I thought it would be easy to travel in an unknown world as a 10 year old kid. I mean, I already had the experience back in my own world. What difference would it make?

But, I was dead wrong. Extremely dead wrong.

This world was different compared to mine. Not all monsters attacked on sight. As a matter of fact, some attacked when they were provoked. But here? Grimms were aggressive. They attacked once they sniff you out. They were ruthless and wouldn't stop until one party was dead. And to make matters worse, I was lost in a grimm infested forest.

Nothing but the clothes on my body and an armful of burnt scrap metals, I had to carefully run and hide amongst the thick bushes. Right now, my next destination was to go to a nearby town. But if I were to guess right, there wouldn't be a nearby town for awhile. Why? Because it wouldn't be fucking smart to put a secret warehouse near a town.

I was lucky to retain all my memories from my own world. I was able to use my past experience to think logically, to improve my chances of survival. Without it, I probably would've used my semblance to book the hell out of the forest. And if I did so happened to use my semblance, that would had been the biggest mistake I ever made in my life.

Semblance drained aura quickly. Mine wasn't fully developed, so it expended more aura than normal. It was too risky to use up all my aura to make a few miles trek just to find out that there was no town close by. In fact, I probably would have collapsed from exhaustion, making myself an easy meal for grimms.

I stood on top of a branch of a tree, scouting what lied ahead. Thick trees ran for miles and I couldn't see a single civilization out here. The sun was beginning to set, meaning I had to find shelter quick. Even though my Faunus's eyes allowed me to see in the dark, I didn't know how active grimm were during the night. It would be way too suicidal to advance forward without any analysis on my enemies.

Sliding down the tree bark, I picked up the burnt scraps and marched to find shelter, marking the first day I was alone in this world as Ruby Rose.

"Ruby."

"Ruby."

"Wake up!"

Four fingers invaded my face as they tried to forcefully peel my eyes open. I smacked the hand away in hopes that it would leave, but it came back ten times worse. Two fingers were shoved in my nose and a hand over my mouth. Now if I didn't know any better, I would have called this an attempt of murder. But I did knew better. I knew the smell, and I knew who else in the world would do something this gross as to shove two fingers into the pits of diseases.

Yang.

Hostile eyes shot wide open and glared at Yang, who was smiling back at me. She released me from her treasure hunting, allowing fresh air to circulate back into my body again.

"Sorry sis, but if we want breakfast then you have to wake up," she beamed, not caring what just happened a few minutes ago. "Now let's go!"

Yang took both arms and hauled me from the floor. I groaned in response and reluctantly got up before Yang harassed me more than I needed. After cleaning myself up in the bathroom, I trudged through the hallways alongside my sister to Beacon's cafeteria.

"Wow, there are a lot of people here," Yang whistled. And indeed, there was a lot of people having breakfast. The amount of people in one room surpassed the total number of people in my guild. My guild was a lot smaller in comparison to other people's guild. But numbers never mattered to me. I chose quality over quantity.

"Come on Yang. Let's get something to eat and go," I muttered.

"Yikes, what got you worked up in the morning?"

"You did."

After breakfast, we headed towards the locker room in preparation for initiation. From what I can see, Jaune unconsciously made a one out of four in his scorebook. He was chatting with Weiss and with a gladiator red hair girl in a ponytail. It was obvious that he was trying to flirt his way back into Weiss's heart.

"Hey Rubes. Now that I think of it, what weapon do you use?" Yang asked, equipping her same old gauntlets that I remembered.

I opened my locker and attached Crescent Rose to my holder. "The same weapon that Uncle..." I paused trying to remember what his name was.

"Qrow," my sister helped me finished. "You're swinging a scythe around?"

"Yep, something like that."

There wasn't a need to tell her about the additional modification on my weapon. I wanted to keep it a secret, because it was an ace card. The less people that knew about it, the better. Though I had to admit, using a scythe was much different than swinging a normal sword around. It was much harder to keep under control. A few years of bruises and blisters, I was able to get the hang of it.

"Come on sis, let's get a head start to the initiation site." Yang threw her arm around my shoulder, dragging me along.

