.

I notice her over by 'relics' dancing and singing some song about a queen and a castle.

"NORA!" the boy shouts

"Heh heh, coming Ren." she says as she salutes him and walks over.

"Did that girl just ride in on an ursa?" blake asks

Before Yang or I can even say anything, we see the red headed girl run out of the trees with a death stalker behind her.

"Jaune!" she shouts

We then see ruby jump out of the tree she crashed into.

"Ruby!" yang says

"Yang!" ruby says

Just when they're about to hug, Nora gets between them.

"Nora!" she shouts

"Did she just run all the way here with a death stalker behind her?" blake asks

Just when I'm about to say something, I notice yang's eyes have turned red and that she looks angry, do I slowy back away.

"I can't take it anymore, can everyone just chill out for 2 seconds before something crazy happens." yang shouts

The boy, Ren, runs over to us out of breath.

"Um yang." ruby says

Yang just looks defeated and hangs her head.

I then look up and I see Weiss hanging onto the claw of a nevermore. While the never more isn't as big as some of the dragons I've seen it is still pretty big.

"How could you leave me!" Weiss shouts at Ruby

"I said jump." ruby says

"She's gonna fall." blake says

"She'll be fine." ruby says

"She's falling." I say as I see her let go and flail about in the air.

I then see jaune jump out of the tree and catch her.

"Just dropping in." jaune says.

My eye twitches at this. I'm going to have to teach jaune how to talk to girls.

They then start falling as jaune forgot about how to land.

Jaune lands face first into the ground. Weiss then lands on Jaune's back.

"My hero." Weiss says lamely

"My back." jaune groans

We then see the red headed girl get tossed in front of us.

"Great the gangs all here, now we can die together." yang says sarcastically

"Not if I can help it." ruby says as she starts to run forward but I grab her hood to stop her.

"No you don't. Your tired and you won't be able to take that death stalker head on alone, even if you weren't tired." I tell her

"But-" she starts to say

"NO." I say using my commanding voice

"Alright." she reluctantly says

"Thanks for stopping her, she would have gotten herself killed otherwise." yang says

I say nothing because I see the death stalker charging toward us.

"Weiss, I need you to freeze it's tail in place." I shout at her

She just nods and spins something on her rapier and shoots a blue beam out of it, freezing the death stalkers tail to the ground.

"Alright, everyone who doesn't have relic grab one now because we still have a nevermore circling above us and that death stalker looks like it'll break out any minute." I tell them

Ruby and jaune nod and they both grab their pieces.

"Good now, we should run. Unless you all want to fight these things." I tell them

"Run and live, that is an idea I can get behind

"Time we left." ren says as he see's the ice cracking

"Lets go everyone." I tell them and start running in a direction

I hear them all following me and we run until we reach another set of ruins by a cliff.

"Everyone behind the pillars!" I shout

They all comply and start hiding behind the pillars closest to them. I hide behind the one in front of me.

I hear the nevermore give it's cry.

"Well that's great." yang says

I then look behind us to see the death stalker charge through the tree's.

"Oh man run." jaune shout's

We all then start running, trying to get away from the death stalker.

"Nora distract it." ren shouts

Nora nods and runs out, avoiding all the feathers the nevermore shouts at her and starts at the nevermore with a grenade launcher.

"Ren, Blake deal with the death stalker. Weiss, get Nora out of there!" I tell them when I see the death stalker behind her

Ren and Blake jump at the death stalker and slice it across its face in and x shape.

Weiss the grabs nora and forms a glyph under her and jumps away from it.

"Go!" the red head shouts as she starts shooting the death stalker.

I then see the nevermore flying right at the bridge and before I can worn everybody, it fly's through the bridge, breaking it and sending the others in multiple directions.

I was ahead of the group and barely out of reach of the nevermore destroying the bridge.

I see that a few of the others were nocked onto my side of the bridge, but some were still over on the other fighting the death stalker.

I see that they're having some trouble fighting it, especially when I see Blake get nocked around and the others having a lot of trouble.

"Nora, Jaune! get over their and help them." I order them

"Right, but how are we-" jaune starts to ask but is interrupted by nocking him back, jumping up and slamming her hammer down on the bridge, sending them over there.

