Vol 1 Issue 7: The Tangled Beacon
"Wow. This place is pretty big." Peter said, amazed as he walks around the airship that is taking the students to Beacon Academy. "Of course, compared to the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, its…pretty tiny."
Right now, Peter is wearing his usual blue shirt and brown pants, while also carrying his backpack that has the Iron Spider Suit pieces. He looks into his pocket and takes out the scroll that Ozpin gave him after their talk, to see if there were any crimes he missed.
"Looks like nothing major is happening now. Thank goodness." Peter told himself as he puts back the scroll in his pocket. He continues to walk around until he stops next to a window to get a clear view of the world he's in now. Peter whistles as he looks at the beautiful landscape below him, "Even though I hate traveling through dimensions, especially when it involves the world ending, I do enjoy the time exploring my new surroundings." Peter sighs as he thinks about his previous adventure with Sonic, "I really did like exploring the world of Mobius, with all the different areas that we explored during that time. I wonder how Sonic is doing right now." Peter smiles, "Knowing him, he's probably having the time of his life, no matter where he is."
Peter thoughts were interrupted when he hears someone talking a few feet next to him, "Oh, I can't believe my baby sister is going to Beacon with me! This is the best day ever!"
Peter turns around to see two familiar figures, Yang and Ruby. He chuckles a bit to see Yang hugging Ruby hard enough for her to breath. "Please stop." Ruby lowly said.
"Sisterly love. You just got to love it." Peter thought as Yang continues to hug Ruby.
She let's go of her younger sister for her to catch her breath, "But I'm so proud of you!" Yang excitedly said.
"Really Sis, it was nothing." Ruby calmly told her.
"What do you mean? It was incredible!" Yang said, still incredibly excited that her sister is going to Beacon. "Everyone at Beacon is going to think you're the bee's knees."
"Bees have knees?" Peter thought to himself. "I'll have to ask once we land." He continues to listen to the girl's conversation.
"I don't want to be the 'bee's knees', okay?" Ruby objected. "I don't want to be any kind of knees! I just want to be a normal girl with normal knees."
"Normal? Ha." Peter chuckled in his mind. "With where you're going, normal is the last thing you'll ever get, especially when I'm around too."
"What's with you? Aren't you excited?" Yang asked, a bit confused on her sister's behavior.
"Of course I'm excited…I just…" Ruby sighed. "I got moved ahead two years. I don't want people to think I'm special or anything." She finished as she lets her head down.
"But you are special." Yang said as she walks over and gives her sister a one-armed hug. "Besides. I heard someone else came here early as well!"
Peter is now starting to sweat a bit, "Ah nuts. Don't like where this is going."
"Really!?" Ruby asked, looking up in surprise and excitement, "Who?!"
Yang looks at the direction where Peter is. He notices and immediately looks at the window whistling. She smirks, "I might have an idea."
Ruby looks up at her before looking at Peter, "Is it that guy?" She points at Peter.
Yang looks at Peter closely, "Haven't I seen that guy before?" She starts thinking to herself.
"Please, someone distract her." Peter pleads, hoping someone or something will keep her company.
As Ruby and Yang walk closer to Peter, they are interrupted by a news report from a hologram. "Oh thank God!" Peter mentally sighed as they all focus on the news report, which so happens to talk about Spider-Man.
"…For the past week now, a mysterious vigilante, known as Spider-Man, has been spotted all across Vale, stopping every crime and theft that has been committed by the White Fang. No one knows who or what this person is, but we are grateful that he is helping us protect our city." A male news reporter said while showing a picture of a blurry image of Spider-Man.
"Hey look, its Spider-Man!" Ruby excitedly said, jumping up and down in place.
"Just wished they had a better picture of him, though." Yang raised an eyebrow.
"Good thing I'm working for those guys soon." Peter thought with a smile. "Only one man can get good pictures of Spider-Man, and that would be Spider-Man himself."
As the other students on the airship get a closer look at the news cast to hear more about their favorite hero, it cuts to another news report, "For our next news, a robbery was led by nefarious criminal Roman Torchwick, who continues to evade authorities. The screen changes to show a mugshot of Roman Torchwick. "If you have any information on his whereabouts, please contact the Vale Police Department. Back to you, Lisa." The male voice finished.
