Author Note: This story will change a lot of RWBY canon, mostly to fit the new characters, this will not technically be an AU but it will change significant elements of the story. All reviews are appreciated, thank you. Razer out.
The airship taking them to Beacon was crowded with people. Johnny wasn't the biggest fan of crowds but with Ruby and Yang alongside the ride shouldn't be too terrible. Then he heard a familiar voice, "I can't believe my baby sister's coming to Beacon with me, this is going to be the best day ever!" it was Yang, grappling Ruby in a hug that could not be comfortable, "Yang, pleash shtop," she squeaked out in anguish. Johnny got up and walked over, seeing what he could do in this situation, "you know, it should be difficult to forget that your little sister got moved ahead two years and is coming to Beacon with you, and you should probably let Ruby go before she passes out," he stated, as if it wasn't obvious enough already, "sometimes people need their space going somewhere new," satisfied when Yang finally let her sister go, he turned to sit down when he heard something.
It was a guitar, someone strumming a song only he seemed to know. Johnny figured now would be a good time to make acquaintances with new people, having some new friends other than family would certainly help him get through the time he was going to spend here, "sometimes life likes to throw you a bone, best take it," he thought as he walked up to the boy and sat down beside him, "so, you ready for Beacon?" Johnny asked, attempting, not very well, to break the ice. "Yeah, I hope it's as good a school as everyone says it is though, I came a long way to come here and I'd hate to see a good trip squandered," he put bluntly, another question came out of Johnny's mouth, almost too quickly, "long distance eh? Where do you come from?" the next answer came with a bit more mystery, "Atlas, my parents were surprisingly supportive of me going so far away, they told that if I ever needed a break, their doors were always open. Although I came here with someone else, one Weiss Schnee, she came off like she was coming here to run away from her parents." "Wow okay, that's weird, I thought all the kids here would be from Vale, or at farthest Mistral. Atlas is a long ways away, and with a better school to boot, I can almost guarantee it," Johnny thought, almost saying it aloud. Then he asked another question, "why not go to Atlas Academy, it would be much closer and probably far cheaper without the travel?" his response came quick, signifying he didn't really want to talk anymore, "I think Atlas Academy looks way too formal for me. My name's Nathan Darkford, no hard feelings but the only thing I want to hear next is your name, we will have time to converse later," Johnny gave him what he wanted, his name, then peace, "Johnny Swift, I'll see you later." He walked away after that returning to Yang and Ruby, he found them right as they were about to be vomited on by a boy with motion sickness.
"Get away from me! Get away from me! Get away from me!" Ruby yelped as the boy looked worse by the second. Johnny grabbed a trash bag out of his backpack and rushed over to the group giving the bag to the poor kid, "use this instead of my sister, please." This was going to be an interesting time at Beacon, and he knew the days could only get better from here. The airship finally stopped as the doors opened, and the blond kid threw the garbage bag away after they got off. Johnny decided to see what the place around the buildings looked like and just wanted to lie down in the grass for a bit to take in the surroundings.
Every one departed and Johnny looked for a place to sit when a familiar face came up to him, "shouldn't we be going to the main hall for opening ceremonies?" Nathan asked, curious to see why he would choose to be late for the first event at Beacon. "I wanted to relax a bit first, I've been a little jit-" he was cut off mid sentence by an explosion and someone screaming, "UNBELIEVABLE! This is exactly the kind of thing I was talking about!" Then a familiar voice, "I'm really, really sorry." and Johnny got up to rush over just in time to hear the other voice insult her, "ugh, you complete dolt! What are you-" and she was cut off, "hey, what happened here?" Johnny asked in his usual deep voice. The white haired girl started explaining the situation when she finally saw him, he was not staff, and she looked like she was going to stop explaining because of it. "Keep going, just because I'm a student doesn't mean I can't handle problems, there's a reason I'm at this academy," Johnny was seriously questioning the white-haired girl's reasons for laying into Ruby. "So, from what I hear, Ruby tripped and fell on your stuff, so you picked up a case, opened it, started waving a cracked bottle of dust around, she sneezed and blew it up, so you started berating her over an accident? Buzz off, leave my sister alone." Johnny started berating her now, "if you want to find an excuse to be rude to people I suggest finding a better one than an accident, you bloody princess!" The white-haired girl was about to open her mouth again when someone cut in, "it's heiress, actually," the white-haired girl looked proud of herself, receiving some recognition from someone she had never met, "she's Weiss Schnee, next in line to take charge of the Schnee Dust Company," and Johnny recognized the name, "so you're the girl Nathan was talking about on the airship, I would expect nothing less from someone from a family of such prowess, arrogant, rude, and just not fun to talk to," the look in her eyes said he just touched somewhere he shouldn't have gone and Weiss looked like she was about to cry, but she just huffed and walked away before he could apologize. "That went over well," Nathan walked up behind them and spoke with a sarcastic tone, "looks like you two are just the greatest at making friends," Johnny just stood there, and then chuckled a bit. "So Nathan, this is my sister, Ruby," Johnny spouted, trying to change the subject, then the blond kid from the airship came up behind them.
"Look, all I'm saying is, motion sickness is a more common problem than people let on," the blond kid stated. Johnny was getting a little annoyed by no one introducing themselves properly so he interjected with a phrase he usually liked to use when strangers were annoying him, "so, this is nice and all, but I have no idea who you are, so why don't we introduce ourselves?" and Ruby perked up a bit, "I'll go first! I'm Ruby Rose, who's next?" Nathan decided to speak up, "Nathan Darkwood, pleasure to properly introduce myself," Johnny took his stab, "Johnny Swift, Ruby's adopted older brother, and currently best friend she has at this school," and lastly the blondie, "the name's Jaune Arc, short, sweet, rolls off the tongue, ladies love it-" Johnny and Ruby interjected at the same time, "do they really?" and Jaune got flustered and responded, "they will! I mean, I hope they will, my mom always says that- uhh nevermind," and Ruby chuckled. Ruby decided to start showing off weapons as she pulled out her scythe, "I got this thing," she stated with her scythe firmly planted in the ground, fear instantly seemed to enter Jaune's eyes as he back away and shouted, "Woah! Is that a scythe?" "It's also a customizable, high impact, sniper-rifle," Jaune looked confused, "a what?" "It's also a gun," Ruby replied, deciding to put it away for now, Jaune pulled out a sword from the metal sheath, "I've got this sword, and a shield too," he said as the sheath expanded to reveal the shield, "the shield contracts so when I get tired of carrying it, I can just put it away," he sheathed his sword and put both back on his hip, "what do you guys have," he asked, with a tinge of fear in his eyes. Johnny pulled a massive sharpened metal slab looking sword off his back and held it in front of him, "this is my broadsword, it also has the ability to turn into a gun," he stated as he pressed a button that seemed to cause the blade to turn over itself, transforming into a double barreled shotgun, Nathan chimed in finally, "those weapons seem far to bulky for quick movements on the battlefield, I prefer to stick to, smaller, weapons," revealing a powerful looking pistol in his left hand and a dagger in his right. Then a thought came to Johnny's mind, "we should get back to the main lobby, the opening ceremony starts in a few minutes," and with that, they turned around and left for the main entrance.