It was a beautiful summer and Beacon Academy was just opening its doors for the first time since Summer Break.
Everywhere as far as the eye can see, new students and potential Hunters and Huntresses are almost running to get to see they're new academy. Each one excited with a grin that stretches from ear to ear. All except for this shy, short cat faunus wearing a blue and black dress with some ruffles on one side of her skirt and plaid on the other.
She slowly and quietly walks towards the entrance of the great Academy, until what she could only describe as an explosion of hyperactive energy comes bursting through a wall... an actual wall. Past the broken wall stands a girl wearing a orange tank-top with long flowing blonde hair, a girl with a white pony-tail and wearing a very elegant blue/white mixed dressed, and the girl who broke through the floor, now facedown on the ground, with shoulder length black hair with red tips, wearing a black skirt with red ends
"Ruby!" calls out one of the girl with blonde hair, "How did you even do that?!"
"Owww...", is all that the girl on the floor, who was named Ruby could groan.
"It's only been a couple months Ruby, no need to be that excited." said the girl with a white ponytail, attemptig to stifle a giggle.
This shy Faunus, couldn't help but to let out hers even if it was quietly. A decision she almost regretted as she noticed the eyes of multiple people looking at her, most noticably the tall orange hair hyperball of energy that suddenly appeared in front of her.
"Heya!" the orange haired girl practically yelled in front of the faunus. Causing the faunus to jump back and yelping the distance that can only be described as the closest any living kind has been to the moon.
"Oops, My bad, I didn't mean to scare you! I just thought you giggle was cute!" yelled the orange haired girl right before she disappeared from the eye of anyone.
This Shy faunus girl breathed deeply in a sign of relief, and relaxation, then continued her way to the reception desk with a very young man standing there waiting to help.
"Hello Ma'am, welcome to Beacon. How can I help you today?" said the kind looking boy.
"H-Hello, I was wondering wh-where to sign in for class?" the faunus responded quietly.
"Well right here as a matter of fact, I am going to assume you are here for the Hunter and Huntress courses?" asked the young man with a grin in his face.
This shy faunus girl nodded to his question, while rubbing the back of her neck.
"Well all right then, I'll get signed up quick so you can head to your assigned room and rest." he says as he reaches for a clipboard with a sign in sheet.
"Could you please fill this out?" asked the young man handing her the clipboard.
The shy faunus grabs the clip board and nods her head as she steps out of line to fill her sheet out.
While she is filling it out, she overhears some clamor happening near her, causing her head to shoot up like a bullet.
She sees this tall-ish bunny faunus getting harrased by this group of bullies. However, the bunny faunus is clearly not in a good mood as she quickly manages to knock each one of them to the ground with no remorse.
The sight of the bullying however, still shakes this shy faunus to her core. She hopes she's never becomes the center of it.
Her luck doesn't seem that fortunate as however, as the group of quickly beaten, and ridiculed bullies now move towards the shy cat faunus who just wants to finish her sign in sheet.
"Well, well, well guys! Looks like we get fresh meat. I think we should give her a good human welcome." said the tallest of the four, who seems to be carrying a mace on his back, looking down at her.
She tries her best to ignore them but to no avail.
"What are you not gonna talk you stupid animal?" said the tallest again.
"Come on Cardin you know she's a faunus. She's probably too stupid to know what we're saying." said the one sporting a green-ish colored mohawk.
The tall one, now revealed as Cardin, lets out a huge laugh, "Yeah you're probably right. Come on, I think its time to make her quit now"
After that statement, the group continues to harras and insult the poor faunus, who now has tears streaming from her eyes quietly crying from their assault. Then in the blink of an eye, her tears evaporated as the sense of what could only be described as an intense sunlight pummeled the group to the ground with the intent of breaking bones.
The faunus looked up, seeing the girl with long blonde hair mercilessly punching the tallest one with the mace with incredible and strength. The girl with the red dress and the girl with the blue-white dress immediately come to save the shy faunus from their assailents, who at this point its a wonder they're alive.
"Are you ok?" said the girl with the white ponytail, and blue-white dress.
The shy faunus could only nod as she wipe her face of any new tears that appear. "T-thank you..." she quietly said to them both.
"It's no big deal, we had to help, especially if its comes to getting anyone away from them." the girl with the red dress said, while looking at the group of bullies being pummeled into the dirt with obvious disgust.
The girl with the ponytail agrees and looks back at the now visibly uncomfortable faunus, "If you don't mind us asking, what's your name?" the girl with the pomy tail asked.
Although hesitant at first, the faunus looked at them and responded, "J-Josie Mathis..."
"Nice to meet you then Josie, although I wish it was at a better time. My name is Ruby." the girl in the red dress responded with a smile.
"My name is Weiss." the girl with the ponytail said right after.
"W-Weiss? Like Weiss Schnee?" asked Josie in a very concerned tone. Causing Weiss to drop her smile and look somewhat somber.
"Yes that Weiss... I understand your concern but I just want you to know I don't follow my family's rules and traditions. I plan on changing it for the better." Weiss said in an attempt to calm and assure Josie.
Josie quietly looked at Weiss and let herself relax, although still concern she looked at Weiss and responded, "I guess it wouldn't make sense you helping me, if you did." She said with a small chuckle.
Weiss nodded, with a small smile on her face again, however ruined as Ruby barged in the middle of the two.