"Hmph. Compared to guys like the Kingpin, Silvermane, and Tombstone, this guy is nothing I can't handle." Peter thought as he folds his arms. He then continues to listen on what the female voice has to say.
The mugshot on the screen changes to Lisa Lavender, with a photo of animal-eared demonstrators holding signs saying, "WE ARE NOT ANIMALS!" followed by an image of the logo of a growling red wolf's head with three scratch marks.
"Thank you, Cyril. In other news, this Saturday's Faunus Civil Rights protest turned dark when members of the White Fang disrupted the ceremony. The once peaceful organization has now disrupted…" The news feed was caught off when a hologram of Glynda appears.
"Damn it, Glynda. I wanted to hear more about the news." Peter mentally told himself, since he wants to learn more about the Faunus predicament.
"Hello, and welcome to Beacon!" Glynda greeted the students on board.
"Who's that?" Yang asked.
"My name is Glynda Goodwitch." She replied.
"Oh."
"You are among a privileged few who have received the honor of being selected to attend this prestigious academy!" Glynda congratulated them as she continues talking, "Our world is experiencing an incredible time of peace, and as future Huntsmen and Huntresses, it is your duty to uphold it. You have demonstrated the courage needed for such a task, and now it is our turn to provide you with the knowledge and the training to protect our world." The hologram said before disappearing.
"Sure. No pressure or anything." Peter thought before looking out the window. "You know, it just dawn to me. I'm attending two schools now, one here and one back at New York. As if balancing my social life and superhero life was bad enough back home."
As Peter sighs at himself on how to handle his life, the other students make their way towards the window, with Ruby and Yang following as well.
"Oh, wow! Look, you can see Signal from up here!" Ruby said excited as the other students look down at the town below. "I guess home isn't too far after all!"
Peter rolls his eyes over her comment, "For you, maybe. For me, it's like a couple dimensions away." He sighed wondering how he's gonna get home without the ISO-8.
"Beacon's our home, now." Yang said before looking at Peter, who is just slouching over the window, minding his own business, "At least, for everyone that is."
The three of them all hear a passenger groaning and hunching over nearby as runs to the back of the ship.
"Well…I guess the view isn't for everyone." Yang said as she rolls her eyes.
"It was a nice moment while it lasted." Ruby said.
Peter turns around to see the boy running pass him, "I better check to see if he's okay." As Peter moves to check on the air sick boy, his Spider-Sense goes into maximum overdrive, "What…is going…on…?" He slightly crouches down as he rubs his head, "My head! It never felt this much pain before!" He thought as he slowly gets up, with the pain he felt gone. "That was weird. Why did my Spider-Sense go nuts like that? It never hurt my head that much before."
As Peter looks out the window, hoping the clear, blue sky would clear his head, what he instead gets is a view of the whole city on fire. The sky is darkened and there are thunderstorms everywhere.
"What the…" Peter rubs his eyes and looks through the window again, now seeing the clear, blue sky from before. "Okay, that was also weird. First, my spider-sense goes nuts, and then I start seeing things. All this dimensional travel must be getting to my head."
As Peter tries to understand what is going on with him, he is interrupted with the sound of someone puking. He turns around to see Yang, Ruby, and 'Vomit Boy'.
"…Oh, Yang, gross! You have puke on your shoe!" Ruby shouted as she points to the puke on her shoe.
"Gross, gross, gross, gross, gross, gross, gross, gross!" Shouted Yang.
"Get-Get away! Get away from me! Get away from me! Get away from me! Get away from me!" Ruby shouted, trying to run away from the puking boy.
Peter just stood there, slightly chuckling, "This may not be my home, but it certainly reminds me of it." He said as the ship is about to land on Beacon Academy.
Finally landing, 'Vomit Boy' went to the nearest trash can he could find, while the other students passed him without a second's notice. Peter, being the nice guy that he is, goes over to check on the poor soul, "You feeling better?" Peter asked him as the boy finished puking out everything he ate.
The boy slowly looks up at Peter, "Yeah. Thanks for checking on me." The boy said.
"No problem." Peter replied as he puts his hand on his shoulder. "If you need anything, just let me know."