We passed by the aisle of lockers and I noticed that Jaune was still persistent. He definitely got the red hair girl hooked to whatever he was saying, but Weiss on the other hand, was a tough fish. Rolling my eyes, a smile quirked up as I continued to observed Jaune's attempts.

It reminded me of the contest that the females held in my guild. Most of the females in my guild constantly badgered me about how flirting was a survival thing that every women needed. So to teach me, they held a playful game of 'flirt and get into the leader's pants'. The winner gets to brag about how they deflowered the Sword Angel, while I learned how to flirt from the professionals. To them, it was a win-win situation. However to their dismay, I played hard to get. Correction, impossible to get.

We walked pass the group and hiked towards the hill, meeting Ozpin and Glynda at the top.

"Your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest," Ozpin informed. "Do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path. The first person you make eye contact with will be your partner for the next four years. Your goal is to retrieve the relics at the ancient temple. Good luck."

Destroy everything in my path? Ozpin and I would get along so well. We could probably be Team Collateral Damage. Ignoring Jaune's series of questions, I crouched down in position and flattened my ears, preparing to be launched. I wasn't worried about initiation, it was the complete opposite. I knew how things worked, because Beacon Academy functioned similarly to a guild. Leaders invited impressive individuals, tested them, and if they passed, they were part of the guild. However, trials were different for every guild. It ranged from collecting rare items, slaying ferocious beasts, paying a large fee, or going through a brutal evaluation test by the members directly.

And me?

I scouted people personally. No deathly trails, no monster dispatching, nothing.

Ozpin launched every student individually into the dense forest. Soaring through the air, I unfurled Crescent Rose and executed the landing strategy I was best at.

Destruction of property.

I bulldozed the trees with my scythe to slow my momentum and rolled to break my fall. Brushing the leaves off my dress, I bolted deeper into the forest. Then lady luck did something I would never expected her to do. She was prancing on top of a table, half naked and drunk, while throwing gallons of luck in the air. Why?

Because guess who's stuck with me for the next four years in Beacon.

Weiss Fucking Schnee.

Silver met cerulean eyes.

"No," she said straightforwardly. "I refuse to be your partner." She was definitely worse than Winter. At least Winter didn't reject me to be her partner for our missions. Then again, Ironwood suggested the idea, and knowing Winter, she couldn't refuse her superior.

"Too late, princess. You're stuck with me for four looong years." I emphasized the 'o' to tease her. I smirked and grabbed her wrist before she could escape. If Winter was here, I would borrow her friendship bracelet. Maybe then Weiss would be my best friend.

"You mongrel! Unhand me this instance!" She shrieked. Her heels dug into the ground to stop me from dragging her across the forest.

"Mongrel? Wow, way to bring in the insults." I held my hands up defensively. "Lucky for you, you're stuck with this 'mongrel' for four years." I pointed my thumb on my chest and gave her a condescending smile.

Ozpin wouldn't let her switch partners. If Weiss did somehow got him to make the switch, people would describe Ozpin as a pushover. And the headmaster of a famous academy could not be seen as a pushover. The heiress huffed at my remark and angrily marched ahead of me while I followed behind.

It took me awhile to figure out that Weiss and I were lost as we explored through the forest for the temple. And what gave it away? She was extremely hesitant on the directions we were taking. I mean, of course the trial wasn't supposed to be easy. We weren't suppose to know the location of the temple, the purpose was to find it ourselves. But when I meant she was extremely hesitant, I really meant she forgot where we first started and was indecisive in which direction to travel to.

She may or may not be worse than Penny.

"So Weiss," I said, sprawled on the floor with hands behind my head and my tail nicely wrapped around my waist. "Where are we going?"

"That way! No wait, it's definitely this way!" She pointed at a bunch of paths.

"Do you even know where we're going?" I huffed, shutting my eyes to feel the grass gently brushing against my ears

"I would like to see you try and lead. In fact, I don't see you putting your fair share of effort to find what we're looking for.

