Chapter 1: New Dust Discovery
Remnant
Beacon Academy, Vale
RWBY Dorm Room
November 8th, 2019
It has been a week since the breach in Vale, when the White Fang and their human partner, Roman Torchwick unleashed a horde of Grimm into the streets. Luckily the situation was contained and Roman was taken in by the Atlas military. Today Team RWBY (Ruby) was enjoying themselves, waiting for the Vytal Festival Tournament.
"So anyone want to go into the city and get some supplies?" a girl asked the other girls.
She was dressed in a black long-sleeved dress with a high collar and red trim on the sleeves, a black waist cincher with red lacing up the front and around her skirt is red trim. She also wears a pair of thick black stockings and black combat boots with red laces and trims around the top and red outfit is topped by a red hooded cloak fastened to her shoulders by cross-shaped pins. Her emblem appears as a large silver brooch and is pinned to a wide black belt slung around her hips on an angle, which also carries bullets and a pouch. She is a fair-skinned young girl with silver eyes and black, neck-length, choppy hair that gradates to dark red at the tips. She is the leader of team RWBY, Ruby Rose.
"You guys go ahead, I'm staying here," one of the girls said.
She was dressed in a thigh-length strapless dress with a faint color gradation from white to pale blue at the hem. A small piece of black lace sits in the front of her neckline and the hem of the dress is scalloped and stitched to resemble snowflakes, with layers of white tulle under the skirt. Over this she wears a bell-sleeved bolero with the same color gradation as her dress from shoulder to wrist, lined in red and with a ruffled collar. On the back of the bolero is the Schnee Crest. She also wears a small apple pendant on a silver chain and thin, rectangular silver earrings. Her boots are white, wedged heeled and higher at the back than the front. They have a small silver decoration across the top of the foot and are lined in red. A thin white sash is tied around her waist with a pouch attached to the back. She is a pale-skinned young woman with pale blue eyes and long white hair pulled back into an off-center ponytail on the right side and pinned with an icicle-shaped tiara and bangs. She is Ruby's rich partner, Weiss Schnee.
"Any reason you're not coming?" the third girl asked while she was reading a book.
She wears a black buttoned vest with coattails and a single silver button on the front. Underneath this is a white, sleeveless, high necked, crop undershirt and white shorts with a zipper on the front of each leg, emblazoned with the YKK logo of the real-life Japanese zipper manufacturer. She also wears black low-heeled boots and full stockings with a color gradation of black to purple at her ankles. Her emblem is visible on the outside of both thighs just below her shorts in white. On her left arm is a detached sleeve with a silver cuff around her bicep and black ribbons are wrapped around both forearms. A small, loose scarf is wrapped around her neck and a gray magnetic backpack is strapped to her back, hidden by her hair. A ribbon is tied with a large bow on the top of her head, which acts as a cover for her Faunus heritage and disguises her cat ears. She wears purple eyeshadow in Catseye style. She is a fair-skinned young woman with long, wavy black hair and amber eyes. Her Faunus trait is a pair of black cat ears. She is the cat faunus in disguise, Blake Belladonna.
"Yeah ice queen, why?" the last girl asked.
She was wearing a tan jacket that bares her midriff, with golden brown piping and short, puffy sleeves with black cuffs that feature two gold buttons. Underneath this, she wears a low cut yellow crop top with her emblem on the left breast in black. She also wears a brown belt covered by a pleated brown piece of material reaching from hip to hip around the back of her waist, with her emblem emblazoned on the right-most pleat in gold. Underneath this is a long, white, asymmetrical piece of material reaching to her knee on the right side, as well as a pair of black mini-shorts. She wears a pair of brown, knee-high boots and orange over-the-knee socks, with the right sock pushed down just below the knee. A gray bandanna is tied around her left knee. An orange infinity scarf and black fingerless gloves complete her outfit. She is a fair-skinned young woman with lilac eyes and bright golden hair worn loose that fades to pale gold at the tips with a cowlick sticking out at the top. She is Ruby's hot-headed half sister, Yang Xiao Long.
"First of all stop calling me that, second I'm waiting for a package from the Schnee Dust Company," Weiss answered.
"Anything important, Weiss?" Ruby asked.
"The SDC informed me that they discovered a new type of dust. I got curious and asked my father for a few samples to see what capabilities it possesses," Weiss explained.
"New dust? Can we take a look?" Ruby asked.
Weiss thought about it, then answered, "I suppose it wouldn't hurt if I showed you, but like I said, I half to wait for it to show up."
Blake closed her book and looked up.
"So what elemental property does it have?" she asked.
"Nobody knows, not even Atlas's top scientists can figure it out," Weiss said.
