Chapter 6: The Team Ceremony! Enter: Cinder Falls! (Part 6 of 6)

(Edited: 4/5/18)


"Message from Starfleet, Captain... Lets Get to It!"

-Bumblebee-


Three. days.

Three long, miserable, and mentally exhausting days of Paperwork and annoying Council members riding on his back about admitting the four 'newest' recruits to Beacon Academy. Ozpins Desk was littered with files and papers, all of which concerned the four Autobot's 'Pre-Requests' and their admittance into his school. Off to the side were ten empty coffee mugs...

The Headmaster has been awake during those 72 hours with little-to-no sleep...

Yet, on the outside, Ozpin looked perfectly fine. On the inside though he was screaming in agony, yearning and wanting to sleep.

He grabbed the last document, and joy swelled inside of him. He only had one more document to sign, then he could get some rest and, hopefully, be awake to address the newly formed teams and the newest recruits of Beacon Academy...

So with a grab of his pen, he wrote his signature and placed the last piece of paper on top of the pile of admission and request forms...

He leaned back and eased his body into his chair, closed his eyes, and let out a sigh of relief...

("Professor Ozpin?") Glyndas voice said through the Office Intercom.

Ozpin leant forward and tapped his Holo-Desk, a picture of Glynda popped up.

"Yes Glynda?" Ozpin asked, desperately fighting to stay awake.

("It's time to get ready for the ceremony...")

Ozpin recoiled back in his chair a bit to hard and crashed to the floor at the mention of 'Getting Ready for the Ceremony'...

Glynda heard the crash and took on a concerned voice, ("What was that?")

"Nothing Glynda... I'll be down in a moment..."

And with that, Glynda silenced the Intercom and hung up. No sleep for the poor Headmaster...


Bumblebee sat in one of the chairs next to Weiss's bedside, sleeping as if he was a fresh new-born sparkling. The morning rays from the sun shone through the window blinds, illuminating the room with its heavenly rays. One stray beam streaked across the young sleeping face of the Autobot soldiers. Metal-azure eyes fluttered open slowly, his consciousness and mind slowly booting up.

The young Autobot let out a yawn as he stretched his arms outwards -the metal gears in his cybernetic appendages clanking and cracking back into place as he did so. He smacked his dry mouth and clicked his tongue. He looked over to his right and saw a small bag, inside the bag was Weiss' now repaired cloths...

Bumblebee was surprised that he knew how to sow. Add the fact that he's never sown in his life, his surprise grew when he actually did a good job. The slash marks were hardly visible, and the only way for someone to see them was if they got up really close.

The young Autobot looked away from the bag and towards Weiss' sleeping form. Bumblebee couldn't help but smile at how peaceful the young Schnee looked...

It was entrancing.

Weiss was faced towards Bumblebee, one pale hand placed underneath her pillow and the other on the mattress. The blankets that covered her outlined her body...

Bumblebees cheeks dusted a light, rosey pink as his eyes wondered over the young Schnees form. He wondered if this is how Sam felt whenever Mikayla was around him...

Stupid teenage hormones...

But why was Bumblebee still in Weiss' medical room? Well, after Stinger Squads little chat with Ozpin a few days prior, Bumblebee decided to head back to Weiss' room and keep an eye on her if anything changed in her condition.

So far, nothing but a great recovery was occurring.

Bumblebee, after checking the time, decided that it was time to wake the young Heiress up. Reaching over, Bumblebee gently placed his metal servo on the sleeping snow-queens shoulder, and gave her a little shake.

"Hey, Weiss." Bumblebee spoke softly.

Weiss merely groaned, her brows scrunching up in displeasure. Bumblebee let out a little chuckle, as this reminded him of a mother waking her son up early for school...

Or how Judie and Ron, occasionally even himself, tried and failed many times at waking Sam up... Geez, the kid was a heavy sleeper...

A small smile crossed his face as he shook her again.

"Hey, Weiss, time to wake up~" Bumblebee said in a small sing-song voice.

This time, Bumblebee got the reaction he was looking for. Weiss let a little smile cross her face as she opened her eyes, her lashes slowly fluttering in a mesmerizing way. Once Bumblebee saw those little ice-blues, he couldn't help but let loose a large smile.

"Morning Ice-Queen!" Bumblebee greeted happily.

Weiss, ignoring the name-jab as she was still waking up, greeted in kind. She sat up slightly, her small smile still etched onto her heart shaped face.

"Good morning Bumblebee."

The young soldiers smile didn't waver, "You excited about today?"

Weiss nodded her head, her small smile grew slightly.

The young 'Bot didn't say anything about Stinger Squads little... talk... with Ozpin from a few days ago when he was around the other soon-to-be students. Mainly due to it being kept a secret (under the orders of Ozpin and a begrudgingly agreeing Glenda), and being the soldiers that they were, obliged to the command without hesitation...

That, and the Autobots wanted to keep the announcement a surprise. They couldn't help but wait to see their newest friends looks of shock when the address was given...

"You'll be there, right?" asked Weiss curiously.

Bumblebee nodded happily, keeping his humble and kind smile up. Though, deep down, he couldn't help but smirk smugly as he knew what was to come.

'You have no idea Weiss... It's gunna be awesome seeing the looks on your guys's faces!'

"Of course, and so will the others."

-KNOCK KNOCK-

Both Bumblebee and Weiss looked to the door, both having matching looks of confusion before looking back at one another.

"You expecting anyone?" Bumblebee asked, though as Weiss shook her head side to side, it appeared she wasn't expecting company.

"You?" Weiss asked.

"Nope!" Bumblebee said, popping the 'p' for added effect.

The knocking continued, louder then the last time, and was soon followed by a familiar voice.

"Yo Bee! You in there?" shouted ShootingStar on the other side of the door.