The boy nodded as Peter walks over to the big courtyard in front of him, filled with pillars and decoration, followed closely by a set of towers, displaying a lot of power was inside.
Peter smirks as he walks through the courtyard with his hands in his pockets, "Charles Xavier wished he had a school this big. I do wonder how he pays for the mansion though."
As Peter continues to walk around, his Spider-Sense goes off again, only not as painful this time, "Great, now what?" He looks around to see Ruby talking a very familiar person. "Isn't that the girl who I saved a few days ago? Why is Spider-Sense pointing at her?" He then gets a better look at the Dust cloud that is forming around Ruby's nose. "Let me see: Red Dust cloud plus a little girl's nose equals…"
An explosion of Dust occurs where the two girls were standing, "That."
Peter walks closer to check on the two. He sees Weiss covered in ashes, while also berating Ruby for making a mess.
"Unbelievable!" Weiss shouted. "This is exactly the kind of thing I was talking about!" She said as she cleans herself up.
"What! About the fact you keep shaking that red Dust bottle up close to her." Peter said, as he walks up to the two girls, gaining their attention. "Or the fact you keep talking without knowing the consequences of your actions." Peter crossed his arms.
"What makes you the judge of me?" Weiss asked annoyed.
"No one, just wanting to see how you would react when someone talks back at you." Peter said with a mischievous smile.
"Do you even know who you are talking to?!" She shouted at him while crossing her arms.
"Nope." Peter immediately said while shaking his head.
While Ruby is giggling at the two arguing, Weiss steps closer to Peter, "Hmph. You think you're SO funny, don't ya?!" She asked him.
"Of course. I'm the best there is at what I do, and what I do can be quite hilarious." He pointed to himself. "But for you, I'll try to be a better comedian, okay princess?" He puts his hand on her shoulder, only for her to slap it off.
They all hear a few footsteps coming their way, "It's Heiress, actually." Said Blake, who so happens to be attending Beacon as well.
Peter smiled at her, which she gracefully returned, before turning back to the Weiss problem at hand, "Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee Dust Company, one of the largest producers of energy propellant in the world."
Weiss starts to smile smugly, "Finally, some recognition!" She said, which made Peter rolls his eyes.
"The same company infamous for its controversial labor forces and questionable business partners." Blake finished, which made both Peter and Ruby laugh a bit.
"Wha…" Weiss was left a little speechless. "How dare you?!"
Peter wipes a tear from his eye, "Don't want to bring that up when making friends." He said, making Weiss turn angrily at him. "Hey, I'm only trying to help. Just be glad I didn't record this. Or did I…" He mischievously looks at her, which caused Weiss to just storm off, not before snatching the bottle from Blake.
"Try not to shake it this time!" Peter shouted at her. "I hear the results can be really explosive!"
He turns around to see Ruby just laughing very hard at his joke, and then looks at Blake who just slightly giggles, "I'm glad that there are some people out there that likes my jokes." He smiled.
Ruby wipes a tear from her eye, "You're way funny than my sister. Perhaps you can give her lessons in comedy."
"Sure, why not." Peter said as he turns to Blake. "So any reasons why you are here?"
Blake smiled, "I should be asking you the same thing. Don't you have a mugger to chase down or something?"
Peter rubs his head, "Not at the moment. I'm sort of…grounded."
"Why?" Blake asked. She then sees Peter pointing to his hand, now understand what he meant, "Oh. Grounded." She then starts walking away from Peter, "I'll see you later." She waves at him.
Peter waves back, "Sure, assuming nothing else happens until then."
As Blake walks away, Peter is now all alone, "Now wasn't there someone else here, or was I imaging things?" He then hears someone collapses next to him, as he turns around to see Ruby on the ground, "Oh, right. Her."
Ruby is currently on her knees as she sighs, "Welcome to Beacon…" She said, closing her eyes until a shadow comes over her.
"Ah, thank you. I was wondering when the greetings were gonna start." Peter said as Ruby saw his outstretched hand and smiling face when she opened her silver eyes. "Of course I thought we were going to some light show about a Beacon, not a school academy."
She takes his hand as Ruby pulls herself up, "Thanks. The name's Ruby Rose." She said, now looking a bit more chipper and happy.