I opened my eyes and let it wandered to Weiss. She was scowling with her arms folded. "If you want me to lead, then we play by my rules," I said nonchalantly. I slowly got up from my position and ran a hand through my hair.

It had been awhile since I last led a group or a partner through something. When I was with Winter, she took charge because it was her mission, not any of my business. I only assisted her by giving her my valued opinions and suggestions. "Well? Any objections?"

I could almost see a vein popping on Weiss's head through her pale skin. "And what are your rules?" Her foot rapidly tapped on the grass.

"Follow my lead," I dryly said as I walked closer to her.

"What? That doesn't even make any-" I pressed my finger onto her lips to silence her complaints. Her body stiffened from the close proximity.

"There are grimm surrounding us as we speak, so I hope you know how to fight," I whispered as I unhooked Crescent Rose from my holder and unfurled it. Her cerulean eyes stretched widely when my large garden tool extended to its rightful length. Weiss fumbled to grasp her rapier on the side of her waist, waiting for the grimm to appear from the thick bushes. My ears twitched to the sound of the grimm's soft growls and the small footsteps they took.

"Weiss, pierce through at twelve o' clock."

"What? You expect me to stab a bush? Tha-"

"What happened to playing by my rules?" I interrupted her, playfully gaping my mouth open.

She clenched her jaw in disdain and formed light blue glyphs underneath her. Her glyphs increased her speed as she dashed forward to my ordered direction. While she advanced forward, trail of roses fluttered in the wind as I followed behind her. In a single smooth flick, painful cries echoed in the forest as Weiss's rapier pierced through a grimm hiding in the bush. A handful of beowolves took note of the screeching howl, and unleashed their furry as they took off to pounce on the heiress.

"Duck!" I yelled out. The white hair girl promptly ducked in accordance to my command. I whirled my scythe in a circular fashion, mauling down the handful of beowolves targeting her.

"Split up!" I ordered.

I fired a bullet at a charging ursa, skidding back from the recoil and injuring the grimm in the process. Rotating my weapon, I cleaved a few stray beowolves while keeping an eye on Weiss. It wasn't that I didn't trust her that she couldn't keep herself safe.

No, it was another old habit that I developed whenever I took charge in combat.

It allowed me to visualize the battle unfolding and allowed me to make quick adjustments when things went south. To my surprise, the heiress wasn't exactly a damsel in distress. She was having an easy time dismembering the grimms on her side of the field. She fought elegantly in a dance like fashion. Her body swayed smoothly, following the notion of her rapier as it gracefully puncture the grimm to it disintegrated. It was captivating.

It was beautiful.

An enraged noise caught our attention from our finished grimm slaughter. Turning my head to the source of the animal-like sound, I noticed it was the same ursa that I shot previously. A few howls came from its mouth, sounding like a plea for reinforcement. Following the outcry, another ursa appeared behind the injured one and let out strong bellow.

I planted Crescent Rose's shaft into the grass and arched my back with my hands, stretching. "So Weiss, which ursa do you want?" I grinned at her, unrolling the kinks in my body.

"Both of them," she sneered. The revolving chambers in her dust rapier rotated and settled on the blue indicator with a loud click. With her glyphs, she sprinted towards the two grimm and unleashed a wall of ice, encasing both ursas. She placed her multi-dust rapier back onto her waist, dusted her hands, and smiled at her work of art.

"You know Weiss, that's cool and all." I complimented at her elegant display of fighting. "But you never finished your work." It was true, both grimm were still trapped in her block of ice. They weren't exactly dead yet. With a smile on my face, I loosened my weapon from the floor and flashed towards the two frozen grimm, severing them in half as blocks of ice shattered all over the floor. Weiss rewarded my actions with a scoff, jerking her head to the side.

"How unnecessary," she responded.

"I can't let your dust go to waste you know," I smirked back. She knew I was right. Why waste expensive dust just to trap them? Might as well end its life.

The heiress directed an eye roll back at me. "Now where's the temple oh great leader?" She mocked. I tilted my head towards the sky and noticed something familiar soaring around in circles like a vulture.

"Hey Weiss, do you trust me?"