Chapter 17: Entrance
Jaune cowered as Yang slowly turned her blood red eyes toward him, the lilac disappearing like mist in the sun. she took a step forward, but a speaker announced that they were preparing to dock, and passengers needed to start getting their belongings. Yang's blood wrath faded away, temporarily as she grabbed her stuff.
The airship descended at the platform, delivering many students off the platforms and into what would become their home away from home for a few years. Students from all over Vale and beyond crowded to get off the airship, only to be disappointed when they realized that they had to line up one by one to get their transcripts checked.
Ruby and Yang were one of the lucky students that had sat closer to the exit when it came down, and manage to leave earlier than most. They waited as the person at the gate inspected their transcripts and passports before letting them into Beacon.
"Welcome to Beacon, where the world's greatest hunters are born. The main lobby is straight ahead."
Ruby and Yang got through the crowd with relative ease, Yang's physique and strength easily diving them the space they needed. Ruby started recording with her camera eyes, sweeping across the Courtyard and documenting the weapons, she would be sure to keep track of all the weapons in Beacon. Yang rolled her eyes as she saw Ruby go into "Sentry mode," staying rooted in one place and looking at all possible things of interest. She looked over to where a number of her friends were waving to her, and put down her bags beside Ruby, giving her sister a heads up before she left.
"Alright Ruby, you know the drill. My friends are waving me over, so keep on guarding our stuff kay?"
She jogged over to her friends, who were getting impatient as she sauntered over.
Ruby, despite being a wolf Faunus with enhanced hearing, did not catch what Yang said, and panicked when she realized she was gone. She looked around, looking for her big sis. She was so preoccupied and overwhelmed by all the smells and sounds of the place that she did not notice a carriage of items that she was slowly spinning towards, a girl in a white bolero with bell sleeves guarding it. She ran into the carriage with soft thump, bringing chaos to the once orderly pile of dust cases.
"Wait wha- You, what are you doing?"
Ruby recognized this voice well, it had an unmistakable shrill piercing tone to it, one that only belonged to Weiss.
"Ugghh, oww…"
Ruby normally would have turned off her pain receptors to eliminate the pain, but she didn't expect her collision and her head was indeed spinning a bit. She pushed off the ground with her hands slowly, shaking her head as she rose from the pile of suitcases. Weiss would have started berating the buffoon before her, but then she recognized who had fell in her luggage.
"Oh, Hello Ruby…Long time no see."
"Hey Weiss, you're going to Beacon too?"
"Indeed, I believed the environment would be a bit more, relaxing and healthier than Atlas Academy, which is far more militaristic. Though I am surprised by your appearance, aren't you a little young to be here? I was sure that 17 was the minimal age of acceptance. Wait, Ruby are you listening?"
Weiss noticed Ruby had stopped paying attention, and was waving to some girl with dark hair and a bow. The girl approached them until she saw the wave Ruby was giving her, and waved back awkwardly before walking in the other direction, whatever she had planned had most likely been vetoed by Ruby.
Ruby, however, had been doing much more. Weiss and Blake had not met each other yet, but it was clear that they would probably butt heads against each other about some sensitive topics, one that probably would have drawn Ruby in too.
Weiss + girl who had blown up part of Schnee Manor and Ruby= - - - -\(*´･Д･)/
So Ruby waved to Blake and giving her a thumbs up, hoping that Blake would take the hint. If Ruby was still flesh and bone, she would have been sweating bullets.
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Blake stopped as she noticed what appeared to be Weiss Schnee berating Ruby over a pile of spilled luggage. She inwardly cursed her bow that covered her ears, muffling them so that they could not listen in to the information. She walked towards the two, ready to intervene and help Ruby get the dispute settled, or at least she planned to until Ruby waved her off with a smile and a thumbs up, a signal that meant she was fine. Blake paused and looked at the pair before she walked off, but not before noticing that the white haired girl was looking at her.