"The name's Peter Parker, expert comedian." He told her.
Ruby giggled as she remembers the joke Peter made before, "Yeah, I know."
The two hear footsteps coming closer to them, as they see a blonde guy with a sword approach them. "Hey, I'm Jaune…" He shyly said.
"Hi Jaune." Peter replied with a smile. "My name is Peter Parker, and this is my lovely sidekick Ruby." He points at her.
Ruby turned to Peter, "Hey, who said I was your sidekick!" She childishly retorted while she's flailing her arms around. She then gets a closer look at Jaune. "Aren't you the guy that threw up on the ship?" She asked him, making him nervous.
Peter just face palms, "That's definitely not the best way to greet someone."
The three are walking around Beacon, which are filled with scenic tress, arching architecture, and a winding road alongside a river.
"All I'm saying is that motion sickness is a much more common problem than people let on!" Jaune protest to Ruby, while Peter just mind his own business.
Ruby laughs, "Look, I'm sorry! Vomit Boy was the first thing that came to mind." She told him.
"Oh, yeah?" Jaune said. "What if I called you Crater Face?" He asked.
"Crater Face?" Peter finally spoke up. "You really need to think of better material, Jaune. Otherwise people won't take you seriously when you make lame quips like that."
"Yeah, I guess so." Jaune looked at the ground before looking back at them. "Anyways, the name's Jaune Arc! Short, sweet, rolls off the tongue, ladies love it!" That made Peter and Ruby stop for a bit while looking at Jaune with a questioning look.
"They do?" They both asked him at the same time.
"They will!" Jaune quickly replied as they start walking again. "Well, I hope they will."
"Eh, trust me. It might take a while." Peter said to him.
"How are you so sure?" Jaune asked him, a bit curious.
"Let's just say you and I have a lot in common." Peter answered, since he could tell that Jaune is like him back when he was in middle school and high school.
After a bit of silence, Ruby decided to talk. "So…I got this thing!" She pulls out her Crescent Rose and stabs it into the ground.
"Whoa!" Jaune said, surprised that she is carrying such a big weapon. "Is that a scythe?!"
"It's also a customizable, high impact velocity sniper rifle." Ruby said with a smile.
Jaune turns to Peter, as he asked, "A wha-?"
"It's a gun" Peter replied as Ruby pumps the gun part.
"Oh." Jaune said, "That's cool!"
"So what've you got?" Ruby asked him.
"Oh! I, uh…" Jaune brings out his blade. "I got this sword!"
"Ooooooohhh!" Both Ruby and Peter said at the same time.
"Yeah, and I've got a shield, too!" Jaune takes out his scabbard, raises his arm and expands the metal into his defense.
Ruby touches his shield, "So, what do they do?" She asked, curious. She touches the shield, making it retract from his arm, expands, and retracts again before it back in place and finally shrinking it down for good, placing it on his belt.
"The shield gets smaller, so when I get tired of carrying it, I can just…put it away…" Jaune explained.
"But…wouldn't it weigh the same?" Ruby asked.
"Yeah, it does…" Jaune said, dejected.
They both turn around to Peter with curious looks, as he hasn't been speaking in a while. "What? Is something on my face, or clothes?" He asked looking around his body.
"No. We're just wondering where is your weapon?" Ruby asked him.
"Oh. Actually, I don't have any." He said, while rubbing the back of his head.
Ruby and Jaune are surprised to see their friend come to a school without any weapons. No weapons! Not so any!" Ruby shouted.
"Nope." Peter said. "I've always been trained to fight in hand to hand combat. That's how I am, of course I could make myself some weapons once we settle in." He finished.
Ruby eyes widened in excitement, "Really!? You can make your own weapons?!"
"Yeah, but it might take me awhile, since you know, school and all." Peter nervously chuckled, since he would also be busy being Spider-Man as well as fixing his Iron Spider Suit and ISO-watch.
Ruby giggled for a bit, "Well, I'm also kind of a dork when it comes to weapons, sooo…I guess I did go a little overboard when designing it."
"You would be great friends with Tony Stark then." Peter thought.
"Wait, you made that?!" Jaune asked confused.
"Of course!" Ruby said with a slight nod. "All students at Signal forge their own weapons."