Bumblebee stood up from his little seat, stretching his stiff back. After hearing a loud 'pop', Bumblebee let out a satisfied groan and made his way to the door.

"Hey, Bumblebee?" Weiss asked, gaining the soldiers attention right as he was about to open the door.

He looked over his shoulder with a brow arched up,"Yeah?"

"Who's at the door?"

"It's just one of my teammates," Bumblebee said, "maybe he's just stopping by. Dropping off some supplies or something."

Weiss gave no verbal response. She simply said 'oh', before nodding in acceptance.

"Hey! Seriously," shouted an impatient Star, "I am not getting any younger out here! So open the ding-dang door!"

With that, Bumblebee opened the door and greeted his best friend.

"What's up Star?"

The young, yellow bug-themed soldier peaked his head out of the doors metal white frame, looking left and right. A curious look crossed the young boys face as he wondered where his other two charges were.

Bumblebee looked back at ShootingStar with a quirked brow of confusion.

"Hey, Star. Where's 'Cliff and 'E? I thought they were still with you?"

ShootingStar crossed his arms and shrugged, "Don't know. They said somethin' 'bout meeting up with two girls. One with red-black hair and another with orange hair that they met from a few days ago."

'Oh... Yeah guess that makes sense.' Bumblebee thought, mentally taking note to keep his opt-eyes open for girls with those descriptions... though, he was fairly sure who the girl with the red-black hair was.

"Oh, ok... but... Why are you here?" asked Bumbelebee curiously.

ShootingStar dropped his arms and shoved his hands into his pockets, "Can I come in?"

Bumblebee nodded, stepping to the side as ben allowed his comrade entrance. After he entered into the room, Bumblebee shut the door and quickly walked to the door of Weiss' hospital bed; taking up a seat at the foot of said of bed.

"... Soooo," ShootingStar started longing to the snow-queen in the bed, "this the girl that's you saved?"

Bumblebee nodded, as Weiss blushed a nice shade of red. She sputtered as she tried to rebound the statement.

"I-I didn't need any saving! I was doing just fine!" she said, denying the truth.

Bumblebee threw her an amused little smirk with squinted eyes, "Suuuuure. You totally had the situation all under control before I showed up."

Oh, the sarcasm that rolled off his tongue with the words came way to easy...

At that, Weiss huffed and turned her head away, crossing her arms over her chest feeling annoyed.

Bumblebee chuckled at the Heiress before looking back to the other Autobot, the smirk still on his face. "She's a bit of a spitfire, my friend."

The Heiress' looked back at Bumblebee before sticking her tongue out in a childish manner, making both Autobots chuckle.

"She certainly appears that way," The luitennant walked over to the left side, smiling as he took his right hand out of his pocket.

"Names ShootingStar, though most people just call me Star. Nice ta meet ya."

The Heiress looked at the hand, then to the Autobot that it belonged to, still holding a strong look of annoyance. Though as she looked back, her annoying features melted away, her smile coming back over her lips.

"Weiss," she said as she grabbed the boys hand and shook, "Weiss Schnee."

The two released their grip as Bumblebee coughed lightly. "Well, now that we're introduced, I believe that there was something you were gunna tell me Star?"

ShootingStar looked at Bumblebee with a dull gaze, and said, "It's almost time for the Ceremony."

Bumblebee took on a look of surprise, his entire body freezing at the news. That wasn't right! The ceremony wasn't for another few hours! What the frag happened to the later time?!

"Already? I thought it was going to be held later on?"

"It was," said ShootingStar not noticing Bumblebees shoulder sag an inch, "though Ozpin decided to change the time of the ceremony-"

Bumblebees shoulders slumped another inch.

"-which means it's in one hour from now."

Then another inch.

"... oh, and that those who don't make it into the auditorium on time aren't allowed in, and miss any rights to participate in the ceremony."

Bumblebee sat completely still at the news...

'WHAT THE HELL IS OZ THINKING!?'

Like lightning, Bumblebee hopped from the foot of the bed and was at Weiss's bedside in an instant. The young Autobot started panicking in a comical manner, flailing his arms up and down like a maniac.

"WEISS GET READY!"

Weiss looked at Bumblebee with a quirked brow, she gingerly sat up and grunted. She might've healed quickly thanks to her Aura, but the pain was still present. The blankets that covered her fell slightly, revealing her green and blue hospital gown. Her hair was let down, so it freely went down her back, easily covering up the stitching and Gauze that covered up the flesh wound.

"Why? I thought the Ceremony was later on in the day?"

"It was gunna be."

"Was?" asked Weiss.

ShootingStar nodded and grunted in annoyance.

"Yes, it was supposed to be held later on today between 3:00 and 5:00 in the afternoon. Now, your Headmaster has seen it fit to change that time allotment to 10:00 in the morning-"

ShootingStar then pointed behind himself and towards a clock on the wall that read the time '9:05'.

"-which means you've only got one hour to change into your attire... so I suggest you hurry..."

Weiss' eyes widened in shock, she only had one hour to get ready before the ceremony! How was she going to be able to get ready and make it in time?!

"Are you serious!? I only have one hour!?"

The young Autobot Lieutenant nodded.

Now it was Weiss' turn to start panicking... this... was going to be a problem. The young Schnee lifted her hands to her head and grabbed the white hair on her head.

"This is bad! This is so very, very bad! There is absolutely no way I can get ready and be at the Ceremony in time!"

She halted her panicking when an idea popped into her head, although it was a fairly stupid one, it was an idea nonetheless... plus it was the only one she could come up with. Weiss looked over at Bumblebee and blushed madly.

Winter was going to kill her if she ever found out about this...

But what was she to do!? Her back still hurt from the Beowolf attacks, which would definitely leave a scar, and it hurt to walk! So she had no choice...

Well, not that she minded the idea but she was still embarrassed about it...