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Weiss looked at the retreating figure with a running thought in her mind as the amber eyed walked towards the main lobby.
Where have I seen this girl before?
Weiss shrugged as her butlers picked up the remaining dust with Ruby's help, loading them on one by one. It seemed that one box was not packed properly though, because as soon as Ruby picked it up with her two hands, it exploded in her hands.
"NOT AGAIN!" was Ruby's shout as the explosion engulfed her, covering Weiss with gray soot. She rushed to Ruby, hoping that there wasn't going to be a repeat of that particular Tuesday when Ruby got sent to the hospital. To her relief, it seemed that Ruby had come out relatively unscathed. The bad news was that she lost a case of dust and Ruby came out with the clothing around her right shoulder and arm blown clean off, just barely managing to stay decent.
It was at this moment that a blonde bot came over with Ruby and Yang's belongings, helping Ruby up as the smoke cleared. Ruby recognized this boy as the one who kept throwing up on the airship and got some of it on Yang's shoe, but regardless she smiled in gratitude and took his offered hand. Weiss came to a solution on the two instantly.
Is this Ruby's boyfriend? Better give them some privacy.
Weiss retreated with her butlers as the last of the dust packages were trundled into Beacon's massive main hall. She didn't know what to do in those types of scenarios, and she did not want to find out what would happen if she got in between Ruby and her boyfriend.
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Ruby looked up and saw the face of the boy, blonde locks illuminated by the sun, the faint odour of vomit still around his mouth. She saw Weiss retreating to the lobby, a faint blush on her face as she hurried away. Ruby couldn't help but wonder why she was in such a hurry, she could have stayed and helped her.
"Need a hand?" The boy asked, drawing Ruby out of her musing as the boy stood there, slightly awkwardly as he waited for her to accept his hand.
"Thanks for the lift, vomit boy. Name's Ruby Rose, catchy and it gets people hooked."
"Will it now? Jaune Arc sounds much better."
Ruby could neither confirm nor deny this.
"Not sure, Yang always said my name was the most easiest to remember."
"You're not the most shining example of being attractive you know."
This offended the smol reaper.
"Pot calling the kettle black vomit boy."
"Uggh, I apologized already, and airsickness differs for everybody, cut me some slack Ruby!"
"Alright, alright, it was just the first thing that came to mind."
"Then would you mind if I called you Bumper car?"
"Hey, my collision was an accident, your nausea is just your body disagreeing with your choices."
"…Ow…Touche."
Their banter went on for a few more minutes, with Ruby showing off her weapons to Jaune talking about his family. It was put into an abrupt end when Yang showed up and dragged her off, chiding her for being late to meet her friends. Jaune found himself slung on the other blonde's shoulder, wailing piteously as they all went into the lobby at a sprinting speed.
Ruby was once again surrounded by Yang's friends, all congratulating her on making it to Beacon, even Jaune showing signs of shock on his face when he realized Ruby was personally invited to Beacon. It made her somewhat self-conscious when she was showered with attention, and tried to shrink behind Yang. Yang was having none of it, Ruby needed to loosen up, and find more than one friend and Yang herself to confide in, and the first step was here.
Ozpin began his speech to the audience, silencing everyone as his voice carried through the lobby.
"I'll...keep this brief. 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. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step."
As soon as it was finished, murmuring arose from the students. It was as if anticipation had taken the fire of excitement and cast it into the ocean. Beacon wasn't known as the most academically demanding schools for nothing.
A few things.
No parings…yet
THIS WILL diverge from canon, I am not straight up copying, I am going to try to create a different plot.
Blake meeting Weiss is a dangerous meeting if Weiss finds out that Blake and the little cat girl that blew her garden to bits are the same person.
last but not least, Weiss may not be a snob, but she has standards. To her, the way Jaune acted and how Ruby smiled back is a sign of public affection, and she mistook them for a dating couple.
再见