"How about you, Jaune?" Peter asked him. "Did you build that, or was it a hand-me down?"
"A-a hand me down." Jaune said with his head slightly down. "My great-great-grandfather used it to fight in the war."
"So it's a family heirloom?" Both Peter and Ruby said at the same time.
"Ye-yeah." Jaune nervously said.
"Well, I like it!" Ruby said. "Not many people have an appreciation for the classics these days."
"Yeah…" He said as he puts away his sword. "The classics…"
Ruby turned back to Peter, who just lost in thought, "Peter?"
"Huh." Peter broke his train of thought. "You said something, Ruby?"
"Yeah. You seem…lost." Ruby asked him.
Peter just scratches his head, "I'm just…thinking."
"About what?"
Peter sighed, "Nothing important." He then looks around, trying to find a way to change the topic, "So, where are we going exactly?"
"Oh, I don't know! I was following you guys." Jaune said. "Y-You think there might be a directory?"
"Doubt it. Maybe a food court, or some kind of landmark we're not seeing." Peter replied. "Let's just continue to walk around, okay."
"Sure." Jaune said as he and Peter starts walking. Peter noticed Ruby hasn't moved an inch, "Ruby, you coming?!" He shouted.
Ruby blinked for a second before realizing she has been called, "Y-yeah! I'm coming!" She then starts running to catch up with the two, but she is still thinking about Peter's behavior as she looks at him, "Peter, are you sure you're feeling alright? She thought as they continue to walk around the school.
The small group have approached the front entrance to the school, where they enter the giant auditorium filled with people. Ruby looks over to hear her sister's voice.
"Ruby! Over her! I saved you a spot!" Yang said, waving at Ruby.
Ruby looks at the other two boys with her, "Oh! Hey, I-I gotta go! I'll see you after the ceremony!"
"Sure, see ya!" Peter waves at her as she goes leaves to be with her sister.
"Hey, wait!" Jaune sighed a bit. "Great. Where am I supposed to find another nice, quirky girl to talk to?!" He said to himself, unware Peter is still next to him.
"Well, I am nice, quirky is something people love me for, but a girl, nuh-uh." Peter puts his arm around the Jaune's shoulder, "Come on. Let's see if we can find any seats." He drags the boy across the room, both not realizing that there is a girl with a long, red ponytail, in light-brown and bronze armor.
Ruby is crossing her arms against her chest, standing beside her older sister, "How's your first day going, little sister?" Yang asked innocently.
"You mean since you ditched me and I exploded!?" Ruby shouted.
"Yikes! Meltdown already?" She calmly asked.
"No, I literally exploded a hole in front of the school…" Ruby said, raising her hand. "And there was fire some fire, and I think some ice…?" She said to her sister.
Yang smiled broadly, "Are you being sarcastic?" She taunted her.
"I wish!" Ruby scoffs, not knowing Weiss is standing right next to her. "I tripped over some crabby girl's luggage, and then she yelled at me, and then I sneezed, and then I exploded, and then she yelled at me again, and I felt really, really bad, and I just wanted her to stop yelling at me…!"
She was caught off-guard when a loud "You!" was screamed really close to her, making her jump to her sister's arms.
"Oh god, it's happening again!" She cried.
"You're lucky we weren't blown off the side of the cliff!" Weiss said with her arms against her waist.
"Oh my god, you really exploded." Yang softly said in sudden realization.
"It was an accident!" Ruby claimed as she gets off of Yang. "It was an accident! She said to Weiss, only to be met with a pamphlet about Dust. "What's this?"
"The Schnee Dust Company is not responsible for any injuries or damages sustained while operating a Schnee Dust Company product." Weiss started to say, but now in a higher pitch. "Although not mandatory, the Schnee Family highly encourages their customers to read and familiarize themselves with this easy to follow guide to Dust application and practices in the field."
"Uuhhh?" Ruby tried to process all what she had heard, but couldn't'.
"You really wanna start making things up to me?" Weiss asked.
"Absolutely?" Ruby said, unsure.
Weiss hands her the pamphlet, "Read this, and don't ever speak to me again."
"Look, it sounds like you two got off on the wrong foot." Yang said while scratching the back of her head. "Why don't you start over and try to be friends, okay?" She asked, hoping this would lead to a more peaceful solution.