Jaune lands on the bridge, and nora is still going through the air.

She then slams her hammer onto the death stalker and jumps back, nocking blake off the bridge.

At first I'm worried but then I see her swing onto the nevermore's back and start slashing at it while running.

"It's a lot tougher than it looks." blake said

"Then lets hit it with every thing we got." yang says

"I don't think that's going to work, but if you can distract it and get it towards that tower, I'll be able to kill it." I tell them

"Right, we'll get it over there. You just get going." ruby says

I then start running towards the other tower.

When I get there I start climbing the degrading steps, when I come to a large gap in them.

"Damn, looks like I'm going to have to jump over it." I say

I then take a few steps back, and then run forward and jump at the last possible second and I land on the other steps

When I get to the top, I see that they're having some trouble getting it by the tower.

When it gets close enough, I run and when I get to the edge I jump and land on it's head.

I set my sword on fire and stab the nevermore's head with enough for to make qunari cringe. The thing screeches in pain. I then start twisting my blade making it go deeper inside of it. The nevermore then starts flapping its wings, taking us higher into the air. I lose my balance and me and my blade start tumbling town it's back, but I grab onto some of it's feathers to keep myself on. I then start climbing back up to it's head. When I get to its neck area, I stab it making it cry out in pain and anger.

The nevermore the spins in the air nocking me off. I then see that the nevermore is heading towards my falling form. I right myself and ready my blade, setting it on fire. When it gets near me, I angle my self to the right so its head misses me. When it does I slash it in the eye, setting its face on fire. I then see that its left its chest exposed, so I angle my self down and slam my blade into it's chest, nocking it back, and sliding down as it screams in pain.

It then slams into the cliff side, kicking up a cloud of dust around me and its corpse.

I sheath my blade and walk out of the dust cloud.

When I do I see that everyone is looking at me in shock, amazement, and envy(jaune).

"Come on, we have to go before more of them show up." I tell them

They all nod and we head back to the cliff side.

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Beacon auditorium, Sebastian's POV

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"Russel Thrush, Cardin Winchester, Dove Bronzewing, Sky Lark. The four of you retrieved the black bishop pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as team CRDL(Cardinal). Led by Cardin Winchester." Ozpin said as pictures of the student faces formed a line and a letter of their name appeared underneath them.

When they left the stage, Jaune, the red head, nora, and ren went up to the stage.

"Jaune Arc, Lie Ren, Pyrrah Nikos, and Nora Valkyrie. The four of you retrieved the white rook pieces. From this day forward you will work together as team JNPR(juniper). Led by Jaune Arc." ozpin said

"Huh led by." jaune says surprised

"Congratulations young man." ozpin says

Pyrrah then gives jaune a playful punch to the shoulder, but put to much force in it and nocks him over. The crowd laughs at this.

"Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, and Yang Xiao Long. The four of you retrieved the white knight pieces. From this day forward you will work together as team RWBY(ruby). Led by Ruby Rose." Ozpin said

I can see that ruby is happy about this, but I can also see that Weiss looks shocked and angry.

'This is going to cause some problems for them in the future.' I think

"And finally Sebastian Trevelyan. You retrieved the black king piece. The only one of that piece. You will now be placed on a team randomly as an extra until we can find you a team of your own. Lets see which team you'll be on." Ozpin said

A spinner appears on screen with the names of all the teams on it. After 5 seconds of it spinning, it lands on the name RWBY.

"Well then, from this day forward you will be a part of team RWBY+." ozpin says

"I think this is shaping up to be an interesting year." ozpin says as the crowd cheers and teams celebrate.

'You have no idea Ozpin, no idea.' I think to myself.

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Authors note: yeah I put him on team RWBY. I know it's not original, but he won't be on their team forever. He'll be getting his own team. I just need to figure out who will be on it and how it will be done. Also since ruby never charged at the death stalker and she and Weiss never sorted out their issues, that is going to cause a lot of problems, added on to the tension already. Anyway like, favorite, or leave a review of my story. if you have any questions just PM me and I'll answer them as soon as possible. Bye.