Chapter 2

"I can't believe my little sister is going to Beacon with me!" The blond girl, Yang said as she squeezed her little sister, Ruby, to death. As adorable as it was, Celene, now Ochre tuned it out in favor of having a flash back to last night. She caught up with Ruby and initiated a conversation with her. They talked for quite a while, and Celene had convinced Ruby to let her stay for the night. They could walk to the bullhead together the next day.

Ochre had gotten reintroduced to Yang and Taiyang. Both were also okay with her staying over for the night. Taiyang had been very hospitable. The next morning, they had all walked to the bullhead together. And now they were on said bullhead, and on their way to Beacon.

Ochre walked over to a seat, and pulled out her book. Not long after, Ruby had come up next to her asking what the book was about. Ochre marked the page and closed the book. "It's called Clan of The Cave Bear." She shows the cover and begins to explain what the book is about. Ruby seems interested, and before long, Yang has joined the two of them.

The blond boy that Yang had nicknamed 'Vomit boy,' who Ochre knew as Juane, walked past while clutching his stomach, trying to find a garbage can. Ruby started yelling at Yang about puke on her shoe, but Ochre tuned it out as best as she could and continued to read her book. Having already known what they were going to say, the brunette tuned out all their conversations until the bullhead landed near Beacon.

She followed behind Ruby as the three students exited the Bullhead. The three girls marveled at the school. Ruby and Yang argued about weapons while Ochre scanned the crowd to see if she could spot anyone familiar. She saw Weiss pulling her cart up behind Ruby, just as Yang ran away with her friends. Ochre caught Ruby before she could fall over, and pulled her back upright. Weiss walked by, undisturbed.

"Hey Ruby." Ochre got her attention. "Maybe you should go talk to her. Y'know, make another friend." Ruby thought it was a good idea and went to talk to Weiss. She seemed pretty awkward at first, but their conversation started to pick up. Then Weiss insulted Ruby for who knows what, and Blake stepped in. Ochre left those three to go find the entrance hall. Ruby can handle herself, she tried to convince herself that it was true.

Finally, Ruby came into the entrance hall. Ochre waved to get her attention. The brown haired girl had easily found Yang, as the blond had really stood out in the crowd. The entrance ceremony went off without a hitch. Like earlier, Ochre had tuned out most of it, having already known what was going to be said. When it was over, she followed Yang and Ruby around until it was time for bed.

Ochre was snug in the sleeping bag that she had borrowed. She watched Ruby go over to Blake and start interacting with her, expecting them to come out of that as friends. What she didn't expect was Ruby dragging Blake over to her spot, and stating that they were both bookworms and that they would get along great. Blake reluctantly sat down next to Ochre. "Blake." The black haired girl said and held her hand out to shake. "Ochre." The brown haired girl replied. They shook hands.

Ruby walked back over to Yang who watched Blake and Ochre talk about their books.

The blond haired girl was staring at Ochre. Ruby noticed this and asked Yang what was wrong.

"Ruby, have you noticed anything, off, about Ochre?" The blond asked her little sister. Ruby just had a confused look on her face. But she told her sister that Ochre seemed normal to her. "Besides, she helped me stop that robbery so she can't be bad."

Yang nodded at this, a bit of her suspicion subsiding. But she just couldn't get rid of the feeling that Ochre wasn't exactly who she had said she was...

Blake got up and went back to her spot in the corner. Ochre put her book away and slid into her sleeping bag. She pulled her seeping mask down over her eyes and lay very still. Ruby and Yang soon followed suite.

The Next Day...

A small *yawn* left Ochre's mouth as her eyelids fluttered open. She pulled her mask up onto her forehead and sat up. A quick glance to her side showed that Goldilocks and Little Red Riding Hood were still asleep. She ran her hand down Ruby's back a few times to wake her up. The red tipped black haired girl yawned and sat up. "Good morning Ruby." Ochre said. The brown haired girl stood up and offered a hand to help Ruby up.

When they were both standing, Ochre rolled up her sleeping bag, her book and sleeping mask rolled up with it. She started to wander towards the locker rooms.