"Yeah!" Ruby excitedly said. "Great idea, sis!" She holds out her hand to Weiss as she clears her throat. "Hello, Weiss! I'm Ruby! Wanna hang out? We can go shopping for school supplies!"
Weiss, who hasn't shaken Ruby's hand yet, suddenly raises her hands beside her head. "Yeah! And we can paint our nails and try on clothes and talk about cute boys, like tall, blonde, and scraggly over there, and his friend, tall, facetious, and scrawny over there." She finished while pointing at Jaune and Peter, who the former notices, but Peter is standing there, crossing his arms, like he is in deep thought.
"Wow, really?!" Ruby excitedly asked, not understanding her sarcasm.
There were a few seconds of silence between the two, until Weiss just plainly said, "No."
"Ahem…" Came from a man which got the student's attention, well everyone except for Peter of course. "I'll…keep this brief." Ozpin said as he puts up his glasses. "You have traveled here today in search of knowledge, to hone your craft and acquire new skills, and when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. But I look amongst you, and all I see is wasted energy, in need of purpose, direction." He said, which got all the students whispering among themselves. Ozpin continues with his speech, "You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at the school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step." He finished.
As Ozpin leaves, Glynda steps up to talk, "You will gather in the ballroom tonight; tomorrow, your initiation begins. Be ready. You are dismissed."
"He seemed kind of…off." Yang said after the speech.
"Yeah…" Ruby focus her attention at Peter, who doesn't look like he was paying attention at all, since he was still thinking to himself. "…It's almost like he wasn't even there." She said, referencing both Ozpin and Peter.
"I'm a natural blond, you know!" Jaune said from Weiss' side, making her face palm.
Peter hasn't moved an inch ever since Ozpin's speech, as he was thinking about something, "Was is a good idea for me to come to this school?" He mentally told himself. "My presence here could put all these students in danger, just like before." He starts to have flashbacks back on Earth, when Norman Osborn first became the monster Goblin and went to look for Peter at his school, destroying everything in his path. "I mean, at least I know these guys could put up a fight." He thought while looking at all the students with weapons. "But I doubt they have experience fighting god-like creatures or aliens invading the planet like I have. Besides, against the Goblin, they would all be destroyed instantly, since he would destroy anything in his path to get what he wants and he won't show any remorse what's so ever." Peter sighed as he just walks away, not evening hearing that Ruby is calling him.
"Peter! Hey, Peter!" She shouted, but he just ignored it. "I wonder what's wrong with him?" She frowned.
Yang puts her hand on Ruby's shoulder, "We'll ask him later, okay." Ruby nods as they both exit the auditorium.
It's the first night at Beacon. Everyone is in pajamas, laying out their sleeping bags. Ruby is currently writing in a journal while wearing pajamas with a sleeping mask around her head. She was calmly writing, that is until Yang decided to crash next to her.
"It's like a big slumber party!" She said as she drops besides Ruby in her pajamas.
"I don't think dad would approve of all the boys though." Ruby said, while still writing in her journal.
"I know I do!" Yang said as she purrs, watching several muscular, shirtless guys, but immediately starts to groan as she sees Jaune, dressed in feetie pajamas, waving at her. She puts her attention back to Ruby. "What's that?" She asked her.
"A letter to the gang back at Signal." Ruby simply answered. "I promised to tell them all about Beacon and how things are going." She said with her feet raised up.
"Aww, that's so cuuute!" Yang said, but is knocked back by a pillow to her face.
"Shut up! I didn't get to take my friends with me to school! It's weird not knowing anyone here!" Ruby angrily said.
"What about Jaune? He's…" Yang started, only to find it's hard to say anything nice about him, "…nice. There you go! Plus one friend! That's a hundred percent increase! Add Peter in and you got another hundred percent increase! That two hundred percent increase in total!" She said, trying to cheer up her sister.
"I'm pretty sure Weiss counts as a negative friend." Ruby said as she turned around her back. "Back to one."
"There's no such thing as negative friends." Yang said, "You just made two friends and one enemy!" She said, only to receive another pillow to the face. "Look, it's only been one day. Trust me; you've got friends all around you! You just haven't met them yet!"
