Welcome to Beacon Part 2

Blaze, Yang and Ruby gaped up at castle-like Beacon Academy. "Wow," Blaze whispered as teenagers streamed past them.

"The view from Vails got nothing on this," Yang said, folding her arms. Suddenly Ruby gasped and grabbed Blaze's arm.

"Blaze that kids got a collapsible staff!" she said pointing.

"Wow!" Blaze shouted, "Look at that person! They have gun mounted on their shoulder! Oh oh oh! That guy has shield with a razor on its edge!"

"That girl has a fire sword!"

"What! Where?" Blaze and Ruby both began walking, trying to get a better look of the sword. Yang grabbed Ruby's hood and Blaze's vest holding them back.

"Ah man," Blaze said sadly, drooping.

"Easy guys," Yang said. "They're just weapons."

"Yeah," Blaze muttered. "But they're so cool! They tell you so much about a person's personality from just looking at them!" Then he straitened up.

"I'm gonna go grab my luggage," he said.

"Can you grab mine too?" Ruby asked.

Blaze smiled and pulled Ruby's hoody over her head.

"Sure thing sis!"

Turning around Blaze walked on the side of the stone path, avoiding the swarm of students. After finding both their bags, he began walking back, a backpack and suitcase per arm.

An explosion of fire, ice and electricity shook the court yard, right were Ruby stood.

"Ruby!" dropping the luggage, Blaze ran to his sister. A girl in a white dress with long white hair stood in front of her.

"Ruby! Are you okay! What happened?"

"Is she okay?" the girl in white suddenly snapped. "Look at my drees! Do you have any idea how much this cost?!"

"I'm really really sorry," Ruby said awkwardly.

"Ug! You complete dolt! What are you even doing here - aren't you a little young to be attending Beacon!"

"Hey, take it easy," Blaze said. "She said she was sorry."

"Sorry! She could have killed me! Do you even know what Dust is you idiot!"

"Hey!" Blaze said angrily. "That was just uncalled for! Just relax, no one got hurt!"

"Did you not get the point of 'she could have killed me'? Were you even listening?"

"Well it's hard not to as you yell at me like a spoiled brat."

"How dare you!" the girl in white nearly shouted, stomping her foot. "Do you even know who I am!"

"Yeah! You're a pain! Now stop talking to my sister like she's an idiot!"

"Your sister! That would explain why you both are complete dolts with no sense respect!"

"Listen," Blaze said, rolling his eyes. "You're clearly from Atlas, so let me explain something to you. In the rest of the world, if you want respect, you have to earn it."

"I don't need your respect."

"Then act like it," Blaze said angrily, stepping forward. Suddenly a person stepped beside him, startling Blaze. He walked past and stood behind the girl in white, hands behind his back.

It was a boy with a white button up jacket and dark blue collar with a black undershirt. On his right shoulder he had grey snowflake, the same symbol as the girl in white's luggage and Dust containers. His other shoulder sported long stripes down the arm. He wore dark blue-gray pants. The boy's hair was silvery white and his skin was pale, his left cheek marked with a scar. But his most interesting feature were his eyes. Both were blue, but one was so dark it was nearly black, and the other so light it was nearly white. The way he stood behind the girl in white made him almost seem like… a body guard. Who brought a body guard with them into a school where you train to be warriors?

"Ug! You both are clearly not even supposed to be here! This isn't your ordinary combat school! It's not just sparing and practice, you know. We're here to fight monsters!"

"Wow," Blaze said drily. "I had no idea."

"Hey I said I was sorry princess," Ruby snapped, clearly having enough.

"It's heiress actually," a voice said beside them. Blaze turned in surprise to see two people.

One was a lizard Faunus with a dark, olive green tail. He wore a black leather jacket, zipped about half way down his chest showing a green undershirt. The jacket was folded back where it was unzipped, reveling an olive green inside. Around his neck wore a silver necklace. He had simple bright blue denim pants. The Faunus had long, black hair pulled back in a ponytail and pale skin, although not as pale as the boy with alternate-colored eyes. Strapped to his arms were two knife sheaths, the hilts sticking out the bottom. His eyes were a piercing emerald green.

The second person to approach was the most beautiful girl Blaze had ever seen. She had long, slightly wavy black hair with a large bow on her head. Her eyes were a shining amber-gold. She wore a black, white and purple simple outfit that seemed to be made to allow fast, smooth motions in a fight. The handle of a sword could be seen over her shoulder. A bottle of fire Dust was in her hand.

"Weiss Schnee," the girl with the bow continued, "Heiress to the Schnee Dust Company. One of the largest producers of energy propellant in the world." The girl in white, apparently Weiss Schnee, turned with smug look on her face.

"Finally," she smirked, "some recognition." Blaze rolled his eye. But the girl with the bow wasn't finished.

"The same company famous for its controversial labor forces, and questionable business partners."

"Your company is known for working your Faunus slaves to death. And whoever you don't kill, you brand to make sure the world knows you own them." The lizard Faunus snarled. "You destroy any chance of them ever having a normal life."

"Wha…" Weiss stammered, "how dare...the.. the nerve!" Ruby snickered.

"If I were you princess, I would leave," Blaze said, grinning. "You wouldn't want to start school with a bad reputation." Weiss glared at him.

"Shut up!" she snapped. Then she stormed forward, grabbed the Dust from the girl with the bow's hand and flounced off, the boy with multi-colored eyes following after. Servants began picking up her scattered suitcases.

"I promise I'll make this up to you!" Ruby called to Weiss's back. Blaze patted Ruby's back.

"I'm sure this day will get better," he said, plastering a smile on his face, for her sake.

"Yeah," Ruby muttered. Then they both turned to the two people who had helped them.

"So what's…" Ruby said perking up, and then trailed off. Both the Faunus and the girl with the bow were walking away.

"Wait!" Blaze called taking a step towards the girl. "I didn't even…" he sighed and lowered his hand.

"Aw man," he muttered under his breath. Beside him Ruby slumped to the ground.

"Welcome to Beacon," she muttered, staring at the sky. Blaze glanced at her sadly. They had both dreamed of this day their entire lives! And when it finial came, Yang had left the first chance she got, and Ruby had managed to offend an uptight, snooty, jerk from Atlas - and she hadn't even been here for an hour. Her life dream - their life dream - was off to a horrible start. Sighing, he looked away, unsure of what to say.

Suddenly a voice behind him answered his problem.

"Hey."

Blaze turned in surprise to see a blond boy with a black hoody, chest armor, brown gloves, and a scabbard with a sword hilt poking out the top. He was holding his hand out to Ruby.

"I'm Jaune," the boy continued.

"Ruby," Ruby said hesitantly, allowing him to pull her to her feet.

"Aren't you the guy that threw up on the ship?" she asked with a slight smile on her face.

"Oh yeah!" Blaze laughed, "I remember you! You aright by the way?"

"Oh…" Jaune said awkwardly, "You saw that…Yeah, I'm alright. Motion sickness."

"I get it. Name's Blaze," Blaze said, happily holding out his hand, "Ruby's my sister."

"Oh!" Jaune said happily, shaking Blaze's hand. "It's good to meet yea Blaze." Blaze looked over to see a smile on Ruby's face. Thank you, Jaune he though smiling.