Ruby looked upset. "Where are you going?" She asked nervously. Ochre turned back to the smaller girl and told her that she was going to the locker rooms to put her stuff away. "Wanna come with?" She asked. Ruby nodded and went to follow. "Wait, what about Yang?" She asked. Ochre turned around again and told her that she could wake the blond up if she wanted. "I'll meet up with you two in the locker room."

She walked into the room, passing Jaune who seemed to be lost. "There's no way I put my gear in locker 636! I would have remembered having to count that high!" Ochre walked up to him and said "Hello." Juane's head snapped up, surprised. He looked at the brown haired brown eyed girl in front of him.

"You seem to be lost" she stated. "Y-yeah." He nervously stuttered. "I'm looking for locker 636." The girl looked around and pointed. "It'll be in that direction." He thanked her and told her his name. "My name's Juane." He said. "I'm Ochre." The girl replied and held out her hand. He took it and shook, then started walking in the direction that Ochre pointed. She turned to find her own locker just as he reached Pyrrha and Weiss.

Ruby and Yang soon came into the locker room and found their lockers, which, were coincidentally, right next to Ochre's. Ruby and Yang started arguing about teams, which Ochre tuned out as she got dressed. Ruby yelling, "I don't need to break out my shell!" Broke her out of her reverie. She turned around and responded, "Actually Ruby, you kinda do." Ruby turned toward Ochre, an upset expression on her face. She said in a whiny voice "Ochre not you too!" All she got was an apologetic shrug of the shoulders from said girl. Yang quickly changed the subject by suggesting they go get breakfast. Luckily, this worked and they headed in the direction of the cafeteria. Ochre turned around to see Juane pinned to the locker with Pyrrha's spear. "Sorry!" The redhead called back as she left. Ochre smiled and went to follow Yang and Ruby.

They sat down and dug into their breakfast. Ruby's mostly consisted of cookies and strawberries. Ochre couldn't even identify what Yang was eating. Her own plate had some toast and scrambled eggs. An orange haired girl started energetically jumping around another boy who was calmly eating his breakfast.

Ochre immediately recognized the pair. Nora and Ren. Then she thought of the ship name for those two. Renora. She giggled to herself. If only those two knew how much the fandom shipped them. Ruby asked her what was so funny, with a mouth half full of food. "Don't talk with your mouth full." Ochre reprimanded. "And to answer your question, look at those two. Don't you think they would make a cute couple?" She gestured to Ren and Nora. Ruby tilted her head slightly, thinking about it. "I dnno. I gss they wd make a gd couple." She said with a mouth full of food. Ochre was about to reprimand her again, but she quickly swallowed and apologized.

An announcement rang throughout the halls. "Will all first years make their way to the cliff for initiation." And then it was quiet. Ochre, Ruby and Yang quickly scarfed down their food. and started to walk towards the cliff. Ochre turned around and said "I'll meet you guys there. I just have to get something first." The sisters nodded and continued onward.

Upon getting there, Ruby said, "See Yang? Ochre's a really nice person. I don't know why you doubted her." Yang nodded, only half listening as Professor Ozpin had started speaking as well. The speech finished, and Ochre joined them on the cliff. There was a small bulge underneath her shirt, suggesting she had something tucked there. She took her place on the launch pads next to Yang.

"Hey Yang?" The brunette asked. The blonde turned to face Ochre. "Do you know how to land correctly?"

Yang seemed kinda surprised. "You don't have a landing strategy?" All she got was a frantic nod 'no'. "Hmm... Maybe try swinging off the trees?"

Ochre visibly relaxed. "Thanks Yang. I'll try that." She faced the edge of the cliff, but Yang didn't take her eye off the girl. Again, she got that feeling that Ochre wasn't who she said she was, but she temporarily dismissed the thought as Ozpin started launching students.

A nervous Jaune started questioning Ozpin as more students were launched. Yang put on sunglasses as she was launched. Then, Ochre was launched through the air after her. She didn't get too high, but she could just see where the temple was. She started going in a downwards arc and almost slammed into a tree, but at the last minute she grabbed a branch.

The momentum swung her off the branch and onto the ground. She immediately stood up, rubbing her sore butt and arm. Luckily she had slowed herself down enough to prevent taking any serious damage.

The brunette pulled out the knife she had taken from the kitchen, and started walking in the direction she knew the temple would be in. She just hoped she wouldn't run into any beowolves along the way.