Ozpin's Little Rose
Chapter 5: Cliffside
Night had soon come and all the freshmen students were getting ready for some rest. Ruby was writing letters to her friends back at Signal Academy, which unfortunately for her, garnered the attention of her sister.
"Hey sis, what ya doing?" Yang asked
"Just writing about my first day here at Beacon, I promised the gang back at Signal that I would write"
"Ah, that's so cuuuuuute!" Yang replied before getting a pillow to the face.
"Shut up! Hey I didn't get to bring my friends with me, it's weird not knowing anybody"
Ruby was, upset that things didn't go so well on her first day. The only two good things that happen today. Was becoming friends with Jaune and her conversation with Ozpin. Everything else was a big mess.
"Hey you made one friend with that Jaune guy right?"
"Yeah but then there's the whole Weiss thing." Ruby grumbled.
Ruby's silver eyes lifted from the letter she was staring at earlier and went towards the other students, many of whom were flexing their muscles. Her eyes however didn't focus too much on them and found their way towards a young girl clad in black.
"Know her Ruby?" Yang asked while also looking at Blake.
"Well kind of she was their when I exploded." She replied.
"Well then let's go talk to her." Yang said as she was grabbing Ruby's arm.
"Yang wait!" Ruby shouted as she was trying to break free from Yang's grip.
"Hello! I believe you two have met."
"Aren't you that girl that exploded in front of the school?"
"Yeah that was me, my name's Ruby."
"You also pointed out that Weiss Schnee last name sounds like sneeze." Blake replied with a small smile on her face.
At hearing that Yang held pride in her eyes. "Schnee, sneeze! Oh man I love it, good one sis."
"I didn't mean to say it, it just popped into my head is all!" Ruby said as her cheeks began to turn pink.
"Hey what is with all the noise?!" Just then Weiss walked up to them. "Keep it down will you some of us are trying to...!"
"Oh no not you again!" Both Yang and Weiss said at the same time.
"Guys she's right people are trying to get some sleep." Ruby said trying to keep the peace.
"Oh so you're now on my side?!"
"I've been trying to be nice to you since we met today!"
"Yeah what do you have against my sister?!" Yang butted in.
"she's an endangerment to my health!" Weiss replied.
Before the conversation could continue, Blake blew out the candles, extinguishing the only light source in the room.
...
The next day Nora Valkyrie was face to face with her long time best friend, they had been together for quite some time, but in the words of Nora, not together, together. "Wakey, wakey sleepy head! It's morning, it's morning, it's morning! "
As Nora keep on talking Ren was getting ready for the initiation. "Let's go Nora."
Yang looked at the two before speaking her mind. "I wonder what is going on with those two?"
"I don't know. But what I do know is today I won't be needing to do any talking. Because Crescent Rose will do it for me." Ruby said while hugging Crescent Rose.
"Well, remember, Ruby, you're not the only one going through initiation. If you wanna grow up, you're gonna have to meet new people and learn to work together."
Ruby groaned at this, "Ahhhh, you sound like dad! I don't need other people to help me grow up, I drink milk."
Just out of earshot, a certain heiress began chatting up a well known champion.
"So, Pyrrha, have you given any thought to whose team you'd like to be on? I'm sure everyone must be eager to unite with such a strong, well-known individual such as yourself" Weiss said to the redhead in front of her.
...
All freshmen students waited patiently for initiation to begin at Beacon cliffs.
"For years, you have trained to become warriors, and today, your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest." Ozpin said before Professor Goodwitch stepped forward
"Now, I'm sure many of you have heard rumors about the assignment of "teams." Well, allow us to put an end to your confusion. Each of you will be given teammates... today."
"What?! Oh" Ruby whimpered.
"These teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon. So it is in your best interest to be paired with someone with whom you can work well." Ozpin said.
Ruby whimpered like a lost puppy.
"That being said, the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years." Ozpin said with an internal smirk.
"What!?" Ruby yelled as the faint sound of glass cracking could be heard.
"After you've partnered up, make your way to the northern end of the forest. You will meet opposition along the way. Do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path... or you will die."
"You will be monitored and graded through the duration of your initiation, but our instructors will not intervene. You will find an abandoned temple at the end of the path containing several relics. Each pair must choose one and return to the top of the cliff. You will guard that item, as well as your standing, and grade you appropriately. Are there any questions?"
Jaune raised his hand, "Yeah, um, sir-?
Ozpin smiled, "Good! Now, take your positions."
Everyone with the exception of the blond knight took a stance on their launch plates.
The first plate launched the first student, much to the horror of Jaune.
"Uh, sir? I've got, um... a question." he said with a look of horror and fear.
"So, this landing... strategy thing... Uh, wha-what is it? You're, like, dropping us off or something?"
"No. You will be falling." Ozpin replied.
"Oh, uh, I see... So, like, did you hand out parachutes for us?" Jaune asked.
"No. You will be using your own landing strategy." was his only reply
"Oh okay, so, what exactly is a landing strategYYY!..." he screams in terror as he flies off into the distance.
Ozpin smirked as he took a sip from his coffee. "This Job certainly has it's perks sometimes"