"Can't they set it off with a bit of aura?" Yang asked.
"They already tried that but all it did was glow for two seconds then it went out," Weiss responded.
They all suddenly heard a knock at the door. Yang opened the door revealing four other teens. It was their sister team, JNPR (Juniper). The first was a boy wearing a black short-sleeved hoodie with detached reddish-orange sleeves and a dark brown image of the bunny rabbit Pumpkin Pete trimmed in white with cute black round eyes. Covering his hoodie while also hiding the Pumpkin Pete bunny rabbit symbol is a white diamond-shaped chest plate cut off above his lower abdomen, and placed over his shoulders are a pair of white spaulders with rerebraces set under them. Below, he wears blue jeans with a white patch placed on the left knee and black sneakers which have "left" and "right" written in black on the respective shoes' soles. He has elbow guards with cords strung through them, and he wears black high tops. He has two belts criss crossing his waist, both different shades of brown, with a pair of small pouches on them. He wears brown wrist-length gloves with exposed fingertips and small metal plates over the back. His sword is strapped to his left hip in a sheath that doubles as a collapsible shield. is a tall young man with fair skin and dark-blue eyes. His hair is short and blond, messily layered on his head with the right side of his hair nearing his right eye and the left side swept back. He is quite toned, having strong muscles in his arms, shoulders and upper chest. He's team JNPR's leader, Jaune Arc.
The second was a girl who wore a brown overbust corset with a vertical strip of lighter brown in the center. Additionally, she wore an elastic, black, A-line mini skirt and brown opera-length gloves on both arms. She wore a red ankle-length sash that wrapped around her skirt. As for accessories, there was a small circular bronze plate on her right hip opposite two pouches with both connected to a belt. The plate bore her "shield and spear" emblem. Underneath her hair, she always wore a brown circlet adorned with a pair of small, green, teardrop-shaped emeralds on thin chains. She also sported a large bronze gorget around her neck and a bronze bracelet on the upper half of her left arm. She had elaborate bronze greaves that started below her mid-thigh before continuing downwards into her boots as well as a pair of cuisses that began mid-thigh and ended slightly above her knees. She was also equipped with a bronze bracer capable of connecting with her shield, Akoúo̱ atop the sleeve on her left arm. Her high-heeled boots were brown with bronze trim, matching her skirt and sleeves and reaching up to mid-calf. She wore her red hair in a waist-length ponytail, curled slightly into a loose ringlet. She also wore light-green eyeshadow around the far upper corners of her green eyes. She was tall and quite was the Kingdom of Mistral's three time champion, Pyrrha Nikos.
The third was a boy that was wearing a dark green, diagonally-buttoned, long-sleeved tailcoat that is red on the inside, with black and gold trimming and pink cuffs. The trimming goes down the right side of his torso and forms a black collar. This color scheme seems to be influenced to some degree by the lotus flower, which is his emblem. He wears a black, long-sleeved shirt beneath the suit and light-tan pants with black shoes. He is a young man with long black hair tied into a ponytail that ends midway down his back. There is a magenta streak on the left side of his hair. His eyes match the streak in his hair. He is the mellow member of JNPR, Lie Ren.
The last member was a girl wearing a clothing mix and match of some sort, with different colors and themes. She wears a collared black vest that ends at her waist. Her signature emblem, a hammer with a lightning bolt, can be found on its back. Under the vest are two layers of clothing, colored red and light-blue respectively. She wears a white sleeveless top that forms a tiny heart shape cut out over her chest, with a white detached sleeve on each arm. She wears matching fingerless gloves on each hand. She sports a short pink skirt that starts at the waist and ends mid-thigh. Her shoes are a mix of pink and white with pink laces, displaying her emblem on their soles. She also wears armor that begins in the middle of the shoulder and neck and ends by the waist. She is a young woman with fair skin, short orange hair and turquoise eyes. She is the bubbly and playful partner of Ren, Nora Valkyrie.
Jaune was holding a white box with an SDC logo on it. "This box was left at our doorstep," he said.
"Finally it's here," Weiss said as she snatched the box out of his hands.
"So what did you get, Weiss?" Pyrrha asked.
"A newly discovered dust," Ruby and Yang said.
"New dust? Is it explosive? Can I try it? Can I? Can I please?" Nora asked in a hyper tone.
"Nora," Ren said.
"We're going to the lab to see what we can find," Blake explained.
"Mind if we join you guys?" Jaune asked.
"We don't mind at all," Ruby said.
"Then let's go!" Nora shouted then sprints to the lab.
"Nora!" Ren shouts as he and everyone dashes after Nora to the lab.