"I know that, but…" Ruby started as she frowns.
"But what?" Yang asked.
"Peter." She looks at her older sister. "There's something about him that I'm worried about. Like he's all alone and he couldn't do anything to change it."
Yang looks down, "Yeah. He did seem pretty lonely, not to mention distracted."
As the two look down at their pillows, they notice a candle being lighted up nearby, which was caused by Blake, who is leaning against a wall, reading her book.
"That girl…" Ruby started.
"You know her?" Yang said with interest.
"Not really. She saw what happened this morning, but left before I could say anything." Ruby said. Suddenly, she realizes something, "But she knows Peter, like they talked before. She must know what's wrong with him."
"Well, now's your chance!" Yang happily said as she stood up and dragged her sister to the hidden cat.
"Hey, wait! What are you doing?" Ruby protested, but her words fell on deaf ears as she was dragged against her will.
Meanwhile with Peter, he is currently taking a shower, one that he has been hoping for a very long time. But he doesn't seem so happy about it, as he is just staring at the water coming down him, as he hears a faint and familiar laugh in his head. Peter winces as he shakes his head, "Goblin. Even in death, you still haunt me." He quietly told himself as he continues to shower himself.
Back with Ruby and her predicament, she is still struggling to get out of Yang's grip as they both meet with Blake, who looks over her book to see the both of them.
"Hel-looooo!" Yang said in a song like voice. "I believe you two may know each other?" She asked Blake.
Blake gets a closer look at Ruby, "Aren't you…that girl that exploded?" She stated.
"Uh, yeah! My name's Ruby! But you can just call me Crater…" She smiles as she tries to stop her embarrassing nickname. "Actually, you can just call me Ruby."
"Okay." Blake replied while looking at her book.
Yang turned to her little sister, "What are you doing?" She whispers to her.
"I don't know…" She whispers back before smiling again. "Help me!"
"So…What's your name?" Yang asked, trying to find a way to start the conversation.
Blake sighs as she is distracted again, "Blake."
"Well, Blake, I'm Yang, Ruby's older sister! I like your bow!" Yang complemented her, but it just left Blake irritated.
"Thanks!"
"It goes great with your…pajamas!" Yang said, struggling to say something to her.
"Right…"
"Nice night, don't you think?" Yang said, which makes Ruby laugh uncomfortably.
"Yes, it's lovely! Almost as lovely as this book!" Blake said at the standing Ruby and Yang. "That I will continue to read." She said as the two are still standing in place. "As soon as you leave!"
Yang looks at Ruby, "Yeah, this girl's a lost cause. She told her, but Ruby moves closer to Blake.
"Blake…" Ruby started talking, which doesn't get her attention. "Do you know anything about Peter?"
That last name got Blake's attention as she puts down her book, "What do you want to know about him?" She said, a bit nervous if they know his secret identity.
"We're just worried about him." Ruby told her. "Do you know what's bothering him? You two seem to be good friends."
"To be honest, I don't know much about Peter." Blake said, while lying a bit to hide his identity. "I just know that he's someone that would do anything to help others, even if he has to sacrifice his own life."
"Really? Is that true?" Ruby asked her, which Yang is also curious about as they both move closer to Blake for more answers.
"Come on. Blake. Are you actually being modest about me?" A voice says from the corner of the room, which got all three girls attention. They turn around to see Peter standing next to the wall, without a shirt of course, revealing his six pack. He moves closer to the group, "You know, I'm not the biggest fan when people gossip about me, unless of course it's about how cool I am." He sits down with the girls, where he receives a smile from Ruby and Blake, while Yang immediately moves closer to Peter, while showing off her flirtatious eyes.
"I knew I recognized you from somewhere." She said as she moves closer to Peter. "Didn't I meet you in Junior's club?" She asked the hidden hero.
"Oh, right." Peter said, with not the sound of surprise in his voice, "Didn't you blow up the place when I left."
"Yeah, but at least I was able to team up with Vale's own Superhero." She said with a smirk, as she leans right onto Peter's shoulder, making him slightly uncomfortable.
That last comment made Blake's eyes widen as she looks at Peter, who doesn't seem to notice as he is too distracted with Yang. "Anyways, Peter." Ruby said to get his attention. "I was wondering about something."