"Why in the name of Primus would that bastard Ozpin pull something like this!?" shouted a still panicking, now angry, Bumblebee.

ShootingStar looked at his long time friend and shrugged.

"I dunna. Maybe he was tired and wanted to get the ceremony over with? I mean, we did give him a ton of requests, which means he must have received mountains of paperwork and request-forms..."

"YOUR NOT HELPING! THATS ONLY MAKING ME FEEL BAD ABOUT PUTTING OZPIN THROUGH THAT!" shouted Bumblebee with a comical angry face.

"Um... Bumblebee?"

Bumblebee stopped his rant and froze for a second. Both he and ShootingStar looked at a red-as-a Strawberry Weiss. The young Autobot-Leader quirked a brow in confusion, mainly because he was trying to figure out why Weiss' pale skin was now a healthy shade of hot-pink...

"Um... yeah Weiss?" Bumblebee asked curiously.

"I... I have an idea that might get us there in time for the ceremony..."

Weiss couldn't look into the boys blue eyes, she was to embarrassed of her idea.

"Though, it's not a very good one..."

Bumblebee smiled, maybe both he and Weiss could still make it in time...

"Great! What is it?"

Weiss motioned Bumblebee to lean down, and he did. She leaned up a little so the boy-in-yellow could hear her. She moved her right hand up to her mouth and over Bumblebee's Audio-Receptor and whispered...

Bumblebees brows shot up into his forehead and eyes widened. His cheeks turned a light red. After she finished, Bumblebee bent back up and faced Weiss... though the young Schnees eyes didn't meet with Bumblebee's own azure-metal ones...

"A-are you sure?" asked Bumblebee nervously.

This was not a good idea...

Weiss gently nodded her head but refused to look into Bumblebees eyes, she was still far to embarrassed about her plan.

ShootingStar raised a brow in confusion, he had no idea what was going on.

"Well? What's the plan?"

Bumblebees neck turned to ShootingStar so fast that he thought husband leader broke something. Though he was more intrigued by the stare he was getting from the Bot-in-Yellow. He saw an array of emotions.

Shock, surprise, uneasiness, embarrassment, and...

Joy?

That was a weird one...

"Star, go find Cliff and E in the Auditorium. No doubt their there already doing Primus-knows-what. Weiss and I will meet you and the others there."

ShootingStar nodded and walked over to the door. He was about to step out with his hand already on the Hospital door when realization hit him... those emotions that we're displayed in his friends eyes were all to familiar.

He shook his head a little and chuckled in amusement...

"Well, Romeo you struck again..."

Bumblebee took on a nervous expression, the blush on his face changed to a deep crimson, as did the same thing happen to Weiss' face. He quickly snapped, trying to get rid of his pesky Teammate so he could get this plan over with...

Why did things like this always happen to him?

"JUST GO BEFORE I MAKE YOU DO 5000 LAPS AROUND THE SCHOOL!"

ShootingStars smile quickly turned into a smirk.

"I'm gone already!"

And with that, he left to go meet up with Cliffjumper and Evac...

As soon as ShootingStar was gone, Bumblebee quickly ran over to the door and shut it.

"Why does this happen to me?" Bumblebee muttered.

He turned around and walked back towards Weiss, and while his cheeks somewhat toned down, a noticeable pink was still there...

He reached over and grabbed the bag holding Weiss' repaired cloths, he slung it over his shoulder, and faced Weiss.

"Alright Weiss, lets get you ready..."

Bumblebee moved the covers away, knelt down, and gently slipped his left arm underneath Weiss' back making sure he didn't touch the gauze that protected Weiss' stitches, and his right arm underneath her legs.

"Up we go..."

He gently picked her up and held her bridal style. He turned around and started walking towards the Bathroom/Changing room... Using all the skill he could muster, he tilted back and raised his right leg, and gently pressed his right foot against the slider door with his sneaker. He slid the door open and entered the changing room/bathroom...

It was a white room, fairly sized and simple in color, and had the necessities of any other bathroom. It had a sink, a toilet, and a shower with curtains. It also had a small changing room for patients to change...

Weiss' blush started heating up, giving her usual white-as-snow complexion now turned red a glowing affect...

Bumblebee sighed heavily...

"Lets get this over with..."

And with that, he shut the door tight...

Why was he the one who had to get Weiss ready?...

/-(Time-skip: 40 Minutes Later...)-/

Bumblebee walked out of the changing room with a huge Crimson-Blush painting his cheeks with Weiss being held in Bumblebees arms bridal-style and dressed in her usual attire. Her hair was pulled back into her signature off-centered pony-tail, and she was freshly bathed and cleansed of any muck or dirt that stuck to her body during her recovery...

She too blushed madely...

The young Autobot looked down at Weiss and his blush seemed to glow...

"I'm not doing that again..."

He looked away from Weiss and at the clock... it read '9:45'... he smiled.

"Good, there's still time..."

Weiss looked at Bumblebee curiously. There was no way that the two of them could arrive in time before her, and to an extent, his name was called for the teams.

"What do you mean? The Auditorium is on the other side of the school! It will take forever to get there with the problem we're in!" Weiss whined.

Beacon was a really, really LARGE school. Since they were in the medical wing of the school, which was ALL the way on the opposite side of the school, it would take more than an hour to get over there... and there was no way Bumblebee would be able to carry her and make it to the Auditorium in time...

Thats when she saw Bumblebees smirk.

"Well-"

Bumblebees eyes started glowing neon blue, channeling the Energon and allowing the Cybertronian life-blood to course through his body.

"-who said we we're going to walk?"

Weiss quirked her brow in confusion, but before she could question the Young boy, the pair suddenly disappeared from the room in a bolt of yellow and white. The two making there way to the Ceremony...


The Auditorium was filled to the brim with the newest first years of Beacon Academy, all of them were excited about the formation of teams...