"So I'm guessing you're a new student, right?" asked Ruby, in an excited tone.
Josie looked at her and nodded.
"Yay! Well if you don't mind my team and me can show you around!" yelled Ruby, excited "That way you can get some friends and you don't have to be scared of those bullies!"
Josie smiled slightly, and nodded, "I don't mind...", she then turn her gaze on to Yang who is still currently pummeling Cardin deeper into the dirt as the rest of his team attempts to flee only to be met by the orange haired girl with a freakishly big hammer, a man in green attire and a single pink strand in his hair, a red-headed woman who can only be described as a beast in human form however maintains high class and skill, and a timid looking, but angry blonde man who is almost meeting the same physicality as the red-headed woman.
"Will they be alright?" aksed Josie, sounding truly worried for the bullies.
Taken a bit back by Josie's tone, she replies "Depends on what you consider alright."
"Yang, can you stop now we want to show her around!" yelled Ruby at the top of her lungs.
Almost immediately the long-haired blonde woman stands up, and lets out a deep exhale that almost looks like steam and walks away, only to be replaced by the red-headed woman to continue the beat down.
She cheerfully walks up to the trio, and smiles widely while waving, "Heya! My name is Yang, and yours?" Standing straight up, showing the size difference between her and Josie in more places than one.
Not knowing whether to be relaxed or intimidated, Josie responds awkwardly, "J-Josie."
"Nice to meet ya, so where do you want to head out first?" asked Yang as Ruby, and Weiss stand next to her smiling and inviting Josie to be with them.
"I don't know... Sorry" replied Josie, now feeling more comfortable.
"That's fine" said Ruby, "We'll just show you everything!"
"Yeah!" Responded Yang neeting Ruby's excitement.
Weiss just chuckles looking at them. The image of all three being so happy and excitable, lets Josie finally manage to have a small smile on her face looking at them.
"Well what are we waiting for? Come on." said Weiss talking to Josie.
Josie nods and stands up making sure to grab her stuff.
Slowly but surely the morning, afternoon, and evening fly by as the trio show Josie everything Beacon has to offer, from the gym to the cafeteria, from classrooms to ballrooms. Each second with the trio making Josie only feel more and more relaxed and happy for her new life.
"Oh shoot!" Josie suddenly exclaimed.
"What happened?" Yang asked, worried something went wrong, or Josie lost something.
Worried she exlaims, "I forgot to turn in my sign in sheet" as she shows the trio she had it with her the entire time.
The group of four suddenly rush to the front desk, as the sun sets on the first day of Introduction Week for Beacon.
The young boy, who help Josie when she first came in was still there finishing paperwork. He heard the group rush in and looked up. "Ah if it isn't Ruby, Yang and Weiss, glad to see you again this year."
"Likewise Jackson, hey our friend here forgot to turn in the sign in sheet. Any room still available?" asked Yang.
"Let me check, I just need the sheet first."
said Jackson, grabbing the sheet from Josie and typing in his computer.
"Sorry, but it looks like all rooms are filled already." said Jackson in an apologetic tone. "They still haven't finish re-modelisatio so all the available rooms were filled quick."
Josie looks upset, thinking she missed her chance to truly begin her new life. Until, Ruby suddenly yelled out, "I HAVE AN IDEA!" startling everyone around her and most likely waking everyone in the Academy up.
"Can she stay with us?" asked Ruby with an intense gaze at Jackson.
Jackson stopped for a second and was thinking to himself before responding , "That could be arranged, we'll have another bed moved into your room immediately, as for you Ms. Josie."
Josie looked at Jackson who was handing her, her keycard and ID for the academy. "Welcome to Beacon Academy!"
Josie happily accepted the ID, and Keycard and followed Ruby, Yang and Weiss up to their room.
"It's a good thing you're staying with us." said Weiss
Ruby and Yang agreed, Josie happily nodded.
"Oh we should also tell you, we have another team member that's staying with us. Her name is Blake, she's actually a faunus too!" said Yang smiling.
"S-she is? That's good to know" replied Josie as they manage to open the door.
As soon as the door was open, Josie walked into the room only for a creeping reminder of her past to appear.
She smelled a scent very familiar to her, and out of the corner of her eye she sees, the fourth member of Team RWBY, Blake Belladonna, an ex-member of the White Fang, and one of the most deadliest of it.
Blake looks and smiles at the trio of Ruby, Weiss, and Yang and then notices a nervous Josie, and waves and says, "Hello, I'm Blake, mind if I ask your name?"
Afraid to her core, she shakily responds, "J-Josie..."
"Nice to meet you. Glad to see another faunus around here." said Blake as she smiles and ends up receiving a big group hug from the rest of the team members.
The world turned silent, as Josie remebers seeing Blake before, when she was in the White Fang. One of the most brutal and savage members, standing in front of her when she herself ran away. Josie was scared but couldn't do anything about it.
This was it, Josie realized, a life she thought was new, now has a frightening reminder of her past. She only hopes she can overcome her fear and grow like her parents always believed she could.
A/N: Sorry for the short Chapter guys, in the future there will be longer and longer as I am now better able to balance work and personal life easier. As well as thank you, BraveVesperia1 for this wonderfull request that makes me challenge how I usually write a character. Once again, I will be slowly, but surely updating all existing stories since I believe I have left you all waiting far too long. Have a great morning/day/night! (Also sorry if the formatting is off, my phone does not want to cooperate with me!)