"About how I am a good jokester?" Peter pointed to himself. "Too bad the ice princess doesn't think I'm too funny. I'm hilarious!"
"No, you are not!" A sudden voice said from behind him. "I told you that I'm not a princess, now show some respect!" Weiss demanded from him.
Peter turned around to her face, "You certainly act like a princess, a stubborn one at that." He said to her, making her even more angry.
"Oh, shut up! Don't you realize some of us are trying to sleep!?" She screamed at him.
Peter simply ignored her as he puts a finger in his ear and scratched. "If you keep up that tone of voice, it's a wonder any of us will go to sleep at all." He said.
"You fool!" She screamed at Peter. "You think everything is a joke? You think making a joke all the time will make the situation any different? In real combat, people die if they don't take things seriously, but I doubt you would know anything about loss and death!" She finished as she crosses her arms, thinking that she won their little argument.
The sisters and Blake look at Peter, concerned if he is okay. Peter then looks at Weiss with a more serious face, "Actually, I do know about what it's like to lose someone, multiple, multiple times." He told her, while keeping his cool.
That comment made Weiss look at him a bit shocked, wondering if he's telling the truth, "For the past two years, I've been in fights that you couldn't possibly imagine. The kind that have left me at death's door multiple times. And if not me, but those close to me, and unfortunately none of them ever made it." He said, which shocked all four girls, mostly Weiss in particular, being caught off guard at this sudden realization from Peter. He continues to stare at her, which causes her to be afraid a bit, "So don't go around telling me that I don't know what it's like to lose those close to you, trust me on that. So what about you back off, before I really lose my cool." He said in a serious tone, while also making a pun, but it didn't matter as it made Weiss just walk away from him in fear.
Peter sighed while he closed his eyes. He then turned to see the other remaining girls staring at him, a bit worried for him, and a bit scared for him, "Sorry, that you have to hear that. Just getting really tired of her yapping all the time, you know." He said as he sits back down.
"Yeah, we understand." Yang said as she puts her arm around his shoulder, "We didn't realize the kind of pain you must be going through."
"That wasn't even the half of it." Peter thought.
Yang let's go of Peter before turning to her little sister, "Come on, Ruby. Let's get ready for tomorrow."
"Um, yeah." Ruby said, while she still looks at Peter as she is dragged away by her older sister. Now she's the one in deep thought, can't even comprehend the pain Peter must have been going through for the past two years, "Peter…" She thought as she goes back to her bed.
Peter sighed again until looking at Blake, who was holding her book in one hand, "So, how's that book?" Peter asked her.
"You don't want to talk about it." Blake asked him, ignoring his first question.
Peter looked down, "No. Trust me, you don't want to know everything about me. You wouldn't imagine what I've been through."
"I can imagine." She closed her book before looking at Peter again. "Well, if you don't want to talk about your past, perhaps we can talk about something else then."
"Like what?" Peter raised an eyebrow.
"What about the guy with a fishbowl you told me before?" She said with a smile.
Peter smiled as he gets ready to sleep in a bed next to her, "Sure, why not. I can probably tell you the time I fought a giant lizard." He said as he lays down, getting ready to sleep.
Blake smirks as she gets ready to sleep, "Why do I have the feeling this year is gonna be an interesting one?" She thought, wondering the sorts of adventures and hijinks will come when Peter is around doing is usual thing.
*BGM-Dragon Ball Z Kai- Next Episode Preview (Wings of the Heart Version) *
Peter: Hi, I'm Peter Parker. So we have to do what now?
Ozpin: For this initiation, you will have to find a partner while also searching for some relics in the forest in front of you.
Peter: Partners? Relics? Forest? This is some kind of joke, right?
Ozpin: Does it look like I'm joking?
Peter: I don't know. Kind of hard since you love to stuff your face with that coffee mug of yours.
Next time on Spider-Man: Battle for Remnant:
Forest of Doom
Peter: I have forgot to mention I don't like giant birds that like to kill me.
KFX here: Don't have much to say besides Goblin is gonna appear soon. And if you are one of those people who are worried that this is a Harem story, ITS NOT! If there is one theme that this story is gonna have is that it involves family, which you'll understand later down the road.