Ozpin was not...

After he got the call from Glynda saying the Ceremony was about to start, he immediately received a call from The Four Kingdoms Council... and they had some... colorful opinions, regarding the four newest editions to The Hunters Ranks...

He did not care what the council thought.

"Cardin Winchester, Russel Thrash, Dove Bronzewing, and Sky Lark..." Ozpin called out on the stage.

But besides Ozpin's troubled morning, it seemed that the other members of Stinger Squad got along pretty well with the other teens they had met a few days prior to their arrival.

Cliffjumper instantly found a friend in two girls, one with orange hair and a crazy brawling attitude... and a weird eating addiction for pancakes and another weird passion for 'breaking legs' as she so delicately put it, named Nora Valkyrie, and one of the pursuers that he and the other members of Stinger Squad encountered.

A blonde bombshell of a beauty, named Yang Xio Long, whom he instantly liked. And she is awesome! I mean, it's not everyday you meet a completely hot blonde who is a skilled and rambunctious fighter!

ShootingStar instantly took a liking to the red haired 'Invincible Girl', Pyrrha Nikos. After the Autobot Soldier met the young Spartan-like teen, he immediately started talking about weapons, specifically Close-Combat swords and long-range firearms. Though, the one teen that ShootingStar had trouble getting acquainted with was the black haired, bow wearing, teen named Blake Bellodonna... she seemed distant from the three Autobots, almost like she wanted to do nothing with them. ShootingStar understood though.

I mean, he DID manage to pin her to the ground when Blake and that blonde girl tried ambushing him and his teammates.

Speaking of the three young Autobots, they were currently sitting in the stands. Cliffjumper sat with Yang, both talking about different fighting styles and combatical tactics. Yang didn't really care about the tactical stuff, but she was intrigued when Cliffjumper mentioned a fighting style he called 'Metalikotta'.

"What's that?" asked Yang curiously.

Cliffjumper smirked at the question.

"It's a pretty well known form of Martial Arts where I'm from. It combines both physical combat and sword fighting, it's pretty awesome!"

While the two brawlers talked, Evac had his own conversation with Ruby. The two Snipers were ogling over the others weapons. Evac asked if he could examine the young girls weapon. Ruby was a little hesitant at first, but like a fish to a hook-covered-in-bait, Evac reeled her in by promising that she could look at his beloved High Caliber Pistols and Multi-Scoped sniper rifle. Evac smiled as he ran his finger across the collapsed form of 'Crescent Rose'.

"This is a pretty impressive weapon Ruby. Being able to combine two powerful, yet extremely difficult weapons to handle into one deadly and awesome piece of art!"

"Thanks!" Ruby said with a smile

The young Rose lifted 'Hawk-eye' up to her shoulder and peered through the sights. She switched through the different scope-modes, starting from night-vision and ending on Evac's personal favorite scope setting called 'Trans-Scan'. It was Evacs favorite because, whenever he was on an espionage-attack mission, he could switch to this scope-mode and scan the enemies for weak, if not fatal, points in the body.

"Your sniper rifle is really cool, too! I mean, all those different scope modes are perfect for an espionage-assassination mission!"

Evad smiled and chuckled sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his head.

"Hehe."

A round of applause reverberated around the Auditorium as Ozpin christened the new Team CRDL, pronounced Cardinal. The four boys smirked smugly as they walked off the stage and back towards their seats.

Ozpin looked in the stands, a feeling of confusion rose in him as he quirked a brow. Two students, well, one student and one seasoned soldier, were missing.

He called out the next names.

"Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie, Pyrrha Nikos, and Lie Ren..."

The four teens stood from their seats and made their way to the stage. Ozpin eyed the four teens, seeing the potential in all of them. Especially one Jaune Arc.

He knew the boy faked his transcripts, but he saw the potential in him.

"You four have collected the White Rook pieces... so, from this day onwards, you will be known as Team JNPR-"

Ozpin looked back at Jaune, he smiled at the young blonde.

"-led by Jaune Arc..."

Jaune looked at Ozpin wit a shocked expression, he pointed his index finger to his white chest-plate.

"M-me?"

Ozpin nodded happily, "Congratulations."

Pyrrha smiled at the still shell-shocked Jaune and lightly punched the blondes arm... Jaune fell to the ground, much to the surprise of Pyrrha. She didn't even punch the boy that hard.

As the newly named Team JNPR, pronounced Juniper, walked off the stage with a still shocked Jaune slung over Ren's shoulders, Ozpin worried that Bumblebee and Weiss might not make it in time...

Ozpin eyed the stands, directly looking at ShootingStar with a questioning gaze that said 'where are they?'

The young Autobot Lieutenant shrugged at the gaze, clearly not sure of where his friend and the Schnee were. He looked over to the doors enterence and eyed it nervously...

"Where the Hell are they?" ShootingStar spoke in a whisper tone.

Ozpin, knowing that he had no time to wait, no matter how much he wanted to by time for his two newest students, cleared his throat and spoke into the microphone.

The show must go on...

"Now for our last team... Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Bellodonna, and Yang Xio Long."

ShootingStar and Cliffjumper looked at each other with a comically worried look on their faces.

"WHERE'S BUMBLEBEE AND WEISS!?"


"WOOOHOOOOO!" Shouted Bumblebee as he ran through the halls of Beacon.

Bee loved going into overdrive mode, it was one of the best ways he could power up while conserving energy at the same time... he loved the feel of the energy boost that it granted him...

Weiss, however, did not enjoy Bumblebees 'Energy' boost.

"BUMBLEBEE! SLOW DOWN!" shouted Weiss as her grip tightened tightened around Bumblebees neck, hoping that she applied enough force.

Bumblebee ignored Weiss' cries and kept running at speeds only Ruby was capable of. He weaved through 2nd through 4th year Beacon students, blowing right past them and knocking the students flat on their backs. One of the students, a 2nd year with brown hair and gold rimmed sunglasses, wearing a brown beret on her head and the standard Beacon uniform for girls, quickly regained her bearings and looked in the direction the yellow speed-demon went.

"WATCH WHERE YOUR GOING! THIS ISN'T A RACE TRACK, YA KNOW!" shouted the 2nd year student.

Bumblebee looked behind him with an apologetic look in his eyes.

"Sorry! But I gotta hurry!" Bumblebee shouted back...

'Slag, this gunna come back to bite me in the-'


Ruby handed back Evacs, in her opinion, insanely awesome guns in exchange for her beloved death-scyth and stood up from her seat. Ruby, along with her sister Yang and her partner Blake, made there way down the steps and towards the stage.

Thats when Evac realized Bumblebee and Weiss weren't here! He locked left and right, frantically searching for even a glint of his leaders presence along with the Schnees...

Nothing...

"Oh no!" the young Autobot sniper silently shouted.


"OH YEAH!"

Bumblebee was nearly there, he was half-way to his destination.

'Almost there!'

He rounded a sharp corner of the hallway, skidding slightly from the force. Dust kicked up from the ground as Bumblebee created a skid-mark with his own sneakers, much like a tire does when it comes to a sudden stop. He looked forward, smirked, chuckled, and in a burst of speed, resumed his fast-tracked paced running towards the Auditorium.

He ran through the front enterance of the school, skidded into a right turn, and ran straight towards the Outdoor Plaza...

"We're almost there Weiss!"

Weiss didn't respond, the only recognition she gave the young Autobot warrior was her pulling tighter into his body.


Ruby, Blake, and Yang walked up the steps to the stage. All of them smiled, knowing that today was the day they've waited for...

Today they would be one step closer to becoming Huntresses...

Although it wasn't all smiles and happy feelings in the stands. Cliffjumper, Evac, and ShootingStar were sweating like crazy, their faces all showed worry and angst. This... this wasn't the day they've wanted... not by a long shot.

It only got worse when Ozpin turned his head towards their direction and narrowed his sights on the three Autobots, they could tell Ozpin was growing tired of waiting...

All three Autobots gulped in sync...

This always happened to them...


Bumblebee was only a mere few hundred yards away from the Auditorium gates, and when he saw it a wide smile crossed his face. As he drew closer to the tall, grand and majestically designed gates, he quickly reliazed something...

He didn't have enough time to come to a complete stop.

He looked down at Weiss with a serious look though she didn't look back, mainly because Weiss' head was buried in his chest.

"Hang on Weiss!"

Weiss complied, and somehow, even though she held onto our favorite Yellow-Metal Head as tightly as she could, held on even tighter...

Bumblebee had no choice, he was gunna have to make an enterance...

Not that he minded though.

So with a quick turn of his body, a bend of the knees, and a powerful push of Energon fueled adrenaline, Bumblebee launched himself of the ground and 30 feet into the air. Successfully jumping over the Gate... His helmet glinting in the sunlight...

The glint from Bumblebee's shining helmet caught the attention of Ozpin, Ruby, Yang, and Blake.

'So he's finally here...'

Ozpin and the three girls on stage with him turned their heads upwards and looked at Bumblebee. Blake looked somewhat confused, not knowing why the boy was in the air or why he had Weiss in his arms. The same went for Yang, only instead she focused more on the boys attire...

Earlier on her new friend Cliffjumper said something about him having a brother. When Yang asked what he looked like Cliffjumper said that his brother basically looked like him, since he and Bumblebee were both twins. She also remembered that Cliffjumper said his twin wore yellow...

Lots of Yellow...

'So that guy is CJ's twin brother? Man, he really does wear a lot of yellow...'

Ruby squinted her eyes silver eyes, and quickly smiled when she realized who it was.

"It's Bumblebee!" Ruby all but shouted, pointing her index finger at the air-born boy.

"WHAT!?" Shouted the three grounded Autobots in sync.

The three Autobots whipped their heads upwards, and sure enough, there was Bumblebee in the air. Cliffjumper looked away from his falling twin brother and crossed his arms. He huffed in annoyance and aggravation.

"Bout' time my brother got here..."

The ground quickly approached and Bumblebee swiftly landed on the ground if a bit to hard seeing as he started skidding down the aisle and towards the stage. He flew past the newly integrated students of Beacon in a blur of yellow.

"SHE'S HERE!" shouted Bumblebee

He quickly turned his body as his momentum and speed slowed down, and with a powerful push off the ground, he jumped onto the stage with one knee bent, landed, and skidded fiercely to a stop in his knelt position with sparks flying off his metal leg-guards.

The whole auditorium was silent for a long while... What just happened?

Bumblebee looked up at the crowd of new students, his blue irises were still alit and glowing. The eyes, while somewhat intriguing the ability was, freaked out most of the students...

The young boy in yellow blinked, and just like that, his eyes stopped illuminating neon blue. Now in place was a set of calm, and seemingly friendly, metal Azure orbs... Bumblebee stood up from his knelt position and walked over to Ozpin with an apologetic look.

"Sorry about being late Professor... Weiss here was having some trouble with getting her stuff together and she needed my help... guess it took longer than I expected..."

Ozpin chuckled at the boy's answer, a small smile crossed his lips without his knowledge.

"It's quite alright-"

Ozpin then looked at Weiss, who was slightly shaken by the sure amount of speed Bumblebee had used to get here.

"-although I must ask, is Miss Schnee alright?"

Bumblebee smiled at the question, "Weiss is fine. She's just a little shaken up from my Ener-" Bumblebee drawled out.

The boy in yellow froze, he mentally berated himself for almost spilling the source of his powers... so, what's the leader of the Autobots to do when he gets himself into a tight situation? Well, unlike Optimus...

He weasels his way out with a lie.

"Energized... boost, yeah! She's still a little shacky from me tapping into a little extra energy and increasing my speed. Other than that, Snow White here's perfectly fine!"

As to show his words were true, Bumblebee shook Weiss slightly in an effort to gain her attention.

"Hey, Weiss? We're here now-"

Weiss gently released her hold on Bumblebee and brought her head out of the young soldiers chest. Weiss opened one eye to see if what Bumblebee said was true, and when she saw Ozpin standing in front of them a huge wave of relief rolled over her and washed the worried look off of her facial expression.

"-and judging by the look on Oz's face, we got here in a knick of time."

Weiss smiled at Bumblebee, happy that the young soldier got her to the ceremony in time. And, as a token of gratitude and one she thought the young Scout-turned-Autobot Leader well earned a few days prior, motioned a free hand for Bumblebee to lean forward. The young boy did so, not understanding why...

Then that's when he felt it, a pair of lips firmly planted on his cheek. Bumblebee blushed at the action of the Young Schnee, and he couldn't help but let a goofy chuckle escape his mouth, followed by a dazed look in his eyes and a goofy smile.

'Wow... for a girl whose name means 'White Snow', and can be cold at times, her lips are surprisingly... warm...'

Weiss gently moved away, a small yet happy smile crossed her face.

"That's for getting me here, as well as saying thank you for saving my life... twice.."

But then she remembered how Bumblebee sped through the hallways, nearly giving her a heart-attack, and almost passing out -again- from the sheer force Bumblebee ran at...

Then her happy smile melted away into a 'Don't ever do that's again' look. She eyed Bumblebee and gazed into the young boys Spark/Soul...

His expression melted away too, but into one of fear...

"But if you ever, ever, do something like that again... I will personally put Myrtenaster up somewhere you'd not want to get damaged..."

Bumblebee let out a small squeak of fear, his pupils shrunk at Weiss' threat.

He may be a fully trained, millenia-old, quick thinking, and agile alien robot soldier who's seen Hell and fire... but there's only one thing that countless years of battlefield fighting experience and training can't prepare you for...

Women...

And to sweeten the pot, Weiss put on an overly generous smile... no man, be he Bot or human, is safe when a women pulls the sweet and 'generous' smile out of the bag, and said it the sweetest tone of voice...

"Ok, Bumblebee?"

(AN: Oh Slag! Shit just got real!)

Ooh, the killing intent that came off of Weiss was felt by every male in the Auditorium. Heck, even a few male students unconsciously moved their hands to protect their lower member, mainly out of fear...

"Y-yes, ma'am! It won't happen again!" Bumblebee quickly replied.

Cliffjumper observed the whole thing completely unphased by the killing intent coming from Weiss and burst out laughing. He held the sides of his body in pain, launched back from his seat, and started rolling on the floor laughing like a Hyena. Tears of enjoyment popped out of the corners of his own Azure-Metal orbs.

"HAHA! My brother just TOTALLY got whipped, and before she actually praised Bumblebee for saving her life! Pfft-Hahahaaaa!"

Both ShootingStar and Evac peered behind and gave the twin-brother of Bumblebee a deadpanned look accompanied by a large sweat-drop on both of their heads.

"Get ahold of yourself you Knuckleheaded-baffon..." ShootingStar said in a deadpanned voice.

"Yeah, your not only embarrassing yourself, but your embarrassing the team as a whole.."

Ozpin, while he enjoyed the somewhat comical interaction between the soldier and his female compatriot, desperately wanted to finish this Ceremony as quick as possible. The sandman called and he yearned to sleep in his office chair...

Oh, how it reclined into a relaxation filled paradise!

"-ahem-" Ozpin cleared his throat.

All eyes were locked onto Ozpin.

Seeing that he had everyone's attention, Ozpin smiled happily at the 5 teens on stage. Mainly, the smile he wore was directed towards Ruby.

"Now then... before we were interrupted-"

All eyes went to Bumbebee; he felt the gazing stares and shuddered. Their glaring stares felt like a tone of searing lazers being engraved into him!

"-the last team consists of these four young and exceptionally skilled women. Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Bellodonna, and Yang Xio Long... The four of them collected the White-Knight pieces, together you form Team RWBY... lead by-"

Ozpins smile seemed to grow as he looked at Ruby... those Silver eyes could pierce even the darkest of nights...

"-Ruby Rose."

Applause once again filed through the audience, showing their support of the youngest, and in due time, most promising Huntresses in all of Remnant...

Weiss looked at Ruby like she had just grown a second head. The young Heiress then shifted her gaze at Bumblebee wih wide eyes full of shock, Bumblebee returned it with a smile.

Before Ruby could even celebrate or cheee about her new status as a leader, her sister Yang quickly darted over and locked Ruby into the biggest Bear-Hug she could give her sister.

"Ooooh, I'm so proud of you!" shouted the young new Huntress-in-training.

"Yang... Can't... Breeeeath...!"

Yang quickly realized that her sister was starting to turn blue from the lack of oxygen and released the younger Rose. Ruby sucked in a huge gulp of air and glared at her sister. The busty-blonde brawler smiled sheepishly and chuckled.

"Sorry Ruby..."

Ozpin smiled at the newly formed Team RWBY, knowing full well that Ruby was going to accomplish many things...

He then looked at Bumblebee, his smile faded into a serious look. He coughed into his hand and gained the young Autobots attention.

Bumblebee turned his head and saw Ozpin's facial expression.

It was time...

The Headmaster of Beacon walked up to the podium and cleared his throat.

"Attention students-"

The whole Auditorium went silent, the audience of new Huntsmen and Huntresses-in-Training stared curiously at Ozpin. However, three teenage boys in the crowd stared at the man on the stage, knowing that it was time to make the announcement.

"-before we close the ceremonies, I would like to make an announcement."

Ozpin saw the confused and interested looks on the newest students of his school and couldn't help but smile at their perplexed looks...

"It has come to my attention that we are in need of new Huntsmen... and with the current increase in Grimm, it's even more imperative that we assure victory over the beasts... so, that is why I've decided to usher in a new kind of Huntsmen into your ranks..."

Ozpin stepped aside from the podium, gesturing towards some unknown person... that's when Bumblebee walked over to the podium with a confused Weiss in hand. The young Autobot adorned a serious look, the air he around him was confident, making him appear somewhat older than he looked...

The Autobots in the stands stood up smirking, knowing that it was time to make themselves known to the school.

Cliffjumper pumped his metal fist into the air.

"Here we go!" shouted Cliffjumper.

Bumblebee then ushered Ozpin back over, he handed the still confused and temporarily crippled Weiss over to Ozpin. Bumblebee eyed the crowd, and smiled...

He took a deep breath, confidence and energy welling up inside of him...

'Here goes nothing...'

"Greetings Beacon Academy... As Ozpin stated earlier, we are in need of new warriors. The reason being that there are enemies other than these 'Creatures of Grimm' out in the world, enemies who are powerful and aren't afraid to kill... so, that's why Ozpin and I decided to create a new sector of Huntsman called 'Jägers'..."

Suddenly, everyone in the room, including the newly formed Team RWBY on stage, went wide eyed at the mention of a new group of Huntsman.

Bumblebees serious expression fell into a childish grin, he looked into the stands and towards the Autobots...

"So allow me to introduce them... Stinger Squad! Fall in and introduce yourselves!"

Suddenly, in a blur of crimson and blue, the Autobots in the stands disappeared and reappeared moments later behind Bumblebee. Cliffjumper emitted an aura of confidence and cockiness, Evac had his Sniper resting on his shoulder, and ShootingStar stood on Bumblebees left side with his arms crossed.

Cliffjumper introduced himself first, he put a metal thumb to his puffed up chest full of pride. A 'nice guy' grin was placed across his face, and he closed his dark-azure eyes.

"What's up Beacon! The name's Cliffjumper, and I'm one tough Red!"

Evac slung his Sniper rifle onto his back, reached for his holsters, and took out his two High Caliber Pistols. He twirled them around his finger, eyed the audience, and smiled.

"Name's Evac, nice ta meet ya."

ShootingStar unsheathed 'Knights Dream' and twirled it around his hand. He eyed the crowd with a small smile.

"ShootingStar, but just call me Star for short."

The young Autobot-Leader in yellow took the reins back and introduced himself.

"-and I'm Bumblebee, the leader of the small faction of 'Jagers'. But as a whole, we're called Stinger Squad."

He then looked over to the surprised members of Team RWBY and smiled. This was gunna be a fun experience.

"The members of Stinger Squad, myself included, can't wait to work with the Hunters and Huntresses of Beacon Academy."

Bumblebee looked behind himself and smiled at the shocked Weiss...

Oh, if she thought Bumblebee and his team of Autobots forming a new faction of Hunters was shocking then imagine the look on her face when Bumblebee tells her that he's not even from Remnant, or this universe!

The young Autobot leader looked away from Weiss and towards the crowd once again. His smile never leaving his face.

"I hope we can get along and combat the forces of darkness together as one... that is all..."

And with that, Bumblebee motioned for Ozpin to take the stage once more. The White-haired Headmaster stepped forward with a still bewildered Weiss, whom Ozpin gladely handed her back to Bumblebee, and took his place at the podium once more...

"And so the Team Ceremony concludes on that announcement... I hope you all work together in your new teams, especially with our newest faction of 'Jägers'... Now, as you all leave, your scrolls will lead you and your team to the location of your temporary living quarters for the next four years... You are dismissed..."

All of the Students filed out of the Auditorium, heading towards their designated living quarters...

Ozpin looked over to the chatting two teams, each member of Stinger Squads 'Jagers' congratulating the newly Christened team RWBY. He couldn't help but smile at the two chatting teams.

He already knew that things were going to get crazy. What with one team consisting of the two daughters of one of Beacons top teams, the young Schnee Heiress of Atlas, and an ex-White Fang Faunus-in-hiding turned Huntress-in-Training attending his prestigious academy...

But now that Bumblebee and his Autobot soldiers are attending his academy, followed by the fact that a few days prior, amongst all that paperwork were the documents and orders to initiate a new organization of Hunters into the current Hunter ranks, created by non other then Bumblebee himself. Things were about to become wild and hectic...

So now you had the choice. The choice of choosing one side of the same coin. You could train to become a fully fledged Huntress or Huntsmen, become one of the many Guardians of Remnant...

Or...

You could choose to advance or train at a young age, train harder than any other Huntsmen or Huntress alive, protecting the world of Remnant not just from the Grimm but also the dark forces lurking around the globe... You'd fight for your world and put your life on the line for it as a soldier...

A true Hunter...

A 'Jäger'...

"This is certainly shaping up to be an... interesting year..."


(Elsewhere...)

-Location: Vale Docks, Warehouse District-

Night had fallen, Remnants shattered moon illuminated the night... it was a peaceful night...

But it wasn't a good day for one Roman Torchwick... he looked down at the Map of Remnant and snarled... next to it was a file with the letter 'J' on it...

"Damnit!" he shouted...

Why was Roman in such a foul mode? Maybe it had to do with the fact he got arrested -again- for the umpteenth time? Or, did it have to do with the fact that his so called 'ally' inside of Beacon discovered something that could hender his progress with her plans?

Maybe it was both?

The point is his spy in Beacon had just gotten news, somewhat troubling him and his employer, about a new sub-division of Huntsmen...

He reached over to the file and grabbed it with his gloved hand... He flipped it open, and, there inside, was a fresh and new photo of four teenage boys attached to a report from his spy.

When Cinder found out about the 'Jägers', she almost burnt Roman to a crisp...

'First Report: Everything's going according to plan, nobody suspects anything about me or my true intentions... However, I should let you and Lady Falls know of an interesting development... the oh so 'mighty' Ozpin and some new Beacon Student have created a new faction of Huntsmen that was revealed today at the Team Ceremony, their calling themselves The 'Jägers', to be more specific as a group their called 'Stinger-Squad'. Catchy name though. Anyways, so far the only thing I know about these 'Jäger' is they've got exceptional speed, especially the one in yellow. He was able to jump 30 feet into the air and land without breaking a sweat... It's possible that the red one has the same abilities, though I have yet to see him in true action. The four idiots were foolish enough to give their names away. The one in red is called 'Cliffjumper', and from the way he spoke, its possible that he's a close combat-Heavy Hitter type. The one in the suit calls himself 'ShootingStar' he appears to use Sword Combat skills, though he could have more than one fighting style... I'll watch out for him. Then we have 'Evac', the youngest of the four new Huntsmen. His weapon choice suggests he's a long-ranged Sniper and a close combat specialist with those High Caliber Pistols of his... And finally, we have the leader who calls himself 'Bumblebee'... he appears to be the strongest of the four... and he seems to have a soft spot for The White Fangs next target-'

He flipped the page over and saw another photo attached to it. It showed the leader of Stinger Squad holding, who'da thought it The Snow Kings youngest daughter, Weiss Schnee in Bumblebees arms. The young Schnees lips firmly planted on Bumblebees left cheek...

'-so as an idea, if you or the White Fang ever encounter the young Schnee, try to capture her. Threaten to kill her infront of the so called 'Bumblebee', then he'll be putty in Lady Falls hands... also, increase your numbers Roman. I feel these four are not just your average teenagers, there's more to them then meets the eye...'

-signed, 'S'

Roman growled slightly...

This plan was gunna need more than just soldiers, he needed an army...

"We're gunna need more men..."

Roman rolled up the map, grabbed the report from 'S', and turned around to gaze at another map marked with a route towards Beacon... he then opened the file once more and pulled out the photo of Bumblebee being kissed by Weiss. He glared at the photo before placing it on the table below him. He grabbed a red pen on the side of the table, popped the cape, then proceeded to write on it... after he finished, he turned around and faced the routed out map once more. Placing the photo of the two teens next to the map...

The photo was now edited. Both Weiss' and Bumblebee's heads were circled, an arrow connecting the two. In the top right hand corner of the photo was the word 'ELIMINATE/KIDNAP' with an arrow pointing towards Weiss. In the top left corner was the word 'TARGET'...

And it was directly aimed at the young 'Jäger' Autobot-turned-Human...

"and some more fire power..."

This was going to become Cinders next objective. She needed more followers anyways, and while she was enraged by the thought of Ozpin increasing his ranks, she was also facinated by the newest 'Jäger'... it was clear who she needed to join her cause...

A female voice chuckled lowly in the shadows at Roman's suggestion, startling the young criminal.

"Ooh, Roman... What's the matter? Don't tell me you've gotten cold feet already..." said the females voice laced with a seductive tone.

A pair of flaming, Amber eyes ignited through the shadows of the warehouse in a golden fire. The sound of glass shoes clinked against the pavement...

Roman started sweating, he absolutely hated seeing those firey amber eyes ignite...

"W-what? No, of course not! I was just merely thinking! Since the Huntsmen are increasing their ranks, then why don't we do the same?" Roman asked with fake-confidence...

"Don't worry about that Roman..."

Roman gulped, "W-why not?"

Whatever confidence inside of Roman shattered when she stepped out of the shadows... The young female in the red-golden lined dress who'd hired Roman to commit all those Dust-Robberies, with deathly black wavy hair that went down to her back, smirked.

Cinder Falls loved toying with her subordinate...

"Because while your spy is busy gathering information on those four... I'll be making preparations for a new recruit..."

She set her sights on the the 'Jägers' leader...

Cinder wanted Bumblebee...


ANOTHER CHAPTER DONE!

Now as for the reason why I created a new sub-division of the Huntsmen was so that it would fit in with the purpose and theme of the story... also, internet cookies to those who can figure out the reference I made and why I made it... if you don't, then I'll explain it in the next chapter...

Also, this concludes the 'The Adventure Begins!' Arc and I'm SOOO excited to get started on the next arc of 'Of Guardians and Soldiers'!

Bumblebee: Well you better not go disappearing on us for two months again...

Team RWBY: YEAH!

OK! OK! I'll see what I can do. Just PLEASE stop screaming... I already had one incident like this happen in the past in one of my previous stories where I allowed characters to pop in on random ocassions... and I don't want to repeat it. PERIOD.

Evac: What was the incident?

...

...

I'd rather not talk about it... ANYWAYS! Let's move on!

Evac: But-

MOVING ON! Next time-

Team RWBY/Stinger Squad: The next Arc! 'Jagers and Huntsmen' Part 1: Soldiers!

HEY! YOU STOLE MY THUNDER!

Team RWBY/Stinger Squad: YOU LEFT FOR TWO MONTHS!

Good point... But I updated and got more chapters up in ONE WEEK didn't I?! Anyways I'm gunna end it right here before anything else happ-

-BANG-

(Crash)

RUBY! What did I say about firing that Murder Weapon in the House?! Ugh... This is SonicPrimus concluding the first arc of 'Guardians and Soldiers' signing off!

Ja-Ni!

-Bang-

(Crash)

RuuuuuuUUUUUUBYYYYYYYYYY!

Ruby: whoops...

(Definition:)

Jäger or Jaeger (Pronounced YAY-ger) is German for Hunter.